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First look: 'Bruno' loses his dazzle on Saturday, opens to $30.4 million
July 12, 2009 | 8:51 am
After an eye-popping opening day Friday, "Bruno" had a not-so-glamorous weekend.
The second feature comedy featuring a Sacha Baron Cohen character interacting with real people sold a solid studio-estimated $30.4 million worth of tickets over its first three days. That's a very healthy performance given that Universal paid $42.5 million to distribute the film domestically and in key foreign territories and is receiving an unusually high distribution fee.
It's shockingly low, however, given that "Bruno" grossed $14.4 million on Friday. Based on the performance of "Borat," Baron Cohen's first film, and other R-rated comedies, it looked like the film would gross close to $40 million after that.
But "Bruno" lost a lot of momentum on Saturday, earning only $8.8 million. "Borat," by contrast, earned more on its first Saturday than Friday. The big 39% drop forced Universal to estimate that the movie will gross $30.4 million, less than it and other studios were expecting on Friday.
It's a strong sign that while there was significant initial demand to see the movie on its first day, word-of-mouth may not be so strong and it won't go on to earn anything close to the $128.5 million "Borat" ultimately made in the U.S. and Canada.
"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," had a very strong second weekend, helped by the fact that last weekend was a bit slower than normal due to July 4 falling on a Saturday. Fox's animated feature declined only 32%, grossing $28.5 million and bringing the total domestic gross to $120.6 million. That's almost exactly what "Ice Age: the Meltdown" earned in its first 12 days, a somewhat disappointing figure given that ticket prices have risen over three years and the new film is playing in more 1,600 theaters with one or more 3-D screens, where there is an extra surcharge.
In good news for Universal's pricey crime drama, "Public Enemies" also experienced a relatively modest drop of 44%. That's better than director Michael Mann's last film, "Miami Vice," but not as good as his 2004 picture "Collateral," and indicates the period picture starring Johnny Depp will have a decent but not fantastic run at the box office. It sold $14.1 million worth of tickets this weekend, bringing its total to $66.5 million.
As expected, Fox's low-budget comedy "I Love You, Beth Cooper" had a dismal weekend, earning only $5 million from a primarily young female audience.
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" remains strong on its third weekend. It dropped 43% to $24.2 million, bringing its domestic total to a spectacular $339.4 million.
-- Ben Fritz
Update (12:30 PM): For more on why "Bruno" stumbled on Saturday, as well as the huge overseas ticket sales for "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," see our updated box office story.
Photo: Sacha Baron Cohen in "Bruno." Credit: Universal Pictures
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Travel Weekly's Las Vegas E-letter: August 23, 2005
MAGICIAN STEVE WYRICK signed a multiyear, $30 million agreement with the Shops in Desert Passage at the Aladdin to develop a 22,000-square-foot, multilevel entertainment complex that will include a 500-seat theater, an ultralounge and a magic shop. The Steve Wyrick Entertainment complex is slated to open by the end of the year. Its first floor will feature Triq, an ultralounge with DJ performances nightly, signature drinks, appetizers and desserts, and the second level will house Wyricks theater complete with stadium seating. The facility also will include Flavour, where visitors can get a quick bite to eat, and Magiq, where fans can buy easy-to-learn magic tricks as well as items from Wyricks signature line of clothing.
FANS OF THE VH1 reality series Strip Search can see the shows seven finalists perform in American Storm, which recently premiered at the Riviera Hotel & Casino. The production, which features Adam Wynne, Ryan Westerburg, Josh Hall, Rick DeJesus, Sean Cassidy, Terry Cress and Tony Cress, takes audience members through the nations history, beginning with the voyages of Christopher Columbus, through the days of cowboys, Al Capone and the 1960s and ending with a salute to the armed forces. American Storm is performed in the Crazy Girls Showroom at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Mondays with additional shows at 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets, which are $39.95 plus tax for general admission and $49.95 plus tax for VIP admission, can be purchased by phone at (877) 892-7469, in person at the hotel box office or online at http://www.american-storm.com.
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES added three flights to its Las Vegas schedule, bringing the carriers number of daily flights from the city to 201. The airline added two daily nonstop flights between Las Vegas and San Diego for a total of 14 daily flights and added one daily nonstop flight between Las Vegas and Oakland for a total of 13 daily flights from that Bay Area city.
DENVER-BASED MILE HI TOURS is offering discounted prices for a midweek stay at the Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino. Prices start at $216.95 per person for roundtrip air from Denver (other departing cities available), a two-night stay and hotel tax.
For more information, call (800) 777-8687 or (303) 758-8246 or log on to www.milehitours.com.
THROUGH SEPT. 11, visitors to the Plaza Showroom at the Plaza Hotel and Casino downtown can catch husband-and-wife team Renee Taylor and Joe Bologna in their Broadway comedy, If You Ever Leave Me & Im Going With You. Performances start at 7 p.m. Fridays through Sundays, and tickets are available at the Plaza Box Office or by calling (800) 773-0992. Dinner and room packages also are available.
CORRECTION: Last weeks Vegas E-Letter quoted incorrect prices for the Power Pass card. A one-day pass costs $40 for a child and $62.50 for an adult.
https://www.travelweekly.com/Articles/Travel-Weekly-s-Las-Vegas-E-letter--August-23,-2005

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Funding for Schwenkes Dam.
Schwenkes Dam to receive Community Chest Funds
Member for Warren-Blackwood, Terry Redman today announced another grant recipient of the South West region's Community Chest Fund, made possible by the Liberal National Government's Royalties for Regions program.
The fund provides one-off grants of up to $50,000 to community, public and not-for-profit organisations to support local, demand-driven projects.
Mr Redman said the Blackwood Basin Group had been granted $50,000 to help fund Stage 1 of a Nature-Viewing Precinct Plan at Schwenkes Dam in Greenbushes.
"This grant will help to build a high quality boardwalk and trail to facilitate nature-based experiences that will benefit both tourists and the local community in Bridgetown-Greenbushes," Mr Redman said.
"The improved facilities at Schwenkes Dam will build upon award-winning biodiversity conservation outcomes achieved at the site, and will provide disabled access to the boardwalk and a connecting trail to link with the established Greenbushes Loop trail network," Mr Redman said.
The Community Chest Fund provides voluntary organisations, educational institutions and community organisations with grants of up to $50,000 to support local projects.
"The fund supports locally driven projects that will help improve services and infrastructure for the benefit of regional communities," he said.
"Hundreds of diverse projects and organisations across regional Western Australia have benefited from the fund in recent years."
WA's nine regional development commissions oversee the projects, each being allocated an equal share from which to provide the Community Chest Fund grants.
The Liberal National Government, through the Royalties for Regions program, has invested $10 million into the Community Chest Fund over the next four years.
The Community Chest Fund aims to improve economic and community infrastructure, and services in regional WA
WA's nine regional development commissions oversee the projects, each being allocated an equal share from which to provide the grants
Contact your Regional Development Commission for more information or visit Bigger Picture - Regions


This place is no larger than a walk-in closet.
This place is located somewhere in the Midwest, most likely Ohio.
This place has no time restraints.
This place is where Tree first sees Brother Rush.
This place is a common destination for the young Vy and the children.
This is the car driven by Brother Rush.
This place is where Dab spends a great deal of time.
These are Dab's favorite things, and they make Tree laugh.
This place is where Dab is transported after his worst bout with the porphyria.
This is the new enterprise started by M'Vy and Silversmith.
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Michelau railway station (, , ) is a railway station serving the town of Michelau, in the commune of Bourscheid, in north-eastern Luxembourg.  It is operated by Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, the state-owned railway company.

The station is situated on Line 10, which connects Luxembourg City to the centre and north of the country.

External links
 Official CFL page on Michelau station
 Rail.lu page on Michelau station

Bourscheid, Luxembourg
Railway stations in Luxembourg
Railway stations on CFL Line 10

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Janet DiLauro at about.days posted her latest comings and goings list for Days of our Lives. We will finally see Joey Johnson. You can check the news here.
Diva's 108th blogtalkradio show this Saturday!
Darin Brooks back to Days?
Diva's 107th blogtalkradio show this Saturday!
Diva's 106th blogtalkradio show this Saturday!


Since I started this freelance adventure about 4 months ago one of my goals was to break into the mural biz. I managed to snag a gig illustrating a mural for a new restaurant in Evanston, IL called Edzo's Burger Shop. Edzo had a great idea for retro themed artwork and I finished the illustration just in time to break my elbow. Thankfully, I have some super-talented friends and was able to hire Shayne Labadie to complete the painting. It turned out great! The fresh ground burgers and truffle fries are awesome too, you can read my review on Yelp!"


Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government has condemned Turkey's military presence in northern Syria as a violation of a 1998 protocol between the two countries.
On Saturday, the foreign ministry in Damascus accused Ankara of repeatedly breaching the Adana deal throughout Syria's eight-year war.
"Since 2011, the Turkish regime has violated and continues to violate this agreement," a ministry source said, quoted by state news agency SANA.
The source accused Turkey of "supporting terrorists", using the government's term for both Turkish-backed rebels and other armed groups including former al-Qaeda affiliate Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).
It said Ankara was breaching the deal through "occupying Syrian territory via terrorist organisations linked to it or directly via Turkish military forces".
But Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has insisted the Adana Protocol gives his country the right to deploy troops in the neighbouring country.
Turkey backs Syrian rebel factions who control part of the north and has observation posts across rebel-held Idlib province as part of a "de-escalation" agreement signed in 2017 with Assad's ally Russia, and Iran.
Ankara has threatened for months to launch a new offensive in northern Syria to drive out US-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters.
It has twice led incursions into northern Syria in 2016 and 2018. Since then, its forces and allied Syrian proxies have controlled a patch of territory on the border.
Ankara has repeatedly threatened to march on areas further east, where the US-allied fighters of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) are in control.
The YPG is seen as an effective ground force by the US in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) armed group, but Turkey says it is linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara and Washington list as a terrorist group.
Washington last month said it would pull its 2,000 troops from the country, leaving the Kurds scrambling to find a new ally in Damascus to avoid a potential Turkish assault.
On Friday, Erdogan said Turkey expected a "security zone" to be created in Syria in a few months.
The Adana deal was signed in 1998 to end a crisis between the neighbours, sparked by the presence in Syria of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and bases run by the group.
Turkey argues the protocol provides Ankara with the legal ground to intervene in Syria against the PKK and its affiliates, because of the Syrian regime's failure to act against the group.
Damascus has regained control of almost two-thirds of the country after Russia intervened militarily in 2015.


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Try pouring straight from the freezer with a few drops of Sacred English Dry Vermouth for a bold, smooth Dry Martini, and garnish with lemon zest.
Alternatively, why not pour a large measure over ice and top with your favourite tonic water and a dash of Angostura Bitters, then garnish with a large pared lemon zest.


A crackling fire is a magnet in any season, and a stacked-stone or masonry fireplace adds luxury and warmth to your outdoor seating area for all those summer nights outdoors.
Photo courtesy Janelle HaikJames Haik built a masonry fireplace on his family's back patio in summer 2017 after watching videos on YouTube.
Who doesn't dream of having an outdoor kitchen or living room, especially one that has a stunning fireplace as a focal point? An outdoor fireplace is an increasingly sought-after home feature that allows you to extend your living space and spend more time outside by providing warmth and light during fall and winter months and a great place to gather during summer nights spent under the stars. (Not to mention providing an insta-worthy backdrop in every season.) An outdoor fireplace is also a good investment. The National Association of Home Builders estimates that an outdoor fireplace can increase a home's value by an average of $3,500, and they are practically considered "must-haves" in luxury homes.
You can add a touch of luxury to your own patio and save a ton of money if you are willing to take a DIY approach. Building your own outdoor fireplace takes a bit of expertise, good instructions and a fair amount of hard work. Pre-fabricated kits that make the job easier are widely available, or you can go old-school and build a classic masonry fireplace, which allows you to tailor the design and size to your specific preferences.
After watching about 200 hours of YouTube videos, James decided to build a masonry fireplace from scratch. "I'm not a mason; I'd never laid a block in my life," he says. But he chose this approach for its solid construction and permanence. "I'd watch a video on how to pour concrete the proper way so it wouldn't crack, learn how to set the rebar, and then I'd go outside and do it," James says. "Then I'd watch videos on how to construct the base, then I'd go outside and do it. Same thing when I got to the chimney, I'd watch videos to learn how to set flue tiles and know which mortar was best. It was just a process of completing one step at a time and not getting it wrong.
"It was about a four-and-a-half-month process. I did everything myself, working evenings and weekends (and forgoing trips to the lake). The first step obviously was pouring the cement slab. I bought my own cement mixer and poured 300 bags of cement myself because the houses in our neighborhood are so close together, a cement truck couldn't get back there.
Now that the work is done, the Haiks are looking forward to enjoying their new fireplace with friends and family. "It's going to be a long time before we're ready to move from this house," James says with a laugh.
Heat up your outdoor living space with a pre-fabricated kit.
1. Choose a kit that meets your design and size preferences.
2. Pour a concrete pad.
3. Stack the pieces of pre-engineered masonry in your outdoor fireplace kit.
5. Affix the stone veneer of your choice.
1. Using your tape measure, determine the size of your space and draw a detailed design on a notepad.
2. Map out your space and then create a concrete foundation.
4. Build a facade frame to build upon using the pressure-treated lumber, securing it in place with screws and using the chop saw to cut boards to size.
5. Attach cement backerboard with masonry anchors and screws.
6. Add mortar to your base and install stacked stone, building in layers.
7. Finally, attach chimney cap.


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Saudi Arabia plans to raise 135 billion riyals ($36 billion) for transportation-infrastructure projects over the next 11 years, as part of a sweeping plan to overhaul the economy of the world's top oil-exporting nation, Transport Minister Nabeel Al Amudi said.
The transport investments, funded by a mix of government and private spending, would be "split between various sectors — airports, railways, ports and roads, with the bulk being spent on railways," Al Amudi said in an interview Monday. It's part of a sweeping, 1.6 trillion-riyal plan announced on Saturday to expand Saudi Arabia's industrial capacity and transportation underpinnings by 2030.
Foreign investors are already integrated into the ports, and the sector will continue to evolve, Al Amudi said. DP World Ltd. signed a letter of intent to develop a container station at Jeddah Islamic Port on Monday.
Al Amudi said he hopes that the Land Bridge — a railway project connecting Jeddah and Riaydh that will cost 50 billion to 60 billion riyals — "can get moving in the next few months, maybe by the end of the year." The project is expected to be mostly government funded.


Colin Carr appears throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and teacher. He has played with major orchestras and conductors worldwide. He recently recorded all the Bach Suites on the Wigmore Live label and the complete Beethoven Sonatas and Variations with his duo partner Thomas Sauer on the MSR label. A frequent visitor to international chamber music festivals, he has also played regularly with the Guarneri and Emerson string quartets.
Colin studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Maurice Gendron and William Pleeth. In 1998 he was made a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, and St John's College, Oxford created the post of "Musician in Residence" for him. Since 2002 he has been a professor at Stony Brook University in New York. He plays a Matteo Gofriller cello made in 1730.


Farmers should not automatically assume that coughing cattle, including cows, have a lungworm problem, according Co. Meath veterinarian Frank O'Sullivan.
"In some instances this can be the case," he said.
"The problem of lungworm is increasing on the back of the heavier stocking rates now being achieved on Irish farms. But factors such as IBR, RSV and Pasteurella may also be kicking in.
"This is why a differential diagnosis is required. Lungworm can be treated with an appropriate drug. But where virus-related problems are identified vaccination may well be the answer.
O'Sullivan confirmed that fluke problems are currently giving concern on dairy farms, even in the driest parts of the country.
"We now take dung samples as a matter of routine and have them assessed from a liver fluke perspective. The results of this work will confirm if adult or immature fluke are the root of the problem that has been identified.
O'Sullivan said that listeriosis and meningitis cases become more prevalent at this time of the year.
"Listeria bacteria can survive the higher pH conditions found in poorly fermented silage.
"Once ingested they can travel to the brain, following which meningitis can set in. The symptoms to look out for are cattle walking in circles. However, the symptoms are treatable," he said.


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Acropolitis excelsa est un insecte lépidoptère de la famille des Tortricidae vivant en Australie.

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Espèce de Lépidoptères (nom scientifique)
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If the sunny days haven't returned to where you live yet, then don't despair. De Fil En Déco's summer edition offers you plenty of bright, sunny ideas and advice for interior decoration that will bring a bit of sunshine into your home. In the Sea, Déco & Sun summer edition you'll visit a houseboat on the Seine, discover a music-lover's swimming pool and get recommendations from the pros for a light-filled interior as well as an overview of the outdoor trends for 2016.
All you have to do is to lie back with a cocktail and forget all your problems while you read.


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Lexus Built an EV With a Fake Manual Transmission. This Video Shows it in Action
Mack Hogan
Lexus Built an EV With a Fake Manual TransmissionScreenshot: EVO on YouTube
The manual transmission is almost gone. Even if you ignore that manual-transmission cars account for less than 2 percent of the auto market today, you have to accept that the transition to EVs will likely spell the end of shifting yourself. Toyota wants to change that, which is why the company is showing off a prototype EV with a faux manual shifter.
The company has spent the last couple of days showing European journalists a special version of the Lexus UX 300e. The small electric crossover isn't sold in the U.S. and isn't particularly exciting in its normal form, but this version has a simulated shifter and clutch to provide a taste of old-school engagement. The driver can shift between different gears when they get to the far end of the fake tachometer and, if they blow a shift, can even stall the electric car. The driving video from EVO is certainly worth a watch.
Electric vehicles rarely have more than one or two forward gears, so it is unlikely that this is going to be a useful technology for future mainstream EVs. But Lexus says it is developing the concept to make more engaging EVs, and may actually use the system on a production BEV if the development work is promising. We're not sure a simulated shifter could ever scratch our itch, but we're certainly interested in trying it out.
You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox
Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners
The Man Who Signs Every Car
At $6,800, Is This 1972 Volvo 145 Worth its Weight in Patina?
Hagerty just listed the Volvo 200 series as one of the highest appreciators of 2022. Today's Nice Price or No Dice Volvo 145 is that model's immediate ancestor, but will it find similar appreciation in our vote?
Alexander Rossi Motivated for IndyCar Career Reset with Arrow McLaren SP
The 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner looking for fresh start, chance to win 2023 IndyCar championship.
NASCAR's First Race West of the Mississippi Was Simply 'Fabulous' in '51
Suffer Your Final Humiliation In A Ford Mach-E Hearse
Who would want to be caught dead in this thing?
A Suzuki Hayabusa With a Rear Track Proves Everything Is Better With 'Busa
So as someone who's never lived somewhere that it snows a whole bunch, the concept of "snow bikes," aka dirt bikes with rear tracks and front skis rather than wheels, is kind of a new one. What isn't a new concept is just how damned silly the 155-horsepower (to the wheel, according to Motorcyclist magazine) Suzuki Hayabusa is in basically any situation. What do you get when you combine the two? According to Grind Hard Plumbing Co on YouTube, you get a good time.
This Survivor, One-Owner Chevelle SS 396 Has Only 27k-Miles
You won't find another 1970 like this!
NBC Universal Reportedly Cancels Jay Leno's Garage Television Series
Jay Leno's Garage ran for seven seasons on CNBC. Thankfully, it seems the YouTube channel is unaffected.


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Certificate of Deposit (CD) Guide
Explore The Guide
Types of CDs
Fixed-Rate CD
Variable-Rate CD
Jumbo CD
Negotiable CD
Brokered CD
Callable CD
Yankeee CD
Liquid CD
Investing With CDs
Can CDs Lose Value?
Promotional CD Rate (Bonus CD Rate)
Zero-Coupon CD
Market-Linked CDs
How CD Yields Are Taxed
CDs vs. Other Financial Products
Bonds vs. CDs
Are CDs a Type of Bond?
Money Market Accounts vs. CDs
U.S. Savings Bonds vs. CDs
Municipal Bonds vs. Taxable Bonds and CDs
Bonds Municipal Bonds
By Dan Moskowitz and Troy Segal
If a friend asks, "Are municipal bonds a better investment than taxable bonds?" and you immediately answer with a hard "yes" or "no," you might be doing your pal a disservice. The correct answer depends on a host of factors specific to a person's individual circumstances.
The most important of these relates to the size of his or her tax bill. If an investor sits in the 35% income tax bracket and lives in a state with relatively high-income tax rates, investing in municipal bonds (or munis, for short) will likely be a better option than taxable bonds. Contrarily, investors whose income is hovering in the 12% tax bracket range should probably steer clear of municipal bonds.
In general, municipal bonds are more attractive to those in higher tax brackets.
To compare municipal bonds to taxable bonds, you need to determine the tax-equivalent yield of the muni.
Though CDs carry less risk, municipal bonds have tended to outperform them.
How to Compare Municipal and Taxable Bonds
While your tax bracket can provide a rule-of-thumb when considering munis overall, you need to consider individual investment opportunities a little more closely. Specifically, you need to compare the return of the muni to that of a comparable taxable bond's, by determining its tax-equivalent yield. Also known as the after-tax yield, the tax-equivalent yield takes into account an individual investor's current tax rate to determine whether an investment in a municipal bond is equivalent to a corresponding investment in a given taxable bond.
Fortunately, there's a formula for that. It is:
Tax − Equivalent Yield=Tax − Exempt Yield(1 − Marginal Tax Rate)\text{Tax}\ -\ \text{Equivalent Yield}=\frac{\text{Tax}\ -\ \text{Exempt Yield}}{(1\ -\ \text{Marginal Tax Rate})}Tax − Equivalent Yield=(1 − Marginal Tax Rate)Tax − Exempt Yield
Putting this formula into practice, let's assume you're contemplating a tax-free bond with a 6% yield and your marginal tax bracket is 35%. You would plug in the numbers as follows:
Tax − Equivalent Yield=6(1 − .35)\text{Tax}\ -\ \text{Equivalent Yield}{=\frac{6}{(1\ -\ .35)}}Tax − Equivalent Yield=(1 − .35)6
In this case, your tax-equivalent yield would be 9.23%. In this scenario, that means if equivalent taxable debt instruments are offering yields in the 7%-to-8% range, your municipal bond with a 6% yield offers a better return (even though its nominal yield looks lower).
Now let's say you're in the 12% tax bracket. The tax-equivalent yield would be 6.8% (6 divided by [1-.12]). In this situation, a municipal bond with a 6% yield would not present a particularly better investment opportunity than those taxable bonds yielding 7% or more.
Generally, municipal bonds' after-tax yields exceed those of taxable bonds for anyone whose marginal tax rate is 24% or higher.
Municipal Bonds vs Corporate Bonds
Of course, return isn't everything. Investors also have to consider the risk of default. Historically, municipal bonds have experienced low default rates. According to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, the 10-year average cumulative default rate for investment-grade municipal bonds through 2017, the latest year for which figures were available, totaled only .18%, compared to 1.74% for corporate bonds.
Municipal bonds come in two forms: general obligation (GO) bonds and revenue bonds. Although the latter is far more common, the former is much safer. GO bonds use taxes (primarily property taxes) to pay bondholders interest and eventually their principal back. Contrarily, revenue bonds rely on the revenues
generated by a project in order to pay off bondholders, which means
performance partly depends on economic conditions, making them riskier.
Municipal Bonds vs. CDs
So we've seen how to compare munis with taxable bonds, such as corporate bonds. How about Certificates of Deposit (CDs)? Although they might appear to be a better option because they contain virtually no risk, they do have downsides. Namely: when interest rates dip, CDs struggle to outpace inflation. Therefore, when we're heading for a deflationary environment, sitting on cash is a more viable option, since your dollars will go further. Of course, when you're locked into a CD, you're generating some interest while waiting—which is a good thing. However, municipal bonds have historically outperformed CDs by a wide margin.
The amount invested in muni funds in 2019, a record-breaking high, according to MunicipalBonds.com
Your exposure to municipal bonds should depend on your tax bracket, investment goals, and location: If you live in a high-income-tax state, locally issued munis will be triple tax-exempt—that is, free of state and city/county taxes, too. Ideally, municipal bonds should be part of a well-diversified portfolio that could also include domestic and international stocks, real estate holdings, mutual funds and ETFs, and even other debt instruments (U.S. government bonds, TIPS, and corporate bonds).
How Are Municipal Bonds Taxed?
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Learn What a Tax-Exempt Security Is
A tax-exempt security is an investment in which the income produced is free from federal, state, and/or local taxes.
Yield Equivalence
Yield equivalence is the interest rate on a taxable security that would produce a return that is equal to that of a tax-exempt security, and vice versa.
Yield to Maturity (YTM)
Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return expected on a bond if the bond is held until maturity.
What is Tax Free?
Tax free refers to certain types of goods and/or financial products (such as municipal bonds) that are not taxed.
Tax-Equivalent Yield
The tax-equivalent yield is the pretax yield that a taxable bond needs to possess for its yield to be equal to that of a tax-free municipal bond.
A bond is a fixed income investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (corporate or governmental) that borrows the funds for a defined period of time at a fixed interest rate.


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F1 Azerbaijan live stream: How to watch the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
By Marc McLaren
Here's how to watch the 2021 F1 Azerbaijan live stream, wherever you are in the world
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2021 F1 Azerbaijan live stream: How to watch live online
The 2021 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix takes place today (Sunday, June 6) at 8 a.m. ET / 5 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. BST. ESPN carries the F1 live stream in the U.S. You can watch your country's coverage no matter where in the world you are by grabbing a VPN (opens in new tab).
It's almost time for the 2021 F1 Azerbaijan live stream, and it promises to be yet another intriguing race in what is already shaping up to be a classic season.
For the second race in a row, Charles Leclerc took pole position in the Ferrari, and he'll be hoping for better luck on the historic streets of Baku than he had in Monaco two weeks ago, when his car failed on the way to the grid.
Lewis Hamilton will line up alongside him, having somehow managed to coax some performance out of a Mercedes car that had struggled throughout the three practice sessions. Red Bull's Max Verstappen is third and Alpha Tauri's Pierre Gasly a superb fourth, but Valtteri Bottas in the second Mercedes was only tenth.
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Monaco may not have been the most exciting in terms of action, but the result definitely kept things interesting. With his second victory of the season, Verstappen leapfrogged Hamilton into first place in the driver's championship. But with only four points between them, the young Dutchman will surely not be relaxing any time soon.
We predict fireworks between the two in the famous Silk Road city of Baku, with the medieval streets leaving little margin for error; several cars, including Daniel Ricciardo, Lance Stroll and Verstappen himself put their cars into the barriers during practice or qualifying.
In other news, the Singapore Grand Prix has been called off, with Turkey, China and a second race in the USA all being considered as replacements.
How will the Azerbaijan race pan out? All will become clear soon. Read on to find out how to watch the 2021 F1 Azerbaijan live stream online from anywhere.
F1 Azerbaijan live stream: How to watch the Azerbaijan Grand Prix live online from anywhere with a VPN
Just because you're in another country, it doesn't mean you can't use the streaming services you already pay for to watch the F1 Azerbaijan live stream. With a virtual private network, or VPN, you can connect to your service of choice through a server in your country, so you can watch the race without needing to resort to a low-quality option.
We've tested many VPN services, and right now we think the best VPN is ExpressVPN (opens in new tab). It meets the VPN needs of the vast majority of users, offering outstanding compatibility with most devices and impressive connection speeds.
Safety, speed and simplicity combine to make ExpressVPN our favorite VPN service. It's also compatible with loads of devices and there's a 30-day money-back guarantee if you want to try it out.
F1 Azerbaijan live stream: How to watch the Azerbaijan Grand Prix live online in the US
ESPN is the place to turn for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix live stream in the U.S., and there are several ways you can access it.
As well as being available through your cable service across the weekend, you can also stream the race via the ESPN app, or on the Watch section of ESPN's website. However, you'll need to authenticate with your satellite, cable or live TV provider credentials to watch any sessions. Also note that Formula 1 is not available on ESPN Plus, ESPN's standalone streaming service; you need access to live ESPN channels.
ESPN is available through most cable packages as well as cable TV replacement services, including Sling TV, Fubo.TV, YouTube TV and Hulu with Live TV. Either way, coverage of the big race starts at 8 a.m. ET today.
If you don't want to pay for live ESPN in some fashion or another, your best alternative is F1 TV Pro (opens in new tab). This is F1's own official F1 live stream service, and as with ESPN's own coverage, it uses the feed from Sky Sports F1.
F1 TV Pro costs $10 per month or $80 for the season, which is much better value considering there are set to be 23 races this year. Plus you also get Formula 2, Formula 3 and Porsche Supercup races, and F1's archive of classic Grands Prix.
And remember, if you're usually based in the U.S. but aren't there at the moment, you can still watch the services you already subscribe to via a VPN such as ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) — meaning you can view an F1 live stream from anywhere in the world.
If you're not already a Sling TV (opens in new tab) subscriber, you'll want Sling Orange in order to watch ESPN. This costs $35/month and includes dozens of other great channels.
Love sports? Then check out Fubo.TV (opens in new tab). It's got a 7-day free trial so you don't need to pay up front. The channel lineup includes ESPN, plus other top networks including Bravo, FX and MTV.
F1 Azerbaijan live stream: How to watch the Azerbaijan Grand Prix live online in the UK
As always, Sky Sports F1 is the home of Formula One in the U.K. and it offers coverage of every minute of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in up to 4K resolution.
You'll need to be a Sky Sports (opens in new tab) subscriber to watch the F1 Azerbaijan live stream: the Sky Sports F1 channel is available for £18 per month, and there are packages available that give you lots more channels for only a bit extra.
To follow it in ultra high-definition 4K, you'll need to pay a little more: you'll need a Sky Q set-top box and a package that includes both Ultra HD and Sky Sports F1. In total, that'd come to £45 a month, plus a £20 one-off payment if you're not an existing subscriber.
A far cheaper option is to buy a Now Sports Pass (opens in new tab). This will give you all 11 of the Sky Sports channels for a limited time, with pricing starting at £9.99 for a Day Pass and £33.99 for one month. There's no 4K available here though.
Again, if you're usually based in the U.K. but are elsewhere at the moment, you can still watch the services you subscribe to by using one of the best VPN services.
F1 Azerbaijan live stream: How to watch the Azerbaijan Grand Prix live online in Canada
TSN airs all Formula 1 races in Canada in English, while RDS has coverage in French. F1 TV Pro (opens in new tab) also remains an option for fans looking for an F1 live stream.
All sessions are broadcast on TSN, and if you receive the network through your cable or satellite provider, you can use TSN Go by signing in with your TV service credentials. Cord-cutters will want to check out TSN Direct (opens in new tab), which comes in day- and month-long passes for $8 or $20 CAD, respectively. The TSN app (opens in new tab) will allow you to live stream the race from your phone, streaming box or supported device.
Not actually in Canada at the moment? ExpressVPN (opens in new tab) and other VPN services can help you access the services you already subscribe to.
F1 Azerbaijan live stream: How to watch the Azerbaijan Grand Prix live online in Australia
Fox Sports has the rights to the F1 Azerbaijan live stream in Australia, which means you can watch the Azerbaijan Grand Prix online via Foxtel (opens in new tab).
Kayo Sports (opens in new tab) is another option. This service offers new subscribers a 14-day free trial, while one-month subscriptions start at $25.
You can also use one of the best VPN services to follow the action from your home country even when you're elsewhere.
F1 Azerbaijan live stream: Full race grid
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F1 Azerbaijan live stream: Practice, qualifying and race weekend schedule
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The Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend started on Friday (June 4) with the first two practice sessions, while P3 and qualifying took place yesterday. The race itself is today (June 6). Here's the full schedule:
Practice 1: 4.30 a.m. – 5.30 a.m. ET (1.30 a.m. – 2.30 a.m PT / 9.30 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. BST)
Practice 2: 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. ET (5 a.m. – 6 a.m PT / 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. BST)
Practice 3: 5 a.m. – 6 a.m. ET (2 a.m. – 3 a.m PT / 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. BST)
Qualifying: 8 a.m. – 9 a.m. ET (5 a.m. – 6 a.m PT / 2 p.m. – 2 p.m. BST)
Race: 8 a.m. – 10 a.m. ET (5 a.m. – 7 a.m PT / 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. BST)
F1 Azerbaijan live stream — current driver standings
F1 2021 car and driver line-ups
Kimi Raikkonen (7)
Antonio Giovinazzi (99)
Pierre Gasly (10)
Yuki Tsunoda (22)
Fernando Alonso (14)
Esteban Ocon (31)
Sebastian Vettel (5)
Lance Stroll (18)
Charles Leclerc (16)
Carlos Sainz (55)
Nikita Mazepin (9)
Mick Schumacher (47)
Daniel Ricciardo (3)
Lando Norris (4)
Lewis Hamilton (44)
Valtteri Bottas (77)
Max Verstappen (33)
Sergio Perez (11)
George Russell (63)
Nicholas Latifi (6)
Full 2021 F1 calendar
26-28 March
Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain International Circuit
16-18 April
Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Autodromo Imola
30 April 2 May
Portuguese Grand Prix
Portimão Circuit
Spanish Grand Prix
Catalunya Circuit
Monaco Grand Prix
Monaco Circuit
4-6 June
Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Baku street circuit
French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard
British Grand Prix
Silverstone Circuit
30 July - 1 Aug
Hungarian Grand Prix
Belgian Grand Prix
Spa-Francorchamps Circuit
3-5 Sept
Dutch Grand Prix
Circuit Zandvoort
10-12 Sept
Italian Grand Prix
Russian Grand Prix
Sochi International Street Circuit
8-10 Oct
Japanese Grand Prix
22-24 Oct
Mexico Grand Prix
Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez
5-7 Nov
Brazilian Grand Prix
Autodromo Interlagos
19-21 Nov
Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park Circuit
3-5 Dec
Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
10-12 Dec
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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SALEM LIBRARY
The Salem Public Library is moving in a few weeks. Here's what you need to know
Salem's downtown library will close Feb. 2 for seismic retrofitting. If there's a book you want to see at the temporary location, you might want to put it on hold.
By Rachel Alexander – Salem Reporter
A library-goer checks out a book at Salem Public Library. (Caleb Wolf/Special to Salem Reporter)
A butcher paper tree is taped to the wall at the Salem Public Library between the nonfiction new arrivals and the fiction stacks.
A sign on a nearby table invites visitors to take a post-it leaf and write a favorite memory about the library before affixing it to the tree.
It's an effort to preserve some of the building's history before books are packed into storage or carried to a new location.
The downtown library is closing in early February for a seismic retrofit, and a temporary location at 1400 Broadway St. N.E. will open two weeks later. The main library will re-open in the summer of 2021.
City librarian Sarah Strahl has already added her leaf to the memory tree: a teen and adult talent show held while she was interviewing for the city librarian job. No one act stood out, but she was struck by the skills on display.
"It was such a great showcase of the community," she said.
Other submissions range from childhood memories ("coming with grandma to crawl up and down the stairs") to library visits gone wrong ("that time I get stuck in the elevator").
The downtown library's last open day will be Sunday, Feb. 2. It will re-open at the Broadway location on Feb. 18. The temporary location has free parking and a bike rack.
During the closure, the West Salem library branch will remain open, and all holds ready to be picked up will automatically move to West Salem. Anyone wishing to pick up books at another regional library can switch the settings in their account by following directions on the library website.
Friends of the Salem Public Library has already moved. Their former storefront inside the library is now contains only empty CD racks and boxes.
On Monday, Jan. 13, they'll reopen in their new location at 1127 Broadway St. N.E., three blocks from where the library itself will be.
Perhaps the biggest impact for library users is the temporary home will have a downsized collection of books, DVDs and other materials. The 300,000 items now in circulation at the downtown library will be reduced to fit on a smaller shelf space at Broadway.
At least two-thirds of the collection will be temporarily stored.
City librarian Sarah Strahl invites Salem Public Library patrons to leave favorite library memories on a tree in the downtown building (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)
Strahl said a library committee has been at work for months deciding which items to move. One of their goals is keeping a balance of materials to serve different library users: picture books, items for teens, fiction and non-fiction, and materials in Spanish.
"It will have a lot in it. And it will have something for everyone," she said.
Patrons now have about 60,000 materials checked out, she said. Most of those items will come to the new location.
The Broadway location only has space for about 22,000 items on shelves, but they're able to move more because some will always be checked out.
New additions and Lucky Day items - popular books and DVDs that can't be placed on hold - will come too. And the library will continue adding thousands of new items each year.
Still, "We know that's going to be an impact," Strahl said.
Salem Public Library is part of the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service, a regional group of libraries that share a catalog, allowing cardholders to reserve and check out books from any of the 17 participating members.
Others in the group include libraries at Chemeketa Community College and in Dallas, Independence, McMinville and Woodburn.
That means the downsizing will have impacts beyond Salem library patrons. But it also ups the odds that another library will have a book a Salem patron is seeking, even if Salem's copy is in storage.
Salem patrons can access those books by placing holds or visiting other regional libraries in person. Salem librarians can also get books on loan from other libraries if no one in the cooperative has a copy.
And Salem patrons also have access to e-books, audiobooks and other digital items through the library website.
"The likelihood of it still existing in a format we can get is high," Strahl said. "Don't panic."
More information about the move is on the City of Salem website.
Reporter Rachel Alexander: rachel@salemreporter.com or 503-575-1241.


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Olympics set to continue despite rising coronavirus cases
By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 7, 2021 at 6:17 PM MST - Updated January 7 at 6:17 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - Japan's Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, said on Thursday, Jan. 7th that he is confident the Olympics will continue ahead, despite a state of emergency being declared for the Tokyo region.
COVID-19 cases are rising quickly in Japan, although they are still at a far lower level than those seen in Europe and the United States.
With the Olympics due to begin at the end of July, having already been postponed a year from 2020, there is concern that they will have to be cancelled altogether, unless the coronavirus pandemic is brought under control around the world.
Prime Minister Suga said he hopes a global vaccine effort will allow the games to go ahead.
Authorities in Japan plan to start a vaccination campaign by the end of February.
Copyright 2021 KOLD News 13. All rights reserved.
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Recently I've been using the label enchantress/enchanter to refer to myself, and the Pixie Kiss project is all about enchantment, so perhaps it is time to elucidate what I mean by this!
An enchanter enchants; makes something enchanted; spreads enchantment.
The glimpses I've had of that grey world, devoid of spirit, life, and wonder, are terrible things. Its no real wonder that depression and numbness are strong currencies in the world! The more I see of the world, the more I come to see how this greyness permeates so many lives, and how much this harms people. Disconnection,* that which prevents a life lived fully, comes from disillusionment, disenchantment, distrust and disinterest in the world around us, so let us reconnect, re-enchant and re-invigorate our lives!
If being enchanted allows us to see past the cold hard facts of a world disconnected from its heart, then perhaps seeing what is normally unseen is the key to feeling the warm feelings of love and joy and delight, and being enchanted will fill us with wonder which we can then share!
For me, to be enchanted is to walk in a state of delighted wonder at the magic in the world. Not ignoring the problems, but choosing how we engage with the world and our lives. To be enchanted is to see the beauty of life, and to enchant others is to encourage beauty and delight in the world. Facing the truth is important, and I certainly don't advocate ignoring pain and betrayal, in the world at large or our personal lives. However, acknowledging the hurt and harm happening and done, doing what you can to help, and not wallowing in the pain but choosing to heal and move on is more helpful than falling into misery.** Recognising that there is wonder in the world even when everything hurts can help us to get through the pain and keep motivated to help to heal the parts of the world we can.
Enchantment does not blind us to the bad, but it does help us see the good. It does not numb us, but it does open us to living more fully. Enchantment is not a way of hiding, it is a way of seeing and choosing where our focus, and therefore our energies, go.
This is what it means to be an Enchanter; to be enchanted by life, and to help others, wherever possible, to be enchanted too.
*Pace and Kyeli have written a marvelous document on why disconnection is the root of all the ills in the world, you can check it out here: The Connection Manifesto.
** Easier said than done sometimes, so there is help out there if you are sinking rather than swimming. For those times, ask for help. Acknowledging the beauty in the world includes acknowledging that there are many people out there who can and will help you… and remembering that we can ask for help.
This is the eighth post in a series of suggestions for re-enchanting your life, one pixie kiss at a time. The introduction is here, and you can watch the path unfold here.
I went on a retreat where I journeyed with others to the four celtic cities, in the four directions, and found myself subtly transformed.
I've also been reading The Tree of Enchantment by Orion Foxwood and Fairies and Fairy stories A History – by Dianne Purkiss, and I plan to write about what I've been learning about the realm of the Fey over the past few months. I've been thinking about the connections between the ancestors, the gods and the fey, and about where the Faery Path fits in on my personal journey.
I've a lot I'd like to share here, its just finding a place to start… how do you word something experienced wordlessly? How do you pull the thoughts milling around your mind from a period of time and lay them out for others to see? How do you organise a mixture of theoretical, practical and magical moments into somethign shareable?
We'll see. It'll certainly be an adventure!
The May Queen has passed!
We watched her, saw her, ascend, descend over the steps before us.
We watched, saw, the fire-lighters start the nied fire.
We watched, we saw, the path cut through the crowd, past us, past us, the procession moved past us.
Do not lose her! Never lose her!
We ran, ran, over the grassy hill, down a tunnel of bodies bemused by the sudden space where magic had passed us.
And found ourself stopped. In the cold. Behind the wall of blue-faced men who told us no.
No. We smiled. No. We can say no too.
We said no, said yes.
Our band of fey-folk flew apart, found our places. Mine and hers, my beltane-friend, our place was running!
We followed the Queen, she led our hunt!
We flew, cross the hill, round and about, past people bemused, over rocks and dips that lifted us gently over their treachorous forms (one fey-folk twisted her ankle, others sat with the stillness of the rocks holding their bones, we, somehow, flew unscathed, the earth herself letting us pass).
We flew! Flew! From space to space, always, just and perfectly, keeping pace.
Sometimes the crowd became too tight, too close, too confused, and we flew away, to the edges, still running.
Time and again we let the stillness touch us. I pointed the direction, she led the way. Together we flew, together, mapping out a perfect path.
At every space the procession stopped we found a niche, once the fire-space came upon us unexpectedly and we watched, entranced, by the spinning flames and the red-people charging, the white-people keeping the line, the line that must be crossed. The pain of division.
We saw Him die and rise again, his dance frenzied in the strobe-light of camera-flashes.
Their kiss, love shining from them like a star.
The red and white, chaos and order, together, united, in love.
Each element, a gift in themselves.
The whole path winding round and round, the serpent of great Beltane found.
We watched, we flew, we laughed.
We were touched by madness, running in the wake of her winter-hunt, running like the joyous hounds of hell as the sun-fire rose and burned away the last of the winter's dark.
We ran, flew, followed… and we rejoiced.
The fire festival, a ritual carving its own space through a crowd, deliberately confused.
This was no mere spectacle, but a marvelous sacrifice of life to life for life in life.
Life rises like the sun.
The May Queen blessed us all.
The fires of our hearts ignite as the sun kisses our skin, and they will never die.
I see I fear losing, losing you my dear, and losing me.
I glow. I know. To paint is to be free.
I know. To trust is to be free.
I know, to live, moment to moment, in each moment, is to be free.
I Wish not to lose you, my dear, but I Will keep me.
Moment to moment, my wings spread wide.
Will you fly by my side?
And its your choice, my dear, your choice.
Your choice to Live too.
In Love, I hold out my hand.
In Love, I must do what I must.
In Love, moment to moment, in Trust.


MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) - Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is considering entering the Democratic presidential race, said Saturday that financial regulation needs to be at the forefront of the 2016 campaign and suggested big banks need to be broken up if they might harm the nation.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) � Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is considering entering the Democratic presidential race, said Saturday that financial regulation needs to be at the forefront of the 2016 campaign and suggested big banks need to be broken up if they might harm the nation.
"If a bank's too big to fail without wrecking our common good, then it's too big and we need to take lawful measures to ensure our country's common good is not imperiled," O'Malley told reporters during a conference sponsored by the South Carolina Democratic Party.
Reflecting on Democratic losses in 2012, O'Malley said that one of the lessons of last year's campaign is that "triangulation" is not a winning strategy. Some liberals criticized the use of triangulation � adopting some of an opponent's ideas � during President Bill Clinton's two terms in the 1990s.
"You're never going to please all the people all of the time," O'Malley said. "Finding the middle ground between a reasonable approach and an extreme approach isn't going to serve to solve the problem."
The observation could be taken as a criticism if not a warning regarding the views of Clinton's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, considered the front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination if she decides to seek the White House again.
O'Malley said the plans of other potential candidates, including Hillary Clinton, will not affect his own and that he expects to reach a decision this spring.
He has traveled to South Carolina nine times in two years. His visit Saturday came almost a year to the day before the state's presidential primary.


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import static com.google.errorprone.BugPattern.SeverityLevel.SUGGESTION;
import static java.lang.Math.max;

import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
import com.google.common.base.Splitter;
import com.google.errorprone.BugPattern;
import com.google.errorprone.BugPattern.StandardTags;
import com.google.errorprone.VisitorState;
import com.google.errorprone.annotations.SuppressPackageLocation;
import com.google.errorprone.bugpatterns.BugChecker.CompilationUnitTreeMatcher;
import com.google.errorprone.matchers.Description;
import com.google.errorprone.util.ASTHelpers;
import com.sun.source.tree.CompilationUnitTree;
import com.sun.tools.javac.code.Symbol.PackageSymbol;
import com.sun.tools.javac.tree.JCTree.JCCompilationUnit;
import java.util.List;

/** A {@link BugChecker}; see the associated {@link BugPattern} annotation for details. */
@BugPattern(
    summary = "Package names should match the directory they are declared in",
    severity = SUGGESTION,
    documentSuppression = false,
    suppressionAnnotations = SuppressPackageLocation.class,
    tags = StandardTags.STYLE,
    altNames = "PackageName")
public class PackageLocation extends BugChecker implements CompilationUnitTreeMatcher {

  private static final Splitter DOT_SPLITTER = Splitter.on('.');
  private static final Splitter PATH_SPLITTER = Splitter.on('/');

  @Override
  public Description matchCompilationUnit(CompilationUnitTree tree, VisitorState state) {
    if (tree.getPackageName() == null) {
      return Description.NO_MATCH;
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    // package-info annotations are special
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    if (ASTHelpers.hasAnnotation(tree.getPackage(), SuppressPackageLocation.class, state)) {
      return Description.NO_MATCH;
    }

    PackageSymbol packageSymbol = ((JCCompilationUnit) state.getPath().getCompilationUnit()).packge;
    if (packageSymbol == null) {
      return Description.NO_MATCH;
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    String packageName = packageSymbol.fullname.toString();
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      return Description.NO_MATCH;
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        PATH_SPLITTER.splitToList(actualFileName.substring(0, actualFileName.lastIndexOf('/')));
    List<String> expectedSuffix = DOT_SPLITTER.splitToList(packageName);
    List<String> actualSuffix =
        actualPath.subList(max(0, actualPath.size() - expectedSuffix.size()), actualPath.size());
    if (actualSuffix.equals(expectedSuffix)) {
      return Description.NO_MATCH;
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    String message =
        String.format(
            "Expected package %s to be declared in a directory ending with %s, instead found %s",
            packageName, Joiner.on('/').join(expectedSuffix), Joiner.on('/').join(actualSuffix));
    return buildDescription(tree.getPackageName()).setMessage(message).build();
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}

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Buying a property is a huge milestone, and getting it right can seem like a major headache. But with some careful planning and a clear head, you can get the best possible value by following our top tips for buying a property.
It's impossible to over-emphasise the importance of planning ahead when buying a property. If you can put together a clear timeline for your move then you'll be able to tie it in with other key dates like the start of the new school year.
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It is now a legal obligation for all rental properties to have an EPC, and properties cannot be put on the market until a certificate has been obtained.
When it comes to gas safety, government legislation states all landlords need a Landlord's Gas Safety Gas Certificate, which has been issued by a Gas Safe Registered Engineer and details all gas appliances in a property.


In the fall of 2014, I was accepted into the PBS Learning Media Digital Integrators program. This unit was created to fulfill the requirements of that program. Students used a video from PBS Learning Media to expand their knowledge of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory disaster. They then wrote a persuasive piece about whether or not the owners of the factory were at fault for the disaster. The plans, a link to the video, and student work are below.


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Мирослав Церар (28 жовтня 1939, Любляна)  — гімнаст Соціалістичної Федеративної Республіки Югославії та юрист словенської етнічної приналежності.

Спортивна кар'єра
Мирослав Церар представляв Югославію на Літніх Олімпійських іграх 1964 року та Літніх Олімпійських іграх 1968 року. В Токіо здобув дві медалі: золото та бронзу, а в Мексиці у 1968 році завоював золоту медаль за дисципліну кінь.

Церар брав участь в п'ятьох чемпіонатах світу зі спортивної гімнастики, здобувши за цей час чотири золоті медалі та одну бронзову. Крім цього Мирослав є дев'ятиразовим золотим призером чемпіонату Європи зі спортивної гімнастики серед чоловіків.

В своїй країні Церар здобув 13 національних титулів і аж вісім раз був обраний спортсменом року Югославії. Міжнародний олімпійський комітет нагородив Мирослава срібним олімпійським орденом. Він також був членом Словенської Олімпійської Академії, членом Комісії чесної гри Олімпійського комітету Словенії та Виконавчого комітету Європейського руху чесної гри.

Сім'я
Церар з 1941 по 2013 рік був одружений зі Зденкою Церар, яка виконувала обов'язки першої жінки Генерального прокурора Республіки Словенія (1999–2004), була міністром юстиції (2004) та віце-президентом ЛДС. У молодості Зденка також була чемпіонкою з гімнастики в Югославії та членом збірної Югославії. Після закінчення активної кар'єри вона працювала тренером та арбітром.

Церар вивчав право та багато років працював юристом. Його син Миро Церар також є юристом і політиком. Миро був прем'єр-міністром Словенії та главою партії Миро Церара.

Нагороди та відзнаки
У 1999 році, Мирослав Церар отримав своє місце в Міжнародній залі слави гімнастів, а у 2011
Залі слави словенських спортсменів.

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Учасники Олімпійських ігор
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International Year of Disabled Persons also stimulated disability activism at the international level. Up until the late 1970's the views of persons with disability were largely filtered, nationally and internationally, through the voices of service providers, professionals and family members. At the time the key international disability organisation was Rehabilitation International – the international equivalent of ACROD in Australia Rehabilitation International. Rehabilitation International had a policy which meant, while people with disability were welcome to attend its periodic international conference as observers, they were not permitted to speak. At the 1980 Conference of Rehabilitation International, held in Winnipeg, Canada, this policy prompted a walkout by people with disability and a decision to establish a new international organisation of and for people with disability. A number of Australians with disability were present at this meeting and participated in the walkout and in the formation of the new organisation. The organisation founded was Disabled Peoples International (DPI), which now has members in over 160 countries throughout the world.
As a result of the efforts of Australian activists who had been involved in the formation of the DPI, a NSW branch of Disabled Peoples International was established in 1982. Branches were also established in other States and Territories in the early 1980s along with a national assembly – Disabled Peoples International (Australia).
In 1984, the World Congress of Disabled Peoples International was held in Singapore. A number of activists involved in both the NSW branch of Disabled Peoples International and the Handicapped Persons Alliance attended this conference. When they returned from Singapore, they created momentum to merge the Handicapped Persons Alliance and the NSW Branch of Disabled Peoples International. This occurred in 1984 under the organisation name of Disabled Peoples International (NSW Branch), which reflected the very strong sense of connection felt with the emerging international social movement of people with disability. This name was registered with the Department of Fair Trading in 1985.
In 1985, Disabled Peoples International (NSW Branch) adopted a Constitution based on a regional council structure and became incorporated under the NSW Associations Incorporation Act, 1984. Each regional council nominated delegates to the central Board of the organisation. There were four metropolitan regions – Eastern, Southern, North East and North West – and five country regions Western, Riverina, Illawarra, North Coast and Hunter. This regional structure operated until 1991, when a new constitution was adopted based on a Board directly elected by the membership.
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Lillian, who is now turning 95, founded the Environmental Priorities Network (EPN) over 20 years ago. It is a South Bay centered environmental activism organization that lobbied both locally and at the State level for sustainable energy and all things environmental.
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This chapter investigates the bio-geographical imaginations behind the animal 'back-breeding' programs carried out by Lutz and Heinz Heck - two influential German zoologists who ran Berlin and Munich zoos. Partly with close connections to and patronage from the National Socialist elite, the Heck brothers sought to resurrect the wild cow (aurochs) and horse (tarpan) by breeding out the degeneration they associated with domestication. These back-bred animals were released during the war to roam the expanding territory of the Third Reich, and figured in propaganda films and newspaper articles legitimating that expansion. Drawing on archive material, this chapter situates these back-breeding initiatives in relation to the emerging field of geopolitics. It traces how the project to recreate extinct primordial wildlife functioned as part of discourses and practices of nature conservation that emphasized the ideal Germanic character of the European landscape and required ethnic cleansing as a form of ecological restoration. The chapter describes how back breeding of primordial wildlife was part of a legitimation of the violent Eastern expansion, emanating from a particular combination of mythological, geographic and ecological imaginations, not merely aiming for industrial and agricultural autarky but also to extend the Nazi governance of landscape conservation.
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February 12, 2019 – Three public hearings have been scheduled in the Upstate on the topic of Duke Energy's proposed fee hike. Before going into effect, the fee hike must be approved by the S.C. Public Service Commission, which has scheduled the hearings throughout Duke Energy's service territory in order to hear from customers.
A coalition of public interest groups, including the League of Women Voters of South Carolina, Consumer Reports, AARP South Carolina, and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, encourage Duke Energy customers to attend the hearings and speak up about how the fee hike would negatively impact them.
Background: Duke Energy has proposed tripling the hidden mandatory fee on its customers' bills—from about $8-$9 per month to $28-$29 per month. Since this "Basic Facilities Charge" must be paid each month, no matter how much or how little electricity is used, customers would have to pay at least $336 per year before even flipping on a light switch. If approved, this would be one of the highest mandatory monthly fees for residential customers of any investor-owned utility in the nation, and would place a particularly heavy burden upon low-usage customers including low-income families, seniors, and those using solar energy or energy efficiency/conservation.
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This market is on the rise as private equity players scour the Continent for bargains.
After taking some hard knocks in 2001 and 2002, Europe's private equity buyers are recovering their touch, snaffling undervalued companies across the Continent.
Driving that surge is a complex web of economic and financial stresses: Companies are seeking to divest underperforming units or operations that expose them to regulatory risk they're no longer happy to take. Anemic stock markets—by mid-December the Eurotop 300 was down 26% on the year—have effectively closed the public route. Trade buyers, often bowed down by debt and in need of consolidation, are unable to compete. For private equity players the result is a buyer's market.
We've been here before, of course. In the late 1990s private equity houses rushed to set up shop in London, Paris and Munich to take advantage of a much-trumpeted wave of corporate restructuring set to unroll across the Continent.
That happened—sort of. But most of the real action was at the top end of the market, with European titans shuffling assets between themselves. Far fewer small businessmen from Germany's Mittelstand sold up as they retired than had been expected, instead finding a way to muddle through. Hungry US buyers such as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Texas Pacific found themselves twiddling their thumbs.
Now, though, there are signs that things are changing. Take France Télécom. Loaded with $70 billion of debt, the state-owned company is selling off assets to regain stability and meet interest payments falling due this year and beyond. It agreed last month to sell Casema, its Dutch cable company, to two American private equity firms, Providence Equity Partners and the Carlyle Group, for $700 million.
Scandal-hit French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal sold its Houghton Mifflin American publishing interests last year to an amalgam of private equity firms for $1.7 billion. The company has also announced that it is looking to get rid of its US entertainment assets this year.
Those deals are pumping up volumes. A December 2002 KPMG report showed that while global M&A; activity has fallen for five consecutive half-yearly periods, it was the private equity share that was most resilient. At the 2000 peak of the M&A; boom, private equity backed just 2% of total volume; by 2002 that share had climbed to 6%.
Overall buyout volume will likely be marginally up in 2002. The European Venture Capital Association says there were $29.3 billion of deals completed by the start of December, compared with $31.6 billion for the whole of 2001.
Large deals such as Madison Dearborn Partners' E3.7 billion purchase of Irish paper and packaging company Jefferson Smurfit have snagged headlines, but in reality most funds are sitting on undeployed cash. Others have returned money to their partners. "It's part of the cycle really," says Burrows. "A lot of that money was raised on the back of what was a booming sector. There will be pressure to invest, but if, say, a fund works on a 10-year cycle, then they may have three or four years to invest." And investors are still funneling money into European private equity funds, if on a more selective basis than hitherto. CVC Capital Partners raised $4.65 billion during the year. Ex-Nomura banker Guy Hands recently closed his first Terra Firma fund with over $1 billion.
White says market volatility makes it harder to gauge true value. Niche firms such as Terra Firma are concentrating on buying up pieces of the Continent that are less susceptible to the vagaries of the economic cycle. In December, for example, Terra Firma bought 42,000 apartments in Cologne, Germany, from the Rhineland city's government and a savings bank for $1.9 billion.
There's little doubt that even in a reviving market the gung-ho attitude of earlier days is no longer appropriate. Some firms are nursing wounds from earlier investments that went sour. CVC Capital Partners and Citicorp Venture Capital took UK soda ash maker Brunner Mond private in September 1998, but the company struggled under a debt burden of £15 billion a year. Bondholders were handed the company's keys in December 2001 in one of the first high-yield bond restructurings in Europe.
In the face of closed new-issue markets, economic uncertainty and the paralysis of trade buyers, private equity players have struggled to cash out of even well-performing investments.
Little surprise, then, that the secondary buyout market (private equity outfits selling to each other) has proven a viable means of escape for many. High-profile deals last year included the September sale of Invicta Leisure of the United Kingdom by Electra Partners Europe to Duke Street Capital for £100 million. In Europe BC Partners sold textile cleaners Elis to BNP Paribas for more than E1 billion.
With some pretty large bets being laid in Europe, those investors will be hoping for a big payout.
Always a contentious issue in the world of private equity, the question of transparency was forced to the fore in October when Texas University's investment company was forced by a US newspaper under the Freedom of Information Act to release details of its private equity partnerships. The litigation bug is catching: California public pension company CalPERS and Yale University are among the institutions now being pursued for information through the courts.
The posting of private equity fund data on Texas University's Web site caused an uproar, with some insiders suggesting that the university would not be able to easily place money with funds in the future.
That debate has already moved across the Atlantic. In a gesture toward greater and homogenous disclosure, the British Venture Capital Association has drawn up draft guidelines on reporting standards, which it encourages its members to meet. The organization's Europe-wide counterpart, EVCA, is also pushing for more-uniform reporting.
• Legrand A consortium led by France's Wendel Investissement and KKR of the United States bought the 98% stake that French electrical group Schneider Electric had in their compatriot rivals. The group paid E3.63 billion but demonstrated caution in this secondary market deal, which came in at a cash-to-debt gearing ratio of around 1:2.
• Jefferson Smurfit American firm Madison Dearborn paid E3.7 billion for the Irish paper and packaging company in Europe's largest deal in 2002. This deal was one of several that put Ireland at the fore of public-to-private activity.
• Télédiffusion de France Debt-laden France Télécom sold TDF, a French broadcasting unit, to a consortium of equity firms for E1.6 billion in a rare buyout from the tech sector.


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Q: How to remove "Select" on the list How can I put the "Select" as placeholder in select option but not on the list of the dropdown when you click it? Any idea?
Thanks!

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        <select class="form-control" name="hours-of-operation" class="selectpicker">
            <option>Select</option>
            <option value="Business Hours">Business Hours</option>
            <option value="After Business Hours">After Business Hours</option>
            <option value="24/7">24/7</option>
        </select>

A: Just set value="" and abort the event handler if no value is selected.
<select class="form-control" name="hours-of-operation" class="selectpicker">
    <option value="">Select</option>
    <option value="Business Hours">Business Hours</option>
    <option value="After Business Hours">After Business Hours</option>
    <option value="24/7">24/7</option>
</select>

A: First of all, I would recommend doing it when select's value actually changes, not when it's merely clicked. The idea is to remove the first option element from the select. Like this:
$('select').one('change', function(e) {
   $(this).find('option').first().remove();
});

There are obviously many different ways to achieve the same thing, so take your pick.
Here's an working example.
http://jsfiddle.net/h7aVC/1/

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9 Interesting Facts About The Dubrovnik City Walls
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Situated on the Adriatic Sea in the south of the country, Dubrovnik is one of Croatia's most popular holiday destinations.
Its combination of warm weather, rich history, stunning sceneries and excellent food attracts thousands of tourists each month.
In fact, the town has even had to begin plans on limiting that trade in order to protect its UNESCO status.
While the old city has plenty to offer, the walls of Dubrovnik remain one of the main attractions.
If you're lucky enough to be one of the 8,000 tourists permitted to visit the gorgeous city on any given day, you will see the Walls up close
Here are nine fascinating facts about them.
1. They Date Back To The Middle Ages
Croatia only became an independent country from the old Yugoslavia in 1991, but the history of Dubrovnik is one that goes back centuries.
The city has held huge importance throughout the region for centuries, particularly in the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Walls, however, can be dated back even further, with the original structures being constructed back in the Early Middle Ages.
It is largely accepted that the late eighth century is when they were first built to protect the city.
The Walls as seen today were shaped around the 14th century, and have been preserved ever since.
Although some work has naturally occurred during those intervening years, the integrity of the structures has stood strong for well over 700 years.
This makes them one of the oldest defensive structures in all of mainland Europe.
2. They Have Survived Natural Disasters
While primarily designed to protect the city when under attack throughout the ages, the ancient City Walls have also faced their fair share of tests from Mother Nature.
Most notably, they withstood a major earthquake in 1667.
There has been other issues, albeit usually on a smaller scale, yet the structures still remain as strong as ever.
3. They Extend For Nearly 2 KM
The City Walls, which border the vast majority of the Old Town region, are 1,940 metres long.
They form one continual structure and reach a maximum height of around 25 metres in certain areas.
The bulk of the land-facing wall varies in width, ranging from 4 metres to 6 metres. The sea-facing parts are between 1.5 metres and 3 metres in width.
There are several fortifications, bastions, and towers en route.
These include the Minceta Fortress (north), Revelin Fortress (east), St John's Fortress (south east), and Bokar Fortress (west).
Given that the whole city is only 21.35 km2 in size, the City Walls really do stand out.
4. The Walls Attract Over 1 Million Visits Per Year
In 2017 alone, the City Walls of Dubrovnik attracted over 1.2 million.
That makes them one of the most popular attractions in Croatia, and all of the countries included in the Balkans.
If this wasn't incredible on its own merits, the fact that the city's population is 42,000 makes them all the more special.
Furthermore, those figures have been steady for several years.
This has resulted in the mayor proposing to limit admissions into the walls to just 4,000, half the figure advised by UNESCO.
While the Walls can attract tourists all year long, the lack of flights to Dubrovnik during winter does result in variances between summer and winter visitors.
Then again, the 300+ hours of monthly sunlight between June and September probably helps.
5. You've Probably Seen Them Before
Dubrovnik has been one of the region's hottest travel destinations since even before Croatia gained its independence.
The City Walls have always been one of the central attractions.
However, they have gained notoriety amongst a newer audience in recent times. It's all thanks to the hit show Game of Thrones.
The incredibly popular HBO show uses the City Walls as a shooting location for the mythical King's Landing.
Fans from all over the world have travelled to southern Croatia just to gain a stronger connection to their favourite show.
Even if the city's tourism board does little to promote it, there's no denying the added appeal.
Either way, they're now famous for contemporary significance – albeit in a fictional world – as well as their history.
6. They Are One Of 10 Croatian World Heritage Sites
The land now known as Croatia now boasts 10 World Heritage sites as recognised by UNESCO.
Eight of those are categorised as 'cultural' sites, and the Dubrovnik Walls are among them.
However, they were actually one of the first three Croatian sites to be awarded this honourable accolade.
This title was handed to the city in 1979, which makes it number 95 on the list.
Those 1979 additions were only the third session.
There are now over 1500 sites on the UNESCO list, but the fact the Dubrovnik and the City Walls were one of the first 100 adds another sense of je ne sais quoi.
Croatia's other heritage sites are; Plitvice Lakes National Park, Split, Porec, Trogir, Cathedral of Saint James, Stari Grad Plain, Stecci Medieval Graveyards, The Venetian Works in Zadar, and Primeval Beech Forests.
Some of those sites extend into neighbouring countries.
7. They Are A Symbol Of Croatia's Independence
By the time Croatia gained independence in 1991, Dubrovnik's City Walls had provided protection for several centuries.
However, the shelling was the most recent severe attack on the city.
While many of the terracotta roofs were greatly damaged, the Walls served their purpose exactly as designed.
That siege on Dubrovnik lasted for nearly eight months between October 1991 and May 1992 before the Yugoslavian troops withdrew.
This signalled a victory for Croatia's Army and Janko Bobetko.
So, in addition to its ancient historical importance, the Walls are significant to the early history of the independent Croatia.
8. Dubrovnik Old Town Mixes Old With New
Apart from being an attraction and one of the best preserved Medieval cities in Europe, Dubrovnik's Old Town remains a busy destination that is a vibrant lived-in city.
Aside from the shops and restaurants aimed at the tourists, there is a thriving local community.
After all, this is a focal part of the entire city.
Many visitors remark on that incredible juxtaposition and how it brings a unique ingredient to their stay within the city.
Despite the measures to limit tourism, the locals remain very pleasant to those that do visit.
So, once inside the walls, you gain the authentic Croatian experience in addition to everything else it has to offer.
On a side note, Dubrovnik is home to the world's oldest pharmacy too. While this isn't enough to be the focal point of a trip, it can certainly be added to the bucket list while you're there.
9. Walking The Walls Is Very Affordable
Walking the City Walls of Dubrovnik only costs 150 kuna.
There is absolutely no question that this is money well spent.
Apart from soaking in the history, you'll get to embrace the south Croatia climate while also taking in some truly spectacular sights along the way.
This includes looking out to the Adriatic Sea as well as looking down on the famous terracotta roofs.
It is possible to arrange specifically guided tours, where you'll learn even more about the history of the City Walls.
From the original eighth century construction through to the works up to around the 17th century, the story is fascinating.
However, even the self-guided tours are sure to provide the highlight of any adventure in this part of incredible Croatia.
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Sanchez Can Lead Chile to the Copa America Title
Lionel Messi is trying to achieve something that Diego Maradona never managed with Argentina. Neymar will be looking to score the goals that will make Brazil fall in love with their team again. Alexis Sanchez will be Chile's main hope of winning their own tournament and become champions of South America for the first time. Uruguay and Colombia should not be dismissed as potential champions so nearly half the participants have designs on winning the tournament.
Copa America Format
The Copa America is the equivalent of the European Championships in Europe but identifies the best team in South America. Indeed the tournament was called the South American Championship before being rebranded as the Copa America in 1975. Chile are the hosts for this year's renewal and 12 teams are competing in three groups of four teams. However, the format is rather strange in that only one third of the sides are eliminated after the group matches.
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Tournaments with 16 or 32 teams have the best structure and a natural progression to the knockout rounds from the group stages. This year's Copa America falls between the two stools of 8 and 16 teams but there are no other nations in the continent worthy of involvement. The top two teams from each group progress to the last eight but the best third-place teams also move forward. The upshot is that Brazil could benefit from finishing second in their group rather than top the section.
The Role For Neymar
Brazil hosted the World Cup this time last year when Neymar was asked to score the goals to unite a divided nation. There was an outcry about the vast amount of money spent on the tournament and basic services suffered. Demonstrations on the streets preceded the fixtures but many Brazilians forget the politics and got behind their team in their matches. There was widespread mourning after the humiliation of losing to Germany 7-1 in the semi-finals.
Neymar was not in that side as he was injured in the previous round against Colombia. He is still the main man as his country try to win Copa America, outgun Argentina and restore some footballing pride. The Barcelona striker has scored 42 goals in 63 internationals including four during last year's World Cup. He is in the form of his life and ready to help Brazil get over that defeat to Germany which shattered a nation. Brazilian youngsters are now being named after German World Cup heroes.
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Lionel Messi is the best player in the world and some pundits are saying he is the best footballer ever. His goal scoring record for Barcelona is phenomenal but his return for Argentina s more modest. Despite not putting in an outstanding performance Messi was voted the best player at the World Cup. Maradona won the 1986 tournament with the national team but never played in a Copa America winning side. Messi will have to be at his best to lead Argentina to the title but they were the best South American outfit in the World Cup last summer.
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Q: Set Base currency in magento2 by programmatically I am trying to set base currency pro-grammatically with below code.
class Currency extends \Magento\Framework\App\Action\Action
{
  protected $_storeManager;
   public function __construct(
     \Magento\Backend\Block\Template\Context $context,
     \Magento\Store\Model\StoreManagerInterface $storeManager,
     array $data = []
      ) {
      $this->_storeManager = $storeManager;
      parent::__construct($context, $data);
   }
   public function execute() {
    $currencyCode = 'USD';
    $this->_storeManager->getStore()->setCurrentCurrencyCode($currencyCode);

  }
}

The above code is not setting the base currency, can anyone tell me where i am wrong? Thanks in Advance!!.
Update
I followed Rohan answer, then getting below error.

Here product prices in basket showing with changed currency, but order summary still showing with the old currency.

A: For base currency change, I would like to recommend you to change from admin configuration.

Store -> Configuration -> General -> Currency Setup -> Currency Options -> Base Currency

For programmatically, You need to inject this below code in your construct :
/**
 * @var \Magento\Framework\View\Result\PageFactory
 */
protected $_configInterface;

public function __construct(
    ....
    \Magento\Framework\App\Config\ConfigResource\ConfigInterface $configInterface
    ....
) {
    ....
    $this->_configInterface = $configInterface;
    ....
}

Then, you need to use this below line in your function :
$currency_code = "USD";
$this->_configInterface->saveConfig('currency/options/base', $currency_code, $store = \Magento\Framework\App\Config\ScopeConfigInterface::SCOPE_TYPE_DEFAULT, $scopeId = 0);

Hope, It will useful for you.

A: Try this
   $this->_storeManager->getStore()->setBaseCurrentCurrencyCode($currencyCode);

OR
   $this->_storeManager->getStore()->setBaseCode($currencyCode);