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Tale Of Two Speeches: Brave (And Honorable) Trump! B-o-r-i-n-g, Paranoid Clinton
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VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow writes:
A very important speech was given today—by Donald J. Trump, in Manchester New Hampshire. (Transcript). It continued his recent pattern (here, here) of powerful calls for patriotic immigration reform:
For decades, the American people have demanded that their immigration laws be enforced and that their jobs be protected from out-of-control immigration. But the special interests, who only want cheap labor, have stopped it from happening.
(That means you, Bush clan).
But it also contained a dramatic defense of Americans' right to discuss immigration and crime, anticipating Hillary Clinton's attempt to shout down such discussion by screaming RACIST!!!!
Trump said [VDARE.links]:
Voters are used to the old game where failed politicians like Hillary Clinton falsely smear Republicans with charges of racism. Republicans then back down. Democrats then continue to push policies that are devastating to communities of color.
We must break this corrupt cycle. And we are going to break it beginning today.
So let me make some very clear statements before this whole country.
First, on the border. People who want their laws enforced and respected, and who want their border secured, are not racists. They are patriotic Americans of all backgrounds who want their jobs protected and their country kept safe.
I will never apologize for pledging to enforce and uphold every single law of the United States, and to make my immigration priority defending and protecting American citizens above every other single consideration. We will end illegal immigration and we will restore the Constitutional rule of law.
Trump continued:
People who speak out against Radical Islam, and who warn about refugees, are not Islamophobes. They are decent American citizens who want to uphold our values as a tolerant society, and who want to keep the terrorists out of our country. If the choice is between saving lives—or appeasing politically-correct censors in Washington D.C., that is the easiest choice I will ever have to make. I will always choose saving American lives.
Now, on crime. People who support the police, and who want crime reduced, are not prejudiced. They are concerned and loving citizens whose hearts break every time an innocent child is lost to preventable violence.
There is no compassion in tolerating crime, and poisonous drug dealing, and the killings in our streets. I will work to dismantle the criminal gangs and cartels and to liberate our poorest citizens from crime and violence and poverty and fear.
Honorably, Trump didn't even stoop to "disavow" the Alt Right, with which Clinton bizarrely attempting to smear him, although he could quite reasonably have said he's never heard of any of us, which we all think is probably the case. His only allusion was this:
To Hillary Clinton, and to her donors and advisors, pushing her to spread her smears and her lies about decent people, I have three words. I want you to hear these words, and remember these words: Shame On You.
Needless to say, Romney, McCain, almost any other modern Republican, would have run away.
Transcript: Hillary Clinton's full remarks in Reno, Nevada
Notes in red by VDARE.com Editor James Fulford
Everywhere I go, people tell me how concerned they are by the divisive rhetoric coming from my opponent in this election.
[Are any cities burning because of Trump's rhetoric, the way they are because of Obama's—and Hillary's—support for Black Lives Matter?]
It's like nothing we've heard before from a nominee for President of the United States.
[That's what they said about Goldwater. And Reagan.]
From the start, Donald Trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia.
[That's what Hillary is doing, actually. Steve Sailer has described hatred of whites as the KKKKrazy Glue that holds the Democratic Party together, and points out that it has already led to violence against Trump. Have violent white Trumpian mobs shut down Hillary rallies, like violent minority Hillary-supporting mobs have done to Trump rallies?]
He's taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over one of America's two major political parties.
[Calling something a hate group is not an argument—people like us and Jared Taylor aren't so much "hate groups" as hated groups.]
His disregard for the values that make our country great is profoundly dangerous.
In just the past week, under the guise of "outreach" to African Americans, Trump has stood up in front of largely white audiences and described black communities in insulting and ignorant terms:
"Poverty. Rejection. Horrible education. No housing. No homes. No ownership.
Crime at levels nobody has seen… Right now, you walk down the street, you get shot."
Those are his words.
[They're also the words of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and George W. Bush, all of whom have protested low home ownership and bad education for African Americans. Bush actually did things to "fix" them—The No Child Left Behind Act, and a Minority Mortgage Promotion scheme. These were stupid things to do—the first ignores a law of nature, the second crashed the world economy—but no one tried to say the conditions didn't exist. A headline on Drudge: White House struggles to explain how blacks are better off... Headline from VDARE.com: National Data | Trump Is On To Something—Blacks HAVE Lost Ground in Obama's Economy].
Donald Trump misses so much.
He doesn't see the success of black leaders in every field…
The vibrancy of black-owned businesses…Or the strength of the black church… He doesn't see the excellence of Historically Black Colleges And Universities or the pride of black parents watching their children thrive…And he certainly doesn't have any solutions to take on the reality of systemic racism and create more equity and opportunity in communities of color.
[Pious baloney. To take only one example, "historically" Black Colleges And Universities aren't that excellent. From an article on Myths About Attending A Historically Black College: "Because HBCUs have lower admissions standards and costs than many of the competitive and highly competitive institutions, they must be lesser quality institutions" and "HBCUs are party schools". Guess what? Those aren't myths.]
…Maya Angelou once said: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
Well, throughout his career and this campaign, Donald Trump has shown us exactly who he is. We should believe him.
When Trump was getting his start in business, he was sued by the Justice Department for refusing to rent apartments to black and Latino tenants.
Their applications would be marked with a "C"—"C" for "colored"—and then rejected.
[She's referring to a 1973 DOJ lawsuit against Donald Trump. His defence, from The Art of The Deal: "The idea of settling drove me crazy. What we didn't do was rent to welfare cases, white or black. I'd rather fight than fold, because as soon as you fold once, you get the reputation of being a folder." (Inside the government's racial bias case against Donald Trump's company, and how he fought it, by Michael Kranish and Robert O'Harrow Jr., WaPo, January 23,2016 ) Its appearance in the papers is an example of how the media is on the side of Hillary Clinton. Can we have some investigation of what Hillary was doing at that time? Hint—she was helping the Viet Cong win the Vietnam War by overthrowing Richard Nixon.]
Three years later, the Justice Department took Trump back to court because he hadn't changed.
The pattern continued through the decades.
State regulators fined one of Trump's casinos for repeatedly removing black dealers from the floor.
[A high rolling gambler refused to play if blacks, minorities, or women were dealing, and the casino agreed. Trump wasn't involved. Also, this was in 1992. What was Hillary doing for blacks in 1992? I think she was in Arkansas with her husband as he oversaw the execution of brain-damaged black murderer Ricky Ray Rector.]
No wonder the turn-over rate for his minority employees was way above average.
And let's not forget Trump first gained political prominence leading the charge for the so-called "Birthers."
He promoted the racist lie that President Obama isn't really an American citizen—part of a sustained effort to delegitimize America's first black President.
[Of course this was only possible because Obama was weirdly refusing to release his birth certificate. Plus anything you say about Obama is racist because he's black. Would it be OK to be suspicious of the citizenship status of the child of a possibly bigamous marriage between a Russian exchange student and a minor in which took place in 1960, under different laws than today's? Anyhow no mainstream Republican dared question it, and Mrs. Clinton praises McCain for attacking his own supporters who did. Trump just wanted answers.]
In 2015, Trump launched his own campaign for President with another racist lie. He described Mexican immigrants as rapists and criminals.
[Specifically Trump said "They are bringing drugs and they are bringing crime, and they're rapists. Some, I assume are good people. " If Clinton is going to call this a lie, doesn't she have to prove that they're not? A significant proportion—not all, of course, that's stupid—of Mexican immigrants are indeed rapists and criminals. To address the rape issue specifically: Mexico is culturally a much more rape-friendly country than the US. See the Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning story In Mexico, an Unpunished Crime, by Mary Jordan, June 30, 2002. Ann Coulter's book Adios America has a whole chapter on Mexican rapes in America. You may have seen them reported in your paper, headlined "Man Arrested."]
"Man" arrested for child rape in Raleigh, N.C. area (Jose Andres-Jose - not the "celebrity chef" bashing Trump) https://t.co/1ayW9BU1v8
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) November 12, 2015
And he accused the Mexican government of actively sending them across the border. None of that is true.
[Mexico has whole Ministries and government departments to support their illegal emigrants to America. They've even published comic books to help them. About the only sense in which you can say the Government isn't "actively sending" them is that they're not draftees.]
Oh, and by the way, Mexico's not paying for his wall either.
[Trump has explained how it can be done: by taxing remittances.]
If it ever gets built, you can be sure that American taxpayers will be stuck with the bill.
[Cheap at the price—every Mexican illegal costs America money.]
Since then, there's been a steady stream of bigotry.
We all remember when Trump said a distinguished federal judge born in Indiana couldn't be trusted to do his job because, quote, "He's a Mexican."
[He IS a Mexican—his father came from Mexico in the 1920s—possibly illegally—and he's entitled on that basis to Mexican dual citizenship if he wants it. Trump's point is that he could be a Mexican sympathizer, and if you need any proof of that, Judge Curiel is a member of the La Raza Lawyers Association of San Diego, which supports pro-illegal immigrant organizations. Plus, how come Sonia Sotomayor can say we need "wise Latinas"?]
The man who today is the standard bearer of the Republican Party said a federal judge was incapable of doing his job solely because of his heritage.
[Would you like to know how many Democrats have complained about white (a) judges (b) juries and (c) policemen? When they do, they frequently use the expression "heritage of racism."]
Even the Republican Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, described that as "the textbook definition of a racist comment."
[Ryan is a cuckservative RAT.]
To this day, he's never apologized to Judge Curiel.
But for Trump, that's just par for the course.
This is someone who retweets white supremacists online, like the user who goes by the name "white-genocide-TM." Trump took this fringe bigot with a few dozen followers and spread his message to 11 million people.
[As you can see at right, his "message" was "You always have the best crowds." Another was a picture of a homeless Jeb Bush in front of Trump Tower ]
His campaign famously posted an anti-Semitic image—a Star of David imposed over a sea of dollar bills—that first appeared on a white supremacist website.
[The image, right, was plucked at random off the internet, by a candidate insufficiently paranoid about giving offense. When Trump saw that people seriously thought it was anti-Semitic, he replaced it with the same thing in a circle. But they both have same message—"History Made: Most Corrupt Candidate Ever." Why doesn't Hillary reply to that? ]
The Trump campaign also selected a prominent white nationalist leader as a delegate in California. They only dropped him under pressure.
[The "prominent" white leader was William Johnson, head of the American Freedom Party, who can't be that prominent or I'd have heard of him. "Delegate" is a volunteer position—anyone can apply and be accepted. How many felons are Clinton delegates?]
When asked in a nationally televised interview whether he would disavow the support of David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, Trump wouldn't do it. Only later, again under mounting pressure, did he backtrack.
[Ann Coulter wrote of this attack: "Do they have TV sets at CNN? An Internet connection? I don't work at a television network, but I saw Trump "disavow" David Duke a half-dozen times before Jake Tapper asked him to disavow Duke again last Sunday....Given that Trump did disavow Duke the day before the Tapper interview, the only explanation for his refusal to do it again is that he was ticked off by the question and decided not to play ball. (Tip for journalists: When WASPs don't want to answer impertinent questions from reporters, they often say, "I don't know," rather than the more urban "go f—-yourself.")"]
And when Trump was asked about anti-Semitic slurs and death threats coming from his supporters, he refused to condemn them.
[Has Clinton repudiated any of (a) Black Lives Matter (b) anti-Trump rioters (c) anti-Christian and anti-white rhetoric from her supporters? ]
Through it all, he has continued pushing discredited conspiracy theories with racist undertones.
Trump said thousands of American Muslims in New Jersey cheered the 9/11 attacks. They didn't.
[They did. See IN TRUMP WE TRUST , chapter 9, for an analysis of this. She counted "[M]ore than two dozen people reporting separate and distinct instances of between a dozen and forty Muslims celebrating the 9/11 attacks in the New York vicinity, at a minimum of six different locations— two street addresses in Jersey City, at least two in Paterson, and somewhere in Queens and Brooklyn, as Mayor Giuliani's police reports stated. And this was in the face of a media and political culture determined to suppress negative information about Muslims." At that point, their only counterclaim is that two dozen instances of between 12 and 40 is hundreds rather than thousands. ]
…His latest paranoid fever dream is about my health. All I can say is, Donald, dream on.
This is what happens when you treat the National Enquirer like Gospel.
It's what happens when you listen to the radio host Alex Jones, who claims that 9/11 and the Oklahoma City bombings were inside jobs. He said the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there.
Trump didn't challenge those lies. He went on Jones' show and said: "Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down."
[Trump is not responsible for journalists' opinions. He also gives interviews to the New York Times.]
…Now, some people will say that his bluster and bigotry is just over-heated campaign rhetoric—an outrageous person saying outrageous things for attention.
But look at the policies Trump has proposed. They would put prejudice into practice.
And don't be distracted by his latest attempts to muddy the waters.
He may have some new people putting new words in his mouth… but we know where he stands.
He would form a deportation force to round up millions of immigrants and kick them out of the country.
[Of course there already IS a deportation force—but a corrupt establishment isn't using it.]
He'd abolish the bedrock constitutional principle that says if you're born in the United States, you're an American citizen. He says that children born in America to undocumented parents are, quote, "anchor babies" and should be deported. [The First and Second Amendments are actually "bedrock" constitutional principles, and Hillary wants a Supreme Court that would destroy them. The "citizen child" interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment is highly questionable. ]
Millions of them.
And he'd ban Muslims around the world—1.5 billion men, women, and children –from entering our country just because of their religion.
Think about that for a minute. How would it actually work? People landing in U.S. airports would line up to get their passports stamped, just like they do now.
But in Trump's America, when they step up to the counter, the immigration officer would ask every single person, "What is your religion?"
And then what?
What if someone says, "I'm a Christian," but the agent doesn't believe them.
Do they have to prove it? How would they do that?
Ever since the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, America has distinguished itself as a haven for people fleeing religious persecution.
Under Donald Trump, America would distinguish itself as the only country in the world to impose a religious test at the border.
[WHAT? Israel has a religious test for its Law Of Return, Saudi Arabia boasts of its infidel-free zones in Mecca—and asks you to prove you've never been to Israel. ]
Come to think of it, there actually may be one place that does that. It's the so-called Islamic State. The territory ISIS controls. It would be a cruel irony if America followed its lead.
[This is weirdly stupid. American consulates already interview applicants for visas. They can deny them on any grounds they want]
Don't worry, some will say, as President, Trump will be surrounded by smart advisors who will rein in his worst impulses.
So when a tweet gets under his skin and he wants to retaliate with a cruise missile, maybe cooler heads will be there to convince him not to.
But look at who he's put in charge of his campaign.
Trump likes to say he only hires the "best people." But he's had to fire so many campaign managers it's like an episode of The Apprentice.
The latest shake-up was designed to—quote—"Let Trump be Trump." To do that, he hired Stephen Bannon, the head of a right-wing website called Breitbart.com, as campaign CEO.
To give you a flavor of his work, here are a few headlines they've published:
"Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and Crazy."
"Would You Rather Your Child Had Feminism or Cancer?"
"Gabby Giffords: The Gun Control Movement's Human Shield"
"Hoist It High And Proud: The Confederate Flag Proclaims A Glorious Heritage."
That one came shortly after the Charleston massacre, when Democrats and Republicans alike were doing everything they could to heal racial divides. [Really? I seem to remember a public orgy of anti-white, anti-Southern hate.]Breitbart tried to inflame them further.
Just imagine—Donald Trump reading that and thinking: "this is what I need more of in my campaign."
Bannon has nasty things to say about pretty much everyone.
This spring, he railed against Paul Ryan for, quote "rubbing his social-justice Catholicism in my nose every second."
[Clinton, of course, does not mention that Bannon is, like Ryan, a Catholic himself, just not a "social justice" Catholic. Ryan's belief that his religion requires him to open America's borders is offensive to any patriotic Catholic, and probably, like a lot of "social justice" beliefs, formally heretical.]
No wonder he's gone to work for Trump—the only Presidential candidate ever to get into a public feud with the Pope.
[Trump, a Presbyterian, was attacked by the Pope, who said Trump wasn't a Christian. Which makes Pope Francis the only Pope ever to get into a public feud with an American Presidential candidate—and lose. See Trump 1 - Pope 0 : Francis backs down over 'not Christian' claim as Vatican says it was not a 'personal attack' or attempt to influence presidential vote]
The @Pontifex says anyone who builds walls isn't a real Christian. Meanwhile, in Vatican City... pic.twitter.com/sbMa5xVcD1
— VDARE (@vdare) February 18, 2016
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups, Breitbart embraces
"ideas on the extremist fringe of the conservative right. Racist ideas.
Race-baiting ideas. Anti-Muslim and anti-Immigrant ideas –– all key tenets making up an emerging racist ideology known as the 'Alt-Right.'"
Alt-Right is short for "Alternative Right."
The Wall Street Journal describes it as a loosely organized movement, mostly online, that "rejects mainstream conservatism, promotes nationalism and views immigration and multiculturalism as threats to white identity."
The de facto merger between Breitbart and the Trump Campaign represents a landmark achievement for the "Alt-Right." A fringe element has effectively taken over the Republican Party.
This is part of a broader story—the rising tide of hardline, right-wing nationalism around the world.
Just yesterday, one of Britain's most prominent right-wing leaders, Nigel Farage, who stoked anti-immigrant sentiments to win the referendum on leaving the European Union, campaigned with Donald Trump in Mississippi.
[Anti-immigration sentiments, that would be. And the point of Brexit is that if Britain hadn't left the EU, everyone in Europe would be entitled to live there.]
Farage has called for a ban on the children of legal immigrants from public schools and health services, has said women are quote "worth less" than men, and supports scrapping laws that prevent employers from discriminating based on race—that's who Trump wants by his side.
[Farage suggested that for the first five years after immigrating to the UK, immigrants should pay for their own children's education. This is similar to the US laws that are supposed to prevent immigrant from being "public charge", or requiring legal immigrants to have health insurance. Hillary is associated with the economically illiterate claim that women who earn 76 cents for every dollar that men do are "underpaid." Farage pointed out that if women earn less, they are worth less (note, that's two words)because that's what "earn" means.]
The godfather of this global brand of extreme nationalism is Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In fact, Farage has appeared regularly on Russian propaganda programs.
[This means that when the British propaganda network (the BBC) was stonewalling Farage, RT.com featured him regularly. ]
Now he's standing on the same stage as the Republican nominee….
Of course there's always been a paranoid fringe in our politics, steeped in racial resentment. But it's never had the nominee of a major party stoking it, encouraging it, and giving it a national megaphone. Until now.
On David Duke's radio show the other day, the mood was jubilant.
"We appear to have taken over the Republican Party," one white supremacist said.
Duke laughed. There's still more work to do, he said.
No one should have any illusions about what's really going on here. The names may have changed… Racists now call themselves "racialists." White supremacists now call themselves "white nationalists." The paranoid fringe now calls itself "alt-right." But the hate burns just as bright.
And now Trump is trying to rebrand himself as well. Don't be fooled.
There's an old Mexican proverb that says "Tell me with whom you walk, and I will tell you who you are." [This is known as "Guilt By Association"—and she hasn't actually got any association.]
We know who Trump is. A few words on a teleprompter won't change that.
He says he wants to "make America great again," but his real message remains "Make America hate again."
This isn't just about one election. It's about who we are as a nation.
It's about the kind of example we want to set for our children and grandchildren.
Next time you watch Donald Trump rant on television, think about all the kids listening across our country. They hear a lot more than we think.
Parents and teachers are already worried about what they're calling the "Trump Effect."
Bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims, and immigrants.
At a recent high school basketball game in Indiana, white students held up Trump signs and taunted Latino players on the opposing team with chants of "Build the wall!" and "Speak English."
[So Hillary's against speaking English?]
After a similar incident in Iowa, one frustrated school principal said, "They see it in a presidential campaign and now it's OK for everyone to say this."
We wouldn't tolerate that kind of behavior in our own homes. [i.e. any sign of white American consciousness].
How can we stand for it from a candidate for president?
This is a moment of reckoning for every Republican dismayed that the Party of Lincoln has become the Party of Trump. It's a moment of reckoning for all of us who love our country and believe that America is better than this.
Twenty years ago, when Bob Dole accepted the Republican nomination, he pointed to the exits and told any racists in the Party to get out. [Dole lost]
The week after 9/11, George W. Bush went to a mosque and declared for everyone to hear that Muslims "love America just as much as I do."
[He was wrong. Polls say they're disloyal, and they've committed many terrorist attacks since 9/11, some of them recorded in our Immigrant Mass Murder records. The exact number is unclear—because of MSM and governmental obfuscation—but there are at least 44 terror attacks on US soil, and an unknown number of other killings.]
In 2008, John McCain told his own supporters they were wrong about the man he was trying to defeat. Senator McCain made sure they knew—Barack Obama is an American citizen and "a decent person." [McCain lost].
We need that kind of leadership again.
[We = Democrats. Sure they do!]
Every day, more Americans are standing up and saying "enough is enough"—including a lot of Republicans. I'm honored to have their support.
Clinton ended her tirade against Trump by mentioning two black Olympians. The first is the hijab wearing fencer :
Ibtihaj Muhammad, an African-American Muslim from New Jersey who won the bronze medal in fencing with grace and skill. Would she even have a place in Donald Trump's America?"
[Does she want one? She's said she hates Trump, and she blames him because people are suspicious of Black Muslims with swords. Below is her posing for a joke picture of a beheading. Now imagine a white Olympian posing for joke picture of noose. ]
The other black Olympian she mentioned is Simone Manuel, a swimmer from Sugar Land, Texas. Hillary said
"When I was growing up, Simone Manuel wouldn't have been allowed to swim in the same public pool as Katie Ledecky. Now they're winning Olympic medals as teammates. "
This is what Steve Sailer means when he says that for the Left, it's always Clarksdale, Mississipi in 1965. Miss Manuel would have been allowed to swim in pools in Illinois, where Mrs. Clinton was born, but not in Sugar Land, it's true.
But her Olympic teammate, Katie Ledecky, right, went to a Catholic school in Bethesda, Maryland, that is zero percent black.
What is her future, or her school's future in Hillary's America? Hillary doesn't care, but we do, and so does Trump.
CDC: Blacks Died 36% More Often By Homicide In The Year Of The Racial Reckoning


Wall Street analysts are beginning to see the promising signs of a successful effort at Microsoft® to reorganize its business to better service emerging needs of its core customers (meaning larger organizations in the private, public and not for profit sectors) for a wider set of computing devices (including tablets and smart phones), and comparatively less expensive multi tenant public cloud SaaS offers.
As recently as Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Tiernan Ray wrote a short piece titled MSFT: UBS Cuts Target to $37, Says Look Past Higher Spending, where he quotes analysts from Citigroup and UBS as having "buy" ratings on the stock. The argument is Microsoft may end up spending significantly more money fueling the reorganization than investors would have expected earlier, but the payoff will be a good one.
So the analyst community is now much more sanguine on Microsoft's chances than they were as recently as a mere couple of months back. I wouldn't be surprised if some of this new found optimism about this mature ISV spills over into their opinions on Oracle, SAP and IBM. Bottom line, these mature ISVs will make a lot of money as they begin to successfully address the needs of their long standing core customers with better products and services.
Given the ever present noise about security issues with cloud computing (despite some claims published on the Wall Street Journal's CIO blog, attributed to Verizon, that big customers are no less enthused about multi tenant cloud offers than they were before revelation of the NSA Surveillance program), I think the installed base of on premise software already owned and maintained by these mature ISVs for their customers will provide a very compelling reason for the same customers to look first to these vendors and only later to pure cloud SaaS offers.
Finally, with the very visible position the Nokia acquisition gives them as a prominent manufacturer of smart phones, and their dogged determination to get the Surface tablets "right" for the "right" market, I can't see Microsoft losing. It may take a while, but they will win at this game, eventually.
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Q: How find the minimum $\frac{(5y+2)(2z+5)(x+3y)(3x+z)}{xyz}$,if $x,y,z>0$
let $x,y,z>0$, find the minimum of the value
  $$\dfrac{(5y+2)(2z+5)(x+3y)(3x+z)}{xyz}$$

I think we can use AM-GM inequality to find it.
$$5y+2=y+y+y+y+y+1+1\ge 7\sqrt[7]{y^5}$$
$$2x+5=x+x+1+1+1+1+1\ge 7\sqrt[7]{x^2}$$
$$x+3y=x+y+y+y\ge 4\sqrt[4]{xy^3}$$
$$3x+z=x+x+x+z\ge 4\sqrt[4]{x^3z}$$
but this is not true,because not all four equalities can hold at once.
This problem is from china middle school test,so I think have without Lagrange methods,so I think this inequality have AM-GM inequality

A: Here is another way, using Holder's inequality:
$$\frac{(5y+2)(2z+5)(x+3y)(3x+z)}{xyz} \geqslant \frac{(\sqrt[4]{5y \cdot 5\cdot x\cdot z}+\sqrt[4]{2\cdot2z\cdot3y\cdot3x})^4}{xyz} \\ = (\sqrt5+\sqrt6)^4=241+44\sqrt{30}$$
with equality iff $\dfrac{5y}2=\dfrac5{2z}=\dfrac{x}{3y}=\dfrac{z}{3x} \iff (x, y, z) = \left(1, \sqrt\frac2{15}, \sqrt\frac{15}2 \right)$.

A: Here is yet another way, using (weighted) AM-GM.  I would still prefer Holder (the solution posted earlier) for its simplicity, this is just to illustrate it can be done - especially if you know the point of equality.
Let $a = \sqrt{\frac2{15}}$.  Then using weighted AM-GM, we can write the following inequalities.  Note that they are constructed so that the point of equality is easily maintained:
$$5y+2=5a \cdot \frac{y}a+2 \cdot 1 \ge (5a+2)\left(\frac ya \right)^{\frac{5a}{5a+2}}$$
$$\parallel ly, \quad 2z+5=\frac2a \cdot az+5\cdot1 \ge (\tfrac2a+5)(az)^{\frac2{5a+2}}$$
$$x+3y = 1\cdot x + 3a\cdot\frac{y}a \ge (1+3a)x^{\frac1{3a+1}}\left(\frac ya\right)^{\frac{3a}{3a+1}}$$
$$3x+z = 3\cdot x + \frac1a \cdot az \ge (3+\tfrac1a)x^{\frac{3a}{3a+1}}(az)^{\frac1{3a+1}}$$
Multiplying the lot, and substituting the value of $a$, we get
$$\dfrac{(5y+2)(2z+5)(x+3y)(3x+z)}{xyz} \ge 241+44\sqrt{30}$$

A: Let
$$
f(x,y,z)=\log(5y+2)+\log(2z+5)+\log(x+3y)+\log(3x+z)-\log(xyz).
$$
Then
$$
f_x=\frac{-1}{x}+\frac{1}{x+3y}+\frac{3}{3x+z};\\
f_y=\frac{-1}{y}+\frac{3}{x+3y}+\frac{5}{2+5y};\\
f_z=\frac{-1}{z}+\frac{1}{3x+z}+\frac{2}{5+2z}.
$$
So the FOC's yield
$$
x=1,\quad y=\sqrt{2/15}, \quad z = \sqrt{15/2}.
$$
With these values, the original function evaluates to $241+44\sqrt{30}$. To be rigorous, you can verify the SOC's but I think it will probably work. According to Mathematica's FindMinimum, the values of $x$, $y$, and $z$ above solve the problem.

P.s. A commment on why naive AM-GM may not work: Suppose you split the 4 expressions according to
\begin{gather}
\frac{x}{m}+\cdots+\frac{x}{m}+\frac{3y}{n}+\cdots+\frac{3y}{n}\tag{i}\\
\frac{3x}{p}+\cdots+\frac{3x}{p}+\frac{z}{q}+\cdots+\frac{z}{q},\tag{ii}\\
\frac{5y}{r}+\cdots+\frac{5y}{r}+\frac{2}{s}+\cdots+\frac{2}{s},\tag{iii}\\
\frac{2z}{c}+\cdots+\frac{2z}{c}+\frac{5}{d}+\cdots+\frac{5}{d}.\tag{iv}
\end{gather}
The first 2 equations say
$$
x=\frac{3m}{n}y,\quad z=\frac{3q}{p}x.
$$
You want the exponent of $x$ after applying AM-GM to match the exponent of $x$ in the denominator, which is $1$, so $\frac{m}{m+n}+\frac{p}{p+q}=1$, which simplifies to $\frac{m}{n}=\frac{q}{p}$. So (i) and (ii) imply
$$
z=\frac{9m^2}{n^2}y.\tag{A}
$$
Next, (iii) implies $y=\frac{2r}{5s}$. And since we want $\frac{n}{n+m}+\frac{r}{r+s}=1$, it must be that $\frac{r}{s}=\frac{m}{n}$. So (iii) implies
$$
y=\frac{2}{5}\frac{m}{n}.\tag{B}
$$
Similarly, (iv) implies $z=\frac{5c}{2d}$ with $\frac{c}{d}=\frac{p}{q}$ due to $\frac{c}{c+d}+\frac{q}{p+q}=1$. But $\frac{p}{q}=\frac{n}{m}$, so (iv) implies
$$
z=\frac{5}{2}\frac{n}{m}.\tag{C}
$$
Putting together (A), (B), and (C), we see that
$$
9\frac{m^2}{n^2}=\frac{z}{y}=\frac{5n}{2m}/\frac{2m}{5n}\implies\frac{9m^2}{n^2}=\frac{25n^2}{4m^2}.
$$
Taking square roots and simplifying yield
$$
6m^2=5n^2.
$$
But now we have a problem because $\sqrt{\frac{5}{6}}$ cannot be rational.

A: $$f(x,y,z)=\dfrac{(5y+2)(2z+5)(x+3y)(3x+z)}{xyz}$$
$$\nabla f= \frac{(3 (2+5 y) (5+2 z) (x^2-y z))}{(x^2 y z)} \hat e_x+\frac{(-((2 x-15 y^2) (3 x+z) (5+2 z))}{(x y^2 z))}\hat e_y+\frac{(-((x+3 y) (2+5 y) (15 x-2 z^2))}{(x y z^2))}\hat e_z$$
We get 4 real  solutions:
$$(5/6,-5/18,-5/2),(1,-\sqrt{2/15},\sqrt{15/2}),(1,\sqrt{2/15},\sqrt{15/2}),(6/5,-2/5,-18/5)$$
Out of which only $(1,\sqrt{2/15},\sqrt{15/2})$ is acceptable due to $x,y,z\ge0$
Now the value of function at this point is:
$$f(1,\sqrt{2/15},\sqrt{15/2})=241+44\sqrt{30}$$

A: Hint:
$5y+2 \geq 2\sqrt{10y}$
$2z+5 \geq 2\sqrt{10z}$
$x+3y \geq 2\sqrt{3xy}$
$3x+z \geq 2\sqrt{3xz}$

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Peace process a sham?
Peace process a disgrace
Op-ed: Why is Israel offering concessions in return for what was agreed to in past deals?
Moshe Dann|Published: 10.17.10 , 11:03
Wait a minute. Wasn't Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state part of the Oslo Accords?
"The Government of the State of Israel and the PLO team… representing the Palestinian people, agree that it is time to put an end to decades of confrontation and conflict, recognize their mutual legitimate and political rights, and strive to live in peaceful coexistence and mutual dignity and security and achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace settlement and historic reconciliation through the agreed political process."
Netanyahu's supreme test
Ron Breiman
Op-ed: Bibi must sever dangerous link between 'peace,' concept of Palestinian state
If this isn't what Prime Minister Netanyahu is asking for now, what does this document mean?
And why is PM Netanyahu willing to make more concessions in return for something which was already agreed upon?
True, none of the major issues were dealt with, including "refugees," "settlements," "Jerusalem," etc. According to those behind the negotiations, that would have meant no agreement!
Thank you Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres for an agreement in which one side got most of what they wanted, and the other side got nothing. Thank you Alan Baker, for your legal "expertise," and Yossi Beilin for the PR cloud cover. Nice show.
Excuse me for asking, but, if the Oslo Accords, and Wye, and Hebron Agreements did not mean an end to incitement and terrorism, what do they mean? And, if these agreements do not mean what they say, why did Israel give up territory, help create a Palestinian army, and transfer billions of dollars to the PA?
If all of these agreements and Israeli concessions did not bring Israel closer to "peace," an "end to the conflict," and greater security and world acceptance, why were they made, and why is PM Netanyahu now back at square one?
De-legitimization must stop
If the PA has not lived up to its agreements, why doesn't President Peres object that he was misled? Why isn't he demanding that the Palestinians live up to their side of the bargain? Or, is he part of the campaign of disinformation?
The fact that PM Netanyahu needs to call for recognition, and is rejected by the PA, means that the agreements were a fake, and the Israeli people have been brainwashed.
That the Israeli government offers further concessions in return for what was agreed to during the past 17 years, is a disgrace.
It is a disgrace because it means that the "peace process" was a lie, and those who perpetrated it - deliberately, or, naively - have some explaining to do to the Israeli people. They include not only current and past government officials, but academics who supported this fraud, and especially the media which managed the brainwashing.
Those who oppose "the occupation" owe the Israeli people an explanation for why Palestinians reject any form of recognition of Israel's legitimacy – and why they remain silent in the face of that insult. Why do they call for boycotts of Israel, and refuse to demand PA compliance?
There is no need for further Israeli concessions. The Israeli government can announce that until and unless the PA accepts Israel's legitimacy, there is no basis for ongoing economic assistance, and no further cooperation on infrastructure.
For example, it is totally absurd that the Israeli government assists the PA in building the new city of Rawabi, near Ramallah, without such basic agreements. That this project, and others that are being planned, are supported by the Peres Center for Peace, without PA acceptance of Israel is mind-boggling.
PM Netanyahu's policy of unilaterally "freezing" Jewish construction led to this impasse. It's time to freeze the system that rewards PA non-compliance and contributes to undermining Israel, at home and the international community. PA de-legitimization of Israel must stop now.
An obstacle for Palestinians and those who support their demands, the question of recognition shows that the primary dispute – obviously – is not over territory, but over Israel's existence.
PM Netanyahu's demand that Palestinian leaders recognize Israel as a Jewish state is not a semantic tease; Israel's Jewish character is its raison d'etre, the "Jewish national home," and the essence of its sovereignty.
The author is a writer and journalist living in Israel
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Q: The use of join in Grails GORM queries In Grails we define domain classes in such a way that clearly indicates the relationship between domain classes such as one to many or belongsTo (if any). Since Grails is based on DRY, does that mean we do not need to use the join keyword when performing complex HQL queries in Grails DomainClass.ExecuteQuery method?

A: Grails doesn't change the way you write your HQL it is the same whether your using Grails domain classes or POJO's.  If you need to write queries that navigate the object graph then you need to use the same syntax as you would with HQL like FROM parent p JOIN p.child c WHERE c.age = 10.  Criteria queries work in the same way but you just get to use closures.
Take a look at the documentation (section 5.4.3) for more information.

A: In general no, you don't need explicit joins because Hibernate knows about the relationships of the tables based on the relationships of the domain classes. One exception is collections, and it is possible to use joins to customize the default behavior. The best resource on HQL is the Hibernate documentation itself: http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/core/3.3/reference/en/html/queryhql.html


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…for togethernessWhile the move might've been forced by circumstances, the end result of combining the Ministry of Social Cohesion with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is rather serendipitous. Or maybe somebody up there is reading your humble Eyewitness. After all, just last week, he looked at the total togetherness of the Guyanese people – especially the youths – at the Warriors' matches at Providence and suggested that the Ministry of Social Cohesion might learn a thing or two about its mission from Cricket Culture!!And now – as they say, lo and behold!! – Social Cohesion's been merged with Youth, Sport and Culture!! And the fella at the helm's the perfect man for the job…low-keyed; focused; and, not insignificantly, neither of Indian or African descent! One of the intractable impediments in Guyana's progress – in any area of national life – is incumbent Ministers are supposed to have a more sympathetic ear to their "own" constituency. And in Guyana that's always a zero-sum proposition, since each of the two major constituencies wants to always have it "their way"!With Norton at the helm of Culture, and Amerindian Heritage Month nigh upon us, maybe at long last there will be some real focus on the Culture of the Indigenous peoples of this land. And maybe we'll be able to cheer not just the Warriors at Providence Stadium, but the Original Warriors of Guyana, and forget our interminable squabble on the coast between African and Indian Guyanese.Right off the bat, with global warming getting just the boost it needs for tipping us over into an era of raised sea levels by Donald Trump, it's past high time (not to mention high tide) for us moving our capital from its rather precarious present perch six feet below the sea. Rupununi anyone? Hey, why not? The effort to construct a new capital should really make us "cohere" as a nation to service burgeoning Brazil. With the Georgetown-Lethem Highway, getting to our new capital should be no problem from the "Deep Water Harbour" that Georgetown will become!Then there are the cultural aspects. Slavery and indentureship ruined our Afro and Indo citizens by forcing them to become mere automatons in the Western capitalist drive to extract profits from our land. They live by the clock after all those lashes by drivers and overseers, and are made to feel guilty when they aren't "producing". Under the more laid-back culture of our original peoples, it'll be "Hakuna Matata" all day!! No worries; no fear!! Live in communion with Mother Nature; use just what we need to live, and just be happy!!Your Eyewitness just hopes Minister Norton seizes the opportunity presented!!…on natural catastrophesYour Eyewitness has become transfixed with the unfolding tragedy in Houston, Texas, pounded by Hurricane Harvey. Such floods! Such destruction! Such drama!! Point of the matter is: Texas isn't the only place inundated by record breaking floods. Earlier in the month, there were even more massive deluges in Nepal and Northern India, with hundreds dying and entire villages being washed away. Did we see them in such granular detail like we're seeing the Texans, so we can empathise at a human level?Not in this life!! Hundreds die in India and Nepalese floods and that's a statistic…eight die in Texas, and that's a tragedy inscribed on the conscience of the world. Now don't get your Eyewitness wrong…even one death is to be mourned from a possible climate-related disaster. But we have to wake up to our own responses, which are manipulated by those who control the media of the world.Can we hope that President Trump might now wake up to the reality of global warming and its effects?Not in this life!!…for our WarriorsBy the time you read this, dear reader, you'll know the outcome of what was now "last night's" game between our Warriors and the Tridents.Victorious Warriors over Bent Tridents!! read more
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The Rohinga crisis
The Rohinga crisis is one of the worst human rights' disasters of the modern world. In many ways, it is a replay of the Nazi terrorization, expulsion and murder of the Jewish people, which occurred in the 1930s and 1940s. A few countries, such as Denmark, protected their Jewish citizens, but no country in the 1930s condemned, on the international stage, the Jewish persecution. When the condemnation did come, it was too late.It is only now, when half of the Rohinga population have been brutally driven out from their homes — their villages destroyed by fire; many killed, wounded and raped — that the United Nations and some countries have spoken out against the persecution of this ethnic minority by the Myanmar (formerly Burma) military.According to UN estimates, some 380,000 Rohinga refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar have crossed the border into Bangladesh since 25 August. A visit to the area last week by a UN team led by Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, George Okoth-Obbo, found people suffering real hardship and some of the most difficult conditions seen in any current refugee situation. The team has reported that refugees continue to arrive daily outside of the two established camps, which are already substantially overflowing, and many people have received little meaningful help to date.Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, told the UN General Assembly this week that Myanmar must stop "ethnic cleansing" in Rakhine state, and "safe zones" should be created inside that country to protect all civilians, under the supervision of the United Nations.Myanmar (Burma) has several ethnic minorities, some of whom, like the Karens and the tribes who live in the Golden Triangle — a drug-dealing area bordering China — have been in rebellion against the Myanmar Government. The Myanmar Army has never carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing and destructive brutalization against these rebel minorities as it has done to the Rohingas. The reason why the Rohingas have been singled out is because of stark racial and religious discrimination.The Rohinga people are Muslim by religion, small farmers and peasants, and there are no rich and powerful Rohingas. They are extremely peace-loving people. They number about one and a half million.The Myanmar military and Government have long been persecuting the Rohingas. Rohingas have been denied their citizenship, and, many years before the eruption of the present crisis, they were harassed, and public opinion was encouraged to hate them. The Myanmar Army had long been planning the destruction of the Rohinga community, and adjudged that this was an opportune time to execute its nefarious plan, since the world was distracted by a number of crises. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr António Guterres, took the very unusual step of writing the Security Council, and it was owing to his effort that the Security Council discussed the Rohinga crisis. Owing to the influence of China, which has a strong relationship with the Myanmar military, the communiqué issued was very weak. Despite this, more nations are sympathetic and supportive of the Rohinga people and their suffering.Myanmar has very few friends in the International Community, though its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, had once won a world-wide reputation of being a fighter for Democracy and Human Rights, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize. After her speech to her Parliament last Tuesday, her reputation became further dented, owing to her basically non-committal approach to the Rohinga crisis.The Guyana Government has been presented with a windfall of diplomatic opportunity by this crisis, but it has so far failed to seize the opportunity presented. President L.F.S. Burnham, as he did in the Non-Aligned Movement and in the Anti-Apartheid struggle, would have seized this opportunity. His Foreign Ministers — Sir Shridath Ramphal, Mr Rashleigh Jackson and Mr Rudy Insanally — are still available to be consulted.It is, however, not too late for Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to act. They could, for instance, develop a CARICOM position or bloc on the issue. Guyana could act independently, as Mr Burnham did. As far as we are aware, however, Guyana has not issued a statement condemning the human rights' abuses perpetrated by the Myanmar military. read more
Ronaldo, Romario, Bebeto eye elective seats
Ex-footballers often make attractive candidates for the parties that adopt them, their star power drawing voters to the polls.Brazilians tend to call both footballers and politicians by their first names or nicknames, as if they were family, and that is how many ex-stars appear on the ballot.While a name such as Jose Roberto Gama de Oliveira doesn't stand out in Brazil, Bebeto, the name by which he is listed on the ballot, conjures the memory of the Rio de Janeiro state legislator's three clutch goals for the 1994 World Cup-winning team.The same holds true for his former teammate Romario de Souza Faria — better known as simply Romario, today a congressman and the favorite to win a Senate seat for Rio next month on the Socialist Party (PSB) ticket.Romario, who won the most valuable player award at the 1994 World Cup, joined the PSB in 2009.A wild child known for all-night parties and a hot temper, he was at the time mired in money trouble and legal woes.He had recently been jailed for 24 hours for failing to pay child support to his ex-wife.A year later, he was elected a federal lawmaker."He got into politics with the idea of making money, but then he started taking critical positions and making an effort to do a good job. Today Romario talks like a politician. He's no longer an ex-player," said Freitas. 0Shares0000RIO-DE-JANEIRO, September 26-More than 20 retired footballers are running in Brazil's elections next month, trading their boots for suits and the "beautiful game" for the sometimes ugly sport of politics.From Bebeto to Romario to Ronaldo, the race has often read like a roster of football legends, with former stars either standing for office or hitting the campaign trail for their candidates. Football and politics overlap in Brazil, whose reverence for the sport makes it a powerful presence on the national scene.The link between football and democracy in the country dates back at least as far as 1982 — three years from the end of the 1964-1985 military dictatorship — when the captains of Sao Paulo team Corinthians, the legendary Socrates and Wladimir, turned the club into a platform to fight for the return of political freedom, launching a movement known as "Corinthian Democracy."Since then a host of players have reinvented themselves as politicians, such as Joao Leite, a former goalkeeper for Atletico Mineiro in the city of Belo Horizonte who is seeking his sixth term as a state legislator for Minas Gerais in the October 5 vote.Former players don't always have the noblest motives for going into politics, said Euclides De Freitas Couto, a sociologist who specializes in the role of sports in society at Sao Joao del Rei University."A player who reaches the end of his career is still young and chooses the path of politics because he knows he can make a lot of money without working too much. The relationship these players have with politics is generally very promiscuous," he told AFP. – Star power – Romario has burnished his image during his term in office, drawing attention for his hard work in Congress."He still says what he thinks. He started in politics without knowing what was waiting for him, but he discovered he liked it. He saw his leadership ability won people's respect. That's made him an important leader in Rio and I don't doubt he'll eventually be mayor or governor," said Marcos Guterman, author of the book "Football Explains Brazil."Never one to shy away from a fight, Romario was one of the most vocal critics of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, railing against FIFA and the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).He also added former teammate Ronaldo to his enemies list, slamming his work as a member of Brazil's World Cup organizing committee.Ronaldo has also waded into the electoral fray, campaigning for Social Democratic presidential candidate Aecio Neves, who is trailing a distant third but is the business-world favorite."Ronaldo is a different case. He's a millionaire, he already has money. He just needs to make his wealth grow," said Freitas."To do that, he needs the help of free-market politicians. So it's pretty standard for him to team up with Aecio."0Shares0000(Visited 2 times, 1 visits today) – Governor Romario? – read more
RI officials regret teen prison law
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Billed as a way to save money, youth advocates, judges and the attorney general sounded the alarm early that the proposal might actually be more expensive, and could hurt children. Now, four months after the measure passed the Legislature, state officials admit their mistake: It's unlikely to cut costs, it has created confusion in the court system and it is imprisoning teenage offenders who might have been sent home with their parents instead. State officials say it happened because the chain of people responsible for the proposal – who drew it up, signed off on it, forwarded it to lawmakers and voted it into law – never thoroughly researched it and ignored warnings. Now, they're pointing fingers, and grappling with how to fix it. "Never underestimate the incompetence of government," said Steven Brown, executive director of the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union, who wants 17-year-old offenders back in juvenile courts. "I think there's a lot of blame to go around." Rhode Island is one of 14 states that try people under 18 in adult courts. Several of those are considering moving the age up. Besides Rhode Island, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin try 17-year-olds as adults, according to the National Center for Juvenile Justice. Connecticut, New York and North Carolina try 16-year-olds in adult courts, although Connecticut has raised the age of juvenile court jurisdiction from 16 to 18 for most offenses starting in 2010. Rhode Island's problems began last fall when Republican Gov. Don Carcieri's administration realized the state faced what became a $450 million deficit. The Department of Children, Youth and Families was asked to cut 11 percent from its budget, or $20 million. DCYF Director Patricia Martinez suggested in a memo to Carcieri that the state could save $4million by sending 17-year-olds to prison instead of the State Training School, where DCYF oversees young offenders. The average annual cost of keeping someone at the Training School is $98,000, compared with $40,000 in the state prison. But DCYF Deputy Director Jorge Garcia said in an interview that his staff thought the proposal wouldn't pass so never consulted with prison officials. If they had, they would have learned 17-year-olds are put in protective custody, away from older, hardened inmates. That costs about $104,000 per year – a lot more than $40,000. At best, Garcia said he had a quick conversation with Department of Corrections Director A.T. Wall. Wall cannot remember that talk, his spokeswoman said. Carcieri's office never consulted prison officials about the change, either, assuming DCYF had already checked, Carcieri spokesman Jeff Neal said. Lawmakers on the powerful House Finance Committee are responsible for reviewing Carcieri's budget. Rep. Carol Mumford, a Republican, said reviewing a $7 billion budget is an enormous undertaking. "Picture five telephone books, that's how high it is," Mumford said, referring to the budget documents. "We frankly do read the budget, but there are idiosyncrasies in there that we do miss." Her committee received repeated warnings from child advocates and prosecutors who argued that teenagers are better served by rehabilitation than incarceration. A Family Court judge testified that Carcieri's staff had not consulted with the judiciary. Attorney General Patrick Lynch said he doubted the governor had even spoken with prison officials. Wall, the corrections director, never testified about the DCYF proposal. He later said the governor had not consulted him and he didn't realize the proposal might pass. It did. College-bound teenagers arrested under the new law risk losing federal financial aid if convicted of a drug crime. Those looking for work will have to disclose a criminal record. If the 17-year-olds had been in Family Court, their records would be hidden from public view. Carcieri's staff admits the original proposal was flawed, but the governor wants to see how much the policy costs before tinkering further, Neal said. 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set!
More than three years ago, everyone in town who has any common sense – even some public officials – warned that the Department of Water and Power was making a big mistake to lend $1.87 million to a Hawaiian electric-scooter company. Very big. At the time, DWP officials backed by then-Mayor James Hahn gave an unsecured loan to the company – Personal Electric Transports, or PET, Inc. in Kailua – for a scheme to develop electric scooters and rechargeable-battery stations, then sell them in the Third World. What this had to do with providing power or water to Los Angeles ratepayers was exactly nothing. The deal was essentially a payoff to the union that represents most DWP workers, which wanted the deal for reasons all its own. Based on this alone, the deal was approved. It was the ultimate pet project. And now that the company is on the verge of bankruptcy with nothing to show for three years or an investment of nearly $2 million, city ratepayers will get stuck cleaning up the mess. There's little joy in crowing about being right all along. It would be so much more satisfying to be wrong – for just once – about the fundamental deviousness of city officials and their willingness to pass out public money like party favors. Although the scooter scandal itself is small potatoes in the legacy of scandals from the imperious utility, it illustrates all the more why the reform demanded by the new DWP commission, headed by Nick Patsaouras, is so necessary. The DWP is a public agency. It's about time that it was run as such. AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MORECasino Insider: Here's a look at San Manuel's new high limit rooms, Asian restaurant160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set! read more
Residents tough out scorching heat
Energy consumption by DWP customers peaked Saturday afternoon at 5,765 megawatts, a record for a weekend, and just below the all-time consumption peak of 5,868 megawatts reached the day before. But the record temperatures and high humidity failed to daunt many Valley residents. Construction worker Eraclio Monarca was laying concrete for driveways and wheelchair ramps at the Topanga Canyon Mall. He said he could feel his heart beating faster from the heat – a common symptom of excess heat exposure. "I have to take a break every 15 to 20 minutes," he said, "but I have a responsibility to my job to make it in, and I have plenty of bills to pay." Woodland Hills resident Peter Daniels didn't let the heat keep him from his gardening project, as he loaded sod and fencing into his pickup truck in the Woodland Hills Home Depot parking lot. "I just hydrate with beer, and garden in my underwear," said Daniels, a transportation coordinator for a retirement home.160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You're all set! WOODLAND HILLS – On the 17th day of a record heat wave, San Fernando Valley temperatures topped out in Woodland Hills at 119 degrees – three degrees above the record maximum set 21 years earlier. The mercury Saturday hit 115 degrees in Pacoima, 114 in Chatsworth, 112 in Van Nuys and 112 in Burbank – one degree below the 35-year-old record in that city – while power circuits overloaded by hard-running air conditioners failed in 11,000 Valley homes and businesses. But Valley residents were obviously taking care of themselves – or else were tougher than the heat. Northridge Hospital Medical Center and Providence Holy Cross Medical Center officials both reported no unusual number of patients with heat-related ailments. "Hey, we've survived the heat before, we'll survive it now," said 73-year-old Mike Provenzano, a Simi Valley resident who was at the Canoga Park Senior Center Saturday. AD Quality Auto 360p 720p 1080p Top articles1/5READ MORE11 theater productions to see in Southern California this week, Dec. 27-Jan. 2Los Angeles firefighters were dispatched Saturday to at least 11 heat-exposure calls, most in the Valley, though a department spokesman said other people overcome by heat were undoubtedly reported with other conditions such as chest pains or difficulty breathing. There were six heat-exposure calls Friday, and one the day before. "The number of heat-related incidents are increasing as the temperature rises," fire department spokesman Brian Ballton said. "We encourage all to stay hydrated in the heat, particularly the elderly and the very young." Electricity outages hit communities including Canoga Park, Granada Hills, North Hollywood, Sun Valley and Porter Ranch, as well as about a thousand customers elsewhere in Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power officials said. "It's heat-related," DWP spokeswoman Gail Harris said. "We are asking customers to conserve energy as much as possible." read more
PFA says it 'stands shoulder to shoulder' with Raheem Sterling against racial abuse
Chelsea and the Metropolitan Police are investigating the incident, while the Football Association has said it will also work with the clubs and other authorities to ensure the matter is dealt with appropriately.It was widely shared on social media and quickly condemned by former footballers, including Gary Lineker, Rio Ferdinand and Ian Wright, as well as campaign group Kick it Out.LISTEN: Chelsea fan on talkSPORT sends apology to Raheem Sterling ace for Stamford Bridge abuseThe alleged racist abuse came a week after Arsenal striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had a banana skin thrown at him during the north London derby with Tottenham. Aubameyang looks into the crowd in disbelief after seeing the banana land close to him Son ban confirmed as Tottenham fail with appeal to overturn red card Which teams do the best on Boxing Day in the Premier League era? REVEALED In his social media response to the abuse, Sterling referred to separate headlines about City team-mates Tosin Adarabioyo and Phil Foden buying houses.While the headline about Adarabioyo, who is black, focused on how he spent £2.25million on a property without making a Premier League start, midfielder Foden was described as having "set up a future". 4 "Over the past two weeks, we have seen two alleged high-profile racist incidents happen from the stands at Premier League games," adds the PFA statement."We stress to all clubs the importance of dealing with these incidents robustly. It is not acceptable for our members to find themselves subject to racist abuse, simply for showing up to work and performing for their team."The PFA condemn, in the strongest terms, the increase in racial abuse our members have been receiving from the terraces. We encourage all clubs to take the strongest possible action for fans found guilty of racially abusing players." Oxlade-Chamberlain suffers another setback as Klopp confirms serious injury huge blow The statement adds: "We have been aware for a few months of the targeting Raheem faces in the press, it is evident that he is often singled out and treated more harshly than his colleagues."As such, these stories are fuelling racism within the game, as reports of racist abuse continue to rise."We commend Raheem for his professionalism during the incident and the statement he made via Instagram on Sunday."We stand with him in calling for the press to consider the coverage of all footballers carefully, and to end their imbalanced coverage aimed at young, black players.LISTEN: 'I've never seen hatred like it' – Ray Parlour 'saddened' by abuse aimed at Sterling"While it may be true that no racial slurs have been used in the press coverage received by Raheem and others, we are in no doubt that the negative narrative influences public opinion and emboldens racist rhetoric."Television footage showed a group of home supporters screaming abuse – alleged to be racist in nature – at Sterling as he retrieved the ball from behind the goal during Saturday's match. The Professional Footballers' Association has offered its full support to Raheem Sterling and says the Manchester City star is singled out for negative media coverage.The PFA has said it 'stands shoulder to shoulder' with Sterling after he was subject to alleged racist abuse during Man City's Premier League defeat at Chelsea on Saturday. The PFA have offered its support to Raheem Sterling Raheem Sterling was reportedly subjected to racist abuse by the man on the far right Man United transfer news live: Haaland 'wants a change', two players off in January gameday cracker Where Ancelotti ranks with every Premier League boss for trophies won shining Green reveals how he confronted Sarri after Chelsea's 6-0 defeat at Man City Raheem Sterling was reportedly subjected to racist abuse in the first half at Stamford Bridge REVEALED tense 4 Boxing Day fixtures: All nine Premier League games live on talkSPORT no dice Premier League news on talkSPORT.com Premier League Team of the Season so far, including Liverpool and Leicester stars deals 4 The 24-year-old responded to the incident on social media by accusing the British press of helping to 'fuel racism' by their portrayal of young, black footballers.The players' union has been in contact with the England international to offer support and praised the restraint he showed at Stamford Bridge."Raheem has made a stand by speaking out and we stand shoulder to shoulder with him against the discrimination of which he speaks," said Simone Pound, the PFA's head of equality and diversity."We all have a part to play in tackling racism and discrimination and certain sectors of the media must be held to account." 4 read more
Talking points for the weekend's Scottish football
A 39-point gap between Rangers and Celtic last season pointed to a huge gulf between the two sides. But the true extent of the task facing Pedro Caixinha was only truly laid bare to the Portuguese manager in April's 5-1 loss at Ibrox as Brendan Rodgers' attack exposed a fragile Rangers back line. Since then Caixinha has transformed his squad, adding 11 new faces. While the early signs have been promising, with Graham Dorrans adding quality to a beleaguered midfield and Alfredo Morelos solving a goalscoring crisis, inconsistency still plagues the Light Blues' displays. Morelos' goals have added potency but the focus on attack continues to stretch the back four, and the news that experienced centre-half Bruno Alves is to miss Saturday's derby means the spotlight will shine even brighter on the defence.Nineteen-year-old Ross McCrorie, who made his Rangers debut on Tuesday against Partick Thistle, looks set to step in to replace the Portuguese international for what will be his home bow. The first Old Firm derby of the season dominates the headlines as the Scottish Premiership rolls into week seven.Celtic travel to Ibrox still undefeated, but they can expect to face a sterner test than Rangers were able to pose last campaign after a summer of upheaval in Govan.Elsewhere, Derek McInnes' Dons return to the scene of Thursday's crushing League Cup defeat while Neil Lennon's Hibs look to shore up a leaky defence in the Highlands.Here we reflect on what is likely to get tongues wagging come the Monday morning coffee break. Despite the magnitude of the fixture, Caixinha has no concerns about dropping the youngster in at the deep end and insists he will go on to become one of Scotland's finest defenders.Partnership: Both strikers are vying for a starting berth at Ibrox. SNSWith Rangers set to field a makeshift rearguard thanks to injuries to Alves and captain Lee Wallace, Brendan Rodgers may be tempted to start both Moussa Dembele and Leigh Griffiths in attack.Such a move would likely see the Northern Irishman revert to the back three formation he has employed sporadically this campaign.Celtic dominated Hamilton playing the system but almost came unstuck in Champions League qualifying against Astana.The heavy defeat to Paris exposed frailties in Celtic's starting 11, but club captain Scott Brown reckons the champions are a more complete outfit this time around due to their versatility."We're stronger, we're fitter and we're more together as well," Brown said. "We've got a few different formations that we can chop and change throughout the game and that's all been based on what the gaffer's been doing in training since the start of the season and how we've worked together as a team."Key to Rodgers' selection in attack will be whether or not he feels the need to keep one of his main forwards under wraps ahead of Wednesday's crunch Champions League clash with Anderlecht.Rangers' Colombian forward has started the campaign in prolific form, notching eight goals in all competitions. While he has displayed a cool head in front of goal, Morelos hinted a fiery streak lies beneath when he clashed with Partick Thistle's Jordan Turnbull.His manager Pedro Caixinha expects Celtic to test the 21-year-old's resolve, insisting that he "knows" Brendan Rodgers' side will try to provoke Morelos.Key to any chance of Rangers ending their rivals' 56-match unbeaten run will be Morelos maintaining his composure, both in front of goal and in physical duels with the men in Hoops.Three up: Louis Moult adds Motherwell's third against Aberdeen. SNSOnly three days after exiting the League Cup at the hands of Motherwell, Derek McInnes takes his side back to Lanarkshire on Premiership duty.The Dons were overwhelmed by a vibrant display from Stephen Robinson's Steelmen on Thursday, losing 3-0 and lucky not to go down by more.McInnes altered his team's formation in an attempt to handle their opponents' energetic front pairing of Louis Moult and Ryan Bowman, but the Aberdeen back line looked unable to cope regardless of whether two or three centre-halves were employed.Not only did the defence toil, but McInnes' midfield was overwhelmed by the relentless running of Andy Rose and Chris Cadden. Adding the physical presence of Greg Tansey and Kari Arnason may help present a more robust Dons 11, while going man-for-man across the pitch by pairing Adam Rooney and Stevie May would cause Well's defenders more problems.Regardless of tactics, most importantly for the Dons will be arriving with the correct attitude or they risk watching their undefeated start to the league campaign going up in smoke. Captain Graeme Shinnie told Red TV: "Simply not good enough, from myself right throughout the team. We need to have a good look at ourselves. "The quality is always there but I think we need to fight a wee bit more, fight for each other, work as a team a wee bit more, then the quality shines through after that." Hibs boss Neil Lennon insisted his team would sit second in the table had it not been for "sloppy moments" at the back. While performances on the whole have been good since stepping back up to the top flight, cutting out on such lapses of concentration will be key when the Leith side head north to Dingwall to take on Ross County. The Staggies boast players with the craft and ability to punish any mistakes at the back by Hibs, with young winger Davis Kellor-Dunn and experienced playmaker Michael Gardyne supplying plenty of ammunition for Craig Curran and Alex Schalk. read more
Cllr John O'Donnell to face investigation hearing before SIPO
Donegal Councillor John O'Donnell is to appear before the Standards in Public Office Commission next week for a public hearing on alleged contraventions of the Ethical Framework for Local Government Service. Cllr O'Donnell is one of three Irish Councillors who appeared in an RTE Investigates exposé to be called before SIPO.SIPO announced today that the Letterkenny MD Cllr O'Donnell will face an Investigation Hearing on Tuesday 11st September in Dublin. Cllr John O'Donnell faces allegations of ethical breaches after he was filmed in a meeting with an undercover reporter in the RTÉ Investigates Standards in Public Office programme in December 2015.The documentary showed Cllr O'Donnell telling a reporter posing as a wind farm investor that he wanted to be paid indirectly for lobbying on behalf of the development.Cllr O'Donnell claimed that he had been speaking in his capacity as a businessman and not as a local councillor when the recordings were made.Councillor Hugh McElvaney of Monaghan County Council and Councillor Joe Queenan of Sligo County Council are also facing hearings next week relating to the undercover reports by RTÉ. The hearings will investigate if the politicians breached the ethical framework under the Local Government Act 2001.Cllr John O'Donnell to face investigation hearing before SIPO was last modified: September 6th, 2018 by Staff WriterShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:Cllr John O'DonnellRTE InvestigatesSIPO read more
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Is Tesla Motors Inc.'s Stock a Good Buy or a Dangerous Bet?
Tesla has won over the public with its spectacular cars. But after a big run, is the stock too hot to handle or is it ripe for picking?
A few weeks ago, I set out to really delve into Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) to decide whether it is worth my investment dollars.
Let's be clear upfront: Tesla makes some of the coolest cars around, at least in my opinion. CEO Elon Musk has turned the electric-car market upside down with the Model S, the soon to be released Model X, and the upcoming, potentially game-changing Model 3.
The Supercharger network and Gigafactory could also be game changers (and you can read more about them in an earlier article). But with all that said, if the valuation doesn't make sense, then what's in it for investors?
Some investors are likely to find Tesla "un-investable," considering that it is not yet profitable on a generally accepted accounting principals basis, while trading with a market cap of almost $30 billion.
For perspective, Ford and General Motors trade with a market cap of $66 billion and $55 billion, respectively, while producing millions of vehicles per year. Tesla produced about 22,500 vehicles in 2013.
If the company's Gigafactory is successful and on time, it will produce enough batteries to supply 500,000 vehicles per year in 2020.
The Model 3 has an estimated price of $35,000 -- at least, that's Musk's intention. The Model S starts at $69,900 and the Model X does not have a known price yet, but I used $75,000 as an estimated starting price for the Model X, though this may be conservative. I added a 15% premium to each model's starting price to account for upgrades and higher prices.
The result is $30.9 billion in sales for 2020, if there aren't any hangups in the Gigafactory and if it does indeed produce enough batteries for 500,000 vehicles per year. Of course, Tesla would need to sell 500,000 vehicles per year as well, not just produce them.
Anyway, that's one of the better-case scenarios for Tesla. The best case would have the same amount of unit sales, just with higher prices.
What is Tesla -- automaker or technology company?
This has drastic implications with regard to how one should value Tesla's stock. Is Tesla an automaker? Because if so, today's stock price may already be considered fully valued, even based on those tremendous sales estimates for 2020. Allow me to explain.
The automotive industry trades with an average PS ratio of 0.9. Meaning that if Tesla were to have about $31 billion in sales in 2020, a 0.9 PS ratio would indicate a market cap close to $27.8 billion.
However, if Tesla is considered a technology company, that sector trades with an average PS ratio of 3. In other words, its hypothetical $31 billion in sales for 2020 could justify a market cap of roughly $90 billion -- over three times today's valuation.
Truth be told, the answer likely lies somewhere in the middle, that is, between an automaker's valuation and a technology company's valuation. The midpoint, or just about 1.5 times sales, would roughly indicate a market of $60 billion.
The company has to continue improving margins, boosting sales and upping production. Supercharger stations must continue coming on line, and the Gigafactory can't have any major delays.
Aside from significantly boosting the scale of production, the Gigafactory will also significantly reduce input costs, perhaps by as much as 30%. A lot obviously hinges on the Gigafactory, and that's part of what makes Tesla such a gamble and hard to value.
Although the recent announcement of Panasonic joining in on the Gigafactory investment lifts some of the risk off Tesla.
Tesla makes amazing vehicles, and Musk has tremendous vision. Shares are what I would call "fully valued" at current levels for the next several years. This is because investors have already priced in so much good news and near-perfect execution. Looking into the future by five to 10 years, Tesla appears undervalued.
Of course, this all depends on the investor, too. Those invested in Tesla should be in the stock because they believe in the long-term, disruptive potential of the company, which comes with very high valuation metrics, as well as lots of volatility. So investors should consider these things when determining if the stock is a good fit for them and their tolerance for risk.
As electric vehicle driving ranges increase, batteries get cheaper, and performance gets better, more and more consumers likely will consider making the move to electric vehicles. For now, Tesla is at the forefront of that movement.


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2-character country code. The mapping is non-obvious, so unfortunately the best way to find it is to examine the company search page.
Number of filings to fetch per page. Valid options are 10, 20, 40, 80, or 100. Other values will result in the closest count.
Which page of results to return.
Note On 'Fast Search' -- The SEC Company Search page also includes a 'Fast Search' function to "search" by CIK or Stock Ticker. This doesn't actually search, but rather goes directly to the company details page if found. If you have a company's CIK or Ticker, use the company_information, company_filings, or company_details functions.


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Q: Content moderation in social media apps I'm going to deploy a React Native app which allows users to share content. In the app, users are able to report "bad content" (explicit content, profanity...).
Also, every time content is uploaded, I detect if it has bad language, sexual/racist/medical... content etc. If the content is illegal, it is stored in the moderators database, where some moderators will take a look to all the posts, in order to delete it or not.
My question is simple: will I be able to upload the app to the stores? I have seen apps that have been deleted because of NSFW content, that's why I am afraid.
I have the possibility of auto-delete the suspicious content when the user is trying to upload it, but I don't want to do this, I prefer to pass it to human moderators.
Also, I haven't implemented any filter for those explicit images (but I have a profanity filter for text, which removes bad language).
How can I let the store testers know that I have a content moderation system in the backend? I mean, when the tester is testing the app, if he uploads explicit content, it might take some hours for its deletion... so, will he/she auto reject the app if this sutuation happens?
I know that this question is law oriented, but as I have described, it has
a technical part.
Any ideas? Thanks

A: This is for iOS and App Store connect
When you submit the app to the App Store there is a section where you can include comments for the reviewers. Here you will need to detail your moderation process so that they can determine if it meets their expectations.
You should also detail how users can report content that they believe is inappropriate.
You should also explain in here how the user data is kept secure in order to meet with data privacy laws.


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Pa. diocese abuse investigations 'historic,' advocates say
Advocates who work with clergy abuse victims said Pennsylvania will be first state with all dioceses investigated.
Pa. diocese abuse investigations 'historic,' advocates say Advocates who work with clergy abuse victims said Pennsylvania will be first state with all dioceses investigated. Check out this story on ydr.com: http://on-ydr.co/2dNB4LJ
Brandie Kessler, bkessler@ydr.com Published 6:00 a.m. ET Oct. 1, 2016 | Updated 7:24 a.m. ET Oct. 1, 2016
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The Harrisburg diocese, which in the summer had responded to York Daily Record requests for information on specific priests accused of child sexual abuse, now says it will no longer answer questions about the diocese's clergy abuse history.
"Because of the secret and confidential nature of grand jury investigations, the Diocese can't discuss any specifics about the investigation except to say that the Diocese is cooperating fully with the Office of Attorney General," Matt Haverstick, the attorney representing the Harrisburg diocese, said in an email.
The Harrisburg diocese had answered some questions regarding allegations of clergy abuse against priests who had at some point worked in the diocese. In August, the York Daily Record published the names of 15 priests who had worked in the diocese at some time and who had, at some time in their careers, been accused of child sexual abuse.
THE YORK DAILY RECORD
15 priests accused of abuse had ties to Harrisburg diocese
About three weeks later, the Daily Record reported that three more priests with ties to the Harrisburg diocese had been accused of sexual abuse of children at some time in their career. One allegation was new, the diocese said, and it was investigating whether it was credible. An update wasn't available Thursday because of Haverstick's statement that the diocese can't discuss specifics of cases.
The grand jury investigation into Harrisburg and five other dioceses -- Allentown, Erie, Greensburg, Pittsburgh and Scranton -- which was confirmed by state Rep. Mark Rozzi, marks the first time all the dioceses in a single state will have been investigated, advocate and former priest Patrick Wall said Friday. He called it "historic."
Six dioceses now under investigation in Pa.
"We have never seen, at any point in time, where all the dioceses in any particular state have been served in the past or are currently under criminal investigation," said Wall, who is an advocate and adviser with the law firm Jeff Anderson & Associates, which specializes in child sexual abuse cases and has offices around the country.
The Rev. Thomas Doyle, who has worked with clergy abuse survivors for more than 30 years, said he knows of about about 12 or 13 grand jury investigations that have been done nationwide.
He called the investigation in Pennsylvania "super momentous" and said it could "end up being the most extensive investigation yet" because of its scope.
In March of this year, the results of a grand jury investigation into the Altoona-Johnstown diocese were released by the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office. In 2005 and 2011, the Philadelphia Archdiocese was investigated by a grand jury.
Wall said he wants to see information about abuse revealed through the investigations, and that information will hopefully help in healing.
"I hope that all the kids and now adults who are suffering in silence, thinking they were the only one sexually abused by a particular perpetrator, knows it wasn't just them, that it wasn't their fault," Wall said. "This is about righting the wrong of the betrayal of the church."
Judy Deaven, of Harrisburg, who said her son Joey Behe was sexually abused as a boy by a priest in the Allentown Diocese, said she testified before the grand jury in Pittsburgh in August.
Deaven's son, who at one time had lived in Dillsburg, died in April 2015 at age 45. He had elevated pain medication in his system, but his death was not ruled a suicide, Deaven said. She said her son had suffered physical injury when he was raped by the priest, and he had health complications for which he took several medications.
"I'm Joey's only voice now," she said. She said her son wanted to speak out about clergy sexual abuse, in an effort to help other survivors. But he never truly felt like people were listening. She didn't feel like she'd been heard either, until she testified before the grand jury.
She plans to keep talking about her son in an effort to reform the statute of limitations law in Pennsylvania to allow past victims of abuse to try to hold their perpetrators accountable, she said.
"I'd love to shut it off," Deaven said. "But it's in the back of my mind all the time."
How a grand jury investigation is done
Chris Carusone, an attorney and partner at Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC in Harrisburg, is a former deputy attorney general who was in charge of the statewide investigating grand jury unit. In that role, he made sure that grand juries were following proper procedures, he said.
A grand jury meets one week a month, Carusone said. It's for that reason that grand jury investigations "are notoriously slow."
Judy Deaven said when her son, Joey Behe, was a boy, he was sexually abuse by a priest from the Allentown Diocese. Deaven said her son died in 2015, and she recently testified before a grand jury that is investigating several dioceses, including the Harrisburg and Allentown dioceses. (Photo: Submitted)
The attorney general petitions the state Supreme Court for a statewide investigating grand jury, and the court designates from which counties members of the jury must be picked.
"What you end up with is just common folks, like any other jury, who dedicate 18 to 24 months to help law enforcement do investigations," Carusone said.
The grand jury will hear a variety of cases during each week that it is meeting, Carusone. Several witnesses who have testified before the grand jury investigating the dioceses said they testified in Pittsburgh.
Typically a grand jury issues subpoenas for people early in the investigation, to talk with witnesses, Carusone said. Non-professional witnesses are "free to disclose their testimony to whomever they choose, when they choose," unless the supervising judge issues an order that tells them they can't, he said. Jurors, professional witnesses, law enforcement and prosecutors are sworn to secrecy.
If the grand jury finds cause to recommend charges, those charges must be brought within the statute of limitations.
A grand jury cannot meet for more than 24 months. A typical investigation lasts up to 18 months, with the option to extend the investigation. If the investigation isn't complete within 24 months, a new grand jury must be impaneled, Carusone said.
How to report alleged abuse
To reach the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office to report alleged abuse, call 888-538-8541.
Victims can call 888-772-7227 to find a local rape crisis center, and victims of all abuse in York County may call York County's Victim Assistance Center, which provides free, confidential counseling, at 1-800-422-3204.
If you were abused by clergy or know someone who was, the Diocese of Harrisburg wants you to report the abuse to law enforcement, to the ChildLine by calling 1-800-932-0313, and by calling the Harrisburg diocese's victim assistance line at 1-800-626-1608.
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Q: Exception when using String(byte[]) in Froyo for encoded string I just got this encoded binar file that has a custom estruture. To get the data out of it, I need to get certain blocos and just convert to string. I was using StringBuilder but it was breaking the UTF8. So I changed to this:
public String readString(int byteOffset, int byteCount) {
    byte[] buffer = new byte[byteCount];
    try {
        for (int i = 0; i < byteCount; i++) {
            buffer[i] = content[i + byteOffset];
        }
        String text = new String(buffer);
        return text;
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        log(e.getLocalizedMessage());
        log(e.getMessage());
    }

    return "";
}

But, when I try to use the "new String(buffer);" I get an exception that jumps straight to return "";
Can anyone help me out on this?


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Author! Author! at the R.F.Burton Library
By The Archivist on October 14, 2010
Do you know the Victorian writer who said the following?
sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
America is
the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in
between.
Anyone who
lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
At twilight,
nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate
quotations from the poets.
is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
I always like
to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.
young enough to know everything.
If you want
to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Man is least
himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you
the truth.
survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a
One should
always play fairly when one has the winning cards.
Good for you. This month's featured author is Oscar Wilde. From his official
Oscar Wilde's rich and
dramatic portrayals of the human condition came during the height of the
Victorian Era that swept through London in the late 19th century. At a time
when all citizens of Britain were finally able to embrace literature the
wealthy and educated could only once afford, Wilde wrote many short stories,
plays and poems that continue to inspire millions around the world.
Birthname: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie
Wills Wilde
Birth place: Dublin, Ireland
Death date: November 30, 1900
Death place: Paris, France
Burial: La Pére Lachaise
Cemetery, Paris, France
Occupation: Playwright, novelist,
poet, editor
Parents: Sir William Wilde and Jane
Francesca Elgee
Siblings: Henry, Emily, Mary,
William, Isola
Spouse: Constance Lloyd
Children: Cyril and Vyvyan
• Although a proficient and versatile writer,
Wilde only wrote one novel during his lifetime: "The Picture of Dorian Gray,"
published in 1891.
• Possessed three middle names at birth.
• Went on a lecture tour throughout the
United States, London and Canada to teach aesthetic values in 1879.
• Regarded as one of the greatest playwrights
of the Victorian Era, Wilde wrote and produced nine plays.
• Nine biographies have been written on Wilde
since his death, one of them by his grandson, Merlin Holland, in 1997.
Several biographical films, television series and stage plays have been
produced on the life of Oscar Wilde since 1960.
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Serafina Puchkina October 14, 2010
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Wait – isn't that Stephen Fry?