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Immigration Rising
Nick Gillespie | 8.25.2003 10:51 AM
More evidence for Matt Welch's observation that immigration is soon-to-be-a-major-electoral issue again: Cincinnati has signed on to accepting matricula consular cards issued by Central American governments such as Mexico and Guatemala. The cards allow immigrants, regardless of legal status, to get drivers' licenses, open bank accounts, and conduct other basic transactions. Businesses like them because they bring more above-ground cash into play; opponents decry them because they make life easier for illegal and legal immigrants alike.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that 402 cities have started to accept the cards. At the same time that the Queen City is saying yes, two area congressmen, Republican Reps. Rob Portman and Steve Chabot have voted for legislation banning them. Chabot has even cosponsored legislation mandating that only passports can be used as legal i.d. by non-residents.
Both Arnold Schwarzenegger in California and George W. Bush nationally are courting the latino vote, the population most heavily invested with the matricula consular. Whether you're for or against the cards (or for or against immigration), this will be interesting to watch play out.
NEXT: The Spaghetti-Bowl Incident?
Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason.
August.25.2003 at 1:43 am
If I'm a towelhead terrorist, I visit my friendly local Mexican consulate and slip the employee a couple hundred dollars.
Then, I have bright shiny new matricula consular that lets me get on airplanes & crash them into infidel-populated skyscrapers.
They make life easier for illegal immigrants?
So it's then easer for the illegal immigrants to continue breaking US law? Why should anybody abide by the law when they just need one of these cards?
Maybe we should issue pistol permits to all robbers – it would make their lives easier.
Madog
A lot of people seem to think this sort of thing will lead to more influence by Mexico on the US. It seems more likely to work the other way around. If more and more US residents are of Mexican descent then eventually Mexican domestic affairs are going to become more of a concern to the US. If you're a Mexican politician, and you have a lot of ties to constituents in US congressional districts why not use those ties to get US congress men to use the US to lean on the Mexican government in your favor?
I have a feeling that the ultimate result of all this immigration won't be "Aztlan" or the annexation of the Southwest by Mexico, but the annexation of Mexico by the US (possibly as some sort of 3 nation North American version of the EU).
Virginia Dare
August.25.2003 at 11:24 am
Speak of the devil – VDare.com just mentioned something about Matt Welch and Reason.com:
Link is:
http://www.vdare.com/pb/goodbye_guzzardi.htm
I'm not quite so sure about Reason Magazine's Matt Welch. We've had to reprove him before. And in a piece today reporting the horrifying (to Welch) return of the immigration issue, he complains of Joe's last column:
"These are no gentle gibes in VDare-land. La Raza and MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), are routinely described as Nazi-style fascists, plotting the reconquista of the Southwestern United States." [links in original]
Hmmm, I just entered "Nazi-style fascists" into the VDARE.COM search engine, only to learn that the expression has never been used on our site.
Welch does conclude:
"As always, open debate is preferable to ducking the issue. For those interested, Reason has an excellent page full of immigration-related articles and resources." [links in original]
Significantly, the page hasn't been updated since June 2000 – apparently the last time Reason had an idea on the subject.
Lonewacko
"opponents decry them because they make life easier for illegal and legal immigrants alike."
Yeah, when we aren't beating puppies with rocks.
Legal immigrants have no need for MC or similar cards, they're only of use for illegal aliens. Accepting MC cards from illegal aliens leads to more illegal immigration.
Here's a detailed backgrounder on the cards. The FBI doesn't like them, but should we trust them, or our friends in the Mexican government?
And, to put the MC cards in their proper context:
"By populating the United States with millions of Hispanics who are tied economically, politically and linguistically to Mexico, we are able to exert enormous influence and pressure on U.S. policy and its dealings with Mexico."
Robert Hutchinson
Hmmm, I just entered 'Nazi-style fascists' into the VDARE.COM search engine, only to learn that the expression has never been used on our site.
I wonder if the author tried "overly literal smartass" next.
Why should anybody abide by the law when they just need one of these cards?
Why should anybody abide by the law simply because of the thought-squashing effect of the phrase "it's the law"? It's the law that the government can tear down your house if ConGlomCo greases enough palms and chants the mystic phrase "eminent domain". It's the law that the government can force you to die miserably because it's scared of a plant (or so the official line goes). And it's the law that you can only reside on the other side of an imaginary line if you have the right paperwork and your personal bureaucrat isn't having a bad day.
Logan Feys
September.6.2003 at 12:14 pm
Open borders might very well doom the cause of liberty in America. Borderlessness is empowering America?s most zealous enemies (Bin Laden is all for wide open borders in America!) and putting our most basic freedoms in peril.
I hope you?ll take a look at my article "Ushering In Civilization?s Destroyers: How Altruism Is Aiding Militant Islam?s March toward Global Domination." It begins:
"In the twentieth century, the Nazis tried to takeover the world and failed. The Communists nearly succeeded. Now, in the twenty-first century, emboldened religious fanatics have their sights set on global domination. The Islamic conquest of civilization has already begun. The United States and Europe have laid out the welcome mat for their destroyers."
How and why are civilized countries continuing to accommodate terrorists, even after 9-11? What must be done in order to save civilization? Find out my answers by reading "Ushering In Civilization's Destroyers":
http://www.individualistvoice.com/islam.html
-Logan Feys
john s bolton
April.8.2004 at 12:27 pm
Re: Logan Feys- You are correct to point out the danger to the West, to our freedom from aggression and to our survival, from hostile foreigners. It is also quite right to mention, as you do, the role of mass altruism as contributing fundamentally to the weakness of response towards them. My site, entitled 'diversity the anti-merit people' comments much further on related points.
Most of us are illigal imigrants
the Navajos are native Americans
the rest of us came from somewere else
Where did your ancestors came from ???

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Saudi authorities have granted Turkish police permission to inspect the well in the garden of the residence of the country's general consulate in Istanbul as part of an investigation into the murder of opposition journalist Jamal Khashoggi, NTV reported Wednesday, citing an investigative source.
Earlier, Turkish media reported that the Saudi Consulate General had prohibited Turkish police from inspecting the well during their search of the diplomatic mission and the residence of the Consul General.
On Tuesday, Turkey's Patriotic Party (VATAN) leader Dogu Perincek told Sputnik citing security sources that the body of the murdered journalist had been found in a well in the residence of the Saudi consul general in Istanbul.
Khashoggi, known for his criticism of Saudi policies, had been working as a columnist for The Washington Post.
The journalist was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. Saudi Arabia admitted on Friday via state television that the journalist had been killed in a fight inside the consulate.
Riyadh has arrested 18 people over their involvement in the incident, while at least five Saudi officials have been dismissed as the Khashoggi case was gaining momentum.


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Iraqi PM Says Kurds' Planned Independence Referendum 'Illegal'
TEHRAN (Press Shia) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi reiterated Baghdad's stance on a planned independence referendum in the Arab country's autonomous Kurdistan Region, saying the move by the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) is "illegal".
Speaking to reporters in a press conference on Wednesday, Abadi underlined that the Kurdistan Region is part of Iraq, adding, "It will be to the benefit of Kurds to remain in Iraq."
He further said the forthcoming independence referendum in the Kurdistan Region would be "an illegal move".
Masoud Barzani, the president of the KRG, has recently announced that the vote should be held in due time.
Officials in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish Region announced that the northern territory will hold the referendum on September 25.
The referendum on whether to secede from Iraq is planned to be held in the three governorates that make up the Kurdish region and in the areas that are disputed by the Kurdish and Iraqi governments but are currently under Kurdish military control.
The disputed areas include the key oil-rich province of Kirkuk.
Iran has voiced opposition to the plan, reiterating its policy of supporting Iraq's territorial integrity.
In June, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran's principled and clear stance is supporting Iraq's territorial integrity and coherence."
"The Kurdistan Region is part of the Republic of Iraq," he underlined.
The spokesman warned that unilateral decisions which are out of step with Iraq's national and legal norms would only result in new problems in the Arab country, particularly in the current complicated situation in the region and given hostile attempts to drag out instability in Iraq.
"A united, stable and democratic Iraq would guarantee the interests of all people of that country from every sect and religion," Qassemi added.
The Iranian diplomat also stressed that any disagreement between Erbil and Baghdad should be settled through dialogue, national compromise and with respect for the Iraqi constitution.


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Arachnotron
September – November 2018 (Production resuming with expanded team in late January)
Team Size: 4 (1st semester pre-production)
Role: Lead Designer, Gameplay Programmer
Arachnotron is a fast-paced wall-climbing third-person shooter with a focus on three-dimensional action. Starting with the idea of a game about a spider-tank, I worked with an artist, engineer, and producer to create what's shown here in just under 3 months. I worked with the engineer on the team to create the wall-climbing system that lets the player traverse any surface smoothly, as well as designing and constructing the level & the boss battle at its conclusion.
I've spent most of my time so far on this project refining the wall-climbing movement system, making the procedural leg-animation system using the inverse kinematics system the engineer & artist on the team set up, and pursuing an ongoing quest to figure out how to design a level that plays well when the player can traverse any surface, and see things from almost any angle. (I'm very glad we're bringing on another level designer or two for the second semester).
This project was one of the ones chosen to go forward to a second semester of production, so I now find myself in the position of lead designer on the project. I look forward to updating this page later on, to reflect what I learn in that position and to show what the game becomes with an expanded team and a few more months of work!
You can download the final version from the first semester here.
January – April 2018
Team Size: 7
Role: Lead Designer
Rolling Thunder is a racing-mayhem game for two to four players about speeding downhill in office chairs. I designed this game to be a somewhat chaotic obstacle course where the players have only minimal control of their chair's direction, and have to find the safest way to the end of the course. The controls are simple enough that players feel in-control of where they're going, but also control is also limited enough that new player can have as much fun crashing down the hill as experienced players.


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Can Tiny Houses Solve Homelessness in Portland?
Tex Dworkin,
A tiny, mobile house in a Portland, Oregon yard. (Photo: Tammy)The city of Portland, OR recently announced it is seeking to provide tiny houses to convince people currently residing in Portland's "tent cities" to relocate to the permanent structures.
According to Time.com:
An estimated 2,000 of its residents (are) sleeping under bridges, on streets and in empty lots in a variety of makeshift shelters, (so) the city of Portland, Oregon is on a quest to provide more safe housing for those without a permanent address.
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The city launched a task force that is set to meet September 4th to assess the viability of using tiny homes as a potential for housing houseless people, says Josh Alpert, Director of Strategic Initiatives for Mayor Charlie Hales. Alpert hopes the first batch of homes will be ready for occupancy by late February 2015.
According to The Tiny Life, a typical American home is around 2,600 square feet, while the typical small or tiny house is around 100-400 square feet. Tiny Houses come in all shapes, sizes and forms but they focus on smaller spaces and simplified living.
Portland is not the first city to try this. Tiny houses are about to become housing for the homeless in Austin, TX as well.
Then there's this guy, who's turning trash into homes for the homeless in Oakland, CA.
If plans move forward, how would the tiny homes in Portland be funded? According to this KPTV report, the miniature dwellings would require start-up cash, probably in the neighborhood of $1 million. Josh Alpert, strategic initiatives director, had this to say:
Whether it's city money, state money or federal money, we're going to try and get creative and figure out all the places where we can bring money into this to try different kinds of pilots for different kinds of housing needs.
Hoping to provide these tiny structures is Tim Cornell, Managing Director of Techdwell LLC, maker of practical, green micro homes. He believes that Techdwell's small homes are an ideal solution for housing those in need of shelter, especially the disadvantaged." Techdwell's website claims micro-home assembly can be accomplished in 2 to 4 days.
Cornell has some experience building micro-homes for those in need. Check out his work in Haiti:
Let's be honest, tiny houses are cool. They look like socially acceptable adult forts that provide habitants with some truly wonderful benefits including the ability to live a simpler life.
But is Portland's plan an adorable band-aid wrapped around a much more complex problem?
To help figure that out, let's look at five key factors with help from homelessness expert Nan Roman, President and CEO of National Alliance to END HOMELESSNESS:
1) Lower Housing Costs is a Good Thing
High housing costs are a root cause of homelessness, and whether you're buying or renting, housing costs today are more than many people in the U.S. can afford.
Roman points out, "If you're making minimum wage, you're really not making enough anywhere in the country for housing."
The reality is, housing costs are going up a lot more than income, and as a result, Americans are now substantially less able to afford their housing costs than they used to be. CBS Moneywatch confirms "homes are becoming unaffordable for most Americans, a result of stagnating income."
That makes scary sense.
While the median home price in the U.S. went up 31 percent from 2000 to 2010, median household income went up just 17 percent. So it makes sense that reduced housing costs could be a step in the right direction.
According to National Association of Home Builders, the average construction cost of a single-family home in the 2013 survey they did is $246,453. With Techdwell homes, Cornell claims he can provide Portland micro homes that sleep two people and have bathrooms and kitchens built-in for $20,000 each.
If plans move forward, Michael Withey of Micro Community Concepts in Portland says the tiny homes would be built on surplus city lands, and residents would pay rent between $250 and $350 per month.
When asked whether tiny houses could solve homelessness, here's what Roman had to say:
The solutions to homelessness are not real complicated. They're not easy, but they are not complicated. The most obvious solution to homelessness is housing, and with smaller houses comes smaller costs. If tiny houses can reduce housing costs, then great. That's a positive.
2) Small Should Not Equate to Sub-Standard
About Portland's tiny house plan, Roman cautions:
What needs to be watched out for is whether the housing is standard or sub-standard. There's nothing wrong with tiny houses, but you want it to be real housing. You don't want places that are ok for homeless people to live in that are not acceptable for others to live in.
The FlexDwell prototype (pictured at top) includes all the basics you'd want in a home, including two sleeping areas joined by a kitchen, bathroom and eating area, just on a smaller scale, measuring 16 feet wide and 12 feet deep.
Of course if plans move forward, whatever micro homes are erected in Portland will have to meet all city and county building codes.
3) Where They Go Is Important
Another point Roman made is that homes allotted for homeless people should not be clumped together in one location, but rather interspersed throughout the city.
That's just what Portland plans to do. According to Alpert, the idea is to establish the micro communities in various neighborhoods so that no one area is feeling overburdened.
4) Social Services are Key
There are many factors that lead to homelessness, and as Roman points out:
Most people who are homeless are in crisis. So in addition to needing housing, they need to be connected with services; Mental health, substance abuse treatment services, employment services, parenting assistance, budgeting help, youth need family intervention/connection, training and technical assistance, and medical care.
Whether or not Portland has a plan for that is unclear at this time. The concept is still in the very early stages, and the city has formed a task force to examine it. Hopefully when it meets in a few weeks, this important concern will be addressed.
When it comes to homes for the homeless, smaller could be better if it reduces housing costs, but not if the dwelling is sub-par, and not if they are tucked off into one separate section of the city. And homelessness will not be solved by new housing alone; support services that address key needs of those who are homeless are essential to its success.
So to the question: can tiny houses in Portland help solve homelessness? It seems like a hopeful step in the right direction, and with the right support services to go along with it, Portland's efforts will hopefully succeed and who knows, perhaps pave the way for other cities to follow suit.
Tex Dworkin
Tex Dworkin is a contributor to Care2.
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As a deadly polar vortex moved across the United States this week, cities scrambled to shelter the homeless, and hacker collective Anonymous is working to provide additional aid.
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This gets my balance sheet, and its used in a telerik report hence the variables etc.
I now need to create a "Comparison Balance sheet" nothing all too complex about this, but to do that I need to generate the above report twice with different dates, and make a percentage changed column.
I can see how to do all this, but its gonna get pretty messy by the time I'm done and debugging something is going to be a chore, whats more this is going to be a pretty simple example once all is said and done. Its only going to get more complex from here.
What I am looking for is either:
A querybuilder type thingo that will simplify the debugging of the sub tables that I am generating, or is there a more procedural way to write these things... such as
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Does that sort of thing work? and how do I link everything together? havent found any articles, but then everything only ever seems to introduce basic select statements.
Happy to do my own reading, just need a push in the right direction.
Thanks for your help

A: Have a look at Common Table Expressions. They should make that code more maintainable, and may possibly improve performance.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190766.aspx

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Q: Why is $\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}\mathbb{E}(\min(|X_n-X|,1))=0$ an equivalent criterion for convergence in probability? Let $X$, $X_1,X_2,...$ be random variables defined on $(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mathbb{P})$, why is the following bi-conditional statement for convergence in probability true?
$$\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}\mathbb{E}(\min(|X_n-X|,1))=0\Leftrightarrow\forall\epsilon>0,\lim\limits_{n\rightarrow\infty}\mathbb{P}(|X_n-X|\geq\epsilon)=0$$
I tried splitting the expectation into regions $|X_n-X|>1$ and $|X_n-X|\leq1$ and tried to use Markov's inequality but seems to get nowhere. I am thinking this must be quite trivial but I keep getting nowhere with it, so please any help will really be appreciated and greatly needed, thanks in advance.

A: "$\Leftarrow$" Use that $$\mathbb{E}\min(|X_n-X|,1) \leq  \int_{|X_n-X| < \epsilon} |X_n-X| \, d\mathbb{P} + \int_{|X_n-X| \geq \epsilon} 1 \, d\mathbb{P}.$$
"$\Rightarrow$": Show that $$\mathbb{P}(|X_n-X| \geq \epsilon) = \mathbb{P}(\min(|X_n-X|,1) \geq \epsilon)$$ for all $\epsilon \in (0,1)$ and apply Markov's inequality.


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The Me, Myself and I Club: Briton Ferry: a case study in warm humanity and meaningful co-production
ME MYSELF AND I CLUB
Describes the development and achievements of the Me, Myself and I Club, an initiative based on co-production principles and designed to support people with dementia and their carers. The club offers carers and people with dementia the opportunity to meet up with other local people in their position, enjoy activities like bingo, baking and table tennis and access respite care services, including relationship-centred short breaks in the local community that do not require the separation of carers from the people they support. The ethos of the club is to challenge negative stereotypes of people with dementia and the traditional service culture which does to, rather than with people. Member of the club also recognise a need for greater understanding about dementia in the local community and are committed to raising awareness and understanding of what it feels like to be living with dementia, and how other people can be helpful not hurtful. The Club runs a Community Care Training and Volunteer Academy offering up to 12 weeks of training and 12 hours voluntary work for people considering employment in the care sector. Over the years, the Me, Myself and I Club has developed links and partnerships with a range of national and local initiatives, including the Dementia Engagement and Empowerment Project (DEEP).
More than medicine: new services for people powered health
LANGFORD Katharine, BAECK Peter, HAMPSON Martha
Examines the constitutive elements of the 'more than medicine' approach, looking at social prescribing, signposting through link workers, health trainers and navigators, and community-based services. 'More than medicine' creates a set of tools for clinicians to use with patients to address the behavioural and social aspects of long term conditions. It connects the clinical consultation with interventions such as peer support groups, debt counselling, walking groups, befriending, one-to-one coaching and community cooking classes that help people to manage their long-term conditions and improve their health and wellbeing. These activities, places and people help service users and patients to live healthier lives, make friends and learn new skills. The report provides a description of each element of 'more than medicine' - social prescribing, signposting and community services - and illustrates the discussion with case studies and summaries of the evidence.
Peer support for people with dementia resource pack: promoting peer support opportunities for people with dementia
HEALTH INNOVATION NETWORK SOUTH LONDON
Bringing together examples of good practice and evidence-based guidance, the pack aims to help groups and organisations better support people with dementia in their communities. The pack was developed in partnership with leading dementia and older people charities, with contributions from Innovations in Dementia, The Alzheimer's Society, AGE UK and Mental Health Foundation. The Health Innovation Network dementia team worked with people with dementia across south London to provide case studies and contribute to the films within the pack. The guide includes: information about what peer support is and how different types of groups can support people with dementia; why peer support can help people with dementia stay connected with their communities; guidance and resources to help people who want to run groups for or including people with dementia; and some ideas for how to tell if the group is doing well.


It is always believed that good looks can only be acquired by wearing makeup. But, on contrary it is always not the truth. You always reflect the inner confidence on your face which can make you look good sans makeup. However, wearing a makeup is pretty exciting and interesting, but wearing your confidence is totally a different feeling.
You need not waste a lot of money on your makeup kit and still look attractive and elegant. All you need to do is, follow a few effective tricks for looking your best without any application of makeup. Below, I will try to make you aware about a few effective tips for looking good without makeup.
Anything which is clean and tidy, looks its best. You need to use this trick for looking your best even without makeup. Take a long and cool bath to refresh yourself and your skin.
This will remove the sweat from your body making you smell good. Wash your hairs every alternate day to maintain the essential oil in it. You should also wash your face every day before going to bed to remove the stuck dirt. This will give a look and beautiful look sans makeup.
Generally makeup hides your fine lines and wrinkles on your face. These generally occur due to the dryness of your skin. You should apply a good moisturizer on your skin to replenish it with the required nutrients so that it is able to hold on the oil. A moisturized skin always looks good and radiant, removing the need of applying makeup.
All makeup done with an untidy hair, spoils the whole show. On the contrary, well maintained hair cut requires nothing else. If you carry a good and complementary hair cut, you need not apply any bit of makeup.
You should keep in mind that the hair cut should complement your face structure and personality. Smart hair cut works well for a complete look.
In every endeavor clothes speak out for you. Proper and wise selection of clothes for yourself always compliments your inner beauty. You should be wise enough to choose a dress in which you are comfortable and you are confident enough to carry it off. This is due to the fact that the feel of comfort always adds to your look. Thus, always select proper attire whether Indian or Western according to your comfort and preference.
Your face is the part which reflects your beauty. Your smile is the weapon which makes you beautiful. Wear a nice smile on your face to reflect the inner beauty.
This is an unavoidable fact. However, keep your breath clean all through the day. You may use mouth freshening chewing gums for the same. A bad breath can convert the beauty into ugliness.
You can massage your face with mashed banana and then wash it off for getting a soft and bright face naturally. You may also use a paste formed by mixing yogurt and turmeric powder for applying as a face pack and then rinsing it off. This will give you a clean and clear face. These natural tricks will not let you struggle with your makeup kit. Stay beautiful!
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While the Golden State Warriors haven't eliminated the prospect of trading rookie James Wiseman, a new report indicates that the team won't deal him unless it receives top talent in return.
Wes Goldberg of The Mercury News looked at the possibility of the Warriors making a trade, comparing Wiseman's value to the the Warriors' first-round pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves either this year or in 2022.
"Same goes for rookie center James Wiseman, who the Warriors selected with the No. 2 pick in November's draft and has shown flashes of a skill set that should be enticing for any rebuilding team," Goldberg wrote. "According to league sources, Golden State is committed to Wiseman, and won't move him unless part of a package that nets a perennial All-Star talent."
That Timberwolves pick was part of the D'Angelo Russell-Andrew Wiggins deal and is protected for selections one through three for this year's draft and is unprotected in 2022.
Wiseman was the second overall player taken last November and in his first season, is averaging 11.8 points and 6.0 rebounds per game.
While those numbers may seem low for such a high draft selection, it's important to remember that Wiseman doesn't turn 20 until March 31. That means he has plenty of time to develop his game and still offers the Warriors plenty of potential on the court.
The Warriors are currently 20-20 for the season, the ninth-best mark in the Western Conference and one that has them in playoff contention.
After enduring key injuries for much of the past two seasons, the Warriors are hoping to get back to annual trips to the NBA Finals. Accomplishing that will require talented players such as Wiseman or someone with plenty of ability should they choose to trade the rookie away.
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Security Bank starts offer of 1.5-year bonds
SECURITY BANK Corp. (Security Bank) on Monday started an offer of 1.5-year peso-denominated bonds from which it is looking to raise at least P3 billion in fresh funds.
The bonds are being marketed with a fixed rate of 5.3% per annum, Security Bank said in a disclosure to the stock exchange on Monday.
"Proceeds will be used to support the bank's lending activities and expand its funding base," the lender said in an e-mail.
The issue size is set at P3 billion with an oversubscription option depending on demand. The bonds will be issued out of Security Bank's P100-billion peso bond and commercial paper program.
The papers are available to the market for investments starting at P1 million and increments of P100,000 thereafter.
The offer period will run until Oct. 28, unless adjusted by the bank.
Security Bank will list the bonds on the Philippine Dealing and Exchange Corp. on Nov. 10 "to provide secondary market liquidity to investors who would like to trade the instruments," it said.
The lender tapped Philippine Commercial Capital, Inc. (PCCI) to be the sole bookrunner for the issuance. The joint lead arrangers and selling agents for the transaction are PCCI and SB Capital Investment Corp.
The offering is the Security Bank's second for the year. The listed bank last tapped the domestic debt market in July, where it raised P16 billion via 1.5-year peso bonds, more than the original plan of P1 billion as the offer was oversubscribed.
The papers were also issued also out of the lender's P100-billion peso bond and commercial paper program.
Security Bank Executive Vice-President and Financial Markets Segment Head Raul Martin A. Pedro had said that successful issuance and the oversubscription are testaments to investor confidence in the lender.
The lender doubled its bond and commercial paper program to P100 billion in June 2020 from the initial P50 billion when it was established in December 2018 as it wanted to raise more funds for its lending business and to lengthen the maturity of its liabilities.
Security Bank recorded a higher net income in the second quarter of 2022 on the improved performance of its core businesses and lower credit provisions.
The bank booked an attributable net income of P3.52 billion in April-June, up by 139.4% from the P1.47 billion in the same period in 2021.
This brought its attributable net profit for the first half to P6.25 billion, more than double the P3.12 billion seen in the comparable year-ago period.
Security Bank is the country's ninth largest lender in terms of assets with P796.78 billion and seventh in terms of capital with P123.41 billion as of end-June, based on Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas data.
Its shares closed at P81.70 apiece on Monday, down by 1.57% or P1.30 from the previous finish. — Keisha B. Ta-asan
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It's no surprise that my six-year-old son is a huge fan of Lego. For Christmas and his last two birthdays, he has gotten several sets, and whenever given the option of getting a new toy, it is always the first thing he picks.
Like most parents, I have a love/hate relationship with this beloved toy. I enjoy the fact that it is one activity that actually keeps my son's attention, and the educator in me appreciates how it builds literacy and fine motor-skills. However, all those little pieces scattered around the house are what nightmares are made of for this orderly Virgo—not to mention they're also a choking hazard for my youngest one! Last year, I decided to take control (somewhere my husband is saying sarcastically "that's something new"), and I organized the pieces into plastic bins. When selecting the bins I thought would work best, I chose ones that had clear lids so we could easily see what was in each one. I also needed them to be stackable for easy storage. Once I found them, I made sure to stock up. I needed quite a few! We sorted the pieces by colour and also had separate bins dedicated to Lego characters, accessories, and wheels.
If you are looking for a specific piece from a broken set, you only have to sort through one bin at a time.
You can turn it into a learning opportunity. My son loved helping me sort through the numerous piles of random pieces and placing them into the correct bin.
It allows the children to easily assist with cleanup and organization.
We have a rule that these bins remain in my son's room out of reach of my daughter, unless a parent is around to supervise her. When she isn't around, my son can easily access them and work on his own Lego creations.
Like the pieces, the endless Lego instruction booklets can be a bit of a headache to keep in order and keep track of. Recently, I created a binder that houses these, using sheet protectors to keep them separated. So far it seems to be pretty handy.
So to anyone out there who, like us, had Lego taking over their house, here's to taking back the control and getting organized! Good luck!


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By PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 2:44am |
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/11/more-than-100-pro-leave-constituencies-switch-to-remain
What Brexit (& UK) hasn't addressed these 2 years.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 6:31am
The people of the UK are subjects of their ruling class and when they tried to assert their power as citizens to make democratic decisions the establishment, Tory and Labour alike had to punish them for trying to make a decision about their rights to determine their future. The Brezit vote nor anything like it will never be allowed to happen again without the proper results being predetermined by the globalists who rule most of Europe.
by Peter (not verified) on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 11:56am
How exactly is the "ruling class" punishing those who voted for Brexit? I see no evidence what so ever that they are being punished in any way shape or form. The article claims that polling shows that most of the ruling class are representing districts where a majority support remaining in the EU. That more than 100 seats have switched from supporting Brexit to supporting remain. If that polling is accurate the ruling class is following the desires of the people they represent.
For me this isn't some partisan issue. I have no opinion on Brexit. I follow the story but not deeply enough to decide how I would vote on the issue. It's strictly an issue between GB and the EU that doesn't affect me and there are too many stories for me to have sufficient time to fully understand all of them.
by ocean-kat on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 1:47pm
Britain has no historical record, has never achieved any success, and its people have never sought economic or other ties beyond the sacred waters that provide it a blessed and intolerant isolation from the wider world.
Hard and total Brexit will be a return to the greatness people desire.
Sapiens in populo
by NCD on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 2:18pm
So basically you are saying you don't believe that the people in these 100+ districts are smart enough to know what they want? After two years of further elaboration on the issue, these voters have been hoodwinked by the ruling class in cahoots with the EU to change their minds?
by artappraiser on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 2:26pm
No. Art I didn't say that and polls are not votes. Even if the polls are accurate they may show that two years of delay and threats of economic catastrophe have terrorized enough people to force them to submit to the globalists. I don't see any evidence that the UK government will enforce the voter's Leave mandate, they just delay and threaten more punishment until they can ignore their subject's demands.
by Peter (not verified) on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 10:39am
"delay and threats", even if more true than the made up jive for leaving?
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 08/13/2018 - 11:09am
Polling guru warns pro-remain party WILL emerge as May struggles to seal the deal
BRITISH polling guru John Curtice said he expects a new anti-Brexit centrist party to emerge amid the political chaos threatening both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn.
@ Express.co.uk, Aug. 12
Magic 3rd Party. Sounds like David Brooks.... 2006. Party No. 3.
Ok but cavaet that it doesn't take as much magic in a parliamentary system. And this is like a major issue (maybe equal to like a constitutional amendment would be here?). So I can more easily buy the idea of another party sprouting up, even if temporary, even if it doesn't last long, just to force formation of a coalition with a new attitude towards the issue?
I have said before, Brexiteers Nigel Farange and Boris Johnson should return from their residencies in France to be acclaimed as executors of a hard Brexit. Perennial street agitator and EU critic Corbyn also may have a role to play.
The people demand it...?
Bastille 2.0, heads on a pike, or "rack him" like William Wallace. Yes, there are precedents.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/12/2018 - 7:39pm
The people will demand it..! !
This is a funny thread for those following UK politics https://t.co/Ccq4QVdrzC
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by artappraiser on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 5:10pm
I noted the comment "with all the old people, the NHS is going to be a drain on the economy". Nice, blame the NHS for old people. Let's just say it clear - "old people are going to be a drain on the economy". So the question for the right is "how're you going to put them down, quietly if possible..." you knew the right's problem with death panels was they weren't actually death panels.
by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/14/2018 - 6:40pm
I have so many conflicted thoughts about Brexit. I lived there during my college years and have been back so often, it always felt like a second home. When the Leave vote won, it broke my heart. It hit me like a personal rejection. People would console me with a version of that line from Catch 22 - "they're not rejecting YOU, they're rejecting EVERYONE". But that didn't help for some reason.
After the vote, I began to see the British as overall xenophobic or xeno-averse at the very least. My impression of them and their relationship to Europe crystalized into a sense of it being alienating, at best transactional. Even the most passionate Remainers don't want to be a part of Europe, they just want the extra bump in GDP or convenient visa-free travel or EU research funding or the option of a retirement home on the Costa del Sol. It's like trying to convince someone that they should stay in a loveless marriage because moving house is such a hastle. To Brits, Europe is a place you go for work or vacation. It's elsewhere. Their country, in their emotional geography, is not part of Europe. I think everyone in the EU is aware of that, it's pretty uncontroversial. Yet they keep clinging on to UK membership in the hope that one day the Brits will learn to love them.
I don't see it happening this way - by nudging the UK into a second vote that might, in the short panic-induced window of the next months, just elicit a temporary narrow majority for returning to the loving arms of Brussels. You just know the pendulum will swing back to a majority for leaving, when the tabloids start bitching about the next big curvature-of-bananas scandal, or more likely the next 7 yr budget framework. What then? Transactional as they are, they'll want another vote, and we'll have to waste another two years on The BReakup part deux. Europe can't move forward with never-ending Brexit fires to be put out. Neither can Britain. It's a huge distraction, on both sides of the channel.
What about the costs? I don't mean to be flippant about it but I find the dangers overstated. I'm not saying the remainer camp is outright lying, but the numbers that are thrown around are a lot less scary than the headline numbers suggest. They predict 5% less GDP growth given a hard Brexit over the next ten years? That may not be great. But they also project 5% less population growth over the next ten years with falling EU immigration. So fewer people eating a smaller pie - but everyone still gets the same share. That seems to have gone unmentioned. Or I may have missed something. You also get to be more sanguine about the trade issues when you look at Norway and Switzerland, both outside the Customs Union with hard borders to the EU, and see that the oh-so-dreaded "trade friction" isn't hurting them much. Nor do those daunting 3% WTO tariff levels which will go into effect in the case of a Hard Brexit seem so frightening up close. As the kids say, meh.
Another thing that goes unmentioned - opportunity cost. Brexit sucks all the media air out of the room. Brexit or no Brexit, there is a lot the UK can and should do to improve welfare and improve productivity. They're 30% less productive than their northern European counterparts and Brexit hardly matters when it comes to sorting out the complex mix of issues that need to be addressed in that sphere. Quit bitching about Brussels and deal with your own domestic shit. As they say, be the change you want to see in the world: sort yourself out instead of blaming the outside.
The level of Brexit discourse on both sides is pretty piss-poor. The Remainer argument has always been, in a nutshell, "you have no choice, you are powerless, just give up". The Leavers for their part just try to drown the opposition out by barking FREEDOM Braveheart-style. No one even raises the issue of whether the Brits want to be a part of the European project of ever closer union. That is just obviously unappealing to all of the Queen's subjects. So what do they want?
(When Hollywood finally get around to making the Brexit Movie, they should cast Ryan Gosling and have him stand in the rain screaming his Notebook catchphrase "WHAT DO YOU WANT?" at a confused and conflicted BRachel McAdams - Anyway, I think that was his catchphrase, don't make me watch it again…)
by Obey on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 7:19am
This was really helpful, Obey.
I like your paragraph about opportunity cost and am surprised by the stat. I thought the entitled-not-to-be productive thing was gotten over with Thatcher shock.
The comment about the poor quality of discourse on both sides reminds me of how they have a long tradition of an advocacy style of journalism and debate so no surprise there, it's been centuries of training. Not good for making policy or sausage, leaving out inconvenient details.
They really could inspire the world by coming up with a "third way". Done it before. Wish they could do it again. And I don't just mean the Blair thing. When I think on it, going all the way back, mho, their culture so much more innovative about running an Empire than Spain or France. Leave out whether it was evil or good or indifferent stuff, it was often a different approach, very flexible to adpating other cultures, not a blunt instrument.
by artappraiser on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:06am
P.S. Just throwing this crazy thought out there. Comes to mind how common it is for Brits to love California. Always thought it was because it's the opposite of their environment and culture and they get inspired by that. Well, California is the world's 5th largest economy, has it's own distinct culture, doesn't wait for the rest of the country to do a lot of stuff but still stays in the union.
I like that, the California model for how Brits should think about Europe.
by Obey on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 1:04pm
On the history angle, I should really brush up. We always tend to think the level of discourse used to be better, I can't really judge. One thing is the long tradition of tabloids used as mouthpieces for a variety of billionaires and their cronies, an advocacy journalism that has spread to television as well. I find even BBC interviews annoying to watch. Another is the inclination towards poll-tested disciplined messaging which has reached its reductio ad absurdam un the current Maybot model of discourse. Neither tendency is new or unique to the UK.
The sense of impoverished public debate is all the starker from my pov here in Switzerland. TV debates are lively but very much on topic. It comes down to a respect for the viewer.
by Obey on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 12:51pm
Imagine if they'd put all that energy these last 3 years into making the EU better, rather than bitching at every turn and blaming Brussels for their own internal issues or the new challenges of our time. (Replace that # with 30 years if you like). Much rested on that "special" US relationship that's now not worth a pot to piss in - embracing Trump = embracing Putin & Novichok, a non-starter. Time to get serious.
by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/15/2018 - 12:59pm
Good to read you all on this.
I donno if the Brits wail too much about the EU. See, most of us only read English and thus, only hear the Brits whining. Seems to me there's been a couple of other EU nations whining in recent years? Greece, anyone?
Also, straight up, I love a lot of things the EU has tried to do. But absolutely hate a lot else. They technocrat with the best. They really don't care that much about being democratic internally. etc.
As for those who really truly deeply in their hearts want to be European, well.... let's be fair. The English built their Empire elsewhere, and have had ten times the traffic with those colonies these past 150 years. The Germans? Belgians? Portuguese? Even French and Spanish, not so much. So the Brits all live a bit more mid-Atlantic than the rest.
Now, who really has some deep cultural identity as a European? One that over-rides their national peculiarities? I'm not sure I see many, unless they're hoping to become European as a way to escape being buried by a neighbour. And straight up, if the Germans and French weren't running the show, and things went South economically, as they have for Greece, do you really see them staying so keen?
Finally, Putin. He and his folks were all over Brexit. The idea that ass-clowns like Boris and Cameron and May could somehow finagle this on their own? Those clods don't give a shit abut anything, much less something actually quite radical.
Right now, I'd just say England has fallen back to its post 1945 position of sucking at a lot of things. Their media has too much right-wing drivel. Their firms have been swallowed by a City-centered economic focus. The white working class is being headed up by Corbyn, which is a bit goofy. And so on.
Nonetheless. I still prefer London to any major European city [had lots of Rome this Summer, took it firmly off the list.] Racial integration is better in lots of ways [see the football team this Summer.] They're still funny [hello Germany! Still!], make great music [hello France! Still!] and lots of other art.
To me, staying in was a no-brainer for Britain. And New Labour - for all their love of Iraq and the City faults - had made real progress in remaking the country over into a more European version of Britain. All gone to waste now.
Out of Europe, Britain turns to shit. First off, they'll break up, Scotland and co. will go, and the Old Guard Anglos return to running England, untouched, from their conservative powerbases. Wanting that is like wanting the US South to be its own nation. A f*cking waste of time. Because even though there's tonnes of great people in England, they're gonna lose 55%-45% for a long time.
Remain, Return, whatever you wanna call it - but forget about St George and being run by shits like Boris.
by Q (not verified) on Sun, 08/26/2018 - 12:09pm
Redux. If the Brits can adapt to Meghan as this gen's Lady Di, well, things weren't quite as bad as they portrayed.
Then Remorse - oddly enough it seems less the Muslims and more the Poles they were whinging about to start with, even though as typical the Poles were handling a lot of their crap work - they're probably already seeing an uptick in Brits having to handle their own trash, and somehow I imagine roofing fell off the list of "core British competences" the last years.
Reshuffle - lost in all the focus on Germans and French, Germans and French, is that for a lot of people that core Europe is flyover country on the way elsewhere - often meaning someplace more interesting and less expensive. It's not the same deck of cards as 25 years ago, as you noted the once de rigeur Rome is less a draw than elsewhere, and for all the claims of shuffling chairs on the deck of the Titanic, this isn't 2008, even Greece isn't such dismal science as 4 years ago,
Restrict - ayup, unbridled immigration is no longer a thing, and while Angie survived, Europe's in no mood for a repeat of this kind of open border, arms-wide-open acceptance. Which UK had it easy all along compared to everyone else - just police your damn ports, for gawd's sakes - EU rules allow that - but they'd rather bellyache to get that populist furor up - works in Hungary and Austria, why not the Midlands, eh? Except populists seem to have worn out welcome a bit, especially noting their Russian backers - even Catalunya has settled back into its traditional torpor and refocusing on football, art & paella rather than politics.
Re-engage - here's the one I've been waiting for. 2 dismal lost years watching the lamest of the incompetent wave their hands pretending they could fly, and fall on their noses, brush off, do it again... and while Q notes that Brussels is lame and bureaucratic (the lack of full-bore "democracy", perhaps with a capital D, so far hits me as a "meh, close enough"), the lost point was that the UK could have actually tried to make Brussels work better, rather than sitting on this cross-the-channel perch launching harangues at it while trying to whittle down as much as possible any money it sends to the EU. Of course the Brits have trouble making UK institutions work - a hidden fact that became less hidden as they tried to retreat from Dunkirk again - so maybe trying to make things better in Brussels *AND THE REST OF THE CONTINENT* was doomed to more Boris Johnson failure, but my bet is at least it wouldn't have gotten worser.
Resign - yes, it's going to happen, resigned to the facts, simply because of inertia and economics and shifting demographics, and all that folderol. The rocket didn't have enough escape velocity, and so it's either intercept & put it out of its memory or watch it crash, and here I believe the no-deal exit isn't really the game of chicken they're all ginned up for. The one big curiosity I have in all of this is whether Labor crumbles and gets replaced with something less, er, Corbynish. But here I plead ignorance - I don't quite understand how Corbyn rose to power, nor how he stays there, and why it isn't obvious what a wasted opportunity he's been for some time now. Will he resign as well? One can only hope. New elections seem far away, nevertheless, which is still hard to figure whether matters - i.e. if it helps conservatives, keeps the power structure in Parliament, or God knows what else. But at least if breaking up ain't so hard to do, breaking up breaking-up might be. We hope.
by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/26/2018 - 12:54pm
two very loverly comments, enjoyed both. Returning the favor, here's some interesting proof of the puddin' that's making over there in merry old', Breixit or no:
....In the 2011 census 1.25 million people identified as mixed race, making it the fastest-growing ethnic group in the UK....Those photographed represent great portions of the world – Japan, Jamaica, Malaysia, Sweden, Iran, China, South Africa – but also provide a portrait of contemporary Britain.....
The mixed-race experience: 'There are times I feel like the odd one out' https://t.co/llWlAYf4zJ
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House votes to condemn Trump 'racist comments,'...
House votes to condemn Trump 'racist comments,' with only four Republicans backing the measure
JUST IN: House votes to condemn President Trump's racist tweets, with 4 Republicans joining Democrats. https://t.co/yWyBWzxkn8 pic.twitter.com/tVlM3q0NrO
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 16, 2019
Read the article at https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/house-vote-resolution-condemning-trump-s-racist-comments-n1030266
Fox & Friends Host - The Long Con Never End$
submitted by NCD 1 day ago
Ex-Fox & Friends co-host Clayton Morris has left the country amid more than two dozen lawsuits from investors who say he defrauded them in real estate deals involving properties in Indianapolis . Morris and Whalen are accused of covering their tracks by providing fake leases and sending rent checks even though the properties were vacant. Many of the investors say they only discovered the truth when they began receiving code violations and condemnation notices from the city.
Read the article at https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/07/12/ex-fox-friends-host-clayton-morris-leaves-country-for-portugal-amid-fraud-allegations/1705521001/
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From the comfort of retirement, the former speaker remembers that he really didn't like Trump after all.
By Charlie Sykes @ TheBulwark.com, July 12
Sykes summarizes here what Tim Alberta says in his book about Ryan's history dealing with Trump, noting that
In his extraordinary new book, American Carnage, Tim Alberta captures Ryan's tortured path from outraged Trump opponent to quiescent enabler. Alberta knows conservativism and he understands Ryan, which makes him the ideal chronicler of Ryan's tragedy; he recounts the steps and the nature of the bargain in painful detail.
Read the article at https://thebulwark.com/paul-ryans-way-too-belated-confession/
More details: Assange's embassy collusion with Russians
submitted by PeraclesPlease 1 day ago
Read the article at https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/assange-embassy-exclusive-documents/index.html
Gaetz-Keeper: Trump's mini-me acting badly
Read the article at https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/how-matt-gaetz-used-daddys-money-to-become-trumps-favorite-congressman/
Scooters: good fun til someone puts an eye out
Read the article at https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/15/invasion-electric-scooter-backlash
Joe Biden's Health Care Plan Focuses on Shoring Up the...
Joe Biden's Health Care Plan Focuses on Shoring Up the Affordable Care Act
submitted by artappraiser 2 days ago
The Biden health care plan looks a lot like the 2016 Clinton campaign plan. https://t.co/uiltaDauBU @abbygoodnough
— Margot Sanger-Katz (@sangerkatz) July 15, 2019
Read the article at https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/politics/biden-health-care.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Their Family Bought Land One Generation After Slavery --
The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.
Great work, this piece, in pointing out where a major unacknowledged problem lies. Highly recommended.
In the United States today, 76% of African-Americans die without a will, more than twice the percentage of white Americans who do. This leaves their land vulnerable to loopholes in the law.
w/ the @NewYorker: https://t.co/5OUtkA8n1c
Read the article at https://features.propublica.org/black-land-loss/heirs-property-rights-why-black-families-lose-land-south/
New face of the Bank of England's £50 note: Alan Turing
Great choice BBC News - New face of the Bank of England's £50 note is revealed https://t.co/MiB5QOa7bB
— Ivan Macquisten (@IvanMacquisten) July 15, 2019
Read the article at https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48962557
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//# Author of original code ([Decompiled] MIT-License): Copyright (c) 2009-2015  Robert Giesecke
//# Use Readme & LICENSE files for details.

//# Modifications: Copyright (c) 2016-2021  Denis Kuzmin <x-3F@outlook.com> github/3F
//$ Distributed under the MIT License (MIT)

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using RGiesecke.DllExport.Properties;

namespace RGiesecke.DllExport
{
    public static class Utilities
    {
        public static readonly string DllExportAttributeAssemblyName    = "DllExport";
        public static readonly string DllExportAttributeFullName        = "System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllExportAttribute";

        public static MethodInfo GetMethodInfo<TResult>(Expression<Func<TResult>> expression)
        {
            return ((MethodCallExpression)expression.Body).Method;
        }

        public static string GetSdkPath(Version frameworkVersion)
        {
            using(RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\.NETFramework", false))
            {
                if(registryKey == null)
                {
                    return (string)null;
                }
                string @string = registryKey.GetValue("sdkInstallRootv" + frameworkVersion.ToString(2), (object)"").NullSafeToString();
                if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(@string))
                {
                    return @string;
                }
                return (string)null;
            }
        }

        public static string GetSdkPath()
        {
            return Utilities.GetSdkPath(new Version(RuntimeEnvironment.GetSystemVersion().NullSafeTrimStart('v')));
        }

        internal static IExportAssemblyInspector CreateAssemblyInspector(IInputValues inputValues)
        {
            return (IExportAssemblyInspector)new ExportAssemblyInspector(inputValues);
        }

        public static int GetCoreFlagsForPlatform(CpuPlatform cpu)
        {
            return cpu != CpuPlatform.X86 ? 0 : 2;
        }

        public static CpuPlatform ToCpuPlatform(string platformTarget)
        {
            if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(platformTarget))
            {
                switch(platformTarget.NullSafeToLowerInvariant())
                {
                    case "anycpu":
                    case "any cpu":
                    return CpuPlatform.AnyCpu;

                    case "x86":
                    case "x32":
                    case "win32":
                    return CpuPlatform.X86;

                    case "x64":
                    return CpuPlatform.X64;

                    case "ia64":
                    return CpuPlatform.Itanium;
                }
            }
            throw new ArgumentException(string.Format(Resources.Unknown_cpu_platform_0_, (object)platformTarget), "platformTarget");
        }

        public static T TryInitialize<T>(this T instance, Action<T> call) where T : IDisposable
        {
            try
            {
                call(instance);
                return instance;
            }
            catch
            {
                instance.Dispose();
                throw;
            }
        }

        internal sealed class TempDir: IDisposable
        {
            public string FullPath { get; }

            public TempDir()
            {
                string path = Path.GetTempPath();
                string name = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

                FullPath = Path.Combine(path, $"dxp-{name}");
                Directory.CreateDirectory(FullPath);
            }

            #region IDisposable

            private bool disposed;

            private void Dispose(bool _)
            {
                if(!disposed)
                {
                    if(Directory.Exists(FullPath)) Directory.Delete(FullPath, true);

                    disposed = true;
                }
            }

            public void Dispose() => Dispose(true);

            #endregion
        }
    }
}

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Bernie Sanders Calls Fraudulent Bolivian Election, 'A Coup'
By: Chrissy Clark
American socialists such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Ilhan Omar are calling this win for democracy a "coup."
Chrissy Clark
Bolivia's socialist leader, Evo Morales, was forced to step down amid allegations his administration tampered in recent elections. Now, American socialists such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Ilhan Omar are calling this win for democracy a "coup."
According to CNN, Morales faced intense protests after Bolivia's October 20 vote. Demonstrators and opposition forces accused electoral authorities and the Morales administration of manipulating the election with a vote count in favor of Morales.
The socialist ruler has denied these allegations and declared himself the winner, but after mounting pressure from citizens, protestors, and the military, Morales fled the country and sought refuge in Mexico.
In a statement, President Trump said Morales' exit is a victory for Latin American countries that are crushed by illegitimate leaders and lacking democratic institutions.
"After nearly 14 years and his recent attempt to override the Bolivian constitution and the will of the people, Morales's departure preserves democracy and paves the way for the Bolivian people to have their voices heard," Trump said.
The leaders of the socialist left in America, apparently believe civilian unrest over fraudulent elections is considered a "coup." Yet, these same leaders believe American civilian unrest over the legitimate election of Donald Trump is warranted.
"I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales. The U.S. must call for an end to violence and support Bolivia's democratic institutions," Sanders tweeted.
I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales. The U.S. must call for an end to violence and support Bolivia's democratic institutions.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) November 11, 2019
Sanders's statement was backed by his posse of House members who also identify as socialists.
"What's happening right now in Bolivia isn't democracy, it's a coup. The people of Bolivia deserve free, fair, and peaceful elections – not violent seizures of power," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted.
What's happening right now in Bolivia isn't democracy, it's a coup.
The people of Bolivia deserve free, fair, and peaceful elections – not violent seizures of power.
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 11, 2019
These same comments were mimicked by Omar. Unfortunately, due to the socialist hold of Morales, Bolivians never got a free, fair, or peaceful election on October 20. Instead, they got a fraudulent election and the only way to restore power of their democratic institutions was ousting their illegitimate leader who declared himself victorious and refused to leave.
American socialist leaders appear to be to upholding socialist dictators and illegitimate elections for the sake of maintaining socialism as a legitimate form of governance.
Chrissy Clark is a freelance reporter. She reports on higher education and college campus issues. Her work is featured in The Daily Wire, the Washington Free Beacon, and The Daily Signal. Follow her on social media @chrissyclark_ or contact her at clarkchrissy58@gmail.com
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A dinner going horribly wrong.
This past year, Hollywood lost two of its greats, Robin Williams and Mike Nichols. Now I have finally seen the latter direct the former in 1996's The Birdcage, which is a remake of the French play La Cage aux Folles.
Robin Williams portrays Armand Goldman, the proprietor of the titular nightclub. He is also in a relationship with the starring drag queen Albert (Nathan Lane). Armand finds he has to put on the ultimate show to impress his son's fiancee's parents, one of whom is ultra conservative Senator Kevin Keeley (Gene Hackman).
I went into this movie having seen The Graduate, which was the movie that made Mike Nichols a household name to many. Naturally, the Nichols' style evolved in the 30 years that transpired between the two movies.
The central conflict of the movie surrounds Armand's and Albert's homosexual relationship. While this movie is almost 20 years old, there are elements that are simultaneously timeless and dated. On one hand, we see Senator Keeley spouting the names of exactly the same Fox News right wingers we're used to hearing today while advocating a return to traditional, white Christian values.
On the other, we have Nathan Lane's portrayal of Albert. While I thought he was extremely funny, he was simultaneously pretty much every offensive stereotype people used to have about gay men. It must have been all kinds of awkward for Nathan Lane, who actually is gay. I cite Nostalgia Critic in his review of the remake of The Haunting when I say writers in the 90s didn't seem to know how to write gay characters without making them offensively obvious.
Despite that, everyone involved with the movie really brought their A-game. Gene Hackman was great as always; I'm happy knowing his career survived the catastrophe that was 1987's Superman IV. I also saw what is probably my new favorite Robin Williams moment.
That was the only real moment of visual humor as the rest of the movie relied on very tightly-written dialogue. I couldn't imagine anyone besides Williams, Lane, or Hackman delivering what the movie offered.
Overall, this movie is absolutely worth seeing. You just have to get past Nathan Lane's portrayal of a gay man, which is an unfortunate product of the movie's times.


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https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Today-marks-fifth-anniversary-of-parade-12357461.php
Today marks fifth anniversary of parade float-train crash
Memorial still is planned to remember the four men who died that day
By Stewart Doreen, MRT.com/Midland Reporter-Telegram and Midland Reporter-Telegram
Updated 12:23 am CST, Wednesday, November 15, 2017
(File Photo) A flatbed truck carrying wounded veterans and their families, seen here at the start of a parade, was struck by a train Thursday on Garfield in Midland. James Durbin/Reporter-Telegram
Today, the Reporter-Telegram remembers arguably the most horrific incident in the history of our city.
It was five years ago today, that a Union Pacific train traveling eastbound through Midland collided with a Show of Support parade float, killing four wounded veterans and injuring 14 other people.
The ensuing months and years forced the city to look at its outdated parade policy and the nonprofit to discontinue the annual parade held before its evening celebration of wounded veterans and their wives.
It also led to legal issues that involved the Midland County District Attorney's Office, the Texas Supreme Court and most recently the 11th Court of Appeals in Eastland.
The community mourned the deaths of Army Sgt. Joshua Michael, Marine Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Stouffer, 37; Army Sgt. Maj. Lawrence Boivin, 47; and Army Sgt. Maj. William Lubbers, 43. But it wasn't long before residents to get back to their routine, despite expectations of a memorial that was never built.
Questions have been asked, but usually were not answered. And five years later, Show of Support, the city of Midland and Midland Police Department declined the opportunity to talk about the events of Nov. 15, 2012.
There is National Transportation Safety Board findings of what went wrong and the agency's determination that the probable cause of this collision was the failure of the city of Midland and the parade organizer (Show of Support) to identify and mitigate the risks associated with the routing of a parade through a railroad crossing, according to previous Reporter-Telegram articles.
The result of that lack of planning was, according to background facts provided by the 11th Court of Appeals:
"When the eastbound Union Pacific train was approximately 2,500 away from the Garfield railroad crossing, the engineer aboard the train spotted the first tractor-trailer proceeding through the crossing and said to the conductor, "Look at this idiot. Can you believe this?" But neither the engineer nor the conductor slowed the train. Shortly thereafter, when the train was approximately 1,200 feet away, the second tractor-trailer proceeded through the Garfield railroad crossing. The train crew sounded the train's horn when the train was about 799 feet from the crossing. The train crew applied the emergency brake when the train was about 462 feet from the crossing, but the brakes did not engage until the train was about 46 feet from colliding with the tractor-trailer. The train, traveling at approximately 62 miles per hour, crashed into the last 39 inches of the second tractor trailer."
Four people died, more than a dozen were injured, and as former Mayor Wes Perry said, a city's darkest day had arrived.
The injured included Richard Sanchez, who was paralyzed and is a paraplegic.
Meg Ladner lost her leg at the hip and was hospitalized. She and her husband, Shane, should have never been on the float. Shortly after the crash, questions arose about his claim that he had received a Purple Heart, according to previous articles. He was sentenced last month to 10 years' probation and 600 hours of community service for lying about being awarded the military medal, according to the Atlantic Journal-Constitution's website.
There were also reports of at least four people who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.
No disciplinary action was taken against anyone from the city of Midland or the Midland Police Department for their failure to require Show of Support to acquire a parade permit.
In 2013, The NTSB board met and released its finding of probable cause and 18 conclusions. Investigators determined that the probable cause of the wreck was that the city of Midland and Show of Support failed to identify and mitigate risks. Contributing factors included a lack of traffic signal cues to tell law enforcement of an approaching train and an expectation of safety on the part of the parade float driver because of the law enforcement escort that led him through multiple red traffic lights.
Veterans and family members have been unsuccessful in their attempts to sue Union Pacific. They have alleged that UP was negligent in operating the railroad crossing at Garfield and Front streets.
Appellants had sued Union Pacific for wrongful death and personal injuries, alleging violations of various federal regulations pertaining to railroad crossings. The trial court resolved many of the claims asserted by the appellants by granting partial summary judgment in favor of Union Pacific before trial, according to the opinion that was filed Friday.
In September, the 11th Court of Appeals in Eastland ruled that a trial court was correct in its judgment for Union Pacific in a case brought forward by those impacted in the crash.
The plaintiffs previously had unsuccessfully argued for Dallas County to consolidate into one suit the separate lawsuits from the wreck against UP. Defendants UP successfully argued that the trial should take place in Midland County, the site of the wreck.
The Texas Supreme Court dismissed the venue case on Aug. 2, 2014, thus making Midland County the venue for the trial.
Attorneys announced on Jan. 16, 2015, that 26 of the 43 plaintiffs reached a settlement with UP.
Union Pacific had filed a motion to designate the city of Midland, Midland County and Show of Support as responsible third parties. In the court document, UP said the three entities failed to exercise ordinary care in their duties and activities in connection with the parade, which caused or contributed to the injuries the victims received, according to previous Reporter-Telegram articles.
In February 2013, a grand jury reviewing the case from a criminal standpoint did not indict the float driver on any charges. The grand jury continued to review the case through June 2013 but did not make any indictments or safety recommendations.
Show of Support applied for and received a parade permit for the 2009 Hunt for Heroes parade. But permits for parades after 2009 do not exist.
The lack of a permit was a symptom of a greater failure – the lack of preparation and planning for the parade. The National Transportation Safety Board said as much, citing numerous findings, including that the city of Midland didn't follow and enforce its own ordinances and allowed the parade to take place without a permit for multiple years.
The NTSB also noted that no effort was made to notify the railroad in advance of the parade and that the Show of Support, MPD and others involved in the parade failed to develop and implement a safety plan covering all aspects of the parade. The drivers said there was no pre-parade paperwork to look over and there weren't any pre-parade operations meetings.
The NTSB also concluded that the driver of the tractor-trailer that was hit was in a "safety bubble" when driving the parade float because law enforcement was waving him through intersections, even if the traffic lights were red, according to previous articles.
The city responded after the parade to the lack of an updated parade ordinance plan by revising its special event ordinance multiple times. By the end of the edits, the city required organizers to completely fill out a permit application by 15 days before an event and to sign a contract that indemnifies the city from lawsuits.
A memorial to those who died
Show of Support, Midland County and city officials broke ground on Nov. 18, 2013, for "Heroes Plaza," a memorial to those who died on Nov. 15, 2012.
Wives of the veterans who died were in attendance, shovels turned over dirt and Show of Support President Terry Johnson provided details of the 17,883 square-foot memorial near the Midland County Annex that would be completed within 18 months. The Friends of Show of Support would pay for the memorial that was designed with a hole on the west wall to allow light to shine on the floor at 4:36 p.m. every Nov. 15, the time when the wreck occurred.
"Long after we're all dead and gone, the memory will be here. The story of all of you will still be told," Johnson said then.
Four years later, the memorial still not has been built.
The Friends of Show of Support had difficulties raising the money. The land has been turned back over the county.
County Judge Mike Bradford told the Reporter-Telegram on Tuesday that county leaders have set aside funds to build its own memorial for those who passed away in the crash and for recognition of those who served in the armed forces, similar to a display in the previously standing Midland County Courthouse.


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A socialist is in the running to replace Cameron as an MP in his Oxford constituency
Tracy Keeling
Bernie Sanders' socialist brother is in the running for David Cameron's constituency seat. Larry Sanders has been selected by the Green Party as its candidate in the upcoming by-election in Witney, following Cameron's decision to give up the role.
Bernie Bros take aim at the ex-PM's seat
Sanders, the Green Party's Health Spokesperson, has lived in Oxford since 1969. Like his brother, who sought to become a candidate in this year's US presidential election, he grew up in Brooklyn. Bernie has claimed Larry was the inspiration for many of his political ideals.
Following his selection as the Green Party candidate, Sanders said:
The major political parties are in disarray. The policies of the last 30 years, shifting resources and power from the majority to the richest, culminated in the illegality and greed which crashed the economy in 2008. The Green Party has pledged to make Britain a fairer and less divided nation.
We need to show that we don't want Britain to be the most unequal country in Europe. We don't want unmet health needs to increase when we already have too few doctors, nurses, and hospital beds.
We don't want the Government to impose unworkable contracts on 50,000 precious doctors, when it is clear that the supposed reason for the contract, a seven day hospital service, can't be done at present funding.
This is a rich, capable and decent country. We can do better.
The divisive nature of Tory rhetoric about the 'left behind white working-class'
Sanders, who The Mirror reports left the Labour Party for the Greens during Tony Blair's leadership, has previously worked as a councillor for a number of years. He ran for the nearby Oxford West and Abingdon seat in the 2015 general election but only managed to attain 4.4% of the vote.
Feeling the 'bern'
Witney is traditionally considered a safe Tory seat. But Oxfordshire has been feeling the 'bern' of the Conservative Party austerity agenda since it was elected in 2015. Tory cuts have impacted public services so severely that Cameron's own mother took action against them. Even more absurdly, Cameron himself complained to his local council about the frontline cuts it was proposing as a result of the Tory government's underfunding.
If Cameron's own family is any kind of signifier, Oxfordshire's residents may indeed be disheartened by the effect the Tory government's austerity agenda is having on their public services, and may be ready to step in to block it.
Whether that disillusion will lead voters to elect Sanders as their MP is yet to be determined. But if we've learnt anything from the last year in politics, it's to expect the unexpected. We can never say never until the results are in.
– Read other Canary articles on the government's austerity program
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Q: Declaring class attributes in __init__ vs with @property If I'm creating a class that needs to store properties, when is it appropriate to use an @property decorator and when should I simply define them in __init__?
The reasons I can think of:
Say I have a class like
class Apple:
    def __init__(self):
        self.foodType = "fruit"
        self.edible = True
        self.color = "red"

This works fine. In this case, it's pretty clear to me that I shouldn't write the class as:
class Apple:
    @property
    def foodType(self):
        return "fruit"
    @property
    def edible(self):
        return True
    @property
    def color(self):
        return "red"

But say I have a more complicated class, which has slower methods (say, fetching data over the internet).
I could implement this assigning attributes in __init__:
class Apple:
    def __init__(self):
        self.wikipedia_url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple"
        self.wikipedia_article_content = requests.get(self.wikipedia_url).text

or I could implement this with @property:
class Apple:
    def __init__(self):
        self.wikipedia_url = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple"

    @property
    def wikipedia_article_content(self):
        return requests.get(self.wikipedia_url).text

In this case, the latter is about 50,000 times faster to instantiate. However, I could argue that if I were fetching wikipedia_article_content multiple times, the former is faster:
a = Apple()
a.wikipedia_article_content
a.wikipedia_article_content
a.wikipedia_article_content

In which case, the former is ~3 times faster because it has one third the number of requests.
My question
Is the only difference between assigning properties in these two ways the ones I've thought of? What else does @property allow me to do other than save time (in some cases)? For properties that take some time to assign, is there a "right way" to assign them?

A: Using a property allows for more complex behavior. Such as fetching the article content only when it has changed and only after a certain time period has passed.

A: Yes, I would suggest using property for those arguments. If you want to make it lazy or cached you can subclass property.
This is just an implementation of a lazy property. It does some operations inside the property and returns the result. This result is saved in the class with another name and each subsequent call on the property just returns the saved result.
class LazyProperty(property):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        # Let property set everything up
        super(LazyProperty, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        # We need a name to save the cached result. If the property is called
        # "test" save the result as "_test".
        self._key = '_{0}'.format(self.fget.__name__)

    def __get__(self, obj, owner=None):
        # Called on the class not the instance
        if obj is None:
            return self

        # Value is already fetched so just return the stored value
        elif self._key in obj.__dict__:
            return obj.__dict__[self._key]

        # Value is not fetched, so fetch, save and return it
        else:
            val = self.fget(obj)
            obj.__dict__[self._key] = val
            return val

This allows you to calculate the value once and then always return it:
class Test:
    def __init__(self):
        pass

    @LazyProperty
    def test(self):
        print('Doing some very slow stuff.')
        return 100

This is how it would work (obviously you need to adapt it for your case):
>>> a = Test()
>>> a._test   # The property hasn't been called so there is no result saved yet.
AttributeError: 'Test' object has no attribute '_test'
>>> a.test    # First property access will evaluate the code you have in your property
Doing some very slow stuff.
100
>>> a.test    # Accessing the property again will give you the saved result
100
>>> a._test   # Or access the saved result directly
100