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Why Are Hedge Funds Short-Selling Flutter Stock Pending Tie-Up With Stars Group?
Alex Weldon Posted on Oct 23, 2019 09:43 PDT	@benefactumgames
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When British sports betting giant Flutter Entertainment (formerly Paddy Power Betfair) announced that it would be taking over The Stars Group (TSG) last month, both companies' stocks soared. Now though, hedge funds are taking a substantial short position against Flutter.
The short sales amount to around £250 million, or a little over 4% of the company's total valuation.
Normally, short-selling like this would indicate that speculators believe a stock is overvalued. In this case, however, there may be another reason that hedge funds feel they can make money by shorting.
Short-selling doesn't mean Flutter is overvalued
Short-selling a stock means borrowing and selling shares of a company with the promise to repurchase and return them at a later date. It is similar to buying put options in that it will earn the speculator money if the stock decreases in value and lose money if it increases.
Investors have generally been positive about the news of the upcoming takeover. It would be natural to assume that hedge funds shorting Flutter indicates disagreement.
In this case, though, short-selling experts say that it is an example of what's known as merger arbitrage.
What is merger arbitrage?
Flutter's takeover of TSG is a stock-for-stock merger. Rather than paying cash to buy a controlling interest in TSG, Flutter will issue new shares of its own and exchange them for TSG shares at a certain ratio.
When one company takes over another like this, the ratio should tip somewhat in favor of the target company. This is because if it were a cash transaction, the purchasing company would be paying somewhat higher than the going rate to buy a controlling interest. Here, the agreed upon ratio was 0.2253 Flutter shares per TSG share.
If the deal was written in stone and the stock market was perfectly efficient, the two companies' stocks prices should have immediately moved to produce that ratio and stayed there. Because there is still some uncertainty to the deal and because of market inefficiencies, the ratio is not exact.
As of this writing, Flutter shares are trading at £76.10 and TSG at $19.84. Taking the current exchange rate into account, that's a ratio of 0.2023.
The plan in short-selling Flutter stock at the moment is to use the money to buy TSG stock. Assuming the deal goes through, that TSG stock will be converted back to Flutter stock at the better ratio. The hedge funds can then use those new Flutter shares to make good on their loan, while still having shares left over as profit.
The risks of merger arbitrage
That strategy is merger arbitrage in a nutshell.
Ordinarily if a stock increases in price after being shorted, the short-seller loses money. Here, the money is being used to purchase shares in TSG, whose price is linked to Flutter's. If Flutter's goes up, so does TSG's.
The only realistic way the strategy can lose money is if the deal fails to go through.
Merger arbitrage is therefore effectively a bet that a deal will proceed as announced. The difference between the agreed ratio and the actual ratio in stock prices reflects the market's uncertainty towards the deal, and hedge funds are betting that the actual uncertainty is lower.
How could the Flutter-Stars Group deal fail?
This opportunity for merger arbitrage wouldn't exist if there wasn't some speculation that the deal could fall through. Analysts have pointed to two separate risks.
First, and probably more realistically, there are questions about whether competition authorities could get involved.
Once the deal goes through, Flutter will be hands-down the largest gambling operator in the world. There will likely be complaints in some markets that the takeover creates a monopoly, or something close enough to a monopoly to qualify as anti-competitive.
If that's the case, one company or the other may have to sell off parts of its business to avoid legal action. Should it not want to do so, that could cause the deal to fall through.
Because both companies operate globally, there are a great many places this problem could arise. That said, unless the complaint came from a particularly important market — like the US — it's unlikely it would prove to be an impediment to such a large deal.
The other way the deal could fall through is if TSG receives an better offer. According to analysts, the most likely place this could come from is GVC, which owns the sportsbooks Ladbrokes and Coral. It's also the owner of PokerStars competitor partypoker.
A GVC counter-offer seems like more of an outside chance than interference from competition authorities, but it isn't impossible.
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Going long on Flutter
There are two sides to every deal, of course. If hedge funds are selling Flutter short, it means that someone is buying. Although the short-sellers did drive Flutter's stock down 8.5% from its highs after the deal was announced, it has already started to bounce back.
An investor who thinks the deal is likely to go through is probably better off buying TSG than Flutter. However, a Flutter purchase doesn't require the deal to fail to be profitable, as long as it's not being funded by shorting TSG.
There are plenty of reasons that the deal going through can be expected to bolster the companies' combined value long-term.
Flutter has emphasized the "cost synergies" at play, which is a euphemism for downsizing potential. The combined companies will save some money by centralizing certain functions, like human resources, that can be shared between its branches.
There are other synergies as well, such as between the FanDuel brand (owned by Flutter) and TSG's Fox Bet initiative. This new sports betting platform lacks a daily fantasy sports vertical at the moment, so opportunities for cooperation in the US market will likely arise.
Finally, one thing TSG has perhaps been lacking is experienced management. The company has grown so rapidly in recent years that it has found itself in uncharted territory. Flutter's team has greater experience managing a company of that scale and may help TSG's brands realize their potential.
Although the shorting of Flutter has brought shares down in the short term, then, it should not be interpreted as skepticism about the company's future. It is, rather, a short-term play related to the details of the takeover itself.
Overall opinion about the future of the companies post-merger remains positive.
Alex Weldon - Alex is a journalist from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Now site runner for Online Poker Report, he has been writing about poker and the online gambling industry in various capacities since 2014.
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According to a recent UN report, more than 1 billion people or 14% of the world population are living with some form of disability but many are not aware that they even have disabilities.
Around the world PWD's face physical, social, economic and attitudinal barriers that exclude them from participating fully and effectively as equal members of society.
They are disproportionately represented and are among the world's poorest and lack equal access to basic resources, such as education, employment, health care, social and legal support as well as having a higher rate of mortality. In spite of this situation disability has remained largely invisible in the mainstream development agenda and its processes.
In Uganda it's a lot worse according to our experience. Right from the drivers and riders, there is no respect for persons with disabilities. Many road users cause harm and death to persons with disabilities while they send others into the states of disability due to reckless use of roads.
Special Children Special People has further discovered abandonment of children with disabilities. Many are totally ignored by their own parents who lock them into the houses while the parents go about their business. Others send them to the village to live with grandparents, having been given up as impossible to help.
There are unconfirmed reports SCSP received that other parents even kill their children when they are discovered to have severe forms of special needs, believing it to be a curse.
A lot of marriages have broken down because of births of special children. Many husbands have abandoned their wives and other children because of the birth of a special needs child, believing the child to be a support burden. Rampant poverty does not make things any easier.
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ISIS ATTACK ON ISTANBUL AIRPORT KILLS 42
PKK not involved
By Brittany McGhee
The Turkish government has now reported that the bombers were Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz.
President Erdogan has said, "No terrorist organization will come between what we are," and that the terror attack "will not divide or split our country."
The death toll has risen yet again, to 42, as a woman who was injured during the attack died at an local hospital overnight. Reports say 13 of the deceased were foreign nationals.
The Istanbul governor's office reports that 239 have been injured, 41 of whom are in intensive care.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has made a statement: "NATO Allies stand in solidarity with Turkey, united in our determination to fight terrorism in all its forms."
The government says it was another ISIS attack.
The Kurdish PKK declared: "We only attack Turkish military and police, never civilians."
The Empire State Building is dark tonight in honor of the victims of the Istanbul attack (Photo:@in_a_ny_second ) pic.twitter.com/hJfGL4oSBl
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) June 30, 2016
ISIS attacked a Muslim majority country during the holy month of Ramadan and most of the victims are Muslim. But it calls itself "Islamic".
— Iyad El-Baghdadi (@iyad_elbaghdadi) June 29, 2016
Flights at the airport have officially resumed, but many were still cancelled or delayed.
The style of the attack was very similar to the attack in Brussels earlier this year.
Our thoughts are with the victims of the attacks at @istanbulairport. We wish them, their relatives & all airport staff strength & courage.
— Brussels Airport (@BrusselsAirport) June 28, 2016
Istanbul's Governor Vasip Şahin said in a statement that the attacks were carried out by three men in three different parts of the airport. The targets were the international flights terminal, the domestic flights terminal, and the parking lot.
More footage from the night of the attack has surfaced.
JUST IN: Video shows people hiding inside a store at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport after blasts https://t.co/XEB0HSGmzYhttps://t.co/dJgewfIn8b
— CNN (@CNN) June 28, 2016
What appears to be legitimate security footage of one of the bombs exploding has been circulating online. Graphic footage below:
From Moment of an explosion at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport in Turkey https://t.co/tIUZ32SRsA
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Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ said that one of the terrorists used an AK-47 automatic rifle, and then proceeded to blow himself up.
An AK-47 seen at ground in one of Ataturk airport explosion believed to be belong to one of the attackers. #Turkey pic.twitter.com/CSIOciDYOZ
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After the attack, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has publicly called for an international "joint fight" against terror.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
There were two explosions, and at least one was suspected to be a suicide attack.
Just before the explosions, there were reports of gunshots coming from two gunmen with assault rifles.
Here is live video from the scene, with police arriving and people evacuating:
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The Beijing Platform for Action: inspiration then and now
October 27, 2014 /0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Bruno - WFO
An unprecedented 17,000 participants and 30,000 activists streamed into Beijing for the opening of the Fourth World Conference on Women in September 1995. They were remarkably diverse, coming from around the globe, but they had a single purpose in mind: gender equality and the empowerment of all women, everywhere.
Two weeks of political debate followed, heated at times, as representatives of 189 governments hammered out commitments that were historic in scope. Thirty thousand non-governmental activists attended a parallel Forum and kept the pressure on, networking, lobbying and training a global media spotlight. By the time the conference closed, it had produced the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing women's rights.
As a defining framework for change, the Platform made comprehensive commitments under 12 critical areas of concern. Even 20 years later, it remains a powerful source of guidance and inspiration.
Critical areas of concern
Women and the environment
Women in power and decision-making
Women and the economy
Women and poverty
Human rights of women
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Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Women and health
Women and the media
Women and armed conflict
The Platform imagines a world where each woman and girl can exercise her freedoms and choices, and realize all her rights, such as to live free from violence, to go to school, to participate in decisions and to earn equal pay for equal work.
The Beijing process unleashed remarkable political will and worldwide visibility. It connected and reinforced the activism of women's movements on a global scale. Conference participants went home with great hope and clear agreement on how to achieve equality and empowerment.
Since then, governments, civil society and the public have translated the Platform's promises into concrete changes in individual countries. These have ushered in enormous improvements in women's lives. More women and girls than at any previous point in time serve in political offices, are protected by laws against gender-based violence, and live under constitutions guaranteeing gender equality. Regular five-year reviews of progress on fulfilling Beijing commitments have sustained momentum.
Still, the Platform envisioned gender equality in all dimensions of life—and no country has yet finished this agenda. Women earn less than men and are more likely to work in poor-quality jobs. A third suffer physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. Gaps in reproductive rights and health care leave 800 women dying in childbirth each day.
The 20th anniversary of Beijing opens new opportunities to reconnect, regenerate commitment, charge up political will and mobilize the public. Everyone has a role to play—for our common good. The evidence is increasingly in that empowering women empowers humanity. Economies grow faster, for example, and families are healthier and better-educated.
The Beijing Platform for Action, still forward-looking at 20, offers important focus in rallying people around gender equality and women's empowerment. Its promises are necessarily ambitious. But over time, and with the accumulating energy of new generations, they are within reach.
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#include <openssl/rand.h>

#include <limits.h>
#include <string.h>

#include <openssl/mem.h>

#include "internal.h"
#include "../internal.h"

/* It's assumed that the operating system always has an unfailing source of
 * entropy which is accessed via |CRYPTO_sysrand|. (If the operating system
 * entropy source fails, it's up to |CRYPTO_sysrand| to abort the process—we
 * don't try to handle it.)
 *
 * In addition, the hardware may provide a low-latency RNG. Intel's rdrand
 * instruction is the canonical example of this. When a hardware RNG is
 * available we don't need to worry about an RNG failure arising from fork()ing
 * the process or moving a VM, so we can keep thread-local RNG state and XOR
 * the hardware entropy in.
 *
 * (We assume that the OS entropy is safe from fork()ing and VM duplication.
 * This might be a bit of a leap of faith, esp on Windows, but there's nothing
 * that we can do about it.) */

/* rand_thread_state contains the per-thread state for the RNG. This is only
 * used if the system has support for a hardware RNG. */
struct rand_thread_state {
  uint8_t key[32];
  uint64_t calls_used;
  size_t bytes_used;
  uint8_t partial_block[64];
  unsigned partial_block_used;
};

/* kMaxCallsPerRefresh is the maximum number of |RAND_bytes| calls that we'll
 * serve before reading a new key from the operating system. This only applies
 * if we have a hardware RNG. */
static const unsigned kMaxCallsPerRefresh = 1024;

/* kMaxBytesPerRefresh is the maximum number of bytes that we'll return from
 * |RAND_bytes| before reading a new key from the operating system. This only
 * applies if we have a hardware RNG. */
static const uint64_t kMaxBytesPerRefresh = 1024 * 1024;

/* rand_thread_state_free frees a |rand_thread_state|. This is called when a
 * thread exits. */
static void rand_thread_state_free(void *state) {
  if (state == NULL) {
    return;
  }

  OPENSSL_cleanse(state, sizeof(struct rand_thread_state));
  OPENSSL_free(state);
}

extern void CRYPTO_chacha_20(uint8_t *out, const uint8_t *in, size_t in_len,
                             const uint8_t key[32], const uint8_t nonce[8],
                             size_t counter);

int RAND_bytes(uint8_t *buf, size_t len) {
  if (len == 0) {
    return 1;
  }

  if (!CRYPTO_have_hwrand()) {
    /* Without a hardware RNG to save us from address-space duplication, the OS
     * entropy is used directly. */
    CRYPTO_sysrand(buf, len);
    return 1;
  }

  struct rand_thread_state *state =
      CRYPTO_get_thread_local(OPENSSL_THREAD_LOCAL_RAND);
  if (state == NULL) {
    state = OPENSSL_malloc(sizeof(struct rand_thread_state));
    if (state == NULL ||
        !CRYPTO_set_thread_local(OPENSSL_THREAD_LOCAL_RAND, state,
                                 rand_thread_state_free)) {
      CRYPTO_sysrand(buf, len);
      return 1;
    }

    state->calls_used = kMaxCallsPerRefresh;
  }

  if (state->calls_used >= kMaxCallsPerRefresh ||
      state->bytes_used >= kMaxBytesPerRefresh) {
    CRYPTO_sysrand(state->key, sizeof(state->key));
    state->calls_used = 0;
    state->bytes_used = 0;
    state->partial_block_used = sizeof(state->partial_block);
  }

  CRYPTO_hwrand(buf, len);

  if (len >= sizeof(state->partial_block)) {
    size_t remaining = len;
    while (remaining > 0) {
      // kMaxBytesPerCall is only 2GB, while ChaCha can handle 256GB. But this
      // is sufficient and easier on 32-bit.
      static const size_t kMaxBytesPerCall = 0x80000000;
      size_t todo = remaining;
      if (todo > kMaxBytesPerCall) {
        todo = kMaxBytesPerCall;
      }
      CRYPTO_chacha_20(buf, buf, todo, state->key,
                       (uint8_t *)&state->calls_used, 0);
      buf += todo;
      remaining -= todo;
      state->calls_used++;
    }
  } else {
    if (sizeof(state->partial_block) - state->partial_block_used < len) {
      CRYPTO_chacha_20(state->partial_block, state->partial_block,
                       sizeof(state->partial_block), state->key,
                       (uint8_t *)&state->calls_used, 0);
      state->partial_block_used = 0;
    }

    unsigned i;
    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
      buf[i] ^= state->partial_block[state->partial_block_used++];
    }
    state->calls_used++;
  }
  state->bytes_used += len;

  return 1;
}

int RAND_pseudo_bytes(uint8_t *buf, size_t len) {
  return RAND_bytes(buf, len);
}

void RAND_seed(const void *buf, int num) {}

int RAND_load_file(const char *path, long num) {
  if (num < 0) {  /* read the "whole file" */
    return 1;
  } else if (num <= INT_MAX) {
    return (int) num;
  } else {
    return INT_MAX;
  }
}

void RAND_add(const void *buf, int num, double entropy) {}

int RAND_poll(void) {
  return 1;
}

int RAND_status(void) {
  return 1;
}

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Q: SQL specific column update time in system-versioned temporal table Is there any easy way to get information about the last update date of a selected column using system-versioned temporal table?
I have a table with columns A, B, C, each of them is updated randomly and separately, but I am interested in whether it is able to easily extract the date of the last update in column B.
I added a photo for the sake of simplicity, I need to extract information when there was the last change in the value in column A (in the photo I marked the last change in this column)

A: Use the lag() window function to look for changes in B, summarize that set to find max(StartTime), and use that in a Where filter to select your latest record.
Select * From history.table
Where StartTime=(Select max(StartTime) from
    (   Select *,
           B<>lag(B) Over (Order By StartTime) as B_Changed
        From history.table
    )
    Where B_Changed
)

A: I was able to find a simple solution that solves each case, below is the solution
SELECT TOP (1) * FROM (
    SELECT
        ID,
        A,
        LAG(A) OVER(PARTITION BY ID ORDER BY StartTime) AS PreviousA,
        UserID,
        StartTime
    FROM dbo.Table FOR SYSTEM_TIME ALL
)t
WHERE t.A <> t.PreviousA
ORDER BY t.StartTime desc

The query returns the last modification in the column, if there was no modification in the table or only another column was modified, it correctly returns an empty row informing that there were no changes. Maybe someone will need it in the future. Thank you for your help.

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duties or powers of any department, not by the Constitution disposed of or distributed to some particular officers of that department, are left to the disposal of the Legislature. -Ross vs. Whitman, 6 Cal., p. 361. This Article does not place either department of the State Government above the law, nor make either independent of the other.-McCauley vs. Brooks, 16 Cal.,
ARTICLE IV.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
SECTION 1. Senate and Assembly, and enacting clause of laws.
2. Sessions of the Legislature.
3. Election and term of Assemblymen.
4. Qualifications of Legislators.
5. Election and term of Senators.
6. Number and classes of Senators,
7. Number of Senators, when increased.
8. Organization of Legislative Houses.
9. What number constitutes a quorum.
10. Rules for their government, and expulsions.
11. Each House to keep a Journal.
12. Members privileged from arrest and summons.
13. Vacancies, how filled.
14, Open doors, and secret sessions.
15. Adjournments, how long and where to.
16. Origin and passage of bills.
17. Bills to be approved by the Governor or returned vetoed;
passage over the veto.
18. Assembly to present, and Senate to try articles of im-
peachment. 19. What officers liable to impeachment. Judgment in what. 20. Member ineligible to office created during his term of
office. 21. Persons holding lucrative offices under the United States
Government, etc., ineligible to office under State Gov
ernment. Proviso. 22. Embezzlement or defalcation of public funds by officer.
23. Public moneys and accounts, how disposed of and kept,
and published with laws.
24. Compensation, how fixed.
25. Title of laws; how revised and amended.
26. Divorces shall not be granted by Legislature.
27. Lotteries prohibited.
28. Census, when and how taken. Number of members.
29. Apportionment of Legislators.
SECTION 30. Congressional, Senatorial, and Assembly Districts.
31. Corporations to be formed under general laws.
32. Dues of corporations, and individual liability therefor.
33. What are corporations. Their powers and duties.
34. Banks of deposit authorized.
35. Banks of circulation prohibited.
36. Individual liability of corporators for debt.
37. Organization of municipal corporations.
38. Legislative elections to be viva voce.
39. Amendments to Article IV not to affect official incum-
bency.
Senate and Assembly, and enacting clause of laws.
Section 1. The Legislative power of this State shall be vested in a Senate and Assembly, which shall be desig. nated the Legislature of the State of California, and the enacting clause of every law shall be as follows: "The People of the State of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows."
NOTE.—The Legislature has the power to declare who shall be competent to testify, and the power to regulate the production of evidence in the Courts of this State.-People vs. Brady, 40 Cal., p. 198. In this case The People vs. Washington, 36 Cal., p. 658, was reviewed and overruled. Congress has no authority to legislate concerning the rules of evidence in State Courts, nor to affix conditions upon which those rules are to be applied and enforced.-Duffy vs. Hobson, 40 Cal., p. 240. The Legislature may provide a punishment for counterfeiting money.-People vs. White, 34 Cal., p. 705. A State Legislature cannot confer jurisdiction upon Federal Courts, or prescribe the means or mode of its exercise.-Greely vs. Townsend, 25 Cal., p. 613. Power of a Legislature to delegate its authority, discussed in Ex Parte Shrader, 33 Cal., p. 279. The legislative department represents the mass of political powers. It is no further controlled as to its powers or mode of their exercise than by the restrictions of the Constitution. It may enact laws in its own form, and give to them such effect to be worked out in such a way and by such means as it chooses to prescribe. It may provide that laws shall go into effect at one time or another, absolutely or on condition upon certain terms or in a certain event, or without regard to future events. It may make local laws depend for effect upon the will of all the voters of a locality, or upon the will of a majority, or upon the assent of a few.-Hobart vs. Supervisors of Butte Co., 17 Cal., p.
23. If a law is passed providing that certain acts may be done upon the contingency of a vote of the electors of a certain district, the vote upon such a proposition * is not an act of legislation but simply an event upon the happening of which the law is to take effect.-Robinson vs. Bidwell, 22 Cal., p. 379. The Legislature can delegate the power to the voters of a county to select a county seat.-Upham vs. Supervisors, 8 Cal., p. 378. The Legislature may authorize the transfer of convicts to private individuals, and inay lease the labor of future convicts.-State vs. McCauley, 15 Cal., p. 429. The record of a judgment of another State, if certified in accordance with the Act of Congress, is admissible in evidence in this State. The Legislature has the constitutional power to require a less amount of proof than is required by the Act of Congress.Whitwell vs. Barbier, 7 Cal., p. 54. In the passage of an Act the Legislature may refer to an Act unconstitutional in itself to indicate its will in respect to a con
stitutional purpose.—People vs. Bircham, 12 Cal., p. 50. 'Sec. 2. The sessions of the Legislature shall be bien- Sessions nial, and shall commence on the first Monday of December Legislature next ensuing the election of its members, unless the Gov. ernor of the State shall, in the interim, convene the Legislature by proclamation. No session shall continue longer than one hundred and twenty days.
Sec. 3. The members of the Assembly shall be chosen Election
and term of biennially, by the qualified electors of their respective Assemblydistricts, on the first Wednesday in September, unless otherwise ordered by the Legislature, and their term of office shall be two years.
Sec. 4. Senators and members of Assembly, shall be Qualificaduly qualified electors in the respective counties and dis- Legislators tricts which they represent.
SEC. 5. Senators shall be chosen for the term of four Election
and term of years, at the same time and places as members of the Senators. Assembly; and no person shall be a member of the Senate or Assembly who has not been a citizen and inhabitant of the State and of the county or district for which he shall be chosen one year next before his election.
50_VOL. II.-POL.
Number Sec. 6. The number of Senators shall not be less than and classes of Senators, one third, nor more than one half, of that of the members
of the Assembly; and at the first session of the Legislature after this section takes effect, the Senators shall be divided by lot, as equally as may be, into two classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, so that one half shall be chosen biennially.
Number of Senators, when increased.
SEC. 7. When the number of Senators is increased they shall be apportioned by lot, so as to keep the two classes as nearly equal in number as possible.
Organiza- Sec. 8. Each House shall choose its own officers, and tion of Legislativo judge of the qualifications, elections, and returns of its
own members.
a quorum.
What Sec. 9. A majority of each House shall constitute a number constitutes quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn
from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
Rules for their government, and
SEC. 10. Each House shall determine the rule of its
own proceedings, and may, with the concurrence of two expulsions thirds of all the members elected, expel a member. Each Sec. 11. Each House shall keep a Journal of its own
proceedings, and publish the same; and the yeas and nays Journal.
of the members of either House on any question shall, at the desire of any three member's present, be entered on the Journal.
House to keep a
summons.
Members SEC. 12. Members of the Legislature sball, in all cases privileged from arrest except treason, felony, and breach of the peace, be privi. and
leged from arrest, and shall not be subject to any civil process during the session of the Legislature, nor for fifteen days next before the commencement and after the termination of each session.
Vacancies, how filled.
SEC. 13: When vacancies occur in either House, the Governor, or the person exercising the functions of the
Governor, shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
SEC. 14. The doors of each House shall be open, except Opon doors
and secret on such occasions as, in the opinion of the House, may sessions. require secrecy.
SEC. 15. Neither House shall, without the consent of Adjourn
ments, how the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any long and
where to. other place than that in which they may be sitting,
Sec. 16. Any bill may originate in either House of the Origin and Legislature, and all bills passed by one House may be bills. amended in the other.
SEC. 17. Every bill which may have passed the Legis- Bills to be lature shall, before it becomes a law, be presented to the by the
Governor, Governor. If he approve it, he shall sign it, but if not he etc. shall return it, with his objections, to the House in which it originated, which shall enter the same upon the Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If, after such reconsideration, it again pass both Houses, by yeas and nays, by a majority of two thirds of the members of each House present, it shall become a law, notwithstanding the Gov. ernor's objections. If any bill shall not be returned within ten days after it shall have been presented to him (Sundays excepted), the same shall become a law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Legislature, by adjournment, prevent such return.
NOTE.—The ten days given the Governor in which to return a bill must be computed by excluding the day on which the bill was presented to the Governor, and the Sundays that may intervene.-Price vs. Whitman, 8 Cal., p. 412. In computing the ten days within which a bill may be returned by the Governor, the day on which the bill was presented to the Governor must be excluded from the computation.--Iron Mountain Co. vs. Haight, 39 Cal., p. 540. An adjournment of either House from day to day is not such an adjournment as would prevent the Governor from returning a bill with his objections. If on the last day on which the bill can be returned the House has adjourned for the day, the bill should be placed beyond the Executive control


Docked icebreakers are an essential part of the Katajanokka shore environment. The new headquarters of Arctia Shipping Ltd. is placed in a floating office building in front of the listed main building of the Finnish ministry of Foreign Affairs which was originally designed by C.L.Engel.
The building was completed on a shipyard in western Finland and towed to site. There is a water ballast system which will maintain the floor level of the office building in the same level as the dock.
"In architecture, every song must count." say K2S Architects. The dynamic trio from Helsinki started as a grunge band and went on to become key members of a new generation of architects in Finland – the first to depart from the modernist canon.
Today, their work is based on the conviction that good architecture touches the human soul, and does not submit to dogmas or a signature style. To Mikko Summanen, Kimmo Lintula and Niko Sirola, the Finnish word for roots – "juuret" – is essential. Their design philosophy is guided by principles of materiality and its sensory aspects, the notion of context, Finnish building traditions and the fourth, innovative dimension.


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Sitting atop the amplifiers, two bouquets of flowers furnished the stage for Japanese Breakfast and Porches.
They were nearly identical, but the same thing can hold a multiplicity of meanings – and the meanings of flowers (it's called floriography apparently) is particularly ample. Flowers convey a range of emotions and functions from funereal to purely aesthetic. And so they did at the Sinclair last week for Japanese Breakfast's jangly, dream pop romp and Porches' hyperaesthetic, polished rock-installation.
Michelle Zauner (of Philadelphia-based Little Big League) recorded Psychopomp as Japanese Breakfast after her mother's death. A sonic celebration of life, the album is ethereal, hazy, and really, really good.
Despite flat vocals on "Rugged Country", strong harmonies and driving, juvenile rock, reminiscent of Mitski's Bury Me At Makeout Creek bailed Zauner out. Elsewhere, Japanese Breakfast channeled the gothic emotion of the Cure and made their inspirations clear with a well-done cover of the Cranberries' "Dreams." But the treacly jangle of "Everybody Wants to Love You," with its ad nauseum hook, quickly got old despite Zauner's rambunctious energy.
To the perhaps intentional choice of Rihanna's "Needed Me," Aaron Maine and Porches emerged. In the wake of the critically acclaimed Pool, Porches has asserted its music's currentness through fashion and performance.
They've positioned themselves perfectly, always one safe degree of separation away from being truly "out there." In their recent Urban Outfitters-sponsored "Car" music video, the entire band's synchronous, undulating hips are framed by plants, pedestals, and pink and blue lights, a series of cultural symbols that predate yet create the Porches aesthetic.
As they did in April at the Middle East, Porches began with "Glow," a bass-driven song that ended with an amateurish, uncharacteristic guitar solo. Aaron Maine's big guitar sound on "Forgive" reasserted a sterile, desexualized 80s guitar tone, but Porches these days is not a guitar-rock band.
The layered, expansive yet contained synths of Pool dominated with few nods to Porches' past: the Cosmos crowd-favorite "Headsgiving" and the deep track "Daddies," a real sad sack Bandcamp anthem with poignant lyrics ("You look so pretty and I look so mean/On the night we filled our bodies with amphetamines") that are equally poetic and "that's so real"-evoking for the young, left-of-alt crowd.
Maine mostly paced, mumbled banter, and moved his hips left to right. After nonsensically gesticulating his way through "Pool" with hand motions tenuously (at best) linked to the lyrics, and donning a cowboy hat while doling out flowers to his bandmates, he announced, "The next song is sweeping the world, sweeping the state, sweeping the nation…it's massive." Though it was a hyperbolic introduction, "Be Apart" is a gorgeous single, augmented by even greater live dynamics and tempo changes.
But the set was not without foibles. "Black Dress," from the recent Water EP, was uneventful. And an awkward cover of Alex G's "Walk" transformed Giannascoli's loose, slacker rock into an almost prog-sounding melody. Maine's introduction to the song seemed to last just as long as the short instrumental that would have served better in a medley than as a standalone cover.
Porches vacated the stage without an encore and the crowd dispersed to buy ephemeral cultural artifacts (like Porches shirts emblazoned with "Dark Muscle"). Only the flowers were left behind.


LAS VEGAS – The Engelstad Family Foundation announced the first major gift of $3 million for the proposed CSN & Nevada State Health & Science Building. The gift is a match intended to help the colleges raise another $3 million from the community before the start of the next legislative session.
CSN and Nevada State proposed the facility in 2017 to the Nevada Legislature to expand training for nurses, EMTs and other healthcare professionals needed to alleviate a critical healthcare workforce shortage. The Legislature responded by allocating planning funds for the 70,000-square-foot facility to be located at the CSN Henderson Campus, just a few miles down the road from Nevada State. The two institutions will go to the Nevada Legislature to ask for the remaining construction funds in 2019.
The Engelstad's gift announcement kicked off the CSN and Nevada State foundations' joint capital campaign to raise private dollars in support of the building. A lack of existing lab space at both colleges has hindered their ability to expand health science programs in response to the growing number of job openings in the field and the new building is critical to increasing the number of students they can train.


Political, spiritual, civil rights, and labor leaders guide thousands of activists down Woodward Ave. during the "Walk to Freedom" civil rights march, Detroit, Michigan.
Left to right: Walter Reuther, Benjamin McFall, James Del Rio, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rev. C.L. Franklin.


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Q: Entity Framework not performing code-first and throwing DbUpdateException due to missing table This is the model I want to add to my database:
[Table("Posts")]
public class PostEntity
{
    [Key]
    [Column("PostId")]
    public Guid PostId { get; set; }

    [Column("PostContent")]
    public string PostContent { get; set; }

    [ForeignKey("User")]
    public string UserId { get; set; }

    [Column("User")]
    public ApplicationUser User { get; set; }
}

and this is the code to do this:
var postEntity = new PostEntity()
{
    PostContent = model.PostContent,
    PostId = Guid.NewGuid(),
    UserId = user.Id
};

try
{
    m_accountDbContext.PostDbCtx.Add(postEntity);
    await m_accountDbContext.SaveChangesAsync();
}
catch(ModelValidationException e )
{
    Console.WriteLine(e);
}
catch(InvalidOperationException e)
{
    Console.WriteLine(e);
}
catch(DbUpdateException e)
{
    Console.WriteLine(e);
}

return true;

The database does not have the table Posts at the moment. So far, whenever I used to work with EF, code-first took care of dealing with the creation of the database.
However, in this case, when I run the code, a DbUpdateException is thrown, with an error inside which goes like

Invalid object : dbo.Posts

Therefore I conclude that it is unable to find the table. However, I expect it to build it up for me.
Is there something I missed?


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Technology transforming our world
"University is an incredible catalyst for extracting ambition and allowing it to flourish."
Bachelor of Information Technology graduate Benjamin Hall shares his motivation for pursuing a university degree, his love of technology and his processes and dedication for achieving a graduate position in his field.
What made you decide to go to university?
During high school I had no real aspirations to study further as I wanted to be a chef. My parents weren't so sure but my mother presented a strong case for more study which stuck with me forever. A year later I promised my late mother I would go to university for her and started working harder. In my final year at high school, I received the Griffith University Gold Coast Award and a direct offer to study a double degree in business. Although I didn't study business, my promise to my mother was the real motivation to study at university. Since I walked into Griffith, I loved every moment and am so thankful of the words my mother spoke.
Flying solo with an education degree
2014 Education graduate Jacquelyn Nesbitt spoke to us about why she chose education, her study journey and her hopes after graduation.
What did you study and why?
Ever since I started school I knew I wanted to be a teacher, so naturally, when the time (finally) came to choose what I wanted to study, I enrolled in a Bachelor of Education (Primary). After studying for two years you're given the opportunity to choose a specialist area, and I chose Middle Schooling as I really enjoyed teaching in the middle years (years 4 to 9).
What were the most interesting things you learned in your degree?
My degree at Griffith University was filled with so many interesting learning experiences. Not only did I learn my teacher's tricks of the trade, but I also understood how to create engaging learning experiences that can cater for a variety of students.
Reflecting on CareersFest
By Elizabeth Moss
As part of Griffith University's Careers Month extending throughout March, the CareerFest at Nathan campus was an excellent opportunity for students to explore options for employment beyond university and pick up some great tips about how to work towards their dream career.
Held on campus on March 17th and 18th, CareerFest presented students with guidance and advice in a variety of areas. The campus heart was a hub of activity, with stalls catering to an array of student interests. There were stands dedicated to Griffith University's internship programs which provide students with real world experience while they study; kiosks demonstrating potential job opportunities on campus and beyond and of course a free sausage sizzle sponsored by
Australian Defence Force Recruiting to feed the hoards of hungry students.
Game, Set, Match! Griffith accounting student wins national competition to work at Australian Open, 2015
Griffith graduate and current Master of Commerce (Professional Accounting) student Matthew Shannon is about to embark on one of the most exciting professional opportunities of his life interning at the 2015 Australian Open starting today. Winning the CPA Australia competition to experience an elite five day experience at the Australian Open, Matthew stood out above 2,500 applications from around Australia and New Zealand by developing a stand out LinkedIn profile and his performance at his panel interview. By attending a Griffith University industry event, Matthew connected with Jacqui Owen, Relationship Manager – Education, CPA Australia to get tips to develop his LinkedIn profile. Watch Matthew's journey over the next week as he experiences the opportunity of a lifetime.
Five simple ways to boost your career these holidays
By Sophie Wood
I just finished up my third year of a marketing and journalism degree, which means only one more left! So unfortunately my summer is a little less about the beach and a little more about internships and work experience. Not every one of you is going to graduate in a year but every one of you is going to graduate eventually. So here are some simple, 'no fuss' actions you can take these holidays to help further your career prospective.
Socialise at events – Let's be honest and admit that there is very little that you feel like doing during your holidays that isn't sitting in front of the television and watching Ellen. Am I right? But sometimes you've just got to get yourself out of the house and start socialising! Events are the perfect environment to do this as well as a valuable opportunity to follow your passions and meet likeminded people. It could be as simple as going to a networking event held by the university or as involved as attending a conference. Either way, make the most out of the event and build your networks. You never know what will follow.
Summing up the end of my degree in 10 quotes
By Elise Stephenson
This article was originally published by Griffith University graduate Bachelor of Asian Studies and Bachelor of Communications double degree Elise Stephenson on November 7 2014 at http://elisestephenson.com/. The article was republished with her permission.
Today I reached the last day of my Bachelor of Asian Studies and Bachelor of Communications double degree. Here's what I think of the whole experience through the words of some of my favourite authors:
"No doubt another may also think for me; but it is not therefore desirable that (s)he should do so to the exclusion of my thinking for myself." Henry David Thoreau
I learned incredibly valuable things at university and in my wider life while I was studying. And while I think it is important to value what other people think about in relation to your life, ultimately, it's all about being reflective enough to think for yourself, and let others think for themselves too.
There's more to uni than just academic – LiTES are leading the way
When Chelsea Bentley started her Bachelor of Science degree in mid-July 2012, she went searching to see what Griffith student clubs were on offer to join. Along the way, she discovered the Ladies in Technology, Engineering and Science, commonly known as LiTES within the Griffith student community.
Founded in 2011 by Environmental Engineering graduate and now Senior Learning Assistance Officer with the GUMURRI Student Support Unit Jennifer-Leigh Campbell, LiTES was created to provide female students with access to support, networking opportunities and career advice in fields that are typically male dominated.
At its core, LiTES focus is "to support women in these marginalised fields, to allow them to network and create relationships with other girls in these degrees. It also provides them with the ability to connect with previous graduates in the industry", Chelsea explains.
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You will all be so proud of me! (Well I think so anyway!) I got up early, got a bit of work started, then put on my gear and went to the gym!
It wasn't the best workout ever....I still wasn't feeling it...but I did it, and that's what counts, right? I did a 25 min power walk with inclines on the treadmill, then 10 minutes face-paced on the elliptical. I was planning to do my strength training routine today, but the weight area was packed and I didn't feel like dealing with people. I did get in three full sets of tricep pulldowns and 100 varied crunches though so that's something!
As long as the weather holds I will also go for another bike ride tonight. Wisely, I left my bike in DBF's car so I don't have the excuse of not wanting to load it up.
I came home to a big bowl of Special K Vanilla Almond with vanilla Almond Breeze and my morning coffee. For lunch I just had another egg salad on a tortilla and I'm about to eat a pluet (cross between a plum and an apricot apparently). Dinner is leftovers from last night, but I'll probably make a salad too because it's not a lot of food. If I'm hungry between now and then, I'll crack open the hummus with some baby carrots. And for a snack tonight I have cottage cheese. Yum!
Posted by Jaime at 10:32 a.m.
August 11, 2008 at 10:51 a.m.
Don't you love special K cereals? They are the highlight of my morning. I love Red Berries!
August 11, 2008 at 12:42 p.m.
Have you tried the cinnamon pecan cereal yet?
August 11, 2008 at 1:18 p.m.
WOOOO! I agree I am proud of you too!!!
I like that you aren't allowing yourself any excuses!
August 11, 2008 at 1:26 p.m.
You are awesome!!! Way to go!
I am curious to see how you enjoyed your pluet??
I am proud of you, keep it going!
August 11, 2008 at 4:23 p.m.
Look at us rockin' the gym after our brief hiatuses!
August 11, 2008 at 5:13 p.m.
August 11, 2008 at 6:31 p.m.
WOOHOO! Way to go girl! :) here's to a great week to follow!
August 11, 2008 at 9:16 p.m.
I AM SO proud of you! Of course we are! The first day back on track is the hardest isn't it? But it sounds like you are rocking it and getting to the gym is the main part. I find that most times, just going to the gym (even if it wasn't a stellar workout) keeps me from making bad decisions later. I'll think....Well I could have this one cookie but then that 40 mins at the gym will have been for nothing!
I'm sending lots of happy thoughts your way darlin! Hope you have a fantastic day today!
August 12, 2008 at 5:03 a.m.


All New Jersey Transit locomotives will be outfitted by Dec. 31 with lifesaving braking technology, according to Governor Phil Murphy's office.
The milestone means that NJ Transit, operator of the nation's second-busiest commuter railroad, can ask federal regulators for two more years to activate the $320 million system. The installation part of the project is 95 percent complete and will finish by year's end, Murphy spokesman Dan Bryan said by telephone.
Making the deadline appeared all but unthinkable just months ago. When Murphy came to office in January, just 12 percent of the job had been done. NJ Transit was among the railroads most at risk of not finishing the project, called positive train control, a computerized system that can brake locomotives at risk of derailing or colliding.


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Q: AWS can not delete RDS cluster in inaccessible-encryption-credentials-recoverable state My Aurora cluster used a KMS key to encrypt. A few days ago I scheduled to delete that key. Now the database is in a inaccessible-encryption-credentials-recoverable state. I want to remove the cluster, however it failed to delete no matter I used the console or AWS cli. I have recovered the KMS key. How can I delete the Aurora cluster?
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A: You aren't billed for storage of an RDS cluster/instance in this state according to https://docs.aws.amazon.com/en_us/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/accessing-monitoring.html, but I have found working with this state that the only way to delete the instance is to request AWS Support to delete it for you.


Individuals who do not enroll in Medicare Part B when they first become eligible face a stiff penalty, unless they are still working and their employer's plan is considered "primary." For each year that these individuals put off enrolling, their monthly premium increases by 10 percent — permanently.
Some people with marketplace plans – that is, plans purchased by individuals or families, not through employers — did not enroll in Medicare Part B when they were first eligible. Purchasing a marketplace plan with financial assistance from the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) can be cheaper than enrolling in Medicare Part B. However, Medicare recipients are not eligible for marketplace financial assistance plans. And because marketplace plans are not considered equivalent coverage to Medicare Part B, signing up late for Part B will result in a late enrollment penalty.