My second reaction: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Blimey. Just blimey.
I'm presuming there was a code merge (git) and an extra goto was added accidentally and mechanistically.
I'm guessing that it's more likely that another conditional clause was removed, but not the conditional line. I've seen that several times (and done it myself). It's why I'm a firm believer in the use of curly brackets on all conditionals.
BTW, I'm not against the use of GOTOs, especially in C. I mainly work in embedded code, and they can sometimes be very useful to get efficient execution. But I always tell graduate engineers that if they are used, then they have to expect to be able to justify its use; indeed, to expect the Spanish Inquisition over it.
This should have been picked up by good static analysis tools, code review, or compiler warnings. As it is in security-related section of code, I would have expected it to be reviewed very thoroughly.
However: there but for he grace of God go I ...
All good points!
Curly brackets around if blocks are mandated here - expect a QA fail if you don't use them. Agree with the compiler warnings and static code analysis bits especially. You would see the dead code immediately.
It seems that until the 1980s most people were far more appalled by homosexuality than by sex with underage girls (meaning over the age of about 13 but under 16).
I think that people would have been appalled by sex with 13 year old girls, but it was probably easier for celebrities to get away with it then than it is today. But, I may be wrong. Polanski still has his defenders to this day.
Elizabeth Peacock performed something of a miracle act winning Batley & Spen for the Tories three times in 1983, 1987 and 1992 given the nature of the constituency which isn't exactly natural Conservative territory. Her majority was never larger than 1,500.
No. The Ben is a terrible mountain and (apart from the Carn Mor Dearg arete which I've never done) a boring walk. If we have to take a Scottish mountain, then can we swap the equally boring Scafell Pike with Stac Pollaidh. It's a real man's mountain, craggy and tough, yet with a friendly side.
Agree on the Pike. Helvellyn and Blencathra are (IMHO) the two finest peaks in England (and the latter is usually wonderfully quiet).
Out of my back window I can see CrossFell,highest point in pennines,and out of the front,Saddleback,both excellent climbs,tomorrow is a Helvellyn run. As for the Ben,well I have just received confirmation of my race entry in September,it will be my 25th Ben race,the tourist route is unpleasant,but the race route(Parts are only open for race day)can be spectacular,and the upper scree descent can be amazing,and as for the infamous grassy bank,well..
You're a nutter. And I say that with the greatest respect.
Many a time I've been toiling down a hill, pack on my back, only to see some blooming fool come zooming past me as if their feet were not touching the ground.
Was plodding onwards and upwards to the summit of Great Gable only to be over taken by c.100 or so fell runners doing the Lakeland Marathon. Respect.
Was amazed by some of the hill walking clobber donned by a couple of delightful Ukrainian girls on the way to the top of Ben Nevis, crop tops, shorts and sandals.
That reflected a far lower life expectancy, and accordingly, people were treated as adults much earlier than they are today. One could be serving as a Squire at the age of 12, and some Midshipmen were even younger in the 18th century.
My second reaction: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Blimey. Just blimey.
I'm presuming there was a code merge (git) and an extra goto was added accidentally and mechanistically.
I'm guessing that it's more likely that another conditional clause was removed, but not the conditional line. I've seen that several times (and done it myself). It's why I'm a firm believer in the use of curly brackets on all conditionals.
BTW, I'm not against the use of GOTOs, especially in C. I mainly work in embedded code, and they can sometimes be very useful to get efficient execution. But I always tell graduate engineers that if they are used, then they have to expect to be able to justify its use; indeed, to expect the Spanish Inquisition over it.
This should have been picked up by good static analysis tools, code review, or compiler warnings. As it is in security-related section of code, I would have expected it to be reviewed very thoroughly.
However: there but for he grace of God go I ...
Using curly brackets was just about the first thing you learn with languages like C and C++.
But you don't need them on conditionals if only one statement is to be executed in the conditional code block. For instance: if (1==a) b=c; is valid. But if you want to add another piece of code to be executed in that same conditional, it is too easy to do: if (1==a) b=c; d=e; which is valid code, but almost certainly does not do what the coder expected. I've seen this no end of times.
Miss C, is Labour relatively less popular in Wales than elsewhere? I ask because of their reportedly poor handling of the NHS.
QT was actually quite good last night. Anna Soubry pointed out the woeful performance of the NHS in Wales and people clapped.
That's people clapping an English tory. In Newport, Wales.
And they never even got onto Wales' catastrophic education performance under labour.
Agreed, education is a mess. The divergence of exams will build up all kinds of issues in the future as English universities and employers struggle with Welsh sets of pieces of paper. It's bad enough as it is looking through CV's trying to work out what the alphabet soup of qualifications is now, without that added issue.
Didn't see QT, but clapping an English Tory in Newport just shows the joys of opposition. It's easy when you don't have to make real decisions. As soon as you do someone will object, as the LD's have found out since 2010 UK wide.
The Labour administration here isn't bad in all fairness, generally (well since they axed the education chap last year at least), but it has taken an alternative view of divvying up the spending cake (ie cutting the NHS) compared to London.
My second reaction: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Blimey. Just blimey.
I'm presuming there was a code merge (git) and an extra goto was added accidentally and mechanistically.
I'm guessing that it's more likely that another conditional clause was removed, but not the conditional line. I've seen that several times (and done it myself). It's why I'm a firm believer in the use of curly brackets on all conditionals.
BTW, I'm not against the use of GOTOs, especially in C. I mainly work in embedded code, and they can sometimes be very useful to get efficient execution. But I always tell graduate engineers that if they are used, then they have to expect to be able to justify its use; indeed, to expect the Spanish Inquisition over it.
This should have been picked up by good static analysis tools, code review, or compiler warnings. As it is in security-related section of code, I would have expected it to be reviewed very thoroughly.
However: there but for he grace of God go I ...
Using curly brackets was just about the first thing you learn with languages like C and C++.
But you don't need them on conditionals if only one statement is to be executed in the conditional code block. For instance: if (1==a) b=c; is valid. But if you want to add another piece of code to be executed in that same conditional, it is too easy to do: if (1==a) b=c; d=e; which is valid code, but almost certainly does not do what the coder expected. I've seen this no end of times.
++
I've also seen this too:
if(foo==bar); { //do stuff ... }
Which is also valid but doesn't do what the developer expected it to.
My second reaction: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Blimey. Just blimey.
I'm presuming there was a code merge (git) and an extra goto was added accidentally and mechanistically.
I'm guessing that it's more likely that another conditional clause was removed, but not the conditional line. I've seen that several times (and done it myself). It's why I'm a firm believer in the use of curly brackets on all conditionals.
BTW, I'm not against the use of GOTOs, especially in C. I mainly work in embedded code, and they can sometimes be very useful to get efficient execution. But I always tell graduate engineers that if they are used, then they have to expect to be able to justify its use; indeed, to expect the Spanish Inquisition over it.
This should have been picked up by good static analysis tools, code review, or compiler warnings. As it is in security-related section of code, I would have expected it to be reviewed very thoroughly.
However: there but for he grace of God go I ...
Using curly brackets was just about the first thing you learn with languages like C and C++.
But you don't need them on conditionals if only one statement is to be executed in the conditional code block. For instance: if (1==a) b=c; is valid. But if you want to add another piece of code to be executed in that same conditional, it is too easy to do: if (1==a) b=c; d=e; which is valid code, but almost certainly does not do what the coder expected. I've seen this no end of times.
++
I've also seen this too:
if(foo==bar); { //do stuff ... }
Which is also valid but doesn't do what the developer expected it to.
Your use of 'foo' and 'bar' is a sign that you are a TRUE CODER (tm) ;-)
And I think about three-quarters of PB are wondering what the heck we are talking about ...
''The Labour administration here isn't bad in all fairness, generally (well since they axed the education chap last year at least), but it has taken an alternative view of divvying up the spending cake (ie cutting the NHS) compared to London.''
Wales will be front and centre next year. Ed Miliband will be forced to defend labour's utterly woeful performance on what are big home banker issues for labour - education and health.
Whenever Labour opens its gob on the issues, the default response is going to be - oh yeh, like in Wales boys.....?????
Education in particular is very, very bad because performance is more quantifiable than health.
This year's PISAs will be very, very interesting. If they show Wales lagging conservative England substantially that will be a big problem for Ed.
"Tom Parmenter @TomSkyNews Dennehy is smiling and smirking in the dock - also chatting with her accomplices. She has never shown remorse for the murders":
Interesting - proves Britain's constitution (or rather non constitution) is an ass.
Of course this highlights the fatal flaws of FPTP, but as I said at the time Gordon should have stepped down straight away.
Morally the Tories had beaten Labour, even if they had not won the election outright.
Of course, it would have been better to avoid Tories in government altogether, looking at the smoking destruction that they're going to leave behind next year.
One reason for not having a law against something is because it doesn't happen much.
"A concern that young girls were being sold into brothels led Parliament to raise the age of consent to 13 in 1875"
If the mass migration to the cities in the industrial revolution was disproportionately young males then you'd get a supply and demand problem and supply and demand problems like that generally leads to lowering the age and level of consent of the supply. Maybe that had something to do with it.
Talking of Scotland's oil, here is Andrew Neil's hair in 1975.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVNjU2NhDDI
holy moly!
I've asked Andrew Neil, on Twitter, if he wants to issue an apology for his hair in 1975. I mean, we know attitudes were different back then, but this surely goes beyond the acceptable.
Well, maybe once he gets off air he'll respond ;-)
Talking of Scotland's oil, here is Andrew Neil's hair in 1975.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVNjU2NhDDI
holy moly!
I've asked Andrew Neil, on Twitter, if he wants to issue an apology for his hair in 1975. I mean, we know attitudes were different back then, but this surely goes beyond the acceptable.
Not just the hair, Sean.
He needs to apologise for the tie and shirt too.
The lapels on the suit (?) jacket are distinctly suspect too.
It seems that until the 1980s most people were far more appalled by homosexuality than by sex with underage girls (meaning over the age of about 13 but under 16).
That would have been the case in virtually all societies throughout human history; it's still the case in many non-western countries today.
It's only since about 1970, and in the West, that we have developed this unique attitude that sex with pubescent girls under 16 is wrong but sex between men is right.
Sex with pre-pubescent girls is a different matter: that's been seen as abnormal and aberrant through history (though not uniformly, everywhere).
Wiki delivers:
The age of consent is 13 in Spain. It is 14 in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino and Serbia. It is 15 in Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, France, Greece, Iceland, Monaco, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden. It is 16 in Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine and the UK. It is 17 in Cyprus and Ireland and 18 in Malta and Turkey.
Some of these countries, however, have laws which ofter increased protection for children who have reached the age of consent, but are still minors, for example by enacting laws which stipulate that it is illegal to engage in sexual acts with such children under exploitative circumstances (such laws exist in e.g. Austria, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Lichtenstein). These laws can be found mostly in the countries which have a lower age of consent.
The UK Age of Consent is almost as high as our top rate of income tax.
Funny then that these Labour honchos wanted to lower it.
My second reaction: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Blimey. Just blimey.
I'm presuming there was a code merge (git) and an extra goto was added accidentally and mechanistically.
I'm guessing that it's more likely that another conditional clause was removed, but not the conditional line. I've seen that several times (and done it myself). It's why I'm a firm believer in the use of curly brackets on all conditionals.
BTW, I'm not against the use of GOTOs, especially in C. I mainly work in embedded code, and they can sometimes be very useful to get efficient execution. But I always tell graduate engineers that if they are used, then they have to expect to be able to justify its use; indeed, to expect the Spanish Inquisition over it.
This should have been picked up by good static analysis tools, code review, or compiler warnings. As it is in security-related section of code, I would have expected it to be reviewed very thoroughly.
However: there but for he grace of God go I ...
Using curly brackets was just about the first thing you learn with languages like C and C++.
But you don't need them on conditionals if only one statement is to be executed in the conditional code block. For instance: if (1==a) b=c; is valid. But if you want to add another piece of code to be executed in that same conditional, it is too easy to do: if (1==a) b=c; d=e; which is valid code, but almost certainly does not do what the coder expected. I've seen this no end of times.
++
I've also seen this too:
if(foo==bar); { //do stuff ... }
Which is also valid but doesn't do what the developer expected it to.
Your use of 'foo' and 'bar' is a sign that you are a TRUE CODER (tm) ;-)
And I think about three-quarters of PB are wondering what the heck we are talking about ...
My second reaction: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Blimey. Just blimey.
I'm presuming there was a code merge (git) and an extra goto was added accidentally and mechanistically.
I'm guessing that it's more likely that another conditional clause was removed, but not the conditional line. I've seen that several times (and done it myself). It's why I'm a firm believer in the use of curly brackets on all conditionals.
BTW, I'm not against the use of GOTOs, especially in C. I mainly work in embedded code, and they can sometimes be very useful to get efficient execution. But I always tell graduate engineers that if they are used, then they have to expect to be able to justify its use; indeed, to expect the Spanish Inquisition over it.
This should have been picked up by good static analysis tools, code review, or compiler warnings. As it is in security-related section of code, I would have expected it to be reviewed very thoroughly.
However: there but for he grace of God go I ...
Using curly brackets was just about the first thing you learn with languages like C and C++.
But you don't need them on conditionals if only one statement is to be executed in the conditional code block. For instance: if (1==a) b=c; is valid. But if you want to add another piece of code to be executed in that same conditional, it is too easy to do: if (1==a) b=c; d=e; which is valid code, but almost certainly does not do what the coder expected. I've seen this no end of times.
++
I've also seen this too:
if(foo==bar); { //do stuff ... }
Which is also valid but doesn't do what the developer expected it to.
Your use of 'foo' and 'bar' is a sign that you are a TRUE CODER (tm) ;-)
And I think about three-quarters of PB are wondering what the heck we are talking about ...
Indeed. Can you write it in Cobol, please? (Though the errant GOTO I do get).
It seems that until the 1980s most people were far more appalled by homosexuality than by sex with underage girls (meaning over the age of about 13 but under 16).
That would have been the case in virtually all societies throughout human history; it's still the case in many non-western countries today.
It's only since about 1970, and in the West, that we have developed this unique attitude that sex with pubescent girls under 16 is wrong but sex between men is right.
Sex with pre-pubescent girls is a different matter: that's been seen as abnormal and aberrant through history (though not uniformly, everywhere).
Slavery was also prevalent in most societies throughout history, and it has only been recently that it was decided in the West that enslaving human beings was wrong. As with the sex issue, the main reason is because in modern times, wider society is more knowledgeable about the harm done to the victims in these cases, and also more compassionate in wanting to protect them.
Exactly. As I said Wales is a basket case without England in the economic stakes. Take out transfers of benefits central Govt jobs etc and I'm sure GDP would be below 70%. In the Valleys I should think it struggles to reach 60% at best. What's the equivalent? Poland? Estonia? Slovakia? I'm sure someone can Google it for us.
My second reaction: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Blimey. Just blimey.
I'm presuming there was a code merge (git) and an extra goto was added accidentally and mechanistically.
I'm guessing that it's more likely that another conditional clause was removed, but not the conditional line. I've seen that several times (and done it myself). It's why I'm a firm believer in the use of curly brackets on all conditionals.
BTW, I'm not against the use of GOTOs, especially in C. I mainly work in embedded code, and they can sometimes be very useful to get efficient execution. But I always tell graduate engineers that if they are used, then they have to expect to be able to justify its use; indeed, to expect the Spanish Inquisition over it.
This should have been picked up by good static analysis tools, code review, or compiler warnings. As it is in security-related section of code, I would have expected it to be reviewed very thoroughly.
However: there but for he grace of God go I ...
Using curly brackets was just about the first thing you learn with languages like C and C++.
But you don't need them on conditionals if only one statement is to be executed in the conditional code block. For instance: if (1==a) b=c; is valid. But if you want to add another piece of code to be executed in that same conditional, it is too easy to do: if (1==a) b=c; d=e; which is valid code, but almost certainly does not do what the coder expected. I've seen this no end of times.
++
I've also seen this too:
if(foo==bar); { //do stuff ... }
Which is also valid but doesn't do what the developer expected it to.
Your use of 'foo' and 'bar' is a sign that you are a TRUE CODER (tm) ;-)
And I think about three-quarters of PB are wondering what the heck we are talking about ...
Indeed. Can you write it in Cobol, please? (Though the errant GOTO I do get).
$ SET SOURCEFORMAT"FREE" IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. HelloWorld.
I'm trying to work out what Russia's game is in Ukraine. My theory is that they're going to continue to recognise Yanukovych as the legitimate President of Ukraine, and prop him up in Crimea. They can then implement a PRC-ROC style split in the country, with Crimea as a puppet state. In a decade or two, when the outrage has died down, Crimea can vote for union with Russia.
I'm trying to work out what Russia's game is in Ukraine. My theory is that they're going to continue to recognise Yanukovych as the legitimate President of Ukraine, and prop him up in Crimea. They can then implement a PRC-ROC style split in the country, with Crimea as a puppet state. In a decade or two, when the outrage has died down, Crimea can vote for union with Russia.
Seems about right. Can't see them giving up their fleet so it's likely to come down to where the border is set - Dneipr or just an eastern sliver plus Crimea.
Stuart, from here in the East Midlands, I know nothing about this. Are the councils that have left all Labour, or is it across the board? The claim that Glasgow can save 300 grand a year by leaving seems to bode ill for Cosla, not I know anything about it!
It is all Labour and down to fact that other councils want a change to the voting system so that it is not the Labour dominated panel that controls things but is a democratic vote by all councils. So as Labour hate democracy they are starting to pull out.
Nats who casually deride the No campaign need to think a bit harder. They scoffed at Osborne's Sermon on the Pound as a terrible error, but was it?
The logic behind it is now clear. By making that No Currency Union statement, as Chancellor (and getting Balls, Miliband and Clegg to concur), Osborne introduced serious doubt into the future monetary situation in iScotland, thereby OBLIGING Scottish finance companies to issue uncomfortable remarks for the Nats, as these companies have a legal duty to warn of future risks.
So Osborne made the tactical sacrifice of looking like an annoying Tory in Edinburgh, for the strategic gain of Standard Life saying they might move to England.
We'll have to wait for the polls, but dismissals of Osborne's judgement now look premature.
Keep flogging that dead horse, miracles can happen
I'm trying to work out what Russia's game is in Ukraine. My theory is that they're going to continue to recognise Yanukovych as the legitimate President of Ukraine, and prop him up in Crimea. They can then implement a PRC-ROC style split in the country, with Crimea as a puppet state. In a decade or two, when the outrage has died down, Crimea can vote for union with Russia.
Seems about right. Can't see them giving up their fleet so it's likely to come down to where the border is set - Dneipr or just an eastern sliver plus Crimea.
I very much doubt whether it is Russia's intention to split the Ukraine. The end result of such a strategy would be to invite NATO to extend its borders to the Dniepr.
Russia's current tactics are to sow confusion and foster doubt as to their intentions, thereby destabilising the 'illegitimate' Ukraine government and preventing any deal being struck with the EU and other 'western' interests.
Putin is playing a 'Come to us. Only Mother Russia can solve the Ukraine's problems' game.
It is very significant that Yanukovych is giving his press conference in Rostov-on-Don rather than Moscow. Doubt is deliberately being created as to whether Putin supports him fully.
My second reaction: Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Blimey. Just blimey.
I'm presuming there was a code merge (git) and an extra goto was added accidentally and mechanistically.
I'm guessing that it's more likely that another conditional clause was removed, but not the conditional line. I've seen that several times (and done it myself). It's why I'm a firm believer in the use of curly brackets on all conditionals.
BTW, I'm not against the use of GOTOs, especially in C. I mainly work in embedded code, and they can sometimes be very useful to get efficient execution. But I always tell graduate engineers that if they are used, then they have to expect to be able to justify its use; indeed, to expect the Spanish Inquisition over it.
This should have been picked up by good static analysis tools, code review, or compiler warnings. As it is in security-related section of code, I would have expected it to be reviewed very thoroughly.
However: there but for he grace of God go I ...
Using curly brackets was just about the first thing you learn with languages like C and C++.
But you don't need them on conditionals if only one statement is to be executed in the conditional code block. For instance: if (1==a) b=c; is valid. But if you want to add another piece of code to be executed in that same conditional, it is too easy to do: if (1==a) b=c; d=e; which is valid code, but almost certainly does not do what the coder expected. I've seen this no end of times.
++
I've also seen this too:
if(foo==bar); { //do stuff ... }
Which is also valid but doesn't do what the developer expected it to.
Your use of 'foo' and 'bar' is a sign that you are a TRUE CODER (tm) ;-)
And I think about three-quarters of PB are wondering what the heck we are talking about ...
Indeed. Can you write it in Cobol, please? (Though the errant GOTO I do get).
$ SET SOURCEFORMAT"FREE" IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. HelloWorld.
It seems that until the 1980s most people were far more appalled by homosexuality than by sex with underage girls (meaning over the age of about 13 but under 16).
That would have been the case in virtually all societies throughout human history; it's still the case in many non-western countries today.
It's only since about 1970, and in the West, that we have developed this unique attitude that sex with pubescent girls under 16 is wrong but sex between men is right.
Sex with pre-pubescent girls is a different matter: that's been seen as abnormal and aberrant through history (though not uniformly, everywhere).
As with the sex issue, the main reason is because in modern times, wider society is more knowledgeable about the harm done to the victims in these cases, and also more compassionate in wanting to protect them.
Hasn't the rise in the age of consent increased parallel to work laws? My grandfather left school, and began full time work at 14.
Nats who casually deride the No campaign need to think a bit harder. They scoffed at Osborne's Sermon on the Pound as a terrible error, but was it?
The logic behind it is now clear. By making that No Currency Union statement, as Chancellor (and getting Balls, Miliband and Clegg to concur), Osborne introduced serious doubt into the future monetary situation in iScotland, thereby OBLIGING Scottish finance companies to issue uncomfortable remarks for the Nats, as these companies have a legal duty to warn of future risks.
So Osborne made the tactical sacrifice of looking like an annoying Tory in Edinburgh, for the strategic gain of Standard Life saying they might move to England.
We'll have to wait for the polls, but dismissals of Osborne's judgement now look premature.
Keep flogging that dead horse, miracles can happen
Back to work malcolm. Can I have fries with that burger please.
Lol. Those are genius. I guess most coders who have been around for some time have nightmares about bugs/side effects they have unwittingly created.
Mr Herdson: I would not touch COBOL with a bargepole. I learnt it once as I had to convert some existing COBOL into C pre-2000, and promptly erased it from my memory. Its hideous, absolutely hideous ...
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Curly brackets around if blocks are mandated here - expect a QA fail if you don't use them.
Agree with the compiler warnings and static code analysis bits especially. You would see the dead code immediately.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_Europe#History_26
Was amazed by some of the hill walking clobber donned by a couple of delightful Ukrainian girls on the way to the top of Ben Nevis, crop tops, shorts and sandals.
if (1==a) b=c;
is valid. But if you want to add another piece of code to be executed in that same conditional, it is too easy to do:
if (1==a) b=c; d=e;
which is valid code, but almost certainly does not do what the coder expected. I've seen this no end of times.
Didn't see QT, but clapping an English Tory in Newport just shows the joys of opposition. It's easy when you don't have to make real decisions. As soon as you do someone will object, as the LD's have found out since 2010 UK wide.
The Labour administration here isn't bad in all fairness, generally (well since they axed the education chap last year at least), but it has taken an alternative view of divvying up the spending cake (ie cutting the NHS) compared to London.
I've also seen this too:
if(foo==bar);
{
//do stuff
...
}
Which is also valid but doesn't do what the developer expected it to.
And I think about three-quarters of PB are wondering what the heck we are talking about ...
"The economy of west Wales and the south Wales valleys has fallen further behind the European average, new figures suggest.
Latest figures show GDP per capita was 64% per head of the EU average in these areas in 2011, down from 65% in 2010.
Over £4bn of EU funding has gone to to help build the Welsh economy since 2000.
A Welsh government spokesman said the figures were three years old and did not reflect economic improvements.
The GDP figure for the whole of Wales fell from 75% to 74% - the lowest of the UK's nations and regions.
"Wales is now outperforming the UK average in many key economic measures," the Welsh government spokesman added. "
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-26377858
Wales will be front and centre next year. Ed Miliband will be forced to defend labour's utterly woeful performance on what are big home banker issues for labour - education and health.
Whenever Labour opens its gob on the issues, the default response is going to be - oh yeh, like in Wales boys.....?????
Education in particular is very, very bad because performance is more quantifiable than health.
This year's PISAs will be very, very interesting. If they show Wales lagging conservative England substantially that will be a big problem for Ed.
The conservatives simply must drag Wales right into the spotlight to show people what labour government really means. From failure to meltdown.
More evidence of the scale of labour misrule in Wales
"Tom Parmenter
@TomSkyNews
Dennehy is smiling and smirking in the dock - also chatting with her accomplices. She has never shown remorse for the murders":
http://news.sky.com/story/1218877/live-updates-sentencing-over-ditch-killings
Interesting - proves Britain's constitution (or rather non constitution) is an ass.
Of course this highlights the fatal flaws of FPTP, but as I said at the time Gordon should have stepped down straight away.
Morally the Tories had beaten Labour, even if they had not won the election outright.
Of course, it would have been better to avoid Tories in government altogether, looking at the smoking destruction that they're going to leave behind next year.
"A concern that young girls were being sold into brothels led Parliament to raise the age of consent to 13 in 1875"
If the mass migration to the cities in the industrial revolution was disproportionately young males then you'd get a supply and demand problem and supply and demand problems like that generally leads to lowering the age and level of consent of the supply. Maybe that had something to do with it.
He needs to apologise for the tie and shirt too.
The lapels on the suit (?) jacket are distinctly suspect too.
The age of consent is 13 in Spain. It is 14 in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, San Marino and Serbia. It is 15 in Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, France, Greece, Iceland, Monaco, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden. It is 16 in Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine and the UK. It is 17 in Cyprus and Ireland and 18 in Malta and Turkey.
Some of these countries, however, have laws which ofter increased protection for children who have reached the age of consent, but are still minors, for example by enacting laws which stipulate that it is illegal to engage in sexual acts with such children under exploitative circumstances (such laws exist in e.g. Austria, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Lichtenstein). These laws can be found mostly in the countries which have a lower age of consent.
The UK Age of Consent is almost as high as our top rate of income tax.
Funny then that these Labour honchos wanted to lower it.
Saw this today too:
memset(&foo, sizeof(foo), 0);
not sure if that was intended!
Have you see these (pure genius):
http://natashenka.ca/posters
Exactly. As I said Wales is a basket case without England in the economic stakes. Take out transfers of benefits central Govt jobs etc and I'm sure GDP would be below 70%. In the Valleys I should think it struggles to reach 60% at best. What's the equivalent? Poland? Estonia? Slovakia? I'm sure someone can Google it for us.
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HelloWorld.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
HelloWorld.
DISPLAY "Hello World".
STOP RUN.
Damn I do have a picture but don't know how to insert it. I'll try this:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=XOVLX4JpMOukOM&tbnid=OonSIEATijsjgM:&ved=0CAMQjhw&url=http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/facts-and-figures/people/people-raymond-baxter/&ei=9IgQU-P9K8uthQfirICICg&bvm=bv.61965928,d.ZG4&psig=AFQjCNFHtsltHGYvqLgRrMcBVDJoBxvgcQ&ust=1393678589528386
Russia's current tactics are to sow confusion and foster doubt as to their intentions, thereby destabilising the 'illegitimate' Ukraine government and preventing any deal being struck with the EU and other 'western' interests.
Putin is playing a 'Come to us. Only Mother Russia can solve the Ukraine's problems' game.
It is very significant that Yanukovych is giving his press conference in Rostov-on-Don rather than Moscow. Doubt is deliberately being created as to whether Putin supports him fully.
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Mr Herdson: I would not touch COBOL with a bargepole. I learnt it once as I had to convert some existing COBOL into C pre-2000, and promptly erased it from my memory. Its hideous, absolutely hideous ...
@PickardJE: Ukip official says we can stay. "If he's happy...and if you behave." (But apparently other journalists still being turned away outside.)
@PickardJE: Ukip press officer (Annabelle Fuller) won't say who she is or who banned us from sharia law event. This is getting quite surreal.