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Q: Using jQuery to find an attribute, then only do the function based on the attribute ok so i get how to use an attribute, now what i want to do, is for jQuery to find the attribute im using and use it to only open one comment box at a time
html:

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

i have the class .comment display: none;
jquery:
$('.commentopen').click(function() {
    var id = $(this).attr('id');
    $(".comment" + id).slideDown(180, function() {
         $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
    });
});

i could really use some help here on why its not working. been working on this for days!

A: You have duplicates in your IDs (e.g. there are two elements with the ID 1), resolve that by adding a prefix:

...

Then just go with this:
$('#comment' + id).slideDown(...

A: You should never have multiple elements with the same id. An id should always be unique.
The following will work:

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

and:
$('.commentopen').click(function() {
    var comment = $(this).attr('id');
    $("#c" + id).slideDown(180, function() {
         $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
    });
});

Update: I fixed the mistakes mentioned below.

A: One problem with your HTML is you are repeating the id of the tags. The ID should be unique over the HTML page. Repeating the same ID to cause some javascript errors.

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

and your javascript should be like this
$('.commentopen').click(function() {
    var comment = $(this).attr('id');
    $("#comment_" + id).slideDown(180, function() {
         $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
    });
});

A: $(".comment" + id).slideDown(180, function() {

That id is going to be straight text and thus wont work as a selector, try this:
$(".comment #" + id).slideDown(180, function() {

A: look at attribute selectors
change this
$(".comment" + id).slideDown(180, function() {
     $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
});

to
$(".comment[id=" + id+"]").slideDown(180, function() {
     $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
});

A: Try this
$('.commentopen').click(function() {
    var comment = $(this).attr('id');
    $('.comment[id="' + id + '"]').slideDown(180, function() {
         $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
    });
});

A: There are a few issues with what you are doing. First of all, the id attribute must be unique on the page, so it can't be shared between 2 divs (e.g. comment and commentopen). Instead, you could have one id based on another, like id="comment1" and id="1"`. Then your page would look like this:

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

Comment

<textarea>write a comment...</textarea>

and your jQuery code would look like this:
$('.commentopen').click(function() {
 var comment = $(this).attr('id');
 $("#comment" + id).slideDown(180, function() {
      $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
  });
});

A: it seems that having the same id's on the divs for the click and the textarea's are causing the problem.
have a look at the JSFiddle here
should solve the problem

A: I think it should be:

$(".comment#" + id).slideDown(180, function() {
     $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
});

Note the '#' after .comment in the selector. Hope this helps.

A: If you have the ID, you won't need to use the .comment class anymore in your query
$('.commentopen').click(function() {
    var commentId = $(this).attr('id');
    $("#"+ commentId).slideDown(180, function() {
         $('#container').isotope('reLayout');
    });
});


Some of the mainstream press have been reporting that an adviser to Ed Miliband has defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats.
What they don't mention is that Phil Taylor was already a Liberal Democrat from as far back as the 1990s when he worked as Parliamentary Assistant to Lib Dem MP Simon Hughes – now deputy leader of the Lib Dems as well as Minister of State for Justice and Civil Liberties in the coalition government.
It's true that later on Taylor did work as an adviser to Labour MPs Peter Hain and Ben Bradshaw – as well as an adviser to Ed Miliband – and according to Peter Hain's autobiography Taylor was also one of the main figures pushing for a Labour/Lib Dem deal in the days after the last general election.
In fact it was while I was perusing Peter Hain's autobiography that I came across this little mentioned quote on the Lib Dems by Tory MP Ed Vaizey – who is now Culture Minister.
What was a Lib Dem doing working as an adviser to Labour MPs – and the Labour leader?
How come Hain didn't reveal what Vaizey said to him at the time?
Was it because he didn't want to scupper a Lib Dem/Tory coalition deal?
If – as it seems – everyone in Westminster knew that the Tories were openly boasting about scr*wing over the Lib Dems in the coalition, why didn't Nick Clegg know?
Or did Clegg know his party was going to be scr*wed over by the Tories but he was so keen on getting a ministerial chauffeur-driven car – he didn't care?
Please feel free to comment. And share. Thanks.
You can order Hain's book 'Outside In' from Amazon here.
Clegg was so desperate to get some temporary power in politics that he willingly -and wilfully – sold out anything and everything to obtain it, in the vain hope that the Tories might bring n proportional representation.
I don't think Clegg thought he would get PR,if so,why did he not get a written solid agreement.What did he get,flipping AV.
And the reason everyone voted against AV,was they hated Clegg and the LibDems for propping up the most far right government since Thatcher.
Don't forget Clegg worked for Leon Brittan,a senior Tory,Clegg was also a member of Cuca.The Cambridge University Conservative Association.
So I think Clegg was very much at home with Cameron and the Tories.Clegg being a Orange Booker was to the far right of the LibDems.He was,in all but name a Tory IMHO.
And yes the LibDems have been well and truly Screwed Over,they are going back to lost deposit status,because the leadership backed Clegg all the way.
"Most far right Government since Mrs T". Who do you think actually agrees with this? Cameron is pure Tory Reform Group. His photo pin-up is Macmillan. The man out-wets wets in Mrs T's Cabinet. Indeed, the wets are in his Cabinet and pretending to be right-wing.
Undoubtedly, the Limpdems are finished politically. They lied and broke a promise which will see them wiped out.
The odd/Odd unprincipled one might survive but they are going back to meeting in a Telephone Box and sharing a Taxi, if they can find the fare.
The Lib Dems will only have a few MPs left when the voters have finished with them, and it'll take them another twenty years or so to repair the damage. Not that I feel sorry for them. Everything from the loss of legal aid to the bedroom tax to the Gagging law is their fault.
Anyone who has been paying attention. This government has done things beyond Thatchers wildest dreams, and she was more than bad enough.
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Screw all others who deserve to be screwed such is the wisdom gained by most ambitious parliamentarians. Foremost screw the people as shall have no idea on who or what to screw . Here enmesh fidelity by a kissing of a ring on the first lesson given by every Secretary States private secretary to fledgling wannabe Ministers.
Blessed be the Civil Service advisers & administrators of HM the Queens Government for they rule this greed & pleasant land.
So basically it's about whose ring one kisses to get access of entry.


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De bandenmaat van een luchtband geeft de kenmerken (de maten) van de band aan.

Auto
Op een autoband kan het volgende staan: 195/50 R15 (90H).

Hierin is:
195 de breedte van het loopvlak in mm.
50 de verhouding tussen de hoogte en de loopvlakbreedte in % (in dit voorbeeld 50% van 195 mm).
15 de diameter van een velg in inches.

Extra toevoegingen:
R geeft de bandopbouw aan. (R = radiaalband, B = gordelband, D = diagonaalband)
90 is een indexering voor het draagvermogen van een band. In dit geval kan de band 600 kg dragen.

H geeft de maximumsnelheid aan van een autoband. (H = 210 km/h)

Het is niet aan te raden zo maar te wisselen van bandenmaat.

Velg
Ook de velg heeft een codering, bijvoorbeeld 15x5 J ET48 4x100.
 15 inch staat voor de velgdiameter.
 5 inch voor de bedbreedte van de velg.
 J staat voor de hoorncode (vorm van velgbed). Andere opties komen niet veel meer voor, maar zijn bijvoorbeeld K, JK of L.
 ET staat voor het aantal mm dat het hart (bevestigingspunt) van de velg uit het midden staat. Bij een lagere ET waarde is de velg meer gebold en steekt de velg aan de buitenkant dus verder uit de wielkast. (Bij een bollere velg is de buitenrand van de velg verder verwijderd van het hart waar de velg bevestigd wordt.)
 Steek 4x100 geeft aan dat de velg 4 bevestigingsgaten heeft en 100 geeft aan dat de steekcirkel 100 millimeter is. De steekcirkel is de diameter van de cirkel door het hart van de boutgaten. Bij vier gaten is dit dus de hartmaat van twee tegenoverliggende gaten. De meeste autovelgen hebben 4 of 5 gaten. Velgen van oudere auto's zijn soms uitgerust met 3, modernere soms 6 gaten. In het algemeen heeft een zwaardere auto meer velggaten.

Rolomtrek
Verschillende bandenmaten hebben verschillende rolomtrekken en kunnen daarmee de snelheidsmeter beïnvloeden. Een andere maat kan de rij- en remeigenschappen en de wegligging verbeteren maar ook verslechteren.

175/50 R15 → rolomtrek 1746,7 mm
195/45 R15 → rolomtrek 1748,3 mm

De rolomtrek in mm wordt berekend door de volgende formule: .

Zoals hierboven voor een band met maat 195/45 R15:

Fiets

Vóór 1977 werd de maat van fietsbanden alleen in inches (") aangegeven. De maat staat op de zijkant (de wang) van de band. Zo'n maat bestaat uit twee of drie getallen.

Voorbeeld: 28 × 1½

Hierin is 28" de buitendiameter van de band, en 1½" de hoogte en breedte. Men kan nu uitrekenen dat de velgdiameter 25" is. In werkelijkheid heeft het geen zin met een meetlat na te gaan of het klopt, want het zijn slechts nominale maten.

Inchmaten zijn onnauwkeurig en niet eensluidend. Zo worden de velgdiameters 559 mm (mountainbike), 571 mm (racefiets voor jeugd en kleine personen en Duitse stadsfiets), 584 mm (oude Nederlandse transportfiets, Franse toerfiets, nieuwe wielmaat voor mountainbikes) en 590 mm (Nederlandse jeugdfiets) allemaal met 26 inch aangeduid. Op moderne fietsbanden staat de maat volgens verschillende systemen aangegeven. Het eenduidigste is het ETRTO-systeem, dat werkt met millimeters. Daarbij gaat men niet uit van de buitendiameter, maar van de velgmaat, gemeten daar waar de band op rust. Dit heet de schouder van de velg. Dit is gelijk aan de binnendiameter van de band. Daarnaast wordt ook nog het oude systeem in inches vermeld. En bij sommige soorten banden ook nog de traditionele Franse aanduiding. Dit leidt tot veel verwarring. Elk systeem heeft een andere logica en oorsprong, bij de nationale systemen in een ver verleden. Daarentegen heeft de aanduiding 29", ook wel twentyniner, voor mountainbikes met grote wielen, geen historische achtergrond, maar wordt door de fabrikant uitsluitend uit marketingmotieven gebruikt. Deze wielen hebben als maat 622mm, gelijk aan sommige voorheen met 28 inch aangeduide wielen en banden. Dit geldt ook voor de aanduiding 27,5" voor een tussenmaat band voor mountainbikes. Deze wielen hebben als maat 584mm.

ETRTO (European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation) is een internationaal instituut gevestigd in Brussel voor de standaardisatie van bandenmaten van gemotoriseerde en ongemotoriseerde voertuigen. Naast fietsbanden ook banden voor motorfietsen, auto's en aanhangers. Het instituut is in 1964 opgericht.

Voorbeeld van het ETRTO systeem: 35-622

Dit is een band met een velgdiameter van 622 mm, en dat kan men met de meetlat nameten. De hoogte en breedte van de band is 35 mm. Iedere band met een binnendiameter van 622 mm past op een velg van die maat, als de breedte niet te veel afwijkt.

Een grotere aanduiding in inches komt niet altijd overeen met een grotere millimetermaat:

635 mm = 28" (bijvoorbeeld 28 × 1½)
630 mm = 27" (bijvoorbeeld 27 × 1¼)
622 mm = 28" (bijvoorbeeld 28 × 1⅝ × 1⅛)

De klassieke Franse aanduiding wordt naast het ETRTO-systeem nog gebruikt voor banden voor race- en sportfietsen. Zo is 700 × 23C gelijk aan 23-622 ETRTO. 700C is de Franse maat voor standaard racefietsen. 650C is de Franse aanduiding voor racefietsen met kleinere wielen met een diameter van 571mm, in gebruik bij kleine wielrensters en jeugdige wielrenners.
Om met zekerheid de juiste bandenmaat en daarmee ook de diameter van de velg te weten moet het opschrift op de band bekeken worden. Bij oude banden is dit soms niet meer of moeilijk leesbaar. Door het opmeten van de diameter van het velgbed kan men toch de bandenmaat in mm bepalen. Een goede benadering is het opmeten van de omtrek van het velgbed met een meetlint en dit om te rekenen naar de diameter, door het resultaat dan te delen door pi. Een veelgemaakte fout is het bepalen van de diameter van wiel met band met een meetlint en de uitkomst dan om te rekenen in inches. Doet men dit met een 23-622 wiel met band = diameter 667 mm, dan lijkt dit ongeveer overeen te komen met 26 inch (= 660 mm). De meest passende aanduiding is in dit geval 28 inch, terwijl dat op deze banden niet staat aangegeven. De reden daarvan is, dat deze banden niet bestonden vóór 1980.

In 125 jaar luchtbanden voor fietsen zijn er honderden maten geweest. Velen daarvan zijn na kortere of langere tijd, weer verdwenen. Dit komt zowel door technische- als economische oorzaken, maar vooral door de mondialisering van de productie en consumptie van fietsen, velgen en fietsbanden. Het is immers niet doelmatig om de productie van bandenmaten te handhaven die slechts marginaal van andere verschillen bij steeds kleinere aantallen. Een andere bandenmaat vergt immers zowel een andere velg resp. wiel als een andere band. Deze ontwikkeling gaat nog steeds door. De wielgrootte is bij een gelijke velgmaat ook te variëren door verschil in de breedte (tevens hoogte) van de gemonteerde band. Dit is veel economischer. Om dit mogelijk te maken is het van belang dat zoveel mogelijk breedtematen op eenzelfde velgmaat passen. Dit vergt meestal een grotere binnenbreedte van de velg. Een bredere band is tevens een hogere band. En daardoor wordt het wiel groter, dat daardoor ook voor andere fietssoorten geschikt is. Deze ontwikkeling is nog in volle gang, ook bij de voorheen smalle racefiets velgen. Maar vooral nieuwe mountainbikevelgen zijn in korte tijd tot wel tweemaal zo breed geworden, mede mogelijk gemaakt door technische ontwikkelingen en bevindingen uit de wedstrijdsport.
Sinds 1980 zijn dan ook een aantal bandenmaten verdwenen, hetgeen betekent dat deze buitenbanden niet meer verkrijgbaar zijn, zoals 597, 609 en 642 mm. Passende binnenbanden zijn er soms wel nog. Daarnaast zijn er nog vele die op het punt staan te verdwijnen. Toch verschijnen er ook nieuwe maten, zoals voor (kleine) kinderfietsen de maat 50-254.

De verschillen tussen de continenten zijn aanzienlijk. Zo is de maat 622 buiten Europa, Noord-Amerika en Australië niet courant verkrijgbaar, met uitzondering van China. Dat geldt zowel voor de wielen, banden als de velglinten. Daarentegen is een bandenmaat als 54-571 in Europa totaal onbekend, maar heel courant daarbuiten. Nederland staat bekend om zijn "oma- en opa-fietsen", een fietstype, vroeger Hollandse toerfietsen genoemd, met de bandenmaat 40-635 mm. In de omliggende landen is deze bandenmaat nauwelijks bekend. Des te opmerkelijker is het dat in India en China van dit fietstype wel tientallen miljoenen rondrijden met deze zelfde bandenmaat. Ze worden lokaal geproduceerd.

Voor de velg geldt een andere notatie: voorbeeld 584x21. Daarbij is het eerste getal de diameter in mm gemeten in het velgbed en het tweede getal is de inwendige breedte in mm tussen de opstaande velgflanken.

Banden

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I unfurled my wings and cast a physical shield around myself. I was ready, as much as I could be, for the battle against Major Vunthor. My mind was focused, my heart was clear and my skin was on fire.
That last bit was something of a problem.
"Ahh, what the hell!" I screamed as I flew away from Darius so I wouldn't burn him.
During my recovery I had Darius, and several other medics, check me over for any sign of spirit possession. I knew I wasn't just hearing voices when I'd fled from the giga-beasts in warp space. The flames had boosted my flight speed far beyond what I could achieve on my own and had managed to continue it even after the acceleration knocked me unconscious.
Despite test after test though, they'd come up with nothing.
"Where have you been?" I asked aloud. Darius looked at me like I'd gone nuts, which was a reasonable theory under the circumstances.
"She's talking to an elemental," Fari said, conjuring an analysis circle to inspect me through.
"In the new home you gave me," the flames said. They sounded so chipper it was hard to stay angry with them. My skin wasn't roasting either, which helped too.
"It looks like that's the case," Fari said.
"Explains why we couldn't find any trace of a foreign spirit inside you," Darius said.
"Well, the elemental's anima signature matches the background anima signature for Hellsreach, so it's a safe bet you picked them up there," Fari said.
"Why don't we ask them?" Darius said.
"How am I feeding you?" I asked.
"This making any sense to you?" I asked Fari who was scrutinizing the information the analysis circle showed her.
If it was anyone else, I would have asked if it was going to hurt, but I had enough trust in Fari that if what she had in mind hurt it was because it needed to.
"Sure," I said and braced for a jolt of burning pain that never came. Instead I felt her lightly brush across the surface of my thoughts with a filament of Mental anima. The sensation was a little strange. The closest I can come to describing it is how the quality of sounds change as you focus in on them or try to listen past distractions.
She spent about two minutes gently touching on the various ideas that were percolating through my mind before I felt the Mental anima withdraw.
"Well, the good news is I think I know how to stop the burning," Fari said.
"And the bad news is?" I asked. Because there's always bad news.
"You'll need to give up your flight pack until we can find a better home for our new friend here," she said.
"Yeah, I pulled anima from the volcano we were fighting on so that the Void Lances couldn't drain me dry," I said.
"Do you know how much anima you pulled from the volcano?" she asked.
"I drew in an elemental too?" I asked.
"And our friend is one that didn't?", I asked.
"So what happened with me?" Flames asked.
"Why didn't the elemental leave once the enchantments were removed?" I asked.
"Inside my head?" I asked.
"So why did they burn me whenever I tried to cast spells?" I asked.
I resisted the urge to hit myself in the head.
I'd probably been fully healed a while ago, but the feedback from Flames' presence threw off my spell casting tests. I promised myself that in the future I was going to share every detail of my condition I could think of with my clerics.
It was better to avoid the need for a cleric in the first place, of course, but I was pretty sure that wasn't going to be an option given my line of work.
"I can handle the flying for both of us," Darius said.
"I have no objection to that at all," I told him. It was rather easy to pick between baking my skin off or cuddling up with the cutest guy I knew. Easy, so long as I didn't let myself think about the lethal situation I was letting Darius expose himself to. Those thoughts led to madness, so I clobbered them down as best I could and forced myself to think of the job at hand.
"Can I help?" Flames asked.
"Can't Flames just choose not burn me?" I asked.
"Do I need to remove the flight pack?" I asked.
"What about moving them over to your Jewel?" I asked, remembering how Fari had absorbed the Bone Stealers and other spirits when we were fighting Makkis.
"Mel wouldn't ask you to risk it," Fari said.
But it still would have been nice to have my wings back.
Instead I fluttered over to where Darius was floating and dropped into his waiting arms.
"That leaves the question of where, exactly, we're planning to go?" Darius asked.
"If Higgs has gotten a boost from Vunthor won't that be really dangerous?" Darius asked.
"Yeah, for everyone in range of him." I said.
"If this is the part where you tell us that you have to face him alone to keep us safe, please remember how well it worked out when Makkis split us up." Fari said.
"If you want to spend another two months in recovery, we can save time and I can drop you from here," Darius suggested with a smile that made it very clear he was not going to be left behind. Fari was wearing the same smile.
"All the more reason we're going to be there with you," Darius said.
"So you're saying that there'll be so many faces to punch that I shouldn't be greedy and keep them all to myself?" I said.
"Scouting out enemy warrens and marking their leaders is, quite specifically, my regular job description," Darius said.
"And I am legally responsible, in part, for the safety of all the law-abiding colonists on Titanus." Fari said.
I wanted to protest, but that was my mindless stubborn streak rearing it's ugly head up. I drew in a slow breath and asked myself how I really felt about the support Fari and Darius were offering me.
It felt weird. I wasn't used to people having my back. The thought sent a twinge of longing through me. I couldn't lose people who would support me like that. They were more precious than even my anima casting.
At the same time though, the thought of pushing them away was abhorrent too. In part I wanted them close to me always, but in part, if I was honest with myself, I was more than a little scared.
I had limits. The volcano showed me that, the giga-beasts showed me that, Higgs showed me that. I didn't want to die (again) and I didn't want to be crippled. Master Hanq had taught me that it's ok to run away rather than be hurt. The best method to win a lot of fights was to not get in them in the first place. The problem is there are some fights you can't run from.
There were people who only had me for protection. People that Vunthor's hate was going to destroy unless I stood against him. So I had to fight.
And I couldn't do that without Fari or Darius.
I thought about how I'd feel if the situation was reversed. If there was a battle that only Fari could fight and she wouldn't let me help her.
It would tear me apart.
I couldn't do that to her and I couldn't do that to Darius.
I'd been wrong to stab Hanq. I should have flown with him and we could have fought the giga-beasts together. I couldn't take that back, but I could learn from it. I could listen to Echo's words and let people help me even when that was very hard to do.
"You're both insane," I said.
"We have to have something in common with you," Fari said.
Darius just gave me a quick peck on the forehead to show that he agreed with both Fari and I.
"Let me see if I can find Vunthor then," I said.
"We should land first," Darius said.
"Yeah, if you start sprouting Void spikes that could go badly if we're this high up," Fari said.
We touched down the remains of the mountain that the giga-beasts had plowed through. In the distance they were plodding on relentlessly.
I settled down into crossed leg seated position and tried to clear my mind.
"It's not going to go badly," Fari said.
"History suggests that's a bad bet, but I'll be careful," I said.
I sank into a Void trance and felt the presence of the giga-beasts like a giant pounding drum. Barely audible over the drum was the familiar chanted rhythm of "Hate! Hate! Hate!" sung with new vigor.
I listened intently, scanning to find the source of the chant and felt a cold hand reach back for me.
Through the Void I felt his power gather and surge outwards to strike against me.
This entry was posted in Horizon of Today on November 23, 2014 by dreamfarer.


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You will become familiar with your camera and key settings for taking great family photos. We will talk about the importance of light and composition and how to capture genuine moments. We will have a field experience where each participant gets a chance to photography a child they bring to the event. We will then return to the class room and review our photographs in a group setting. Each participant will have access to a private Facebook Group where they can upload their photos for feedback and ongoing support.
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Surefire A2 Photo - A thing of beauty and wonder!
Will the Lumensfactory EO-6 Work in my SF C2?
Do you take a good flashlight with you on vacation?
Advise: 3 3.0V RCR123a or 2 17500s?
A "three banger" stack of EDC lights!
Is there a good use for junk/cr@p lights?
Any female flashaholics out there?
Not your ordinary "help me choose" thread.
how many lux = assault with flashlight?
Not helpful to "the hobby"
Survey & results: Where do you like your flashlight switch?
Has the new 5.8 watt Inova X03 come out yet?
A question for the experts.
Flashlights Review Database - update time!
Your opiinion of the Surefire C2?


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import urllib
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

def check_item(target):
	content = urllib.urlopen(target['url'])
	parser = BeautifulSoup(content)

	price_str = parser.findAll('b', {'class':'priceLarge'})[0].contents[0].strip()
	price = int(filter(lambda x: x.isdigit(), price_str))

	return {'item': target, 'price': {'str': price_str, 'int': price}}

def test():
	import yaml

	items = yaml.load(open("config.yml"))['items']

	for item in items:
		try:
			print check_item(item)
		except:
			raise

if __name__ == '__main__':
	test()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Below you fill find all funeral homes and cemeteries in or near Mexico.
Zip codes in the city: 13114.
Oswego County funeral flowers can be purchased from one of the local funeral shops we partner with.
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We've been talking about The Midas Paradox (2015), by Scott Sumner.
The primary claim of the book is that gold's value soared higher, in an unprecedented and disastrous fashion, sometime beginning around 1929.
Over the years, there have been a number of arguments that gold's value goes up and down by substantial amounts. Other people have said that gold's value is basically stable, and doesn't go up and down that much — not enough to matter very much in terms of overall economic performance.
Unfortunately, there is no definitive measure to resolve this debate. There is no perfect scientific standard of monetary value, to which we can definitively compare gold, and thus measure, in a scientific sort of way, variation in gold's market value. Over the centuries, it has been concluded, based on experience, that gold's variation in value from this perfect ideal is minor enough that gold itself can be used as a proxy of stable monetary value.
The arguments typically revolve around commodity prices. Today's Consumer Price Index, and other broad measures of "prices," compiled by large offices full of government statisticians, basically date from around 1940. People have tried to extend the "CPI" backward in time. During the 1920s and 1930s, this meant using the Bureau of Labor Research Wholesale Price Index, whose behavior is close to a raw commodities index. The point is, "prices" before 1940 or so mostly mean what we would today call commodity prices, which is very different in behavior from today's CPI.
Commodity prices go up and down, compared to gold. This could be a reflection of the supply and demand for commodities. A surplus of wheat or a shortage of copper. Or, it could represent some variation in the value of gold.
Camp 1: People who assume that the "value" of gold is the same, identical, defined as: the "purchasing power" of gold compared to some price index, typically a commodity price index. These people don't even take up the question at all, they simply avoid it from first principles. Obviously, this assumes that the "value" of a commodity index, or whatever price index is used, is, by definition, a measure of perfectly stable value, rather than something whose value might go up and down due to the supply/demand characteristics of commodities; or, on a broader basis the "aggregate supply/aggregate demand" of the economy as a whole, which is a roundabout way of saying that commodity prices (or whatever prices you are using) could go up or down because of overall economic issues not related to monetary value. Once you have made that assumption, then the natural conclusion is that gold's value goes up and down quite a lot, and is wholly responsible for all variation in your price index. These people tend to become commodity basket targeters of one flavor or another, for obvious reasons. They have been around at least since Irving Fischer's arguments around 1911.
The contemporary analog is those people who assume that the floating fiat dollar, which everyone knows is a floating currency whose value goes up and down in the forex market vs. other floating currencies, is nevertheless a perfectly stable measure of value when compared to gold; and that all variations in the nominal market price of gold represent variations in the value of gold, measured in a perfectly stable measure of value, the floating fiat dollar. The conclusion is, naturally, that "gold is very volatile." This is, I hope you agree, rather stupid; but these people are everywhere, and holding a PhD in economics does not seem to cure the condition.
Camp 2: People who take up the topic seriously, and try to tease out any evidence of significant changes in gold's value. These people admit that no ultimate definitive answer exists; and that the value of gold cannot reasonably be considered to be perfectly unchanging in value, like some known constant of physics; but, weighing all that is available, they conclude that the value of gold appears to be pretty stable, and that most of the variation in commodity prices vs. gold is related to changes in the value of commodities, not gold.
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I have been making this distinction myself since Gold: the Once and Future Money (2007), continuing a long tradition among the better Classical economists of the past 200 years.
So, as you can see, this has been around a long time. And, I am not making up anything new here.
That is about as clear a statement as you could hope for. Sumner is declaring himself a member of Camp 1 — those who assume/define the "value of money" to be its purchasing power. From this, it immediately follows that any changes in "purchasing power" i.e. prices, are wholly cased by changes in the value of money.
This is not so uncommon actually. We saw that similar thinking rather badly colored other "interpretations" of the Interwar Period.
From this, having assumed that all price changes represent changes in the value of money, and since money was linked to gold (the gold standard) and thus changes in the value of gold, we naturally must assume that changes in the value of money were due to changes in the supply/demand for gold.
Sometimes, economists just sort of let these assumptions slip out without really being aware that the hold them. Sumner, however, pretty much lays it on the table.
Sumner says: "the price level will be inversely proportional to the real value of gold, where the term 'value' refers to purchasing power." (p. 26).
Now, this might seem pretty reasonable at one level. We are just representing here that gold's value is the balance of supply and demand. Right?
(gold supply) is defined as: "the nominal monetary gold stock." (p. 27) This does not include all gold, since most gold then and now was "nonmonetary." Nevertheless, it is simple enough. Since gold coins were relatively unusual by 1930, this is almost entirely central bank gold holdings, which we know.
What does this mean? It means that, as the price level falls, but monetary gold remains unchanged, the "real gold demand" also increases. Usually, when we say "demand," we mean someone actually acquiring something. But here, "real gold demand" can go up even if nobody acquires anything. (real gold demand) can even go up when the monetary gold stock declines, if prices are declining faster. In other words, selling = buying. This is not what people generally mean by "demand" at all.
Sumner then divides (real gold demand) further, by breaking it down into (gold reserve ratio)*(real money demand). The (gold reserve ratio) is (gold reserves/monetary base). (real money demand) is: (monetary base)/(price level).
But, it does allow the introduction of some new ideas. Demand for monetary gold is related to the demand for base money, times some reserve ratio. Now we can start blaming central banks for changing reserve ratios, and also blaming the public at large for demanding more base money.
Basically, this says that, from 1926 to 1932, the price level fell at an annualized -6.18% rate; and this fall "could be explained" as an "increase in real gold demand" accounting for -10.44%, against an "increase in supply [gold stock]" of +4.27%. The "increase in real gold demand" can be further separated into an "increase in the gold reserve ratio" accounting for -3.64%, and an "increase in real monetary demand" accounting for -6.80%.
Despite the seeming precision of decimal places, none of this is based on anything in the real world. The only things that were actually measured were the nominal monetary gold stock, the price level, and the monetary base. Everything else is derived from the assumption/definition of (1/value of gold)=(price level), plus some subdivision of those terms. Whatever the nominal monetary gold stock, and whatever the monetary base might have been — it could be anything — some sort of "influence" on the price level would have been assigned anyway.
It means that any increase in the gold holdings of central banks (monetary gold) is now "central bank gold hoarding," especially if it is related to an increase in the gold reserve ratio. That's bad. That's deflationary.
Also, it means that any decrease in the gold holdings of central banks is now "private gold hoarding." That's also bad, and also deflationary.
We know it was "deflationary," because we already defined any decline in the price level as being due to an increase in the value of gold; and since this increase in the value of gold must come about by "demand," we can then call it "hoarding," because prices went down.
At other times — when "prices" were rising, we can use the inverse. A decline in central bank holdings is "dishoarding by central banks." An increase in central bank holdings is "private market dishoarding." We know it was "dishoarding," not "hoarding," because prices went up.
By now, you should be getting the sense that all of this is a big airball. There's really nothing here except the original assertion that price level = (1/value of gold), which is itself a big airball. Now, the basic premise that the value of gold might have changed by some catastrophic degree, and this might be reflected in some kind of statistic that we can see and evaluate and come to a conclusion about, is not a bad one. We can allow that possibility, even though there is no other such example in half a millennium that I am aware of. But, there is no such investigation here, in all of these hundreds of pages. There is no need for one. We assumed it away at the beginning.
From this, you can then extend to what appears to be a very precise look into the effects of "changes in the value of gold" upon the "price level." Every little wiggle in the price level can be "explained" by definition, as some sort of change in the "value of gold." And, every tiny wiggle in monetary gold — whether up or down! — can be described as "central bank hoarding," "private market hoarding," "central bank dishoarding," or "private market dishoarding," depending on what your narrative requires. We can do this because we have already determined that price level = (1/value of gold), so it doesn't really matter what the "evidence" is, because we don't need it. We already came to our conclusion on page 26. The "evidence" is just some window dressing for giggles.
Next week, we will look at some real evidence, that we can see and evaluate and come to a conclusion about. I have to do this because Sumner does not. The evidence we will look at is not in this book.


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World 'must commit to ending South Sudan war' as violence continues and hunger looms
4.6million people face hunger in war-torn South Sudan where civil war has killed thousands.
By Ludovica Iaccino
November 21, 2016 15:03 GMT
South Sudan 'on staircase to former Yugoslavia'	IBTimes UK
The humanitarian crisis in South Sudan is worsening due to the deterioration of a conflict that erupted in 2013. Latest estimates suggest at least 4.6 million people across the country are facing hunger, while hundreds of thousands keep crossing into neighbouring nations fleeing violence.
Rebel leader Riek Machar says government 'must go' after interview ban
South Sudan can achieve peace 'if Riek Machar and Salva Kiir go'
South Sudan on same staircase to break up as former Yugoslavia says former defence chief
South Sudan became the world's newest nation when it declared independence from Sudan in 2011.
However, the country descended into civil war in 2013 when President Salva Kiir, of the Dinka ethnic group, fired his deputy Riek Machar – from the Nuer group – and his cabinet.
Ethnic-related violence spread, with militia groups carrying out attacks in villages and areas known to be inhabited by either the Dinka or Nuer tribes.
An estimated 50,000 people have been killed, amid allegations of crimes against humanity committed by both sides, including rape, torture and the use of child soldiers.
Earlier this month, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned the country was witnessing an "unprecedented" level of malnutrition, which was already above the 15% "emergency" level in seven out of South Sudan's 10 states. In Unity and Northern Bahr el Ghazal states, the malnutrition level was of about 30%.
People are fleeing violence leaving their crops to rot in the fields. In addition, the heavy rainy season has made some roads inaccessible hindering food deliverance.
Many fear hunger will deepen as the conflict has now spilled into the Equatoria region, considered one of South Sudan's breadbaskets.
IBTimes UK's full interview with Machar: Peace agreement is the salvation of South Sudan
People receive food aid and other items such as soap, plastic mats and buckets from a recent ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) delivery in Minkammen, Awerial County, 16 miles south of Bor Nichole Sobecki/AFP/Getty
'There is hope in South Sudan'
"Food insecurity is not only getting larger in numbers year on year, but it is getting deeper and it is spreading to areas that were previously considered stable," Jeremiah Young, policy, advocacy and peace-building advisor at World Vision South Sudan, told IBTimes UK.
South Sudan crisis
Kiir and Machar have agreed on several peace deals, but have failed to control their troops, who have broken every ceasefire signed since 2014.
Machar, who leads the opposing faction Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), originally left South Sudan in 2013. His return, and his reinstatement as vice president in April had restored hopes for the implementation of the peace process.
However, Machar fled again following deadly fighting in July and was replaced by Taban Deng Gai.
A recent UN probe concluded its mission in South Sudan (Unmiss) failed to protect civilians in July due to "a lack of leadership on the part of key senior mission personnel".
The probe resulted in the sacking of Unmiss chief. The dismissal angered Kenya, which decided to withdraw its troops from the UN peacekeeping mission.
"The western Equatoria region has vast potential to not only provide food for the country itself, but also to be a food exporter to the region," he continued.
"The longer the insecurity remains, the less we are going to be able to develop those potential opportunities for the country to not have to always be suffering from food insecurity, relying on aids and developing as a new nation."
Young explained the South Sudanese section of the global charity is assisting civilians with holistic programmes ranging from food distribution to community capacity building.
"We do cover the whole sphere of the various types of intervention that match the vulnerability that are being experienced in South Sudan," he said.
Young added international donours and humanitarian organisations were at a crucial point in terms of the response to the crisis and called on stakeholders to "really commit themselves to South Sudan."
"There is hope and South Sudanese people express this hope," he concluded.