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When faced with competition, suddenly drug makers can produce generics
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Once in a while, I'll run across something so confusing I'm not sure who the good guys are.
Like this morning when I saw that the Food and Drug Administration has approved a generic version of the children's asthma medication Pulmicort Respules.
Turns out, the good guys producing the generic are accusing of being the bad guys ripping off a patent. But then the good guys holding the patent suddenly discover that, yes, they can manufacture a generic and still make money. Which makes me think they were being meanies all along.
Pulmicort's not a medication we use a lot — for general purposes, Flovent works fine for us, plus it's easier to administer. When Big Guy's really in the weeds like he was when wildfires hit last summer, though, we switch to Pulmicort for a few days.
Flovent also was less expensive, because my former insurance company covered it with a $25 name-brand co-pay. Pulmicort wasn't on the list bean-counters compile of medications they believe you need, so it cost $60. See? We already have managed health care — managed by accountants, that is.
The full retail price of Pulmicort, though, runs around $300 a month. (Asthma: a perfectly manageable condition if you can afford to manage it.) So in my current temporary uninsured state, I cheered the arrival of a generic.
But it's way more complicated than that.
The FDA gave approval for generic Pulmicort to Teva Pharmaceuticals, an Israeli company.
AstraZeneca, the British company that holds the patent for the brand name, has sued Teva in U.S. District Court to block the generic.
Hours after the FDA approval, AstraZeneca announced an agreement to produce its own generic, at the same time asking the judge in the patent case to block Teva's version.
Teva has played "patent, patent who's got the patent" with other medications — Allegra, Zithromax, and Singulair to name a few.
I do not condone ripping off intellectual property, if that is indeed what Teva is doing. The company's argument, loosely translated, appears to be "we're not using your recipe; we're just using similar ingredients."
In some cases, such as one involving Abbott's cholesterol drug Tricor, Teva has sued in turn, claiming the big manufacturers are violating antitrust laws and frustrating efforts to bring cheaper generics to market.
The legalities are for judges to decide. Let me just say this, though, and I hope the crowd that defends drug patents with the half life of plutonium is listening.
In the cases of Zithromax, Allergra and now Pulmicort the original patent-holders put generics into production quickly after Teva won approval for generics.
If AstraZeneca can produce generic Pulmicort today without causing the company to collapse, then it could have done so yesterday. Or last week. Or last year. And more parents would have been able to afford wheeze-free days for their kids.
Anyone else feel a gouging pain in the vicinity of the wallet?
Jennifer Vetter said:
Thank you! I've been complaining to my daughter's Dr about the cost of these meds. We pay a $45 co pay for a box of Pulmicort Respules. Once the foil package is opened, all the respules must be used within two weeks, or thrown away. My daughter only needs the med occasionally, so we end up tossing most of it. It's such a waste. I'll be keeping my eyes open for generic versions of Xopenex too!
- 19 November 2008 at 3:35 pm
PLUS even the unopened Pulmicort expires quickly. I just checked the boxes I bought in late June and they died last month. Which makes me think of using words I don't say in front of the guys. I can't wait for the generic to go into production.
Ay, Xopenex my insurance bean counters would never approve, even though my pediatrician put in calls and begged them because it's a far superior medication. It was $100 a week. It rapidly reached to the point of not affordable, so I put him back on albuterol. That's a special kind of joy when you're dealing with a 2-year-old who's already a wee bit on the temperamental side.
Meanwhile, I have to figure out a better way to track this issue. I had no idea Singulair was going into generic production, and that's another regular for us.


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NEWTOWN, Conn. — The National Shooting Sports Foundation® (NSSF®), the firearms industry trade association, is pleased to announce that it has awarded its Five-Star rating for range excellence to Firearms Range & Clothing of Baton Rouge.
This modern, climate-controlled indoor shooting facility, located in the southern Louisiana city of Baton Rouge, is open seven days a week and features seven shooting lanes backed by an impressive 5,000 square-foot retail space. A robust rental gun program is the foundation for the range's "try before you buy" approach to sales, and a multi-tiered membership program offers something for every budget. In addition, the range offers a variety of training programs from first-time firearms owner safety introductions and concealed carry classes, to advanced force-on-force training in their 15,000 square foot shoot house, personal protection in the home, wound trauma training and even firearms history classes.
"We were very impressed with this facility, which made a mark in the Baton Rouge shooting community with an intelligent design that allowed it to thrive among other range/retailers with more established footprints," said Zach Snow, NSSF Director, Range Services. "It was a very smart way to stand out in a competitive market, and it paid off. Thanks to its outstanding reputation, especially for its well-thought-out educational offerings, FRC is now in the process of a carefully tailored expansion of both its shooting range and its retail facility to meet demand."
"FRC Range sets the bar very high for the management and staff, and customer service is their top priority," said John Hanchey, FRC's General Manager. "Shooters visiting FRC will find that they are strangers only once. We do our absolute best to foster a sense of community here, and our staff members work very hard to get to know our customers and their individual needs. We genuinely care about the people that shoot with us, and it shows."
NSSF's highly respected Star-Rating Range Program works to encourage ranges of all sizes and locations to excel. Applying for rating requires answering a comprehensive questionnaire and business owner self-evaluation of the facilities, staff, community outreach and other criteria. Ranges that appear to meet the criteria for Four- or Five-Star rating receive an on-site evaluation by NSSF staff. NSSF Member ranges that meet a Three-Star rating are recognized for being a part of the Star-Rating range family and are provided guidance to improve their facilities and achieve the higher two ratings. For more information, including instructions on how to apply for NSSF's Star-Rating Range Program, contact Zach Snow at zsnow@nssf.org.
About NSSF
The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of more than 11,000 manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen's organizations and publishers. For more information, visit nssf.org.
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A better alternative just around the block?
Everyone knows how it feels to discover that they have made a really big mistake. The stomach drops. How could this have happened? Then, amid the incomprehension and anguish, you begin to think desperately about whether it can be undone.
Rectification is available in a tax context, where mistakes can be very big and costly indeed, when something has been done by the parties which did not reflect their intention and/or have the desired tax effect. It is a particularly powerful remedy, as it can effectively undo the mistake and the related tax consequences with retrospective effect. But it is also a closely guarded one. As one of a number of equitable remedy, it is the province of the High Court, where even a straightforward and uncontested application can seem beyond the means of many taxpayers.
No wonder, then, that the prospect of essentially gaining the same remedy in a tax appeal before the First-Tier Tribunal ("FTT") seems particularly appealing. There are indications in past judgments which suggest that the FTT may have jurisdiction to determine a taxpayer's tax position on the basis that the High Court would have granted such an equitable remedy (even though it is accepted that the FTT cannot itself actually grant the remedy). As a result, there is much to interest in the recent decision in Fashion on the Block Ltd v HMRC [2021] UKFTT 306 (TC).
The facts of the case were, it is fair to say, pretty exasperating. Fashion on the Block is a nascent start-up which runs an app called "Little Black Door". The idea is that users keep records of their purchases of clothes and items and use the app to trade or loan them to others to avoid waste. In the hope of raising money to commercialise this venture, its founder sought to raise seed capital. In order to make the shares attractive to potential investors, the company sought to make sure that these investors would be able to benefit from the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme ("SEIS") under Part 5A of the Income Tax Act 2007.
The company duly applied for SEIS advanced authorisation from HMRC. It was not long, however, before confusion became apparent between SEIS and the similarly named and related Enterprise Investment Scheme ("EIS"). HMRC responded to the company's application by giving advance assurance for both SEIS and EIS. The next step was for the company to complete and send HMRC a "compliance statement" once the relevant shares had been issued. Although it was always apparent that the company was applying for SEIS, it accidentally downloaded and submitted Form EIS1 (the compliance statement for EIS) rather than Form SEIS1 (the compliance statement for SEIS). There was, in fact, very little difference between the two forms in practice. The vast majority of the information required for Form SEIS1 was included (or could be inferred) from the information included on Form EIS1. If the right form had been completed and submitted, there was also no dispute that the company's shares would have been eligible for SEIS. As it had received form EIS1, HMRC responded by issuing form EIS2 authorising the company to issue certificates to investors entitling them to claim EIS relief. The mistake was realised almost immediately and the key issue, therefore, was whether anything could be done to remedy it.
HMRC refused to exercise its statutory discretion in the taxpayer's favour. It insisted, in effect, that the two forms were materially different and that it was bound to conclude that SEIS was not available because Fashion on the Block was technically party to a prior EIS investment due to the submission of Form EIS1 and could no longer be a 'qualifying company' for SEIS. While this seems like a very literal interpretation of the rules, it does reflect HMRC's general approach to SEIS, EIS, and similar reliefs, where a very strict approach is typically applied to determining whether the relevant conditions are satisfied.
This raised two issues for the FTT. Could a pro forma document like Form EIS1 actually be rectified in the way the taxpayer urged, and, more urgently, did the FTT have any jurisdiction to consider this anyway?
Lobler and 'Incidental' Rectification
As mentioned above, the default position is that any remedy arising from an equitable doctrine can only be granted by the High Court. This is not an entirely immutable rule, however. Proudman J in the Upper Tribunal ("UT") stated in Lobler v HMRC [2015] UKUT 152 (TCC) that:
'although the FTT did not itself have powers to order rectification, it could determine that if rectification would be granted by a court who does have jurisdiction to grant it, Mr Lobler's tax positions would follow as if such rectification had been granted.'
Lobler was, of course, an exceptional case in many ways. It concerned a taxpayer who had, unwittingly, ticked the wrong box when withdrawing funds from a life assurance policy. By operation of the part-surrender rules, he was left facing a tax bill in excess of 700% in what, the FTT openly conceded, was an 'outrageously unfair result'.
In order to reach the obviously desirable conclusion, Proudman J pointed to the fact that it was long-established that the FTT could take into account the availability of specific performance without any suggestion that 'the appellant must go to court and actually obtain the remedy of specific performance'. After all, the maxim is that equity regards as done that which ought to be done. In essence, she allowed Mr Lobler's tax position to be determined in a tax appeal before the FTT by considering whether rectification would be available on the facts.
Subsequent Cases
As UT authority, Lobler was relied upon heavily in Hymanson v HMRC [2018] UKFTT 667 (TC) in the context of the equitable remedy of rescission (setting aside) on grounds of mistake. The case concerned a builder who had forfeited his fixed protection by inadvertently continuing to make small payments into a registered pension scheme. In his appeal before the FTT, among other things the taxpayer argued that the offending payments could be set aside on grounds of mistake and this fact should be used to determine his tax position. It was submitted in its statement of case that "HMRC do not consider that the FTT is an appropriate forum for consideration of mistake-based arguments" and explicitly suggested that Lobler had been wrongly decided. The FTT, nonetheless, sided with the taxpayer and determined that 'Mr Hymanson would be entitled to rescission if he was to take his case to the High Court and that his tax position should therefore be determined as if the remedy had been granted.' It is understood that HMRC appealed but the matter never reached the UT because the High Court did, in fact, order rescission on the basis of separate claim by the taxpayer.
HMRC continue, however, to strongly resist the idea that the FTT has any jurisdiction to hear such arguments on the applicability of equitable remedies. Tribunal Judge McNall heard submissions to this effect as part of the procedural hearing in Wesley and others v HMRC [2019] UKFTT 259 (TC) and set out his reflections on the issue:
'On the face of it, the issue of jurisdiction per se is a binary 'bright line' issue. It is not a matter of discretion. I am reminded that the Tribunal, and its judiciary, are creatures of statute, and, unlike the High Court, there is no 'inherent' jurisdiction. Hence, and as a matter of positive law, this Tribunal cannot choose whether or not it has jurisdiction - it either has jurisdiction to decide a matter or it does not. Jurisdiction cannot be conferred by consent, or (for that matter) a misunderstanding or a mistake (whether unilateral or shared) as to the scope of its jurisdiction. However, this to some degree obscures the (perhaps different) question as whether the Tribunal's jurisdiction (even though flowing from statute) is protean—in the sense that it can nonetheless develop and lend itself to newly-emerging scenarios.'
This raises more abstract issues around the nature of the FTT, also perhaps relevant to its much disputed public law jurisdiction, which have far-reaching implications but are yet to be resolved satisfactorily. HMRC, it would seem, have taken a clear contrary position.
Fashioning a Remedy
This brings us back to Fashion on the Block. On hearing arguments from the parties, neither of which was represented by Counsel, the FTT concluded that it was necessary to take a 'realistic' view of the facts when applying tax statutes under the rule in Barclays Mercantile Business Finance Ltd v Mawson [2004] UKHL 51 and, effectively, applied a 'reverse' Ramsay doctrine in the taxpayer's favour. As a result, it determined that the taxpayer had not in any realistic sense become party to a prior risk capital scheme investment simply by completing Form EIS1 and that SEIS, accordingly, remained available.
The FTT did, however, proceed to address the issue of rectification and concluded 'on the alternative basis' that it would indeed be available. In many ways, it skated over the issue of jurisdiction altogether with little more than a nod to the principles 'clearly explained' in Lobler. It concluded that it would also be possible to rectify Form EIS1 which provided 'nearly all the information required by the SEIS legislation' and that it was possible easily to identify the omissions. In reaching this conclusion, the FTT's reasoning was rather curious and there is some doubt whether it correctly applied the test for rectification. In particular, it gave little focus to what the specific intentions of the taxpayer had been at the time (as is required for rectification), beyond a general intention to fill out Form SEIS1. Indeed, it might also be argued that the FTT skated a little too quickly over some of the practical considerations about the form of rectification that was actually required. These points would no doubt be explored further on any appeal – although it is unclear at the time of writing whether the case will proceed further.
As a basic point, this case is a reminder that when faced with an unexpected tax liability, taxpayers should always consider whether some form of equitable remedy might be available to relieve or mitigate it. Rectification was in point in Fashion on the Block, but in recent years we have also seen an increasing number of cases where transactions leading to adverse tax consequences have been set aside on grounds of mistake.
On one view, it is encouraging to see the FTT reaffirming that it has jurisdiction to consider the availability of rectification in spite of sustained pressure from HMRC. For now, it seems that there is still life left in the Lobler principle—in at least the most egregious of cases. However, it is clear that HMRC have not yet accepted the jurisdiction position. When faced with an argument on equitable remedies in the FTT, they will likely seek to challenge both the availability of the remedy itself and the issue of jurisdiction. They may well also seek to appeal any successful decision to the UT and, potentially, even beyond. It remains to be seen how a higher court will approach the jurisdiction issue in a case less extreme than Lobler. By contrast, in our experience HMRC often do not seek to oppose (or even participate in) rectification or mistake applications in the High Court which do not arise from failed avoidance schemes. This will create a dilemma for many taxpayers considering their options.
From a practical perspective, we consider that many taxpayers will find it safer and less costly to proceed directly to the High Court rather than becoming embroiled in appeals which may conclude with the determination that such an application is, in any case, necessary. Contrary to assumptions, the FTT will not always be the best option.
This article was first published in HMRC EIP e-magazine.
Hugh Gunson
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Posted by: Jeff Huth
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The Wisdom of the Conservatives
I don't have much time for either of the main UK political parties (or many of the others, come to that), but I must give some kudos to the Tories for latching onto an ironic weakness of Labour: its authoritarian hatred of openness. And here the former are at it again, showing the UK government how it should be done:
The Conservatives are today announcing a competition, with a £1million prize, for the best new technology platform that helps people come together to solve the problems that matter to them – whether that's tackling government waste, designing a local planning strategy, finding the best school or avoiding roadworks.
This online platform will then be used by a future Conservative government to throw open the policy making process to the public, and harness the wisdom of the crowd so that the public can collaborate to improve government policy. For example, a Conservative government would publish all government Green Papers on this platform, so that everyone can have their say on government policies, and feed in their ideas to make them better.
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That said, the following is a bit cheeky:
Harnessing the wisdom of the crowd in this way is a fundamentally Conservative approach, based on the insight that using dispersed information, such as that contained within a market, often leads to better outcomes than centralised and closed systems.
Tories as bastions of the bottom-up approach? Stalin would have been proud of that bit of historical revisionism.
The only remaining question (other than whether the Conservatives will win the forthcoming UK General Election) is whether the software thus produced will be released under an open source licence. I presume so, since this would also be "a fundamentally Conservative approach"....
Labels: conservatives, crowdsourcing, labour, wisdom of crowds
The Mad Hatter said...
Maggie Thatcher and Winston Churchill would be shocked. Shocked I tell you.
Now if we could just get them to convince the Conservative Party of Canada to try the same thing...
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BANDA: A 40-year-old woman in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district has accused her husband of expelling her from the house along with her six daughters for allegedly giving birth to only girls, police said on Tuesday.
Banda Superintendent of Police Ganesh Prasad Saha said, "The matter pertains to Korrahi village under Bisanda police station area."
Accompanied by her six daughters, Shahjahan met the SP at his office on Monday alleging that her husband Lukman had expelled her from the house for giving birth to only girls.
The youngest daughter is about two-years-old while the eldest is in the age group of 14-15, Saha said.
The woman also accused her husband and brother-in-law of injuring her with a knife, the SP said.
Shahjahan also alleged her husband was trying to divorce her and marry another woman, he said.
Saha said, "Police officials have been directed to immediately arrest the accused."
BANDA: A 40-year-old woman in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district has accused her husband of expelling her from the house along with her six daughters for allegedly giving birth to only girls, police said on Tuesday. A case was registered against the husband and his elder brother under various sections of the IPC, police said, adding that efforts are on to arrest the siblings who are absconding. Banda Superintendent of Police Ganesh Prasad Saha said, "The matter pertains to Korrahi village under Bisanda police station area." Accompanied by her six daughters, Shahjahan met the SP at his office on Monday alleging that her husband Lukman had expelled her from the house for giving birth to only girls. The youngest daughter is about two-years-old while the eldest is in the age group of 14-15, Saha said. The woman also accused her husband and brother-in-law of injuring her with a knife, the SP said. Shahjahan also alleged her husband was trying to divorce her and marry another woman, he said. Saha said, "Police officials have been directed to immediately arrest the accused."
Uttar Pradesh Police


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Spray Grounds and Fountains
Fountain and Spray Ground Updates
The City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department manages several spray grounds and fountains that are available in the summer months (generally Memorial Day to Labor Day).
When the outside temperatures are not expected to reach above 65 degrees, sites may close for the day. Operations are expected to resume when the hot temperatures return. If in doubt, please contact the site prior to going for some water fun!
Uncle Wilber Fountain at Acacia Park
Located downtown in Acacia Park at the corner of Tejon and Bijou streets 80903
Opening day for 2022 season: Saturday, May 28, weather pending
Daily hours of operation: Noon-6 p.m.
Please note, fountain sessions are 12-2 p.m., 2:30-4:30 p.m., and 5-6 p.m. Also, be aware that there is construction in Acacia Park this summer adjacent to Uncle Wilber Fountain as crews build a new play area. The existing playground equipment has been removed. The new play area is expected to reopen this fall.
Julie Penrose Fountain at America the Beautiful Park
Located downtown in America the Beautiful Park on Cimino Drive, directly across from the new Park Union Pedestrian Bridge
Daily hours of operation: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Please note, fountain sessions are 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 1:30-3:30 p.m., and 4-5 p.m.
Deerfield Hills Spray Ground at Deerfield Hills Community Center
Located adjacent to the Deerfield Hills Community Center in southeast Colorado Springs.
Back to School Hours beginning August 8-September 4
Daily hours of operation: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 10 am- 5 pm
Please note, spray ground sessions are 10-11 a.m., 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1-2 p.m.; 2:30-3:30 p.m.; and 4-5 p.m
The Spray Ground is open for the last day of the season Labor Day (Sept. 5) from 10 am – 5 pm
The spray ground includes 16 different water spray features containing over 50 individual spray nozzles and various features including Bell Trios, Foaming Geysers, Ground Geysers, Soak Stations, Water Jellys, Water Quests, Water Trios and a Water Wall!
Admission is free (donations gladly accepted on-site).
Spray Ground Tips
Food is allowed in designated areas only.
No glass containers in the spray ground area.
For participants wearing diapers, plastic pants must be worn over the diapers (this includes swim diapers).
Avoid bringing valuables. The spray ground does not have lockers for your belongings. DHCC is not responsible for any lost or stolen items.
All park property is designated non-smoking (to include electronic devices, marijuana, tobacco) as defined by City Ordinance #17-7 (6.6.201, 6.6.202, 6.6.203)
All alcoholic beverages are prohibited in city parks, Ordinance No. 21-9-410.
Groups of 12 or more need to complete a reservation agreement for weekday use.
The site will close for inclement weather.
Parking is limited.
No pets, please.
Want to host a party at the spray ground?
Parties can be arranged at the spray ground on Saturdays and Sundays at 10-11 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. from June 1-Sept. 4.
Cost: $35/hour, includes party pavilion with one table, plus 10 invitations and 10 goodie bags
Private Rental: after-hours only, upon availability. Contact the community center for details at 719-385-5996.
Party Tips:
· The spray ground is open for public use during regular (non-private) birthday party rentals.
· Additional tables in the general pavilion are on a first-come, first-served basis with a limit of one per group.
(719) 385-5996 or deerfield@coloradosprings.gov
The Water Hole at Venezia Park
Located in northeast Colorado Springs at John Venezia Community Park
Please note, sessions are 10 a.m.-noon, 12:30-2:30 p.m., 3-4:30 p.m. and 5-6 p.m.
Follow us on Facebook & Twitter @COSFountains for up to date closure, maintenance, and weather delay information.
Report a maintenance issue at fountains@coloradosprings.gov.This email is for maintenance issues only and is not monitored for other questions or concerns.
Questions? Call 719-385-5940 x 9
Lightning Safety Procedures
Lightning can occur with or without rain. Parks staff follow the "30/30" rule. This means when there is less than 30 seconds between lightning and the resulting thunder, fountains and spray grounds are turned off. They are turned back on 30 minutes after the last time thunder is heard. The same counting method will be used for hearing Bang to Bang or seeing Flash to Flash. Under 30 seconds, patrons should seek immediate shelter in a safe location until operations resume.


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namespace Spring.Util
{
    ///
    /// General utility methods for working with annotations
    ///
    public class AttributeUtils
    {
        ///
        /// Find a single Attribute of the type 'attributeType' from the supplied class,
        /// traversing it interfaces and super classes if no attribute can be found on the
        /// class iteslf.
        ///
        /// <remarks>
        /// This method explicitly handles class-level attributes which are not declared as
        /// inherited as well as attributes on interfaces.
        /// </remarks>
        /// <param name="type">The class to look for attributes on .</param>
        /// <param name="attributeType">Type of the attribibute to look for.</param>
        /// <returns>the attribute of the given type found, or null</returns>
        public static Attribute FindAttribute(Type type, Type attributeType)
        {
            Attribute[] attributes = Attribute.GetCustomAttributes(type, attributeType, false);  // we will traverse hierarchy ourselves.
            if (attributes.Length > 0)
            {
                return attributes[0];
            }
            foreach (Type interfaceType in type.GetInterfaces())
            {
                Attribute attrib = FindAttribute(interfaceType, attributeType);
                if (attrib != null)
                {
                    return attrib;
                }
            }
            if (type.BaseType == null)
            {
                return null;
            }
            return FindAttribute(type.BaseType, attributeType);
        }

        ///
        /// Get all attribute properties with values for a specific attribute type
        ///
        /// <param name="attribute">attribute to check against</param>
        /// <returns>collection of all properties with values</returns>
        public static IDictionary<string, object> GetAttributeProperties(Attribute attribute)
        {
            Type attributeType = attribute.GetType();
            IDictionary<string, object> attributes = new Dictionary<string, object>();
            foreach(var property in attributeType.GetProperties())
            {
                object value = property.GetValue(attribute, null);
                attributes.Add(property.Name, value);
            }
            return attributes;
        }

        ///
        /// Get the default name value of an attribute and a specific property
        ///
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        /// <param name="propertyName">property to get the default value</param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static object GetDefaultValue(Attribute attribute, string propertyName)
        {
            Type attributeType = attribute.GetType();
            try
            {
                var property = attributeType.GetProperty(propertyName);
                if (property == null)
                    return null;
                var instance = Activator.CreateInstance(attributeType);

                return property.GetValue(instance, null);
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                return null;
            }
        }
    }
}

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No training today, but a little thumbs up to myself: I am in double figures again. After quite the stint in treble figures, I got my first goal ticked. When I started this whole training thingy, I was close to 102 kilograms. A BMI of 36.4. Extremely obese. Not healthy. At risk of heart disease, diabetes, wonky knees, hips and other assorted problems.
I am still extremely obese. Still not on the healthy part of the scale. Still at risk of heart disease, diabetes, wonky knees, hips and other assorted problems. However, my weight has gone down to 99,9 kilograms. I know, it's only the tiniest bit below the 100, but it is below!! My BMI has gone down to 35.8.
My next goal, weight wise? 95 kilograms. Which would get me out of the dark red zone and into the light red zone. Still obese, but only severely instead of extremely. I will do this!!!
Oh, and the photo above? Taken in the summer of 1991. I was definitely in the green zone then.
Way to go....keep it up! I remember when I looked like your photo back in the 70's!


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Fuzzy Logic Augmentation of Neural and Optimization Algorithms: Theoretical Aspects and Real Applications
Fuzzy Logic Augmentation of Neural and Optimization Algorithms: Theoretical Aspects and Real Applications pp 255-273 | Cite as
Fuzzy Logic in Recommender Systems
Amita Jain
Charu Gupta
Part of the Studies in Computational Intelligence book series (SCI, volume 749)
A recommender system studies the past behaviour of a user and recommends relevant and accurate items for the user from a large pool of information. For user 'u' a recommender system filters relevant and accurate information by finding items which are similar to the target items (items searched by user) and by finding (other) similar users which co-relate to the user 'u' interests and needs. For exhibiting this filtration, a recommender system uses the features of the items and maintains user profile which contains his past purchases, his buying pattern. These features and user profile imprecise, uncertainty and vague thus should be analysed carefully for optimal prediction. Fuzzy logic has been extensively used in the design of a recommender system to handle the uncertainty, impreciseness and vagueness in item features and user's behaviour. In this chapter, the use of fuzzy logic in recommender system as well as the analytical framework for analysis of the design of a recommendation system is discussed. It also presents the analysis of the growth of fuzzy logic in recommender system and its applications.
Collaborative filtering Content based filtering Dimensions of recommender system Fuzzy logic Recommender system
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What is it like to work at Ubisoft?
You get very less appraisals compared to current market statistics and also career growth is zero. I worked for 2 years and still, salary is a big problem in Ubisoft.
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package io.apiman.gateway.platforms.vertx3.io;

import io.apiman.gateway.engine.beans.ServiceRequest;
import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.DataObject;
import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.UUID;

/**
 * Wrapped {@link ServiceRequest} with Vertx specific converters
 *
 * @author Marc Savy {@literal <msavy@redhat.com>}
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@DataObject(generateConverter = true, inheritConverter = true)
public class VertxServiceRequest extends ServiceRequest {

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4847852261198092180L;

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    public VertxServiceRequest(ServiceRequest copy) {
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        final int maxLen = 10;
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Cedar lined cigar desktop humidor for 50 cigars. The elegant handcrafted honeycomb design on the top lid. Includes hygrometer and humidifier. desktop humidor inner dimension:25. 3 x 20. 3 x 7. 3 cm desktop leather cedar cigar humidor - handcrafted.
Cedar lined handcrafted humidors case for 50 cigar_s with elegant design on the lid. Includes hygrometer and humidifier. Inner dimension:25. 3 x 20. 3 x 7. 3 cm desktop leather cedar ciga_r humidor - handcrafted.


A simple embroidered crown symbolized nobility in Europe. It can be accompanied by letters or more sophisticated adornments such as a coat of arms or the family's motto. The United Kingdom had a very precise set of rules pertaining to crowns and coronets for the lower ranks of peerage. In continental Europe there are many different traditions.
Ducal crown with "fleur de lys" ( symbol of the French monarchy) used to monogram a comte de Paris tablecloth. End of 19th century.
Ducal crown and double monogram LP for Louis Philippe d'Orl�ans, first comte de Paris.
Spectacular embroidered comtal crown and coat of arms with two lions and three cathedral towers!!
Marquis' crown hold up by two angels. Above the crown, the motto " Godefidus atavis dedit" is finely embroidered.
Comtal crown, coat of arms with two lions one upright and one lying down. Two embroidered mottos: " Potentia et virtute" ( power and courrage) and " an plus dru"
Embroidered marquis' crown with a quadruple monogram MPPS adorned by large fleurs de lys. Second half 19th century.
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Poetry Slam In Chicago
Originally from Chicago, she graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's degree in African-American studies and gender/women's studies. In the Windy City, she'd.
Spokane Poetry Slam is sending another team to the National Poetry Slam! This year Nationals is in Chicago and we are so excited to have our team travel across the country to represent the Lilac City. We are going to be fundraising all summer long through events and showcases, but we understand that we have supporters near and far.
Noname's Room 25 tour is the best poetry slam you'll ever attend. Born Fatimah Warner, the Chicago artist got her start in rap music as a famous local slam poet following a childhood fascination with.
American poet Marc Smith is credited with originating slam poetry in Chicago in the mid-1980s, according www.powerpoetry.org. With the rise in slam poetry, there comes an increase in the number of.
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Smith's poetry has been featured in Hammer's Magazine, Chicago Magazine, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Poetry Slam, an anthology, Aloud! Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which won the 1994 American Book Award, and The United States of Poetry, a publication that accompanied the PBS television series.
Case in point: she's in a group chat with her competitors, the four other regional youth poets laureate, hailing from Chicago, Nashville, Houston and Baltimore. As she learned at her first slam, "the.
Poetry (the term derives from a variant of the Greek term, poiesis, "making") is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, the prosaic ostensible meaning. Poetry has a very long history, dating back to prehistorical times with the creation of hunting.
November 1984 — Marc Smith holds the world's first poetry slam in Chicago's Get Me High Lounge. that continuously provide financial support for these events. Slam poetry is very different from.
Poetry Vs. Prose Oct 9, 2013. In a specific comparison between poetry and prose, the team found evidence that poetry activates brain areas, such as the posterior cingulate. Poetry is difficult to define, but there's one characteristic that most poems share – figurative language. In this lesson, you'll learn how to identify and draw inferences from figurative language.
A poetry slam is a competition in which poets of all ages perform spoken word poetry.Poetry slams began in Chicago in 1984 with its first competition designed to move poetry recitals from academia to a popular audience when American poet Marc Smith began experimenting with existing open microphone venues for poetry readings by making them competitive.
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CHICAGO — Four teens from Uptown and West Humboldt Park brought one of the biggest stories in Chicago front and center at a youth poetry slam in Atlanta this summer. "Recently, Chicago passed the.
Following slam poetry camp, she realized that she wanted to do more. Baird started participating in Young Chicago Authors before entering the adult poetry slam scene. Then she found Lethal Poetry,
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"We walked around the full book fair, screaming, `If you want to see a poetry slam, come with us!'" said Derrig, 19, of Chicago. "People followed; they came and listened." No one was "fighting over.
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Mar 22, 2017 · Interested in using slam poetry examples in your classroom, but not sure which poem would best? I've got you. Slam poetry is a little bit of an obsession of mine, and as a teacher that has taught grades 6-12 ELA, I'm always scrolling through slam poems to find ones that are both inspiring, awesome, and appropriate for the age group.
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Chicago Slam Works has decided to close its doors but two of our most important initiatives still live on through one of our staff members, Mojdeh Stoakley! She transitioned all of our education programs to the Poetry Center of Chicago as their new Education Director and she is the new Host City Director for the 2018 National Poetry Slam!
CHICAGO — Award-winning performance poet Dr. Groove chats about the poetry scene in Chicago and he puts Val and Ryan through boot camp to test their rhyming skills in honor of National Poetry Month.
What is Slam Poetry? Slamming is competitive poetry; where the emphasis is on 'good writing', 'good performance' and 'warmth of audience response'.
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"Most young people discover slam poetry through YouTube," said SOL member Virginia Marshall '15. "But it started as an art form in Chicago in 1985." "I was lucky enough to be introduced to spoken word.
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Poetry Jam Near Me Biography Currently. I live in Harrow with my wife, Katherine, and our two daughters Maia and Hannah. I teach poetry at Brunel University London and I am Poet in Residence for Radio 4 and 4 Extra. Spider-Man is my main jam since childhood. You are subject to me in the way a wall/ is subject
Video: Chicago Tap Theatre's Mark Yonally with Marc Smith, 2013 Inspiration Award Honoree March 28, 2013 – 11:54 am Mark Yonally of Chicago Tap Theatre performs with Marc Smith, creator of the Poetry Slam and CTT's 2013 Inspiration Award Honoree at Merit School of Music, Gottlieb Hall
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Early on, she was the winner of the 1998 Lambda Poetry Slam, the 1998 and 2000 Slam This, and WORD: The First Slam for Television. She also took the American Amazon Slam title in Aarhus, Denmark in.
Apr 29, 2019 · Cortez, Eveny, Sonny, and Maria are the a group of students at Hancock College Prep who are part of the Slam Poetry Team. To educate their community about sexual assault, they wrote and performed.
"Louder Than a Bomb," a documentary about four Chicago-area high school teams preparing for the world's largest youth poetry slam competition, motivated Buchanan to start writing slam poetry after he.
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The United Nations Country Team (UNCT) in Lao PDR, consisting of all the UN specialised Agencies, Funds and Programmes serving the country, together with the World Bank, supports the localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Lao PDR's national development targets through sustainable and equitable socio-economic development. The UNCT works as one to help the Government and people of Lao PDR fight poverty by ensuring a rights-based approach to development, supporting the sustainable use of natural resources and preservation of cultural heritage, and promoting human rights, gender equality and good governance. The UN focuses its assistance on the most vulnerable and poor, in particular women, children and youth.
In support of the 18 national development goals, the UNCT collaborates with the Government and the broader development community, including civil society and private sector. The work of the UN in Lao PDR is guided by the Lao PDR – United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework.
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Sustainable Development. With nearly 60% national planning indicators linked to SDG indicators, Lao PDR presented its first Voluntary National Review on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in 2018. In 2016, Lao PDR adopted its national SDG18 on 'Lives Safe from UXO'.
Decent Livelihoods. Lao PDR is investing in decreasing poverty and improving opportunities for employment. In 2018, the UN declared Lao PDR eligible to graduate from the Least Developed Country status as the country met the criteria of human assets and GNI per capita.
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Народжений двічі () — фільм 2013 року, продюсером якого виступив Серджіо Кастеллітто. Знятий за однойменним романом Маргарет Мадзантіні.

В ролях
 Пенелопа Крус — Джемма
 Еміль Гірш — Дієго
 Саадет Аксой — Аска
 Міра Фурлан — Веліда
 Джейн Біркін — психолог
 Серджіо Кастеллітто — Джуліано
 Бранко Дуріч — лікар
 Аднан Гасковіц — Гойко
 Ізабель Адріані — журналіст
 Луна Мийович — Данко

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Джемма (Пенелопа Крус)відвідує Сараєво зі своїм сином, Пєтро (Пєтро Кастеллітто). Вони двоє утекли з міста шістнадцять років тому, тоді як батько хлопця, Дієго (Еміль Хірш), залишився і потім помер під час Боснійської війни. Стараючись налагодити свої відносини із Пєтро, Джемма, через одкровення, змушена стикнутись із втратою, ціною війни та спокутувальною силою любові.

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A speed camera warning sign seen in Woking — or should that be ?
Let's hope the clowns responsible for this, installed the speed cameras with the same degree of competence.
Surrey County Council has acknowledged the prime importance of the counties roads by establishing a new dedicated service to look after them. The Surrey Highway Service.
The announcements was contained in a comprehensive report outlining the county's plane for 2007-8. The plan details how more than £52 million will be spent on the highways over the coming year.
Potholes and other road defects, will see over £15 million spent on them as part of the overall maintenance programme. A further £1.4 million will be allocated to footpath improvements.
In another move to improving response is the introduction of Community Highway Officers who will work alongside county councillors, parish councils, residents associations and members of the public to identify what needs doing and increase the capacity to get it done.
In addition to the above, and thanks to a donation from the High Sheriff of Surrey, Mr Adrian White, a major initiative will see around 100 locations benefiting from Vehicle Activated Signs. Andy Roberts, the county councils Strategic Director with responsibility for transportation, said, it is known that these signs are a successful means of ensuring road safety, they are popular, less intrusive than physical obstacles like road humps and rely on reminding drivers about the speed limits rather than prosecuting them.
All in all, its good news, road accidents down and more money being spent on the roads. No doubt we will see some less favourable news for motorists during the coming months but at least we seem to be getting off to a good start.
The ABD has obtained statistics from Surrey County Council for the twenty speed cameras in the county for which information has been recorded.
Countywide there was just one fatality over all the camera sites in the four years prior to camera installation. In the four years following installation also, only one fatality was recorded at camera sites countywide.
Only fifteen serious injuries occured over all twenty sites prior to installation, falling to nine afterwards.
This clearly demonstrates that Surrey are placing their cameras on roads where there are not serious problems, some sites had no serious injuries, only one had a fatality, very few had more than one serious injury.
The fall from 15 to 9 in serious injuries over an eight year period, apart from being a drop in the ocean compared to the 4800 seriously injured during that period, cannot be attributed to cameras alone. The most successful cameras were introduced together with other measures (road engineering, adjusted limits etc) and improved car safety features would have been influential.
Some of Surrey's cameras recorded an increase in serious injuries and there was a fatality where one had not occurred before, others recorded no improvement yet they are all still flashing away, raking in cash and removing driver's livelihoods, many deliberately hidden by trees and signs.
Surrey is one of the few police forces which has not joined the government's cash for cameras scam — because their own research shows that cameras cause more accidents than they prevent (Daily Telegraph 25 Sep 2002).
On 24th February 2003 Surrey County Council closed the B2038 Pixham Lane to through traffic (except Buses & emergency vehicles) based on pressure from a few influential local residents and the support of a Liberal Democrat County Councillor.
Since the closure of this road and the narrowing of access to a main arterial roundabout at the junction of the A24 and A25, total gridlock now blights Dorking at peak times. Queues now form for many miles north on the A24 and east on the A25 as traffic is forced to use the truncated roundabout.
There have been an estimated 500–1000 letters of protest to the local highways manager Mr Archer Reeves and the local paper has had to increase its letters page to two broadsheet sized pages to accommodate the public furore that has ensued.
This 'experimental' closure of the B2038 has cost between £40,000 (SCC published figure) and £59,000 (SCC internal figure) to install, with the rising bollard regularly malfunctioning and causing confusion to road users.
1. Why the initial consultation was limited to a few residents, rather than the town as a whole via the Town Forum etc?
2. Why a Liberal Democrat Councillor was so instrumental in seeking for this legitimate B road to be closed.
3. Why the three month experimental period was extended to 12 months with no further consultation.
4. Why the unprecedented public outrage over the closure has largely been ignored and dismissed as 'trivial' by the transport manager.
5. Why an alleged £59,000 of public money was spend on an experiment, that even out the outset was considered flawed.
6. Why Officers are now recommending a peak time opening of the road which negates any reasons they had in closing it originally.
Un-Jam Dorking represents: West Street Association, Dorking Traders Association, Dorking Chamber of Commerce, South Street Traders, Federation of Small Businesses, Dorking Town Management, Dorking Business Breakfast Group.
At a local council meeting on 23rd July, attended by members of the public, a motion was carried (9 to 1) to re-open Pixham Lane.
The whole exercise has cost the local council some £64,000 and this just covers the cost of closure and the estimated cost of re-opening the road. It does not cover the cost of the time spent, the cost of various surveys, consultants fees etc etc.
It is most re-assuring that the voice of the people can still be heard and taken notice of providing they shout hard & long enough!


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Sao Paulo - One of the organisers of a birthday party that brought the father of the late Michael Jackson to Brazil says he's in stable condition in a Sao Paulo hospital after suffering a stroke.
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Religious leaders in Kazakhstan call for peace
Orthodox Metropolitan and the Supreme Mufti Nauryzbai Kazhy launched calls for national unity in former Soviet republic in Central Asia
Police officers in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on January 5, 2022. (Photo by VLADIMIR TRETYAKOV/AP)
By Malo Tresca | Kazakhstan
Several senior religious leaders in Kazakhstan have launched calls for calm and national unity as a crackdown on protests in the former Soviet republic in Central Asia risked spiraling into another bloodbath.
More than 160 people were shot dead over the weekend after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Friday gave Kazakh police a "shoot to kill" order in effort to quell the social protest movement.
Demonstrations broke out at the beginning of the month to protest against the doubling of fuel prices. Shortly afterward protesters began calling for regime change, which prompted the president to request troops from Russia.
"Lessons from history and recent events in a number of countries show that internal wars always create the threat of destruction for the political system and the complete collapse of the economy," wrote Metropolitan Alexander of Astana, head of Russian Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan, in an open letter to the nation.
"Stop the conflicts"
"In such cases, there is a real danger of losing the true sovereignty of the people," he said January 5, before reaffirming his support for President Tokayev.
"The head of state sent the demonstrators a noble proposal to return to the path of trust and dialogue. In the interest of the future of independent Kazakhstan, we must follow this call, and stop provoking conflicts," the Orthodox archbishop said.
But the president said two days later that there was no possibility of negotiating with the protesters.
Nearly 26% of Kazasks are Christians, mostly Orthodox, in the predominantly Muslim republic.
"They get along well with Muslims, who adhere to a moderate Islam: there are no real interreligious tensions," said Father Jivko Panev, director of the Orthodoxie.com information site and professor at the Saint-Serge Institute in Paris.
"But a change of regime could threaten this harmony, and this is what worries Christians," the priest told La Croix.
Local media (Kazinform) reported on January 5 that Supreme Mufti Nauryzbai Kazhy of Kazakhstan also called on his mostly Sunni compatriots to work for the "unity of the country".
He recalled that the former Soviet republic had obtained its independence 30 years earlier and insisted it was the "duty of each citizen to preserve" it.
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