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Read the fine print? There wasn't any.
I was quoted in Willamette Week yesterday, and I was relieved to see that it came out okay. I was commenting on the latest developments regarding the new Multnomah County income tax. It's being imposed on high-income folks to pay for preschool services for poor kids. I thought we had a school district for that, but apparently I was mistaken. Now it's a county function. Maybe Metro will get in on the act next.
Anyway, the other day the county revealed that they over-estimated how much money the tax is going to raise by 21 percent. That's a lot. And 19 of that 21 percent comes because they supposedly didn't realize how much it would cost to give offsetting credits to people who already pay the hideous county business tax.
The existing business tax is imposed on business owners, including sole proprietors, partners in partnerships, and shareholders in S corporations. But some of those folks are also making enough that they have to deal with the new tax as well. The folks running the county have decided to give them a break and not tax them twice (although I don't think there's any law saying they couldn't). So when the owners figure their new income tax, they can subtract out the business tax they're also sending in. In some cases, the new income tax will be zero, because of the credit.
That credit is something that should have been highlighted when the tax was being voted on. Because it makes a big difference in understanding the nature of the tax. As it turns out, high-income employees – senior associates in law firms or well-paid employee doctors in private clinics, for example – will be paying the full county income tax, because employees aren't subject to the business tax. In contrast, the partners in those firms will be paying a lot less new tax, dollar for dollar of income, because they'll get credit for the business tax they already pay, and still have to pay.
And so what we are winding up with is more of a tax on high-income wage earners and high-income investors than it is a tax on high-income business owners. The credit aspect of the new code favors owners and does nothing to help employees. That should have been part of the discussion back in the summer and fall. But of course, it wasn't. They said something vaguely about avoiding double taxation, but it obviously wasn't thought through, much less disclosed. Hence the 19 percent shortfall that's just now coming to light.
But the real scandal, to my eye at least, is that they're just getting around to drafting the tax code now, even though the law was passed nearly three months ago. Why didn't everybody get the see the full law before it was put up for a vote?
Compare what happened with the two drug legalization measures we voted on. The full texts of both those laws were printed in the voter's pamphlet. The one on magic mushrooms by prescription ran 23 pages. The one on legalization of other street drugs was eight pages long.
That's what should have happened with the county income tax. Instead, they showed the voters something vague, which got dumbed down even further to "Tax the rich, it's for the children!" And of course, the voters of Portland can never resist that spiel. Now the lawyers start drafting, and funny thing, there are some devils in the details.
The stunts the politicians pull with their referenda may be legal – I've never fully understood the ballot measure rules in this nutty state – but they're not right. (Don't get me started on the Sam Adams memorial city arts tax, a true bait-and-switch operation. Maybe some other time.)
An additional sad note is that even with 21 percent less money than they projected, the bureaucrats say they'll still be able to do everything the ballot measure promotion promised. Which sure seems like another way of saying they padded it with about 25 percent more than they really needed.
Anyway, keep inventing new taxes, Portland. Drive all the successful people out to the suburbs, like 60 years ago. See what your city looks like then. The current mess may seem decent by comparison.
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PDXGrouch January 28, 2021 at 6:28 PM
Thank you, Jack, for doing the research and writing about this. It means a lot to me, and I'm sure to many others, that someone with your expertise takes the time to investigate issues with local taxes that the powers-that-be would rather sweep under the rug. Unfortunately, I doubt if what you've revealed here had been known before the election, it would have made any difference. Soak-the-rich taxes are very popular at the moment. And what's not to love about full-time child care that someone else will pay for? Most voters never consider the details or the possible unintended consequences. Thinking back, did those who voted for the Arts Tax ever consider that City Hall would (apparently legally) alter the tax in substantial ways? Or that, to date, 14,600+ accounts would go to collections, ruining untold numbers of credit ratings? And so it is with this tax. Whether it's high-income folks leaving and taking their tax dollars with them, or the state complaining about lost revenue (between this and the Metro homeless tax, it's bound to add up at a 9.9% deduction rate), or parents having a stroke because they won't be able to take little Johnny or Janie to the preschool around the corner but have to drive across town for an available slot, it's going to be something. We just have to have a little patience.


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Right turn from all the marriage talk and all this talk of texts gone wrong….
So, I can't really even dignify this by linking to her article – if you'd like to read it, Google it, but Ann Coulter made some pretty heinous remarks about the World Cup as it relates to our country. I get it, it's Ann Coulter's job to say horrifying things and get paid for it, but why do people feel the need to just be so damned mean? And I'm not gonna sit up here and call her awful names or attack the way she looks, cause to me, that's stooping to her level. But it almost makes my throat hurt to know that she spews venom and gets paid for it. Like, it's completely beyond me.
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Which brings me to this. Once again, feel free to Google this, and luckily I'm not in a place where I'm yet lambasted on the internet, but there is a site, called Get off my Internets, or GOMI, which is entirely dedicated to (mostly) bashing bloggers. I poked around on the site yesterday and I was astonished by what I was seeing. Like, talking about a blogger's weight, talking freely about a blogger's relationship, or referring to someone as a "skank" for posting pictures of themselves in a bikini? Just awful just awful.
Don't get me wrong, I love a good laugh, but I feel like if I felt like something like that was going on with a blogger, I'd just STOP READING THEM. It's really quite simple.
Why do you think that people feel the need to be so hateful behind their computer screens?
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What in the world? I just ugh. She's like the WBC of right wing commentators. It's fascinating that being a hater on the internet is still widely acceptable(and in her case rewarded with a paycheck).
It is fascinating, and a tad scary too because you know there are some folks out there that are just eating that stuff right up!
Tina G says:
I am frankly AFRAID of people like her and her supporters. They "rewrite" history, twist the truth, and spread misinformation about policies in your country as well as others. She is an ass. I try never to pay her any attention – just roll my eyes. But then I think if we as a society do not speak up against these sort of people, then we will find ourselves in trouble – politically, socially, and otherwise.


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The Author Kayla Spahn
Published online February 13, 2020 10:27pm
There are two different types of people. There are the ones who get embarrassed easily, and those who could care less in an awkward situation. If you're the first, life could be very difficult for you because of how often people get embarrassed. Though, if you're the second person, you may have a lot of friends because many people like those who make embarrassing situations into funny situations.
Elementary school is probably a time when people get embarrassed the most. You start to do something and then make a fool of yourself. Freshman Adam Clements said, "One time I was hanging out with my friends and I slipped and fell in a big puddle of mud. I had to do the walk of shame all the way to the nurse's office. Everyone was laughing at me."
There's always that moment after you make a fool of yourself when you just don't know how to feel anymore. Clements said, "Once I started walking back, I saw all my friends trying not to laugh at me, but now that I'm older I realized that a lot of people slipped in mud in elementary school." A lot of people do the same embarrassing things as other people in the world.
Freshman Lucy Turley said, "There was this time when I was younger, my mom and I went to the store and she sent me to go get something while she went the other way. After I grabbed it, I walked up to her and grabbed her hand until I realized it wasn't my mom; my mom was across the store."
It's also embarrassing afterwards when you try to see if anyone was staring at you, or if you were getting judged by anyone around you. Turley said, "After my experience at the store I just felt so embarrassed and stupid."
Freshman Tiana Herrera said, "When I was in my math class a few years ago, I was messing around in my chair and I fell backwards and landed really hard on the ground and that's when I realized why teachers yell at us for tipping our chairs."
Falling down is one of the most common ways to embarrass yourself, but it is even worse when you fall in front of your teenage daughter. Staff member Ms. Rademacher said, "Someone spilt something on the top floor of the mall and I slipped and fell. Obviously there is graceful way to fall so it made it even worse. Though my teenage daughter was doing nothing to help and laughed at me a whole bunch."
It's not like it would matter if you fall when you are alone, but when you are in a public place it make matters worse.
There are also many emotions you go through after doing something embarrassing depending on who you are.
Rademacher said, "I don't think anyone around me was really looking, but then again I was avoiding eye contact with those around me. I was kind of mad that I fell back then, but now when I think back to it I laugh and couldn't careless."
After embarrassing yourself there are many ways that you could take it. You could laugh at yourself with your friends or you could be upset about it. Most teenagers and even some adults can still be easily embarrassed and it could happen quite often. No matter who you are, embarrassment can sneak up on you at any moment.
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Thermoelectric materials 2000 : the next generation materials for small-scale refrigeration and power generation applications : symposium held April 24-27, 2000, San Francisco, California, U.S.A
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The configuration of the Bay of Whales is continuously changing. A survey by the second Byrd expedition in 1934 determined that the feature lay at the junction of two separate ice systems, the movements of which are influenced by the presence of Roosevelt Island. Commander Glen Jacobsen, USN, who visited aboard the USS Atka in January 1955, found that calving of the ice shelf rendered the iceport temporarily unusable.
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^ Keys, Harry; Jacobs, S.S.; Barnett, Don (11 June 1990). "The calving and drift of iceberg B-9 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica". Antarctic Science. 2 (3): 243–257. doi:10.1017/s0954102090000335. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
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Sarens uses SPMTS for transport and roll-on of 18 monopiles
Sarens is collaborating closely with client CCCC Third Harbour Engineering to transport and load 18 monopiles onto the client's ship in Hong Kong. The monopiles measure 77 metres high, have a 3.5-metre radius, and weight 930 tonnes. Of the 18 total monopiles, three have already been installed.
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Fashion arms its battalions facing 2019. The year starts with a long list of duties to do: added to the challenges faced by the sector, many companies' internal crisis, which in barely twelve months will decide its future and, in some cases, even its survival.
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During the last years, the group has tried, without much success, different strategies to turn the numbers around, like closing its swimwear line, restructuring its store network or closing its Henri Bendel chain last year, although sales do not remount.
In 2019, the group will try it again with a new CEO, John Mehas, who joined the company on 1 January from Tory Burch. Will he be able to achieve what its predecessor Jan Singer could not?
Esprit, fifth time lucky?
Esprit opens up a new stage under Anders Kristiansen's lead as CEO. The former New Look is the fifth chief executive in the company for the last decade, and his plan is to broke with everything that has been done up to the moment.
Kristiansen explained by the end of the year its new route map consists in reinforcing the brand's presence in China through "aggressive investment", go back to the basics ("the contrary of what I have seen up to now"), and betting on digitalization, making new alliances with operations such as Asos, Zalora and Tmall.
The challenge? Give a twist to a company that already accumulates 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars in losses and chains a fall in its revenue of about six consecutive years.
Inditex, countdown for 2020 objective
Not even the world's number one does escape this starting year's to-do list. Inditex has twelve months to reach the strategic goal that was settled at the end of 2018: operating online all around the world, providing all its chains with RFID and having a completely integrated stock by 2020.
The company has taken its first steps in that direction, with the launch of the website zara.com, which makes possible to reach everywhere in the world, and it is yet to be seen if the same strategy is going to be applied with all the other concepts as well.
Another one of the group's challenges is to continue keeping down its gross margin fall, after recovering it on the third quarter of 2018's fiscal year by avoiding to join the discounts dynamic.


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from mysite.tests import SeleniumTestCase
from polls.factories import PollFactory, ChoiceFactory

class PollsSeleniumTestCase(SeleniumTestCase):

    def setUp(self):
        super(PollsSeleniumTestCase, self).setUp()
        self.polls = PollFactory.create_batch(10)
        for poll in self.polls:
            poll.save()
            ChoiceFactory.create_batch(3, poll=poll)

    def test_polls(self):
        self.visit_page('/polls/')
        questions  = self.browser.find_elements_by_css_selector("ul li a")

        self.assertEqual(questions[1].text, self.polls[1].question)
        questions[2].click()
        title = self.browser.find_element_by_tag_name("h1")
        self.assertEqual(title.text, self.polls[2].question)

        # Select second choice & click submit
        self.browser.find_elements_by_css_selector("label")[1].click()
        self.browser.find_element_by_css_selector("input[type=submit]").click()

        # Check the score
        exit_polls = self.browser.find_elements_by_css_selector("ul li")
        self.assertEqual(exit_polls[0].text, "Choice 6 -- 0 votes")
        self.assertEqual(exit_polls[1].text, "Choice 7 -- 1 vote")
        self.assertEqual(exit_polls[2].text, "Choice 8 -- 0 votes")


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Caps return home, seek series lead vs. Hurricanes
WRAL.comApril 20, 2019 GMT
The Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals return to D.C. for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference first-round series tied at 2-2. The Hurricanes scored wins in Games 3 and 4 at home, and the Capitals will try to get back on track when the series resumes Saturday night.
The Hurricanes have the momentum and did a solid job of taking Washington out of its game several times. Carolina's physical style of play and speed really hurt the Capitals at both ends of the ice on many occasions in both games.
The Hurricanes often made clearing the puck out of their own end a battle for Washington, and Carolina has the speed to match the Capitals. Washington has not been able to get into the Hurricanes' defensive zone and set up enough to cause trouble — and sometimes the Capitals can't get out of their own end.
That's been a big problem and showed that Carolina really has been playing tough hockey and clawed its way back into the series.
"Everyone's playing the same right now in the playoffs," Carolina defenseman Dougie Hamilton said to NHL.com. "We're worked really hard the last two games. We worked hard in the first two games as well. We just didn't get the same results. We're excited. We've got to keep going Saturday."
The Hurricanes are coming off of a 2-1 victory in Game 4 Thursday. Warren Foegele scored 17 seconds into the game, and Teuvo Teravainen snapped a 1-1 tie with his mini-breakaway goal in the final 30 seconds of the second period.
Goalie Petr Mrazek made 30 saves in the game and robbed the Capitals on some good scoring chances in the final few minutes to help tie the series.
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Washington did a good job of flipping the puck in the air to get it through the defensive zone in Game 4. The Caps used that ploy on several occasions, and it helped, but the only goal they scored was an Alex Ovechkin marker — and that came on the power play.
The Capitals scored just that one goal in the two games in Carolina.
What will hurt the Capitals is that they will be without T.J. Oshie, one of their top players. He was injured in the third period when Foegele pushed him into the boards with just over five minutes remaining.
The Capitals did not reveal the injury, but Oshie clearly was favoring his right shoulder and went into the tunnel. Washington was furious about the play. Ovechkin told The Washington Post it was "dirty," and the team felt Foegele should have been given more than a two-minute penalty for boarding.
Plus, coach Todd Reirden said Oshie is going to be out for a while, something the Capitals don't need now.
"It was a defenseless player that was quite a distance from the boards," Reirden told the media. "It's an extremely dangerous play, and 1/8Oshie 3/8 will not be with our team for a while. He won't be playing any time soon."
The Capitals made an interesting move Friday and brought up Devante Smith-Pelly from Hershey of the American Hockey League. Smith-Pelly was a big factor in last year's Stanley Cup run but struggled this year (eight points in 54 games) and had been sent down during the season. Could he give Washington a boost again?
As for Carolina, the status of Andrei Svechnikov and Micheal Ferland remained unknown as of Friday morning. Svechnikov missed most of Game 3 after his fight with Ovechkin and was placed in concussion protocol and also was held out of Game 4.
Ferland left Game 3 in the first period due to a reaggravated upper-body injury. He also did not play in Game 4.


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WHAT DO SOCIALISTS SAY?

Why we oppose all U.S. interventions

By Alan Maass | November 2, 2001 | Page 7

"SO WHAT should the U.S. do?" Most opponents of the U.S. government's war on Afghanistan have been asked this question. If the bombing campaign is only causing more misery and making the crisis worse, then what do we propose?

Several answers come to mind right away.

Instead of bombing Afghanistan, the U.S. could feed the country's millions of starving people. If just a tiny fraction of the resources devoted to destruction were devoted to distributing food, every malnourished Afghan would be fed.

But this isn't really answering the question. The people who ask it figure that the U.S. has to do something to respond to the September 11 attacks--that some form of political or military response is needed from the U.S. government to punish those responsible and to strike a blow for justice in the country itself.

If bombing is too indiscriminate, maybe a guerrilla operation to assassinate Osama bin Laden is the answer. And what about nonmilitary options--couldn't the U.S. bring political and economic power to bear on Afghanistan to bring about change that would improve the lives of ordinary Afghans?

This way of thinking--that something has to be done--is common, even among some people who oppose Washington's war machine in most circumstances. But the truth is that no form of U.S. intervention--military, diplomatic, economic or otherwise--will promote justice or democracy or any of the other lofty principles used by the politicians.

Why not? The U.S. government is largely controlled by a small elite--made up of corporate chiefs, leaders of mainstream political parties, generals and so on. Their interests, both at home and abroad, lie in protecting and increasing their own power and wealth.

Of course, America's rulers couldn't get anyone to support a war if they put it this bluntly. So they appeal to ideals that ordinary people believe in.

"When and where has there been a war…in which each and every belligerent party did not with a heavy heart draw the sword from its sheath for the single and sole purpose of defending its Fatherland and its own righteous cause from the shameful attacks of the enemy?" asked Polish revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg. "This legend is as inextricably a part of the game of war as powder and lead."

The U.S. government wants to preserve its political and economic domination of the globe. And it always looks for the tools that are right for the job. So when the U.S. wanted to oppose the former USSR's invasion of Afghanistan, it didn't support democratic organizations, but the most conservative elements of the Islamist movement.

Likewise today, the U.S. isn't supporting groups like the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan--which has opposed both the ex-USSR's occupation and the tyranny of the hard-line Islamists--but the bickering warlords of the Northern Alliance, who are cut from the same cloth as the Taliban.

In effect, the U.S. is acting like a mafia crime family that relies on one street gang to do away with another--all in the name of stopping crime.

Socialists are accused of being "knee-jerk" opponents of U.S. imperialist adventures. We are--because we believe that the U.S. government will never act except in the interests of injustice, tyranny and greed.

We believe that it's up to the people of Afghanistan, the Middle East and Southwest Asia to settle accounts with local rulers and determine their own fates--free from the meddling of the "great powers."

As the American socialist and journalist John Reed put it: "Uncle Sam never gives anybody something for nothing. He comes along with a sack stuffed with hay in one hand and a whip in the other. Anyone who accepts Uncle Sam's promises at their face value will find that they must be paid for in sweat and blood."

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K'taka BJP MP booked for trespass on Osmania varsity campus
Hyderabad, Nov 26 (PTI): BJP MP from Karnataka and the party's youth wing president Tejasvi Surya allegedly trespassed on the Osmania University (OU) campus without permission and a case was registered against him and his supporters by the police.
He removed the barricades to enter the campus to pay respects to the martyrs of the Telangana movement.
The incident happened on Tuesday.
The case was registered under IPC section 447 (criminal trespass)and under relevant provisions of the Hyderabad City Police Act based on a complaint filed by OU authorities on Tuesday, a police official told PTI on Thursday.
The OU Registrar, in the complaint, accused the BJP leader of trespassing on the campus without permission by removing the barricades and holding a meeting there, the official said.
The MP had alleged that he was stopped by the police.
However, the city police clarified that no such incident by the police or clash with police happened on the campus and said the MP, along with his supporters, went into the campus and conducted a meeting peacefully.
The varsity was the epicentre of protests for the separate state of Telangana.
Surya was here as part of campaigning for the December 1 Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) polls.
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Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): Scientists studying the body's natural defenses against bacterial infection have identified a nutrient--taurine--that helps the gut recall prior infections and kill invading bacteria, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae (Kpn).
Sanitation worker gets first jab in Chandigarh
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Colombo, Jan 16 (PTI) Sri Lanka's minority Tamil political parties and civil society groups have urged the UN Human Rights Council to establish an international independent investigatory mechanism with a strict time frame to ensure accountability from the island nation on the alleged human rights abuses during the nearly three-decades long civil war.
Pak Cabinet removes PM Imran Khan's aide as PTV chairman after high court order
Islamabad, Jan 16 (PTI) The Pakistan Cabinet has removed Naeem Bukhari, a close associate of Prime Minister Imran Khan, from the position of chairman of state-run Pakistan Television (PTV), following a high court order restraining him from working as the head of the channel, according to multiple media reports on Saturday.
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Liz Truss urges PM to start investing more in housing to win over young Labour voters
Treasury Chief Secretary Liz Truss has urged Conservatives to invest in housing and super-fast internet to win over 18 to 24-year-old Labour voters
By Steve Hawkes, Deputy Political Editor
Updated: 24 Jan 2019, 23:09
LIZ TRUSS will today urge the Tories to invest a fortune in super-speed internet and housing in a land grab for "Generation Z".
In a battle cry, the Treasury Chief Secretary will insist Britain's 18 to 24 year-olds are not all "sandal wearing Corbynistas".
Liz Truss is proposing the Conservatives invest more in super-speed internet and affordable housingCredit: Rex Features
And she will use a speech in Leeds to claim the Conservatives should forget trying to match "Labour bribes" such as free bus passes and instead focus on giving today's youngsters the "tools to succeed".
The number of young entrepreneurs has nearly doubled since 2015 and entrepreneurial activity among 18- 24 year-olds is much higher than France in Germany. And Ms Truss will claim Labour's own pollsters are worried that young voters in towns and cities are the "least loyal" to Mr Corbyn.
The Cabinet Minister will say: "Young people are going off Jeremy Corbyn even faster than his own MPs are. This is the most self-starting, business minded generation ever, and all Corbyn offers is high taxes and more state control.
"Conservatives have cut taxes and made it easier to start a business. It's Conservatives not Labour that will help young people fulfil their ambition and turbocharge the economy as we leave the EU."
The intervention comes just weeks after the Treasury's secretary hinted she believed HS2 should be scrapped so billions could be invested elsewhere.
She has told allies Britain needs to spend much more on faster web connections across all corners of Britain. So far the Government has only committed to promises 15million full fibre connections by 2025.
And Ms Truss will say the Government has to be far more radical in shaking up planning rules in housing so "young people have the chance to live near the best jobs.
"The state is not always the answer to modern problems – and it's precisely the opposite of what the new generation want."
Some 60 per cent of 18 to 24 year-olds voted for Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 Election. A surge in turnout among the younger generation - the so-called 'Youthquake' - was cited as the reason for Labour's strong showing in last year's General Election.
Labour's share of the youth vote did increase, but its popularity also went up among all ages except for the over 70s.
These young people are the future of Britain, and we have to ensure Brexit works for them.
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I'm in Leeds today to talk to young people about the future of the UK beyond Brexit. Because after March, the people with the most to gain are Britain's under-20s. This is the breakthrough generation – and I want to listen to them, writes Liz Truss.
This generation – the first to have grown up on the internet, more connected and more enterprising than any that came before – are best equipped to enjoy the freedom that comes with leaving the EU. As we bring power back from Brussels to the streets of Britain, they are raring to go.
Liz Truss is urging her party to do more to win back the confidence of young votersCredit: Reuters
Theresa May slams Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for refusing Brexit talks with her but sitting down with the likes of Hamas
There is a lot of latent potential to tap in to: the latest data shows that the UK now has 85% more 18-24 year old entrepreneurs than in 2015. That's because they have more tools to succeed than ever – like the internet and smartphones. Seeing their heroes on YouTube rack up more viewers than primetime TV, or an app developed by a teenager change an entire industry, has given Gen Z the bug for success – and they're only just getting started.
Recently I met a group of young entrepreneurs under 20 years old. Their energy was infectious, and they had two tips for us in government: make the rules simpler, and break down barriers for under-18s to set up enterprises.
We now have an army of high achievers brimming with ambition, and with the drive to shape their own futures. We're told by Labour that they're all sandal-wearing Corbynistas, but this couldn't be further from the truth.
Research shows the young are more interested in making money than older generations and are less likely to support higher taxes. And it's Conservatives, not the red-flag-waving Marxists, that are helping them succeed. Barriers to entry into business have never been lower thanks to our reforms and tax cuts, meaning anyone with a bright idea can start an empire from their bedroom.
We will leave the European Union in March, and step out into a new world with confidence and optimism.
This is also the first generation benefitting from our school reforms, with tougher exams preparing students for the dynamic modern economy. Like Brampton Manor Academy – the state school in East London that recently had 41 children accepted to Oxbridge. Far from snowflakes, we're raising a generation who refuse to be put in their place and who are shaking things up.
These young people are the future of Britain, and we have to ensure Brexit works for them. Too often in this country our instinct is to be too defensive, sacrificing opportunities to preserve what we have. The danger is that it leads to state subsidies and regulation propping up industries and preventing new, fresh ideas from taking off. We must not fall into that trap.
An obvious example is housing, where we have reviewed planning rules and provided additional infrastructure funding so that more young people have the chance to live near the best jobs. And we should turn up the heat of competition, so that new building companies can take on the big corporations who stand in the way of change.
We need to keep an eye on regulation. We need to ensure standards, while allowing individuals and businesses to be independent, embrace risk and reward, and enjoy all the benefits that come with it.
And we should solve our modern challenges – like fibre connectivity– with more competition and new firms delivering cheaper, better ways forward, not politicians taking control and leaving no choice when things go wrong.
This is exactly the opposite of what Labour are offering. They areanimated by one core belief: that the state knows best and should control more of our lives. If only Jeremy Corbyn were put in charge of trains, water or the internet – goes the argument – we'd all be living in utopia.
The state is not always the answer to our modern problems – and it's precisely the opposite of what the new generation want. They want to be free, not shackled by stifling regulation which is good at keeping order, but not so good at delivering a dynamic and exciting economy.
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So we can appeal by expanding opportunities, taking on vested interests and showing we don't want to ban any of the good bits of modern life. By doing so, not only will we generate the growth so vital for rising wages and living standards, but also convince a new generation that Conservative values are theirs.
With the Prime Minister's approach to Brexit, this is the path we are on, and I would encourage all my colleagues in parliament to back her in securing a deal so we honour the vote of the British people and leave the EU in a way which benefits every part of our country.
We will leave the European Union in March, and step out into a new world with confidence and optimism, and a new generation of entrepreneurs driving Britain to keep defying the predictions. Conservatives should be confident that the future is ours, if we choose to embrace it.
Labour won 60 per cent of the votes from those aged 18-24 in the last general electionCredit: Getty Images - Getty
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//    Sorting an array means to arrange its elements in increasing order. Write a program to sort an array.
//    Use the Selection sort algorithm: Find the smallest element, move it at the first position, find the
//    smallest from the rest, move it at the second position, etc.
//NOTE: it's a very slow algorithm

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using System.Linq;

class AlgorithmSelectionSort
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
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        //int[] arr = new int[] { 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 43, 32, 78 };
        //int[] arr = new int[] { 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 2, 2, 4 };
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        int minValue;
        int minIndex = -1;
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        {
            minValue = int.MaxValue;
            minIndex = i;
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            {
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                {
                    minValue = arr[j];
                    minIndex = j;
                }
            }
            int temp = arr[i];
            arr[i] = minValue;
            arr[minIndex] = temp;
        }

        Console.WriteLine(String.Join("  ", arr));

    }
}


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Andy Dodman is chief operating officer at The University of Sheffield and leads the university's corporate services, which includes human resources, marketing, communications, development, alumni relations & events, global engagement,, international services and the city/region public responsibility activities.
Prior to this role, Dodman was the chief HR & corporate officer at the university, leading the HR strategy and service delivery for its 7,800 staff, focusing on the attraction, growth and engagement of world class talent. He particularly emphasises the importance of personal health, happiness and wellbeing in the workplace.
He is the former chair of the Russell Group HR Directors Forum, a member of The Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE) Advisory Group and member of the UHR Executive Committee. He is a trustee director of the University of Sheffield Pension Scheme and the co-founder and non-executive director of the university subsidiary company 'Everyday Juice Limited'.
Prior to joining the university, Dodman held several HR positions within the voluntary sector, housing associations and the NHS. He was educated at the University of Bath (BSc) and the University of Leeds (MBA) and is a chartered fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD).
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The Council ensures that the voluntary auction market functions properly for the benefit of consumers, buyers and sellers. As such, it can apply disciplinary sanctions to breaches of the laws, regulations and professional requirements applicable to auction houses.
The Chambre Nationale des Commissaires-Priseurs Judiciaires, or National Chamber of Judicial Auctioneers, organised into regional companies, is a public utility institution established by ordinance of 2 November 1945. There are 423 legal auctioneers affiliated to it throughout France.
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Netherlands' Robin Haase and Matwe Middelkoop were not famous names for Indians as they are now after the inaugural Tata Open Maharashtra Doubles Final. Tournament's second seeds impressed one and all with their consistent performances in each round as they went on to defeat Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Gilles Simon in a closely contested final.
In the first round, they faced Wildcard entrant pair of Arjun Kadhe and Benoit Paire. They didn't have the best of starts, losing the first set 1-6 in front of a Pune crowd which was supporting Kadhe/Paire. But then, Haase and Middelkoop got their act together to win the second set 7-5 as the match headed towards the Super Tiebreaker (ST). Haase and Middelkoop won the ST 10-7 to move into the next round.
After that early stutter, the Dutch pair had no difficulties in their quarter-final and semi-final matches. They defeated Canada's Adil Shamasdin/Neal Skupski (6-3, 7-5) and Czech Republic's Roman Jebavy/Jiri Vesely (6-2, 6-4) in straight sets to setup a Final with France's Pierre-Hugues Herbert/Gilles Simon.
The Doubles final match was, as expected, a close contest between the pairs. Gilles Simon, who had won the Singles title just before the Doubles final, was in a great form throughout the tournament. Both pairs played their best Tennis on the day as Punekars got their money's worth. Ultimately, the second seeds were better in holding their nerve and playing excellent tennis in the tiebreaker to win the two sets with the same score – 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-5). This was their first Doubles Career Title together and the Tennis fans in India certainly enjoyed their performances.
Celebrating his fifth doubles title with his third different partner, Middelkoop, was pretty excited. "I will never forget this for the rest of my life. This is my fifth title and I will come back here next year because you have to experience this. They (crowd) are celebrating Tennis and this is what I like. Great crowd." Robin Haase won his third doubles title and sounded relieved after winning the final. "The score was actually how the match was. Sometimes you can have a close match, but you feel you are better. Just to play those points, and we even talked to the other guys already a little bit. We all enjoyed the match. Every point was great, almost." We await to see you next year guys!


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It's been a minute since Katie Koven last graced a Hybrid Minds track. Six and a half years to be precise, with a track called Fade.
Back then Katie was rolling solo as Katie's Ambition working with acts such as Rollz, High Maintenance and Dexcell. Josh & Matt Hybrid Minds, meanwhile, were experiencing serious trajectory from their previous single; their evergreen soulful breakthrough Lost.
In some ways it only feels like yesterday. But in most ways, it was a lifetime ago. Drum & bass has morphed and mutated furiously in various ways and directions since then. But Katie, now as one half of the unstoppable NCS and Monsercat smashing Koven alongside Max Rowat, and Hybrid Minds, a liquid tour de force voted second as Best Producers in the last Drum&BassArena Awards, have remained consistent in their soulful styles. Unwaveringly and unapologetically emotional in their output, it's a wonder they haven't worked together again since Fade.
Matt: When Katie was Katie's Ambition.
Katie: I think it was down to A.M.C who linked us up. Looking back that opened a lot of doors for me. Shortly after I was discovered by Max and joined Koven.
How come it's taken you so long to link up again? Logistics? Life?
Matt: We've wanted to do stuff together for ages but Koven thought they were too big for us so we've had to wait in the queue.
Katie: That's not true at all haha! They rejected a whole bunch of my demos! But no, it's just a case of timing and letting things happen naturally.
So when did the stars align? And how did they align?
Josh: It's very recent and was actually put together as an idea from you guys! We had a call from your A&R Sampo who felt we could do something special together.
Matchmaker! So In Your Arms is tailor-made for UKF10?
Matt: Pretty much! We were always going to do something together eventually but we had this melody sitting here and it just made sense to use it for this project. Katie really smashed it too. It's a bit weird complimenting her to be honest. I'm not comfortable with it.
Katie: I'm not either. It's a bit strange. I'm more used to you tweeting false rumours about me.
So what did you think of the track they sent over?
Katie: It was a very nice instrumental, I was into it straight away. It was a very easy track to write to because the melodies are so strong. I went back over Josh and Matt's tracks and listened to a lot of them because they seem to have a great relationship with vocalists and always make the vocals really stand out. I was trying to catch the vibe of what they've done previously. I wanted us to make a track as strong as any of the previous ones they did.
Matt: That's our comfort zone. We tend to start with the music and then add the vocals.
Josh: We'll build a chord progression, get some vocals and carry on building around that.
Matt: Yeah totally. They kinda influence each other.
How about you Katie? Do you have a persy stash of lines you collect as they come to mind, or do you jump on a track fresh?
Katie: Fresh every time. I know a lot of singers carry a book of ideas or poems or lines but I'm always happiest responding to the music. I'll start singing to it, see what works, pick a few words that I've liked the sound of and base the track around it.
Matt: Hands seemed to play a lead role in this for you didn't they Katie?
Katie: I knew you were going to bring this up! I'm not sure this is printable but the original demo was called Both Hands but Matt said that reminded him of something maybe more aggressive and self pleasuring?
Katie: It really wasn't the vibe I was going for.
Matt: Sorry mate, I do this quite a lot.
Josh: I do think that Katie's writing style and her way of building up lyrics is great. When we've worked with vocalists who do that in the past they're always the ones who develop the best relationship with the music because they're reacting to it and working with it. Rather than trying to force lyrics around the melody, which often doesn't work.
Katie: I can't even comment on this! You're ruining my art!
One really strong similarity between Koven and Hybrid Minds is the poignancy and emotion you have in your tracks.
What is it that makes it hit you emotionally? The chord structure? The vibe?
Josh: The chord structure and lots and lots of reverb.
Matt: A lot of samples are in the mix, too. We make our own leads but we have a lot of samples working their magic in the background. But mainly it's a lifetime of listening to sad music coming out in our own music. That said, I think In Your Arms is much more uplifting.
Katie: Yeah there's a very fine line between sad and uplifting.
That's the poignancy. It's like that end-of-one-chapter/start-of-another or eye-of-the-storm vibe. So where can we hear Max?
Katie: He helped me sound great with my vocals so he was on board for that. He makes me sound better than anyone else can.
Matt: We were going through loads of Koven tracks, trying to mimic what he does with her voice, but couldn't get it right. So we sent the track over and he did some strings layered over the top as well. It gave the track way more energy than it had before.
Katie: Yeah we are! Which is amazing anyway. But yeah it's nice it's happened now, for sure. We have been speaking about it for a long time. I'm glad it didn't happen sooner because it sounds much better than it might have done when we weren't so experienced as artists. And we're both acts who've had a great history on UKF so it's great to be part of the UKF10 series.
Absolutely! We've all grown together!
Matt: We all owe a lot to UKF. I think we were all in the right place at the right time. Working with brands like you guys and Liquicity has helped us massively and allowed us to spread to spread our sounds across the world.
What's your favourite UKF upload?
Katie: Oh that's easy. It was White Lies – Death, Chase & Status remix. I loved that when it came out. That was long before I could even dream of being on the channel. I was just a fan and a follower back then and that was a big tune in my life! Big tune!
Josh: It's got to be S.P.Y's By Your Side!
Matt: Great choice. But you know what? I'm going to say my favourite is our first upload Fade with Katie actually because it still gets amazing reactions, it's a great track and it was awesome when you came down and sang that for us in London recently.
Josh: Yeah it was an interesting one. We did a four hour set and got different singers to come down and perform with us. We also do the Outlines stuff with us Tempza and Charlotte Haining but that Hybrid Minds All Night with various singers.
Great to see singers being celebrated in this way!
Katie: I agree! I love what they're doing with Mike (Tempza) and Charlotte, it's one of the first times a drum & bass act has put the singer at the front of the show and made them a staple part. It's really important and from looking at the videos it went down very well. I want to see more of that. People are very receptive when a singer comes on the stage and starts singing.
Matt: Without singers we'd just be stripped back liquid. The vocalists are a key part of what we do and turn our music from a tune to a song. It makes total sense to do this.
Katie: When I do my DJ sets people love it when I come to the front and sing. It lifts the vibe entirely. People go crazy.
Matt: They do don't they? People have asked us about going live but that doesn't make sense to us. We don't want to relearn loads of hardware and break down our tracks just to press buttons on a stage and have them sound pretty much like you're playing the record anyway. So bringing singers into our DJ performance is us taking a step int the live world, but doing it our own way.
Matt: I can't disagree with that.
Josh: What else have we learnt?
Matt: That Max doesn't like going on planes, they like to party and they're very nice people.
When will you next work together again?
Katie: How about never? It would just be a waste of time haha. No seriously, it will definitely happen again.


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