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India in the spotlight - April 2019
What is the state of the market for Indian M&A in the first quarter of 2019?
2018 was a blockbuster year for Indian M&A, with the value of announced M&A involving Indian companies exceeding $129 billion. 2019 has started on a more cautious note, with investors during the first quarter being mindful of the Indian general elections in May 2019. M&A activity levels have nevertheless been steady with domestic consolidations and continued activity in distressed M&A leading the way.
What are the new developments in the Indian market?
There is an increased focus on distressed M&A as a result of the new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) which came into force in 2016. The main objectives of the IBC were to create a single insolvency and bankruptcy framework and reduce overall timelines.
Several significant Indian businesses have been brought under the regime, including Reliance Communications, Bhushan Steel, Amtek Auto and Essar Steel and the market continues to watch whether the troubled airline, Jet Airways, will join this club.
Extended delays in the process along with protracted litigation, objections from controlling shareholders and frequent changes in the rules have been key challenges. There is a lack of clarity and precedent around the interpretation of the IBC although the Indian Courts have on various occasions clarified certain aspects.
We expect this process of judicial interpretation to continue as the IBC continues to evolve. In April 2019, the Indian Supreme Court struck down a circular issued by the Indian central bank last year which, amongst other things, imposed stringent timelines on banks to initiate bankruptcy proceedings within 180 days if payment defaults were not resolved. It remains to be seen whether, as a result of this decision, the IBC process timelines are likely to be extended even further or whether the additional time might allow for more flexibility in resolving stressed assets.
Are any changes expected?
The Indian Government is considering introducing the possibility of pre-packaged resolutions between creditors and debtors in the event of an impending bankruptcy. Already available in the UK and the US, this would allow the relevant stakeholders to arrive at a pre-arranged agreement before filing for bankruptcy in a bid to reduce time and cost spent on litigation.
Creditors are getting record recoveries as compared to prior years. For example, in 2017-18 creditors recovered on average approximately 41 per cent of the amounts claimed under the framework of the IBC, as compared to approximately 12 per cent in 2017-18 and 14 per cent in 2016-17 under the earlier framework. Due in part to the new insolvency regime, India has moved up 23 spots on the World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business' index for 2019 and was among the top 10 most improved economies in its 2019 report.
However, these recovery figures are not yet comparable to global levels and the key question is whether these recoveries can be improved upon. The success of the IBC will depend, to a large extent, on how the teething problems are addressed.
What are the opportunities for international companies?
There are a number of assets that could potentially come under the IBC process soon, which could be an ideal opportunity for international companies looking to increase their global footprint. International companies ought to monitor developments in this space and their sectors of interest, and consider whether teaming up with a local strategic partner might be helpful in certain circumstances.
New anti-corruption laws
India's anti-corruption regime was significantly changed in 2018 through amendments to the Indian Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. These amendments are aimed at conforming the Indian regime to current international practices.
What are the changes?
The key changes made include:
criminalisation of bribe-giving (which, unusually, was not a direct offence earlier) in addition to bribe- receiving;
introduction of corporate liability for corruption, including in respect of companies or partnerships incorporated or formed outside India but carrying on business in India;
introduction of the 'adequate procedures' defence which – similar to the regime under the UK Bribery Act – allows companies to assert a legal defence where 'adequate procedures' are in place; and
personal liability for corporate officers, including directors, managers and secretaries, for offences found to have been committed with their consent or connivance.
While the majority of the changes are long overdue and bring the anti-corruption regime in line with international standards, there are areas of concern, more so because non-compliance in several cases attracts criminal penalties.
The legislation only captures bribery of public servants. However, the term 'public servant' continues to be defined broadly and Indian Courts have interpreted it widely in the past to include, for instance, employees of government-owned companies and banks (including private banks), which is a broader reading than typically seen in similar legislation internationally.
Key aspects of certain sections describing the offences have not been defined or are ambiguously worded. For example, whether foreign companies could be held liable for offences by their Indian subsidiaries is not clear. Consequently, clarifications from the Indian Government would be welcome to minimise the risk of these amendments being potentially misused. While these amendments are a welcome development, their success and impact on global businesses will depend on how they are enforced and interpreted.
What do international companies need to do?
Global compliance teams should familiarise themselves with the changes to minimise the risk of inadvertent violations or non-compliances.
Support for arbitration from the Courts
Earlier this year, the Delhi High Court refused an application to restrain a foreign seated arbitration brought under the India-Mauritius bilateral investment treaty by a Mauritius-based entity.
The Indian Government sought an injunction from the Delhi High Court to prevent the arbitration from continuing on the basis that the bilateral investment treaty is meant for adjudication of disputes between a Mauritius investor and India and contended that the beneficiary of the Mauritius entity bringing the arbitration in this case was an Indian citizen (i.e. not a 'genuine' Mauritius investor).
The Delhi High Court ultimately refused to interfere, stating that the question as to whether the shareholder is a genuine 'investor' based out of Mauritius is a question to be determined by the arbitral tribunal. The Delhi High Court recognised that bilateral investment treaties are intended to promote investor protection and interference with the treaty dispute resolution mechanism in the case of a genuine investor dispute could lead to erosion of investor confidence.
This is the second time in less than a year that the Delhi High Court has refused such an injunction application – it had also refused to restrain an investment treaty arbitration in March 2018. Over the past few years Indian Courts have become more swift in enforcing foreign awards.
This trend is good news for foreign investors since it lends certainty to the sanctity of the arbitration process, and underscores the importance of agreeing to seats of arbitration outside India so as to minimise the risk of Indian Court intervention. It is also good news for those with bilateral investment treaty claims involving India since it indicates that the Indian Courts are prepared to support the functioning of investment treaty arbitration.
It is a good reminder for international companies to check whether their investments have been structured in India so as to benefit from a robust bilateral investment treaty. Even after an investment is made, it is possible, before a dispute has occurred, to restructure the investment to take advantage of an appropriate bilateral investment treaty. We have a leading global bilateral investment treaty practice.
This material is for general information purposes only and is not intended to constitute legal or other advice. Regulation prohibits foreign law firms from practising Indian law or from having their own offices in India. The contents of this publication do not constitute any opinion or determination of Indian law by us. Any comments in this publication are based on our experience as international counsel representing our clients in their deals and disputes which may have a connection with India. Where Indian law advice is needed, we work alongside leading Indian counsel.
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Another week, another flurry of free agent signings. As more and more of the big names find their way off the free agent lists and onto team rosters, there is more Fantasy value to look at. Some of the signings this past week not only help the player who joined a new team, but the other players on that team as well. Others take a downgrade because of where they landed. It's always hard to predict how well a player will adapt to a new team (new training regime, new coaches, new teammates, etc.) but we can look at a player's previous track record and speculate how he will perform on your Fantasy team in 2013.
Since his sophomore 2005 season, Jackson had over 1,000 rushing yards every year and at least four touchdowns on the ground. He's added at least 270 receiving yards as well. And that was all in St. Louis, Now he heads to Atlanta, where Matt Ryan will certainly get him the ball both on the ground and in the air. He's going to be their workhorse back, which is what he wanted. Jackson, aside from looking to be the primary back on a team, wanted to join a team that could compete for the Super Bowl. Atlanta was lacking a running game, and now they have one with Jackson. He'll get the ball and he'll get in the end zone. Jackson's career touchdown record is 16 in one season (in 2006, 13 rushing, three receiving). Sure, Jacquizz Rodgers is still in the picture, but the gig is Jackson's. He should be considered an RB1 for 2013. He'll likely fall to the middle or end of the first round – don't be afraid to grab him if you can.
At only 26 years old at the start of the 2013 season, Mendenhall still has some juice left in the tank. Now going on 20 months removed from ACL surgery, there shouldn't be anything to slow him down. Well, except for the pesky details like a struggling offense in Arizona. Or a guy like Ryan Williams who will compete for touches as well. Mendenhall proved that, when healthy, he could be a RB1. However, last season will still leave a bad taste in Fantasy owner's mouths. Looking back to his previous three seasons in Pittsburgh, he had over 1,000 rushing yards in two of those three seasons – the third cut short by his ACL injury. He ended that year with 928 rushing yards (so 1,000 yards was certainly within his realm). Look for him to break 1,000 again with Arizona and potentially have double-digit touchdowns. This is all assuming he is healthy and wins the starting job. As the offseason continues, monitor reports coming out of Arizona. If Mendenhall is their guy, don't be afraid to draft him as your RB1.
The rumor mill had us believing that Woodhead would remain with New England. Well, the Patriots didn't re-sign him, and the Chargers decided they wanted him. Look for Woodhead to take on a mix of the 2011 Mike Tolbert role as the goal-line and short yardage back who can catch the ball and the 2010 Darren Sproles role of a running back who lines up out wide to catch short passes. In PPR leagues, Woodhead has RB3 value. In 2011, Tolbert had 490 rushing yards, eight touchdowns, 54 receptions, 433 receiving yards and two receiving touchdowns, and in 2010, Sproles had 270 rushing yards, 59 receptions, 520 receiving yards and two TDs. Woodhead will likely put up numbers along the lines of Sproles moreso than Tolbert. The guy who sees a downgrade from the Woodhead signing is Ryan Mathews. This is proof that the Chargers don't trust Mathews to be their No. 1 guy. Although, after the year he had in 2012, do you blame them? He's too fragile to carry the load himself as the primary back. He – and the team – did better when Tolbert and Sproles were there, so it's no wonder they looked to find another back to help Mathews out. Mathews drops to low RB2 status.
Those two names typically don't appear together, but Green Bay has given up on Jennings and divisional rival Minnesota is desperate for a receiver now that Percy Harvin is gone. It appears that Jennings will step into Harvin's role, but it remains to be seen if he can play it as well as Harvin did. The first step is to stay healthy. His past two seasons were either cut short or compromised by injury. His previous three seasons were great – each over 1,100 receiving yards, over 65 receptions and at least four touchdowns (nine in one season, 12 in the other). He also had Aaron Rodgers throwing to him. Enter Christian Ponder. Clearly there is a downgrade at QB. Instead of Jordy Nelson or Randall Cobb flanking him, Jennings will see Simpson. This will result in more coverage of Jennings and a harder throw for Ponder to make. While Jennings may be capable of 1,000-plus yard seasons, he isn't going to find it in Minnesota. Assuming he can stay healthy, he's worth a look as a low WR2/high WR3. You can draft him on potential, but you have to look at the team and his surroundings. Minnesota also recently added Matt Cassel to provide a backup for Ponder. Don't even think of drafting either QB, and don't think that Cassel will help Jennings' cause.
Well, so much for retirement. Gonzalez has channeled his inner Brett Favre and has decided to return to Atlanta for another season. His numbers over the past two years have been pretty consistent, and even though he is getting older, there is reason to believe his numbers will remain about the same in 2013. They may take a slight dip; however, Matt Ryan is going to throw him the ball, especially in the red zone. Look for Gonzalez to have about 75 receptions, 850 receiving yards and five touchdowns. He will definitely be a Top 10 tight end and he will likely flirt with Top Five numbers as well. Draft him as a TE1 and enjoy another year before he decides to retire again.
Welcome to Chicago, Martellus Bennett, where tight ends go to die. Well, at least they did in the Mike Martz era. There has been a change in the regime in Chicago, but they didn't have a top tier tight end to work with. Now that Bennett is there, expect him to become Jay Cutler's No. 2 target (behind Brandon Marshall). Sure, Alshon Jeffery will get his share as well, but as long as they let Cutler throw the ball, expect Bennett to be the beneficiary. Marshall will see double coverages, and Bennett will end up being open. He showed that he had potential to be a top TE in New York and he'll likely be given that opportunity in Chicago. The addition of Bennett gives Cutler's Fantasy value a boost. Draft Bennett as a sneaky TE1, as he may be overlooked given his inconsistent 2012 numbers and the past success of tight ends in Chicago.


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The first and the foremost question that your web design clients put up is "how much would it cost like?". This straight forward question runs down the chill for both — the designer as well as the client. This simple and straight forward question is in fact quite complicated for the designer to answer and hard for the client to accept.
The design is actually the outcome of creativity, thought, consultation, planning and a host of other things. And quoting a web design cost for the designer requires the systematic breakdown of design services he will be offering. It requires a thorough analysis of the design requirements inclusive of time and effort invested on gathering the client's requirements. Right from the inception of the design plan to final delivery of the website packed with the bells and whistles — all the inputs are chargeable. From the designer's perspective, it is fair enough to charge for all the time and effort spent on giving shape to the final design which is approved by the client.
Then comes the client's story. The client's perspective about the web design is more like a viewer in the art gallery. He can appreciate the aesthetics and visual appeal of the artistic presentation but cannot determine the hardships that goes into making the art-piece a reality. It is thus quite common that without actually understanding the design process, the client gets overwhelmed by the total cost of the project.
The client views the website as just about any other advertising, marketing and promotion tool. But somehow overlooks the fact that the having a website is one time expense which reaps fruits in the long-term. The website helps in building the online identity as an ongoing process. And the capitalization just works.
Breaking the ice with your client in this manner, i.e. educating the client about the complexities of the design process and long-term benefits of owning the website lets the ball rolling in your court. Get ready to strike a profitable deal with your clients. The calculator offered by Freelance Switch can help you get an idea about the desired quote — the cost which pays off your expenses and offers "value for money" experience to your client.
However the reality about pricing the design services is that there is no fixed formula to arrive at the desired price. You have to consider a number of factors and answer a host of questions to finally arrive at the quote which affects your own outlook on your services and impacts your client's opinion on your services. Here are some of the most important factors and questions you should ask yourself in order to arrive at the pleasing yet paying off quote.
Deciding on how much to charge for services is not an easy task. Here are 7 factors followed by 10 questions which will help you in determining a fair price for you as well as your clients.
Your Client's Budget: Always assess your client's budget first. It saves you from both the possible loses — losing client by overcharging and losing profits by undercharging. Charge your services depending on how much your client is willing to spend.
Time is money goes well with all the creative processes. Especially after reaching the level of expertise in the web design field, your new projects and assignments start costing you in terms of time more than money. If the project at hand will take twice as much time for a simple project, feel free to reflect your engagement through your prices.
Skills Needed For The Project: Assess the worth of your skills and charge accordingly. If the website demands some specific utility functions to be coded in the functions.php or requires you to check for the plugin compatibility, don't forget to include such customization charges in your quotation.
Your Experience: Your experience serves as the savoir for your client. It assures your client that in case something goes wrong you will act as "Mr Fix It" and settle the problems without panic.
Type Of Client: The pricing mechanism rests heavily on the type of client you are dealing with. If you have a designer as your client, lowering the price slab makes room for future transactions while one time clients having flexible budget is an indicator for raising your prices.
The Quality Of Services You Offer: Offering pixel perfect design, standards-compliant code and round the hour services in case of some possible damage goes a long way in establishing your credibility as a designer. Let your commitment and professionalism reflect in your prices.
Your Profit: Last but not the least, you will need to re-examine your prices to make sure you are not undercharging the client. Set the quote in such a way that is completely covers your cost and pays appropriately for the time and effort invested by you.
Design as we speak in case of a web design project is not confined to graphic design alone. It is inclusive of all the services you offer right from taking up the project to launching the website. It may include just the blog design or at other times it may call for a complete re-design, customization, plugin compatibility, logo design and at times inclusion of some specific utility functions. The very nature of the design process makes it difficult to profess standard charges. Here are 10 questions you need to ask yourself to answer this flexible question.
How badly do you want the project?
How much is your client willing to float?
What are the exact project specifications the particular client has provided?
What is the level of complexity involved in this process — simple, complicated, requires expertise?
What is everyone else charging?
Whom are you offering the services to — a designer or a layman?
Do you have time for the new project?
Where do you stand in terms of experience and technical expertise in your field?
What do you feel the final project will be worth?
Nice article mate… I think its very important to keep the pricing right for web designing services. Charging too less also has lots of harms.


Marijuana legalization is a complex issue worthy of serious consideration. But will it get serious consideration? We're not sure.
Several states have de-criminalized possession of personal use quantities of marijuana. Some have begun the process of legalizing marijuana as a consumer product, so that it can be sold to the general public as a recreational drug (like alcohol and cigarettes) and of course, taxed.
Obviously we think this is a bad idea. Our real-world experience helping people whose lives have been consumed by substance abuse and drug addiction tells us that gateway drugs do exist, and that marijuana is a gateway drug for some people. Perhaps more importantly, for those at risk of addiction, pot smoking is a behavior strongly associated with drug addiction. But legalization is a complex issue worthy of serious consideration. But will it get serious consideration?
The current economic situation makes additional "sin taxes" like a tax on open pot sales very attractive. Some see it as a gold mine. It is fairly easy to rationalize legalization if you recognize the current system of medical marijuana to be largely a hoax, with some states granting "medical" use to recreational drug users complaining of malaise or boredom, for example. Some studies have suggested legalization would result in savings of $12.1 billion in police and court costs, plus another $16.9 billion in corrections costs.
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Q: Saddle point approximation The coefficients for the Maclaurin series of the reciprocal $\Gamma$ function can be calculated by an integral formula given by:
$$\frac{1}{\Gamma(z)}= \Sigma_{n} a_n z^n, \;a_n =\frac{(-1)^n}{\pi n!} \int_0^\infty e^{-t} \Im{[(\log(x)-i\pi)^n]} dt$$ as shown by Fekih-Ahmed (2014) in https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.5983. This integral formula yields a remarkable simple asymptotic expression:
$$ a_n \simeq \frac{(-1)^n}{n!} \sqrt{\frac{2 n}{ \pi}} \Im{\left[\frac{z_0^{1/2-n} e^{-nz_0}}{\sqrt{1+z_0}}\right]}, \; z_0 = 1/W_{-1}(-n)$$
where $W_{-1}$ is the -1 branch of the Lambert $W$ function, through use of the saddle point approximation as derived by Fekih-Ahmed in the same paper.
In another related problem, I have come to a formula with similar expression:
$$I_{n,k} = \int_0^1 (1-x)^n \Im{[(\log(x)-i\pi)^k]} dx$$
but even though I employ the same approach of the paper, my saddle point approximation seems to diverge from the exact integral as $k \rightarrow \infty$ for any value of $n$.
The general idea is to use saddle point approximation for the following integral:
$$ I_{n,k} = \int_0^{1} e^{k[\log(1-z)/r+\log(\log(z)-i\pi)]} dz$$
so we seek to minimize $f(z) = \log(1-z)/r+\log(\log(z)-i\pi)$, where $r = k/n$, for $k \geq n$. (For now I am interested in fixing $n$ and increasing $k$.) We can find an analytical expression for the saddle point: $z_0 = 1/W_{-1}(-re^r)$, but while for small $k$ the formula like the one above yields results 10% different from the exact, it increases to 35% for larger $k$s. I was hoping to find an approximation with accuracy that oscillates but has no degrading trend. The approximation becomes quite awful as we increase the value of $n$. So I wonder if I am not applying the saddle point approximation correctly or if anyone has any better idea to approximate the value of $I_{n,k}$. I think the leading term should asymptotically become $\log^k(n)$.
Thank you!

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When you're in the midst of resuscitating someone, it is obviously not frivolous. But these videos show there can be humour in everything. Please review our post on resuscitation, to be sure you know what to do if you're in a situation where someone's heart has stopped. Then you can reinforce your knowledge as you sit back and enjoy these three videos.
1. Even babies can attempt resuscitation!
3. How the tough guys do it!
Are you on the red or blue (blood clot) team?


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Seattle Seahawks legend Cortez Kennedy, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2012, died at age 48.
TMZ first reported Kennedy's death on Tuesday. His death was confirmed by ESPN and NFL.com. Orlando police told TMZ there was "nothing suspicious" with Kennedy's death, but the cause of death was unclear.
Kennedy was the third pick of the 1990 NFL draft out of the University of Miami (Fla.). The big, athletic defensive tackle made eight Pro Bowls, was named first-team All-Pro three times and made it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was just the second player to spend most or all of his career with the Seahawks and be voted into the Hall of Fame, joining receiver Steve Largent.
In his Hall of Fame enshrinement speech, Kennedy talked about his long road to the NFL, working his way up from Northwest Mississippi Community College to Miami to the Seahawks.
The Seahawks put out a heartfelt statement after Kennedy's death.
Kennedy played 167 NFL games over 11 seasons, all with Seattle. He was the shining light on some bad Seahawks teams through the 1990s, and appeared in just one playoff game in his storied career. Kennedy was a tough assignment for most offensive guards of his era. Kennedy finished his career with 58 sacks. He had 14 sacks in 1992, which was his best NFL season. He was named NFL defensive player of the year that season.
"The entire Hall of Fame family is stunned and deeply saddened to learn the news of Cortez Kennedy's passing," Pro Football Hall of Fame president David Baker said in a statement. "On behalf of the Hall of Fame Board of Trustees, Cortez's fellow Hall of Famers, and our staff, we extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and fans.
Really sad to lose a guy like Cortez Kennedy. A great personality, a great player & I enjoyed competing against him. Prayers to his family.
Cortez Kennedy was an incredible athlete but he was an even better man.


Stevens: Vestal's reigning state champs get it done for openers.
Victory over Ithaca is coach Tank Anderson's 399th.
State championship defense is in motion for Vestal's baseball program, 10 months removed from topping New York's Class A heap and, as the fellas so hope, two months away from a crack at a curtain call.
Following two weather-scrubbed goes at opening the season, conditions relented sufficiently to permit six innings of action before nightfall Wednesday at Ithaca High, where the Golden Bears did quality work early and proceeded to a 9-5 victory.
Thrilled to finally execute what they do on grass and dirt were these Bears, understandably eager and properly layered-up for mid-40s temperatures and an occasional freshening of disagreeable breeze. Oh, that quartet of geese lingering blissfully deep in the left-center gap? They bothered no one.
Vestal put up eight runs before Ithaca had its second hit, a jolt that would prove mighty handy when the guests lapsed into some spotty play in a rematch of last year's Southern Tier Athletic Conference title game. That resulted in a 2-1 win for the Bears.
But for openers? They'll take it.
"First outing? I think we saw what I expected," said Tank Anderson, who boarded the bus one win shy of No. 400. The next opportunity to achieve that milestone comes Friday at Maine-Endwell, and the following day brings Seton Catholic Central, as special an April non-leaguer as can be found around these parts.
Drawing the initial pitching assignment was Dom DiRado, same young man whose three-hitter backboned a 2-0 win against Wantagh in the 2017 state final and who was subsequently granted first-team all-state recognition.
On Wednesday, DiRado ground through it, is what he did. A hit batsman or two here, a walk or three there, and an errant pick-off attempt blemished what was an adequate 2018 debut. Do know, this guys's got it— as his spot on Binghamton University's squad next year confirms.
Five strikeouts into his outing, DiRado yielded to senior classmate Matt Arthur in the last of the fourth, and Arthur finished on a day Vestal out-hit the Little Red, 11-6.
On the other side of things?
"Offensively, as soon as I saw Ryan Kerley get that leadoff hit— here's a kid off the JV and we've got six new kids in the lineup," Anderson said. "Kerley swung the bat well, he was our leadoff hitter on the JV, he's got some pop, too. Matt Carr, who I know can hit, struggled last year and he had three big hits today.
Carr was especially impressive. The Golden Bears' senior second baseman and No. 2 batter began with a nasty-hop base hit to the right side, had a two-run single to right-center for a 5-0 second-inning lead, and made it a turkey with a grass-hugging hit to center as leadoff man in the fourth.
"We've been itching to get outside forever, so, same swings as we do in the cage, try to translate it out here and it worked out pretty well," Carr said of what has been an extended challenge for Vestal and so many others throughout Section 4 in what has been extended winter, really.
Vestal's outdoor preparation for this one consisted of a couple sessions on the synthetic turf of the football field, where fielding ground balls and doing a bit of throwing were mostly the order of the days. The Bears did fit in a session of makeshift outfield practice — left fielder positioned on the running track, etc. — "So we could kind of simulate a little bit of throwing to the bases," Anderson said.
From a Little Red perspective? The moment most will take from April 11 is Sam Barley's thump of a leadoff home run in the second. That baby traveled, landing on pavement authoritatively beyond the fence in extreme left field.
But back to this title defense for Vestal, and what should be understood and accepted in line with the reality of high school athletics.
From those 2017 champions return two defensive starters, Carr and catcher Matt McAllister. Owen Dando is this year's shortstop after designated hitting as a junior. Of course, perhaps the top pitching tandem around is back in DiRado and Kyle Taborne. The latter dealt Whitesboro batters seven scoreless innings in last year's state semi.
"But they can't pitch them all. So, the other guys are going to have to step up or we don't even qualify for sectionals," said Anderson. And he continued, with regard to coaching a reigning state champion.
"Obviously everyone chatters here and there about repeat and how we want to get there. But I say, there were 21 years between my state titles, you know what I mean? It's rare, guys. So, let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Friday at Maine-Endwell will be big, as it was the Spartans who fell to Vestal in a three-gamer with 2017 intersectional play on the line.
But Saturday's home opener, too, will be significant— for Vestal and Seton Catholic Central.
This will be the first game pitting Papa Tank against Son Nick, Saints head coach who last June guided his squad to a berth in the state's Class B final four. And Seton CC has returners aplenty.
May they revel in that for a couple hours, and may the two join family for one fine Saturday-evening supper regardless of outcome.


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for n in range(num):
    while message =="":
        newnum= random.randint(48,122)
        if newnum > 47 and newnum < 58:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

        elif newnum > 64 and newnum <91:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

        elif newnum > 97 and newnum < 123:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

        else:
            newnum -= random.randint(7,10)
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

if (any(x.isupper() for x in message) and any(x.islower() for x in message)and any(x.isdigit() for x in message)):
    print(message)
else:
    message =""

A: After the first iteration your message will be != of '', because you will set it to a chr(val).  Thus it will never re-enter in the while loop again and it will just finish the for loop.

A: I think your problem is in wrong indention. Try to use
for n in range(num):
    while message =="":
        newnum= random.randint(48,122)
        if newnum > 47 and newnum < 58:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

        elif newnum > 64 and newnum <91:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

        elif newnum > 97 and newnum < 123:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

        else:
            newnum -= random.randint(7,10)
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

        if (any(x.isupper() for x in message) and any(x.islower() for x in message) and any(x.isdigit() for x in message)):
            print(message)
        else:
            message =""

A: Your problem is mainly ident and the while condition, take a look at my code.
import random

num = 3
print(num)

message=""
end = False #set a valid condition to end the program
for n in range(num):
#   while message =="":
    while end == False:
        newnum= random.randint(48,122)
        if newnum > 47 and newnum < 58:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)
        elif newnum > 64 and newnum <91:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)
        elif newnum > 97 and newnum < 123:
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)

        else:
            newnum -= random.randint(7,10)
            val=chr(newnum)
            val = newnum
            message +=chr(val)
        if (any(x.isupper() for x in message)
             and any(x.islower() for x in message)
             and any(x.isdigit() for x in message)):

            print(message)
            end=True
#       else:
#           message =""


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How a Crew of Hardliners Hijacked Donald Trump's Cuba Policy
Trump is rolling back Barack Obama's normalization efforts. Here's how it happened.
Andy Kroll
Donald Trump visits the Bay of Pigs museum on October 25, 2016.Al Diaz/Miami Herald/ZUMA Wire
On Friday, Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in Miami, home to America's largest Cuban American community, where he will announce a new rollback of several Obama-era reforms on US-Cuba policy. Trump plans to implement greater restrictions on travel to Cuba and outlaw any business transactions that involve the Cuban military, which is deeply intertwined with most economic activity on the island. The tourism industry will be hit especially hard. "Economic practices that benefit the Cuban military at the expense of the Cuban people will soon be coming to an end #BetterDealforCuba," Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), an opponent of the Obama reforms, tweeted on Thursday.
Trump's announcement is the culmination of a contentious, monthslong process that pitted a small crew of Cuba hardliners within Congress and the administration against virtually the entire US military, intelligence, and diplomatic bureaucracies. (Not to mention many Cuban Americans. In South Florida, majorities say they oppose the 56-year-old embargo and want better relations with Cuba.) The hardliners say Obama's efforts only empowered and enriched the Castro regime while turning a blind eye to human rights and political abuses. Pro-engagement activists say the current policies are working, bringing money and jobs and opportunity to Cuba. (Trump's directive is not a wholesale repeal of Obama's actions. It will not address Obama's decision to remove Cuba from the state-sponsored terrorism list and to end the "wet foot, dry foot" policy that allowed Cuban migrants who reached the United States to stay here and become permanent residents.)
This is the story of how the hardliners gained the upper hand and—for now—set the administration on a path back to the days of greater hostility toward Cuba.
In February, the Trump administration, led by the National Security Council, began a government-wide review of US-Cuba policy. Such interagency reviews are typical for a new administration. After the different agencies and departments had each assessed their piece of the broader US relationship with Cuba, a so-called deputies meeting was convened in early May. Representatives from the departments of Commerce, Defense, State, Treasury, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and more went around the room offering their perspectives. According to four sources briefed on the meeting, the deputies were almost unanimous in their support for the Cuba policies already on the books, including the Obama-era normalization efforts. While Cuba remains a repressive country that punishes and imprisons critics of the ruling regime, the consensus was that cutting off relations would do little to improve life there.
But there were two strong dissenters in the room, those sources say. The first was from the White House legislative affairs team, which interacts with members of Congress. That staffer, according to the sources, was channeling the opposition of two Florida Republicans who are avowed Castro foes: Rubio and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, who represents parts of Miami. The two lawmakers have led the charge to convince Trump to undo the Obama-era reforms.
Picture of the night @MarioDB and I hammered out the new Cuba policy. Thankful for his leadership! #cubancoffee #BetterDealforCuba pic.twitter.com/ukpQJo2eev
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 16, 2017
Rubio and Diaz-Balart had sought to hold Trump accountable to his campaign pledge to renegotiate Obama's "bad deal" with Cuba, and both men lobbied the president for months to roll back the last administration's actions. At one point, according to Politico, Rubio urged Trump to take unilateral action. "What you've committed to do on Cuba, what you want to do on Cuba, is never going to come from career staff," Rubio said he told Trump. "It's going to have to come from the top down. You're going to have to tell them what to do." According to the Miami Herald, Rubio gave a nickname to his behind-the-scenes campaign: "Martí," a reference to the 19th-century Cuban revolutionary and poet José Martí.
Rubio had at least one ally inside the bureaucracy: Mauricio Claver-Carone, who is arguably the most vocal pro-embargo activist and lobbyist in Washington, was working on the inside. A onetime Rubio adviser, Claver-Carone has spent most of his adult life blasting the Castro regime for its human rights abuses and fighting any effort to open diplomatic relations between the United States and Cuba. As the head of the US-Cuba Democracy Political Action Committee, he lobbied to help defeat several measures in 2005 to permit more humanitarian travel to Cuba and allow toothpaste and soap to be included in gift packages sent to the country. He wrote that it was "absolutely unconscionable" for the United States to join forces with Cuba in the disaster relief effort after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. And when a pro-engagement Cuban-American was elected to lead the US-Cuba Business Council in early 2016, Claver-Carone fired off a tweet: "As [Madeleine] Albright would say: There's special place in hell for Cubans who embrace tyrants that terrorize their own people."
Shortly before joining the Trump transition team late last year, Claver-Carone condemned Obama's Cuba reforms in a Miami Herald op-ed as having "made a bad situation worse" by ultimately benefiting the Castro regime, not ordinary Cuban people. So it was an omen of things to come when Trump named Claver-Carone to his transition team. "It tells you something about policy when you take someone at the extreme fringes of an extreme element and put them in a position of responsibility or power," says Marguerite Jiménez, senior associate for Cuba at the human rights group WOLA.
Since Trump's inauguration, Claver-Carone has settled in as a senior adviser at the Treasury Department's office of international affairs. It's unclear what role he may have played in the Cuba policies being unveiled on Friday. If he was involved in policy decisions regarding Cuba, there is no record that Claver-Carone, who was a registered lobbyist on Cuba issues until November 18, has received an ethics waiver as is required for government staffers working on issues they once lobbied on under the rules laid out by the Trump administration. (Claver-Carone and the Treasury Department did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)
Expecting the agencies to argue in favor of engagement, Rubio's go-it-alone advice to Trump included urging the president to cancel the NSC deputies meeting in early May, according to a source with knowledge of the request. Trump initially agreed, but H.R. McMaster, Trump's national security adviser, insisted the meeting go on as planned. (Rubio's office declined to comment on the call. An NSC spokesman didn't respond to an email seeking comment.)
Meanwhile, Diaz-Balart used another tactic to lobby the Trump White House. This spring, as the Republican health care bill floundered in the House of Representatives, Diaz-Balart (who, in a Shakespearean twist, is a nephew of the late Fidel Castro) used his position as a key vote in the Obamacare repeal effort to prod Trump to tighten US restrictions on Cuba, according to two sources with knowledge of the discussion. (Diaz-Balart has said it's a "lie" that he offered his vote in exchange for a Cuba commitment but acknowledged he's pressured the president to toughen Cuba restrictions.)
The other dissenter at the early May NSC deputies meeting was Carlos Díaz Rosillo, a White House aide to Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser. A former Harvard lecturer and political scientist who worked as a surrogate for the Trump campaign, Díaz Rosillo is not well known in US-Cuba policy circles. One US-Cuba expert I interviewed had to Google his name. Nonetheless, a person who knows Díaz Rosillo, who asked for anonymity to describe private conversations with him, described him as a Cuba hawk. "He's definitely more of a hardliner," the person says.
Pro-engagement advocates told me that the NSC deputies meeting was emblematic of the larger schism inside the administration. "There's a division within the administration between the policymakers and the political advisers," says Mark Feierstein, a former special assistant to Obama and NSC senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs. "Most policymakers—both within the National Security Council and agencies like State, Treasury, and Commerce—want to maintain the existing policy. That said, Trump has made certain commitments to Senator Rubio and Congressman Diaz-Balart that the White House feels obligated to fulfill."
What's different about this moment in US-Cuban relations is that the Cubans have repeatedly indicated that they, like Trump, are ready to negotiate. Cuban President Raúl Castro, brother of the late Fidel Castro, said in January that he hoped for "respectful dialogue" with Trump. This week, CNN quoted a senior Cuban official who said the Castro regime was open to working with Trump. "We know they have a different view of the world," the official said. "We understand that."
Vicki Huddleston, the principal officer at the US Interest Section in Havana under President Bill Clinton, the equivalent of the US ambassador to Cuba, says the Cuban leadership's openness to broker new agreements as well as the restraint it showed by not responding to Trump's provocations ("Fidel Castro is dead!") indicated Cuba's seriousness about new negotiations. "Usually, the Cubans get on their high horse and say terrible things, but they've been very mild, very moderate," Huddleston says. "I think that indicates a certain maturity in Cuba, but I also think it indicates they really would like to continue a good relationship or at least one that provides economic benefits."
American companies are equally supportive of normalizing relations with Cuba, eyeing a potentially lucrative new market. The US Chamber of Commerce, which is largely aligned with the Republican Party, is a strong proponent of better relations with Cuba. After a recent visit there, Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, wrote that "clearly the time is right for positive interactions between the United States and Cuba." Airbnb expanded to Cuba in 2015, JetBlue began offering direct flights to Havana in November 2016, and servers owned by Google went live on the island this spring.
For now, however, Trump is set to heed the advice of the hardliners—Rubio and Diaz-Balart, Claver-Carone and Díaz Rosillo—and take an oppositional tack with the Cuban government. (A White House official told reporters on Thursday that Rubio was "central" to forming the administration's new changes.) Trump plans to use the Castro regime's appalling record on human rights and political freedoms to justify his rollback of US-Cuba policy, but human rights groups including Oxfam, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and WOLA argue that restricting travel, commerce, and intelligence sharing will only make Cuba's human rights issues worse. "The fact that Obama's approach hasn't led to political reform in Cuba after just a few years isn't reason to return to a policy that proved a costly failure over many decades," Daniel Wilkinson, managing director for the Americas at Human Rights Watch, said in a recent statement.
If a deal between the United States and Cuba is ultimately what Trump wants, rolling back the past administration's reforms under the guise of human rights and democracy promotion is the wrong way to do it, says Marguerite Jiménez of WOLA. "There's no legitimate human rights organization that will go on record and say, 'Yes, isolation is good for human rights,'" she says. "The rollback will do nothing for human rights on the island."
Mark Feierstein, the former Obama official, says it was "notable" the extent to which Obama's policies will remain intact after Trump's directive goes into effect. "That speaks to the bipartisan recognition of the wisdom of Obama's approach, and the extent to which the American public, including Cuban Americans, have embraced engagement with the Cuban people," he says. However, he added, "the reinstated limitations on travel and commerce will hurt, rather than help, the Cuban people."

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Q: I want to add same value in shared preference each time click button My question is i have a list of food item. when user press add button to add the dish i am saving this dish name in shared preference. but when i press the same dish twice in shared preference should show 2 dishes with the same name. but each time i press same dish its showing me only one dish. this is my code below.
public class Cafetaria extends AppCompatActivity {

    String title;
    ListView listView;
    View customNav;
    public String value,secdish,thrDish,frthDish;
    public String Drink,Drink2,Drink3,Drink4;
    String selectedDrink;
    Dialog ViewDialog;
    TextView tv_foodtype,tv_drink;
    private Button button;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_cafetaria);
        getSupportActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);

        title = getIntent().getStringExtra("option");
        getSupportActionBar().setTitle(title);

        ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();
        ActionBar.LayoutParams lp = new ActionBar.LayoutParams(ActionBar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, ActionBar.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, Gravity.RIGHT | Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
        customNav = LayoutInflater.from(this).inflate(R.layout.food_actionbar_layout, null); // layout which contains your button.

        actionBar.setCustomView(customNav, lp);
        actionBar.setDisplayShowCustomEnabled(true);

        customNav.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {

                ViewDialog = new Dialog(Cafetaria.this);
                ViewDialog.setContentView(R.layout.activity_order_detail);
                ViewDialog.setTitle("Your Order Details");

                tv_foodtype = (TextView)ViewDialog.findViewById(R.id.nameuser);
                tv_drink = (TextView)ViewDialog.findViewById(R.id.passnum);
                button = (Button)ViewDialog.findViewById(R.id.okBtn);
                ViewDialog.show();

                final SharedPreferences mSharedPreference= PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
                value=(mSharedPreference.getString("firstDish", ""));

                Drink=(mSharedPreference.getString("selectedDrinks", ""));
                Drink2=(mSharedPreference.getString("selectedDrinks1", ""));
                Drink3=(mSharedPreference.getString("selectedDrinks2", ""));
                Drink4=(mSharedPreference.getString("selectedDrinks3", ""));

                secdish=(mSharedPreference.getString("secdish", ""));
                thrDish=(mSharedPreference.getString("thirdDish", ""));
                frthDish=(mSharedPreference.getString("fourtDish", ""));

                tv_foodtype.setText("Main Dishes"+ " \n"+value + " \n" + secdish +"\n"+thrDish+"\n"+frthDish);
                tv_drink.setText("Drink"+" \n"+Drink + " \n" + Drink2 +"\n"+Drink3+"\n"+Drink4);
                button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                    @Override
                    public void onClick(View v) {

                        ViewDialog.dismiss();

                    }
                });

            }
        });

        listView =(ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView);

        Drawable chic = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.chicktikka);
        final Drawable plus = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.plus);
        Drawable minus = this.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.minus);

        ArrayList<FoodItemData> listofItem = new ArrayList<>();
        FoodListViewAdapter listViewAdapter= new FoodListViewAdapter(this,R.layout.item_layout,listofItem);
        listView.setAdapter(listViewAdapter);

        listofItem.add(new FoodItemData("Chicken Tikka","spicey chicken tikka with mixures of indian spices",chic,plus,minus));
        listofItem.add(new FoodItemData("Onion Bhaji","spicey chicken tikka with mixures of indian spices",chic,plus,minus));
        listofItem.add(new FoodItemData("Chicken Pizza","spicey chicken tikka with mixures of indian spices",chic,plus,minus));
        listofItem.add(new FoodItemData("Chicken Masala","spicey chicken tikka with mixures of indian spices",chic,plus,minus));

    }

    @RequiresApi(api = Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB_MR1)
    public void plusClick(View v)
    {
        if (listView.getPositionForView(v)==0) {

            SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(Cafetaria.this);
            final SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();

            editor.putString("firstDish","Chicken Tikka");
            AlertDialog.Builder adb = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
            adb.setTitle("Please Choose your drink");
            final String[] drinks = new String[]{"Coke", "Fanta", "Sprite"};

            final ArrayList<Integer> selectedItems = new ArrayList<Integer>();
            final boolean[] preCheckedItems = new boolean[]{false, false, false};

            adb.setMultiChoiceItems(drinks, preCheckedItems, new DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which, boolean isChecked) {
                    if (isChecked) {
                        selectedItems.add(which);
                    } else if (selectedItems.contains(which)) {
                        selectedItems.remove(which);
                    }
                }
            });

            //Define the AlertDialog positive/ok/yes button
            adb.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    for (int i = 0; i < selectedItems.size(); i++) {
                        int IndexOfColorsArray = selectedItems.get(i);
                        selectedDrink = Arrays.asList(drinks).get(IndexOfColorsArray);

                        editor.putString("selectedDrinks",selectedDrink);
                        editor.commit();

                    }

                    Toast.makeText(Cafetaria.this, "Your item has been added", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                }
            });

            //Define the Neutral/Cancel button in AlertDialog
            adb.setNeutralButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                }
            });
            adb.show();
        }

     else if (listView.getPositionForView(v) == 1) {

            SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(Cafetaria.this);
            final SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
            editor.putString("secdish","Onion Bhaji");

            AlertDialog.Builder adb = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
            adb.setTitle("Choose your Drink");
            final String[] drinks = new String[]{"Coke", "Fanta", "Sprite"};
            final ArrayList<Integer> selectedItems = new ArrayList<Integer>();
            final boolean[] preCheckedItems = new boolean[]{false, false, false};

            adb.setMultiChoiceItems(drinks, preCheckedItems, new DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which, boolean isChecked) {

                    if (isChecked) {
                        selectedItems.add(which);
                    } else if (selectedItems.contains(which)) {
                        selectedItems.remove(which);
                    }
                }
            });

            //Define the AlertDialog positive/ok/yes button
            adb.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {

                    for (int i = 0; i < selectedItems.size(); i++) {
                        int IndexOfColorsArray = selectedItems.get(i);
                        selectedDrink = Arrays.asList(drinks).get(IndexOfColorsArray);
                        editor.putString("selectedDrinks1",selectedDrink);
                        editor.commit();

                    }

                    Toast.makeText(Cafetaria.this, "Your item has been added", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                }
            });
            adb.setNeutralButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    //When user click the neutral/cancel button from alert dialog
                }
            });
            adb.show();
     }

        else if (listView.getPositionForView(v) == 2) {

            SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(Cafetaria.this);
            final SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
            editor.putString("thirdDish","Chicken Pizza");

            AlertDialog.Builder adb = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
            adb.setTitle("Choose your Drink");
            final String[] drinks = new String[]{"Coke", "Fanta", "Sprite"};
            final ArrayList<Integer> selectedItems = new ArrayList<Integer>();
            final boolean[] preCheckedItems = new boolean[]{false, false, false};

            adb.setMultiChoiceItems(drinks, preCheckedItems, new DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which, boolean isChecked) {

                    if (isChecked) {
                        selectedItems.add(which);
                    } else if (selectedItems.contains(which)) {
                        selectedItems.remove(which);
                    }
                }
            });

            adb.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    for (int i = 0; i < selectedItems.size(); i++) {
                        int IndexOfColorsArray = selectedItems.get(i);
                        selectedDrink = Arrays.asList(drinks).get(IndexOfColorsArray);
                        editor.putString("selectedDrinks2",selectedDrink);
                        editor.commit();

                    }

                    Toast.makeText(Cafetaria.this, "Your item has beed added", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            });
            adb.setNeutralButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    //When user click the neutral/cancel button from alert dialog
                }
            });
            adb.show();
        }

        else if (listView.getPositionForView(v) == 3) {

            SharedPreferences prefs = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(Cafetaria.this);
            final SharedPreferences.Editor editor = prefs.edit();
            editor.putString("fourtDish","Chicken Masala");

            AlertDialog.Builder adb = new AlertDialog.Builder(this);
            adb.setTitle("Choose your Drink");
            final String[] drinks = new String[]{"Coke", "Fanta", "Sprite"};
            final ArrayList<Integer> selectedItems = new ArrayList<Integer>();
            final boolean[] preCheckedItems = new boolean[]{false, false, false};

            adb.setMultiChoiceItems(drinks, preCheckedItems, new DialogInterface.OnMultiChoiceClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which, boolean isChecked) {

                    if (isChecked) {
                        selectedItems.add(which);
                    } else if (selectedItems.contains(which)) {
                        //selectedItems.remove(which);
                        selectedItems.add(which);
                    }
                }
            });

            adb.setPositiveButton("Ok", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    for (int i = 0; i < selectedItems.size(); i++) {
                        int IndexOfColorsArray = selectedItems.get(i);
                        selectedDrink = Arrays.asList(drinks).get(IndexOfColorsArray);
                        editor.putString("selectedDrinks3",selectedDrink);
                        editor.commit();

                    }

                    Toast.makeText(Cafetaria.this, "Your item has beed added", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                }
            });
            adb.setNeutralButton("Cancel", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    //When user click the neutral/cancel button from alert dialog
                }
            });
            adb.show();
        }

 }

    public void minusClick(View v)
    {
        if (listView.getPositionForView(v)==0) {

            final SharedPreferences mSharedPreference= PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
            mSharedPreference.edit().remove("firstDish").commit();
            mSharedPreference.edit().remove("selectedDrinks").commit();
            Toast.makeText(Cafetaria.this, "Your Item has been removed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

        else if (listView.getPositionForView(v)==1)
        {
            final SharedPreferences mSharedPreference= PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
            mSharedPreference.edit().remove("secDish").commit();
            mSharedPreference.edit().remove("selectedDrinks1").commit();
            Toast.makeText(Cafetaria.this, "Your Item has been removed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
        else if (listView.getPositionForView(v)==2)
        {
            final SharedPreferences mSharedPreference= PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
            mSharedPreference.edit().remove("thirdDish").commit();
            mSharedPreference.edit().remove("selectedDrinks2").commit();
            Toast.makeText(Cafetaria.this, "Your Item has been removed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
        else if (listView.getPositionForView(v)==3)
        {
            final SharedPreferences mSharedPreference= PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
            mSharedPreference.edit().remove("fourtDish").commit();
            mSharedPreference.edit().remove("selectedDrinks3").commit();
            Toast.makeText(Cafetaria.this, "Your Item has been removed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }

    }

    @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        if (getSupportActionBar() != null){
            getSupportActionBar().setTitle(title);
        }

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {

        switch (item.getItemId()) {

            case android.R.id.home:
                this.finish();
                return true;

        }

        return false;

    }

    @Override
    protected void onRestart() {
        super.onRestart();

        final SharedPreferences mSharedPreference= PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(getBaseContext());
        mSharedPreference.edit().remove("firstDish").commit();
        mSharedPreference.edit().remove("selectedDrinks").commit();
        mSharedPreference.edit().remove("selectedDrinks1").commit();
        mSharedPreference.edit().remove("selectedDrinks2").commit();
        mSharedPreference.edit().remove("selectedDrinks3").commit();
        mSharedPreference.edit().remove("secdish").commit();
        mSharedPreference.edit().remove("thirdDish").commit();
        mSharedPreference.edit().remove("fourtDish").commit();

    }

}`

This is the result I am getting. I press this dish twice and its shown only once. It should be shown twice the same dish name. Please Guide.

A: The code is really long to follow on here. But speaking generally, do you save each dish with different key-value pair? Maybe think about such solution. OR you could store the dishes in an array, which can be stored in Shared prefs, and once you want to see your dishes, just read out the Array List and display the items inside it.
You store the String into an Array, whenever you want to do it in your code. It's just like mArrayList.add("String"); and then you can update yuor SharedPrefs the same you already do, just check the URL on how to store ArrayList to SharedPrefs. Would be a cleaner solution in my view.
Here you can see how to store ArrayList in SharedPreferences:
Save ArrayList to SharedPreferences
And the once you want to display the items from ArrayList, you pull ArrayList from SharedPrefs and display them in AlertDialog ListView.
And here it is explained how to display Array Items in AlertDialog:
How can I display a list view in an Android Alert Dialog?


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Job Title: VP, Business Operational Control
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Salary: RM10,000 - RM15,000
Contact Name: Sheni Krishnan
Contact Email: sheni.krishnan@ellwoodconsulting.com.my
The Client is a Financial Institution and one of the largest banking groups in Malaysia. Also a Public listed company on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia, the organization has subsidiaries offering a range of products and services. The organization believes in dynamic development as an integral factor within its culture and is great place to explore in enhancing career aspirations.
The role will drive and define minimum standards, policies and methodologies, monitor compliance, and identify as well as report on Bank-wide risk exposures for individual businesses i.e. Private Banking, Funds Management, Global Markets, Equity Markets, Capital Markets & Corporate Finance. You will drive the business in assessing their operational risks and review controls instituted periodically to ensure that the measures introduced continue to be relevant and appropriate.
Seeking professionals that have both expertise knowledge in Operational Risk Management, Regulatory Control and Audit and subject matter expert in any of the line of business (LOB) mentioned: Private Banking, Funds Management, Global Markets, Equity Markets, Capital Markets & Corporate Finance.
Responsible in managing operational risk within the Line of Business.
Empowered by Senior Management Team to escalate to Group CEO, Group CRO when the need arises or required thus ensuring their effectiveness.
Act as a single point of contact to escalate to Senior Management Team on operational risks matters/breaches/incidences.
To validate existing process, initiate changes (if necessary), address the gap, and monitor execution of the action plan till closure for the following: operational risk profiles, breaches, key control testing, incidents, control deficiencies and operational gap.
To review key control testing (KCT) undertaken by Line of Business are conducted correctly and timely, including validation on independence of the controls tested by OCC to validate effectiveness of identified controls.
To validate Operational Risk monthly/quarterly report and submit to Group Operational Risk.
To deliberate detailed operational risk issues/incidents to respective Line of Business, including secretarial role to ensure proper recording and minutes of meeting are maintained.
To arrange periodic awareness and training to disseminate key operational risk and regulatory matters.
Regulatory Controls and Audit
Disseminate to staff, information, policies, procedures pertaining to: matters related to / received from Operational Risk, Compliance & Audit; and matters pertaining to AML/CFT received from Compliance Officer.
Assist the HOD in ensuring that staff are trained in relation to applicable rules and procedures in their respective specialized areas by enrolling them in training courses.
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Identify impact of new regulations issued by regulators on specific Line of Business.
Conduct gap analysis arising from the issuance of new regulations/guidelines/directives issued by the regulators.
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Stamp Collecting plus much, much more!
Social Philately is a fairly new concept in collecting, although it can probably be said that it has existed within the hobby for many years, but not recognised within the various classes of collecting. Generally speaking Ephemera, or Collateral Material, within a collection of postal history; aerophilately; and thematics, may be considered as components of the social aspects. These collateral materials — postcards; official documents; shipping and airline routes; commercial services etc., not only add interest to the collection but frequently enhance the story, often forming the basic f ramework on which the philatelic items are constructed.
The idea is to link the social/economic history to the historical content of philately. The aim of Social Philately is to present a historical story, or to illustrate the relevance or impact of the postal system within society.
You can tell the story of the development of a town or country by using the stamps, covers and documents; likewise the historical background to an important event (eg. The Olympic Games, the American Revolution, the English Civil War, the Siege of Paris, etc.) can be brought to life in a collection of Social Philately. Social conventions, such as sending Valentines, or the development of a business or industry (such as the timber, textile, mining or brewing industries) can also be subjects for a Social Philately collection.
Step 1. Choose your subject - if you already collect stamps or postal history you may have items which are 'sideline' to your main collection, and which could be incorporated into it. Alternatively, you might have a special interest which would lend itself as a theme - ask other collectors or dealers at fairs to gauge how much material might be available in you chosen area. Try not to pick a topic which has a scarcity of material available, or you may become easily frustrated !
Step 2. Look for philatelic items and non-philatelic items which relate directly to your topic. Remember - the wider the variety of items, the more enjoyable your collection will be to you, and others! The items listed under "What to Collect" are just some of those possible - Stamp and Postcard magazines, for example, can give you lots of ideas on the range of philatelic material available.
Step 3. Arrange the material in a sequence which makes your story flow - this may be chronologically, or by grouping items together. This is your 'Plan' and is most important if you intend to display your collection. Step 4. Mount your items on 'album' pages, using stamp hinges or corner mounts for envelopes, postcards, etc.
Social Philately represents a study of the development of social systems and products derived from the operation of postal systems. It includes material which can be included in other classes of philately as well as non philatelic items which are directly related to the operations and products of a postal system, either as post office equipment or as material developed by commerce to use or reflect post office services and products.
A social philately collection forming the history of Philatelic Exhibition could be advanced by the inclusion of tickets, catalogues, souvenirs, etc. The British Philatelic Exhibitions have used a variety of venues during their colourful history.
As you can see from the previous examples, 'almost anything' can be included into a Social Philately collection. Of course there are practical considerations of how to display your material, especially if you are entering your collection as a competitive exhibit. But solely from the point of view of collecting, the range and scope of the material is only limited by YOUR IMAGINATION! Remember -You do not need to be an experienced philatelist to be a collector of Social Philately, the emphasis is on history and society - not the postal rates or the different stamp printings!
Try to organise your collection so that it tells a story, with a beginning a middle and an end, rather than jus t an accumulation of material of all the same subject. Find out as much as you can about your chosen theme. You'd be surprised how much easier it is to find relevant material that belongs in you collection, once you really study your subject. If it is work or hobby related you probably know quite a lot about your chosen subject already. If it is a completely new concept then there will be the further challenge of not only finding suitable philatelic and ephemera type material for your fledgling collection, but finding information about the subject as well. Research the local Library, or if you have access to a computer the Internet is a useful research tool. Build up as much data about your topic as possible, that way it will become easier to find the relevant philatelic and non-philatelic material to fit your theme.
Remember, the function of the non-philatelic material is to amplify, and not merely to add an element of decoration to the collection.
Once the basic collection has been formed, some collectors are keen to display or exhibit their work. Local: A good place to start is the local club or Society, most have an annual competition and many are including Social Philately to encourage more participation. National: Social Philately as a UK National level Class made its debut at Glasgow 2000. It was introduced to enable exhibitors who wish to enter exhibits based on a theme related to social history, Up to 50% of non-philatelic material was allowed to be included. Today, this Class has been dropped in favour of the 'OPEN CLASS' which has much the same rules and concept. International: Many international exhibitions are now including an experimental or 'Open Class' in their shows.
Anyone wishing more information on collecting, displaying, or exhibiting Social Philately should contact the Association of British Philatelic Societies. c/o RPSL, 41, Devonshire Place, London W1G 6JY.


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Q: Pausing a Kill Bill subscription We've been using Kill Bill to manage a delivery subscription service. You can sign up to a subscription to receive the items you choose, and be billed monthly.
We want to implement a pause feature so that customers could delay their subscriptions if they went on holiday, for example.
The problem is that we can't figure out how to do that with the API. There's a method to cancel the entitlement (another word for subscription, I think) and one to update it, but nothing obviously related to pausing.
Maybe there's a parameter we need to pass in the update method that we haven't found yet?
You can find the API here, and the majority of the mentions of pausing we could locate in the documentation are on this page.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

A: There is indeed a pause/resume capability in Kill Bill. This is specified at the bundle level (meaning if you have a bundle with multiple subscriptions they would all be paused/resumed). There is also another mechanism with a lower granularity, but let's start with the basics:
Assuming the following:

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*a tenant 'bob'/'lazar'

*a bundle with subscriptions whose bundle_id = '627a0b2a-82ef-4d7f-b1c7-a5a94be705bf'

Pause on 2016-05-14 (interpreted in account timezone):
curl -v \
 -X PUT \
 -u admin:password \
 -H "X-Killbill-ApiKey: bob" \
 -H "X-Killbill-ApiSecret: lazar" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -H "X-Killbill-CreatedBy: stephane" \
 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/1.0/kb/bundles/627a0b2a-82ef-4d7f-b1c7-a5a94be705bf/pause?requestedDate=2016-05-14'

Resume  on 2016-05-18 (interpreted in account timezone):
curl -v \
 -X PUT \
 -u admin:password \
 -H "X-Killbill-ApiKey: bob" \
 -H "X-Killbill-ApiSecret: lazar" \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -H "X-Killbill-CreatedBy: stephane" \
 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/1.0/kb/bundles/627a0b2a-82ef-4d7f-b1c7-a5a94be705bf/resume?requestedDate=2016-05-18'


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At any time following a loss, please contact us at Heritage Insurance and we will be happy to assist you in handling your claim.
These are some factors (not all) that Heritage Agents will assess in determining which of our companies fits your risk management needs. We will then shop the price to ensure the best fit within those companies.
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We program two series of experimental and contemporary jazz concerts on Friday nights in the Fall and in the Spring. If your music falls within these categories, please email booking@firehouse12.com with a narrative description of your project, a recent bio and links to streaming audio. We will contact you only if we are interested in programming your ensemble.


Scotland is split into five distinctive whisky-producing regions. The same basic process is used to produce whisky across the country but subtle variations mean single malts from each region have unique characteristics and flavours.
The biggest region in terms of production, half of all Scottish distilleries can be found here.
Speyside single malts are noted in general for their elegance and complexity, sometimes with a refined smokiness but more often a fruitness ranging from ripe pears to sultanas.
By far the biggest region geographically, the Highland malts inevitably embrace wide and robust flavour variations.
Generally heavier and drier in character compared to other regions, whiskies from here often have nutty, honey, heather or peaty notes. Distilleries near the sea also have some salty, maritime influences in their malts.
Pronounced "eye-luh", this is the greatest of whisky-producing islands. It is only 25 miles long, but has no fewer than eight distilleries.
It's covered in peat which is exposed to rain and sea spray. Harvested and used to malt the barley used in distilling, the peat gives the single malts here their characteristic smoky flavour with some salty, seaweed notes.
Campbeltown, the small coastal town at the tip of the Kintyre peninsula, once boasted over 30 local distilleries but now has just three. Nevertheless, they are still considered by serious malt lovers to represent a distinct region in their own right.
Single malts produced here are noticeable for their briny character and some boast peaty notes.
There are only a handful of Lowland distilleries still operating, producing softer, lighter style single malts that are traditionally known as the 'Lowland Ladies'.
Whiskies from here are known for their malty, zesty flavours with slightly fruity, citrusy and sometimes floral notes.


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R&F/RS is dedicated to create a safe and enjoyable shopping experience for you. In this text we want to inform you about our website procedures; what we do, how we do it and how it affects you. When shopping at www.richmondfinch.com we may collect personal information you provide us when creating an account, making a purchase as well as data collected by cookies. R&F/RS treats all personal information confidential and nothing is passed on to third parties. You have the right to request access to your data and if there is anything wrong you can get it changed or removed.
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Abdul Joshi (born 3 December 1983) is a Pakistani mountaineer who became the first climber in the world to summit the main  Passu Cones peak in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan on 14 August 2021. Abdul is known as the "Path Finder" amongst the local mountaineering fraternity for his talent of finding new, unclimbed routes. He is also the first person in the world to cross F.N./Joshi Pass and Verjerav Pass. On 16 April 2021, Abdul became the first Pakistani to summit Annapurna, the tenth highest peak in the world at , along with his climbing partner, Sirbaz Khan. On 16 May 2022, he became the eight Pakistani to summit Mount Everest.

Abdul started his mountaineering career as a helper and high-altitude porter on  mountain expeditions in Pakistan. He climbed his first peak, Manglik Sar (), at the age of 18.

Abdul has also been involved in multiple high-altitude rescue operations. In June 2019, Abdul, who was at Camp 3 of Passu Cones, only  from the summit, received news of an avalanche that had hit an Italian-Pakistani expedition on Melvin Jones Peak (). Abdul abandoned his expedition and joined a four-member team to rescue the stranded climbers. On 12 September 2021, Abdul led a successful rescue operation on Rakaposhi to retrieve three stranded climbers, two of which were Czech citizens climbing without permits.

Mountaineering expeditions

Passu Cones 14 August 2021
Annapurna 16 April 2021
Mount Everest 16 May 2022

References

Living people
Pakistani mountain climbers
Pakistani summiters of Mount Everest
People from Hunza-Nagar District
1983 births

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In my previous rant I have noted that in Ireland it's next to impossible to buy unlocked phones. Indeed when I went to look for a phone to travel to China at Carphone Warehouse (which at least in the UK is owned by Samsung), while they had plenty of selections for the phones, they all came with contracts.
Contracts are useful for most people, since effectively the carrier is giving you a discount on a phone so that you commit to stay their customer for a certain amount of time. When you do this, they lock you to their network, so that you can't just switch to another carrier without either giving them their due in subscriptions or paying back the discount they gave you on the phone. In general, I see this approach as reasonable, although it has clearly created a bit of a mess to the market, particularly on the cheaper phone scale.
I have to admit that I have not paid enough attention to this in Ireland up to now simply because I have been using my company-provided phone for most of my day to day travel. Except in China, where it would not be really appropriate. So when I had to go back to Shanghai, I found myself in need of a new phone. I ended up buying one at Argos because they could source one for me by the following day, which is what I needed, and they also had last year's Sony flagship device (Xperia X) at a decent discount, particularly when compared to the not-much-better Xperia XZ. Alternatively, Amazon would have worked, but that would have taken too long, and the price was actually lower at Argos, for this particular model.
As it is usual for most Android phones, the device started running through a number of system software updates as it was turned up. Indeed, after three cycles the device, which started off with Android 6.0, ended up on 7.0. Not only that, but by now I know that Sony appears to care about the device quite a bit. While they have not updated to 7.1, they have pushed a new system software — I noticed because my phone started downloading it while in Changi airport, in Singapore, while connected to a power pack and the Airport's WiFi! With this update, the phone is running Android security update as of May 1st 2017.
That made me compare it with the Xperia XA, the locked phone I bought from Three, and that I now managed to unlock. The phone came "branded" by Three Ireland, which for the most part appeared to just mean it splashed their custom logo at boot. Unlocking the phone did not make it update to a newer version, or de-brand itself. But despite being the cheaper version of the X, and theoretically the same generation, it was still stuck on Android 6.0.
Indeed, before the last update, probably released at the same time as the latest Xperia X firmware, the security patch level was reported as April 1st 2016, over a year ago! Fortunately the latest update at least brings it to this year, as now the patch level is January 5th, 2017. As it turns out, even the non-branded versions of the phone is only available up to Android 6.0. At least I should say hat tip to Sony for actually caring about users, at least enough to provide these updates. My Samsung Tab A is at security level 1st June 2016, and it had no software updates in nearly as much time.
There is officially no way to de-brand a phone, but there are of course a number of options out there on how to do that otherwise, although a significant amount of them relied on CyanogenMod and nowadays they will rely on… whatever the name of the new project that forked from that is. I did manage to bring the phone to a clean slate with somewhat sketchy instructions, but as I said even the debranded version did not update to Android 7.0 and I'm not sure if now I would have to manually manage software update. But since the phone does not seem to remember that the phone ever was branded, and there is no Three logo, I guess it might be alright. And since I did not have to unlock the bootloader, I'm relatively safe that the firmware was signed by Sony to begin with.
What I found that is interesting in from using the tool to download Sony's firmware, is that most of their phones are indeed sold in Ireland, but there is no unbranded Irish firmware. There are, though, a number of unbranded firmwares for other countries, including UK. My (unbranded, unlocked) Xperia X is indeed marked down as a UK firmware. Effectively it looks like that Ireland is once again acting like "UK lite" by not having its own devices, and instead relying on the UK versions. Because who would invest time and energy to cather to the 4.5M people market we have here? Sigh.


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Ащыозек (Ащиозек, Горькая) — река в междуречье Волги и Урала. Протекает по территории Западно-Казахстанской области. Длина 258 км, площадь бассейна 7150 км². Берёт начало в 3,5 км к юго-востоку от села Борсы, впадает в озеро Жалпаксор вблизи озера Аралсор. Имеет 7 притоков общей длиной 169 км. Главные притоки: Шеримбетсай и Таткенсай. Среднегодовой расход воды 2,04 м³/с. Питание снеговое. Замерзает с ноября по апрель. Вода используется для обводнения пастбищ.

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Реки Западно-Казахстанской области


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Seven different stadiums will stage the 31 matches.
• Did you know? The 'Eagle's Nest' will turn 100 in 2020.
• Did you know? The stadium's Het Kasteel nickname derives from the castle-like building which backs onto one of the stands.


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It was hard to find time to understand missed topics from a lesson since Mom isn't the "Math Queen".
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