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Centre to launch Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharata tomorrow
By Agencies On Oct 30, 2016
AIZAWL: The government would launch a new programme — 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' — on Monday to connect the country's states and districts, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Mahendra Nath Pandey said here on Friday.
"A new programme — 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat' (one India, excellent India) — would be launched on Monday to connect states and districts of the country through varied cultures and tourism," Pandey said on Saturday while addressing a function in Mizoram capital Aizawl.
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi would launch the new programme — 'Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bahrat'. All the states and districts of India would be linked through diverse cultural and tourism schems under the programme," he said.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced the programme while presenting the budget for 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha on February 29.
The Minister, who arrived in Aizawl on Friday evening, was speaking as chief guest at the valedictory ceremony of the "Innovative Water Technology Management Fest" of Mizoram University.
He said, "By changing previous 'Look East' policy into the 'Act East' policy with more specific thrust, the central government is committed for the overall development of the northeast India."
Praising the people of Mizoram, the visiting minister appreciated the people who have worked tirelessly towards proper education and its facilities which has led toMizoram achieving a high literacy rate of 92 per cent.
The HRD minister promised that he would do his best to develop the infrastructure of the Mizoram University and committed for construction of the versitya's football ground by next year.
The Union Minister of the Human Resource Development also inaugurated a women's hostel of Mizoram University called 'Senhri Hall of Residence' earlier where he was apprised of its problems. (IANS)
UDP slams Govt for shielding 'tainted leaders'
'Assam on track to achieve its goal of building skilled manpower'

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Ikimono-gakari
ikimono-Gakari is a three-member pop rock band that was founded by Mizuno Yoshiki and Yamashita Hotak in Kanagawa Japan in February 1999 they began doing street performances and decided on the name "Ikimono Gakari" In December of that year Yoshioka Kiyoe went as the group's main singer A year later, three dissolved as Yoshiki and Hotak could focus on the exams for admission to university meet again in March 2002 after the two had gone through their university training classes
Four years after the creation of their first album was released on an indie label they were recording contract with Epic Japan Records and released its first regular single SAKURA In March 2006 the title song was used in NTT East Japan commercials and heard on various television programs
Their2nd Hanabi internal was used as the 7th ending song for the Studio Pierrot Bleach Anime release
Their 10th Single Blue Bird has been used as a third opening for Naruto Shippuden
List of duplicates on lastfm: Ikimonogakari Ikimono Gakari Ikimono-Gaka.
Official Website: http://ikimonogakari.com/
Blog: mizuno http://www2.fancube.gr.jp/blog/top
Hotaka http://www2.fancube.gr.jp/blog/top


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Super wars
More than 1m Aussies learnt they were in a dud super fund and did nothing
Michael ReadReporter
Nov 10, 2021 – 5.21pm
Laggard super funds have kept almost all of their members, despite failing the government's performance test, in part by sending them misleading information and promoting other benefits such as theme park discounts.
Data released on Wednesday shows that just 7 per cent of Australians in failing super funds bothered switching accounts after the Morrison government introduced a superannuation performance test, prompting calls for further reform in the $3.3 trillion sector.
The results of the test, released in August, revealed 13 super products failed to clear their net return benchmarks.
After reading the letters ... you'd think the fund was up for an award rather than revealing they'd just failed a basic fitness test.
— Xavier O'Halloran, Super Consumers Australia
The failing funds were forced to write to their members and recommend they switch to a better product by visiting the government's new YourSuper comparison tool.
Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran accused failing superannuation funds of using deceptive language about their performance in their member communications.
"After reading the letters some funds sent their members, you'd think the fund was up for an award rather than revealing they'd just failed a basic fitness test," he said.
Mr O'Halloran accused failing funds of using "self-serving performance metrics".
One failing fund – Colonial First State – told members that sticking with the fund had other advantages, and referred members its benefit program, which offers discounts for services including the Wet 'n' Wild amusement park.
"Funds need to stop trying to rewrite history and be honest with members about their underperformance and the steps they are taking to improve," he added.
'Terrific' numbers
Of the 1.1 million Australians who received a letter about their fund's underperformance, only 68,000 have heeded the call to ditch their super provider, according to data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority.
In the release, APRA urged members "to more actively engage with their super to maximise their retirement futures", in a sign that the prudential regulator was underwhelmed by the response to the new test.
Grattan Institute economic policy program director Brendan Coates said the figures showed "improvement won't just occur via consumers voting with their feet".
"Most Australians simply aren't engaged with their super and the fees they pay. Having now identified poor performers via the underperformance test, APRA will need to step up to ensure underperformers lift their game, or are forced to merge."
But Superannuation Minister Jane Hume disagreed with the suggestion that the new data showed the government's reforms were ineffective.
"Seven per cent of all Australians in dud funds made the choice to switch – that's terrific," she told The Australian Financial Review.
She said the reforms have led to "one of the biggest ever consumer behaviour change in a month in superannuation's history".
"Clearly there is more work to do to engage those who remain – they are the hardest people to reach and the most likely to be disengaged," Ms Hume added.
'A positive start'
Supporting her statement, analysis by Super Consumers Australia finds that a 7 per cent closure rate "is more than double the rate of closure for these same [13] funds compared to last year".
SCA's Mr O'Halloran said the results were "a positive start".
"When coupled with the system-wide savings through fee reductions and mergers, the performance test is delivering real gains to people's super savings."
Grattan Institute's Mr Coates said the government's super reforms, which include the performance test, "don't go far enough".
"The underperformance test amounts to taking a few bad apples out of the barrel. But it does little to force otherwise average funds to lift their game."
He called on the government to "fix the mess once and for all" by adopting the Productivity Commission's recommendation that Australians only be defaulted into a shortlist of top-performing superannuation funds, known as the "best in show model".
"Best in show" would improve returns because funds would compete to make the shortlist and stay there. Market discipline would come from experts who have the time, resources and expertise to decide which funds to shortlist, rather than individuals who don't.
"Alternatively, the government could look to introduce a single national default fund. Sweden operates a single national default fund, and the UK has introduced a public default option," said Mr Coates.
Michael Read is a reporter based in Parliament House, Canberra. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com.au
Jane Hume


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Seija Hyytiäinen es una deportista finlandesa que compitió en biatlón. Ganó una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato Mundial de Biatlón de 1990, en la prueba por relevos.

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Hyytiainen, Seija
Personas de Saarijärvi

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This is a story from 2012. Ryan hasn't been seen or heard from since 8/12/2012.
If you know of his whereabouts, contact your local police dept.
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Ryan hasn't been heard from for a while because he's hiding from the stalking of ree.
Dang, you have a mental condition, don't you?
I'm starting to feel bad because I've been ridiculing a retarded person.


A Big Hand For The Doctor | Warped Factor - Words in the Key of Geek.
Chris Morley joins in with a big hand for the First Doctor.
Your point of view on whether or not established principles of continuity can & should be played with will no doubt inform just how much you actually enjoy Eoin Colfer's A Big Hand For The Doctor.
The Irishman, who penned the Artemis Fowl series & indeed beat off competition from Charlie Higson (who was left with the admittedly not bad consolation prize of writing for the Ninth Doctor in the same 12 Doctors, 12 Stories having been keen to write for either the man who kicked off Doctor Who in the first place or the man who brought it back in 2005) to write a tale for William Hartnell's First Doctor.
"I chose the First Doctor because I always imagined him to be a crank who was jaded by the Universe's cruelty rather than amazed by its wonders.
There was no naivety about him whatsoever. He had seen far more in his life than he ever wanted to, and his fight against evildoers was dogged and not punctuated by repartee.
The First Doctor's companion was his granddaughter Susan and her love for her granddad was perhaps the purest thing in his world, and something he was prepared to protect fiercely."
And with good reason. The Doctor's scrap with the captain who originally pinched his replaced limb is implied to later serve as inspiration for Peter Pan's duel with Captain Hook, one of many allusions to that particular classic of children's literature. Consider also the Pirates' motto We Never Land. Their business here is a little grisly!
For they would appear to be little more than organ harvesters, pinching body parts to replace their own. Victims are lured to them by a soporific beam - putting them into a dreamlike state while they wait to be parted from their bodies. The dream sequences here offer tantalising glimpses of life pre-fleeing Gallifrey for both young Ms Foreman & her dear old grandad, she telling him she's going to see "mummy" as he's too late to stop her attempting to save two small children from the Pirates - though we never find out who her mother might be.
For him there's a memory of his own mother, who asks her son all about his adventures across time & space since fleeing their native corner of the constellation of Kasterborus. Before he can answer, though, he snaps out of it & does what he does best, saving the day even after cursing the fact that he isn't the tall one with the dicky bow yet, noting not without humour that all that running down corridors will keep him fit.
Some may feel that that detracts somewhat from the feel of things - not unreasonably you might expect a story featuring a Classic Who Doctor not to stray into territory firmly staked by New Who. He even has a gadget of sorts in the form of a wrist communicator, allowing him to receive messages from Susan however late they arrive having been delayed by signal problems. Whether it's attached to his one remaining natural biological wrist isn't revealed, though the bionic replacement is implied to look a little girly & a bit too big! How he lost the real one could be seen as yet another retrospective reference to New Who - a sword fight!
DOCTOR: You cut my hand off.
Indeed, having admitted to being introduced to his subject initially through Target novelisations many years before actually getting around to watching the television series, you might start to wonder if Eoin Colfer's viewing consisted solely of episodes from 2005 onwards.
"I would have loved to write the William Hartnell story and kick off the series, but the brilliant Eoin Colfer beat me to it and got the gig. And I really think he did in some style."
Cementing this writerly love-in, Higson's The Beast Of Babylon finds the Ninth Doctor remarking to Karkinian companion Ali that he once had a hand similar to hers - ie the bionic one- in "a body far away." A body which will eventually wear a bit thin, paving the way for the first instance of the regenerative process which will eventually give him bigger ears & a leather jacket to replace his original rather Victorian ensemble, which is implied here to have been chosen by the TARDIS's computer systems to allow him to blend in.
Incidentally the original is terrified at the prospect of a change of face/personality, a fact established in Ten Little Aliens from the 50th anniversary novel reprint selection - fittingly that's where we head next. Back to the ship, child!


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If you're just now hearing about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, don't worry: It's not too late to get up to speed. Negotiations over the huge trade agreement — which, when finished, will govern 40 percent of U.S.' imports and exports — were supposed to wrap up this past weekend in Singapore, but, well, they didn't quite make that deadline, which means meetings will likely continue into the new year.
You'd also be forgiven for not hearing about it: The talks, as with all trade agreements, have been conducted largely in secret. Global health advocates, environmentalists, Internet activists and trade unions have deep concerns about what the deal might contain, and are making as much noise as possible in order to influence negotiations before a final version becomes public. Here's what you need to know.
1. What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
Basically, it's a giant free trade deal between the U.S., Canada, and 10 countries in the Asia-Pacific region that's been under negotiation for nearly a decade now (it began as an agreement between Singapore, Chile, New Zealand and Brunei before the U.S. took the lead in 2009). It's expected to eliminate tariffs on goods and services, tear down a host of non-tariff barriers and harmonize all sorts of regulations when it's finished early next year.
2. Giant, huh? How giant?
The countries currently party to the agreement — currently including Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Canada, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, most critically Japan and potentially Korea — are some of the U.S.' biggest and fastest-growing commercial partners, accounting for $1.5 trillion worth of trade in goods in 2012 and $242 billion worth of services in 2011. They're responsible for 40 percent of the world's GDP and 26 percent of the world's trade. That makes it roughly the same size as the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, another huge trade agreement that got rolling this past summer. The hope is that more countries in the region will join down the line.
That's right: China. The Obama administration's focus on the TPP is part of its "pivot" to Asia — former national security adviser Tom Donilon called it the "centerpiece of our economic rebalancing" and a "platform for regional economic integration" — after too many years of American foreign policy being bogged down in the Middle East. Scholars such as Columbia University's Jagdish Bhagwati are worried that the TPP goes further, as an effort to "contain" China and provide an economic counterweight to it in the region. Many of the TPP's current provisions are designed to exclude China, like those requiring yarn in clothing to come from countries party to the agreement, and could possibly invite retaliation. In addition, 60 senators have asked for the final agreement to address currency manipulation, which wouldn't directly affect China as a non-member, but could create a framework for broader action.
4. I thought we already had a World Trade Organization. Why do we need a separate Asia trade deal?
The TPP process itself is an admission that the consensus-driven WTO is too cumbersome a venue for so-called "high-standard" trade deals. The WTO's weakness seemed even more apparent in its recent "breakthrough" on customs streamlining, which was all negotiators could salvage from the much more ambitious Doha Round that's otherwise been a failure. Of course, some fear that another regional pact will just add complexity and undermine existing institutions.
5. How is it different from other trade deals we've done?
Trade agreements used to deal mostly just with goods: You can import X number of widgets at Y price, as long as we know that certain environmental and labor standards are met. Modern trade agreements — including the Trans-Atlantic deal as well as the TPP — encompass a broad range of regulatory and legal issues, making them a much more central part of foreign policy and even domestic lawmaking.
6. Wait, so how much does this thing actually cover?
The treaty has 29 chapters, dealing with everything from financial services to telecommunications to sanitary standards for food. Some parts of it have significant ramifications for countries' own legal regimes, such as the part about "regulatory coherence," which encourages countries to set up a mechanism like the U.S.' own Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to conduct cost-benefit analyses on new rules. USTR has a rough outline, and for a more comprehensive rundown, read this Congressional Research Service report.
7. That doesn't tell me much. What are countries still fighting over?
— State-owned enterprises: Many TPP governments, in particular Vietnam, Singapore and Malaysia, essentially own large parts of their economies. Negotiations have aimed to limit public support for these companies in order to foster competition with the private sector, but given the U.S.' own government-sponsored enterprises — Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the U.S. Postal Service — they probably won't go too far.
— Market access: Though the treaty envisions dropping all tariffs, tensions remain between the U.S. and Japan over support for both of their agricultural sectors, as well as Japan's willingness to accept U.S.-made automobiles.
— Investor-state dispute resolution: Most modern free trade agreements include some mechanism for investor parties to sue governments directly for failing to abide by the terms of the agreement, which some public interest advocates worry will have a chilling effect on domestic regulation aimed at consumer and environmental protection.
— Tobacco: Originally, the U.S. had proposed that tobacco be treated differently than other kinds of goods, in that countries would have permission to restrict its importation and sale. This summer, it executed something of an about-face, which alarmed anti-smoking advocates who worry that tobacco companies will continue to sue nations for passing laws that heavily tax cigarettes or ban certain kinds of advertising.
The Peterson Institute has a helpful overview of some of the more contentious issues.
8. How do negotiations work, exactly?
The negotiations have progressed in 20 several-day-long "rounds," which rotate between the party nations. Typically, the U.S. will table a proposal or circulate something called a "non-paper" for discussion, which gets marked up by all the participants until they can come to a consensus. In between the rounds, the U.S. Trade Representative will brief its 16 formal "advisory councils" and seek input from key lawmakers on where they've arrived. (Given the robust revolving door between USTR and industry, a certain amount of back-channel lobbying goes on as well).
When all the parties have agreed on a complete text, they'll take it back to their respective legislative bodies for ratification.
9. Why has the TPP been so secretive? Is that normal?
What's different this time is the scale and scope of the agreement, and the reasons advocates have had to be concerned about its contents. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) have been particularly vocal about the administration's refusal to make draft text available, as have law professors and numerous public interest groups. There have been a couple major unintentional releases, most recently in mid-November, when Wikileaks published a controversial chapter on intellectual property.
9. So but wait, how will this actually affect my life?
To be honest, it'll be hard to notice at first, and it depends on who you are. In the aggregate, it should make you richer: The Peterson Institute for International Economics estimates the U.S. will realize $78 billion more per year under its assumptions about what the TPP will include, and $267 billion annually if free trade is expanded to the rest of the Asia-Pacific region.
Those gains won't be evenly distributed, though: If you're an investor or a U.S. business looking for foreign investment, or a small business looking to sell stuff overseas, the news is pretty great. If you have a job making cars or airplanes, you might have reason to worry. (The Business Roundtable, which is composed of the U.S.' biggest companies, has put together fact sheets on how it thinks the TPP could benefit each state).
10. What does Congress have to do with this?
The Constitution charges Congress with giving advice and consent on trade agreements. Over the past couple decades, though, Congress has abrogated that right somewhat by granting the president something called "trade promotion authority" or "fast track," which is the right to an up-or-down vote on the treaty as negotiated by the administration so as to avoid quibbling over line items that would require renegotiation with TPP countries.
That's what Congress is currently fighting over. Republicans and big business generally favor reauthorizing the president's fast track privileges, which expired in 2007, while Democrats concerned with protecting U.S. industries and global health have opposed it or demanded more robust consultation up front in exchange. Without trade promotion authority, the chances of ratification are slim.
Lydia DePillis is a reporter focusing on business policy, including lobbying, government contracting, and international trade, with a bit of urban affairs and infrastructure on the side. She was previously a staff writer at The New Republic and the Washington City Paper. Email her here and follow her on Twitter here.
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Congress Passes $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Package
Garrett Watson
Erica York
Garrett Watson, Erica York
Update: On December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (H.R. 133) into law. Explore our COVID-19 Relief Package FAQ.
Sunday evening, leadership in the U.S. House and Senate came to an agreement over the details of a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill, to be attached to a broader $1.4 trillion omnibus which will fund the federal government for the 2021 fiscal year. Congress also voted to extend a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the federal government funded at current levels ahead of a vote on both the omnibus and the pandemic relief package on Monday.
The coronavirus relief bill extends and modifies several provisions first enacted in the CARES Act, Congress's $2.2 trillion pandemic relief law that was passed in March. With this package, lawmakers will have responded to the coronavirus and related economic hardship with a record-setting $3 trillion of fiscal support. The package extends relief through mid-March of 2021, providing support to help people and businesses get through the next several months of the pandemic.
Individual Provisions in the $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Package
Extension of Unemployment Insurance Compensation Benefits
An 11-week extension of the unemployment insurance (UI) compensation benefits first provided in the CARES Act that are due to expire on December 26. This includes the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) that extends UI benefits to workers who traditionally are ineligible, such as gig economy workers and independent contractors, and Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (FPUA), which will provide an additional $300 per week supplement to state UI compensation.
Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) originally providing an additional 13 weeks of UI benefits will also be extended for 11 weeks (for a combined maximum of 50 weeks) and will expire on March 14, 2021. Individuals receiving benefits beyond the standard 26-week period as of March 14th will continue receiving them through April 5th if they have not reached their maximum number of benefit weeks. Federal funding will be extended for states waiving their waiting week for benefits. Workers with at least $5,000 in self-employment income may be eligible for an additional $100 per week benefit as part of the Mixed Earner Unemployment Compensation to adjust for a lower UI base payment. $120 billion is allocated for the UI benefits in the bill.
Direct Payments to Individuals (Relief Rebates or "Stimulus Checks")
A second round of direct payments to individuals, modeled after the Recovery Rebates sent out as part of the CARES Act, but with important changes. The direct payments would be up to $600 per individual and qualified child, with no cap on household size. Adult dependents are not eligible. The rebate would be designed similarly to the Recovery Rebates, as they will be advanced tax credits based on 2019 income and begin to phase out in value beginning at $75,000 for single filers, $112,500 for heads of household, and $150,000 for those married filing jointly. The payments phase out entirely at $87,000 for single filers with no qualifying dependents and $174,000 for those married filing jointly with no qualifying dependents (see Chart 1).
There are a few changes to the direct payments in this round of relief outside of the smaller total benefit. Children will be eligible for the same benefit amount as eligible adults, and families with members of mixed immigration status with a valid Social Security number for one spouse are also eligible for the payments, unlike with the CARES Act rebates.
Table 1. Conventional Distributional Effect of Direct Payments in the New Coronavirus Relief Package
Percent Change in After-Tax Income
Share of Filers with a Rebate
Average Rebate Amount
0% to 20% 9.30% 100% $818
20% to 40% 4.05% 100% $951
60% to 80% 1.74% 99.9% $1,086
80% to 90% 1.00% 56.4% $916
95% to 99% 0% 2.2% $10
99% to 100% 0% 0% $0
Total 1.49% 91.4% $872
Source: Tax Foundation General Equilibrium Model, October 2020.
The bill appropriates $166 billion for the direct payments. We estimate that the payments would cost $174 billion in federal revenue, according to the Tax Foundation General Equilibrium Model.
Child Tax Credit & Earned Income Tax Credit
Adjustments to how the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) are calculated for the 2020 tax year. During the pandemic, many individuals eligible for those credits have earned lower incomes due to job loss or underemployment. This may reduce the credits they are eligible for when filing taxes next spring. This provision would use 2019 income to determine an individual's credit eligibility for the 2020 tax year.
The above-the-line charitable contribution is extended through 2021 at $600 for those married filing jointly and $300 for other filers. This means taxpayers will be able to take the standard deduction and deduct up to $600 in charitable giving when calculating their taxable income. For the 2020 tax year, taxpayers could deduct up to $300 above-the-line for charitable contributions.
Flexible Savings Accounts
Flexible Savings Account (FSA) balances can be rolled from the 2020 tax year into 2021, and 2021 balances can be rolled into 2022. This will help taxpayers with unused balances such as for childcare expenses who would normally lose the value of the FSA balance at the end of the tax year.
Employee-side Payroll Tax Deferral
For those opting into the White House's employee-side payroll tax deferral, the repayment deadline has been extended from April 2021 to December 31, 2021, lengthening the repayment period for those taxpayers.
Business Provisions in the $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Package
Renewed funding of $284 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to provide forgivable loans to first- and second-time small business borrowers. The bill expands eligibility for nonprofits and includes set-asides for very small businesses and community-based lenders. Second-time loans are limited to businesses with fewer than 300 employees and at least a 25 percent drop in gross receipts in a 2020 quarter compared to the same quarter in 2019. The maximum loan size for second-time borrowers is $2 million. Businesses taking a PPP loan will now be able to take the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), when previously they were only allowed to opt into one or the other.
PPP loans can be used to pay qualifying expenses, which have been expanded to include expenses such as covered property damage, supplier costs, or worker protection expenditures in addition to employee wages or operating expenses like rent and utilities. When used for qualifying expenses, PPP loans are forgivable. The bill provides a simplified forgiveness application process for loans up to $150,000.
The bill also clarifies that businesses can deduct expenses paid with forgiven PPP loans. This clarification applies to old loans and to new loans and does not include guardrails or limitations. Typically, forgiven debt is considered taxable income. In the CARES Act, lawmakers specified that forgiven PPP loans would not count as taxable income. They also intended that expenses paid for with PPP loans would be deductible but did not specify so in law. Section 265 of the tax code generally prohibits firms from deducting expenses associated with income that is tax-free, so without specification, the Treasury Department ruled that expenses paid for with PPP loans were not deductible. This clarification results in a two-part subsidy to businesses comprised of deductions and tax-free loan forgiveness. Lawmakers intended this two-part subsidy when crafting the CARES Act, and the Joint Committee on Taxation scored the original provision as such. This clarification, a kind of technical correction, does not have a budget impact.
Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program & Small Business Administration (SBA) Debt Relief Payments
It also provides $20 billion for new EIDL grants (economic injury disaster loan program) for businesses in low-income communities, $43.5 billion for continued Small Business Administration (SBA) debt relief payments, and $2 billion for enhancements to SBA lending. An additional $15 billion of dedicated funding is set aside for live venues, independent movie theatres, and cultural institutions.
Extension and expansion of the Employee Retention Tax Credit through July 1, 2021. The bill increases the refundable payroll tax credit from a maximum of $5,000 to $14,000 by changing the calculation from 50 percent of wages paid up to $10,000 to 70 percent of wages paid up to $10,000 for any quarter. The bill clarifies that businesses will now be able to take the Employee Retention Tax Credit and participate in the PPP.
Increases allocations to states for the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). This credit subsidizes the construction and rehabilitation of housing developments that have strict income limits for eligible tenants and their cost of housing.
Employer-side Social Security Payroll Tax Credits
Extension through March 2021 of the employer-side Social Security payroll tax credits to offset paid sick and family leave related to the coronavirus created in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
Deduction for Business Meals
Expansion of the deduction for business meals to 100 percent for 2021 and 2022. This will cost about $5 billion in federal revenue.
Extension or permanence for temporary provisions known as tax extenders.
Other Provisions in the $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Package
Education, Medical, Nutrition, and Transit Relief
$82 billion in funding for colleges and schools, $10 billion in childcare assistance, and Pell Grant expansion
$13 billion to increase Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) and child nutrition benefits
The Water Resources Development Act of 2020
A ban on surprise medical billing
$63 billion for vaccine distribution, testing and tracing, and other health-care initiatives
$25 billion in rental assistance and extension of the eviction moratorium through January 31, 2021
$45 billion for transit agencies, airlines, airports, state departments of transportation, the motorcoach industry, and Amtrak
Several items of interest by policymakers did not make it into the package. For example, additional state and local aid is not in the relief bill. Similarly, liability protections for businesses reopening during the pandemic are not included.
The coronavirus relief bill represents the second-largest recovery legislation, behind only the CARES Act, for a combined total of more than $3 trillion in support. Continued fiscal support for small businesses, unemployed workers, households, and other entities will help bridge the gap until widespread vaccine distribution next year hopefully brings an end to the worst of the crisis. The next Congress and the incoming Biden administration may consider further relief and stimulus in early 2021.
Note: You can explore all of our analysis on the latest coronavirus relief legislation at the federal, state, and international levels with our dedicated COVID-19 Tax Resource Center.
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The standard deduction reduces a taxpayer's taxable income by a set amount determined by the government. It was nearly doubled for all classes of filers by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act as an incentive for taxpayers not to itemize deductions when filing their federal income taxes.
A payroll tax is a tax paid on the wages and salaries of employees to finance social insurance programs like Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance. Payroll taxes are social insurance taxes that comprise 24.8 percent of combined federal, state, and local government revenue, the second largest source of that combined tax revenue.
The federal child tax credit (CTC) is a partially refundable credit that allows low- and moderate-income families to reduce their tax liability dollar-for-dollar by up to $2,000 for each qualifying child. The credit phases out depending on the modified adjusted gross income amounts for single filers or joint filers.
A tax credit is a provision that reduces a taxpayer's final tax bill, dollar-for-dollar. A tax credit differs from deductions and exemptions, which reduce taxable income, rather than the taxpayer's tax bill directly.
Taxable income is the amount of income subject to tax, after deductions and exemptions. For both individuals and corporations, taxable income differs from—and is less than—gross income.
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit targeted at low-income working families. The credit offsets tax liability, the total amount of tax debt owed by an individual, corporation, or other entity to a taxing authority like the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and can even generate a refund, with earned income credit amounts calculated on the basis of income and number of children.


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Q: How to define a list of non-constant functions in a loop with lambda functions? Let's say that I want to create a list of functions funclist, such that the fonctions of this list behave that way:
funclist[0](x) = 0
funclist[1](x) = x
funclist[2](x) = 2*x
funclist[3](x) = 3*x

Assuming that the list is too long (say of size 100) to define those functions one-by-one, a natural way to write this would be:
funclist = []
for k in range(100):
    f = lambda x: k*x
    funclist.append(f)

The problem is that this approach does not work, because of the way Python interprets local variables within function definitions. This is a problem I saw coming back often on this website, for instance here or here. Unfortunately, those users want to define constant functions, so the proposed solution (which is to define a local copy of the iterable variable k) do not work for me (it is also the same solution proposed in the Python FAQ). For instance, the following syntax does not work:
funclist = []
for k in range(100):
    f = lambda local_k=k, x: local_k*x
    funclist.append(f)

A solution I found is to do:
funclist = []
for k in range(10):
    def f(x, product_factor=k): return x*product_factor
    funclist.append(f)

which works as I want. I could also achieve the same result with the partial function:
from functools import partial

def product(x,product_factor): return x*product_factor
funclist = []
for k in range(10):
    funclist.append( partial(product, product_factor=k) )

So my question is : is there any way to achieve this result with lambda functions only? Or the fact that I have a "moving parameter" dooms me to define in a way or an other a function of two variables? Let me precise that I am asking this because I am trying to understand better how functions and currying work in Python.

A: Your lambda approach does not work because you have a keyword argument before a positional one. Just flip the order as you did in the working solutions:
funclist = [(lambda x, local_k=k: local_k*x) for k in range(100)]

>>> funclist[3](8)
24
>>> funclist[5](9)
45

A: The initial problem is that k was only evaluated one time, at the end of the loop, while here the function creation, the call to get_function, triggers the evaluation of k every time.
Of course your solution with a default argument also works, it's apparently the most common solution for this problem
Now you said it didn't work with the lamdba, it's simply because you put the default argument first :
funclist = []
for k in range(100):
    f = lambda  x, local_k=k,: local_k*x
    funclist.append(f)

print(funclist[10](3)) #30
print(funclist[99](3)) # 297
print(funclist[0](3)) # 0

works just fine

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It is said that in Mexico City in the year 1531 a man by the name of Juan Diego walked up to the Hill of Tepeyac. There he saw a vision of the Virgin Mary. She told him that a church should be built on that spot in her honor. Diego shared this message with the archbishop of the city. The archbishop told Diego to go back to the spot and ask the apparition for a miracle to prove her identity. Diego returned and asked for a sign. He was gifted the healing of his sick uncle. Then he was instructed to gather flowers from the hillside. Diego gathered many roses. When he returned to the archbishop Diego opened his cloak onto the floor. On the fabric of the cloak was an image of the Virgin Mary. The roses surrounded the miraculous image. It was decided that indeed a church should be built on the sacred spot. It is known as the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is visited by many pilgrims every year.
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Financial crunch? It's news to Maybach
Rick Kranz
Maybach, maker of ultraluxury cars such as the 62S, has noticed "no visible impact of the financial crisis," says Thorsten Lenz, product and portfolio chief.
DETROIT — Despite the global economic crisis, no customers have canceled their Maybach orders.
The custom hand-built models start at $343,250 for the Maybach 57 and can top $1.3 million for the 62S Landaulet, which features a soft top that rolls open for the rear-seat passengers.
"There is no visible impact of the financial crisis," said Thorsten Lenz, Maybach's product and portfolio manager. "We have a good order base that will last for a few months."
It typically takes five to seven months to build each car after an order is placed.
Maybach sold about 300 vehicles globally last year, down from about 400 in 2007, Lenz said. U.S. sales accounted for 40 to 50 percent of global sales. The assembly plant in Germany has a 2,000-unit capacity, he said.
Dieter Zetsche, CEO of parent company Daimler AG, said last year that despite the low sales, Daimler had no plans to kill the Maybach brand, because it was not losing money.
Lenz would not say whether the Maybach range would be redesigned next decade.
But he said the current model's styling could be in the market for 10 years. Maybach sales began in 2003.
"One of the pillars of Maybach brand perception is that it is timeless design, timeless elegance," said Lenz, who was interviewed this month at the Detroit auto show. "That is the reason why we do not change every year, or every three or four years."
While other brands, including Mercedes-Benz, are looking into alternative powertrains, Lenz said Maybach's customers are not demanding hybrids, for example.
Said Lenz: "We will stick for the time being with our V-12 engine."


When online retailers use email to market to loyal customers, those stores are applying one of their most effective marketing tools to some of their richest sales prospects.
Repeat customers are significantly more valuable than new shoppers. Shoppers familiar with an online store not only spend more over the lifetime of their relationship with the store, but they also tend to spend more on each visit.
An often cited Adobe study from August 2012 showed that shoppers who had returned to an online store for at least the third time to place an order spent an average of five times more per purchase than a new customer.
Adobe found that in the United States a repeat shopper returning for three or more purchases spent about five times as much as a new customer.
In October 2014, marketing automation firm Marketo reported that a loyal customer is likely to spend 67 percent more than new shoppers and will be worth, perhaps, 10 times as much as the value of their first purchase to the retailer over time.
Thus, some of the most valuable prospects an online store has are those customers who have already made a purchase.
Separately, email marketing is one of the most precise and powerful ways that an ecommerce company can communicate with shoppers, and email marketing generates some of the best possible return on investment, with various reports estimating that for each dollar spent on email marketing, companies could enjoy a return on investment of between $24 and $38.
Thus, it can be pretty smart business to send email messages to known customers.
What follows are six suggestions for marketing to existing customers.
Each online order sparks a series of transactional emails intended to inform the shopper about the purchase. These transactional emails should include an order confirmation, a shipping notification, a delivery notification, and a follow-up email.
To this powerful series, add a special thank you or welcome message to new customers. The aim is to ensure that this new customer was completely satisfied with the purchase process.
A summary of the store's brand or value statement.
When a store sends a product review request email, that store is really creating three types, if you will, of return-on-investment opportunities.
First, there is strong evidence that product reviews and ratings can improve an individual product's conversion rate.
Second, reviews can be reused in advertisements, social media posts, or as on-site marketing.
Third, when a customer returns to review a product, that customer is back on the store's site and open to promotions.
The review-request email should thank the customer for her purchase, explain how reviews help other shoppers, offer a link to the review form, and not promise anything in return for the review.
After a review has been submitted, send a "Your review was published" email, thanking the customer for the review and offering an intrinsic reward, like a discount on a related or complementary product.
When a shopper shares his retail experience on social media, he is making a commitment that should help make him a loyal customer.
In his book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Dr. Robert B. Cialdini describes six principles of influence, including "Commitment and Consistency." Essentially, Cialdini argues that once someone commits to something, like a particular online retailer, that person is more likely to behave in such a way as to honor that commitment.
As part of the purchase follow up, ask shoppers to share their experience on social media. In the email, include easy-to-use links for posting to Pinterest, Twitter, or Facebook. Reward shoppers who share.
Finally, if you can respond with a personal note on the social network the customer used, do it.
Many products are, in some sense, consumable. For example, some health and beauty products simply run out, while some apparel wears out.
When it makes sense, send customers a reorder reminder email, encouraging them to return to the store. Be certain that the email is personalized for the products the customer uses and include a link directly to the checkout.
When a shopper makes repeat purchases, it is possible to make useful recommendations based on what and how she has purchased in the past.
Media companies, like Hulu, are particularly good at this. A recent email message from that company clearly recognized that I was a fan of British science fiction and offered episodes of Doctor Who, Misfits, The Fades, and Torchwood.
Make product recommendations based on what and how a customer has purchased in the past.
Use a recommendation engine to discover which complementary products make sense for each customer and send a customized, personalized list of suggested items.
The Adobe study mentioned above found that about 8 percent of online shoppers represented about 40 percent of online sales. These best customers can mean a lot to your business.
Every once in a while, send an email (and an offer) designed to delight your best customers. Often this will include a free gift, a special price, or early access to coveted products.


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Q: WPF: применение унаследованных стилей к унаследованным элементам Элемент CustomToggleButton унаследован от стандартного ToggleButton:
class CustomToggleButton : ToggleButton {

    static CustomToggleButton() {
        CustomToggleButton.DefaultStyleKeyProperty.OverrideMetadata(
            typeof(CustomToggleButton), new FrameworkPropertyMetadata(typeof(CustomToggleButton)));
    }

    // ...
}

ToggleButtonCommon - основные стилевые настройки для CustomToggleButton, а InGroupToggleButton - унаследованный от него стиль:
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        // ...
</Style>

<Style x:Key="InGroupToggleButton" BasedOn="{StaticResource ToggleButtonCommon}">
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</Style>

Оказалось, что к элементу CustomToggleButton можно применить лишь ToggleButtonCommon, но не InGroupToggleButton и никакой другой производный стиль.
В чём причина данного явления и возможно ли применить к CustomToggleButton унаследованные стили?

A: В определение стиля следует добавить TargetType="{x:Type local:CustomToggleButton}".


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Giant reawakening: Strong grooming, intense competition plotting Chinese revival
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Chinese doubles gamers Chai Biao (left) and Wang Sijie in motion for the Delhi Dashers through the Premier Badminton League.
In Guangzhou, China, at badminton's year-ender, Kento Momota was anticipated to be topped champion. Since his return to the circuit, the Japanese star had risen to the world no. 1 spot, simply as China's dominance gave the impression to be loosening – the nation's stalwarts Lin Dan and Chen Long having missed on successful a serious title because the Rio Olympics.
"It's not possible for China to come first all the time because other countries are trying to come up," explains China's former world no. 2 doubles participant Chai Biao, who performs for the Delhi Dashers within the Premier Badminton League. "Lin Dan, for example, has set a benchmark and he's studied by all other countries. People figure out how to beat him. And then a new mark is set and those tactics and skills are imitated. Every country has its own time and the cycle will go on. But China has new players coming up. It's just a matter of time," Chai says ominously.
In the absence of Super Dan and Chen Long although, 22-year-old Shi Yuqi has been ploughing alongside beneath the radar. He picked up the All England title in 2018. And when he met Momota, the World Champion who had cruised by means of his matches en path to the ultimate of the season-ender, the younger Chinese got here up with an upset.
Chai maintains that his nation will quickly develop into the one to beat once more. The sleeping large, who had risen to the head, is simply hibernating in the intervening time.
Since badminton was included within the Olympic programme in 1992, China has been the one nation to have received a number of medals at every version of the Games — successful a complete of 41 (18 gold). South Korea and Indonesia come second with a tally of 19 medals every.
It's by no accident that these outcomes have come about. China has a strong construction of manufacturing world-beaters, and it begins on the college stage.
"The structure in China is completely different compared to other Asian countries," says Tian Houwei, the previous males's singles world no. 5 who performs for the NorthEast Warriors within the PBL. A former world junior champ and Asian championships silver medallist, Tian rose by means of the Fujian provincial system.
"Every school in every village, town or city is run by the government and has a well-maintained badminton court, complete with a good coach and equipment. In India you might have to go to clubs for coaching, but in China every school has its own training centre. That's why we have players coming up all the time." What cricket is to India, badminton is to China.
From the varsity stage, gamers catch the attention of scouts from every province and are then despatched to specialised 'badminton schools', the place teachers is sorted, however the sport turns into the precedence. "If someone comes from a village, that player is sent to a specialised school where better resources are available, more courts, more coaches," says Wang Sijie, from the Delhi franchise. "Once they start improving from there, they go up to the provincial level and then later make the national team."
Throughout that development, gamers are subjected to cut-throat competition from fellow Chinese gamers. At the identical time, they're skilled to deal with particular person strokes reasonably than eventual outcomes.
"Every shuttle I hit and every stroke I play, it has to be perfect. It doesn't matter if you win or lose," says Chai. "So the pressure is reduced because at the end of the day, you know that you've given your best. That is more important for the Chinese players than winning or losing." The teaching methodology and magnificence went by means of a serious upheaval within the early 1990s when 1992 Olympic males's doubles bronze medallist Li Yongbo took cost of the nationwide crew. With him got here an unprecedented deal with what every participant was doing, be it food regimen, health, their accidents, and even how a lot relaxation they received.
"His vision of what coaching should be was very deep," says Tian. "He was completely different to other coaches and spent more time with the students and observed them much more." Yongbo retired as nationwide coach in 2017, however not earlier than laying the muse for that conveyor belt of champions.
"That's how the team functions," Tian says. "The target is badminton, so all you think about is badminton. But when you're an independent player like me, there's a limit to that freedom because you have to keep the family in mind."
That intense competition from their very own countrymen is what makes the Chinese so snug once they go for worldwide tournaments. "Badminton training and the routine is very strict from childhood. So when we go abroad, the pressure feels much less," Chai provides.
This stress peaks when coaches are conducting trials for the Chinese crew for a sure occasion, be it the Olympics, Asian Games, or perhaps a circuit occasion.
At a badminton centre, often in Beijing, behind closed doorways, 20 of the most effective gamers from round China are invited for trials. It's not open for simply anybody, solely the most effective come and compete towards one another and solely the most effective of the most effective make it to the squad.
"The pressure there is tremendous and atmosphere is so intense," Tian says. "If you manage to go through that grind and make it, you know you're ready to compete abroad."
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Because you are born on the date of October 17th, it means you are born to play the 5 of Clubs with a Ace of Spades personality.
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French zoologist, physiologist and pioneer of aerospace medicine whose study of the physiological effects of air-pressure on the body, in situations both above and below the normal -- altitude sickness and 'the bends' -- made possible both space and ocean exploration
Popular American playwright who wrote such enduring cultural classics as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible; he is also remembered for being briefly married to Marilyn Monroe
American actress, dancer and producer who achieved fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars, appearing in 61 films over 37 years; the press coined the term "The Love Goddess" to describe her after she had become the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s
American daredevil stunt performer whose stunts made him a famous pop culture figure in the 1960s and 1970s; his outrageous jumps on a motorcycle were as famous for their spectacular failures as their world-record setting successes; his name has become synonymous with being a daredevil; his record-breaking jump over fourteen school buses in 1975 was, at the time, the highest rating sporting event in television history
1st African American woman in space in 1993 aboard the space shuttle Endeavor; she is also the first real life astronaut to appear on the TV show "Star Trek" as a guest star; she left NASA to form her own technology company and is now a Professor at Cornell University
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American hip-hop artist born as Marshall Mathers; he was the best selling music artist of the 2000s; known for his dark subject matter, alter egos, comic style, and rhyming ability; he is credited with breaking racial barriers in hip-hop and popularizing hip-hop in Middle America; he has since started his own record label which helped to launch the career of artists like 50 Cent
Finnish formula 1 race car driver who is nicknamed the "Iceman" for his icy personality and terse responses to questions; he is one of the most successful drivers of the modern era and is the only driver to take a race win in the V10, V8 and the hybrid V6 engine eras
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