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Why Democrats Started Fixating on Inflation
Swiping Left
January 10/17, 2022, Issue
Anticipating an impact on their electoral fortunes, Democrats are hoping to get ahead on a pressing question.
By Aída Chávez
Republicans, along with some prominent right-wing Democrats, have been hammering the Biden administration over rising food and gas prices for months. In November, when the Labor Department announced that consumer prices had risen 6.2 percent from October 2020 to October 2021, the Republican National Committee tweeted, "Bidenflation is hurting working Americans all over the country." Corporate media outlets are boosting this line of attack, from a viral CNN segment about a family that buys 12 gallons of milk a week to the downright false claims that inflation is being driven by the Covid-19 stimulus package that passed in March or by rising wages for the working class.
White House officials and party leaders have been scrambling to respond to the price scare, worried that it could cost them their congressional majorities in the midterm elections next year. After initially dismissing the price increases as merely transitory, Democrats are trying to revamp their messaging, highlighting falling unemployment and the few helpful programs they've actually managed to pass with their majorities, like the enhanced child tax credit payments. In recent weeks, they've sought to rebrand Build Back Better, the president's signature social spending plan, as a counter to inflation concerns. "If you want to fight inflation, support Build Back Better," Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer said on the chamber's floor last month.
New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is among the Democrats trying to make the case that the spending bill would help lower prices in the near term, as it invests in things like health care and child care. "If you are worried about inflation, it's important to understand why it's happening: supply chain, labor, and healthcare complications," Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. "We can address these issues by investing in infrastructure, wages, healthcare & benefits." But while most economists say President Biden's spending package won't increase inflation, some also say it won't help reduce it either, at least not anytime soon.
Inflation has surged virtually everywhere this year for all sorts of reasons, depending on the country or the sector. But the United States has seen some of the biggest jumps. The latest report, released in December, found that prices rose nearly 7 percent over the 12 months ending in November, a nearly 40-year high. And the specific dynamics behind these price increases, mostly the result of pandemic-related disruptions to the economy, are unlike anything we've ever experienced.
"The discussion I think has got to be broader than just inflation, which in fact is a very serious issue," Senator Bernie Sanders told The Nation in December, pointing to "the state of the economy" as essential context. "Unemployment is reasonably low. And we have come a very long way from where we were a year ago, and it's important to remember that. That wages are up, that we were able to help take this country out of the very, very severe recession a year ago—I think those are factors that should be looked at this month."
Figuring out how to deal with inflation, Sanders continued, is a complicated issue. But he believes lowering the cost of prescription drugs "would be a very important step forward," along with making sure that working families can afford their basic needs.
Though Republicans have seized on rising prices as their latest political talking point, they haven't publicly offered a plan to coalesce around, beyond repeating the delusion that stopping Biden's plan to expand the social safety net is the only way to fight inflation.
"Well, I think the first thing we should do is not pass another big spending bill. That would be step one," Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt told The Nation. When asked what step two would be, he stepped into an elevator and replied, "See you!"
Asked whether Republicans have discussed any other policy ideas to deal with inflation, Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley said, "There's no discussion on that, because it's all geared towards stopping the Democrats from feeding the fires of inflation [with] this $6 trillion spending." In reality, the bill is $1.9 trillion over 10 years.
West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, one of the Democratic holdouts in the evenly divided chamber, has long cited inflation concerns, parroting Republican arguments in his effort to derail the package. Democrats were hoping to pass the Build Back Better Act by Christmas, but Manchin, who's been a no vote all along, is using the recent inflation numbers to drive another news cycle on his obstruction. Biden admits that he's unsure whether he will be able to win Manchin's vote for the bill while inflation numbers are this high, but he's going to keep trying to persuade him. Meanwhile, party leaders concede there's no chance of passing the social spending bill this year, announcing they're pivoting to voting rights legislation instead.
Aída ChávezAída Chávez is The Nation's D.C. correspondent. She was previously a congressional reporter at The Intercept. Chávez has also written for The Washington Post, The Hill, and Refinery29. She studied journalism and political science at Arizona State University and is currently in a heterodox economics master's program at the City University of New York.


The American Staffing Association today announced the introduction of the ASA Affordable Care Act Communications Kit, a new resource that contains materials to help staffing firms address ACA compliance with clients.
The kit features the ASA Statement of Principles, a document that conveys the association's and its members' commitment to ACA compliance. Also featured in the kit is a slide presentation for client discussions about the law; a sample letter to use with clients; a series of ACA compliance videos; and the ACA Committed to Compliance seal to display on a company website, letterhead, and publications. In addition, ASA has created an ACA-focused website that is updated with breaking ACA news, FAQs, white papers, and more.
Members of ASA can access the ACA Communications Kit by visiting the ASA Affordable Care Act website.


An article in a 1965 edition of Eagle, a British comic book, predicted the arrival of the Internet with stunning accuracy, including services similar to Skype, Netflix, Kindle and Google years before the very first rudimentary ARPANET links were even established and decades before the first incarnation of the world wide web became available to the general public.
"How would you like to be able to solve any mathematical problem in a fraction of a second: summon any page of any book or newspaper instantly before your eyes: have all factual information known to man at your own fingertips – all without leaving your own living room? This fantastic dream of scientific achievement may come true by the 1990s if a plan now being worked on by top scientists in this country and the U.S.A. is successful," states the article.
Bear in mind that ARPANET, the very first rudimentary Internet communication system, was not conceived until the early 1960's and the first ARPANET link between the University of California and the Stanford Research Institute was not established until October 1969.
More than merely predicting the arrival of the Internet as a tool of communication, the piece foresaw services like Netflix, Skype, Kindle, and even the "Internet of things" where every home appliance is linked to the world wide web.
"Your TV set, your telephone, your electricity and gas meters, and your typewriter, tape-recorder and record player. All these things will be as out of date as the gas-lamp is today, for the computer will control all power supplies to your house, your videophone link and multi-channel TV signal," states the article.
The piece goes on to assert that the miniaturization process will solve the problem of computers being the size of rooms, while the "installation of the complex nationwide network of connections between the computers" will be the biggest challenge.
In summary, the article predicted at least seven fundamental aspects of the Internet, some of which are still only in their early stages today, a full four years before the very first arcane Internet-style communications were even tested, three decades before the Internet became accessible for the general public, and four decades before we saw services like Skype, Netflix and so-called 'smart' products.
– "World knowledge at your fingertips" (the search engine).
– "Summon any page of any book or newspaper instantly before your eyes" (Kindle).
– "The computer will control all power supplies to your house" (smart home, Internet of things).
– "Multi-channel TV signal" (Netflix, Internet TVs).
– Computers/Internet to replace "Tape recorder and record player" (Spotify, iTunes).
– Network to operate at speed of light (fiber optic).
All of these were predicted 50 years ago by a children's comic book! Weird, but true.


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Pursue the Art Form that Invokes Your Five Senses, Says Kathak Maestro Kumudini Lakhia
Ahmedabad Performing Arts
By Shaiva Pandya
Padmashree winning choreographer Kumudini Lakhia explains the three stages of creating any art –"Creativity comes with experience and experience comes with Riyaz."
"You like going to the temple because it enhances your five senses. Similarly, dance must be felt – it must invoke all your senses."So believes Kathak choreographer Kumudini Lakhia who spoke at a masterclass organized at JG College of Performing Arts in Ahmedabad on the 6thof April. For Lakhia, a performance needs to be smelled, touched, heard, felt and tasted. Dance, for Lakhia, is not merely a physical form of representation; it is more like meditation, wherein you are constantly aware of your five unique senses. When you dance with all your heart, it brings you "closer to God."
The masterclass was organized as an allied event as part of the 8th Theatre Olympics, which has travelled across the country from February 17 to April 8, 2018. The Theatre Olympics was hosted by the National School of Drama and the Ministry of Culture and was themed 'Flag of Friendship' this year, to celebrate human values. This masterclass with Kumudini Lakhia was held for artists who wish to excel in music, dance and drama.
Lakhia, who is fondly called Kumi behen, is one of the first persons to have reimagined Kathak within the contemporary context. She never caged herself to the conventional modalities of Kathak, which gave importance to symbols and 'Mudras'. While these things can serve as sources of inspiration, she believes that love and strength come from within. Lakhia did not limit herself to the preconceived vocabulary of Kathak that was served to her, and constantly asked herself, 'Where do I go from here?' In the 60s, her thought process was path-breaking. Lakhia is also known for converting Kathak into a group spectacle, thus moving beyond its traditional format of solo performances.
"Traditions are our roots. They don't restrict us in any way. Instead, they allow for innovation," she said, "But conventional Kathak depended on rigid traditions so I opted to depend on traditions that allowed for innovation."Lakhia started Kadamb Centre for Dance in 1965 in Ahmedabad to free Kathak from its restrictive practices.
The 87-year-old guru shared her wisdom over this hour-long discussion, recounting humorous anecdotes to a young audience that intermittently burst into laughter and enthusiastic rounds of applause. What I found most striking was her explanation of the "three stages" of creating art, which she feels that every artist must learn. The first stage is the process of learning. The second stage is the process of practice, which is also known as Riyaz in Urdu, which she believes is the most important and essential stage. And the third stage is the process of performance. When all these processes have been performed satisfactorily, that is when a person truly creates something. Creativity is not a God-given gift; it is acquired with practice – "It is the last stage and it comes with experience, and experience comes with Riyaz," she said.
At the masterclass, Lakhia probed the audience to question whether dance as an art form needs to be dependent on literature. If so, then every act or performance needs to depict a story. But Lakhia believes that dance can be abstract as well; that the audience can find its own meaning and relations, and experience catharsis in the process.
Acknowledging that "speaking all the time is boring," Lakhia gestured to one of her students Rupanshi to come on stage and perform – to demonstrate how a performance of Kathak can truly affect the viewer. Rupanshi explained the concept of 'Atha Kim' through her performance. Atha Kim is a dance choreography by Lakhia that was first introduced in 1982. As one of the best choreographies ever done by her, it is surely Lakhia's claim to fame. Through her beautiful performance full of expression and complex footwork, Rupanshi pointed out when the 'sam' (the first beat) comes, and when she can take the liberty to dance to the 'taal' (rhythm). I was amazed, seeing how graceful an art form Kathak is. I've always wanted to learn a traditional Indian dance form but could never do it. Kumudini Lakhia's masterclass left me with the feeling that it's never too late to learn something new.
The master class ended with a standing ovation by the audience. I must say, if you are seeking to learn Kathak, Kumi behen is your solace.
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Q: How to create Relative layout Dynamicaly I want to generate the relative layout dynamically So that i can repeat the data as much as many times i get data from the server .The layout id that i want to create dynamically are depart_flight_details_duration,passenger_details_layout.How could create them in a loop so that it will be repeated more than one .Please help me on this i am new in android.
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    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:orientation="horizontal" >

    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imgLogo"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginRight="5dip"
        android:padding="3dip"
        android:src="@drawable/logo_demo" />

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        android:id="@+id/main_scroll_view"
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            android:id="@+id/main_ScrollView_Container"
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                android:id="@+id/trip_details_main"
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                android:layout_height="70dp"
                android:background="@drawable/flight_detail"
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                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/trip_locations"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
                    android:text="Delhi to Hydrabad"
                    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
                    android:textSize="20sp"
                    android:textStyle="bold" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/depart_date"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
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                    android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
                    android:text="18 Sep 2013"
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                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/imgRight"
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                    android:text="Itinerary Details"
                    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
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                    android:textStyle="bold" />
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                android:id="@+id/passenger_details_layout"
                android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="40dp"
                android:layout_below="@+id/travel_itin_header"
                android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
                android:background="@drawable/gray"
                android:gravity="center_vertical" >

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/pax_image"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="50dip"
                    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                    android:padding="3dip"
                    android:src="@drawable/black_man" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/first_pax_name"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignTop="@+id/pax_image"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/pax_image"
                    android:text=" XXX XXX XXX"
                    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
                    android:textSize="15sp"
                    android:textStyle="bold" />

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/imgRight"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/first_pax_name"
                    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                    android:src="@drawable/arrow2" />
            </RelativeLayout>

            <RelativeLayout
                android:id="@+id/depart_flight_details_duration"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                android:layout_below="@+id/passenger_details_layout"
                android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
                android:background="@drawable/small_search" >

                <ImageView
                    android:id="@+id/flight_depart_image"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
                    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                    android:padding="3dip"
                    android:src="@drawable/dep" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/depart_return_location"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
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                    android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
                    android:layout_toLeftOf="@+id/arrow_image"
                    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/flight_depart_image"
                    android:text="Delhi to Hydrabad"
                    android:textColor="#FFFFFF"
                    android:textSize="15sp"
                    android:textStyle="bold" />

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/one_way_date_and_duration_details"
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                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_below="@+id/depart_return_location"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="12dp"
                    android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/flight_depart_image"
                    android:text="18 Sep 2013 09:45 | Duration 2:45"
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                    android:textSize="12sp" />

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                    android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
                    android:layout_marginTop="10dp"
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            <RelativeLayout
                android:id="@+id/travel_agency_header"
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                android:background="@drawable/travelagency_bg" >

                <TextView
                    android:id="@+id/travel_agency_text"
                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                    android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
                    android:layout_marginTop="5dp"
                    android:text="Travel Agency"
                    android:textColor="#676767"
                    android:textSize="15sp"
                    android:textStyle="bold" />
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            <RelativeLayout
                android:id="@+id/tarvel_agency_details"
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                <ImageView
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                    android:src="@drawable/logo" />

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                <ImageView
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                    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
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                    android:text="Address : XXXXXXXX"
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                    android:id="@+id/travel_agency_fax"
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                    android:layout_below="@+id/travel_agency_address"
                    android:layout_marginLeft="5dp"
                    android:layout_marginTop="2dp"
                    android:text="Fax : XXXXXXXX"
                    android:textColor="#676767" />
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            <RelativeLayout
                android:id="@+id/genral_remarks_header"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
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                android:layout_below="@+id/tarvel_agency_details"
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                android:background="@drawable/general_remar" >

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A: A Simple Program for LayoutInflater from here
a-make this layout as your activity_main.xml-
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:id="@+id/main_layout"
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="fill_parent"
    android:layout_height="fill_parent" >
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b-this is the hidden layout which we will add dynamically,save it as hidden_layout.xml
<LinearLayout
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     android:id="@+id/hidden_layout"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="fill_parent"
     android:orientation="vertical">

<TextView
     android:id="@+id/text_view"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="Hello, this is the inflated text of hidden layout"/>

<EditText
     android:id="@+id/edit_text"
     android:layout_width="fill_parent"
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"
     android:text="Hello, this is your name"/>
</LineraLayout>

c-  Now this is the code for main activity-
public class MainActivity extends Activity
{
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
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LinearLayout main = (LinearLayout)findViewById(R.id.main_layout);
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A: RelativeLayout mDisplayBlock = (RelativeLayout)
     LayoutInflater.from(getActivity()).inflate(
     depart_flight_details_duration, null);
RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(
            LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);

    mDisplayBlock.setLayoutParams(params);

you can add this layout to your main scroll view
main_scroll_view_layout.addView(mDisplayBlock);

just put this code at appropriate place in your code.

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How did Christianity first arrive in Armenia?
Everyone knows that Armenia became the world's first Christian nation in 301 A.D. But it was a long journey from the Holy Land to the Ararat Valley. How did this faith first reach our homeland? The story of Armenia's conversion to Christianity is the theme for the second season of "Bread and Salt: Stories from the Armenian Church." The first episode, titled "Tongues of Fire," introduces us to the two Apostles who brought Christianity to Armenia.


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Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music Returns to The State Theater!
Primp your finest curtains, perfect your do-re-mis, and prepare for a celebration of all your favourite things – because Sydney's beloved Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music is returning to the State Theatre for two very special shows next month on February 25th, 2017.
The opulent historic State theatre will act as a European-style backdrop to transport Sydney audiences to the Austrian Alps for the matinee (1.00pm) and evening (7.30pm) shows.
Coming to life for a historic 16th consecutive year, Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music is the longest running live event in the State Theatre's prestigious 87-year history.
Frauleins and Friedrichs, Louisas and Liesels, Baronesses and Brigittas will join together to revel in an unforgettable interactive experience that makes the audience the star of the show – in a rousing celebration of the greatest musical of all time!
Presented up on the big screen in all of its technicolour glory with song sub-titles to accompany each song, Sing-A-Long–A Sound of Music is a bucket list extravaganza for die-hard fans and dabblers alike.
Each year, hundreds of the films' fanatics go above and beyond dressing to the nines with elaborate and imaginative costumes to rival those of the originals – from gaggles of nuns and brown paper packages tied up with string, to girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes. 'Maria's not an asset to the abbey', but at the Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music, she's best in show!
This year's shows will again welcome back celebrity host Katrina Retallick, one of Australia's foremost leading ladies with an ever-growing list of theatre, film and television credits to her name.
Katrina will lead the pre-screening vocal warm up, giving a guide to the use of the interactive fun packs and accompanying actions and – with a little help from the audience – judge the much loved and hotly contested costume parade.
"I can't wait to be a part of the event again. The sessions are great fun – and every year someone surprises us and goes that extra mile with their costumes. We've even had a marriage proposal at one of the sessions a few years ago. It's incredible how much the audience gets involved and creates an amazing vibe of group fun and participation," said Katrina Retallick.
The Sound of Music is the most successful movie musical of all time and the number one family film. It features the most irresistible score in movie history. Released in 1965 by 20th Century Fox – written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein and directed by Robert Wise the film was shot in the Austrian Alps of Salzburg; and is based on the true story of Austrian singing family "von Trapp", who became famous and toured the States in the 1940s. In the year the film was made, 2 million additional tourists visited Salzburg, Austria.
VENUE: State Theatre, Sydney
DATES: Saturday 25 February 2017 at 1pm & 7.30pm
(runs just under 4 hours, including a 20 Minute interval)
BOOKINGS: 1300 139 588 or Ticketmaster.com.au (tickets on-sale from Thursday December 15)
WEBSITE: www.singalonga.net
PRICES: Adults $59/ Group (8 or over) $51 / Concession $46 / Family (2 Adults 2 Children) $160 / Child (under 15) $37
Katrina Retallick
Sing-A-Long-A Sound of Music
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The team from Wild Earth Restaurant have moved from the Goldfields Mining Centre and are eagerly searching for hospitality superstars to join the team at their new, exciting bar & bistro called "The Stoaker Room" which will be opening soon at the Freeway Orchard complex in Cromwell.
The Stoaker Room bistro will provide a truly unique dining experience, showcasing fresh New Zealand cuisine, using local seasonal produce, alongside a funky and enticing craft beer and premium wine bar.
The innovative cooking style utilises retired French Oak Pinot Noir wine barrels, called Stoakers. These have been converted into cookers, that steam, grill and smoke an array of delicious traditional and wild foods. This new venue will offer an interactive experience for both staff and guests, with the Stoaker cooking station visible to guests throughout service.
It is anticipated that the Bar will become a must do destination for lovers of fine wines and craft beers, featuring a team of passionate and knowledgeable staff.
A busy off-site catering department also operates from the base kitchen at the Freeway site. The unique Stoaker catering experience is very popular at a wide range of events and weddings throughout the region and the country. There are always opportunities to work in the variety of fascinating and spectacular locations they travel to.
So, with interest building, as The Stoaker Room opening date gets closer, this vibrant and exciting venture needs more talented, passionate, self-motivated and well-organised customer service staff. As well as confident, enthusiastic kitchen professionals to join our amazing team.
The positions available will be attractive to people who relish the challenge of discovering new talents and developing their abilities in a distinctive and dynamic environment.
If you possess strong customer service and people skills, can be flexible with your working hours, have a hard work ethic and a passion for delivering fantastic customer experiences, you should send us your application as soon as possible. Because, you have already become a team player, are strongly motivated and have the relevant industry experience for one of these roles.
We are ready to offer you a competitive rate of pay and the chance to become part of a close-knit fun-loving team of creative outgoing people, who work hard to exceed expectations, but who also make time to enjoy life in the great playground of Central Otago.
Please include a cover letter and CV and ensure your cover letter is specific about the experience you can bring to the role you are applying for and what are the main opportunities you are looking for in this role.
The right to work in New Zealand is essential, so only applicants with a current working visa or permanent residents of NZ will be considered for these positions. A full driver's licence is very advantageous in this region.
Please send all applications to sue@wildearthwines.co.nz or call 03 445 4841 for further information.


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Q: Button with NavigationLink and function call SwiftUI I have an issue with NavigationLinks with conditions. It doesn't react what I'm expected. When a user click on the button the function "test" must be called and give a return value. If the return value is true the "SheetView" must be openend directly without clicking on the NavigationLink text. Please could someone give me a help on this one. Thanks in advance
I made a small (sample) program for showing the issue.
import SwiftUI

struct LoginView: View {
   @State var check = false
   @State var answer = false

    var body: some View {
       NavigationView {
         VStack{
            Text("it doesn't work")
            Button(action: {
                answer = test(value: 2)
                if answer {
                    //if the return value is true then directly navigate to the sheetview
                    NavigationLink(
                        destination: SheetView(),
                        label: {
                            Text("Navigate")
                        })
                }
            }, label: {
                Text("Calculate")
            })

         }
       }
    }

    func test(value: Int) -> Bool {

            if value == 1 {
                check = false
            } else {
                print("Succes")
                check = true
            }

        return check
    }

}

struct SheetView: View {

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            VStack{
                Text("Test")
                    .font(.title)
            }
        }
    }
}

A: The answer from Yodagama works if you were trying to present a sheet (because you called your navigation destination SheetView), but if you were trying to navigate to SheetView instead of present a sheet, the following code would do that.
struct LoginView: View {
   @State var check = false
   @State var answer = false

    var body: some View {
       NavigationView {
         VStack{
            Text("it doesn't work")
            NavigationLink(destination: SheetView(), isActive: $answer, label: {
                Button(action: {
                    answer = test(value: 2)
                }, label: {
                    Text("Calculate")
                })
            })

         }
       }
    }

    func test(value: Int) -> Bool {

            if value == 1 {
                check = false
            } else {
                print("Succes")
                check = true
            }

        return check
    }

}

struct SheetView: View {

    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            VStack{
                Text("Test")
                    .font(.title)
            }
        }
    }
}

A: struct LoginView: View {
   @State var check = false
   @State var answer = false

    var body: some View {
       NavigationView {
         VStack{
            Text("it doesn't work")
            Button(action: {
                answer = test(value: 2)
                //<= here
            }, label: {
                Text("Calculate")
            })

         }
         .sheet(isPresented: $answer, content: {  //<= here
            SheetView()
         })
       }
    }

    ...


Decadent Kane: Monday Marketing: Easy teasers.
Teasing a reader is one of the exciting ways you, as an author, can really help draw a reader into your world. just a little hint, like the glimpse you might see under a shirt. It happens so fast and leaves you licking your lips.
Admit it, having a reader lick their lips over your work is exhilarating.
One of the ways you can do this, is to create an easy teaser, short and hooking. One sentence from inside your story that makes the reader ask- what happens next? Or maybe even shocks them into wondering about the rest of the book. Use this to your advantage.
Use your favorite image program, like paint, Picasa, an online photo editor like Picmonkey or PiZap, or event powerpoint, to create one single image that has your book cover photo on it as well as that one easy teaser line to draw the reader in. Make sure to add the website to find the book.
A few things to keep in mind- you want it short, easy to read, and eye catching.
Use colors that match your cover photo.
Use a font that is pleasing and easy to read.
It may seem like you want to add a bunch of other things to the easy teaser, but adding too much can overwhelm the reader and they will just scroll past the image.
Once you have created your easy teasers, then you can upload them anywhere you would like- blogs, facebook, twitter, pinterest, etc.... You could even create flyers out of them to give to people, put up at stores, etc...be creative.
Here are teasers I put together for some of my books.
Those are good. I need to try a teaser or two for my next book.
Decadent Kane passed her wisdom of these teasers on to me (just call me padawan), but I can attest these little babies make your work incredibly visible.


If you're afraid to eat nuts because they are high in calories and you are convinced they will make you gain weight, know that the type of fats nuts contain are GOOD for you and studies have shown nuts actually help DECREASE excess body fat when eaten as part of a healthy diet. Nuts are best eaten raw, but dry roasted nuts have benefits as well including ease of digestibility. If you are allergic to one or more nuts, you should avoid them completely, though some poeple (including myself) have a mild tree nut allergy where raw tree nuts cause a histamine response, while roasted ones do not.
Nuts are excellent sources of minerals, proteins, monounsaturated fats and other nutrients. Eating just 1.5 ounces a day may reduce the risk of age related degeneration of cognitive skills, motor abilities, heart disease and risk for some cancers. The omega-3 fatty acids found in nuts can alter the effect of chronic stress on the body by reducing the production of several pro-inflammatory biochemicals in the body which lead to age-related disease.
By far my favorite nut, almonds are a great source of calcium, magnesium, Vitamin E and selenium. They are also the most alkaline of the nuts – typical American/Canadian diets are way too acidic, and acidity is a breeding ground for disease, so consuming more alkaline foods is always helpful. Almonds also help support colon health and reduce LDL (bad) cholesterol.
High in selenium, brazil nuts reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer and also play a role in reducing allergies and inflammation. That being said, due to it's high selenium content, it's best to have no more than 1-2 serving twice per week. As well, it is high in oxalates, so if you have a history of oxalate-containing kidney stones, it's best to limit consumption.
Walnuts are full of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids, contain ellagic acid known to fight cancer and support the immune system and have anti-inflammatory properties important for controlling asthma, arthritis, eczema and psoriasis.
A good source of minerals and lower in fact than most nuts. The fat they contain is the heart-healthy oleic acid.
Known to reduce cholesterol, pecans are also an excellent source of 19 vitamins and minerals. Pecans were the nuts used in the studies on weight and body mass index. Subjects consumed about 3.5 oz. of pecans per day (459 calories and 44 gr of fat), yet their body mas index and weight remained unchanged.
Highest in monounsaturated fats and high in portein, fiber, potassium and magnesium, macadamia nuts also lower triglyceride levels. Macadamia nut oil is also stable at much higher temperatures than olive oil or canola oil.
Peanuts, as most people know, is actually not a nut at all, but rather a legume. Another well-known fact is that peanuts are a highly allergenic food. This may or may not be due to the overwhelming amount of aflatoxins, a poison produced by the Aspergillus flavus fungus, which grows well on peanuts. A known carcinogen, it is 20 times more noxious than DDT. Peanut also contain large amounts of oxalates (see brazil nuts above)……Although peanuts do have similar health benefits as other nuts, in my practice I generally recommend to limit or avoid their consumption. Commercially prepared peanut butter should be completely avoided since they use hydrogenated stabilizing oils which are hazardous to the cardiovascular system.
Pine nuts are high in magnesium and potassium, two minerals whose combined effects product a strong, healthy heartbeat, lowered blood pressure and improved blood flow.
In addition to lowering LDL (bad) cholesterol and raising HDL (good) cholesterol, pistachios contain a compound with anti inflammatory effects. Another study demonstrated pistachios as effective against jaundice. Individuals who are allergic to mango and cashews should avoid pistachios as well, since they are from the same family. Do not consume pistachios with red dye.
Now that you know how great nuts can be for you, toss some nuts on your next salad, in your next cup of organic yogurt or use them in your baked goods. Enjoy!
Source: The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods, by Michael Murray N.D.


The 84th San Francisco Boat Race dinner celebrates the 165th Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Taking the form of a College Feast at an Oxbridge College, it is the one occasion each year when the alumni of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge convene for a large-scale event in northern California. Alumni, students, academic visitors and former employees of either university are invited to attend, along with their spouses, partners and guests. The evening is held in the elegant ambience of the University Club atop Nob Hill in the heart of San Francisco.
Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), will be the distinguished guest speaker. As head of FAMSF, the largest public arts institution in Northern California comprising the de Young museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, Campbell oversees wide-ranging curatorial and education programs and manages a staff of more than 500. Campbell served as Director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2009 to 2017, having joined the Met as curator in 1995. During his tenure at the Met, he led a revitalization and modernization achieved through award-winning exhibitions and publications, major capital projects, and historic donations of works of art. Attendance grew by more than 50 percent to a record seven million visitors a year. Over a thirty-year career, Campbell has dedicated his life to the preservation, study and promotion of art as a gateway to human understanding. A distinguished art historian, he was educated at Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute, University of London. His book, Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty: Tapestries at the Tudor Court, a reappraisal of the art and patronage of the era, was published in 2007.
Co-chairs are Matthew Kaser (Linacre, Oxford) and Alex Driskill-Smith (Caius, Cambridge).
Cocktails are at 5:30 pm and dinner will be served at 7:15 pm. The Boat Race video will be played before dinner at 6:15 pm and again after dinner.
The dinner, including wine, is $113 for adults and $103 for seniors and students. Special rates are available for bookings made by March 18th, 2019. Due to limited space, please note there is a limit of one accompanying guest for each Oxford or Cambridge alumnus.
If you have difficulty booking online, please visit www.oxcam.org, print the flyer and mail it with a check to the Treasurer, Alex Driskill-Smith. For other queries about payment, contact him at treasurer@oxcam.org.
Data provided during registration will be used for alumni purposes by the San Francisco Boat Race Dinner Committee and the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. See our Data Protection Statement for details.


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Is the stereotype of students at your school accurate?
Being in a fraternity myself, and having joined after completing my freshman year here at OU, I believe that OU is, indeed, very "Greek." I came to OU with the same stereotypes that everyone else did about fraternities, thinking of those involved with them as having bought their friends, but after giving Greek life a try, I discovered that this stereotype is completely inaccurate, and it is somewhat amazing that it persists despite being repeatedly disputed. Here at OU, fraternities and sororities participate in virtually every community service project that is offered in the area, and on top of that, many Greek organizations go out of their way to create their own opportunities to serve the community and their common campus.
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depends on how you look at it... I am not in the Greek system but many of my friends are. Just because someone is not greek does not mean they are noot allowed to greek parties. I go to frat parties all the time. When it comes to football, it is HUGE on campus but that's something that makes us who we are. If you don't like football, who cares? No one will come to your room and be like "WHY AREN'T YOU AT THE GAME!" but at the same time, if you do go to the games, it is SO much fun.
Football is the bloodlife of the place and it does play an important role to the OU identity. However, that doesn't mean one has to go to an OU game to be a student there. I didn't attend one OU football event while there and could care less about football. The student population seems to divide among those who love football and those who do not. There is a place for everyone.
Class: Junior
OU fans and students definitely live for football. Game days are a truly unique experience. I never experienced the snobby stereotype that I had been warned about. There are quite a few wealthy kids from OKC and Tulsa that go to OU in comparison to Oklahoma State or other schools in OK and I can see how this stereotype could get started.
In some ways yes. Alot of people at OU don't feel the desire to meet others but most of them are in Fraternities and Sororities. They already have friends in their houses. But most students are very friendly and fun to be around. I have really enjoyed meeting people around campus.
Definitely not! OU was not my number one choice until I visited there. I being from Alabama thought I was going to hear just about the football team on the campus tour. On the contrary, the school was very interested in my academics and was the friendliest university I visited.
Class: Alum
Every college has the stereotypes above. Do we have stuck up people? Yes. Do we have people that are fanatics about football? Oh yeah. Should this concern anyone about going to OU? No. Learning to deal with all types of people is what the college experience is about.
Yes and no. No, the students aren't hicks. The majority of kids here love football, but there is a sizable minority that couldn't care less (myself included). And half (probably more, actually) of all OU students are decidedly non-Greek, many even being anti-Greek.
Definitely not. The expense is comparable to other universities and actually are lower than some of the other universities; the admissions process and the classes are comparable to other colleges and most of the processes are online so it makes it much easier.
Yes and no. Many people "go greek" because it's a great way to meet people. But since everyone lives in the dorms their freshman year, it's not hard to get to know new people.


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Pharm-Olam Conducts Pivotal Orphan Disease Trial, Leads to First Therapeutic Approved for the Treatment for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
October 30, 2018 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pharm-Olam, a global, midsized CRO offering full-service clinical development solutions for oncology, infectious diseases and vaccines, and rare and orphan diseases, extends its congratulations to Ablynx, a Sanofi company, for its launch of Cablivi® (caplacizumab) in the German market for the treatment of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP). Pharm-Olam is proud to have contributed to the execution and completion of its pivotal Phase III study.
aTTP is a rare, life-threatening, autoimmune-based blood clotting disorder. The European Commission has granted marketing authorization for the drug. In the U.S., the FDA will give priority review to the drug, with a decision expected in early 2019.
Pharm-Olam, a leader in orphan and rare disease research, was contracted in April 2015 to conduct the pivotal Phase III HERCULES study. The company has also been contracted to run the three-year follow-up study to characterize the long-term impact of the drug and evaluate its repeated use.
Despite the challenges of enrolling patients into an orphan disease study, Pharm-Olam completed enrollment for the HERCULES study ahead of schedule — the team managed 92 sites across 16 countries to dose 145 patients.
"This achievement reinforces our experience and expertise in orphan diseases and blood disorders," said Maria Jesus Seivane, project director at Pharm-Olam. "With more than 100 studies in this category, our team has become a well-suited partner to ensure success."
"Helping to bring a new treatment to patients is something we can be immensely proud of," said David L. Grange, CEO at Pharm-Olam. "We also want to congratulate Ablynx. This is not only the first therapeutic drug for the treatment of aTTP, it's the first Nanobody®-based medicine on the market."
About Pharm-Olam
Pharm-Olam is Helping Create a Healthier World as a global, midsized CRO that offers flexible, innovative and highly personalized clinical solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and life science companies. Our team is well-known for producing quality results with reduced risk, costs and timelines in challenging international trials. Learn more about our full-service solutions, data protection services and expertise in oncology, infectious diseases and vaccines, rare and orphan diseases, pediatrics and general medicine at pharm-olam.com.
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Pharm-Olam has contributed to the completion of a pivotal Phase III study for the treatment of acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP).
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Automotive Transportation & Engineering
Alfa Romeo 916 GTV and Spider
The Complete Story
Robert Foskett
Alfa Romeo 916 GTV and Spider traces the complete story of the Alfa Romeo GTV and Spider models produced between 1994 - 2005, commonly known to enthusiasts by the manufacturer's project code as the 916 series. The 916 models would always be controversial - they replaced the iconic Spider, the best-selling Alfa Romeo sports model of all time, and the brand-establishing Alfetta GTV. Sharing components and a platform with a humble Fiat hatchback, would the cars ever be considered 'real' Alfa Romeos? The cars were critically acclaimed, and, though they faced tough competition in the late 1990s from the likes of the Audi TT, they remained in production for over a decade. Topics covered include: Full history of the 916 series GTV and Spider models; Design, development and evolution of the models from 1994 - 2005; Participation of the GTV in motorsport; Model variations in depth through all three facelifts; Previously unpublished production figures, and chassis numbers for the desirable, limited-edition GTV Cup model. Comprehensively researched guide to the entire lifespan of the 916 series.Will appeal to Alfa Romeo and automotive enthusiasts.The history and design process are examined along with an in-depth guide to each of the model variants produced.The cars' current position in the classic car market is considered.Superbly illustrated with 240 colour photographs.Robert Foskett is a life-long Italian car enthusiast with a special interest in Alfa Romeo.
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Q: Python subprocess to call Unix commands, a question about how output is stored I am writing a python script that reads a line/string, calls Unix, uses grep to search a query file for lines that contain the string, and then prints the results.
from subprocess import call
for line in infilelines:
    output = call(["grep", line, "path/to/query/file"])
    print output
    print line`

When I look at my results printed to the screen, I will get a list of matching strings from the query file, but I will also get "1" and "0" integers as output, and line is never printed to the screen.  I expect to get the lines from the query file that match my string, followed by the string that I used in my search.

A: call returns the process return code.
If using Python 2.7, use check_output.
from subprocess import check_output
output = check_output(["grep", line, "path/to/query/file"])

If using anything before that, use communicate.
import subprocess
process = subprocess.Popen(["grep", line, "path/to/query/file"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
output = process.communicate()[0]

This will open a pipe for stdout that you can read with communicate. If you want stderr too, you need to add "stderr=subprocess.PIPE" too.
This will return the full output. If you want to parse it into separate lines, use split.
output.split('\n')

I believe Python takes care of line-ending conversions for you, but since you're using grep I'm going to assume you're on Unix where the line-ending is \n anyway.
http://docs.python.org/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.check_output

A: The following code works with Python >= 2.5:
from commands import getoutput
output = getoutput('grep %s path/to/query/file' % line)
output_list = output.splitlines()

A: Why would you want to execute a call to external grep when Python itself can do it? This is extra overhead and your code will then be dependent on grep  being installed. This is how you do simple grep in Python with "in" operator.
query=open("/path/to/query/file").readlines()
query=[ i.rstrip() for i in query ]
f=open("file")
for line in f:
    if "line" in query:
        print line.rstrip()
f.close()


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Naples Personal Injury Attorney
A serious injury can leave your life upended and your financial and personal well-being in a state of uncertainty. You may be left temporarily or permanently disabled, struggling with pain and recovery, unable to work, and facing rising medical costs and other associated expenses. Your family may now lack a primary income earner. If someone else's negligence caused your injury, you should not have to deal with these costs and financial burdens on your own. If you were hurt in an accident on the job, in a public place, on the road, or on someone else's property, you might have a claim for recovery.
The Naples personal injury attorneys at The Law Offices of Marc L. Shapiro, P.A., has decades of experience securing monetary recovery for Florida accident victims. We fight for your right to compensation, whether it comes from insurance companies, negligent defendants, employers, or anyone else who should compensate you for your injuries. We take a results-oriented approach, working to ensure our clients get the damages they deserve so they can focus on recovering from their injuries. Our southern Florida personal injury attorneys work to ensure that our clients and their families can get their lives back on track after a serious accident. We serve clients who have been injured in a wide variety of accidents and circumstances.
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The personal injury team at The Law Offices of Marc L. Shapiro, P.A. can help you recover from a negligent party if you have suffered any injury. Power tools, vehicles and industrial machinery can all lead to serious injuries and death. A property owner's negligence may have contributed to an attack that injured you. Auto defects can lead to specific injuries. Whether the injury resulted from a car accident, an elevator collapse, a slip & fall, or an animal attack, if someone else's negligence hurt you, you deserve to be compensated.
We help Naples personal injury victims recover compensation for a wide variety of injuries, including the following:
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Will your personal injury case settle out of court, or will it go to trial? When will you get your settlement, and what to do you have to do to get it? Read on for a brief overview of the typical personal injury claim process in Florida, and call The Law Offices of Marc L. Shapiro, P.A., if you've been hurt in a car, truck or other motor vehicle accident in Naples, Fort Myers or Orlando.
Take care of the scene of the accident. Before you leave the scene of the accident, you'll want to exchange information with the other driver, call the police, and collect evidence by taking pictures and talking to witnesses. These are the first steps in building a case and documenting your personal injury claim.
Follow your doctor's orders. If you are under the care of a doctor or are being sent to physical therapy, be sure and keep all your appointments and do what the doctor says. As you start to feel better, you might feel like skipping an appointment or two and getting back to your normal routine. Your doctor has prescribed a course of treatment for a reason, and it's important to stick with it for the best results medically. It can also be damaging to your claim if you don't complete your treatment.
Enter negotiations. Once your doctor declares that you are "medically stationary" or have reached a point of "maximum medical improvement," your lawyer will be ready to begin settlement talks with the insurance company. A settlement before this time might be premature, as your medical bills and prognosis would not be fully known.
File a lawsuit. Even if you are still in negotiations, it could be important to file a lawsuit within the applicable statute of limitations. You may have as much as four years from the date of the accident to file a lawsuit, but this period differs depending on the type of accident, the type of injury, and the nature or status of the defendant. Missing the statute of limitations can mean the end of your claim, so it's better to be on the safe side and file sooner rather than later.
Filing a lawsuit doesn't mean you are going to court. A settlement can still occur at any time, including right up to the night before trial, after it has begun or even after a verdict. Pursuing litigation shows the other side you are serious and sets you up for the best settlement, and it also positions you for trial if this step becomes necessary.
Discovery. The insurance company may have admitted liability, so you are only fighting over the appropriate amount of damages, or they may have denied that their insured is liable to you at all. Either way, the next step after filing a lawsuit is to enter a period known as discovery. Here, each side gets information about the accident from the other side by requesting medical records, doctor and hospital bills, property repair bills, taking depositions of the parties and witnesses, hiring expert witnesses as needed, etc.
Pre-trial motions. An important part of the litigation process includes filing and responding to pre-trial motions by either party. Motions at this stage can result in a case dismissal, a judgment in favor of one party or the other on single or multiple issues (such as liability), or limit how the case will proceed.
Trial. This is where the parties present their case in court, introducing evidence and exhibits, questioning and cross-examining witnesses, and making legal arguments. The judge decides questions of law, while the jury listens to the facts. At the close of the trial, the judge instructs the jury on how to deliberate the case. The jury will decide whether the defendant is liable to the plaintiff and, if so, how much money damages are appropriate to award.
Post-trial motions. Even if the injured victim receives a favorable jury verdict, the other side might still move to set aside the verdict or modify the judgment based on one reason or another. Your attorney's job might not yet be over if further argument over post-trial motions is required.
Appeal. Either party can appeal an unfavorable decision to a higher court. An appeal is not a new trial; there has to be some alleged error made at trial. The appeals court will review the trial transcript and listen to the parties' arguments on why the verdict should be affirmed, reversed or modified. An appeals court could also order a new trial if warranted.
Collect the judgment. If a jury ruled in your favor and awarded you a money judgment, you'll still need to collect and enforce that judgment. Hopefully, the defendant is an insurance company that will simply write a check, and no further action is required. But if your case went against the negligent party directly who didn't have insurance, your lawyer might need to take extra steps to collect the judgment, such as attaching the defendant's property and executing liens.
When negotiating a settlement, in the back of the negotiators' minds is what a jury might award at trial. Most cases settle without going to trial, but it's crucial to evaluate the case in terms of a trial. That's why the best results are gained by personal injury lawyers with actual trial experience. Here are some of the factors we consider at The Law Offices of Marc L. Shapiro, P.A., in Naples and Fort Myers, as we evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of our client's case and come up with an appropriate settlement amount.
What is the plaintiff's injury like? Like it or not, juries often evaluate injuries on how visible and apparent they are. It's one thing to bring in experts to describe how a rear-end collision has damaged muscles and tendons in the neck and back; it's quite another to display x-rays and photographs of broken, dislocated bones. Juries consider the graphic nature of an injury, along with the costs of treatment and the impact an injury has on the person now and into the future.
Is the injury victim a good witness? If a case goes to trial, the victim will likely need to testify about the accident in court or at a deposition. If the victim appears trustworthy, sympathetic and articulate, he or she might make an appealing witness, and the insurance company would be more reluctant to go to court. The impact of the injury on the victim's occupation or lifestyle is another important point in evaluating the strength of the victim's case.
What is the negligent party like? Likewise, does the at-fault driver appear sympathetic or defensive and uncaring? Did the driver cause the crash through recklessness or just carelessness? Was the driver distracted, drunk, or blind with road rage? Is a truck accident the fault of a greedy corporation or trucking company that failed to maintain its fleet in a safe condition, despite repeated warnings? How a jury might view the defendant is an essential factor in evaluating the case and its settlement value.
Does the plaintiff share any of the fault? Florida's personal injury law follows a rule of pure comparative negligence. Any percentage of fault assigned to the plaintiff will cause a proportionate reduction in any financial recovery. If the injury victim was speeding, distracted, or not wearing a seat belt, these factors could negatively impact a potential settlement or jury verdict.
Calculating Damages
In addition to evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of a case, it's important to calculate the damages as accurately and objectively as possible. Economic losses (medical bills, lost wages) can be calculated based on costs already incurred as well as projected costs into the future. It is sometimes necessary to hire experts to help in this calculation. Noneconomic damages (pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of quality of life) are generally based on the economic costs. Typically, plaintiffs' lawyers and insurance companies assign a multiplier to the case – a number between one and five, depending on the severity of the accident and injury and its impact on the victim. That number is multiplied by the economic damages to get a figure for noneconomic damages. The parties may disagree over the calculation of economic damages or the proper multiplier to apply. These matters need to be worked out to reach a settlement and avoid a trial.
It's also important to consider whether punitive damages might apply to the case. Punitive or exemplary damages are awarded when a defendant's conduct was willful, malicious or especially reckless, showing disregard for other people's safety. For example, punitive damages might be appropriate in the case of an extremely drunk driver or a speeder who ignored multiple red lights and stop signs before crashing into the victim. Likewise, a jury may have no sympathy for a trucking company with a long history of safety violations that continued to put the public at risk. Punitive damages are harder to prove in court, but they can be very costly to the defendant, who will want very much to avoid being liable for these damages.
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If you or a loved one has been hurt or killed by someone else's negligence in Naples, Orlando, or throughout Florida, reach out to a dedicated car accident lawyer for help. Call the seasoned and dedicated personal injury legal team at The Law Offices of Marc L. Shapiro, P.A., at 239-649-8050 today for a free consultation to learn whether you may be entitled to compensation after your Florida personal injury.
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Nattukkottai Chettiars (Nagarathars) migrated to various parts of the world for their Banking business. Rangoon, the capital city of Burma (Myanmar) finds a prominent position in the business map of Chettiars. They have broadened their skills and appreciated the traditional strengths in the land of settlement. They have brought the food delicacies available in those places to their native land.
Rangoon Puttu is scrumptious dish enjoyed by them during their stay in Rangoon.This has become very famous among the people who live in chettinad and is proudly served to their guests.


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Boris Johnson has said that a deal with our European friends is 'very, very, unlikely'. However, the negotiations rage on. The Prime Minster was refused a three way call between himself, Merkel, Macron and the EU Commission President, which tells me, that they're untied on their red lines and the only way a deal can be done, is if the UK capitulates.
Lets hope and pray, that does not happen.
On the other hand, the future is bright, the future is global!
I think our immediate future should be focussed on Australia, Canada and New Zealand. These three nations, are already in personal union with each other by sharing a head of state, Queen Elizabeth the 2nd.
The United Kingdom should apply to join the Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement. And quickly invite Canada to follow suit. However, if this was to occur, it would probably require Erin O' Toole of the Canadian Conservative Party to oust Justin Trudeau at the next Canadian election. O'Toole, is the most prominent of CANZUK supporters.
CANZUK could be based on Trade, Foreign Policy and Defence Cooperation. Free Trade between the 4 nations governed by a Trade Forum, Foreign Policy Cooperation and a Defence Pact governed by a Foreign and Defence Forum. Queen Elizabeth the 2nd could even be the intergovernmental spokesperson.
The Five Eyes could become the Two Eyes, or the Double Sighted. CANZUK, united on three fronts, ready to engage the world with a combined GDP of $6.5 trillion would be an indispensable bilateral partner to the United States of America.
In a changing world with a rising China, that concept will soon become all to apparent.
Our future is with the Five Eyes and CANZUK. We cannot be shackled to the EU through the so called 'level playing field' which is a farce designed to keep the UK under the close supervision of the new Franco - German Empire.
I would love a Free Trade Deal with the EU. I think it will come. But, we need to get passed NO DEAL first and enforce the UK Internal Market Bill.
BREXIT: NO DEAL?


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Governance : Standard deduction, a mere delusion
While the Finance Minister, on the one hand, has provided for standard deduction to salaried taxpayers, on the other hand, he has nullified it by withdrawing transport and medical expense allowance
IN the budget speech, the Finance Minister, in para 151, under the caption 'relief to salaried taxpayers', has accepted the contribution of such persons to the income-tax revenues of the country saying: "There is a general perception in the society that individual business persons have better income as compared to salaried class. However, income-tax data analysis suggests that major portion of personal income-tax collection comes from the salaried class. For AY 2016-17, 1.89 crore salaried individuals have filed their returns and have paid total tax of Rs. 1.44 lakh crore, which works out to average tax payment of Rs. 76,306 per individual salaried taxpayer. As against this, 1.88 crore individual business taxpayers, including professionals, who filed their returns for the same AY, paid total tax of Rs. 48,000 crore, which works out to an average tax payment of Rs. 25,753 per individual business taxpayer".
After accepting the solid contribution of such taxpayers, who pay taxes honestly—more than businessmen and professionals—he made this declaration as a gesture of appreciation: "In order to provide relief to salaried taxpayers, I propose to allow a standard deduction of Rs. 40,000 in lieu of the present exemption in respect of transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses. However, the transport allowance at enhanced rate shall continue to be available to differently abled persons".
Appraisal of the proposal
Against the Standard Deduction (SD) of Rs. 40,000, the following reliefs, already being availed of, stand withdrawn:
Transport allowance : Rs. 19,200 [@ Rs.1,600 per month]
Medical expenses reimbursement : Rs. 15,000 Total Rs. 34,200
The SD amount that remains after such deductions is Rs. 5,800 per annum only, which translates to a total tax saving of Rs.1,810 on tax payable in the highest slab (@30% + 4% cess tax). On lower slabs, the tax saving would be marginal—for 2.5 lakh to 5 lakh slab, Rs. 301.60; for Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh slab, Rs. 1,206.04. These savings in tax get further reduced by 1 per cent extra cess and hence, there seems to be no basis for Finance Minister highlighting this in his budget speech and claiming that he has given SD of Rs. 40,000 to salaried taxpayers.
The Finance Minister, it seems, has forgotten to take notice of the rationale behind Standard Deduction… he has ignored the fact that tax under the Income Tax Act is levied on net income—not on gross receipts
Rationale for SD ignored while making announcement
The Finance Minister, it seems, has forgotten to take notice of the rationale behind SD. While making the announcement that it is to be given in lieu of 'employment-related expenses' incurred by an employee, he has ignored the fact that tax under the Income Tax Act is levied on net income—not on gross receipts. Income under the IT Act is to be taxed under five heads:
house properties
business and profession
Income from business and profession is taxed u/s 28 of the Act on residue left after deducting the expenses incurred for earning it. Section 29 of the Act provides that 'income referred to in section 28 shall be computed in accordance with the provisions contained in sections 30 to 43D of the Act'. These sections deal with various expenses deductible from total income—rent, rates, taxes, repairs and insurance for buildings (Section 30), repairs and insurance of machinery, plant and furniture (Section 31), depreciation (Section 32) and so on. U/s 37(1) of the Act, titled 'general expenses' on conveyance, including on petrol, driver's salary, depreciation, interest on loan taken for purchase of vehicles, etc., can be claimed by businessmen and professionals without any limit, provided it is reasonable.
Sections 22 to 27, dealing with income from house properties, provide vide Section 24 that from the Annual Value (AV) of a property, the following deductions are permissible:
A sum equal to 30 per cent of ALV
Interest on borrowed capital taken in the context of acquiring, constructing, repairing, renewing a property.
From incomes assessable under the head 'other sources' u/s 56, Section 57, gives a list of expenses which are deductible for arriving at the taxable amount. After mentioning some specific expenses, the section provides a general clause for deduction, saying that any other expenditure (except capital expenditure) laid out or expended wholly and exclusively for the purpose of making or earning such income, shall be deductible.
Capital gains are taxable u/s 45. Section 48 states about the expenses that can be deducted in arriving at the taxable figure.
Thus, income from 'salaries' is the only section where receipts are taxable on 'gross' basis. Such discrimination is perpetuated since AY 2005-06 when P Chidambaram was the Finance Minister. In fact, SD was conceived of as a simpler way to allow salary earners employment-related expenses, which were of varied nature, like on books, travel, training, etc.
DURING the period the books were checked by the AOs, their checking involved strenuous work with little revenue impact. Hence, it was decided that an adhoc amount, called SD, will be deductible on graduated basis with maximum fixed for various income slabs u/s 16(1) of the Act. The scheme was working well, but suddenly on untenable grounds, Chidambaram withdrew it and from the AY 2005-06 salaries are being taxed on gross basis without allowance of any expenditure relating to employment.
Income from 'salaries' is the only section where receipts are taxable on 'gross' basis. Such discrimination is perpetuated since AY 2005-06 when P Chidambaram was the Finance Minister
The present Finance Minister in his previous budgets never looked at this problem and when, in the last full budget of the NDA Government, he thought of it, he has provided for it in the most unsatisfactory way, even without appreciating what expenses need to be covered by it.
It is undisputed that an employee has to incur considerable expenditure on books, journals, computers, laptops, websites, internets, travels, training, etc., in present times to continue in the employment. When businessmen and professionals can claim deduction for such expenses, there does not seem to be any ground why salary earners should be denied such deduction; and when given, it should be nullified by adjusting against it expenditure which is allowed to other taxpayers, like expenses on conveyance and on health insurance premium (which is proposed to be raised from the present Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 50,000). Such discrimination in the context of income from salary is wholly unfair and unjustified.
It is sad to see that the present Finance Minister perpetuated the injustice meted to salary earners by his predecessor—Chidambaram—for four years in his tenure. And when he felt the need for allowing SD to salaried taxpayers, he did it by giving by one hand and taking it back from another. Hence, my suggestion is that an amendment be moved to set right the injustice to 1.89 crore honest taxpayers, whose contribution to the tax kitty of the country per head is much more than businessmen and professionals, according to the Finance Minister's own figures. The amount of deductible SD should be worked out on a graduated basis, more in the cases of higher groups and less in the cases of lesser income groups, with a cap of maximum amount, and not an adhoc figure in all cases as the quantum of expenditure will differ in such cases.
The writer is former Chairman, CBDT
VOL. 11 | ISSUE 11-12 | MARCH 2018
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Our service this morning was led by the Reverend Lindsay Thomson from Hawick. Rev Thomson preached from John chapter 17. He challenged us as a Church to not only believe but also DO the word of Christ, and to love one another.


Pub and dining room in the old station house, which is still attached to Acton Central station.
Nice pub both inside and out with a good selection of drinks, a passable menu, all in relatively quiet surroundings. The building has kept it's authenticity and it's nice to see its continued use, albeit in a very different form. It won't blow your socks off but not much to grumble about.


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Markwort Sporting Goods is a third-generation family business in St. Louis, Missouri that sells sports equipment to retailers and distributors throughout the United States and internationally to approximately 50 nations on six continents, but it had a modest start in The Great Depression. In 1931, 14-year-old tennis player Herb Markwort – who learned to restring his rackets because he couldn't afford to pay to have someone else do it – earned a dollar by restringing a fellow player's racket. He soon started doing this for others on his parents' back porch in St. Louis, prompting a nosy neighbor to ask if he had a license. Herb went downtown the next day to get one and Markwort Sporting Goods was born.
Herb was the top-ranked high school tennis player in St. Louis and went on to play the sport at Washington University in St. Louis, where he was undefeated in his first two years. At the same time, he opened a sporting goods store on Grand Avenue and a couple years later got the tennis shop concession while serving as the youngest athletic director at Triple A Tennis Club in Forest Park. Herb helped organize and put on tennis tournaments that drew stars like Bobby Riggs (of Battle of the Sexes fame) and convinced the club to let him hold free clinics, which attracted up to 400 people.
After his sophomore year, he left Washington University to focus on his growing retail business and Markwort line of products, starting out with tennis rackets, including the Markwort Green Flash and Markwort Pro Line. When Herb tried to stock the store with products from other companies, he wasn't able to get the main brands, which often didn't even return his calls.
At the time, there was a big sporting goods store in downtown St. Louis that carried the big four brands – Rawlings, Wilson, Spalding, and MacGregor – so Herb got the word out to secondary brands and stocked up on their goods. He was open to new products and was one of the first stores in the area to sell snow skis. In 1944, the year of the only all-St. Louis World Series, Herb opened a larger retail store.
After World War II, when soldiers came back and were looking for work, some asked if they could buy Herb's products wholesale, and then sell them in the surrounding towns where they lived. That's how Herb got into wholesale. The company's first wholesale warehouse was on 9th Street downtown, then relocated a year later to what is now the site of Ballpark Village and Busch Stadium. The company had to move again in 1960, to make way for downtown redevelopment that included construction of the old Busch Stadium, this time to the Central West End, where it remained for 44 years. Markwort Sporting Goods then moved to Creve Coeur, which it still calls home today.
Meanwhile, the company's two retail stores were sold in the early 1970s, and as the business grew, Herb concentrated on wholesaling a broader line of sporting goods. At one point the Markwort catalog grew to over 800 pages.
The company began exhibiting at trade shows, first in the U.S., and then internationally, beginning with the 1980 Munich ISPO, helping the company to grow into a company with sales worldwide.
Herb died in 1989, and his son, Herb Markwort Jr., took over the company, which he runs with his two adult sons, Herbie Markwort III and Brett Markwort, continuing the vision started by the entrepreneurial patriarch almost 90 years ago.
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Most items seen in our catalogs are available for purchase through our website (online sales only). You may also contact us in anyway and we will be happy to direct you to a dealer near you or provide other product and purchase information.