When considering the opportunity cost of an activity or transaction, economists conclude that there is no such thing as a free lunch. However, many companies offer their employees "free" perks of employment that do not cost them anything out of pocket. Bloomberg, Facebook, and Google are well known for the gourmet food and snacks that they offer for free to all of their employees. Other companies offer employees free access to a gym or an employee discount. But these freebies are not always as sweet of a deal as they appear.
These benefits to employment are called "fringe benefits" and are defined by the IRS as a form of pay for the performance of services. Fringe benefits are taxable unless exempt by law. Qualifications for exemption are specific, and companies and the IRS sometimes clash over the specifics.
"De minimis benefits," which are defined as any property or service provided by an employer that has such a minimal value that the costs of tracking and accounting for the benefit would be unreasonable to administer, are an example of exempt benefits. However, the frequency of the provision of the good or service must also be considered when assessing the value of the benefits. The provision of coffee or the occasional meal would be exempt as a de minis benefit. However, as the frequency of meals increases the question of exemptions becomes more complicated.
Meals provided on the business premise must be provided for the employer's convenience to be exempt. The convenience provided to the employer by providing the meal must be for a substantial business reasons besides provision of additional pay. Determining what constitutes "convenience" will depend on the facts and circumstances.
The IRS describes that meals to food service employees during or immediately before or after the employee's shift would be considered to be provided for the convenience of the employee by allowing the employee to work through breakfast, lunch, or dinner shifts. Employers' provision of meals to employees that respond to emergency call may also be exempt. A meal may be exempt if the nature of the business allows the employee insufficient time to eat off the business' premise. If a lack of eating facilities exists in the surrounding areas near the business premise, employers may be exempt for providing a proper meal that would not have been available without the furnishing of the meal by the employer. The IRS also clarifies that meals offered to promote "goodwill, boost morale, or attract prospective employees" do not constitute convenience for the employer that is necessary for exemption.
Exemptions for fringe benefits are also complicated with common employee provisions of an athletic facility, an employee discount, or lodging. For example, the provision of a health club membership to a third party provider of an exercise and sports facility would be taxable as pay on an employee's W-2, but an employee owned facility that operates using employee wages and predominately is used by employees and their family would likely be exempt. Also, the cost of the lodging is only excludable if it is a requirement for employees to properly perform their duties and responsibilities – such as an overnight camp cabin counselors. Additionally, employees may often receive an employee discount on purchases. However, only a limited amount of employee discounts are excludable from taxes.
As more companies offer in-house meals to employees and other similar perks, tax experts have been debating and often disagreeing on what constitutes convenience to the employer and whether the exclusions currently allowed are fair. Thus, before you indulge in your fringe benefits or envy your friend at Google, remember to double check your pay stubs or W-2 tax statements before you realize too late that there really is no such thing as a free lunch.


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Juvederm® is an injectable gel with a hyaluronic acid base, which your body creates naturally.
A "next generation" filler, it gives clients an advanced solution to remedy the effects of aging without having to go under the knife. See immediate improvements in smile lines around the nose and lips, with visibly more volume and lift in the cheeks and neck areas. Fully approved by the FDA, Juvederm® Injectable Gel is an age-defying treatment that seamlessly plumps up flattened areas and restores even the deepest lines and wrinkles, resulting in a beautiful even finish.
We naturally produce hyaluronic acid, which is a sugar-based compound responsible for delivering and maintaining moisture and nutrient levels in skin cells. It contributes to the volume and elasticity of your skin, creating a young and fresh appearance. Unfortunately, as we age, our skin's ability to manufacture its own hyaluronic acid diminishes. JUVÉDERM® is a smooth gel that is made of cross-linked hyaluronic acid particles. When injected into fine lines, wrinkles, furrows, or sunken areas of the face, it replenishes the lost hyaluronic acid that has been absorbed into your body over time, resulting in a more youthful, rejuvenated appearance.
Fuller, plumper lips (if injected for this purpose).
For dermal fillers, benefits may last up to 1 year.
Temporary bruising, redness, tenderness and/or swelling are the most common side effects.
It is normal to feel a "firmness" in the treated areas the first few days post treatment. A small needle stick mark that may be noticed is present 12-24 hours after treatment.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. The safety of these products for use during pregnancy or while breastfeeding has not been studied.
The safety of JUVÉDERM VOLUMA® XC in patients under 35 years or over 65 years, the safety of JUVÉDERM® XC and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC injectable gels in patients under 18 years, and the safety of JUVÉDERM VOLLURE™ XC and JUVÉDERM VOLBELLA® XC in patients under 22 years has not been studied.
The safety and effectiveness of JUVÉDERM VOLUMA® XC in areas other than the cheek area, JUVÉDERM® XC and JUVÉDERM VOLLURE™ XC for areas other than facial wrinkles and folds, and JUVÉDERM® Ultra XC and JUVÉDERM VOLBELLA® XC in areas other than the lips and perioral area have not been established in clinical studies.
Tell your doctor if you have a history of excessive scarring (eg, hypertrophic scarring and keloid formations) or pigmentation disorders, as use of these products may result in additional scars or changes in pigmentation.
Tell your doctor if you are on immunosuppressive therapy used to decrease the body's immune response, as use of these products may result in an increased risk of infection.
Do not lay down for 2-4 hours after the treatment.
Avoid manipulation of the injected area(s) for 4 hours.
You may use cold compresses to reduce swelling at the injection site(s).
Avoid using any anti-inflammatory drugs (Ibuprofen, Motrin, Advil, Aleve, Vioxx) Aspirin, Vitamin E, St. John's Wort or Ginko Biloba for 7 days after treatment.
Treatment effects may take 2-10 days.
Results may last one year to two years, with optimal correction and depending on the formula used.
Anyone looking to enhance their appearance with facial rejuvenation.
Facial fillers, like Juvederm are best for filling facial folds/lines and lips.
JUVÉDERM® is appropriate for any area of the face, including lines and creases around the mouth, nose, and forehead. The procedure can be used for facial contouring as well as to improve the appearance of scars, such as those caused by acne. JUVÉDERM® can also be used to enhance the size and shape of the lips.
There is no downtime required after JUVÉDERM® treatment. Patients who undergo treatment can expect to be able to return to work or other normal activities immediately, with only mild redness or soreness at the site of the injections.


The Grande located in Kennesaw, GA, is a beautiful Victorian-style house surrounded by 2.5 acres of landscaped grounds. Offering lush and romantic outside garden weddings and inside receptions characterized by rustic elegance, The Grande is an all-inclusive wedding venue.
On the main level, there is a big, open room with several seating areas. There is room in the entry for gifts and a guest sign-in book. A covered balcony overlooks a peaceful garden. You will love the warmth and beauty from the time you step inside the house. Outside there is a beautiful Cedar pavilion right next to a open gazebo with a decorative path, on either side of which there are seating plots that offer beauty and comfort to your outdoor Wedding. There are great photo opportunities to capture your magical wedding moments including a beautiful swing with a cedar frame and a fountain.
What sets The Grande in Kennesaw apart from other venues is simple. Our all-inclusive package pricing is just that. There are no hidden fees, and all taxes and gratuities are included.
The first wedding photo above of the Grande's exterior is by David Scruggs Photography. The second and fifth wedding photos above are by Jennifer G Mills Photography.


Attorney Green graduated from Hartford College for Women in 1990 and Clark University in 1992. She received her Juris Doctorate from Western New England College School of Law in 2001. She was born and raised in Hunedoara, Romania and immigrated to the United States in 1987, prior to the fall of the communist regime.
Attorney Green began her practice of law in 2001 as a divorce and family lawyer in the Rocky Hill firm of the late Richard D. Tulisano, Esq. In 2005, she started her family law and divorce practice in West Hartford, Connecticut. In 2008 she founded CT Mediation Center, a "litigation free" family practice, with a focus and emphasis on and Divorce Mediation, Custody Mediation, Collaborative Divorce and civil mediation. Coming from a divorce litigation background, Attorney Green strongly believes that Mediation, Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Divorce are the premier methods for resolving many types of disputes with the highest integrity and dignity, and is working hard to educate people about Mediation, Collaboration and constructive conflict resolution.
Attorney Green works exclusively with couples or parties who would rather spend their energies and resources working constructively to resolve their differences rather than "winning the fight." She helps spouses and litigants reach comprehensive, well informed agreements without the emotional and financial toll of court-based litigation. She has mediated hundreds of cases ranging from simple to complex financial matters, businesses, and high net worth cases.
Attorney Green is a founding member of the Collaborative Divorce Professionals Group and served on the Board of Directors for several years during its inception. Attorney Green is a member of the Member of Connecticut Bar Association Family Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Division, Member of Connecticut Council for Divorce Mediation, Member of New England Chapter of Association of Conflict Resolution, Member of Collaborative Divorce Professionals Group, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. Attorney Green serves as a Family Special Master in the Hartford Judicial District .
Attorney Green serves as a volunteer Family Special Master in the Hartford Judicial District since 2003, volunteer attorney for the Legal Advice Program in the Hartford Family Court since the inception of the program in 2009, and Volunteer Attorney Mediator for the Connecticut Bar Association Resolution of Legal Fee Disputes Program.
Divorce and Family Law, Divorce Mediation, Collaborative Divorce, Civil Mediation, Wills, Trusts and Prenuptial Agreements.
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When British voters voted on the "Brexit" option in a June 2016 referendum, it was understood that it meant the nation was leaving its membership in the European Union. But…
What Impact Will The UK Triggering Article 50 Have On The GBP?
On June 23, 2016, British voters approved the proposed Brexit initiative.[1] Since that day, the U.K. has been on track to exit the 28-nation European Union (EU). This initiative quickly…
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Elections, whether they are presidential, parliamentary, or referenda oriented, provide an abundance of uncertainty to the marketplace. Over the course of an election cycle, issues such as international trade, national…
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Lyme disease is an infection caused by the spirochetal bacteria– Borrelia Burgdorferi. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system. Because the bite is painless, fewer than half of people with Lyme disease realize they have been bitten. Likewise, fewer than half of patients with Lyme disease recall any rash. Lyme and tick-borne diseases are prevalent across the entire United States with cases in each of the 50 states. The Lyme disease bacteria is powerful and has the ability to enter the brain less than 24 hours after a tick bite.
Lyme disease, or Borrelia Burgdorferi, is typically transmitted through the bite of an infected tick. The most common carrier is certain species of black-legged ticks. However, various types of ticks have been known to transmit the disease. The nymphal, or immature, form of the tick, which is about the size of a poppy seed, causes most human cases. Along with Borrelia Burgdorferi, ticks often carry other co-infections such as Babesia, Bartonella and Ehrlichia.
Additionally, studies have revealed that Lyme disease can also be passed through the placenta of a pregnant woman to her unborn fetus, allowing Lyme to be a gestational disease. DNA of the bacteria has been found in breast milk, as well as suspected in cases of sexual transmission.
The current two-tier testing paradigm for Lyme Disease recommended by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) misses over 1/2 of actual cases. This stems from the lack of sufficiently sensitive and reliable markers. As it is difficult to culture the actual bacteria, Lyme Disease tests rely upon an antibody response. Due to testing unreliability, most Lyme Literate Medical Doctors (LLMDs) advise patients to skip the initial Lyme Disease ELISA screen (first tier), and instead start with the confirmatory test, the Western Blot (second tier). In addition, Lyme disease is clinically diagnosed based on symptoms, physical findings (e.g., rash), medical history and the possibility of exposure to infected ticks.
Important: With an early Lyme infection, antibodies may not have had time to develop and testing at this time may appear negative. Lyme disease may be present with a negative test result.
When detected in its early stage, Lyme disease can often be treated with an appropriate course of antibiotic therapy. If undetected and untreated, the bacteria replicates and the disease progresses into its late stages, becoming chronic. Treatment for Chronic Lyme disease is prolonged and complex. Patients often require years of intensive conventional and alternative therapies to fight the infection, recover immune function, and gain strength.


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The most engaging raconteur I have ever met
I first met Deon du Plessis at the Sunday Tribune offices in Field Street during the early 1980s where he was deputy editor. He was a giant of a man – I stand close to 6 feet tall, but he towered over me and was almost twice as broad as I am. By the time I returned to the country in 1994, he was by then editor of the Pretoria News. He was widely expected to become editor of The Star in Johannesburg, but instead became the editor's boss – as managing director of Independent Newspapers Gauteng.
It was at that stage of his career that I renewed acquaintance with him in 1996 when he interviewed me for the position of deputy editor of the Pretoria News. He did not give me the job, which left me slightly miffed, but called me thereafter to offer me another job. "Editing is for peepee jollers," he said. "I'm creating a position for you and want you to work with me."
I quit my job in Durban and moved up to Jo'burg. Deon was waiting for me on my first day and showed me to my new office right in front of his. He then took me on walkabout through the massive Star building with its hundreds of employees. He walked me through every single department, and wherever we went, he introduced me to every single employee he came across by name, telling me who that employee was and what he or she did at the company. It was my first astonished insight into just how hands-on he was with everything that went on under his leadership.
At the end of the day, I heard his voice bellow across the passage: "Boet! Come in here and let's drink like white men!"
I walked into his office where he had whipped out a bottle of Bell's, which he poured over ice into two lead crystal glasses. "What's this about 'white men', Deon?" I asked him. "I thought I came here on a promotion!"
"Ja, ja," he gestured to the seat in front of him passing a glass to me. "Now look here, my good fellow … " (In the months to come, I would learn that this was a signature phrase of his to indicate something important.) "I've got one instruction for you. Don't f*** the help."
"Don't pomp the peasants!"
"Deon, what are you talking about?"
"Listen boet. There's a lot of attractive women here. They will look at you, see that you are young and moving up in the company. Don't do it! Keep it outside!"
And thus began what was to be a whirlwind mentorship with the most engaging raconteur I have ever met. I became a regular dinner guest at his Houghton home where he and his wife Vanessa wined and dined guests with genuine warmth that is generally the cultural purview of Indians and Jews. Deon, for all his outward boorish bluster, was astonishingly well-read, particularly on military history and strategy and would constantly draw life lessons from the successes and failures of the past.
During the day, he led by example. We went into annual wage negotiations with the unions with Deon representing head office, me representing Gauteng, and two other colleagues representing KZN and the Cape. "I don't want any raised voices!" he cautioned us. "We are the voice of reason. We are sweetness and light. If any of you raise your voices, you will buy dinner for all of us out of your own pocket." (Wage negotiations were concluded promptly and in our favour!)
Deon was passionate about the idea of starting a national tabloid newspaper catering to the lower end of the market. We put together the business plan and presented it to the board. They shot it down, saying it would never work. Deon's resignation announcement came the following year: "I'm 47 and I want to spend the next bunch of years doing things that I could not have done in a big corporation like this … I'm not leaving Johannesburg because this is the city I love, and I'm not leaving newspapers because it is the industry that I love."
The rest is history. The Daily Sun became the biggest media success story of the 21st century. Amid the "Tokoloshe ate my testicals" headlines, the newspaper provided genuine down-to-earth advice on how to get an ID document, how to open a bank account, how to apply for a loan. In the foyer of their offices stands a life-size cardboard cut-out of a black man wearing blue overalls carrying a copy of the Daily Sun. "That's our reader," Deon told me. "We must always be reminded of that."
Deon du Plessis is dead. The words do not roll easily off my tongue because it is akin to saying there will be no high tide today. The man who by sheer force of personality built the Daily Sun into the biggest newspaper in the country is no more. There are some who will say that 59 is too young to die, but then as Ridley Scott says, the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Tot siens, groot baas. With much love and respect.
(Published in Post, Durban on September 14 2011)
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Weird Al" Yankovic / Emo Philips
Almost four years after his first foray into unfamiliar concert territory with his highly-acclaimed Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour, "Weird Al" Yankovic is pressing his luck again, this time with The Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour. The tour marks Weird Al's long-anticipated return to the concert stage after his hugely successful Strings Attached Tour in 2019 where he performed each night alongside a full symphony orchestra. Once again drawing from his back catalogue of 14 studio albums, Weird Al promises to deliver a different set list every night, with no two shows the same. As before, rather than focusing on the hits from his career, the show will feature Yankovic's non-parody material – the somewhat more obscure pastiches and original songs that have largely escaped the pop culture radar but are adored by his long-time fans.
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Lions, Tigers and Bears (LTB) is an organization that has provided safe haven for unwanted and abused animals that have been rescued from the exotic pet trade since 2002. Established by Bobbi Brink, an additional focus of the sanctuary has been to educate the public about the cruelties and dangers of owning an exotic pet.
LTB provides refuge to a multitude of animals including, lions, tigers, and bears. The sanctuary is home to Conrad, a mountain lion who had been found near an elementary school in Redlands, CA. They rescued him from being euthanized for coming too close to the school. LTB is also now home to Punkin and Melanie - two additional rescued mountain lions. The mountain lions were recovered from a private owner in Ohio and transported to the sanctuary which is in Alpine, California. Here, the animals are "ambassadors" for their species, providing people with an opportunity to learn more about the exotic pet trade, and about their own, unique needs. Very rarely do people get to experience mountain lions in the wild. A visit to the LTB facility is the perfect chance to see a mountain lion up close!
In the United States alone, millions of animals are forced into the exotic pet trade. Often, owners come to the realization that exotic animals are wild and cannot be tamed. Unfortunately, many of these pets are abandoned or left to starve. This is where Lions, Tigers and Bears steps in.
We want to commend Lions, Tigers and Bears for making a lifelong commitment to each of their residents. Their willingness to provide food, water, shelter and room to move to animals that would otherwise be neglected or euthanized is truly admirable.
Due to the nature of their work and needs of these animals, overhead to run an organization such as this is extraordinary. Any contributions that you can make to support their work and these special animals would be truly appreciated!


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Q: Why isn't Math.nextAfter(Double.MAX_VALUE, 1) equal to Double.INFINITY? According to the Javadoc:

public static double nextAfter(double start,
                           double direction)

...

*

*If start is equal to ± Double.MAX_VALUE and direction has a value such that the result should have a larger magnitude, an infinity with same sign as start is returned.

But according to this example:
System.out.println(Double.MAX_VALUE);
System.out.println(Math.nextAfter(Double.MAX_VALUE, 1));
System.out.println(Math.nextAfter(Double.MAX_VALUE, 1) == Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY);

Output:
1.7976931348623157E308
1.7976931348623155E308
false

Eh? Not only is it not Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, it's actually smaller in magnitude.
...157E308
...155E308

Am I just completely misreading the Javadoc?

A: The docs are misleading.
The direction parameter needs to be greater than Double.MAX_VALUE for the returned value to have a larger result.
Since 1 is smaller, the output is the floating point number just before the one you provide.
The C++ docs (under IEEE754) are clearer and even spell out this edge case explicitly: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/numeric/math/nextafter

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How can a promise be a lie? Answer: when the promisor never intended to perform the promise. Such incidences of promissory fraud are frequently litigated because they can result in punitive damages awards. And an insincere promisor can even be held criminally liable. Yet courts have provided little guidance about what the scope of liability should be or what proof should be required. This book--the first ever devoted to the analysis of promissory fraud--answers these questions. Filled with examples of insincere promising from the case law as well as from literature and popular culture, the book is an indispensable guide for those who practice or teach contract law.
The authors explore what promises say from the perspectives of philosophy, economics, and the law. They identify four chief mistakes that courts make in promissory fraud cases. And they offer a theory for how courts and practitioners should handle promissory fraud cases.


LONDON – British lawmakers are due to vote Monday on whether to replace the country's fleet of nuclear-armed submarines, a powerful but expensive symbol of the country's military status.
The Conservative government is determined to maintain Britain's nuclear deterrent, which consists of four Royal Navy submarines armed with Trident missiles. It says replacing the aging submarines will cost up to 41 billion pounds ($54 billion) over 20 years.
Prime Minister Theresa May will open the debate in her first address to Parliament since taking office last week.
Her office says May will say that "the nuclear threat has not gone away, if anything, it has increased," and it would be reckless to abandon the country's "ultimate safeguard."
"We cannot outsource the grave responsibility we shoulder for keeping our people safe," she will say, according to extracts released in advance of the afternoon debate.
Britain has been a nuclear power since the 1950s, and both Labour and Conservative governments have consistently supported atomic weapons.
May's Conservatives made replacing the four submarines — Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance — a promise in last year's election.
The Conservatives have a small majority in the House of Commons, and lawmakers are likely to back renewal, despite opposition from the Scottish National Party and some Labour Party members.
Nuclear disarmament has been a lifelong cause for beleaguered Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is facing a leadership challenge from disgruntled lawmakers. Many Labour legislators will probably vote to keep the nuclear program to protect thousands of unionized defense jobs.


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Richmond, Virginia: A Top Destination for Middle-Office Relocation
Companies are moving their mid-level professional jobs to less expensive locations that still provide a talented workforce pipeline and an attractive quality of life.
Mark Crawford, Staff Editor, Area Development
IT company AvePoint selected to open a middle office operation in Richmond, Virginia, with sales, marketing, legal, and finance operations.
Editor's Note: This article was commissioned by the Greater Richmond Partnership, which approved and paid for this posting. The Richmond region has become a favorable location for "middle-office" jobs.
To reduce operational costs and improve efficiencies, more companies are separating departments such as marketing, legal, and finance from their headquarters and re-establishing them in lower-cost cities. This trend is termed "middle office" relocation because these functions fall between C-suite responsibilities and the back office.
This rapidly emerging market is gaining traction as more companies in high-priced locations look to reduce operational and labor costs. In the financial services industry, for example, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley have recently made middle-office relocations.
In most cases, a company will maintain a high-profile headquarters office for its executives and other key management leaders. Mid-level professional jobs, however, can easily be shifted to less expensive locations.
Evaluating a Workforce Pipeline During Times of Low Unemployment
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The Art and Science of Assessing the Labor Market
Increasing the Ranks of Women in Manufacturing
What Constitutes the "Middle-Office"?
"Middle-office processes are decision-centric, flexibly structured, and usually involve extensive collaboration," says Dennis Donovan, a principal with Wadley Donovan Gutshaw Consulting (WDGC), a site-selection consulting firm in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Middle-office functions include asset management, sales, settlements, treasury, market research, business intelligence, security, and special projects.
WDGC analyzed critical data from different parts of the country to determine suitability for middle-office operations. Key locational drivers in the survey included demographics and workforce, labor resources, level of postsecondary achievement, labor demands, market wage patterns, quality of life/transferee appeal, and nonstop flight connections.
The results showed that the "sweet spot" for middle-office operations is a mid-sized metropolitan area with an abundance of skilled labor, strong college and university systems, and an attractive and affordable quality of life. For the eastern U.S., the data indicated that the Greater Richmond area is one of the most promising locations for middle-office operations, especially considering its proximity to the Washington, D.C.-New York City-Boston corridor.
Jennifer Wakefield, senior vice president of marketing at the Greater Richmond Partnership, agrees. "The exodus of companies from high-priced markets such as New York City and Washington, D.C., is intensifying," he says. "Companies can save exponentially by relocating a portion of their headquarters jobs into many lower-cost, mid-sized markets without sacrificing the quality of talent."
Financial services company ICMA-RC opened its second location in Richmond, Virginia, beating out 20 other locations for its workforce, scalability, and quality of life for employees.
Richmond: Top-Ranked for Middle-Office Location
The Richmond, Virginia, region is the headquarters of 10 Fortune 1000 companies and the major divisional headquarters or center of operations for many other leading businesses. Capital One, the area's largest employer with more than 11,000 employees, has maintain middle-office operations in the region for over a decade. Companies that recently moved a middle-office operation to Richmond include CoStar, AvePoint, and ICMA-RC.
Site selectors working with clients on middle-office moves usually focus on the scale and sustainability of the specialized talent pool. The cost of this talent is also carefully considered. Richmond's talent pool is replenished with well-educated graduates from the nearly 20 colleges and universities within the Greater Richmond area, making it highly capable of sustaining sizable middle-office operations — for example, up to 1,000 employees. When CoStar selected Richmond over Charlotte for its global research headquarters in 2016, it ramped up from 0 to 700 employees in just over one year, creating a direct talent pipeline of graduates from Virginia Commonwealth University.
"Richmond's talented labor force allowed CoStar to hire very strong teams for our research headquarters," comments Lisa Ruggles, senior vice president of Global Research for CoStar Group.
Middle Office Careers
Brian Michael Brown, Esq., corporate COO and general counsel for Avepoint, a Microsoft partner that relocated its middle-office functions from New Jersey to Richmond, agrees. "Richmond's academic institutions provide a steady supply of graduates who are highly qualified for roles in accounting, finance, legal, marketing, human resources, and technology," he says.
A high quality of life and an affordable cost of living are also key factors when shopping for middle-office locations. "Richmond's relocation attractiveness is very strong," notes Donovan. Base elements include a dynamic and historic central city that supports a work-live-play environment, attractive suburbs, regional amenities, and a generally uncongested transportation web — all at affordable costs compared to major metro areas. "These highly desirable assets are now generating considerable attention," adds Donovan.
Ruggles points out that many CoStar Group employees were excited to relocate from Washington, D.C., to Richmond. "They discovered they were able to afford a larger, nicer apartment or purchase a house without compromising their quality of life," she says. "Richmond has an amazing outdoor scene and many of our employees bike or walk to work."
The Richmond, Virginia, region is strategically located at the midpoint of the East Coast with easy transportation access to more than 45 percent of the U.S. population in one day.
Affordable and Efficient Operations
WDGC believes that Richmond's assets are market-ready for middle-office corporate functions. Marketable advantages include its growing middle-office ecosystem, talent capacity, workforce stability, and quality of life.
According to Donovan, when companies move selected business operations into middle-office locations, they typically achieve significant annual cost reductions, with the financial payback period being about three years. "This is also before any incentives are awarded, which only enhance the business case," Donovan notes.
"Companies from New York City or Washington, D.C., can save up to 21 percent on labor and 33 percent on Class-A office space by opening a middle-office operation in the Richmond area," Wakefield adds.
Another Richmond advantage is its proximity to higher-cost cities in the Northeast and the Sunbelt, which are attracted to its expanding middle-office cluster, workforce talent, and lower business and living costs.
"Based on our ?ndings, the Richmond region is a very favorable location for middle office," Donovan concludes.
Mark Crawford is a full-time freelance writer in Madison, Wisconsin, who specializes in business writing. He is also the author of five books.
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Q: SelectedIndex with OneWayToSource binding does not trigger I have a problem with a particular xaml databinding.
I have two listboxes (master-details, so the listboxes have IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem set to true). I want my viewmodel to know when the selected item on the details listbox changes: I created an int property on my viewmodel  class (i.e. we can call this property  SelInd)and on the details viewmodel I bind this way:
    SelectedIndex="{Binding Mode=OneWayToSource, Path=SelInd}"

I get no errors/exceptions at runtime, but the binding does not trigger: my viewmodel's property does not get updated when the selected item changes. If I change the binding mode to TwoWay everything works fine, but that's not what I need. I need it to work with OneWayToSource (btw the same non-working behaviour applies if I bind SelectedItem to SelectedValue properties).
Why do those bindings do not trigger with OneWayToSource?
Here's a more complete code example, just to get the things clearer:
EDIT: I can't show the real code (NDA) but I'll show here something simpler and similar enough (the Page's DataContext is an instance of the PageViewModel class explained later)
I just need that my viewmodel class's SelInd property should always reflect the value of SelectedIndex in the second ListBox. I have found alternative methods for doing this  (Event handler in code-behind or an Attached Behaviour) but right now I'm just curious about WHY it doesn't work with OneWayToSource binding.
<Page>
    <ContentControl x:Name="MainDataContext">
        <Grid DataContext={Binding Path=Masters}>
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />

            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <ListBox Grid.Column="0"
                SelectionMode="Single"
             IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
             ItemsSource="{Binding }">
                <ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
            ...
            </ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
            <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                ....
                    </DataTemplate>
            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
            </ListBox>

            <ListBox Grid.Column="1"
                SelectionMode="Single"
              SelectedIndex="{Binding Mode=OneWayToSource,  ElementName=MainDataContext,Path=DataContext.SelInd}"
             IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
             ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Details}">
                <ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
            ...
            </ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
            <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                ....
                    </DataTemplate>
            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
            </ListBox>
        </Grid>
    </ContentControl>
</Page>

Here's a sketch of the view model class
public class PageViewModel{
    public ObservableCollection<MasterClass> Masters {get;set;}

    public int SelInd {get;set;}

    ....
}

And here's MasterClass, it just holds a name and a list of details
public class MasterClass{
    public ObservableCollection<DetailsClass> Details {get;set;}

    public String MasterName {get;set;}

    ....
}

A: I think in your case, you must use the mode OneWay. By default, you have used mode TwoWay.
Quote from MSDN about TwoWay:

TwoWay binding causes changes to either the source property or the target property to automatically update the other. This type of binding is appropriate for editable forms or other fully-interactive UI scenarios. Most properties default to OneWay binding, but some dependency properties (typically properties of user-editable controls such as the Text property of TextBox and the IsChecked property of CheckBox) default to TwoWay binding. A programmatic way to determine whether a dependency property binds one-way or two-way by default is to get the property metadata of the property using GetMetadata and then check the Boolean value of the BindsTwoWayByDefault property.

Mode OneWay, that you need:

OneWay binding causes changes to the source property to automatically update the target property, but changes to the target property are not propagated back to the source property. This type of binding is appropriate if the control being bound is implicitly read-only. For instance, you may bind to a source such as a stock ticker or perhaps your target property has no control interface provided for making changes, such as a data-bound background color of a table. If there is no need to monitor the changes of the target property, using the OneWay binding mode avoids the overhead of the TwoWay binding mode.

Mode OneWayToSource:

OneWayToSource is the reverse of OneWay binding; it updates the source property when the target property changes. One example scenario is if you only need to re-evaluate the source value from the UI.

Below is a diagram for a better understanding of the:

Okay, then I'll show you an example that works for me. Perhaps it will be useful to you.
XAML
<Window x:Class="SelectedIndexHelp.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SelectedIndexHelp"
    Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525"
    ContentRendered="Window_ContentRendered"
    WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen">

    <Window.Resources>
        <local:SelectedIndexClass x:Key="SelectedIndexClass" />
    </Window.Resources>

    <Grid DataContext="{StaticResource SelectedIndexClass}">
        <ListBox x:Name="MyListBox"
                 BorderThickness="1"
                 Width="200" Height="200"
                 BorderBrush="#CE5E48"
                 DisplayMemberPath="Name"
                 Background="AliceBlue"
                 SelectedIndex="{Binding MySelectedIndex, Mode=OneWayToSource}" />

        <Label Name="SelectedIndex" VerticalAlignment="Top"
               Content="{Binding MySelectedIndex}"
               ContentStringFormat="SelectedIndex: {0}"
               Width="100" Height="30" Background="Lavender" />
    </Grid>
</Window>

Code behind
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    public class Person
    {
        public string Name
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        public int Age
        {
            get;
            set;
        }
    }

    private ObservableCollection<Person> DataForListBox = new ObservableCollection<Person>();

    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    private void Window_ContentRendered(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        DataForListBox.Add(new Person()
        {
            Name = "Sam",
            Age = 22,
        });

        DataForListBox.Add(new Person()
        {
            Name = "Nick",
            Age = 21,
        });

        DataForListBox.Add(new Person()
        {
            Name = "Cris",
            Age = 25,
        });

        DataForListBox.Add(new Person()
        {
            Name = "Josh",
            Age = 36,
        });

        DataForListBox.Add(new Person()
        {
            Name = "Max",
            Age = 32,
        });

        DataForListBox.Add(new Person()
        {
            Name = "John",
            Age = 40,
        });

        MyListBox.ItemsSource = DataForListBox;
        MyListBox.Focus();
    }
}

public class SelectedIndexClass
{
    private int? mySelectedIndex = 0;

    public int? MySelectedIndex
    {
        get
        {
            return mySelectedIndex;
        }

        set
        {
            mySelectedIndex = value;
        }
    }
}

Output

In this example, there is a class of data - Person, these data for ListBox.  And the class SelectedIndexClass (DataContext), which contains the property MySelectedIndex, which is a parameter of binding OneWayToSource.
Edit: I'm glad you figured out with the problem. I'll try to explain by their example, why are you not working with ElementName case.
So, let's say we have this code:
<ContentControl x:Name="MainDataContext">
    <Grid x:Name="MainGrid" DataContext="{StaticResource SelectedIndexClass}">
        <ListBox x:Name="MyListBox"
                    BorderThickness="1"
                    Width="200" Height="200"
                    BorderBrush="#CE5E48"
                    DisplayMemberPath="Name"
                    Background="AliceBlue"
                    SelectedIndex="{Binding Path=DataContext.MySelectedIndex, Mode=OneWayToSource, ElementName=MainDataContext}" />

        <Label Name="SelectedIndex" VerticalAlignment="Top"
                Content="{Binding MySelectedIndex}"
                ContentStringFormat="SelectedIndex: {0}"
                Width="100" Height="30" Background="Lavender" />
    </Grid>
</ContentControl>

As you probably understand, it will not work.
DataContext set on a specific node of the visual tree, all items below (in the visual tree) inherit it. This means that the DataContext will be working since the Grid and below the visual tree. Therefore, the following code will work:
<ContentControl x:Name="MainDataContext">
    <Grid x:Name="MainGrid" DataContext="{StaticResource SelectedIndexClass}">
        <ListBox x:Name="MyListBox"
                    BorderThickness="1"
                    Width="200" Height="200"
                    BorderBrush="#CE5E48"
                    DisplayMemberPath="Name"
                    Background="AliceBlue"
                    SelectedIndex="{Binding Path=DataContext.MySelectedIndex, Mode=OneWayToSource, ElementName=MainGrid}" />

        <Label Name="SelectedIndex" VerticalAlignment="Top"
                Content="{Binding MySelectedIndex}"
                ContentStringFormat="SelectedIndex: {0}"
                Width="100" Height="30" Background="Lavender" />
    </Grid>
</ContentControl>

And also, it will work if the name of the point MyListBox. Usually, when set the DataContext, the element name is passed.

A: Well, I found a way to make it work. I just removed the data-context "indirection" so I don't have to use ElementName in my bindings, and it started working. The working xaml example is:
<Page>
    <ContentControl >
        <Grid >
            <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />
                <ColumnDefinition Width="*" />

            </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>

            <ListBox Grid.Column="0"
                SelectionMode="Single"
             IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
             ItemsSource="{Binding Masters }">
                <ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
            ...
            </ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
            <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                ....
                    </DataTemplate>
            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
            </ListBox>

            <ListBox Grid.Column="1"
                SelectionMode="Single"
              SelectedIndex="{Binding Mode=OneWayToSource,  Path=SelInd}"
             IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem="True"
             ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Masters/Details}">
                <ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
            ...
            </ListBox.ItemContainerStyle>
            <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
                <DataTemplate>
                ....
                    </DataTemplate>
            </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
            </ListBox>
        </Grid>
    </ContentControl>
</Page>

Now, if someone knows exactly WHY the binding using ElementName does not work, I'd like to know it :)


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As a Redshirt Junior, 2016-17 season: Won four Ohio Valley Conference medals on the season – two indoor and two outdoor… OVC 4x400m relay champion at the outdoor championship… Secured silver medals in the 800m (indoor and outdoor) and with the 4x400m relay team (indoor)… Took second place in the 800m at the Ed Temple Classic during the indoor season… Turned in another second-place performance in the 800m at the MTSU Invitational… Helped the 4x400m relay team take second at the OVC Indoor Championship in 3:47.41… Opened outdoor campaign with a season-best 400m time of 56.15 at the Weems Baskin Invitational… Part of TSU's first-place 4x400m relay team at the North Florida Invitational during the outdoor season… At the OVC Outdoor Championship, helped the 4x400m relay team turn in a winning time of 3:41.85… Also set a personal record in the prelims of the 800m in 2:09.76 before taking second in the finals in 2:11.84... During cross country season, ran in all five meets… Was TSU's top finisher two times… Posted a season-best 5K time of 21.10.8 at the OVC Cross Country Championship for 79th overall.
As a Redshirt Sophomore, 2015-16 season: Part of TSU's 4x400m relay gold medal winning team at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championship… Member of the 4x400m relay team that earned silver at the OVC Outdoor Championship… Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round for the 4x400m relay… Set a personal record for the 400m (57.73) at the MTSU Invitational during indoor season… Helped TSU win the 4x400m relay at the Ed Temple Classic (3:46.13)… Part of the winning 4x400m relay team at the Samford Open (3:41.92)… Helped the 4x400m relay team win the OVC Indoor Championship (3:42.35)… Also at the OVC Indoor Championship, took fourth in the 800m (2:13.40), and eighth with the distance medley relay team… Member of 4x400m relay team that took second at the Florida Relays (3:39.01)… Helped TSU put together a 3:40.99 in the 4x400m relay to take second at the OVC Outdoor Championship… Had a season-best 800m time of 2:11.79 in the prelims at the OVC Outdoor Championship and went on to secure sixth place… TSU's 4x400m relay team earned 23rd place at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in 3:46.68.
As a Redshirt Freshman, 2014-15 season: Competed in the 800m and was a mainstay as a member of the 4x400m relay team... During indoor season, posted top 800m time of 2:13.53 at the Samford Invitational... Part of TSU's winning 4x400m relay team at the OVC Indoor Championships that finished in 3:48.88... Also competed in the 800m and as a member of TSU's DMR team at the OVC Indoor Championships... Won the 800m (2:15.02) at the Boston-Moon Classic during outdoor season... Won another gold medal with the 4x400m relay team during the OVC Outdoor Championships (3:44.96)... Set a personal record in the 800m (2:11.63) during the prelims of the OVC Outdoor Championships before taking third place in the finals (2:13.27).
2013-14 season: Did not compete in a meet for TSU.
Cedar Grove HS: Won State Championships in Georgia for the 400m and 800m... Also competed in the 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay for Cedar Grove.
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Lucie Carayon has been announced as the AMS's next Director.
Trustees of the Ancient Monuments Society (AMS) were delighted to announce at their AGM on Thursday 22 June that their Casework Secretary, Lucie Carayon, will be taking on the Directorship of the Society in early 2018.
Matthew Saunders, who has been Secretary to both the AMS and its partner organisation the Friends of Friendless Churches for over 40 years, has announced his intention to retire next year. AMS Trustees have asked Lucie to take on the additional responsibilities which come with the Directorship of the Society, while continuing in her role as Caseworker. The Friends will be appointing their own full-time Director later this year.
Lucie joined the AMS in 2011, having completed English Heritage's two-year Historic Environment Traineeship scheme. She has 20 years' experience of working in the heritage sector and has a background in campaigning and public affairs. She has a degree in Art History from the University of Kent and an MA in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute. She studied Architectural History at Birkbeck College and has a particular interest in vernacular and Twentieth Century buildings.
Matthew Saunders said, "it is a real comfort to be able to leave the Society in such capable hands and I wish Lucie all the best. I count it an enormous privilege to have worked for the AMS (and The Friends) all my working life and to leave both organisations in fine fettle. One of the great strengths of the planning system in England is the involvement, unique in the world, of the voluntary movement. The AMS has played a key part in the defence of historic buildings as a result and it is good to think that we have made a perceptible difference".
Lucie will be introducing herself more fully in the next edition of the Society's newsletter.


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RAWHIDE KID WEDNESDAY 67
The Rawhide Kid is my favorite western comics character and one of my favorite comics characters period. Something about the short of stature (but big on courage and fighting skills) Johnny Clay spoke to the short of stature (but big on comics-reading skills) teenage Tony Isabella. After rereading the Kid's earliest adventures when Marvel Comics reprinted them in a pair of Marvel Masterworks and an Essential Rawhide Kid volume, I wanted to reacquire every Rawhide Kid comic, reread them and write about them in this bloggy thing of mine. This is the 67th installment in that series.
The Rawhide Kid #82 [December 1970] has a new cover by Herb Trimpe, but, inside this issue, we get a reprint of "A Man Called Drako" (17 pages) by writer Denny O'Neil with art by Dick Ayers and Vince Colletta. The story originally appeared in Rawhide Kid #59 [August 1967]. Even back in 1970, I thought it was way too soon for Marvel to reprint a story barely three years old. Makes me wonder if the issue was running late and the editorial/production staff grabbed the first set of photostats they could lay their hands on. Anyone know for sure?
I want to spend a bit more time on that Trimpe cover, which I like a lot. It's an exciting image with lots going on. There's plenty of room for the Kid's two word balloons and the arrow-caption warning him about Drako. The bright yellow background makes the cover pop. It's a swell cover on all fronts.
"A Man Called Drako" isn't identified as a reprint, a practice that Marvel would eventually abandon. You can read my comments on this story by going to my bloggy thing for June 19, 2013.
The issue's second story is also an unidentified-as-such reprint. "The Badlands" (4 pages) was first published in Kid Colt Outlaw #80 [September 1958]. Drawn by Ayers, this is a clever little tale of an aging sheriff who rides alone into the badlands on the trail of a killer named Brad Gower. The story is narrated by a ballad-singing cowboy. I admire the unidentified writer who actually made that difficult device work.
No one from the town of Chemung will accompany Sheriff Frank Carter on this manhunt. Dozens of outlaws are hiding out in those badlands and the townsmen don't have the stones to risk their lives bringing Gower to justice.
The outlaws laugh at Carter when he tries to enter their badlands after Gower. They taunt Carter and fire their rifles into the air. They think they spooked the sheriff's horse, but it was all part of the lawman's plan. He has tricked them into revealing exactly where they are.
Carter pulls the main log from a damned-up river. Nature does its part, flooding the outlaw hideout. Their guns and ammo soaked and useless, the outlaws surrender to the sheriff.
Carter herds up the outlaws and marches them into Chemung, much to the amazement of the townsfolk. The angry Gower demands the ballad-singer include him in the song.
SINGER: And to think the end of Brad Gower was brought by Frank's man-made shower!
GOWER: Aw, shut up!
This issue's "The Mighty Marvel Checklist" takes up less than one half of a page. There are no standout issues on the checklist this go-round. Sharing the newsstands with Rawhide: Fantastic Four #105, Amazing Spider-Man #91, Avengers #82, Thor #182, Captain America #132, Incredible Hulk #134, Daredevil #70, Sub-Mariner #32, Iron Man #32, Astonishing Tales #3, Conan the Barbarian #2, Chamber of Darkness #8, Sgt. Fury #82, Special Marvel Edition #1, Marvel Tales #29, Marvel Super-Heroes #28, X-Men #67, Daredevil King-Size #2, Western Gunfighters #3, Outlaw Kid #3, Our Love Story #8, Harvey #2 and Millie the Model #187.
The rest of the page is a Marvelmania advertisement for 6-inch tall "molded and unbreakable 3-D statues of your favorite super-heroes, each with its own base [and] no assembly required." There are two sets of three heroes each. Set A has Spider-Man, Hulk and Iron Man. Set B has Captain America, Thor and Daredevil. Including postage, each set costs $2. Order both sets and the cost is $3. This statue pitch suggests you "paint 'em or just set 'em around to form your own super-hero museum!"
Marvelmania had a deservedly shady reputation. By this time in its existence, I wasn't buying anything from the fan club. So, having never seen these models back then, I ask if any of my bloggy thing readers did order and receive them. I'd be interested in learning what you thought of these mini-statues.
Various back-issue dealers bought space on this issue's classified ads pages: Howard Rogofsky, Passaic Book Center, Robert Bell, Grand Book Inc. and Clint's Books. A sample copy of The Comiccollector could be yours for a dollar. If you still had another dollar left after buying all those Marvel comics, you could get "100 stick-on stamps of the scariest Movie Monsters!"
There was no "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins" page this issue, but we did get a "Ridin' the Trail with Rawhide" letters page...and it's just now occurred to be that "Riding' the Range with Rawhide" would've been a better name for the column. Am I slow or what?
Reader Jackie Brannan of Memphis, Tennessee is having a hard time tracking down issues of Ringo Kid and has never read a Ghost Rider story. He or she would also like to see Rawhide team with Ghostie, Kid Colt and the Two-Gun Kid. Brannan also caught a goof, spotting that a character drew his gun with his left hand, but it was the man's right holster that was empty.
Marvel's response:
Would you believe it was a fancy cross-draw, Jackie? How 'bout if we tell you it was a good? That's what it really was, most likely. About our splendiferous spook of the plains, the galivanting Ghost Rider, you'll find him, along with some pretty rough hombres in Western Gunfighters.
Mike Francis of Manhattan beach, California, who was published in Rawhide Kid #74, suggested in that earlier letter that the Rawhide Kid should meet some modern-day villains like Doctor Doom. At that time, Marvel said that decision would be made by readers. Francis asks how that worked out and Marvel answers with an evasive "still waiting for comments on your suggestion."
Geoff Gibbs of Ontario, Canada thought Rawhide Kid #79 was great. He's been collecting Rawhide Kid for two years and has 131 12-cent comics and 3 25-cent comics. He's looking forward to buying Western Gunfighters. In its response, Marvel says Western Gunfighters #1 has received more letters than any other currently-published Marvel western comic.
Michael Nesmith of Hopewell, Virginia wants to know how the Rawhide Kid and Kid Colt became outlaws. He also wants a gunfight between Rawhide and the Ringo Kid.
That's it for this issue. Look for another "Rawhide Kid Wednesday" next week.
I'll be back tomorrow with other stuff.
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Q: How to get the locally formatted price out of these web pages Microsoft has web pages showing the local prices for Windows in over 200 countries. For each country, there are separate web pages for Windows Pro, Windows Home, and Windows Workstation.
I'm trying to get the locally-formatted prices including currency symbol for each of the web pages. For many of them this works:
Const WEB_PRICE_HTML_CLASS_NAME_TYPE_1 As String = "pi-price-text"

Function GETWEBPRICE(url_web_price As String) As String
    Dim oXMLHTTP As Object
    Dim oHtmlDoc As Object
    Dim collTopics As Object

    Set oXMLHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
    Set oHtmlDoc = CreateObject("htmlfile")

    oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", url_web_price, False: DoEvents
    oXMLHTTP.send: DoEvents

    oHtmlDoc.body.innerHTML = oXMLHTTP.responseText: DoEvents

    Set collTopics = oHtmlDoc.getElementsByClassName(WEB_PRICE_HTML_CLASS_NAME_TYPE_1): DoEvents
    GETWEBPRICE = collTopics(0).textContent
End Function

An example web page for which that works is this one:
https://www.microsoft.com/uk-ua/d/windows-10-pro/df77x4d43rkt
But some of them have a different html structure, and that doesn't work, such as this one:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/d/windows-10-pro/df77x4d43rkt
How do I get the locally-formatted prices from the web pages with that html structure?

A: This uses a more general class, but does work for the AU site:
Const WEB_PRICE_HTML_CLASS_NAME_TYPE_1 As String = "font-weight-semibold"

Function GETWEBPRICE(url_web_price As String) As String
    Dim oXMLHTTP As Object
    Dim oHtmlDoc As Object
    Dim collTopics As Object

    Set oXMLHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
    Set oHtmlDoc = CreateObject("htmlfile")

    oXMLHTTP.Open "GET", url_web_price, False: DoEvents
    oXMLHTTP.send: DoEvents

    oHtmlDoc.body.innerHTML = oXMLHTTP.responseText: DoEvents

    Set collTopics = oHtmlDoc.getElementsByClassName(WEB_PRICE_HTML_CLASS_NAME_TYPE_1): DoEvents
    GETWEBPRICE = collTopics(0).innerText
End Function

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Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian indie folk band which formed in 2003 in Wainfleet, Ontario, Canada. The band began with Tony Dekker (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Erik Arneson (banjo, guitar, harmonium), Bret Higgens (bass), Julie Fader (keyboards, vocals) and Greg Millson (drums). Julie Fader subsequently left, and Miranda Mulholland, on violin and backing vocals, joined. Fifty-five years ago, Marilyn Bell took a plunge and traversed Lake Ontario. Back then, being a Great Lake swimmer was a big deal; now, it's an astonishing physical feat taken for granted. It's a rapidly forgotten part of history, like a faded map or a tattered photograph. Or a lost channel. Tony Dekker's Great Lake Swimmers have spent the past seven years performing on stages around the world - though, like Bell, they should never be taken for granted. LOST CHANNELS, their fourth album set for release on March 31st, finds them once again recording at historic locations. This time in the Thousand Islands region of Ontario and New York state, telling tales of hidden histories, still "mining for light in the dark wells," still "tuned to an instrument of greater and unknown design." The instrument in question is the singular voice of Tony Dekker, a voice that summons ghosts from times past. It's a voice that is capable of conveying heartache and comfort all in the space of a single phrase. Though his supporting cast has changed over the years—with the exception of longtime right-hand man Erik Arnesen — Dekker has always encircled him self with sympathetic players who value spacious arrangements that frame his vocals. Over time, the band has evolved from a sparse, delicate and hushed unit into a well-rounded folk rock band, sacrificing none of their original intimacy while upping both the volume and tempos when necessary. Dekker chooses to record in old churches, community halls, abandoned grain silos and rural locations. It's easy to hear why. His voice doesn't need any studio embellishment, standing at its strongest when bathed in natural reverb and enriched by the historical context surrounding it. To record LOST CHANNELS, Dekker and company went upstream on the St. Lawrence River to the Thousand Islands, halfway between Toronto and Montreal, a historic and picturesque area that straddles the Canadian/American border, and has been designated a World Biosphere Region. Great Lake Swimmers arrived at the invitation of fan and Thousand Islands photographer/regional historian Ian Coristine (www.1000islandsphotoart.com). Coristine was able to arrange for the band to record in a number of acoustically unique spaces within the region, including one of the area's most storied landmarks, Singer Castle on Dark Island, near Hammond, NY (www.singercastle.com); as well as the historical Brockville Arts Centre (www.brockvilleartscentre.com); and at St. Brendan's Church in Rockport, ON. Additional recording took place at Halla and the Lincoln County Social Club in Toronto and the album was woven into a cohesive whole at the House Of Miracles, in London, ON, with long-time Great Lake Swimmers collaborator, Andy Magoffin. That the album was created in both rural splendour and urban Ontario makes perfect sense for a band that has always navigated the parallels between natural and urban rhythms. River imagery recurs throughout LOST CHANNELS; the title of the album is a reference to a certain passage of the St. Lawrence, close to the recording locale, where a reconnaissance boat from a British warship went mysteriously missing in 1760. There's no specific reference to the incident in the lyrics, though there are plenty of night skies, howling winds and raging rivers in almost every song which captures an elusive sense of mystery. As the album closes, Dekker sings the final lyrics—"Like the unstoppable river… Your beauty is gentle/ but forceful, and fast"—before the band ends on a suspended note. There is no resolution there, only eternity, a continuum, an endless river. LOST CHANNELS also features the talents of Julie Fader (flute/backing vocals), Greg Millson (drums), Darcy Yates (bass), with appearances by Erin Aurich on violin; Mike Olsen on cello; and Paul Aucoin on vibraphone; along with special guests / Swimmers collaborators Serena Ryder with vocals on "Everything Is Moving So Fast" and Bob Egan on pedal steel. Four albums into an already-rich and storied career, Great Lake Swimmers' live show has won them ever-expanding audiences in the United States and Europe, and of course their native Canada. In 2008 Great Lake Swimmers shared the stage with an impressive list of artists, including Feist, Bela Fleck & The Sparrow Quartet, Hayden, Goldfrapp, Bill Callahan of Smog, and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss.
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Four years into the current recovery, the views of most Americans about the economy can be summed up as "meh." According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted last week, 45% of Americans rate the national economy as "only fair," and 37% call its condition "poor"; only 17% were willing to say the economy is in "excellent" or "good" shape. And a plurality, 44%, say it will be a long time before the economy recovers.
Those tepid-to-glum attitudes have persisted despite some encouraging trends at the macro level: Unemployment is down, stocks are up, inflation is tame, and GDP growth is, if not all that impressive, at least running ahead of most other industrialized countries. But at the level where most people actually live their lives, what improvement there's been hasn't erased the Great Recession's sting.
Unlike the unemployment rate, which can be affected by how many jobless people actively look for work, the employment-to-population ratio (sometimes called the employment rate) looks at employed adults as a share of the total civilian noninstitutional population; examining just 25- to 54-year-olds takes out most students and retirees. Despite some recent improvement, the June employment rate of 75.9% is still well below pre-recession levels, which typically were close to or above 80%. And the flatness in the rate indicates the economy isn't doing much more than adding enough jobs to keep up with population growth.
Home ownership was on the rise well before the mortgage mania of the mid-2000s, aided by falling interest rates and government policies designed to encourage it. But the bursting of the bubble and the wrenching recession that followed forced tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of families to lose their homes; home ownership now is down to levels not seen since the mid-1990s. The bust's impact was particularly severe on non-whites: While home ownership among non-Hispanic whites is 2.8 percentage points below its peak, home ownership among blacks is down 6.6 percentage points to 43.1%, and down 6 percentage points among people of all other races, to 54.6%. Among Hispanics, home ownership has fallen to 45.3% in the first quarter of this year from 50.1% in the third quarter of 2007.
Although early withdrawals from retirement accounts increased during the Great Recession and its aftermath, the difference was less than what one might have expected — largely, researchers from the Federal Reserve and the IRS found, because early withdrawals were so substantial in the years leading up to the recession. The data suggest that many families were under financial stress even during the apparently prosperous years of the mid-2000s.
When financial stress becomes too much to bear, bankruptcy becomes an option. Individual (non-business) bankruptcy filings surged during the Great Recession — largely due to sharp increases in Chapter 7 (liquidation) filings. Though individual bankruptcy filings have fallen since 2010, they remain well above pre-recession levels.
One bright spot: Household debt is taking up less of people's disposable income, as mortgage balances and credit-card balances continue to fall. Student-loan balances, though, are on the rise — up $20 billion in the first quarter of 2013, to a total of $986 billion. Since the second quarter of 2010, student loans have constituted the second-biggest category of household debt, after mortgage debt.
Of course, no five indicators — or 25, or even 55 — can paint a complete picture of something as complex as the U.S. economy. But looking at different parts of the picture can help explain why so many Americans feel the economy isn't working for them.


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Supt (Rtd) Datuk Paul Kiong (born 24 October 1944) is a retired Malaysian police officer.

Early life
Paul Kiong was born on 24 October 1944 at Ipoh, Perak. He was the fourth child of 6 siblings.

Police career
Paul received Form six education and earned Higher School Certificate (HSC) in 1962. After that, he joined the Police Force on 16 April 1967 as Police Constable. After completing training, he was posted to Johor Special Branch. Due to his outstanding performance, he gain a rapid promotion on 1 January 1976, he was promoted to Probationary Inspector and was posted to Perak Special Branch.

A year later, on 11 July 1977, he was promoted to Inspector, during this period he went to the jungle to hunt down communist rebels. He also reported capturing forty-three (43) communist rebels without bloodshed. Paul has been promoted to Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police and Assistant Superintendent of Police on 1 June 1983 and 13 May 1986 respectively. In 1990, he was posted to Bukit Aman Special Branch. On 1 January 1992, he was promoted to Deputy Superintendent of Police. On 25 September 1996, he was promoted to Superintendent of Police. Paul was retire by his own choice on 1 February 1998, ending 31 years of service in the police force.

Honours
 :
 Recipient of the Grand Knight of Valour (S.P.) (1983)
 :
Recipient of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (P.K.H.) (1988)
 Royal Malaysia Police :
 Warrior of the Most Gallant Police Order (P.P.P.) (1996)
  :
 Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (P.M.W.) - Datuk (2011)

References

Malaysian police officers
People from Perak
1944 births
Recipients of the Grand Knight of Valour
Living people


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Johan Söderberg − chitarra
Jocke Wallgren − batteria

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