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Q: What is the correct way to parse this JSON object in C#? This is the JSON object I am receiving from a GET request:
{
"data": {
    "valve_maker": [],
    "water_volume": [
        "15L",
        "20L",
        "..."
    ],
    "cylinder_manufacturer": [
        "Tianhai"
    ],
    "qc_stamp": [
        "TS"
    ],
    "reference_standard": [
        "GB 5099"
    ],
    "production_licence": [
        "TS2210752-2016"
    ],
    "valve_production_licence": [
        "TSF210030"
    ],
    "rate_of_residual_deformation": {
        "1": "<3%",
        "2": "<10%"
    },
    "material_number": {
        "1": "30CrMo",
        "2": "34CrMo4",
        "3": "..."
    },
    "heat_treatment": {
        "1": "...",
        "2": "..."
    },
    "drawing_number": {
        "1": "...",
        "2": "..."
    },
    "cylinder_thickness": []
}

right now, I am able to parse JSON objects with a simpler structure like :
{
"data": [
    {
        "gas_id": "ID of the gas",
        "gas_name": "Gas name"
    }
]

by using something like this:
private void jsonparsegas(string res)
    {
        JObject par = JObject.Parse(res);
        foreach (JToken data in par["data"].Children())
        {
            string id = data["gas_id"].ToString();
            string name = data["gas_name"].ToString();
            if (this.cmbCylType.Items.Contains(name) == false)
            {
                this.cmbCylType.Items.Add(name);
            }
        }
    }

When I try to apply the same thing to the more complicated JSON object, I get an error:
private void jsonparsecoc(string res)
    {
        //JObject par = JObject.Parse(res);
        var jObj = (JObject)Newtonsoft.Json.JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(res);
        foreach (var child in jObj["data"].Children())
        {

            string vMaker = child["valve_maker"].ToString(); //error thrown here right away
            string wVolume = child["water_volume"].ToString();
            string cMan = child["cylinder_manufacturer"].ToString();
            string QC = child["qc_stamp"].ToString();
            string rStandard = child["reference_standard"].ToString();
            string pLicence = child["production_licence"].ToString();
            string VPL = child["valve_production_licence"].ToString();
            string rrd = child["rate_of_residual_deformation"].ToString();
            string mNum = child["material_number"].ToString();
            string hTreatment = child["heat_treatment"].ToString();
            string dNum = child["drawing_number"].ToString();
            string cThick = child["cylinder_thickness"].ToString();

        }

Cannot access child value on Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JProperty

I have tried a few different things I found on StackOverflow, but I don't really understand how Deserializing of the objects works.  The simpler parsing works just fine, and allows me to add all "gas_name"s that I receive from my GET request to a combobox.  The format the first "valve_maker" child of "data" seems to have the same structure as "gas_id" or "gas_name" in the more similar JSON object, but this is where I receive the error right away.  If I had to guess at a cause for the error, I'd say it has something to do with the difference between using

"valve_maker": []

and using

"gas_id": "ID of the gas"

in the objects. also I notice "data" is followed by [] brackets in the simpler one, and {} in the more complicated one.
If anyone could link to some good reading material, or offer a good explanation of a solution/what's going on, I'd really appreciate it.

A: This part is the key to the problem you're having:

in the objects. also I notice "data" is followed by [] brackets in the simpler one, and {} in the more complicated one.

In JSON,

*

*[] brackets enclose an array

*{} brackets enclose an object

In both code examples, you are digging into the object by looping through the results using par["data"].Children().  To be consistent with the JSON model, JSON.NET defines different behavior for resolving children of objects and  arrays.  The children of an object are its properties and the children of an array are its items.
In your code, the input to jsonparsegas is an array of simple objects with 2 properties where the input to jsonparsecoc is a single complex objects with many properties.
In jsonparsegas, the Children() call gives you an array of all the simple gas objects.  You loop through these objects and extract the values of "gas_id" and "gas_name" for each object.  In your example data, there only happens to be one gas object so your code only executes once.
In jsonparsecoc, the Children() call actually gives you property values for the properties of the complex object, since the result is an object and not an array.  So, when you loop through this result you can't access things like "valve_maker", because they are defined on the complex object and you have already stepped into the value for valve_maker then this executes.
The solution is simple.  Don't loop through the properties in jsonparsecoc.  Instead of foreach(var child in jObj["data"].Children()) you need something like var child = jObj["data"];.  This will give you the reference to the object that actually contains each of the properties you are trying to access.

A: @smartcaveman did a good job of explaining what is going wrong with your code.  However, you might find your data a little easier to process if you defined strongly-typed classes for it like this:
class RootObject
{
    public Data Data { get; set; }
}

class Data
{
    [JsonProperty("valve_maker")]
    public List<string> ValveMaker { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("water_volume")]
    public List<string> WaterVolume { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("cylinder_manufacturer")]
    public List<string> CylinderManufacturer { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("qc_stamp")]
    public List<string> QCStamp { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("reference_standard")]
    public List<string> ReferenceStandard { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("production_licence")]
    public List<string> ProductionLicense { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("valve_production_licence")]
    public List<string> ValveProductionLicense { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("rate_of_residual_deformation")]
    public Dictionary<string, string> RateOfResidualDeformation { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("material_number")]
    public Dictionary<string, string> MaterialNumber { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("heat_treatment")]
    public Dictionary<string, string> HeatTreatment { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("drawing_number")]
    public Dictionary<string, string> DrawingNumber { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("cylinder_thickness")]
    public List<string> CylinderThickness { get; set; }
}

You can deserialize the JSON to your classes like this:
RootObject obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(json);

Demo here: https://dotnetfiddle.net/p0D7ze

A:     public class Test{
    public Data data{get;set;}
}

public class Data{
     public List<string> Value_maker{get;set;}
    public List<String> Water_Volume{get;set;}
    public List<String> cylinder_manufacturer{get;set;}
}

Create Class structure Like that and after that use to deserialize
Jsonconvert.DeserializeObject(JsonString)
it will convert json into proper object, keep in mind structure should be proper and property name should be same as your json property
Hope It will Help you

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Natural occurrences
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 in food
It can be isolated from Kohki tea processed from Engelhardtia chrysolepis (huang-qui). It is also present in certain wines.

Uses
Astilbin can act as an insecticide against Anticarsia gemmatalis and Spodoptera frugiperda. It shows in vitro antibacterial activity and activity on burn wound healing. Astilbin is used in traditional Chinese medicine.

Related compounds
3'-O-Methylastilbin shows an immunosuppressive activity against contact dermatitis.

References

Flavanonol glycosides
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Donald Trump caught making crude comments about women
Recording from 2005 surfaces
A leaked video from 2005 captured Donald Trump using lewd language discussing women with a television host just before he made a cameo appearance on a soap opera.
On the tape, Trump bragged about kissing and groping women while chatting with "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush. The real estate developer and reality TV star-turned-GOP presidential candidate also used a vulgar anatomical term and discussed trying to have sex with an unidentified, married woman.
"I moved on her and I failed," Trump says. "I'll admit it ... She was married ... And I moved on her very heavily. In fact, I took her out furniture shopping. She wanted to get some furniture. I said, 'I'll show you where they have some nice furniture.'"
"I've gotta use some tic tacs, just in case I start kissing her," Trump says after seeing the actress Arianne Zucker on the set of the soap opera on which he was to appear. "You know I'm automatically attracted to beautiful -- I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait."
"And when you're a star they let you do it," Trump continued. "You can do anything."
Trump subsequently issued an apology that simultaneously took aim at his rival's husband.
"This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago," Trump said. "Bill Clinton has said far worse to me on the golf course - not even close. I apologize if anyone was offended."
The remarks were met with widespread condemnation. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus immediately issued a statement saying, "No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ever."
Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, was "beside himself" and Pence's wife was furious, a person familiar with their thinking told the Associated Press. In public, Pence ignored questions shouted by reporters in Rossford, Ohio, where he was campaigning with his daughter.
This is horrific. We cannot allow this man to become president. https://t.co/RwhW7yeFI2
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) October 7, 2016
This kind of behavior is disgusting. It makes me sick to my stomach. https://t.co/mOUKgr6axl
— Senator Tim Kaine (@timkaine) October 7, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., with whom Trump was supposed to appear at an event in the Badger State Saturday, said in a statement that he was "sickened by what I heard today. Women are to be championed and revered, not objectified."
Ryan's statement added that "[Trump] is no longer attending tomorrow's event in Wisconsin." Sources told Fox News that Ryan had revoked Trump's invitation to the event.
Trump issued a second statement late Friday saying that Pence would attend the Wisconsin event in Trump's place, while the nominee would stay in New York to prep for Sunday's debate.
The Washington Post and NBC News obtained the tape, which includes audio and some video, and released it Friday afternoon.
New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, who is locked in a tough re-election fight and this week reversed herself to say Trump was not a good role model for children, said his comments "are totally inappropriate and offensive."
The comments emerged two days before the Republican nominee meets Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton for their second presidential debate, and as he confronts a series of past stories about his comments about women and tries to move beyond remarks shaming a former Miss Universe for gaining weight.
Trump was talking with Bush moments before they arrived on the set of "Days of Our Lives" to tape a segment about Trump's upcoming cameo on the soap opera, according to the Post.
As the bus rolls to a stop, Trump and Bush, apparently looking out at the waiting Zucker, can be heard ogling her.
"Your girl's hot as s---, in the purple," says Bush, who's now a co-host of NBC's "Today" show.
"Whoa!" Trump says. "Whoa!"
In his own statement, Billy Bush said he was "embarrassed and ashamed."
"It's no excuse, but this happened 11 years ago," said Bush. "I was younger, less mature and acted foolishly in playing along. I'm very sorry."
Earlier this week, Trump dismissed questions about his history of vulgarity, telling a television station in Nevada that "a lot of that was done for the purpose of entertainment." He added: "And I can tell you this, there's nobody — nobody — that has more respect for women than I do."
Trump is slated to travel Saturday to Wisconsin to campaign at an event with House Speaker Paul Ryan, in what would be their first joint campaign appearance. Several aides to Ryan did not respond to inquiries about whether the Wisconsin Republican still planned to appear with the nominee.
Trump has a long reported history of making lewd and highly sexual comments toward and about women. The Associated Press reported this week that during his years as a reality TV star on the "The Apprentice," the GOP nominee repeatedly demeaned women with sexist language, rating female contestants by the size of their breasts and talking about which ones he'd like to have sex with.
During frequent interviews with shock jock Howard Stern in the 1990s, Trump made a long list of demeaning comments, saying that he could have had sex with Diana, Princess of Wales, who had recently been killed in a car crash, and declaring that "A person who is very flat-chested is very hard to be a 10."
He has repeatedly called the comedian Rosie O'Donnell a "pig" and "slob" and suggested she'd be less depressed if she stopped looking in the mirror. The Los Angeles Times reported last month that managers at Trump's golf club in southern California knew the New York developer only wanted good-looking women on staff.
Trump also bragged in the moments after the first debate and days afterward that he had decided not to bring up Bill Clinton' infidelities, even as he did so. But Thursday night in New Hampshire, Trump said at an event "let's see what happens" when asked if he might do so in Sunday's second debate.
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growing pains, part II
on August 31, 2013 December 8, 2014
This won't last forever. I know it hurts, but the pain will go away. Everyone has to go through this.
Growing pains, my mother contended, were just a part of growing up. The persistent throbbing and aching, she promised, wouldn't last and the pains would eventually fade away. And if I wanted to grow up to be a big, strong man, this was something I — like everyone else — would have to suffer. So I soldiered on, heeding her words, knowing that all was worth it and better days were to come.
last time i checked, this isn't seattle.
So when I wrote that US soccer was experiencing growing pains back in mid-July, I did so thinking that things would get better. My complaint at the time? That the planning for and communication of ticket allocations for the US Men's National Team World Cup qualifier against Mexico in Columbus were a collective train wreck.
It all started with a vague announcement from the American Outlaws about their ticket pre-sale that "won't sell out". That was followed by missing several of their own deadlines to announce who would not be receiving the tickets that supposedly wouldn't sell out. And since the next pre-sale — for US Soccer's separate "Supporters Club" — began before the AO winners were announced, everyone freaked out and tried to get in on that pre-order too. Which makes sense, because nobody wanted to miss out on tickets and then have to rely upon the extremely slim odds of winning a ticket in a first ever general sale ticket lottery… which, by the way, also missed it's originally announced decision date.
Combined, these huge ticket grabs ate up far more of Columbus Crew Stadium's already limited capacity than AO and the Supporters Club ever had before. That left current Crew season ticket holders and supporters groups with poor seating options and even less tickets than they were led to believe they would be receiving. And that meant even fewer tickets would go into the General Sale Lottery, thus decreasing everyone else's chances.
Furthermore — despite the fact that the Crew and US Soccer have been touting this match as sold out for the last month –the Crew are still holding back even more tickets with the hope that they can bundle them with season tickets for next year.
At the time, I posited that both the American Outlaws and US Soccer were both responsible for the entire snafu. AO were to blame because they jumped the gun and opened their pre-sale before they knew their exact allocation of tickets. And US Soccer were at fault for not having ticket allocations determined months in advance for a match that even the most dimwitted of American sports fans knew would inspire enormous demand. It stunk of a lack of communication between all of the involved parties from start to finish. And ultimately, it meant hundreds to thousands of fans would probably miss out just so AO could get what they wanted.
Despite all of that, I still held out hope that there was nowhere to go from here but up. How could they possibly mess things up further?
As it turns out, that was a foolish assumption.
Instead of things getting better after all of the ticket sales closed, AO and US Soccer have continued to screw the pooch with a number of further gaffes.
First came a further ticketing headache. Though AO was able to give a majority of those fans who applied through their pre-sale tickets, some winners were notified that they would be required to either pay more or not go at all because they were placed in more expensive corner seats. Nothing like finding out you've won tickets, only to find out they would be $15 more a piece than what you had originally committed to. Though admittedly, this issue wasn't anywhere near as frustrating as the process for landing tickets in the fist place.
The second indiscretion, however, has proven far more high-profile and could potentially have far larger ramifications beyond just the US-Mexico game.
I won't outline every detail here — as BigSoccer user Dan Loney did excellently here — but I'll do my best to summarize:
A now redacted Facebook post from American Outlaws Seattle president, eexplicitly threatened that the next USAvMEX match would be in his city if Columbus didn't do things AO Seattle's way. (Courtesy of @shoplifter110)
Two separate reports spilled out to the press, one from Columbus-based Massive Report and the other from Goal.com's Keith Hickey, outlining the below claim
AO Columbus/Crew Supporters were told in a conference call with AO National and the USSF that, due to what was considered a poor showing in Salt Lake City, that AO Seattle would be charged with leading the support in Columbus.
AO would be instituting capos — or stands at the front of the supporters with designated leaders to guide the crowd in cheering — for the USAvMEX match, despite the fact they've never been used in Columbus before for any of their previous USA-Mexico matches or Crew games.
These capos would potentially be run by fans from outside Columbus/Ohio, and allegedly be flown in on USSF's dime.
Angry fist shaking commences on social media.
AO National, and later USSF, posted a reply stating that both articles were incorrect. Oh, and they also confirmed that there would be capos at the match.
So let me get this straight. Not only did AO screw over everyone by instigating a ticket grab, but now they have the gall to tell Columbus how to run their own qualifier? Excuse my language, but what the fuck!?!?
It's not as if Columbus has a piss poor record of supporting during pivotal matches. In fact, the atmosphere the Ohio capital provides for the National Team is part of the reason we've been handed the match four straight times. La Guerra Fria — or the Cold War — match back in 2001 was named so not just because of the physicality on the pitch, but because raucous fans turned out in freezing weather to inspire the Yanks to a 2-0 win. The crowd was rocking in 2005's edition, and 2009's February match was no different. When Tim Howard called Columbus Crew Stadium the "one real true home advantage we have in America", he wasn't talking about the playing surface. He was talking about its supporters, and that was after the far-less-prestigious match against Jamaica in Columbus last September. So I'm pretty sure Columbus is more than capable of handling things on their own.
You might be willing to forgive AO and US Soccer for forcing AO Seattle and their capos upon this match if prior results in Columbus hadn't measured up. But as the term "Dos a Cero" so elegantly illustrates, that's not exactly been the case either.
Twelve years of hosting has provided ample time to develop our own culture, and it's clearly proven fruitful. And besides, if Crew Stadium had hosted anything as bad as mixed results, don't you think USSF would have yanked it from us ages ago?
if nothing else, the one thing seattle can't offer the us soccer that columbus can? how about a proper grass pitch.
As for AO's claims that having "20-plus supporters sections" — a problem they created themselves, by the way — has presented "unique challenges" for providing a unified support, I think that's probably true. I also understand that what Seattle/Cascadia has going on is pretty special within the American soccer landscape. But does that mean that Seattle's way of supporting is the best way… or even the only way, as AO and US Soccer purportedly decided?
I don't think so, and Columbus themselves capable of providing adequate atmosphere. That's not to say that there's nothing Columbus can learn from AO Seattle: a little collaboration never hurt anyone.
But giving them the keys to the car moving forward? That's crossing the line.
Ask AO Kansas City how they would feel about letting a bunch of Seattle fans come in and run their Cauldron in October. Or better yet, how would AO Seattle feel if AO Columbus came in and ran their next World Cup Qualifier? I doubt either home fans would be happy with either.
Look, I don't know what's going on with US Soccer right now. Maybe they're still reeling from the growing pains themselves. But shoving Seattle's way of supporting down Columbus' throats, when there was no clear reason for doing so, is clearly overstepping the previously established boundaries. While I understand AO's desire to unify the support in Columbus next month, who are they to decide how that should happen? Seattle had their game back in June, and nobody strolled into Centrury Link and told them how to support. So where do they get off thinking this is their show to run?
But perhaps more importantly, how did AO and US Soccer not realize that forcing such a move — at a time when we should all be unified and working together to back the team on the field in just a few days time — would cause dissension within the ranks? We shouldn't be angry with each other, exchanging virulent comments online and creating animosity between fellow supporters. We should be focusing that kind of energy into helping put the fear into the hearts of the visiting Mexican players.
And though that may still be the American Outlaws' end goal with sudden switch in supporting protocol, once again, they're stomping all over some their fellow fans to make it happen.
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Musée Rodin in Paris
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The Park at Musée Rodin, Invalides as the backdrop
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"The Age of Bronze" and "St. John the Baptist Preaching"
"The Prodigal Son" et "The Kiss"
The Park at Musée Rodin
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The Gardens behind Musée Rodin
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Orsay Museum
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Grand Palais National Galleries
The Grand Palais in Paris is an impressive 240-metre long edifice that rises to 45 metres in height, situated between the Champs Elysées and the place de la Concorde.
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Its mission: to showcase non-western artwork.
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Louvre Museum in Paris
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The most visited monument in Paris was designed by engineering genius Gustave Eiffel, together with architect Stephen Sauvestre. It was completed in 1889 in time for the World Fair, or Universal Expo.
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Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
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Pro Football Focus has new Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Levi Brown down for 25 sacks allowed in his last 36 games played and that includes the first four games he has played this season with the Arizona Cardinals. I have now gone back and looked at each and every one of those sacks and documented them below along with the down and distance.
On 19 of the sacks, Brown was beaten to the outside and mostly by speed rushers lined up as either 7 or 9 technique. As I pointed out in my post earlier in the week, Brown is not an effective puncher against speed rusher types and he just isn't nimble enough to get out to the edge against these types either. Robert Quinn blew past him on the outside for three sacks in the season opener and Junior Galette pretty much did the same in week three.
Should Brown wind up playing left tackle for the Steelers, they will almost certainly be forced to give him help in the form of a chipping running back or tight end on obvious passing downs. If not, they will have to hope quarterback Ben Roethlisberger can avoid the pressure from the outside around the edge against teams with speed rushers. If you look at their remaining schedule, you will see that there are a lot of games left against those types of pass rushers.
On the six other sacks that Brown has allowed during that span of games, I have him down for only allowing three via either a tackle/end stunt or a linebacker/end twist or lion game. This is good news as Mike Adams has been horrible thus far at recognizing these. Brown also was only bull-rushed once for a sack.
On two of the sacks allowed, Brown was charged, but in my opinion the quarterback had plenty of time to get rid of the football. These sacks took place right in the middle of the field.
Keep in mind that I only documented the sacks. Over that same span of games, Brown has allowed 63 hurries and 11 quarterback hits and based on the sacks that he has allowed, it's easy to guess that several of those were also allowed to the outside.
Based on the amount of tape on Brown that I have watched since the trade took place on Wednesday, he is at best a very slight upgrade over Adams and that is the reason the Cardinals gave him up for next to nothing. If the Steelers do not plan on giving him help, Roethlisberger will certainly pay the price at least once or twice a game.


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Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport Minutes of Evidence
Memorandum submitted by the Right Reverend Alan Chesters, Bishop of Blackburn
I have been Bishop of Blackburn since 1989. The Diocese of Blackburn with its 235 parishes covers most of the County of Lancashire together with the Unitary Authorities of Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. Blackpool has the largest population of the towns and cities in the Diocese. The Diocese with the other churches is a member of the Blackpool Challenge Partnership on which it is represented by the Revd. Christopher Wren, Vicar of St Paul's Marton.
This response, which addresses the particular proposal, subject to the introduction of new gaming laws, to establish hotel casinos in Blackpool, has been discussed in outline with the Bishop's Council and Standing Committee of the Diocese. Canon Graham Rainford, Area Dean and Blackpool and I had earlier made a fact finding visit to Las Vegas and to the hotel casino resort of Biloxi in Mississippi where we met a wide ranging representation of people, including the Mayor of Las Vegas, the management of major casinos, gaming addicts, standards enforcement officers, those involved in social projects, the Bishops of Nevada and Mississippi and through the churches numbers of local people. We also toured the County Goal in Las Vegas. This evidence is in part based on what we saw and heard on that visit and also on knowledge of the local situation in and challenges facing Blackpool.
I feel that it needs to be pointed out that the Christian churches and indeed individual Christians hold a wide range of views on the morality or otherwise of gambling as a leisure activity. All recognise that there are dangers to the young and impressionable and that sadly some people do become addicts. One ex addict in Las Vegas believed that this was an inherent character trait in some people. The promotion of gaming and hotel casinos has to be put into the context. My own involvement with games of chance amounts to charity raffles and draws which very many churches promote but I have yet to buy a national lottery ticket!
The Budd Report makes it clear that some of our British gaming laws are in need of review and the DCMS response—"A Safe Bet for Success" makes it clear that change is to come when parliamentary time can be found. If that is to be so I welcome the commitment from Tessa Jowell to ensure that gambling is safe, not only for those who take part in it, but also in the way that it impacts on wider society. Gambling must continue to be conducted fairly, remain free from criminal influence and infiltration and operate within a regulatory framework that offers protection for children and vulnerable adults.
It is clear from the experience in the USA that this commitment to police and regulate gaming is essential and we need to be sure that Government will ensure that the funds are available for this. I was impressed by the Gaming Standards Commission in Mississippi and the strict control in the casinos there and in Vegas. We must ensure that such is the case here.
However that said I am especially concerned about the "victims", potential as well as actual which may (will) arise if major casinos are introduced into the UK. It is vital that this is recognised and proper provision with adequate funding is made both by way of prevention of such addiction and the proper care for the addicts and their families.
Having set out these concerns I turn now to the specific proposals for the establishment of hotel casinos in Blackpool. In the last few months in addition to conversations as part of my normal work in Blackpool I have had meetings with the Manager of the Blackpool Challenge Partnership, with representatives of BCAGE, Leisure Parcs, the Anglican and Methodist clergy and the MP for Blackpool North.
No one can be in doubt that parts of Blackpool are in need of major regeneration. Along with most English seaside resorts in the last 50 years Blackpool has seen the decline in overnight visitors and yet has attracted many who seek employment or are down on their luck. The work is often seasonal and lowly paid. The churches and other voluntary bodies along side social services are stretched to cope with the need. Indeed areas of Blackpool behind the so called Golden Mile have as great if not greater deprivation as any urban areas in my diocese which includes Blackburn, Burnley and Accrington. Blackpool would like to be the family resort it once was. I support that aim but sadly it is not that at present.
The Christian faith commits us to a deep concern to enable regeneration (communal as well as individual) and to that eradication of poverty which blights so many lives. In partnership with others the Diocese of Blackburn has worked hard to address the evil of urban (and indeed rural) deprivation. We have welcomed the invitation of the Blackpool Unitary authority to engage us in partnership in this. Many churches have their own social projects to meet the needs of the poor and homeless in the town. It is clear that Blackpool needs a massive injection of capital to transform what it now is into the resort it could and should be. Without that, the spiral of decline and the evil of social deprivation will continue. For me, and I stress that this is a personal view, the hotel casino proposal for Blackpool seems to present what I would describe as a lesser of evils. I wish there were other options on the table but presently I am not aware of others which would bring so much new investment and potential employment. It was clear in Mississippi that the hotel casinos had reduced (massively in some places) unemployment and regenerated local areas by the provision of better services. The level of financial investment in resort hotel casinos in Biloxi had raised the standard of hotel accommodation and leisure/tourist attractions. The success of expansion in Blackpool would improve the holiday experience offered to the visitor but a diversity of experience needs to provide for people of all ages, including families with young children. The resort hotel casinos we saw were far more inclusive than simply the casino and gaming. High quality shopping, eating, entertainment and conference facilities were very much part of the provision. Blackpool really does need to rediscover the total experience of being a seaside resort with a significant conference facilities. This may seem rather pragmatic but the vision is for a town in which the vast majority of the people can live without the damage to individuals and families which poverty presently brings.
Since for me the hotel casino is linked with the potential for regeneration of a particular place I support the thrust of the argument in chapter 3 of the DCMS report, namely that decisions about the provision of casinos should be taken locally but within a regulated structure. Local planning regulations need to be in place to control the development. We found a real concern in Las Vegas about the expansion of local casinos. A clear distinction has to be made between the high quality resort casino hotel and the local casino. It is here that we experienced the more negative aspects of the proposed changes in the gaming laws and identified possible danger signals for Blackpool if such expansion is not carefully controlled.
However if that is the case then the Committee has to address a number of significant issues and to persuade the DCMS and the Government of their importance.
(i) The recognition that if Blackpool is to be a location for such casinos with the possible upheaval that may bring and if many who are now deprived are to helped a local levy on the profits of the gaming should be made. This is common practice in the USA and you can see the benefits. If the tax profits are simply to disappear into general Exchequer then much of the opportunity for the regeneration of Blackpool or anywhere else will be greatly reduced and local opposition increased. Surveys show that to be the case.
(ii) The casinos must be made to recognise that sadly some people, (it may be a minority though in BCAGE evidence GA suggest that the number of addicts may be as high as 1.5 million in the UK at present, as opposed to the 275,000-370,000 cited in "A Safe Bet for Success 7.2)" will be adversely affected by the easier access to gambling in the congenial surroundings the hotel casino provides. Many of those I met in the USA repeatedly stressed that the law should be framed to insist that the casinos provide adequate resources to those statutory and voluntary agencies to care for the victims and their families. I feel that chapter 7 of the DCMS response is rather complacent about the issues. It needs a much tougher approach to ensure that responsibility properly rests with those provide the gaming facilities and not with charitable bodies, the churches or the already overloaded NHS. It needs to be remembered that "the vulnerable" will not just be in the immediate area of the casino but more widespread. The response does not sufficiently take account of the effects on families.
(iii) In the USA the minimum age for gambling is 21. I think Government needs to review DCMS recommendation (7.6 & 7.7) for 16 and 18 as the ages. Some work was done by the Lancashire County LEA Youth Dept., the churches and the arcade proprietors in Blackpool in the early 1990s to show the effect of arcades with slot machines. The unpublished results were then a cause for anxiety.
(iv) Again I welcome the commitment to education in DCMS Report 7.13, though it has to be asked how all this will be fitted into the curriculum and what resources will be needed to provide this outside the structures of formal education. How is all this to be resourced and at what level of funding?
(v) I welcome the commitment to research in DCMS 7.14. I met a researcher from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and the research undertaken by that university is worthy of consideration before final decisions are taken.
Contrary to the DCMS response in 4.30 given those concerns, and the serious questions they pose I wonder if the Government would consider using Blackpool where the proposal for hotel casinos as part of a programme for urban regeneration seems most advanced as a pilot project before a general change in the law is made for the whole of England. This would serve not only to test the prospects for regeneration but also that the social and moral effects of such casinos had been properly assessed based on actual experience rather than theoretical speculation.
Prepared 8 July 2002


If you are from cities north of the Long Beach (710) Freeway, you would be hard-pressed to find a politician who supports plans to build tunnels from Alhambra to Pasadena to connect that freeway with the Foothill (210) Freeway.
In fact, many of those local leaders showed up last week to show their support for Beyond the 710, a coalition spearheaded by Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff to advocate alternatives to the region's traffic needs without construction of the tunnels.
But just as Pasadena and its neighbors South Pasadena, La Cañada Flintridge and Glendale are against tunneling, leaders in communities south of there, which for many years have been seeking to a solution to polluted air and chronic traffic congestion caused by the 710 ending at Valley Boulevard in Alhambra, say those tunnels cannot be built fast enough.
This is an issue that cuts across political lines. And in the middle stands US Rep. Judy Chu, a Democrat and former mayor of Monterey Park who gained a portion of Pasadena three years after she was first elected to Congress following reapportionment in 2012. Chu also represents South Pasadena.
Although Chu would normally stand shoulder to shoulder on most issues with Schiff, formerly of Pasadena who is now based in Burbank but retained portions of West Pasadena following reapportionment, she was nowhere to be seen when the senior legislator and a host of other dignitaries marked the formation of the Beyond the 710 group.
That's probably because just as there is a No 710 Action Committee, there is also a 710 Coalition, which supports the tunnels and consists of the cities of San Gabriel, Rosemead, San Marino and Monterey Park, Chu's hometown. And, through her congressional duties, Chu also represents those cities and Alhambra, which is foursquare behind the tunnel plans, led by its outspoken Vice Mayor Barbara Messina.
Chu was unavailable to speak with the Pasadena Weekly earlier this week. However, in 2014 Chu told the Alhambra Source online news site that she had not taken a position on the tunnels and had a responsibility to listen to both Alhambra and South Pasadena.
At that time, Chu said she was waiting to see the environmental impact report on the tunnels so she could take a serious look at the impacts of the project.
Instead of taking sides, Chu now says only that she supports a "solution" to the 710 freeway issue.
According to Chu spokesman Coby King, the Beyond the 710 coalition is encouraging Caltrans and the Los Angeles County Transportation Authority (Metro) to formally study its proposals and a number of its alternatives to the tunnels.
"The purpose is to seek an alternative to the proposed 710 tunnel that will avoid the main problems associated with the extension and effectively deal with the congestion in Alhambra and the surrounding communities that is caused by the current 710 configuration," said King.


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Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce President Bob Durkin.
Losing sleep over PPP loan forgiveness? Take a deep breath — here's why you've got time
Lenders pump the brakes as forgiveness rules are changing.
By JON O'CONNELL STAFF WRITER
Jon O'Connell
For business loan borrowers who are losing sleep over their Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness applications, Geoffrey Mesko has one key message: Slow down.
"Don't rush to apply for loan forgiveness because there's likely additional changes coming out of Congress in the next couple weeks that are going to make this process easier," said the financial consultant with Drucker and Scaccetti in Scranton and Philadelphia.
For starters, Congress could apply blanket forgiveness for all loans of $150,000 or less, which means borrowers in that category won't have to apply at all.
The Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, pumped working capital, through the existing financial system, in the form of loans that may be forgiven entirely if borrowers use them for the right expenses including payroll, benefits and lease or mortgage payments. Around 5 million businesses across the country got PPP loans.
But when it comes to applying for forgiveness, the rules are overwhelmingly complicated, and companies, especially the smallest ones that don't have accountants or bookkeepers on staff, don't know how to proceed.
"We've gotten a lot of calls, emails and comments from our small-business members who have been nervous all along, some of whom have not even spent their money," said Bob Durkin, president of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.
His team advises those companies that, while the rules are strict, they aren't impossible to meet. A little due diligence and attentive record keeping should be enough to satisfy a forgiveness application. The chamber has blank applications and guidance posted on its website for pandemic-related business resources, www.scrantonchamber.com/revivenepa.
Mesko, whose firm has written extensively on the topic in a blog, said while each PPP borrower's forgiveness strategy looks different, he has four general tips that everyone should know.
1. As mentioned before, slow down. The forgiveness application officially opened Aug. 10, but most banks aren't even processing applications because the rules are likely to change again. As they stand now, borrowers have 10 months from the completion of the covered payroll period to apply for forgiveness, according to the U.S. Treasury Department's recent FAQ.
2. Expenses paid with PPP funds are not tax-deductible. Congress could change that, Mesko said, but for now, "your tax liability may be higher than what you're expecting," he said.
3. For businesses that also received federal economic injury disaster loans, or EIDLs, a portion equal to the amount of the EIDL will not be forgiven from the PPP loan.
4. Work with a financial adviser to figure out the amount of anticipated forgiveness. Small businesses might shy away from that because it's yet another expense. But Durkin said the right help is worth the extra cost.
"It's not going to burn you financially to talk to them," he said.
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