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rajcanada: IAS officers in Delhi report to LG who is central government's representative which is unlike any state where IAS officers report to state government. If orders come from "above" to stall the work, what will the IAS officers do?zindabad: Again Kejriwal is on Dharna ...
SOONER KEJRIWAL GOES THE BETTER. All is now in the hands of Delhites. A person with nuisance value is highly accepted in Trade Union and Politics but when it comes to governance, such persons are required to be shown the door.Garvo Gujarati: Dear AAP volunteers,
Hi, our quest for alternate politics is over.
Like in 1977, the leaders have once again betrayed the aspirations because of unbridled political ambition. Time to go back to whatever we were doing, feeling sad and violated.
goldeneye: I have been asked the same as well. if we do not respond they will mark our accounts un documented it seemsMITRON: I guess NO should be the answer. Am I right ?MITRON: So I have been asked for the CRS declaration by Indian bank for NRO/NRE accounts.
There is a question regarding "Foreign Indicia" - Yes or No ??
The question preceding that is, Are you
Smiley: Great link .. ThanksMITRON: LINKMany: 20% plus some small cess.Smiley: Do you know what the TDS rate is for an NRI ?Many: It helps to have a real-estate agent to execute a sell-buy transaction. He takes care of all required formalities for a consideration of course(commission). Yes there is TDS for an NRI (Mumbai experience)Smiley: Thanks for your Info
I need to sell and not buy ...Full House: Here is what I heard today. So, please verify the same as soon as you can.
Reason is.: That the Real estate Transaction is an illquid asset with low yields and high cost of sales transaction.
It is not so easy to find a buyer.
Full House: It is always a privilege to be of service to you. Hope it helps you a little bit.
Now taking into account that the interest that you pay there for Principal borrowed, you will do better by just taking goingbacksoon: I am a Canadian with OCI status. I will be leaving for good in a few years. I will be returning in my 40s so I assume the age related deductions you referred to won't apply.
I expect I will need to withdraw my RRSP amount (could be close to 75K) within an year of arrival to buy a property.Full House: I know that you are an NRI. Are you a Canadian Citizen with an OCI Card? Are you leaving Canada for Good or just moving out for Six/Seven months of the year like the SNOWBIRDS do. Knowing that you are goingbacksoon: Thanks for your advice. I also looked at the avenue of finding an accountant, who deals with such things but an hour of google search didn't lead me anywhere. I think it confirms your statement that it
hchheda: I suppose you have to understand what was written. Each individual between the ages of 18 and 54 is an independent application. So the requirements for all adult application is the same whether primary (at PR stage) or dependent/spouse. They WERE dependents only until the PR stage - after that they are independent adults and have the same right/responsibilities as all other adults.
Hope this clarifies.
HirenFull House: Anyone who studied here in Canada and Obtained a Degree within CANADA should be EXEMPT from the CLB Levels they are looking for.
For others, there are classes available to attend and obtain the competency.
-sol4u: Hi,
the link is not helpful and still not clear do advise if Spouse is require to proof the language results?
Full House: Without having a good score of 442 the current entry benchmark score, your relative stands a very slim chance of entry. You both know this already.
As regards work permit to get into Canada you can help anyone with a PNP a Provincial Nominee Program and with support from your end you can see some good results.newbieca: Hello All,
My brother in law is Ayurvedic Doctor (B.A.M.S.) back home in India. He has filed for Express Entry in NOC 3232 Natural Healers. His points aren't enough 380 or so l believe. (IELTS he is getting 7 bands in all. He is preparing to give more IELTs to increase his points). He has visitors visa and has been to Canada twice for visit.
chintan_155: Hi,
My niece is coming to Thunder bay on 26th Aug 2018 to join the Lakehead university.
Can anyone offer an apartment (will live in group of 2-4 depending on room size) on rental near university or paying guest?
1 bedroom or 2 bedroom apartment is preferred.
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Chintan from TorontoThunder Desi: Sorry guys, I got a job in Burlington and moved to GTA, I have been busy with my new job.
Thunder Bay - I haven't lived in the city but near the city. This is what I know:
weather - harsh winters
predominently white population - only about 40-50 desi families live there. No Indian grocery store sendneeraj: Garvo Gujarat
Niraj patel here from Mississauga.
can you please tell me how far Yosemite Valley is from Toronto. As its in US it should be far away from here.....but still.
i am lookin for place where i can spend 5days during christmas vacation with family.
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chintan_155: Hi,
My niece is coming to Thunder bay on 26th Aug 2018 to join the Lakehead university.
Can anyone offer an apartment on rental near university? She is planning to stay in a group of 2 to 4 students.
1 bedroom or 2 bedroom apartment is preferred.
Please contact on chintan_155 at the rate yahoo.com (email is getting truncated if I use @ sign)
Chintan from TorontoBHULLAR HARPS: HI I M AN INDIAN PUNJABI BUSINESSMAN IN THUNDER BAY ANY BODY WHO IS SEEKING PART TIME OR FULL TIME JOB HERE I CAN HELP BY PROVIDING THEM FLEXIBLE HOURS.Badal_pharm: Hi Nilesh and Balaji,
My Name is Badal, and I am moving to Thunder bay from New York for my Ph.D at Lakehead University. I am in India for vaction now and will be in Thunder bay in september.
I am looking for some indian friends and I am also looking for accommodation. I will appreciate if you balaji46: My son is moving to the 2nd year undergrad program. He loves the place, small, less crowded, more humane society etc. Imagine being asked at Walmart whether you are new to that place (it happened to us when we went to drop him off last year). More than that, the counter clerk put us on to her manager,
Aurora TV: Please stop posting your ad here.Aurora TV: No advertising in charcha please.priyal92017: Heart Stealer: Thanks Ashwaniji
I tried calling Raj @ 416 846 6360 but it is going to voice mail.
I will try again
ThanksAshwaniG: XXXXXXX - DuplicateAshwaniG: *****Deleted by OP******Heart Stealer: Does any one know if there is an IPTV box that gives Indian Channels live?
Which IPTV is currently the best to buy and from where.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!cool girl: I installed AJ Addon but its not working. When I click on TV desi zone, kodi freezes and I have to restart it. I tried to look online for solution and someone mentioned in kodi there are many addons that don't work. To test I downloaded kodi 14 on my laptop. AJ addon works for some shows not for ones I watch.Blue_Peafowl: Install Totalxbmc: link to installed step by step : LINK
Imp ADDONS:
SportDevil - all live channel ( incl Indian)
Fun & Movie : for indian movies
EntertainHub - all movies ( incl hollywood/bollywood)
AJ ADDON - all indian series
( btw i tried to called u twice but went on VoiceMsg :) )
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has invited 2,000 candidates in the Express Entry pool to apply for Canadian permanent residence in a draw that took place the morning of Wednesday, November 8. The Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of the lowest-ranked candidate issued an Invitation to Apply (ITA) was 458.
This latest draw, the 77th to take place since Express Entry was first introduced in January, 2015 and the 27th so far this year, is the first draw to operate under a new procedure whereby in the event that multiple candidates have tied CRS scores, profiles are ranked according to the date and time of submission of the profiles, with profiles that have been in the pool longer being prioritized for invitation over newer profiles. This tie-break policy was first unveiled by IRCC as a possible future strategy last June.
Panasonic: We recently moved to Cambridge city Ontario. My wife is Henna/Mehndi Artist. Is there any place where she can advertise, any website in waterloo region. Where she can get maximum response.
Ishu3088: Article is located here: /article.php?SID=2&AID=17
Good evening to all of you out there. i am all set to apply for a master course in one of the university in canada. i want to understand that if whether i can get a family visa( which includes my 23 months old daughter & my husband(for work visa)) to support me while i am studying.
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122 I used a negative logarithm of the hydrogen concentration to create a scale from 0-14, where a pH of less than 7 is an acid, 7 is neutral, and higher than 7 is an alkali," reads an 2009 announcement from Carlsberg, on the 100th anniversary of the breakthrough. So water has a pH of 7, lemon juice 2.4, and bleach 12.5. The pH of beer is between 4.1. and 4.6 .... Before the pH scale, the only parameter to measure acid levels were vague terms such as 'good,' 'bad,' or 'slightly more than last time.' The innumerable useful applications of the pH (short for "potential of Hydrogen") scale range from foods and beverages to cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and medical diagnostics. Just about every liquid has had its pH measured at some time—including those in our bodies—which, it is very important to note, have more than one pH level. Take the stomach, for instance. It has a pH ranging from 1.35 to 3.5, due to production of hydrocloric acid, which aids in digestion. Blood, on the other hand, must always be slightly alkaline, with a pH of 7.35 to 7.45. The body's buffering systems keep it within that precise range, and excess acid is excreted by the lungs and kidneys. That's part of their job, and they are very, very good at it. The body maintains its pH balance over widely differing diets, and even though what you eat can affect the pH level of your urine, it cannot affect the pH level of your blood. Understand? Good. Now back to
. These electrical devices—which generally cost from $1,000 to almost $6,000 and are often sold by multi-level marketing companies—attach to the kitchen faucet or go under the sink. They strip out contaminants, like other filters, and, besides producing alkaline water for drinking, they also produce acidic water, for cleaning. If you've ever washed windows with a water-and-vinegar mixture, you know acidic water is a good cleansing agent. But the notion that alkaline water can fight or prevent disease? Any chemist will tell you that there is still much to learn about water, but hmmm. Many of the online claims are based on the theory that ionized alkaline water has smaller "clusters" of molecules. According to the Kangen Water website, for instance, "These small clusters make alkaline water Kangen Water more soluble and permeable, allowing you to absorb the important vitamins and nutrients your body needs." And The Alkalizer ("A Wetter Water for a Better Body") maintains that, "The smaller mineral clusters, as measured by the use of a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance device is a more hydrating water than normal tap water. Through electrolysis large tap mineral clusters are reduced from their original size. The smaller cluster size gives the water excellent hydrating properties, high solubility and good permeability."
123 Through electrolysis large tap mineral clusters are reduced from their original size. The smaller cluster size gives the water excellent hydrating properties, high solubility and good permeability." Just How Stressed Out Is Your Drinking Water? Small clusters? Is this stuff for real? Well, yes and no, I discovered, after reaching out to Kenneth Jordan, distinguished professor of computational
chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. Well known for his work on water clusters—groups of water molecules linked together—he collaborated on a number of studies on water structure that Science magazine listed as among the top ten scientific breakthroughs of 2004. There are dozens of companies that claim to convert water into clustered water or to otherwise rearrange water and sell products based on this. Essentially, all of these claims are bogus," he wrote in an email. "Take clustered water as an example
. One can make this in a laboratory at very low temperatures and very low pressures (i.e., in a vacuum). This keeps the clusters from touching one another. If they touch, they coalesce into bulk water, which is more stable. Alternative-health guru Andrew Weil used that word as well in response to a question about Kangen Water in 2010. "It is the latest variation of so-called alkaline water, which promoters claim is essential for elimination of the acidity in our bodies—attributed to all the evils of the modern world .... The human body needs absolutely no help in adjusting its pH." He added, Unless you have serious respiratory or kidney problems, body pH will remain in balance no matter what you eat or drink .... Bottom line: The health claims for water ionizers and for alkaline water are bogus. It's tempting to close with just one word—"ditto." But in fairness, alkaline water, like any clean water, is a far better choice for hydrating than soda or an additive-filled sports drink. If you choose to see an expensive machine as a gateway to a healthier lifestyle or to give you an edge when competing in sports, then jump right in. It's part and parcel of an alkaline diet, after all, a mostly-vegetarian regimen that I haven't really addressed here. (Why not? Scroll back up and take another look at the question.) But if you think alkaline water will allow you to avoid illnesses that fall into the "Sometimes Stuff Happens" category or live forever, then you are bound to be disappointed.
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Fabricating the Body: Textiles and human health in historical perspective
Pasold Research Fund Conference
Centre for Medical History, University of Exeter
6 – 8 April, 2011
This conference aims to bring together historians of textiles and clothing, and of health, with scholars of social, medical, cultural, and economic history to examine the rich connections between textiles, human health and welfare, environmental issues, and self expression (including 'sunlight seekers' and 'body culture' movements of the past 150 years).
The conference welcomes papers that will address four main themes:
•Early modern and modern textiles manufacturing and the association of benign and malign influences in the growth of industry and the impact on the labour force, land and water use.
•The modern environmental costs of textiles production, from soil utilisation (and erosion) to the chemical manufacture of man-made fibres and the consequences of toxic minerals and chemicals for both workers and the wider community.
•The animal world and the costs of textile and skin production: hunting, farming, and human-animal health concerns. The rise of a new politics of health around animal utilisation.
•The textile sector in relation to future environmental degradation, bio-health and sustainability.
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Guest Blog by Cllr. Rosa Battle
Richard is away so he has asked me to cover his blog so here are a few of the things I have been up to this week.
On Saturday I took my family along to the Caribbean Carnival. Over 25,000 people attended this fantastic community event. The atmosphere was amazing and for the most part, the weather was pretty good too so well done to everyone involved in making it a success. The Carnival this year was held in Platt Fields Park as its usual home Alexandra Park is currently undergoing a £5.5 million transformation and when finished next year, we will see new sports facilities, the pavilion restored and physical improvements to the landscape.
Sticking with parks on Thursday I attended an initial meeting with some of the Manchester's parks 'Friends of….Groups' to discuss ideas and plans for introducing the 'Manchester Standard'. The 'Manchester Standard' will be a way of making sure that all Manchester parks are maintained to an agreed standard and are vibrant and safe places to be. Manchester has 135 parks across the city which can be used for free by all Manchester residents and visitors. At the meeting I met many dedicated volunteers who put time, effort and resources into their parks. These people are real Manchester heroes and deserve our thanks and recognition for all the hard work they put in throughout the year.
Finally my week ended with a breastfeeding flash mob at the Manchester Aquatics Centre. As a mum of a 6 month old I was angered to hear that earlier this week a woman was asked to stop feeding her baby while using the pool. It is a parent's choice how they decide to feed their child but whatever they choose, a woman should never be made to feel embarrassed or ashamed to be breastfeeding in public. We encourage mothers to use our leisure facilities and they have every right to breastfeed their babies when they need to do so, in line with existing legislation. The woman involved has now received an apology and we have also asked that the Aquatic Centre review their existing policies, to make sure that they reflect the law.
So that's my week in 400 words. Have a great weekend and normal service will be resumed next week when Richard gets back.


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The Old vs. the New
Look beneath Japan's rising stock indexes, and you'll see a more complicated reality
TOKYO -- Even in a world of markets where the shares of Old Economy and New Economy companies have often diverged sharply, Japan's stock market stands out.
The common benchmarks have made a remarkable recovery in the past year. In February, the Topix index -- the broadest measure of the market -- reached its highest point since the bubble began deflating in 1989. That same month, the closely watched Nikkei 225 average closed above the psychologically important level of 20,000 for the first time in years. Japan, it would seem,...


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Anna Crenshaw currently serves as the Assistant Director, Special Emphasis and Outreach within the Benefits Assistance Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC. Ms. Crenshaw has been with the Department of Veterans Affairs for 15+ years, starting her career in the Atlanta Regional Office in June 2000 as a Veteran Service Representative. During her tenure at the Atlanta Regional Office, Ms. Crenshaw held the position of Senior Veteran Claims Examiner, Rating Veteran Service Representative and Decision Review Officer. In 2009 Ms. Crenshaw relocated to VA Central Office as a Training Specialist where she was part of a team that developed, and created the Rating Veteran Service Training and Decision Review Officers Curriculum and certification. Additionally, she provided ongoing training to field employees. Ms. Crenshaw served in the United States Army for 10+ years and as a military spouse for 27 years. During her 10+ years of active military service she held multiple positions, and completed challenging training, with her most challenging being flight training. However, she notes her Drill Sergeant experience as the most rewarding. After leaving the military in 1994 she obtained her bachelors in Social Work and a Masters in Human Relations. She worked for the Department of Defense from 1994 to 2000 as the Family Advocacy and Exceptional Family Member Program Manager. Currently she resides in Alexandria, VA with her husband CW4 Retired, Dallas R. Crenshaw Sr., and her beloved Bichon Mordecai (Morty).
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Minimum broadband speed set at 10Mbps in Digital Economy Bill despite peers' amendment
The UK Government rejects a House of Lords amendment to boost minimum speed to 30 Mbps, citing "serious concerns" about ability to deliver
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The UK Government rejected the House of Lords' calls for the minimum broadband speed in the UK to be "more ambitious" than the 10 Mbps originally proposed in the Digital Economy Bill.
The bill – which was discussed in the House of Commons last week for the first time since it was passed by the Lords earlier this month – includes provisions for a universal service obligation (USO) that will give people the legal right to request broadband speed of a certain level.
The UK Government's bill proposed that this be set at 10 Mbps, but peers sent it back with an amendment that would raise this to 30 Mbps.
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However, in the rush to pass the legislation before parliament was dissolved, there was no time for a lengthy 'ping pong' between the houses, and the Government rejected the Lords' proposal.
Speaking in the Commons, digital minister Matt Hancock said the UK Government had "serious concerns" about whether the peers' amendment was deliverable.
"As drafted, it is counterproductive to the implementation of a USO, because of the risk of legal challenge and the delay that that would cause," he said.
In lieu of that, Hancock proposed an amendment that would require any broadband USO to set a download speed of at least 10 Mbps, and that the UK Government would ask Ofcom to review the minimum download speed once the take-up of superfast had reached 75 per cent.
"That gives the assurance that any USO speed will be reconsidered once a substantial majority of subscribers are on superfast," he said.
Shadow digital minister Louise Haigh, said that while she appreciated the Government's argument, it was "disappointing that more of an effort was not made" to discuss it in earlier debates, and that the Government had missed an opportunity to set the UK up for the future.
"Of course, we would have liked the Government to back 30 Mbps for all, and I do not accept that millions of consumers and businesses should simply be left behind," she said.
"This was an opportunity to prepare the UK for the ubiquitous future demanded by the digital revolution, and although the Government's amendment is a first step, it is a baby step and nothing more."
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Schiff posts 46% quarterly net sales increase
SALT LAKE CITY — Dietary supplement manufacturer Schiff Nutrition International posted a net sales increase of 46% to $85.1 million for its first quarter ended Aug. 31, the company reported Tuesday.
"Our brand building, innovation and customer initiatives continue to drive MegaRed in heart health, Move Free in joint care, Airborne in immune support and Digestive Advantage in probiotics," stated Tarang Amin, Schiff president and CEO. "Given our first quarter performance and expectations for the balance of the year, we are taking up our fiscal 2013 guidance."
Schiff upped its net sales growth from a range of 40% to 43% to a range of 43% to 46%.
Shares of Schiff Nutrition were up $2.02 to $22.92 in mid-afternoon trading.
Thorne Research, Integrative Health Resources collaborate on sports nutrition line
SANDPOINT, Idaho — Thorne Research on Tuesday announced the development of a line of nutritional supplements targeting athletes under the banner Thorne Performance, in collaboration with Integrative Health Resources.
"Nutritional supplementation plays a significant role is athletic performance, and nutritional deficits and overtraining can lead to a diminished ability to recover and a greater likelihood of injury," stated Paul Jacobson, Thorne CEO. "Thorne Performance aims to be the leader in sports-based nutritional supplementation by meeting the demands of individuals who regularly engage in intense physical activity and lead active lifestyles."
"In many of our programs, including Life Time Fitness and Corvette Racing, we have seen firsthand the need for innovation in managing the metabolism of people who exercise at any level," added James LaValle, clinical pharmacist and CEO of Integrative Health Resources and partner at Thorne Performance. "The Thorne Performance credo, 'Purely Driven,' embodies our philosophy: products that are pure, targeted and of the highest quality. Coupled with a renowned team experienced in the needs of people who train, this new resource will help athletes at every level to push themselves to their personal limits."
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NCPA independent pharmacist survey challenges abusive auditing practices
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Abusive auditing and unfair reimbursement practices harm community pharmacists' ability to provide critically needed patient counseling and care to seniors, according to a new survey released Tuesday by the National Community Pharmacists Association.
NCPA polled more than 350 community pharmacists about their recent experience with audits conducted by pharmacy benefit managers and other Medicare Part D plan intermediaries. The survey also asked about generic drug reimbursement caps known as maximum allowable costs (MACs).
Among the findings:
96% stated that a typical PBM contract has minimal or no transparency on how generic pricing is determined or what the reimbursement rate will be;
Almost 50% of respondents said that more than 10% of the time, PBMs set MAC reimbursement for generics below the pharmacy's cost of simply acquiring the drug, much less dispensing and overhead costs; In addition, 92% said payments are not increased promptly to reflect a drug's rising market costs;
3-in-4 pharmacists said audit requirements across Medicare Part D plans are not consistent, increasing their compliance burden; and
Nearly 87% stated that PBM reimbursement and auditing practices are "significantly" or "very significantly" affecting their ability to provide patient care and remain in business.
When asked which drugs had MAC limits set below the pharmacy's cost of acquiring the product, more than 600 drugs were identified, including budesonide (for asthma); atorvastatin (cholesterol); clarithromycin (antibiotic); fentanyl patches (pain); hydrocodone (pain/inflammation); and methylprednisolone (steroid for allergic reactions, skin conditions and breathing disorders).
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A Smarter Django URL Tag
Django's built-in url tag is very useful. Repeating yourself goes against Django's philosophy, and the url tag helps you avoid that pitfall. But there's plenty of room for improvement. This post will show you how to make Django's url tag smarter and more useful. Note: this post applies to Django 1.5 and above. Earlier versions of Django use a deprecated syntax.
So what can we do to improve the url tag? It'd be nice if it could tell us when a path is active. That way, we can mark certain menu items and style them differently. But let's not stop there. Sometimes an exact path match is not good enough. Say you're under the "Shop" section of your site. You still want the navigation item for "Shop" marked as active, even if you're in a deeper part of the site - other than the "Shop" landing page. So let's define these behaviors:
- Active means the paths are an exact match. If you're on the
/shop/page, and your URL tag result matches that, then that link is active. However, if you're visiting the
/shop/on-sale/section of the site, then the URL is not active.
- Active root means that the paths match or the beginning of the path matches. So if you're visiting
/shop/on-sale/, url tags for
/shop/would match. This is useful for main navigation items and the like.
One last improvement: we want to be able to use these helpers for hard-coded URLs too. For example, when linking to flatpages, you do want to be able to pass
'/my-flatpage/' to the tag and see if it's active (or in the active root).
With all that out of the way, let's start by defining our URL tag. In any of your existing apps, create the
templatetags directory (don't forget the
__init__.py file inside), and then create a file called
utilities.py inside. Feel free to name this differently if you'd like.
In this file, add the following code:
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from django import template from django.template.defaulttags import URLNode, url as url_tag register = template.Library() @register.tag def url(parser, token): validator = url_tag(parser, token) return SmartURLNode(validator.view_name, validator.args, validator.kwargs, validator.asvar)
You'll notice we're registering our tag with the same name as the existing core Django tag. Don't worry, since the syntax and arguments match, this isn't a problem. In our code, we need to import the old url tag so we can reuse its validation logic. No need to repeat ourselves!
For our improvements to work, we need to attach arbitrary attributes to our result string (for the URL), so we define a dummy class as follows:
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class SmartURL(unicode): """ This is a wrapper class that allows us to attach attributes to regular unicode strings. """ pass
Now let's define our smarter URL node, as follows:
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# Notice we inherit from the existing URLNode. class SmartURLNode(URLNode): def render(self, context): # Step 1 resolved_view_name = self.view_name.resolve(context) if resolved_view_name: view_name_string = "'%s'" % resolved_view_name else: view_name_string = unicode(self.view_name) # Step 2 if len(view_name_string) >= 3 and view_name_string[0] == view_name_string[-1] and view_name_string[0] in ('"', "'") and view_name_string[1] == '/': rendered = view_name_string[1:-1] if self.asvar: context[self.asvar] = rendered # Step 3 else: rendered = super(SmartURLNode, self).render(context) # Step 4 if not self.asvar: return rendered # Step 5 else: resolved_url = SmartURL(context[self.asvar]) request = context.get('request', None) # Step 6 if request: # Step 7 if resolved_url == request.path: resolved_url.active = 'active' else: resolved_url.active = '' # Step 8 if request.path.startswith(resolved_url): resolved_url.active_root = 'active' else: resolved_url.active_root = '' # Step 9 context[self.asvar] = resolved_url return ''
Let's go step by step here. Use the comments above to follow each step:
- First we try to resolve the view name. If we passed in a variable or function, including, say, some_model_instance.get_absolute_url, then this will resolve nicely into a path. If it resolves, we turn it into a faked template string. If it doesn't resolve, then we assume they passed a hard-coded path.
- But we only accept hard-coded paths starting with a slash. If that's the case, we assume that's the final path, no need to further resolve the path.
- If it's not a hard-coded path, we pass the rendering on to the regular URLNode that we inherited from. Remember: avoid repeating yourself. Just reuse existing logic.
- Now, if we aren't assigning to a variable, simple return the resolved path. And yes, it's a little silly to use this tag for hard-coded paths without assignment. But it'll work!
- On the other hand, if we're assigning, things get interesting. First, we get our fully resolved string.
- Then, if there's a request object in the context, we compare paths and assign attributes as necessary.
- If the request path matches the url exactly, set the
activeattribute on our
- If the request path starts with the url, also known as the root, then set the
- And that's it! Assign the
SmartURLinstance back into the context and we're done. As this is an assignment use, return an empty string.
Here are some usage examples:
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{# First we load the library. #} {% load utilities %} {# Our standard tag usage. #} Home Page {# Our standard tag usage with assignment. #} {% url 'home_page' as url %}Home Page {# Here we use assignment, and add the active class when the pages match. #} {% url 'another_page' as url %}Another Page {# We use assignment again, but we match the root rather than the whole path. #} {% url 'last_page' as url %}Last Page {# Flatpages work too! #} {% url '/about/' as url %}About Page
And in our CSS files, we can now do:
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a { color: black; } a.active { color: red; }
That completes this tutorial. Got some other improvements you'd like to make? Leave a comment below. As always, questions and feedback are also welcome.


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