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Much as the United States Consumer Price Index excludes volatile energy and food prices from its "core" index, the core Christmas Price Index excludes the swans; for 2008, the total price index rose 8.1% from 2007, while the core index rose only 1.1%. The cheapest item in the index is the partridge, which, in 2008, could be purchased for $20.
Christmas tree cultivation. A Christmas tree farmer in the U.S. state of Florida explains the pruning and shearing process of cultivation to a government employee. Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing pine, spruce, and fir trees specifically for use as Christmas trees .
On November 1, in what was only his third game of the 2009–10 season, Wade recorded his 10,000th career point during a 95–87 victory over the Chicago Bulls. [73] On November 12 against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Wade made a spectacular dunk over Anderson Varejão. Although the Heat lost by a score of 111–104, LeBron James regarded the dunk ...
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 and indexing it to inflation would result in a net $2 billion increase in income during the second half of 2016, while raising it to $9.00 and not indexing it would result in a net $1 billion increase in income. [110] Additionally, a study by Overstreet in 2019 examined increases to the minimum wage in Arizona.
The Affordable Care Act ( ACA ), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ( PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U.S. federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.