When there is a requirement of Tarpaulin an requisition is raised against it by that department, by putting it in system one can easily see the history about that Item. Also one can add the no of quantity required, its unit of measurement and balance quantity too.
If stores is out of Spares or having less number than required then Requisition is made for spares, here also all details of required Spare is mentioned and this requisition is then sent to Purchase in order to process further.
Requisition is made against Wheel Panha if that item is out of stock, the entry made in Requisition directly hit to purchase module so as to proceed further and place order. here also one can see history of the same item.
Requisition can be made against the branch also. If the Item required in one branch is available at another branch then Requisition to branch is made.Tthe branch which will receive it recieve under Recieve To Branch.
When Spare Requisition is made, after approval of the same the requisition is forwarded to Purchase department and when that Item is received at stores, a Direct GRN is made with all the details of received Item.
Sometimes the damaged parts are received in Stores. To remove them from stores Parts Scrapped form is us ed where all the details of that Scrapped item is entered. It is then approved by the department owner and proceed further.
Tarpaulin is Issued against the details given such as Vehicle no., driver name, etc. after issuing the same the stores is updated.
Once Tarpaulin is received it is received against the details submitted by receiver which contains details such as vehicle no. Issued location etc.
If the Jack & Rod is found to be defective or not usable then it is send for claim. When it is send for claim then the old one will be replaced by a new Item and added the count in the stores.
If the Jack and Rod is damaged or ruptured then it is send for scrap. It is then verified that is it repairable or not, if not then it is finally send to scrap and the quantity is then lessen from the stores.
If any Item has been registered with different status such as if Item is New, for Claim,On Vehicle,for Repair, for Scrap etc. and afterwards you find its status id different then one can use this Status Change form to make changes.
There are several reports generated for Jack & Rod such as vehicle wise,ledger,register,stock,fitment,scrapped report etc. Here in Fitment report after putting Jack and rod number you will get all information related to that Jack & rod.
This Report is generated against all Scrapped Item.
Here Ledger wise report is generated against Jack and rod Item.


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U-Fly-It (Aerolite 103)
Since 1982 FAA's Part 103 for "ultralight vehicles" has been one of the most intriguing sections in the lengthy Federal Aviation Regulations. Why? Because you can fly one of these aircraft without a pilot license (though all sellers will require training or proof of skills), without FAA registration to obtain an N-number (none need be displayed), and the pilot requires no medical. It is one of the ways to fly an aircraft in America — and some other countries like Germany*, under similar rules — with hardly any interference from authorities. No wonder it has remained popular for more than three decades. The entire regulation for Part 103 can be printed on the front and back of a single page of paper. Remarkable!
* U-Fly-It's European dealer is Vierwerk.
You can also buy an ultralight vehicle ready-to-fly ... and that brings us to U-Fly-It's terrific Aerolite 103. By any measure this is a singular aircraft (oops, FAA calls them a "vehicle" because they do not have to meet the hundreds of pages of regulation that apply to certified aircraft). Deland, Florida producer U-Fly-It offers a ready to fly Aerolite 103 for the modest sum of just $15,900. Yes, that surprisingly low price is good right now, and yes, the company can earn a profit on that so you know they can stay in business to serve your needs in the future. If you prefer an aircraft with an electric start option, Aerolite is available with the Hirth F-33 for just $16,700. No, those figures are not typos!|
So, surely that means you get some super stripped-down aircraft with no features, both to save money and to stay within FAR Part 103's demanding weight and flight envelope parameters ...right? Wrong! Aerolite 103 is surprisingly well equipped: Flaps, trim, conventional three-axis control with a yoke and rudder pedals, windscreen and nose fairing, steerable nose wheel with sturdy shock-absorbing main gear, four-point seat belts, 5-gallon aluminum fuel tank, Azusa brakes, fully anodized aluminum airframe and all basic instruments including airspeed, altimeter, slip indicator, tachometer, exhaust gas, and cylinder head temperature gauges. And, if you want, you can add a whole-airplane parachute (which itself will allow a few more pounds for other accessories or perhaps a more powerful engine). Is this for real ... at these prices? YES!
Listen, modern airplanes have become quite expensive. They may have every bell and whistle but if you can't afford it, what's the benefit? However, Aerolite lacks for nothing to give you a good time in the air and it won't break your budget. Plus it flies so nicely that the smile you'll have after your first landing may last you the rest of your life. Wonderful!
Website: https://www.uflyit.com/aerolite103main.htm
Email: aerolite@uflyit.com
Deland, FL 32724
Splog: Affordable Aviation — Can You Find a Budget-Meeting Aircraft for 2022?
This website regularly promotes affordable aviation. Can you genuinely find an aircraft you like that is affordable?
Splog: Sun 'n Fun 2021 / Wrap Up — More Airplane News Will Follow, but How Was this Year's Event?
Everyone has returned home from the first major airshow in too long (other than the wonderful sector-specific event called Midwest LSA Expo).
Splog: Sun 'n Fun 2021 / Day 1 — Charged with Excitement …Battery Electric Aerolite 103 Is Flying Now!
For years I've said that of all aircraft to succeed with battery electric flight, the first truly usable, enjoyable aircraft would be a Part 103 ultralight.
Splog: When Help Comes to the Rescue… FAST! Magnum Parachutes Could Save Your Life
Aviation preaches safety long and loud. This dedication within the aviation community has made flying safer than driving despite what landlubbers believe is a risky way to travel.
Splog: Airshows in 2021: Better News on the Horizon but Some Early-Event Cancellations
UPDATE 1/14/21 — Regretfully, I must announce that DeLand has cancelled its Flyway to Highway event "due to Covid-19." —DJ After a year of great uncertainty, the earliest airshows of 2021 are feeling the pressure.
Splog: DeLand Showcase 2019 — Ending the Airshow Year for Light-Sport Aircraft and SP Kit Aircraft
In about one week, it all ends. Before then, DeLand Showcase 2019 is set to begin!
Splog: Flying Into Oshkosh — An Eye-Opener, but What If You Were Really Young, and in an Ultralight Aircraft?
Happening right now as this is written …a young pilot, with impressive support from his father and sister, is flying to Oshkosh.
Splog: Super Affordability: U-Fly-It's Aerolite 103 Ultralight Aircraft Will Be a One-Week Super Wonder
Super affordability. Super Wonder. "Super?" — surely, I exaggerate, right? Hmmm, I don't think so.
Splog: DeLand Showcase 2017 Records Growth — Customers Flew & Bought — Vendors Smiled
The second year of the DeLand Showcase is over.
Video review: U-Fly-It — Aerolite 103 (2013)
For years Aerolite 103 has been a charmer of the Part 103 class of aircaft.
Terry Raber has returned with his charming Aerolite 103. He left the business for a time and another man tried to replicate the creation.
Splog: Aerolite 120 Launches in Britain and Ireland
Aerolite 103 from U-Fly-It has been on a tear for the last couple years, producing at capacity and stretching to produce even more for 2016.
Splog: Sun 'n Fun 2015: Part 103 Ultralights Are Hot!
Part 103 ultralight activity was not the news I expected to report from Sun 'n Fun 2015, certainly not as my first report.
Splog: Is a Four Stroke Part 103 Airplane Possible?
Some people have long believed that Part 103-legal weight shift trikes or single place powered parachutes may be possible but I've often heard the pronouncement, "You cannot make a legal three axis Part 103 airplane." I wonder if those folks are ready to admit their error?
Splog: Light Is Right In the Eyes of FAA and World CAAs
Evidently, a magic number exists to authorities in various civil aviation agencies around the developed world.
Splog: Surprise Star of the Show at Aero?
It depended on whom you asked. As in the United States some were skeptical at Aero.
Splog: March 2013 LSA News Wrap
Several news items in our March 2013 LSA News Wrap and we'll get to it … right after this: We're thrilled to tell you that — for the second month in a row — ByDanJohnson.com achieved another record.
Splog: LSA & Lightplane Highlights at Oshkosh 2012
In the near future, we'll present fuller stories of some of the following short bits from Oshkosh 2012.
Pilot report: Aero-lite 103
[UPDATE spring 2014] — The Aerolite 103 is now manufacturered in Deland, Florida by U-Fly-It, the contact info for which is located at the end of this article.
Splog: Best Bargain in a Ready-to-Fly Airplane?
Many pilots speak of airplanes they cannot afford. Indeed, $150,000 Light-Sport Aircraft are priced beyond common budgets.
Manufacturers in the ultralight industry believe they know what pilots want or what they will buy, anyway.

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4 Challenges of Moving Cyber Initiatives Forward
Published by Sabrina Pagnotta on April 9, 2020
Ransomware, data breaches or never before seen attacks can have tremendous impact on business operations. With growing executive demand for changes to cybersecurity processes and awareness comes inherent challenges to an organization. So how difficult is moving cyber initiatives forward?
We'll explore the challenges around change management, shadow IT, technical debt, data enablement and IoT.
Information technology is hard. It's even harder when you are trying to change the behaviors of people who don't fully understand why change has to be made. On top of that, people don't like it when you tell them how to use their phones. They don't like changing their everyday lives for the sake of IT.
Some of the big reasons people don't want to go along with the new security initiatives is a lack of understanding, conflicting initiatives or change fatigue.
Most organizations and employees aren't equipped to manage and succeed in changing environments. Change fatigue being one thing most companies are feeling more recently, because of the emergence of the digital revolution. With IT spend increasing every year, every employee is impacted by the new purchases and new changes.
More often Directors and CISOs are focused on implementing the best security practices with the least impact to business operations. That's where governance can ensure security strategies are aligned with business objectives and consistent with regulations.
Shadow IT buying is nothing new to IT teams but the reality is, it's becoming more frequent. It refers to applications and infrastructure that are managed and utilized without the knowledge of the enterprise's IT department.
How does procurement keep up with people's expectations when people are used to Amazon-like services, next day delivery or instant access to servers? They can't and until buying processes change for teams or new processes are put into place, people won't stop.
Read more: How to Get Legal, Procurement and Business Owners Onboard with Security
Directors and managers do not and should not blame engineers that want to continue progress on their projects and certainly, don't want to slow them down. One recommendation is to build a system to document concerns, dictate actions with governance controls and keep a running tab of the current status of devices.
TECHNICAL DEBT
What is technical debt? It's a concept in software development that reflects the implied cost of additional rework caused by choosing an easy solution now instead of using a better approach that would take longer.
How do teams keep up with new attacks given an inability to manage antiquated platforms and budgetary constraints? First practical step is to understand what instances are mission critical, which are in use and which are dormant.
Another appropriate step to take is recording the state of devices on an ongoing basis. When it's time to communicate the risk of dealing with antiquated technology and reasoning for budget to improve systems, an accurate record of instances can be shown.
Deciding where and when to improve infrastructure is a risk conversation, where business continuity and operational risks are discussed with the CIO and the board.
DATA ENABLEMENT & IOT
There is so much to be said about IoT security and access to data… There hardly remains a room that doesn't have some gadget connected to the internet, and while manufacturers work hard to keep up with security, the sprawl of potential vulnerable devices is simply overwhelming.
Here are some things to consider when developing an IoT security strategy:
Where does the risk reside in the technology stack?
How are you protecting yourself or ensuring security best practices at each technology provider?
Are you working closely with your hardware manufacturer to address hardware security concerns?
Have you considered isolating components – cores, memory, application, system and other resources – to add more barriers for a potential attacker?
Are you using secure protocols to transmit data?
Does your data engine solution encrypt data?
OPPORTUNITIES FOR moving cyber initiatives forward
Strengthen internal relationships to build security champions
Discover what's out there – what's critical and how to do it safely
Launch educational efforts and communicate
Take a risk based approach – prioritize efforts
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In order to give students a more intuitionistic understanding in mechanism motion system, a virtual experiment platform is designed and developed. First, experimental component models, which contain both visual information and logical information, are built. The logical information is modeled according to a Unified Modeling Language called Modelica (MO). Then, a virtual experiment scene, which is described by Modelica, is assembled in a virtual reality environment. The virtual scene MO model is flatted to a set of equations which are compiled and solved, and the mechanism motion data can be output. Last, the motion data are exported into the Virtual Reality environment for the simulation result visualization. Students can use the platform to build mechanism system experiments and simulate the component motion for a better understanding of mechanism composition and its movement principle. The platform is universal and can be expanded to other subjects easily because the experimental components are built by Unified Modeling Method.


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Kirkcaldy (uttalas kirkawdi) är den näst största staden i kommunen Fife i Skottland. Folkmängden uppgick till 49 460 invånare 2012, på en yta av 18,90 km². Staden ligger på Firth of Forths norra strand. Den är känd i folkmun som The Lang Toun (Den långa staden) eftersom köpingarna Dysart, Linktown och Pathhead samt byarna Sinclairtown och Gallatown numera ingår i staden Kirkcaldy och dessa ligger längs floden Forth. Befolkningen kallas för langtonians.

Staden var tidigare känd för sin linoleumtillverkning, linneproduktion och för sin årliga veckolånga "Links Market" - Europas längsta gatumarknad - som firade 700-årsjubileum 2004. Fife Opera är baserat i Kirkcaldy. Adam Smith, grundaren av modern nationalekonomi och liberalismens fader, var född i Kirkcaldy.

I Kirkcaldy finns Storbritanniens äldsta ishockeylag, Fife Flyers, grundad 1938 med hemmaarenan Fife Ice Arena. Sedan 2011 spelar laget i Elite Ice Hockey League, högsta serien i Storbritannien.

Källor

Orter i Fife

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Today I've got a super quick, simple tutorial for you. One of my very favorite ways to add big impact to any room (and add storage), for very little cost: OPEN SHELVING.
Open shelving is like a rash around my house, it's spreading everywhere. But, a good rash. Wait, is there even such a thing? Nevermind. Let's just say that I love open shelving. It's an awesome way to add dimension and character to your walls and super budget friendly (between $10 and $20 per shelf). I have open shelving in my kitchen/dining area and in Adelie's room, mainly used for decor purposes more than functionality.
Then, recently, I ripped out my cabinets in my laundry room to make way for more open shelving, which can actually be way more functional than cabinets–like in this case.
*Wood in your desired length and width (my kitchen ones are actually a stair tread from the lumber store and the ones in my laundry room are 1×10's) You can also buy them in pre-cut lengths at Ikea or the hardware store, but I like buying my own so I can customize and because the wood tends to look a little more rustic (and it's cheaper).
Start by sanding the edges and corners. This rounds them out a little and gives them a bit more finished look.
Next, stain or paint your wood. If your brackets are raw wood (like mine from Ikea were), paint or stain those too. Never stained before? It's fun and EASY! I've got you covered with the 101 here.
Mount your brackets to the wall, placed so that they will be at each end of the shelf, and if you need extra support, mount another in the middle (it may need four equally spaced brackets depending on the length of the shelf). It's best if you can mount them into studs in the wall, but mine are just mounted in the drywall and I haven't had any problems.
For someone who's a collector of nostalgia and likes to look at all of it beautifully displayed, this is one of my favorite ways to do it around my house. I find myself having to really "edit" where I put them, otherwise, they would completely take over!!


Antique Victorian Corset, ca. 1892. Origin: Europe, France or Germany. Boned throughout. White lace trim at the top. Ball and clasp closure at the front. Original laces (?).Good to very good condition with a few signs of use and age. Stains on the front busk. The decoration is not included.


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Живот без душе () амерички је црно-бели неми хорор филм из 1915. године, редитеља Џозефа В. Смајлија, у коме главне улоге тумаче: Перси Стандинг, Џорџ де Карлтон и Луси Котон. Представља другу филмску адаптацију романа Франкенштајн или модерни Прометеј (1818), списатељице Мери Шели. Радња прати доктора који ставара човека без душе, што проузрокује стравичне последице. На крају се испоставља да је цела радња била само сан главног јунака, који је заспао читајући Шелину књигу.

Филм се данас сматра изгубљеним.

Радња

Млад човек успева да подари живот статуи, што проузрокује катастрофалне последице.

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| Перси Стандинг || Створење
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| Џорџ де Карлтон || Франкенштајнов отац
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| Луси Котон || Елизабет Лавенца
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| Полина Карли || Клаудија Фравли
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| Џек Хопкинс || Хенри Клариџ
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| Дејвид Маколи || Виктор Фравли
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| Виолет де Бикари || Елизабет, као дете
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| Вилијам А. Кохил || др Вилијам Фравли
|}

Референце

Спољашње везе

Филмови 1915.
Неми филмови
Амерички хорор филмови
Изгубљени филмови
Амерички црно-бели филмови
Готички хорор филмови
Хорор филмови 1910-их


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from __future__ import print_function
import numpy as np
import datetime
import csv
import pickle
import sys

species_map = {'CULEX RESTUANS' : "100000",
              'CULEX TERRITANS' : "010000",
              'CULEX PIPIENS'   : "001000",
              'CULEX PIPIENS/RESTUANS' : "101000",
              'CULEX ERRATICUS' : "000100",
              'CULEX SALINARIUS': "000010",
              'CULEX TARSALIS' :  "000001",
              'UNSPECIFIED CULEX': "001000"} # Treating unspecified as PIPIENS (http://www.ajtmh.org/content/80/2/268.full)

def date(text):
    return datetime.datetime.strptime(text, "%Y-%m-%d").date()

def precip(text):
    TRACE = 1e-3
    text = text.strip()
    if text == "M":
        return None
    if text == "-":
        return None
    if text == "T":
        return TRACE
    return float(text)

def impute_missing_weather_station_values(weather):
    # Stupid simple
    for k, v in weather.items():
        if v[0] is None:
            v[0] = v[1]
        elif v[1] is None:
            v[1] = v[0]
        for k1 in v[0]:
            if v[0][k1] is None:
                v[0][k1] = v[1][k1]
        for k1 in v[1]:
            if v[1][k1] is None:
                v[1][k1] = v[0][k1]

def load_weather(weatherfile):
    weather = {}
    for line in csv.DictReader(open(weatherfile)):
        for name, converter in {"Date" : date,
                                "Tmax" : float,"Tmin" : float,"Tavg" : float,
                                "DewPoint" : float, "WetBulb" : float,
                                "PrecipTotal" : precip,"Sunrise" : precip,"Sunset" : precip,
                                "Depart" : float, "Heat" : precip,"Cool" : precip,
                                "ResultSpeed" : float,"ResultDir" : float,"AvgSpeed" : float,
                                "StnPressure" : float, "SeaLevel" : float}.items():
            x = line[name].strip()
            line[name] = converter(x) if (x != "M") else None
        station = int(line["Station"]) - 1
        assert station in [0,1]
        dt = line["Date"]
        if dt not in weather:
            weather[dt] = [None, None]
        assert weather[dt][station] is None, "duplicate weather reading {0}:{1}".format(dt, station)
        weather[dt][station] = line
    impute_missing_weather_station_values(weather)
    return weather

def load_testing(testfile):
    training = []
    for line in csv.DictReader(open(testfile)):
        for name, converter in {"Date" : date,
                                "Latitude" : float, "Longitude" : float}.items():
            line[name] = converter(line[name])
        training.append(line)
    return training

def closest_station(lat, longi):
    # Chicago is small enough that we can treat coordinates as rectangular.
    stations = np.array([[41.995, -87.933],
                         [41.786, -87.752]])
    loc = np.array([lat, longi])
    deltas = stations - loc[None, :]
    dist2 = (deltas**2).sum(1)
    return np.argmin(dist2)

def normalize(X, mean=None, std=None):
    count = X.shape[1]
    if mean is None:
        mean = np.nanmean(X, axis=0)
    for i in range(count):
        X[np.isnan(X[:,i]), i] = mean[i]
    if std is None:
        std = np.std(X, axis=0)
    for i in range(count):
        X[:,i] = (X[:,i] - mean[i]) / std[i]
    return mean, std

def scaled_count(record):
    SCALE = 9.0
    if "NumMosquitos" not in record:
        # This is test data
        return 1
    return int(np.ceil(record["NumMosquitos"] / SCALE))

def assemble_X(base, weather):
    X = []
    for b in base:
        date = b["Date"]
        lat, longi = b["Latitude"], b["Longitude"]
        case = [date.year, date.month, date.day, date.weekday(), lat, longi]
        # Look at a selection of past weather values
        for days_ago in [0,1,3,5,8,12]:
            day = date - datetime.timedelta(days=days_ago)
            for obs in ["Tmax","Tmin","Tavg","DewPoint","WetBulb","PrecipTotal","Depart","Sunrise","Sunset","Cool","ResultSpeed","ResultDir"]:
                station = closest_station(lat, longi)
                case.append(weather[day][station][obs])
        # Specify which mosquitos are present
        species_vector = [float(x) for x in species_map[b["Species"]]]
        case.extend(species_vector)
        # Weight each observation by the number of mosquitos seen. Test data
        # Doesn't have this column, so in that case use 1. This accidentally
        # Takes into account multiple entries that result from >50 mosquitos
        # on one day.
        for repeat in range(scaled_count(b)):
            X.append(case)
    X = np.asarray(X, dtype=np.float32)
    return X

class AdjustVariable(object):
    def __init__(self, variable, target, half_life=20):
        self.variable = variable
        self.target = target
        self.half_life = half_life
    def __call__(self, nn, train_history):
        delta = self.variable.get_value() - self.target
        delta /= 2**(1.0/self.half_life)
        self.variable.set_value(np.float32(self.target + delta))

def submit(net, mean, std, testfile, weatherfile):
    weather = load_weather(weatherfile)
    testing = load_testing(testfile)
    X = assemble_X(testing, weather)
    normalize(X, mean, std)
    predictions = net.predict_proba(X)[:,0]
    out = csv.writer(open("submissionlasagna.tmp", "w"))
    out.writerow(["Id","WnvPresent"])
    for row, p in zip(testing, predictions):
        out.writerow([row["Id"], p])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    if len(sys.argv) == 3:
            fileObject = open("modellasagne.dat",'r')
            dict = pickle.load(fileObject)
            fileObject.close()
            submit(dict['net'], dict['mean'], dict['std'], sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
    else:
        print("The script needs 2 arguments : \n1: Test file \n2: Weather csv file \n"
              "Example: python predict.py ./input/test.csv ./input/weather.csv")

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1. They didn't ________ things very well.
3. They didn't ________ anyone to go.
5. They finished the work ________ no time.
7. They export all over the world.
'export'is stressed on the first syllable.
'export'is stressed on the second syllable.
8. They don't tolerate any ________ about their decisions.


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IGIMS makes Aadhaar must
Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) has made it mandatory for patients to furnish their Aadhaar number before admission, becoming the first hospital in Bihar to do so.
By Shuchismita Chakraborty in Patna
Published 9.10.17
Patna, Oct. 8: Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) has made it mandatory for patients to furnish their Aadhaar number before admission, becoming the first hospital in Bihar to do so.
The rule will be enforced from tomorrow.
Critical and emergency patients, who don't have the card at time of admission, will be given 15 days to submit their Aadhaar proof.
Hospital superintendent Prabhat Kumar Sinha said emergency patients would have to submit the proof within 15 days.
"Their treatment will not be hampered but other than emergency patients, anyone admitted for routine surgery or any other treatment would have to provide proof of their Aadhaar card."
Medical superintendent Manish Mandal said: "Patients coming for consultation in the hospital's outpatient department would also not be required to give proof of their Aadhaar card. Also, a counter has been opened near the emergency wing where patients who do not have an Aadhaar card can apply for it."
Sunil Kumar Singh, a member of the IGIMS body of governors, has urged the hospital administration to ensure that treatment is not denied or delayed to any patient over Aadhaar proof.
Hospital superintendent Sinha said the IGIMS has made Aadhaar proof must as many patients ask for corrections to be made to their names on bills which leads to problems in handling medical insurance cases and those coming for treatment under the chief minister's relief fund.
"We smelled something fishy was going on. So, to prevent any mistake, we have made the norm of taking proof of Aadhar card from the patient before admission," he said.
Mandal also said: "IGIMS is an autonomous institution on the lines of AIIMS-Delhi. We take charges for various facilities like private hospitals and have to manage our finances, keep our records because of which we require Aadhaar proof."
As of May this year, about 82 per cent people in Bihar had Aadhaar cards.
IGIMS director N.R. Biswas told The Telegraph that he was not aware of the new decision taken as he is on leave till October 13.


In the first of two global events, David Beckham and Cathy Moriarty, stars of short film Outlaws, attended an exclusive celebration of the film, in New York City, on the last night of NYFW.
Commissioned by Belstaff, and shot on location in Mexico, the film is written and directed by Geremy Jasper, produced by Belstaff Films and Legs Media (a Milk Group Company) and Executive Producer Liv Tyler.
Outlaws is a surreal film within a film starring The Stranger, a mysterious drifter and motorcycle stuntman, haunted by memories of a beautiful Trapeze Artist and hunted by a maniacal Director seeking revenge.
David Beckham and guests including Cathy Moriarty, Justin Theroux, Waris Ahluwalia, Zanna Roberts Rassi, Jim Moore, Mazdack Rassi, Cory Kennedy, Michael Avedon and more celebrated the new film with an exclusive event at New York City's The Back Room, located in the Lower East Side and one of New York's most prominent speakeasies. Guests were welcomed with performances from Pigeons and a DJ set from Issac Ferry. Surreal elements from the film were bought to life in New York, where guests could watch the trailer ahead of the global launch on 22nd September.


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March 13, 2017: Andrew Jackson's America: Jacksonian Democracy
[March 15th marks the 250th anniversary of Andrew Jackson's birth. So this week I'll AmericanStudy five sides to this controversial, influential figure and president, leading up to a special weekend post on Jackson and Trump!]
On what's accurate about a central image of Jackson's legacy, and what too often gets left out.
It can be difficult to remember, given the similarly humble origins of subsequent presidents from Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield to Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama, but upon his election to the presidency in 1828 Andrew Jackson represented a sea-change in presidential identity from all of his six predecessors. The first five of those had been Founding Fathers, members of the period's most famous community of Americans and all prominent and successful men by any measure; the sixth, John Quincy Adams, was the son of one of those five. While Jackson had achieved substantial fame as a military leader over the decade and a half prior to his election, he was known at least as fully—and with just as much accuracy—for his humble beginnings. Born to a widowed single mother with two older sons (his father passed away three weeks before Andrew's birth) in the Scots-Irish Appalachian community of Waxhaws, an area so isolated that the border between North and South Carolina had not yet been surveyed there (making the site of Jackson's birth particularly uncertain to this day), Jackson lost his mother when he was only fourteen, one of many such tragedies and challenges that faced the young man in those formative years. Whatever Jackson did or didn't do as president, the election of a man with such a background to the office certainly did signal a democratic alternative to the precedent his predecessors as president had begun to set.
The longstanding phrase and concept of "Jacksonian democracy" didn't just, and indeed didn't much at all, apply to Jackson's birthplace, family, and childhood, however. Instead, the phrase refers to an even more significant national sea-change, an emphasis on extending both the vote specifically and the very concept of who had a voice and place and role in American government and civic life to all European white men (still a narrow category, to be sure, on which more in a moment). The move toward universal white male suffrage had already begun by the time of Jackson's election—and indeed contributed directly to that result, as well as the extremely close prior election of 1824—but Jackson certainly extended, deepened, and broadened those democratizing efforts. He did so most strikingly with a famous symbolic gesture toward the end of his second and final presidential term: featuring a giant block of cheese in the White House and hosting a reception where more than 10,000 visitors were allowed to enter and share in that bounty of dairy. But he also and more influentially pursued a number of policies that sought to deepen this extension of democracy to "the common man," from his opposition to the national bank (on which more in a subsequent post) to his controversial creation of a "spoils system" to allow each presidential administration to replace government officials with new ones of their choosing (obviously problematic in many ways, but certainly a way to break any hold elite families or legacies might have had on government offices).
So Jackson wasn't just a symbolic representation of a more democratic side to the American political system, he was certainly also an advocate for it and its extension. Given that he was also a slaveowner (at his Nashville plantation The Hermitage he owned more than 100 slaves), it's of course not surprising that he did not see that process of democratization as extending to African Americans (enslaved or free). Given that he had risen to prominence as an "Indian fighter" in a series of bloody Southeastern wars, it's similarly unsurprising that Native Americans were not included in Jackson's conception of the common man. But the fact that those discriminations and limitations within Jacksonian democracy are not surprising should not, in any way, lessen an emphasis on just how much they—and other parallel limitations, such as the absolute exclusion of women from this extension of suffrage and democracy—circumscribed whatever meaningful effects and successes these policies and philosophies achieved. That is, it's tempting to simply set aside these discriminations and exclusions as part and parcel of the period, and to focus on Jacksonian democracy on what we might call its own terms. But of course, a term like "democracy" has been—coupled with other complementary ones like "freedom" and "liberty"—at the center of American self-images and theories of government from the framing on down to the present day. And since each of those terms can mean and have meant many different things in each era, it's vital that we remember and analyze where and how those meanings were constructed, and what and who were and weren't included in them in each and every case.
Next JacksonStudying tomorrow,
PS. What do you think? Other Jackson histories or contexts you'd highlight?
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New Arrivals 29th to 4th of September 2018
THE SOL PLAATJE EUROPEAN UNION POETRY ANTHOLOGY, volume VII, selected by Goodenough Mashego, Koleka Putuma, Pieter Odendaal, Mongane Wally Serote
240pp., paperback, Johannesburg, 2017. R195
Poems entered for the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award competition.
Foreword by Mongane Wally Serote.
The 2017 Award went to Moses Seletisha for his Sepedi poem "Mahlalerwa".
Chigumadzi (P.) THESE BONES WILL RISE AGAIN,
163pp., paperback, First SA Edition, Johannesburg, 2018. R185
First published in the USA in 2018.
Zimbabwean-born novelist and journalist Panashe Chigumadzi reflects on the 2017 "coup that was not a coup", when Zimbabweans took to the streets in alliance with the military, hoping to remove Robert Mugabe from power. Raised in South Africa, Chigumadzi is the author of the novel "Sweet Medicine", which won the 2016 K. Sello Duiker Literary Award. She is the founding editor of Vanguard magazine and a contributing editor to the Johannesburg Review of Books.
"Chigumadzi's exploration of personal, family and national history reincarnates in stark, vivid images many of those interred in the shadows of her country's 'Big Men'." Tsitsi Dangarembga, author of "Nervous Conditions"
"Chigumadzi successfully nests the intimate charge of her poignant personal story in the seeping historical account and mythology of Zimbabwe." Brian Chikwava, author of "Harare North"
de Villiers (P.) ICE CREAM HEADACHE IN MY BONE, poems
77pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2017. R180
"Uncommonly well-structured poems - mixing verse and prose, pushing the boundaries of form - which resonate with lives of their own. These are not poems to read in a rush. One needs to sit down and enjoy them or else you will end up missing the cream of the poems." Tshifhiwa Given Mukwevho, author of "A Traumatic Revenge" and "The Violent Gestures of Life"
"The poetry of Yaa De Villiers invites you to watch her wrestle with the inverses and anti-climaxes of life and her enchanted embrace of its harmonies and ecstacies." Mphutlane wa Bofelo, author of "The Heart's Interpreter"
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers is a writer and performer from Johannesburg. She lectures in Creative Writing at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Fleisch (B.) THE EDUCATION TRIPLE COCKTAIL, system-wide instructional reform in South Africa
164pp., illus., paperback, Cape Town, 2018. R330
Brahm Fleish offers theory and evidence for "a new approach to improving foundational teaching and learning for schoolchildren living in working-class, poor and remote rural communities in resource-constrained systems like South Africa." from the back cover
Brahm Fleisch is Professor of Education Policy in the Division of Education Leadership, Policy and Skills at the University of the Witwatersrand. His books include "Primary Education in Crisis" and "The Constitution in the Classroom".
Gimenez (L.) & Vambe (M.) eds. PERFORMING ZIMBABWE, a transdisciplinary study of Zimbabwean music
343pp., illus., paperback, Pietermaritzburg, 2018. R625
"This book, which brilliantly interweaves the precolonial and postcolonial history of Zimbabwe by African Zimbabweans, is long overdue. The historical and contemporary perspectives are quite beautiful, as is the robust critique of Thomas Torino's "The Middle Class, cosmopolitan and popular music in Harare, Zimbabwe" (2003). The focus on gender is excellent, so is the splendid analysis of music in culture, and culture in music. 'Performing Zimbabwe' has integrity and a place among the existing academic literature on Zimbabwe, not only in Africa but in the Western world as well." Chartwell Dutiro, traditional Mbira master and teacher at Bath Spa Univerity
Luis Amoros is a research fellow at the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape.
Maurice Vambe is Professor of African Literature in English,English Department, University of South Africa.
Hilton-Barber (D.) ROBERT HART, the first English-speaking settler in South Africa
130pp., illus., paperback, (Tzaneen), 2018. R280
Scotsman Robert Hart arrived at the Cape in 1795 on a British troopship. He was involved in the first taking of the Cape, the uprising in Graaff-Reinet, the arrival of the 1820 Settlers and the Frontier Wars. He served as adjutant of the Cape Regiment, chose the site where Grahamstown now stands and managed the farm, Glen Lynden, in the Eastern Cape which supplied produce to the British troops. When this farm was laid out and became the town of Somerset East he developed his own farm. He died in 1865.
Horn (T.) WAT HET GEWORD VAN DINSDAG?,
223pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2018. R285
A novel about a South African man's visit to New York on the eve of the millennium.
Cartoonist, journalist, painter and novelist Tinus Horn lives in Hermanus. His previous novels are "Droster", "Bomskok" and "Boas Mei is Verwaard".
Metelerkamp (P.) INGRID JONKER, 'n biografie
Afrikaans poet Ingrid Jonker was born in 1933 in the Northern Cape. Her debut volume of poetry, "Ontvlugting", was published in 1956. In 1964, she received the APB Award for her second collection of poems, "Rook en Oker". Ingrid is recognised as one of the group of writers known as the "Sestigers". She committed suicide in 1965. Her third volume of poetry, "Kantelson", was published posthumously in 1966. Nelson Mandela read her poem, "Die kind (wat doodgeskiet is deur soldate by Nyanga)", in English translation, during his address at the opening of the first democratically elected Parliament in May 1994.
Publisher and writer Petrovna Metelerkamp is the author of "Ingrid Jonker, beeld van 'n digterslewe" and "Ingrid Jonker, a poet's life" and compiler of "Gesprekke oor Ingrid Jonker". She lives in Vermont.
Schoeman (K.) AT CLOSE OF DAY, reflections
183pp., hardback, d.w, Pretoria, 2018. R250
A collection of reflections on old age and the last stages of Karel Schoeman's life.
This volume concludes the autobiographical series beginning with '"n Duister aan die Kaap", followed by "Merksteen" and "Die Laaste Afrikaanse Boek".
South African novelist, historian, translator Karel Schoeman (1939-2017) write more than 19 novels as well as many historical and autobiographical works, mostly in Afrikaans.
Snyckers (A.) REMNANTS, RESTANTE, RESTE,
Poems in English, Afrikaans and German.
"In a series of jewel-like images like paintings, Annette Snyckers evokes the real and imagined journeys of a lifetime. Beautifully conceptualised and crafted, the poems in 'Remnants, Restante, Reste' are easy to read and yet deep. When the end comes (too soon) we don't want to part company with the poet." Finuala Dowling, author of "Pretend You Don't Know Me, new and selected poems"
"Anette Snyckers' poetry attests to the rich inner world of a woman who has sharpened her sensitivity against reality from a young age and has found escape and safety in all the wild places of the world. Her poems, in three languages, leave the reader feeling calm and vicariously nourished. 'Remnants, Restante, Reste' is a whisper of solace." Karin Schimke, author of "Navigate, poems"
Visual artist and poet Annette Snyckers lives in Cape Town."Remnants, Restante, Reste" is her first volume of poetry.
Swartz (S.) et al STUDYING WHILE BLACK, race, education and emancipation in South African universities
This book is the outcome of a study undertaken between 2013 and 2017 by a team of researchers from the Human Sciences Research Council. The study tracked 80 students from eight universities in South Africa and documented their experiences.
Tshabalala (M.) MELUSI'S EVERYDAY ZULU, there is um'Zulu in all of us
A selection of Melusi Tshabalala's facebook posts - six days a week he posts an isiZulu word and uses humour, story-telling and political commentary to explain what the words mean and to offer insight into Zulu culture.


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Govt's lack of urgency results in chaos, says Kramer
Police Minister Bryan Kramer has indicated that the brutal murder of 16 men, women and two unborn children in the Tari-Pori district over the weekend could have been averted with adequate funding and capacity-building.
BY MICHAEL ARNOLD
Mr Kramer said senior police officers stationed in tribal clash-prone areas had been aware of underlying conflicts well before they came to a head last weekend.
However, he said requests to boost capability and manpower were ignored by previous governments.
"As our institutions are collapsing, the viciousness at the community level is getting worse," Mr Kramer said. "This is not just from Tari; I have suffered the same in my own electorate — and so has the former deputy prime minister in Alotau.
"The challenges have been that they (senior officers in conflict zones) haven't got the resources nor given the support to address this.
"I'm sure they've made recommendations to previous governments, which were, unfortunately, ignored.
"But when these situations occur, they are blamed when in actual fact, they foresaw all these issues."
This comes after the Tagali local level government massacre in the Hela Province and the slaughter of another 14 people in a tribal fight that has ravaged the Mul-Baiyer district of Western Highlands Province for the past six weeks.
Mr Kramer said it was important to manage expectations in regard to the capacity of the Royal PNG Constabulary, especially when the ratio of police to the number of citizens in the country was approximately one-to-X1133.
Kramer, Kalaut in wrangle over FB post
Police Minister Bryan Kramer and Assistant Commissioner of Police human resources Sylvester Kalaut exchanged a war of words yesterday.
Police firm on retirement
With the recent blowout over the retirement age for police officers prescribed under law, the RPNGC and the Police Ministry are now instituting measures to not only retrench, but gradually phase-out over-aged career officers.
Commissioner of Police applicants to be subject to intense scrutiny
Police Minister Bryan Kramer has sent a warning to all applicants to the substantive appointment for Police Commissioner that the screening process will dig up any skeletons they may have in their closets.
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The bots are too fast, and this is especially disturbing when playing against low level bots. Couldn't you restrict the bot speed until it wanted to perform a trick jump?
I'll maybe look at this, but the routing is static, so if they start accelerating too late and keep missing jumps, they will just keep missing the jump until you turn up to kill them.
The bots are too difficult at level zero! Their aim is too good and they are way too aggressive. Playing FFA against a bunch zero skilled bots (6 or more), is really difficult.
If you try povdmm4 etc, they should be trivial to beat. I will maybe add a delay between firing to make shotgunning less lethal.
Could you add the function to auto populate a FFA (maybe the other modes too) server with bots, and remove them as real players join the server? This is something really useful and lacking on frogbot!
Yeah, I don't have a lot of complains about the other game modes (I didn't try team play with bots, yet), but if the bots are unbeatable with skill zero in a FFA game, they'll kill the purpose of having the bots in the server! Wich I believe is to attract new players, and keep them there time enough to try the game.
I believe they already are!
What could be really useful, IF possible, would be a tool to convert .qc waypoints from the original frogbot, to this new KTX frogbot. Since Trinca already did waypoints to almost 400 maps!
I did do that, but a lot of them had problems... example (can't believe I did this over 2 years ago... progress on all fronts has been very slow lately). I'll try and tidy up the utility and get it released somewhere so you guys can work on the maps.
I thought the user vb- was the creator of mvdsv!
Apologies, I don't have an old enough copy of Visual Studio to load & update the 2010 files anymore, so they're probably out of date.
The official repo is https://github.com/deurk/ktx and https://github.com/deurk/mvdsv, so always pull from there. Anything in my personal repo is liable to be a test version, out of date, buggier than official sources, or all three.
mvdsv: Looks like you don't have gas2masm installed? Try removing 'id386' from pre-processor definitions and then removing .s files from your project, it should compile versions not using assembler.
Hey, can I try this on a public server?


I finished this project recently. I found it on sale at my local craft store and I wish I had bought more. It is an eyeglass case. I plan on lining the thing an putting a clasp on the top. It was fun to stitch and I did most of it during wasted time or while on vacation.
I am not getting tons of stitching done, but I am slowly making progress on my canvas. It is fun choosing the stitches and trying to find the right color for a county. I wonder if it would look better if I was more systematic on my color choices. I like how it is turning out and it is fun seeing how my dyed threads look stitched up.
I know I will be happier in the long run, but it was a tough decision.
Below is a photo of my latest "big" project. My local EGA is doing these canvases of the various Midwest states.
I am using those threads that I dyed. I love how it looks! Now if I just could spend less time on my garden and more on my stitching! Fat chance!
Hope everyone is have a good summer and getting lots of stitching done!
Well, I am almost finished with this piece. It needs about 30 more beads on the olive tree to the right and then it is done. I started this piece before my dd was born in 1999 and I despaired of ever finishing. But it will be finished this week and then off to the framer! This is one piece that I wish I had kept track of the hours I put in it. Oh well, live and learn.
I also discovered that although I love laying silk and the look of metal work in a piece, I do not like to couch. This was my first big piece using so much silk. Lots of fun. Thanks Orna!


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AMERICAN TREASURES: Building, Leveraging, and Sustaining Capacity in Historically Black College and Universities
Shults, Christopher and Stevenson, Joseph Martin
Ph.D., Shults, Office of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness SCCC, Stevenson Chief Academic Officer CSPP formerly provost MVSU
This work uses current research data and interviews to present a cogent discussion of strategies and tactics needed to keep the HBCU community a healthy vital component of American educational life. The threats and problems of intuitional life are not glossed over rather they are discussed within the parameters of successful planning and implementation.
"American Treasures" may seem like an unusual title for a book designed to assist traditionally under resourced colleges and universities overcome weaknesses, develop strengths, communicate success, develop capacity, and leverage strengths into competitive advantages, but the authors believe that the title should reflect the underlying premises of the publication and at the same time, counteract the attitudes and perceptions detrimental to our higher education system. As scholars of color they believe America's historically Black universities and colleges (HBCUs) have been, and will continue to be, treasured intellectual capital and cerebral currency in historical and future higher education. Treasure is something which is not only valuable, but is also something highly valued and desired. Treasure, and more accurately, the thrill of the journey that takes antagonists through a gauntlet of emotions, has been at the heart of great works of literature spanning generations – from literal treasure hunts in Blackbeard and Treasure Island to the more metaphorical search for treasure in works such as Romeo and Juliet (Love), The Odyssey (Home) and The Invisible Man (Self-Identity). Treasure largely lies in the eye of the beholder and some of the underlying and overarching premises within this work include the following:
Institutions of higher learning both take in and enhance treasure (students) and are a treasure in and of themselves
Institutions of higher education other than those defined as Ivy League, elite private, or those with substantial endowments and or numerous lucrative grants (i.e. large and well-known state colleges and universities) play a crucial role in the development of human potential, continuation of the most robust economy in history, and search for social equity and justice
Finally, while treasure has value and is often desired, it is oft times and hidden and occasionally hidden within plain sight and research shows this is often the case with HBCU entities whether public, private or religious in origin.
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SAM ROSE PLEASED WITH IMPROVEMENT IN DRAW
Stephen Martin
Sam Rose was pleased with the performance his under 18s side put in against Hartlepool in their 2-2 draw, admitting that it was a vast improvement.
The Brewers, without key man Joe Sbarra who was with the first team squad, came away with a well won point from their long trip north thanks to goals from Jack Hallahan and Cam Shaw.
Despite seeing his side win their cup game against Walsall in their previous game Rose had been critical of his team's performance, however, he praised the young Brewers' showing against Hartlepool.
"It was really good and the standard of performance across the whole team was high. We are disappointed not to win; I think we created enough chances to win but so did Hartlepool, it was just a really good game of football, we did a bit of homework and on them and, even though we didn't get a win, it was a really positive afternoon.
"The standard of performance right across the team was really encouraging and we played some good stuff, we played a different system to the previous few weeks trying to play a little more counter attacking and we really did limit Hartlepool to very few chances."
The under 18s' set up has often strived to bring players who are even younger into the team and give them opportunities when available, this trend continued against Hartlepool, something that Rose believes is a major positive, while also praising the number of youngsters being given first team chances.
"The main positive is that we got a 14 year old on the pitch today and an under 16, Jack Bromfield, who is 15 years old with Joe Sbarra on the bench for the first team, I believe that at one point the first team had Matty (Palmer), Ben (Fox) and Marcus (Harness) on the pitch, so four academy graduates in a Championship team is something that everyone can be proud of."


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Purple-striped coin celebrates 60th anniversary of Queen's coronation
Posted Fri 21 Jun 2013 at 6:56am Friday 21 Jun 2013 at 6:56am Fri 21 Jun 2013 at 6:56am , updated Fri 21 Jun 2013 at 7:02am Friday 21 Jun 2013 at 7:02am Fri 21 Jun 2013 at 7:02am
It is the second coloured coin the mint has created, with improved technology set to make the purple last longer. (Royal Australian Mint)
abc.net.au/news/purple-striped-coin-queen-60th-anniversary-coronation/4772456
The Royal Australian Mint has launched a purple-striped two dollar coin to mark the Queen's 60th anniversary of her coronation.
Two million of the coins, designed by the Royal Australian Mint after extensive consultation with Buckingham Palace, were circulated today.
The coin features three regal purple concentric stripes bordering St Edward's Crown and is the second coloured coin the mint has created.
Bernie Ripoll, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, says the coins are a great way to promote the milestone.
"The 60th anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II is an important milestone that has only been achieved by one other monarch in history, and it is fitting that it has been chosen to be commemorated on Australia's coloured circulating $2 coin," Mr Ripoll said.
"Today banks around the country will start receiving these coins for distribution so we should start seeing them in our change very soon.
"This is another fine example of innovation from the Royal Australian Mint and it is a great way to help educate and create awareness of milestones that are important to the Australian community."
Royal Australian Mint CEO Ross MacDiarmid says improved technology will make the purple last longer.
"It's always a bit of a challenge, as far as we know there's no colour that can actually continuously survive on any metal," Mr MacDiarmid said.
"So we've come up with a technology and a capability that enables us to ensure that the colour stays on this particular coin as long as possible, and we're still working on trying to find a longer-term solution."
The coins can also be purchased for face value in a bag of five from the Mint for the next month, or while stocks last.
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Attacking the DIY 3D creator space, CARVEY changes the ground rulles by providing a unique for factor not quite yet captured by the industry. Carvey is sort of a cross between CNC and 3D printing. The consumer oriented usability and interface reminds us of everything that is the 3D print scence, although, the device actually cuts the work out of pre-existing raw materials. What's cool about this product is that you dictate the material you want to use; various woods and plastics are doable and even some soft metals. We see this opening the doors for many crafty DIYers.
Amazon is truly committed to pushing Prime membership to stratospheric heights, and a new expansion that sees it bringing benefits to Prime customers from ecommerce websites beyond its own walls should prove its commitment to the program. Prime members can now get free, next-day shipping on purchases made at British retailer AllSaints' online store (viaRe/code). The arrangement also sees AllSaints bring its products to Amazon.com search results, though clicking through to purchase will still take customers to the AllSaints dedicated website.
Watches are functionally boring. Their primary task of displaying the time has been figured out for centuries, which is why modern wristwatches are celebrated for theircomplications, the extra things they can do beyond mere timekeeping. No complication has been more fundamental or profound than the present rise of the smartwatch, as embodied primarily by Google's Android Wear. So long as there's a smartphone nearby, an Android Wear watch will receive notifications, control music, take notes, count its wearer's steps, and generally be much more useful than the typical wrist-worn timepiece.


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Country music icon Kris Kristofferson makes a hugely welcome return for four solo acoustic shows this June, including two in Northern Ireland. He will play at the Millennium Forum, Derry on 25th June before travelling to the Belfast Waterfront on 26th June 2018.
Kristofferson achieved remarkable success as a country songwriter at the start of the 1970s. His songs "Me and Bobby McGee," "Help Me Make It Through the Night," "Sunday Morning Coming Down," and "For the Good Times," all chart-topping hits, helped redefine country songwriting. By 1987, it was estimated that more than 450 artists had recorded Kristofferson's compositions.
Many would have hung their hat by now. Instead, Kristofferson barely has paused for breath. He's released several recent high watermarks including the increasingly intimate A Moment of Forever (1995), The Austin Sessions (1999) and This Old Road (2006), and he produced some of his finest work with the deeply personal Closer to the Bone (2009) and Feeling Mortal (2013). Kristofferson has reached living legend status, but that hasn't changed or hindered his creativity. His current CD, The Cedar Creek Sessions, was recorded live at Austin's Cedar Creek Recording Studio in June 2014. Released in time for Kristofferson's 80th birthday in 2016, the double-CD set is a snapshot of the legendary songwriter in the twilight of his life.
In addition to many other awards, Kristofferson is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, winner of the prestigious Johnny Mercer Award from the Songwriter Hall of Fame, and was honored with the American Veteran's Association's "Veteran of the Year Award" in 2002. For Kristofferson's 70th birthday in 2006, his friends and admirers gifted him with a tribute CD, The Pilgrim: A Celebration of Kris Kristofferson. Stars including Willie Nelson, Russell Crowe, Emmylou Harris, Gretchen Wilson, Rosanne Cash, and Brian McKnight recorded 17 of Kristofferson's compositions for the tribute. In 2007, Kristofferson was honored with the Johnny Cash Visionary Award from Country Music Television and in 2009 BMI lauded Kristofferson with the Icon Award. He received the Frances Preston Music Industry Award from the T.J. Martell Foundation in March, 2012. In 2014, Kristofferson was honoured with a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award and the PEN Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award.


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Chelsea fans flocked to Twitter to troll former player and current Real Madrid star Thibaut Courtois, after the Belgian's howler at the death saw Alaves beat Los Blancos 1-0.
Courtois swapped London for Madrid this past summer, a move that didn't really go down all too well with Blues fans.
The Belgian international's life so far in the Spanish capital hasn't exactly gone to plan thus far, as he's only been able to help the club secure a handful of wins, as well as failing to cement a first team spot under Julen Lopetegui.
This will surely put a smile on the faces of some Chelsea fans, and they'll be smiling even more after the mistake that Courtois committed today.
The former Blues star was left in no man's land at an Alaves corner, something that saw the Spanish minnows score the first and only goal of the game in the 96th minute to condemn Real to their second loss in a week.
This moment had Chelsea fans laughing, with a lot of them taking to social media to troll their side's former player for his mistake.
Here are a few select tweets from those Chelsea fans trolling Courtois for his blunder this evening.
Meanwhile courtois can't get a clean sheet. Looooooll ????
We really have to commend courtois for leaving it late and eventually gifting alaves all three points.. Elite goalkeeper..
Chelsea fans mocking Courtois for Alaves goal. He did a world class save in first header tho. But I stand corrected that Sergio Ramos isn't that good. His goals cover his weaknesses as a defender.
Chelsea fans tearing into Courtois and me RTing ????


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Funeral services were held on Monday, June 5, at 11 a.m. in the Duhon Funeral Home Chapel in Rayne for Jimmy J.
Read more about Jimmy J. Menard Sr.
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 6, at 2 p.m. in the Duhon Funeral Home Chapel in Rayne for Mary Ellen Picard, 84, who passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2017, at 10:53 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Thursday, June 8, at 10 a.m. at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church for Marguerite Huval Leger, 86, who died Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at 5:40 a.m.


NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is inviting people to give their views and experiences about using and choosing different urgent care services when they need immediate or same day health advice or treatment.
The commissioner, which plans and buys the majority of healthcare for south Sefton residents, is encouraging people to get involved as part of a review of 'urgent care' services.
Urgent care includes services for physical and mental health problems ranging from pharmacies, GP practices, GP out of hours services, the NHS 111 phone line and website, walk-in centres, accident and emergency (A&E) departments and 999.
Between mid-December 2018 and January 2019 the CCG is asking people to complete a questionnaire about these services for adults, children and young people. The information gathered will be used to help develop proposals for how urgent care could look in the future.
Dr Craig Gillespie, GP and acting chair for NHS South Sefton CCG, said: "From our conversations with residents over the past few years we know that some find the current range of urgent care services difficult to choose from and confusing. Sometimes when people don't know which service to choose they use accident and emergency, which puts extra pressure on hospitals, and means that people might have to wait longer for their treatment.
The review will also consider how new NHS national guidelines for urgent care services and the introduction of 'Urgent Treatment Centres' might be put into place in south Sefton.
NHS South Sefton CCG is carrying out its review with partners across north Merseyside as patients often use urgent care services across this wider area. So, the CCG is also encouraging residents in Southport and Formby who use urgent care services in north Merseyside to complete a survey.
Visit the NHS South Sefton CCG website to complete an online questionnaire or find out more www.southseftonccg.nhs.uk.
Healthwatch Sefton is helping us to make the questionnaire available to anyone who may find it difficult to take part online. So, for help to complete a questionnaire, request a paper version, or for another format call Freephone 0800 206 1304, email info@healthwatchsefton.co.uk or text 07434 810 438.
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CNN and The New York Times moderate comments at a volume that few can fathom, in an environment that is highly charged, in a space where people expect to say what is on their mind. Their approaches are very different, and each has found their own path to success.
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The panel will be held on Saturday, March 14 at 12:30 PM local time in Salon 8 at the JW Marriott (110 East 2nd Street). I would love to see you there.
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package com.groupon.jenkins.dynamic.build.execution;

import hudson.Launcher;
import hudson.model.BuildListener;
import hudson.model.Environment;
import hudson.model.AbstractBuild;
import hudson.model.ParametersAction;
import hudson.tasks.BuildWrapper;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import com.groupon.jenkins.dynamic.build.DynamicProject;
import com.groupon.jenkins.dynamic.build.DynamicBuild;

public class BuildEnvironment {

	private final DynamicBuild build;
	private final Launcher launcher;
	private final BuildListener listener;

	public BuildEnvironment(DynamicBuild build, Launcher launcher, BuildListener listener) {
		this.build = build;
		this.launcher = launcher;
		this.listener = listener;
	}

	private List<Environment> getBuildEnvironments() {
		return build.getEnvironments();
	}

	public boolean setupWrappers(List<BuildWrapper> wrappers) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
		for (BuildWrapper w : wrappers) {
			Environment e = w.setUp((AbstractBuild<?, ?>) build, launcher, listener);
			if (e == null) {
				return false;
			}
			List<Environment> buildEnvironments = getBuildEnvironments();
			buildEnvironments.add(e);
		}

		return true;

	}

	public boolean tearDownBuildEnvironments(BuildListener listener) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
		boolean failed = false;
		List<Environment> buildEnvironments = getBuildEnvironments();
		for (int i = buildEnvironments.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
			if (!buildEnvironments.get(i).tearDown(build, listener)) {
				failed = true;
			}
		}
		return failed;
	}

	public boolean initialize() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
		List<BuildWrapper> wrappers = new ArrayList<BuildWrapper>(getProject().getBuildWrappers().values());
		ParametersAction parameters = getAction(ParametersAction.class);
		if (parameters != null) {
			parameters.createBuildWrappers(build, wrappers);
		}
		return setupWrappers(wrappers);

	}

	private ParametersAction getAction(Class<ParametersAction> clazz) {
		return build.getAction(clazz);
	}

	private DynamicProject getProject() {
		return build.getParent();
	}

}


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Solid State is a company that produces solid fragrances for men. I can't find too much history on the company online, but they're based in Australia, and produce a range of fragrances, body and face washes. Their major USP is the fact that their fragrances are 'solid', in some kind of a wax base, so the product should last longer, and is much more convenient for taking out and about with you, to 'top-up' (which according to almost every review I read), is a necessity. But hey, these are the days of the metrosexual male, and there is absolutely no reason why we shouldn't too become accustomed to pop off to the loo 'to refresh' our fragrance, just as women have been doing for years. Having been bombarded by their UK Facebook advertising campaign, I thought I would give it a go. So I placed an order from their website. I thought I'd play it safe, and go for the variant which has attracted the most positive reviews, 'Wayfarer', which is 'inspired' by Tom Ford's Tobacco Vanille, which...
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Rockdale Archives
Business incubator not in Acuity property
Alternate business incubator locations considered (Aug. 27, 2011)
Conyers unveils plans for a new business incubator (Sept. 28, 2010)
IN BRIEF: The business incubator will not be located in the Acuity Brands property that sparked the idea, but local leaders will still pursue the program.
Conyers Mayor Randy Mills said after two years of due diligence, city had decided against the site, which Acuity Brands had planned to donate to the city. The property, located on Rockdale Industrial Boulevard, is 42 acres and has 500,000 square feet of structure space, 50,000 of which is office space.
"It's too big. That's really what it is," said Mills on Wednesday. "Even though it's a gift, it still was going to cost us a lot of money. It got us off track of what we were trying to do."
There were environmental concerns raised about the site, which had served as a manufacturing space and corporate office for Lithonia Lighting in the past. There were also concerns about how much a facility of that size would cost to maintain, even if it were not being used. The incubator would likely need only a fraction of the 500,000 square feet available.
"We tried to put a square peg in a round hole," he said.
Mills emphasized the city was still going forward with the incubator project and was considering several buildings. "That's one of the tasks Marty's going to chair," he said, referring to Councilman Marty Jones, who will be stepping down at the end of the year after more than two decades on city council.
Mills had previously described the effect of the project as "bigger than the Olympics coming to Conyers" if all the pieces could be put in place.
The incubator would provide low-cost facilities to startups and proposed businesses, along with the rigorous screening and guidance of industry and business experts.
The incubator would be the final component of a comprehensive facility that would also include an economic development center with the Conyers-Rockdale Economic Development Council's offices and the presence of a post-secondary educational institution, not yet officially named.
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Having flat feet can be painful. Why do some people have flat feet and others high arches? The most common of flat feet solutions is insoles and inserts. Many specialists believe this is not as helpful as once thought. So what are some longterm and holistic flat feet solutions and how can we help children develop healthy feet, movement, and overall structure?
The human foot is amazing. With one-quarter of the body's bones, the foot has a lot of mobility. These movements provide the pelvis with data about the body's balance and spatial location. Our feet are doing a lot more than most of us realize.
Biomechanics expert Katy Bowman notes that many issues in adulthood stem from how the body developed from daily habits we had as babies and children, including the amount of movement.
Children are leading increasingly sedentary lifestyles, with less time spent barefoot running in the grass, for example. Poor muscle development and mobility, ankle rigidity, and gait patterns can continue to compromise an adult's overall health.
Physical human development is phenomenal stuff. A baby comes out really soft. Their 'bones' aren't really bones yet and how they move – specifically the initial loads placed on their body – can determine qualities like bone shape. When it comes to babies, most people are familiar with the "flat head" effect as a result of too much on-their-back time. But this bony adaptation to the environment happens all over the body, not just to the skull.
How is the arch formed?
We have tendons in the foot and lower leg, which depending on whether they are pulling correctly, form or do not form the arch.
Flat feet or fallen arches in adults can be due to a variety of reasons including damaged, stretched or inflamed tendons and nerve issues. The symptoms of flat feet also vary and may not bother some people; for others, the feet may get painful quickly after movement. Pain can also be experienced down the leg or in the back. Conventional treatment are insoles, stretching exercises, or physical therapy.
For Grinberg Method practitioner and Somatic Coach, Nicole Gilg-Geymayer, while the arches reflect body posture and patterns, they also relate to the emotional well-being of a person. One reading is that those with a high arch tend to steer clear of emotions, perhaps out of fear while those who throw themselves right in and dwell in them may have low arches.
Nicole also looks at texture, colour, and temperature of the entire foot, as well as the whole person to explore with the client more deeply what is going on. She helps her clients to discover their patterns that may be interfering with their overall well-being and to choose a healthier way to live their lives.
Flat-foot is an acquired weakness and is understood to be preventable and curable.
Katy Bowman mentions that a rigidly flat foot is actually an uncommon condition called vertical talus or tarsal coalition. Treatment, in these cases, may require surgery.
As a Biomechanics Expert interested in human physical development, she suggests we look to modern hunter-gatherer populations for clues on footwear. Instead of the conventional (and outdated) thinking of putting kids in shoes early on, she suggests allowing children to be barefoot, choosing flexible shoes without heels, and encouraging motor skills with foot games. There are some fantastic suggestions on her website Nutritious Movement. Her flat feet solutions are a philosophy with practical advice and information.
The best footwear for both children and adults is what interferes least with the body's natural movements. Walking barefoot helps to strengthen the feet's musculature. Katy Bowman suggests Earth Footwear because of their negative heel technology. She shares in, If the Shoe Fits, that each degree of heel creates an angle of deformation in the lumbar spine, pelvic knees, and/or knees.
Different footwear will have different effects and choosing the right footwear is important as flat feet solutions. Flip flops (slippers without heel straps) make a person clench and curl their toes, increasing the risk for hammer toes, plantar fasciitis, and knee pain. Shoes with a narrow toe-boxes are also a poor choice.
Aside from good footwear, building flexibility and stretching are also important. Foot issues can be due to leg weakness, in the thigh and buttocks for example. Katy Bowman shared that the single best exercise for the knees is stretching the calves.
James Speck has tried different exercises to strengthen his own arches, and on his website, he offers a sample of these exercises, such as calf stretch and toe yoga. If these four exercises prove useful, he also offers the full program for $15/year.
Flat feet is not a destiny and we don't have to resign to the pains and limited activity that often come with them. By understanding how we can properly develop the foot structure, which supports robust overall health and movement, we can help children lead a life of harmonious and natural mobility. There are many flat feet solutions, even for adults. Exercises and good footwear are two of these flat feet solutions that can make a welcomed difference to those with flat feet.


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Q: PrettyTable is not printing table correctly in tkinter (python GUI) I am trying to print table via PrettyTable library in python in my ScrolledText tkinter widget.
here is the function snippet:
global Scrolledtext1
Scrolledtext1 = ScrolledText(top, state="disable")

def display_output(self,output_message):
        myTable = PrettyTable()

        for list_item in output_message:
            myTable.add_row(list_item)

        print(myTable)

        Scrolledtext1.config(state="normal")        # changing text box's state so that we can edit it
        Scrolledtext1.delete("1.0", "end")          # deletes previous contents
        Scrolledtext1.insert(1.0,myTable)           # showing output message
        Scrolledtext1.config(state="disable")       # disabling text box's state so that user cannot change it's content

I am inserting myTable in second last line in above code (in insert method).
this is printing table correctly in console via print statement but it is not printing correctly in ScrolledText .
This is screenshot of this table which is inserted in ScrolledText in tkinter:
GUI output image

console output image

Please suggest me something so that i can print table correctly in ScrolledText.

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Packard Bell EasyNote TV review
A low-cost choice, but one with plenty to merit a purchase
By What Laptop 2012-08-07T11:00:00.219Z Laptops and netbooks
Packard Bell EasyNote TV
Decent build quality
Average battery life
Gaming performance
Numeric keypad
Parent company Acer recently announced it had repositioned Packard Bell right at the budget end of the market. We were surprised to hear of the change of direction because it always seemed to us that Packard Bell was already there.
Still, Exhibit A from Packard Bell's new era is the EasyNote TV, which was launched alongside its sibling, the new EasyNote TE.
Priced at £399, this particular version of the EasyNote TV represents great value for money, but it's also hobbled by compromises with a couple of key specifications.
The 15.6-inch screen is a really lovely size, but is lacking in definition, with a maximum resolution of 1,366 x 768. Compared to many Full HD displays it seems a little fuzzy on close inspection.
Poor Intel integrated graphics don't help, and the system produces an average to poor gaming benchmark result.
Key compromises
The other disappointment is the processor. It's a dual-core 2.2GHz Pentium B960. It may have been released in the latter half of 2011, but it didn't perform well in our performance benchmarks. For all Intel's preaching about its newer Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, it beggars belief that the company still insists on keeping the Pentium name rolling.
Our performance and gaming benchmark results were even more disappointing considering that other models in the EasyNote TV line-up will have Intel Core i3 or i5 processors as well as Nvidia GeForce GT620M and GT630M graphics, which means our review model has a long way to look up.
Battery life: 162 minutes
Cinebench: 6,651
3DMark 2006: 2,733
That's not to say this model is a disaster - these compromises have, of course, been made to hit the price point and, compared to many other laptops at this price, the EasyNote TV isn't too shabby. The chiclet keyboard is pleasant enough to use, though we found the numeric keypad a bit of a pain as we kept hitting those keys by mistake instead of Backspace and Enter - still we're sure we'd get used to it.
We wouldn't say it's a keyboard you'd want to be typing on for hours, but it is still perfectly comfortable for tasks such as typing the occasional letter and sending email. The trackpad and mouse buttons are also comfortable for such a budget model.
Elsewhere, connectivity is excellent and as well as the new HDMI video output standard, you also get a VGA port for connecting to older displays. You also get three USB ports and an SD card slot in addition to the headphone and microphone jacks you'd expect.
The sound quality is, however, poor for a sizeable machine. We'd heard less tinny sound from Ultrabooks and there's not a huge amount of power behind it, either.
We genuinely liked the EasyNote TV. So it's a little underpowered and the screen isn't the best, but for simple tasks and non-intensive working it's a great choice at the in-demand £399 price point.


There's just a gentle swish from the sled runners and a light pat-pat-pat from the huskies' feet as you glide through the Alaskan wilderness on the back of a dog sled.
It's just you, the trail stretching in front. Alongside stunted spruce are bent into crazy arcs by wind and snow. There's no grumble of traffic, none of the usual hubbub of modern life.
Most days we've been running dogs. We fetch water from the creek, haul wood for the stove or just get the dogs into shape for taking clients out on dog tours.
But the start of a trip is never calm.
As soon as the dogs see a sled there's a frenzy of barking and jumping. The first job is to get harnesses on eight leaping, wriggling balls of energy.
Once you've hooked your dogs to the sled's gangline they're desperate to go – baying and lunging. You must anchor your sled securely with a cast-iron snowhook or they'll take off without you.
When you're ready to go, you release the snowhook, give the command 'let's go!' and step off the brake. In an instant, the dogs charge out of the yard. You can feel the G-force as your sled is whipped out on to the trail.
At break-neck speed you swerve around trees, duck to avoid low hanging branches and crash over jumble ice.
Lead dogs understand a number of commands: 'whoa' (stop), 'gee' (right) and 'haw' (left). And they must listen. Otherwise your life may be in danger. You could be pulled on to thin ice or over a cliff.
Or miss important signals. One day we were crossing a remote frozen lake. Muffled up in a thick parka hood I didn't hear a plane revving in the distance. Hidden behind a spit a Piper Cub was preparing for take off, using the lake as an impromptu airstrip.
I passed the spit and saw it headed straight for us. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! The dogs stopped and the plane roared over our heads less than 20 feet away.
Later the same day the dogs suddenly start galloping full tilt. They've spotted a massive bull moose just off the trail amongst some brush. This is not good. Moose can stomp an entire dog team to death. And they're straining to get to him. A quick 'gee' and my lead dog holds the team on the trail. We run safely past as the moose vanishes into the trees.
For the lead dog to hear and respond commands have to be delivered distinctly and with energy. Often yelled at the top of your voice.
So tone of voice is important even in the wilderness. Clear, concise, compelling messages really can save the day.
In an organisation you need to make sure everyone's using the right tone of voice. Though maybe you don't want to speak to colleagues in the same way you'd yell at a hard-headed husky.