Making cashless & cardless payments is nowadays trending in India. Soon after the Government's demonetization 'Surgical Strike', peoples from all over India, started adapting to modern ways of cashless payment options.
There are many cashless payment options available in India after the demonetization. But in this post, I will share with you the best 5 cashless & cardless online payment options that you can use to transact cashless India.
If you are new to cashless online transactions, don't worry. I am here to help you out. Going cashless is very easy and simple. It saves your precious time & the best part of cashless payments are discounts and cashback.
So, to contribute towards the cashless economy, many cashless transaction providers have started giving out 100% cashback on cashless transactions.
Here's the list of 5 best digital wallet applications for making transactions cashless.
Paytm app is one of the fastest online payments and mobile recharge app- pay for online recharge & mobile bills, DTH recharge & utility bills, travel, movies, shopping or to send or accept payments. Quick, easy, useful and secure, Paytm is trusted by 15+ crore customers.
You just need to sign up with your mobile number, once you're verified! You are good to go!
• Send or receive payments superfast instantly.
• Easily pay for online recharges and utility bill payments.
• Adding Money to your Paytm Wallet is very simple.
• Book online movie tickets, Events and more.
• Make online shopping directly from your home.
Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) is an initiative to enable fast, secure, reliable cashless payments through your mobile phone. BHIM is interoperable with other Unified Payment Interface (UPI) applications, and bank accounts for quick money transfers. BHIM is developed by the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI). BHIM is made in India and dedicated to the service of the nation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched BHIM, described by him as a brand-new app that will amount to "a world wonder." BHIM – Bharat Interface for Money – is named for Dr. BR Ambedkar, said the PM, and is positioned to play a big role in the government's push for digital transactions.
• Send or receive money through a mobile number or payment address.
• Check your bank balance and transactions easily.
• Create custom payment address.
• Scan a QR code for faster entry of payment addresses.
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• Make transactions easily using Aadhaar Card.
• Send and request money from your contacts anytime, anywhere.
• Recharge prepaid Mobile for most major operators/Datacard/DTH connections across the country.
• Pay postpaid Landline, Datacard and Mobile Bills for all major operators.
• Pay for utilities such as electricity and gas bills.
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• Split bills with your friends and settle them right away.
• Shop on Flipkart, Myntra, Jabong, and other online shopping websites.
FreeCharge has also introduced exciting new features like 'Data Lifeline' that acts as a savior when you run out of your data pack. This feature is exclusive for prepaid users and lets you avail free 3G data up to 100 MB on exchange of FreeCharge tokens. You can also send and request money through our 'Chat n Pay' feature and split bills quickly among friends and family with the new 'Split Bills' feature on the app.
• Fastest and smartest way to do online mobile recharges, data card recharges & digital payments.
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• Booking movie tickets at Bookmyshow, Ticketnew are now simpler and rewarding when you pay with FreeCharge.
• End all your travel woes when you book tickets/hotels.
MobiKwik is the best app for mobile payments, shopping, and recharge. Pay for your online recharge, DTH recharge, Bus Tickets, IRCTC trains, Prepaid, Postpaid, Electricity, Gas Bill, Insurance, Broadband, Landline, Datacard Bills easily. It is simple, fast & hassles free. Earn maximum cashback with Supercash & save on every transaction. Get huge cashbacks, mega savings every time.
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•Recharge prepaid mobile, DTH & pay postpaid, broadband, data card, electricity, gas, insurance & utility bills.
•Book instant bus tickets across India & get great cashbacks.
•Pay cashless at more than 5000+ restaurants, cafe, supermarkets, gift shops & physical stores.
•2G, 3G, 4G recharge, Prepaid/Postpaid Bill Payment.
•Make cashless electricity bill payment online.
• Pay for gas bill & water bills easily.
Above are the best 5 digital wallets apps to make your life more easier. With the help of these wallet apps, you can easily make any online transactions from anywhere in India. All you need is a phone number, address, an email and you're good to go!
Hope you like the wallet apps and let us know which app do you use personally by commenting below. If this list is useful to you, then Don't forget to share on social sites with your friends and family members. Thank you.


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Actually, it was't Morgorth who is responsible for this particular Balrog. For this impressive LEGO build we can thank masterbuilder Chak hei Mok. Do check out his Flickr stream for some very clever builds.
I think Chak's worked wonder to recreate fire with LEGO. This is not a creature I'd want to encounter while playing any LEGO computer game.


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Q: mediaplayer error on soundboard app I have a soundboard app that calls that calls audio files when their button is pressed. However, after most of the buttons havebeen pressed and played, I start to get these mediaplayer errors. Does anyone know How to detect it and just restart or stop it completely from happening? Thanks for your time.
-colby
    for (Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry : map.entrySet()) {
        ImageButton button = (ImageButton) findViewById(entry.getKey());
        button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                try {
                    int sound = map.get(v.getId());
                    mp = MediaPlayer.create(myMain.this, sound);
                    mp.prepare();
                } catch (IllegalStateException e) {

                } catch (IOException e) {

                }
                mp.seekTo(0);
                mp.start();

            }
        }

        );

    }

04-13 10:11:39.873: INFO/MediaPlayer(23152): MediaPlayer start()
04-13 10:11:39.873: VERBOSE/MediaPlayerService(18229): [666] setLooping(0)
04-13 10:11:39.873: VERBOSE/MediaPlayerService(18229): [666] setVolume(1.000000, 1.000000)
04-13 10:11:39.873: VERBOSE/AudioSink(18229): setVolume(1.000000, 1.000000)
04-13 10:11:39.873: VERBOSE/MediaPlayerService(18229): [666] start
04-13 10:11:39.873: DEBUG/AwesomePlayer(18229): [U5B] play (556)
04-13 10:11:39.873: DEBUG/AwesomePlayer(18229): [U5B] play_l (562)
04-13 10:11:39.873: VERBOSE/AudioSink(18229): open(44100, 1, 1, 4)
04-13 10:11:39.873: ERROR/AudioFlinger(18229): no more track names available
04-13 10:11:39.873: ERROR/AudioTrack(18229): AudioFlinger could not create track, status: 12
04-13 10:11:39.873: ERROR/AudioSink(18229): Unable to create audio track
04-13 10:11:39.873: ERROR/MediaPlayer(23152): error (-19, 0)
04-13 10:11:39.894: INFO/MediaPlayer(23152): MediaPlayer handleMessage what=5
04-13 10:11:39.894: INFO/MediaPlayer(23152): MediaPlayer handleMessage what=1
04-13 10:11:39.894: INFO/MediaPlayer(23152): MediaPlayer handleMessage what=4
04-13 10:11:42.114: INFO/MediaPlayer(23152): MediaPlayer create()
04-13 10:11:42.114: INFO/MediaPlayer(23152): MediaPlayer
04-13 10:11:42.114: VERBOSE/MediaPlayerService(18229): Client(667) constructor

A: James has the right idea. You're creating too many MediaPlayer instances after a while, and running out of memory. A solution I posted previously was something to this effect:
public MediaPlayer mp;
public Resources res = getResources();

View.OnClickListener listener = new View.OnClickListener() {
    public void onClick(View v) {
        try {
            int sound = map.get(v.getId());
            AssetFileDescriptor afd = res.openRawResourceFd(sound);

            mp.reset();
            mp.setDataSource(afd.getFileDescriptor(), afd.getStartOffset(), afd.getLength());
            mp.prepare();
            mp.start();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

for(Map.Entry<Integer, Integer> entry : map.entrySet()) {
    ImageButton button = (ImageButton)findViewById(entry.getKey());
    button.setOnClickListener(listener);
}

This might not compile (I'm assuming your sound IDs are from the res/raw folder), but the idea is, just have ONE MediaPlayer instance, and whenever a button is clicked, reset that instance, set the data source to the corresponding FileDescriptor, prepare it, and start playback.

A: I'm not exactly sure, but I think you only want to create the media player once for each sound and then call start, seekTo, and stop after that.

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Anisotropy of the elastic properties of crystalline cellulose I-beta from first principles density functional theory with Van der Waals interactions
Fernando L. Dri, Purdue University
Louis G. Hector Jr, General Motors Res & Dev Ctr
Robert J. Moon, Purdue University, Birck Nanotechnology Center, USDA Forest Serv
Pablo D. Zavattieri, Purdue University
In spite of the significant potential of cellulose nanocrystals as functional nanoparticles for numerous applications, a fundamental understanding of the mechanical properties of defect-free, crystalline cellulose is still lacking. In this paper, the elasticity matrix for cellulose I-beta with hydrogen bonding network A was calculated using ab initio density functional theory with a semi-empirical correction for van der Waals interactions. The computed Young's modulus is found to be 206 GPa along [001] (c-axis), 98 GPa along [010] (b-axis), and 19 GPa along [100] (a-axis). Full compliance matrices are reported for 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 % applied strains Color contour surfaces that show variations of the Young's modulus and average Poisson's ratio with crystallographic direction revealed the extreme anisotropies of these important mechanical properties. The sensitivity of the elastic parameters to misalignments in the crystal were examined with 2D polar plots within selected planes containing specific bonding characteristics; these are used to explain the substantial variability in the reported experimental Young's moduli values. Results for the lattice directions [001], [010] and [100] are within the range of reported experimental and other numerical values.

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Q: ScalaTest runner + FunSuite + tag: can't get `-n` and `-l` to include/exclude tag? The ScalaTest runner is supposed to support including or excluding tests by tag, but I can't get it to work. What am I doing wrong? Details follow.
in an otherwise empty directory, given build.sbt:
libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "2.1.0" % "test"

and src/test/scala/Test.scala:
class Test extends org.scalatest.FunSuite {
  test("fast") {
    assertResult(4)(2 + 2) }
  test("slow", org.scalatest.tagobjects.Slow) {
    assertResult(40)(20 + 20) }
}

then:
% sbt
[info] Set current project to bug (in build file:/Users/tisue/bug/)
> show sbtVersion
[info] 0.13.1
> test
[info] Compiling 1 Scala source to /Users/tisue/bug/target/scala-2.10/test-classes...
[info] Test:
[info] - fast
[info] - slow
[info] Run completed in 192 milliseconds.
[info] Total number of tests run: 2
[info] Suites: completed 1, aborted 0
[info] Tests: succeeded 2, failed 0, canceled 0, ignored 0, pending 0
[info] All tests passed.
[success] Total time: 3 s, completed Mar 15, 2014 12:25:06 PM

so far so good. but now:
> test-only Test -- -l org.scalatest.tagobjects.Slow
[info] Test:
[info] - fast
[info] - slow
[info] Run completed in 108 milliseconds.
[info] Total number of tests run: 2
[info] Suites: completed 1, aborted 0
[info] Tests: succeeded 2, failed 0, canceled 0, ignored 0, pending 0
[info] All tests passed.
[success] Total time: 0 s, completed Mar 15, 2014 12:25:39 PM
> test-only Test -- -n org.scalatest.tagobjects.Slow
[info] Test:
[info] Run completed in 93 milliseconds.
[info] Total number of tests run: 0
[info] Suites: completed 1, aborted 0
[info] Tests: succeeded 0, failed 0, canceled 0, ignored 0, pending 0
[info] No tests were executed.
[success] Total time: 0 s, completed Mar 15, 2014 12:25:42 PM

using -l to exclude the tag didn't exclude anything, and using -n to include the tag didn't include anything.
The problem isn't specific to sbt/ScalaTest integration, because it also fails if I run the runner directly:
> test:run-main org.scalatest.tools.Runner -o -R target/scala-2.10/test-classes -l org.scalatest.tagobjects.Slow
[info] Running org.scalatest.tools.Runner -o -R target/scala-2.10/test-classes -l org.scalatest.tagobjects.Slow
Discovery starting.
Discovery completed in 52 milliseconds.
Run starting. Expected test count is: 2
Test:
- fast
- slow
Run completed in 96 milliseconds.
Total number of tests run: 2
Suites: completed 2, aborted 0
Tests: succeeded 2, failed 0, canceled 0, ignored 0, pending 0
All tests passed.

Exception: sbt.TrapExitSecurityException thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "ScalaTest-main"
[success] Total time: 0 s, completed Mar 15, 2014 12:30:14 PM
> test:run-main org.scalatest.tools.Runner -o -R target/scala-2.10/test-classes -n org.scalatest.tagobjects.Slow
[info] Running org.scalatest.tools.Runner -o -R target/scala-2.10/test-classes -n org.scalatest.tagobjects.Slow
Discovery starting.
Discovery completed in 51 milliseconds.
Run starting. Expected test count is: 0
Test:
Run completed in 86 milliseconds.
Total number of tests run: 0
Suites: completed 2, aborted 0
Tests: succeeded 0, failed 0, canceled 0, ignored 0, pending 0
No tests were executed.

Exception: sbt.TrapExitSecurityException thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "ScalaTest-main"
[success] Total time: 0 s, completed Mar 15, 2014 12:30:18 PM

What am I doing wrong?

A: You need to use "org.scalatest.tags.Slow" as the tag name, as described in the ScalaDoc for Slow.
Unfortunately it is not possible to have an annotation and object have the same fully qualified name, so we use the fully qualified name of the annotation as the tag name.

A: Working example:
As mentioned in http://doc.scalatest.org/2.1.0/index.html#org.scalatest.FunSuite in "Tagging tests" you must pass an object which extends org.scalatest.Tag. For instance:
import org.scalatest.FlatSpec
import org.scalatest.Tag
import org.scalatest.tags.Slow

object Other extends Tag("com.mycompany.groups.Other")

class Test extends org.scalatest.FunSuite {
  test("fast") {
    assertResult(4)(2 + 2) }

  test("slow", org.scalatest.tagobjects.Slow ) {
    assertResult(40)(20 + 20) }

  test("other", Other){
    assertResult(42)(21 + 21)   }
}


I have heard that eating a few cloves of raw garlic daily is very useful for managing one's heart conditions. Is it really so? How many cloves of garlic should be chewed in such cases and at what time of the day? Should it be taken without any other food item or it can be taken at the meal time also?
1. Garlic has very few calories so it is often used in the diet of those who are calorie conscious.
2. Garlic can be used to combat the common cold and flu. It is also good to consume it during the cough.
3. Garlic is used to manage the blood pressure.
4. Garlic helps manage the cholesterol levels and also helps with the blood sugar levels.
5. Anti oxidants in garlic helps with the dementia and other memory issues.
6. Garlic slows down the ageing process and helps with keeping you feel younger.
7. Garlic is also used as an detoxification agent and helps with the cleansing metals in the body.
8. Garlic is good for the bone health and it is indeed good health.
9. Using garlic in the diet has several vitamin and anti oxidation benefits.
10. Garlic is also used in the estrogen deficiency.
This is one reason if the garlic in raw form if consumed definitely helps the health. You can take it in with other food dishes or as it is.
Freshly crushed garlic generates Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a gas which is also generated from rotten eggs. Although H2S in excess may become harmful, in small quantities it functions as an intra-cellular signalling compound and can protect the heart.
Fresh garlic reduces damage from lack of oxygen. It also helps restoring oxygen-rich blood flow in the aorta, and increases pressure in the heart's left ventricle.
1) Garlic helps the immune - system and can arrest chest - infection. It also averts Cough and Cold.
2) Scurvy is treated with Vitamin- C and as such in such case, Garlic would prove to be helpful.
3) Garlic contains abundant amount of Iodine and hence it can take care of thyroid - disorder.
4) It can increase the the weight of babies while they are in the mother's womb because of nutrient content such as calcium, Selinium, Vitamin B6 etc.
5) LDL cholesterol can well be managed due to Allicin - content present in the Garlic.
6) Calcium present in the Garlic is benificial for the bone - health.
7) It can arrest the onset of Cancer.
8) Garlic can regulate the Blood - sugar level because of presence of Allicin and other nutrients.
9) Two buds of Garlic if taken on empty stomach in the morning can check up the High Blood Pressure due to Selinium, Calcium, Potassium present in the Garlic.
10) Garlic can be taken for the weight - loss purpose if the same is ingested with a hot glass of water containing Lime.


Over a century, Black's Law Dictionary has been the leading standard for lawyers and anyone else needing to understand the intricacies of the legal word.
Bryan Garner, the globe's foremost legal lexicographer, signed off on the 10th Edition Friday, May 9. The latest edition is said to be the most authoritative, comprehensive legal dictionary every published. Containing over 50,000 terms, the edition includes 7,500 new terms not seen before. Along with the new terms are over 16,000 updated definitions and an expanded bibliography containing twice as many sources.
Sometimes, for laymen, the dictionary can be vague. Think about the difference between the title, "Lawyer" and "Attorney at Law." Aren't they the same?
A look at Black's says a lawyer is, "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." There, it uses the word attorney to define lawyer. But the difference still isn't clear.
A layman may be appointed to be your attorney (i.e. given "power of attorney") to act in some or all matters pertaining to you, but may not practice law, or hold themself out to the public to practice law. To do this they would need to be an "Attorney at Law" or a "Lawyer".
"…the prepositional phrase 'at Law', the basic law of the United States remains English Common Law, especially as it existed at the time of the Revolution. The prepositional phrases "at law" or "in law" is an echo of this," says Bukh.
Founded by Henry Campbell Black, the publication is the go-to source for definitions in both legal briefs and court opinions. The book has proven its lasting value and has been cited as a secondary legal authority in many cases heard by the United States Supreme Court.
Black's Law Dictionary blasted into the public's consciousness in a big way on May 28, 2003 when the website, 100777, reported that Sarah Black Medhurst held a press conference at the Black family estate and claimed that the famous dictionary was originally written as a joke by her great-grandfather.
Medhurst claimed that the Black family had knowingly perpetuated the hoax for a century and worked together to create content for the expanding manual.
The freshman edition was published in 1891 with sophomore version coming out in 1910. Until the sixth edition, the book also provided case citations for each term used. Some attorneys found these citations to be the books most useful feature and used it as a starting point in building cases.
The citations were dropped in the seventh edition which came out in 1999. The arrival of the internet made legal research easy and the citations were no longer seen as valuable.
The eighth edition introduced cross-referencing to legal encyclopedias and the ninth edition, published in 2009, kept this feature.
As much of "legalese" comes from Latin, the dictionary provides a guide for pronouncing these terms. The entries also provide pronunciation similar to those found among North American lawyers and doctors.
Affluenza defense: A legal defense, usually not recognized, that an offender who happens to be a minor, cannot be held accountable or responsible for criminal acts because of being raised in a wealth environment.
Benchslap: The sharp rebuke of an attorney or litigant by a judge.
Gazump: The improper sale of a house or dwelling.
Legaldegook: Unnecessarily complicated legal language, usually of the deliberately obscure type. Found in poor legal writing and bad statutes usually prepared by writers whose goal seems to be the production of anything other than clear and easy communication.
Mommy track: The career path that allows a mother to meed less stringent performance requirements in exchange for having a more limited salary and less opportunity for advancing in the company.
Psephology: The study of how people vote.
Unperson: An individual who is extremely marginalized.
Surprisingly, the dictionary became a hit while Black's efforts at humor were largely unnoticed. When money started rolling in with requests to purchase the book, Black left humor and started, what proved to be, a lucrative career in legal publishing.


The Kid Cudi tour is officially on and we are lit for it!
There's no doubt that Kid Cudi AKA Mr. Rager, Big Brother, Mr. Solo Dolo, Cudder, etc., can put on a show, hence our excitement.
You may know him from classic records such as Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1, Pursuit of Happiness, and Day N' Night. You may also know that it's heavily rumored that he has a collab album with Kanye West that the fans (myself included) are calling CudYe.
Yes, it's mostly speculation, but hey, just the thought of it being a possibility is amazing.
Anyway, if you're as lit as we are for the Kid Cudi tour, this is probably how you're feeling about it.
Are you as lit for the Kid Cudi tour as we are? You better be.
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The struggle ahead
Unlike Republicans, Democrats Can Govern. But Can They Fight?
By Robert Reich
By Michael de Adder
As America heads into its quadrennial circus of nominating conventions (this year's even more surreal because of the pandemic), it's important to understand the real difference between America's two political parties at this point in history.
Instead of "left" versus "right," think of two different core competences.
The Democratic Party is basically a governing party, organized around developing and implementing public policies.
The Republican Party has become an attack party, organized around developing and implementing political vitriol. Democrats legislate. Republicans fulminate.
In theory, politics requires both capacities – to govern, but also to fight to attain and retain power. The dysfunction today is that Republicans can't govern and Democrats can't fight.
Donald Trump is the culmination of a half century of GOP belligerence. Richard Nixon's "dirty tricks" were followed by Republican operative Lee Atwater's smear tactics, Newt Gingrich's take-no-prisoners reign as House speaker, the "Swift-boating" of John Kerry, and the GOP's increasingly blatant uses of racism and xenophobia to build an overwhelmingly white, rural base.
Atwater, trained in the southern swamp of the modern Republican Party, once noted: "Republicans in the South could not win elections by talking about issues. You had to make the case that the other guy, the other candidate, is a bad guy." Over time, the GOP's core competence came to be vilification.
The stars of today's Republican Party, in addition to Trump, are all pugilists: Mitch McConnell, Lindsay Graham, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio; Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Georgia's Brian Kemp; Fox News's Sean Hannity and Tucker Carlson; and attack dogs like Rudolph Giuliani and Roger Stone.
But Republicans don't have a clue how to govern. They're hopeless at developing and implementing public policies or managing government. They can't even agree on basics like how to respond to the pandemic or what to replace Obamacare with.
Meanwhile, the central competence of the Democratic Party is running government – designing policies and managing the system. Once in office, Democrats spend countless hours cobbling together legislative and regulatory initiatives. They overflow with economic and policy advisers, programs, plans, and goals.
But Democrats are lousy at bare knuckles political fighting. Their campaigns proffer policies but are often devoid of passion. (Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential bid was little more than a long list of detailed proposals.) Democrats seem stunned when their GOP opponents pillory them with lies, rage, and ad hominem attacks.
This has put Democrats at a competitive disadvantage. Political campaigns might once have been about party platforms, but today's electorate is angrier and more cynical.
Policy ideas rarely make headlines; conflict does.
Social media favor explosive revelations, including bald lies. No one remembers Hillary Clinton's policy ideas from 2016; they only remember Trump's attacks on her emails.
As a result, the party that's mainly good at attacking has been winning elections – and pushed into governing, which it's bad at. In 2016, the GOP won the presidency, along with control over both chambers of Congress and most governorships.
On the other hand, the party that's mainly good a governing has been losing elections – pushed into the role of opposition and attack, which it's bad at. (House speaker Nancy Pelosi, however, seems to have a natural gift for it.)
This dysfunction has become particularly obvious – and deadly – in the current national emergency. Trump and Senate Republicans have let the pandemic and economic downturn become catastrophes.
They have no capacity to develop and implement strategies for dealing with them. Their knee-jerk response is to attack – China, Democrats, public health officials, protesters, "lazy" people who won't work.
Democrats know what to do – House Democrats passed a comprehensive coronavirus bill in May, and several Democratic governors have been enormously effective – but they've lacked power to put a national strategy into effect.
All this may change in a few months when Americans have an opportunity to replace the party that's bad at governing with the one that's good at it. After all, Joe Biden has been at it for most of the past half century.
Trump and the GOP will pull out all the stops, of course. They've already started mindless, smarmy attacks.
The big question hovering over the election is whether Democrats can summon enough fight to win against the predictable barrage. Biden's choice of running mate, Kamala Harris, bodes well in this regard. Quite apart from all her other attributes, she's a fierce fighter.
Robert Reich's latest book is "THE SYSTEM: Who Rigged It, How To Fix It," out March 24.
He is Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center. He served as Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration, for which Time Magazine named him one of the 10 most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth century. He has written 17 other books, including the best sellers "Aftershock,""The Work of Nations," "Beyond Outrage," and "The Common Good." He is a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine, founder of Inequality Media, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and co-creator of the award-winning documentaries "Inequality For All," and "Saving Capitalism," both now streaming on Netflix.
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Kevin Staut's revenge, winner of the Prix Julius Baer!
Ramatuelle, June 2, 2017 – The world's best riders came together in the arena at the Longines Athina Onassis Horse Show before an enthusiastic audience.
Truly the highlight of the afternoon, the Prix Julius Baer finished the second day of the 4th edition of the Longines Athina Onassis Horse Show on June 2. 43 riders from 20 countries participated in the event. Only seven pairs were able to overcome the obstacles on the difficult course designed by Uliano Vezzani to qualify for the timed jump-off.
Sergio Alvarez Moya (ESP), known for being very fast, almost won the Prix Julius Baer with Iron Man 111. He was first to start in the jump-off and had a super chronometer of 42.91 seconds. But that was before knowing how fast the day's champions were, the pair of Kevin Staut (FRA) and his mare, Ayade de Septon et HDC. Like the day before, he was last to participate on the course, but the story was different today: he mastered his mare, gaining a few hundredths of seconds to reach the podium's highest riser.
He thanked the audience who encouraged him with a victory lap before the award ceremony.
Olivier Philippaerts (BEL)/Henna de Goedereede, took third place with 43.50 seconds.
Words from Kevin Staut: "My mare is in very good condition, she made no faults in almost all of the events. Yesterday, I was a bit under pressure, a jump-off with 11 participants, we made a fault on number 2 and the rest is history, I finished the last jump-off. Today, I prepared my approach to the jump-off in a different way, my mare was calm and this time we were the winners. It's fantastic to win here in Saint-Tropez, before an audience who encourages us, it's extremely pleasant."


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Scholarships, Grants and Awards
USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Scholarship
About the Scholarship
To honor President George Bush's commitment to public service, the Board of Directors of the George & Barbara Bush Foundation has instituted three $2,500 college scholarships for crew or family members of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). One scholarship is for undergraduates and two for graduate school study - one specifically to attend The George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University while the second is open to any graduate program in the United States.
The scholarships are aimed at recognizing and encouraging President George Bush's commitment to public service, which he has referred to as a noble calling. Scholarships are one time payments payable in the fall semester of the year in which the scholarship is granted.
Applicants should be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 3.5 (B+ average). For current high school and undergraduate students, a counselor/registrar letter certifying GPA is acceptable. For those who have been out of school, an official transcript should be submitted.
Applicants must plan to attend college, graduate school at The George Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, or a graduate program elsewhere in the United States.
Applicants must demonstrate an exemplary record in school and community activities.
A letter of recommendation for the applicant from a community service leader/supervisor should be included.
Completed application to be submitted by May 1.
Applications for the scholarship will be posted on the George H.W. Bush Foundation's website and on U.S. Navy outlets. The deadline for filing an application is May 1 annually. Recipients will be notified in May for a fall payment. Scholarship payments will be made directly to the school designated by the recipient.
Crew and air wing members and their family members. For purposes of the scholarships, a family member is defined as a spouse or child of a scholarship applicant. A crew or air wing member must be within 24 months of having served on CVN 77 for him/her or a family member to apply for a scholarship. Individuals serving on the Scholarship Committee (described below), members of the governing body and employees of the George & Barbara Bush Foundation, and family members of any such individuals, are not eligible to receive a scholarship.
An application and any supporting materials must be submitted to the Admin Office of CVN 77. The Admin Office will certify service on CVN 77 and forward all applications to the George H.W. Bush Foundation.
Scholarship Committee:
A committee of community leaders, including retired military personnel, in the Bryan/College Station area will review all applications and select the winner.
The George H.W. Bush Foundation will notify the Commanding Officer of CVN 77 regarding the awardees.
Download information regarding the scholarship application here.
George Bush High School Public Service Scholarship
The George Bush High School Public Service Scholarship recognizes high school seniors in the Bryan-College Station school districts for their community service. The awards recognize the career of President George Bush and his dedication to public service, which he has described as a noble calling, as well as inspire future generations to engage in public service and to participate in the building of our communities, our state, and our nation as better places in which to work and live for all. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic excellence and community service and receive a $3,000 scholarship.
In addition, each recipient's school receives a grant of $2,500 for education purposes. The program is sponsored through the generous support of Bryan Texas Utilities (BTU). Students interested in the George Bush High School Public Service Scholarship should contact their high school's counseling department.
The student should be a graduating senior.
The student should be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 3.5 (B+ average).
The student must plan to attend a college or university.
The student must demonstrate an exemplary record of school and community involvement.
A letter of recommendation from the school and an official transcript should be included with the submitted application.
The completed application for the finalist from your school must be submitted by April 1.
The student must submit the financial aid information form for their chosen college or university by August 1.
Scholarship payments will be made directly to the school designated by the recipient.
Submit Applications:
High School Public Service Scholarship
Post Office Box 14141 College Station, TX 77841-4141
For information or questions, please email: contact@bush41.org.
Bobby Holt Scholarship
The Bobby Holt Scholarship will be used to support the academic activities of a student at The Bush School of Government and Public Service. This scholarship is based on academic performance and the recommendation of the Dean of The Bush School.
Maria B. Popadiuk Scholarship
The Maria B. Popadiuk Scholarship will serve to encourage students in their academic studies at The Bush School of Government and Public Service and in their pursuit of careers in public service. Maria B. Popadiuk had a career in business and education. This scholarship acknowledges the dedication to education exhibited by Maria B. Popadiuk and the inspiration she provides. This scholarship recognizes her strength of character and serves as a reminder of the resilience of the human spirit. The aim of the Maria B. Popadiuk Scholarship is to inspire and guide the recipient in a similar fashion of determination and excellence in the classroom and in service to others.
Merle E. Herberger Scholarship
The Merle E. Herberger Scholarship will be used to support the academic activities of a student at The Bush School of Government and Public Service.
Grants/Awards
George H.W. Bush Foundation Community Grant Program
The George & Barbara Bush Foundation will partner with Mays Business School's Strategic Philanthropy course for 2019-2020 grant cycle by providing a unique educational opportunity. The Strategic Philanthropy course will administer all grant related items including application, review, and decision-making. Application details and timeline can be found at mays.tamu.edu/strategic-philanthropy.
For additional questions regarding the grant application, requirements, and eligibility, please contact the instructor for the course and Coordinator for Social Impact Programs at Mays Business School, Mr. Kyle Gammenthaler at kyleg@tamu.edu.
George H.W. Bush Foundation Travel
The George H.W. Bush Foundation provides annual travel grants to undergraduate and graduate students from each of the academic colleges at Texas A&M University for various educational opportunities. These grants facilitate student travel connected with their research topics (attending academic conferences, research projects or study, or internships in the United States or abroad). Students should contact their academic departments for more information.
Undergraduate Student Travel Grants Guidelines
Undergraduate Student Travel Grants Application
Korea Foundation Grant
The Korea Foundation Grant provides up to $2,500 of funding for scholars conducting research on East Asia including Korea.
For further information, please contact the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs at:
KOREAN GRANT PROGRAM
Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs
George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service
Email: siia@bushschool.tamu.edu
O'Donnell Grant
The O'Donnell Grant provides up to $2,500 of funding for scholars conducting research at the George H.W. Bush Library.
O'Donnell Grant Program
George H.W. Bush Faculty Excellence Awards
Through the vision and support of President George Bush, three faculty awards were established at Texas A&M University through the George H.W. Bush Foundation. The awards are given to faculty members in one of three categories, and each is accompanied with a $2,500 stipend.
This excellence award recognizes a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to the international education of Texas A&M students. The recipient must have taught Texas A&M University students outside the United States and have accumulated an impressive record of effective teaching documents through various methods such as peer and student reviews.
This excellence award is given annually in recognition of faculty who make outstanding contributions to international research. This award is given to a faculty member who has conducted research outside the United States and has obtained international preeminence through his/her research.
This excellence award is given to a faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to public service. Faculty public service is defined as a sustained long-term application of a faculty member's disciplinary expertise to the public or non-profit sector in local, statewide, national or international arenas.
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Top Texas Wine Award
The George & Barbara Bush Foundation is proud to join with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in supporting youth and education in the state of Texas. It is President Bush's belief the relationship between the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo and the George & Barbara Bush Foundation will grow, affording all of us the opportunity to enhance the lives of even more students. Each year, the George H.W. Bush Foundation is pleased to sponsor the award for Top Texas Wine.
Outstanding Educator Awards
The Outstanding Educator awards are presented with appreciation for consistently supporting the enrichment and creativity of students through outstanding dedication, inspiration and encouragement above and beyond the classroom.
2016 Outstanding Educator Winners:
Jennifer Easterling, Art Educator, Bryan High School
Lance E. Jackson, Center Supervisor, Lincoln Recreation Center, City of College Station Parks and Recreation Department
Cheletia M. Johnson, Assistant Center Supervisor, Lincoln Recreation Center, City of College Station Parks and Recreation Department
James M. Olson, Professor and Senior Lecturer, George Bush School of Government and Public Service
About The George Bush School of Government and Public Service
The Bush School of Government and Public Service was founded in 1997, under President George H.W. Bush's philosophy that public service is a noble calling. Since then, the Bush School has continued to reflect that notion in curriculum, research, and student experience and has become a leading public and international affairs graduate institution.


Hi! Somehow I deleted the comment you made about our twin cats! About the time I think I have this blog thing under control, out jumps something really evil and steals everything I have done for the last thirty minutes. Anyway, back to the kitties. They really do look alike. They share the circle like marking on their side. I love my Bobbi Cat so much and want to share her miracle story with you. I'm motivated to talk about my cat. Look for the post.
I will absolutely look for your post on your Bobbi Cat. Is Bobbi Cat a male or female? Now, in order to get things under control and boot the evil guys out on their tails, may I suggest getting on the habit of saving your work frequently? The blog page should be saving your work frequently as well, but there's always control + S (save). That may take some of the pressure and frustrations off your shoulders. Let me know how it goes for you and if you have questions, I'll do my best to help. 🙂 Enjoy and keep on blogging.


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Q: Meaning of sign(aij) for a matrix entry in QR factorization? I was looking at a solved example for Householder QR factorization Solved example. The author uses sign($a_{11}$) in the expression. What is the meaning of sign for a matrix entry? Is it simply the sign of a real number?

A: The idea behind the Householder QR decomposition of the matrix $A$ is this: find a reflexion $H$ such that $Ha_1=\lambda e_1$, where $a_1$ is the first column of $A$, and $e_1$ the first basis vector ($1$ in the first index, $0$ everywhere else).
Therefore, $HA$ transforms $A$ in a matrix with zeros in the first column, except the first element of the column.
Then, do the same on the submatrix $A(2:n,2:n)$, with a matrix $H_2$ that is smaller, but it's immaterial, you may consider the block matrix $\bar H_2=\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 \\ 0 & H_2\end{pmatrix}$, then the product $\bar H_2 HA$ will have zeros under the diagonal in the first two columns. Then continue likewise with the other columns. The special form of $H$ makes the product much easier to compute than a full matrix product.
Now, the special form of $H$. You can check that $H=I-2\dfrac{vv^T}{||v||^2}$ is a reflexion w.r.t the hyperplane orthogonal to $v$. To choose $v$, consider an isoceles triangle made either of $a_1$ and $||a_1||e_1$, or $a_1$ and $-||a_1||e_1$. And take $v$ to form twice an altitude of this isoceles triangle (that is, it's a diagonal of the parallelogram formed on $a_1$ and $\pm||a_1||e_1$, better with a drawing).
That is,
$$v=a_1\pm||a_1||e_1$$
So we have a choice. Which is better? Imagine $a_1=\lambda e_1$ with $\lambda >0$. Then $a_1-||a_1||e_1=0$ is not a valid vector. It's an extreme case of catastrophic cancellation, but even in more moderate cases, a subtraction tends to yield fewer significant digits, hence a precision loss. To avoid this, it's customary to pick the sign above so that an addition is computed instead. That is,
$$v=a_1+sign(a_{11})||a_1||e_1$$


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Lincoln: Left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed has been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing India A tour against New Zealand 'A' with a fractured wrist.
According to a BCCI statement, Khaleel fractured the scaphoid bone in his left wrist during India A's first unofficial ODI against New Zealand A played at Lincoln on January 22. The pacer had picked up two wickets for 46 runs in the match which India A won by five wickets.
"His hand has been placed in a plaster cast and the left-arm fast bowler has been ruled out of the remainder of India A's tour," the BCCI statement added.
"The National Cricket Academy (NCA) will manage his rehabilitation."
New Zealand A won the second unofficial ODI by 29 runs at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Friday. The third and final unofficial ODI will be played on Sunday.
After that, both the teams will participate in a two-match unofficial Test series beginning January 30.


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Civil Suit Settlements: How Much of My Settlement Do I Keep?
When we obtain a judgment or negotiate a settlement on behalf of a client, the question of how much a client can keep almost always comes up. Depending on attorneys' fees and expenses, a client may be left with 40% to 60% of the settlement amount. This is not the end of the story. If some of the client's medical expenses were paid by a health insurer, that number may be significantly less. Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), an employee benefits plan can recover in equity the amount it paid on behalf of the injured client through a process called "subrogation." Although we negotiate with medical providers and health insurance companies for our clients following a recovery, some of that money will have to go to pay those providers and insurers. But how much and under what circumstances?
The United States Supreme Court recently addressed the issue of ERISA subrogation in the case Montanile v. Board of Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan. Mr. Montanile was hit by a drunk driver and seriously injured, with over $120,000 in medical expenses. Those expenses were paid by the health insurance plan Mr. Montanile had through his employer. Mr. Montanile settled his claim against the drunk driver for $500,000, and after paying attorneys' fees and expenses, had about $240,000 left over. The health insurer notified Mr. Montanile's attorney that it was seeking the $120,000 it paid though subrogation. After negotiations broke down, Mr. Montanile's attorney advised that he would distribute the entire amount to Mr. Montanile unless the health insurer objected within fourteen days. The health insurer did not object and the remaining $240,000 went to Mr. Montanile, which he placed in his general funds and used to pay household and other expenses.
Six months later, the insurer sued Mr. Montanile for the $120,000 it had paid his medical providers from his general assets. The trial court sided with the health insurer and was upheld on appeal. Mr. Montanile appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In an 8-1 decision, Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court reversing the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and sending the case back to the trial court for additional findings of fact. The Court drew a distinction between lawsuits about things, or suits in equity, and lawsuits about money, or suits in law. This is important because the ERISA law under which the health insurer was suing only allows equitable remedies. Because a settlement fund is a thing, the health insurer was seeking an equitable remedy. However, in the six months the health insurer waited to bring its lawsuit, Mr. Montanile spent the money on non-traceable items such as food and services, including legal services to defend against the health insurer's lawsuit. Thus, the thing of the settlement fund had been dissipated.
The Court flatly rejected the health insurer's argument that the money could be recovered from Mr. Montanile's general assets, because that would be a suit in law, not equity. Although this seems like a hyper-technicality, as noted above, the ERISA law only allows suits in equity. The Court sent the case back to the trial court to determine how much of the settlement fund was left or could be traced to specific items, such as a car.
What does this mean to our clients? First of all, it is vital that we protect our clients' interests by negotiating the liens medical providers and health insurers place on settlements and judgments. Second, it is important that we reach agreements with the lien holders, because if our failure to agree causes a client to have to defend a lawsuit like the one here, we have done a disservice; it makes no sense to save $10,000 only to have the client spend $50,000 in legal fees to get it.
At Watson Law Office, P.C., we understand that our obligation to our clients does not end when the defendant writes a check. We see the process though to the finish.


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Q: Save and be able to load a list in python 3 I'm trying to make a quiz maker and loader in python 3.9 and I'm wondering how do I save a list of questions and answers. This is so you can make a list then save it to a file and load it to answer it.
    questions = [
        input("Enter question 1: "),
        input("Enter question 2: "),
        input("Enter question 3: "),
        input("Enter question 4: "),
        input("Enter question 5: "),
        input("Enter question 6: "),
        input("Enter question 7: "),
        input("Enter question 8: "),
        input("Enter question 9: "),
        input("Enter question 10: "),
    ]

A: Given your usecase, I don't think it would be wise to use a pickle file. Instead I would suggest to convert the list into a string and store it in a simple txt file. Here is a sample of how you can do it:
questions = [
        input("Enter question 1: "),
        input("Enter question 2: "),
        input("Enter question 3: "),
        input("Enter question 4: "),
        input("Enter question 5: "),
        input("Enter question 6: "),
        input("Enter question 7: "),
        input("Enter question 8: "),
        input("Enter question 9: "),
        input("Enter question 10: "),
    ]

with open('outfile.txt','w') as f:
    f.write('SEP'.join(questions)) #You can replace the SEP with a newline or say a pipe operator (|) or something similar

with open('outfile.txt') as f:
    print(f.read().split("SEP")) #Returns the list of questions as you have earlier

A: python's pickle library is often a good choice, but it is a file format that is unreadable by humans. If you want the convenience of being able to open up a list of questions in a simple text editor, I'd recommend simply saving your list of questions as lines in a txt file. You've already figured out how to get a list of user inputs, so you just need to iterate over that list of strings, and write them to a file.
#create a new txt file and open it in write mode
with open(r"C:\some\file\path.txt", "w") as f: #use a 'raw' string to handle windows file paths more easily
    for question in questions:
        f.write(question + "\n") #add a newline to the end of the question so each question is on it's own line in the text file

Reading the file back into python is similarly easy, but you could take the time to add a few features like ignoring blank lines, and perhaps even including a syntax for comments which should be ignored.
#open the file in read mode
questions = [] #create an empty list to read the questions into from the file
with open(r"C:\some\file\path.txt", "r") as f:
    for line in f:
        if line.strip(): #if we strip whitespace from the front and back of a line is there any text left
            if not line.strip().startswith("#"): #if the first non whitespace character is a '#', treat the line as a comment and skip it
                questions.append(line)


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Some Realism about Corporate Rights
Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2013-43
27 Pages Posted: 27 Nov 2013 Last revised: 28 Jul 2016
See all articles by Richard Schragger
Richard Schragger
University of Virginia School of Law
Date Written: November 1, 2013
Can we meaningfully speak of a church's right to conscience or a corporation's right to religious liberty? One way to approach this question is by inquiring into the nature of churches and corporations, asking whether these are the kinds of entities that can or should have rights. We have recently seen this kind of reasoning in public debates over whether corporations have free speech rights, and, relatedly, in arguments about the religious free exercise rights of churches, non-profits, and for-profit corporations. Those in favor of such rights sometimes argue that corporations and churches are moral agents, capable of exercising rights separate and apart from the rights and interests of their members; whereas, those opposed tend to argue that churches, corporations or groups are mere aggregations of individuals, or else artificial persons created or recognized by the state to advance the interests of those who compose them.
In this paper, we argue that this form of argument is mistaken and that debates about the ontological status of group or corporate entities are largely irrelevant. One does not need a particular theory of a corporation, organization, or group's metaphysical status in order to determine its legal rights. To defend this claim, we first consider and reject H.L.A. Hart's semantic critique of corporate personality theories. Instead we follow John Dewey's realist argument against corporate metaphysics. We develop that argument and apply it to current litigation over whether for-profit corporations can assert rights of religious free exercise against the requirement that they provide health insurance coverage for contraception.
Keywords: religious liberty, contraception mandate, corporations, churches, group rights, corporate personality, free exercise, legal realism, H.L.A. Hart, John Dewey
Schragger, Richard and Schwartzman, Micah, Some Realism about Corporate Rights (November 1, 2013). Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2013-43, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2360309
Richard Schragger (Contact Author)
University of Virginia School of Law ( email )


So, please join me in saying thanks to those who served on the Nominating Committee this year. They included: Louis Abbott, Tiffany Coder, Derek Cook, Carla Gilmer, Jennifer Goode, Pam Groves, Judy Hicks, Melissa Hinson, Johnny Jones, Daryll Smith, Glenn Smith, Walter Stafford, and Johnny Mitchell, who served as Chairman by virtue of his role as Overseer Chairman.
The formal election is scheduled to occur as a part of our Semi-Annual Church Conference on Wednesday night, August 30.


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Phantasy 100: PH01 – PH10
Erol Alkan: "'Engine' was released on the 14th November 2007. At that point in time, it was the only piece of music we had for Phantasy. We had no idea what to follow it up with, or when, but we knew we wanted to be a label which supported new artists, a stepping stone towards them securing a record deal with a larger label. I had already started working with Late Of The Pier (LA Priest aka Sam Dust's main band) who had just signed to Parlophone, so LA Priest seemed to inhabit the space of a side project back in 2007. I often refered to Phantasy as a 'singles club' during our first 10 or so releases, looking back, this feels pretty accurate.
The original version of 'Engine' is a real journey and extra layers of mindblowing when you know Sam made it when he was 15 or 16. For me, it perfectly wielded the left field of electronic dance music with an independent spirit which is often hard to find. I asked to remix it (as I wanted to do on every single Phantasy release going forward) as I needed a version which fit my Dj sets around then, and this almost didn't happen as I lost the session on a crushing hard drive crash just before I finished it. The version which made the record is a rough mix through my (then new) Trident Flexi Mix desk, which I had felt was too over cooked but eventually grew to like after a few plays in clubs. If you ever wondered why it sounded so *fizzy*, this is why, the mix which made it out was never intended to see the light of day. There are 3 separate vinyl pressings: 'Black', ' Clear Green' and 'Green Marble'.
Fast forward to 2020, and LA Priest has just released his second album 'Gene', which I helped make. Retaining these relationships, personal as well as creatively, is a fitting illustration of what makes Phantasy tick. I'm glad we are able to kick off this countdown (or up?) with a release which not only embodies this, but is a big part of our musical aesthetic."
The sleeve art was handled by Will Sweeney (on the front) and Susumu Mukai (from Zongamin) who provided the lettering on the back. Also included below is an unused sleeve idea.
We came across Primary 1 (real name Joe Flory) on Myspace, which back then was arguably the greatest way to discover new artists. Joe's earliest lo-fi demos (later collected on the excellent 'Mess Detective' mini album) reminded us of the first Ariel Pink records, we loved them so much so that we instantly made contact and met.
'Hold Me Down' was the first piece of music to be released by Primary 1 who later went on to sign to Atlantic Records, work with Nina Persson (from The Cardigans) and Chilly Gonzales, and was even rumoured to be producing Kylie. Even though he had by then moved to a new label, it wouldn't be too long until we released more music from him...
The original was backed by two remixes from Yuksek as well as The Shoes.
Released on 12" black vinyl and download, the front of the sleeve featured an illustration by Susumu Mukai, whilst the back was handled by Gina Barber. Below is one of the unused sleeves from the design process.
Erol Alkan: "'Back in July 2008, I received a direct message from a Myspace page belonging to Fan Death, asking if I would want to listen to a track they had finished which they thought I may like. I remember I was in a hotel room in Amsterdam killing some time before a gig so I replied that I'd love to listen. Minutes later, I received an email attached with an mp3 of 'Veronica's Veil' and fell in love with it and asked if I could sign it to my new label, Phantasy.
I had no idea who was behind it at the time, our conversation was pretty cryptic throughout, but then, as we talked more and more, it dawned on me that I may already know the person at the other end of this exchange. It wasn't a few months later till I eventually met Dandi (who I had met before through Late Of The Pier) and Martha when they came over to the UK. By then I had signed, remixed and released 'Veronica's Veil' as the third single on Phantasy. On a personal level, it's still one of my favourite reworks but that's more down to the original's string arrangement and vocals... I spent a month on the remix before I got it right, I think there's around 3 different versions of it floating around on a hard drive.."
The hype surrounding Fan Death (named after a South Korean urban legend surrounding the dangers of leaving your electric fan running overnight) got to boiling point, and 'Veronica's Veil' could be seen as Phantasy's first 'hit' single when it was eventually released on December 8th 2008.
The Guardian wrote: "They're a girl duo who recognise that all the best disco records were sung by women, and they sing in the blank, distracted manner of all the finest disco divas. Really, they hardly sing at all – they open their mouths and pout and this spookily, exquisitely blank, almost Teutonic sound comes out. And, again like all the finest disco acts, they're anonymous, a blank canvas on which listeners can project their ultimate fantasies of romance and dancing, their wistful feelings of longing and regret. They make us think about the allure of sorrow, the sadness of the glamorous life and what the Pet Shop Boys used to call "the void at the heart of dance culture"
It was also the first video we put out there, which the band shot themselves. We pressed this on two seperate vinyl editions: black and splattered clear vinyl, both of which sold out immediately. The sleeve was designed by their friend, Ryan Chapman.
Phantasy's fourth release was it's most high-energy to date. It was also another debut from fresh talent on the scene in the form of Dirk Boogie and Mollono Von Bass, two eager young Dutch kids paying keen homage to the legacy and energy of high-energy and Chicago house. More than a decade later, and this duo transpired to in fact be one Erol Alkan and a certain Boys Noize, marking their first collaboration, albeit under a sneaky alias.
The real star of the show was Austin Boston, whose vocal catchphrase 'Always, Anytime, 24/7!' would ring out across The End during weekend raves and each Monday edition of Trash. His enthusiasm rings across the original and every remix on the EP, which provides a snapshot of the bubbling bass and electro scene at the time, featuring remixes from Starkey, Noob, Skull Juice, and Diplo, whose Jersey-club oriented edit came accompanied with an unexpected trip down Sesame Street.
Dance Area only ever made two more tracks; a remix of 'When You Hear The Bassline' by Major Lazer, and an unreleased cut, 'We Can't Stop Lovin' It'. Wonder what Dirk and Mollono are up to these days…
The video was directed by James Connolly aka L-Vis 1990, and it was his first video! Pressed on black vinyl, all copies have since sold out.
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Primary 1's second release with Phantasy was a collaboration with our good friend Riton. Released in September 2009 and back then, was famously described as the best paranoid rap track since Geto Boys 'My Minds Playin Tricks On Me', featured another video from James Connolly (aka L-Vis 1990).
Official remixes came from Style Of Eye, L-Vis 1990 and In Flagranti, who supplied a blistering warped disco remix which to this day remains one of our personal favourites...
Released on white vinyl, with a screenprinted sleeve designed by Fergadelic.
Arriving with almighty sudden impact on Phantasy at the tail-end of 2009, Boris Dlugosch's 'Bangkok' first got an airing when Erol Alkan inadvertently premiered it during a performance at Parklife festival in Australia, unaware that the set was being broadcast to the world on Triple J public radio…
A brief melee of track ID requests followed, and the track was signed to Phantasy and revealed to be the work of German producer, Boris Dlugosch, a vital figure in the German music scene since his residency at the legendary Hamburg club Front, throughout the 1980s. Proving his timeless skill as a producer, Bangkok transported him to the forefront of noughties electro in playful, earworming style.
Roska provided his own mutant take on UK funky for a remix on the flip, while David Rudnick contributed one of the most amusing and memorable covers in Phantasy history for the artwork. The record was released with both black and pink vinyl editions on November 30th, 2009.
Erol Alkan: ''Blueberry' and 'Best In The Class' was to be the final release from Late Of The Pier, and Phantasy's 7th single.
'Best In The Class' was originaly recorded for 'Fantasy Black Channel', but wasn't completed in time for the album release, so we held it back for an EP we had planned to come later. I think we had started to record 4 tracks in total but ended up completing these 2 in the studio time we had.
Both tracks were recorded and mixed by the band and myself at The Garden and Strongroom in Shoreditch, pretty much the same set up as we had for the album. I remember we had a lot of fun recording, we used my new Efectron delay which I'd just bought off Ebay across as many sounds as we could, and this was possibly the most furtile studio session I've ever been involved in. Nothing was off limits. Oh, and the one of the kids who we recorded on 'Blueberry' is the same kid who did vocals for Justice's 'D.A.N.C.E', you can even hear a little snippet of his singing teacher (who accompanied the kids) on the final chorus..."
The band's creativity extended beyond the music, with Faley making the 'Blueberry' promo and Potter directing 'Best In The Class', the first time either of them had experimented in making music videos.
"It's a versatile effort by a group that had no need to prove themselves so capable. Their place in Britain's underground pop cannon is assured." - DIY
'Blueberry' was released first as a digital single on the 14th December 2009, with 'Best In The Class' following on the 27th February 2010. Both tracks made up the vinyl release as a double A side single, and pressed onto blueberry coloured vinyl, and immediately sold out. The sleeve art was designed by the band.
Released on 14th December 2009, it was the first time both sides of the same single were to be named Radio 1's 'Hottest Record In The World'.
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Remixes of our 7th release, Late of the Pier, came from our good friends Soulwax ('Best In Class') and Simon Bookish ('Blueberry') released on transparent blue vinyl on the 23rd August. All copies have long sold out. Another close friend of the label, Daniel Brereton, was responsible for the remix video for Soulwax's remix, and would later go on to direct the incredible videos for 'Forever Dolphin Love' and 'A Hold On Love'.
Erol Alkan: "By the time this came out in 2010, 'Lemonade' was by far the biggest record I'd been involved in, watching it grow day by day was surreal, the realisation that these tracks cannot be designed, and it's the public who truly determine what is a real 'hit', however you choose to measure this. It's now 10 years old, and I remember it fondly, and even though I've rarely played it over the last few years, it's sweet to see the occasional mobile phone in the crowd scrolling messages like 'PLAY LEMONADE!!'.
Let me pour you a glass of cold, hard facts about Phantasy's 8th single:
- This single was a follow up to 'Waves' and 'Death Suite', a double A which we released on BNR.
- Of those tracks, 'Death Suite' was made at my studio in around 3 or 4 hours from start to finish. 'Waves' took much longer and was a real game of tennis between our respective studios.
- 'Avalanche' was made in a few hours at Alex's studio, built around some pitched down, droney voices we put against the little arpeggio which runs through the track. It's perhaps one of the only techno records to feature a snippet of Dylan Thomas. It was later to be vocalled by Jarvis Cocker, but we will get to that in a few releases time...
- 'Lemonade' took a bit longer to make. It was originally titled 'The Other Side' and almost made the cut, until we decided it wasn't good enough and put it in the folder where music goes to die, unless miraculously ressurected. It wasn't until I found a jam session between Alex and me and heard a riff which both of us had forgotten existed, that I took the riff and placed it over the drums from 'The Other Side'. The first version of 'Lemonade' was born and we completed it when Alex came to London for a show we were both playing at that night.
- That show (on the 5th Feb 2010) was Decked Out's 10th Anniversary, a charity event at The Coronet for Kids Company. I was playing b2b with Xavier De Rosnay and Alex was paired with Dj Mehdi so it was debuted twice that night. The reaction kinda forced us to release the track as soon as possible.
- Despite a few people claiming they have heard that riff before, it is not a sample.
- I designed the sleeve at the 11th hour, the night before the record was pressed.
- 250 copies were pressed on transparent vinyl, and a further 500 on black. It was released on the 25th April 2010 and the vinyl sold out in a week.
- Both 'Avalanche' and 'Lemonade' were to be released as singles in their own right, with a new set of remixes and versions.
- Pharrell told me he thought it was 'dope'"
Erol Alkan: "Chilly Gonzales and I go back a long time, right back to 2000 when he released 'The Entertainist' album, which led to him being one of the first artists to play live at Trash. He performed 3 times in total, the most any artist played live at Trash during its history, and each show was different. His debut was a one-man performance with just a mic, the second show - this time in the main room - featured Feist, and the third was a solo piano recital in the main room of The End, in 2005. A few eyebrows were raised when I said we were going to put a solo piano show on in a nightclub, but we had faith that the combination of Chilly's music and our attentive crowd would mean the show would be observed respectfully in silence. Our instinct was correct, and it was one of the greatest moments I have experienced in a club.
Fast forward to 2009, whist hanging out at my place, Chilly plays me his 'Ivory Tower' album (a new collab with our other good friend Boys Noize). As soon as 'Never Stop' chimes in, I jump up and ask if he'd be happy for Phantasy to release it in the UK. I also offer to remix it, which turns out to be one of the trickiest remixes I've ever made. I spent a month or so on a version which I eventually scrapped, but then decided to pitch up the tempo, set up the Drumtracks machine and a couple of analog synths for a live jam, which gave birth to the rework which was eventually released. That version took just a couple of hours and it's a mix I still play today.
Alongside the original and my remix, there was also a full rap version from Chilly, and a 'piano-pella', also made by me. 'Never Stop' was an important release on Phantasy as it was a slight departure, but one from which we learned a lot. Having Chilly Gonzales as part of our family was a joy, and he remains a friend to this day"
The original was released on the 25th April 2010 on clear vinyl, with the rework (a 1 sided press on gold vinyl) following on the 13th September 2010.
Paul Chambers: "Back in 2008 I was helping out with Soulwax's "Part of the Weekend Never Dies" documentary as a video editor, and by chance ended up playing a very rough version of "Yeah, Techno!" for Dave and Steph on my laptop speakers in their old studio in Ghent. To my surprise they asked me for the stems, and in no time they had made their own version which they started playing on their 2ManyDjs gigs. They got me in touch with Erol, and from there it became clear it was going to land on Phantasy. I remember having video chats with Erol and getting advice from him that I still think about today. It was an exiting time for me, and the support I got from everybody at Phantasy and Soulwax was incredible."
'Yeah, Techno!' was released on 12" vinyl on 13th June 2010, backed by a Soulwax mix. Copies are long sold out.


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Last name: Burbudge
This interesting name is of Anglo-Saxon origin and is a dialectal variant of the locational surname, deriving from any of the places called "Burbage", in the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Wiltshire. The places in Derbyshire are recorded as "Burbeche" and "Burbache" in the 12th Century, while those in Leicestershire and Wiltshire are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Burbege" and "Burbetce" respectively. All the places share the same meaning and derivation, which is "the brook or valley of the burg, the fortified place", derived from the Old English pre 7th Century "burg", fort, often referring to a Roman or other pre-English fort, with "baece", "bece", stream, valley of a stream. The modern surname can be found as "Burbidge", "Burbage" and "Burbudge". The christening of Margareta Burbridge, the daughter of Thomae and Annae Burbridge was recorded on the August 13th 1676, at Croxall, Derbyshire. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Ralph de Burebeche, which was dated 1172, in the Derbyshire Pipe Rolls, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Q: I need to know how to sort this list and remove the numbers x = ['2chennai','2hyderabad','4istanbul','5bogota','9barcelona']

for isalpha in x:
    sort(x)

A: You can use the filter function with str.isalpha as the test condition on the characters in the strings in x:
sorted((''.join(filter(str.isalpha, s)) for s in x))

This returns:
['barcelona', 'bogota', 'chennai', 'hyderabad', 'istanbul']


VIENNA: Austria said Saturday it wants to seize Adolf Hitler's birthplace from its private owner in a bid to end a bitter legal battle and stop the house from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine.
"We are currently examining the creation of a law, which would force a change of ownership and pass the property to the Republic of Austria," interior ministry spokesman Karl-Heinz Grundboeck told AFP.
"We have come to the conclusion over the past few years that expropriation is the ony way to avoid the building being used for the purposes of Nazi" sympathisers, he said.
The plan would involve the state making an offer of compensation to the current owner, he added.
The building in the quaint northern town of Braunau am Inn has been empty since 2011 when the government became embroiled in a dispute with owner Gerlinde Pommer, a local resident.
Her family has owned the large corner house where Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, for more than a century.
The issue has sparked heated debated among Braunau's 17,000 residents. Some want it to become a refugee centre, others a museum dedicated to Austria's liberation.
There have been even been calls for its demolition -- but the house is part of the city's historic centre and therefore under heritage protection.
Every year on Hitler's birthday, anti-fascist protesters organise a rally outside the building at number 15 Salzburger Vorstadt Street, next to a memorial stone reading: "For Peace, Freedom and Democracy. Never Again Fascism, Millions of Dead Warn."


Pact is working in Liberia to stem deforestation and biodiversity loss while making sure forest-dependent communities and local farmers are able to earn a dignified living.
By strengthening forest value chains, establishing legal and management frameworks for forest enterprises, and building the forest-management capacity of local organizations, Pact is making a lasting difference in Liberia.
Among the tools we're using is our award-winning WORTH model, which brings together groups of women and older teens and uses a combination of literacy training, community banking and micro-business development to help women lift themselves and one another out of poverty.


Grooming areas in barns range from simple cross ties in aisleways to fully outfitted grooming stalls with everything needed to care for your mount. Precise can build these stalls to whatever specifications you wish, and size you desire. Our grooming stalls are safe, efficient, and help organize your work, your tools, and create an area comfortable for your horses.


Westside Petroleum is facing legal action by the for underpaying more than 20 of its employees.
The company which owns petrol stations, and three of its management staff are facing charges with underpaying employees from stations across regional New South Wales, including Glen Innes, Somerton and Gurley.
Employees have since been back-paid in full.
The company will face Sydney's Federal Circuit Court in April.


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(In six configurations)
(In two small sizes)
Extensometers
(In four basic styles)
Transducer And Strain Indicator
Models 060 and 060S
Model 060: Material; BeCu - Output: F.S. 0.7 mv/v nominal in all models.
Pressure Range - *Non-metallic diaphragm
0 - 20*
0 - 1.4k
0 - 13.8k
Model 060S: Material; Stainless Steel - Output: F.S. 0.5 mv/v nominal in all models.
0 - 28k
The Model 060 miniature pressure transducer is the ultimate in pressure sensor miniaturization. It is designed for critical biological or medical applications where an absolute minimum intrusion volume is required, and is the smallest pressure sensor commercially available today. This transducers utilizes a 350 ohm foil strain gage carefully attached to the substrate for maximum stability. It is furnished with 1.0 meter 3 conductor #36 stranded copper lead wire, Teflon coated. Model 060 is also made in stainless steel with slightly different pressure ranges as shown in the tables below. Stainless steel units are mostly used in biomedical and biological applications .
Model 105 and 105S
The Model 105 transducer is similar in shape to the Model 060, but it is designed to provide a rugged yet very small sensor which is low enough in cost so that it can be used in applications where a number of pressure readings are desired, or applications were a transducer is to be permanently embedded in another material. It is furnished with 1 meter of 3 conductor #36 stranded copper lead wire and is a 350 ohm quarter bridge design with gage characteristics matched to the substrate. Both beryllium copper and stainless steel versions are available. Dimensions vary depending on the pressure range. Details are given in the tables below.
Model 147 and 147F
Model 147: Output: 0.5 - 0.7 mv/v F.S. nominal in all models.
Model 147F: Output: 1.0 - 1.5 mv/v F.S. nominal in all models.
The model 147 uses a sensing diaphragm built into the end of a 5 mm machine screw. It uses a 350 ohm half bridge configuration, which gives excellent temperature compensation up to 300°F. The body of the transducer is furnished with a female connector, while the shielded cable is attached with mating male connector and 2 meters of Teflon coated wire. The transducer is normally used by screwing it into a tapped hole, after which the cable may be connected and the readings taken. The transducer can be removed and positioned in a number of different locations as needed. Model 147F uses the same external design but is configured as a full bridge and so produces substantially more voltage output and better transient and short term temperature compensation characteristics.
Model 210:
The model 210 is similar in overall design to the Model 147, but is housed in a 5/16-24 threaded bolt. The end of the threaded portion is a sensitive diaphragm face using a 350 Ohm full bridge as a strain sensing element. Due to large output from the full bridge and its good temperature compensation, this model is best suited for applications where a range of temperatures may be encountered, or small increments of pressure must be measured.
Model 210 is well-suited to low pressure measurements, and full pressure calibration is furnished. For service at variable temperatures, model 210T should be specified since it is the same as Model 210 mechanically but now is also furnished with thermal output curves as well as the usual pressure calibration data, so that temperature corrections can be made to the pressure data.
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Prestige invites you to come live the good life in complete ease and splendour at Prestige Ferns Residency. 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5 & 4 Bedroom Apartments that have been designed to suit your need for convenience, comfort and a leisurely lifestyle. Located just off Marathahalli-Sarjapur Road at Bangalore, Ferns Residency residential apartments are close to everything you need and yet conveniently tucked away from the hustle. Just the way you prefer it!
Note: * The prices above are excluding GST, Deposits and Registration.
Will there be a validity period for the Price List?
Prices are subject to change from time to time.
How are the instalments paid and is it time bound?
Instalments are to be paid by way of Post Dated Cheques which is a pre-condition of the allotment. The schedule of payment is mentioned in the cost sheet. The payment is not linked to the progress of construction but is to be made on a time bound basis as mentioned in the payment schedule since the delivery date has already been established.
When will I get a confirmed allotment?
On payment of 20% of the Sale Value and submission of Post Dated Cheques for the remaining amount.
What are the next steps after the booking?
You need to give us Post Dated Cheques (PDCs) for the balance instalments as per the payment schedule after one month from the date of booking against which a formal letter of allotment will be issued. Agreements will follow in 30-40 days of allotment.
How do I book the apartment and what is the booking amount?
Pay by Cheque/DD favouring Prestige Estates Projects Ltd. A/c Prestige Ferns Residency.
Gymnasium, Swimming Pool, Health Club, Party Hall, Tennis Court, Basketball Court, Squash Court, Badminton Court, Billiards, Table Tennis, Board Games, Children's Play Area and Space Provision for a Super Market. All owners get free membership to the Clubhouse; although there would be a usage fee that would be applicable.
Is there any differential price based on the floor and orientation of the apartment?
Yes, there is a differential pricing for apartments. For every level, there is an increase of Rs. 15/- per sq ft and there will be a premium charge of Rs. 50/- & Rs.100/- per sq ft for premium apartments.
What are the different sizes and type of apartments?
Has BBMP sanctioned the plan?
The development plan has been sanctioned by BBMP.
What is the distance from vital landmarks of the city?
Where is Prestige Ferns Residency located?
It is located on Harlur Road, 1.8 Kms off Marathahalli-Sarjapur Road. Prestige Ferns Residency is a Residential Development spread over approximately 25 acres of land with 23 Residential Towers housed in 18 Towers of 15 Levels and 4 Towers of 19 Levels respectively. There are 1483 apartments in all.
What happens if I wish to cancel the booking?
Am I permitted to shift my booking?
No, you are not permitted to shift your booking either to a different block or to a different project.
When does the development start and what is the completion date?
The construction for Prestige Ferns Residency has been completed, and the Occupancy Certificate received. Click on the number found at the top of this section, to find out how you can own a piece of this luxury.
The specifications and designs have been carefully worked out. Considering the number of apartments and the delivery date, customization will not be possible in the collective interest of the purchasers.
What about car parking space?
What are the agreements that need to be signed?
The following agreements need to be signed – Agreement to Sell and Construction Agreement followed with a Sale Deed at the time of possession.
What is the process for registration and when does it take place?
Registration will be done only on completion of the development and on payment of the entire sale consideration including the additional amounts. Registration will be facilitated by us through an advocate appointed by Prestige.
What is the process for assignment?
Assignment can be done only after the Agreements have been signed, PDCs given and the new party complying with the terms and conditions of the principal agreement. Transfer Fee as applicable will be required to be paid. If you have availed of a loan then you have to also retrieve and hand over to Prestige all letters and documents issued by Prestige to the bank/housing finance institution. Requests for assignments will be accepted only after 20% of the sale value and 3 instalment payments are realised as per the payment schedule.
What are the additional amounts to be paid?
Has the project been approved by Banks/Housing Finance Institutions (HFIs) for loan?
Yes. Leading HFIs have approved the development and will extend loans to customers based on their specified criteria.
What is my responsibility for disbursement through HFIs?
It is your responsibility to ensure timely disbursement of installments from HFIs and no demand will be made by us to the HFIs for the same. To facilitate smooth payments, customers are required to issue a consent letter. Post Dated Cheques will be returned at the time of possession on receipt of all payments from the HFI as per the payment schedule.
Who will take care of the maintenance of the project?
The maintenance will be taken care of by Prestige Property Management & Services. You can therefore be rest assured that the project is in the hands of professionals.
What happens if I have more questions/clarifications?
What is the Scheme of Maintenance?
A sum of Rs. 42/- per sq ft will be charged as the Advance Maintenance Fee for the first year and will be collected at the time of closing of your account. From the second year onwards, maintenance charges will be levied on a quarterly basis payable in advance. All future payments are to be made favouring the Property Management Company.
An additional sum of Rs. 42/- per sq ft will be collected as Sinking Fund. This amount will be deposited in an Escrow Account and the accruals will be used for major expenditure.
What is the main source of water?