The solo debut by U.S. Christmas guitarist/vocalist Nate Hall understandably has similar roots of Appalachian folk and 21st century metal at work, but A Great River, performed (aside from a couple of keyboard parts) by Hall himself, takes a slightly different turn nonetheless, a singular series of performances that also avoids simple repetition. The opening tracks "The Earth in One Cell" and "Dark Star" seem to set an initial tone that might maintain throughout, drawing in everything from psychedelic wooze to stirring metal solos to Hall's own at once stretched and powerful voice, a kind of up-to-date cosmic American music. But starting with "Kathleen" forward there's as much calm as storm clouds, though the darker things are clearly suggested more -- "Night Theme" and "Electric Night Theme" both have an air of stately progression and ritualistic sensibility, whether playing with acoustic guitar and banjo on the former or keyboard swoops and plugged reverb on the latter. At its most extreme, as with the Neil Young guitar-zoneout-meets-blasted-heath feeling of "Raw Chords," Hall seems to summon primal powers with complete ease; in complete contrast is the near spiritual feeling of "When the Stars Begin to Fall," Hall's steady, yearning singing voice sounding unlike anything on the album previously, another gentle twist on an album that never quite settles into one road. The title track concludes the album on a nearly serene note, soft singing against keyboards Garth Hudson could appreciate as well as guitar, but "To Wake and Dream" might be the clearest invocation of a lost past, Hall's vocals treated like a long-forgotten 78-rpm pressing even while precise, slow, and clear fingerpicking grounds the track in a different place altogether.


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Uzbekistan's View of Regional Security in Central Asia
Gulnara Karimova
Summary: As Central Asia's geopolitical role grows, its states face a number of transnational issues, including instability in Afghanistan, energy resources and development, and transport communications, which have a significant impact on regional security.
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The following piece reflects the opinions of Gulnara Karimova, director of the Center for Political Studies (Tashkent).
The development of geopolitical processes over the past decade demonstrates that Central Asia has become one of the key Eurasian regions, with major impact on the overall climate of the continental and global security.
Central Asia's influence is felt on several fronts, primarily those of combating international terrorism and supplying oil and natural gas.
At the same time, the region's growing importance carries certain risks. As the region becomes an integral part of the global system of security and the economy, it also becomes sensitive to the effects of the multiple factors and processes that traditionally determine the course of global political, economic, cultural, and ideological development.
This creates some difficulties for Central Asian countries in formation and for the realization of their long-term national strategies. The difficulty lies in the fact that as the region's geopolitical role grows, its states are increasingly involved in complex political, diplomatic, financial, and economic processes, which, in turn, require a constant evolution of quality and flexibility of strategies to protect national interests.
In fact, taking into consideration the full range of existing threats and challenges, Central Asia at this stage is constantly forced to decide between, on the one hand, continuing to strengthen its position as an outpost of international stability and an integral part of the world economy and, on the other hand, minimizing the impact of negative factors that could decrease the level of security in Central Asia.
Undoubtedly, each country in Central Asia seeks, in its own way, to solve the challenges it faces, based on its national interest priorities, the specific geopolitical situation, and the availability of various resources. However, in general, the problem for the region is how to strengthen Central Asia's role in maintaining global political and economic security while at the same time minimizing the impact of factors that can bring instability to the region.
Today we can distinguish at least three areas that are located at the junction of these two tensions: the problem of Afghanistan; the issue of increasing supplies of oil and gas, taking into account the diversification of routes; and the transformation of Central Asia as the continental transportation hub. All three of these areas carry a powerful geopolitical component, characterized by the involvement of a large number of regional and global players.
The Afghan Factor in the Security of Central Asia
It is Afghanistan that brought Central Asia in early 2000 to the forefront of the processes of maintaining global stability and security. The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent decision by an international coalition to declare war on the take on the Taliban regime and al-Qaeda elevated the Afghan problem from the regional level to the global level.
In fact, Afghanistan and its emanating threat of terrorism had already been a problem at the international level. The president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, had repeatedly warned of invasions by Afghan Islamists in 1999–2000. However, full awareness of the severity and global nature of the Afghan problem was not realized by most of the international community until the tragic events at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
International pressure on the Taliban led to a marked reduction in the threat of instability spreading from Afghanistan to Central Asia. It also made it possible to deal more successfully with various jihadist groups in the region whose safe haven in Afghanistan had been lost. Meanwhile, the investment attractiveness of the Central Asian market was raised, owing to a slight reduction of risks to foreign investment and transit-transport capacity of the region.
As a result, the status of Central Asia greatly changed, from a region where safety and stability were highly risky because of the direct threat posed by Afghanistan to a region with a high level of stability, which in turn became a significant factor in restoring the Afghan economy.
However, as leading Western countries—the main stabilizing force in Afghanistan—dramatically shifted the focus of their foreign policy from Afghanistan to Iraq, it gave impetus to the revival of sources of destabilization of Afghanistan. The Taliban, who were on the verge of extinction as an organized political and military force, received an unexpected respite and have exploited it to gradually rebuild their military and technical capacity and manpower, in order to prepare new tactics of sabotage and subversive war.
Along with the shift to Iraq, it seems, the international community took comfort in some positive developments in Afghanistan. First and foremost, of course, was the quite successful process of establishing a formal government. Other positive developments include holding presidential and parliamentary elections; starting the recovery of the economy; improving the education, health, and judiciary systems; and retraining the army and police.
Against this background, however, increasing negative tendencies were occurring. Among them: the emergence and deepening of corruption; expansion of drug production; and increased agitation and subversion by the Taliban in some border regions with Pakistan. Regrettably, those tendencies, being regarded as peripheral, did not receive adequate attention on the part of the international community.
The result was that the instability gradually spread to other regions of Afghanistan, triggering a growing toll among the contingents of the international coalition, the Afghan army, and the civil population.
In this regard—and because there had been some progress toward stabilization in Iraq—it seems logical that U.S. President Barack Obama again declared Afghanistan a priority of American foreign policy.
That decision was very important from the standpoint of regional security in Central Asia. Therefore, it seems coincidental that the Central Asian states have positively responded to a request of NATO to help with the opening of the northern corridor of Afghanistan for non-military cargo supplies in addition to the Pakistan corridor, which is frequently being attacked by the Taliban.
At the same time, the start date announced by Obama for withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan—June 2011—creates uncertainty for all forces involved in the Afghan settlement and, above all, the Central Asian states. Moreover, it remains unclear what will happen in Afghanistan, how effective the new U.S. strategy to combat the Taliban will be, and what further action Washington and NATO will take to support Kabul.
According to Henry Kissinger, "the United States may have no choice but to reconsider its options and to gear its role in Afghanistan to goals directly relevant to threats to American security. In that eventuality, it will do so not as an abdication but as a strategic judgment. But it is premature to reach such a conclusion on present evidence."
Kissinger believes that a possible strategy would be reassessed only if there is no success in establishing broad international cooperation with regional and neighboring states to turn Afghanistan into "a terrorists-free zone" and if "the problem of short-sighted temptation to take advantage of failures of an opponent" is not withdrawn.
This point of view is in unison with the position of Uzbekistan, which advocates resolution of the Afghan crisis through broader cooperation among the six countries bordering Afghanistan and the world's leading powers.
Uzbekistan's viewpoint was formulated in the concept of establishing a contact group on Afghanistan, called 6+3, and presented by President Karimov at the NATO summit in Bucharest in 2008. The idea is to create a platform where the issues of the Afghan settlement could be discussed on a multilateral basis involving the six neighbors—China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan—along with NATO, Russia, and the United States.
For Central Asia, such a multilateral format could not start soon enough. With the uncertainty posed by the planned beginning of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, it is important to create a mechanism today to ensure that security and stability be maintained in Central Asia and other regions contiguous to Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Uzbekistan's efforts to strengthen regional security are not limited by its desire to foster a multilateral dialogue. It puts special emphasis on measures to assist Afghanistan's economic development—the direction in which Uzbekistan sees the possible union of the interests of key countries that have influence in the region. Uzbekistan itself, for instance, delivers electricity to Afghanistan, conveys cargo through its transport communications to the northern Afghan provinces, and hopes to expand bilateral trade. Among recent major projects is the tender won by Uzbekistan, worth $170 million, for construction of the railway linking Khairaton with Mazari-Sharif, which should be put into operation in 2011. This is a breakthrough project for Afghanistan, one that significantly increases the supply of goods from almost all the adjoining countries. It also creates a large number of jobs that, in turn, contribute to the economic development of the northern provinces and their integration into the Central Asian market.
Support of such projects is entirely in line with the strategic position of Uzbekistan, which had long believed that the Afghan problem cannot have only a military solution. Uzbekistan maintains that the economic revival of Afghanistan must form the fundamental basis for the country's stability and security.
Energy Aspect of Regional Security
Since the early 1990s, when the Central Asian countries got their independence, the energy sector has become one of the key factors in ensuring the security and stable development of the region. This is primarily because of the ever-growing estimates of proven and prospective reserves of oil and natural gas.
Currently, the proven reserves of oil and gas in Kazakhstan amount to 5 billion tons and 3 trillion cubic meters, respectively; in Uzbekistan, it totals 0.53 billion tons and 3.4 trillion сubic meters (geological reserves of 5 trillion); and in Turkmenistan, it is 0.95 billion tons and 3 trillion cubic meters (and that does not even include recently discovered reserves on open fields in South Yoloten and Serdar).
The availability of such reserves, which put Central Asia among the top energy regions of the world, had an immediate effect on the economic and geopolitical aspects of regional security.
From the economic point of view, the significant hydrocarbon reserves provided an opportunity to obtain a long-term and quite stable source of foreign resources, which were necessary to start the process of industrial and economic modernization. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, most economic ties were broken. But the foreign resources from the export of oil and gas, along with other sources of income, not only stabilized the economic situation but also helped to initiate programs to create a new industrial infrastructure.
As a result, for instance, Uzbekistan established new industry sectors such as the automobile industry and rebalanced the industrial structure of its GDP. In 2008, services contributed 46.5 percent of the GDP's production structure; production of goods was 43.4 percent; and net taxes and export-import transactions accounted for 10.1 percent.
Of the exports, energy and petroleum products are by far the largest share, at 25.2 percent. Services account for 10.7 percent; machinery and equipment, 10.4 percent; cotton fiber, 9.2 percent; ferrous and nonferrous metals, 7.0 percent; chemical products and wood products, 5.6 percent; food products, 4.4 percent.
However, despite an overall decrease in the share of primary industries in Uzbekistan's GDP, the physical volume of production and export of natural gas will likely increase, taking into account that the oil and gas sector has been an attractive object for foreign investment in recent years. This issue affects Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan as well, and both countries called a further increase in the amount of oil and natural gas as a condition for development of their national economies.
With the growth in the export of hydrocarbons, along with a stabilizing role in domestic economic development, another aspect of the link between energy and security of Central Asia became relevant: the growing integration of regional energy and overall economy in the world market.
The correlation of markets has been clearly seen since the beginning of the Iraq war in 2003. That is when global demand for oil and natural gas took off, boosting the price from $30 per barrel mark WTI to a peak of $147 per barrel by mid-2008. All of this led to increased exports of oil and natural gas from Central Asia; an active investment in the hydrocarbon sector; and, as a consequence of increased foreign exchange earnings, a speeding up in the modernization and reforms of the economy. Combined with the favorable development of the situation in Afghanistan, that period can be considered extremely auspicious for the overall stability and security of Central Asia.
Since then, however, the deepening link between energy and Central Asian security and the world market and its energy segment has shown its dark side. Prices of many commodities and industrial products have fallen rapidly during the global financial crisis, and oil has been no exception. For a short time, prices tumbled below $40 per barrel, causing a domino-like impact on all exporters of energy raw materials.
The declining prices of oil and gas have become a test of stability and security for states and regions, including Central Asia. Exporters of energy and raw materials in Central Asia have managed, with varying levels of effectiveness, to avoid an excessive negative influence of the global financial crisis on their economies; in general, stability has been maintained.
Even before the crisis, Uzbekistan had started reducing dependence on commodity exports in favor of developing its industrial and manufacturing sector, and that policy paid off. Although industrial production has also experienced some decline in demand and the world market prices, Uzbekistan was able to use available mechanisms to offset the negative influences and maintain high GDP growth by adopting an emergency anti-crisis program and stimulating measures for domestic demand and consumption of products.
According to official figures, GDP grew by 8.2 percent in the first half of 2009. It was achieved by increasing the scope of industrial production by 9.1 percent; production of consumer goods by 13.1 percent; agriculture, 4.6 percent; services, 18.5 percent; and construction, 32.5 percent.
It is worth noting that measures were taken to speed up the growth of exports during the crisis. Exports grew by 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009 and by 13.4 percent in the first half of the year, compared with the same period in 2008. Moreover, trade surpluses increased almost eightfold, from $207 million in the first quarter of 2009 to $1.6 billion in the first half of 2009.
According to Uzbek experts, the total amount of fiscal incentives was approximately $1.35 billion, or nearly 4 percent of GDP. Measures on stimulating domestic demand helped, for instance, to increase sales of cars in the domestic market.
Energy remains a key area for the leading producers of hydrocarbons in Central Asia. But the experience gained by Uzbekistan as a result of the crisis showed that priority for national and regional security will be given to limiting excessive economic dependence on oil and gas exports by diversifying sources of foreign currency earnings.
Central Asia's admission to the group of leading manufacturers and suppliers of oil and gas generated the other part of regional security issue, the geopolitical. It would be wrong to deny the close connection between the oil and gas industry and geopolitics; look no farther than the Middle East for an illustration of their intertwined relationship.
In this regard, it seems no coincidence that as the world's leading energy companies discovered Central Asia's oil and gas potential, international analytical and information circles have actively been discussing the "Great Game" theory on control of Central Asian hydrocarbons. In other words, the issue of oil and gas exports and routes of its supplies has been gradually moved by the media from the sphere of the economy to the sphere of political rivalry.
Certainly, continued attempts to politicize oil and gas exports do not satisfy the exporters of Central Asia, and Uzbekistan in particular. For the security of Central Asia, it is extremely important that hydrocarbon resources have remained largely in the economic sphere. Politicization of the resources, coupled with the continuing instability in Afghanistan, could significantly raise the level of political risk, which could discourage foreign investors from involvement in the Central Asian markets.
As an analysis of national energy strategies shows, Central Asia gives priority to consideration of energy in the context of economic feasibility. Take, for instance, the issue of export route diversification.
After the Central Asian countries gained independence, some exporters declared a policy of creating new oil and natural gas supply routes. As the extraction of raw materials grew, the issue became more urgent for all, for obvious reasons.
First, the capacity built during the Soviet period, and the pipeline system, were clearly insufficient. Moreover, some of the pipelines, such as Central Asia–Center, were forced to reduce their capacity because of deterioration.
Second, the focus on traditional northern markets (Europe and the CIS countries) created an excessive dependence on consumption by them, to the exclusion of other potential markets. An example of this occurred during the global financial crisis of 2008–2009, when natural gas consumption in the European market decreased, creating significant hardship for exporters.
Third, a very high level of competition exists in the European market among suppliers from Russia, Africa, the Persian Gulf, and the Middle East. That factor exacerbates Central Asia's excessive dependence on such a market, because it increases the geopolitical component in the relationship between the exporter and importer.
Fourth, in recent decades, consumption of oil and gas in South and Southeast Asia and the Far East has grown exponentially, caused by rapid economic progress, especially by China. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, this region formed the lion's share of global consumption growth of hydrocarbons. Considering that Central Asia shares a border with China, it would be unwise not to try to gain access to this fastest-growing energy market in the world.
Thus, several economic-based factors are pushing Central Asian countries to diversify their export routes to serve a larger geographical spread of buyers for their hydrocarbon resources. There have been notable successes, among them the Caspian Pipeline Consortium and the Atasu–Alashankou pipeline; tanker deliveries of oil in Azerbaijan and Iran (under the "oil exchange" scheme); two gas pipelines from Turkmenistan to Iran; and the Turkmenistan–China gas pipeline, launched with the participation of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. These pipelines supplemented traditional oil and gas pipelines targeted to the northern markets.
Obviously, geopolitical factors sometimes seriously affect the conditions and terms of realization for export projects in some areas. But the strategic goal of Central Asia is to minimize any geopolitical competition in the energy market of the region that can negatively affect regional security.
To reduce the geopolitical risks, Central Asian countries also aspire, each in its own way, to establish energy market conditions that would enable the leading oil and gas companies in many countries to participate in tenders on an equal footing for the development of hydrocarbon fields and construction of enterprises for their processing. A good example is the energy market of Uzbekistan, where companies from Russia, China, Malaysia, South Korea, and South Africa have been engaged for many years.
Transport Communications
For the security of Central Asia, the question of development and crisis-free operation of regional transport communications is of great significance. Given its location in the depths of the Eurasian continent, with no direct access to international shores, countries in the region have given priority for almost two decades to diversification of transport routes to extend access to global markets.
Looking at the structure of the modern world economy from the standpoint of geography, several regions on the Eurasian continent have determined the course of global economic development. These are the European and Asian industrial, economic, and financial conglomerates. From the transport point of view, their distinguishing feature is that they have a close relationship with maritime communications, which certainly entails them to pay much attention to the development of port infrastructure. Here, especially, the efforts of Asian countries are worth noting.
In 2008, all five of the world's busiest container shipping ports were based in Asia. Singapore became the leader, exceeding 29.92 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units); Shanghai ranked second with 28.01 million TEU; Hong Kong was third with 24.3 million TEU; Shenzhen was fourth with 21.42 million TEU; and South Korean Busan, with 13.42 million TEU, came in fifth. Meanwhile, some major European ports are rapidly expanding, including Rotterdam, Antwerp, and London; together, these ports serve as the foundation for the recent increase in trade between Europe and Asia.
Central Asia's lack of direct access to the sea-lanes that carry most of today's continental and world trade does not rule out its potential as a major transport hub. In fact, its chances are not bad; it is, after all, centrally located between Asia and Europe.
Looking at the issue through the prism of security, it is important that the countries of Central Asia further transform into the continental transportation hub, as this guarantees an increase in the number of actors who have economic interests in the region, and hence, in strengthening regional stability.
Achievement of these strategic goals will be possible if two major tasks are resolved. The first is the need to develop efficient diversification of transport corridors. Priority should be given to economic expediency, rather than individual narrow objectives of a political nature. Creating a diversified transport system, combined with competitive rates, will enhance the attractiveness of Central Asia for international shippers and will help build transit flows.
The second task is the creation of an organic mutual development system of transport communications and regional economy. This task is more complex and expensive than the first one. It assumes the transformation of Central Asia into a major center of industrial, economic, and financial activities, which serves as a bridge between European and Asian economies.
The more Central Asia states approach this goal, the more they will be able to build permanent trade in both directions—Central Asia–Europe and Central Asia–Asia—which, in turn, will allow for regional transport communications to increase the volumes of cargo. Chinese ports did not become the world's leader in cargo transportation in a vacuum; it happened because of the explosive growth of the Chinese economy and increasing volumes of international trade in China.
Uzbekistan has long been making significant efforts to combine its industrial and economic, and transport development components. The Navoi Free Industrial and Economic Zone project is a good example of that. Its winning attribute is an advantageous location and transport infrastructure, situated as it is in close proximity to the international airport, highway E-40, and rail routes of international importance. The result is that it has created favorable conditions for foreign investors and manufacturers.
Road and rail communications allow the shortest access to the ports of Iran and Turkey, as well as to the ports of the Black and Baltic seas. Through use of the airport, Navoi achieves considerable savings in time and shipping costs. Thus, the distance between Southeast Asia and Europe via Navoi is 1,000 miles shorter than via Dubai. Time saved in the implementation of flight is 1.5 hours, and fuel savings amount to 15 tons for every airliner.
Given its location, Central Asia cannot ignore geopolitical processes that could adversely affect its transport plans, and hence its security and safety. They include the continuing violence in Afghanistan, which is preventing full development of the Afghan–Pakistan southern corridor that could provide the shortest access to the ports of Karachi and Gwadar.
Moreover, uncertainty surrounding Iran's nuclear program could limit Central Asian companies' access to the Iranian ports of Bandar-Abbas and Chabahar, which are pivotal in opening the sea gates that can connect Central Asia to the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
All three factors that determine the current state of security in Central Asia will remain highly relevant in the near future. Of course, for the present the most urgent is complete resolution of the Afghan crisis, which has tied up many of the issues surrounding regional security. Solution of the Afghan problem could immediately reflect on the general climate of political, ideological, economic, energy, and transport security.
For example, stabilization of Afghanistan would deprive the ideologues of various radical pseudo-religious movements of use of the country as a base of terrorism as well as any illusions about the spread of instability in regions neighboring Afghanistan. In addition, it would pave the way to more actively combating drug production and smuggling, which would deal a major blow to the sources of both terrorist financing and corruption. These factors would allow the Afghan economy could enter the international integration, because it represents a potentially promising market and because the discovery of large deposits of iron ore at Hajigak and copper at Aynak demonstrates Afghanistan's significant natural resources.
The relationship between Central Asia's energy policies and its stability will also remain relevant, as will the two conflicting strategic visions: one that considers the energy sector mainly through the prism of the economy, and the other, by geopolitical radicals, who think of the energy sector in terms of the "great energy game." The main reason for this will be the gradual building of oil and gas supplies from the region to world markets.
With regard to transport security, in some areas (Afghanistan, Iran, and South Caucasus in particular), it will depend on the development of various geopolitical processes in neighboring regions. In general, transport communications in Central Asia and the saturation of cargo traffic will directly depend on the economic development of the region and the intensity of the growth of continental trade, which will undoubtedly grow as the global economic crisis eases.
Professor Gulnara Islamovna Karimova is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Uzbekistan to Spain, Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva. She is also the Director of the Center for Political Studies (Tashkent).
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Q: foreach HTML table Estou tentando novamente criar uma tabela com os dados inseridos usando
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está armazenando normal, porém não está seguindo a ordem da tabela.

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Q: How to use graphics(Piant component) on any one layer of JLayeredPane I am trying to draw a line at run time on any one layer of JlayeredPane. What i am currently facing is that line drawn getting erased automatically once i release the mouse. I want that drawn line to be there until i click the mouse again.
I am calling the below written class, this way
    iDimension = new getDimension();
    iDimension.setBounds(1, 12,  441, 380);
    //iDimension.setOpaque(true);
    iDimension.setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,100));

I have added iDimension With Layered pane in this way
    layeredPane.add(iDimension, new Integer(1),0);

Here is the getDimension Class
public class getDimension extends JPanel {

    public getDimension() {
        setDoubleBuffered(true);
        this.setBorder(UIManager.getBorder("ComboBox.border"));
        this.repaint();
    }

    Point pointStart = null;
    Point pointEnd = null;

    {

        addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
                pointStart = e.getPoint();
            }

            public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
                pointStart = null;
            }
        });

        addMouseMotionListener(new MouseMotionAdapter() {
            public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e) {
                pointEnd = e.getPoint();
            }

            public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
                pointEnd = e.getPoint();
                repaint();
            }
        });
    }

    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        super.paint(g);
        if (pointStart != null) {
            g.setColor(Color.GREEN);
            g.drawLine(pointStart.x, pointStart.y, pointEnd.x, pointEnd.y);
            //  System.out.println("" + pointStart.x +"," + pointStart.y +"," + pointEnd.x +"," +pointEnd.y);
        }
    }
}

I am a newbie in java. Kindly correct if there is any ambiguity in my question.

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What i am currently facing is that line drawn getting erased automatically once i release the mouse. I want that drawn line to be there until i click the mouse again.

The code is only doing what you tell it to do:
addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
    public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
        pointStart = e.getPoint();
    }
    public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
        pointStart = null;
    }
});

and:
    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        super.paint(g);
        if (pointStart != null) {  // *********
            g.setColor(Color.GREEN);
            g.drawLine(pointStart.x, pointStart.y, pointEnd.x, pointEnd.y);
        }
    }

Note that if pointStart is null, you don't draw the line -- but you set it to null on mouseReleased! Solution -- don't do that.
e.g.,
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class GetDimension extends JPanel {

    private static final int PREF_W = 600;
    private static final int PREF_H = PREF_W;
    private Point pointStart = null;
    private Point pointEnd = null;

    public GetDimension() {
        this.setBorder(UIManager.getBorder("ComboBox.border"));
        this.repaint();

        MouseAdapter myMouse = new MouseAdapter() {
            public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
                pointStart = e.getPoint();
                repaint();
            }

            public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
                pointEnd = e.getPoint();
                repaint();
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Antony School's computing program fully meets the requirements of the 2014 curriculum in computing. We have a class sets of laptops as well as a class set of chromebooks and some tablets. This means pupils don't have to share and can work individually on projects.
As well as incorporating word processing apps into pupils work, we also ensure pupils use and understand spreadsheets and publishing software as well as Google Docs and Google Slides.
Pupils use many educationally based apps to support their learning, especially in mathematics and reading including Accelerated Reader where the children complete a 'Star Reader' test online to assess their reading ability and Times Tables Rockstars to help with the speed of their times tables knowledge.
We deliver coding in many different ways, including espresso coding, as well as writing code for robotics with older pupils. We also attend the Plymouth University Science and Technology showcase.


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David Justin Vincent poznatiji kao David Vincent (Charlotte, SAD, 22. travnja 1965.) američki je glazbenik, basist i pjevač najpoznatiji kao pjevač i basist američkog death metal-sastava Morbid Angel. Bio je član sastava od 1988. do 1996. godine. Vincent se vratio u sastav u 2004. no 2015. godine ponovno napušta sastav. Također je pjevač country. Bio je član sastav Terrorizer i Genitortures.

Diskografija
 Morbid Angel – Altars of Madness (1989.)
 Morbid Angel – Blessed Are the Sick (1991.)
 Morbid Angel – Covenant (1993.)
 Morbid Angel – Domination (1995.)
 Morbid Angel – Illud Divinum Insanus (2011.)
 Terrorizer – World Downfall (1989.)
 Terrorizer – Hordes of Zombies (2012.)
Solo albumi
 Drinkin' With The Devil (2017.)

Izvori

Američki basisti heavy metala
Američki pjevači heavy metala

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World Vision Canada has announced the appointment of Shelley Pacheco (right) has its new chief people officer. An energy sector executive, Pacheco arrives from Consolidated Energy Solutions and Constant Power, where she steered their talent acquisition needs. Her experience also extends into the start-up and technology spheres with experience at D-Link Canada and Alberici.
Canadian Digital Service, the crown corporation that oversees the improvement of governmental digital services for citizens, has hired Aaron Snow as its first CEO. Snow was the co-founder and executive director of 18F, which has a similar mandate in the U.S. His new role puts him in charge of a team designed to disrupt a stagnant digital culture within the federal government and make online governments services easier to access nationwide.
Air Canada CEO Calin Rovinescu credits Arielle Meloul-Wechsler (right) with "the most fundamental aspects" of changing the company's internal culture as head of its human resources, labour relations and training.
Having led community building and employee culture efforts since last year, Rovinescu said her programs have raised customer engagement. So, in her role as SVP of people and culture, Meloul-Wechsler will now oversee all social media, employee and corporate communications.


Finished the 2010 Buller Gorge Half Marathon Run in 01:56:43 in M4049 class!
He came 94th in class and 439th overall!
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The three R's: rescue, rehabilitation, and release
Posted on October 18, 2018 in A&E
By Lauren Wong
"Alright, that's time," Morgan Palmer yells out over the excited children. This cues the two volunteers, both elderly women, who begin to tug up the net. A 10-foot net waves through the water as it is dragged up from the bay, a surprise every time as the bottom of the net reveals creatures of all shapes and sizes. Palmer, senior marine life and environmental educator at Clearwater Marine Aquarium, is leading today's 10 a.m. Sea Life Safari Boat Tour. "Nets up!" yells Palmer as she joins the volunteers in pulling up the net. Little by little the crowd watches with anticipation as it snakes its way to the deck. This blue boat, about 20 feet by 5 feet is stalled, gently bobbing while they proceed to plop the net into a cooler where the fish swim anxiously as the kids gather around wide eyed. Taking one quick glance, almost machine like, it's only a matter of seconds until Palmer has the fish all sorted into separate containers. She identifies them as pin, mojarra, catfish and lizard fish.
All but one unfortunate fish were now swimming along their tank, exploring their new surroundings. A baby catfish had wedged itself into the netting causing itself to get stuck, his slender black body just slightly rounder than the hole of the net. "Someone grab me gloves," Palmer yells out. She was competing now with the water crashing against the boat and the kids, who now were directly at her side peering into the tanks. Grabbing the gloves handed to her by one of the volunteers, she begins carefully pulling the net away while she maneuvers the fish. As she does this I hear her talking gently to him. She is trying her best to soothe him so that his little body would relax. His struggling is only making his situation worse. Thirty seconds ticks by, which must seem like minutes to this little guy, and finally we see progress. A few more seconds and Palmer finally detaches the baby catfish, her face flooded with relief. Tossing him back into the water, she turns towards me, explaining that catfish are usually released quicker than any other fish becuase they stress themselves out.
Every boat tour is unique, since you can't exactly predict what is going to swim its way into your net. Today's star was the lizard fish, catching the kids' attention by its size. At about eight inches long and two inches wide, he resembles an eel. His brown and white speckled spots catch in the sun and send reflections dancing above him in his tank. Once all the fish are up and sorted, this is where the research begins.
The aquarium sends out a set number of boats daily to collect data. The number of boats sent out depends upon the weather as well as the current season. The boat has different set spots that they pull their data from in which they cycle through as Alexandra Pluim, volunteer, explains is to make sure that one spot doesn't get too depleted.
"If we were to continually pull from the same spot every day, than that spot would essentially die," said Pluim. "We need to allow that particular ecosystem at least five days to replenish and repair itself since we do not release the fish back in the same exact spot.
Recording the quantities of species they find in certain areas of the bay allows them to regulate the health of that particular ecosystem. This can show us if there is an issue or can allow us to see what damage was done after a hurricane or any major storm.
Rescue, rehabilitation, and release, that is the mission at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. The mantra stems from this non-profit organization as they strive to get the public to understand how irreplaceable the value of the ocean is. The most well-known success from this aquarium was actually made into a movie, Dolphin Tale, telling the story of Winter.
Winter had found herself caught in a crab trap, stranded in Mosquito Lagoon, near Cape Canaveral, Florida. A majority of the time dolphins cannot survive this, however, at only two months old Winter held on while she was transported to the aquarium. Unfortunately, with all the damage done to her tail, it had deteriorated and nothing could be done to save it. She learned to regain her strength using a prosthetic tail after hers was amputated. Now, when you walk into the aquarium she is the first thing you're able to see. Today, I watched her hit a ball around with her snout in her tank happily playing. She has to feel every one's eyes on her and I'm convinced she is soaking up all the attention. She was putting on a show for all of us standing here. A majority of us leaned over the guardrail to get as close as possible to this prodigy, until the tall, slender male in the blue shirt kindly tells us we need to take a step back. Winter proves you can defy all odds with hard work. She splashes by the edge of the tank showing us as she swims around, with only a nub to show where her tail once was.
"Honestly, it was the first Dolphin Tale movie that had come out when I was still in high school that made me realize that this is something I want to do," Palmer said. Prior to getting involved in the academic side at the aquarium, Palmer was involved in rescue. However, after a year Palmer had switched over to education. Growing up in Indiana and getting her bachelor's degree there, she was never able to get hands on experience with the ocean as she does now.
"I'd really like to go back to Indiana and get my master's degree so I can teach this marine biology field to those who didn't have the opportunity like I did, to move down here to Florida," Palmer said.
As Palmer loads onto her boat every day, net ready, to share her knowledge on the mysterious ways of the sea she also inspires those around her. Not only kids, but those aspiring to hold a position in the education of marine life, such as Pluim.
"It makes it all worth it, I love having a boat full of jumping kids with plenty of questions," said Pluim as she gazes over today's gathering. The tanks are now making their last round around the kids, allowing them to take one last look at these little creatures, "It has been a pleasure having you on my boat today, hope you all enjoyed your Sea Life Safari Boat tour," Palmer said . "Hope to see you again soon."
Lauren Wong can be reached at lauren.wong@spartans.ut.edu
clearwater marine museum
Lauren Wong


Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, insisted that the work Planned Parenthood is doing is especially important after a changing of the guard in Washington.
At a Planned Parenthood fundraiser in Fort Worth on Wednesday, Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, insisted that the work the organization is doing is especially important after a changing of the guard in Washington.
Bush was the keynote speaker at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas' annual Fort Worth luncheon. In audio of her speech obtained by The Texas Tribune, Bush hinted that President Donald Trump's electoral victory over Hillary Clinton caught her by surprise.
During her address, Bush said she was inspired to pursue a career in global health issues following a trip to East and Central Africa when she was 21.
Bush also said she was frustrated that people are still having to make a "case for why women's health matters in 2017." However, she said she was inspired by the people who came to Wednesday's event.
Bush's public appearance before the group is striking, given that her father was a staunch abortion opponent during his time as Texas governor and as president. However, Bush's, mother, former First Lady Laura Bush, has expressed support for the legality of abortion on a handful of occasions.
The younger Bush, the CEO and co-founder of Global Health Corps, called Planned Parenthood an "exceptional organization" in a June New York Times interview and attended a fundraiser for Clinton's presidential campaign in Paris in October.
Bush also encouraged the younger generation to take a stand in women's reproductive rights issues.
"It's our dream that in 20 years we'll see a dramatic improvement in the health system in terms of quality and affordability of care, and this change will be because of the results of radical new leadership from this generation's youth," said Bush.


The Punjabi "Suit Suit" sensation Guru Randhawa visited the set of T-Series & Ellipsis Entertainment's comedy "Tumhari Sulu" today. Guru's song Suit Suit was a chartbuster and he is now making aggressive inroads into Bollywood. It is believed that he has rendered an amazing track for the film, which was being picturised today in Mumbai. The association of the celebrated singer along with the extremely talented Vidya Balan tells us something really exciting is coming our way.


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Dr Mohammad Taleai
Visiting Professorial Fellow
Arts,Design & Architecture
School of Built Environment
Dr. Mohammad Taleai is Visiting Professorial Fellow of the Geospatial Research Innovation and Development (GRID) in the School of Built Environment (BE) at the UNSW), Sydney, Australia, since Nov. 2021. He is also a professor in Geoinformatics at the Faculty of Geomatics, K.N.Toosi University (KNTU), Tehran, Iran. Mohammad teaches and supervises students on GIS, Spatial Decision Support Systems (SDSS), Spatial Multi-Criteria Evaluation (SMSE), BIM&3D-GIS, Cartography, and Geo-Visualization at undergrad and postgrad levels at KNTU. He has contributed to the research and academic activities, and he held various executive and leadership positions throughout the KNTU university and private companies. He was one of the founders of the Iranian center of excellence in Geospatial Information Technology, Geospatial Information Technology (GIT) research group, and director of the Spatial Decision Making & Smart Cities Lab. He was the founder and CEO of a private company in the field of GIS and Intelligent systems. Mohammad has published over 150 refereed scientific papers and his current research interests are Deep Learning & Artificial Intelligence for Geospatial Applications specifically in the subject of Urban planning and Urban resilience, Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), Location-Based Social Networks (LBSNs), 3D city modeling, and its application for Smart Cities and Urban Policy-Making. He has more than 14 years of experience in directing and cooperating in industrial research projects in the field of Geo-Informatics (GIS). During the past decade, he has engaged with the industry and profession and built and direct one of the strong research teams in the field of GIS, in Iran. He has led more than 15 research/industry projects funded by national and regional organizations.
m.taleai@unsw.edu.au
Janalipour M; Taleai M, 2017, 'Building change detection after earthquake using multi-criteria decision analysis based on extracted information from high spatial resolution satellite images', International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 38, pp. 82 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2016.1259673
Saadatseresht M; Mansourian A; Taleai M, 2009, 'Evacuation planning using multiobjective evolutionary optimization approach', European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 198, pp. 305 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2008.07.032
Taleai M; Sharifi A; Sliuzas R; Mesgari M, 2007, 'Evaluating the compatibility of multi-functional and intensive urban land uses', International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, vol. 9, pp. 375 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2006.12.002
Conference Papers | 2009
Fasihi A; Mansourian A; Farnaghi M; Taleai M, 2009, 'A WEB-BASED METHOD FOR SUPPORTING COLLABORATION IN THE URBAN SPATIAL DECISION MAKINGS', in Targamadze A; Butleris R; Butkiene R (eds.), INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES' 2009, KAUNAS UNIV TECHNOLOGY PRESS, LITHUANIA, Kaunas, pp. 262 - 269, presented at 15th International Conference on Information and Software Technologies (IT2009), LITHUANIA, Kaunas, 23 April 2009 - 24 April 2009, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000282245000031&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1


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Applicability of PF Act PF Act applies to factories and other notified establishments employing 20 or more persons. Once an establishment is covered, its departments and branches, wherever they are, are covered. Once establishment is covered, it continues to get covered even if employment goes below 20.
Schemes under PF Act Employees Provident Fund, Employees' Pension Scheme and Employees' Deposit-Linked Insurance Scheme [EDLI] are the three schemes covered.
Contribution equal to 125/10% of pay by employer as well as employee Both employer and employee contribute @ 12% of 'pay' to Provident Fund (in some establishments like any establishment employing less than 20 persons, sick units, Jute industry, Beedi industry, Brick industry, Coir industry other than the spinning sector, Guar gum factories., contribution is 10%).
Part of Employer's contribution to FPF 8.33% contribution of employer goes to Family Pension Fund. Balance is credited to Employee's PF account. Entire contribution of employee is credited to his PF account. Interest is paid on this amount. Since last 4 years, interest is 8.5%.
Employees required to join the Fund Employee whose pay is less than Rs 6,500 per month is covered under the Act. 'Pay' includes basic wages, dearness allowance, retaining allowance and cash value of food concession.
Employee to become member immediately on joining An employee becomes member of PF immediately after joining an establishment to which PF Act applies. However, he should be 'employee'. Mere casual engagement is not 'employment'.
Administration charges for PF In addition to PF contribution, the employer also has to pay administration charges at prescribed rates. Presently, it is 1.10% of wages. In case of exempted establishments, the employer has to pay 0.18% of wages / salary as inspection charges.
Contribution to be paid within 15 days Contribution and administration charges are to be paid within 15 days from close of month. If employer delays payment, damages (interest) can be recovered from him.
Submission of details of employees joining and leaving When a new employee joins, Employee's details are to be submitted in form No. 5 to PF Commissioner within 15 days from close of the month in which the employee joins, along with declaration in form 2 given by employee. If an employee leaves, form No. 10 is to be filed.
Monthly return of contribution Employer has to file a monthly contribution statement (abstract) in form 12A, within 25 days of close of month, along with copy of receipted challans regarding payment of contribution. Employer has submit only abstract every month in the prescribed form.
Annual Contribution Statement of PF Employer has to submit consolidated Annual Contribution Statement of PF in form 6A for March paid in April to February paid in March of current year, along with contribution card of each employee for same period in form 3A by 30th April.
Pension under EPF scheme Member is entitled to get pension after retirement after completion of 58 years of age. The pension depends on service of number of years and his average salary of last 12 months. No pension is available for less than ten years service. Only contribution is returned with slightly reduced interest.
EDLI Employees Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme is to provide life insurance benefits to employees who are already covered under PF. Employer is required to pay contribution of 0.5%. Employer is also required to pay administration charges @ 0.1% of total wages.
PF for international workers There is PF and EPF scheme for international workers.
Salary for calculating bonus Salary above Rs 3,500 per month is not considered for purpose of bonus.
Quantum of bonus Quantum of bonus is 'allocable surplus', which is equal to 60% of 'available surplus'. 'Available surplus' is equal to gross profit less prior charges allowable as deduction plus amount equal to income tax on bonus portion.
Minimum and maximum bonus Minimum bonus is 8.33% and maximum is 20%. Provisions of set off and set on are made to take care of shortfalls and excess in 'allocable surplus'.
Applicability to factories and shops ESI Act applies to factories. It can be made applicable to shops also. The Act is administered by Employees State Insurance Corporation [ESIC].
Meaning of 'factory' for ESI Coverage The 'Factory' means any premises where manufacturing process is carried out and persons employed are at least 10 (Till 1-6-2010, if factory was not using power, the limit was 20. Now that distinction has been abolished). Once a factory or establishment is covered, it continues to be covered even if number of employees reduce.
Employer's and Employee's contribution to ESI The employee's contribution is 1.75% of wages, rounded to next higher rupee. Employer's contribution is 4.75% of wages payable to each employee, rounded off to next higher rupee.The contribution has to be paid within 21 days from close of the month. If the contribution is not paid in time, interest @ 12% is payable.
Wages for purpose of ESI 'Wages' means all remuneration paid or payable in cash to employee according to terms of contract of employment and includes any payment made to an employee in respect of period of authorised leave, lock-out, lay-off, strike which is not illegal and other additional remuneration paid at interval not exceeding two months. It does not include * contribution paid by employer to any pension fund or provident fund * Travelling allowance * Reimbursement of expenses made by nature of employment of the employee * gratuity. Thus, wages include basic pay, dearness allowance, city compensatory allowance, payment of day of rest, overtime wages, house rent allowance, incentive allowance, attendance bonus, meal allowance and incentive bonus.
Contribution period and benefit period Contribution period is (a) 1st October to 31st March – corresponding benefit period is following 1st July to 31st December (b) 1st April to 30th September – corresponding benefit period is following 1st January to 30th June. Thus, 'benefit period' starts three months after the 'contribution period' is over. The relevance of this definition is that sickness benefit and maternity benefit is available only during 'benefit period'. However, other benefits e.g. medical benefit, disablement benefit, dependant's benefit and funeral expenses are available during contribution period also.
Unemployment benefit under ESI Unemployment Benefit scheme known as 'Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana' is introduced. Under the scheme, an insured person going out of insured employment involuntarily on account of closure of a factory or establishment, retrenchment or permanent invalidity arising out of non-employment is entitled to get unemployment allowance for a maximum period of 12 months in his entire period of service. Spell of unemployment shall not be less than one month. Employees who have completed three years of insurable employment are eligible under the scheme.
Report to ESIC by employer when employee joins When an employee joins, his declaration in Form I has to be obtained. The declaration should be submitted within 10 days to ESIC office. Temporary Identification certificate is also to be issued. Employer has to maintain register of all employees in form 6. Employee and his family members should obtain 'Smart card' identity from ESIC which will enable them to get ESI benefit anywhere in India.
Return of contribution to ESIC Return of Contribution of employees (employed through Principal as well as Immediate Employer) shall be submitted in form 5. The return is to be certified by Chartered Accountant if the number of employees are 40 or more. If number of employees are less than 40, self declaration is to be made by employer regarding maintenance of records and registers, submission of declaration forms, distribution of TIC/PIC received/distributed to employees engaged directly or through immediate employer and wages paid. Due dates are 12th May and 11th November.
Employees covered under Gratuity Act Payment of Gratuity Act is applicable to all employees – workers as well as persons employed in administrative and managerial capacity. The Act is applicable to all employees, irrespective of the salary.
When gratuity is payable Gratuity is payable to a person on (a) resignation (b) termination on account of death or disablement due to accident or disease (c) retirement (d) death. Normally, gratuity is payable only after an employee leaves after completing five years of continuous service. In case of death and disablement, the condition of minimum 5 years' service is not applicable.
Insurance of gratuity liability not mandatory Insurance of gratuity liability by employer is optional. It is not compulsory.
Quantum of gratuity Gratuity is payable @ 15 days wages for every year of completed service in case of regular employees. In the last year of service, if the employee has completed more than 6 months, it will be treated as full year for purpose of gratuity, i.e. 15 days gratuity will be payable. In case of seasonal establishment, gratuity is payable @ 7 days wages for each season.
Wages for calculating gratuity Wages for gratuity means all emoluments which are earned by an employee while on duty or on leave in accordance with terms and conditions of his employment and which are payable to the employee in cash. It includes dearness allowance. However, allowances like bonus, commission, House Rent allowance (HRA), overtime and other allowances are not to be considered as 'wages' for purpose of Payment of Gratuity Act.
Employees getting pay on monthly basis In case of employees paid on monthly wages basis, fifteen days wages will be calculated by dividing monthly salary by 26 days and multiplying by 15 days. For example, if last drawn salary of a person (basic plus DA) is Rs. 2,600 per month, his salary per day will be Rs. 100 (2,600 divided by 100). Thus, the employee is entitled to get Rs. 1,500 [15 days multiplied by Rs. 100 daily salary] for every year of completed service.
Ceiling of gratuity Maximum gratuity payable under the Act is Rs 10 lakhs w.e.f. 24-5-2010 [section 4(3) of Payment of Gratuity Act. The limit was Rs 3.50 lakhs upto 24-5-2010].However, Employer can offer better terms to their employees than those specified under the Act as per any award, agreement or contract.Income tax exemption is available upto Rs 10 lakhs w.e.f. 24-5-2010.
Payment of gratuity within 30 days Employer is under obligation to pay the gratuity within 30 days from the date it becomes payable. Otherwise, interest @ 15% is payable.
Object of IDA The object of the Industrial Disputes Act is to make provisions for investigation and settlement of industrial disputes. However, it makes other provisions in respect of lay off, retrenchment, closure etc. The purpose is to bring the conflicts between employer and employees to an amicable settlement. [The Act is achieving exactly opposite]. The Act provides machinery for settlement of disputes, if dispute cannot be solved through collective bargaining.
Wide definition of 'industry' In Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board v. Rajappa (1978) 2 SCC 213 = 36 FLR 266 = 1978(1) LLN 657 = 1978(2) SCR 213 = 1978(1) LLJ 349 = AIR 1978 SC 548 (SC 7 member bench 5 v 2 judgment), a very wide interpretation to the term 'industry' was given. It was held that profit motive or a desire to generate income is not necessary. Any systematic activity organized by cooperation between employer and employees for the production and/or distribution of goods and services calculated to satisfy human wants and wishes is 'industry'.
Who is 'workman' 'Workman' means any person (including apprentice) employed in any industry to do any manual, clerical or supervisory work for hire or reward. It includes dismissed, discharged or retrenched person also. However, it does not include (i) Armed Forces i.e. those subject to Air Force Act, Army Act or Navy Act (ii) Police or employees of prison (iii) Employed in mainly managerial or administrative capacity or (iv) person in supervisory capacity drawing wages exceeding Rs 1,600 per month or functions are is mainly of managerial nature.
21 days notice for change in condition of service Section 9A provides that an employer cannot effect any change in the conditions of service applicable to any workman without giving 21 days notice.
Adjudication of Industrial Disputes The Industrial Disputes Act provides for 'Works Committee' in factories employing 100 or more workers. The committee will consist of equal number of representatives of employer and employees. Representatives of employees will be selected in consultation with Registered Trade Union. The Works Committee will first try to settle disputes. If dispute is not solved, it will be referred to 'Conciliation Officer'. He is appointed by Government. The matter may also be referred to 'Board of Conciliation'. He will try to arrive at fair and amicable settlement acceptable to both parties. If he is unable to do so, he will send report to appropriate Government. The Government may then refer the industrial dispute to Board of conciliation, Labour Court or Industrial Tribunal.
Retrenchment 'Retrenchment' means discharge of surplus labour or staff by employer. It is not by way of punishment. The retrenchment should be on basis of 'last in first out' basis in respect of each category, i.e. junior-most employee in the category (where there is excess) should be retrenched first. If employer wants to re-employ persons, first preference should be given to retrenched workmen.
Restrictions on large industry in layoff, retrenchment or closure Large industries employing 100 or more workmen on an average for preceding 12 months cannot lay-off, retrench or close down the undertaking without permission from Government (sections 25M to 25-O of Industrial Disputes Act).
Public Utility .In case of public utility, employees have to give at least 14 days notice for strike. The notice is valid only if strike commences within 6 weeks. Otherwise, fresh notice is required. – – Similarly, an employer cannot declare lock out without giving 14 days notice.
Disciplinary action against employee The workman is issued with a 'Show Cause Notice' giving details of charges of misconduct against him. He has to give his reply. Then, enquiry into charges is conducted by an 'Enquiry Officer' appointed by Management. Such 'Enquiry Officer' can be an employee of the company or an outsider. The workman can defend himself before the Enquiry Officer or he can be defended by his co-worker or a Union Representative. The workman is not allowed to engage a lawyer to defend his case. After enquiry, the 'Enquiry Officer' has to give his findings and state whether he finds the workman 'guilty' or 'not guilty'. He should give reasons for his views. However, the 'Enquiry Officer' should not give his opinion about the punishment that should be imposed on the workman. Copy of the report of Enquiry Officer has to be given to the workman. The workman has right to state his case on the basis of 'Enquiry Report' After the reply of workman, the authorised Manager will go through enquiry papers, report of Enquiry Officer and observations/reply of workman on the report of Enquiry Officer. The Authorised Manager will then issue suitable order.
Compensation if injury/death occurs out of and during the course of employment or for occupational disease Under Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 (earlier known as Workmen's Compensation Act upto 18-1-2010), an employee who dies or suffers disablement (partial or total) due to accident is entitled to get compensation from employer, if it is employment injury, i.e. arising out of andduring the course of employment. Notional Extension of employment – A workman is entitled to get compensation even beyond working hours or beyond his work place, if there is nexus between the time and place of the accident and the employment of workman. Occupational disease – Employer is liable if a employee contracts any specified occupational disease, while he is in service of employer for at least 6 months. [section 3(2)].
No compensation if employee covered under ESI Since an employee is entitled to get compensation from ESIC, an employee covered under ESI Act is not entitled to get compensation under Employee's Compensation Act, as per section 53 of ESIC.
Applicability of Act Act is applicable to factories, mines, plantations, transport establishments, construction work etc. (who are not covered under ESI Act). In most cases, Act applies even if number of employees are much less than 20.
Coverage of employees Every employee, including those employed through contractor, but excluding casual employees who is engaged for purpose of employer's business is eligible.Persons employed outside are also covered. Persons employed in clerical capacity are also included w.e.f. 18-1-2010.
Employment through contractor Person employed through contractor is also eligible for compensation. Principal employer is liable though he can recover the amount from contractor.
No fault liability Employer is liable even if the employee was negligent or careless or was at fault.
Computation of liability Mode of computation of compensation is given in section 4 of the Act. Compensation is payable to employee for total or partial disablement.. No compensation is payable if disablement is upto only three days. Compensation is payable to dependents of employee in case of death.All actual medical expenses for treatment of injury will be reimbursed to employee. If employee dies, funeral expenses upto Rs 5,000 are payable by employer.Interest is payable in case of default.
Compensation only through Commissioner in case of death or total disablement The compensation must be paid only through the 'Commissioner of Employee's Compensation' in case of death or total disablement. Any lump sum payment to employee under the Act must be made only through Commissioner.


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Telephone - Lady Gaga Featuring Beyoncé
10c A Dance - The Flirts
Give It Back - Polly Paulusma
Bad Animals - Heart
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive
(Let's Get) Physical - Olivia Newton-John
Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Can I Kick It - A Tribe Called Quest
Love Is In The Air - Milk And Sugar Versus John Paul Young
Captain Of Your Ship - Reparata And The Delrons
On A Rope - Rocket From The Crypt
Hey, Soul Sister - Train
Light My Fire - The Doors
Throw Your Set In The Air - Cypress Hill
Fallen Angel - Elbow
Sitting Down Here - Lene Marlin
The Day We Caught The Train - Ocean Colour Scene
Picking Up The Pieces - Paloma Faith
What's In The Box (See Whatcha Got) - The Boo Radleys
Kiss The Bride - Elton John
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares
I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles
Just Mozian Along - Roger King Mozian And His Orchestra
Rip It Up - Bill Hailey
Itsy Witsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Ron Smith
Drunk Girls - LCD Soundsystem
Thursday, 27 June, 2013, 05:12 - Singles Of The 2000s
Love Is In The Air was originally a hit for John Paul Young in the 1970s. This remixed cover is, appropriately, for the remixed version released by dance act Milk And Sugar in 2001. The original cover is very clearly missing something. The three guys are staring into space looking for the love in the air but it's not there. We have added it so it's now clear, though the remixed cover is more Love Is In The Water than in the air. Do you care? Thought not.
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Wednesday, 26 June, 2013, 05:06 - Singles Of The 1960s
An entry from Darren Cleethorpe from Hull in England. He says that this song was used as the theme tune to the ferry timetables on his local radio station 'Radio Humberside'. Reparata And The Delrons are apparently a US group but who enjoyed bigger success in good ole' England than here in the motherland. Captain Of Your Ship was their biggest hit but Darren says that the remix is more the kind of captain he'd like to ferry than the original members of the band. We agree with you there Darren.
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Tuesday, 25 June, 2013, 05:57 - Singles Of The 1990s
On A Rope, right, that's what this obscure 1996 punk song from Rocket From The Crypt is supposed to be about. If that's the case, then why does the cover of the single show some kind of freaky Indonesian dog puppet silhouette? Know? Us neither. So we remixed it and put, guess what? A hot chick on a rope. Would you have expected anything different? You're right, there should be a rocket too but that can be the one in your pocket!
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Monday, 24 June, 2013, 13:51 - Singles Of The 2000s
The cover for Train's 2009 hit Hey, Soul Sister is one of the most dull covers that we at AllBum.Art have ever zzz..... Sorry, dropped off there. Good job the cover has had a remix which both awakens the senses and shows us the soul sister that Train are singing about. Apparently it's one of the babes show, though exactly which one isn't clear. Perhaps they're both soul sisters - that would make sense wouldn't it?
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Sunday, 23 June, 2013, 05:05 - Singles Of The 1960s
Come On Baby, Light My Fire is what The Doors told us to do in 1966. Due to today's health and safety legislation such a call to action would no longer be permitted and the song would have had to have been called Put My Fire Out. The cover needs to reflect these changes in society and so instead of showing the Doors standing in a flame, it shows a fire-fighter ready to douse them.
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Saturday, 22 June, 2013, 05:59 - Singles Of The 1990s
Throw Your Set In The Air is a 1995 single from Cypress Hill. Nothing ground-breaking there. But what does it actually mean? What is a 'set' and why is it being thrown into the air? Who is throwing the 'set'? Nothing on the original cover of the single answers these questions. The remix, however, puts these questions to bed. A 'set' is obviously a 'bra and pantie set'. The person throwing it is some hot teen. And why? Why not! Now let's get to that bed you want to put the questions in and see what else we can throw in the air.
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Friday, 21 June, 2013, 05:53 - Singles Of The 2000s, Halloween Hits
Are we gettin' a bit obscure on you? There's good reason though. Fallen Angel is a song by obscure British band Elbow. It charted at number 844 and rose stratospherically to reach number 841 in the English Hot 100. Yeah! Why is it here, just because the remix couldn't have a better title than Fallen Angel, that fact is in no way obscure, though oddly, the location of the title has obscured certain parts of the angel. Perhaps there is still a short way to fall. This way please...
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I'm Sitting Down Here so hey you can't see me. That's what Lene Marlin tells us is the case in her 1999 single. If that's the case, then no need to wear any clothes because no one is going to see you. But not Lene, no, she is (apparently) Norwegian where wearing no clothes is likely to make any loose items freeze and drop off and you wouldn't want that. The remix shows what the cover would look like if Lene was American and lived in a land where the weather made frivolities such as clothes completely unnecessary.
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What would you expect to see on the cover of a single called The Day We Caught The Train. Well according to the artist Ocean Color Scene, you would expect to see the back of some Italian scooter. WTF! Where's the train that was caught and what was special about that day in particular? The remixed cover answers all these questions. The train is there, and quite clearly, so is the reason why it was a particularly noteworthy day... the train had aqua and mustard stripes - how cool is that?
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Did Paloma Faith really sing Picking Up The Pieces. If that's the case then D'Oh as a certain yellow bald-headed cartoon character would say. We here at AllBum.Art could have sworn she said Picking Up The Panties. That's why the remix of this 2012 single has had Ms Faith replaced by a girl who has somehow ended up with her panties on the floor and the need to pick them up. It seemed so obvious at the time, now we just look silly.
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Thematically timely but dramatically inert, Blackhat strands Chris Hemsworth in a muddled misfire from director Michael Mann.
It's not very good. Some of it, in fact, is downright awful.
The global village may be vulnerable to computer geeks and unscrupulous corporations, but it's managed to block the progress of this opportunistic dud. Well done, everybody. Justice has been served.
The spectacle here is sometimes absorbing but more often ridiculous, and it isn't [Mann's] best work.
Much cybercandy here to chew on.
Hints of a quasi-apocalyptic chill seem arbitrary-neither symbolic nor dramatic. The effect is like watching software run itself.
Nobody can top Mann's urban night scenes, with their oily neon and skyscraper light grids, but for the most part this plays like Heat without the heat.
It's ugly, but purposefully so. Mann shoots his characters like they're a ragtag band of warriors... It's both dizzying and disorienting; creating an urgency that's maintained throughout the lengthy run time.
Unfortunately, the sluggish Blackhat is another stiff serving of the cyber-techno crime genre that is becoming so awkwardly prevalent in modern-day synthetic actioners.
Arrives with such a resounding thud that one feels compelled to start a forensic investigation before the closing credits have even rolled.
It's good... but just too slow moving.
Cyber thriller that relies on its style instead of an engaging plot. A much leaner, shorter film would have worked better, but Mann still knows how to film terrifying shootouts. There just aren't that many here, sadly. The locations are pretty great too, but the hacking elements just don't work as well as the conspiracy thriller parts. There are still quite a few memorable scenes here, especially thanks to the exotic locations and the charismatic leading duo, but the result could have been so much more engaging.
The film's story and direction are both perfectly fine, run-of-the-mill, mass market Hollywood action. The problems here are the unconvincing and unheroic Hemsworth in the role of the hero, a typically snotty-for-no-reason Viola Davis setting an inappropriate tone, and some really, really, really stupid situations that should have been reconsidered by the director. However, if you can buy absurdities like men bulldozing their way through a parade with no one noticing, a man violently stabbing two men to death with a screwdriver in the middle of the parade (again!) with no one noticing, and crowds of people fleeing in terror TOWARD gunmen who are opening fire in the middle of a parade, then "Blackhat" may be a wonderful film for you. For the rest of us, we may need to work particularly hard to suspend disbelief if we are to enjoy this film.


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American Couple Helps 149 Iraqi Christians Escape ISIS
They flew 25 refugee families to Slovakia this month
By Michael Harthorne, Newser Staff
Posted Dec 18, 2015 2:17 PM CST
Iraqi Christians hold candles at a camp for the displaced in Irbil, Iraq, in December. Earlier this month, a married US couple helped 149 Iraqi Christian refugees relocate to Slovakia. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)
(Newser) – Nearly 150 refugees from Iraq—including many children—got off a private jet in Slovakia on Dec. 10, ready to start a new life far from ISIS attacks, ABC News reports. The 25 families are Christians who fled their homes to escape persecution and violence. They were aided in their escape by former US counter-terrorism officers Joseph and Michele Assad. "Muslims have other Muslim nations that they can turn to," Joseph says. "They can go to other Arab countries. They can resettle there. Christians are having a much more difficult time resettling in some of these Arab countries." The Assads had been working with Iraq's Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church—where more than 550 Christian refugees have sough shelter—for months.
ABC reports the Assads were trying to convince at least a dozen countries to take in the families before Slovakia finally agreed. "We are so proud of Slovakia," Michele says. "They were very courageous to make this decision, and it wasn't an easy one to make … We hope other countries will have similar courage." The relocation of the refugees was funded with $12 million from Glen Beck's charity. "I am so grateful to the 130,000 individuals whose generous contributions made this journey possible, and I'm sure, if they could, the refugees would thank them, too," the Blaze quotes a statement from Beck. The fundraising will also be paying for an "integration program" to help the refugees adjust to life in Slovakia. (Read more refugee stories.)
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You are here: Home / News / Hall of Famer & Patriot Jim Brown vs. American-hater Colin Kaepernick.
Hall of Famer & Patriot Jim Brown vs. American-hater Colin Kaepernick.
In an eye-opening interview on "Fox & Friends," the pro-football Hall of Famer shared his thoughts on President Donald Trump, race, and spoiled NFL players who refuse to stand for the national anthem.
Jim Brown is absolutely right! Denigrating the flag and then blaming the president for pointing out the disrespect is not the solution. It's an insult to the fans and to those who serve to protect the values and freedoms Americans hold dear.
Brown has been an activist for decades. At times, he's been a vocal critic of the U.S. government, but unlike Kaepernick, Brown is a patriot and he won't disrespect the flag or turn his back on the country.
For all their complaining, what have Kaepernick and his fellow disgruntled black athletes done to solve the alleged "racism" and "police brutality"? Absolutely nothing. All they do is kneel and run their mouth.
Athletes like Jim Brown took action during the civil rights movement. They joined peaceful marches and petitioned lawmakers to change laws so blacks could have equal protection under the law. And unlike today, blacks had legitimate reasons to call for change.
Today, mediocre athletes like Kaepernick seek fame and fortune by exploiting fake allegations of "racism." Yet these same people are silent when it comes to black-on-black violence. In the city of Chicago alone, more than 1,000 people have been shot (mostly black youth) since Memorial Day weekend.
Colin Kaepernick was becoming obsolete, and he was on his way to being relegated to the ash heap of history, but Nike threw him a life-line worth millions by making him the face of their "Just Do It" campaign. Kaepernick is no hero – he's a zero!
Why would Nike hitch their brand to a divisive figure like Kaepernick?
According to reports, a group of female former employees are suing the company over allegations that it systematically discriminated against women and fostered a hostile work environment. By aligning itself with Kaepernick, Nike could be trying to get ahead of this story and appease SJWs and feminists.
In the wake of the Kaepernick endorsement deal with Nike, Mississippi's public safety commissioner said the state agency, which includes state police, will no longer be allowed to purchase Nike products. Good for them!
David Tepper and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell are cowards. Instead of repudiating the disrespectful behavior by their employees, they're trying to make President Trump the bad guy for calling out the insolent players. The NFL's refusal to stop this mess is dividing the country.
According to a poll by Quinnipiac University, Americans are split down the middle on the kneeling issue. Of the poll's respondents, 47 percent said they approved of players kneeling to protest police brutality and social injustice, while 47 percent disapproved.
Despite his afro, Colin Kaepernick is bi-racial. He was adopted by a white family and lived a very comfortable life in California's Central Valley (far away from the inner city).
On the other hand, Jim Brown, 82, grew up in an era when the laws were against blacks. Yet Brown says racism didn't affect him as a youth. He excelled in sports, became an actor, activist and an entrepreneur.
Brown doesn't blame whites or President Trump for the sorry predicament of most black Americans; he puts the blame squarely on blacks. He's showing black Americans love by telling them the truth. Just imagine if more black athletes and celebrities had the courage to tell the truth.
Blacks are better off listening to the wisdom of President Trump and Jim Brown over the foolishness of Kaepernick.