New Delhi: The ruling United Progressive Alliance, or UPA, expects to push through key economic Bills in the parliamentary session starting on Friday, but some senior officials are concerned that the Bills for supplementary grants—so-called money Bills—may fail to get sufficient legislative support and lead to the government's fall.
"The government is keen to get these Bills passed in Parliament in this session. We hope that the House will support us," said P.K. Bansal, the junior minister for finance.
In the 536-member Lok Sabha, the Congress-led UPA can easily pass the Bills if it manages to get the support of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP.
Key Bills the government would like to see passed include the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2005, and the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority Bill, 2005.
Without the BJP's support, the UPA, which has a thin majority in the Lok Sabha, will find it tough to get any Bill passed. The Congress party has only 152 members in the lower house.
"Money Bills are treated like a vote of confidence and if it is defeated, the government, usually, has to go," said constitution expert Shanti Bhushan.
While a Congress minister, who didn't want to be identified, said he expects the BJP to back reform Bills, senior BJP leader Santosh Gangwar said the party hasn't yet taken a stand.
"We have not taken any decision. Our strategy on the floor of the House may be different from our established position. The NDA (BJP-led National Democratic Alliance) will meet on Friday to decide its strategy," Gangwar said.
The BJP had earlier indicated that it would not stand in the way of reforms Bills. However, in the wake of the global financial crisis, BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked the government to "rethink" its proposed reforms. "The US crisis should make the government rethink on its proposed road map, to be implemented from March 2009, which envisages conferring voting rights on foreign investors in Indian banks," Prasad said.
Senior government officials, who didn't want to be named, said it is likely that money Bills may not be supported by the BJP.
Money Bills are those that exclusively contain provisions for imposition and abolition of taxes or for appropriation of money out of the consolidated fund of the Union government. Money Bills can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha. The Rajya Sabha cannot make amendments in money Bills passed by the Lok Sabha.
Several ministries, including the rural development ministry, the ministry of shipping and road transport, and the the petroleum ministry have sought supplementary grants in order to finance their ongoing programmes.
"We are quite concerned about how the present political atmosphere will affect the House when it comes to passing these money Bills," said a senior official who didn't wish to be named. "Given the intensity of the political battles that are being fought now between the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, or DMK, and the UPA, and the BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) and the ruling alliance, for instance, one just cannot predict as to whether money Bills would go unchallenged as is the norm."
Another reform Bill, the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2008, is likely to be introduced in Parliament in this session, but it will have to go to the parliamentary standing committee on finance for a detailed study before it returns to the House.
The uncertainty in the UPA's ranks has deepened after DMK Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi submitted her resignation from the upper House to party chief and father M. Karunanidhi in line with the decision of an all-party meeting to put pressure on the Centre to call for a ceasefire in Sri Lanka.


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Le métro de Kaohsiung est le second métro de Taiwan et comprend trois lignes. La longueur totale du réseau est de 57,5 km (double voie) dont 80 % en souterrain et 20 % en aérien, avec 61 stations. Après plusieurs tentatives, la construction du métro a commencé en . La ligne Rouge et la ligne Orange ont été mises en service respectivement le  et le . Le métro a été construit et est exploité par la Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation (KTRC) sous la forme d'un contrat de concession de 36 ans signé avec la municipalité.

Historique du projet
En 1986, la société American Transit Consultants commença une étude d'ensemble en vue de la construction d'une ligne de chemin de fer léger (ou mini-métro). L'étude n'eut pas de suite.

En 1990, avec l'aide de consultants pour définir un réseau de métro, la municipalité annonce un plan de construction de quatre lignes, au total 78 km dont 60 km en souterrain avec 71 stations. En  le conseil municipal approuve la construction d'une première phase de deux lignes, 38 km au total. La préparation à la construction doit durer deux ans pour un début des travaux en 1993 avec ouverture d'une première ligne en 1998. Le projet prend du retard et en 1993 seule la ligne Orange sur un trajet de 11 km est prévue d'être mise en service en 1999. Ce réseau est élaboré en prévision d'une augmentation de la population à 4,2 millions d'habitants qui apparaît rapidement comme trop optimiste. En , le consultant américano-taïwanais chargé du projet est remercié par le  Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit (KMRT), le bureau de la municipalité chargé du projet.

Le projet est retardé de deux ans à cause des difficultés de financement par la mairie. Un nouveau budget est voté par le conseil municipal le  pour un projet conçu dans le cadre d'un contrat de concession de type « Construction, Exploitation et Transfert ». Le coût estimé du projet, deux lignes de métro de 42,7 km avec 37 stations, est alors de 195 milliards Nouveau dollar de Taiwan.

La construction du métro
Le , le conseil municipal, sous l'impulsion de son nouveau maire Frank Hsieh, annonce la construction des deux lignes de métro. Le consultant Mott MacDonald est chargé de conseiller le KMRT. Après d'âpres débats en 1999, la procédure d'attribution des contrats est engagée en  et trois consortiums soumettent leur dossier de préqualification le  avril. Le  le consortium nommé Bureau préparatoire de la KTRC mené par la China Steel Corporation et comprenant la société Siemens est déclaré compétiteur préféré par la commission de sélection de la municipalité. Le coût du projet est alors estimé à 172 milliards NT $ (5,6 milliards $US). La négociation aboutit a un accord (Memorandum d'entente) le  de la même année.

Le contrat définitif pour la construction et l'exploitation du système de métro, « Contrat de construction et d'exploitation » et « Contrat de développement », a été signé le  par le KMRT et la KTRC créée avec un capital de 10 milliards de Nouveau dollar de Taiwan. En , la société Siemens signe un contrat de 326 millions US$ (363 millions d'euros) pour la fourniture des trains, de la signalisation et de l'alimentation électrique. La société Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited obtient le contrat des porte-palières en . Cette même société obtient le contrat du système de communication le . Une partie de ce contrat sera sous-traitée en 2004 à la compagnie Alcatel.

La construction a démarré officiellement le . C'est à partir de cette date que court le délai de 36 ans du contrat de construction (6 ans) et d'exploitation (30 ans), avant que l'exploitation revienne à la municipalité. La société Systra conseille la KRTC au cours de la construction. Les deux premiers trains seront livrés en .

L'inauguration des deux lignes de métro accusera plusieurs mois de retard par rapport à la date initiale. Des essais avec passagers seront effectués en  pour une ouverture officielle de la ligne Rouge et de la ligne Orange respectivement le  et le .

Selon le KMRT, les coûts totaux de construction du métro s'élèvent à 181,4 milliards de NT dollars (4,8 milliards d'euros). Ces coûts incluent les éléments directement à la charge du gouvernement, soit 46,1 milliards de NT $, un investissement public géré par la KRTC de 104,8 milliards de NT $ et un investissement privé de 30,5 milliards de NT $. Les investissements publics gérés par la KRTC sont assumés à 79 % par le gouvernement central, à 2 % par le comté et à 19 % par la ville.

Le réseau aujourd'hui

Inaugurée le  par le Premier Ministre Premier Chang Chun-Hsiung la Maire de la ville Chen Chu, la ligne Rouge, nord - sud, part de l'arrondissement de Chiaotou au nord et se termine au district industriel de Linhai, au sud près de l'aéroport de Hsiaokang. La longueur totale de cette ligne est de 28,3 km, dont 19,8 km en souterrain et 8,5 km en aérien. La station Gangshan South a été ouverte le , ce qui étend cette ligne de 2,3 km. Cette ligne comporte 24 stations dont 15 en souterrain, 8 en aérien et une au sol avec 2 dépôts de ligne à chaque terminus. La ligne est desservie par 28 trains.

Mise en service le , la ligne Orange commence à l'Université nationale Sun Yat-sen à l'ouest et se termine dans l'arrondissement de Taliao dans le comté de Kaohsiung à l'est. Sa longueur totale est de 14,4 km, entièrement en souterrain, et comprend 14 stations, toutes en souterrain sauf une au sol, avec un dépôt principal. La ligne est desservie par 14 trains.

Les stations comme les dépôts sont construits afin de recevoir des rames de deux trains, soit six véhicules. Les stations sont climatisées, équipées de porte-palières de quai, d'escaliers mécaniques, d'ascenseurs permettant l'accès aux personnes à mobilité réduite.

Les sous-systèmes du métro

Le matériel roulant

Les 42 trains des deux lignes sont constitués de trois véhicules chacun, deux véhicules motorisés à l'avant et à l'arrière, un véhicule remorque intermédiaire. Le corps des véhicules est en acier inoxydable, largeur de 3,15 m et longueur de 65,45 m. Les véhicules sont climatisés. La capacité de chaque train est 755 passagers calculée avec une densité de 5 passagers par . La vitesse maximale des trains peut atteindre 90 km/h.

La signalisation
Le métro est équipé d'un système automatique de commande des trains : les conducteurs sont responsables de la fermeture des portes à chaque station, les trains roulent ensuite automatiquement.Grâce à un système de protection des trains, l'intervalle minimum entre chaque train peut descendre à deux minutes en toute sécurité, soit une capacité maximale de transport de 22.500 passagers par heure et par sens.

Le système d'alimentation électrique

L'alimentation électrique du métro est assurée par trois postes haute tension en 750 volts courant continu par troisième rail.

L'exploitation du métro

Fréquentation
La capacité initiale de chaque ligne devait atteindre 21.000 passagers par heure et par sens puis, respectivement, 30.000 et 28.000 pour les lignes Orange et Rouge à l'horizon 2020.

Un an après son inauguration, la fréquentation du métro n'atteignait que 100.000 passagers par jour, très loin des prévisions initiales de 360.000 passagers par jour.

En 2015, la fréquentation quotidienne moyenne atteint 165.000 passagers, soit un total de 60,2 millions de voyages (447 millions de passagers-km), en légère baisse par rapport à 2013 et 2014.

En 2015 l'intervalle entre chaque train est de 4 à 6 minutes (en moyenne 4 min 45 s) en heure de pointe, de moins de 8 minutes (7 min 19 s) en heure creuse et de moins de 20 minutes (en moyenne 16 min 29 s) après 23 h.

Les trains ont parcouru 4,9 millions de km avec une vitesse commerciale moyenne de 35,4 km/h et une vitesse maximale en exploitation limitée à 80 km/h.

La plage horaire de fonctionnement du métro est de 5 h 55 à 00 h 30 arrivée du dernier train au terminus, soit 18 heures de fonctionnement par jour.

Tarification

La tarification dépend de la distance parcourue. Le prix pour la journée coûte NT$150 et pour deux jours NT$250. Des systèmes de cartes sont également disponibles.

Ressources humaines
L'exploitation du métro nécessite 1.420 personnes au  incluant les surveillants en station, les conducteurs, les employés de maintenance et des dépôts. L'âge moyen des employés est 37,6 ans avec une ancienneté de 7,7 ans. Près de 96 % des employés sont bacheliers.

Les projets d'extension du métro

Prolongement de la ligne Rouge
En  le KMRT annonce avoir finalisé les projets d'extension du métro d'un total de 23,4 km. La ligne Rouge serait étendue vers le nord de 9,4 km (6 stations) vers le Parc Scientifique de Luchu

Prolongement de la ligne Orange
la ligne Orange serait étendue de 14,4 km vers le sud en direction de la manufacture de sucre dans la commune de Pingtung. Le projet a finalement était rejeté par le gouvernement central du fait du faible trafic attendu. Les projets du KMRT semblent donc bloqués.

Le réseau ferré de la ville comprend une ligne de tramway, la ligne circulaire, encore en construction, dont une petite partie de 1,9 km et 4 stations a été mise en service le  à titre d'essai, étendue par la suite.

Voir aussi

Liens externes

 Fiche projet Systra métro de Kaohsiung, février 2013

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The 'Care and Prejudice' report invited views from more than 350 children and found almost half were worried most about employers, other children and young people, and possible landlords finding out they were in care. Those concerned about employers discovering their background thought it would affect their job prospects.
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Read about the origin, history and celebration of Mother's Day (Mother�s Day) in South Africa.
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Mother�s day is a very special day for the people of South Africa. They gift carnation flowers to their mothers and afterwards wear them as an act of promoting the festival�s spirit. They honor their mothers by wearing a red or pink carnation if the mother is alive and white if she is dead. The festival is taken as a great opportunity to thank and shower love on the mothers. On this day, mothers are pampered a lot. Most children take over the roles of their mother and let them relax for the entire day. They make favorite meals for a luxurious breakfast. They fulfill all the wishes of their mother and treat her with all sorts of gifts and outings that can give her a sigh of relief from the endless household chores. Most families simply sit on a comfortable and cozy couch, watch videos or mother�s favorite movies and leisurely enjoy the day. Young children gift homemade cards to their mothers which are simply priceless and unmatchable for them.


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Father, strengthen me in the present. Keep me from being consumed with the good ol' days of the past. Set my heart, mind, and eye on things yet to come . . . and that, perhaps today!
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Assessment of Eurocode shear design provisions for cold-formed steel sections
Perampalam Gatheeshgar, Marina Bock, Dilanka Chandrasiri, Thadshajini Suntharalingam
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Teesside University
Cold-formed steel (CFS) sections are widely used in structural systems and are particularly prone to shear failure in short span applications. Therefore, accurate shear strength estimation is essential for the design. However, while there exists an abundance of research studies investigating the shear behaviour of CFS sections, there is a clear need for the assessment of Eurocode 3 shear design provisions. Towards meeting this need, the design of CFS sections subjected to shear is studied herein. Existing experimental data on CFS lipped channels and hollow flange sections were assembled from the literature. The collected experimental data was then used to assess the accuracy of the current Eurocode 3 shear design provisions. The current Eurocode 3 design provisions are shown to provide overly conservative shear strength predictions against the experimental data. Modifications, including the slenderness of the cross-section to reflect the shear buckling coefficient were proposed. The proposed modifications to the current design provisions offer substantially improved accuracy in shear strength predictions.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.017
The authors would like to thank Teesside University for technical support and research facilities.
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In: Structures, Vol. 47, 19.12.2022, p. 2066-2073.
T1 - Assessment of Eurocode shear design provisions for cold-formed steel sections
AU - Bock, Marina
AU - Chandrasiri, Dilanka
N1 - Funding Information: The authors would like to thank Teesside University for technical support and research facilities. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 Institution of Structural Engineers
N2 - Cold-formed steel (CFS) sections are widely used in structural systems and are particularly prone to shear failure in short span applications. Therefore, accurate shear strength estimation is essential for the design. However, while there exists an abundance of research studies investigating the shear behaviour of CFS sections, there is a clear need for the assessment of Eurocode 3 shear design provisions. Towards meeting this need, the design of CFS sections subjected to shear is studied herein. Existing experimental data on CFS lipped channels and hollow flange sections were assembled from the literature. The collected experimental data was then used to assess the accuracy of the current Eurocode 3 shear design provisions. The current Eurocode 3 design provisions are shown to provide overly conservative shear strength predictions against the experimental data. Modifications, including the slenderness of the cross-section to reflect the shear buckling coefficient were proposed. The proposed modifications to the current design provisions offer substantially improved accuracy in shear strength predictions.
AB - Cold-formed steel (CFS) sections are widely used in structural systems and are particularly prone to shear failure in short span applications. Therefore, accurate shear strength estimation is essential for the design. However, while there exists an abundance of research studies investigating the shear behaviour of CFS sections, there is a clear need for the assessment of Eurocode 3 shear design provisions. Towards meeting this need, the design of CFS sections subjected to shear is studied herein. Existing experimental data on CFS lipped channels and hollow flange sections were assembled from the literature. The collected experimental data was then used to assess the accuracy of the current Eurocode 3 shear design provisions. The current Eurocode 3 design provisions are shown to provide overly conservative shear strength predictions against the experimental data. Modifications, including the slenderness of the cross-section to reflect the shear buckling coefficient were proposed. The proposed modifications to the current design provisions offer substantially improved accuracy in shear strength predictions.
U2 - 10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.017
DO - 10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.017
JO - Structures
JF - Structures
Gatheeshgar P, Bock M, Chandrasiri D, Suntharalingam T. Assessment of Eurocode shear design provisions for cold-formed steel sections. Structures. 2022 Dec 19;47:2066-2073. doi: 10.1016/j.istruc.2022.12.017

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```bash
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```

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We have so many eggplants this year, in so many different varieties (yeah, I went a little nuts there) that I have been nearly at a loss as to what to do with them all. Fortunately Indian cuisine loves the eggplant and there are at least five times as many recipes for eggplant as the eggplants in my garden, and that's going some. Every day when we take our lunch break from writing, I go out to the garden to see what's up and I usually come back with eggplant.
So, I've done them spiced, roasted, how about sweet and sour. Whoa, you only thought sweet and sour was found in Chinese recipes? Well, the Indians do sweet and sour too and it's amazing. What I like about cooking these recipes is that they're very, very, quick. Once the eggplant has been rubbed with salt to remove the bitter juices, it's rinsed and then the quick part. It's microwaved for 4 minutes which makes it soft enough to work with but not fully cooked. Sweet and Sour Eggplant is fast enough to get on the table when you don't want to mess around too long in a hot kitchen which makes it a great end of Summer, early Fall weather dish.
2 Serrano chilies finely minced, seeds and all.
Wash and slice the eggplants on the diagonal.
Place them in a collender and sprinkle them with kosher salt.
Rub the salt into the eggplant slices and let them sit for about 10 minutes to let the bitter juices drain out.
Rinse the salt off the eggplant and you are good to go.
Place the eggplant in a microwave-safe bowl with a cover and cook it for 4 minutes.
While that's happening, mince the Serrano chilies together with the shallot and set them aside.
Halve the onion and cut it into thin slices, set it aside.
Heat 2 Tbs of vegetable oil, (I use coconut oil) in a skillet or kadhai.
When the oil is hot, toss in the cumin seed and cinnamon stick.
As soon as they start to sizzle, add the onion slices.
Cook the onion slices until they start to turn golden. This takes about 8 minutes.
Add in the Serrano chilies and shallot.
Stir everything around well and saute it for about 30 seconds.
Take everything out of the kadhai and into a bowl and set it aside.
Add the cooked eggplant to the pan.
Stir it around. This won't take long because you've already precooked it in the microwave. Had you not done this, the next step would take about 15 minutes or so to get the eggplant nice and soft.
Add the onion mixture back into the pan along with the ground coriander, cumin, and salt.
Cover the pan reduce the heat and cook for about 3 minutes to make sure all the flavors have blended.
...and the jaggery or brown sugar.
Mix everything around then toss in your chopped fresh cilantro.
Check the seasoning, and add more salt if you need to.
You can serve it up.
This dish goes well with just a simple Basmati rice dish, and some chapatti, or it can also accompany any Western style meal. Even my eggplant (let's not say hating) husband liked this dish, and all the eggplants that have been set before him are starting to win him over. Actually I think he;s just relieved because of everything we planted this spring the only thing that didn't come up ...was the okra. So he's feeling pretty welll....good might be the word.
This getting made tomorrow itself. Don't have a garden so went and bought myself an aubergine.
I am also trying out a new squash dish this weekend. If it is tasty will let you know.
Keep dancing - and I love bhindi!!!!
I know so little about Indian cuisine! Didn't know they used sweet and sour flavors.


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Q: How to make a view with rounded corners? I am trying to make a view in android with rounded edges. The solution I found so far is to define a shape with rounded corners and use it as the background of that view.
Here is what I did, define a drawable as given below:

<padding
android:top="2dp"
android:bottom="2dp"/>
<corners android:bottomRightRadius="20dp"
android:bottomLeftRadius="20dp"
android:topLeftRadius="20dp"
android:topRightRadius="20dp"/>

Now I used this as the background for my layout as below:
<LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:clipChildren="true"
        android:background="@drawable/rounded_corner">

This works perfectly fine, I can see that the view has rounded edges.
But my layout has got many other child views in it, say an ImageView or a MapView. When I place an ImageView inside the above layout, the corners of image are not clipped/cropped, instead it appears full.
I have seen other workarounds to make it work like the one explained here.

But is there a method to set rounded corners for a view and all its
  child views are contained within that main view that has rounded
  corners?

A: The CardView worked for me in API 27 in Android Studio 3.0.1. The colorPrimary was referenced in the res/values/colors.xml file and is just an example. For the layout_width of 0dp it will stretch to the width of the parent. You'll have to configure the constraints and width/height to your needs.
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    android:id="@+id/cardView"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    app:cardCornerRadius="4dp"
    app:cardBackgroundColor="@color/colorPrimary">

    <!-- put your content here -->

</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

A: Create a xml file under your drawable folder with following code. (The name of the file I created is rounded_corner.xml)
rounded_corner.xml
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <shape
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        android:shape="rectangle">

        <!-- view background color -->
        <solid
            android:color="#a9c5ac" >
        </solid>

        <!-- view border color and width -->
        <stroke
            android:width="3dp"
            android:color="#1c1b20" >
        </stroke>

        <!-- If you want to add some padding -->
        <padding
            android:left="4dp"
            android:top="4dp"
            android:right="4dp"
            android:bottom="4dp"    >
        </padding>

        <!-- Here is the corner radius -->
        <corners
            android:radius="10dp"   >
        </corners>
    </shape>

And keep this drawable as background for the view to which you want to keep rounded corner border. Let's keep it for a LinearLayout
    <LinearLayout android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@drawable/rounded_corner"
            android:layout_centerInParent="true">

            <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:text="Hi, This layout has rounded corner borders ..."
                android:gravity="center"
                android:padding="5dp"/>

    </LinearLayout>

A: shape.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <solid android:color="#f6eef1" />

    <stroke
        android:width="2dp"
        android:color="#000000" />

    <padding
        android:bottom="5dp"
        android:left="5dp"
        android:right="5dp"
        android:top="5dp" />

    <corners android:radius="5dp" />

</shape>

and inside you layout
<LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginLeft="10dp"
        android:layout_marginRight="10dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="10dp"
        android:clipChildren="true"
        android:background="@drawable/shape">

        <ImageView
             android:layout_width="match_parent"
             android:layout_height="match_parent"
             android:src="@drawable/your image"
             android:background="@drawable/shape">

</LinearLayout>

A: You can use an androidx.cardview.widget.CardView like so:
<androidx.cardview.widget.CardView
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        app:cardCornerRadius="@dimen/dimen_4"
        app:cardElevation="@dimen/dimen_4"
        app:contentPadding="@dimen/dimen_10">

       ...

</androidx.cardview.widget.CardView>

OR
shape.xml
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <solid android:color="#f6eef1" />

    <stroke
        android:width="2dp"
        android:color="#000000" />

    <padding
        android:bottom="5dp"
        android:left="5dp"
        android:right="5dp"
        android:top="5dp" />

    <corners android:radius="5dp" />

</shape>

and inside you layout
<LinearLayout
        android:orientation="vertical"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:background="@drawable/shape">

        ...

</LinearLayout>

A: To create round corner image using com.google.android.material:material:1.2.0-beta01
 float radius = context.getResources().getDimension(R.dimen.border_radius_hug);
    shapeAppearanceModel = new ShapeAppearanceModel()
            .toBuilder()
            .setAllCorners(CornerFamily.ROUNDED,radius)
            .build();

imageView.setShapeAppearanceModel(shapeAppearanceModel)

or if you want to use it in xml file:
  <com.google.android.material.imageview.ShapeableImageView
            android:id="@+id/thumb"
            android:layout_width="80dp"
            android:layout_height="60dp"
            app:shapeAppearanceOverlay="@style/circleImageView"
            />

in style.xml add this:
<style name="circleImageView" parent="">
      <item name="cornerFamily">rounded</item>
      <item name="cornerSize">10%</item>
</style>

A: follow this tutorial and all the discussion beneath it -
http://www.curious-creature.org/2012/12/11/android-recipe-1-image-with-rounded-corners/
according to this post written by Guy Romain, one of the leading developers of the entire Android UI toolkit,  it is possible to make a container (and all his child views) with rounded corners, but he explained that it too expensive (from performances of rendering issues).
I'll recommend you to go according to his post, and if you want rounded corners, then implement rounded corners ImageView according to this post.   then, you could place it inside a container with any background, and you'll get the affect you wish.
that's what I did also also eventually.

A: Difference from Jaap van Hengstum's answer:

*

*Use BitmapShader instead of mask bitmap.

*Create bitmap only once.

public class RoundedFrameLayout extends FrameLayout {
    private Bitmap mOffscreenBitmap;
    private Canvas mOffscreenCanvas;
    private BitmapShader mBitmapShader;
    private Paint mPaint;
    private RectF mRectF;

    public RoundedFrameLayout(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init();
    }

    public RoundedFrameLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init();
    }

    public RoundedFrameLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyleAttr) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyleAttr);
        init();
    }

    private void init() {
        setWillNotDraw(false);
    }

    @Override
    public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
        if (mOffscreenBitmap == null) {
            mOffscreenBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
            mOffscreenCanvas = new Canvas(mOffscreenBitmap);
            mBitmapShader = new BitmapShader(mOffscreenBitmap, Shader.TileMode.CLAMP, Shader.TileMode.CLAMP);
            mPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
            mPaint.setShader(mBitmapShader);
            mRectF = new RectF(0f, 0f, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
        }
        super.draw(mOffscreenCanvas);

        canvas.drawRoundRect(mRectF, 8, 8, mPaint);
    }
}

A: public class RoundedCornerLayout extends FrameLayout {
    private double mCornerRadius;

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context) {
        this(context, null, 0);
    }

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        this(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        init(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        DisplayMetrics metrics = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
        setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
    }

    public double getCornerRadius() {
        return mCornerRadius;
    }

    public void setCornerRadius(double cornerRadius) {
        mCornerRadius = cornerRadius;
    }

    @Override
    public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
        int count = canvas.save();

        final Path path = new Path();
        path.addRoundRect(new RectF(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight()), (float) mCornerRadius, (float) mCornerRadius, Path.Direction.CW);
        canvas.clipPath(path, Region.Op.REPLACE);

        canvas.clipPath(path);
        super.draw(canvas);
        canvas.restoreToCount(count);
    }
}

A: Jaap van Hengstum's answer works great however I think it is expensive and if we apply this method on a Button for example, the touch effect is lost since the view is rendered as a bitmap.
For me the best method and the simplest one consists in applying a mask on the view, like that:
@Override
protected void onSizeChanged(int width, int height, int oldWidth, int oldHeight) {
    super.onSizeChanged(width, height, oldWidth, oldHeight);

    float cornerRadius = <whatever_you_want>;
    this.path = new Path();
    this.path.addRoundRect(new RectF(0, 0, width, height), cornerRadius, cornerRadius, Path.Direction.CW);
}

@Override
protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) {
    if (this.path != null) {
        canvas.clipPath(this.path);
    }
    super.dispatchDraw(canvas);
}

A: Create a xml file called round.xml in the drawable folder and paste this content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:shape="rectangle">
  <solid android:color="#FFFFFF" />
  <stroke android:width=".05dp" android:color="#d2d2d2" />
  <corners android:topLeftRadius="5dp" android:topRightRadius="5dp" android:bottomRightRadius="5dp" android:bottomLeftRadius="5dp"/>
</shape>

then use the round.xml as background to any item. Then it will give you rounded corners.

A: If you are having problem while adding touch listeners to the layout. Use this layout as parent layout.
import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.graphics.Canvas;
import android.graphics.Paint;
import android.graphics.Path;
import android.graphics.RectF;
import android.graphics.Region;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;

public class RoundedCornerLayout extends FrameLayout {
    private final static float CORNER_RADIUS = 6.0f;
    private float cornerRadius;

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init(context, null, 0);
    }

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        init(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        DisplayMetrics metrics = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
        cornerRadius = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, CORNER_RADIUS, metrics);
        setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
    }

    @Override
    protected void dispatchDraw(Canvas canvas) {
        int count = canvas.save();

        final Path path = new Path();
        path.addRoundRect(new RectF(0, 0, canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight()), cornerRadius, cornerRadius, Path.Direction.CW);
        canvas.clipPath(path, Region.Op.REPLACE);

        canvas.clipPath(path);
        super.dispatchDraw(canvas);
        canvas.restoreToCount(count);
    }

}

as
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<com.example.view.RoundedCornerLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

    <RelativeLayout
        android:id="@+id/patentItem"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:paddingRight="20dp">
        ... your child goes here
    </RelativeLayout>
</com.example.view.RoundedCornerLayout>

A: In case you want to round some specific corner.
fun setCorners() {

        val mOutlineProvider = object : ViewOutlineProvider() {
            override fun getOutline(view: View, outline: Outline) {

                val left = 0
                val top = 0;
                val right = view.width
                val bottom = view.height
                val cornerRadiusDP = 16f
                val cornerRadius = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, cornerRadiusDP, resources.displayMetrics).toInt()

                // all corners
                outline.setRoundRect(left, top, right, bottom, cornerRadius.toFloat())

                /* top corners
                outline.setRoundRect(left, top, right, bottom+cornerRadius, cornerRadius.toFloat())*/

                /* bottom corners
                outline.setRoundRect(left, top - cornerRadius, right, bottom, cornerRadius.toFloat())*/

                /* left corners
                outline.setRoundRect(left, top, right + cornerRadius, bottom, cornerRadius.toFloat())*/

                /* right corners
                outline.setRoundRect(left - cornerRadius, top, right, bottom, cornerRadius.toFloat())*/

                /* top left corner
                outline.setRoundRect(left , top, right+ cornerRadius, bottom + cornerRadius, cornerRadius.toFloat())*/

                /* top right corner
                outline.setRoundRect(left - cornerRadius , top, right, bottom + cornerRadius, cornerRadius.toFloat())*/

                /* bottom left corner
                outline.setRoundRect(left, top - cornerRadius, right + cornerRadius, bottom, cornerRadius.toFloat())*/

                /* bottom right corner
                outline.setRoundRect(left - cornerRadius, top - cornerRadius, right, bottom, cornerRadius.toFloat())*/

            }
        }

        myView.apply {
            outlineProvider = mOutlineProvider
            clipToOutline = true
        }
    }

Can be used on a LinearLayout with children that looks like this:

to this:

A: Another approach is to make a custom layout class like the one below. This layout first draws its contents to an offscreen bitmap, masks the offscreen bitmap with a rounded rect and then draws the offscreen bitmap on the actual canvas.
I tried it and it seems to work (at least for my simple testcase). It will of course affect performance compared to a regular layout.
package com.example;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.*;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.DisplayMetrics;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;

public class RoundedCornerLayout extends FrameLayout {
    private final static float CORNER_RADIUS = 40.0f;

    private Bitmap maskBitmap;
    private Paint paint, maskPaint;
    private float cornerRadius;

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context) {
        super(context);
        init(context, null, 0);
    }

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        super(context, attrs);
        init(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    public RoundedCornerLayout(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        init(context, attrs, defStyle);
    }

    private void init(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        DisplayMetrics metrics = context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
        cornerRadius = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, CORNER_RADIUS, metrics);

        paint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);

        maskPaint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG | Paint.FILTER_BITMAP_FLAG);
        maskPaint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR));

        setWillNotDraw(false);
    }

    @Override
    public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
        Bitmap offscreenBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight(), Bitmap.Config.ARGB_8888);
        Canvas offscreenCanvas = new Canvas(offscreenBitmap);

        super.draw(offscreenCanvas);

        if (maskBitmap == null) {
            maskBitmap = createMask(canvas.getWidth(), canvas.getHeight());
        }

        offscreenCanvas.drawBitmap(maskBitmap, 0f, 0f, maskPaint);
        canvas.drawBitmap(offscreenBitmap, 0f, 0f, paint);
    }

    private Bitmap createMask(int width, int height) {
        Bitmap mask = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.ALPHA_8);
        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(mask);

        Paint paint = new Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG);
        paint.setColor(Color.WHITE);

        canvas.drawRect(0, 0, width, height, paint);

        paint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR));
        canvas.drawRoundRect(new RectF(0, 0, width, height), cornerRadius, cornerRadius, paint);

        return mask;
    }
}

Use this like a normal layout:
<com.example.RoundedCornerLayout
    android:layout_width="200dp"
    android:layout_height="200dp">

    <ImageView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:src="@drawable/test"/>

    <View
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="100dp"
        android:background="#ff0000"
        />

</com.example.RoundedCornerLayout>

A: With the Material Components Library the best way to make a View with rounded corners is to use the MaterialShapeDrawable.
Create a ShapeAppearanceModel with custom rounded corners:
ShapeAppearanceModel shapeAppearanceModelLL1 = new ShapeAppearanceModel()
        .toBuilder()
        .setAllCorners(CornerFamily.ROUNDED,radius16)
        .build();

Create a MaterialShapeDrawable:
MaterialShapeDrawable shapeDrawableLL1 = new MaterialShapeDrawable(shapeAppearanceModeLL1);

If you want to apply also an elevationOverlay for the dark theme use this:
MaterialShapeDrawable shapeDrawableLL1 = MaterialShapeDrawable.createWithElevationOverlay(this, 4.0f);
shapeDrawableLL1.setShapeAppearanceModel(shapeAppearanceModelLL1);

Optional: apply to the shapeDrawable a background color and a stroke
shapeDrawableLL1.setFillColor(
       ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this,R.color...));
 shapeDrawableLL1.setStrokeWidth(2.0f);
 shapeDrawableLL1.setStrokeColor(
       ContextCompat.getColorStateList(this,R.color...));

Finally apply the shapeDrawable as background in your LinearLayout (or other view):
LinearLayout linearLayout1= findViewById(R.id.ll_1);
ViewCompat.setBackground(linearLayout1,shapeDrawableLL1);

A: In Android L you will be able to just use View.setClipToOutline to get that effect. In previous versions there is no way to just clip the contents of a random ViewGroup in a certain shape.
You will have to think of something that would give you a similar effect:

*

*If you only need rounded corners in the ImageView, you can use a shader to 'paint' the image over the shape you are using as background. Take a look at this library for an example.

*If you really need every children to be clipped, maybe you can another view over your layout? One with a background of whatever color you are using, and a round 'hole' in the middle? You could actually create a custom ViewGroup that draws that shape over every children overriding the onDraw method.

A: Or you can use a android.support.v7.widget.CardView like so:
<android.support.v7.widget.CardView
    xmlns:card_view="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    card_view:cardBackgroundColor="@color/white"
    card_view:cardCornerRadius="4dp">

    <!--YOUR CONTENT-->
</android.support.v7.widget.CardView>

A: The tutorial link you provided seems to suggest that you need to set the layout_width and layout_height properties, of your child elements to match_parent.
<ImageView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent">

A: try this property with your linear layout it will help
tools:context=".youractivity"

A: public static Bitmap getRoundedCornerBitmap(Bitmap bitmap, int pixels) {

        Bitmap roundedBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap
                .getHeight(), Config.ARGB_8888);
        Canvas canvas = new Canvas(roundedBitmap);

        final int color = 0xff424242;
        final Paint paint = new Paint();
        final Rect rect = new Rect(0, 0, bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight());
        final RectF rectF = new RectF(rect);
        final float roundPx = pixels;

        paint.setAntiAlias(true);
        canvas.drawARGB(0, 0, 0, 0);
        paint.setColor(color);
        canvas.drawRoundRect(rectF, roundPx, roundPx, paint);

        paint.setXfermode(new PorterDuffXfermode(Mode.SRC_IN));
        canvas.drawBitmap(bitmap, rect, rect, paint);

        return roundedBitmap;
    }

A:
I have seen many solutions, but most of them are useless with Image
View unless you change Image View to other design components, and I do
not recommend them because they may not be compatible with some
**
solution using:

**
Width and color of stroke in drawable
And Margin for the picture

versions. Here is the quick solution.
The first step:

<RelativeLayout
        android:layout_width="90dp"
        android:layout_height="90dp">
        <ImageView
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:layout_margin="5dp"
            android:scaleType="centerCrop"
            android:src="@drawable/a" />

        <RelativeLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"
            android:background="@drawable/card_helh" />

    </RelativeLayout>

design shape
The second step:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">
    <corners android:radius="@dimen/_10dp"/>
    <stroke android:color="@color/white" android:width="5dp"/>
</shape>

**

A note
** about setting the night mode, set the color stroke color to the color of the container's night so that it appears more homogeneous This
solution works 100%
This solution is mine and I am currently using it

A: Use shape in xml with rectangle.set the property of bottom or upper radius as want.then apply that xml as background to ur view....or...use gradients to do it from code.

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Serena Cottage is an ideal cosy getaway for a couple or small family looking for the idyllic Suffolk getaway. With The Sorrel Horse pub right on your doorstep serving fantastic food and local ales, Serena Cottage offers charming character features in a lovely village location.
With its cosy woodburning stove, wealth of beams, private country garden and prominent village position, Serena Cottage ticks all the boxes. This pretty holiday cottage located in the popular village of Shottisham near to the Suffolk Coast is perfect for a holiday at any time of year. The cottage is ideal for a couple or small family looking for a cosy place to stay whilst exploring all that Suffolk has to offer. Being pet-friendly and only a few footsteps from the village pub which serves excellent food, Serena Cottage is the number one choice. Shop: 2 miles Pub: 100 yards.
Sitting Room/Dining Area: Samsung TV, DVD, woodburner, dining table and chairs, oak flooring.
Kitchen: Electric oven and hob, fridge with ice box, microwave, washer dryer.
Garden Room (accessed through the garden): A peaceful haven perfect for reading and relaxing including a sofa, TV and freezer.
Bedroom 1: Double bed with goose down mattress topper and duvet.
Garden: Private patio garden with furniture.
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Notes: Wi-Fi, Laura Ashley towels, bedding and White Company mattress topper for the winter season provided. A starter pack of wood for the woodburner is also provided. Highchair available to use.
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Serena Cottage was a splendid getaway location, with an added bonus of good food a few doors away at The Sorrell Horse. Recommended.
Our second stay at Serena Cottage this year! Again, a lovely clean cottage, a very nice welcome pack - flowers, goodies for us and for Radley the Scottie. Beautiful weather so up early and visiting favourite places, exploring new ones, then back in the afternoon to relax in the summer house. (what a treat for Mr A - both World Cup and wimbledon on!) Hope we come back for a third stay.
The property in a lovely quiet location. Great location for the dog as plenty of local walks.
Excellent all round especially the nice little touches, fresh flowers, dog treats etc. Loved the sun room!
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With a record breaking sunny weekend we had a fantastic stay in the beautiful cottage. Perfect base for exploring the Suffolk villages and coastal resorts. Cosy, homely and immaculately clean. Our 11 yr old daughter loved the Wii game console too much. Thank you for the treats. Would recommend.
A lovely cottage, so well equipped and maintained. The flowers and goodies were a lovely surprise, Thank you.
Serena Cottage is a wonderful little cottage and we have enjoyed 3 trips to it over the last 3 years, all of which have been very pleasant.
Really lovely cottage - really appreciated the welcome, Christmas decorations, mince pies etc. Also various bits and bobs like cleaning stuff really help. The owners appear to be really thoughtful.
Lovely cottage in beautiful position- just a few steps away from the countryside and/or pub! I would definitely visit the cottage again.
Charming cottage, a home from home.


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A. UNDERWAY
Currently, pirates and armed robbers in Asia are operating for the purposes of theft. Primarily they board ships in order to steal stores and engine spares as well as personal possessions of seafarers. This type of attack affects all ships, big and small, in the region. Hijacking of ships for the purposes of cargo theft has been limited to small parcel tankers carrying refined products which can be sold on various black markets. Attacks, both outside and inside territorial waters, appear to be the result of intelligence-led planning by the pirates, with particular products such as gas oil or gasoline being targeted in well co-ordinated and executed operations. At present, kidnapping of seafarers has not been a major feature of piracy or armed robbery activity in this region. Therefore, criminal activity within Asia can be split broadly into the following categories:
Armed Robbery – In general this is opportunistic, sometimes violent, and occurs where ships are in coastal waters. Ships are particularly vulnerable when at anchor or when the bridge team are involved in navigating through congested waters and island groups. Theft whilst underway occurs in the SOMS, particularly those in the eastern approaches in the Singapore Strait and the South China Sea. The perpetrator's primary aim is to board and leave the ship without being seen and sometimes turn violent when sighted or confronted.
Hijacking – The primary intent is the theft of oil cargo and it is noted that, regionally, these attacks are often referred to as siphoning incidents. Attacks have normally occurred during hours of darkness. They occur primarily in the southern region of the South China Sea; however, several attacks have occurred in the Malacca Strait. These attacks to date have been restricted to small tankers especially those with low freeboard. However, larger tankers should also take the appropriate precautionary measures. There is strong suspicion that the ships are targeted for the specific grade of cargo and indicates that the pirates possess sophisticated intelligence gathering capabilities. Ships can be hijacked for several hours/days and cargo is transferred to a smaller ship which comes alongside. There have been cases where the old identities of the ships were disguised and the seafarers cast adrift in lifeboats, setting them ashore in remote areas. Recent cargo thefts have demonstrated that pirates have knowledge of ship operations allowing them to disable communications, navigate and operate the cargo system. Additionally, there have been a number of incidents where tugs and smaller ships have been taken for resale.
Methodology – Unlike pirates in the Gulf of Aden and West Africa whom are known to use high speed skiffs and long ladders in boarding ships, the perpetrators in Asia often adopt the profile of fishing boats to avoid being noticed and use a variety of tools including poles, hooks and lines to board ships. Additionally, due to the distances involved, the use of motherships has not become widespread.
B. PORTS, ANCHORAGES AND SHIP TO SHIP TRANSFERS (STS)
In certain ports and anchorages, the risk of armed robbery is particularly high when the ship is at anchor or is drifting off a port for example close to pilot station or conducting STS. Armed robbers often adopt the profile of fishing boats and use local traffic to disguise their approach to those on the bridge of the targeted ship. Particular attention should be paid to any small boats attempting to pass close to your ship. The robbers prefer darkness to make their attack.
STS Operations The following precautions should be taken during STS operations:
Vary the location of STS (if operations permit) to avoid setting patterns which can be exploited by criminals.
Conduct STS transfer operations during daylight hours when possible.
Ship operators should consider what security measures the STS Service provider will have in place for the operation. The Risk Assessment of the company providing the STS Service should be reviewed by the Ship Security Officer (SSO) and the ship's Master.
When STS operations are expected to be conducted, extra attention should be paid to the use of physical protection measures. As razor wire can potentially make it very difficult to complete a STS operation, other protection measures should be considered to protect the ship from attack in these cases.
During STS operations or when adrift, equipment such as fenders, anchor chains and hawse pipes can provide a vulnerable point of access for attackers, and entry should be physically blocked.
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Abhay Episode 3: Swipe Right - A Spine-Chilling Case Of Honey-trap Murders
Abhay Episode 3
"Left, you live; right, you die...", says a mysterious, seductive voice in the background, while a girl swipes right on Abhay's photo on the Finger dating app and that's how Abhay Episode 3 begins. By now we have got the hint that the episode is somehow linked to a dating app!
Well, in the last couple of years, dating apps have become quite popular in India, especially among the young millennials. Most of them use these apps for casual dating while some others even end up getting into relationships, following a few chats. But is it really that easy to find a perfect match online? What if when someone misuses such dating apps for crime? Haven't there been cases of online-turned-offline dates gone horribly wrong? What if your 'Perfect Match' is, in fact, a serial killer? Such scepticism is often laughed off, but unfortunately for several men, it actually became a tragic reality. One such gruesome case was the Jaipur Tinder murder case that had hogged the national headlines last year. A young man, after being honey-trapped, was brutally murdered by his Tinder date and her two accomplices. They then mutilated the victim's body and putting the pieces inside a suitcase, dumped it on the Delhi-Jaipur highway.
Further investigations revealed that the trio were serial offenders and had used the same modus operandi to dupe several other men too - the wicked woman, Priya Seth, would honey-trap an affluent person through a dating app, luring him with her looks and charm and would then invite him to her place. Upon the victim's arrival, she would then extort money from him through threats of false rape allegations and would eventually murder him to cover up the crime. The victim's mutilated body parts would then be dumped somewhere. This bone-chilling account of honey-trap, deceit, extortion and murder inspires Abhay's Episode 3, aptly titled 'Swipe Right', and is currently streaming on ZEE5.
Abhay Episode 3 - SP Abhay Pratap Singh (Kunal Khemu)
'Abhay', for the uninitiated, is a crime investigative web series that airs on ZEE5 and it revolves around SP Abhay Pratap Singh (essayed by Kunal Khemu). How he solves various mystifying criminal cases handed over to the STF (Special Task Force) while battling his own inner demons, forms the crux of the web series. He believes that a criminal mind resides in every person. He, for that matter, doesn't wish to possess a criminal's psyche but if need be, he wouldn't hesitate to go to any length either in order to solve a criminal case.
Despite being just three episodes old, 'Abhay' has already created ripples in the Indian OTT landscape in the crime thriller genre. The ZEE5's edgy crime thriller continues to fascinate the netizens, what with each episode featuring a true, riveting crime incident and the underlying complexities involved in solving them. If the first episode was inspired by the 2006 Nithari serial murder case, the second episode was based on Bhopal's horrific triple murder case, in which the accused after murdering his parents and his live-in partner, buried their bodies in his own house and entombed them pouring concrete over their bodies so as to hide the crime. Abhay's Episode 3 too was instantly absorbing. What was fascinating to watch was SP Abhay's adroitness at picking up the small clues and decoding them to find the missing links while others had drawn a blank. The way he explored the evidence and niftily joined the dots, to be finally able to nab the three criminals was particularly exciting. No wonder the web series is being keenly watched by the digital consumers and has been getting rave reviews from viewers and critics alike. Abhay's Episode 3 has, in fact, whetted the viewer's appetite even further for more of such intriguing crime mysteries in the forthcoming episodes!
What works in favour of Abhay's Episode 3?
(a). Performances:
Speaking of performances, Kunal Khemu continues to impress in his cop act. We have mostly seen him essaying comic roles (which he is very good at) but the way he has effortlessly slipped into the character of a tough STF cop, what with his intense look and no-nonsense demeanour, I must say, I am truly impressed! He is equally convincing as a doting father. He has certainly turned over a new leaf with 'Abhay'.
Abhay Episode 3 - Supriya (Anupriya Goenka)
But for me, the USP of Abhay's Episode 3 was Anupriya Goenka's menacing portrayal of Supriya. Of whatever performances I had seen of her before this role, she had mostly played positive characters - as queen 'Nagmati' in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat and so also had played a pivotal role in Tiger Zinda Hai in 2017. So it must have been challenging for her to portray a character with dark shades but she played the negative character of 'Supriya' with effortless ease. In fact, the way she added her own subtlety and depth to her character was mighty impressive. The particular scene when she slits the neck of the victim Virat with a kitchen knife without a care in the world and her lack of contrition thereafter surely lent believability to the menacing nature of her character 'Supriya' - that was superbly done. With this role, Anupriya Goenka has proved that she has the mettle to play complex layered characters with elan.
Abhay Episode 3 - Govind (Namit Das)
Well, speaking of pushing the boundaries, another actor who stood out in Abhay's Episode 3 was Namit Das as 'Govind'. He, like Kunal Khemu, is more popular for his comic timing but in Abhay, he is playing the role of the main antagonist. He too was impressive in his act despite having limited screen time in the episode.
The other actors in the supporting cast like Sandeepa Dhar as Komal (Abhay's partner in the STF team), Nitish Pandey as Pandeyji (he has provided some comic relief, adding a light touch to this otherwise grim subject), Elnaaz Norouzi as Natasha, Maninee Mishra as Radhika, Manraj Singh as Rohit and Praveen Tiwari as Dushyant, too have played their parts convincingly well in the episode.
(b) An Engaging Sub-plot - Abhay's Past:
With each passing episode, the sub-plot dealing with Abhay's past is turning more intriguing even as more facets are getting unravelled. In the first two episodes, Abhay was seen trying to protect his son Saahil from Natasha (Elnaaz Norouzi), the reason still in suspense whereas in the third episode, with the introduction of Govind's character (played by Namit Das), the threat to his son's life is seen to have shifted from Natasha to Govind and the viewers are left wondering what would happen next. I suspect there is some link between the death of Abhay's wife with Govind. Although as of now, not much is known about Govind's past but it does look like he is seeking revenge against SP Abhay Pratap Singh. The stage is set for an interesting twist in the sub-plot which I guess will be unveiled bit by bit in the forthcoming episodes.
(c) A Neat Package - Good Story, Crisp Screenplay And Taut Direction
The creators of the show – ZEE5 Team, Producers B.P. Singh and son Akshay Singh of Fiction Factory productions as well as the director Samar Iqbal deserve to be commended for bringing out an exciting episode. Given its good plot, crisp screenplay and taut direction, Abhay's Episode 3 was thoroughly engaging and kept us hooked till the end.
Underlying Message:
Abhay's Episode 3 also carried an important underlying message for the young netizens -- to tread with caution while using a dating app and so also while bringing an online friendship into the real world. Otherwise, one could be deceived. One falls prey to deception not because of illiteracy but because of ignorance and lack of wisdom.
Gaurav Purohit 14 March 2019 at 11:34
Compared to the earlier 2 episodes, I will say this one was the best. Anupriya Goenka totally nailed it as the seductress. What a powerful performance. So different from the role that she played in Tiger Zinda Hai.
Ritesh Ahuja 14 March 2019 at 14:49
Watched this eposide on ZEE5 and I must say it was totally worth the time. Very well performed by the actors, especially by the girl.
Puneet Dubey 14 March 2019 at 15:27
The episode was very engaging, and the performances too were wonderful, especially the girl has done full justice to her role. Kunal Khemmu too was wonderful in his serious act
Prateek Majumdar 14 March 2019 at 20:52
Watched it after reading your blog. Not exactly edge-of-the-seat thrilling, but was gripping nonetheless. Like you wrote, the performances were top notch, especially that lady killer.
Jagdish Upadhya 15 March 2019 at 09:25
Was worth watching the episode, stupendofantabulous performances. Such finite series with a new story in each episode are so much better than those longggg dragging TV shows that seem never to end, and when you have to wait till so many episodes more to know what eventually happens.
Amit Pattnaik 15 March 2019 at 10:21
Yes, Gaurav, Anupriya Goenka was simply superb
@Ritesh Ahuja, hmm, as a crime thriller in OTT space, Abhay is already making waves and is worth watching
@Puneet Dubey, true that, couldn't agree more :)
@Prateek Majumdar, keep watching Abhay on ZEE5, I'm sure by the time, the show ends, you would have been totally impressed.
@Jagdish, ha ha ha, yeah, those dragging TV shows are the reasons why I stopped watching TV altogether. Whereas these finite web series have come like fresh air :)
Raman Srivastav 15 March 2019 at 18:04
Watched the show on ZEE5, the episode was nice although horrific too. Actually I first read the article that you have shared here about the real perpetrator girl, she just had no regrets whatsoever about what she was doing! That only made me curious to watch the episode. The actress truly nailed the part to perfection
Yes, Raman, the incident depicted in the episode surely was horrifying and the real perpetrator Priya Seth was absolutely nonchalant and unrepentant about her actions, in fact if you watch the video of her interview, she says that she was doing a social service!
Pratima Sachdeva 23 March 2019 at 07:18
What an edge of the seat thriller episode! Thoroughly enjoyed it
Yes, Pratima, the story, the acting performances, the thrilling moments, the direction, the editing .. everything was top class.
Paritosh Tiwari 27 March 2019 at 17:50
Loved this thrilling episode and I think this has been by far the best one from all of the three episodes that have been streamed so far. But when is the next episode coming? Any idea?
Vishal Awasthi 28 March 2019 at 10:25
It was a nice watch, worth my time. Hopefully the next episodes too would be as thrilling and exciting as this one was
Hi Paritosh, thanks for visiting my blog and reading this post. The 4th episode is already out, check out on ZEE5
Yes, Vishal, the 4th episode too is now streaming on ZEE5, check out the new episode


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Amazing class that taught me a lot of new ways to stretch.
Sarah was very nice ! Enjoyed the class very relaxing.


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Q: Errors when creating an Exchange mailbox using PowerShell commands and parameters The following PowerShell script attempts to create an Exchange mailbox for a user with (a) a retention policy and (b) an archive quota:
PSCommand command = new PSCommand();

command.AddCommand("Enable-Mailbox");
command.AddParameter("Alias", K2.ProcessInstance.DataFields["Account-ADAlias"].Value.ToString());
command.AddParameter("Identity", K2.ProcessInstance.DataFields["Account-ADAlias"].Value.ToString());
command.AddParameter("Database", K2.ProcessInstance.DataFields["Account-MailboxDatabase"].Value.ToString());

command.AddCommand("Enable-Mailbox");
command.AddParameter("Identity", K2.ProcessInstance.DataFields["Account-ADAlias"].Value.ToString());
command.AddParameter("Archive");

command.AddCommand("Set-Mailbox");
command.AddParameter("Identity", K2.ProcessInstance.DataFields["Account-ADAlias"].Value.ToString());
command.AddParameter("Database", K2.ProcessInstance.DataFields["Account-MailboxDatabase"].Value.ToString());
command.AddParameter("ArchiveQuota", "2GB");
command.AddParameter("ArchiveWarningQuota", "1.8GB");
command.AddParameter("RetentionPolicy", "No Archive Delete after 10years");

powershell.Commands = command;

The following error is generated when the script is run:

Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters.

NOTE: The variables staring with "K2.ProcessInstance.Datafields" have all been verified as valid.
I can't figure out how to resolve this error. I've consulted the PowerShell module docs for Exchange. Any guidance appreciated.

A: Powershell can't figure out which parameter-set you're employing with this specific call.
Enable-Mailbox employs several different parameters-sets. I think there are 13 different parameter-sets the commandlet accepts. By only supplying Alias, Identity, and Database, Powershell can't figure out which parameter-set is being employed so it throws up its hands and gives you that error. This is because those three params are a part of almost every parameter-set in the list (I think Database is omitted from one).
The problem was described (for a different use-case) in the the post PowerShell unable the determine which Parameter Set is in use
Hope this helps!
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Arizona Annulment and Prohibited Marriage Laws
State laws regulate the institution of marriage, which includes annulment and certain restrictions on who may get married. Every state has a list of conditions that disqualify a couple from getting married, including blood relations and bigamy.
States also have specific grounds for annulment, which allow for a quick end to the marriage without the expense or stigma of divorce. Annulment is the legal process of invalidating a marriage, a different process than divorce, which may be sought in Arizona if there is a previously undissolved marriage or for other reasons.
Annulment is a specific declaration or decision by a court that a marriage is invalid. Put another way, an annuled marriage is a marriage that never should have been allowed in the first place, so the process effectively "erases" the union as if it never happened. It's a nifty (and quite useful) undoing of a marriage without the long, drawn out process of divorce. Divorce, meanwhile, is the dissolution of a valid marriage.
Arizona annulment and prohibited marriage laws ban marriage between double first cousins (unless both are over 65 or one is not able to reproduce). Sound like a strange legal qualification to a statute? Well, it is.
Same-Sex Marriage in Arizona
What about same-sex marriages in the Grand Canyon State? In the past it was a no go on multiple fronts. The state legislature outlawed marriage for same-sex couples in 1996. Voters in Arizona approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage in 2008. In 2014, four couples filed a lawsuit challenging Arizona's ban, arguing that it violated equal protection and due process rights for gay couples.
In October of 2014, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that Arizona's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The State Attorney General announced that they would not appeal the decision and instructed county clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex applicants. Subsequently, the U.S. Supreme Court heard Obergefell v. Hodges, and ruled that state bans on same-sex marriage vioated the Constitution's equal protection guarantees, echoing the basis for the 9th Circuit's decision and making same-sex marriage available in all states.
The following chart highlights the main provisions of Arizona's annulment and prohibited marriage laws. See FindLaw's Marriage Law Overview section for additional articles and resources.
Code Sections 25-101, 125, 301-302
Grounds for Annulment Superior courts may dissolve and adjudge marriage null and void when cause alleged constitutes impediment rendering it void
Time Limits for Obtaining Annulment -
Legitimacy of Children -
Prohibited Marriages Between parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, brothers and sisters, (half and whole), aunt and nephew, uncle and niece, first cousins unless both are over 65 or one is not able to reproduce
Note: State laws are constantly changing -- contact an Arizona family law attorney, or conduct your own legal research to verify the state law(s) you are researching.
Arizona Annulment Laws: Related Resources
Arizona Legal Research
More Marriage Laws
Next Steps: Search for a Local Attorney
Contact a qualified attorney.


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ZICO Holdings Inc. ("ZICO" and together with its subsidiaries and associated companies, the "Group") is an integrated provider of multidisciplinary professional services which was listed on Catalist of the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited ("SGX-ST") on 11 November 2014.
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ZICO has business operations in Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia (including Labuan), Myanmar and Singapore. The Group augments its existing regional presence with that of the ZICO law network to extend its reach to 8 out of 10 countries in Southeast Asia. These 8 countries include those where ZICO has business operations in as well as Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam where ZICO does not presently have business operations.
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Dendrosenecio adnivalis (synonym Senecio adnivalis) is one of the giant groundsels of the mountains of Eastern Africa. D. adnivalis grows on the Rwenzori Mountains
and on the Virunga Mountains
in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Description
Dendrosenecio adnivalis attains heights of  tall, trunk can be 40 centimeters diameter and the pith  diameter.
The stems have 25 to 60 leaves densely packed in a rosette shape at the top.  Old leaves are persistent, withered leaf-bases covering the stalk for 1 to 3 meters below the leaf-rosettes.  Leaf surfaces are elliptic to heart shaped and can be  long and  wide, hairy on the top and not hairy on the bottom.  Branched clusters of flowers to  tall and  wide.  The droopy flower heads have 9 to 20 ray florets, 16 millimeters long or no ray florets at all and 90 to 250 disc florets.

Distribution
The Congo Basin is very wet; humid air is trapped by the mountains and rain falls on most days even in the drier months.  Above 2500 meters (8,200 ft) clouds can persist for several days making the Rwenzori and the Virunga a wetter environment than the other East African mountains.
Dendrosenecio adnivalis lives at altitudes of 3,000 to 3,800 meters (9,800 to 12,000 feet) on the Rwenzori Mountains with another giant groundsel, Dendrosenecio johnstonii. D. adnivalis more common on the wetter soils.

On the Virunga Mountains groves of Senecio stanleyi (Dendrosenecio adnivalis) grow after the tree heaths (Erica sp.) in clearings along with Lobelia wollastonii until the altitude of 4,300 meters (14,000 feet) when vegetation becomes sparse.

Synonyms
The herbarium has all of the Dendrosenecio adnivalis specimens filed under Senecio johnstonii  and indeed, one is probably a variety or subspecies of the other that adapted to live closer to water and on damper ground.

A synonym for Senecio stanleyi is Dendrosenecio adnivalis (Stapf) E.B.Knox var. petiolatus (Hedberg) E.B.Knox; for this article, Senecio stanleyi was considered to be a synonym of Dendrosenecio adnivalis.

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adnivalis
Endemic flora of Kenya
Rwenzori Mountains
Virunga Mountains
Afromontane flora