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Ovidiu Savin (* 1. Januar 1977) ist ein rumänischer Mathematiker, der sich mit Partiellen Differentialgleichungen und Variationsrechnung befasst.

Savin erhielt 1995 die Goldmedaille auf der Internationalen Mathematikolympiade für Rumänien. Er studierte an der University of Pittsburgh (und war in dieser Zeit 1997 Putnam Fellow) mit dem Master-Abschluss 1999 und wurde 2003 an der University of Texas at Austin bei Luis Caffarelli promoviert (Phase transitions: regularity of flat level sets). Als Post-Doktorand war er bis 2006 Miller Fellow an der University of California, Berkeley und er war ab 2006 Associate Professor und ab 2011 Professor an der Columbia University.

Er bewies eine Vermutung von Ennio de Giorgi, dass die Niveaumengen der Lösungen von  für Dimensionen kleiner als 9 Hyperebenen sind (später wurde ein Gegenbeispiel für 9 und mehr Dimensionen gefunden). Die Differentialgleichung wird von den Minimierern des in der Theorie der Phasenübergänge wichtigen Ginsburg-Landau-Funktionals erfüllt.

2012 erhielt er die Stampacchia-Medaille. 2006 war er Invited Speaker auf dem Internationalen Mathematikerkongress in Madrid (Symmetry of entire solutions for a class of semilinear elliptic equations). 2007 bis 2009 war er Sloan Fellow.

Schriften
Regularity of flat level sets in phase transitions, Annals of Mathematics, 169, 2009, 41–78
Phase transitions: Regularity of flat level sets, Annals of Mathematics, Band 169, 2009, S. 41–78
mit E. Valdinoci, B. Sciunzi: Flat level set regularity of p-Laplace phase transitions, Memoirs AMS, 2006
Minimal surfaces and minimizers of the Ginzburg-Landau energy, Contemporary mathematics, Band 528, 2009

Weblinks
Homepage, Columbia University

Einzelnachweise

Mathematiker (20. Jahrhundert)
Mathematiker (21. Jahrhundert)
Rumäne
Geboren 1977
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Collecting and Analyzing Franchisee Financial Statements
"I can't guarantee what you will make, but I can tell you what the average franchisee is making."
By Ross Devereaux
Collecting financials in the franchising sector is by no means a common practice. In fact, it's rarely done at all and is rarely correctly done. Smaller franchise companies believe they have a good handle on things, because of their personal interaction with their limited franchisee base. More established franchise companies might consider it such a monumental task that they don't see how it could be accomplished. There are many reasons why franchise systems don't collect financials, including:
- The franchise system gets franchisees' sales and that provides all that is needed. A franchisor who was doing about one million dollars a year in sales when the firm first started was netting about $150,000. By the fifth year, sales had grown to a little more than three million dollars and the net dropped to a loss of $380,000. Did the sales tell the whole story?
- Companies are on a fixed royalty so it doesn't matter. Don't they have to keep their doors open to keep getting the fixed fees? The collection of financials is not to justify royalty fees, but rather to help determine best business practices to grow the entire franchise network.
- The franchise system has tried, but the franchisees just won't send them in. How much of a priority is it? It has to be conveyed that it's for the good of the entire franchisee network to collect financials from each franchisee.
- The franchise system collected them in the past, but it was too much work to compile. It's understandable that a system doesn't want to re-key 400 profit and loss statements into an Excel file. The financials have to be useable, if they are not, why even collect them?
Financial statements for any business serve as a scorecard because this is:
- How the business owner should be measuring the results of his business
- What the investment world looks at to determine a business's worth.
- What the banks use to determine the business's viability (and ability to repay).
- What any potential buyer of a business should want to see.
- The best way for a franchise system to determine that it is doing its job in supporting its franchisee network.
It all starts with franchisees having good, clean books
All franchisees should have financials and know how to read them. Unfortunately, not all franchisees have a solid business background or may not understand how to read the financials. Most small-business owners use their financials for three things:
1) Get their tax return done at the end of the year
2) Get a loan from a bank or investor
3) See if they lost or made money
Franchisee financials should be reviewed at least monthly because it's vital that the franchise company and franchisees know their strengths and weaknesses. Running a business without reviewing its financials is similar to trying to judge whether or not a person can walk or run a mile faster each day without ever being timed.
Below is a brief description of the financials each franchisee should review monthly and what can be learned from them. These are the same financials the franchise system should be collecting as well. This may seem elementary for some, but it's always good to get back to the basics.
What can be learned from the balance sheet:
Is the business cash strong or weak? Does it have any? If so, how long can it survive on its holdings?
Are the income-producing assets tangible or intangible?
Is the business under-capitalized?
Is the business burdened with too much short-term debt?
Is the owner draining the business of its working capital?
The Income Statement
A properly prepared income statement can tell the reader a lot about a business:
Is there enough gross profit to pay the bills? Is the business losing money?
Is the business owner killing the business? Is the owner taking excessive wages, too many perks or fringes, or just plain mismanaging?
Is the business owner investing in expanding the business? Any marketing expenses, 5 percent of gross, would probably indicate that a valid attempt is being made.
How is the business planning for the future? Gather income statements for each month for the last few years and determine trends, identify the good and bad months or quarters. Once these trending patterns are recognized, one can develop a plan for the future and decide how to accentuate the positives and eliminate the negatives.
Combination of Balance Sheet and an Income Statement
For this section, assume that there is a year-end balance sheet and income statement, which covers the year ending on the date of the balance sheet.Here is what can be learned:
How long can the business survive without sales on just its cash reserves?
How many days, on average, does it take to collect accounts receivable?
How many times does inventory turn over?
Statement of Cash Flow
The purpose of the statement of cash flow is to explain to the reader of the financial statements the change in cash balances for a given period of time.
The statement of cash flow starts with net income and then will add back any non-cash deductions such as depreciation or amortization. Next it will take the reader through changes in the balance sheet to show the amount of cash the business produced or lost from operations, how much cash was produced or used from investment activities and finally, how much cash was produced or lost from financing activities.
It is important that franchisees know their numbers. A mentor used the following statement: "What you measure, you manage, what you manage you improve."
If the franchisee is not preparing and reading the financials, then he isn't measuring, and how can he possibly manage and improve on something that isn't being measured?
If a franchise system is not collecting franchisee financials and using the information to help the entire network, how can it adequately support the network? How does the franchise company know if the advice it is giving is effective?
Here is the "bottom line." When the individual franchisee knows where he stands financially, it will help him with his own personal success. When the franchise system knows where franchisees are positioned financially, it will help with the success of the entire network.
Side-by-Side Financial Statements: How to Run a Successful Collection Program
Depending on the wording in the franchise agreement, the franchise system may or may not have the right to access or collect financials from franchisees. Even if it does have the right, chances are it won't have the technology clauses in its franchise agreement to add such a program. Considering this type of program will come with a small monthly cost to the franchisees (or the franchise company if it chooses to absorb it), it will have to be added to the franchise agreement for all new franchisees. It's then the franchise system's job to convince current franchisees that participation in the program is in their best interest. The reasons are endless, but it boils down to one: by having the financials from each location, the franchise company will be able to provide franchisees the type of advanced support for which they bought into a franchise company in the first place.
Use a standardized chart of accounts
Before comparing one franchisee's books to another, they have to be prepared in a consistent manner. It starts with a standardized chart of accounts. If left up to the franchisees and their accountant, the franchise system is going to get different variations all across the board. One person may breakout all his utilities, phone and electric expenses, while another may lump them together. It's extremely important that the revenue accounts be named the same as well. Without this standardization, it is almost impossible to compare and contrast the financials. It also affects the ability to pull the side-by-side reporting.
Standardize the Accounting Software Platform
Considering that QuickBooks holds a majority of the small business market, it's a great place to start because most franchisees will already be using it. QuickBooks is also a great application for this type of program given the amount of third-party programs it integrates with such point-of-sales systems. Here are a few other things to consider:
Be sure to use the same version of QuickBooks, Pro, Premier or Enterprise.
Keep them updated to the current version.
Try to integrate POS into QuickBooks to save franchisees or their accountants from manually entering the sales data.
Hosting of the QuickBooks File
The results received when franchisees are asked for the financials results in possibly 5 percent or 10 percent participation, which makes this next step vital in a collections program. By using "hosted" technology, the franchisee has no involvement in the collection of the financials. Here is how it works: The franchise system is going to have all the franchisees' QuickBooks files hosted in a central location. What does it mean to have the files hosted? The franchisees will no longer have their files stored locally on their own machine, but at an offsite server farm, where they can be accessed via the Internet. Once all the files are located on this server farm, the franchise company will have the ability to go out and pull the financials right from their QuickBooks files. Here are some important tips in selecting a suitable host:
Make sure the files are in a secure environment.
Pick a facility with disaster recovery built-in, such as a telecommunication data center.
Make sure the hosting company can support reporting requirements and is willing to host other applications that may be needed to complete this program.
Now that a standardized chart of accounts exists, all franchisees running the same software, the files are hosted in a central server farm and financials can be compiled into side-by-side reports for the franchise system to use in a multitude of ways.
Unlocking the Secret in the Numbers
At this point the franchise company has side-by-side financials from all locations. With the methods used above it's easier to assemble these reports. This type of program can be utilized by franchise companies ranging from one to thousands of locations.
The financials can now be used to determine best practices all across the network. This is one of the best parts of franchising, the sharing of information. When best business practices are implemented, franchisees are in business "for themselves, but not by themselves." Below is an example of some of the key indicators or ratios that one can look for when comparing franchisees' financials:
Ranking based on net income, not sales,
Who is getting the greatest return on marketing dollars,
Who has the best sales to employee ratio,
Who is carrying the least amount of debt,
Who is growing the fastest (net income), and
Who has the best cash flow?
Once the franchise system has determined the best franchisee in each area of operation, learn what they are doing and teach the others. It's that simple. The process allows the franchise system to take a proactive approach in assisting others who may be struggling, rather than fielding calls from franchisees explaining that they have to shut their doors.
When a franchise system has a profit and loss statement from each of its franchisees, the system will be able to do what every other franchise company cannot do: make an earnings claim. This is one of the best ways to bring in new franchisees, allowing the franchise to say, "I can't guarantee what you will make, but I can tell you what the average franchisee is making".
Ross Devereaux is CEO of My Back Office. He can be reached at ross@mybackoffice.org.
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SciencePsychologyChapter 5: Psychology – Sensation and Perception
Chapter 5: Psychology - Sensation and Perception
Ula Green
Which field of psychology includes the following concepts: figure-ground relationship, law of continuity, and principle of closure? A. biometric B. Gestalt C. Pacinian D. somatosensory
B. Gestalt
What kind of processing is exemplified by the following scenario? Esther's mother offers her a new dish she's been working on―a raisin-jalapeno quiche. Esther's body responds first: Esther eyes the content of the skillet, and smells the mix of raisins, jalapenos, and eggs. Her stomach churns and she looks away. Feeling disgusted and disappointment, she says "I'm not hungry." A. bottom-up B. sensory adaptation C. top-down D. vertical-horizontal
A. Bottom-up perceptions are built on sensory input
________ refers to the way that sensory information is interpreted and consciously experienced; ________ refers to what happens when sensory information is detected by a sensory receptor. A. perception; reception B. perception; sensation C. preception; postception D. sensation; perception
B. Perception; sensation.
What kind of processing is exemplified by the following scenario? Shimon offers Mouin some salmon. Mouin thinks, "How nice. My friend is offering me fish. I wonder where he got it." This thought leads Mouin to feel happy, appreciative, and curious; he responds with a smile and an extended hand. A. bottom-down B. bottom-up C. top-down D. top-first
C. Top down influenced by knowledge, our expiriences, and our thoughts.
Your ears receive sound waves and convert this energy into neural messages that travel to your brain and are processed as sounds. This is an example of ________. A. just noticeable difference B. subliminal messaging C. top-down processing D. transduction
D. Transduction The convertion from sensory stimulus energy to action potential.
Sariah enters a room with several chirping crickets in it. Upon first entering the room, Sariah can hear the chirping; however, as she begins to talk to her friends, she is no longer aware of the chirping even though it is still there. The fact that Sariah no longer perceives the chirping sound demonstrates sensory ________. A. adaptation B. formation C. regression D. revision
A. adaptation Sensory adaptation: not percieving stimuli that remain relatively constant over prolonged periods of time.
Derek wants to win the student of the year award so badly that when the name of the award winner is announced, he is convinced that he hears his name. He stands up and begins to leave the aisle when his friend grabs his hand. Someone else won the award. This illustrates how ________can affect perception. A. attention B. motivation C. peripherals D. sensation
B. Motivation ie. spongebob
Imagine yourself in a dark classroom reading PowerPoint slides. If an audience member were to check the internet using her cell phone and causing her screen to light up, chances are that many people would notice the change in illumination in the classroom. However, if the same thing happened in a brightly lit classroom during a discussion, very few people would notice. The cell phone brightness does not change, but its ability to be detected as a change in illumination varies dramatically between the two contexts. This is an example of ________. A. Merkel's theory B. the law of thermoception C .the principle of transduction D. Weber's law
D. Weber's Law change in a stimulus that will be just noticeable is a constant ratio of the original stimulus
Vinnie is standing on one leg with his arms in the air. The ________ sense helps keep him balanced so he has less chance of falling over. A. nociception B. proprioception C. somatosensation D. vestibular
D. vestibular balance
What allows Nancy to run without watching her feet and hit a baseball without focusing on the bat? A. gustation B. proprioception C. somatosensation D. thermoception
B. proprioception self-awareness of body position
Felix is riding his bicycle. His ability to sense how his torso is adjusting to the speed of his cycling and how his legs are pumping up and down is called ________. A. kinesthesia B. nociception C. olfaction D. thermoception
A. Kinesthesia perception of body's movement through space.
Felicia smacks her thumb with a hammer while building a doghouse. The sense of ________ provides her brain with information about the pain she feels. A. kinesthesia B. nociception C. preconception D. thermoception
B. nociception pain
Suppose you are watching a movie on a large screen. For a fraction of a second, the words "Drink Cola" flash on the screen. You do not perceive the words "Drink Cola" because it is beyond your absolute threshold. In this example, the message "Drink Cola" is an example of ________. A. a subliminal message B. bottom-up processing C. sensory adaptation D. top-down processing
A. a subliminal message
Due to his sense of ________, Abraham knows he is cold when he is outside during a blizzard, and he knows he is hot after he comes inside and eats soup by the fire. A. gustation B. olfaction C. somatosensation D. thermoception
D. thermoception temperature
Which part of the eye holds eye color? A. cornea B. iris C. lens D. retina
B. Iris
Petra walks into a brightly lit Psychology lab to participate in an experiment involving the ability to perceive the colors of the rainbow. Which photoreceptors will be most useful during this experiment? A. cones B. fovea C. lens D. rods
A. cones colorful
Wesley is in a movie theater with no windows—the only light is low illumination from the emergency lights on the floor. Which photoreceptors will be most useful to Wesley as he attempts to leave the theater? A. cones B. fovea C. iris D. rods
D. rods dim light
Tyrahn's rods do not transform light into nerve impulses as easily and efficiently as they should, so he has difficulty seeing in dim light. This is called ________. A. legal blindness B. night blindness C. night impairment D. night vision
B. night blindness
Kimya stares at a bright light and then looks away. After she looks away, she perceives a spot. What is this spot? A. afterimage B. blind spot C. preimage D. night blindness
A. afterimage
Light waves are transmitted across the ________ and enter the eye through the ________. A. cornea; pupil B. iris; pupil C. lens; retina D. pupil; cornea
A. cornea; pupil cornea is the transparent covering over the eye pupil is the small opening in the eye through which light passes
Akeelah extended her arm in front of her and then extended one of her fingers. She focused on that finger. Next, she closed her left eye without moving her head; then she opened her left eye and closed her right eye without moving her head. She noticed that her finger seemed to shift as she alternated between the two eyes because of the slightly different view each eye had of her finger. What is illustrated by this example? A. binocular disparity B. bottom processing C. monocular disparity D. top-down processing
A. binocular disparity
Ravon was born deaf, so he is diagnosed with ________ deafness. A. conductive B. congenital C. postnatal D. prenatal
B. congenital congenital=present from birth.
In a normal-sighted individual, the ________ will focus images perfectly on a small indentation in the back of the eye known as the ________. A. cornea; iris B. fovea; lens C. iris; retina D. lens; fovea
D. lens; fovea small indentation in the back of the eye known as the fovea, which is part of the retina.
Why are olfaction and gustation called chemical senses? A. Neither one has sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe. B. They are unrelated to biological senses. C. They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe. D. We cannot use these senses without the presence of specific chemicals in the body.
C. They have sensory receptors that respond to molecules in the food we eat or in the air we breathe.
what happens when sensory information is detected by sensory receptors
refers to the way sensory information is organized, interpreted, and consciously experienced.
Failure to notice something that is completely visible because of a lack of attention is called
the light-sensitive lining of the eye.
carries visual information form the retina to the brain
According to the _________________________________, all colors in the spectrum can be produced by combining red, green, and blue. The three types of cones are each receptive to one of the colors.
Trichromatic Theory of Color Vision
Temporal Theory
asserts that frequency is coded by the activity level of a sensory neuron. Meaning, a given hair cell would fire action potentials related to the frequency of the sound wave.
Place Theory
Suggest that different portions of the basilar membrane are sensitive to sounds of different frequencies. For example, the base of the basilar membrane responds best to high frequencies and the tip of the basilar membrane responds best to low frequencies.
- because of age, genetic predisposition, or environmental effects, including exposure to extreme nice, certain illness, or damage due to toxins.
Gestalt psychology
(The whole is different from the sum of its parts). Different ways we organize sensory information: • Figure-Round Relationship • Proximity • Similarity • Continuity • Principle of closure
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Bernard was born c.1883 in Longford.
Prior the outbreak of war, Pte. Brady in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland with the 2nd Highland Light Infantry. They were based in Aldershot at the outbreak of the war, and were deployed to Boulogne on the 14 August 1914, arriving at the front on the 27 August that year. He was killed in action as a result of heavy German shelling, one of seventy NCOs and other ranks killed from the regiment.


Lucy invested $10,000 in a new mutual account exactly three years ago. The value of the account increased by 10 percent during the first year, increased by 5 percent during the second year, and decreased by 10 percent during the third year. What is the value of the account today?
Another way to approach the problem is to use the multipliers slightly differently. You could move the decimal point on all the multipliers to the right to make them whole numbers and for each decimal place you move to the right, you eliminate a zero from $10,000. (1.1 x 1.05 x 0.9) would become (11 x 9 x 105) and $10,000 would become $1, so you have (99 x 105) x 1 = $10,395.


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How Marvel Studios' 'Black Panther' Takes A Step Forward For Representation
By eelyajekiM | @ | February 5th, 2018 at 6:34 pm
In Marvel Studios' decade-long run, 17 successful blockbusters have featured a white character as the lead. However, Captain America: Civil War was the first small baby step in the right direction when it introduced Black Panther into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The events of that film would lead up to the Wakandian king's standalone film, Black Panther.
But Black Panther is so much more than the title character's first standalone film. It represents what a superhero means to a person of color. Representation matters, and as we move towards a brighter future, Marvel Studios will have more and more films that are a reflection of today's society. That's why Black Panther is such an important film.
We had the chance to sit down with the cast and creators Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa), Lupita Nyong'o (Nakia), Michael B. Jordan ("Erik Killmonger), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Angela Bassett (Ramonda), Forest Whitaker (Zuri), Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue), Martin Freeman (Everett K Ross), Daniel Kaluuya (W'Kabi), Winston Duke (M'Baku), Letitia Wright (Shuri), director Ryan Coogler and producer Kevin Feige to talk about the importance of Black Panther, what making this MCU installment meant to them, and what they hope the film accomplishes. Check out what they had to say here below.
Topics: Features, Interviews, Movies, Sequels
Tags: Andy Serkis, Angela Bassett, Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Feige, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler
Ryan Coogler and 'Black Panther' Cast Talk MCU's Progression, Source Material, and More
Marvel Studios' Black Panther is a revolutionary installment the MCU, their long-running superhero franchise. The title character, who symbolized the real-life Black Panther movement in America during the 1960s, has become an iconic figure in the African-American community. And after 50-plus years of spending time building its fanbase in comic books, T'Challa returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with his very own film. But the titular film isn't your traditional superhero offering. It forgoes all those generic tropes of saving the world and focuses on real-world themes like culture, politics, identity, and representation.
Geeks Of Doom had a chance to sit down with their fellow journalists to talk to the cast, Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa), Lupita Nyong'o (Nakia), Michael B. Jordan (Erik Killmonger), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Angela Bassett (Ramonda), Forest Whitaker (Zuri), Andy Serkis (Ulysses Klaue), Martin Freeman (Everett K Ross), Daniel Kaluuya (W'Kabi), Winston Duke (M'Baku), and Letitia Wright (Shuri). Director Ryan Coogler and producer Kevin Feige were also present to talk about the upcoming film, how its important to have a character like Black Panther, the timeliness and relevancy, and more. Check out what they had to say here below.
'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' Super Bowl Spot & Trailer: Tom Cruise Proves No Stunt Is Too Dangerous For Him
As promised, Paramount has released our first look at Mission: Impossible – Fallout with a Super Bowl spot and a full trailer. Tom Cruise, who reprises his role as agent Ethan Hunt, reunites with his Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation director Christopher McQuarrie. And based on the film's poster, which debuted last week, the sequel will live up to the death-defying stunts that the MI films are largely known for. Remember how Cruise scaled the world's tallest building, or clung on for dear life on the side of an aircraft while in midair? Well, the actor is now taking it one step further by dangling from a helicopter. Check it out here below.
Topics: Commercials, Movies, News, Sequels, Trailers, Videos
Tags: Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Christopher McQuarrie, Henry Cavill, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Paramount Pictures, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Super Bowl, Super Bowl 52, Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames
'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' Poster Released Ahead Of Super Bowl Trailer
By eelyajekiM | @ | February 1st, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Releasing the first trailer for a blockbuster film during the Super Bowl isn't a completely new strategy. But it is one that will get the most eyes considering that it is one of the most watched games on the planet. And with companies spending up to $5 million for each commercial, you can bet that each studio is going to put their best – or at least blockbustery – film out there. And to get ahead of that, some, like Paramount, are releasing teaser posters to generate some interest.
The first poster for Mission: Impossible – Fallout has been released. The film is the sixth installment of the long-running franchise, which sees Tom Cruise reprising his role as Ethan Hunt once more. Check out the poster below.
Topics: Movies, News, Photos, Posters, Sequels, Trailers
Tags: Alec Baldwin, Angela Bassett, Frederick Schmidt, Henry Cavill, Michelle Monaghan, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Paramount Pictures, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Simon Pegg, Super Bowl, Tom Cruise, Vanessa Kirby, Ving Rhames, Wes Bentley
Ryan Coogler Says He Used 'A Prophet' and James Bond As Inspirations For 'Black Panther'
By eelyajekiM | @ | January 9th, 2018 at 5:15 pm
It's widely known that the Marvel Studios' franchises aren't just tied to one particular genre. Each franchise has a sub-genre that allows it to stand out from other superhero films. For instance, Captain America started out as a wartime period piece and then evolved into a political thriller. Guardians of the Galaxy is a space opera. Iron Man has that buddy cop feel to it. Ant-Man began has a heist film but will become something else in the sequel. And Spider-Man is a coming of age film that sees its titular character go through high school angst.
With Black Panther just a few weeks away from release, we are now beginning to see how director Ryan Coogler's film fits into the MCU and how it will distinguish itself from the other MCU films. In a newly released interview, Coogler says he was inspired by films like A Prophet and the James Bond series. Check out the quotes below.
Topics: Movies, News
'Black Panther' Sneak Peek: "The Black Panther Lives"
By eelyajekiM | @ | January 9th, 2018 at 12:45 pm
As promised, Marvel Studios dropped a brand new sneak peek of Black Panther during the College Football Playoff National Championship game last night. Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film sees the return of Chadwick Boseman, who reprises the role he first played in Captain America: Civil War.
It will be our first look at Wakanda, a once peaceful secret nation going through political strife now that their king has been killed. So it is up to the once young T'Challa (Boseman) to rise up and become king and keep the throne before it can be taken by the dangerous Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan). Check out the latest spot below.
Topics: Commercials, Movies, News, Videos
Tags: Andy Serkis, Angela Bassett, Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Forest Whitaker, Lupita N, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler
Kendrick Lamar Producing 'Black Panther' Soundtrack
Marvel Studios films aren't really known for their soundtracks, with the exception of the Guardians of the Galaxy films. However, you can add Black Panther to that list of films getting one. But this time, it will feature original music specifically created for the film.
It has just been announced that Grammy Award winner Kendrick Lamar will be producing the soundtrack. The album will feature music from and inspired by Black Panther including the lead single, "All The Stars," featuring Lamar and label mate SZA, produced by Sounwave.
You can find out more about the collaboration and listen to "All The Stars" in the full report below.
Topics: Movies, Music, News
Tags: Andy Serkis, Angela Bassett, Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith, Black Panther, Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Forest Whitaker, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Feige, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Freeman, Marvel, Marvel Studios, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Coogler, Soundwave, SZA
Marvel's 'Black Panther' Trailer: "Let's Have Some Fun"
By eelyajekiM | @ | October 16th, 2017 at 11:28 am
Marvel Studios has just dropped the second trailer for Ryan Coogler's Black Panther, starring Chadwick Boseman, who reprises the title role from his Captain America: Civil War debut. In the title standalone film, our hero returns to Wakanda, a technologically advanced country that hides away from those who seek to pillage its rare vibranium. But without the nation's leader and his father, T'Challa is named the king, and there are those who will seek to take the throne. Faced with treachery and danger, the young king must rally his allies and release the full power of Black Panther to defeat his foes and secure the safety of his people and their way of life.
Check out the latest trailer, plus a handful of images and a new poster here below.
Topics: Movies, News, Photos, Posters, Trailers
'Black Panther' Character Images and Details Mirror 'The Godfather,' James Bond
By eelyajekiM | @ | July 12th, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Today's Black Panther plot details were only part one of the coverage of the upcoming Marvel film.
Just before we get to see more from the film at D23 Expo and SDCC, a new royal portrait of the cast gives us more insight into these characters and what their motivations are in the film. Check out the photos below.
Topics: Movies, News, Photos
'Black Panther' Plot Details Reveals Political Strife and Fight Over Vibranium
Marvel fans are about to get a double dose of MCU in the coming weeks. First, there's the D23 Expo, which will be followed by the San Diego Comic-Con next week. So it remains to be seen if they will recycle footage, but considering that next week also happens to be Marvel's 10th anniversary at SDCC, odds are there will be something special happening to commemorate the event.
So while we wait and see what that is, some new Black Panther coverage has dropped, and it hints at the political instability that is happening at Wakanda since T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) has returned from the events of Captain America: Civil War. Find out more about this in the full story, below.
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Répási József (Budapest, 1929–1979) magyar nemzeti labdarúgó-játékvezető.

Pályafutása
Fiatalon a budapesti Vasas Láng korosztályos csapataiban játszott.

Játékvezetésből 1963-ban Budapesten a BLSZ Játékvezető Bizottság (JB) előtt vizsgázott. A BLSZ bajnokságaiban tevékenykedett. Az MLSZ a JT minősítésével 1969-től az NB II-es bíróként szolgált. Küldési gyakorlat szerint rendszeres partbírói szolgálatot is végzett. A kor elvárása szerint a küldés szerinti egyes számú partbíró játékvezetői sérülésnél átvette a mérkőzés irányítását. A nemzeti játékvezetéstől 1973-ban visszavonult.

Az MLSZ JB munkatársaként a Szervező Bizottságban tevékenykedett, országos ellenőr.

Források
 Játékvezető - 1979. XXV. évfolyam 5. szám

1929-ben született személyek
1979-ben elhunyt személyek
Magyar labdarúgó-játékvezetők
Budapesten született személyek

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August 9, 2010 · 2:48 PM
Go, Nads… er, Knights!
I don't think "had her MBA and all that" means [Note: NSFW] what George O'Leary thinks it means.
Of course, it's not the first time he's had problems with resumes.
Filed under The Body Is A Temple
Meet the narrative.
The WWL explains the SEC East to us:
… Florida isn't alone. The SEC East is full of teams that could go in any direction. Tennessee, with Derek Dooley as the Vols' third coach in three seasons, might head south faster than college kids at spring break. Georgia hasn't won the East in five years. Kentucky and Vanderbilt are starting over.
The team best poised to take advantage of the flux is the veteran bunch at South Carolina. After five seasons of winning no more than eight games and no fewer than six, Steve Spurrier no longer resembles the evil genius of his days at Florida. If this Gamecocks team doesn't challenge for the division title, Spurrier's legacy as a ball coach will suffer a scratch no buffer can remove.
That's per Ivan Maisel, who's actually one of the more thoughtful pundits over there.
Mark May should be a real trip.
Filed under ESPN Is The Devil, SEC Football
Sometimes, the simplest things are the best.
Marc Weiszer has a post up about true frosh safety Alec Ogletree (who's looking good, by the way). He's spending a lot of time on special teams, about which he had this to say:
"Basically I just run to the ball," he said of his role on kickoff coverage.
Sadly, that's an improvement over what we saw at times last year.
Been around the block
Shorter Mark Bradley: Al Groh is so old, he makes banal coachspeak sound profound to me.
Filed under Georgia Tech Football, Media Punditry/Foibles
August 9, 2010 · 8:21 AM
Mumme Poll 2010 update
To answer the most obvious question first: yes, the Mumme Poll will be back in all its glory this season.
And the second question: yes, GTP will again partner with 3rd Saturday in Blogtober to bring it to you.
However, we do have a few tweaks and changes in mind, some based on what we want to do with the MP, some based on your feedback. We'll have more details and information as we get closer to Week Six, but in the meantime here are a few things to be aware of.
Signup. I've had this question a few times. Everyone who wants to cast a ballot this season will need to register to do so. It doesn't matter whether you were a 2009 participant. Once Tidefan has the site ready for that, we'll let you know.
Fairer voting. By far, the greatest number of comments we received from folks was what to do about ballots with glaring omissions. As I mentioned to some of you, we weren't set up to track omissions, short of reviewing every ballot one by one. Neither Tidefan nor I have that much time on our hands, quite frankly. This year should fare better, though. Tidefan has made some major upgrades to the site. All ballots will be accessible for review by you. We're also going to institute some sort of rating system that will allow you to downgrade voters for posting questionable ballots. Details are forthcoming, but it's our hope that this will clean up the truly egregious misbehavior.
Revised ballot format. I'm aware that this will likely generate some controversy, but we've decided to simplify the vote by going from the previous twelve team total/five team tiebreaker format to a ten team total/one team tiebreaker format. My reasoning about this is pretty straightforward. The primary purpose behind the Mumme Poll is to find ways to address the perceived flaws of the Coaches Poll – the appearance of bias and conflicts of interest, as well as the general perception that the coaches themselves rarely prepare their ballots. The format change results in a purer form of approval voting. It should also be even easier and quicker to compile, which would encourage direct participation by coaches (if it ever got that far, of course) which in turn would enhance the poll's credibility. The objections I would expect to hear about this are the greater chances for ties and the fewer teams that may appear in the final results, but Tidefan's review of last season's ballots leads us to think that the anticipated level of participation makes those very minor issues, if issues at all. (And if I'm wrong about that, there's always next year's tweak.)
We are excited about hosting another Mumme Poll. Let us know what you think in the comments.
Filed under Mumme Poll
Beyond Crompton (plus a few other fun facts)
Over at Statistically Speaking, Matt Melton has posted his SEC 2010 Preview. His projections are fine, but the really good stuff follows after that, as he mines stats from prior seasons to draw out some interesting points about teams and players. Here are a few of his insights that I glommed onto:
Jonathan Crompton. Matt broke down Crompton's stats and came up with this conclusion about his breakout 2009 season:
In 2008, the passing duo of Jonathan Crompton and Nick Stephens looked more like they belonged in the SAC rather than the SEC. Then, presto, Jonathan Crompton has the look of a 4th round pick. Crompton improved his numbers, drastically, in every area. But, how much did he really improve against the better teams? Tennessee played 13 games last season. 10 came against BCS conference foes, including 8 conference games and non-league dalliances with UCLA and Virginia Tech. Their other 3 games came against non-BCS opponents. 2 of those came against a pair of the worst teams in IA, Western Kentucky (0-12) and Memphis (2-10). The other came against a respectable Ohio outfit (9-5). As you can see, Crompton was still pretty good against the tougher competition he faced, but a good portion of his 2009 numbers (almost half his touchdown passes) came in the 3 games when his teammates were vastly superior to his opponents.
Yeah, well, unfortunately if you're a Georgia fan, it's worse than the tale he tells. If you yank out the stats Crompton compiled against Georgia, here's what you're left with versus BCS teams: 145 completions, 268 attempts, 54.1 completion percentage, 1704 yards passing, 6.36 yards per attempt, 11 TDs, 9 interceptions and a 114.34 passer rating. Not exactly what you'd call drastic improvement.
A low bar for Herb Hand. Vanderbilt's new hire, previously Tulsa's offensive coordinator, steps into a situation where it's almost impossible to do worse.
… The table below lists Vanderbilt's offensive touchdowns in SEC games since 2005. You may remember that in 2005, the Commodores were led by a senior quarterback, and future NFL draft pick, Jay Cutler. Without him, Vanderbilt settled into a consistent mediocrity on offense, scoring between 16 and 18 offensive touchdowns each season. For 8 league games, that equates to a little more than 2 per contest. Then last season, Vanderbilt scored 5. For the year! Vanderbilt never scored more than a single offensive touchdown in any league game…
I suspect the Commodores would happily settle for mediocre this season.
Catching up to Gus? This one surprised me.
… In their first 2 conference games, Auburn faced Mississippi State and Tennessee. The Tigers averaged 524 yards in those 2 games (breaking 400 both times) at a robust 6.3 yards per play. Not surprisingly, the Tigers won both those games. Over their final 6 league games, the Tigers managed to top the 400 yard barrier just once (their only win in that stretch). Over those 6 games, the Tigers averaged 328 yards per game at a much more meager 5.0 yards per play. of course, maybe the schedule just got a littler tougher. So let's adjust for schedule strength.
Now, take a gander at the chart below.
What this means is that against Mississippi State, Auburn gained 589 yards. In SEC play, Mississippi State allowed an average of 365 yards per game (it ranked 7th in the league). Thus the Tigers gained 224 more yards than we would have expected if they had an average offensive performance. They are 'in the black' 224 yards. As you can see, in the first 2 games, the Tigers were nearly 350 yards in the black. However, the rest of the way, they were below average offensively twice as often as they were above average. They performed poorly against good defenses (LSU) and against bad defenses (Arkansas and Kentucky)…
Matt is quick to say that the data shouldn't be construed as an indictment of Malzahn. But it sure will be interesting to see how Auburn does in his second year.
Thank you, Woody McCorvey. More than anything else, Sylvester Croom isn't a head coach any more because of his stubborn insistence that Woody McCorvey was a competent offensive coordinator. The stats tell a very different story.
… Heck, since 2000, they have only scored 30 points or more 24 times (the same number of times they have been held below 10). But things could be changing. Against SEC teams, the Bulldogs posted their best recent offensive performance last season, their first under head coach Dan Mullen. The Bulldogs not only improved their offensive performance by over 100 yards per game in the league and finished outside the bottom two, but if you look at their SDPI number, they were very close to being average offensively!
In terms of wins and losses, he may have had less to show for it last year than did Kiffin and Chizik, but it wouldn't surprise me if Mullen wound up being the best of the three 2009 SEC head coaching hires when the dust settles.
Filed under SEC Football, Stats Geek!
Time to get nervous.
Holy Mother of Crap, College Football News loves the Dawgs. And when I say loves, I mean loves:
Team That'll Surprise
Georgia – Aaron Murray. If any coach in America actually knew the name of the Georgia starting quarterback, the Dawgs might have been given more respect in the early Coaches' Poll. The preseason No. 21 team has top ten, possibly top five, talent with the deepest, and possibly the best, offensive line in America, a loaded defensive front seven, fantastic running backs and receivers, and the best kicking game in college football. If Murray is merely serviceable, the Dawgs might be playing in Atlanta in early December.
CFN is predicting a 10-2, 6-2 type of year. With a win in Jax, to boot. Whoa, baby.
It may not be a kiss of death, but let's just say that CFN's projections have been less than reliable.


NAHB supports reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program but opposes a proposal to phase out new NFIP policies for newly-constructed homes.
Steve Lawson, a multifamily builder from Virginia Beach, Va., and NAHB staff met last week with White House Office of Management and Budget officials to voice their concerns regarding HUD's forthcoming regulation to implement the new Federal Flood Risk Management Standard.
EPA's draft for the 2017 Construction General Permit will be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget this fall. The review will include a detailed examination of the proposal's potential impacts, including how much it could cost small businesses to implement the changes.
More than a dozen state attorneys general earlier this month sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget urging the agency to reject a proposal put forth by the Department of Labor that would undermine long-standing protections for confidential attorney-client communications and place undue burdens on small businesses.
In a victory for common-sense regulation, remodelers facing a March 31 deadline for refresher training under the Environmental Protection Agency's Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting rule can now complete that training online. The White House cleared the final rule permitting the online option Jan. 21.
Thousands of remodelers and other contractors have until March 31 to complete a refresher training course to maintain their lead-safe certification status.
The White House wants federal agencies to start accounting for the benefits provided by nature to economic and social well-being when considering new regulations and how they should be enforced.
NAHB staff met with the White House Office of Management and Budget July 9 to raise home builders' significant concerns with the Clean Power Plan regulation now under review.


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Q: Silverlight Question: How can I find the DataTemplate corresponding to an item in a ListBox I have two classes A & B, and a listbox. I assign listBox.ItemsSource equal to a collection of objects of type A. The listbox items are visualized using silverlight data templating, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.datatemplate.aspx and http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/UserControlAsDataTemplate.aspx for example. The listbox.ItemTemplate is a DataTemplate that uses class B to visualize the listbox items. Now, in my code-behind, inside any method of class B, if I do this.DataContext, it points to an object of type A. Thus, given an object of type B, I can find the corresponding object of type A. So far so good. My question is, given an object of type A, how can I navigate to the corresponding object of type B? Is this even possible in SL?

A: On the surface of things you should be able to use code like this:-
  ListBoxItem item = (ListBoxItem)myListBox.ItemContainerGenerator.ContainerFromItem(myTypeA);
  MyTypeB typeB = (MyTypeB)item.Content;

However this may not work in all cases.  There is no guarantee that the ListBox has even generated a ListBoxItem for every object in the ItemsSource.

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Clos Ste Magdeleine Cassis
Magdeleine
Cassis' Secret
By Chantal Sarrazin
A drop of white in an ocean of rosé: the image of Cassis is deeply entrenched. Influenced by the Mediterranean climate, these white wines are infused with minerality drawn from the clay and limestone soil. At Clos Sainte-Magdeleine, this feature is amplified by the élevage.
Seen from above, Clos Sainte-Magdeleine in Cassis looks like an emerald-green towel spread on a white beach. All around the vines is the intense blue of the Mediterranean. Here and there the silvery leaves of olive trees provide a contrast to the azure landscape. This is not a mere vacation spot—it is heaven on earth! "The sea enfolds our vineyards on every side," smiles Jonathan Sack-Zafiropulo, whose eyes are as blue as the water. He is one of just eleven producers in Cassis, a Lilliputian appellation of 210 hectares with its toes in the water that is flanked by the Cap Canaille to the east and the Massif des Calanques to the west. Our host, the fourth generation to run the extraordinary Clos Sainte-Magdeleine, shares his family's story. "My great-grandfather bought it in 1920 from a négociant in Marseille. He was from a Greek family of shipowners." This little story ties into the big one. At the same time they were founding Marseille, the Greeks were also planting the first vines in thebay ofCassis, over 2000 years ago. "This is one of the earliest confirmed vineyards inProvence," Jonathan proudly notes. What were the wines like at that time? No one knows…. But Cassis has since found its voice, or rather its color: white. Three of every four bottles here are a lemony color, while all their Provençal neighbors are blushing.
The change came after Phylloxera wiped out the vineyards in the mid-19th century, when vignerons replanted to white grapes. This choice helped them to obtain AOC status on May 15th, 1936, along with the pioneering Sauternes and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. It also placed Marsanne in the spotlight: this variety now constitutes 30-60% of all white Cassis. "They chose it because they wanted a white grape that wasn't grown anywhere else in the region," Jonathan says. "It comes from the north and adapted very well to the seaside. It gives round, fleshy wines that develop honeyed notes on the finish as they age." At Clos Sainte-Magdeleine this grape shares the clayey seaside with Ugni Blanc. Jonathan's grandfather and father also planted Marsanne on the terraced vineyards on the side of the Cap Canaille,France's highest maritime cliff. At400 meters altitude these parcels are colder and rockier. With more limestone here and less clay, the vines are forced to send their roots deep into the earth.
These vines are less generous than on the flat land, yielding barely 30 hectoliters per hectare. At these heights we also find more Ugni Blanc, a little Bourboulenc, and some Clairette, which prefers the cooler temperatures here. Sainte-Magdeleine's whites are a blend of the two terroirs, with the Marsanne providing structure and the Clairette contributing acidity. Though the vigneron wishes Rolle and Grenache Blanc were permitted in this appellation, he has learned to expand his palate. In two years he will plant Sauvignon, whose fruit aromas will hone the wine's profile. "We had some in the past, but it ripened before the other varieties so we ripped it out. Now that our cellar equipment has evolved we can handle that challenge." While waiting for that aromatic boost, the best of the region is already concentrated in the estate's white wine: a floral bouquet with a mineral touch, a rich, fleshy mouthfeel, and fresh undertones of citrus, spices, and a hint of iodine. "The iodine flavor is the marker of the wines from this appellation," Jonathan Sack-Zafiropulo explains. "It comes from the ocean spray that leaves its salt on the grapes."
There are other advantages to having the sea so close by: the breezes that waft through the vineyards restrict the spread of mildew and oidium. Sainte-Magdeleine therefore converted to organic agriculture easily. The estate was officially certified on January 1st, 2012. And other producers have made the same choice—almost half of the appellation's vineyards are now worked organically. Jonathan dreams that one day the appellation will be 100% organic. After all, the vineyards are within the newly established Calanques National Park…
In order to bring out the Cassis character, the white wines are matured in neutral vats. Two vintages, the 2010 and 2009 (14€), are currently available. Over time, the precious minerality will become more prominent, along with notes of iodine, honey, and citrus. The freshness will last, bringing elegance and taking on a spicy character. Right now, the 2009 is more ethereal than its successor. "Our white wines go perfectly with fish and shellfish from the Mediterranean," notes the vigneron. "With age, they marry well with delicately spicy dishes and Japanese cuisine." These unusual nectars make Cassis a unique spot that is not to be missed when visiting Provence!
Categories : White, Wine


Why IP for Smart Objects?
In this chapter we argue that IP is the future for smart object networks. There is already a significant momentum for IP-based smart objects as demonstrated by the growing amount of products and systems built upon the principles laid out in this book. In this chapter, we review the challenges inherent to smart object networks, as presented in Chapter 1, and review them in light of the IP architecture discussed in Chapter 2.


Cyril Ramaphosa, the president of our failed rainbow nation, wants to merge several ministries after 25 years of mismanagement and reduce the number of provinces.
The number of ministers will be reduced from 34 to 25 with only 15 deputy ministers.
The number of provinces should be reduced to six. Currently, there are 35 ministers and 37 deputy ministers in the ANC Cabinet.


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Les Bonnemaisoniaceae sont une famille d'algues rouges de l'ordre des Bonnemaisoniales.

Liste des genres
Selon  et  :
 genre Asparagopsis Montagne, 1840
 genre Bonnemaisonia C.Agardh, 1822
 genre Delisea J.V.Lamouroux, 1819
 genre Leptophyllis J.Agardh, 1876
 genre Pleuroblepharidella M.J.Wynne, 1980
 genre Ptilonia (Harvey) J.Agardh, 1852

Selon  :
 genre Asparagopsis (Kunth) Kunth
 genre Bonnemaisonia C. A. Agardh
 genre Delisea Miguel, 1858
 genre Falkenbergia Schmitz, 1897
 genre Leptophyllis Cachon & Cachon-enjumet, 1964
 genre Pleuroblepharidella
 genre Pleuroblepharis
 genre Ptilonia (Harvey) Agardh, 1852

Notes et références

Liens externes

Famille d'algues rouges (nom scientifique)
Bonnemaisoniales


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Q: How to predict using model generated by Torch? I have executed the neuralnetwork_tutorial.lua. Now that I have the model, I would like to test it with some of my own handwritten images. But I have tried many ways by storing the weights, and now by storing the complete model using torch save and load methods.
However now that I try to predict my own handwritten images(converted to 28X28 DoubleTensor) using model:forward(testImageTensor)
...ches/torch/install/share/lua/5.1/dp/model/sequential.lua:30: attempt to index local 'carry' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
        ...ches/torch/install/share/lua/5.1/dp/model/sequential.lua:30: in function '_forward'
        ...s/torches/torch/install/share/lua/5.1/dp/model/model.lua:60: in function 'forward'
        [string "model:forward(testImageTensor)"]:1: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'xpcall'
        ...aries/torches/torch/install/share/lua/5.1/trepl/init.lua:588: in function 'repl'
        ...ches/torch/install/lib/luarocks/rocks/trepl/scm-1/bin/th:185: in main chunk
        [C]: at 0x0804d650

A: You have two options.
One. Use the encapsulated nn.Module to forward your torch.Tensor:
mlp2 = mlp:toModule(datasource:trainSet():sub(1,2))
input = testImageTensor:view(1, 1, 32, 32)
output = mlp2:forward(input)

Two. Encapsulate your torch.Tensor into a dp.ImageView and forward that through your dp.Model :
inputView = dp.ImageView('bchw', testImageTensor:view(1, 1, 32, 32))
outputView = mlp:forward(inputView, dp.Carry{nSample=1})
output = outputView:forward('b')


"Blame it on the reed."
"I love playing the clarinet, not only because it lots of fun but for the opportunities I wouldn't have had otherwise. I have met so many wonderful people in ensembles, I have travelled the world with it and played a wide variety of repertoire. I love the feeling of performing and playing clarinet is a great challenge because it is something that you keep on learning and improving. I don't think I would be doing many of the things I am today if I hadn't started learning the clarinet."


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India»e-Courts
e-Court at District Srinagar
The e-Courts scheme aims ICT enablement of the lower courts across the country in their functioning. The project envisages deployment of hardware, software and networking to assist district and taluka courts in streamlining their day to day functioning. Key functions such as case filing, allocation, registration, case workflow, orders and judgments will be IT-enabled. Causelists, Case status, orders, judgments will be available on the web and made accessible to litigants, advocates, and general public. The project aims to build a national grid of key judicial information available 24 X 7 in a reliable and secure manner.
The Key Service Levels to be achieved by this project, for litigant public,are:
Registration of case: by auto-generated case numbers
Copies of Judgment: judgments would be made available through web.
Preparation and delivery of decrees: Decree should be made available to the concerned parties by e-mail, where ever applicable.
Generation of automated cause list: Within an hour of conclusion of court service daily.
Generation of court diaries: Automated diaries.
Availability of Case status: Online 'case status' right from filing of a case till it gets disposed.
Generation of daily orders: As soon as the Judge signs the order and edited by the Court Master
Project Related Documents
Name of the Document
Link (Click the respective Links)
1 Policy and Action Plan Document for Phase II Policy and Action Plan Document
2 Government Sanction Order - Phase II Government Sanction Order - Phase II
Page Last Updated: 06 Feb 2018


Food Consumption by Humans Food is any substance that is taken or consumed for its nutritional content that helps the body in its growth. Food can either be from plants or animals. After one consumes food, it is then digested by organs in the body after which energy is released from doing normal activities in day to day life. Food in form of plant feed can be grown on farms for consumption purposes. Many people obtain their food from practicing agriculture. Long ago, people used to hunt animals in the woods for food or gather roots or wild fruits and consume them. Farming was also practiced by them during the past where they kept many farm animals such as cows, goats and sheep to provide milk and meat and also grew crops for food. Food substances can be obtained from plants or animals which also feed on plants. Plant seeds provide humans or even animals with food as they constitute great nutrients necessary for one's body to grow healthily. Most food taken by humans are edible plant seeds including nuts, legumes (beans, green grams, peas) and cereals (maize, wheat, rice and many more). Importance of taking edible seeds is that they help the body to function normally without any hindrance and also helps in the growth and development of brain cells. Plants are a source of vegetables and fruits that we consume. Leafy vegetables consumed by people include kale and many others.
People get products such as milk, honey, meat, eggs and even blood by some cultures from animals. Products such as ghee, butter and yoghurt are processed from milk that is obtained from animals. Cultural Beliefs or health reasons may make some people not consume meat or other animal products.
In food consumption, one should ensure that they take a diet that is balanced. A balanced diet consists of proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins as well as minerals. It helps your body by giving it nutrients essential for the body to function properly without any problems. Calories Obtained from food are necessary to perform body functions such as breathing, walking and thinking. On average, one is required to ingest up to 2000 calories a day in order to maintain their normal physique and weight. This amount may vary depending on gender or age as males have a higher physical activity level as compared to females hence their calorie intake should be higher. Taking food is crucial as body tissues require nutrients in order to function well. Failure to take a balanced diet may result in diseases, infections, fatigue and laxity. Minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, sodium and magnesium are also important for growth. Although food is important, one should take controllable amounts at least thrice a day. Obesity or heart problems may come as a result of too much fat in the body.


Here are excel spread sheets for wallet cards for parents.
On card one you will need to change the team name. There is one player on the first card to show you a sample of what to enter. If you enter your team info and print these cards, then cut them out, fold them in half they are the size of a business card and fit in all wallets.
For this example, the team info is listed on one card so you will know how to complete it. You cut the cards top to bottom and fold it in half the length ways.


INDIAN "MADRASSAS" - DECEPTION, SEPARATISM AND THE DEVASTATING FUTURE TIME BOMB. THEY WILL FINISH THE TALIBAN'S AGENDA IN HINDUSTAN. AMERICA WILL NOT BE AROUND THEN WHEN THE HINDUS ARE SLAUGHTERED BY THE MILLION.
HINDUS (AND SIKHS) STILL LACK THE ART AND SKILL OF SELF DEFENCE AND THEY ARE RIPE FOR EXTINCTION ON THEIR OWN HOMEGROUND. MOST IGNORANT FOOLS ARE STILL CHANTING, "HINDU MUSLIM BHAI BHAI", INSTEAD OF CALLING FOR THE IMMEDIATE RETURN OF WEST PUNJAB, NORTH KASHMIR AND EAST BENGAL TO SECULARISM, OR EXPELLING THE LIKES OF ABDUL KALAM, IMAM BUKHARI AND SHAHABUDDIN TO PAKISTAN.
In his letter, "Uniqueness of Indian Madrassas", (April 10, 2004), published in The Pioneer, New Delhi, Syed Shahabuddin accuses Mr. DK Mittal of forgetting that the Christian West waged two World Wars, inflicted horrors upon hapless people and pursued a policy to colonial dominance.
But logic is the casualty of his desire to score points. As is usually the case with the writer, he concentrates on one side of the coin and ignores the others.
The Christian West, despite its shortcomings, developed its might through enterprise, commerce, industry and technology. It also excelled in reflection on the ethics of human conduct. Its philosophers and scientific minded thinkers shaped their civilisation, giving it democratic institutions upholding justice and human rights.
These intellectuals eschewed extremist schools of thought and strove to create a liberal society. Mr. Shahabuddin seems to have leapfrogged over these achievements rather deliberately. Is it because Islam can hardly make similar claims?
Countless Muslims- be they kings, statesmen, thinkers, clerics, extremists or just ordinary people have taken sanctuary in the Christian West when driven out of their own homelands. They have done so to avoid persecution and to take advantage of the freedom of enterprise and thought that the West affords. They have pursued their chosen vocations in these alien countries, in a manner that would have been impossible in their own.
Mr Shahabuddin seems hopelessly out of touch with the developments of the past five decades as well as contemporary realities. Else, he could scarcely have argued that not a single terrorist has been produced by Indian madrassas. There are, of course, other "achievements" to the credit (i.e., DISCREDIT) of the Muslims of immense repute (i.e, DISREPUTE), who did not hesitate to divide the country and who have forced lakhs (MILLIONS) of people to become refugees in their own country.
Members of the same community once wiped out the Hindus from the face of Pakistan. They are now engaged in repeating this history in Bangladesh.
(NB: Each and every Muslim allowed to live, breed and establish ISLAMIC "madrassas" in PARTITIONED (decomposing HINDU) India due to our self-destructive doctrine of "FORGIVE AND GET KILLED", is, in reality, a Pakistani!). A COUNTRY THAT IS PARTITIONED BY SWORD OF ISLAM CANNOT AFFORD TO PLAY THE FOOL WITH ITS OWN FUTURE.


VALLEY CENTER, CA – Authorities shut down two Valley Center marijuana dispensaries Wednesday, seizing their stock and arresting workers staffing them.
Deputies and county code-compliance officers served abatement warrants at about 9 a.m. at Green Valley LLC, 28404 Cole Grade Road, and 24/7 Collective, 27930 Valley Center Road, according to sheriff's officials.
The enforcement action stemmed from "numerous complaints from the community about both businesses (and their) unpermitted operations," sheriff's Sgt. George Crysler said.
During the raid, the personnel seized "large amounts" of processed cannabis, edible products containing the drug, paraphernalia, cash and business equipment, and took five employees into custody on suspicion of unlawful sales of marijuana, Crysler said.
"County departments will continue to address illegal marijuana dispensaries throughout the unincorporated communities of San Diego County by enforcing building-code requirements involving illegal or improper occupancy in conjunction with the administrative abatement process," Crysler said.


Attractive first floor office in the Williamscraft Office Park at Sandy Plains Rd and Piedmont Rd. This suite has a lobby and 6-7 offices break area, bath located in the Suite. Space is in good conditinon The complex has a number of psychologists, law firms, CPAs, insurance companiesand financial planners. 1-5 year lease terms. Property manager and leasing agent on site easy showing. Walk to resturants, Publix, Kroger, Target, HomeDepot within 2 miles.


These proud parents-to-be were great to work with. This is my second time shooting portraits with them, the first was their way cute pit bull Fiona (she's Miss July in the Buster Calendar)! They are expecting a little baby girl, Annora (love the name!) in late November. I can't wait to meet the little peanut and photograph her.


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Chrystul Kizer Case Gets a Closer Look Following Kyle Rittenhouse Acquittal
by Yah Yah November 25, 2021
Following the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse, the case of Chrystul Kizer, has been thrust back into the spotlight.
Kizer was 16 when she first crossed paths with 33-year-old Randy Volar after posting an advertisement on the now-defunct, Backpage.
Volar would go on to sexually abuse Kizer several times. He would further add to her trauma by filming the rapes. She was not the only one. Volar sexually abused several young, Black girls. When Kizer was 17, she killed him in the act of self-defense— shooting him in the head. Kizer then set his house on fire and stole his car in 2018.
Volar had previously been arrested on child sexual assault charges.
Kizer was charged with five felonies, including first-degree intentional homicide. Kizer was released from jail last June after several groups such as the Chicago Community Bond Fund raised money to pay her $400,000 bond. Her bail was lowered from $1 million. She is still awaiting trial and is facing a life sentence.
Call for justice for Crystul Kizer of Kenosha.
Kizer was 17, shot & killed her pedophile child sex trafficker to escape.
She was wrongfully denied access to a self-defense law & her case is on appeal.
It's more productive than attacking Kyle Rittenhouse. pic.twitter.com/U4SLMXcpAx
— An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) November 20, 2021
Rittenhouse killed two men and injured another during the Kenosha riots last year. During his trial, he claimed that he feared for his life and his attorneys argued that the killing was an act of self-defense. Last week, he was acquitted. Rittenhouse had not been subjected to sustained physical and sexual abuse as Kizer was. He was not preyed upon by a perpetual predator—the likes of Volar.
According to The Washington Post, Volar, who is white, has been charged with child enticement, using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime and second-degree sexual assault of a child. He was arrested and released within the same day without requiring bail. The police were well aware of his crimes but freed him anyway.
Court documents state that there are over 20 videos of Volar abusing Black girls.
Still, Rittenhouse has been lauded as a hero, and prosecutors are accusing Kizer, who was a minor when she was assaulted by Volar, of premeditated murder. Her lawyers say it was self-defense.
Speaking to the Post, Kizer says that Kizer said she was sick of him touching her. Volar would not let her leave and hat "she could not leave without being blocked and she believed that Mr. Volar might jump out at her so she shot him."
"I didn't intentionally try to do this," Kizer insisted.
Chrystul Kizer—17-yr-old Black girl in Wisconsin who killed the man raping & trafficking her
•Convicted & case is now in Appeals
Kyle Rittenhouse—17-yr-old white boy in Wisconsin who took an AR-15 to a protest & killed 2
•Acquitted
The system isnt broken—it was built this way pic.twitter.com/MJSgzFgKFj
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) November 19, 2021
Outside of the court, people not only called for Rittenhouse to be held accountable for the killing but for justice for Kizer. Her case has been likened to that of the recently freed former child victim, Cyntoia Brown.
"Chrystul Kizer was in this building [the Kenosha County Courthouse] advocating for her justice too," Rep. David Bowen said per The Huffington Post. "And we didn't hear any of y'all. And we didn't hear anybody that was out making noises for Kyle Rittenhouse."
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[Editor's Column] Koreatown Fights Back
Posted on August 20, 2018 by Angela Kim
Multitudes of people gathered to cast their vote in the Koreatown vs. Little Bangladesh dispute.
[Source: Anna Olson]
This past summer, the whole of Koreatown faced what any location in existence fears most – disappearance. Koreatown, after establishing its existence almost an entire century ago, was faced with a big challenge this past summer. Bangladeshis wanted to expand their community and, like Koreatown, be able to have a designated area for their people. What started as minor rumors in May erupted into a much larger issue by June, garnering masses of people from both ethnicities to express and stand up for their beliefs.
Previously, Little Bangladesh had occupied a portion of the Koreatown land area: four city blocks located between Normandie and Vermont avenues, on 3rd Street. Now, however, they were fighting to increase their land coverage, but this would be compromising Koreatown's original surface area. Little Bangladesh was planning to expand north at Melrose Avenue and run along 5th Street to the south between Western and Vermont avenues.
Of course, like every dispute, there is more than one side to the story. On Koreatown's part, many fear that this area and community is a major part of the Korean-American's identity and cultural expression in Los Angeles. It has been around for numerous decades, and is a defining element of Korean culture in the LA county. For years upon years, Korean-Americans in the Los Angeles area have looked towards Koreatown to provide a much-needed bridge between their lifestyles within the American system and their cultures rooted in their Korean heritage. Koreatown was and is the emblem of their ethnicity in an otherwise American society.
Conversely, Bangladeshis want to expand their own culture as well through expanding their Little Bangladesh region. Having only been around since 2010, Bangladeshis want to express and make known their presence and culture. Similar to Koreans' positions, Bangladeshis see Little Bangladesh as their safe haven in which they can freely and comfortably indulge in their origin and culture. It is only natural to want to broaden and maximize their territory.
Ultimately, the voting for which side should be able to have their way took place on Tuesday, June 19. The majority of attendees were Koreans, and the final result shows that the number of Koreans did indeed largely surpass the number of Bangladeshis.
Jane Yu, Valencia High School senior, commented, "I felt a very strong and present sense of community as us Koreans worked together towards a common goal." Furthermore, Hyewon Lee, another senior at Valencia High School, agreed, "It was very moving to see so many Koreans gathered together in one setting, all sharing a commonality and bond."
The results of the vote settled the feud and Koreatown can continue to be a popular hub for those who appreciate the Korean culture.
Angela Kim, Grade 12
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Ladbrokes Premiership
Neil Lennon: I'm not being treated fairly
Hibs manager hits out after being charged by SFA
Paul Forsyth
Misunderstood: Lennon has defended his conductSCOTTISH NEWS AND SPORT
Neil Lennon, the Hibernian manager, believes that he is being unfairly punished by the authorities for touchline behaviour that is no more serious than that of his counterparts in Scottish football.
It emerged yesterday that Lennon faces two Scottish Football Association charges following events in his team's Ladbrokes Premiership match at Rugby Park on Saturday, one for misconduct, the other for using a post-match interview to criticise the referee.
Lennon insists that the penalty with which Kilmarnock equalised in the 2-2 draw should never have been awarded, but he is more angry with Kevin Clancy's decision to send him off for the nature of his protests to the fourth official.
Lennon regrets his reaction to the dismissal — he screamed and clapped sarcastically in Clancy's face —…


As you must be aware that Aircel has filed for bankruptcy in India, which means that the company which run AIRCEL mobile network in India do not have any more funds to run the network any more. This is also evident by the fact that most of the Aircel users are facing network blackouts since 27th Feb 2018.
Now there are few possibilities, one is, the NCLT will intervene and some other mobile network will take over aircel and the users will be given option to port or continue. Other possibility is aircel will send UPC to each and every users to port out.
But in any of the scenario, it may take few days to many days time, during which the users will not able to use their mobile numbers which is a difficult situation for many.
So the best solution for those who do not want to wait for the network to appear is PORT OUT of aircel manually to some other network.
Porting is easy. For that you need a Unique Porting Code (UPC) from aircel which can be used to port out to some other network. Normally UPC can be received by sending PORT to 1900.
But at many places there is either no network available or if network available outgoing calls and sms are not connection. In such situation, it is not possible to send the PORT OUT request via SMS.
If you are facing this situation, you can use the below method to get the UPC.
How To Port Out From Aircel ?
How To Get Porting Code To Port Out From Aircel.
1. Take our your SIM card and note down the last 5 digits of the SIM number. (As shown in the Image.
2. Now Call the AIRCEL Customer Care Number (for non aircel numbers) from Any Operator. To get the customer care number of your region visit AIRCEL Website and select your region. After that look at the bottom of web page and open Reach Us page. See the below image. I am also adding the customer care numbers below. If the CC number does not work for you, you can use the aircel website.
3. Now follow the instructions on IVR phone. Choose language then enter Your Aircel Number.
4. It Will Ask to Put last 5 digits of your sim number.
5. Thats all!! You Will Get Unique Port Code (UPC) Without Aircel Network.
If you face any problem, let us know in comment.
India has seen tremendous growth in online marketplace. Online marketplace is rapidly growing, this in turn increased turnover of online payment. More and more people are moving towards online shopping mainly because of the convenience and various offers given by the online marketplaces. Government of India has also started a number of digital initiatives and encouraging people to pay various utility bills and fees online.
Although online payments are safe and banks and payment processors take all standard necessary precautions for safe transactions. Banks are coming with more and more methods of online payments but still there is a risk of fraud while doing online transactions. It is the responsibility of the person who is doing online transaction to ensure complete safety of their bank accounts and debit and credit cards.
Today in this post I will share a better and Secure method of doing online transactions which is more secure than using your regular debit or credit card for Internet banking. It is virtual debit cards of Virtual prepaid cards.
Q. What is a Virtual card?
Virtual debit card or prepaid cards are like a regular debit card with a debit card number, CVV code and date of expiry but it is not available in the physical plastic card form and is only available online from your mobile banking app or Internet banking account virtual debit cards.
Q. What are the benefits of using Virtual Debit card?
There are many benefits of virtual cards..
Virtual cards are free. There is no yearly or monthly subscription cost involved.
The money added to the card can be easily controlled.
Virtual card can be locked or unlocked as per your need.
You need not provide details of your debit or credit card to different websites and apps.
A little detail about the benefits. The virtual cards are prepaid cards. Means that you will have to add the money via your debit/credit card or net banking to the virtual card, which can then be used to do online shopping. Most of our salary account linked cards or our main credit cards have transaction limits in lacks, so if we use our primary cards online we expose whole or our bank balance or credit limit at risk, but in case of virtual cards, this risk can be easily limited to few thousand as per the need.
Locking and Unlocking: This is one of the best feature available with most virtual cards. The card can be easily locked with one or two clicks within seconds after you finish the transaction. When you need to do transaction again, the card can be unlocked again with same ease. This way when you dont need the card, the card can be locked and no transaction can be done with the card while it is locked. This improves the security of your funds.
Q. Which services provide virtual Card facility in India.
Paytm - Rupay virtual card.
Airtel Payment bank - Mastercard virtual card.
Udio - Visa virtual card.
Payzapp by HDFC bank - Visa VC.
Pockets by ICICI - Visa VC.
Few of the features may vary from one app to other. But virtual cards are much safer for online transactions. So start using one today.
Taking screenshots in windows is easy and can be accomplished by clicking on PrtScr button on the key board. On clicking this button, the screenshot of whole screen is captured and saved to clipboard.
The problem with this is, on most devices the screenshot is not automatically saved in any folder as a image. Although it is not a tedious task to save the screenshot in image format. But it still add 2 more steps. The steps to save the image manually is to open the image process app like Paint and paste the screenshot in that and then save it as image.
If you take the screenshots frequently, may be because you are a tech blogger or you need to take screenshot for any other reason, then these 2 extra steps will also feel too much.
So i am sharing a very easy small tip with which the screenshot can be saved automatically just with one click of PrtScr key.
So lets see what is needed to do this..
Install a free official Microsoft onedrive app on your PC.
This is a very easy requirement. If you do not already have the live.com account the follow these steps to register one free account. The account is free to create and use. With this you can enjoy, free Microsoft email at @outlook.com, 5GB free cloud storage and all other Microsoft services.
Visit outlook.com and click on SIGN UP and enter the required detail to complete registration of your FREE outlook.com account.
2. Download and Install FREE OneDrive app.
OndeDrive is a FREE 5GB cloud storage service of Microsoft.
Download the installation file for windows and install the software.
Login to onedrive software on your PC with your outlook.com account.
A. Open the settings page of OneDrive from the cloud icon on right side taskbar of windows and then clicking on settings icon. See the below image.
B. In settings window click on 'AutoSave' tab. And in that activate 'ScreenShot Settings, which says "Automatically save the screenshots I capture to OnsDrive."
Now whenever you click on PrtScn key on your keyboard, the screenshot will be automatically saved into your OneDrive folder.
The screenshots are saves in ..path-to-Onedrive/Pictures/ScreenShots.
The images are saved in .PNG format.
If you use onedrive on other devices, like other PC, tablet or mobile the screenshots are readily available on all devices.
There is no need for a active internet connection for saving the images automatically but to access the screenshots on other devices, a active internet connection is required.
UPI or Unified Payments Interface launched by NPCI, quickly gaining pace in online payments in India. The main reason being it is instant and free. This resulted in many players like banks, flipkart, wallets etc started their UPI based app. Next in line in the competition is Google's own UPI based payment app Tez.
The app allows users to make the payments via UPI through 4 modes: through UPI ID, through bank account number+IFSC code, through scanning a QR code (bharat QR or UPI QR) and by using the phone number, the mobile number should be connected to a UPI enabled bank account. In addition to the three modes, Google has built another mode, which is especial to Tez. This is called "cash" mode and it uses proximity. The way Google describes it, the Cash mode will allow two users to exchange money if they have the phones in close proximity. Just tap the "Cash" button in the Tez app and then follow the instructions. The phone uses proximity sensor and microphone to enable payment and it, in a way, works similar to how users share Bluetooth files.
Click here and install the app via official Play Store.
On opening the app for the first time, you will need to select the language and enter the Indian mobile number. You have to make sure that the number must be linked to the bank account which you want to use with the app.
The mobile number will be verified by OTP.
On next screen you will need to select any one of the Google accounts available on the device to use with the app.
Next step the user will be prompted to set the Google PIN or the pattern to secure the app from unauthorized access.
When user click on the payment button for the first time, he will be taken to the list of available banks with UPI facility.
If the selected bank has already has a UPI PIN, the user will be prompted to enter the UPI PIN and if there is no UPI PIN associated with that particular bank account, user will need to set a new one.
After finishing these steps, a UPI ID will be assigned. UPI ID in Tez is like name@okicici or name@okhdfcbank etc.
The UPI ID is automatically generated from the email ID used. You can't use your existing VPA with Google Tez app if you have one.
Currently Google has a offer on referring your friends to Tez. Both you and your friend will get Rs. 51 as the referral bonus.
Tez is just launched and still in early stage of development. So it is normal to encounter some delay or bugs. We encountered server error in searching for the bank list once or twice while using the app on LTE network. We also expect many more features and offers as the development of the app progressses like recharge and bill pay facility, adding of existing VPA etc.
Jio announced extended validity for plans, What about old recharges.
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, the first all LTE mobile network of India has once again brought surprise for it's users with more freebies. After giving it's users free services under Welcome offer, Happy New Year offer and Summer surprise offer/Dan dana dan offer since Sep 2016, this time Jio has come with extended validity for it's existing recharges. These are the new extended validity for existing recharges.
Now some of the users, who have recharged with Rs. 303 sequential recharges back in March 2017 are wondering weather they will also get benefits of this extended validity for their multiple recharges or not. Because if this extended validity is not applicable for those old recharges then it will be a great loss for the users specially for those who have done multiple recharges, because if they would have waited and recharged now, they would have got double the validity for same cost.
In other words, this would be like PUNISHMENT for LOYALTY. Isn't it?
So to confirm this issue, we contacted Jio customer support and according to the it, the users with old recharges will most probably get the benefit of extended validity. Have a look at the conversation we had with customer care of Jio.
Note: This post is based on the response of the customer support executive of RJio. We cannot guarantee that everybody will get the above benefit.
Reliance jio entered the telecommunication market with a blast. It's disruptive plans made all other Telecom operators reconsider their plans and packages and compelled them to reduce their cost to a large extent.
On September 5th 2016 Mukesh Ambani LED jio info comm announced public launch of jio 4G network with Welcome Offer for ~3 months (till 31st Dec 2016), during welcome offer the users were given unlimited data (4gb per day cap), unlimited voice calls and unlimited sms. This unbelievable offer attracted around 50 million uses on its network within the span of just 3 months. which Jio claims to be the fastest growing tech company even faster than Facebook and Google. Initially the condition was such that people were standing in queues outside Reliance Digital stores to get hold of free jio SIM with welcome offer. In first week of December Mukesh Ambani announced a 3 month extension of free Reliance offer with the name of Happy New Year offer till 31st of March which includes free unlimited calls and SMS and 1 GB of data per day at high speed, to increase the user base to 100 million.
The main question now is after the Happy new year offer, how many users will Jio be continuing with the service. It is human nature (and specially Indians) to try out anything if its free. The same is the case with Jio. Jio launched to public with everything free for more than 3 months, which attracted many customers to try it out. There were a lot of issues related to jio network in the beginning, but lets not forget, Jio services were new and some issues were expected to occur.
But with all that, most customers of jio were not organic, and were there only there due to free offer. Even though many people, as many as 50 million started using Jio, but very few discarded their older connection and kept Jio as the secondary sim. This was mainly due to issues with the connectivity with other networks in the beginning.
Now when Jio services will go paid after the completion of Happy New Year Offer, it will be the question that how many complementary customers will convert into paid customers. There will be many challenges in the way of this conversion from free to paid customers.
Network Coverage This would be the most important and significant factor for people to adopt Jio as their primary number. Jio's 4G network is still available only in city areas. The coverage is not yet available in small towns and villages. A considerable share of Indian population lives in towns and villages or visit frequently to villages for business or other reasons. Due to non availability of network in these areas, many will not be able to adopt Jio as primary connection.
True colors of 4G: Since the launch of Jio, all the users are waiting to experience true power of 4G. Jio has not yet shown its full potential. There has been regular glitches since the public announcement, whether its slow internet speed or call connection problem. The speed enthusiast might not be very happy with this, as high speed and cheap data is what attracted them towards Jio. This is the second important factor, which may prevent users to adopt Jio as primary number. If the speed is not better than 3G of old established players and once the Jio start charging for it's services, only those users will switch who see some advantage of 4G over 3G.
Competitive Plans from other telcos: To counter the effect of Jio promotional offer and to retain the customer other major telecoms operators have started special offers on data and calls. Due to the telecoms war, the data and call prices have come down by 150%. Now with major telcos like Airtel, Vodafone, there is a plan available for cheap data and calls. For example Rs 345 airtel offer with free calls and 3 GB of data for 28 days. Similar plans are available with Vodafone and Idea. With similar plans comparable to Jio and better coverage and connectivity, Jio will face a challenge to retain the customers after the service goes paid.
VoLTE only network: Jio is the first all VoLTE network of India. VoLTE means Voice over Long-Term Evolution, which means the voice calls also use LTE network. This is different from other 4G network in a way that other networks like Airtel 4G etc. use 2G/3G for voice and 4G for data in their 4G circles. Being all LTE is not a bag thing in itself, it give better quality voice and video calls but this means that any user with a non VoLTE mobile cannot use any service of Jio. Majority of Indian mobile users still do not have a VoLTE enabled handsets, so to use Jio that will mean buying a new phone, this may be one of the factor many people will be hesitant to switch to Jio.
Cost of VoLTE handsets: VoLTE is a entrant technology in India, and still most VoLTE handsets are above average cost. This may also play a factor, some people may not switch to Jio.
So in summary, SIMILAR COST - BETTER COVERAGE - NO ADDED ADVANTAGE OF SPEED - TOTAL COST OF SWITCHING TO JIO will become real challenges in the way of Jio for retaining users after free offers finishes.
mVisa is a new online payment service powered by Visa (Company that powers Credit/Debit cards all over the world). This service is a purely mobile payment service in which the consumer will be able to make payments for various services and products like food, tickets, movies etc using the mVisa enabled app. The way it works is, the merchant will provide a QR code which can be scaned by the customer in his/her mVisa wallet app on mobile and the payment will be done instantly.
1. Bank of baroda CLIP mobile banking app - Any user can use this app. There is no compulsion of having a BOB bank account for this. This is kind of a online wallet service by BOB but the features are very limited. You will be issued a Visa Virtual Credit card, which can only be used for online payments. The card can be loaded by using any debit or credit card.
2. ICICI Pockets - This is a complete mobile payments app. Any user can apply. Similarly u will get a Virtual Visa credit card which can be top up by different cards and banks.
3. Axis Mobile app - This is net banking app for Axis Bank saving account holders only. In addition to different banking options, you can buy producs online and also using mVisa.
4. HDFC PayZapp app - This is also a full feature wallet which provide service of mVisa.
5. State Bank Anywhere - Mobile banking app of State Bank group. Can be used for mobile and shopping payment and also via mVisa.
1. Safety - your credit or debit card information will stay at one place and this virtual card can be used for all online transactions on internet. Some banks also issue physical cards to use in stores.
2. Convenience: Use sinle service to pay at all the outlets and utility bills. Its just like Mobile wallets.
3. Benefits: As a introductory offer Visa is giving great offers on product purchases.
mVisa Merchant apps can be used by the merchants to create payment QR codes for the consumers to scan and pay. mVisa Merchant apps are available by State Bank Group on Google Play store.
Note: Various bill payments and recharges on mVisa is only done via the virtual visa credit card which is generated in your account. However the card can be loaded with any number of Debit Credit cards or net banking.
Good news for all airtel 3G users, airtel is giving out 300mb of free 3G data for all their My Airtel App users. This offer is available to all airtel users with My Airtel App installed on their smartphones.
The data will be given in 3 installments of 100mb each month for 3 months. The data can be claimed from within the app. One downside is that this free data can only be used at night time between 12AM to 6AM. The validity of data is 8 days.
How to Claim free data.
1. Download latest My Airtel App from Here (direct Google Play Store link). You can also download directly from Google play store by searching My Airtel App.
2. Open app and look for Claim your 300mb free data option, and click on it.
Thats it. You will get sms notification for confirmation.