A total of 65 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from 16 countries have been selected for funding under the latest round of the SME Instrument. The companies will receive a total amount of €113 million to share between their projects to get their innovations faster on the market.
Examples of the projects selected include a sensory feedback system for phantom pains, a new technology for micro motors, a control system for e-bikes that extends battery autonomy, a distance communication system for drones, a valuation tool for start-ups based on artificial intelligence, an add-on solution for industrial robots to improve their accuracy and a new ecological packaging based on straw fibers.
The companies will be supported in the so-called Phase 2 of the SMI Instrument, which means that each project, 63 in total, will receive up to €2.5 million to finance innovation activities like demonstration, testing, piloting and scaling up. The companies will also benefit from 12 days of free business coaching and acceleration services.
Most projects selected for funding are in the field of health, engineering, information and communication technology (ICT). Most projects are based in Spain (12), Germany (10) and Norway (6).
The European Commission received 1644 proposals for the 23 May cut-off. The next application deadline for SME Instrument Phase 2 is on 10 October 2018.
The SME Instrument is part of the European Innovation Council (EIC) pilot that supports top-class innovators, entrepreneurs, small companies and scientists with funding opportunities and business acceleration services. Companies can apply for two distinct phases under the SME Instrument, depending on the maturity of their innovation. Under Phase 1 of SME Instrument, each project will receive a lump-sum of €50.000 to carry out a feasibility study. Under Phase 2, each project will receive from €0.5 to €2.5 million to finance innovation activities such as demonstration, testing, piloting and scaling up. In addition, companies under both phases can benefit from free coaching.


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Articles from the December 1, 2017 edition
Local December 1, 2017
Area religious services and events
Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva, and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.;...
By Pastor John Clapp Local December 1, 2017
The Christmas interruption
Thanksgiving is over. I trust that you had a wonderful time with your family, rejoicing and thanking God for all he has done for you. Now suddenly Christmas is here. If you are like me, it gets busy...
By W. Jay Tyree Local December 1, 2017
Spiritually Speaking
Merry Christmas, ya'll! I actually took the time to look up the correct spelling of the contraction for "you all," though I've used the term most of my life. What I found at wiktionary.org was worth a share. Figure this one out – I dare...
Give blood and share hope, healing and comfort this holiday season
Oklahoma Blood Institute needs generous donors to share the priceless gift of saving lives this holiday season. It's a busy time, but Oklahoma Blood Institute is encouraging donors to take just an hour to make sure the blood supply for area...
By Marione Martin Local December 1, 2017
Artists, author and music featured in Art Walk
Tonight's First Friday Art Walk in Alva will include feasts for the eye, ear and stomach. The date was listed incorrectly in an ad in the Newsgram, but the event is always held on the first Friday of each month. From 6 to 8 p.m. visitors are...
Oklahoma producers reminded of approaching deadline for FSA county committee elections
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Oklahoma Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director, Scott Biggs, today reminded farmers, ranchers and other agricultural producers that FSA county committee elections began Nov. 6, with the mailing of ball...
Regional December 1, 2017
Edmondson announces plan to bring transparency to Oklahoma government
OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 29, 2017 – Citing a pervasive culture of secrecy and back room deals among government leaders, gubernatorial candidate Drew Edmondson today announced an initiative to bring transparency back to the state capitol. Edmondson...
Football playoff shortens Alva holiday kickoff
Santa Claus is coming to town Saturday, Dec. 2. Alva businesses have been preparing for his visit with a frenzy of decorating and stocking shelves with gift ideas. Originally, plans included a movie premier and afternoon parade, but Alva's big win...
House Special Investigation Committee sets up whistleblower hotline for state employees
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma House of Representatives Speaker Charles McCall and State Rep. Josh Cockroft today announced the House Special Investigation Committee has created a "whistleblower" hotline for state employees to anonymously and...
By Arden Chaffee Local December 1, 2017
Ah, the magic number 750. That's the horsepower of the new Corvette ZR1. Do you need 750 horsepower? Speaking as a car enthusiast, "you can never have too much horsepower." The history of...
By Roger Hardaway Local December 1, 2017
Sometimes our friends and acquaintances have experienced things that we haven't. Depending on what a specific experience is, we may sympathize with these people or we may envy them. That is, we are...
By NWOSU Sports Sports December 1, 2017
Northwestern mourns the loss of Jordan Click
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State lost one of its own Rangers in former soccer player Jordan Click on Nov. 1, 2017. On April 10, 2009, Click was involved in a rollover car accident with her...
Andres named Great American Conference Player of the Week
ALVA, Okla. – After a 22 point, eight rebound performance in non-conference action against Emporia State last Tuesday, Northwestern Oklahoma State basketball player Treyvon Andres has been named...
Mapes named OSU Senior of Significance
Courtney Mapes, an animal science major from Alva, has been selected as an Oklahoma State University Senior of Significance for the 2017-2018 academic year by the OSU Alumni Association. Mapes is the...
Twelfth annual Ranger Research Day winners announced, Oklahoma Research Day set for March 9, 2018
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Alva campus played host to the 12th annual Ranger Research Day in the Student Center Ballroom where 38 projects were entered with 46 participants having the...
Technic Gold robotic competition starts Friday, Dec. 1
Technic Gold has spent the last five weeks week preparing for regionals at Fort Smith, Arkansas. The first two weeks were spent improving the robot based on what they learned at the Heartland BEST...
By Marione Martin Sports December 1, 2017
Alva takes on Millwood in semifinals Saturday
The Class 2A football semifinal matchup of Alva against Millwood may seem like a David and Goliath contest, but we know who won the latter one. Alva Coach Taylor Schwerdtfeger isn't exactly shaking...
Clift just misses school record in loss at Emporia State
EMPORIA, Kan. (Nov. 29, 2017) – In all of the proud women's basketball history of Emporia State (Kan.) – which includes 19 NCAA Division II tournament appearances and a national championship – no player ever did to the Hornets what Oklahoma...
By JOSH LEDERMAN and JILL COLVIN Interesting Items December 1, 2017
Trump weighs plan to oust Tillerson, put CIA's boss at State
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of clashes on policy and personality, President Donald Trump is considering ousting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replacing him with hard-nosed CIA Director Mike Pompeo following less than a year on the job,...
By JILL LAWLESS Interesting Items December 1, 2017
Trump tweets strain US-Britain 'special relationship'
LONDON (AP) — A few days after his inauguration, U.S. President Donald Trump stood beside British Prime Minister Theresa May in the White House and proclaimed the strength of the "most special relationship" between their two countries. Ten months...
Interesting Items December 1, 2017
Deadly, destructive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season wraps up
MIAMI (AP) — Thursday was the last day of an intense and destructive hurricane season that included 17 named storms, 10 of which became hurricanes. The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season will be remembered for a deadly trio of storms — Harvey, Irma a...
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Interesting Items December 1, 2017
Failing to address harassment allegations can cost employers
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When it comes to sexual harassment allegations, no employer wants to find itself in the position an Indiana university was in during the 1990s, when a woman complained to a senior administrator that the school's chancellor...
Anchors, moguls, politicians: the growing list of accused
NEW YORK (AP) — Since The New York Times published allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein in October, multiple men in entertainment, media and politics in the U.S. and beyond have faced allegations...
By MATTHEW LEE Interesting Items December 1, 2017
Officials: Trump mulls calling Jerusalem Israel's capital
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is considering recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital, a highly charged declaration that risks inflaming tensions across the Middle East, officials said Thursday. The announcement would be a way to...
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Interesting Items December 1, 2017
Prosecutors recommend no more jail time for ex-congressman
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors are recommending that a former Louisiana congressman serve no more jail time now that many of the convictions against him have been overturned. William Jefferson, 70, a Democrat who represented parts of...

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Use the "My Gallery Image" field to upload one of the photos that you want in your gallery.
For the view name, call it "Photo Gallery"
Name the block title "Photo Gallery"
We'll have created a view with a block display and now we need to ensure that all our settings are correct.
This criteria ensures that a photo won't appear in the gallery unless the photo has been properly uploaded and publish as part of your Gallery Image content type. The resulting set up will look something like this (though yours ought to say "Content: My Gallery Image").
Now scroll to the bottom of your view configuration page and check the Auto preview checkbox. If your gallery is being properly displayed in the region below, then you did it! Just save the view and it will be created as a block (remember, that's the option we chose in step 3a, #4). Now you just navigate to the blocks page (Admin Bar > Structure > Blocks) and drop the block into a region to see how the view looks on your site.
Views Gallery module by KarenS -- A Drupal 6 module that uses this methodology with hardcoded content types.
Note: I wrote this tutorial as part of a Drupalcon Denver documentation sprint and I originally saved it in the views issue queue (which I'm pretty certain was the wrong place to put it). Anyways, I'm reposting it here so I could clean it up, include images, add links, and make it more findable. I certainly could have used this when I was figuring this out. Cheers!


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American Sikhs get voice in US Congress
The American Sikh Congressional Caucus pin distributed by Harpreet Singh Sandhu of California. (source: Simran Kaur)
Yesterday, the creation of a new bipartisan group called the American Sikh Congressional Caucus was announced in Washington, D.C., the purpose of which is to "educate Members of Congress and the general public about Sikh American issues. It will also allow Members to strategize on how to support the Sikh American community."
Rep. Judy Chu speaks at the launch of the American Sikh Congressional Caucus. (source: Judy Chu Facebook page)
For this session of Congress, the American Sikh Congressional Caucus is co-chaired by two House Representatives from California: Representative Judy Chu (D-Monterey Park, and advocate for the Sikh community) and Representative David Valadeo (R-Hanford). For its part, the American Sikh Congressional Caucus is an important and unprecedented step forward in raising the attention of Congress members to Sikh American issues.
"This caucus will be the voice for American Sikhs in the House of Representatives, working across the aisle to address the unique challenges that this community faces," [Representative Judy Chu] said.
At the time of this post, 28 House Representatives have joined the American Sikh Congressional Caucus (see the list here). While bipartisan, the caucus is currently dominated by members of the Democratic Party and those from California.
The American Sikh Caucus will address issues plaguing the Sikh American community such as racial profiling, hate crimes, bullying, and workplace discrimination. Its formation was driven by Harpreet Singh Sandhu (often mentioned on this blog) and Dr. Pritpal Singh from California, and support from the Sikh organizations SALDEF, Sikh Coalition, and UNITED SIKHS. According to Harpreet Singh:
"Our dream of a direct voice to Congress about Sikh related issues has come true. The Caucus' purpose is to educate and allow Members to strategise on how to support the American Sikh community and attack the many issues we face today including bullying, Armed Forces and homeland security,"
In the US Congress, there are a wide variety of Congressional caucuses which bring together members of Congress around a common objective or interest.
by Rupinder Mohan Singh on April 25, 2013
Categories: Civil Rights, Politics • Tags: American Sikh Congressional Caucus, David Valadeo, Judy Chu, United States House of Representatives, US Congress
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[Berger-Schunn94] Anni Berger-Schunn, Practical Color Measurement, John Wiley, 1994.
[Billmeyer81] Fred W. Billmeyer, Jr. and Max Saltzman, Principles of Color Technology (2nd edition), John Wiley & Sons, 1981.
[Byrne97B] Alex Byrne and David R. Hilbert (editors), Readings on Color: The Science of Color (volume 2), MIT Press, 1997.
[Chamberlin80] G.J. Chamberlin and D.G. Chamberlin, Colour: its measurement, computation and application, London: Heyden & Son, Ltd., 1980.
[Hunt92] R. W. G. Hunt, Measuring Colour (2nd edition), Ellis Horwood Series in Applied Science and Industrial Technology, 1992.
[Judd75] Deane B. Judd and Gunter Wyszecki, Color in Business, Science and Industry, John Wiley & Sons, 1975.
[MacAdam85] David L. MacAdam, Color Measurement -- Theme and Variations, Springer-Verlag, 1985.
[Nassau83] Kurt Nassau, The Physics and Chemistry of Color: The Fifteen Causes of Color, John Wiley, 1983.
[Nassau98] Kurt Nassau (editor), Color for Science, Art and Technology, North-Holland, 1998.
[Volz95] Volz, Hans G, Industrial Color Testing: Fundamentals and Techniques, John Wiley, 1995.
efg's Chromaticity Lab Report: 1931, 1960 or 1976 diagram using 1931 2-degree or 1964 10-degree data.
Shown at the left is the CIE 1931 Chromaticity Diagram. The "horseshoe" outline shows the spectral colors from approximately 420 to 680 nanometers. The non-spectral "line of purples" connects 420 nm with 680 nm. The triangular Maxwell triangle shows the gamut for SMPTE phosphors.
CIE chromaticity diagram showing isotemperature lines, which give correlated color temperature for illuminants that do not fall directly on the Planckian locus.
Real Color Wheel for Artists: This is the only color wheel like this in the world, it's original and made for the naturally realistic painting artist.
This is a perfect example of why "l" (a lower case "el") should NEVER be used as a variable name, and why a programming convention -- to use lower case letters in variable names -- should not override the problem definition, which defines the color space using an "L".
Source: EPIX XCIP User's Manual, pp. 5-4 - 5-5.
Color Matching Functions Hugh Fairman et al provide details about "How the CIE 1931 Color-Matching Functions Were Derived from Wright-Guild Data," Vol 22, No 1, Feb 1997, Color Research and Application.
"Derivation of the 1964 CIE 10-degree XYZ Colour-Matching Functions and Their Applicability in Photometry" in Vol. 26, No. 1, Feb 2001, Color Research and Application.
R. W. G. Hunt, "The Heights of the CIE Colour-Matching Functions" in Vol. 22 No. 5, Oct 1997, Color Research and Application.
Shows diagrams 7.9 and7.10 of device-independent and device-dependent colors spaces.
RGB primaries definition, white point definition.
RGB - CMY - RGB is NOT reversible.
The naive formula R=1-C and so on is wrong.
Neil Okamoto's UseNet Post with a C program to compute correlated color temperature based on Robertson's method in Wyszecki & Stiles, p.224-229.
Color Research and Application, Vol. 26, No. 6, Dec. 2001: "Correlated colour temperature is a one-dimensional description of the colour of near-white light sources. .. We recommend changing the definition of correlated colour temperature from a visual definition to a mathematical one ..."
Color Theory: What were early studies of Color?
Contrast of Color. Discusses "Delta-E," MPCD (minimum perceptible color difference) and JND (just noticable difference) using L*a*b* coordinates. Mathew's Brennesholtz's UseNet Post. Followup UseNet Post comments by Danny Rich.
Andrew Glassner published the spectral reflectance data in 5 nm increments between 380 and 775nm in an appendix of his book Principles of Digital Image Synthesis.
Mathew's Brennesholtz's UseNet Post discusses "Delta-E," MPCD (minimum perceptible color difference) and JND (just noticable difference) using L*a*b* coordinates. "Using a delta-E = 1 threshold, M. R. Pointer (The Number of Discernible Colours, Color Research and Application, 23:1 February 1998) calculated that there are 2.28 million discernable color/luminance combinations. Other studies ... show that printing inks give 1.6 million colors and EBU phosphors give 1.35 million colors. These are far less than the 16 million colors claimed by 8 bit/color video cards, never mind 10 or 12 bit video systems. Obviously, some of these color/luminance combinations are indistinguishable from each other." Followup UseNet Post comments by Danny Rich.
by Karl E. Guyler, Hallmark Cards published by TAGA. Used here with permission.
The book is online and free but registration is required.
Rainbows How does a rainbow work?
Originally from http://home.earthlink.net/~nwwallace/rainbows.htm but this link is now stale.
"Spectral Colour Prediction Model for a Transparent Fluorescent Ink on Paper"
"Specifying color differences in a linear color space (LEF)"
"Dithering Algorithms for Variable Dot Size Printers"
"Rotated Dispersed Dither: a New Technique for Digital Halftoning"
"Chromaticity Gamut Enhancement by Heptatone Multi-Color Printing"
J. J. Vos, "Colorimetric and Photometric Properties of a 2-degree Fundamental Observer", Color Research and Application, Vol 3, No. 3, Winter 1978, pp. 125-128. Describes the "1978 2-degree fundamental observer."


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News & Polls : News
Reader's Digest Reveals Most Trusted Brands in Canada for 2018
Nine in Ten Canadians (92%) Tend to Buy from Companies They Trust More
The author(s)
Sean Simpson Vice President, Canada, Public Affairs
Toronto, ON, January 8, 2018 — From hybrid cars to nutrition bars, Canadians know what they trust and trust what they know. The latest annual Ipsos survey for Reader's Digest Canada looks at 30 different categories of products and services to find out which brands Canadians trust the most. To earn the title of "Most Trusted Brand" in its category, a brand must receive a statistically significantly higher number of mentions than any other brand in that category on an open-ended basis.
Some of the winning brands this year include:
Food and Beverage:
Bottled Water: Nestlé
Nutrition Bar: Clif
Consumer Packaged Goods:
Sunscreen: Coppertone
Disinfectant Cleaning Spray: Lysol
Interior Paint: Behr
Cough Syrup: Buckley's
Arthritis Pain Reliever: Tylenol
Headache Pain Reliever: Tylenol
Vitamins (incl. Minerals & Supplements): Jamieson
Passenger Car Manufacturer: Toyota
Hybrid Car Manufacturer: Toyota
Bank/Trust Company: TD Canada Trust
Travel Insurance Company: Blue Cross
Life Insurance Company: Sun Life Financial
Beauty Retailer: Sephora
Weight Loss Program: Weight Watchers
Grill/BBQ: Weber
Lawn Care: Scotts
A full list of the winning brands can be found at www.readersdigest.ca/trusted-brands/trusted-brand-2018-winners/
While Canadians are savvy shoppers, their choices don't always boil down to price alone. In a market environment where a plethora of brands are competing for the same consumer dollars, a little trust goes a long way. Half of Canadians (49%) admit (9% strongly/40% somewhat) they buy items based on price alone, but the overwhelming majority (92%) agree (36% strongly/56% somewhat) that when a product or service's quality and price are similar, they tend to buy the one from the company they trust more.
Trust also prompts Canadians to invest in companies and even consider working for them: nine in ten (90%) say (35% strongly/55% somewhat) they're more likely to invest their money in a company they trust, while eight in ten (81%) say (21% strongly/61% somewhat) they'll pay a little more money to support a product or service from a company they trust than a company they don't trust. Nine in ten Canadians (93%) also agree (43% strongly/50% somewhat) they'd be more willing to work for a company that they trust.
What prompts brand trust among Canadian consumers? Companies that hold themselves accountable and are seen to be transparent about what they're selling. Nine in ten Canadians (92%) agree (37% strongly/55% somewhat) they trust companies that stand behind their products, while nearly eight in ten (78%) agree (21% strongly/58% somewhat) they're more likely to trust a company that announces product recalls.
Brand endorsements from respected outside sources also remain important to a majority of Canadians. Six in ten (61%) agree (7% strongly/54% somewhat) they trust third party recognition of products and services such as awards or seals of excellence.
When companies are proactive about earning consumers' trust, the end result is a strong degree of brand loyalty. Most Canadians agree that they:
Consider themselves very loyal to brands and companies that they support: 83% (24% strongly/59% somewhat)
Tend to recommend trusted products or services to friends and family: 85% (29% strongly/57% somewhat)
Give trusted companies the benefit of the doubt when they're in trouble: 70% (7% strongly/62% somewhat)
Not only does trust prompt brand loyalty, it also makes consumers more receptive to messaging from their trusted brands. More than eight in ten (85%) agree (25% strongly/60% somewhat) they pay more attention to companies they trust than to companies they don't, while three in four (76%) say (18% strongly/57% somewhat) they're more likely to remember advertisements from companies or brands that they trust. Conversely, when a company that Canadians don't trust is in trouble, eight in ten (81%) say they view that company's actions and messages skeptically (19% strongly/62% somewhat).
These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between August 22nd and August 31st, 2017 on behalf of Reader's Digest Canada. For this survey, a sample of 4,001 Canadians aged 18+ was interviewed, including 925 French-speaking respondents. Weighting was then employed to balance demographics to ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe. The precision of Ipsos online polls is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the overall Canadian sample of 4,001 respondents is accurate to within ±1.8 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, had all Canadian adults been polled. The sample of 925 French-speaking respondents has an associated credibility interval of ±3.7 percentage points, 19 times out of 20. The credibility interval will be wider among subsets of the population. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error.
Winning brands are determined by unprompted, open-ended votes and confirmed to be statistically significant from next brand(s). Any categories where the winning brand is not significantly different from the other brands is considered a tie. A follow-up survey was conducted where the tied brands were put against each other, prompted, and the winning brand was identified from the runoff. If one brand's votes were statistically significantly higher than the others, it was declared the winner – otherwise it remained a tie.
For more information on this news release, please contact:
Sean Simpson
Vice President, Canada
Ipsos Public Affairs
sean.simpson@ipsos.com
About Ipsos Public Affairs
Ipsos Public Affairs is a non-partisan, objective, survey-based research practice made up of seasoned professionals. We conduct strategic research initiatives for a diverse number of Canadian American and international organizations, based not only on public opinion research, but elite stakeholder, corporate, and media opinion research.
Ipsos has media partnerships with the most prestigious news organizations around the world. In Canada, Ipsos Public Affairs is the polling partner for Global News. Internationally, Ipsos Public Affairs is the media polling supplier to Reuters News, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. Ipsos Public Affairs is a member of the Ipsos Group, a leading global survey-based market research company. We provide boutique-style customer service and work closely with our clients, while also undertaking global research.
About Ipsos
Ipsos is an independent market research company controlled and managed by research professionals. Founded in France in 1975, Ipsos has grown into a worldwide research group with a strong presence in all key markets. Ipsos ranks fourth in the global research industry.
With offices in 88 countries, Ipsos delivers insightful expertise across five research specializations: brand, advertising and media; customer loyalty; marketing; public affairs research; and survey management.
Ipsos researchers assess market potential and interpret market trends. They develop and build brands. They help clients build long-term relationships with their customers. They test advertising and study audience responses to various media and they measure public opinion around the globe.
Ipsos has been listed on the Paris Stock Exchange since 1999 and generated global revenues of €1,782.7 million in 2016.
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Join Ipsos, Association of Canadian Advertisers, Globe Media Group, and Publicis as we release the results of the 2020 Ipsos Most Influential Brands study.
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Our body of research will be highlighted during this year's conference.
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Ipsos is proud of Steve Levy, Canada's Chief Client Officer, who received the Canadian Marketing Association's 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award on November 19.
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Edappal is a town which lies near to the town of Ponnani in Ponnani taluk, Malappuram district, Kerala, India. Edappal is at a junction of two roads Thrissur-Kozhikode and Palakkad-Ponnani state highways located  from Malappuram. Edappal lies in two panchayaths (local body), Vattamkulam, and Edappal. Edappal shares borders with Thuyyam, Polpakkara, Ayilakkadu, Vattamkulam, and Annakampadu. Sukapuram (also known as Chowwara), one of the earliest Brahmin settlements in Kerala, lies in Edappal. The Azhvanchery Thamprakkal of Athavanad (originally Maranchery), had influence over the Nambudiris of Sukapuram (Chowwara), while the Kalpakanchery Thamprakkal of Kalpakanchery influenced the rival Nambudiris of Panniyoor. Edappal forms a portion of the Malappuram metropolitan area as of 2011 Census. Edappal lies in Ponnani Kole Wetlands and is surrounded by the Biyyam backwater lake of Ponnani.

Notable people
Artist Namboothiri
Sukumaran (Actor)
Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
P.P. Ramachandran
Chekannur Maulavi
Edasseri Govindan Nair
Devdutt Padikkal (Cricketer)

References

External links

Cities and towns in Malappuram district
Populated waterside places in India
Kuttippuram area

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Q: What's wrong with this injection in my Angular controller? I have a controller called UserCtrl and it depends on a service called UserService. When the view that uses the controller UserCtrl loads I get an error:
Unknown provider: UserServiceProvider
Here is my service code:
angular.module('UserService', []).service('UserService', ['$rootScope', '$route', '$http', '$filter', function ($rootScope, $route, $http, $filter) {

    function loadType() {
        var deferred = $q.defer();
        $http.get('json/type.json').success(function (response) {
            var typeoflaw = response;
        }).error(function (status, data) {
            console.log("error trapped");
        });

        deferred.resolve(typeoflaw);
        return deferred.promise;
    };
}]);

Here is my controller code:
JBenchApp.controller('UserCtrl', ['$scope', '$routeParams', '$http', '$filter', 'UserService',
  function ($scope, $routeParams, $http, $filter, UserService) {
          // Get the preferences information
      UserService.loadType()
      .then(function (lawtypes) {
          $scope.typeoflaw = lawtypes;
      });

      $scope.SavePreferences = function () {

      };

  }]);

What did I do wrong?
EDITED TO SHOW JBenchApp code:
var JBenchApp = angular.module('JBenchApp', [
    'ngRoute',
    'UserService'
]);

This brings to mind a question that has bugged me. What order do you declare your JS files for angular in the index.html page? Mine are currently:
<script src="../js/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="../js/angular-route.min.js"></script>
<script src="../js/app.js"></script>
<script src="../js/services.js"></script>
<script src="../js/controllers.js"></script>
<script src="../js/directives.js"></script>

A: May be try this
 angular.module('UserService').controller('UserCtrl', ['$scope', '$routeParams', '$http', '$filter', 'UserService',
  function ($scope, $routeParams, $http, $filter, UserService) {
   //controller code here
  }]);

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using Slalom.Stacks.Validation;

namespace Slalom.Stacks.Services.Validation
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Validates an object instance based on security rules.
    /// </summary>
    /// <typeparam name="TValue">The type to validate.</typeparam>
    public interface ISecurityRule<in TValue> : IValidate<TValue>
    {
    }
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If you can't replicate something because you don't understand it, then it really hasn't been invented; it's only been done.
When I published The Practice of Management fifty years ago [in 1954], that book made it possible for people to learn how to manage, something that up until then only a few geniuses seemed to be able to do, and nobody could replicate it.
When I came into management, a lot of it had come out of the field of engineering. And a lot had come out of accounting. And some of it came out of psychology. And some more came out of labour relations. Each of those fields was considered separate, and each of them, by itself, was ineffectual.
You can't do carpentry, you know, if you have only a saw, or only a hammer, or if you have never heard of a pair of pliers. It's when you put all of those tools into one kit that you invent. That's what I did in large part inThe Practice of Management – I made a discipline of it.
Understand the tools (make them if you have to). Build a tool kit. Make it reproducible.
I have mixed feelings about this quote from Drucker. On the one hand, bringing together a set of reliable tools for making effective non-profits or social enterprises is exactly what I'm trying to do with DriverlessCroc. On the other, a lot of the things that make these organisations effective in their contexts are very hard to reproduce – often apparently serendipitous combinations of people and resources in the right times and places, with combinations of vision, skills and technology that aren't reproducible because they haven't happened before – and might not again.
The point, I think, is to learn which tools are out there and how to use them so that you can be more effective at the creative, unreproducible work that only you can do in your context. Use the tools to make a new tool for change: your organisation.
I've posted a few thoughts about what some of these are here – more to come soon.
Examining the economics of the mail, he [Charles Babbage] pursued a counter-intuitive insight, that the significant cost comes not from the physical transport of paper packets but from their "verification" – the calculation of distances and the collection of correct fees – and thus he invented the modern idea of standardised postal rates.
Where in your work, your life, are you counting stamps when you could be sending packages?
Nit-picking or penny-counting might be costing you a lot more time, money, emotional labour, good-will than you think you're saving.
Maybe you could standardise, or maybe counting stamps just isn't worth your effort at all.


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New slitting line increases production for automotive industry
Europe's second largest steel producer Tata Steel is expanding its production plant in Gelsenkirchen, in the Ruhr region of Germany. The new facility being built at Service Center Gelsenkirchen GmbH, which is part of Tata Steel, is scheduled for completion in early 2014. The central part of the expansion project is a new slitting line to process high-strength steels, used mostly in the automotive industry.
By expanding the facility, Tata Steel is increasing its production site by 5,700sqm to a size of 20,300sqm. "This new facility underlines our ambition to increase the production of premium steels for the automotive industry and encourage innovation among German and European manufacturers in the coming years," Dr. Jens Lauber, Tata Steel's Managing Director of Distribution Mainland Europe explained.
"The investment in this new slitting line will almost double our slitting capacity in Gelsenkirchen and is an integral part of our strategy to become a specialist centre for the automotive market over the longer term," Jochen Hoefges, Managing Director of Service Center Gelsenkirchen GmbH, added. The total investment in the expansion of the production facility as well as in the new slitting line and associated plant equipment is about €9.5 million.
The new second slitting line at Gelsenkirchen is specially geared towards processing advanced and ultra-high strength steel, which is used to manufacture modern automotive components used in engines, wheels, seats and powertrains. The new slitter will be able to process steel coil in thicknesses of 0.4 to 4mm and widths of up to 1,650mm, with a maximum yield strength of 1,400N/mm². The new facility will add 140,000 tonnes of annual slitting capacity in Gelsenkirchen and give the plant a total annual capacity of 365,000 tonnes (including 70,000 tonnes of cut-to-length capacity).
Service Center Gelsenkirchen GmbH was founded in 2000 and is part of Tata Steel's distribution network. The site is located in the harbour of Grimberg and currently employs 90 people. The range of services on offer by the production plant stretches from comprehensive consulting to the specific requirements in processing of slit strip, plates and cut-to-size sheets. The production centre is equipped with state-of-the-art machines, and specialises in producing tailored pickled and unpickled hot rolled band, Ymagine (product of the thin strip casting line in IJmuiden) as well as cold rolled sheet metal. Around 90% of the output is destined for the automotive supplier industry.
Contact for further information
Bob Jones on T. +44 (0) 20 717 4532 or E. bob.jones@tatasteel.com
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Our Gelsenkirchen plant, producing slit coils and cut-to-size sheets, include slitters and blanking lines.


This week I wondered away from the topics and just took pictures as I realized since I have my set my phone to auto back up when I go into my house I take a lot of pictures in the course of a day. So I set my sights on picking my favourite one of the day, some of which did revolve around the themes.
A plate of shortbread cookies. Dessert was the theme and funny story, I actually broke a plate trying to get this picture.
The set up at Cat's daycare which reminded me of a dog show.
I was messing around with the settings on my phone to take an "appropriate" picture of my TARDIS mug I got for Christmas.
Doodle I drew at work.
The birthday boy watching monster trucks.
This is what one of our computers said when I came into the office on Monday, super happy fun times!
The plant on my desk at work.
So that was my week in pictures sort of. A lot of the pictures I took over the week were for other blog posts so I don't want to give any sneak peaks. If you follow me on Instagram or Twitter you have already seen a few of them though.


When a cop gives you a traffic ticket, is that money in his pocket? In Georgia, yes.
The Augusta Chronicle reports that 5% of the money collected from traffic tickets go to a supplemental pension fund called Georgia Peace Officers' Annuity and Benefit Fund. That's right folks; that is money in the officer's pocket eventually. The more tickets the officer makes the more money he will get in his retirement, plus more money into his supervisor's pocket in retirement. In Georgia, don't even try to talk yourself out of a ticket as you will be trying to convince the officer that he can do with a smaller fishing boat during his retirement years.
Currently, this fund has more than half a billion dollars in it! In addition to their regular generous pension, that averages to more than $30,000 per cop, but don't worry as tomorrow's tickets will increase that haul. An officer can expect up to $732.30 more per month during his retirement years paid from traffic tickets.
Not to worry about whether this is another case of policing for profits? Executive Director Bob Carter said, "The fund is not an incentive to write traffic tickets, by any stretch. Most officers do not even realize the fund is in part funded by traffic ticket fines." Given the extent to which public employees around the country have been gaming public pension system with leave payouts, overtime, and last minute salary increases that does not seem credible; those most concerned about their imminent retirement compensation are supervising and setting priorities for those who might be ignorant of this benefit.
While other causes of pension maximization result in an increasing trend of municipal bankruptcy and crippling local taxation, this case raises the issue of corrupting justice. The officer's future pension income depends upon writing more tickets and his testimony in court will directly impact the financing of his future income. Judges should consider the officers' testimony in that context.
Outside of Georgia and separate from cops financially benefiting from traffic tickets, I hear a distrust of police related to traffic tickets, including the veracity of their testimony in court. There is widespread questioning of the priority given by the police to traffic tickets and ridicule of the police for enforcement that has nothing to do with increasing safety on our roads. In general, as currently conducted, traffic ticketing is reducing the respect that the public has for their police force.
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Eigtveds Pakhus, Copenhagen. September 10-12, 2015.
Service development and innovation for prosperity and human well-being in the 21st century.
The importance of knowledge intensive services for growth, economic development as well as human well-being is widely recognised. Also manual services continue to constitute an important aspect of modern societies, for example in the case of many public welfare systems services, tourism and certain facilities management services. Both manual and knowledge intensive services continuously develop and innovate to introduce new or improved service products, increase productivity and improve quality for customers as well as the public's well-being. Development and innovativeness of knowledge intensive and manual services are crucial for meeting society's present problems of employment, sustainability, work integration, ageing and climate change as well as wider economic challenges. The RESER2015 conference will therefore focus on development and innovation in the different service sectors and their impact on prosperity and human well-being considering the present public and market economic challenges.


The inspiration was to translate a traditional Indian facade pattern by using digital simulations into an iterative processes to create a responsive built form. This traditional "Jali" screen creates culturally a sense of belonging. Sustainability is at the epicenter of the project embedded in form of, optimized natural lighting, cross ventilation and reduction of heat gain. An urban lobby is created whereby landscape flows inside the building and creating a seamless movement path.
Designed as a "Fusion" of traditional Indian architecture and contemporary office space, the main objective is to reduce heat gain and optimize facade opening ratio, ensuring no artificial lighting is required on a typical day. An animated facade is designed as an outcome of different facade opening ratio depending on the orientation. Flexible office spaces are developed with a communicative atrium allowing for chance interaction and exchange of ideas creating this vibrant office environment.
Being an office space the building is seen as an interaction zone by creating moments allowing informal interaction. A central atrium connects the various floors creating a diffused boundary condition and a visual porosity between people working on different floors. Since the design looks at no artificial lighting it makes the user feel closer to nature and allow to work in natural lighting. The office floors are dividable into smaller units to achieve flexible units ranging from 500 to 2000 sqm.
Located in Delhi NCR (India), the project design was commissioned in 2014 and went into construction in September 2015. The opening date for the project is January 2017. Currently first floor slab is being casted. Punjab Kesari headquarters won the International property award for best office Architecture India 2016-17. It was presented at Tedx talk in Bremen, Germany in 2015 by Britta Knobel Gupta as a part of the talk "Performative Aesthetics" and at Smart Geometry Hong Kong 2014.
Digital parametric tools were used to design the building. An iterative loop system was setup for facade design where the facade openings had to achieve the optimized opening ratio as per the desired lux level inside and the shading requirements. As the project is located in India the structure is done with simple in-situ beam column system. The complexity of the project is inherent in the facade, by using GRC panels which are molded in the factory a high degree of precision can be achieved.
The project site area is 5220 sqm with plot dimension of 87m x 60 m. The allowed coverage was 50% out of which only 43% was utilized to fulfill the fire safety rules. The outlook for the client was to create a flexible model whereby they occupy one floor and rent out the rest as office modules of 500 sqm each. Located in a commercial/ industrial zone the total built up area is 13,000 sqm with a height restriction of 23 meters. The building dimensions are 70m x 41m x 21m.
Contemporary office buildings in India are designed as glass boxes, a building type not suitable to the climate of the country. On the other end of the spectrum traditional Indian typology was highly sustainable. The research agenda was to create a fusion of these two types and create an efficient contemporary office space where sustainability is embedded. An office building that belongs in contemporary India respecting the needs of the people and also the climate.
Digital simulations to achieve the open closed ratios across all elevations is very sophisticated and time consuming. As it took several factors into account such as to reduce the air conditioning load and achieving ideal lux level. Another challenge was to achieve the built up area with the existing height restriction and getting enough area on ground to allow for fire truck movement. Further to create flexible office floors with dividable units for rental and achieve the characteristic of a headquarter.
Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2016-17.


If you feel trapped between extremes when you're disciplining your children, you'll appreciate the time-tested advice in this classic guide. You don't have to spank your children to get them to behave--and you don't have to worry that you're spoiling them, either. Drawing from four major child guidance philosophies, parent educator Elizabeth Crary provides dozens of examples and exercises to help you find the best way to rear your children.
The ultimate "parenting bible" (The Boston Globe), a timeless, beloved book on how to effectively communicate with your child from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors.
This bestselling guide rejects "quick-fix" solutions and focuses on helping kids develop their own self-discipline by owning up to their mistakes, thinking through solutions, and correcting their misdeeds while leaving their dignity intact. Coloroso shows these principles in action through dozens of examples -- from sibling rivalry to teenage rebellion; from common misbehaviors to substance abuse and antisocial behavior. She also explains how to parent strong-willed children, effective alternatives to time-outs, bribes, and threats, and how to help kids resolve disputes and serious injustices such as bullying.
Used by new and veteran teachers, college instructors, and administrators, this is a beautifully designed book on classroom management, student achievement, and teacher effectiveness.
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All parents want their kids to get along, but often get caught up in solving their children's problems. Kids can cooperate if they have the skills. Elizabeth Crary describes how to teach children the skills they need to solve conflicts themselves.
Stressing that every child has some kind of special need, especially children with challenging behavior, this book contains numerous practical, indispensable tips for responding to those needs, building relationships with children and their families, and preventing challenging behavior. It provides teachers with background information that enables them to understand why children behave the way they do and presents several evidence-based strategies to address their challenging behavior effectively so that teachers can select those best suited to the child and the situation. Useful to education students as well as in-service teachers in pre-school, child care, and primary school, the book emphasizes the importance of the teacher's role in the behavior of children and encourages students and educators to reflect on their own values, feelings, and actions. In addition to up-to-date research on culture, dual-language learning, resilience, and inclusion, this new edition focuses on what stress can do to children's brains, executive function, and behavior.
In her now-classic kids are worth it! , Barbara Coloroso offered solid advice and practical parenting techniques that above all preserved the dignity of both parent and child. Coloroso's underlying parenting vision ascribes to parents the responsibility to teach the next generation how to think, not just what to think, so that they may grow into the best people they can be.
This book provides readers with a humorous and enlightening way to uncover damaging beliefs that adults hold about themselves and children. With this new understanding, readers are guided through specific examples, situations and interactive discipline skills. The book is based on love and acceptance instead of fear and control. Step-by-step, readers learn how to teach children to meet their needs in socially acceptable ways without adults being too controlling or permissive. This book is for every parent or teacher who wants to create an environment of problem solving where children "choose" to be participate and cooperate. There is a better way!
Learn how to stop policing and pleading and become the parent you want to be.
You love your children, but if you're like most parents, you don't always love their behavior. But how can you guide them without resorting to less-than-optimal behavior yourself? Dr. Becky Bailey's unusual and powerful approach to parenting has made thousands of families happier and healthier.
If you're a parent, you may have already discovered the dearth of literature on a very important period in your child's life: ages two to five, known as the preschool years. The first book of its kind, The Preschool Years brings together in a single, superbly organized volume the advice of parents, and the latest thinking of experts, on one hundred issues that arise during this crucial time.
The leading experts on parent-child communication show parents and teachers how to motivate kids to learn and succeed in school. Using the unique communication strategies, down-to-earth dialogues, and delightful cartoons that are the hallmark of their multimillion-copy bestseller How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish show parents and teachers how to help children handle the everyday problems that interfere with learning.
All parents try to do their best--but the best of intentions don't always produce the best results. Dr. Jane Nelsen, an experienced psychologist, educator, and mother, believes that children misbehave when they feel thwarted in their need to belong and in their need for love and attention. An authoritative approach, using phrases like "Because I said so!", will only lead to rebellious behavior. Instead, parents need basic principles that bring them and their children closer. They need Positive Discipline.


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Washington State drops BYU game from 2013 schedule
WSU postponed its scheduled game with BYU to 2019 while adding Southern Utah to the 2013 schedule.
By Mark Sandritter Nov 8, 2012, 3:18pm PST
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After opening this season at BYU, the Washington State football team was scheduled to host the BYU Cougars next season, but WSU postponed that game to 2019 on Thursday.
Instead, WSU will play Southern Utah as part of its 2013 non-conference schedule. Washington State athletic director Bill Moos said the move was made to balance out the Cougars' future schedules. Specifically, the move will lessen WSU's 2013 strength of schedule, which already includes a road game at Auburn.
The Cougars will open the 2013 season at Auburn on August 31 before hosting Southern Utah on September 14. WSU will wrap up its non-conference schedule with a home game against the Idaho Vandals on September 21. No date had been set for the proposed game with BYU.
The second leg of the home-and-home series with BYU now becomes the first tentatively scheduled non-conference game in the 2019 season. The Pac-12 portion of WSU's 2013 schedule is yet to be announced.


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Hartford Federal Savings Loan Assn. v. Tucker
Tucker v. Northeast Sav., F.A.
The complaint is not organized into separate counts or claims for relief and mixes factual allegations…
Hartford Fed. Savings Loan Assn. v. Tucker
He also claimed that Practice Book 504 through 510 were unconstitutional. The court found no error and in its…
Full title:HARTFORD FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION v. STANLEY V. TUCKER ET AL
Court:Supreme Court of Connecticut
Date published: May 7, 1985
196 Conn. 172 (Conn. 1985)
491 A.2d 1084
Supreme Court of Connecticut
rejecting due process claims, special defenses and counterclaims
Summary of this case from Tucker v. Northeast Sav., F.A.
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The named defendant, T, appealed to this court from the trial court's judgment of strict foreclosure on four of his properties for which a receiver had been appointed. Held: 1. Because it was clear from the record and from T's own admissions that he had been given notice of and a meaningful opportunity to be heard on the appointment of a rent receiver for his properties, T failed to prove that he was denied due process. 2. T's claim that the rules of practice governing rent receivers are constitutionally defective because they provide no mechanism for the discharge of a receiver who is negligent or who commits waste was without merit. 3. The trial court did not abuse its discretion in appointing the rent receiver it did appoint. 4. Because the institution of foreclosure proceedings is a valid exercise of a mortgagee's acceleration rights, the trial court did not err in finding that the mortgage debt here had been accelerated. 5. Because T's tender of payment On two of the properties was not unconditional and unqualified, the trial court's finding that no legal tender had occurred as to those two properties was not clearly erroneous. 6. T's claim that the trial court erred in including in its determination of the amount of the mortgage debt amounts for escrow overdraft, legal fees incurred by the plaintiff in a related bankruptcy proceeding and attorney's fees was unpersuasive. 7. This court could find no authority to support T's claim that the plaintiff, by permitting a junior lienholder, a utility company, to collect rents pursuant to a utility receivership, waived its rights under its mortgage. 8. The trial court's valuation of the subject properties was supported by the evidence and the court did not abuse its discretion in ordering strict foreclosure.
Argued February 14, 1985
Decision released May 7, 1985
Action for, inter alia, mortgage foreclosure on four properties owned by the named defendant, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford, where the court, Vasington, J., granted the plaintiff's motion for appointment of a receiver of rents; the court, Barall, J., rendered judgment of strict foreclosure on each property; from these and other decisions of the court, the named defendant appealed to this court. No error.
The appellant filed a motion for reargument which was denied.
Stanley V. Tucker, pro se, the appellant (defendant).
Robert B. Basine, for the appellee (plaintiff).
Frederick D. Augenstern, for the receiver of rents (Frances Gionfrido).
DANNEHY, J.
These cases were before this court in a previous appeal by the named defendant, Stanley V. Tucker (hereinafter the defendant), from judgments of foreclosure; Hartford Federal Savings Loan Assn. v. Tucker, 181 Conn. 607, 436 A.2d 1259 (1980); and the following facts appeared.
On September 15, 1978, Hartford Federal Savings and Loan Association, the plaintiff, commenced four separate mortgage foreclosure proceedings against Stanley V. Tucker, the defendant, as owner of the equity of redemption, and other defendants, concerning four properties located at 65 and 69 Amity Street, 963 Capitol Avenue and 38 South Whitney Street, all in Hartford. On December 1, 1978, pursuant to General Statutes 52-87, concerning notices to out-of-state defendants, the defendant's motion for a statutory continuance was granted.
Upon written motion of the plaintiff, the trial court appointed a rent receiver for all four properties. Subsequently, on March 13, 1979, the plaintiff moved for default for failure to plead and for judgment against the defendant. The motion for default came before the court on April 20, 1979. On that day, before court opened, the defendant filed his answer, special defenses and counterclaims. The trial court, however, held that the defendant's pleadings were "improper," "improperly filed," and "not in accordance with the Practice Book," and refused to accept them. The court then ordered that a default be entered against the defendant for failure to plead. The plaintiff thereafter pursued its motion for judgment which was heard and argued by the parties on April 20, 1979, and April 23, 1979.
The court ordered a foreclosure by sale for the premises at 65 Amity Street and 38 South Whitney Street, and strict foreclosure for the premises at 69 Amity Street and 963 Capitol Avenue. From the judgments rendered the defendant appealed to this court.
On appeal, this court held that the defendant's pleadings were not untimely at the time they were filed and set aside the judgments of the trial court. Hartford Federal Savings Loan Assn. v. Tucker, supra, 609.
These four cases were tried together and the facts discussed are equally applicable to each case. The complaints are the same and rely quite simply upon nonpayment. On remand, the defendant denied nonpayment and pleaded special defenses. The defendant's answer additionally pleaded counterclaims for damages. On January 28, 1981, the plaintiff moved to strike the special defenses and counterclaims as demonstrably improper and constituting no defense. The trial court, Hammer, J., on March 9, 1981, granted the motion in its entirety. Thereafter, on March 24, 1981, the defendant filed a substitute answer which contained in substance special defenses and counterclaims identical to those that were stricken on the plaintiff's motion.
On October 26, 1981, the plaintiff applied for the appointment of a new receiver of rents because the former rent receiver had resigned. The defendant made timely objection and moved for a judgment declaring Practice Book 504 through 510 unconstitutional and void. He also applied that he himself be appointed as rent receiver. After a hearing, the trial court, Vasington, J., denied the defendant's motions and appointed Plaza Realty as rent receiver on December 21, 1981. From those orders the defendant filed the present appeal. After a trial to the court, final judgments of strict foreclosure on all four properties were rendered by Barall, J., on August 17, 1983. The defendant appealed.
Since that time, the defendant has made numerous motions, most of which have been denied, and he has repeatedly amended his appeal to include those denials as well as new issues.
The defendant's appeal is in two parts; first, his attack on the constitutionality of the procedures for the appointment of rent receivers, and second, his claims of error with regard to the final judgments of foreclosure.
An action of foreclosure is peculiarly equitable and the court may entertain all questions which are necessary to be determined in order that complete justice may be done between the parties. Beach v. Isacs, 105 Conn. 169, 176, 134 A. 787 (1926). The object of appointing receivers is to secure the property in dispute from waste or loss. 2 Swift, Digest, p. 159. It is not the office of a court of equity to appoint receivers as a mode of granting ultimate relief. They are appointed as a measure ancillary to the enforcement of some recognized equitable right. The complaints presently before us patently warrant such relief for the plaintiff. Brand v. Woolson, 120 Conn. 211, 214, 180 A. 293 (1935). The assets to which it would naturally look for payment may be wasted or lost during protracted litigation. The procedure for the appointment of receivers outlined by Chief Justice Swift has been merely supplemented by our rules of practice. 2 Swift, Digest, pp. 159-60; Practice Book 504 through 510.
The defendant's claim, that the grant of the plaintiff's applications for the appointment of rent receivers denied him due process of law, is clearly untenable. His argument that Practice Book 504 through 510 are unconstitutional because they allow for the ex parte appointment of a rent receiver without notice and an opportunity to be heard is even less persuasive.
Practice Book 506 specifically provides for the appointment of a rent receiver: "Every application for the appointment of a receiver of rents shall be made in or ancillary to a civil action and may be made either to the court before which such action is pending or when the court is not in actual session, to a judge in chambers. The court or judge may examine the plaintiff or his attorney and may thereupon appoint a receiver of rents. Notice of the hearing should be given when practical but such appointment may be made without notice if sufficient cause appears."
Due process does not mandate a particular procedure but rather requires only that certain safeguards exist in whatever procedural form is afforded. See Fermont Division v. Smith, 178 Conn. 393, 397, 423 A.2d 80 (1979), and cases cited therein. The fourteenth amendment prohibits the state from denying any person life, liberty or property without due process of law, but this adds nothing to the rights of one citizen as against another. United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542, 554, 23 L.Ed. 588 (1876). The amendment "in no way undertakes to control the power of a State to determine by what process legal rights may be asserted or legal obligations be enforced, provided the method of procedure adopted for these purposes gives reasonable notice and affords fair opportunity to be heard before the issues are decided." Iowa Central Ry. Co. v. Iowa, 160 U.S. 389, 393, 16 S.Ct. 344, 40 L.Ed. 467 (1896). That opportunity is amply afforded by the rules under attack. In the first place, every application for the appointment of a receiver of rents shall be made in or ancillary to a civil action and no appointment may be made without notice unless sufficient cause appears. Practice Book 506. Moreover, there is no violation of due process when a party in interest is given the opportunity at a meaningful time for a court hearing to litigate the question of the appointment of a receiver. In view of these safeguards we find unpersuasive the defendant's argument that the rules for the appointment of a receiver of rents are unconstitutional.
The defendant admits that he received notice of both the 1979 and 1981 applications for appointment of rent receivers and that full evidentiary hearings on each application were had. The defendant appeared with counsel at the hearing Judge O'Neill held on the plaintiff's motion for appointment of the first rent receiver. At that time, the defendant indicated that he did not "anticipate there would ever be any complaint on my part against" the proposed rent receiver, Frank Smith. The trial court then appointed Mr. Smith as rent receiver. The defendant was also present at the hearing held with respect to the appointment of the second rent receiver. He testified that he collected the rents from the four mortgaged properties for two months after the resignation of the rent receiver Frank Smith. He admitted that he had made no payments on the mortgage debt or for taxes during that period of time. The manager of Plaza Realty testified as to that firm's qualifications. He was then cross-examined extensively by the defendant. At the close of all the testimony, the trial court, Vasington, J., appointed Plaza Realty as rent receiver.
It is clear from the record and from the defendant's own admission that he was given notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard if he had objection to the appointment of a rent receiver. Under the facts of these cases, the defendant has failed to prove that our rules of practice denied him due process of law.
The defendant also claims that the rent receiver procedures are constitutionally deficient because they provide no mechanism for the discharge of a rent receiver who is negligent or committing waste. This claim is without merit.
A receiver of rents is subject, under our rules, to removal at any time at the pleasure of the court. Practice Book 502. Any party in interest, like the defendant here, may at any time move for the discharge of the receiver; Practice Book 508; or alternatively may seek the court's permission to sue the receiver. "[A] receiver is an officer of the court appointed on behalf of all who may establish an interest in the property." Bergin v. Robbins, 109 Conn. 329, 335, 146 A. 724 (1929). The receiver holds the property as an arm of the court and his possession is not that of the mortgagee. Desiderio v. Iadonisi, 115 Conn. 652, 655, 163 A. 254 (1932). If a receiver neglects to perform the duties required of him, the proper procedure is to petition the court for his removal. General Statutes 52-513; Practice Book 508; Links v. Connecticut River Banking Co., 66 Conn. 277, 282, 33 A. 1003 (1895). A receiver may also be subject to suit, but only with the permission of the court. Id., 284. The requirement of court permission is essential for the protection of receivers against unnecessary and oppressive litigation. Walsh v. Raymond, 58 Conn. 251, 255-56, 20 A. 464 (1889). A receiver is presumed to be acting according to the will of the appointing judicial authority. Links v. Connecticut River Banking Co., supra, 284. As such, consent to sue will not be granted where the receiver has kept clearly within the scope of his authority and acted wholly under the direction of the court. Walsh v. Raymond, supra, 255. This does not mean that a receiver while acting as such cannot be held personally liable for his actions, but simply that he will be protected so long as he acts strictly under the orders of the court appointing him. Id., 256.
"[Practice Book] Sec. 502. REMOVAL OF RECEIVERS "Receivers may be removed at any time, at the pleasure of the court by which they were appointed or, if such court is not in session, by a judge thereof; and, if any receiver is removed or declines to act or dies, the court that appointed him, or, if such court is not in session, a judge thereof, may fill the vacancy."
"[Practice Book] Sec. 508. — DISCHARGE "Any party in interest may at any time move for the discharge of the receiver."
We have carefully reviewed the pertinent parts of the record and transcript and we find that the defendant was afforded every opportunity in the trial court to pursue his complaints concerning the receivers of the rents. On at least two occasions, the defendant was advised that he could not, in his counterclaims, attack the plaintiff on the basis of any alleged misconduct on the part of the court-appointed receiver. The proper course, he was instructed by the court, was either to petition the court for removal of the rent receiver or to request the court's permission to sue the rent receiver. The defendant elected to object to the appointment of a new receiver of rents. The application for the appointment of a new receiver of rents was addressed to the sound legal discretion of the court, to be exercised with due regard to the rules, and such exercise is not to be disturbed lightly unless abuse of discretion or other material error occurs. 2 Swift, Digest, p. 160. The defendant alleged that he was better qualified to collect the rents. The plaintiff denied this was true. It was thus an issuable question of fact. The trial court found adversely to the defendant in this regard and refused to appoint him as receiver of rents. As we read the evidence available to us, we cannot say that this conclusion did not have a reasonable basis in fact. That being so, it was not an unreasonable or arbitrary exercise of discretion which led the trial court to appoint Plaza Realty as rent receiver.
The defendant has attacked the judgments of strict foreclosure on several grounds, claiming that the trial court erred: (1) in finding that the mortgage debts were accelerated; (2) in finding that the defendant did not tender payment of the mortgage debt in accordance with General Statutes 49-8; (3) in its award of certain costs and legal fees; (4) in denying the defendant's special defenses and counterclaims; and (5) in ordering strict foreclosure as opposed to foreclosure by sale.
We note that the majority of the defendant's claims are challenges to findings of fact made by the trial court. Our review will be limited to whether the determination of the trier was clearly erroneous in light of the evidence and the pleadings in the record as a whole. Practice Book 3060D; Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Manchester, 181 Conn. 217, 221-22, 435 A.2d 24 (1980).
The defendant contends that the bank did not effectively exercise its option to accelerate the mortgage debt because the defendant received no notice of acceleration. The short answer to this contention is that the institution of a foreclosure action constitutes a valid exercise of a mortgagee's acceleration right. See, e.g., United Benefit Life Ins. Co. v. Holman, 177 Neb. 682, 684-85, 130 N.W.2d 593 (1964). The defendant does not dispute that he received proper notice of the institution of the foreclosure actions.
The defendant next argues that, pursuant to General Statutes 49-8 (a), he tendered payment of the full debt on two of the mortgaged properties, and that a bank officer accepted his offer. Although no money ever changed hands, the defendant maintains that the bank lost its right to foreclose on those two properties. "[The mortgagee] is not bound to tender or offer a release of the mortgage until the debt is satisfied." Barnes v. Upham, 93 Conn. 491, 495, 107 A. 300 (1919). The defendant's offer was conditioned on the plaintiff's acceptance of less than the full amount of the mortgage debts for a full release of the mortgages and on an agreement by the plaintiff to discharge the rent receiver. "A tender must be unconditional and unqualified." (Citation omitted.) Housing Authority v. Pezenik, 137 Conn. 442, 447, 78 A.2d 546 (1951). Under the circumstances, the trial court's finding that no legal tender was made is not clearly erroneous.
"[General Statutes] Sec. 49-8. RELEASE OF SATISFIED OR PARTIALLY SATISFIED MORTGAGE OR INEFFECTIVE ATTACHMENT, LIS PENDENS OR LIEN. DAMAGES. (a) The mortgagee or a person authorized by law to release the mortgage shall execute and deliver a release to the extent of the satisfaction tendered before or against receipt of the release: (1) Upon the satisfaction of the mortgage or (2) upon a bona fide offer to satisfy the same in accordance with the terms of the mortgage deed upon the execution of a release, or (3) when the parties in interest have agreed in writing to a partial release of the mortgage where that part of the property securing the partially satisfied mortgage is sufficiently definite and certain, or (4) when the mortgagor has made a bona fide offer in accordance with the terms of the mortgage deed for such partial satisfaction on the execution of such partial release."
It is also argued that the trial court erred in including in its determination of the mortgage debt certain sums for escrow overdraft, legal fees incurred by the plaintiff in defending its lien in federal bankruptcy court, and attorney's fees. The defendant claims that neither the complaint nor the mortgage deeds and notes provided for the allowance of escrow overdraft and expenses incurred prior to the commencement of foreclosure. We have stated that "[i]n the absence of a request for a more specific statement the complaint need not detail the elements constituting the mortgage debt." Burritt Mutual Savings Bank of New Britain v. Tucker, 183 Conn. 369, 375, 439 A.2d 396 (1981). The notes and mortgage deeds signed by the defendant obligated him to pay"'all costs of collection, including reasonable attorney's fees incurred in any action to collect this note or foreclosure [sic] the mortgage securing the same, or in protecting or sustaining the lien of such mortgage.'" The escrow funds were used by the plaintiff to make tax and insurance payments on behalf of the defendant. The trial court was entitled to consider these costs as necessary to protect the mortgaged property. Legal fees were incurred by the plaintiff when it was named a party creditor in an action brought by the defendant in the federal bankruptcy court. The defendant's argument as to the propriety of including amounts attributable to bankruptcy proceedings in its award was effectively disposed of in Mechanics Savings Bank v. Tucker, 178 Conn. 640, 425 A.2d 124 (1979), wherein we stated that although federal bankruptcy proceedings "do not impinge directly on valid security interests, we are not prepared to say that such proceedings are necessarily so remote from the interests of a mortgagee" that the defendant, without any evidentiary showing, can avoid responsibility for such costs. Id., 647-49.
With respect to attorney's fees, the defendant's claim that part of the award to the plaintiff included fees for time spent pursuing the first foreclosure judgments which were overturned on appeal is frivolous. In its memorandum of decision, the trial court specifically excluded any claims for costs and fees for the appeals. The defendant's complaint that the amount of counsel fees was excessive is similarly unavailing. The trial court exercised discretion and awarded counsel fees based upon the necessary time required and the necessity of a trial. The trial court used the correct criteria and was able to observe at first hand the efforts of the plaintiff's counsel in the face of the defendant's stubborn defenses. The award rested in sound judicial discretion. We cannot say the amount allowed was excessive.
The defendant further argues that the trial court erred in rejecting his special defenses and counterclaims. We need only discuss his first special defense and first counterclaim as the remaining defenses and counterclaims either relate to the appointment and conduct of the rent receivers; see part I, supra; or have been abandoned on appeal.
The essence of the defendant's first special defense and first counterclaim is that the plaintiff, by negligently allowing a junior lienholder, Hartford Electric Light Company, to collect rents pursuant to a utility receivership, waived any claims it had under its mortgage. We can find no authority for the defendant's position that a mortgagee has a duty to step in and protect a mortgagor when a utility receivership is ordered under General Statutes 16-262f. To the contrary, as we indicated in Hartford Electric Light Co. v. Tucker, 183 Conn. 85, 94, 438 A.2d 828 (1981), that a utility receivership may well lead to a mortgage foreclosure is a policy argument to be addressed to the legislature and not the courts.
Finally, the defendant claims that the trial court erred in its valuation of the mortgaged properties and in its orders for strict foreclosure. The trial court heard extensive testimony from both the plaintiff's and the defendant's appraiser as to the value of the properties. "The determination of [their] value by a court is the expression of the court's opinion aided ordinarily by the opinions of expert witnesses, and reached by weighing those opinions in the light of all the circumstances in evidence bearing upon value and its own general knowledge of the elements going to establish it. Appeal of Cohen, 117 Conn. 75, 85, 166 A. 747." Lomas Nettleton Co. v. Waterbury, 122 Conn. 228, 233, 188 A. 433 (1936). The trial court's conclusion as to the value of the properties was necessarily based upon the Opinions of the appraisers and finds support in the evidence. It is axiomatic that the determination of the credibility of expert witnesses and the weight to be accorded their testimony is within the province of the trier of facts, who is privileged to adopt whatever testimony he reasonably believes to be credible. Greenfield Development Co. v. Wood, 172 Conn. 446, 451, 374 A.2d 1084 (1977).
In light of our conclusion that the trial court's valuation of the properties is supported by the evidence, the defendant's remaining claim, that the trial court erred in ordering strict foreclosure as opposed to foreclosure by sale, must also fail. In Connecticut, the law is well settled that whether a mortgage is to be foreclosed by sale or by strict foreclosure is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court. General Statutes 49-24; City Savings Bank v. Lawler, 163 Conn. 149, 155, 302 A.2d 252 (1972); Hartford Federal Savings Loan Assn. v. Lenczyk, 153 Conn. 457, 463, 217 A.2d 694 (1966). "The foreclosure of a mortgage by sale is not a matter of right, but rests in the discretion of the court before which the foreclosure proceedings are pending." Bradford Realty Corporation v. Beetz, 108 Conn. 26, 31, 142 A. 395 (1928). Having determined the fair market value of the properties and the amount of the mortgage debts, the trial court concluded that strict foreclosure was necessary. There was no abuse of discretion.
In conclusion we note that this litigation has lasted more than six years. The defendant, a layman, tried his own cases and argued his own appeal. Neither at trial nor on appeal has he failed to controvert each fact and challenge every ruling. While we do not fault his representation, we do caution against arguments of frivolous or contrived issues. On reviewing the matter, we have followed the liberal policy usual where a layman appears pro se and have carefully considered his claims so far as they are fairly presented upon the record. We conclude that there is no merit to his claims and that no injustice has been done to him under the law.
In Hartford Federal Savings Loan Assn. v. Tucker, 196 Conn. 172, 491 A.2d 1084, cert. denied, 474 U.S. 920, 106 S.Ct. 250, 88 L.Ed.2d 258 (1985) (Hartford Federal II), the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court.
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Is There More To L'Affaire Khobragade Than Meets The Eye?
One would think that the country's finest should represent India overseas, particularly when it comes to dealing with the lone superpower, U.S.A., with whom India is endeavouring to build up a special relationship, arguably more beneficial to India than to the U.S.
Consider now, some of the information which has come out in the public domain about Devyani Khobragade, the mid-ranking Indian consular staff in the New York office who was recently arrested on multiple charges, which led to a furore and considerable outrage back in India.
Adarsh was a co-operative housing society formed supposedly for Kargil war widows and Indian war veterans, but considering it stood on some of Mumbai's most expensive real estate, politicians and bureaucrats made a beeline to grab flats by making a mockery of the law. When many read about Devyani and Adarsh, and given middle-class India's utter frustration with India's endemic corruption, many gleefully said the US arrest was payback time and karma had worked. Whether karma works or not, things have just gotten worse for Devyani and new revelations may mean that the Indian government's vociferous defence of Devyani and actively fanning flames to bring things to a boil may actually be something that may come back to burn India.
First up, while earlier Devyani's involvement in the Adarsh scam was just a serious allegation, a respected commission set up to investigate Adarsh has now said in its detailed 670-page report that Devyani furnished false information to own a flat in the Adarsh Co-operative housing society. She had falsely claimed that she did not own a flat anywhere else at the time of her application for Adarsh membership, the commission has said, according to The Indian Express. "Devyani told the Commission that she owned the Jogeshwari flat only in 2005. This statement is false since the 2004 application MEM-392-A mentions her to be a member of the society (Meera), which she said she would resign from when she gets the Adarsh allotment," the report says, according to the newspaper. Worse, she also sold her earlier government-allocated flat at Jogeshwari for Rs 1.9 crore and possibly at a fat profit. To be exact, the Adarsh Commission report was rejected by the Maharashtra cabinet considering it also raised serious questions on the murky doings of past Maharashtra Chief Ministers, one of whom is India's current home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.
On Sunday, the Times of India carried another story that brought another skeleton tumbling out. India's Supreme Court had noted that the rules for allotment of foreign language to Indian Foreign Service officers on the basis of their rank in the select list was changed only for Devyani's batch in 1999 to ensure she got her chosen language. According to the ToI, the Supreme Court noted this in a judgment while reinstating a dismissed IFS officer Mahaveer V Singhvi in Devyani's batch, and imposing a fine of Rs 25,000 on the Union government for wrongfully terminating his services. The article quotes the SC bench of then Justices Altamas Kabir, J M Panchal and Cyriac Joseph as saying, "The Union government and ministry of external affairs have not been able to satisfactorily explain why the rules/norms for allotment of languages were departed from only for the year 1999 so that the Singhvi was denied his right of option for German and such choice was given to Khobragade who was at two stages below Singhvi in the gradation list…The mode of allotment was amended for the 1999 Batch in such a calculated fashion that Ms Khobragade, who was at Serial No.7, was given her choice of German over and above Singhvi, who was graded at two stages above her." Singhvi's lawyer Jayant Bhushan has alleged that the unwarranted change in rules for which the Union government received a slap on the wrist from the Supreme Court was done thanks of Devyani's father Uttam Khobragade's IAS and political connections.
In fact, a lot of rubbish has been written—and spoken on national television—about diplomatic immunity in this case. First of all, Khobragade was not a diplomat—she was part of consular staff. (Now, of course, with the Indian government coming to her rescue by assigning her to India's permanent mission to the United Nations, she's acquired full diplomatic immunity). The relevant diplomatic provision that applied to her was not the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations but the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. It is only the 1961 Convention that grants absolute immunity to a diplomat from the jurisdiction of the host country. The 1963 Convention grants immunity only in respect of official acts, not personal ones.
The US's legal case against Khobragade is to do with her personal act, not something she did in her official capacity as the deputy consul general for political, economic, commercial and women's affairs at the consulate general of India in New York. So the focus needs to be on the case itself, and unlike what prime time pseudo-nationalists would have you believe, it is not one between the US and India, but between two women, neither of whom is more Indian than the other.
Khobragade is a millionaire. She owns a flat in Mumbai's Adarsh housing society, 30 acres of farmland in Maharashtra, a 5,000 sq. ft plot in Alibaug, and another plot in Noida. And she works in the Indian foreign service. Her salary might appear modest compared with the US minimum wage, but she was no more entitled to an Indian nanny in America than the nanny in question, Sangeeta Richard, was entitled to American wages in America—which, incidentally, she legally was entitled to. If Khobragade did not want to pay her the minimum wages as per the law of the land, she had multiple options.
One, she could have chosen not to go for a posting that did not allow her to maintain a lifestyle of her choice. Two, if she wanted the New York posting so badly, she could have opted to do all the domestic work herself. Three, she could have chosen not to take Richard along with her to US, and instead hired a part-time nanny in the US in keeping with her budgetary constraints.
But she chose none of these perfectly legal options. Instead, she pursued a course of action that involved, according to the chargesheet framed against her, visa fraud, perjury, falsification of documents, and exploitation of another Indian woman in a foreign land, which is pathetic considering that her official duties in the US also involved being an upholder of women's rights.
Anybody who cares to read the full text of the complaint against Khobragade can only wonder how she hoped to get away with her actions, which amounts to a felony under US law. Does diplomatic immunity mean diplomatic impunity?
Here are some more facts which don't quite seem to add up. For a full backgrounder on l'affaire Khobragade, check out this entry from Wikipedia.
As per the reports she is all of 39 years old, which would mean that she was born in 1974. Assuming a 3 year pre-school, 2 year kindergarten, and 10 year schooling, she would have finished her schooling in 1989. Then after two years of junior college, she would have been eligible for admission to medical school, which takes one to 1991. The medical undergraduate course is a four and a half year course which needs to be followed up with a one year mandatory internship, which would take one up right up to the year-end of 1996 at least, considering the typical start times for the undergraduate course during the 2nd half of the year.
Since she is said to have graduated with the 1999 IFS batch, she would have then joined the IFS batch in 1996. Now, if she finished her internship right during the end of 1996, she couldn't have started her course for IFS much earlier in the year during 1996.
Alternately, she either never completed her internship by the end of 1996 at the earliest or, if she did, she may not quite be someone who completed her IFS with the 1999 batch.
She apparently paid Rs.11.8 million for an apartment in Adarsh which she wasn't even entitled to buy in the first place. The father, Uttam Khobragade has been involved in every possible scam on earth from BEST Land Scams, the Cadbury ban because of worms (likely an extortion racket), the Adarsh Land scam, the King Long Bus scam and the diversion of Rs 340 million in Tribal Welfare to name a few. This is possibly just a little peep into how illustrious the Khobragade family is. Some of these details can be read in detail in this Moneylife piece.
In her Linkedin profile, Devyani lists her job function as 'law enforcement'. Yet, at the time of her arrest she was the Deputy General Consul for Political, Economic, Commercial and Women's Affairs. From law enforcement to Economic & Commercial affairs is quite a jump isn't it? One wonders whether that was the only slot available in the New York consulate?
Has anyone ever wondered why the govt. of India, together with the IFS officials, are so hell-bent on kicking up a ruckus about someone who should have been normally suspended from service for some of the irregularities and untruths she has been involved in so far?
What may also puzzle many is why Devyani's husband, Dr. Aakash Singh Rathore, a U.S. citizen currently based in New York, has hardly made any statements regarding this whole issue and seems to be keeping a very low profile deliberately. He has apparently done stints in Germany and Delhi in the past. According to some other reports, Devyani herself has done two stints in Pakistan, one in 2005 and the other in 2008. A brief profile of the two can be read in this report from the Washington Post.
Is there a lot more to this than meets the eye? Why are some publications hinting at intelligence alliances betweeen five nations, NSA links and linkages with some of the UIDAI implementation partners. Read this article in Moneylife for the full details.
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