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On Wednesday, Meghan and Prince Harry paid a surprise visit to military families.
Archie is hitting milestones at six months, as Meghan Markle revealed that her bundle of joy already has two teeth.
On Wednesday, Meghan and Prince Harry paid a surprise visit to military families at a weekly meet-up at the Broom Farm Community Center in Windsor.
"Look at all your little teeth," Meghan said to a little girl during the visit in a moment captured on camera. "Archie's just got two teeth — two tiny ones right there," she gushed pointing to her bottom lip.
The couple shared highlights from their visit on their Instagram account.
"During the visit yesterday, Their Royal Highnesses met with young families who shared their experiences as parents and as couples who are often apart from their loved ones for months at a time," the caption of the video read in part. "A reminder that a life of service does not simply describe the person wearing the uniform, but the entire family."
The parents also previously revealed that little Archie has his dad's signature red hair that can be seen in "his eyebrows."
Archie was born in May and has been breaking the hearts of royal fans ever since.


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Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone launched Wednesday a new task force that will hold a series of public meetings before devising a plan to reform and reinvent local policing.
In addition to eight virtual public outreach meetings, the task force will host one-on-one meetings with stakeholders, examine current policies, and develop a comprehensive policing plan for Suffolk County to present to New York State next spring.
"The development of the comprehensive policing plan with direct input from the community will help us build upon the progress we have made and implement strategies that will improve policing," said Suffolk County Executive Bellone. "We look forward to working with all stakeholders to create positive change that will enhance community policing and strengthen the relationship between all of our diverse communities and those who patrol our communities."
The task force and state mandate to reform local policing follows protests around racial injustice that have played out nationwide and across Long Island since late May, when a Minneapolis police officer allegedly murdered George Floyd. As the Press has previously reported, Nassau County last month created a committee that will explore alternative approaches to law enforcement intervention in situations regarding mental health.
"The NAACP supports an increase in trust and public safety for all communities by advancing effective law enforcement practices," said NAACP Long Island Regional Director Tracey Edwards, one of 30 members of the task force. "Moving forward with an inclusive task force to tackle these issues together with the police and other stakeholders is a great first step."
Other members of the task force include Suffolk County Police Department Commissioner Geraldine Hart, Suffolk County Sheriff Errol Toulon, county legislators, nonprofit leaders, and local clergy, such as Rev. Charles Coverdale of First Baptist of Riverhead.
"It is important that in doing this work, we hear from a large contingent of voices and bring to the table community members from across the spectrum," said Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue). "This is a tremendous opportunity to consider our policies with fresh, open eyes, and to engage in honest, fact-driven dialogue. My colleagues and I look forward to working with this task force to ensure we are providing policing in a manner that is fair and just for all, with buy-in from the communities we serve and mindful of the difficulties facing police officers."
Related Story: Nassau Committee Will Study Police Response to Mental Health Crises
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So this is what it's like attending a big music festival during a global pandemic, huh? Cool.
Big thanks to the 385,000 guinea pigs who attended Lollapalooza this year and proved that you can go to a huge, multi-day outdoor party without becoming part of a superspreader event…as long as you are required to show proof of vaccination or a negative test result.
I'll admit that I had been dubious that Riot Fest was going to happen this year, especially after seeing those photos of the tightly packed, maskless hordes in Grant Park. But health officials only found 203 cases connected to Lollapa. Nothing unexpected. So yay!
That good news did not prevent several bands on the original lineup from pulling out of Riot Fest including My Chemical Romance, Nine Inch Nails, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, PUP, Holy Fawn, White Lung, Skating Polly, Faith No More, and Mr. Bungle. You might think that losing several big-name headliners and support groups would tank a music festival.
But Riot Fest is scrappy. And agile!
They were able to add a bunch of replacements at the last minute. It's hard to imagine a corporately owned event being this quick on its feet, but independent Riot Fest can get shit done. They added Skipknot, Flaming Lips, Rise Against, Anthrax, Body Count, Pinegrove, Envy on the Coast, Action/Adventure, and Clockworks. Not only that but they tacked on a bonus Thursday with Morrissey, Patti Smith, Alkaline Trio, Joyce Manor, WDRL, and Kristeen Young.


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From: The Arizona Daily Star | July 30, 2012
In her 44 years of nursing, Karen Mercereau has seen more than one patient die a premature death. She cites medical errors, missed diagnoses, and inaccurate medical charts as the cause. What those patients needed was a knowledgeable voice, she says." It doesn't matter if the record is electronic or paper - no one has time to read beyond the major points," says Mercereau. "Ask any nurse. We all know the system is broken. Doctors rarely have the opportunity to talk to one another."


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The Athletics Illustrated Person of the Week honours for the week of
September 7, 2020, goes to Kenyan athlete Jeres Jepchirchir. Jepchirchir won the Prague Half Marathon in a new world record time of 65:34.
Kenya's Peres Jepchirchir on Saturday broke the world record for a women's only half marathon, stopping the clock at one-hour, five minutes, and 34 seconds.
The performance bettered the old record by 37 seconds which stood at 1:06:11. It was set by Ethiopia's Netsanet Gudeta at the 2018 World Half Marathon Championships in Valencia.
See Jepchirchir's World Athletics Profile
The Athletics Illustrated Person of the Week recognition is an endeavor that aims to recognise noteworthy or newsworthy achievements, actions or events in the sport of athletics by individuals who are involved or have affected the sport in some way.
The weekly decision will be the discretion of Athletics Illustrated, however, input from readers is welcome.
At the end of each year, the Person of the Week honours will be reviewed and featured along with a Person of the Year recognition taken from the list of weekly honours.
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Sustainable Fashion Consulting
Airí Ferrer_Barcelona 1979
I am a Sustainable Fashion Designer and Consultant in Fashion Productions. I deeply believe that the change in the fashion industry is possible by connection and positive relationship between all parties involved. The current fashion linear model has failed. This industry has reached a point of human and environmental degradation. We must face the reality by assuming that the change will be slow and difficult but that with trust as the primary key among human beings, we can reach the change. A change that must be profitable for all involved today in the fashion industry, but in a completely different way.
I have worked for 20 years in the fashion industry from various areas, from design to production in Europe and Asia. My aim is to support and collaborate with brands, institutions and organizations that want to be part of a community committed to the next generations, the resources of our planet and the people who inhabit it, with Equality, Honesty, Ethics, Sustainability and Transparency as the principal values.
Thanks to all the companies, organizations and institutions with whom I have the pleasure to collaborate.


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I sometimes wonder what my grandchildren will remember about me. That usually morphs into what I remember about my own grandparents. A simple word or deed can trigger a memory that, depending on the situation, I share with my daughters and/or grandchildren. It also makes me aware of how little I really know about my grandparents' lives when they were young.
None of my grandparents grew up in the towns that I visited every summer. They didn't even live in the same state. To this day, I have no idea how my maternal grandparents met or how they came to settle in Texarkana, Texas. I heard stories about how my paternal grandparents met, but there are some gaps as to how their meeting in my grandmother's hometown in Louisiana led them to marry when my grandfather left to live in a small town in west Texas. Unfortunately, there is no one still living that can answer the many questions I have.
As a child, when visiting, I heard bits and pieces about their siblings or saw pictures that would bring on a story. Mostly, the tales were more interesting to my parents than to my sister and me. I really regret that, but I have wonderful stories of my own from my visits that I love to remember and share.
I am always amazed and proud of my grandparents and their successes. My maternal grandmother managed not only to go away to college, but she also received her master's degree. While in college, she performed in several plays as the female lead, beating out another student who became a famous actress. My grandfather was an educator who began as an elementary school teacher. He obtained his master's degree by packing up the family every summer to move to a college town where he took the necessary courses to achieve that goal. He then became a high school principal before becoming a school superintendent.
I know virtually nothing about my paternal grandfather's upbringing. As a young adult, he started his career with a confectionery shop. As he married and started a family, his candy store grew into a soda shop and eventually became a full-fledged restaurant. My grandmother always wanted to be an architect, but she was never able to reach that goal. She was a wonderful artist and did beautiful flower arrangements. Their restaurant was always filled with flowers from her garden. She even had a garden room added to their home.
Knowing the difficulties they had to endure in their lives – two world wars and a depression, among other issues, the fact that they still managed to be successful in their chosen fields is something I always hold dear. I just wish I had been mature enough to spend time asking them questions to know so much more about them.
While in college, our eldest daughter presented each set of grandparents with a notebook that she filled with a list of questions and several sheets of paper. She asked them, when they had time, to go through them and write down their answers. She, too, wanted insights into their lives. Unfortunately, my father was ill and passed away before he had the opportunity. My mother was busy taking care of my father, lost their home to a hurricane, moved and suffered from dementia. Her paternal grandparents also had health concerns, but her grandfather sat with her one afternoon, and she recorded his answers to some of her questions.
So, what will my grandchildren remember about me? Their parents will have lots of stories to regale them with and, hopefully, some will stir memories in my grandchildren that they will pass to their children. I hope I will live many, many more years to see them grown and with families of their own. When their children ask them about me, I hope the first thing they tell them is, "I remember how very much my Gigi loved me."


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The "dream big" approach seems to have worked in forging a compromise tax bill.
The two tax chairs came in with one highest-priority item on each of their to-do lists, and they both made it intact into the final bill announced Saturday afternoon.
For the Senate, it was elimination of all income taxes on Social Security benefits. For the House, it was property tax relief, primarily in the form of making the renter's credit into a refundable income tax credit.
Both provisions are in the final version of HF3669, a bill sponsored by those tax chairs, Rep. Paul Marquart (DFL-Dilworth) and Sen. Carla Nelson (R-Rochester). After they signed their conference committee's agreement, it's now up to the House and Senate to approve the compromise legislation, and House Speaker Melissa Hortman (DFL-Brooklyn Park) has said that it may be the last bill passed off the House Floor on Sunday night.
"We have in this bill the largest tax cuts in the history of this state," Marquart said. "And it's going to affect families and individuals across the state."
"We have worked hard to come up with a great tax bill," Nelson said. "Minnesotans all across our state are struggling with rising prices, and it is our duty to get this money back to them."
As amended, the compromise legislation would reduce total taxes by $1.4 billion in the current biennium and $2.4 billion in the next one. Almost all of that change would be in individual income taxes.
[MORE: View the spreadsheet]
The Senate would get what it wants in the full subtraction of 100% of Social Security benefits from income taxes. That would reduce the General Fund by $509.6 million in fiscal year 2023.
The House would get its top priority in that the renter's credit would become a refundable income tax credit. The largest piece of property tax reform in the bill, it would reduce the General Fund by $372.6 million in fiscal year 2023.
The Senate also wanted a reduction in the first-tier tax rate, and it would get one in the compromise, in that the rate would be reduced to 5.1% from the current 5.35%, reducing state revenues by $276.7 million.
That's significantly smaller than the reduction to 2.8% from the current rate of 5.35% in the bill that passed the Senate. The compromise on budget targets reached by Legislative leaders and the governor clearly made that outside the realm of possibility, the revenue reduction far exceeding the total agreed to for tax cuts.
Here are the other big-ticket items, along with how much they would reduce General Fund revenue in fiscal year 2023, according to Department of Revenue estimates:
According to Revenue Department estimates, the bill would also provide, in fiscal year 2023, reductions of:
The bill also includes $44 million of increases in local government aid.
"This is going to have a real, meaningful impact on people's lives," Marquart said. "But nothing moves forward without the rest of the budget agreement passing. Sen. Nelson and I are both former teachers, so we're saying to the other committees, 'Get your homework done!'"


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To make the most of your B2B content marketing efforts, you need to understand (1) which metrics would best help you measure the success of your campaign; (2) which metrics are actually available to you; and (3) what each metric tells you about your campaign. It's also important to understand how to troubleshoot if your campaign underperforms those metrics.
Let's start with the ideal metrics for measuring a B2B content marketing campaign:
- Engagement rate
- Conversion rate
- Time on page
- # of first page keywords
- # of top 100 keywords
- Backlinks
- Total monthly page views
- Total monthly website visitors
Given that the overall goal of marketing is to produce conversions (of customers, employees, or partners), these metrics are all leading indicators in that they indicate that your content marketing is doing its job. Content marketing is typically measured in this way to allow for a more granular evaluation of the campaign, even though the high level goal of all lead generation channels is conversion.
Once you know how you'd ideally measure your content marketing, you can turn to what you actually can measure given your current systems and capabilities. To the extent that some ideal metrics aren't being tracked in your company, it's incumbent on marketing leadership to put a system in place to change that.
Below are the ideal B2B content marketing metrics, as well as a benchmark of success taken from 12 years of conducting B2B content marketing campaigns. After the table, we explain each metric in more detail.
B2B Content Marketing Metrics: What Success Looks Like
Metric | Success Benchmark |
Engagement rate | 63% or higher |
Conversion rate | 2–5%, depending on industry and page type |
Time On Page | 37 seconds on average. Below 20 seconds is problematic. 2-3 minutes is outstanding. |
# of First Page Keywords | 10% growth year-over-year in total first page keywords |
# of Top 100 Keywords | 3-5% increase month-over-month in keywords that rank in the top 100 |
Backlinks | 2-3 backlinks each month from unaffiliated, high domain authority sites. |
Total Monthly Page Views | 5% growth month-over-month |
Total Monthly Website Visitors | 10% growth month-over-month, with at least 70% of total traffic coming from organic channels |
Each B2B Content Marketing Metric, Explained
In this section, we examine each metric in more detail, namely "What does this metric tell me about the campaign?" and "How can I address a campaign that is underperforming in this category?"
Engagement Rate
Engagement Rate Benchmark: 63% or higher |
Your engagement rate is the number of engaged visits divided by the total number of visits. An engaged session is any session that lasts 10 seconds or longer, includes more than one page view or leads to a conversion. For example, if you 1,000 total visitors and 100 of them stay on the first page they land on for over 10 seconds, 100 of them vew a second page, and another 100 fill out a contact form, your engagement rate would be 300/1000, or 30%.
Low engagement rates are generally an indicator that your content quality needs to be improved, or that your pages are written with the wrong search intent in mind. Your pages need to immediately convey to searchers that you have the answer they're looking for and also that you're an authority on the subject, in other words they should be thought-leadership.
Conversion rate
Conversion Rate Benchmark: 2–5% or higher |
Conversion rate is similar to engagement rate, but takes into account only conversion events. A conversion can refer to several different actions: it can be a white paper download, clicking on a "request a demo" page, an email list signup, a contact form fill, or any other action that the user takes to indicate interest in your products or services. A useful way you can think of it is that a conversion is basically anything a visitor to your site does that will get them into your customer database.
Depending on your industry, your overall conversion rate should be between 2 and 5 percent. If your internal metrics show that you're falling short of this number, make sure your website follows conversion optimization best practices, particularly on your highest traffic pages. If your pages aren't skimmable, don't include a call to action, or are simply visually unappealing, your conversion rates will suffer. Another common issue is that your highest ranking pages don't adequately match the search intent of your visitors, causing them to click off before converting. In these cases, you'll also see low engagement rates.
Time On Page
Time on Page Benchmark: 37 seconds or higher |
This is a pretty straightforward measurement — the time it takes a visitor to land on your page to the time they move to the next — but its meaning is full of nuance. If your average time on page is very low (under 20 seconds) this is a clear indication that your website presents a poor first impression. But let's say your website has an average time on page of 45 seconds. Is that good or bad?
The answer isn't so simple: You need to ask more questions:
- Did the visitor spend enough time to get the information they wanted from the page? For example, if it was a simple product page, 45 seconds can be long enough for them to make the purchase (and this is where conversion tracking comes in).
- Is this more time than visitors were spending last month? This will tell you if your content is more engaging than it was previously, with brighter writing, more interesting graphics, and greater skimabilty.
- Where did the visitors go when they left that page? If they remained on your site,
All of the above will help you answer the question: "Does the design of your pages encourage visitors to stick around or does it push them away?
A related metric is "session time," which measures how long a visitor says on your site, not a single page. While you might be disappointed that someone is only spending a little time on your blog, if they're moving from the blog to a contact form and requesting a sales call, that's what really matters.
Total # of First Page Keywords
First Page Keywords Benchmark: 10% growth year-over-year |
This is where the rubber hits the road: whether or not your content makes it to the first page of Google search result. This will take time, especially during the early stages of a campaign, which is why we look at year-over-year numbers. Your goal will be to see your pages rank in the top 3-5 results first for your most transactional keywords, with your hubs following later.
If your results are lackluster, revisit your strategic planning process. Here's what that process should look like:
- First, determine your most valuable, holy grail keywords
- List each transactional, longtail variant of those keywords
- Rank each keyword by its revenue-generating potential
- Determine the search intent of someone using those keywords
- Assign each keyword a page type based on its search intent
Then, your content marketing campaign needs to produce and publish the best pieces of information on the Internet, twice a week. This is easier said than done, but reaching the first page is a long-term goal.
Total # of Top 100 Keywords
Keywords in Top 100 Benchmark: 3-5% growth month-over-month |
Much like the above metric, you should also track how many keywords you rank for in the top 100. While a keyword on page 7 is very unlikely to result in a conversion, this allows you to track your campaign progress in greater detail than simply looking at the first page keywords. As such, the steps to resolving a lagging keyword count are the same as above: use the Hub & Spoke model to plan your content, produce high quality content thought leadership, and publish at least twice weekly.
Backlink Benchmark: 2-3 high quality backlinks from new domains each month |
Defined as links from one website to another, backlinks are used by Google's algorithm as an indication of your reputation and authority. While any backlink has the potential to bring you more traffic, and therefore customers, those with high domain authority are much more valuable for your search rankings.
Another benefit of backlinks is simply that they're another source of traffic. For example, if your website is linked to by the New York Times, you'll see a great deal of traffic as a direct result of their visitors clicking on the link to your website. You should be seeing at least 2-3 new backlinks per month, and at least 40 percent of your links should be from high domain authority websites.
One way to boost your backlink numbers is reaching out to other companies to arrange a backlink exchange program. Unfortunately, this has the limitations of both finding other people who want to play along and making sure they aren't competitors.
Instead, the best way to attract links is to create and publish useful content. One of the most effective ways of doing this is to compile your internal data into quantitative reports on relevant statistics and benchmarks in your industry. This kind of data is often very difficult to find outside of paywalled content, and will quickly become a valuable resource for others, and a link magnet for you.
Total Monthly Page Views
Monthly Page View Benchmark: 5% growth each month |
Total page views is a metric that is easy to understand, and it will give you a sense of how your traffic fluctuates over time. Perhaps you'll see one time of year is busier than others for your site. Those are the times when publishing new content is most important or times when maintenance and shutdowns should be limited to disrupt the fewest visitors.
You should also look at your total monthly page views in comparison to the total number of unique visitors. This will tell you how many pages the average visitor sees. Most website visitors see about 2 to 4.5 pages per visit. More than that and you're doing well, especially if the additional pages show your visitors moving through the sales and conversion funnel.
Total monthly website visitors
Monthly Website Visitor Benchmark: 10% growth each month |
Again, an easy-to-understand metric. More traffic means more conversions, which in turn means more leads. As a general rule, you want to see organic traffic grow by about 10 percent a month. You can further track not only where those visitors go on your site, but whether or not they return for a second or third visit. A healthy website will see 4-5 percent of visitors return within 90-days of their first visit.
How To Improve Your B2B Content Marketing Metrics
Together, these metrics allow you to accurately measure the success of your marketing campaign. But knowing how to measure success and actually executing on it are different things. The latter requires both expertise and time.
If you don't have the capability of executing a successful B2B content marketing campaign in-house, working with an agency that understands how to do so makes a lot of sense. First Page Sage has over a decade of experience working with firms in a variety of B2B industries.
If you'd like to learn more, here's how to get in touch.


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We've all heard it already, "stay at least 6 ft. from other people who are not from your household in both indoor and outdoor environments" to curb the spread of coronavirus. This practice of social distancing combined with the act of wearing a mask has been one of the most effective measures in a battle against COVID-19. Given that COVID-19 spreads mainly among people who are in close proximity (within 6 ft.) for a long time, it's one of those steps that should currently stay on top of everyone's must-do list (even as we are supposably slowly getting back to normalcy).
But, this new 'culture' of face masks and social distancing is still very new to people and it's common to see people falter when it comes to practicing these instructions to a tee. This is why technology-driven products and innovations have become an important part of everyone's plan to mitigate coronavirus We've witnessed a slew of different ways companies are implementing social distancing efforts and using tech, so let's dig deeper into some of these.
QR Codes
Who would have thought that these simple little machine scannable images would play such a pivotal role during pandemic? Less physical contact with objects or other people means fewer chances of getting infected. Since QR codes can be easily accessed by anyone with a smartphone and can store massive amounts of data, they were widely adopted in 2020 by businesses around the world to reduce physical contact. Add to this the fact that QR codes can be easily placed anywhere and serve a multitude of purposes. They can be used pamphlets, menu cards, financial transactions, registrations, and more.
A slew of restaurants including the popular American fast food company, McDonald's adopted the 'contactless ordering' approach. To help their customers avoid long queues, traditional reusable menu cards, and to promote convenient ordering, QR codes have reigned supreme. All that customers have to do is scan the QR code, which lets them access the menu card and even make the payments online. Another way QR codes are being used is for contactless information sharing. Many companies are now using QR codes to provide information about their new campaign or product instead of using pamphlets or business cards.
SEE ALSO: How Companies Are Tackling Mental Health Of Employees Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Smartphone Apps And Contact Tracing
While the Aarogya Setu app is the only centralized contact tracing app in India, several companies came out with their own contact tracing apps in 2020 to implement social distancing within their employees. For the uninitiated, a mobile contact-tracing app helps keep track of people who may have been in proximity or contact with an infected person. Once tracked, the app alerts all the affected individuals when one of them turns out to be COVID-19 positive. This is a great way to prevent any possible spread of infection among people. Apple and Google also already partnered on a Bluetooth-based contact tracing platform.
Apart from contact tracing apps, there have also been a slew of other apps developed to track COVID-19 and curb its spread. Municipal Corporations in Maharashtra adopted the use of mobile phone apps earlier this year such as Coviguard and Covicare, which were designed with the support of the Directorate of Industries. Similarly, many startups and companies came out with a 'Covid-19 symptom' tracking app that helps people track symptoms related to Coronavirus by taking different factors into account.
Apple also launched a COVID-19 website and app with a screening tool for COVID-19. Another app 'OnSafe' has been developed by Compass India specifically for workplaces to enable the implementation of social distancing protocols with real-time tracking at the workplace. It helps prevent crowding in the office spaces and allows organizations to redesign spaces in a manner that is safe.
Artificial Intelligence And Robots
It would be remiss of us to talk about technology being a pillar of support during COVID-19 and not talk about automated machines and robots. Drones saw widespread adoption across the world in 2020 where they were being heavily used to deliver food, medicines, and even for disinfecting areas amid the pandemic. Given that drones don't require any human contact and are also faster than manual processes, they helped implement social distancing efforts in an efficient manner.
Coming to AI-powered solutions, Wobot Intelligence, an AI-driven computer vision SaaS venture came out with a hygiene tracking tool that can be plugged into existing cameras. When connected to an existing CCTV or camera, the solution helps monitor 20 second-hand wash, social distancing compliance, and premise cleaning/sanitation activities.
Similarly, a team of officers of the Indian Telecommunication Service (ITS) came out with DRISHTI (Digital Real-Time Artificial Intelligence System for maintaining Social Distancing with Timely Intervention), an AI-based system having Tri-Netras (three digital eyes). It helps in three ways - detecting social distancing violations, Face Mask related violations, and checking the total number of people present at a public place to restrict mass gatherings.
SEE ALSO: Pressing Need For Companies To Step Up Cybersecurity Efforts In The Age Of COVID-19
Another way companies are driving social distancing efforts in 2020 is by using wearables. Many companies released wristbands this year that also come with a feature to alert an employee if he/she comes too physically close to another person within the workplace. This is helping companies adhere to social distancing rules that are necessary to reduce the spread of COVID-19 infection. This alert via wearables is usually sent in the form of an alarm, a vibrating buzzer, or LED light.
Summing it up, the Coronavirus pandemic has been a big unprecedented shock to everyone. While it's going to take time to achieve normalcy again, innovators and researchers continue to rise to the occasion and are successfully meeting the demands of a changing workplace. 2020 was the start of all social-distancing-focused tech and innovation, and we'll be witnessing more of these advancements in 2021.


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up.time Version 7.4 Release Notes - February 2015
About Version 7.4
The up.time 7.4 release consists of a number of fixes, support for TLS and SSL mail server configuration, and branding updates throughout the documentation including a new end-user licensing agreement (EULA). For more information, see Resolved Issues in 7.4.
Changes to Existing Features
The following existing features have changed for the current release.
Enhanced Mail Server Configuration Support
up.time now supports the Internet email provider requirement for use of TLS or SSL to secure credentials. The Mail Server Configuration page now allows you to select and configure TLS and SSL so that you can receive alerts and other up.time email messages through providers such as Gmail and Office365. These options are available in the SMTP Configuration field.
Upgrade Notices
The 7.4 release affects users who have deployed plugins.
Enhanced Alert Profile Variables Plugin
The functionality of the Enhanced Alert Profile Variables plugin has been added directly to up.time. If this plugin has been installed, it will need to be removed after upgrading to 7.3 or later to ensure email notifications continue to be properly sent. You can uninstall the plugin using the legacy Plug-in Manager.
If you have already removed the Plug-in Manager from your up.time installation, you can manually remove the Enhanced Alert Profile Variables plugin by deleting the alert_mod.jar
from your <uptime_dir>/core/custom_jars/
directory, then restarting the up.time Data Collector service (uptime_core
on Linux, and up.time Data Collector
on Windows).
Upgrading Plugins
The 7.4 upgrade process is as follows:
- up.time: The conversion process will scan your existing plugins to verify they are are based on the Grid.
- up.time: Plugins that are recognized to have been previously downloaded from the Grid will be flagged for an upgrade and re-versioned at 0.9.
- user: To complete the plugin conversion process, after upgrading up.time, proceed to the Extension Manager (Services > Add Service Monitor > Want More? Search for monitors.). All plugins should be flagged for an upgrade (these are supposed to show v0.9):
- user: Upgrade each plugin.
- up.time: After upgrading, the Grid-based plugins will display as version 1.0 to signify the reboot to unified extension deployment, regardless of what their previous version was.
- user: Moving forward, use the Extension Manager to manage your plugins.
- user: Uninstall the Plug-in Manager, as it is no longer needed to manage plugins.
Installing up.time
On the up.time Support Portal, you will find various documents and articles that will guide you through a first-time installation or upgrade.
Installing for the First Time
A complete, first-time deployment of up.time and its agents is a straightforward process. Refer to the Installation and Quick-Start Guide for complete instructions on performing a first-time installation.
Upgrading from a Previous Version
You can only upgrade directly to up.time 7.4 if your current installed version is version 7.3, 7.2, or 7.1.
Users who are running version 6.0 or 6.0.1 must first upgrade to 7.1 before upgrading to 7.4. Users who are running version 5.5 or earlier must upgrade to 6.0 or 6.0.1 as a starting point. (Refer to the up.time Knowledge Base for specific version upgrade paths.) If you are eligible for a direct upgrade path, you can upgrade using the installer for your Monitoring Station's operating system. The upgrade process installs new features, and does not modify or delete your existing data.
If your current version is older than the version required for a direct upgrade, refer to http://support.uptimesoftware.com/upgrade.php for information on supported upgrade paths. There, you will also find more detailed installation information, including specific upgrade paths.
If you are working with a version of up.time that has been customized in any manner beyond the standard installation downloaded from the up.time Web site, contact Technical Support before performing an upgrade. Some customization steps include the following:
- custom Java heap settings
- verbose logging
- adding
to command-line invocation - increasing
- fine-tuning garbage collection options such as
Resolved Issues in 7.4
UTS-2206 | superadmin group members now can edit and delete any dashboard even if they did not create the dashboard, with the exception of the following dashboards: Global Scan, Resource Scan, SLAs, Applications, Network, All elements, All Services, Netflow, Custom Example, and Map |
UTS-2149 | Resolved reporting display issue where stacked area charts did not properly display peak values |
UTS-2121 | Resolved issue with Extension Manager not using the same proxy as the HTTP proxy in the up.time Configuration Panel |
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The Fighting Code
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lambert Hillyer
Charles "buck" Jones
Diane Sinclair
Ward Bond
Dick Alexander
Alf Jones
Film Details
Technical Specs
Ben Halliday stumbles upon a dead man and after discovering several letters in the man's saddlebag, concludes that his name is Grover Jones. According to the letters, Grover was on his way to his hometown of Colfax, Idaho, to help his sister Helen defend their property from the villainous Joshua La Plante and his henchman, Krull. When Ben meets Helen, he learns that she has never met her brother and decides to pose as Grover in order to help her. Later, as Krull reports to a distrustful Helen that her ranch hand Barry is rustling her cattle, Ben intercedes and orders Krull off her property. That night as Helen explains that their father Cameron is believed to have committed suicide to avoid paying his debts, Krull tries to shoot Ben. The next day, Barry, Helen and Ben ride into town to the bank Cameron once owned to visit his friends Judge Williams and Joshua La Plante. After they leave, Joshua realizes that Ben is not Grover. Joshua has Krull murder a surveyor and then frames Ben for the crime. Ben is arrested, and in jail he meets Crosby, a friend of Cameron, who tells him that Cameron had invested $100,000 in Denver bonds. When Helen visits, Ben finally admits to her that he is not Grover. She leaves broken-hearted and tells Barry that Joshua owns the desert land adjoining her property. Barry tells this news to Ben, who later escapes from jail and joins him. Ben and Barry go to Joshua's office and hide in a wardrobe closet when Joshua and Krull enter. The two men quarrel and Krull kills Joshua. Having seen this, Ben and Barry escape through a trap door. In their haste, their noise gives them away and Krull hurries out. Ben prevents Krull's escape and after a fistfight, Krull is turned over to the sheriff. Ben explains that Cameron was killed by Krull so that Joshua could steal his bonds and obtain his river land to water his own desert property. Then, Ben explains to Helen that Barry is really her brother and she happily admits she would prefer to be Ben's wife than his sister.
Lambert Hillyer
Charles "buck" Jones
Diane Sinclair
Ward Bond
Dick Alexander
Alf Jones
Erville Alderson
Gertrude Howard
Louis Natheaux
Niles Welch
Bob Kortman
Charles Brinley
Buck Moulton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Actor Erville Alderson's surname is misspelled "Anderson" in the onscreen credits. This film was reissued in June 1938. A modern source includes Jim Corey and Frank Ellis in the cast.


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Procedure in Partition Cases
[This replaces standing order no.27, original issue, dated 7th June 1909 and reprint, dated 28th January,1920]
18.1 Private Partitions - Although no formal application ha sbeen made, the patwari is bound, under chapter 7.1 to record voluntary partitions for orders in the mutation register as soon as they have been acted on. In passing orders such mutations care must be taken not to treat as partitions of proprietary right arrangements which the parties dd not intend to be permanent. Share-Holders may be content for years to have in their cultivating possession less than their full share of a common holding without intending to give up any part of their rights of ownership. If any of them objects of the record of the alleged partition and the attesting officer considers the objection valid, he should refuse mutation of names and refer the party seeking it to proceedings under section 123 of the Land Revenue Act. But if he finds that the objection is vexatious or frivolous, and that a fair private partition has actually been carried out he should, either affirm the partition himself or refer the case to the Assistant Collector Ist Grade.
18.2 Partition Cases - Partition cases are excluded from the jurisdiction of the civil courts, [Section 158(2) (xvii) and (xviii) of the Land Revenue Act]. They are heard by a revenue officer of a clas not below that of an Assistant Collector, Ist grade (section 126 of the Act). Only an officer who is empowered to decide the case should receive an applicatio9n for partition. A qualified officer to whom the applicatio9n has been presented can either conduct the whole enquiry himsel or refer it, under section 17(3) of the Act, to a revenue officer of a lower grade for investigation and report. The latter course is usually adopted, and it is, as a rule, the best way of dealing with the case. But the officer before whom the case has been instituted is responsible for its proper conduct throughout and should exercise close supervision over the proceedings of the subordinate official to whom he has referred it for enquiry. A revenue officer, who in a disputed partition case, is content to pass orders on reports received from the tehsildar or naib tehsildar , without ever having the parties before himself distinctly fails in his duty. In particular, he is responsible that no undue delay takes place at any stage of the proceedings. In serious cases of delay it is not sufficient to issue reminder. The cause of the delay must be ascertained, and if it be avoidable, suitable action must be taken against the suboridnate official concerned.
18.3 Investigation by tehsildar or naib tehsildar - It is to the tehsildar, or to the naib tehsildar in whose circle the estate concerned lies under the division prescribed in paragraph 242, Land Administration Manual, that the case is referred for investigation or report. But when settlement operations are in progress the reference should be made to the settlement tehsildar, who should himself condut the first stages of the proceedings including the mnthond of partition(paragraphs 18.6 to 18.10 infra). When the method of partition has been sanctionedhe may, if he thinks fit, send the file to the naib tehsildar of the circle to complete the remaining stages of the case under his supervision. The naib tehsildar will maintain no register, and the tehsildar will remain responsible that the naib-tehsildar carries out the work entrusted to him correctly and without undue delay.
18.4 who may apply for partition - Any joint owner may apply for partition if –
(a) his share is entered in the last record-of-rights or
(b) his right to a share has been established by decree of court, or
(c) his title has been admitted in writing by all persons interested in the admission or denial thereof(section 111). The mere fact that a man is a "landowner" as defined in section 3(2) of the Land Revenue Act does not entitle him to apply unless he fulfills one or other of the above three conditions.
A mortgagee cannot apply for partiion unless he
proves that he is entitled to it by custom or by the term of his mortgage.
A widow in possession o her husband's undivided share can apply for partition.
18.5 Applications to be accompnied with an extract from jamabandi - The application should be accompanied with an extract from the last detailed jamabandi, giving usually the complete entry for the holding or holdings of which partition is desired. A note of any mutations attested after the iling of the last detailed mutaations attested after the filing of the last detailed jamabandi should be added. Althought he petittioner may only wish to divide part of the joint holding, he should , as a rule, be made to file a copy o the entries for the whole, for the other shareholders may object to a partial partition. The names of all onwers and mortgagees must be given. If the revenue officers has not from the first a list of all the interested parties on his file, great delays are certain to occur. If, however, the area to be devided is very large, consisting, e.g., of a whole village or patti, or of the common land of a whole village or patti convenient abbverations should be allowed in the extract. If the extract is manifestly incomplete, the applicationshould be returned to the petitioner by the officer receiving it, with an order endorsed on it that it may be presented again accompanied with a proper extract. If the imperfection of the extract is not discovered till the case has been referred to the tehsildar, that oficer should fix a reasonable time for the filing of a full extract, and, if the petitioner fails to comply with this order, he should return the application to the officer from whom he received it with the suggestion that it should be removed from the pending file.
18.6 Attendance of parties - All parties interested should be summoned by thge officer making the emquiry to appear [section 113(a)] If they are so numerous that personal service on each of them is not reasonable practicable, the procedure laid down in section 20(3) and 22 of the Land Revenue Act is generally desirable and is perferable to postal service under section 20(4) o the Act, as the latter procedure involves the parties in unnecessary expense. Whether the parties are many or few, it is expedient to post up a proclamation on a village rest house or on some other conspicous place in the village calling on any persons who may have objections to urge to appeal and state them within a certain time. The date ixed should usually be that on which the parties have been summoned to attend. The summonses and proclamation should be issued simultaneously. Dates should not be respeatedly changed because the parties have failed to appear. When the requirements of the law as regards the service of summonseshave been complied with, and the revenue officer is satisfied that all interested parties have had an oppourtunity o being present, he should proceed with the hearing on the date fixed, putting on the file a note of the names o any parties who have both appeared. In cases in which the share holders are numerous, or which are likely to present any difficulty, it is advisable to hold the first hearing in or near the village in which the land is situated. The real points in dispute and the merits of any objections raised are in this way easily brought to light and can be properly tested. The failure to ascertain from the first what is the actual contention of those who oppose partition is a fertile cause of delays and wrong decisions.
18.7 Rejection of application - The real points in dispute having been elicited by a careful examination of the parties, the Revenue Officer should consider thether there is any sufficient cause for absolutely rejecting the application (section 115) . If so, he should report the case for the decision of the officer who referred it to him for inquiry. The latter should usually, before passing his final orders, give the parties an opportunity to appear before himself. The discretion disallow partition given by section 115 of the Land Revenue Act should not be exercised arbitrarily but ordinarily on the grounds set forth in section 111 and 112. Special attention should be given to the requirements of the village including those of non-proprietors in the matter of grazing, and the Wajib-ul-arz must be dealt with under section 117 as a question of title.
18.8 Procedure when there are disputes as to title - If the investigating officer does not consider that there is any valid reason for rejecting the application entirely, but it appear that there are disputes as to title, which must be dealt with in manner laid down in section 117, he should record clearly what the points in issue are, and return the case for the orders of the officer who is competent to decide it. He must not himself take action under section 117. Examples o disputes as to questions of title are –
(a) the respondent denies the correctness of the entry in the record-o-rights;
(b) The respondent admits the correctness of the entry in the record-of-rights, but assets that the applicant is not in possession of his share, and is, therefore, not entitled to claim partition at all, or that he is not entitled to do so till he has had a settlement of accounts with respondent, or raises any other objection as to the locus standi of the applicant to ask for partition.
18.9 Procedure of Assistant Collector under section 117 - The Assistant Collector Ist grade on receiving back the file should himself examine the paties and, if he finds that there is a question of title involved, either decline to grant the application for partition until the question of title has been determined by a competent court, or himself decided the questions of title raised under one or other o the procedures laid down in section 117(2)(a) and (b). The cases which will involve action under this section may be divided broadly into two classes – first those in which an applicant believing that the partition proceedings will give him an advantage over the opposite party has chosen that procedure in order to evade direct resort to the civil courts in respect of a question of title which he knows would be disputed; and, secondtly, those in which the appliant is acting in a straight forward manner, that is to say, in which a partittion is really require official assistance. In the class of cases first mentioned the revenue officer should file the proceedings with leave to either party to apply to have them reopened, on showing that the point at issue had been determined by a competent civil court. In the latter class of cases a revenue officer should exercise the full jurisdiction vested in him by law, and should refrain from putting the parties to the trouble of separete proceedings in civil court, even although the question is one which would ordinarily fall with in the jurisdiction of such a court. When the respondent in the partition proceedings puts forward an objection as to tile the revenue officer should invariably unless there is some special reason to the contrary, proceed to determine the question himself and not refer the objector of a civil court. When he stays proceedings until the question of title has been settled in a civil court, he should send the partition file to the record returns as a decided one. If, on the termination of the proceedings in the civil court, the application petitions to revive the partition case, the file will be restored to the register of pending cases and he reckoned in the business return as a new institution. If the revenue oficer determines to hear the case himself and the burden of proof is on the application for partition, he should order the applicant to put in by a certain date a written statement giving full particulars of his claim. Similarly, if the objecting party is the respondent in the partition proceedings, he should be required to put in a written statement by a certain date giving full particulars of his objections. If either party fails or refuses to obey these instructions the revenue oficer should pass orders under order VIII, rule 10 o the Civil Procedure Code record a brief note stating whether the question at issue is cognizable by a revenue court, [section 117(2) (b)] of the Land Revenue Act, and consequently what his future procedure is intended to be. Although in case o appeal the appellate court would have to decide by what description of court the question was really cognizable, the note of the revenue officer will determine the course of appeal in the first instance and thus save both litigants and the appellate court much trouble.
18.10 Enquiry as to method of partition - (i) If there are no disputes as to title, or all such disputes have been decided under section 117, and the case has been retruned to him for report, the tahsildar should proceed to enquire into any question to the property to be divided and the method to be followed in dividing it [section 116(b)]. A map of the land to be partitioned should be otabined from the patwari and a statement showing the area to be divided and the sahre of the parties should be prepared. Form Ptn.-1 in the appendix is given as a specimen, but it may be modified to show further details when this is considered necessary. In reporting the mode of the partition for sanction, the tahsildar should state clearly what are the points remaining for decision, and they should be fully dealt with. The first matter to be noticed is whether the applicant's share only will be separated off, the other co-sharers continuing to be hold jointly, or whether all the shares will be divided. If there is any provision regulating partitions in the village administration paper, it should be referred to ; if not, the absence o any such provision should be stated. It should be noted whether all the land is to be thrown into one account or whether different classes are to be distinguished. The distinction may consist in part being cultivated, part culturable waste and part barren. Some land may be more valuable than the rest on account of its natural quality or its situation, or the existence of means of quality or its situation, or the existence of means of irrigation. Part may be mortgaged, or held by a tenant-at-will who cannot equitably be turned out. It will, as a rule, be quite impracticable to give every man his exact share of every sort of land, and the investigating officers should set forth clearly how far deviation from the rule of equal proportions is to be allowed, and how men receiving inferior land are to be compensated by an increasein the area allotted to them or otherwise. In this connection efforts should be made to persuade co-sharers to abstain insisting on an exact application of the rule fo equal proportions where this would result in the formation of an excessive number of small scattered plots or fields. It should be pointed out that such a division of holding has many disadvantages from the point o view o agricultural efficiency. It entails waste of the cultivator's time and labour, and adds to the work of his bullocks by multiplying journeys to and from his land. It causes waste of water and even water-logging by involving the use of unnecessarily long, tortuous or badly aligned watercourses from wells and canals. It makes the sinking of wells, draingage, levelling and other agricultural improvements more difficult, while small fields may often be an obstacle to the employment of improved agricultural implements and machinery. Should the parties, nevertheless, desire the application of the rule of equal proportions of each class of land, the revenue officer has discretion under section 118, Land Revenue Act, to refuse compliance if he thinks that the circumstances of the case render that rule inappropriate, and he may instead authorise duly specified deviations from it.
(ii) It is impossible to settle every detail till the partition is actually made on the ground. Something must be left to the patwari, aided if necessary by arbitratorsl but to order a partition, "balihaz nakas wa kamil" as is constantly done, is to throw everything into the patwari's hand. The extent to which existing possession will be respected must be noted. It should be maintained, especially when it is of old standing , as far as this equitably be done. If it is proposed to appoint arbitrators, the matters which they are to determine should be notec, and also what remuneration, if any, they are to receive. The value of the land, for the purpose of calculating the stamp duty on the instrument o partition, the amount of the stamp duty and all fees and costs, and the proportion of the total costs to be borne by the different parties, should be mentioned so that sanction to their recovery may be given. The stamp duty on instruments of partition should be calculated in accordance with item no.45, read with item no.15 in schedule I-A appended to the Indian Stamp Act,II of 1899, as amended by the Indian Stamp (Punjab Second Amendment ) Act, XXXIV of 1960. The provisions of the two items are reproduced below. Revenue Officers are warned that they should give immediate effect to give any further amendment of the stamp law without waiting for a correction slip to this chapter :-
For the amount o the value of the separated share or shares of the property –
Proper Stamp Duty
Where the amount or value secur- Thrity paise.
red does not exceed Rs.10
Where it exceeds Rs. 10 and does Sixty Paise.
not exceed Rs.50
Where it exceeds Rs.50 and does One rupee, Fiftee Paise
not exceed Rs.100
Where it exceeds Rs.100 and does Two rupees, Twenty paise
not exceed Rs.200
Where it exceeds Rs.200 and does Three rupees, Forty paise.
not exceed Rs.300
Where it exceeds Rs.300 and does Four rupees, Fifty paise.
not exceed Rs.400
Where it exceeds Rs.400 and does Five rupees, Sixty-five paise
not exceed Rs.500
Where it exceeds Rs.500 and does Nine rupees.
not exceed Rs.600
Where it exceeds Rs.600 and does Ten rupees, Fifty paise.
not exceed Rs.700
Where it exceeds Rs.700 and does Twelve Rupees.
not exceed Rs.800
Where it exceeds Rs.800 and does Ten rupees, Fifteen paise
not exceed Rs.900
Where it exceeds Rs.900 and does Seven rupees, Twenty five
not exceed Rs.1000 paise.
and for every Rs.500 or part thereof Five rupees, Sixty-five paise
in excess of Rs.1000
N.B. – The largest share remaining after the property is partitioned (or if there are two or more shares of equal value and not smaller than any of the other shares, then one of such equal shares) shall be deemed to be that from which the other shares are separated :
Provided always that –
(iii) The attention of revenue officers is drawn to the necessity of considering in partition cases any equitable claims which a shareholder who has spent money and labour in reclaiming ravine lands may have to protection from ejectment or to compensation as a preliminary to partition.
18.11 Orders of Assistant Collector on method of partition - On receiving the file from the investigating officer, the officer empowered to decide the case should, if he finds that there is a dispute between the parties on any of the points connected with the proposed mode of partition, fix a date for hearing the case, and have be parties duly informed thereof, so as to give them an opportunity o appearing before him. On the date so fixed, he should examine, so far as may appear necessary, any of the parties who may be present, and should then record with his own hand his orders as to the method of partition, the amount of costs, and the proportion in which they are to be recovered from the different parties. The orders as to the method of partition should be clear and unmistakable, and care should be taken that every essential question raised by the investigating officer's report, or contained in the pleadings, is decided. Even in cases in which the investigating officer has indicated alternative courses, and a decision is required between them, it is too common to find vague and general terms of sanction used, such as "the method of partition proposed by the investigating officer is sanctioned."The case, will then be returned to the investigating oficer. Before taking any step to carry out the partition, the investigating oficer should direct the parties to deposit the whole amount of the costs in cash by a fixed date. If the money is not deposited within that period, the case should be forwarded to the officer empowered to decide it for orders. If the applicant is in earnest in desiring the partition he is often willing to pay in the whole costs, if the amount is not large, and the shares due from defaulters can ultimately, under section 98(a), be recovered as arrears of land revenue and made over to the applicant. But if it appears to the revenue officer that the applicant has paid in his share of the costs, but that the respondent, in order to delay the case, refuses or neglects to pay his share he should order the amount due from the respondent to be at once recovered as an arrear of land revenue. All sums received as costs will be credited in the naib sheriff's accounts and paid into the treasury, the number and date of the dakhila being noted under the tahsildar's signature in the tahsil register of partition cases (page 10 of standing order no.55). Such costs, as are not susceptible of speedy disbursement, should be treated as revenue deposits (Civil Account Code, article 195). Receipts for all disbursements will be put on the partition file.
18.12. Method of carrying out partition - If the partition is to be made by the patwari, the tahsildar should give him on the spot, if possible, detailed instructions from which he should not be allowed to deviate. As little as possible should be left to the patwari's discretion, and he should not be called on to decide how land should be classified or as to its respective value. Points o this sort are for the parties to agree upon among themselves ; if they cannot agree, the tahsildar must decide them himself. He may, however, appoint arbitrators to do so, if the parties desire it, and he thinks their appointment likely to lead to an equitable and speedy decision. The patwari should only be required to make a correct survey and record o the lands to be partitioned, and of the manner in which they have been divided. Measurements are necessary i numbers are broken up, and in order to determine the proper boundaries of the joint fields, if these have been croached upon to a serious extent by any of the share holders. If the shares are equal and the particular parcels of land to be allotted to each shareholder are to be decided by lot, "kurras", in the form of khatauni slips, should be prepared for each share, the names being left blank. When the partition is completed, the following papers must be drawn up by the patwari and put on the file :-
(a) A tracing from the shajra showing the new field numbers. I the village has been measured on the square system, the square should be shown on the map and the position of the new numbers within the sqaure should be correctly indicated.
(b) A khatauni showing the names of the shareholders, and a full list of the fields allotted to each with their areas.
(c) A field-book of all new fields.
(d) A statement showing in separate columns the area to which each shareholder was entitled according to his recorded share and the area which he has actually received. A specimen form Ptn.-2 is given in the appendix, but it may be modified to whatever extent appears desirable.
18.13. Employment of amins forbidden - The employment of amins to carry out the partition in ordinary cases is forbidden. In the case of partitions of small joint holdings the atwari can do any survey and record work required without detriment to his ordinary work. When a large area, such as the common land o a village or patti has to be divided, the patwari should in ordinary cases be responsible for the partition, but if the work is heavy a qualified assistant may be appointed to help him in carrying on his ordinary duties and the assitant's pay can be charged as part of the costs of the partition. The patwari himself should receive no extra remuneration for what is part of his proper duties.
18.14. Duties of Field Kanungo - (a) The papers field in partition cases are often full of errors , which pass from them into the annual papers and are corrected with great difficulty when they come to light long afterwards in the course perhaps of a new settlement. The field kanungo is as responsble for the accuracy of the patwari's partition work as he is for that of his ordinary work, and this responsibility should be rigorously enforced. He is bound to see that the patwari is carrying out exactly the instructions he has received, and that the work is being done regularly and in order. If not carefully supervised, patwaris spend far more time than they need on partition cases. The map and khatauni should be tested and signed by the kanungo. He must compare the map and khatauni with each other and with the village shajra and the last jamabandi, and see that no numbers are omitted and none entered twice. He must check the entries as to the diensions and areas of fields as he would check similar entries in the patwari's map and field book when re-measurement is going on. He should make the patwari take copies and himself sign these in token o their agreement with the original. The kanungo should then point out to the parties on the spot the lands allotted to each, making over at the same time to each shareholder a copy of the khatauni relating to his land attested by himself. In forwarding to the tahsildar or naib-tehsildar the map and the khatauni which are to be filed with the record, he should report that he has pointed out the land and distributed the khatauni to the parties. Mud pillars should be put up to define boundaries where numbers are divided. It sometimes happens that, when the parties are asked by the tahsildar if they agree to the partition, they answer that they do not know what land has been alloted to each. And cases have frequently occured of a man being allotted one field in the khatauni , but in reality getting possession o another. The patwari following the partition papers records him as holding the latter field merely as a tenant-at-will , and the recorded proprietor may take out a notice of ejectment against him after he has ben dealing with the land for years as full owner. It is therefore, of the great importance that there should be no room left for misunderstanding as to the locality of each man's field or fields. In petty cases, the duty of pointing out his land to each shareholder may be entrusted to the patwari under a special order of the tahsildar recorded on the file.
"(b) In an estate or part thereof which has been repartitioned through the Consolidation of Holdings Department the inspector or kanungo consolidation shall give demarcations on the spot by actual measurement.
18.15. Attestation of partition before the tahsildar - On receiving the map and khatauni with the field kanungo's report, the tahsildar or naib tahsildar must give notice to all the parties to appear and state whether they agree to the partition or not. Repeated notice should not be issued to absentees, but, as soon as he is satisfied that all parties have had an opportunity of appearing, the tahsildar should dispose of the case, making any modifications in the partition which are shown to be necessary, and correcting the khatauni accordingly. He should then send the case for sanction to the officer empowered to decide it. All corrections made by the tahsildar should be commounicated to the kanungo and patwari. The former should point them out to the parties on the ground and correct their khatauni and the latter should correct his copy of the khatauni. If the tahsildar can arrange to collect the parties when he is in or near the village and dispose of objections on the spot, this stage of the proceedings will be shortened and much trouble saved.
18.16. Transfer of shamilat at partition - The attestation of all revenue officers dealing with partition cases is drawn to the following ruling. The onus of proving that a deed relating to the transfer of specific land carries with it as necessary thereto a proportionate share of shamilat, lies, when the deed is silent upon the subject upon the pwerson who assets that the gift operates to grant more than it purports to grant. In other words , if a deed of transfer does not specifically mention that a share of the shamilat is transferred with the land the presumption is that the shamilat is not transferred. Officers should not blindly follow the khewat, but should thrown on alienees the onus of proving that they have a share in the shamilat. See also paragraph 7.19.
18.17. The instrument of partition - When sanction has been received, any urther correction in the papers which is rendered necessary by the ordre of the sanctioning officer must be made and communicated to the patwari and kanungo and to the parties. The kanungo should point out to the parties any changes in the allotment of land made under the order finally passed, and should correct their khataunis, after the period for appealing has elapsed without any appeal being lodged, or after any appeal that has been presented has been decided, an instrument of partition must be drawn upon stamped paper by the officer empowered to decide the case (section 121). It should describe the claim and give a detail of the division effected with a reference to the order sanctioning it. The date on which the partition is to take effect must be noted. The form Ptn.-3 given in the aappendix may conveniently be followed and to each such instrument of partition in which new field bumbers are shown in column 4 of the schedule a copy of the tracing of shajra referred to in paragraph 18.12(a) supra should be attached. The instrument of partition should thus be complete in itself so as to enable a civil court in any subsequent litigation to ascertain from it without reference to any other files or records (1) what belonged to whom jointly ; and (2) who got what severally. This object will be secured if the schedule of the form of instrument of partition given in the appendix is carefully filled up. Before sending the case to the record room, the deciding officer should ascertain that the sums paid in as costs have all been disbursed and that vouchers for the expenditure are on the file. If there is any balance, he should pass a distinct order as to the manner in which it is to be disposed of.
18.18. Obtaining possession As a rule the parties will have no difficulty in obtaining possession of the lands allotted to them if the procedure laid down in paragraph 18.14 supra is carefully observed. But i any party to the proceedings is refused possession by another party he can, at any time within threee years from the date entered in the instrument as that form which it will take effect, apply under section 122 to the revenue officer to be put in possession.
18.19. Mutation in conseqence of partition - As soon as may be after the date mentioned in the instrument of partition as that form which it will take eect, the patwari should enter in his mutation register all changes consequent on the partition. Before sanctioning any mutation due to partition the attesting oficer must satisfy himself that possession has been obtained. In the case of uncultivated land it is not necessry that there should be any tangible sign of the possession of the person to whom the land has been alloted so long as no one else is in adverse possession.
18.20 District kanungos and record keepers not to be employed in checking partition files - District kanungos and record keepers should not be employed in checking partition files. All needful checking can be done by the reader of the revenue officer who decides the case.
18.21. Employment of arbitrators - Allusion has been made in paragraphs 18.10 and 18.12 supra to the employment of arbitrators in partition cases. If the patwari is an experienced and trustworthy man, it is rarely advisable to appoint arbitrators, who cannot in any case prepare the partition papers without his help. Arbitrators nominated by the parties themselves are usually ignorant men, and each is apt to the partizan of his own nominator. It will, therefore, generally be expedient for the tahsildar to advise the appointment of some man of more standing as umpire. In fact, it is often best to appoint some man of influence in the neighbourhood sole, arbitrator [section 127, (2(d)] . The tahsildar should carefully explain to the arbitrators what they are expected to do, and should arrange that the patwari gives them the assistance they require.
Statement of the area to be divided and the shares of the parties.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
No. Name Jama or Share Total Area to be divided Area to which owner
whichever is Cultivated Unculti Total owner entered in olumn
measure of right vated 2 is entitled
Culti- Unculti Total
vated vated
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Area already in possession of owner Deficiency to be made Excess to be given Remar
entered in column 2 good up
Nos. cultivated uncultivated total culti unculti total culti uncul total
vated vated vated tivated
Statement comparing area by share and area allotted
1 2 3 4 5 6
No. Name of share holder share Area according to share
cul;tivated uncultivated Total
7 8 9 10
Area Alloted
Cultivated Uncultivated Total Remarks
Before_____________________-, exercising the powres of an Assistant Collector of the Ist grade, undr section 6(3) of the Land Revenue Act. Partition case under chapter IX o the Land Revenue Act XVII of 1887, between A.B., first party, and D, second party. Claim to divide
Bighas/ ghumaos of land value ____________. Whereas this case come before me for final disposal at _________the ________day of __________ and it was then ordered that partition be made of the land described in columns 1 and 2 of the schedule hereto annexed, and whereas the period of appeal against the said order has expired without an appeal being presented [or whereas the said order has been varied (or maintained) by an ordr of the _____________ dated the _____________ day of ___________]. This instrument of partition is now prepared in order to give effect to my order aforesaid, dated the _________day of __________________[first order (as varied or maintained), by the order of the ________dated the ___________day of _________second order if any] and it is hereby declared athat this partition will take effect on and from the ________day of ______________19 .
(Seal of the Assitant
Collector Ist grade)
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Field No. Area Names of Joint Field no. in Area Name of Joint
in village owners with jamabandi village shajra owners to whom
shajra number or in tracing of field is allotted in
shajra hereto partition
attached (in case
of new numbers)


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Trial Judge Upholds $11.1 Million Verdict in Johnson & Johnson Vaginal Mesh Suit
An $11.1 million verdict delivered in a transvaginal mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon unit is upheld by a NJ judge.
A New Jersey judge has denied a request by Johnson & Johnson to overturn an $11.1 million verdict in one of the first transvaginal mesh lawsuits to go to trial, involving injuries associated with the Gynecare mesh device manufactured by J&J's Ethicon unit. In February 2013, a NJ jury ruled that a Gynecare Prolift vaginal mesh product implanted in Linda Gross caused her to sustain serious injuries, and that the medical device maker failed to provide her and her doctor with adequate warnings about the potential risks associated with the mesh prior to its use. As a result, the jury ordered Johnson & Johnson's Ethicon subsidiary to pay $3.35 million in compensatory damages, plus another $7.76 million in punitive damages, for Gross' vaginal mesh injuries.
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Following the initial trial, J&J argued that the evidence presented at trial did not support the verdict, but New Jersey Judge Carol E. Higbee denied J&J's request for a new trial or for judgment on the company's behalf. According to Judge Higbee, not only was there sufficient evidence supporting the claim that Ethicon failed to warn Gross about the risk of injury associated with its Gynecare Prolift device, but also that the medical device maker was aware of problems with its vaginal mesh device, but allowed it to go to market anyway. J&J also argued that the size of Gross' vaginal mesh award was excessive, but Judge Higbee ruled that the jury had the right to issue a verdict considerably higher than even the $11.1 million.
Lawsuits Filed Over Vaginal Mesh Injuries
Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon subsidiary are just two of the medical device makers facing a combined total of nearly 60,000 lawsuits filed on behalf of women who claim to have suffered serious injuries as a result of defective vaginal mesh devices. All of the complaints involve similar allegations regarding painful and disfiguring side effects resulting from the use of surgical mesh to repair pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. The lawsuits claim that mesh manufacturing companies sold defective and potentially dangerous products to the public, while concealing information about the risk of surgical mesh eroding through the vagina, causing infections and other injuries.
Contact a Surgical Mesh Attorney Today
According to a case list issued by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) on July 15, there are currently 18,501 surgical mesh lawsuits pending that involve Johnson & Johnson devices, 17,901 involving American Medical Systems mesh, 12,199 involving Boston Scientific mesh, 8,667 involving Bard Avaulta mesh, 1,506 involving Coloplast mesh, 213 involving Cook Medical mesh, and about 73 lawsuits involving Neomedic Pelvic mesh. If you believe you have been adversely affected by side effects of transvaginal mesh, our consumer advocates at the Leading Justice can help. We are dedicated to protecting the rights of consumers harmed by defective medical devices, and can help put you in touch with an experienced product liability lawyer today.
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The Hold Steady – Tad (Lead Guitarist)
1.) What aspect of Latitude Festival interests you the most and why?
It's always fun to meet other bands. And you can drink all day. And then they'll pay us.
2.) What can people expect you to bring to the festival and do you have anything special planned?
We're bringing a mountain lion. If we can get it through customs. Might be weird. Just don't look it straight in the eyes. It will eat you.
3.) Who are you most looking forward to seeing at the festival and why?
Girls. Lots of girls. And drunk people making terrible decisions. Myself included.
4.) If you weren't doing this what would you be doing?
Drinking and peeing on cars.
5.) What is your favourite colour Sheep?
I like them closely shaven…