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Phi Coefficient Calculator
Text::NSP::Measures::2D::CHI::phi is a Perl module that implements Phi coefficient measure for bigrams. SYNOPSIS Basic Usage use Text::NSP::Measures::2D::CHI::phi; my $npp = 60; my $n1p = 20; my $np1 = 20; my $n11 = 10; $phi_value = calculateStatistic( n11=>$n11, n1p=>$n1p, np1=>$np1,...
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EpiTable is a statistical calculator that makes it easy to create, analyze, and share two-by-two contingency tables. Great for quick analyses - just enter your cell counts and tap Results. EpiTable also provides a number of options to customize, save, and export your work. Five analysis modes are...
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FISHERTEST - Fisher Exact test for 2-x-2 contingency tables H = FISHERTEST(M) performs the non-parametric Fisher exact probability test on a 2-by-2 contingency table described by M, and returns the result in H. It calculates the exact probability of observing the given and more extreme...
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Welcome to Chemical Engineering Calculators, an Calculators for Professionals and Students worldwide, This calculators for solving complex equations and formulas in the field of Finance. The Calculators are listed Below: Convert Units of Pressure Convert Units of Temperature Charles' Law...
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Process engineering calculator contains the calculators described below, to read more about this product please visit webbusterz website.
+ Units converter: containing 23 measurements with 200 unit conversions.
+ Orifice sizing: Size an Orifice using International Standard ISO 5167-2:2003 or...
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Steam properties calculator Excel add-in based on IAPWS-97 standard which calculates 23 different properties such as: Temperature, Pressure, Enthalpy, Entropy, Quality, Density, Internal Energy, Isobaric Heat Capacity, Isochoric Heat Capacity, Specific volume, Speed of Sound, Thermal...
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Schilduil Proc Inbreeding was built as a calculator for inbreeding coefficients and additive genetic relationships that are based on pedigree.
The elements of the relationship matrix represent the additive genetic relationship between two individuals. This is a number between 0 and 2.
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Channel Flow Calculator is a handy app that can solve for diameter, area, depth of flow, slope, roughness coefficient, or flow using Manning's equation for open channel flow. Trapezoidal, rectangular, and circular channels geometries can be selected. English and metric units are supported....
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This RPN calculator offers a choice of more than 200 solutions with five unique keypads. It has a complete help system with individual tips for all but the most ordinary functions and a Tip of the Day feature for new users. You can choose between fixed, scientific and engineering notation and...
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Biromsoft Calculator is a handy program for standard calculations and operations with numbers. It's as easy to use as an ordinary handheld calculator, but it has quite a few advantages For example, copying and pasting results of calculation to a clipboard, changeable transparency and more. It has...
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Payroll Calculator 2002 easily calculates your worked hours and your overtime hours so you will know what to expect on your next paycheck. Added a feature that a printed out report that list all of your worked hours, OT, and total net pay and when you get your paycheck and if the hours or pay are...
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World Exchange Calculator checks the Internet for daily currency exchange rates from MXM's own currency exchange server. Set your local currency in one window, then choose the currency of any of the other nations in the various regional folders to quickly see the amount and currency type. Nine...
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Future Value of Savings Calculator quickly shows you what your savings may be by displaying a range of 77 possible scenarios based upon different interest rates and saving amounts.
Future Value of Savings Calculator is a comprehensive annuity calculator which displays results on a...
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Loan Spread Calculator Pro automatically displays financial answers on a 2-dimension grid as you enter or update loan variables. You may easily view grids of loan amounts, interest rates, terms in months, or payment amounts based upon your loan variables. Provides the ability to easily calculate...
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Lucky - A compact and powerful calculator that supports skins. It also supports four notations: decimal, hexadecimal, octal, and binary. It contains twenty built-in functions. Calculates an expression without pressing any additional buttons or keys. The icon is minimized in the system tray...
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2nd Millennium Invisible Calculator allows you to make calculations in any place where it is possible to enter expressions (e.g. text editor, lines of input, etc.). After starting the calculator, it is automatically placed in your system tray. All you have to do to count an expression in any...
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Moffsoft Calculator has a simple, easy-to-use interface that allows a user of any level to start crunching numbers immediately, but don't be deceived by its simple appearance. The power that lies within is only a click or two away. In addition to the printable and savable calculator tape, you'll...
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Diamonds Calculator software is a must for all Jewelry Professionals, Jewelers, Pawnbrokers, Refineries, Laymen, Investors and Consumers. Diamonds Calculator takes over where the Rap Sheet leaves off. Computes both Mounted and Unmounted Diamonds. No Diamond scale, No Problem. Adjusts and Corrects...
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PG Calculator is a powerfull scientific calculator and an excellent replacement for standard calculator. It ofers full customizable user inteface and looks like real calculator on user desktop. PG Calculator works in Algebraic and RPN modes. It recognizes real and complex numbers, allows vectors...
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Tape Calculator is an easy to use calculator application for Windows with a tape register. Accountants should find this tool indispensable everybody else should find it an easy way to balance a check book or calculate bills. Tape Calculator will also perform any of the standard operations for...
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Sola the band...
MC - bass & keys
Eric Platz - drums
Stormy Allen - trombone & vocals
Aren Teerhuis - sax & vocals
Scott Bron - guitar
In the studio
At the Tone Factory in Las Vegas recording tracks for Sola.
With Billy Hart and James Genus at Acoustic Recording in Brooklyn.
Recording with Jack DeJohnette and Lonnie Plaxico in Woodstock, NY.
Brandon University Big Band
Meshell Ndegeocello's band the "Spirit Music Jamia"
Performing with Boiis, at the Inspire Theater downtown Las Vegas.

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text: The AD Series of auger drives offers manufacturers multiple motor displacements for different GPM auger applications. Either bevel gearboxes or high torque planetary gearboxes are supplied depending on the required use. The AD Series can be provided with or without a cross port relief for shock load failure prevention. With multiple output shaft options available, the AD Series is highly configurable.


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Littelfuse Receives 2013 Supplier of the Year Award for Asia-Pacific from Strategic Channel Provider, Arrow
Award recognizes Littelfuse for excellence and sales team support
CHICAGO – Littelfuse, Inc., the global leader in circuit protection, was recently recognized with a Supplier of the Year Award (circuit protection devices) from one of the company's strategic channel providers, Arrow Electronics, Inc.. Gordon Hunter, Littelfuse CEO, was present to accept the award from MM Natarajan, Arrow's vice president for South Asia, Australia and New Zealand, at a ceremony held in the Singapore office for Arrow's Global Components office. In accepting the award, Hunter noted, "Everyone at Littelfuse is honored to be recognized for our contributions to Arrow through our continuing support for their sales team. I'm particularly grateful to receive this award because it speaks to the excellent communication and strong alliance our two companies have been striving to build in this region."
Simon Yu, president of Arrow's components business in the Asia-Pacific region, noted, "The award is a testament to the tremendous efforts and commitment by both Littelfuse and Arrow in bringing to market some of the most innovative and advanced circuit protection products and solutions. From design engineering to integration services, and from post-manufacturing to logistics and supply chain, Arrow is committed to providing our customers with industry-leading, distinctive market solutions to fuel their innovation. We congratulate Littelfuse on winning this well-deserved recognition, and we look forward to our continued mutual success in years to come."
About Arrow Electronics
Arrow Electronics (www.arrow.com) is a global provider of products, services and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Arrow serves as a supply channel partner for more than 100,000 original equipment manufacturers, contract manufacturers and commercial customers through a global network of more than 460 locations in 58 countries.
About Littelfuse
Founded in 1927, Littelfuse is the world leader in circuit protection with growing global platforms in power control and sensing. The company serves global customers in the electronics, automotive and industrial markets with technologies including fuses, semiconductors, polymers, ceramics, relays and sensors. Littelfuse has over 7,500 employees in more than 35 locations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit the Littelfuse website: littelfuse.com.
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UPDATE (1/31/2017): After initial projections saw C U L T U R E snagging the Number 2 spot with 70-80k copies sold, it looks like that may have been a little low. Billboard is now reporting that the Atlanta trio will most likely tie up their Number One spot with a nice bow, selling what they now believe to be 110-120k albums. Having been released on January 27th and the sales week ending on February 2nd, that means they moved around 20k copies a day, more than Yung Rich Nation sold IN A WEEK!
This is huge news for the Quavo, Offset and Takeoff, who are on a victory lap after a rise to becoming the nation's hottest rap group. The official numbers won't be released until February 3rd, but I'd say they can go ahead and add a Number One album celebration into the mix.
(1/30/2017): Having a Number One song is always a great way to ensure that you have a Number One album. "Bad and Boujee" has exploded Migos to new heights, and HOPEFULLY it pays off with C U L T U R E.
HITS Daily Double has released the projected charts for this weeks album releases, and it looks like it's going to be a close one. As it stands currently, they've projected country singer Brantley Gilbert to take the number one spot with his new album The Devil Don't Sleep. That album is expected to sell 70-80k copies, with 60-70k in pure sales. Migos are in a very close second, with 70-80k copies sold, 28-33k in pure sales. Hopefully we can bump those numbers up, but either way, Quavo, Takeoff, and Offset have come a long way.
Their first album, Yung Rich Nation, released in July of 2015, debuted at #17, pushing 14k in its first week. In a year and a half, Migos have so solidified themselves as rap's biggest group that they've had a 500% sales jump in their first week. That feat alone is incredible and a true testament to their skill and patience. Even if they do only end up with #2, it's a success story that we can all enjoy.
Check back in with BLUNTIQ when the official numbers are released later this week!


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Lokpal can destabilise the nation: Vayalar Ravi
Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi has warned that if basic principles were incorrectly applied, a Lokpal can potentially "destabilise the nation".india Updated: Dec 26, 2011 16:49 IST
Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi has warned that if basic principles were incorrectly applied, a Lokpal can potentially "destabilise the nation".
"I don't say there is no corruption in the country. But that does not mean that the basic philosophy (of the constitution) and due process should be thrown away in tackling it. If this happens, there is a problem. Not today, tomorrow any Lokpal can, if it wants to, destabilise the nation. It can," Ravi told IANS in an interview.
"I don't want to blame anybody, but some kind of maturity is necessary. Understand democracy. Understand balance.
"One judicial pronouncement (in 1975) disqualified Indira Gandhi, a sitting prime minister. This is not a joke. For a small, petty issue you disqualify the Prime Minister. It is almost like an army coup.
"I'm telling you it depends on individuals. Anyhow, I am for a Lokpal bill, but it should be reasonable," he added.
The minister's comments came ahead of a three-day fast Anna Hazare is launching in Mumbai Tuesday to demand what he says should be an effective lokpal to check widespread corruption.
Asked how he felt about Team Anna's demand for the inclusion of the prime minister and the Central Bureau of Investigation within the lokpal, Ravi countered: "My question is: Is there any scarcity of anti-corruption laws in India? Don't we have enough investigative agencies?"
"What if one were to act on some complaint, issue a notice without proper investigation or inquiry. The point is this parliament and system today is the product of the Indian constitution.
"The constitution is itself the product of the freedom struggle. It was written and approved by some of the most brilliant men of those days. They could foresee what could happen in the future."
Asked why the Jan Lokpal movement had gained popular traction, Ravi said: "I disagree with certain groups of people who say they can undo corruption through such a mechanism. I don't agree with that.
"These people do not constitute even 10% of the people of our country. They are saying, 'forget the constitution, forget parliament, we dictate, you agree'. Sorry, I don't agree to that kind of approach."
Asked if the idea wasn't germane to governance, he replied: "The whole attack is on the political class. I believe and I claim that you can count the number of corrupt leaders of the political class.
"Don't think that everybody is corrupt in the political class. No!"
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Modern living has diverse needs. Versace Home glass and crystal collection cater for intimate dinners, champagne breakfasts or celebratory dinner parties. The elaborate glassware designs suit many decors.


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Jet Set Willy: Online (Windows)
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DescriptionJet Set Willy: Online is an online multiplayer version of Jet Set Willy. Each player chooses a name and avatar and engages in competition against other players. The game contains level designs taken from both Jet Set Willy and Jet Set Willy II as well as newly created levels.
As with the original, JSW: Online is a side-view game that takes place over different rooms, each of which occupies the screen. Willy's only real abilities are to move back and forth on the screen and jump over pits and obstacles as he navigates through different rooms.
The host can set a number of game types that include: collecting flashing items to a preset number, collecting the most flashing items within a time limit, a race to a specific room in the mansion, Willy Tag with other players, and finally a hunt for the one "golden willy" character. Many of these competitions can also be played in team mode. Additionally, there is a capture the flag mode available for teams.
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Choice Tracks – Sin City, Favourite Kinda' Women, Sons Of Lazarus, Live Fast Die Last, Woman Of The Night
Dead Lucky - Sons Of Lazarus
Rough, tough, loud and nasty. That pretty much sums up this album from Cape Town, South Africa's heavy rockers, Dead Lucky! Featuring some very gruff booze-soaked vocals by Kyle Lucky and a heavy dose of Motorhead loving swagger, these guys are chomping at the bit to show the rest of the world that South Africa knows how to plug in their amps and play some MFin' Rock N Roll! They have already cut their teeth with a number of heavy hitters that have ventured to the cape and now they are ready to show the rest of us what they have. Besides the obvious Motorhead influences in here you can get a lot of Danzig and punk and of course some traditional metal favorites all thrown in as well. I even get a bit of an AC/DC vibe on such tracks as Sin City. All this said, this band should appeal to a rather large number of fans as I can see the younger generation of core fans even latching on to their attitude and aura as well as the old school metal troops as well!
Choice Tracks – Sin City, Favourite Kinda' Women, Sons Of Lazarus, Live Fast Die Last, Woman Of The Night
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Difficult Women by Roxane Guy
Pages: # 270
Released: January 3, 2017
Fiction | Short Story Collection |
Award-winning author and livewire talent Roxane Gay burst onto the scene with the widely acclaimed novel An Untamed State and the New York Times bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist (Harper Perennial). Gay returns with Difficult Women, a collection of stories of rare force and beauty, of hardscrabble lives, passionate loves, and quirky and vexed human connection.
The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children and must negotiate the elder sister's marriage. A woman married to a twin pretends not to realize when her husband and his brother impersonate each other. A stripper putting herself through college fends off the advances of an overzealous customer. A black engineer moves to Upper Michigan for a job and faces the malign curiosity of her colleagues and the difficulty of leaving her past behind. From a girls' fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbors conform, compete, and spy on each other, Gay gives voice to a chorus of unforgettable women in a scintillating collection reminiscent of Merritt Tierce, Jamie Quatro, and Miranda July.[ Amazon ] [ Barnes & Noble ] [ Goodreads ]
The Men of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor
Pages: 173
Published Date: 1998
African American Fiction | Literary Fiction |
Gloria Naylor's The Men of Brewster Place, is a sequel to her The Women of Brewster Place. As the title implies The Men of Brewster Place tells the story of inhabitants of Brewster Place from a male perspective. The men featured in The Men of Brewster Place stories are intertwined with the stories from the women in the first novel. In fact, it's necessary to read the first novel to understand some of the men's purpose in the sequel since it's not obvious. The Men of Brewster Place let the reader into the past, present, and small glimpses into their futures of men whose lives are connected with Brewster Place.
"That wasn't satisfying." The first thought that crossed my mind as I read the last page and closed the book. The Men of Brewster Place didn't live up to my expectation. The Women of Brewster Place was expertly done on three elements; writing, characters, and plots. The Men of Brewster Place delivered only on one element, the writing.
The Perfect Marriage by Kimberla The Score by Kiki Swinson
Narrator: Shay Moore
Length: 5 hours and 13 minutes
Release Date: January 1, 2013
African American Fiction | Christian Fiction | Women's Fiction |
This review is going to start with a story to illustrate how I felt about The Perfect Marriage by Kimberla Lawson Roby. I could do the review without the story but… anyways.
You're walking down the street returning home from a hards day work and pass by a neighborhood bakery. You once purchased a cupcake from the bakery and while it wasn't the best cupcake of your life, it had promise. In the window you spot a small pretty cake and decide to buy it. You had a hard day and you deserve cake. You tell the clerk you want the cake in the window and she informs you it's chocolate. Chocolate is not your favorite but you have made up your mind you want the chocolate cake you spotted in the window. You get home, make dinner and leave just enough room in your stomach to enjoy a healthy size of the cake your purchased from the neighborhood bakery. You take a minute to admire the beauty of, the nice and even buttercream frosting (your favorite) and the simple swirls decorating the top and sides. Your mouth waters a little because you know this cake will be moist and delicious. You take your knife and cut. You fail to notice the first cut reveals the cake was a little dry, excitement clouded your eyes. After cutting your slice you gleefully shove a large forkful into your mouth. The cake is dry, dry enough to make you wonder how long ago it sat in the store. And you could've made a better tasting cake from a store brought cake mix.
The Score by Kiki Swinson
Pages: 368
Published Date: January 26, 2015
African American Fiction | Urban Literature | Thriller |
Confession 1: I don't normally read books are categorized as "Urban Literature". In fact, I will admit when it comes to the "Urban Literature" subcategory of African-American fiction I discriminate, hard.
Confession 2: I have called "Urban Literature" several names including "Hood Lit".
Kiki Swinson's The Score was my first swim in the Urban Lit category in years, close to decade. I swore off the genre after trying to read Candy Licker by Noire. I tried to read Family Business by Carl Weber and Eric Pete a roughly two years ago for my book club. I didn't have high expectations for Family Business from the start and quit before the halfway point. This background in important because I tried to wipe my previous failed Urban Lit experiences from my mind and read The Score without bias. And I also tried to start the book with the same expectations I have for any other book, I will enjoy myself.
Did I enjoy The Score?
Yes, I did.
The Parker Sisters: A Border Kidnapping by Lucy Maddox
Pages: 256
Released: February 1, 2016
Biography | History | Nonfiction | Slavery |
In 1851, Elizabeth Parker, a free black child in Chester County, Pennsylvania, was bound and gagged, snatched from a local farm, and hurried off to a Baltimore slave pen. Two weeks later, her teenage sister, Rachel, was abducted from another Chester County farm. Because slave catchers could take fugitive slaves and free blacks across state lines to be sold, the border country of Pennsylvania/Maryland had become a dangerous place for most black people.
In The Parker Sisters, Lucy Maddox gives an eloquent, urgent account of the tragic kidnapping of these young women. Using archival news and courtroom reports, Maddox tells the larger story of the disastrous effect of the Fugitive Slave Act on the small farming communities of Chester County and the significant, widening consequences for the state and the nation.
The Parker Sisters is also a story about families whose lives and fates were deeply embedded in both the daily rounds of their community and the madness and violence consuming all of antebellum America. Maddox's account of this horrific and startling crime reveals the strength and vulnerability of the Parker sisters and the African American population.[ Amazon ] [ Barnes & Noble ] [ Goodreads ]


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A guest post from Yale law student Adam Chandler:
Senator Lindsey Graham had a flash of regret at Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearings on Monday: "The one thing I'm worried about is that if we keep doing what we're doing, we're going to deter people from speaking their mind. I don't want milquetoast judges." Based on my experience of college and law school, it might be too late.
Yes, Judge Sotomayor will be confirmed, and the lesson of her victory is clear: Play it safe. Say nothing, and join nothing, within a pole's length of controversy. Be like John Roberts, whose life and career path was described as a Boys' Life "Guide to Becoming a Supreme Court Justice." He was able to ascribe his controversial writings to others: Chief Justice Rehnquist, for whom he clerked, and the Reagan administration, in which he served. Finally, choose your thesis topics with care: The senior theses of Hillary Clinton , Michelle Obama , and Ben Bernanke have been dissected by opponents and the media, as has Judge Sotomayor's note in the Yale Law Journal .
For students who aspire to the bench or other high posts, the lesson plays out in disheartening ways. In my undergraduate constitutional law course at Duke, my professor laid out six lines of argument that could have been used to decide Roe v. Wade and polled the class to see which we found most plausible. At the time, I chuckled to see a couple of "gunners" squirm, hoping no one noticed them keeping their hands down in fear of taking a public position on The Issue. I have seen presidential-hopefuls refuse to contribute to an Internet travelogue on a sponsored trip to the Middle East. I know law students who shied away from writing on abortion, and others who were nervous about signing up for ideological student groups, uncertain what their membership might mean for them in the future. I even read a perfectly innocuous blog post about the writings of several law school classmates that ended with a disclaimer: If anyone mentioned in the post wanted to "clear it from their record," it would be taken down. And I have not been immune: Friends told me I was crazy for wanting to write my masters thesis on affirmative action; I wrote it on undergraduate sleeplessness instead.
Such is the chilling effect of the intense personal scrutiny our nominees endure. Judge Sotomayor's job on the Supreme Court will be to wrestle with-and take a stand on-many of the most difficult and controversial issues of the day. Wouldn't it be nice if tomorrow's leaders had experience doing that before they join her in Washington?
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New Delhi: The government on Wednesday said instances of violation of standard processes and guidelines for enrolment under Aadhaar project by agencies have been reported.
"Some cases of process non-compliance and fraudulent enrolment have been reported against some enrolment agencies in some places, " Planning Minister Ashwani Kumar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
"These enrolments were done in violation of standard processes and guidelines prescribed by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for Aadhaar enrolments," he added.
Under the Aadhaar project, UIDAI has been mandated to enroll residents in the country to generate a unique identification number for every individual and issue an Aaddhar letter as proof of identity.
In Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh, two enrolments with fictitious names were detected, Kumar said, adding the operators involved in fake enrolments were black listed and removed from the UIDAI system.
A request was made to the state government to file an FIR against operator/supervisors and management of the concerned enrolment agencies, the Minister said.
In another such instance in Hyderabad district in Andhra Pradesh, enrolment using photo of a photo by an operator was detected by the quality assurance team of UIDAI, the Minister said.
In this case, the enrolments were done by misusing the provision of "Biometrics Exceptions" enrolments (where a resident with missing fingers or missing iris is enrolled following a special procedure).
The state registrar has lodged an FIR against the concerned operator and the UIDAI has issued a show cause notice to the concerned enrolment agency and suspended their operations, the minister said.
One such case was also reported in Karnataka "where fake certificates of proof of address and proof of identity were issued by some government doctors in the name of high profile dignitaries including the Chairman of UIDAI Chairman and relatives of the state Chief Minister", Kumar said.
A police complaint was filed against the doctors involved in issuing fake certificates and the accused persons were arrested, Kumar added.
UIDAI has has enrolled over 20 crore residents so far and in addition would collect biometrics data from 40 crore more residents.
It will also use biometrics collected by the National Population Register programme for generating the unique number for rest of the population of the country.


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Graham Cluley wrote:In a statement issued by IHG, which oversees 12 hotel brands including InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza, Kimpton, and Staybridge Suites, the company explained that malware stole guests' payment card details as they paid for their accommodation at the front desk of hotels across America and Puerto Rico:As IHG explains in its statement, it began its investigation back in February. Back then the company admitted a data breach had occurred – but believed that it had only impacted the payment card systems at 12 IHG-managed properties.IHG Hotel Group wrote:"Although there is no evidence of unauthorized access to payment card data after December 29 2016, confirmation that the malware was eradicated did not occur until the properties were investigated in February and March 2017. Before this incident began, many IHG-branded franchise hotel locations had implemented IHG's Secure Payment Solution (SPS), a point-to-point encryption payment acceptance solution. Properties that had implemented SPS before September 29, 2016 were not affected. Many more properties implemented SPS after September 29, 2016, and the implementation of SPS ended the ability of the malware to find payment card data and, therefore, cards used at these locations after SPS implementation were not affected."
"The malware searched for track data (which sometimes has cardholder name in addition to card number, expiration date, and internal verification code) read from the magnetic stripe of a payment card as it was being routed through the affected hotel server. There is no indication that other guest information was affected."
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As writers, we're all given the same 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. How you spend that time, however, will determine how productive you are—and how much income you can generate. Learn to maximize your time, and you'll see a difference in both the amount of work you produce and what you collect from it. Here are six proven ways to get more out of your workday:
Make Lists
OK, I know you creative right-brain types are chafing at this request. But writing down what you need to do will make you more efficient. After you've got your list, prioritize your top three tasks for the day (or week, if appropriate.) I usually do this before I knock off work for the day. I figure out what the three biggest priorities for the next day are and then determine which is the "ugliest"--the one I most do not want to do--and do that first. Then I tackle the next two.
In addition to your "must-do" list, maintain a record of your ongoing projects. Some of these may not have firm deadlines, but you don't want to forget about them because you're distracted by what must be done today.
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Are you a morning person or a night owl? I've found that I write more quickly in the morning—in fact, the first few hours in the day are by far my most productive. So I devote my earliest morning hours for hard-core writing and save phone interviews, transcribing notes, researching and other tasks for later. If you know you fire up at night, on the other hand, plan to do your most demanding then.
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Let me just say…no one needs to check their email every five minutes. But I'm guilty of doing that much of the time. If I have a deadline, I close my email program and keep it closed. Otherwise, I waste time reading email. Even if I don't reply to them right then, it's still a distraction that impacts my productivity.
Take Breaks
Research shows that the average person can only listen for forty-five to fifty minutes before his attention begins to flag. Take frequent breaks throughout your work day, and you'll get more done. Even five or ten minutes away from the computer will help refresh you. I take a break every hour at the minimum, even if it's just to toss in a load of laundry or check on my kids and their sitter.
Stay Focused
This is my biggest battle—I'm easily distracted. But if you get sidetracked easily, you'll eat up time without producing any work. Say you're researching a story, using Google to hunt for potential sources. You look up to discover 20 minutes have disappeared--and you still haven't identified who you need to interview. I'll set my watch or use a timer and give myself a specific amount of time to research a topic so I don't wind up spending my morning reading celebrity blogs.
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While there are loads of tools out there to help you manage your time, the most important aspect is your mindset. You have to make it your goal to be more focused and accomplish more during your writing time. Once you do so, you'll become aware of your biggest time traps—and happily, discover that many of them are easily overcome with some practice.
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As usual, MultEQ XT's results proved reliable, with just about spot-on channel levels and crossovers. The Denon adjusted my dipole surrounds a dB or so too high, but every robotic setter-upper I've used does this. In truth, you almost always have to tweak dipoles by ear anyway.
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Incumbents John Reed and Barbara Coler and Planning Commissioner Bruce Ackerman won the race Tuesday night for three seats on the Fairfax Town Council.
With all the precincts reporting, Ackerman, 63, a semi-retired engineer, led all candidates with 975 votes, or 19.9 percent, followed by Reed, 59, a retired special effects engineer, with 967, or 19.7 percent, and Coler, 65, an environmental consultant, with 916, or 18.7 percent of the vote. Reed is seeking a third term and Coler her second.
Cindy Swift, 64, a retired information technology project manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and also a member of the Fairfax Planning Commission, was in fourth place with 751, or 15.3 percent of votes.
Deborah Benson, a 66-year-old self-employed accountant, and Charles Cornwell, a 39-year-old computer systems administrator who serves on the town's Open Space Committee, ran together on a slate opposing what they called "over-development" in Fairfax. They were backed by former town councilman Frank Egger. Benson and Cornwell finished with 703 votes, or 14.3 percent, and 574, or 11.7 percent of votes respectively.
Coler, taking a break from sign waving for the campaign, was cautiously optimistic early in the evening that she would be elected to her second term.
"People worked hard on this campaign, and I think my record and my accomplishments stand on their own," she said.
During the campaign, Ackerman, the leading vote-getter, decried what he described as "a lot of contentiousness in town," citing "unsubstantiated rumors" and "a flood of misinformation" spread via social media.
"We've got a flood of misinformation that riles people up and leaves the council playing defense and afraid to be creative," he said. "We don't really have democracy if we don't have factual information."
Reed ran on a platform of moderation, saying his most valuable asset is an ability to see both sides of an issue and negotiate compromises.
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BOULDER, Colo. -- "What do you say to somebody who saves your life?"
It's a question John Steele has asked for close to two years and one he'll have the opportunity to answer on Friday when he meets Colorado senior defensive end Derek McCartney. That afternoon, on the eve of McCartney's final Buffaloes home game, there will be a family reunion of sorts. Steele will meet the man whose DNA and A-positive blood type he now shares, and whose cells live in his body, keeping him alive through a transplant that saved his life.
"In a million years," Steele said, "I would have never guessed who it was."
Steele and McCartney were a mystery match, brought together by cancer, "Be The Match" by The National Marrow Donor Program, modern medicine and the generosity of the human spirit. According to domestic transplant protocol, a year had to pass before they could even know each other's identity.
Not that Steele didn't try.
On the night of March 3, 2016, Steele and his wife, Andie, sat in a hospital room, checking flights. They knew that sometime that evening, a container of peripheral blood stem cells that could save his life would arrive at Omaha's Eppley Airfield. John and Andie's knowledge of the donor was limited: American male. So, to pass the time while they waited, they became flight-tracking detectives and tried to guess where the donor was from and let their imagination run wild on who he might be.
"They get a lot of it from the Chicago area," John said, "and Virginia, where the Naval bases are, because they've got a lot of young guys who are donors."
Early that morning, McCartney, the grandson of Hall of Fame Buffaloes coach Bill McCartney, arrived at a Bonfils Blood Center on the east side of Denver. He received his fifth and final set of hormone injections, and then large, bore IVs were inserted in each of his arms. For the next five hours, McCartney lay on a chair watching movies as stem cells were extracted. Like the Steeles, McCartney knew little about the person on the other end of the transplant: An American male in his 60s with leukemia. That was it.
"It's hard to really understand the gravity," McCartney said. "I don't really think I understood it when I was doing it, how important it really was."
This spring, they began communicating. In Steele's first email, he asked the 23-year-old McCartney, "How does it feel to have a 64-year-old son?"
Emails formed an easy friendship, but there was still one last step. When Colorado offered to fly the Steeles out for Saturday's game, it was the chance to add the final touch of thanking McCartney in person. That's something the Steeles have been thinking about even before they were sitting in that hospital room, tracking planes.
"The day we found out there was a donor, that's all we could think about," Andie Steele said. "How do you thank that person? You can't believe somebody would do that, who doesn't even know you."
'You are indeed a lifesaver'
As Steele recovered from the transplant and his health started to improve, a different kind of anxiety built inside. He wanted to know who had given him a second chance at life. So did his family, friends and co-workers.
Steele would bug his oncologist's assistant about when he could find out. She always told him: one year.
In March, both Steele and McCartney signed consent forms to release their information. Steele received McCartney's name, age, place of residence and email. Thanks to the internet, he quickly learned a lot: McCartney's football roots, the accolades he received and a young man whose life included both triumph and tragedy. It was tougher for McCartney to learn about Steele.
"He's not in the news," McCartney said.
On March 27, McCartney received an email.
Good evening Derek:
Before I say anything else, THANK YOU from me and my family.
The first few emails were short and cordial. Each man asked if he could reveal the other's identity to family and friends. Steele noted an award McCartney had received from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, writing: You are indeed a lifesaver.
After a few exchanges, Steele opened up: I suppose you would like to know who your DNA is now supporting.
He wrote about his life and family. How he and Andie, both Omaha natives, had been married nearly 44 years. How they have two sons: Ryan, a chemistry professor at the University of Utah; and Jeremy, a warehouse supervisor in Texas. How he had spent the past 23 years working for the Nebraska Supreme Court's Counsel for Discipline office, which investigates and prosecutes ethical complaints against attorneys.
He detailed his cancer story. The diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia on Dec. 11, 2014; the rounds of chemo that followed; how he debated having a transplant; how his brother emerged as the first potential donor, and then McCartney. He described how he spent 13 days in the hospital after the transplant, returned home and then slept about 23 hours a day for the next month. Steele returned to work in June and hasn't stopped since, thanks to you, he wrote.
Steele's note ended with: That is probably enough for now. I have a drain to unclog. One of the many things I have not been allowed to do for 2 years. Take care.
"I remember getting the first one from him, and I was like, 'Whoa, this is crazy. I'm actually talking to this guy. It's so cool,'" McCartney said. "It made it more real. It showed how much of an impact it actually made. People kept saying, 'You're saving a life, you're saving a life.' And I was like, 'Yeah,' but it just didn't feel as real until then."
McCartney responded, telling Steele about his own family: his famous grandfather, his mother, Kristy, and brother, T.C. He wrote about being in graduate school, where he was researching the effects of travel on Pac-12 athletes, and his excitement about an upcoming trip to Hollywood for Pac-12 media days. McCartney ended his email with: I will continue to pray for you.
A perfect match
Last year, 81 college football teams participated in "Get In The Game. Save A Life" program, which partners with Be The Match. Doctors use non-relatives in 70 percent of transplants, and the best donors are men between 18 and 44. Get In The Game has a match rate of one in every 187 potential donors, more than twice the national average.
Mike MacIntyre led registration drives for three years at San Jose State, which generated several matches. The Buffaloes head coach brought the program to Colorado in 2013, which has held marrow drives every year since and generated six matches (five from that first year, including McCartney). Players register to be donors and go around campus encouraging others to sign up. It requires only paperwork and a cheek swab DNA test.
MacIntyre also had a personal connection. As a Dallas Cowboys assistant, he had registered to be a stem cell donor, matched with a recipient who had leukemia and began pre-transplant screening.
"I went all the way down the wire," MacIntyre said. "I was going the next day to give blood, but the [patient] didn't make it."
McCartney signed up at Colorado's first Be The Match event in 2013.
"I knew it wasn't likely I would ever get picked," he said.
In January 2016, McCartney's cell phone buzzed from an unknown number. He normally would have forwarded the call to voicemail, but for some reason, he answered. He was told he had matched with a leukemia patient -- a perfect 8-of-8 match -- and asked if he still would be willing to donate.
Spring football was about six weeks away. There was a chance Derek would miss time after the transplant.
"You have to think about this," Kristy McCartney recalled telling her son. "I was concerned about him. I don't think he heard anything I said. He said, 'Mom, I'm going to do it.' He didn't hesitate. He's always had a tender heart for other people."
MacIntyre was thrilled. If one of his players needs to miss practices, even games, to donate, MacIntyre would never object.
"It's more important to save a life than play a football game," MacIntyre said. "If that's your dad or your mom or your daughter or your sister or your brother and you matched and you were in the middle of something, you'd do it. They said, 'Derek's a match,' and I said, 'When's he going?' I would hope all of our young men would do that, and I think all of them would, but Derek's the type of guy that everybody goes, 'Of course.'
"It wasn't a surprise at all."
'I kind of just thought it would work'
In the summer of 2015, Steele faced a decision: monthly chemo, which could control his cancer but had few long-term guarantees, or a stem cell transplant, which could cure him but also posed risks.
"I knew how lousy I felt from the chemo," Steele said. "I thought if there's a chance I might be able to get some quality of life back, I wanted to go for it."
His older brother, Steve, volunteered to donate. Relatives are preferred donors, especially full siblings, who have about a 25 percent chance to match. Initial tests showed Steve could donate, but eventually, doctors found a protein in his blood that could cause problems for Steele. In December 2015, Steve was ruled out and a search began in the national donor database.
As Steele passed one year since diagnosis, his health fluctuated. One day, he painted the house. The next, he couldn't get out of bed. He needed occasional transfusions to boost his blood counts.
The initial search yielded seven strong candidates, which shrunk to four after Dr. Lori Maness, the transplant physician from Nebraska Medicine who oversaw Steele, requested additional tests. Eventually, only McCartney and one other person remained. On Feb. 8, 2016, McCartney was confirmed.
"Whoa," McCartney thought to himself, "this is wild."
He had questions: How painful is it? What were the effects of the filgrastim injections, a hormone that stimulates the production of blood-forming cells? He had never donated blood before the transplant -- he's no fan of needles. Rose Caro, his coordinator at Bonfils, guided him through every step.
Because of McCartney's size, he received high doses of filgrastim in the four days leading up to the transplant. He struggled to sleep, as his sternum and back throbbed.
"That was the hardest part, the most uncomfortable part," he said, "but that's nothing for me in how it helped John."
On transplant day, McCartney watched "Gridiron Gang" and another movie as his blood was drawn from one arm and sent into a machine, which separated the stem cells and then filtered blood back through his other arm. Wearing a black Colorado T-shirt and sweats, he sat as still as possible, not even taking a bathroom break.
He produced nearly double the amount of stem cells Maness requested for Steele.
"To see him sitting there, smiling," said Andie, who saw pictures and video of McCartney's donation, "who could be smiling while having to go through that? It's inspirational."
A volunteer courier took McCartney's cells -- about a liter of material -- to Omaha. As the Steeles waited, Ryan and his wife, Sally, Skyped in from Utah. They made Steele a "0th birthday cupcake," as he prepared to start a new phase of life.
At around 1 a.m. on March 4, McCartney's stem cells entered Steele's body during an hour-long procedure. Steele began a difficult recovery, as his energy was sapped for months. Maness said transplants for patients Steele's age and with his leukemia type work only 30 to 40 percent of the time.
Most donors fully recover after a few days, but McCartney wasn't so fortunate. In the coming weeks, he would contract both pneumonia and mononucleosis, likely a result of a weakened immune system from the donation. After participating in Colorado's first few practices, he was shut down for the spring.
"I experienced [recovery] the worst," he said, "and I would do it again."
Like Steele, McCartney knew stem cell transplants were not guaranteed to succeed. Steele's body ultimately had to accept McCartney's cells.
"I kind of just thought it would work," McCartney said. "I was thinking positively."
'He's got a little Buffalo blood running through him now'
John Steele rates his college football interest as a "5 out of 10," which, in Nebraska, equates to 1 out of 10. His football career ended at a junior high tryout, when he was knocked out during a drill and the coach suggested he try another sport (he moved on to track and cross country).
Yet as a proud Nebraskan, he follows the Huskers, so he knew of Bill McCartney, whose Colorado teams had several epic, Big 8 clashes with Big Red.
On a family trip home from Minneapolis in the 1990s, Steele caught the Colorado radio broadcast of a Bill McCartney-led CU team playing Nebraska. In emails to Derek, he occasionally brought up football: It looks like you still have a year of eligibility AND the Big Red D-line could use you AND we have a great College of Medicine [wink emoji].
The Colorado-Nebraska connection resonated more with Steele's brother and his family, all huge Husker fans. Those on the Colorado side loved it, too.
"He's got a little Buffalo blood running through him now!" MacIntyre said.
"For me to have it happen to somebody in Nebraska, it just makes my heart happy," Bill McCartney said. "You can't help it. I'm a big Nebraska fan. I've always admired Tom Osborne and what they did there back in the day when I coached. I just think it's ironic. More than a coincidence."
Steele tracks all of Derek McCartney's games, noting his strong performance last week against Arizona State. Ryan still marvels at how the 6-foot-3, 240-pound McCartney -- "physically speaking, the polar opposite of my father" -- gave a man 6 inches shorter and 50 pounds lighter a lifeline.
"As a Nebraska guy, you kind of grew up hating Colorado," Ryan said, "but thinking back on it, we're pretty thankful he gave us a fifth down."
A meeting years in the making
It takes two weeks for doctors to tell if the donor's cells are entering the recipient's marrow and starting to produce blood. The first 100 days post-transplant are critical, as doctors want to see mostly the donor's blood cells, platelets, plasma and marrow in the recipient's body. About a month after Steele's transplant, he had a blood test that showed more than 95 percent of his cells came from McCartney. His daily pill count dropped from a high of 22 down to five. He didn't develop acute graft versus host disease, in which donor cells attack the recipient's body -- in severe cases causing death -- although he did develop some lesser cases of it on his leg and mouth that he's receiving treatment for still. He returned to work in June.
Although his energy fluctuates, his prognosis is "excellent," according to Maness.
"We're still within the first couple of years from transplant," she said, "so that's a big-time point, to make it two years without relapsing. Five years is another big-time point. But for the most part, he's doing great."
This summer, Ryan and John went fishing -- John's favorite pastime -- at Fremont Lakes, where John and Andie met when he was 19 and she was 16. They married two years later and celebrated their 44th anniversary June 2.
"He's basically the same wonderful, kind person he's always been," Andie said. "It's been very hard on him, and he still never complains about anything. It's so funny, it doesn't matter how many years you have, you always want more.
"Thanks to Derek, we have a better chance."
There's work left to ensure more stories end up like John Steele's. While white patients are more than 70 percent likely to find perfect, 8-of-8 matches with unrelated donors, the numbers are much lower for African-Americans (19 percent) and for those of Asian or Hispanic descent.
It's why marrow drives on college campuses are so significant. The odds of a mixed-raced donor like McCartney matching up with Steele was pretty rare, according to Caro. "It was a bit of a surprise," Maness said.
"It's a great understanding that we're all the same. We've all got the same heart, we've got the same organs, we've got the same bodies, we've got the same souls," MacIntyre said. "It's really cool that we're all human, and none of that [racial stuff] matters."
Since March, Steele and McCartney have exchanged emails and a few text messages. They have yet to speak on the phone. Steele, always mindful of McCartney's schedule, doesn't want to bombard him.
But on Friday, the two will meet, and neither is exactly sure what he'll say. Steele will be joined by Andie, Ryan and Sally for the weekend. They will ride Colorado's team bus to the Pearl Street Stampede pep rally and will be at Folsom Field as McCartney and his teammates take on USC.
"I am really nervous, I know I'm going to blubber all over the place," Andie said. "We're so impressed with the kind of person he is. How do you express that appreciation? There aren't enough words to let them know how much it meant."
Added Ryan: "Other than 'thank you' about a million times."
McCartney looks forward to meeting Steele and wants to be in more frequent contact going forward. They share a link that neither will ever take for granted.
"It's really cool," McCartney said, "that life brought us together."


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At the Council Chamber, Whitehall
By the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council
Their Lordships, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Them by sections 48 and 60 of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992(1) and all other powers enabling Them in that behalf, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Academic Awards and Distinctions (Glasgow Caledonian University) (Scotland) Order of Council 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
(2) In this Order "the Act" means the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992.
2.—(1) Glasgow Caledonian University is specified as competent to grant all such awards and distinctions as may be granted in pursuance of subsections (2) and (3) of section 48 of the Act.
(2) The date specified for the purpose of subsection (2)(a) of section 48 of the Act is, in relation to Glasgow Caledonian University,
(a)1st September 1992 in respect of grants of awards or distinctions in respect of completion of an appropriate course of study or programme of supervised research which either was completed at Glasgow Polytechnic or was approved by Glasgow Polytechnic for the purpose of grants of any awards or distinctions by it; and
(b)1st April 1993 in respect of grants of awards or distinctions in all other circumstances.
(3) If the name of Glasgow Caledonian University is changed under section 49 of the Act, or under any other power, the competence to grant awards and distinctions arising from the specification in paragraph (1) above shall continue to apply to that institution as renamed.
3. In the Academic Awards and Distinctions (Scotland) Order of Council 1992(2), Article 2(1)(b) (specification of Glasgow Polytechnic) is hereby revoked.
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
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EXCEPT in the Soumak and the Khilim, which have the flat stitch, there are only two kinds of knotting used in Oriental rugs. These knots are called the Persian or Sinna, and the Turkish or Ghiordes.
In the Persian manner of knotting there are more knots to the square inch than in the Turkish, and the result is a finer surface. Often the Persian knotting is so fine that the surface of the fabric is like velvet. The Persian knot is tied in such a manner that one end of the pile yarn extends from every spacing that separates the warp threads. It is made in such a way that a noose is formed, which tightens as the yarn is pulled. Occasionally it is turned in the opposite direction, and executed from left to right. In this case two threads of yarn are employed, this of course making the pile twice as thick as in the other.
The Turkish or Ghiordes knot has the yarn twisted about the warp threads in such a manner that the two raised ends of the pile alternate with every two threads of the warp.
Experts have spent much time and invested much capital in the endeavor to make the rug industry as perfect as possible. Judging from the examples of India rugs I have seen,some with a seven-by-six knot, others with a sixteen-by-sixteen knot, I am convinced that the beauty, durability, and artistic effects produced by the efforts of the manufacturers will be appreciated more and more. From the fact that the best-known firms in the rug business in New York, Chicago, and other cities in the United States, and several leading firms in England, are sponsors for the present rug industry in India, it may naturally be inferred that it is prosecuted with skill and care.
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