The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

;
For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
The European languages are members of the same family. Their separate existence is a myth.

For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary.
The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words.
Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators.
To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.
If several languages coalesce, the grammar of the resulting language is more simple and regular than that of the individual languages.
The new common language will be more simple and regular than the existing European languages.
It will be as simple as Occidental; in fact, it will be Occidental.
That's an English person, it will look like a simplified English, as a skeptical Cambridge friend of mine told me what Occidental is.
For science, music, sport, etc, Europe uses the same vocabulary. The languages only differ in their grammar, their pronunciation and their most common words. Everyone realizes why a new common language would be desirable: one could refuse to pay expensive translators. To achieve this, it would be necessary to have uniform grammar, pronunciation and more common words.


This installation guide covers installing DataBus and the procedure for the recommended configuration.
DataBus was developed on and tested in a Linux environment. Because of this, use of the Ubuntu operating system is encouraged for running DataBus. In some cases, it may be ideal to set up DataBus in a virtual environment that is running Ubuntu as the OS.
Both DataBus and Cassandra require Java from Oracle. It is recommended that you use the most stable version of Java 7 for DataBus and Cassandra.
DataBus and Cassandra require specific Java installation and configuration, for help visit:
DataStax Documentation Apache Cassandra 2.0: Installing the Oracle JRE and the JNA
Currently, Cassandra requires the most stable version of Java 7 you can deploy (02/20/2015). Before installing, please check the prerequisites in the Cassandra documention from DataStax to see the required version. DataBus was developed and tested using Java 6, but should work fine with Java 7.
Make sure Git is installed on the operating system.
Or, if you already have Git installed, you can get the latest development version via Git itself:
git clone https://github.com/git/git
It is recommended to download the latest stable release of DataStax Community Edition Apache Cassandra v2.0.x
Note: There may be multiple active releases of Cassandra. DataBus has been tested with v2.0, installing v2.1.1 or later may not be compatible with DataBus.
There are several options and resources available for downloading Cassandra and installation documentation. It is recommended that you refer to these links for installation help and reference with Cassandra.
CQL???
Gradle???
DataBus uses Apache Solr for built in search features. There is one instance of Solr in the DataBus codebase which can be used for development and testing. For production use, please download latest stable release of Solr.
Download the application from GitHub repository. For most users, simply checking out the latest source code is recommended. Do this by downloading the zip file from the GitHub page or fetch a shallow clone with:
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/deanhiller/databus.git
Contributing developers will want to fetch the full repository with history.
Once the application and dependency installations are complete, it is necessary to configure DataBus for use. These steps cover DataBus setup using a single Cassandra node and Solr search support. Visit the DataBus Developer section for alternative configuration options.
The DataBus download includes demo data. You can explore DataBus, using the included demo data, to familiarize yourself with DataBus features, such as databases, tables and graphs.
To run DataBus in demo mode, make the following changes before proceeding:
webapp/conf/application.conf
application.conf
file:domain=none
demo.mode=true
In demo mode, the DataBus login credentials are:
jcollins/nreliscool
To stop demo mode, follow the above procedure to access the application.conf
file and set demo.mode=false
These instructions are for starting Cassandra as a stand-alone process. Additional instructions for various installation and service types can be found in the DataStax Documentation Apache Cassandra 2.0: Starting and Stopping Cassandra.
On initial start-up, each node must be started one at a time, starting with your seed nodes.
$ cd install_location
$ bin/cassandra
$ cd install_location
$ bin/cassandra -f
To stop Cassandra as a stand-alone process, find the Cassandra Java process ID (PID), and then kill the process using its PID number:
$ ps auwx | grep cassandra
$ sudo kill pid
Additional instructions for stopping Cassandra can be found in the DataStax Documentation Apache Cassandra 2.0: Starting and Stopping Cassandra.
Most users won't need to adjust the default Cassandra configuration. Try running the default configuration with DataBus first, before attempting any configuration adjustments. If you do need to change the Cassandra config files, consult these resources for help:
Additional information about recommended production settings for Cassandra and initializing multiple node clusters can be found in the DataBus Developer section.
The DataBus configuration files can be found in:
$ install_location/databus/webapp/conf/
The conf
directory contains several application.conf
files. These are used to run DataBus in differnt modes.
Scripts for starting the DataBus application in different modes are in install_location/databus/webapp/
, they include:
- startProduction.sh
- startDemo.sh
- startQa.sh
The application.conf
file is "dev" mode for test environments. Starting DataBus without specifying a mode will enable this mode. The single node Cassandra mode is recommended. The in memory mode would only be used for development and testing or as a way to quickly fire up DataBus without using or installing Cassandra.
The application.conf.prod
file is for production use. To enable production mode, run the startProduction.sh
script, in production mode there are overrides to default property values.
DataBus can use an Active Directory (AD) or a internal user list for user authetication. For AD, your IT should have an SRV record in DNS on the location of the AD server and port information. Supplying your domain allows DataBus to use DNS to lookup the SRV record and find your Active Directory. Using a value of none
disables AD lookup, users are then authenticated against the internal DataBus user list.
domain=none
domain=your_domain.com
The recommended configuration for DataBus is for use with a single node Cassandra database. To enable this configuration, make sure the following property is set as shown in your config file:nosqltype.nosqltype=cassandra
For production use, make sure you modify the other nosql.cassandra.seeds
list to your node hostnames OR name your nodes (e.g.: a1, a2, etc. etc.)
If you are installing Cassandra on same machine with DataBus, you may be able to leave the other nosql
properties at the default settings.
Once DataBus is installed and configured, it is ready to be run. To start DataBus, peform the following steps:
$cd install_location/databus
$ ./build.sh build
$ cd webapp
$ ./play run
If DataBus is installed on a Windows OS:
- c:\databus>build.bat build
- c:\databus>cd webapp
- c:\databus\webapp>play-1.2.5\play run
Once started, the app should be running at: http://localhost:9000/.
To enable search features, configure your config file as follows to enable Solr:
- solr.mode=server
- solr.url=http://localhost:8983/solr
- solr.queryRequestHandler=select
- solr.defaultSearchField=allTerms_texts
Solr is turned on by default in demo mode. If you do not wish to use the search feature, simply turn off Solr:
solr.mode=off
After setting the Solr configuration, you'll need to start Solr for use in DataBus:
$cd install_location/databus/solr/
$ java -jar start.jar
Modbus
There are a few other tools that will help you to communicate with DataBus and take advantage of the available API. The Databus API uses the HTTP protocol so any application that can access a server while attaching a "POST" payload can be used. The examples provided in the DataBus documentation use curl.
curl is usually pre-installed on Linux and OSX. It is not typically pre-installed on Windows.
Or, you can research other alternatives to curl here.
This concludes the recommended basic installation and configuration. Now that you have DataBus installed and running, if is useful to learn about the data model that DataBus works with. Your next steps will be to follow the procedure in Getting Started to become familiar with working with DataBus.
DataBus is flexible, and can be modified and configured to work with your unique environment. Additional configuration details can be found in the DataBus Developer section.


TABLE OF CONTENT
A. GS1 Related Geography 1. Govt launches two apps to send alerts on earthquake parameters and oceanic disturbances B. GS2 Related Polity 1. No arrest in dowry cases till charges are verified, says Supreme Court 2. Privacy is a fundamental right with qualifications, Centre tells apex court 3. Don’t slap unreasonable maintenance burden on husbands, Madras HC tells family courts International Relations 1. Donald Trump administration urges NSG members to support India's application Health Issues 1. Address this blockage C. GS3 Related Economics 1. Union Cabinet clears minimum wage code bill 2. RCEP: Boost for India on easier visa norms 2. India pressed to open up procurement D. GS4 Related E. Concepts-in-News: Related Concepts to Revise/Learn F. Bills/Acts/Schemes/Orgs in News G. UPSC Prelims Practice Questions H. UPSC Mains Practice Questions
A. GS1 Related
1. Govt launches two apps to send alerts on earthquake parameters and oceanic disturbances
In news:
- The government launched two Mobile apps –
- ‘India Quake’ for dissemination of earthquake parameters.
- ‘Sagar Vani’ to disseminate ocean related information and alerts (like high waves and Tsunami early warnings) to the user community in timely manner for their safety.
- Developed by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the ‘India Quake’ will automatically disseminate relevant parameter (location, time and magnitude) after the occurrence of earthquakes.
- Other than scientific and administrative benefits of the App, it will help in reducing panic amongst people during an earthquake.
B. GS2 Related
1. No arrest in dowry cases till charges are verified, says Supreme Court
Context: Concern over disgruntled wives misusing the anti-dowry law against their husbands and in-laws
In news
- The Supreme Court directed that no arrest or coercive action should be taken on such complaints without ascertaining the veracity of allegations.
- Supreme Court acknowledged a growing trend among women involved in marital discord to abuse Section 498A of IPC to rope in their husbands’ relatives — including parents, minor children, siblings and grandparents — in criminal cases and said it was high time such frivolous cases which violated the human rights of innocent was checked.
Paradigm shift
- The above observation is a shift from the dominant judicial conception of women as victims who would silently suffer injustice rather than bring disrepute to their family by taking domestic conflict outside the four walls of the home.
Family welfare committee (FWC) and other mechanism recommended
- The Supreme Court directed all states to set up family welfare committee (FWC) in each district and tasked them with testing the veracity of every complaint.
- The bench ruled that all such complaints received by the police or the magistrate must be referred to the family welfare committee and no action should be taken against the husband and the in-laws till the committee gave its report after interacting with the parties.
- Report of such committee be given to the authority by whom the complaint is referred to, latest within one month from the date of receipt of complaint
- The court also said bail applications of husband and in-laws should be decided expeditiously by trial courts, preferably the same day it is filed.
- The court further said impounding of passports or issuance of Red Corner Notice against person living abroad should be avoided and personal appearance of husband’s family members should not be insisted upon by trial courts in dowry harassment cases.
- It also directed that a designated police officer should be appointed to deal with complaints under Section 498A.
Basic Information
[498A. Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty.—Whoever, being the
husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty shall be punished
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.—For the purpose of this section, “cruelty” means—
2. Privacy is a fundamental right with qualifications, Centre tells apex court
Union Government’s stand on the issue
- Government told the SC that right to privacy is a fundamental right but it is a “wholly qualified right”
- Government stand means ‘right to privacy’ could be subject to reasonable restrictions
Change in stance
- This is contrary to the government’s earlier stand that citizens cannot invoke privacy as a fundamental right as the Constitution does not provide for it
Does this covers the issue related to Aadhar?
- Government also made it clear that the submission was not intended to cover the challenge to Aadhaar
- It means that those challenging it cannot claim that it violates right to privacy
3. Don’t slap unreasonable maintenance burden on husbands, Madras HC tells family courts
In news:
- The Madras high court has advised family courts not to treat husbands like “armless soldiers” and not to order them to pay maintenance to wives in a “mechanical manner.”
- A man is a son to his parents and is liable to maintain his aged parents as well, the high court said, adding that family courts should not brush this aspect aside lightly and go to the extent of paying even two-thirds of his income to his estranged wife.
Section 125 in The Code Of Criminal Procedure, 1973
125. Order for maintenance of wives, children and parents.
(1) If any person having sufficient means neglects or refuses to maintain-
(a) his wife, unable to maintain herself, or
(b) his legitimate or illegitimate minor child, whether married or not, unable to maintain itself, or
1. Subs. by Act 45 of 1978, s. 12, for” Chief Judicial Magistrate” (w. e. f, 18- 12- 1978 ).
(c) his legitimate or illegitimate child (not being a married daughter) who has attained majority, where such child is, by reason of any physical or mental abnormality or injury unable to maintain itself, or
(d) his father or mother, unable to maintain himself or herself, a Magistrate of the first class may, upon proof of such neglect or refusal, order such person to make a monthly allowance for the maintenance of his wife or such child, father or mother, at such monthly rate not exceeding five hundred rupees in the whole, as such Magistrate thinks fit, and to pay the same to such person as the Magistrate may from time to time direct: Provided that the Magistrate may order the father of a minor female child referred to in clause (b) to make such allowance, until she attains her majority, if the Magistrate is satisfied that the husband of such minor female child, if married, is not possessed of sufficient means. Explanation.- For the purposes of this Chapter,-
(a) ” minor” means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian Majority Act, 1875 (9 of 1875 ); is deemed not to have attained his majority;
(b) ” wife” includes a woman who has been divorced by, or has obtained a divorce from, her husband and has not remarried.
(2) Such allowance shall be payable from the date of the order, or, if so ordered, from the date of the application for maintenance.
(3) If any person so ordered fails without sufficient cause to comply with the order, any such Magistrate may, for every breach of the order, issue a warrant for levying the amount due in the manner provided for levying fines, and may sentence such person, for the whole or any part of each month’ s allowances remaining unpaid after the execution of the warrant, to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month or until payment if sooner made: Provided that no warrant shall be issued for the recovery of any amount due under this section unless application be made to the Court to levy such amount within a period of one year from the date on which it became due: Provided further that if such person offers to maintain his wife on condition of her living with him, and she refuses to live with him, such
Magistrate may consider any grounds of refusal stated by her, and may make an order under this section notwithstanding such offer, if he is satisfied that there is just ground for so doing. Explanation.- If a husband has contracted marriage with another woman or keeps a mistress, it shall be considered to be just ground for his wife’ s refusal to live with him.
(4) No Wife shall be entitled to receive an allowance from her husband under this section if she is living in adultery, or if, without any sufficient reason, she refuses to live with her husband, or if they are living separately by mutual consent.
(5) On proof that any wife in whose favour an order has been made under this section is living in adultery, or that without sufficient reason she refuses to live with her husband, or that they are living separately by mutual consent, the Magistrate shall cancel the order.
Category: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1. Donald Trump administration urges NSG members to support India’s application
In news
- The US has reaffirmed its support to India’s membership bid to the Nuclear Suppliers Group and said it has called on other members of the elite grouping to back New Delhi’s application.
- India has applied for the membership of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) which controls international nuclear trade.
- The Department of Defence and Department of State in its report submitted to Congress as required under National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) 2017 also re-affirmed its support for India’s membership in the Australia Group and Wassenaar Arrangement as soon as India meets each group’s membership criteria.
Highlights of the report
- The US and India share a commitment to preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.
- Since 2010, the US has supported India’s membership in the four multilateral export control regimes — Wassenaar Arrangement, NSG, Australia Group, and the Missile Technology Control Regime — as India prepared to take the steps required for membership in each one
- The US, the report said, welcomed India as a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime and its subscription to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation in June 2016.
- The report notes that the future leadership of Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) will consist of an individual with experience in defence acquisition and technology to reinforce and ensure the success of the US-India Defence Relationship.
Defence partnership
- Since 2008, the US and India have concluded more than USD 15 billion in defence trade, including the transfer from the US to India of C-130J and C-17 transport aircraft, P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, Harpoon missiles, Apache and Chinook helicopters, and M777 light-weight Howitzers.
- India operates the second largest C-17 and P-8 fleets in the world, recently using its C-17s to deliver humanitarian assistance to Nepal and evacuate civilians from Yemen.
- The US had designated India a “Major Defence Partner” in June 2016 intending to elevate defence trade and technology sharing with India to a level commensurate with that of its closest allies and partners.
- In 2012, the US Department of Defence and India’s Ministry of Defence established the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) as a means of strengthening industrial cooperation and moving away from the traditional “buyer- seller” approach.
Context:
- In February, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority slashed prices of stents by up to 85 per cent
- Thousands of patients who couldn’t afford stents can now afford the devices at a fraction of the cost
What are Stents?
- Stents are tiny metal tubes coated with medication, which are inserted into clogged arteries to keep them flowing well.
When it is used?
- Emergency angioplasty is the treatment of choice during an acute heart attack, wherein the clot is crushed with a balloon and a stent is placed.
- It improves the chance of the patient surviving by almost 30 per cent when compared to clot dissolving medication (thrombolysis).
- However, in India, emergency angioplasty was carried out in less than 10 per cent of patients because of the cost involved in the procedure and the lack of access to stents.
Capping the prices- unintended ramifications on different sectors
Health sector
- Preference for stenting even in cases when it is not the best treatment and disturbing increase in multi-vessel stenting.
- With cheaper stents and a fall in procedure costs, many more patients are opting for angioplasty.
- Patients with multiple blocks in all three vessels, open heart surgery is a better than the use of multiple stents. However, with lower stent prices, patients often choose multi-vessel angioplasty as it is cheaper than open heart surgery
- Even the latest drug-eluting stents get clogged in about 5 per cent of cases.
- With the increasing use of the tiny metal tubes, the chances of a stent blocking with consequent damage to the heart muscle will only increase.
Indigenous development of stents
- Stent manufacturers typically spend millions of dollars on research before they can make the device and commercialise it.
- Abruptly reducing stent prices will have adverse effects on the development of improved stents.
- International companies may be able to offset their losses with profits in other markets, and from profits from other products
- Even before the price control move was instituted, only 40 per cent of the stents used in the country were indigenously manufactured; the rest were imported.
- With prices of imported stents and Indian stents now being the same, doctors and patients could prefer the imported devices
- All these will have a bearing on their capacity to do quality research.
- Lack of government funding for clinical research in India only aggravates the issue.
Internationally
- Lack of indigenous research and development will make the country dependent on imported stents
- Multinational companies may choose not to release their latest products in India because of the country’s price control regime
- Such an alarming scenario might pertain not only to stent technology but also to research and marketing of other implantable devices.
- It end up with a situation where hospitals in the country would have older generation stents.
- Patients hoping to have advanced stents may have to travel abroad
Medical tourism sector
- It will become apparent that Indian hospitals do not have the latest generation stents.
- With time, paradoxically, patients who were the intended benefactors of this price control measure may actually turn out to be losers.
Way forward
- Encourage and support Indian stent manufacturers and medical device research so that we do no need to depend on imported stents.
- All aspects involving medical device development (clinical research, animal testing, and human trials) must be fast-tracked and should be as transparent as possible.
- There must be a system to make sure that the latest medical devices, including stents, are priced differently.
- Once such a level of competency is achieved, India could actually export stents, making “Make in India” viable for medical devices.
C. GS3 Related
1. Union Cabinet clears minimum wage code bill
Context:
- The Union Cabinet approved the new wage code bill which will ensure a minimum wage across all sectors by integrating four labour related laws.
The new wage code
- The Labour Code on Wages Bill will consolidate the Minimum Wages Act, 1948; the Payment of Wages Act, 1936; the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.
- The bill seeks to empower the Centre to set a minimum wage across all sectors in the country and states will have to maintain that.
- However, states will be able to provide for higher minimum wage in their jurisdiction than fixed by the central government
- The new minimum wage norms would be applicable for all workers irrespective of their pay.
- At present, the minimum wages fixed by the Centre and states are applicable to workers getting up to Rs 18,000 pay monthly.
- This would ensure a universal minimum wage for all industries and workers, including those getting monthly pay higher than Rs 18,000
Second National Commission on Labour
- It has recommended that the existing labour laws should be broadly grouped into four or five labour codes on functional basis.
- Accordingly, ministry has taken steps for drafting four Labour Codes on — Wages; Industrial Relations; Social Security & Welfare and Safety and Working Conditions, respectively.
- It will be done by simplifying, amalgamating and rationalising the relevant provisions of the existing central labour laws.
2. RCEP: Boost for India on easier visa norms
Easier Visa Norms
- India is pushing for easier norms on movement of professionals for short-term work in 16 Asia-Pacific nations, under the RCEP
- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed FTA
- The RCEP technical level talks are currently going on in Hyderabad
Possible support from ASEAN countries
- A few ASEAN countries are also supporting India’s proposal for an RCEP Travel Card
- The Travel Card will facilitate visa-free multiple short-term entry across the RCEP region for business and tourism purposes
Concerns of RCEP Members
- According to some members, Travel card would lead to migration of professionals from India and loss of jobs for locals
- But India has been saying that its demands on temporary movement of professionals and skilled workers should not be confused with permanent movement (or immigration)
3. India pressed to open up procurement
More RCEP nations seek commitments on market access
- Members of the RCEP wants India to open up its more than $300 billion-worth public procurement market
- The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed mega Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
- Many countries pushing for binding commitments to mutually liberalise government procurement markets, including themselves and India involved in the mega-FTA talks
What is Public/government procurement?
- It refers to the process by which government (at the Central, State and local levels), its agencies/departments and State-owned enterprises procure goods and/or services
- Only for their own use, and not for sale/resale commercially
- India is not a signatory to the Government Procurement Agreement within the WTO framework
- Why: because it wants to retain its policy space to meet its development needs through public procurement process
Other developments on the issue
- Currently, 19th round of the RCEP Trade Negotiating Committee meeting at the technical level is going on at the Hyderabad
- Here, the 16 countries agreed to constitute a Working Group on government procurement to take forward negotiations on the topic and include it as a separate chapter in the final agreement
D. GS4 Related
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F. Bills/Acts/Schemes/Orgs in News
G. Practice Questions for UPSC Prelims Exam
Question 1. The Kachin Hills make a boundary between India and which of the following
neighbors?
- Bhutan
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- China
Question 2. Consider the following statements about the Commission for Agricultural Costs
& Prices (CACP):
- It is mandated to recommend minimum support prices (MSPs)
- Union Agriculture Minister is the ex-officio chairperson of the commission
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
- 1 Only
- 2 Only
- Both 1& 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
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Question 3. Umiam Lake, also known as Barapani Lake, is located in which state?
- Meghalaya
- Assam
- Sikkim
- Tripura
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Question 4. Tat Tvam Asi, a sanskrit phrase, originally occurs in which of the following
Upanishads?
- Mundaka Upanishad
- Chandogya Upanishad
- Brhadaranyaka Upanishad
- Mandukya Upanishad
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Question 5. Constitution of India guarantees which of the following to the states of India?
- Territorial Integrity
- Sovereignty
- Right to secede from Union
- None of them
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G. UPSC Mains Practice Questions
GS Paper I
- “Any young man, who makes dowry a condition to marriage, discredits his education and his country and dishonors womanhood” Comment?
GS Paper IV
- Do you consider the practice of dowry as unethical and immoral? Justify your answer.
 You have been transferred to a remote district to head a department that is notorious for its inefficiency and callousness. You find that the main cause of the poor state of affairs is the indiscipline of a section of employees. They do not work themselves and also disrupt the working of others. You first warned the troublemakers to mend their ways or else face disciplinary action. When the warning had little effect, you issued a show cause notice to the ringleaders. As a retaliatory measure, these troublemakers instigated a woman employee amongst them to file a complaint of sexual harassment against you with the Women’s Commission. The Commission promptly seeks your explanation. The matter is also publicized in the media to embarrass you further. Some of the options to handle this situation could be as follows:
- Give your explanation to the Commission and go soft on the disciplinary action.
- Ignore the Commission and proceed firmly with the disciplinary action.
- Brief your higher-ups, seek directions from them and act accordingly.
Suggest any other possible option(s). Evaluate all of them and suggest the best course of action, giving your reasons for it.
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Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa in close fight for president, early vote count shows
COLOMBO, Nov 17 — Sri Lanka’s former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa was locked in a close fight with his main rival in a presidential election months after deadly militant attacks in the island, early results showed today.
Millions of Sri Lankans voted yesterday to elect a new president to lead the country out of its deepest economic slump in over 15 years, following Easter Sunday suicide bombings that sapped investor confidence and hurt its tourism sector.
Rajapaksa, who oversaw the military defeat of Tamil separatists under his brother and then president Mahinda Rajapaksa 10 years ago, has promised strong leadership to secure the island of 22 million people, the majority of whom are Sinhalese Buddhists.
Early returns showed Rajapaksa picking up votes in the Sinhalese-dominated southern part of the island as well as postal ballots.
His main rival Sajith Premadasa, a government minister, was leading in the north where minority Tamils are predominant.
The election commission has said it expects results to be clear by late today and a new president will be sworn in within a day.
Tamil political parties are strongly opposed to Rajapaksa who has faced allegations of widespread human rights violations of civilians in the final stages of the war against the separatists in 2009.
Rajapaksa and his brother deny the allegations.
Muslims, the other large minority group, say they too have faced hostility since the April attacks on hotels and churches in which more than 250 people were killed. Islamic State claimed responsibility. — Reuters


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Kaley Cuoco Has A ‘Ruff Night’ In Adorable Night Shirt
November 21, 2019
Kaley Cuoco Has A ‘Ruff Night’ In Adorable Night Shirt
As those who follow her on Instagram know, Kaley Cuoco had a “ruff night” as she traveled to Thailand. According to the Big Bang Theory star’s Instagram stories, she was suffering from a mild case of jet lag.
Cuoco’s first update was a short video clip of herself with her head pressed against a white pillow as she didn’t look ready to embrace the day just yet.
Speaking with an extremely hoarse voice, the actress noted it was just after six in the morning.  The caption was in bold white letters with a rounded solid pinkish red background behind it.
Kaley noted that Carl was preparing breakfast. She added that he was also bringing her some coffee.
The second update was also a video clip. It, however, was focused on the entryway to the bedroom as Carl entered with two cups of coffee. He was steadily enjoying his as he made his way over to Kaley.
Finally getting some coffee into her system, the final update from three hours ago featured Kaley standing as she showed off her adorable nightwear.
Cuoco rocked a long white sleep shirt with various dogs scattered all over it and the words “Ruff Night” across her chest. The actress also wore matching white pants with a pattern of the various pups up and down her legs.
Kaley stood some distance away from the camera with her coffee mug firmly gasped in her hand as she flashed a vibrant smile.
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“Also don’t worry everyone [I] brought a few nightshirts to Thailand. Thanks for this awful angle,” she penned in a caption on top of the snapshot.
Her hair remained messy and unkempt as it was tucked behind one of her ears and flowed down the other side of her body.
Roughly 21 hours ago, Cuoco also updated her followers via her Instagram stories from the plane. She noted that they were on the last leg of their travel before arriving to Thailand.
Kaley also revealed that she got amazing news via email, as Lumify confirmed that they do not do any sort of animal testing with their eye drops. She noted that this information just makes her love the product and company that much more.


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Snoomba can be controlled by your smart phone device or can be set to monitor weather conditions and start work autonomously.
Citizens of Calgary can face fines worth up to $750 for not clearing their sidewalks within 24 hours of snowfall. While this bylaw ensures that sidewalks are safe for use, it also requires an intense amount of physical work in sometimes unbearable weather conditions. Snoomba provides a solution for everyday homeowners to clear their sidewalks, driveways, and nearby pathways from the comfort of their homes.
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Snoomba is designed to work throughout the day and night, ensuring that your sidewalk and driveway are clear for when you leave in the morning and when you arrive in the evening. Electric motors are employed to ensure that neighbours are not disturbed in the early hours of the day and are a greener option than traditional gasoline powered snow removal methods.
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I don't believe that there is any one experience in my life that could possibly do justice to this drug, or accurately show what all it has done for me, both positive and negative. So this is a basic overview of the drug, and it's effect on my life.
I have been taking Adderall frequently for a couple of years, receiving my first prescription for it my Freshman year in high school for Attention Deficit Disorder. God, looking back on it now, it's hard to believe how apathetic I was about it. When I was first taking it I hated it. It would make me calm, not feel like saying anything, and certainly not want to do anything even remotely spontaneous. The only reason I continued to take it was to improve my grades, never taking it any time other than school. All of this changed my Sophomore year.
During the summer after my Freshman year, I met many new people who were all amazed that I got the drug free, totally legal, and didn't like it. They all loved it, knowing the real effects it had, effects which were still completely unknown to me.
When you first start taking Adderall, the majority of people I know say they don't feel it, they think they feel the exact same way with or without it, the only people who notice the changes are the people around the users. The reason for this is that the effects are very subtle, and seem to come gradually at first, not overwhelming a person by any means. So once I talked to all these people who knew how wonderful it was, I assumed that I was wrong, and continued using it, gradually noticing the effects that it would have on my mind and body.
Once my Sophomore year began, I had just started to realize how enjoyable Adderall was, and upped my dosage from 20mg per day, to 80mg per day, a pretty significant boost, but one necessary to feel the better effects. Eventually, I would end up taking all 80mg within about 3 hours of getting to school, and feeling amazing the whole time. The happiness which stems from using Adderall is great, you feel confident, intellegent, and just like a perfect person. But with every 3-4 hours of pleasure, came the following hours of pain.
People say that it is Adderall which makes them feel depressed, though this may be true, in my case I don't believe it was. I think that I was depressed before I ever took it, the only difference was, before I took it, I didn't realize there was any other way to feel, I just felt depression permanently with no relief. Though this sounds bad, it's no where near as bad as when the Adderall wears off, and you go from being unspeakably happy, back to your old depressed self.
I'm basically two people now (not in a schizophrenic type of way though), when I am my 'normal' (non-drugged) self, I am bored, depressed, easily angered, tired, anti-social, and very unconfident about myself. When I feel like this, I have no real goals or hopes; the only thing I really think about for long periods of time is Adderall. Though I am occasionally distracted from my depression by TV or something, Adderall basically dominates my thoughts. The only time I really enjoy my life is when I'm on Adderall. When I'm speeding, I feel like nothing bad can happen, I can really do a lot more on it than off of it, such as cleaning, studying, writing, reading, typing, sports, and virtually anything else. I love the feeling I get from Adderall, it's really the only thing in life which seems to balance me out. In my opinion, the depression is worth the happiness, especially since the depression has been there all along, and now I atleast have occasional relief.
If you are planning on starting to use Adderall recreationally or medically, I personally believe that the decision should practically be a life-long one. If you are going to do it, then continue to do it, don't stop. If you think that after a while of doing it, that you will stop, for health or whatever other reason, then I recommend not ever starting, simply because you will want it much more after doing it even once then you would having never done it. Adderall doesn't ruin your life in my opinion, I think that most of the people who use Adderall probably had the problems before they took it, just possibly not realizing it until the speed wears off.
Hey, do whatever you think you should. Speed is wonderful for me. I love doing it, and love having it, but it could ruin your life, and could be ruining mine right now, don't know. If you can handle it, take it, just be careful and don't ever listen to the people who say that perscription drugs are completely safe.
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ARC Business Solutions Inc. is an established, growing and customer-oriented information technology solution provider with proven abilities to incorporate strategy, creativity and technical aspects into business solutions. ARC operates across North America and has offices in Edmonton, Calgary and Toronto.
Core business verticals are: Professional IT Services, Enterprise Content Management and Managed Network. With exceptional capabilities, ARCs team of dedicated professionals is committed to delivering high quality information technology solutions to meet client-specific business challenges.
ARC possesses the practical and applied experience necessary to deliver value. Our experience includes successful assignments in both the public and private sectors: Power and Utilities, Oil and Gas, Government, Manufacturing, Banking, Insurance, Telecommunications and Healthcare.
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Captiva has developed a comprehensive suite of document capture software and input management solutions that meet the needs of organizations large and small and can readily scale from one department to an entire, global distributed enterprise. These solutions range from toolkits that enable organizations to develop their own custom input management solutions, to off-the-shelf solutions that can be immediately deployedto customizable enterprise solutions that readily integrate with ECM, ERP and legacy systems, among others.
Prodagio provides the value of a custom solution without the risk, expense and time involved in deployment.
Proven for more than 10 years in the world's largest corporations, Imagitek solutions bring intelligence that enables our customers to eliminate guesswork, present comprehensive information within one system, and ultimately reduce operational costs.
The Prodagio Business Suite is made of several business applications and one monitoring tool that cover the following areas:
Accounts Payable processing
Case Management
Contract and legal document management
Self-Service
ORACLE Database and ORACLE Tools.
Systems Delivery: ARC provides professional services spanning the entire software development lifecycleProject Management, IT Architecture Consulting, Design, Construction, System Testing & Quality Assurance, Education/Training and Post-Implementation Technical Support Services.
Management Consulting: ARCs strategic and operations consulting practice assists organizations through analysis of existing business issues and development of future plans. ARC provides experienced consultants, best practices, proven methodologies and analytical techniques, effective change management and people-oriented coaching skills.
ARCs experience and solutions address the entire continuum of capture/input, document management and delivery (e.g., web content, information rights management), and optimization of business processes, enabling organizations to manage their content, streamline workflow and shorten process cycle times.
ARC possesses certifications and applied experience in EMC Captiva (InputAccel, Dispatcher), EMC Documentum and IBM/FileNet, along with other related technologies (Oracle, Java, .NET, SharePoint).
ARC has earned its reputation by designing and implementing practical solutions that have allowed its clients to realize real world benefits encompassing sound content management practices, compliance with legislative requirements, improved access to information, accelerated business processes, improved operational flexibility, enhanced customer service, compliance for electronic records as documentary evidence, reliable records management practices and reduced costs (e.g., filing, storage).
Through secure remote access, knowledgeable ARC personnel are available to support your internal help desk functions, as well as to participate in regular planning sessions. These services help take care of day-to-day network issues and allow your IT team to focus on longer-term issues and confronting your core business.
Core benefits are: predictable and affordable monthly costs, continuous, real-time network monitoring, maximum stability and availability of your network, reduces risk of outages and network failures, prevents day-to-day issue before they occur, and enables proactive strategic planning for your business.
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- Service Industry
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Captiva has developed a comprehensive suite of document capture software and input management solutions that meet the needs of organizations large and small and can readily scale from one department to an entire, global distributed enterprise. These solutions range from toolkits that enable organizations to develop their own custom input management solutions, to off-the-shelf solutions that can be immediately deployedto customizable enterprise solutions that readily integrate with ECM, ERP and legacy systems, among others.
Prodagio provides the value of a custom solution without the risk, expense and time involved in deployment.
Proven for more than 10 years in the world's largest corporations, Imagitek solutions bring intelligence that enables our customers to eliminate guesswork, present comprehensive information within one system, and ultimately reduce operational costs.
The Prodagio Business Suite is made of several business applications and one monitoring tool that cover the following areas:
Accounts Payable processing
Case Management
Contract and legal document management
Self-Service
ORACLE Database and ORACLE Tools.
Systems Delivery: ARC provides professional services spanning the entire software development lifecycleProject Management, IT Architecture Consulting, Design, Construction, System Testing & Quality Assurance, Education/Training and Post-Implementation Technical Support Services.
Management Consulting: ARCs strategic and operations consulting practice assists organizations through analysis of existing business issues and development of future plans. ARC provides experienced consultants, best practices, proven methodologies and analytical techniques, effective change management and people-oriented coaching skills.
ARCs experience and solutions address the entire continuum of capture/input, document management and delivery (e.g., web content, information rights management), and optimization of business processes, enabling organizations to manage their content, streamline workflow and shorten process cycle times.
ARC possesses certifications and applied experience in EMC Captiva (InputAccel, Dispatcher), EMC Documentum and IBM/FileNet, along with other related technologies (Oracle, Java, .NET, SharePoint).
ARC has earned its reputation by designing and implementing practical solutions that have allowed its clients to realize real world benefits encompassing sound content management practices, compliance with legislative requirements, improved access to information, accelerated business processes, improved operational flexibility, enhanced customer service, compliance for electronic records as documentary evidence, reliable records management practices and reduced costs (e.g., filing, storage).
Through secure remote access, knowledgeable ARC personnel are available to support your internal help desk functions, as well as to participate in regular planning sessions. These services help take care of day-to-day network issues and allow your IT team to focus on longer-term issues and confronting your core business.
Core benefits are: predictable and affordable monthly costs, continuous, real-time network monitoring, maximum stability and availability of your network, reduces risk of outages and network failures, prevents day-to-day issue before they occur, and enables proactive strategic planning for your business.
D302-ADP Systems Development Services
D306-ADP Systems Analysis Services
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D308-Programming Services
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Industry sector market interests:
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PHOTOS:The Effects of 18 Hour Load Shedding in Zimbabwe
by Philip MangwiroThe Effects Of 18 Hour Load Shedding In Zimbabwe:SEE PHOTOS
Zimbabweans are enduring 18 hours of load shedding a day, a situation that has crippled industry and compromised the livelihoods of many Zimbabweans. To make matters worse load shedding has created a lucrative business opportunity for criminals who are now stealing Copper from ZESA transformers. Owing to the long hours of no electricity, Transformers have become an easy target as tampering with them now comes at no risk of injury or loss of life.
The pictures below of a vandalised transformer in Glen Norah were shared by ZESA Public relations Officer Fullard Gwasira.
In Other News The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe has disputed the figures of aid they donated to Zimbabwe which were given out by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube during the 2020 National Budget presentation last week.
According to Mthuli Ncube, the Chinese donated only US$3.6 million. This figure pales in comparison to the US$50 donated by the United State government, the US$50 million donated by the United Kingdom, the US$41 million donated by the European Union and the US$28 million donated by Sweden.
Unsurprisingly the Chinese were not happy about these figures and insisted that there was a shortfall of more than US$133 million. According to the Chinese Embassy, the bilateral aid to Zimbabwe stands at US$136.8m and not US$3.6 million.Read More
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Source code for this map is on GitHub.
It was designed and built by Jeff Allen in 2017 (updated in 2022 at the School of Cities) using Mapbox and QGIS, with data from OpenStreetMap and Natural Earth.


Mon Dec 24, 2007
PC World has boldly declared that Vista is not all that Microsoft promised it would be. Alex and Kevin from Diggnation were talking about this on their show and how they just want the latest OS despite the sacrifices in frame rates for some games. I’ve seen Vista in action and it looks slick, but it seems to be all flash at this point. I’m extremely satisfied with the robustness of Windows Server 2003, which is so rock solid because it was designed to administer networks. The only bad thing about it is that some software doesn’t offer support for Server 2003, most notably Adobe CS3. Fortunately there is an unofficial workaround for it, so as far as I’m concerned Vista can wait.


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Since we don't have a vaccine for Corona, we have to socially engineer our behaviour,
to act like a social vaccine. This simply means two things:
1- Not getting infected
2- Not infecting others
Although it sounds trivial, the very best thing you can do is wash your hands. The soap is actually a powerfull tool.  To do it properly, wash your hands as if you've just cut up some jalapenos and want to put in your contact lenses next.
The next thing is social distancing, which is not a nice experience, but a nice thing to do. This means: no hugging, no handshakes.
if you can stay at home, stay at home to protect those who need to be out for society to
functions. from doctors to cashiers, or police officers. You depend on all of them, they all
depend on you to not get sick.
And here are some stuff to do if your at home.


WING COMMANDER by DeWyNGaLe Rating: F
A few months before the release of Star Wars Episode 1, The Phantom Menace, 20th Century Fox decides to release another space film, that is a complete rip off of Star Wars. What is the point of this? I do not know, but I wish it hadn't been done, considering Wing Commander is definitely the year's worst film so far. To attract people to this horrible movie, they attached the full trailer for The Phantom Menace. Wing Commander will draw large crowds, because this is the only film where you can find The Phantom Menace full trailer attached at this time. The trailer for The Phantom Menace was certainly the best part of the movie experience I had tonight.
Many people do not know that Wing Commander is based on a Star Wars computer game. I found this very interesting, considering this fact almost says that Wing Commander is a Star Wars movie. It is nowhere near the level of the Star Wars films though. Freddie Prinze Jr. stars in the film as Christopher Blair. Wing Commander was a huge mistake for Freddie. This was definitely his worst performance to date. After January's She's All That, I actually saw a good actor in Freddie, but now all those visions have been crushed. (For now anyway.) Christopher Blair is a pilot who is a part of the battle to stop the Kilrathi, a group that is trying to destroy the earth. Blair's parents also fought in the space battles, and also died there. His parents were pilgrims, so many people disrespect him because of this. Blair is under the command of "Angel", played by Saffron Burrows, and he is friends with another pilot, Todd "Maniac Marshall", played by Matthew Lillard. Matthew Lillard seems to play the same role in every movie, and he does in this one too. His character as Stu in 1996's Scream (A+), was a great one, but now, it seems like that same role is being played again, only in a space movie. The three are just a small part of a large group trying to stop the Kilrathi before they take over earth. This plot is very flimsy, and doesn't give a whole lot to work with at all. This explains why Wing Commander drags on, seeming like there is no point to any of the events that are going on.
The acting is horrible in Wing Commander. Many lines seem out of place, and are completely meaningless. The acting and dialogue was so terrible, I even found myself laughing at it. The other things which are very bad about Wing Commander are the special effects and the music. The special effects are very unrealistic. When looking at two ships flying side by side, it is simple to tell they are hanging and a blue screen is behind them. The explosions look very unrealistic as well. A ship will be blown up, but there will only be fire present four about one half of a second. This is very unrealistic. Music pretty much accompanies the film the entire time. The music also felt like video game music, and it was very corny and annoying sounding.
After we are given the plot, the film repeats itself for another hour, without any plot twists, interesting scenes, or anything important to the film. Blair is forced to make jumps over other planets, and he must also fight against the Kilrathi aircraft. For the entire length of the movie, it takes place in space.  It's not much fun to watch at all. If I wanted to watch people shoot at each other in ships, I would go watch Star Wars at home. At least Star Wars pays attention to people, myth, feelings, and has some real plot to it.
The Bottom Line- Bring on The Phantom Menace 20th Century Fox!
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Contributions¶
Contributions to pvmismatch that are considered useful enough to be distributed but are not necessarily considered part of pvmismatch core.
Generate Coefficients¶
Methods to generate diode coefficients.
-
pvmismatch.contrib.gen_coeffs.
TEST_MAT
= [array([[15., 25., 50., 75.], [15., 25., 50., 75.], [15., 25., 50., 75.], [15., 25., 50., 75.], [15., 25., 50., 75.], [15., 25., 50., 75.], [15., 25., 50., 75.]]), array([[ 100., 100., 100., 100.], [ 200., 200., 200., 200.], [ 400., 400., 400., 400.], [ 600., 600., 600., 600.], [ 800., 800., 800., 800.], [1000., 1000., 1000., 1000.], [1100., 1100., 1100., 1100.]])]¶ IEC61853 test matrix
-
pvmismatch.contrib.gen_coeffs.
gen_iec_61853_from_sapm
(pvmodule)¶ Generate an IEC 61853 test from Sandia Array Performance Model (sapm).
Parameters: pvmodule (dict) – PV module to be tested Returns: a pandas dataframe with columns i_mp
,v_mp
,i_sc
, andv_oc
and rows corresponding to the IEC61853 test conditionsModule is a dictionary according to
pvlib.pvsystem.sapm
.
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pvmismatch.contrib.gen_coeffs.
gen_two_diode
(isc, voc, imp, vmp, nseries, nparallel, tc, x0=None, *args, **kwargs)¶ Generate two-diode model parameters for
pvcell
given.Parameters: - isc (numeric) – short circuit current [A]
- voc (numeric) – open circuit voltage [V]
- imp (numeric) – max power current [A]
- vmp (numeric) – max power voltage [V]
- nseries (int) – number of cells in series
- nparallel (int) – number of parallel substrings in PV module
- tc (numeric) – cell temperature [C]
- x0 – optional list of initial guesses, default is
None
Returns: tuple
(isat1, isat2, rs, rsh)
of generated coefficients and the solver output
-
pvmismatch.contrib.gen_coeffs.
residual_two_diode
(x, isc, voc, imp, vmp, tc)¶ Objective function to solve 2-diode model.
Parameters: - x – parameters
isat1
,isat2
,rs
, andrsh
- isc – short circuit current [A] at
tc
[C] - voc – open circuit voltage [V] at
tc
[C] - imp – max power current [A] at
tc
[C] - vmp – max power voltage [V] at
tc
[C] - tc – cell temperature [C]
Returns: norm of the residuals and the Jacobian matrix
- x – parameters
Example¶
Run the example in gen_coeffs
:
python pvmismatch/contrib/gen_coeffs/example.py STC ./examples
This creates a figure examples/STC.png
which calculates the coefficients
using only STC conditions, and displays the power error relative to STC, and
the RMSE of the IV curve relative to IMP0
, VMP0
, ISC0
, and
VOC0
.
Run the example again with IEC61853
as the first argument:
python pvmismatch/contrib/gen_coeffs/example.py IEC61853 ./examples
This creates a figure examples/IEC61853.png
which calculates the
coefficients using the IEC61853 test conditions, and displays the power error
relative to STC, and the RMSE of the IV curve relative to IMP0
, VMP0
,
ISC0
, and VOC0
.
Note: You can see that the lack of irradiance correction on shunt resistance in PVMismatch causes a larger error when the IEC61853 test results are used.
Module Mismatch Simulator¶
Created on Mar 29, 2013
This script allows the user to dynamically investigate the IV and PV characteristics of a single module. The user chooses the modules size–72 or 96 cells. A GUI is then generated that allows the user to change the size, location, and irradiance level of a single “shade rectangle”. Outputs include cell, substring, and module level IV and PV curves as well as a module diagram showing the shade location, any reverse biased cells, and any active diodes.
@author: bmeyers


Reference/aj
Contents |
aj aj0 (asof join function)
The functions aj, aj0 joins tables along columns that are usually time columns.
In the join, the last value (most recent time) is taken.
Syntax
q)a:aj[c1...cn;t1;t2]
where c1...cn is a symbol list of common column names, and t1 and t2 are the tables to be joined. The columns need not be keys on t1, and t2 must not have a key. Moreover common columns in t1 and t2 must be of the same type and cn (last sym in common columns) must be the common time column
The result is a table with records from the left join of t1 and t2.
For each record in t1, the result has one record with the items in t1, and
- if there are matching records in t2, the items of the last (in row order) matching record are appended to those of t1
- if there is no matching record in t2, the remaining columns are null
Example
q)t:([]time:10:01:01 10:01:03 10:01:04;sym:`msft`ibm`ge;qty:100 200 150) q)t time sym qty ----------------- 10:01:01 msft 100 10:01:03 ibm 200 10:01:04 ge 150 q)q:([]time:10:01:00 10:01:00 10:01:00 10:01:02;sym:`ibm`msft`msft`ibm;px:100 99 101 98) q)q time sym px ----------------- 10:01:00 ibm 100 10:01:00 msft 99 10:01:00 msft 101 10:01:02 ibm 98 q)aj[`sym`time;t;q] time sym qty px --------------------- 10:01:01 msft 100 101 10:01:03 ibm 200 98 10:01:04 ge 150
Remarks
0. If the resulting time value is to be from the quote (actual time) instead of the (boundary time) from trade, use aj0 instead of aj.
1. aj should run at a million or two trade records per second; whether trade/quote are mapped or not is irrelevant. However, for speed,
- in-memory quote must have `g#sym and `s#time
- on-disk quote must have `p#sym and time sorted within sym
Note that on-disk `g#sym does not help.
2. Unlike in memory, to use aj with on-disk, you must map in your splay or day-at-a-time partitioned db:
Splay:
aj[`sym`time;select .. from trade where ..;select .. from quote]
Partitioned db:
aj[`sym`time;select .. from trade where ..; select .. from quote where date = ..]
Further where constraints cannot be used, or the columns will be copied instead of mapped into memory (resulting in slowdown for the aj).
if you are using a database where an individual day's data is spread over multiple partitions the on-disk `p# will be lost when retrieving data with a constraint like ..date=2011.08.05. In this case you will have to reduce the number of quotes retrieved by applying further constraints - or by re-applying the attribute.
3. There is no need to select on quote, i.e. irrespective of the number of quote records, use:
aj[`sym`time;select .. from trade where ..;quote]
instead of
aj[`sym`time;select .. from trade where ..; select .. from quote where ..]
See also
For a complete list of functions, see the kdb+ Function Reference.


Meta's (interim) Global Real Estate Management Program
Enterprise start-up's allow for silos of data and information. This interim solution bridges the gap across real estate planning, management, finance, and people teams to plan for future business scenarios.
Diving deeper
In today's enterprise landscape, the presence of silos of data and information within start-ups can create significant challenges. These isolated data repositories hinder collaboration and integration across key departments such as real estate planning, management, finance, and people teams. Recognizing the need to bridge this gap and enable a more cohesive approach, an interim solution has been developed to address this issue and facilitate planning for future business scenarios.
Enterprise start-ups often face the problem of data fragmentation, where valuable information is scattered across various tools, systems, and departments. This fragmentation can lead to inefficiencies, duplicated efforts, and an incomplete picture of the organization's resources and capabilities. To overcome these limitations, the interim solution aims to establish connections and streamline the flow of data and information between real estate planning, management, finance, and people teams.
By implementing this interim solution, start-ups can achieve several benefits. Firstly, it promotes better collaboration and information sharing, breaking down the barriers that silos create. Teams can access relevant data from different departments, enabling a holistic understanding of the organization's resources and facilitating informed decision-making.
Secondly, the solution allows for more comprehensive real estate planning. By integrating data from various sources, start-ups gain a clearer view of their current and future space needs, occupancy rates, and utilization patterns. This information empowers them to optimize their real estate portfolio, identify cost-saving opportunities, and make strategic decisions aligned with their business goals.
Furthermore, the interim solution benefits financial planning and management. By breaking down data silos, start-ups can accurately assess their financial position, track expenses related to real estate, and analyze the financial impact of different scenarios. This insight enables more accurate budgeting, forecasting, and allocation of resources.
Lastly, the solution enhances the people team's ability to plan for future business scenarios. By integrating workforce data with real estate and financial information, start-ups can align their talent strategy with their spatial and financial needs. They can identify potential skills gaps, plan for workforce expansion or consolidation, and create a workplace environment that supports employee productivity and well-being.
Overall, the interim solution serves as a bridge across departments, enabling start-ups to overcome the challenges associated with data and information silos. By fostering collaboration, streamlining processes, and providing a holistic view of the organization's resources, it empowers start-ups to plan for future business scenarios more effectively and make data-driven decisions that drive growth and success.
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The Contrast of Wisdom and Folly
1 A good name is better than precious ointment,
and the day of death than the day of birth.
2 It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will lay it to heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot,
so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity.
7 Surely oppression drives the wise into madness,
and a bribe corrupts the heart.
8 Better is the end of a thing than its beginning,
and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
9 Be not quick in your spirit to become angry,
for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
10 Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?”
For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
11 Wisdom is good with an inheritance,
an advantage to those who see the sun.
12 For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
13 Consider the work of God:
who can make straight what he has made crooked?
14 In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
15 In my vain life I have seen everything.    I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.
24 That which has been is far off, and deep, very deep; who can find it out?
25 I turned my heart to know and to search out and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know the wickedness of folly and the foolishness that is madness.
26 And I find something more bitter than death: the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and whose hands are fetters. He who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is taken by her.
27 Behold, this is what I found, says the Preacher, while adding one thing to another to find the scheme of things—
28 which my soul has sought repeatedly, but I have not found. One man among a thousand I found, but a woman among all these I have not found.
29 See, this alone I found, that God made man upright, but they have sought out many schemes.


If you’ve ever developed a more complex plugin or custom workflow for Microsoft CRM that relies on external libraries you know that it can be tricky to get everything working correctly. The problem is that when the dll is registered using the Plugin Registration Tool included with the CRM SDK, only the metadata for the assembly containing the plugin is actually considered by the tool. This can cause issues at runtime even if the plugin appears to have been registered correctly.
Briefly, there are three ways to deal with referenced code:
1 - Install the assemblies in the Global Assembly Cache.
Installing the assemblies into the assembly cache will allow you to take full advantage of the GACs versioning system, preventing conflicting versions of the same assembly if multiple versions are needed. The downside is that installation of the plugin will require a separate step potentially involving gacutil.exe, which may not be desirable for some deployments. If possible though, the GAC method is the preferred installation method.
2 - Install the assemblies in %Program Files%\Microsoft Dynamics CRM\Server\bin\assembly
As a stopgap method that avoids the GAC but still allows you to deploy referenced assemblies to the CRM server, CRM 2011 will look in the assembly folder under its own installation path while probing for needed assemblies. The upside of this method is that it is easy to deploy dlls by simply copying them to the appropriate folder. The downside is that if many plugins use different versions of the same assembly there could be version conflicts that are difficult to track down.
3 - Include all code in one assembly.
The least desirable option in my opinion is to cram all of the code into the same assembly. If you have access to all of the source code involved you could implement a solution like this where all of the source files are linked from external locations into the same Visual Studio project. If you don’t have the source code, there is a tool from Microsoft called ILMerge that can take multiple assemblies and combine them into a single output assembly. This kind of thing should be taken as a last resort only if for some reason it is not feasible to install the assemblies in one of the first two ways I outlined above.
Hopefully this gives you some insight on how assembly references work in CRM 2011 and lets you hit the ground running.


Innovations performs all surface and finish layout calculations automatically. A comprehensive database includes manufacturer
-supplied curves, surfacing charts, and topographical maps for accurate processing of single vision, multifocal, and aspheric
lenses. Lens selection can take place automatically based on prescription, frame trace, and material preference. Detailed
machine settings can be printed or sent electronically to machine interfaces.
Lens Calculation and Processing features include:
Master lens database
This database allows automatic blank selection and inventory control by selecting appropriate lenses and displaying stock
status. The data is refreshed in periodic lens updates that are included with annual service support contracts.
Adaptable lens selection
Innovations provides flexible lens selection by using a three-pass selection process as it searches for the most appropriate
stocked lens for the prescription and frame. When no lenses in a particular category are in-stock, lab-specified "preferred
alternates" are chosen instead. If an appropriate blank cannot be found, Innovations displays the largest available blank
and the frame trace, allowing the operator to move the lens in the frame to achieve cut-out, then automatically recalculates
PD and seg height.
Centralized data management
When new lenses are introduced, automatic updates to your database will be available on CD-ROM or via e-mail. Soon,
updates will be available automatically over the Internet.
Base curve selection
Base curve selection charts can be modified to suit lab preferences or to select a flatter base curve as is often needed
for half-eye glasses.
Lens Explorer format
The lens database is presented in the same way files are shown in Windows® Explorer. Access to lens data is more intuitive
and settings for each category are easier to manage.
Online help
Online help provides explanations of terms and procedures.
Comprehensive worktickets
Innovations worktickets show settings for most equipment. The level of detail and layout can be modified to serve the needs
of individual labs.
Customized worktickets
The workticket designer enables customization of existing worktickets or the production of entirely new designs. The workticket
browser allows you to browse on-screen all of the worktickets produced for each order. |


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