altria-group
Businessmodel of Altria Group
Customer Segments
Altria manufactures and sells a broad portfolio of products, serving a diverse range of clients. The Company’s customers can be divided by product line into two categories:
- Tobacco Products, principally comprising wholesalers and specialist distributors, and large retail organisations, chain stores, and the armed services; and
- Wine Products, principally comprising restaurants and other foodservice businesses, wholesale clubs, supermarket chains, specialist wine shops, and mass merchandisers. Distributors comprise the Altria’s core customers. The Company’s largest single customer is distributor McLane Company, which accounted for approximately 26% of the Company’s consolidated net revenues in 2015. In addition, distributor Core-Mark Holding Company accounted for approximately 10% of the Company’s consolidated net revenues for the year.
Altria principally serves customers in the US and Canada. It does not appear to have any significant international customers.
Value Propositions
Altria provides value to its customers in the following ways:
- Its reputation and industry standing, with the Company established as a leading provider of tobacco and wine products in the US, with a reputation for manufacturing high-quality products;
- Its broad range of products, with the Company offering a wide range of smokeable and smokeless tobacco products, as well as varietal and blended table wines, and sparkling wines;
- Its premium brands, with the Company controlling a number of premium brands, including Copenhagen, Red Seal, Chateau Ste. Michelle, 14 Hands, and Skoal;
- Its intellectual properties, with the Company controlling a large portfolio of trademarks and patents that are utilised in the Company’s products and processes, enabling it to provide unique and innovative products to its customers; and
- Its network of manufacturing and distribution facilities, with the Company operating a number of manufacturing, processing, and distribution facilities that allow it to serve its customers quickly and efficiently. ### Channels
Altria operates a website at www.altria.com, through which it provides information on its various products, operating units, and brands. The Company also operates separate websites for several its individual brands, including websites for Ste. Michelle at www.ste-michelle.com and Red Seal at www.goredseal.com. These websites mostly offer online customer portals or an online. Notably the Ste. Michelle website operates an online store through which it sells various branded merchandise.
Altria makes its direct sales to retailers and distributors through an in-house sales organisation, with separate operating and sales subsidiaries for the Company’s various tobacco and wine products. Altria and its subsidiaries operate a broad network of sales offices across the US, including in Richmond, Virginia; Nashville, Tennessee; Stamford, Connecticut; and Franklin Park, Illinois.
Altria’s various business units operate their own network of manufacturing, processing and distribution facilities across the US, including in Kentucky, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. This enables the Company to serve its customers quickly and efficiently.
Customer Relationships
Altria offers certain of its products to customers on a self-service basis through its various brand-specific websites. This notably includes the Company’s Ste. Michelle online store, through which customers can purchase wines and related merchandise, and organise deliveries, without interacting directly with members of the Company’s sales personnel. This is supplemented by customer portals that let customers access certain tools independently.
Altria principally sells its products through its in-house sales force, the members of which deal directly with customers with a view to establishing terms specific to each individual sale and distribution agreement. The Company’s largest distribution clients typically agree multi-year sales contracts and consult directly with their own dedicated account management teams.
Customers are able to access personalised support from the Company. By contacting its dedicated support personnel either over the phone or by email. The Company operates individual support teams for each of its major operating units. The Company also provides certain online resources, including FAQs, press releases, and media alerts.
Altria additionally operates several social media accounts – including with Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn – through which it is able to interact directly with customers and provide updates on its company developments.
Key Activities
Altria is a holding company. The Company operates through three reportable business segments: Smokeable Products, which manufactures and sells cigarettes and cigars; Smokeless Products, which manufactures and sells moist smokeless tobacco products; and Wine, which manufactures and sells wine and sparkling wine products.
Altria owns a number of key subsidiaries and brands, notably Philip Morris USA Inc, John Middleton Co, UST LLC, US Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates Ltd. Altria operates its own extensive network of manufacturing, processing, and distribution facilities across the US. This includes eight tobacco manufacturing facilities, and 11 wine-making facilities, spread primarily across Illinois, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee.
Key Partners
Altria works in collaboration with a broad network of partner companies and organisations that support the Company’s manufacturing and distribution operations. These partners can be organised broadly into the following categories:
- Supplier and Procurement Partners, including suppliers of raw materials, tools, and equipment that are used in the Company’s manufacturing and processing systems, as well as suppliers of services and technologies that are utilised across the enterprise more broadly;
- Manufacturing Partners, including various manufacturing companies, with which the Company enters contract manufacturing agreements in order to support its own in-house processes;
- Channel and Distribution Partners, including various distributors and sales agents, through which the Company extends its own sales and marketing reach;
- Strategic and Alliance Partners, including leading companies across a range of industries with which the Company collaborates on various marketing, branding, and other projects;
- Social and Community Partners, including non-profits and charitable organisations with which the Company collaborates on various social and community projects. Altria has launched a number of partnerships in recent years. This includes as partnership with Dominion Virginia Power to develop a solar energy project for a tobacco field, a community partnership with Points of Light, and a development partnership with PMI on reduced-risk tobacco products.
Key Resources
Altria’s key resources are its brands and intellectual properties, its raw materials and supply chain, its manufacturing and processing facilities, its online platforms, its IT and communications infrastructure, its sales and distribution infrastructure, its partnerships, and its personnel.
Altria owns a number of intellectual properties, including trademarks and patents, that are key to its operations. Searches of records published by the US Patent and Trademark Office identified a number of patent applications filed in Altria’s name, including applications entitled ‘Product portion enrobing process and apparatus, and resulting products’, ‘Menthol detection on tobacco’ and ‘Mouthpiece for electronic vaping device’.
Altria additionally owns and or leases a network of properties across the US that are key to its activities. This includes eight tobacco manufacturing facilities, and 11 wine-making facilities, as well distribution facilities and offices.
Cost Structure
Altria incurs costs in relation to the development of its products and properties, the procurement of services and materials, the operation of its manufacturing and processing facilities, the operation of its sales and distribution channels, the maintenance of its IT and communications infrastructure, the implementation of marketing and advertising campaigns, the management of its partnerships, and the retention of its personnel.
In 2015 Altria recorded total cost of sales in the amount of $7.74 billion. The Company also recorded total research and development costs for the year of $186 million, and advertising and marketing costs in the amount of $25 million.
Revenue Streams
Altria generates revenue through the manufacture and sale of various smokeable and smokeless tobacco products, as well as wines. This includes the sale of cigarettes, cigars, varietal and blended table wines, and sparkling wines, under a number of brand names.
In 2015 Altria generated revenue for the year in the amount of $25.43 billion, up slightly on the $24.52 billion recorded by the Company in 2014. The vast majority of this revenue, around $22.79 billion, was recorded by the Company’s Smokeable Products segment, principally comprising the operations of Philip Morris USA Inc. The Company’s Smokeless Products segment generated annual revenue of $1.88 billion, while the Wine category recorded revenue of $692 million.


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Alexander Jung
About MeI have received a Dipl.-Ing. (MSc) and Dr.techn. (Phd) degree in electrical engineering and signal processing from TU Vienna in 2008 and 2012, respectively. Currently, I am an Associate Professor (tenured) for Machine Learning at the Department of Computer Science of Aalto University. My current focus are fundamental limits, intrinsic trade-offs end practical implementations of trustworthy federated learning. Updates
For (Prospective) Master Students
Research Highlight: Computational and Statistical Aspects of Total Variation Minimization for Federated Learning Many important application domains generate collections of local datasets that are
related by an intrinsic network structure (“big data over networks”). A timely application domain that generates such big data over networks
is the management of pandemics. Individuals generate local datasets via their smartphones and wearables that measure biophysical
parameters. The statistical properties of local datasets are related via different network structures that reflect physical (“contact networks”),
social or biological proximity. In general, local datasets are heterogeneous in the sense of having different statistical distributions.
However, we can often approximate local datasets that form a tight-knit cluster by a common cluster-specific distribution.
To capitalize on the information in local datasets and their network structure, we have recently proposed networked exponential families as a novel probabilistic model for big data over networks. Networked exponential families are appealing statistically and computationally. They allow us to adaptively pool local datasets with similar statistical properties as training sets to learn personalized predictions tailored to each local dataset. We can compute these personalized predictions using highly scalable distributed convex optimization methods. These methods are robust against various types of imperfections (statistically and computationally) and typically offer a high level of privacy protection. Relevant Publications:
Research Highlight: Personalized Explainable Machine LearningA key challenge for the widespread use of machine learning methods is the explainability of their predictions. We have recently developed a novel approach to constructing personalized explanations for the predictions delivered by machine learning method. We measure the effect of an explanation by the reduction in the conditional entropy of the prediction given the summary that a particular user associates with data points. The user summary is used to characterise the background knowledge of the “explainee” in order to compute explanations that are tailored for her. To compute the explanations our method only requires some training samples that consists of data points and their corresponding predictions and user summaries. Thus, our method is model agnostic and can be used to compute explanations for different machine learning methods. Relevant Publications:
Teaching Highlight: Student Feedback-Driven Course DevelopmentRight from my start at Aalto in 2015, I took care of the main machine learning courses at Aalto University. Within three years I have re-designed the spearhead course Machine Learning: Basic Principles (MLBP). This re-design was based on a careful analysis of feedback received from several thousands of students. I have also started to prepare response letters to the student feedback, as it is customary in the review process of scientific journals. My final edition of MLBP in 2018 has achieved the best student rating since the course was established at Aalto. The efforts have also been acknowledged by the Teacher of the Year award, which I have received in 2018 from the Department of Computer Science at Aalto University. Teaching Highlight: A Three-Component Picture of Machine LearningMachine learning methods have been and are currently popularized in virtually any field of science and technology. As a result, machine learning courses attract students from different study programs. Thus, a key challenge in teaching basic machine learning courses is the heterogeneity of student backgrounds. To cope with this challenge, I have developed a new teaching concept for machine learning. This teaching concept revolves around three main components of machine learning: data, models and loss functions. By decomposing every machine learning methods into specific design choices for data representation, model and loss function, students learn to navigate the vast landscape of machine learning methods and applications. The three-component picture of machine learning is the main subject of my textbook Machine Learning: The Basics.
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We've collected a set of Jupyter Notebooks that demonstrate how to use the software tools developed at CSDMS. The Notebooks are hosted on NSF's XSEDE Jetstream cloud computing service. To access the Notebooks, follow these steps:
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Web Development Career 1st Anniversary
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Let AB be the given finite straight line.
It is required to construct an equilateral triangle on the straight line AB.
Describe the circle BCD with center A and radius AB. Again describe the circle ACE with center B and radius BA. Join the straight lines CA and CB from the point C at which the circles cut one another to the points A and B.
Now, since the point A is the center of the circle CDB, therefore AC equals AB. Again, since the point B is the center of the circle CAE, therefore BC equals BA.
But AC was proved equal to AB, therefore each of the straight lines AC and BC equals AB.
And things which equal the same thing also equal one another, therefore AC also equals BC.
Therefore the three straight lines AC, AB, and BC equal one another.
Therefore the triangle ABC is equilateral, and it has been constructed on the given finite straight line AB.
Euclid could have chosen proposition I.4 to come first, since it doesn’t logically depend on the previous three, but there are some good reasons for putting I.1 first. For one thing, the Elements ends with constructions of the five regular solids in Book XIII, so it is a nice aesthetic touch to begin with the construction of a regular triangle. More important, though, is I.1 is needed in I.2, and that in I.3. Propositions I.2 and I.3 give constructions for moving lines, and I.4, although not logically dependent on I.2 or I.3, does use the concept of superposition which involves, in some sense, moving points and lines.
Sometimes the justification is quoted in full as C.N.1 is here, but usually it is left to the reader to determine the justification.
The rest of the proofs end with Q.E.D. instead, an abbreviation for quod erat demonstrandum which means “which was to be demonstrated.” It’s convenient to have a standard way to indicate the end of a proof. These Latin abbreviations are a bit of an anachronism. It would be less of an anachronism to use abbreviations for the original Greek phrase, or abbreviations for a modern English phrase since the rest of this version of the Elements is in English. But by now, Q.E.F. and Q.E.D. are traditional. In recent decades a small square has become common as a symbol to indicate the end of a proof.
Why does the point C exist? Near the beginning of the proof, the point C is mentioned where the circles are supposed to intersect, but there is no justification for its existence. The only one of Euclid’s postulate that says a point exists the parallel postulate, and that postulate is not relevant here. Indeed, some postulate is needed for that conclusion, such as “If the sum of the radii of two circles is greater than the line joining their centers, then the two circles intersect.” Such a postulate is also needed in Proposition I.22. There are models of geometry in which the circles do not intersect. Thus, other postulates not mentioned by Euclid are required. In Book III, Euclid takes some care in analyzing the possible ways that circles can meet, but even with more care, there are missing postulates.
Why is ABC a plane figure? After concluding the three straight lines AC, AB, and BC are equal, what is the justification that they contain a plane figure ABC? Recall that a triangle is a plane figure bounded by contained by three lines. These lines have not been shown to lie in a plane and that the entire figure lies in a plane. It is proposition XI.1 that claims that all parts of a line lie in a plane, and XI.2 that claims that the entire triangle lie in a plane. Logically, they should precede I.1. The reason they don’t, of course, is that those propositions belong to solid geometry, and plane geometry is developed first in the Elements, also, no doubt, plane geometry developed first historically.
Why does ABC contain an equilateral triangle? Proclus relates that early on there were critiques of the proof and describes that of Zeno of Sidon, an Epicurean philosopher of the early first century B.C.E. (not to be confused with Zeno of Elea famous of the paradoxes who lived long before Euclid), and whose criticisms, Proclus says, were refuted in a book by Posidonius. The critique is sound, however, and the refutation faulty.
| Zeno of Sidon criticized the proof because it was not shown
that the sides do not meet before they reach the vertices. Suppose
AC and BC meet at E before they reach
C, that is, the straight lines AEC and BEC
have a common segment EC. Then they would contain a triangle
ABE which is not equilateral, but isosceles.
Zeno recognized that in order to destroy his counterexample it was necessary to assume that straight lines cannot have a common segment. Proclus relates a supposed proof of that statement, the same one found in proposition XI.1, but it is faulty. Proclus and Posidonius quoted properties of lines and circles that were never proven and never explicitly assumed as postulates. |
The possibilities that haven’t been excluded are much more numerous than Zeno’s example. The sides could meet numerous times and the region they contain could look like a necklace of bubbles. What needs to be shown (or assumed as a postulate) is that two infinitely extended straight lines can meet in at most one point.


We organized a React hackathon last week-end in the Facebook Seattle office. 50 people, grouped into 15 teams, came to hack for a day on React. It was a lot of fun and we'll probably organize more in the future.
Alex Swan implemented Qu.izti.me, a multi-player quiz game. It is real-time via Web Socket and mobile friendly.
The game itself is pretty simple. People join the "room" by going to http://qu.izti.me on their device. Large displays will show a leaderboard along with the game, and small displays (such as phones) will act as personal gamepads. Users will see questions and a choice of answers. The faster you answer, the more points you earn.
In my opinion, Socket.io and React go together like chocolate and peanut butter. The page was always an accurate representation of the game object.
Pete Hunt presented React at JSConf EU. He covers three controversial design decisions of React:
The video will be available soon on the JSConf EU website, but in the meantime, here are Pete's slides:
Alexander Solovyov has been working on React bindings for ClojureScript. This is really exciting as it is using "native" ClojureScript data structures.
(ns your.app
(:require-macros [pump.def-macros :refer [defr]])
(:require [pump.core]))
(defr Component
:get-initial-state #(identity {:some-value ""})
[component props state]
[:div {:class-name "test"} "hello"])
Todd Kennedy working at Condé Nast implemented a wrapper on-top of JSHint that first converts JSX files to JS.
A wrapper around JSHint to allow linting of files containing JSX syntax. Accepts glob patterns. Respects your local .jshintrc file and .gitignore to filter your glob patterns.
npm install -g jsxhint
Ross Allen working at Mesosphere combined Turbolinks, a library used by Ruby on Rails to speed up page transition, and React.
"Re-request this page" is just a link to the current page. When you click it, Turbolinks intercepts the GET request and fetchs the full page via XHR.
The panel is rendered with a random panel- class on each request, and the progress bar gets a random widthX class.
With Turbolinks alone, the entire would be replaced, and transitions would not happen. In this little demo though, React adds and removes classes and text, and the attribute changes are animated with CSS transitions. The DOM is otherwise left intact.
Stoyan Stefanov continues his series of blog posts about React. This one is an introduction tutorial on rendering a simple table with React.
React is all about components. So let's build one.
Let's call it Table (to avoid any confusion what the component is about).
You see that React components are defined using a regular JS object. Some properties and methods of the object such as render() have special meanings, the rest is upforgrabs.


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I'm working through my "bookmarks inbox", 200 items (dated from 8/26-present!) and listens to "Google: Cluster Computing and MapReduce" presentations. http://code.google.com/edu/submissions/mapreduce-minilecture/listing.html


Conflict
One conflict I faced was when I was at college, sleeping in an on-campus apartment. I had three other roommates, two of whom I knew from the prior year. The apartment consisted of a shared living room / kitchen and 4 private bedrooms. While I was grateful to have such a nice place, there one thing I could not stand about it: the sound. The walls were not soundproof, at all. I could hear everything that was outside my room even when my door was closed: I heard my roommates cooking in the kitchen, I heard them talk in the living room, I heard them watch TV, I heard them even walk on the floor. As a light sleeper with an odd sleeping schedule and with roommates who were loud and generally slept late, I struggled to sleep. One of my roommates also woke up pretty early (before 6), making some noise. Often, there were other people in our lounge too (friends, etc), even late at night, so that kept me up too. I was upset that I felt groggy all day, and I thought my roommates were sometimes a little bit inconsiderate
At first, I tried to just sleep through everything, but that failed pretty quickly (even the smallest things keep me awake). I then tried to change my sleeping schedule--I tried sleeping at more reasonable hours, and around the times my roommates slept, so I ended the long 3AM HW sessions and slept before midnight and woke up much earlier. Fortunately, I only had a couple morning classes, so I was able to have a flexible sleeping schedule if I ever needed it. While that helped, I thought I could do better. I did what I should have done: tell my roommates that I was struggling to sleep. I was reluctant at first because I thought I was being petty and entitled, but I tried to sound to reasonable. After I told them, they were more conscious about when I was sleeping and were more quiet (by using earbuds instead of laptop speakers, talking in their rooms rather than the living room, etc). When they occassionally wanted to party or have friends over really late at night, they would ask me first, and I think allowed them to come (even if I didn't want them to--as my 'gift' to them). I too became more mindful about when my roommates were sleeping (sometimes I was awake when they weren't), and I tried to be more quiet when they were not awake. I tried my best not to be intrusive, and in the end, I don't think they were angry at me about this.
While this was a small conflict, there are still a few things to learn from it. I learned that it is generally a LOT easier to just voice your opinion about a problem, and voice it early, rather than suffer and be passive[-aggressive] as a result. After telling my roommates about my desire for sleep, they pretty quickly obliged, allowing me to sleep and not wake up groggy and grumpy. I think conflicts, especially with people you are close to, can be solved with communication and compromise. My roommates began asking me if it was okay for them to bring friends over late, and normally I said yes, and if I didn't, they went to another friend's room (we were all in the same building, so it wasn't too big of a deal). In turn, I tried to be more quiet when they were asleep and tried to adjust my schedule according to what they were doing (so if they wanted to use the living room for some event, I'd plan to stay up late). All in all, I'd sum what I learned as such. Conflicts - don't complain, communicate and compromise. I now call my methods the CCCC.


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Inventory
To play this escape game, you can do actions to collect items and enable other actions. To use the items, open the inventory and click on them. Items that have already been used and are not useful anymore can't be used again. If the items are not used at the right place and/or at the right moment, they are still available (you will only get a message saying that the item is useless in the current situation). On the map, you can see the doors in the room where the player is (if you found them), and see if they are closed or opened. You can also see guards when they are in the same room as the player. Sometimes, you need specific actions or items to go further in the game. If you think you are blocked, just think again and search with care rooms, actions and items to unlock the situation ...
My dear friend,
I wrote this letter to give you the oppportunity of leaving this place thanks to a precious item. To avoid being caught and blamed for helping you, I have hidden some clues in the different rooms where you can go. You can find the first padlock where people eat. It can be unlocked thanks to the answer of this first enigma :
1st enigma : If I am now 40 years old, and I am 4 times older than you were when I was as old as you are today, how old are you ?
The code is made of the 2 digits of the answer. I hope this will help you.
Thanks to this code, you will find another enigma and the answer of the second enigma will give you the code of a second padlock, located where people read and think.
Antonio
Congratulations if you found this piece of paper, now this is the second enigma.
2nd enigma : Imagine that you have in front of you a cooking book with 100 recipes. I tell you that 85 recipes contain tomato sauce, 80 recipes contain pasta, 75 recipes contain cheese and 70 recipes contain onion. How many recipes at least do not contain any of the 4 ingredients ?
The code is made of the 2 digits of the answer.Need help ?
If the enigma above is too hard for you, the following enigma has exactly the same answer :
During a banquet, there is a barrel that weighs 230 kg at the beginning but only 120 kg at the end after having emptied half of it. How much does the empty barrel weigh ?
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Technovation Challenge 2018
My Technovation journey this year started off on February 24, 2018. I had always wanted to introduce computer programming to girls from under privileged background. I had tried conducting workshops in my center on weekends and during holidays. However based on my experience i felt that if i wanted to create a long lasting impact, it had to be done in-school over a period of 3 to 6 months.
This year we planned to conduct a three month long program in a school nearby. We visited the school and briefed them about the Technovation program. The girls and teachers were really excited and we could see the interest in the girls to learn technology. Our first step was to get the computer lab all set up and ready for them to start working on their Apps. While we were working on setting up the infrastructure, we started with team formation and listing out ideas.
It just took these 25 girls fifteen minutes to select their team members and form teams. We started brainstorming on the ideas - the problems that they wanted to solve. They came up with the following ideas - teaching basic computer application software in regional language, creating awareness about child abuse and providing support for the victims, videos demonstrating science experiments in class VI to VIII, quiz app for Math topics in grade 6, game/quiz to create an awareness on healthy food, game/quiz to inspire girls. They finalised the team name, team members, app idea and the name for their apps.
We started spending two hours per week for training the girls. The girls had to be taught basic application software to begin with. They spent the first two weeks learning the basics in Paint, Notepad, Word, Excel and Powerpoint.Time and again they proved that if you are passionately curious to learn, you will beat all odds and learn. Then we started with the basics of programming , App design and development. We started with the paper prototype of the design and started coding the app. We had hands-on activities to teach them the programming concepts. The girls were eager to attend the sessions and all excited to see their final app.
They worked on their apps for almost 4 weeks and finished coding their apps. It was time to start working on our PPT and pitch videos. We spent a whole day working on the Pitch video , PPT and final testing of the App. It was a very busy day and the girls worked hard from 10 till 4 in the evening. However, it was awesome to see their happy and cheerful faces at the end of the day.


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static Fraction |
Fraction.FOUR_FIFTHS
A fraction representing "4/5". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.MINUS_ONE
A fraction representing "-1 / 1". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.ONE
A fraction representing "1". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.ONE_FIFTH
A fraction representing "1/5". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.ONE_HALF
A fraction representing "1/2". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.ONE_QUARTER
A fraction representing "1/4". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.ONE_THIRD
A fraction representing "1/3". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.THREE_FIFTHS
A fraction representing "3/5". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.THREE_QUARTERS
A fraction representing "3/4". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.TWO
A fraction representing "2 / 1". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.TWO_FIFTHS
A fraction representing "2/5". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.TWO_QUARTERS
A fraction representing "2/4". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.TWO_THIRDS
A fraction representing "2/3". |
static Fraction |
Fraction.ZERO
A fraction representing "0". |
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Fraction |
Fraction.abs()
Returns the absolute value of this fraction. |
Fraction |
Fraction.add(Fraction fraction)
Adds the value of this fraction to another, returning the result in reduced form. |
Fraction |
Fraction.add(int i)
Add an integer to the fraction. |
Fraction |
Fraction.divide(Fraction fraction)
Divide the value of this fraction by another. |
Fraction |
Fraction.divide(int i)
Divide the fraction by an integer. |
Fraction |
FractionField.getOne()
Get the multiplicative identity of the field. |
static Fraction |
Fraction.getReducedFraction(int numerator,
int denominator)
Creates a Fraction instance with the 2 parts
of a fraction Y/Z. |
Fraction |
FractionField.getZero()
Get the additive identity of the field. |
Fraction |
Fraction.multiply(Fraction fraction)
Multiplies the value of this fraction by another, returning the result in reduced form. |
Fraction |
Fraction.multiply(int i)
Multiply the fraction by an integer. |
Fraction |
Fraction.negate()
Return the additive inverse of this fraction. |
Fraction |
FractionFormat.parse(String source)
Parses a string to produce a Fraction object. |
Fraction |
ProperFractionFormat.parse(String source,
ParsePosition pos)
Parses a string to produce a Fraction object. |
Fraction |
FractionFormat.parse(String source,
ParsePosition pos)
Parses a string to produce a Fraction object. |
Fraction |
Fraction.reciprocal()
Return the multiplicative inverse of this fraction. |
Fraction |
Fraction.subtract(Fraction fraction)
Subtracts the value of another fraction from the value of this one, returning the result in reduced form. |
Fraction |
Fraction.subtract(int i)
Subtract an integer from the fraction. |
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Fraction |
Fraction.add(Fraction fraction)
Adds the value of this fraction to another, returning the result in reduced form. |
int |
Fraction.compareTo(Fraction object)
Compares this object to another based on size. |
Fraction |
Fraction.divide(Fraction fraction)
Divide the value of this fraction by another. |
StringBuffer |
ProperFractionFormat.format(Fraction fraction,
StringBuffer toAppendTo,
FieldPosition pos)
Formats a Fraction object to produce a string. |
StringBuffer |
FractionFormat.format(Fraction fraction,
StringBuffer toAppendTo,
FieldPosition pos)
Formats a Fraction object to produce a string. |
static String |
FractionFormat.formatFraction(Fraction f)
This static method calls formatFraction() on a default instance of FractionFormat. |
Fraction |
Fraction.multiply(Fraction fraction)
Multiplies the value of this fraction by another, returning the result in reduced form. |
Fraction |
Fraction.subtract(Fraction fraction)
Subtracts the value of another fraction from the value of this one, returning the result in reduced form. |
| Uses of Fraction in org.apache.commons.math.linear |
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| Method parameters in org.apache.commons.math.linear with type arguments of type Fraction | |
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static Array2DRowRealMatrix |
MatrixUtils.fractionMatrixToRealMatrix(FieldMatrix<Fraction> m)
Convert a FieldMatrix /Fraction matrix to a RealMatrix . |
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Hollywood Rated R (1996) 90m.
Something special for all of those interested in exploitation films, and an education for those who've never seen any. Appropriately exploitative documentary (there's nudity and coarse language) by directing team Doug Headline and Dominique Cazenave takes us through the fifties, sixties, and seventies and looks at the changes in non-Hollywood products, charting their evolution from nudity to violence to horror to drugs to blaxploitation. There aren't many film clips but plenty of trailers, which unfortunately are of a very poor photographic quality and give the impression that these films looked a lot worse than they actually were (I have yet to see THE CRAWLING HAND, but after seeing the promo I think it should be a priority). It should be pointed out however that the trailers were often more entertaining than the films themselves: nowhere today, for example, would you see a film advertised with the shrieking tagline (and possible solipsism) "See a human being murdered before your eyes!"
Mostly, though, HOLLYWOOD RATED R is a collection of talking heads - as the interviews are delivered with such affection and interest for the subject, the one and a half hour running time passes quickly. John Landis almost steals the show with his enthusiastic performance, but there are many other delights in store, often of the two-for-the-price-of-one variety: e.g. Charles Napier tells us about his career with Russ Meyer (and offers an interesting explanation for Meyer's use of remote locations); David Friedman talks of his collaboration with goremeister Herschell Gordon Lewis; Barbara Steele gives a surprisingly animated interview about the role of women in film, referring to her work with Mario Bava and Jonathon Demme; and Forrest Ackerman and Joe Dante reminisce about the William Castle movies they saw as kids (how I envy those guys!). I wish Headline and Cazenave had cut a couple of the slower interviews - there's a labored one which is intercut with all kinds of gags and sound effects, but it still doesn't come across as particularly interesting - and gotten someone like Paul Bartel on screen instead. If you've never sampled this unique genre of films, then this may well whet your appetite. Most interesting line comes from director Larry Cohen - "All movies are exploitation".
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Introduction
Kali Linux is a specially designed build of Debian that is tailor
made for the computer security community. It is preloaded with
tools used by computer security researchers and penetration testers.
Installing the Kali Linux 2.0 Virtual Machine
Download the appropriate ISO image for your machine. This will be run in a Virtual Machine.
Kali Linux 2.0 VirtualBox Setup
Kali Linux was given 2GB of memory, 2 processors and 20GB of hard drive space. It runs snappy and responsive with this setup. You may need more processors or memory if you will be using brute-force password cracker tools (legally of course).
Kali Linux Running in Virtual Machine
After successfully installing Kali Linux onto the virtual hard drive, it is basically ready to run; however, it is better to install the Virtual Box Guest Additions CD image. This will allow you to, among other things, resize the window on the screen and still maintain high-resolution graphics.
Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions for Kali Linux
Navigate to /Devices/Insert Guest Additions CD Image. The CD icon will pop up on the upper left hand corner of the Kali VM window. For some reason, the script you need to run on this "CD" cannot be run directly. It needs to be copied to the VM's harddive and permissions need to be set. This is described very well in the following link:
Kali Linux Install on VirtualBox with Guest Additions
I found using the cp command to be troublesome, so I used the file manager to perform the copy, and the command line to change the permissions. After the guest additions are installed, you need to reboot the virtual machine. Once it boots back up, you will notice an immediate improvement in the graphics quality, and the resolution can now be adjusted.
Kali Linux Install on VirtualBox with Guest Additions
I found using the cp command to be troublesome, so I used the file manager to perform the copy, and the command line to change the permissions. After the guest additions are installed, you need to reboot the virtual machine. Once it boots back up, you will notice an immediate improvement in the graphics quality, and the resolution can now be adjusted.
Testing Internet Connectivity
Run a few simple commands to test the internet connection. Notice that the Ethernet interface MAC address is spoofed, and the IP address is a non-routable NAT address used in LANs. Pings to www.google.com go through the NAT, out of the host computer's physical interface and finally out of the gateway.
Installing Vulnerable WinXP Virtual Machine
Installed a legally purchased copy of WinXP into a Virtual Machine. After installing, I installed the VirtuaBox guest additions. Then, I installed Service Pack 3 so that it is not totally unusable, but no other security patches. This machine is appropriately called "Prison Bagel", since I shouldn't use swear words, and Bagel is a good replacement for the word I really wanted to use. The idea is the hack into this VM nine ways to Sunday using the tools in Kali Linux, and others. It's IP address is shown in the command window.

Created Super Secret File on WinXP Prison Bagel
A super secret file was created on the Windows XP Prison Bagel virtual machine. This is the file that I want to get access to by hacking into Prison Bagel and downloading it. I will use the Metasploit Framework to exploit known vulnerabilities in an unpatched version of Windows XP SP3.
Used nmap to Find Open Ports and vulnerabilities
Nmap was used to find open ports and information about the target machine.
Loaded Known WinXP Exploit into Metasploit Framework
For information on this known vulnerability see:
MS08-067 Microsoft Server Service Relative Path Stack Corruption
MS08-067 Microsoft Server Service Relative Path Stack Corruption
Hack Successful and Meterpreter Started
The IP address of the remote host was set, and the exploit started using default options. The hack is successful and a Meterpreter session is started. Basically, the WinXP Prison Bagel is pwned.
Poking Around for the Target File
Using Meterpreter, I can view critical information about target machine. Notice that there are two active users and there is a session started on port 4444 with <IP_ADDRESS> (the Kali Linux VM).
DOS Shell Started and Directories Changed to Get to Target File
A DOS shell is started from Meterpreter and I change directories using normal DOS commands until I locate my target file. The target file is then printed to the screen for extra lulz.
Target File Downloaded - Mission Accomplished
The target file is downloaded to the local Kali Linux machine. Mission Accomplished.


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BATMAN FOREVER A film review by Bryant Frazer Copyright 1995 Bryant Frazer
Give Warner Brothers credit. With Joel Schumacher in charge of BATMAN FOREVER, the company has finally made its biggest asset truly safe for mass consumption.
Yes, yes, everybody knows that Tim Burton is brilliant and all, but wasn't BATMAN RETURNS just a little on the weird side? Weren't the movies a little too bleak for wholesome entertainment? And hasn't it become common wisdom that those first two Batman adventures were long on style and short on *story*?
Well, maybe. While Tim Burton has built a cult reputation on the strength of his idiosyncratic filmmaking, it seemed a little odd that this would be the fellow chosen to finesse a blockbuster out of the Batman franchise. Studio execs must have been overly charmed by his colorful production of BEETLEJUICE, and no doubt pawed eagerly through copies of Frank Miller comics when Burton suggested a "darker" version of Batman.  When sequel time rolled around, Burton's vision became even more surreal, riddled with non sequiters and fetishistic visuals that raked in less dough even as, one suspects, it alienated a good portion of its audience.
Mind you, Batman put me to sleep. Twice. The second movie was a marked improvement, mainly because it so eloquently demonstrated that Burton was a man who loved and understood cinema, even if he couldn't quite get it to do what he wanted it to. But I'd love it if someone could explain to me exactly why the guy who directed THE CLIENT, FALLING DOWN, and FLATLINERS was tapped to take over a wild, surreal series of action movies.
'Biff, pow,' Batman. Schumacher directs the whole thing up close, like he's doing some kind of TV movie. When individual body parts are filling the screen, and the cuts are so quick that one motion is indistinguishable from another and nearly every shot has been spliced into the next before we can even focus, I suppose we're supposed to rub our eyes and just say 'gosh.' I wouldn't be surprised if this plays better on video, but that's not really the point.
It's not all bad. The story, for instance is actually an improvement on the original films. From the first introductory sequence, the movie moves like a greased pig. We get to see Robin, whose character is woven into Batman's life. At last, something more than lip service is paid to the twisted psychology of Batman, and it actually affects how the movie turns out.  More than just window dressing, the love interest catalyzes Batman's examination of the two sides of himself. In fact, this movie goes all the way back to the beginning -- we have to see Bruce Wayne's parents get killed again, we watch the kid fall into the bat cave, we get the same old spiel about his obsessions. It's a little trite, but it keeps the far more colorful supervillians from stealing the show completely (as they did in the Burton films) and cements our identification with the hero, which is crucial to our enjoyment of this one.
Chris O'Donnell is well-cast in a role that plays against Val Kilmer's too-cool crusader. Maybe the reason we never saw much of what made Michael Keaton's character tick was that he had no one besides blank wall Kim Basinger to explain himself to. Kilmer is better at playing the part, even if he hardly seems old enough to be any kind of mentor to O'Donnell. And if Jim Carrey's histrionics are welcome anywhere, they're welcome here. For the first time, a comic book character has been translated absolutely intact to the silver screen.
The visual design is hit and miss. The costumes are terrific, and the retooled Batmobile is still very much the Batmobile. But the new Gotham City is less a locale for the movie than it is simply a backdrop for the proceedings. And the special effects, on the whole, have the unfortunate effect of defusing some of the more spectacular sequences by reminding us that we're simply watching some well-executed but obviously computer-generated special effects. And while the sound is excellent, the orchestral score (ersatz Elfman) is not.
But there's nothing sublime or even subtle about any of this. No surprises, no mysteries, no moments out of time that fill us with awe or wonder. The best that can be said is that the movie does what it sets out to do very well. In contrast, Burton's reach seems always to exceed his grasp (the notable exception is his most perfect movie, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS). When Burton was directing the films, you knew that the pictures on-screen were the stuff of legend, even if the sum of the parts was actually greater than the whole. But with Schumacher at the helm, the adventurousness of the filmmaking itself has disappeared. It's hard to pinpoint what's missing, but Batman has suddenly become completely safe, a cuddly part of the corporate culture. He may be packing them in at the multiplex like no one else, but when I start checking the Gotham City skyline for McDonald's arches (you've seen the commercials, haven't you?) I know the magic is gone.
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FIRST ADDITIONAL BENCH STATE CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION, PUNJAB, SECTOR 37-A, DAKSHIN MARG, CHANDIGARH. Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 Date of Institution: 03.05.2017 Order reserved on: 12.04.2018 Date of Decision : 13.04.2018 Mr. Sangram Sandhu son of Sh. Gurlal Singh Sandhu, resident of House No.61, Sector-28-A, Chandigarh. 2nd Address H.No.1554, Sector-69, Mohali. .....Complainant Versus 1.
Puma Realtors Pvt. Ltd., a company incorporated under the companies Act 1956 (An IREO Group Company) having its registered office at no.5, Dhanraj Chambers, 1st floor, Sarbari, New Delhi-110074 and Corporate Office at SCO No.6-8, First and Second Floor, Sector-9D, Chandigarh 160009 (India) through its Managing Director.
2. The Directors, Puma Realtors Pvt. Ltd., a company incorporated under the companies Act 1956 (An IREO Group Company) Corporate Office at SCO No.6-8, First and Second Floor, Sector-9D, Chandigarh 160009 (India).
.....Opposite Parties Complaint U/s 17(1)(a) of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (as amended up to date).
Quorum:-
Shri J. S. Klar, Presiding Judicial Member.
Smt. Surinder Pal Kaur, Member.
Present:-
For the complainant : Ms. Narendra Kaur, Advocate For the opposite parties : Sh. Mukesh Pandit, Authorized representative ..................................................................................
J. S. KLAR, PRESIDING JUDICIAL MEMBER:-
The complainant has filed this complaint U/s 17(1)(a) of the Consumer Protection Act 1986 (in short the "Act"), against opposite parties (OPs) on the averments, OPs floated a scheme for the allotment of residential plots in their upcoming Project i.e. 'IREO Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 2 Hamlet', SAS Nagar, Mohali. The complainant was desirous of purchasing a plot within the vicinity of Tricity. The complainant approached OPs for this purpose. He was allotted plot no.80 of 250 square yard, vide provisional allotment letter dated 26.05.2011, in Sector 98, Mohali for basic sale price of Rs.62,64,750/- (@Rs.25,000/- per square yard). External development charges @Rs.1275.10 per square yard of plot area were also charged over and above the basic sale price by OPs from him. He also paid IFMS charges of 350 square yard. Plot buyer's agreement was executed between the parties on 27.06.2011. Till February 23 2015, he deposited total payment of Rs.63,58,756/- under applicable payment plan and few receipts are Annexured as C-3 and C-12. Balance payment was to be paid by complainant to OPs at the time of delivery of possession and registration of sale deed. It is further averred that OPs failed to deliver the possession of the said plot within the stipulated period to him. The complainant has alleged deficiency in service on the part of OPs. As per clause no.11.1 of the plot buyer's agreement, OPs were bound to handover the physical possession of residential plot no.80 within a period of 24 months from the date of execution of the agreement. OPs were entitled to an additional period of six months (grace period) after expiry of 24 months, as per clause 11.1 of the agreement i.e. 27.12.2014, but OPs failed to deliver the possession within scheduled time. The complainant received notice of possession, vide letter dated 04.05.2015 from OPs to the effect that plot was ready for possession Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 3 subject to fulfillment of certain conditions i.e. payment of all amounts due, payment of stamp duty, registration charges and incidental expenses, submission of duly filled in and signed registration form, execution of indemnity bond-cum-undertaking and signing of tripartite maintenance agreement. It is further averred that as per payment plan, 5% of BSP and 50% of IFMS amounting to Rs.3,57,091/- was to be paid at the time of possession. Vide letter dated 26.09.2011, OP changed the payment plan from Time linked payment plan to Development linked payment plan and also annexed schedule-I for payments. As per the new schedule, 5% of BSP and 100% stamp duty and registration fee amounting to Rs.3,13,238/- was to be paid at the time of possession. The complainant deposited Rs.2,90,873/- on 06.07.2015 through cheques. In December 2015, OP called complainant for signing of some documents and for completion of formalities for execution of conveyance deed and assured for execution of conveyance deed shortly, but to no effect. In February 2016, complainant visited the site and found that there was no development and even the roads dividing Sectors 97-98 and approach road for reaching the site were not there. The complainant approached OPs immediately and asked about the progress of the project, but OPs intimated verbally that process of mobilization would take some time. It is further averred that OPs have no necessary permission/approval with regard to development of the project, as the documents sent by them to GMADA were having various deficiencies. He asked OPs to provide Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 4 the necessary approvals/permissions, but they did not bother to give reply. The service layout plan has got sanctioned on 18.05.2015 by OPs, after issuance of possession letter to him. Even the completion certificate/partial completion certificate in respect of above project has not been issued by competent authority to OPs for this project, hence notice of possession issued by OPs to complainant on 04.05.2015 was baseless. The complainant has alleged deficiency in service and unfair trade practice on the part of OPs and prayed that OPs be directed to refund the amount of Rs.66,49,619/- alongwith interest @10.5% per annum from the actual date of deposit; further to pay compensation of Rs.1,50,000/- for mental harassment and Rs.50,000/- as litigation expenses.
2. Upon notice, OPs appeared and filed their joint written reply and contested the complaint of the complainant vehemently by raising preliminary objections that complaint is false and frivolous. The complainant is under an obligation to receive the final possession of the plot in terms of notice of possession issued by OPs. The complainant admitted the development on the spot, vide letter dated 27.10.2015 and asked OP no.1 to bear the cost of stamp duty, registration charges and incidental expenses. The allegations of complainant are after-thought only. There is an arbitration clause no.33 in the agreement and hence consumer complaint is not maintainable. The relationship of consumer and service provider between the parties has been denied by OPs. The complainant booked the plot for commercial purposes and for investment and is Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 5 not consumer of OPs. The complaint is alleged to be barred by time. Any deficiency in service on the part of OPs has been vehemently denied. The compensation can be awarded under Act only, as described in Section 14(1)(d) of the Act. The complaint is without any cause of action available to the complainant. This Commission has no pecuniary jurisdiction to try the complaint. The complaint is also contested even on merits by OPs. The report of Local Commission dated 24.10.2015 has been sidetracked by the OPs showing development and existence of basic amenities in the project. It has been denied that OP no.1 has not been granted the requisite sanctions and approvals by the competent authorities for development of this project. OP no.1 has been exempted from certain conditions including the completion certificate, as per notification issued by Punjab Government in the year 2008. The OPs have controverted the other averments of the complainant by denying any deficiency in service and unfair trade practice on their part. OPs have prayed for dismissal for the complaint.
3. The complainant tendered in evidence his affidavit Ex.C-A alongwith copies of documents Ex.C-1 to Ex.C-24 and closed the evidence. As against it, OPs tendered in evidence affidavit of Sumit Kumar authorized representative of OPs Ex.OP-A alongwith copies of documents Ex.OP-1 to Ex.OP-37 and closed the evidence.
4. We have heard the learned counsel for the parties and also examined the record of the case. The complainant seeks Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 6 amendment by filing an application seeking reduction of his claim in this complaint. The complainant seeks to reduce his claim of interest from 18% to 10.5% and litigation expenses from Rs.80,000/- to Rs.50,000/- and compensation from Rs.10,00,000/- to Rs.1,50,000/-. The counsel for OP contested it by contending that there is no such provision to allow it. In view of law laid down by the National Commission in "S.D. Enterprices Vs. National Insurance Co. Ltd. & others" 2017(I)CPJ-527 (NC), this type of amendment in reducing the claim by complainant can be allowed. On the basis of law laid down by the National Commission, this application is allowed and amended complaint is taken on the record. The further point raised by OPs is that there is an arbitration clause in the buyer's agreement between the parties and hence consumer complaint is not maintainable. We find no force in this submission of OPs. The matter has been settled by larger bench of Hon'ble National Commission in consumer complaint no.701 of 2015, decided on 13.07.2017 titled as "Aftab Singh Vs. EMAAR MGF Land Limited and another". The National Commission has held in this authority that an arbitration clause in the afore-stated kind of Agreements between the complainants and the builder cannot circumscribe the jurisdiction of a Consumer Forum, notwithstanding the amendments made to Section 8 of the Arbitration Act, 1996. Against this order of the National Commission, Civil Appeal nos.23512-23513 of 2017 titled as EMAAR MGF Land Limited and another Vs. Aftab Singh" was filed by OP before the Top Court, which has since been dismissed Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 7 by the Apex Court, vide order dated 13.02.2018. Consequently, the existence of an arbitration clause is not a bar to resolution of this dispute by the Consumer Forum. Even otherwise, the Apex Court has also so held in "National Seeds Corporation Limited Vs. M. Madhusudhan Reddy and another" 2012(2)CLT-382/383 and in Fair Air Engineers (P) Ltd. vs. N. K. Modi (1996) 6 SCC 385 that Section 3 of C.P. Act gives additional remedy to consumers to avail of his remedy as per his choice. In view of Section 3 of C.P. Act conferring the additional remedy on the consumers, we find no force in this submission of OPs and repel the submission of OPs on this point.
5. The next submission of counsel for OPs is that complainant is not consumer and complainant has purchased the unit for investment purposes. On hearing the submission of counsel for parties and on perusal of record, we find no force in it as OPs developed the residential project wherein complainant purchased the plot. The complainant has pleaded and stated in his affidavit on oath that he was desirous of residential plot within the vicinity in the tricity and opted for it. There is nothing on the record that complainant owned any other properties somewhere else. The OPs failed to discharge the onus on this point that complainant is property dealer and deals in sale and purchase of the property. Consequently, the complainant is held to be consumer by repelling the contention of OPs in this regard. The next point urged by counsel for OPs is that consumer complaint is not maintainable as there is no relationship of Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 8 consumer and service provider between the parties. We are not impressed with this submission. Housing construction is a service under the Act and complaint is maintainable in this regard. There is relationship of consumer and service provider between the parties and it is so held by us in this complaint.
6. We have perused the documents on the record. Ex.C-1 is provisional allotment of plot in above project allotted to complainant by OPs on 26.05.2011. Agreement was executed between the parties on 27.06.2011, vide Ex.C-2 on the record recording the terms and conditions of this allotment. Clause 11 of this agreement deals with possession and holding charges and is re- produced as under :
"11. POSSESSION AND HOLDING CHARGES 11.1 Subject to Force Majeure as defined herein, and further subject to the Allottee having complied with all its obligations under the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and not being in default of any provision(s) of this Agreement including but not limited to the timely payment of all dues and charges including the total Sale Consideration, registration charges, stamp duty and other charges, and also subject to the Allottee having complied with all formalities or documentation as prescribed by the Company, the Company proposes to hand over the possession of the said Plot to the Allottee within a period of 24 (Twenty Four) months from the date of execution of this Agreement ("Commitment Period"). The Allottee further Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 9 agrees and understands that the Company shall additionally be entitled to a period of 6 (six) months ("Grace Period"), after the expiry of the said Commitment Period.
11.2 Subject to Clause 11.1, if the Company fails to offer possession of the said Plot to the Allottee by the end of the Grace Period, it shall be liable to pay to the Allottee compensation calculated at the rate of Rs. 50/- (Rupees Fifty only) per sq. yd. of the area of the said Plot ("Delay Compensation") for every month of delay until the actual date fixed by the Company for handing over of possession of the said Plot to the Allottee. The Allottee shall be entitled to payment against such 'Delay Compensation' only after completion of all documentation including registration of the Conveyance Deed.
11.3 Subject to Clause 11.1, in the event of delay by the Company in handing over the possession of the said Plot beyond a period of 12 months from the end of the Grace Period (such 12 months period hereinafter referred to as the "Extended Delay Period"), then the Allottee shall become entitled to opt for termination of the Allotment/Agreement and refund of the actual paid up installment(s) made against the said Plot after adjusting the interest / penalty on delayed payments along with Delay Compensation for 12 months. Such refund shall be made by the Company within 90 days of receipt of intimation to this effect from the Allottee, without any interest Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 10 thereon. For removal of doubt, it is clarified that Delay Compensation payable to the Allottee who is validly opting for termination, shall be limited to and calculated for the fixed period of 12 months only irrespective of the date on which the Allottee actually exercised the option for termination. This option of termination may be exercised by the Allottee only up till dispatch of the Notice of Possession by the Company to the Allottee whereupon the said option shall be deemed to have irrevocably lapsed. No other claim, whatsoever, monetary or otherwise shall lie against the Company nor be raised otherwise or in any other manner by the Allottee." The OP was to complete the development within 24 months with further grace period of six months at the most within 2½ years period from the date of execution of agreement dated 27.06.2011. The complainant paid the amounts to OPs and this fact is reflected on the record vide Ex.C-3 to C-12 and the statement of account coupled with it. Ex.C-13 is copy of notice of possession dated 04.05.2015 sent by OPs to complainant. The plan was changed vide Ex.C-14 on 26.09.2011 from time linked payment plan to Development linked payment plan in this case. The complainant paid cheques to OPs vide Ex.C-15 and C-16 for Rs.2,87,964/- and Rs.2909/-. The grievance of the complainant is that OP have not completed the project and there is no completion certificate with OPs as well, despite the receipt of most of the substantial amounts of sale consideration. The complainant relied upon Ex.C-18 addressed to Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 11 Executive Engineer PSPCL under RTI Act for obtaining information. Ex.C-23 is copy of letter bearing memo no.2614/CTP dated 13.05.2013 issued by Chief Town Planner Punjab to M/s Puma Realtors for approval of revised layout plan. Affidavit of complainant is Ex.C-A on the record to this effect. The OPs also led evidence by tendering affidavit of Sumit Kumar Authorized person of OPs Ex.OP-A on the record. He proved the copy of resolution Ex.OP-1 to pursue the case. He relied upon notice of possession dated 04.05.2015. He stated that OP tendered the possession to complainant on 04.05.2015, but he has not received the possession allotted property. This witness further stated that complainant wrote letter dated 27.10.2015 expressing his willingness for execution of conveyance deed of the plot in question in his favour. This witness further stated that amenities have been provided in the project by OPs. He testified that complainant has not received the possession despite provision of amenities by OPs therein.
7. From careful appraisal of entire evidence on the record, we have come to this conclusion that plot no.80 was allotted to the complainant in the above project by OPs. The complainant had paid the total amount of Rs.63,58,746/- out of total sale consideration of Rs.66,71,984/- to them. The OPs mainly relied upon notice of possession dated 04.05.2015 to the effect that they have provided amenities in the project, but complainant has not received the possession of the allotted plot. The complainant testified in his Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 12 affidavit Ex.C-A that he visited the spot and found that the site was not developed and found the below noted deficiencies therein:
"1. There is no road connectivity.
2. Even the internal roads are still not complete.
3. The boundary wall which was promised has not been completed.
4. There is no water or sewage or Electricity facility available in the colony.
5. The construction of Club house for which payments has been taken by the company is not even started at the site.
6. It seems that the company is in the hurry to offer the possession in order to avoid the penalty clause in the agreement.
7. We have purchased this plot with great hope that your company will offer us a fully developed colony. But it seems that we have been cheated.
8. You are requested to complete all the above said facilities at the site before offering the possession.
9. Please send a copy of approval from GMADA whether you have been allowed to offer possessions of IREO Sector 98 plots or not.
10. Please provide copies of all approvals given by GMADA to the company."Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 13
OPs relied upon the sale deeds, which have been executed by the OPs in favour of some other allottees, but this fact ipso facto has not proved this fact that development work has been carried out thereat and the above allottees might have waived the objection of lack of development on the spot and proceeded to seek execution of the conveyance deed in their favour. From perusal of documents and evidence on the record, we find that there is no boundary wall except the adjoining of the entrance gate. The submission of counsel for OPs is that the project has been exempted under Section 44 of PAPRA Act, 1995 by the Punjab Government, but the development work was to be carried out in accordance with layout plan sanctioned by the Chief Town Planner Punjab and the guidelines issued by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the promoter shall be responsible for obtaining the final NOC from the Punjab Pollution Control Board. No doubt that the Project of OPs was exempted from certain conditions including the completion certificate, but later on there is letter No.4966-CTP(Pb)/SP-458 dated 02.09.2014 issued by Govt. of Punjab, Department of Housing and Urban Development (Housing II Branch) under which it has been stated that Mega Housing Project has been approved under PAPRA, 1995, however, the present frame work does not provide the clear procedure to issue completion or partial completion certificate to such projects, which causes hardships to promoters and residents of such projects for the maintenance and upkeep of public utilities and services. Despite exemption of the project, the Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 14 developer cannot deliver the possession without completing the basic amenities. The OPs were not competent to issue offer of possession without completion or partial completion certificate. Here no such completion certificate or partial completion certificate has been placed on record by OPs to prove the entire development in the project. The possession was to be delivered within a period of 24 months with further grace period of six months from the date of execution of agreement dated 27.06.2011, which came to an end on December 2013. As per clause 11.3 of agreement, if possession is delayed by the company beyond 12 months from the end of grace period, then allottee shall become entitled to seek termination of allotment and seek refund of the actual paid up installments after adjusting the interest/penalty on delayed payment. The possession was to be given to complainant by OPs in December 2013 but the development work was not completed by and as such possession letter issued by OPs in 2015 is inconsequential. Clause 11.3 of the buyers agreement entitles the complainant to seek refund beyond 12 months from the end of the grace period in case of non development of project and non delivery of possession. The permanent electricity connection was not granted to the project of OPs vide Ex.OP-24. Vide Ex.OP-26 Punjab Pollution Control Board Zonal Office-I, Patiala dated 05.01.2016 granted the consent to operate an outlet under Section 25/26 of Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution Act, 1974 for discharge of effluent. The partial completion certificate Ex.OP-29 is dated 20.06.2017, whereas scheduled date of delivery Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 15 of possession was December 2013 in this case, and OPs obtained the partial completion certificate after lapse of 3½ years from the scheduled date of delivery of possession. Even the partial completion certificate has not fully established that project has been clearly completed by OPs. Report of Local Commissioner is Ex.OP-33 on the record pointing out certain discrepancies left by OPs.
8. We have come to this conclusion that offer of possession by OP in 2015 without completion certificate, which has been obtained subsequently in the year 2017, is paper possession only. Even in partial completion certificate certain conditions have been incorporated to get NOC from Govt. of India, Ministry of Finance of Environment and Forest and so on. The report of Local Commissioner on the record has established that main gate of the project is situated in front of Sector 97 and in front of the main gate, there is no metalled road. The sewerage pipe lines have been laid and connected to Sewerage Treatment Plant, but have not been connected with the main service lines of the GMADA. Storm water pipelines inside the project have been laid and connected with rain water harvesting wells, but have not been connected with the main service lines of GMADA. There is no boundary wall to the project, therefore, even on the basis of report of the Local Commission, the amenities in the project are not complete.
9. The submission of counsel for OPs is that even if there is some delay in delivery of possession, the complainant is entitled Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 16 penalty of Rs.50/- per square yard, under clause 11 of the agreement. It has been held by the Hon'ble National Commission in "Ankur Goswami versus Supertech and another" 2017(3) CLT 520 (NC) that this clause in the allotment letter would be applied to the case where allottee is seeking possession of the flat and where allottee is not seeking refund of the amount. However, in the present case, the allottee is seeking the refund of the deposited amount, therefore, the penalty @ Rs. 50/- per sq. yards will not be applicable, where allottee seeks refund of the amount.
10. As per clause 11.3 of agreement Ex.C-2 executed between the parties, in case possession is not delivered by the promoter to the allottee, beyond a period of 12 months from the end of grace period, then allottee shall become entitled to seek the termination of allotment and further seek refund of the deposited amounts with interest on delayed payment. The complainant is entitled to seek refund of the deposited amount, because OPs failed to deliver the possession to complainant even beyond a period of 12 months after the end of the grace period i.e. 27.12.2013 and the right of the complainant accrues to seek refund of the deposited amount by seeking cancellation of the allotment, as per this contractual relationship as well.
11. As a result of our above discussion, we accept the complaint of the complainant with following directions to OPs: Consumer Complaint No.303 of 2017 17
(i) To refund the entire deposited amounts of complainant with interest @10.5% per annum from the date of their respective deposits till actual payment, as prayed for by complainant.
(ii) To further pay Rs.50,000/- as compensation for mental harassment.
(iii) To further pay Rs.20,000/- as litigation expenses. The above amounts shall be payable by OPs to complainant within two months from date of receipt of certified copy of this order.
12. Arguments in this complaint were heard on 12.04.2018 and the order was reserved. The certified copies of the order be communicated to the parties, as per rules.
13. The complaint could not be decided within the statutory period due to heavy pendency of court cases.
(J. S. KLAR) PRESIDING JUDICIAL MEMBER (SURINDER PAL KAUR) MEMBER April 13, 2018.
(MM)


As an international student who will graduate soon. It's very helpful to give the environment to work with others. I hope I can be better to communicate with others and work together with people!
DBC will use some 9 weeks + 9 weeks to let us learn all basic things for being as a computer develop. So of course, it will be very busy. And the environment will let me feel nervous. I mean not the real environment, but you know the pressure and much work. Actually I'm some nervous. But I have confidence and I am very happy that I can change and improve my skills and my life!


1. What is your long term goal and or career pathway?
Well, after the bootcamp, I would love to be able to be employed as a full-stack junior developer and continue building my knowledge and skills. It would be amazing if it could be also linked to education in someway (like working for storypark hehe!) or even teach programming to children during holidays as a side project! On the long term, grow and become a senior developer and maybe on the side develop my own business/product (website or app).
2. What skills (non-technical - human skills) would you like to see developed in yourself while at EDA?
Go deeper in terms of strategies in regards to courageous conversations.Something I started to be well acquainted with but would still avoid them if I can.
Get better at my communication skills.
I have a sound knowledge of soft skills due to my experience in teaching and mentoring teams of teachers. However, I feel being new to the field of technology, things are different. So I feel I would need help in calibrating the skills I have to this new field.
3. A description of your own strengths and limitations.
In terms of human skills, I would say that I am very tuned to others when working as a team. I am respectful and attentive to everyone's pace and respects it, I give as much support as I can in an empowering way, not taking the growth from others. I am a good listener, and with patience and understanding I place myself in others shoes. I am a team player who likes celebrating small wins and believe that working has to be fun otherwise why bother?!
In terms of soft skills, I would say, I can be so invested in others that I put their needs first and forget about myself, my tasks and even my own well-being. And I have to work on voicing out when I am out of my depths, and ask for guidance and help, reminding myself that it is ok not to know and to be at the "not yet" stage.
4. Based on the above description, a commitment to how you will manage your workload in this programme. This should include - an explanation of how you will manage yourself to work productively and safely with other learners, facilitators and industry/community representatives.
During foundation, I will be following the same schedule as bootcamp as much as possible, in terms of timings (8.30-5.30).. I will use toggle and pomodoro timer to track my progress. In terms of productivity this daily routine has been working for me. In terms of safe communication with other learners, facilitators and industry/community representatives, Well, I feel like I will have to get out of my comfort zone and ask for help when in need. As I told my facilitator recently, for a long while I have been on the top of my game where others would reach out to me for support and help. It is strange for me to be on the other side now. It is not a matter of ego, but more a matter of recreating a habbit and with time, hopefully it will become effortless and natural as I ask for help and guidance when I need it.
em>5. A commitment as to how and where you will seek help in a timely way.
Of course, I will try firstly to solve it by myself, trying the lists of solutions I have in head, once the list is done, then proceed to Uncle google. Maybe, I would take a break do something else, then try again. If I am still stuck, I would then reach out to the slack channel, if still not there yet, I would ask my facilitator.
6. A description of what you expect from the facilitation team.
A shoulder to cry on . . just kidding, I would say firstly guidance, as it is a total new journey, also reassurance that I am on the right path and that what I feel and am doing is what is meant to happen. Also, when I am stuck on technical things I would expect the type of guidance one receives in a flipped classroom. I would expect some visual examples and support if really I tried everything and struggled for a long while and need more than guidance. In brief, I would expect understanding and support when frustrations happen and motivation to overcome them.
7. Any scheduling information such as block-out times when you are committed to other things. For example, you might have whanau commitments such as school drop-offs. It’s important to plan these in.
Nothing comes to mind really. I chose the Bootcamp because for now I do not have such commitments.


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Release Notes
2020.2.1
- Added grid line and adsorption to grid line function. It can be turned on in the panel that changes the background color of the canvas.
- Add new plug-in environment support, you can use js or ts to write plug-ins.
2020.2.0
- Added the function of editing time curve. In the transition effect settings of attribute control or dynamic effect editing, set the “jog function” to custom, and then you can click the “Edit curve” button to design a curve to customize the slow motion curve. (the unity SDK needs to be updated to the latest code of the repository, and other SDKs will support it later). Refer to [custom inching curve] (. / guide / Editor)/ transition.html# User defined creep curve).
- Fixed the error of animation display when using pictures with format of “16 bit / channel” to make sequence frame animation.
- Fixed the problem that font size could not be selected from the drop-down menu in the attribute interface of label component and button component.
P1 amendment
- Optimize the multi frame copy and paste function of the timeline.
P2 correction
- The first frame of dynamic effect is to play multiple nested dynamic effects, and only one nested dynamic effect can be played.
- Fix the bug of preview exception when using “text control” and “multi language” simultaneously.
P3 correction
- Fixed the problem that the plug-in was not displayed on the console when the plug-in was running.
2020.1.2
- Add history to replace resource dialog box.
- Modify behavior: when the plug-in throws an exception during the publishing process, the release will be interrupted instead of continuing to publish.
- Fixed the problem of incorrect color of textmeshpro text in linear color space.
- Fixed the bug of color difference in the published texture set.
- Fixed the problem that the published texture set is inconsistent in WIN platform and Mac platform.
- Fixed the bug that if the texture set contains only one image, the size is limited to a multiple of 4.
- Fixed a bug in the display list view that the function of selecting multiple components with shift is incorrect.
- Fixed a bug that could not input text normally after switching input method with windows key + space, or there was a bug similar to the lock of Ctrl key.
- Fixed the bug of software flashback when importing folder.
P1 amendment - Fixed a bug in the interface of a large number of pictures with special blendmode.
- Fixed the problem that the document did not refresh after batch modifying the image attributes.
- Fixed a small problem with branch publishing. When a resource under a branch is marked as export, the resource should not be included in other branches of publishing.
2020.1.1
2020.1.0
- In this version, we have made a comprehensive reconstruction of the editor, replacing the underlying adobe AIR runtime of the original editor with Unity.
- Added a new component type: 3D content loader. Different from the ordinary loader which can only load pictures and sequence frame animation, it is used to load more complex contents in 3D engine, such as skeleton animation, model, particles, etc. At present, the support of skeleton animation has been completed. Drag the skeleton animation directly into the editor.
- The editor now supports importing font files. You can directly import font files with suffix TTF / TTC / OTF into the editor.
- Support using SDF technology to render fonts (i.e. textmeshpro in unity).
- The plug-in mechanism has been upgraded. Starting with the 2020 version, we use Lua as the development language for plug-ins. At the same time, AS3 is no longer supported to develop plug-ins.
- Add the switch of color space, namely gamma color space and linear color space.
- Now the resource library can display thumbnails of pictures.
- Two tools have been added: “find unused resources” and “find duplicate resources”.
- Optimize the way of command line release and execution.
- Added a rolling container setting, you can set “edge” do not crop.
- A publishing setting is added. When the publishing method of “trunk contains all branches” is selected, you can choose whether to publish the pictures of branches to a separate texture set.
5.0.10
- After setting the margin of the cropped image is selected in the publishing settings, for the image whose zoom mode is set to be a grid or tile, modify it to not crop. This is because there is a problem in applying the Nine Palaces after trimming.
- Fixed the bug that only one custom extension can be added in the plugin.
- Added “Repeat edge pixels” option in batch setting picture properties dialog.
5.0.9
- Urgently fixed a bug affecting 5.0.8.
5.0.8
- Fixed the bug that modifying image properties in batches is invalid.
5.0.7
- Add “Automatic Save on Publish” option in “Preferences”.
- Animation added the ability to export as a scatter.
- Fixed an issue where transition frame rate settings would not take effect after release.
- Fixed an issue where the code hint released by Laya was missing GTree.
5.0.6
- Provides advanced plug-in interface for the professional version, see detailsGithub address.
- The preferences have been supplemented with settings for the release button function.
- Fixed several bugs.
5.0.5
- Urgently fix the bug that the branch cannot increase resources.
- Fixed a bug where resources referenced by custom attributes were not published when publishing.
5.0.4
- Greatly optimized the speed of dependent queries.
- Fixed a bug where some settings in the release dialog were not saved.
- Fixed a bug where the texture set size was set to a multiple of 4.
- Fixed the bug that the function of exporting resource packs is invalid.
- The command line release adds the -t parameter to specify which branch.
- “LayaAir (2.0)” has been added to the code release type option of the Laya project. If you choose this type, the released code will use the fairgui namespace instead of fgui.
5.0
- Editor interface optimization, now you can customize the layout.
- Added project branch function.
- Added multi-language preview function.
- Added the function of automatically selecting HD resources.
- Added support for using SVG.
- Added second display control and font size control.
- Position control has added the function of recording percentage coordinates.
- Added the function of polygon and regular polygon drawing.
- Added dynamic guideline function.
- Added custom component properties.
- Transition supports recording coordinates in percentages.
- Added “Home” function of the controller.
- Added the ability to see which images the texture set contains.
- Added the ability to set the default axis.
- Added the ability to set the texture set size to a multiple of 4 when publishing.
- Added the function of automatically cropping blank edges of images when publishing.
- The expansion of the group and the mask of the object display are not saved to the component’s xml now.
- Removed the limit on the number of pack textures.
- Fixed a bug where fonts in some systems did not appear in the font selection dialog.
- Fixed a bug where the editor window would shake when moving on Mac.
- If a tree list is added, the corresponding class is GTree. Check the “tree view” in the list properties.
- The advanced group with layout adds three options: “Exclude Hidden Objects”, “Disable Auto-Calculate Bracketing” and “Scaling Only Specified Index Elements”
- The scroll container can be set to the “floating” property. After setting, the scroll bar does not occupy the viewport space.
- The scroll bar has been increased to the minimum setting.
- The slider has increased the minimum setting and the “integer input” setting, which can be used for the segmentation function.
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The <go-icon>
component should be the only way an icon is displayed in the
app.
The icon
binding must be passed. This component requires the
Material Icons Font
to be included in the application. To use, just pass the name
of the icon to this binding.
See the Material Design System Icons page for available icons.
See the full Material Icons Developer Guide for more information.
The iconModifier
binding accepts a value of
'light'
, 'dark'
,
'positive'
, 'negative'
,
or 'neutral'
and will modify the icon color. The icon will inherit its color otherwise.
The iconClass
binding can be used to add additional classes directly
on to the icon element inside of the component. This
becomes useful when implementing icons inside of other
components and especially when following the
BEM methodology
This allows us to hand off the responsibility of modifying
the icons to the thing that is implementing them.


This is a model of linear heat convection, e.g., the heat transfer between a plate and the surrounding air; same as the Convection component but using the convective resistance instead of the convective conductance as an input. This is advantageous for series connections of ConvectiveResistors, especially if it shall be allowed that a convective resistance is defined to be zero (i.e. no temperature difference).


DDF vs PySpark DataFrame¶
Some DDF functions have interfaces similar to the PySpark DataFrame to help new users who want to migrate to the COMPSs.
The following tables show some of these correspondences.
ETL¶
| PySpark DataFrame | DDF |
|---|---|
| parallelize | parallelize |
| map | map |
| cache | cache |
| count | count |
| describe | describe |
| subtract | subtract |
| drop | drop |
| dropna | dropna |
| dropDuplicates | drop_duplicates |
| fillna | fillna |
| filter | filter |
| groupBy.agg | groupBy.agg |
| intersect | intersect |
| intersectAll | intersect_all |
| join | join |
| randomSplit | split |
| replace | replace |
| sample | sample |
| select | select |
| show | show |
| sort | sort |
| take | take |
| toDF | toDF |
| union | union |
| unionByName | union_by_name |
| withColumnRenamed | with_column_renamed |
| read.text | load_text |
| write | save |
Machine Learning¶
| PySpark DataFrame | DDF |
|---|---|
| VectorAssembler | VectorAssembler |
| VectorSlicer | VectorSlicer |
| NGram | NGram |
| TF-IDF | TF-IDF |
| CountVectorizer | CountVectorizer |
| Tokenizer | Tokenizer |
| StopWordsRemover | RemoveStopWords |
| PCA | PCA |
| StringIndexer | StringIndexer |
| IndexToString | IndexToString |
| StandardScaler | StandardScaler |
| MaxAbsScaler | MaxAbsScaler |
| MinMaxScaler | MinMaxScaler |
| SVMWithSGD | SVM |
| LogisticRegressionWithSGD | LogisticRegression |
| NaiveBayes | Gaussian Naive Bayes |
| LinearRegressionWithSGD | LinearRegression |
| K-means | K-Means |
| AssociationRules | AssociationRules |