The following provisions and clauses apply to the acquisition of supplies and the acquisition of services involving the furnishing of supplies.
(a)(1) Insert the clause at 52.225-1, Buy American—Supplies, in solicitations and contracts with a value exceeding the micro-purchase threshold but not exceeding $25,000; and in solicitations and contracts with a value exceeding $25,000, if none of the clauses prescribed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section apply, except if—
(i) The solicitation is restricted to domestic end products in accordance with subpart 6.3;
(ii) The acquisition is for supplies for use within the United States and an exception to the Buy American statute applies (e.g., nonavailability, public interest, or information technology that is a commercial item); or
(iii) The acquisition is for supplies for use outside the United States.
(2) Insert the provision at 52.225-2, Buy American Certificate, in solicitations containing the clause at 52.225-1.
(b)
(1)
(i) Insert the clause at 52.225-3, Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act, in solicitations and contracts if—
(A) The acquisition is for supplies, or for services involving the furnishing of supplies, for use within the United States, and the acquisition value is $25,000 or more, but is less than $191,000;
(B) The acquisition is not for information technology that is a commercial item, using fiscal year 2004 or subsequent fiscal year funds; and
(C) No exception in 25.401 applies. For acquisitions of agencies not subject to the Israeli Trade Act (see 25.406), see agency regulations.
(ii) If the acquisition value is $25,000 or more but is less than $50,000, use the clause with its Alternate I.
(iii) If the acquisition value is $50,000 or more but is less than $77,533, use the clause with its Alternate II.
(iv) If the acquisition value is $77,533 or more but is less than $100,000, use the clause with its Alternate III.
(2)(i) Insert the provision at 52.225-4, Buy American—Free Trade Agreements—Israeli Trade Act Certificate, in solicitations containing the clause at 52.225-3.
(ii) If the acquisition value is $25,000 or more but is less than $50,000, use the provision with its Alternate I.
(iii) If the acquisition value is $50,000 or more but is less than $77,533, use the provision with its Alternate II.
(iv) If the acquisition value is $77,533 or more, but is less than $100,000, use the provision with its Alternate III.
(c)(1) Insert the clause at 52.225-5, Trade Agreements, in solicitations and contracts valued at $191,000 or more, if the acquisition is covered by the WTO GPA (see subpart 25.4) and the agency has determined that the restrictions of the Buy American statute are not applicable to U.S.-made end products. If the agency has not made such a determination, the contracting officer must follow agency procedures.
(2) Insert the provision at 52.225-6, Trade Agreements Certificate, in solicitations containing the clause at 52.225-5.
(d) Insert the provision at 52.225-7, Waiver of Buy American Statute for Civil Aircraft and Related Articles, in solicitations for civil aircraft and related articles (see 25.407), if the acquisition value is less than $191,000.
(e) Insert the clause at 52.225-8, Duty-Free Entry, in solicitations and contracts for supplies that may be imported into the United States and for which duty-free entry may be obtained in accordance with 25.903(a), if the value of the acquisition—
(1) Exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold; or
(2) Does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, but the savings from waiving the duty is anticipated to be more than the administrative cost of waiving the duty. When used for acquisitions that do not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold, the contracting officer may modify paragraphs (c)(1) and (j)(2) of the clause to reduce the dollar figure.
(f) Insert the provision at 52.225-18, Place of Manufacture, in solicitations that are predominantly for the acquisition of manufactured end products (i.e., the estimated value of the manufactured end products exceeds the estimated value of other items to be acquired as a result of the solicitation).
When using funds other than those appropriated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-5) (Recovery Act), follow the prescriptions in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section. Otherwise, follow the prescription in paragraph (e).
(a) Insert the clause at 52.225-9, Buy American—Construction Materials, in solicitations and contracts for construction that is performed in the United States valued at less than $7,358,000.
(1) List in paragraph (b)(2) of the clause all foreign construction material excepted from the requirements of the Buy American statute.
(2) If the head of the agency determines that a higher percentage is appropriate, substitute the higher evaluation percentage in paragraph (b)(3)(i) of the clause.
(b)(1) Insert the provision at 52.225-10, Notice of Buy American Requirement—Construction Materials, in solicitations containing the clause at 52.225-9.
(2) If insufficient time is available to process a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute before receipt of offers, use the provision with its Alternate I.
(c) Insert the clause at 52.225-11, Buy American—Construction Materials under Trade Agreements, in solicitations and contracts for construction that is performed in the United States valued at $7,358,000 or more.
(1) List in paragraph (b)(3) of the clause all foreign construction material excepted from the requirements of the Buy American statute, other than designated country construction material.
(2) If the head of the agency determines that a higher percentage is appropriate, substitute the higher evaluation percentage in paragraph (b)(4)(i) of the clause.
(3) For acquisitions valued at $7,358,000 or more, but less than $10,079,365, use the clause with its Alternate I. List in paragraph (b)(3) of the clause all foreign construction material excepted from the requirements of the Buy American statute, unless the excepted foreign construction material is from a designated country other than Bahrain, Mexico, and Oman.
(d)(1) Insert the provision at 52.225-12, Notice of Buy American Requirement—Construction Materials under Trade Agreements, in solicitations containing the clause at 52.225-11.
(2) If insufficient time is available to process a determination regarding the inapplicability of the Buy American statute before receipt of offers, use the provision with its Alternate I.
(3) For acquisitions valued at $7,358,000 or more, but less than $10,079,365, use the provision with its Alternate II.
(e)(1) When using funds appropriated under the Recovery Act for construction, use provisions and clauses 52.225-21, 52.225-22, 52.225-23, or 52.225-24 (with appropriate Alternates) in lieu of the provisions and clauses 52.225-9, 52.225-10, 52.225-11, or 52.225-12 (with appropriate Alternates), respectively, that would be applicable as prescribed in paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section if Recovery Act funds were not used.
(2) If these Recovery Act provisions and clauses are only applicable to a project consisting of certain line items in the contract, identify in the schedule the line items to which the provisions and clauses apply.
(3) When using clause 52.225-23, list foreign construction material in paragraph (b)(3) of the clause as follows:
(i) Basic clause. List all foreign construction materials excepted from the Buy American statute or section 1605 of the Recovery Act, other than manufactured construction material from a Recovery Act designated country or unmanufactured construction material from a designated country.
(ii) Alternate I. List in paragraph (b)(3) of the clause all foreign construction material excepted from the Buy American statute or section 1605 of the Recovery Act, other than—
(A) Manufactured construction material from a Recovery Act designated country other than Bahrain, Mexico, or Oman; or
(B) Unmanufactured construction material from a designated country other than Bahrain, Mexico, or Oman.
(a) Restrictions on certain foreign purchases. Insert the clause at 52.225-13, Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases, in solicitations and contracts, unless an exception applies.
(b) Translations. Insert the clause at 52.225-14, Inconsistency Between English Version and Translation of Contract, in solicitations and contracts if anticipating translation into another language.
(c) Foreign currency offers. Insert the provision at 52.225-17, Evaluation of Foreign Currency Offers, in solicitations that permit the use of other than a specified currency. Insert in the provision the source of the rate to be used in the evaluation of offers.
(d) The contracting officer shall include in each solicitation for the acquisition of products or services (other than commercial items procured under Part 12) the provision at 52.225-20, Prohibition on Conducting Restricted Business Operations in Sudan—Certification.
(e) The contracting officer shall include in all solicitations the provision at 52.225-25, Prohibition on Contracting with Entities Engaging in Certain Activities or Transactions Relating to Iran-Representation and Certifications.


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Assignment statements, setting the value of a variable. More...
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| void | interpret (Interpreter::Context &c) override |
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| void | compile (Compiler::Context &c) override |
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| void | collectVarUses (std::unordered_set< std::string > &decls, std::unordered_set< std::string > &uses) override |
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| ASTPtr< VarRef > | target |
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| ASTPtr< Expression > | expr |
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Assignment statements, setting the value of a variable.
Note that MysoreScript does not provide compound-assignment operators.
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Collect any variables use in this expression.
Implements AST::Statement.
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Compile the assignment, looking up the address of the target and storing the result of compiling the expression in it.
Reimplemented from AST::Statement.
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Interpret the assignment, updating the stored value.
Implements AST::Statement.
Definition at line 660 of file interpreter.cc.
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This menu command opens the
Find Dialog Box
which allows you to perform a search through your message database. You can search for a word, string of characters or a message author.


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TextLayout --+ | ScrollableTextLayout --+ | event.EventDispatcher --+ | IncrementalTextLayout
Displayed text suitable for interactive editing and/or scrolling large documents.
Unlike TextLayout and ScrollableTextLayout, this class generates vertex lists only for lines of text that are visible. As the document is scrolled, vertex lists are deleted and created as appropriate to keep video memory usage to a minimum and improve rendering speed.
Changes to the document are quickly reflected in this layout, as only the affected line(s) are reflowed. Use begin_update and end_update to further reduce the amount of processing required.
The layout can also display a text selection (text with a different background color). The Caret class implements a visible text cursor and provides event handlers for scrolling, selecting and editing text in an incremental text layout.
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on_layout_update()
Some or all of the layout text was reflowed.
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delete(self)
Remove this layout from its batch.
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on_insert_text(self,
start,
text)
Event handler for
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on_delete_text(self,
start,
end)
Event handler for
AbstractDocument.on_delete_text . |
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on_style_text(self,
start,
end,
attributes)
Event handler for
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set_selection(self,
start,
end)
Set the text selection range.
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get_position_from_point(self,
x,
y)
Get the closest document position to a point.
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get_point_from_position(self,
position,
line=None)
Get the X, Y coordinates of a position in the document.
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get_line_from_point(self,
x,
y)
Get the closest line index to a point.
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get_point_from_line(self,
line)
Get the X, Y coordinates of a line index.
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get_line_from_position(self,
position)
Get the line index of a character position in the document.
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get_position_from_line(self,
line)
Get the first document character position of a given line index.
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get_position_on_line(self,
line,
x)
Get the closest document position for a given line index and X
coordinate.
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get_line_count(self)
Get the number of lines in the text layout.
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ensure_line_visible(self,
line)
Adjust view_y so that the line with the given index is visible.
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ensure_x_visible(self,
x)
Adjust view_x so that the given X coordinate is visible.
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begin_update(self)
Indicate that a number of changes to the layout or document
are about to occur.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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dispatch_event(self,
event_type,
*args)
Dispatch a single event to the attached handlers.
(Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
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draw(self)
Draw this text layout.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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end_update(self)
Perform pending layout changes since begin_update.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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event(self,
*args)
Function decorator for an event handler.
(Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
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pop_handlers(self)
Pop the top level of event handlers off the stack.
(Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
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push_handlers(self,
*args,
**kwargs)
Push a level onto the top of the handler stack, then attach zero or
more event handlers.
(Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
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register_event_type(cls,
name)
Register an event type with the dispatcher.
(Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
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name,
handler)
Remove a single event handler.
(Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
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*args,
**kwargs)
Remove event handlers from the event stack.
(Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
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name,
handler)
Attach a single event handler.
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set_handlers(self,
*args,
**kwargs)
Attach one or more event handlers to the top level of the handler
stack.
(Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
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Set if multiline layout is enabled.
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view_y
Vertical scroll offset.
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selection_start
Starting position of the active selection.
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selection_end
End position of the active selection (exclusive).
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selection_color
Text color of active selection.
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selection_background_color
Background color of active
selection.
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anchor_x
Horizontal anchor alignment.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.ScrollableTextLayout)
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anchor_y
Vertical anchor alignment.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.ScrollableTextLayout)
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content_valign
Vertical alignment of content within
larger layout box.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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| float |
dpi
Get DPI used by this layout.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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view_x
Horizontal scroll offset.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.ScrollableTextLayout)
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| int |
x
X coordinate of the layout.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.ScrollableTextLayout)
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y
Y coordinate of the layout.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.ScrollableTextLayout)
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background_group = OrderedGroup(0)
Rendering group for background color.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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content_height
Calculuated height of the text in the layout.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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content_width
Calculuated width of the text in the layout.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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foreground_decoration_group = TextLayoutForegroundDecorationGr
Rendering group for glyph underlines.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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foreground_group = TextLayoutForegroundGroup(1)
Rendering group for glyphs.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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top_group = <pyglet.text.layout.TextLayoutGroup object at 0x6a
Top-level rendering group.
(Inherited from pyglet.text.layout.TextLayout)
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Some or all of the layout text was reflowed.
Text reflow is caused by document edits or changes to the layout's size. Changes to the layout's position or active selection, and certain document edits such as text color, do not cause a reflow.
Handle this event to update the position of a graphical element that depends on the laid out position of a glyph or line.
Event handler for AbstractDocument.on_insert_text
.
The event handler is bound by the text layout; there is no need for applications to interact with this method.
Event handler for AbstractDocument.on_delete_text
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The event handler is bound by the text layout; there is no need for applications to interact with this method.
Event handler for AbstractDocument.on_style_text
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The event handler is bound by the text layout; there is no need for applications to interact with this method.
Set the text selection range.
If start equals end no selection will be visible.
Get the X, Y coordinates of a position in the document.
The position that ends a line has an ambiguous point: it can be either the end of the line, or the beginning of the next line. You may optionally specify a line index to disambiguate the case.
The resulting Y coordinate gives the baseline of the line.
Set if multiline layout is enabled.
If multiline is False, newline and paragraph characters are ignored and text is not word-wrapped.
Vertical scroll offset.
The initial value is 0, and the top of the text will touch the top of the layout bounds (unless the content height is less than the layout height, in which case content_valign is used).
A negative value causes the text to "scroll" upwards. Values outside of the range [height - content_height, 0] are automatically clipped in range.
See Also: set_selection
See Also: set_selection
Text color of active selection.
The color is an RGBA tuple with components in range [0, 255].
Background color of active selection.
The color is an RGBA tuple with components in range [0, 255].
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Stereotype Threat
Posted on 13 July 2014 by Kyle Daugherty
Stereotype threat is a situational predicament in which people are or feel themselves to be at risk of confirming negative sterotypes about their social identity (i.e., the part of personal identity, our sense of who we are, that comes from group memberships and the social categories to which we belong: our age, sex, race religion, profession, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, region, social class, etc.). The term stereotype threat was first used in 1995 by Claude Steele and Joshua Aronson who showed in several experiments that Black college freshmen and sophmores performed worse on standardized tests than White students when their race was emphasized. However, when race was not emphasized, Black students performed better or equivalently with White students. The results showed that performance in academic contexts can be harmed by the awareness that one's behavior might be viewed through the lens of racial stereotypes.
As a middle class white male, I haven't experienced any notable instances of stereotype threat - at least none that I can recall at the time of this writing. Now having lived in Arkansas my whole life, I've definitely heard my fair share of jokes about people from the South and that we're all supposedly rednecks or hillbillies. Although, I've never been offended by any of these jokes and never felt like I was in a situation where I've underperformed because of these stereotypes.
I've also been fortunate enough to work at a company for the last 10 years that believes strongly in diversity and inclusion, not only with their employees, but also with their suppliers and communities. It's been great getting to work for such a company with this type of culture and beliefs and I've learned a lot as a result.
One thing going into DBC and switching to a career in the tech industry that does have me a little concerned is my age. I'm 30 years old (old, I know, right?). I'm worried that my age could be a hindrance in getting a junior developer position after I graduate from DBC. I realize these positions are usually filled by younger candidates. Ultimately, I know that having success in landing a job after DBC will rely on much more than my age and I won't let it limit me.
I'm grateful that DBC puts a lot of focus on empathy and being acceptive of people from all sorts of backgrounds. Having that type of environment established will make a difference and sets a great foundation for everyone. To help combat stereotype threat, I feel like I can make a difference by calling out negative behavior and educating others about this topic. Also, following the golden rule by treating everyone, regardless of their social group, with respect and the way that I would want to be treated goes a long way.


A free-running system timer for measuring real time. Using CC1110 Timer1.
void timer_init(void)
Initialise timer.
void timer_reinit(void)
Reinitialise timer after sleep.
uint16_t timer_getTicks(void)
Get the number of raw system timer ticks.
uint16_t timer_toMS(uint32_t oldTick, uint32_t newTick)
Calculate the delta in milliseconds between two raw timer tick counts.
oldTick
[in]
newTick
[in]
void timer_delayMS(uint16_t delayMs)
Busy wait for delayMs
milliseconds.
delayMs
[in]
void timer_addMS(uint16_t deltaMs)
Increment tick counter by deltaMs
milliseconds, used internally after sleep.
deltaMs
[in]
void timer_uptimeAddQs(uint8_t qs)
Add a number of quarter seconds to global uptime. Used internally.
qs
[in]
uint32_t timer_getUptimeQS(void)
Get global quarter second timer.


This plugin works pretty much like other Bootstrap plugins. It supports both data-attributes & plugin method invocation.


Download student finance forms and guidance notes for Student Finance England including:
- forms PN1, PR1, PTL1, PFF2 and CYI
- forms for parents
- forms for EU students studying in England
- forms for Disabled Students’ Allowances (DSA)
Before you start
The forms are different for students from Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland .
For braille or alternative formats contact the helpline. If you email, include your contact details and the format you need.
Helpline - alternative formats only
0141 243 3686
<EMAIL_ADDRESS>You can call Student Finance England if you want to apply online but you can’t use a computer without help.


When creating a website, you have to name the different sections of your website in the code, so that you can both come back to it later and still understand what each of the bits do, and so that lots of stuff can be changed at once. In my website I had named the different sections with names that were less than useful, and when I went back to change things I had no idea what controlled what!
To get myself out of this problem I started to ‘comment out’ different sections of my code, which means to stop that bit of code from working so that I could see what on my website disappeared/changed. Once I worked that out, I wrote comments to show what the different sections were, so that this issue wouldn’t happen again. Throughout this process I felt silly that I had named everything so badly in the first place, but recognized that it was a good mistake to make early on, so that I could learn from it. What I learned was to name the different code sections with descriptive class names, and add comments to explain where the code was a bit tricky to follow.
I had to write a function that took in a group of numbers and returned the same numbers except those that were multiples of 3, it printed Fizz, those that are multiples of 5 printed Buzz, and those that were multiples of 3 and 5 printed FizzBuzz. I knew the gist of what the code needed to do, but instead of jumping straight into coding we were meant to write pseudocode. I wrote the pseudocode) and as I did so it allowed me to fully understand how the function needed to flow. Then when writing the actual code, I got the function right first time. This made me feel like I’d done a really thorough job and made the whole process fun. This taught me that thinking through a problem in its entirety before coding was a much better method compared to just hacking away at the code until it works.
Pseudocode: I feel somewhat confident using this method of problem solving - It works well when I do use it, but need to use it more to feel as though it comes naturally to me.
Trying Something: Confident using this method! Though certainly wouldn't say that what I try works! :)
Rubber Ducky Method: Have been giving the rubber ducky method a go recently by talking through my thinking out loud, so certainly getting more confident with this method!
Reading Error Messages: Not a super confident one for me... I often forget and have to go back and read the error message (and often realise that it tells me exactly what I need to do to fix the problem). Need to work on this one!
Console.logging: Pretty confident with console.logging! It's probably one of the first methods I learned to problem solve so have used it a bit.
Googling: I'm confident using this method!! Googling is second nature to me these days. Although still find it hard sometimes to separate the good resources from the bad/overly complicated ones.
Asking your peers for help: Semi-confident with asking peers for help.
Asking coaches for help: Similar to asking peers for help - I can do it but it doesn't come super naturally to me. I imagine that this will change as things ramp up during bootcamp!
Improving your process with reflection: I am confident on the reflecting side, but don't feel as though i've been able to practice this much as I haven't had the time to go back and make the changes I've reflected on. Hopefully I can put this in to practice soon!


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The Journey begins, Kyuss started surfing at the age of 2, surfing small days out the Pass on the front of his dads Mal, Kyuss would stand tall and ride the waves to shore clapping his hands, turn to his dad and say “MORE” Kyuss took to surfing like he’d done it in another life, Kyuss was always keen to get out there, onshore, rain, blue bottles, Kyuss wanted to go…
At the age of 4 Kyuss featured on the front cover of the local newspaper surfing across a green face solo out the Pass and with a stance that true of a grounded point surfer… Kyuss’s surfing talents were soon noticed by the surf brands and was sponsored by Volcom at the age of 6. Kyuss loved competing and went on to win many national junior events over the past years and recently claimed the 2011 U12 NSW State Titles Championship and added 2 perfect 10 point rides at state level.
Kyuss has been travelling the world with his family, chasing the sun, surfing new waves, making new friends, living different cultures and learning life. Kyuss’s passion are surfing, skating, guitar, music and art. Kyuss is also a historian and keen collector. Kyuss loves 90’s Indy Rock, Old School Movies, Collecting Retro Skate Boards, and Surfboards, fashion from the 70′s and 80′s, American Muscle Cars and so on..


Malbec is a great choice with leaner red meats and does wonders with melted blue cheese.
In France, Malbec tends to have more structure, firmer tannins, and an inky dark, brooding quality.
A Malbec from Argentina tends to be plummy and fruit-forward, with a velvety soft texture.


Insert the backup file and backup password for every admin of the wallet. Your funds
will be sent to Helperbit, and will come back as Bitcoin to your Helperbit address.
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Maxine A. Attobrah
Watch A Pawn Turn To A Queen.
Educator | Engineer | Hacker | Beat Maker | Mentor
Maxine recently graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering in the Class of 2014 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her experiences include software engineering, web development, mentoring, teaching and making beats. She has moved to different organizations inspiring youth to follow their dreams. She is interested in working with people to build businesses in technology, music and education.
ResumeCreate products that will be useful to the world.
Inspire people the way I have been inspired.
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How do i set a .vssettings file?
Thank you.
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I was setting up my Orcas VM again to play a bit with some VS2008 stuff. As part of my usual rituals, one of the first things I'll do is import my old VS2005 settings from a .VSSETTINGS file I keep around. Mostly it works fine, and much better in beta 2 than it used to work on previous builds (though it will still cause a couple of warnings).
That said, I did run into two minor, but annoying things, related to Font and Color settings:
- Why, ohh why, did the XAML designer guys add yet another complete set of color settings for XAML code? Isn't XAML after all XML? Why couldn't they just use the base XML color settings and maybe add a couple of new options, instead of a complete new set?
I mean, I appreciate having flexibility, but there's a point after which too much configuration options is just annoying. Many Visual Studio color scheme setting files around (from those that do share it) don't really include the full set of color bindings (for example, many just have the base code options and maybe html/xml settings, but not very often); now if you want to share a quality color scheme for VS2008 you need to configure and test yet another complete set of colors? ouch!
- The import seems to truncate some of the Fonts and Color settings. In particular, it seems to completely ignore colors for User Types (Enums), User Types (Interfaces), User Types (Value Types) and User Types (Delegates), setting them up with some other color (not sure yet where it picked it from). I guess this is probably a simple bug in the importer, but not sure it's worth reporting (unlikely to be fixed at this stage).


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1 IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA CWP No.2516 of 2018 Decided on: 26.11.2018 _____________________________________________________ Rana Randeep Singh ..........Petitioner .
Versus Union of India and Others .........Respondents ______________________________________________________ The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Surya Kant, Chief Justice.
The Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge. Whether approved for reporting?1 ______________________________________________________ For the petitioner : Mr. Abhimanyu Rathore and Ms. Poonam Gehlot, Advocates.
For the respondents : Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General of India, for r respondents/Union of India.
Mr. J.K. Verma, Mr. Adarsh Sharma and Ms. Ritta Goswami, Additional Advocate Generals, for respondents/ State.
Mr. Maan Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.7/Pollution Control Board.
Mr. Deepak Kaushal, Advocate, for the respondents No.8 and 9.
_____________________________________________________ Surya Kant, CJ (Oral).
The instant writ petition has been purportedly filed in public interest alleging inter alia that respondents No.8 to 10 have been accorded mining permission by the State Level Environment Impact Assessment Authority (respondent No.6) to carry out mining in the area which is said to be surrounded by wildlife 1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?
::: Downloaded on - 28/11/2018 22:56:25 :::HCHP 2corridor consisting of National Parks, Sanctuary and Conservation Reserves from almost all sides. The mining area is stated to be within two kilometres from Simbalbara Wild Life Sanctuary and .
within five kilometres of Kalesar National Park located in Haryana State, besides eight kilometres from the notified Asan Bird Conservation Reserve of Uttarakhand. The village of the petitioner is also stated to be situated near to the area for which mining permissions have been granted to the private respondents.
2. We do not want to express any opinion on the merits at this stage, especially keeping in view the overlapping and multiplicity of the issue sought to be raised by the petitioner, who has earlier approached the Learned National Green Tribunal, but as a result of rejection of his petition on the plea of limitation, has now approached the Hon'ble Supreme Court and the matter is sub judice.
3. Nonetheless, on certain issues regarding grant of consent to establish, consent to operate and consent to renew accorded in favour of respondent No.8 for establishing/running the stone crusher, the petitioner has filed statutory appeals under Section 28 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and Section 31 of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. It is stated that two appeals were filed by the ::: Downloaded on - 28/11/2018 22:56:25 :::HCHP 3 petitioner on 15.11.2017 & 01.06.2018, respectively, but the Appellate Authority, namely the Secretary, Department of Environment and Science & Technology to the Government of .
Himachal Pradesh, has yet not decided those appeals.
4. At this stage, we thus deem it appropriate to dispose the instant writ petition with a direction to the above stated Appellate Authority to decide the pending appeals, after hearing the parties and by way of a reasoned order, within a period of
5. to three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
As regards to other issues, the petitioner shall be at liberty to segregate his objections and approach the Authorities concerned, who will examine his complaints and take appropriate decision, in accordance with law and after observing principles of natural justice.
6. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms, so also pending miscellaneous application(s), if any.
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Class Documentation¶
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class
Node
¶ Class node.
Contains the x, y coordinates of the locationof the node, its id, its demand, and whether it has been added to the routes of any of the vehicles
Public Functions
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Node
(int x = 0, int y = 0, int id = 0, int demand = 0, bool is_routed = true)¶ Consructor.
Constructor for a node
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- Parameters
x
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by Michael CorryThe Ulster Council has confirmed that ‘finish-on-the-day’ protocols will remain in place for the remainder of the Ulster club championship after two games were decided by penalty shootouts at the weekend.
In Brewster Park, Derrygonnelly progressed to the senior semi-final following a classic encounter with Tyrone champions Trillick. The Fermanagh champions eventually prevailing 6-5 on penalty kicks after Lee Brennan struck the post for Trillick in sudden death.
In the Ulster junior semi-final at Celtic Park, another Tyrone club, Rock St Patrick’s, lost to Donegal side Buncrana after another shootout.
The decision to decide important fixtures via this method has not gone down well in certain circles with Declan Bogue reporting that the Ulster Council are sticking to the recommendation set down from Congress earlier this year.
PRO Declan Woods also commented that the decision was made to move away from free-kicks competitions to decide fixtures, something that very nearly happened in this season’s Antrim semi-final if not for the interference of county board chairman Ciaran McCavana.
Woods also understands that this method is in place in other parts of the country.
“My understanding is, this was the recommended directive coming out of Congress this year. That ‘finish on the day’ would come in and we would move away from free-kicks.” Woods told Bogue.
“Meath had shootouts, there were some instances of penalties in the Meath championship I can remember. Overall, I am not sure it was adopted everywhere.
“Clearly, Donegal didn’t put it into their by-laws because they weren’t in a position to implement it.
“So it was at the discretion of the two clubs (Naomh Conaill and Gaoth Dobhair) and Naomh Conaill wouldn’t agree, Gaoth Dobhair would agree to it, so they had to keep going on with another replay.”
The method will remain as is for the upcoming semi-finals according to Woods but if the Ulster decider finishes in a draw then a replay will be required.


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See Martin Fowlers's Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection article from 2003 for a thorough description. Surely everyone has read this by now?
This is where a component has a constructor, with arguments that are its dependencies:
public class Apple { private final Orange orange; private final Pear pear; private final Banana banana; public Apple(Orange orange, Pear pear, Banana banana) { this.orange = orange; this.pear = pear; this.banana = banana; } // methods }
The PicoContainer team recomends CDI over other types. There is no need to mark up the constructor with an annotation. Having more than one constructor is OK too, as PicoContainer will try to use the one with the most arguments and fall back to ones with fewer if it cannot satisfy the longer ones.
The component factory for this is ConstructorInjection. It only handles constructor injection types of components. Factory AdaptiveInjection defaults to constructor injection, after checking first to see it the component in question is a Annotated Method or Field type (see below).
This is where a component has an empty constructor with dependencies provided by setters after instantiation:
public class Apple { private Orange orange; private Pear pear; private Banana banana; public setOrange(Orange orange) { this.orange = orange; } public setPear(Pear pear) { this.pear = pear; } public setBanana(Banana banana) { this.banana = banana; } // other methods }
Setter methods (those prefixed with 'set') may not be your preferred choice. You can force a different prefix to be choosable in PicoContainer, such as 'init' or 'inject'.
The component factory for this is SetterInjection. It only handles setter injection types of components.
Factory AdaptiveInjection can also handle setter injection types, though it requires that the component was registered with the property 'SDI' in order to activate the Setter Injection functionality. AdaptiveInjection will also fall through to constructor injection if there is no SDI property.
If you want to use an prefix other than 'set', then specify your preferred prexix in the non-default constructor for SetterInjection.
This is where a component has an empty constructor with dependencies indicated by a field annotation and provided automatically by the container after instantiation.
public class Apple { @Inject private Orange orange; @Inject private Pear pear; @Inject private Banana banana; // methods }
Yes thats's right, there's no constructor needed. It means that for a Unit Test, you cannot simply 'new' the class, which is a downside.
The component factory for this is a class AnnotatedFieldInjection. It only handles field-annotation injection types of components.
Additionally component factory AdaptiveInjection can also handle field annotation types, if the @Inject annotation from PicoContainer's codebase is used as the marker for injection. AdaptiveInjection will also fall through to constructor injection if there is no recognised @Inject annotation.
If you want to use an @Inject annotation from another codebase, then specify the preferred annotation class in the constructor for AnnotatedFieldInjection.
This is where a component has an empty constructor and gets its dependencies injected into annotated methods after instantiation:
public class Apple { private Orange orange; private Pear pear; private Banana banana; @Inject public injectOrange(Orange orange) { this.orange = orange; } @Inject public setPear(Pear pear) { this.pear = pear; } @Inject public provideBanana(Banana banana) { this.banana = banana; } // other methods }
The method (whatever its name) needs an @Inject annotation. That's from our codebase (org.picocontainer.Inject).
The component factory for this is AnnotatedMethodInjection. It only handles method-annotation injection types of components.
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If you want to use an @Inject annotation from another codebase, then specify the preferred annotation class in the constructor for AnnotatedMethodInjection.
This is where a component has an empty constructor and gets all its dependencies injected into single method after instantiation:
public class Apple { private Orange orange; private Pear pear; private Banana banana; public inject(Orange orange, Pear pear, Banana banana) { this.orange = orange; this.pear = pear; this.banana = banana; } // other methods }
The method name needs be 'inject' unless overrriden in the InjectionFactory.
The component factory for this is MethodInjection. It only handles method-injection types of components.
Additionally component factory AdaptiveInjection can also handle method-injection types, but only if the METHOD_INJECTION characteristic is specified.
Explicit Constructor Injection:
pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(new ConstructorInjection()); pico.addComponent(Apple.class);
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pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(); pico.addComponent(Apple.class);
Explicit Setter Injection:
pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(new SetterInjection()); pico.addComponent(Apple.class);
Explicit Annotated Field injection:
pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(new AnnotatedFieldInjection(); pico.addComponent(Apple.class);
Explicit Annotated Field injection, with alternate Annotation:
pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(new AnnotatedFieldInjection(MyInjectAnnotaton.class); pico.addComponent(Apple.class);
Explicit Annotated Method injection:
pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(new AnnotatedMethodInjection(); pico.addComponent(Apple.class);
Explicit Annotated Method injection, with alternate Annotation:
pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(new AnnotatedMethodInjection(MyInjectAnnotaton.class); pico.addComponent(Apple.class);
Explicit Method injection:
pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(new MethodInjection(); pico.addComponent(Apple.class);
Method injection, via a characteristic:
pico = new DefaultPicoContainer(); pico.as(Characteristic.METHOD_INJECTION).addComponent(Apple.class);


Since there is no observed transition TO OR FROM A hence the value will not change
Since there is only one observed transition FROM B TO C hence only the value for B will change
Since there is no observed transition TO OR FROM C hence the value will not change
Since there is no observed transition TO OR FROM D hence the value will not change
Since there is no observed transition TO OR FROM E hence the value will not change


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display
a variable. GrADS
will return an animation sequence. By default, the animation
dimension is time, but you may specify a different dimension to
animate by using the following command:
set loopdim
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If you wish to animate a variable with fewer than three varying dimensions (i.e., animate a line graph), you can control animation by entering:
set looping
on|off
Remember to set looping
off
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set dbuff on
When you issue a display command after turning on double buffering,
the image is drawn to the backgound buffer. Then you issue the
swap
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see what you've displayed. swap
works like clear
in that it
resets many graphics options.
Here is a sample script demonstrating how to use double buffering:
'open model.ctl' 'set dbuff on' t = 1 'set gxout shaded' while (t <= 5) 'set t 't 'draw title Temperature' 'd t' 'cbarn' 'swap' t = t + 1 endwhile
You may also control the speed of the animation by inserting a
q pos
following the
swap
command -- then each
click of the mouse would move to the next time step.


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Story: Actions after death
Actions after death
Title
Actions after death
Collection
Summary
When a !kun man dies, his things are not given to another person. This would make the deceased's wife cry and the people afraid ('we should tremble'). There follows an account of the interaction between the dead person's child (son) and wife.
Comments
1) p.9558v: !nanni heard this from his paternal grandfather (Karu), 2) p.9567v: a woman carries her pot in her skin (of female |no' o), 3) See also Dress after death and Customs at death and Burial and Burial (another account), 4) This story is found in Book XI & XII-7
Contributors
Date
30 July – 10 August 1880
Categories
Keywords
death (actions after) , death (!kun customs at) , death (the actions of the widow) , death (the actions of the child) , death (his son leaves for his father's father's country) , death (his widow leaves for her mother's country) , death (his things are not given to another person) , death (his family cry greatly) , death (things that make the people afraid) , country (the dead man's) , country (the son of the dead man leaves for his father's) , country (the widow leaves for her mother's) , country (what the dead man's son says to the widow) , country (and !kun customs at death) , widow (her actions after the death of her husband) , widow (leaves for her mother's country) , widow (fears being killed by other people) , widow (her things) , widow (and !kun customs at death) , things (the widow's) , things (the dead man's are not given to another person) , things (and !kun customs at death) , women (the actions of widows) , women (and !kun customs at death) , wife (the actions of widows) , wife (and !kun customs at death) , !kun (customs at death) , !kun (the actions of widows) , husband (the actions of wives after death of a) , husband (and !kun customs at death)
Story Pages
9559-9562, 9568-9572


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Nestle store in Spain trials facial payments
A Nestle grocery store in Spain has implemented a face payment system developed by CaixaBank and the bank's Payment Innovation Hub alliance, comprising partner institutions Global Payments, Visa, Samsung and Arval.
The Face to Pay Nestle Market application is available for download from the Google Play and Apple's app store. Users are required to register their personal details, card and facial image before making their first purchase at a dedicated checkout lane equipped with a tablet featuring a camera and internet connection.
The system will be tested in the wild for three months in order to analyse how well the technology works in periods of high demand, such as the Christmas season.
The Nestle implementation follows a similar project with restaurant chain Vienna at one of its outlets in Barcelona.
CaixaBank views facial recognition as a coming wave in the trend for 'invisible payments'. The bank has already rolled out the biometric authentication method for making cash withdrawals at ATMs located at branches in Barcelona and Valencia.


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A. GS1 Related Social Issues 1. Talaq to be a part of madrasa curriculum B. GS2 Related Polity 1. Top court sets aside HC order on riot recompense 2. Centre argues against making marital rape a crime in Delhi high court International Relations 1. With Doklam standoff resolved, PM to visit China 2. Agreeing to disagree 3. Govt to ease norms for organ donors C. GS3 Related Economics 1. Consolidated FDI policy document released 2. Unease of doing business 3. Centre to unveil ‘future-ready’ industrial policy in October 4. Forex reserves: The problem of plenty 5. Minimum wage to vary across states Internal Security and Disaster Management 1. Only Indian phones for defense officials? 2. Eastern turbulence 3. Behind Mumbai flood, cruel August Environment and Ecology 1. Lakes of fire D. GS4 Related E. Prelims Fact F. UPSC Prelims Practice Questions G. UPSC Mains Practice Questions
1. Talaq to be a part of madrasa curriculum
In news:
- To educate Muslims about the practice of talaq after the recent Supreme Court ruling on the matter, a leading dargah of the Sunni sect has decided to include it in the curriculum of the madrasas.
- The dargah has also issued a helpline number for such cases.
1. Top court sets aside HC order on riot recompense
In news:
- Gujarat High Court: directed the State to pay compensation to shrines destroyed in the 2002 communal riots.
- The Supreme Court set aside this particular order of Gujarat High Court.
- State governments view accepted by the court: taxpayers’ money cannot be spent to promote a particular religion.
- Gujarat government scheme: pay up to ₹50,000 as ex-gratia assistance to authorised religious places damaged, destroyed or desecrated during the riots.
Other cases:
Prafull Goradia judgment:
- Supreme Court observation: using “substantial part” of the tax-payers’ money for paying damages to destroyed religious structures would violate Article 27 of the Constitution.
- Article 27. Freedom as to payment of taxes for promotion of any particular religion: No person shall be compelled to pay any taxes, the proceeds of which are specifically appropriated in payment of expenses for the promotion or maintenance of any particular religion or religious denomination
2. Centre argues against making marital rape a crime in Delhi high court
Context:
- NGO, RTI Foundation filed a plea before Delhi High Court:
- Strike down the exception under Section 375 (rape) of the IPC, which does not penalize sexual intercourse between a man and his wife if she is over 15 years of age.
- Such an exception would be against the interest of married women as it is violative of Article 14 (equality under law) and 21 (right to life) of the Constitution.
In news:
Center’s response:
- If marital rape is recognized as a crime then it would-
- Destabilize the institution of marriage, apart from being an easy tool for harassing husbands.
- The courts too would find it difficult to rely upon evidence in such circumstances as there could be “no lasting evidence in case of sexual acts between a man and his own wife”.
Basic Information
Section 375 in The Indian Penal Code
375. Rape.—A man is said to commit “rape” who, except in the case hereinafter excepted, has sexual intercourse with a woman under circumstances falling under any of the six following descriptions:—
(First) — Against her will.
(Secondly) —Without her consent.
(Thirdly) — With her consent, when her consent has been obtained by putting her or any person in whom she is interested in fear of death or of hurt.

(Fifthly) — With her consent, when, at the time of giving such consent, by reason of unsoundness of mind or intoxication or the administration by him personally or through another of any stupefying or unwholesome substance, she is unable to understand the nature and consequences of that to which she gives consent.
(Sixthly) — With or without her consent, when she is under sixteen years of age. Explanation.—Penetration is sufficient to constitute the sexual intercourse necessary to the offence of rape.
(Exception) —Sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age, is not rape.] STATE AMENDMENT
(Manipur) —(a) in clause sixthly, for the word “sixteen” substitute the word “fourteen”;
Category: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1. With Doklam standoff resolved, PM to visit China
Context:
- Narendra Modi is all set to visit China for the BRICS summit.
9th BRICS summit:
- Location: Xiamen, China’s Fujian province.
- Date: September 3-5, 2017.
Basic Information
BRICS:
- BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
- Originally the first four were grouped as “BRIC” (or “the BRICs”), before the induction of South Africa in 2010.
- The BRICS members are all leading developing or newly industrialized countries, but they are distinguished by their large, sometimes fast-growing economies and significant influence on regional affairs; all five are G-20 members.
- The term does not include countries such as South Korea, Mexico and Turkey for which other acronyms and group associations were later created.
Financial structure: Currently, there are two components that make up the financial architecture of BRICS, namely, the New Development Bank (NDB) and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA). Both of these components were signed into treaty in 2014 and became active in 2015.
a. New Development Bank:
- The New Development Bank (NDB) is based in Shanghai.
- The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is a multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states.
- The bank’s primary focus of lending will be infrastructure projects with authorized lending of up to $34 billion annually.
- South Africa will be the African Headquarters of the Bank named the “New Development Bank Africa Regional Centre”.
- The bank will have starting capital of $50 billion, with capital increased to $100 billion over time.
- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will initially contribute $10 billion each to bring the total to $50 billion.
b. BRICS CRA:
- The BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) is a framework for providing protection against global liquidity pressures.
- This includes currency issues where members’ national currencies are being adversely affected by global financial pressures.
- It is found that emerging economies that experienced rapid economic liberalization went through increased economic volatility, bringing uncertain macroeconomic environment.
- The CRA is generally seen as a competitor to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and along with the New Development Bank is viewed as an example of increasing South-South cooperation.
- It was established in 2015 by the BRICS countries Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
- The legal basis is formed by the Treaty for the Establishment of a BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement, signed at Fortaleza, Brazil on 15 July 2014.
2. Govt to ease norms for organ donors
Possible amendment to the Human Organs and Tissues Transplantation Act, 1994 (as amended in 2011)
- The government plans to include step-parents, step-siblings and extended family members in the definition of ‘near relatives’ allowed to donate critical organs
- This move is likely to benefit patients awaiting transplants.
Present scenario:
Near relatives include: spouses, children, parents, siblings, grandparents and grandchildren.
1. Consolidated FDI policy document released
Context
- The government has come out with the latest edition of its consolidated FDI policy document – a compilation of the changes made in the past one year in a single document.
Importance:
- It is an initiative aimed at ensuring greater ease of doing business in India and an investor-friendly climate to foreign investors so that the country attracts more FDI.
Consolidated FDI policy:
- For the first time, the document has included start-ups.
- As per the norms, start-ups can raise up to 100 per cent of funds from Foreign Venture Capital Investor (FVCI).
- The document said the start-ups can issue equity or equity linked instruments or debt instruments to FVCI against receipt of foreign remittance.
- Person residing outside India (other than citizens/entities of Pakistan and Bangladesh) will be permitted to purchase convertible notes issued by an Indian start-up company for an amount of Rs 25 lakh or more in a single tranche.
- Non Resident Indians can also acquire convertible notes on non- repatriation basis.
- The start-up issuing convertible notes would be required to furnish reports as prescribed by the RBI
Context:
- Niti Aayog survey shows starting a business remains a difficult task.
Keypoints:
- World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business (2016) Ranking positioned India at a abysmal 130 out of 150 countries.
- A survey by the Niti Aayog and the Mumbai-based think tank, IDFC Institute, post a year disclose that the determinations of the Centre and state governments to ease the system of permits and clearances could not satisfy the interests of most entrepreneurs who are discomforted with the country’s regulatory environment.
- The survey across the country demonstrates that most firms do not use the single-window systems for business and regulatory clearances.
- Survey claims Tamil Nadu,the best performing states where the process takes more than 60 days and on average four months to set up a business in India.
- Persistent drawbacks with governance in India are seen as the reason behind the gap between the claims and realities.
- The difficulty of cutting the red tape of the lower bureaucracy is one of the major hurdles in the process.
- The World Bank’s report (2016), highlighted that delays in issuing construction permits affected the ease of doing business in India.
- A key worry to the administrators come in as entrepreneurs from employment-intensive sectors are more likely to face problems and securing construction and other permits, compared to the capital-intensive ones.
- The survey should serve as a wake-up call to government and a reminder that over two decades after economic reforms the Indian state is still flailing when it comes to easing the path for entrepreneurs.
3. Centre to unveil ‘future-ready’ industrial policy in October
In news:
- The government is all set to announce the new ‘future-ready’ Industrial Policy in October
- Policy aim:
- To facilitate the use of smart technologies such as the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics for advanced manufacturing.
- To make India a manufacturing hub by promoting ‘Make in India’
- To subsume the National Manufacturing Policy.
- Six thematic focus groups: manufacturing and MSME; technology and innovation; ease of doing business; infrastructure, investment, trade and fiscal policy; and skills and employability for the future, would facilitate inputs.
- Constraints to Industrial growth:
- Inadequate infrastructure
- Restrictive labour laws
- Complicated business environment
- Slow technology adoption
- Low productivity
- Challenges for trade including the Indian MSME sector facing tough competition from cheap imports from China and FTA countries,
- Inadequate expenditure on R&D and Innovation.
4. Minimum wage to vary across states
Context:
- The Code on Wages Bill proposed by the Union government.
In news:
- Proposed bill will not fix a single national level minimum wage for the whole country, but will vary across states and geographies.
- Code on Wages Bill 2017: “It provides for national minimum wage for different geographical areas so as to ensure that no State Government fixes the minimum wage below the national minimum wage, notified for that area by the Central Government,”
- The Centre will fix different wages through a notification after consulting the Central Advisory Board.
- As per the new provisions of the bill- if the minimum wages fixed by the states are already higher than the ‘national minimum wage’, the states will not be allowed to lower their wage levels.
- The Code on Wages Bill combines four labour laws — Payment of Wages Act, 1936, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.
Category: INTERNAL SECURITY AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
1. Only Indian phones for defense officials?
Context:
In news:
- The Centre is considering the creation of a secure communications ecosystem for its officials, especially those working in the defence sector.
- Proposals:
- Mandating the use of mobile phones manufactured by Indian companies for official communication.
- Secure email service to its officials. The email will offer enhanced security authentication mechanisms such as geo-fencing and device mapping.
Basic Information
- Geo-fencing is a feature in a software program that uses the global
positioning system (GPS) or radio frequency identification (RFID)
to define geographical boundaries.
Geo-fencing allow an administrator to set up triggers so when a device enters (or exits) the boundaries defined by the administrator, an alert is issued. Many geo-fencing applications incorporate Google Earth, allowing administrators to define boundaries on top of a satellite view of a specific geographical area. Other applications define boundaries by longitude and latitude or through user-created and Web-based maps.
Context:
- Calls for Gorkhaland and Bodoland are churning the region afresh.
- An exceptionally sizeable attendance of women blocked the national highway to Assam demanding Bodoland.
Keypoints:
- The blockade impact can be on the disruption of trade and transport links between the Northeast and the rest of India.
- This region is already facing the burnt of the seasonal floods in the Brahmaputra basin.
- Both these instances together can result in severe economic costs to this region.
- Tea and tourism, which are lifelines of the local economy, have almost crumpled.
- Well-timed state involvement handled with patience and wisdom may prevent these agitations from spreading, and becoming violent.
Reason behind the demand:
- At the roots of these protests lies in the communal identity and their representation. The Gorkhas in the Darjeeling hills and the Bodos in upper Assam believe that a separate state is necessary to protect their collective social, cultural and political identities including language and ethnicity.
- The seeds of separatist politics now churning the region are the result of the constitution of states like Bengal and Assam.
- The majority or dominant groups established their linguistic and ethnic identity without giving much attention towards the minorities, who were then in the margins of the region’s politics.
Way forward:
- The run of identity politics needs to be destroyed, where the autonomous bodies can play a prominent role.
- Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and Bodo Autonomous Council are valuable tools in delivering the public goods and build physical and social infrastructure. However, the unfinished and unsatisfying work of politics in these states may not fully satisfy the aspirations of these groups.
3. Behind Mumbai flood, cruel August
Context:
- Ceaseless shower in the financial capital of India over the last two days has
- paralyzed the city.
Keypoints:
- Mumbai recorded 315.8 mm of rainfall between 8:30 am and 8:30 pm Tuesday.
- Had so much rainfall occurred in May or June, the condition in Mumbai might have been less severe, says meteorological office.
- Despite these rains being forecast well in advance, no mitigative/preventive steps were taken.
- Mumbai has recieved about 2,000 mm of rainfall this monsoon season (since June), which is more than normal.
- Larger impact of the rains on city life could be due to the moisture saturated soil whose ability to absorb water is diminished.
Reason behind Intense rainfall
- The strong low-pressure area that had developed over southern Madhya Pradesh, is one of the several reasons behind the intense monsoon this year.
- The regional distribution of monsoon rainfall has been quite even.
- Only Kerala, south-interior Karnataka, Vidarbha, eastern Madhya Pradesh, western Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, and Punjab have had deficient rainfall this season.
- Bengaluru had received massive rains previous week, about 180 mm in a single day, and was faced with similar flooding and resultant chaos.
- Earlier, huge parts of Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha have also faced floods this season.
Category: ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY
Context:
- Lakes froth spilling in Bengaluru is a symptom of a pervasive urban problem.
Keypoints:
- Bellandur lake in Bengaluru has been much in the news for the outpouring foam and froth and the rise of smoke and flames from the area surrounding it.
- City’s heaviest rains in a century, rose the froth and foam as high as 10 to 12 feet from Bellandur and spread onto the streets, endangering traffic and entering shops and homes across the road, causing huge inconvenience to those living in the area.
- In May 2015, the Bellandur lake itself was on fire, creating enormous fear and anxiety in the minds of the people living in the area.
- The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) submitted a report to the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, which resulted in setting up an expert committee by the state government.
- The report highlights the sustained inflow of untreated sewage and industrial effluents as the principal forces behind the phenomena of froth and fire.
- The Silicon Valley of India, which has been known for its hundreds of lakes originally built in the 16th century by damming the natural valley systems is threatened with pollution today.
- The National Green Tribunal has issued a number of directions emphasising the need for removal of silt from the lake, treatment of municipal sewage which is going into the water body, closure of polluting industries, ban on dumping of municipal solid waste around the lake, penalty on apartment buildings in the area which are sending untreated sewage to the lake and an environmental fine of Rs 5 lakh on anyone found dumping waste in and around the lake.
- The untreated wastewater or sewage of local waterbodies feeds the growth of water-weeds, which blankets surface water.
- Apparently, the huge roots of water hyacinth absorb impurities and can lock up pollutants in the water.
- The microbes feeding on the rotting organic matter consume all the oxygen in the water, disturbing the ecology for the survival of fish life.
- When such organic matter naturally breaks down, it releases fatty acids that float to the surface. This is how foam is formed and turns into froth.
- The phosphorus content in the detergents in India is much higher than 2.2 per cent, which contributes to the formation of these weeds.
- Urban planning in India must ensure that wetlands which are natural recharge zones are typically not disturbed
Facts:
- Out of 480 million litres per day (MLD) of wastewater discharged to the lake, only 308 MLD is treated.
- According to the CPCB, 75 per cent of the measured pollution in our rivers from point sources is from municipal sewage and 25 per cent is from industrial effluents.
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F. Practice Questions for UPSC Prelims Exam
Question 1. Consider the following statements:
- Monazite is an important ore for thorium,lanthanum, and cerium
- India, Madagascar, and South Africa have large deposits of monazite sands.
- The deposits in India are particularly rich in monazite
Identify the correct statements from the options given below
- 1 and 3
- 1 and 2
- 2 and 3
- All are correct
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Question 2. The word “Budget” is mentioned in which of the following Article of
Indian Constitution?
- Article. 109
- Article.112
- Article.265
- Article.256
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Question 3. The ultimate responsibility of taking due action to the comments of the
C & AG vests with:
- President Of India
- Supreme Court
- Parliament
- National Development Council
Question 4. Sargasso Sea is characterized by _____.
- Very cold water
- Very warm water
- Highly saline water
- Typical marine vegetation
Question 5. Which among the following depicts the correct meaning of the term
Jins-i-kamil concerning crops in Mughal India?
- Paddy Crop
- Cash Crop
- Coarse Crop
- Crop grown in Arid region
Question 6. Arsenic present in groundwater can be partially removed ______.
- Along with removal of iron by precipitation/ coagulation method if iron is also present in the water
- On boiling even if iron is absent in the water
- On UV-treatment
- On filtration even if iron is absent in the water
Question 7. Which of the following are not Natural UNESCO World Heritage sites?
- Sundarbans National Park
- Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Parks
- Group of Monuments at Hampi
- Keoladeo National Park
Question 8. Which of the following criteria are to be met to be included in the UNESCO
world Heritage sites list?
- Should represent a masterpiece of human creative genius
- Should contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation.
- Should contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance
- All the above
Question 9. Consider the following statements:
- Gobindobhog is a sweet variety of Bengal.
- Gobindobhog has recently been given the Geographical indicator tag.
Select the correct option/s
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- None of the above
Question 10. Identify the correct statements with respect to the GI Tag.
- GI is covered under the Intellectual Property Rights and the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
- A GI tag certifies the origin of a product or produce from a particular region as the quality or other features of the product is attributable only to the place of its origin.
- The tag helps farmers or manufacturers, as the case may be, to get a better price in the market.
- All the above.
Question 11. Identify the incorrect statements.
- Nuakhai is the chief festival of Western Odisha.
- It is the harvest festival of Odisha wherein farmers are in possession of new rice of the season.
Select the correct option
- 1 only
- 2only
- Both 1 and 2
- None of the above
G. UPSC Mains Practice Questions
GS Paper I
- Lake froth spilling in Urban localities are being a major concern in urban ambience. What steps can be taken to address the issue?
GS Paper II
- What are the essentials of a true federalism? Analyze the nature of the Indian federation?
- Examine the need for the review of Indian Constitution?
- Claims for separate statehood are seen repeatedly in news. Can the grant for separate state address the regional problems? What are the problems behind demanding a separate statehood in India?
GS Paper III
- Considering the threats cyberspace poses for the country, India needs a “Digital Armed Force” to prevent crimes. Critically evaluate the National Cyber Security Policy, 2013 outlining the challenges perceived in its effective implementation.
- Are urban floods a cause of concern? What are the measures taken in pre and post disaster management as per the NDMA,2005 guidelines with respect to the urban floods?
- Despite many guidelines the ease of doing business lies abysmal in the country as per the recent NITI aayog survey. What are the hurdles inhibiting the growth in this area despite a significant progress post the economic reforms?What measures can be taken to address the issue?
GS Paper IV
Topic: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
Question 1.
You are stranded in traffic in your car. You are driving the car. A poor girl looking very frail approaches
you and start begging for money. Looking at her frail appearance, out of compassion, you take out your
wallet to search for a ten Rupees note. The girl who is standing very near to you snatches the wallet
and starts running. A man on a motorbike who see this act, catches the girl and starts beating her in full
view of public. Now the traffic is moving and your car is in the middle of the road.
What will you do in
such a situation? Explain the course of action and reason?
Answer
Action should be as follow:
- Park Car- so that no disturbance to the traffic
- Call to destination where I was heading about the emergency so that they will not wait for me.
- Reach the spot where the man is beating girl and immediately stop him and ask him not to beat or take law in his hand. Thank him for taking notice of the theft and taking action, but remind him that the girl is very young and could have acted out of hunger too. Remind him gently that it is a public space and such act physical violence could land him in legal trouble. This should lower his anger.
- If girl is injured- carry out first aid from the box available in the car. Get her something to eat and drink.
- Try to know her history and then informing to NGO or child care centre and personally taking to there will be my choice since leaving her just like that will make her to repeat the act since it’s the poverty and poor care made her to act. If these are given girl will desist from such acts.
- Make an occasional follow up of the girl with the agency to whom she had been handed over to.
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