A recent study of North American food manufacturers by TR Cutler, Inc. revealed an interesting and complex relationship with enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. In an industry facing thinning profit margins and expanding SKUs, food manufacturers indicated that they need ERP to address complicated operational needs, are disappointed by insufficient solutions, and are also unlikely to make changes in the next three years. Why is there such a mixed message?
Key findings of the TR Cutler, Inc. study are discussed in "The Survey Says: Leveraging Existing Technology Investments A Top Priority For Food Manufacturers," posted by Thomas R. Cutler on FoodLogistics.com. Results of the study revealed interesting insights on the love/hate relationship with ERP by businesses in the food manufacturing industry. Of the 512 businesses that participated in the survey, nearly all of them invested in ERP technology. Although less than 10% indicated that they would change ERP solutions within the next three years, a whopping 68% complained that their existing technology was inefficient. Worse yet, about 88% indicated that their current technology couldn't address food safety, quality, compliance, and supply chain complexities – several pretty important factors in running a successful food manufacturing operation.
The study also indicated that food manufacturers were feeling a touch of buyer's remorse, particularly with the ERP platforms that were designed for discrete manufacturing. Addressing gaps by adding process manufacturing enhancements or customizations didn't provide relief and added more risk and overhead. Adding to the challenge are the complications of working in a global marketplace with global suppliers and the constantly-changing regulatory and compliance standards.
While each case is different, one common thread highlighted in the study is that ERP is both needed to manage a successful business, yet dreaded because of its inefficiencies for that unique business. Some relief can be found in choosing an experienced software provider and an ERP solution that offers the flexibility and agility needed within an industry that faces so many changes. Your relationship with ERP doesn't have to be complicated. Contact Collins Computing for guidance, insight, and support with choosing an ERP platform that meets your needs today and offers the flexibility to grow and change as your business grows and changes.


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WATCH: 'Rogue One' Gets its First TV Spot
August 2, 2016 August 2, 2016 Christian Bone
Once Suicide Squad arrives at the end of this week, the next really big movie to be released will be December's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We've already got our first look at the movie – which will kick off the Star Wars Anthology series – back in April, but expect the publicity and marketing around the film to ramp up considerably the closer we get to the film's release date. In anticipation of that, Disney and Lucasfilm have just revealed a new TV spot (via MovieManiacsDE). Have a watch of it below.
Fans who have rewatched the first trailer endlessly will recognise that this much shorter TV spot doesn't really contain any new material. There's Star Wars' latest female hero, Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso, introducing herself with "this is a rebellion, isn't it? I rebel." The tense music. The AT-ATs. Glimpses of cast members like Forest Whitaker, Diego Luna and Riz Ahmed. There is a new tagline, though, which will mean something to fans: "Hope begins with rebellion." This is of course referencing the fact that Rogue One is set before the original Star Wars movie – or, if you'd prefer, Episode IV: A New Hope.
The film's synopsis is as follows:
"Following the foundation of the Galactic Empire, a wayward band of Rebel fighters comes together to carry out a desperate mission: to steal the plans for the Death Star before it can be used to enforce the Emperor's rule."
Rogue One: A Star Wars story is directed by Gareth Edwards. As well as those mentioned above, it will feature an ensemble cast including Ben Mendelsohn, Mads Mikkelsen, Jiang Wen, Alan Tudyk and Donnie Yen. Oh, and James Earl Jones as the voice of Darth Vader, of course. It arrives in this galaxy on December 16th.
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Microsoft Punishing Gears of War Leakers By Disabling Their Xbox Live Accounts
And much worse may be incoming.
Posted By Pramath | On 15th, May. 2015
That Gears of War is being remastered and coming to Xbox One is a thing we have known for a while now. This news piece is not about that. This news piece is about the fact that people who made this known to us, by leaking screens and media, violated some very harsh NDAs, and now Microsoft as well as VMC (a company that allows for widescale game testing by crowdsourcing it) are both going to impose some pretty harsh penalties on the leakers.
VMC said in an email sent out to all testers, "Recently, multiple leaks were perpetrated by several GBTN community members. In one case, a member who was participating in that test shared a screenshot on Snapchat with their friend, who wasn't part of the project, but tricked his friend by saying he didn't believe him when he said they were working on the same project.
"Upon reception of the screenshot, the friend who received the Snapchat leaked it online, betraying his friend as well as his NDA with VMC Games. While the tester who first took the screenshot didn't think he was doing anything bad, he was still going against the NDA, and was part of the cause why the information got leaked. Because of this, both members were permanently removed from the community and addressed to our legal department, as per the terms of the NDA."
"Now, new wording is about to reach the community regarding this particular event. The nature of the leak having had occurred through Xbox One, actually also went against the Microsoft EULA, which is agreed upon when creating an Xbox LIVE account, or any other type of Microsoft account. This being said, as per that agreement with the testers in fault, Microsoft also permanently disabled their Xbox LIVE accounts (as well as other suspected accounts present on their Xbox One kits) and temporarily blocked all of their Xbox One privileges – meaning that for a period of time which Microsoft decides on depending on the severity of the offense, their Xbox One is entirely unusable."
"The reason behind the Non-Disclosure Agreement is not only to protect our clients and our program, but also our community, and to make each and every single one of you aware of the severity of revealing confidential information which you're entrusted with. One screenshot, message or even conversation shared with someone else can easily snowball into a situation that goes out of control, and not only penalize the offender as well as anyone else directly involved, but sometimes far beyond that."
"In certain cases, there were consequences which had affected people which had no malicious intentions but ended up entwined within the legal case – we're fully aware that this also targeted very faithful, hard workers who had been with us from the start, and this situation crippled the entire community. We do not want to go that way ever again and are constantly in search of better solutions to single out perpetrators before too much is at risk. The community itself is growing stronger, and often times leaks are reported by community members to us – and we're extremely thankful for that as it not only speeds up investigations drastically, but also shows us that this community is tightly knit and merely contains a few bad apples, who unfortunately ruin the experience for too many participants already."
That part about Microsoft disabling consoles entirely? While one can say the leakers had it coming, it sounds scary that Microsoft even has that ability. However, Microsoft released its own statement, in which it confirmed that nothing was stopping anybody from continuing to use their consoles offline.
"To be clear, if a console is suspended from Xbox Live for a violation of the Terms of Use, it can still be used offline. Microsoft enforcement action does not result in a console becoming unusable. Suspensions for both consoles and accounts are determined by looking at a number of factors. To avoid enforcement action including suspension from the service, users should follow the Xbox Live Terms of Use and Code of Conduct."
So, there you have it, folks. Personally, I wouldn't be as afraid of a suspended account or even a bricked console, as I would be of the impending legal action.
Tagged With: gears of war, Microsoft, Xbox Live, Xbox One
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Earlier this year, we invited members to share their personal stories that inspire and embody the joy and possibility of what it means to Live Fearless in an effort to celebrate our members and the many Faces of Fearless who are overcoming challenges each and every day. We received many outstanding submissions about stepping outside of a comfort zone to embrace a new possibility, overcoming an obstacle, or honoring personal truth. Below are the winning submissions from Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon from members Elivra Hennig and Miriam Richards.
On my 27th birthday, 2014 I received a call from my provider informing me about being diagnosed with stage III Hodgkin Lymphoma. A month before being diagnosed my life was advancing full speed. I got engaged, was a full-time student in my 2nd Baccalaureate Program and was working full time. I always thought that I am not a courageous person by nature. I have simply discovered that, at certain key moments in this life, you must find courage in yourself, to move forward and live. It is like a muscle, and it must be exercised, first a little, and then more and more. All the exciting things possible during a lifetime require a little more courage than we currently have. A deep breath and a leap.
By the end summer 2015, I graduated from my educational program with the "Outstanding Student Award," and celebrated my incredible wedding in Germany. I became a BCBS member after my treatment and was hesitant finding a new oncologist, however, the transition from my previous health insurance to BCBS was very easy. I was relieved to find excellent doctors that help me continue my health program. I have learned that the key to life is accepting challenges. I see my life with different eyes, and I am grateful for every moment I have on Earth next to my loved ones.
Miriam's MS will not stop her from traveling the world and climbing all the mountains she can. She refused to let MS hold her down. After climbing the highest mountains of 23 European countries, this Deaf ASL teacher refuses to give up. After her ankle failed her, she underwent partial ankle replacement. She continues to hike and climb through the pain. Blue Cross has enabled doctors the go ahead to patch Miriam back to allow her to continue her passion. Instead of becoming a couch potato, her goals are set to seek the highest location of each European country. Her third attempt of Alaska is on her agenda for May 2018. Striving for the next climb redirects away from any feelings of defeat to MS. Miriam will not let fear of her condition tempt her off course.


1954 Bowman Baseball Collection (119). Offered is a 119-card collection of 1954 Bowman baseball cards. Highlights include: #'s 1 Rizzuto (EX), 15 Ashburn (VG), 45 Kiner (PR), 50 Kell (VG), 57 Wilhelm (VG/EX), 58 Reese (PR, paper loss), 62 Slaughter (GD), 64 Mathews (VG/EX), 65 Mantle (PR), 90 Campanella (EX), 95 Roberts (VG/EX), 110 Schoendienst (EX). Grades 33% EX to EX/MT, 49% VG to VG/EX, 18% lesser.


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Dr. Ashish Singla
Robotics, Controls, Underactuated Systems, Exoskeletons, Dynamics of Multi-Body Systems, Flexible Manipulators, Vibrations
ashish.singla@thapar.edu
Dr. Ashish Singla is an active researcher in the area of flexible manipulators, underactuated systems, assistive and wearable devices. He has more than 10 years of experience in industry, teaching and research. He received his doctoral degree in the field of flexible manipulators from IIT Kanpur in 2012. Since 2010, he is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala. Dr. Singla visited University of Gävle, Sweden in 2015 as a Visiting Researcher and in 2017, he worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA to do research in the field of wearable and assistive devices. Dr. Singla is involved in many national and international collaborations and published many journal and international conference publications. He has supervised more than 20 Master students in the area of robotics and control. Recently, Dr. Singla (as PI along with three Co-PIs) has received a DST SERB grant of 64 lacs to develop a three-link flexible manipulator.
PhD in Flexible Robotic Manipulators, IIT Kanpur
M.E. in CAD/CAM and Robotics, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, SLIET Longowal
Teaching and Work Experience
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, USA
June 2017-July 2017
Visiting Researcher, University of Gävle, Sweden
Assistant Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India
Dec 2010 – Till Date
Sr. Project Associate, Centre for Robotics, IIT Kanpur, India
July 2004 – July 2005
Lecturer, Chitkara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Rajpura, Punjab
Design Engineer Trident Group, Barnala, Punjab
Jan 2002 – July 2003
Deion of Research Interests
Robotics: Flexible manipulators, underactuated systems, medical robots
Exoskeletons and wearable robotics
Redundant manipulators: Redundancy resolution, task priority, obstacle avoidance
Dynamics and control of multi-body systems
Mechanical vibrations, command shaping
Year of Funding
Title of Project
Amount of Grant (in Lakhs)
Co-Investigators (if any)
2017-2020 DST Design and Development of a Three-Link Rigid-Flexible Manipulator for High Speed Operations 64.2 Dr. A Singla (PI)
Dr. T K Bera (Co-PI)
Dr. S.K. Saha (Co-PI)
Dr. S.P. Singh (Co-PI)
2017-2020 UGAV Development of a CVT-based hybrid mechanism for torque variation in Lower Body Exoskeleton. (Indo-Swedish project on technology exchange and joint guidance of PhD and ME students) 14 Dr. A Singla (PI)
Dr. Magnus Isaksson (PI-Swedish Side)
Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies
Robotics Society of India
Punj-Robotics
SCI 08, Non-SCI 08, Conference Papers 20
Journal Papers: SCI/SCIE
Ishan Chawla, Ashish Singla, "Real-Time Control of a Rotary Inverted Pendulum using Robust LQR Based ANFIS Controller", International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation.
Baltej Singh Rupal, Sajid Rafique, Ashish Singla, Ekta Singla, Magnus Isaksson and Gurvinder Singh Virk, "Lower-Limb Exoskeletons: Research Trends and Regulatory Guidelines in Medical and Non-medical Applications", Sage - International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS), Impact Factor – 0.987 (Accepted-2017).
Amanpreet Singh, Ekta Singla, Sanjeev Soni and Ashish Singla, "Kinematic Modeling of a 7-DOF Spatial Hybrid Manipulator for Medical Surgery", Sage - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Impact Factor – 1.005, 2017 (Accepted).
Ashish Singla and Gurminder Singh, "Real-Time Swing-up and Stabilization Control of a Cart-Pendulum System with Constrained Cart Movement", International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, De Gruyter, England (Accepted), Impact Factor: 0.89, August, 2017
Amanpreet Singh, Ashish Singla, Sanjeev Soni, "Extension of D-H Parameter Method to Hybrid Manipulators used in Robot-Assisted Surgery", Sage: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol. 229, No. 10, pp. 703-712, Impact Factor – 1.005, 2015, DOI – 10.177/0954411915602289
Ashish Singla, Ashish Tewari and Bhaskar Dasgupta, "Vibration Suppression during Input Tracking of a Flexible Manipulator using a Hybrid Controller", Springer: SADHANA - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science, Vol 40, No 6, pp. 1865-1898, Impact Factor – 0.465, 2015, DOI - 10.1007/s12046-015-0392-4
Ashish Singla, Ashish Tewari and Bhaskar Dasgupta, "Command Shaped Closed-loop Control of Flexible Robotic Manipulators". Advances in Vibration Engineering (Now renamed as Journal of Vibration Engineering and Technologies), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 97-110, Impact Factor: 0.33, April 2016
Amanpreet Singh, Ashish Singla, "Kinematic Modeling of Robotic Manipulators", Springer: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 303-319, Impact Factor: 0.425, August 2016, DOI - 10.1007/s40010-016-0285-x.
Journal Publications: Non-SCI
Ashish Singla, Baltej Singh Rupal and Gurvinder Singh Virk, "Optimization of stepped-cone CVT for Lower-Limb Exoskeletons", Elsevier: Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 592-595, July, 2016.
Ashish Singla, Gurminder Singh and Gurvinder Singh Virk, "Matlab/SimMechanics Based Control of Four-Bar Passive Lower-Body Mechanism for Rehabilitation", Elsevier: Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 351-354, April 2016, DOI - 10.1016/j.pisc.2016.04.072
Baltej Singh Rupal, Ashish Singla and Gurvinder Singh Virk, "Lower Limb Exoskeletons: A Brief Review", International Journal for Scientific Research and Development, pp. 18-24, Vol- COMET-2016, Jan 2016.
Saurav Dhand, Ashish Singla, "Sensitivity Analysis and Optimal Production Scheduling as a Dual Phase Simplex Model", Indian Journal of Science and Technology (E-SCI Journal), Vol 9, No. 39, pp. 1-6, Oct 2016.
Shakti Singh, Ashish Singla, Amanpreet Singh, Sanjeev Soni and Sanjeev Verma, "Kinematic Modeling of a Five-DOFs Spatial Manipulator used in Robot-Assisted Surgery", Elsevier: Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 550-553, July 2016.
Ashish Singla, Saurav Dhand and Gurvinder Singh Virk, "Mathematical Modeling of a Hand Crank Generator for Powering Lower-Limb Exoskeletons", Elsevier: Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 561-563, July 2016.
A. Kumar, A. Tondon, S. Paul, A. Singla, S. Kumar, P. Vijay and U. D. Bhangale, "Influence of Tyre's Dimensional Characteristics on Tyre-Pavement Noise Emission", Physical Review and Research International, Vol 1 No 4, pp. 124-137, 2011
Ashish Singla, Sandeep Kumar, Prasad Kulkarni, Bhaskar Dasgupta, "High-Index Norm Redundancy Resolution Scheme for Kinematically Redundant Robot Manipulators", International Journal of Computational Science (IJCS), Vol 1 No 4, pp. 351-370, (2007).
Jyotindra Narayan, Ashish Singla, "ANFIS Based Trajectory Tracking of a SCARA Robot", IEEE 4th International Conference on Signal Processing, Computing and Control (ISPCC 2017) at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, HP, India, Sept 21-23, 2017 (Accepted)
Gurminder Singh, Ashish Singla, "Modeling, Analysis and Control of a Single Stage Linear Inverted Pendulum", IEEE International Conference on Power, Control, Signals and Instrumentation Engineering (ICPCSI-2017), 21-22 Sept, 2017, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Accepted).
Abhishek Kathpal, Ashish Singla, "SimMechanicsTM Based Modeling, Simulation and Real-Time Control of Rotary Inverted Pendulum", 11th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISCO-2017), 5-6 Jan, 2017, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, pp. 166-172, 2017.
Sukhdeep Singh, Ashish Singla, Jaspreet Singh, "Compatibility of glass materials with silicon during anodic bonding for diaphragm based MEMS capacitive sensor", 5th International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology (ICAET-2017), 24-25 March, 2017, BGIET, Sangrur, pp. 590-592, 2017.
Baltej Singh Rupal, Ashish Singla and Gurvinder Singh Virk, "Lower Limb Exoskeletons: A Brief Review", Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Technology (COMET-2016), Jan 15-17, 2016, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India, pp. 130-140, 2016.
Saurav Dhand, Ashish Singla, and Gurvinder Singh Virk, "A Brief Review on Human-Powered Lower-Limb Exoskeletons", Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Technology (COMET-2016), IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Jan 15-17, 2016, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India, pp. 117-123, 2016.
Gurminder Singh, Ashish Singla, and Gurvinder Singh Virk, "Modeling and Simulation of a Passive Lower-body Mechanism for Rehabilitation", Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Technology (COMET-2016), IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Jan 15-17, 2016, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India, pp. 124-129, 2016.
Amanpreet Singh, Ashish Singla and Sanjeev Soni, "Gravity Balancing of a Seven-DOFs Hybrid Manipulator", 2nd International and 17th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM-2015), Dec 16-19, IIT Kanpur, India (2015).
Amanpreet Singh, Ashish Singla and Sanjeev Soni, "D-H Parameters Augmented with Dummy Frames for Serial Manipulators containing Spatial Links," The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2014), pp. 975-980, August 25-29, 2014, Edinburg, Scotland, UK (2014). (DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926379)
Ashish Singla, "High Index Norm Approach: A Redundancy Resolution Scheme For Inverse Kinematics of Redundant Serial Manipulators", Proceedings of 6th International IEEE Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ROBMECH-2013), pp. 40-45, Oct 30-31, 2013, Durban South Africa (2013). (DOI: 10.1109/RoboMech.2013.6685489)
Ashish Singla, "Vibration Suppression of a Cart-Flexible Pole System Using a Hybrid Controller", Proceedings of the 1st International and 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM2013), pp. 375-382, Dec 18-20, 2013, IIT Roorkee, India (2013)
Ashish Singla, Ekta Singla, "Input Shaped Open-Loop Control for Vibration Suppression of Lightweight Flexible Manipulators", Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Technologies – Micro to Nano (ETMN-2013), pp 69-70, Feb 23-24, 2013, BITS Goa (2013).
R. Singh, R. S. Panwar, O. P. Pandey, A. Singla and P. Sharma, "Electric discharge machining parameter selection for Al/Zr composite using Taguchi L27 orthogonal design", Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2013), Feb 18-21, 2013, IIT BHU, GOA (2013).
Ashish Singla, "Vibration Control of a Cart-Flexible Pole System using a ZVD Shaper", Proceedings of 26th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of Future (CARs&FOF-2011), July 26-28, pp 777-788, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2011).
Ekta Singla, Ashish Singla, "Performance Indices for Serial Robotic Manipulators", Proceedings of 26th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of Future (CARs&FOF-2011), July 26-28, pp 747-754, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2011).
Ekta Singla, Ashish Singla and Bhaskar Dasgupta, "A Posteriori Analysis Tool for Redundant Manipulators", Proceedings of the 2nd Indo-Russian Joint Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Modern Heuristics in Automation and Robotics, September 10-12, Novosibirsk, Russia (2011).
Ashish Singla, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Ashish Tewari, "Modeling and Control of Underactuated Redundant Manipulators", Proceedings of International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09), July 13-16, pp. 16-23, Orlando, FL, USA. (2009). (ISBN: 978-1-60651-008-7Publisher: ISRST)
Vikash Gupta, Ashish Singla, Bhaskar Dasgupta and Anjali Kulkarni, "Design and Development of an 8-R Snake-like Manipulator", IISc Centenary – International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IC-ICAME), July 2-4, IISc Bangalore, India (2008).
Ashish Singla, Sandeep Kumar, Prasad Kulkarni, Bhaskar Dasgupta, "Redundancy control of robot manipulators using task priority", Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (ACODS'2007), IISC Bangalore, Feb 1-2, pp. 72-78 India (2007).
Anand Vaz, Anil Singla, Sukhjinder Singh, T P Singh, Ashish Singla, "Development of single axis manipulator for robotic applications", National Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering (NCME-2003), Oct 31 - Nov 1, pp. 424-431, TIET Patiala, India (2003).
Ongoing Research Collaborations
Name of Collaborative Agency
Research Outcomes
1. CSIR-CSIO Lab, Chandigarh Medical Robotics Dr. Sanjeev Soni
Biomedical Instrumentation Division
CSIR CSIO Chandigarh
Two SCI Journal Publication
One Non-SCI Journal Publication in Elsevier
Two Publications in International Conferences
Joint guidance of two
ME theses
2. State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, USA Assistive Robotics Dr. Anurag Purwar
Research Associate Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering
One Indo-USA Project (Submitted)
Two papers (under process)
Host, summer-term at SUNY
GIAN Course
3. University of Gävle, Sweden Wearable Robotics Dr. Gurvinder Singh Virk
Former Professor of Robotics and the Built Environment, University of Gävle, SE-801 76 Gävle, SWEDEN
One SCI Journal Publication
Four Non-Sci Journal Publications
Three Publications in International Conferences
Three SCI Journal Publications (Under Review)
4. IIT Delhi Robotics Dr. S K Saha
Professor and Head
Mechanical Engg. Dept.
One DST Project
Joint guidance of two UG students for 6-months summer training at IITD
5. IIT Ropar Panj-Robotics and
Modular Robots Dr. Ekta Singla
SMMEE
One Project (Submitted)
Two SCI Journal Publications
One-Day workshop of Punj-Robotics on May 23, 2016 at TIET, Patiala
Three Publications in International Conferences.
Courses of Interest
Robotics: Kinematics, dynamics and controls
Modern control of dynamic systems
Dynamics of multi-body systems
Applied optimization: unconstrained and constrained (classical methods)
Applied mathematics: Linear algebra, ODEs, Numerical methods, Scientific computing
CAD, ICG, Engineering graphics, Machine drawing
ME Thesis Guided
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Expert Talk on Robotics in Healthcare during Research Colloquium on Robotics and Control: Emerging Technologies and Trends, March 27-29, 2017, College of Engineering, Kidangoor, Kottayam, Kerala. [2017]
Expert Talk on Simulation Learning Through Matlab on 20, 2016 during GIAN Course on Robotic Systems: Design, Analysis and Fabrication, Dec 20-30, 2016, IIT Ropar [2016]
Expert Talk on Simulation Learning Through Matlab on Dec 20, 2016 during GIAN Course on Robotic Systems: Design, Analysis and Fabrication, Dec 20-30, 2016, IIT Ropar [2016]
Expert Talk on NXT Programming on Dec 22, 2016 during GIAN Course on Robotic Systems: Design, Analysis and Fabrication, Dec 20-30, 2016, IIT Ropar [2016]
Expert Talk on Dynamic Modeling and Analysis on Dec 26, 2016 during GIAN Course on Robotic Systems: Design, Analysis and Fabrication, Dec 20-30, 2016, IIT Ropar [2016]
Expert Talk on Robot Control Strategies on Dec 26, 2016 during GIAN Course on Robotic Systems: Design, Analysis and Fabrication, Dec 20-30, 2016, IIT Ropar [2016]
Expert Talk on Simulation and Real-Time Control of Robotic Systems Dec 26, 2016 during GIAN Course on Robotic Systems: Design, Analysis and Fabrication, Dec 20-30, 2016, IIT Ropar [2016]
Expert Talk on Modeling, Simulation and Real-Time Control of Robotic Systems on Dec 20, 2016 during STTP on Robotics and Control, Nov 21-26, 2016, BVM College, Vidyanagar, Gujarat [2016]
Expert Talk on Flexible Manipulators at QIP Short Term Course on Modelling and Control of Robots, July 11-15, 2016, IIT Roorkee. [2016]
Expert Talk on Matlab Based Robot Programming at QIP Short Term Course on Modelling and Control of Robots, July 11-15, 2016, IIT Roorkee. [2016]
Expert Talk on Dynamics and Control of Unstable Systems at Two-Day Workshop on Recent Trends in Vehicle Dynamics, Feb 26, 2016, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala. [2016]
Talk on Networking and Research Directions in Robotics during PunjRobotics Meet, Jan 16, 2016, IIT Ropar [2016]
Talk on Research Directions in Robotics with Korean delegates at University of Gavle, Sweden on July 03, 2015 [2015]
Talk on Research Directions in Robotics at a SAATH Workshop at IIT Kanpur, Feb 16, 2015 [2015]
Talk on Advances in Robot Control during Robo-Week, Organized by Robotic Society of Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala on Feb 5, 2015. [2015]
Expert Talk on Technical Document Writing with LATEX, Workshop on Research Methodology, CDAC, Mohali, September 20, 2013 [2013]
Expert Talk on Matlab Platform: A Research Perspective, TEQIP-II sponsored National Short term training programme (STTP) on "Aspects and Applications of Research Methodology in Science and Engineering (AARMSE)" UIET, Chandigarh, July 8- 13, 2013 [2013]
Expert Talk on Flexible Manipulators, Short Term Training Programme on Advanced Robotics (STTPAR-2013), Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, March 21-23, 2013. [2013]
Expert Talk on Redundant Manipulators, Short Term Training Programme on Advanced Robotics (STTPAR-2013), Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, March 21-23, 2013. [2013]
Two Expert Talks on Scientific Computing with MATLAB, FDP on Recent Tools in Research: Matlab, Latex and Evolutionary Algorithms, Rayat Bahra Institute of Engineering and Nanotechnology for Women, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, July 2-6, 2012. [2012]
Two Expert Talks on Technical Document Writing with LATEX, FDP on Recent Tools in Research: Matlab, Latex and Evolutionary Algorithms, Rayat Bahra Institute of Engineering and Nanotechnology for Women, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, July 2-6, 2012. [2012]
Lecture on Solution of nonlinear equations and systems, short-term course, IIT Kanpur [2009]
Tutorial on Stability of dynamic systems, short-term course, IIT Kanpur [2008]
Tutorial on Basic methods of numerical integration, short-term course, IIT Kanpur [2008]
ASME Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics
Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science
Nation Academy of Science (NASA), Section – A, Physical Sciences, Springer
1st International and 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM2013)
President, Mechatronics and Robotics Society (MARS) , Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala
UG Coordinator – BE Mechatronics (2012 – 2016)
Lab Incharge: to develop Mechatronics Lab (2011 – Till Date)
Member, Curriculum Review Committee of ME CAD/CAM (2013)
Collected three year publication record for NBA/ABET/TCD team
Member of e-Yantra Team, an IIT Bombay Project
Member DPPC, MED, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala
Contacted Person
1. USA SUNY, New York 2017 Prof. Anurag Purwar
2. Switzerland ETH, Zurich 2015 Prof. Roland Siegwart
3. Sweden KTH, Stockholm 2015 Prof. Gurvinder S Virk
4. Sweden University of Gävle, Gävle 2015 Prof. Gurvinder S Virk
5. Netherlands University of Eindhoven 2015 Dr. Gagan Deep Bansal
6. South Africa University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban 2013 Dr. Riaan Stopforth
7. Singapore NUS, Singapore 2011 Prof. Marcelo H Ang.
8. France ISIR, Paris 2010 Dr. Vincent Padois
9. USA Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 2009 Dr. Vishal Gupta
10. USA Stanford University 2009 Prof J C Latombe
11. Germany Technical University, Berlin 2006 Prof Guenter Hommel
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, USA
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Reference image of a previous protest held on September 30, 2017, against Berkeley's mine. Photo by Stop Uranio.
The mayor of Salamanca's Villavieja de Yeltes municipality, Jorge Rodríguez, is calling on local residents and people from neighboring towns to attend a rally on November 26, 2017, against Berkeley's Salamanca uranium project in northwestern Spain.
Salamanca is the London/Salamanca-based miner's flagship project and is located on the Retortillo-Santidad uranium deposit near the town of Retortillo. The mine is expected to produce an average of 4.4 million pounds of uranium per year, for an initial period of 30 years, renewable for two further periods of 30 years.
It has, however, sparked a wave of opposition from the get-go. Local activists, international organizations, and university experts have continually expressed concerns about the potential impacts of the mine and its nuclear debris on both the environment and the population.
The new protest, backed by the platform Stop Uranio and the Salamanca Antinuclear collective, is expected to gather hundreds, considering that the mayor is planning to rent buses so that people can attend.
According to Rodríguez, almost 40 municipalities are against Berkeley's plan. Their main concern, he told EFE news agency, is that the mine is located near a school area.
Besides announcing the protest, the mayor also said that he will create a working group whose goal would be to publish a document presenting their studies and perspectives on the Salamanca project.
"The Company enjoys a good relationship with the municipalities of the area and, through the signing of Cooperation Agreements, has provided Wifi networks for local villages, built play areas for children, repaired sewage water plants, upgraded sports facilities, and sponsored various sporting events and local festivals. The residents of Villavieja are overwhelmingly in favour of the mine. The population has fallen 75% to around 400 residents, of which 110 have applied for jobs with Berkeley. The Company is already training and employing many of them and by next year expects to have 80 of them in full-time employment."
In terms of the environmental concerns, the Australian miner stated that such claims "have been comprehensively rejected by both the courts and the government agencies." According to the company, its work follows "the world's highest health, safety and environmental standards and has awards from AENOR, an independent government body, in both Sustainable Mining and Environmental Excellence."


Good Friday: Join us for a Good Friday Service on Friday, April 19 at 6:30 pm.
Saturday Morning Men's Meeting: We will be transitioning to a monthly meeting beginning April and running through August. Our next meeting will be Saturday, May 18, at 8:30 a.m. at the church. We will be serving a hot breakfast and having a discussion over a topic to be named. All men are invited and guests are welcome. We look forward to seeing you!
Stember/Kramer – Meeting every 3rd Sunday of the month. Please plan to bring a main dish and a side to share. See David Stember or Matt Kramer with any questions.
Hall – Meeting the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at the Hall's home (1540 42nd Street, Des Moines) at 6:30 pm. Our next meeting will be on April 23. Contact Tim or Karla if you are interested. This group is open to all ages, and families with children are welcome to join.
Men's Music Hangout: All men are welcome to join us for our music/hangout night on Wednesday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the Stember home (214 SE East Lawn Drive, Ankeny, Iowa 50021). We will be going through the music of Alan Jackson and George Strait. See David Stember with any questions.
Monthly Prayer Night: Our next monthly prayer night at the church will be on Wednesday, May 1. We will begin at 7:30 pm.


The buy-to-let world can certainly seem like a dangerous, mysterious jungle to new entrants and those who don't have any experience in the property market. However, with a bit of guidance from the pros, you'll find that getting into the market and making it big in good time is very possible. So how did they do it?
Landlords make their profits pretty much the same way and that is by using the money they get from cashing in on one property to buy another one. They repeat the same process over and over until they finally have a small empire. It's almost like gambling, but not your regular kind of gambling because it is done with calculated risks.
It is great to start out in a place where you don't get to pay too many service charges, however, if you start out your investment career in more expensive places like London, it is important that you branch out from that area as your portfolio expands.
The average landlord may decide to stick with home insurance only, but the smarter ones go for landlord insurance as well. While landlord insurance is not an obligation according to the law, it can protect a buy-to-let investor from risks that normal insurance won't protect them from. It can prove to be a serious lifesaver for your finances.
If there is one thing that all successful buy-to-let investors will agree on, it is that research is absolutely important. Many buy-to-let investors have learned from their mistake of not properly researching an area before buying a property there. By doing proper research, you'll find out just how much the tenant demand is and if the property is worth investing in. When you know exactly what you are getting into, you'll be able to decide whether it is worth it or not.
Properties located in areas where there is fantastic infrastructure always win. Look out for property located close to good schools and have excellent transport links. Amenities like that are highly attractive to tenants and the houses will always fetch a good price.
Huge mortgages are simply a disaster when you are looking to invest in buy-to-let properties because if you have humongous mortgages on all the houses you own, then you really don't own anything. What you should be more focused on is how much the investments are bringing in.
The older a house gets, the more likely it is to have issues. Instead of going for older homes, go for new-build homes because they usually have fewer problems and are more likely to comply with building regulations.
Don't let the buy-to-let investment world scare you away. With the right plan in place, you can make good money in less time that it will take others to do it.


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Wife of Missouri governor-elect robbed at gunpoint; 3 suspects in custody
Missouri's future first lady shaken up, but unharmed in incident
Micheal Mahoney
KMBC 9 News Reporter
Missouri Gov.-elect Eric Greitens and his wife Sheena speak to the media Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016, in St. Louis. Sheena Greitens was robbed at gunpoint while sitting in her car on Monday night not far from from the future first family's current St. Louis home. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
The wife of Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens now has a security detail after being robbed at gunpoint on Monday. Sheena Greitens was leaving a St. Louis coffee shop when she was held up by three teenagers. She was not hurt, but the incident left her shaken. The Missouri State Highway Patrol extended protection service to the state's future first lady after the incident. Spouses of Missouri governors usually get protection after the inauguration. The couple spoke with reporters outside their home Tuesday morning. They said they were glad police were able to make a swift arrest. Greitens, a Republican who defeated Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster in the November election, was emotional during the three minutes in which he spoke to the media. "I'm glad the law enforcement officers got to the suspects before I did," Greitens said. "We are also aware that this kind of thing happens to too many people in this city and this state, and it cannot continue," said Sheena Greitens. Eric Greitens emphasized law and order during the campaign and is expected to lay out some specifics in the next few days. In 2013, a man rushed the stage during Kansas City Mayor Sly James' State of the City Speech. James was not hurt and his police security detail subdued the man. Police say the suspects in the Greitens case, ages 14, 15 and 19, were involved in several crimes Monday. Police believe the three were part of a series of assaults on Monday. Governor-elect Greitens says he hopes to meet with the families of the three teenage suspects. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
The wife of Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens now has a security detail after being robbed at gunpoint on Monday.
Sheena Greitens was leaving a St. Louis coffee shop when she was held up by three teenagers. She was not hurt, but the incident left her shaken.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol extended protection service to the state's future first lady after the incident. Spouses of Missouri governors usually get protection after the inauguration.
The couple spoke with reporters outside their home Tuesday morning. They said they were glad police were able to make a swift arrest.
Greitens, a Republican who defeated Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster in the November election, was emotional during the three minutes in which he spoke to the media.
"I'm glad the law enforcement officers got to the suspects before I did," Greitens said.
"We are also aware that this kind of thing happens to too many people in this city and this state, and it cannot continue," said Sheena Greitens.
Eric Greitens emphasized law and order during the campaign and is expected to lay out some specifics in the next few days.
In 2013, a man rushed the stage during Kansas City Mayor Sly James' State of the City Speech. James was not hurt and his police security detail subdued the man.
Police say the suspects in the Greitens case, ages 14, 15 and 19, were involved in several crimes Monday. Police believe the three were part of a series of assaults on Monday.
Governor-elect Greitens says he hopes to meet with the families of the three teenage suspects.


On a warm morning in May 2010, a crew from Perrone Robotics and Transcore Corporation were on site south of Pittsburgh at Pennsylvania Turnpike plaza "M52" to advance the technological state of the art in transportation management. After a series of acceptance tests of their system, the Turnpike opened up the roads for passengers to drive through the state of the art Laser-based Vehicle Measurement system using SICK LMS sensors. Deployment was flawless. The team sat and watched the user interface and informational streams from the data room as the road was opened. Vehicles began passing through, measurements were taken, the system was operating as expected, and the crew broke for a celebratory barbecue.
This next generation system at M52 represents a major leap in technology development for open road tolling. Lasers positioned above the highway scan vehicles as they pass through the gantry system. Vehicles are detected and classified; dimensional measurements of height, width, and length are made; accurate speeds are calculated; real time triggering of cameras to photograph license plates occurs; and real time weighing of vehicles in motion is performed. All measurements are made under varying environmental noise conditions (rain, sleet, snow) and traffic patterns (stop-and-go to 100 mph highway speeds).
The future looks bright for open road tolling using above ground lasers.


The PowerTear is the most versatile Elmendorf tearing tester of its kind available. It is designed to provide accurate results while being easy to use. Paper, cardboard, plastic, textiles, and nonwovens are all materials that can be tested using the PowerTear. Electronic braking and two button release make the instrument safe while a rotary encoder, pendulum balance control, and a bearing on the release pin make it accurate and reliable. Lever clamps make sample loading faster and easier for the operator. The versatility of the PowerTear allows for a wide range of capability for testing both light and heavy weight materials.


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Have a Drink in One of These 8 Secret Bars in Paris
Europe France Paris
Courtney Traub
Courtney Traub has covered Paris and other European destinations for TripSavvy since 2006. She is co-author of the 2012 Michelin Green Guide to Northern France & the Paris Region.
As the world's single most-visited city, Paris can give the impression that it reserves few secrets or unexplored niches — including where nightlife is concerned. Yet, as Parisians themselves know well, the myth of the city as a transparent "living museum" couldn't be further from the truth. This is a metropolis that's forever changing and evolving, and new places are opening all the time — ones that aren't yet on most tourists' radars. This is as true of bars and clubs in the capital as it is of anything else.
For the intrepid urban traveler, these secret bars and watering holes in Paris offer an intriguing entry point into a side of the city that's little-known to many tourists. From speakeasy-style bars to private clubs and quaintly chic watering holes, these eight spots are all but guaranteed to make you feel like you've made the city your own. They also ooze with ambience and old-world cool, and most are open until the wee hours of the morning: perfect for dedicated night owls.
Moonshiner
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5 Rue Sedaine, 75011 Paris, France
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Regularly touted as the coolest new speakeasy-style joint in the city, this tiny bar near the bustling Bastille district is located behind a pizzeria called DaVito that serves perfectly good pies. But for many, the 1920s prohibition-era place situated at the back is the real draw card. Boasting an extensive menu of high-quality whiskies as well as many creative house cocktails, this is a place that the discerning drinker will certainly appreciate. The deep-leather chairs, gramophone playing soft vintage jazz, and romantic low lighting will appeal to those who think daylight's simply overrated. To call this place "throwback" in its style is an understatement.
La Mezcaleria: Bar Clandestino
Courtesy of La Mezcaleria
13 Boulevard du Temple, 75003 Paris, France
If this "clandestino" bar doesn't make you want to spontaneously break out singing the eponymous Manu Chao hit, we don't know what will. A Latin-themed watering hole in the relatively quiet, but central, 3rd arrondissement, La Mezcaleria abounds with colorful Mexican-style decor, from grinning skulls and cacti to bright tapestries and furniture with Aztec prints. The cheerful bar boasts both warmth and style, and serves up drinks and cocktails with distinctive Latin American and tropical twists, from classic Pina Coladas and caipihrinas to more inventive libations, such as the Hot Mexican, an appropriately spicy cocktail shaken with mezcal, tarragon, Suze liqueur, and Spanish bitters and fresh lemon juice.
The Library Bar at The Saint-James
Courtesy of the Saint James Paris
5 Place du Chancelier Adenauer, 75116 Paris, France
This little-known gem of a bar in western Paris is decidedly unhip — but its old-world glamour and intellectual heft makes it a spot that the hipster set may likely soon flock to. Before they do, go enjoy the distinctive, mildly nerdy vibe here: Some 12,000 handsome books grace the dark-wood shelves at this "library bar", part of the prestigious St James palace hotel in Paris' well-heeled 16th arrondissement.
The house cocktails, artfully concocted by barman Judicaël Noël, are among the most creative in the capital, and the chic-intello ambiance here is sure to quell your desire to steal away somewhere remote and semi-exclusive, far from the madding crowd. This is one of the few places left in Paris that can still claim to retain some mystery. It's also one of the best hotel bars in Paris.
Little Red Door
Courtesy of Little Red Door
60 Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris, France
Easily recognized from the street by its — you guessed it — bright red door, this up-and-coming cocktail bar situated between the fashionable Marais and Bastille districts has a New York vibe that many have noted. Inside, you'll find exposed brickwork, soft candlelight, deep velvet stools, and Baroque wallpaper to set the scene for the evening. Smartly dressed mixologists put together drinks that show genuine savoir-faire and attention to the little details, and the place prides itself on using only high-quality spirits. While the 1920s speakeasy ambience is less present here than at some of the other bars featured in our list, you still have to make an effort to get in: that red door isn't actually the entrance, so you'll have to nose out the right one.
Silencio: David Lynch's Private Club
Courtesy of Silencio Club / Alexandre Guirkinger
22 Rue Guillaume Apollinaire, 75006 Paris, France
When David Lynch opened his private club, named after the eponymous, deliciously creepy joint from his film "Mulholland Drive" in Paris back in 2011, his "Twin Peaks" reboot had yet to be released. Now that "The Return"/Season 3 of the cult tv series has been streaming in living rooms around the globe, the Silencio Club has even more appeal for the way it plunges you right into Lynch's dark, sumptuous universe. The director even had an active hand in designing the decor — and it shows.
From the heavy read curtains framing the stage, to a large onsite cinema and cavernous, romantic, vaguely creepy niches that you can explore throughout the club, an evening here is definitely an unusual and noteworthy way to experience Parisian nightlife. Get lost in the dreamy, dimly lit world of one of the world's most celebrated auteur directors — but do be aware that it's a private club, and only open to the general public after midnight. Non-night owls will sadly have to abstain.
Le Lavomatic
Courtesy of Le Lavomatic Paris
30 Rue René Boulanger, 75010 Paris, France
For anyone who remembers Stephen Frears' film "My Beautiful Laundrette", this quirky "secret door" bar will please your cinematic sensibilities. Getting there is, of course, more than half the fun. What appears to be a rather banal, grey Parisian building situated near the bustling Place de la République harbors a secret above the laundromat: a rickety spiral staircase takes you to a cozy, brightly decorated bar on the level above. The pop-art kitsch aesthetic makes the place all the more fun: oversized boxes of laundry soap, furniture in striking sherbet hues, and barstools covered with quotes all add to the ambiance. Cocktails are beautifully presented and emphasize fresh fruit and herbal flavors, such as the Drunk in Love, featuring fresh strawberry puree and coriander.
La Recyclerie
Courtesy of La Recyclerie
83 Boulevard Ornano, 75018 Paris, France
This one isn't a speakeasy, but a quirky "urban farm" at Paris' northern limits that houses a bright, cheerful cafe-bar-restaurant filled with books, plants and repurposed furniture. Ecological sustainability is at the heart of the concept, from the recycled decor to the locally sourced ingredients used in the kitchen and the mini-farm and aromatic herb garden that grace the premises. It's only a short few blocks from Paris' giant old flea market at the Porte de Clignancourt, so the reuse-recycle theme is certainly appropriate.
Airy, cheerful, and unpretentious, this place is one of the best-kept secrets of the neighborhood, which can be a bit overwhelmingly gritty and lacking in greenery at times. During the day, enjoy coffee or a light bite while working on your laptop; at night, the place becomes a laid-back bar. The outside seating area, green and calm, is a welcome reprieve from the nearby urban grind.
Cafe A
Courtesy of Cafe A
Maison de l'Architecture, 148 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin, 75010 Paris, France
Situated near the hip Canal St-Martin, this enormous space was repurposed from an 18th-century convent into one of the capital's nicest places for lunch, dinner or a drink — especially in the warmer months. The spacious premises include a large outdoor garden and terrace strung with warm lights, and it understandably gets very crowded here on late summer evenings. Once again, this is no speakeasy, but it makes our list due to its clandestine location: you have to find your way through an impressive iron gate and then through the convent's old cloisters to reach the bar. Temporary exhibits in the cheerful courtyard display local artists' work, and enjoying a cocktail on one of the chaises longues is a guaranteed way to unwind — and forget where you are.
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King's is seeking to appoint an outstanding relationship builder for the role of Head of Major Gifts, King's Health Partners & KCL Health, a key appointment within Fundraising & Supporter Development at King's College London, with a specific focus on helping KHP & KCL develop new clinical educational and research excellence.
King's Health Partners is one of the UK's six academic health science centres. Its primary purpose is innovation: innovation to translate cutting-edge research into patient care as quickly as possible; to deliver improved outcomes for patients and service users; to make sure its workforce has the skills it needs to deliver the best possible care; to connect mental and physical health; and to improve the health and wellbeing of its local population. It clinically serves central and outer London locations including seven mental health and physical healthcare hospitals and many community sites. Each year the hospitals provide nearly 5 million patient contacts.
Reporting to the Director of Development, the successful candidate will lead a team of fundraisers focused on generating major gifts in the range of £100k-£3m. S/he will play an active role in wider leadership of the unit, driving forward development, monitoring progress and supporting the direction of the team within and beyond their direct area of responsibility.
This role will suit an ambitious, talented and cause-driven individual with a values-driven approach to fundraising. Your experience of working with high net-worth individuals will be instrumental in driving the future success of the fundraising strategy, particularly in relation to identifying new opportunities from core audiences.
A reduced working week, flexible hours and a portion of homeworking are all possibilities for an outstanding candidate.


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Activist and Sexual Assault Survivor Mahroh Jahangiri Wants Betsy DeVos to Know Why Title IX is So Important
Sexual Health + Identity
"This is a life-threatening issue."
By Mahroh Jahangiri
During her confirmation hearing, Donald Trump's pick for secretary of education, Betsy Devos, waffled when she was asked about whether she plans to uphold the Title IX guidance set forth by President Obama. That law is perhaps best known for giving girls equal opportunity in school sports, but Title IX is also important because it guarantees that we all have a right to a safe and secure education free from fear, harassment, and harm. It's what guarantees that sexual assault survivors won't be driven out of school by their attackers, or their peers. Obama's Title IX directive to schools ensured they were enforcing Title IX rights, and held them accountable. In this op-ed, Mahroh Jahangiri, executive director of Know Your IX, has some words for Betsy as part of her organization and End Rape On Campus's #DearBetsy campaign, which is an effort to tell Betsy just how important Title IX is for students across the country.
Dear Betsy,
My sophomore year of high school, I was sexually assaulted by another student. The only institution I knew I could report to was the police. That same year, I had listened to multiple conversations at our mosque where people raised concerns about racial profiling and surveillance. As a result, I was too scared to go to the cops with my assault. This was the same institution that was hurting people in my family and people who looked like me. Instead, I reported to no one at all. I ended up dropping out of high school and taking courses online. At the time, I didn't know I had any recourse through Title IX or my school to help me stay in school.
I imagine a lot would have been different if I had known about Title IX then. I may have actually stayed in school, and experienced my junior and senior years the way my peers did. I thought the only way to get any space away from the perpetrator would have been to go through a brutal criminal trial. If I had known I could switch out of classes or get an extension on assignments that month after the assault, I could have stayed in school. Unfortunately, I, along with countless other women and people of all other genders, didn't have that opportunity. Too many of us had to drop out in order to have some semblance of safety in our lives.
For those reasons, the consequences of not enforcing Title IX protections in schools would be devastating for millions of young people. We have expected you, Betsy, to commit to some very basic protections. These protections include maintaining the public list of schools under Title IX investigations and federal guidance that clarifies schools' responsibilities,helping both schools and, more importantly, young people. I didn't fight for my rights because I didn't know I had them. Failing to enforce these protections could send us back to the days when students didn't know they have the right to seek support, and as a result are forced to drop out of school. It could lead schools to believe they can go back to sweeping rape under the rug and ignore their civil rights obligations. For someone who discusses accountability often, these should be intuitive commitments for you, Betsy.
Unfortunately, you have not made them.
This is a life-threatening issue, Betsy. This is about the ability of the next generation of young people to go to school without fear of getting raped (and if they do face violence, being able to know they do not have to give up their entire education to stay safe).
To hear you claim that a commitment to these basic protections — to literally just keep students safe — would be "premature" is horrifying as both a survivor and advocate. These are not complicated asks. These are baseline protections guaranteed by federal law.
For a nominee to be ill prepared in answering questions on this issue, or more insidiously, being unwilling to commit to civil rights law should be understood as disqualifying. No candidate for Secretary of Education should be allowed to look a room with survivors in the eye and refuse to say, "I will do everything in my power to maintain these protections and keep you safe." I hope you rethink some of the answers you gave to senators during your confirmation hearings about Title IX over the next few days. I hope you come down on the right side of this issue. There are no two sides, Betsy. You're either protecting the civil rights of survivors and LGBTQ youth — and students with disabilities and those who take out loans — or you're facilitating an environment where the cost of education continues to include violence and discrimination.
To the senators on this committee, a movement of millions of young people expects you to ensure that no secretary is approved without committing to enforcing Title IX and protecting protect all students in our schools.
Sincerely, Mahroh Jahangiri
As told to Brittney McNamara
Related: This Campaign Wants Donald Trump to Take Sexual Assault More Seriously
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Ohio University Dining
News & Trends>Colleges & Universities
Extra capacity equals extra income for college
Ohio University's production operation serves several outside clients to generate revenues of $214,000 in the latest fiscal year.
Mike Buzalka | Apr 17, 2019
Onsite dining departments that operate central production kitchens often don't make full use of the facility's capacity, which means there's extra revenue generation potential sitting there. At Ohio University (OU), they decided to do something about that, so a few years ago the school's dining department approached local produce vendor Produce One with an offer to process products for it in the OU central kitchen. After all, the kitchen already had produce chopping and dicing as well as packaging equipment that often sat idle, so why not make use of it.
So now, Produce One gets a range of processed products—grapes, apples, cantaloupes, honeydew, pineapple, celery, jicama strips, peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower—much of it sealed in 2-ounce packages all ready for delivery to its K-12 clients. Meanwhile, OU has another revenue stream, one that generated about $214,000 in the last full fiscal year, not all of it from Produce One.
OU also supplies bulk chopped produce like apples and onions—including caramelized onions—to a business incubator operation in Columbus called Ace Net that provides commercial kitchen facilities to small area food companies that sell their products on the local market.
And OU Dining is looking for more clients, even if it has to go out and solicit the business, says Mary Jones, associate dining director in charge of the central kitchen operation. "We wanted to do something to have a profit in this building [from the start], she says. "[Produce One] never contacted us, and we've always had to [go out and market] that we can do this."
Fitting the additional business into the operation hasn't been difficult, she notes. "It takes about 30 hours a week, [and it's done] when we're slowed down, like at the end of the day, but our priority is to take care of the students first."
No labor hours have been added to accommodate the extra work, adds Rich Neumann, OU's director of culinary services
"We're just more efficiently using our staff," he says. "We [also] try to utilize our student help as much as we can." He estimates that about 30 student workers have been used to fulfill outside contracts, mostly by doing the bagging.
The outside business also did not require the purchase of any additional equipment for the kitchen. "Everything is equipment we need to run our operation here at OU," Neumann says.
Nor is capacity likely to be stretched in the foreseeable future, he adds, estimating that OU could accommodate at least double its current outside business without disrupting its primary mission of producing bulk ingredients and packaged to-go meals for OU's dining operations and retail markets.
Among its more popular offerings is a line of ready-to-go meals such as mac 'n cheese, sweet and sour chicken, boneless Buffalo wings, General Tso chicken, Buffalo and barbecue drummettes and assorted soups. Over 300 of these were sold in OU's three campus markets in a recent five-day period.
Of course, this for-profit part of the central kitchen activities is segregated from its traditional operations. It has its own profit-and-loss statement and is subject to unrelated business income regulations.
Nevertheless, it is an increasingly important venture given the realities of the current college dining environment, Neumann explains.
"The reason we're doing this is because we're being asked constantly to look for additional streams of revenue," he notes. "Also, state support [for public universities] is dropping as it is elsewhere nationwide," forcing schools to make up the difference in other ways.
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Radio-Electronics, published 1930-1988. All copyrights hereby acknowledged.
If you have ever placed a fixed resistor in parallel with a potentiometer to reduce the total resistance, then you are familiar with how you also convert a linear relationship of the wiper movement with resistance to one that is nonlinear. That is because the equation changes from Rtotal = xRpotentiometer (where x is the potentiometer position) to Rtotal = (xRpotentiometer • Rparallel) / (xRpotentiometer + Rparallel). The graph of it looks like one of the curves in this chart. Since the total parallel resistance is always smaller than the lowest value of the two resistances, the greater the ratio of the two is, the more dominant the smaller resistance value becomes. That means as the potentiometer wiper approaches the minimum resistance end of its travel, the parallel resistor attached across it has virtually no effect.
Since parallel-connected inductors and series-connected capacitors scale in the same manner as parallel-connected resistors, this chart is useful for those circuits as well. Series-connected resistors and inductors, and parallel-connected capacitors are simply the sums of their individual values. Consequently, if you connect a fixed resistor in series with a potentiometer, the total resistance at any position of the potentiometer wiper will be the linear sum of the fixed resistor and the potentiometer resistance. Got that?
* Theoretically, x is a value from 0 to 1 that represents the relative position of the potentiometer wiper contact.
To use the chart locate R1 along the top scale and R2 on the left-hand scale. Find the point where they meet on a curve. Trace the curve to the RT scale and read the answer. For total values of parallel inductance and series capacitance use the scales at the bottom and right hand edges. To extend the ranges of the scales, either multiply or divide each value in every scale by 1,000.


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Cow Barn Restaurant at Tyntesfield
Wraxall, Bristol, Somerset, BS48 1NX
Tel+44 (0)1275 461900
Stop for a bite to eat in the stalls of a Victorian cow barn during your visit to beautiful Tyntesfield near Bristol.
Located in the Grade II listed Home Farm building, the Cow Barn restaurant uses produce freshly picked onsite by harvesting volunteers and then walked up the drive to the kitchen, less than a mile away. Vegan and vegetarian options are available - please ask a member of the catering team for more information about any dietary requirements you have.
Inside the Cow Barn restaurant is an indoor play area perfect for keeping young visitors entertained while you can relax with a slice of cake.
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import com.thoughtworks.go.config.EnvironmentVariableConfig;
import com.thoughtworks.go.config.EnvironmentVariablesConfig;
import com.thoughtworks.go.security.GoCipher;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * @understands parameter object that contains information like revisions and variables with which the pipeline is triggered
 */
public class ScheduleOptions {
    private final Map<String, String> specifiedRevisions;
    private final EnvironmentVariablesConfig variables;
    private Boolean shouldPerformMDUBeforeScheduling = true;

    public ScheduleOptions() {
        this(new HashMap<>(), new HashMap<>(), new HashMap<>());
    }

    public ScheduleOptions(Map<String, String> specifiedRevisions, Map<String, String> variables, Map<String, String> secureVariables) {
        this(new GoCipher(), specifiedRevisions, variables, secureVariables);
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    public ScheduleOptions(GoCipher goCipher, Map<String, String> specifiedRevisions, Map<String, String> variables, Map<String, String> secureVariables) {
        this.specifiedRevisions = specifiedRevisions;
        this.variables = new EnvironmentVariablesConfig();
        for (Map.Entry<String, String> nameValue : variables.entrySet()) {
            this.variables.add(new EnvironmentVariableConfig(nameValue.getKey(), nameValue.getValue()));
        }
        for (Map.Entry<String, String> nameValue : secureVariables.entrySet()) {
            this.variables.add(new EnvironmentVariableConfig(goCipher,nameValue.getKey(), nameValue.getValue(), true));
        }
    }

    public Map<String, String> getSpecifiedRevisions() {
        return specifiedRevisions;
    }

    public EnvironmentVariablesConfig getVariables() {
        return variables;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object o) {
        if (this == o) {
            return true;
        }
        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
            return false;
        }

        ScheduleOptions that = (ScheduleOptions) o;

        if (specifiedRevisions != null ? !specifiedRevisions.equals(that.specifiedRevisions) : that.specifiedRevisions != null) {
            return false;
        }
        // `Set` because we explicitly want to ignore ordering while comparing, for tests
        if (variables != null ? !new HashSet<>(variables).equals(new HashSet<>(that.variables)) : that.variables != null) {
            return false;
        }

        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        int result = specifiedRevisions != null ? specifiedRevisions.hashCode() : 0;
        result = 31 * result + (variables != null ? variables.hashCode() : 0);
        return result;
    }

    public Boolean shouldPerformMDUBeforeScheduling() {
        return shouldPerformMDUBeforeScheduling;
    }
    public void shouldPerformMDUBeforeScheduling(Boolean shouldPerformMDUBeforeScheduling) {
        this.shouldPerformMDUBeforeScheduling = shouldPerformMDUBeforeScheduling;
    }
}

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This life is an ongoing journey of figuring stuff out. Of losing self, losing God, finding God, finding self. A beautiful arc of adventure and questioning and confusion.


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Our most popular paper. Suitable for everyday printing, studios, schools and holiday snaps, this all round paper is smooth, plain while and 260gsm. Recommended if you are framing your print behind glass.
Another popular paper, this gloss is again suitable for everyday printing, and has the same high gamut range as the Lustre. Not recommended for use behind glass.
Please note that A3 and A4 are non standard print size and will require trimming - either we can do this for you, or you can save money by trimming them yourself.
Ikea frame sizes can be added by request, please get in touch if you have any specific requirements. Ikea size prints may come with a small white border to assist you with framing.


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Q: Why am I getting incorrect pixel values from PIL? I am using Pillow to take an average color in a certain range on a photo. It works for all colors except for white, but white was a very red average, which wasn't correct. I decided to isolate the getpixel() method and saw that when I target the coordinates of (1792, 1213) on the below picture, I get the RGB values of (182, 35, 27) from PIL. MS Paint says the color is actually (195, 202, 230).
preim = PIL.Image.open("Cube4.jpg")
img = preim.convert('RGB')

print(img.getpixel(1792, 1213))

Any ideas on why I am getting conflicting information? It seems that MS Paint is right, not PIL. Below is the image.
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