Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI), is currently conducting a trial for QR Code standardization named QRIS (Indonesian Standard QR Code). Although QR codes are already beginning to be used by the public for mobile payments, the QR Code payment system does not yet have standards in Indonesia.
BI hopes to see an implementation of the new standard immediately, considering the use of mobile payments will continue to rise. With the QRIS, one code can be used by various payment system providers at every merchant. BI believes that the standardization of the QR Code will provide an integrated payment system that is efficient, inexpensive, and safe.
QR Code standardization can improve interconnectivity in payment systems so that e-wallets from different providers can be used in one QR scanning system, Filianingsih Hendarta, the assistant governor of BI payment system policy, told local media. For example, LinkAja users can make transactions on the ecosystem of Go-Jek and vice versa.
Moreover, QRIS also aims to create healthy competition between mobile payment providers. Merchants can benefit from the standardization as they can receive funds from various payment instruments using one platform, Hendarta said.
QR Code standardization is needed to simplify digital payments processing, said Heri Sutadi, executive director of Indonesia's ICT Institute.
BI's QR Code standard will refer to the Europay Mastercard Visa (EMV) QR Code, a payment standard using chips, Near Field Communication (NFC) and QR codes as interfaces to digital wallets. The standard is utilised internationally by banks, merchants, processors, and vendors.
Sutadi considers standardization to benefit providers. "E-wallet platforms will have certainty about the rules for QR Codes; what can be done and what to avoid when implementing QR Code systems in Indonesia. It also promotes interoperability across QR Code payments. The new rules will also help provide protection to avoid the risk of fraud," he said.
There are currently 37 companies with e-money licenses from BI, twelve are banks and 25 non-bank institutions. From those 37 companies, there are 11 chip-based electronic money providers; 8 of them are banks and the rest non-bank institutions.
Mobile payment providers like Go-Pay, Ovo, Dana, or LinkAja will be given four months to comply after the standardization regulation is officially released. The new QR Code rules will take effect in the second half of 2019.


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Letter to Minister re: Medical Masks for Students and COVID-19 Case Reporting
The following is a letter from the Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Chair Letter – Motions re Masks and COVID 19 Reporting
Hon. Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education
315 Front Street, 14th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 0B8
Dear Minister Lecce,
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I want to share concerns and requests found in two motions brought forward by Student Trustees and approved at the Monday, January 17, meeting of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) Board of Trustees.
Both request action from Ontario's government on issues of safety, equity and transparency.
Medical Grade Masks for Students
The first motion asks that the Ministry of Education provide and fully fund medical grade level 2 masks and unfitted respirators (such as unfitted N95 and KN95 masks) for every student in the province, in the same way that unfitted respirators are being fully funded and provided to education staff.
Provincial reporting shows that schools, and especially elementary schools, account for the bulk of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario. Most Ontario students are only partially vaccinated or not yet eligible to be vaccinated.
The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has stated for both children and adults that "while non-medical masks can help prevent the spread of COVID-19, medical masks and respirators (such as N95 and KN95 masks) provide better protection."
We need to extend the same workplace health and safety protections offered to education staff to students, who are required by law to attend school. Masking must be considered through an equity lens as affordability and availability of paediatric and adult medical masks and respirators is a significant barrier for many families. Further, many families who cannot afford enhanced masking also do not have the financial privilege of choosing online learning.
COVID-19 Case Reporting
The second motion raises the concern that, at the height of the pandemic, the Ministry told school boards they no longer had to publicly report COVID-19 cases, public health units are no longer contact tracing for schools, and the province has reduced access to publicly funded PCR testing.
Hamilton's high case rates are estimated to capture only a fraction of actual COVID-19 cases. This means that families are trying to make informed decisions about isolating, notifying close contacts and staying safe, but with less information available to do so.
We are requesting that school boards resume the public reporting of suspected COVID-19 cases identified through Rapid Antigen Tests and continue to publicly report confirmed cases identified by PCR tests. This practice aligns with the democratic values of public accountability and transparency.
Thank you for your consideration, and for sharing our commitment to keep schools open and safe for in-person learning. I would be happy to discuss our requests further.
Dawn Danko
Chair, Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
Updated on Friday, January 21, 2022.

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Q: Convert date-time string to class Date I have a data frame with a character column of date-times.
When I use as.Date, most of my strings are parsed correctly, except for a few instances.  The example below will hopefully show you what is going on.
# my attempt to parse the string to Date -- uses the stringr package
prods.all$Date2 <- as.Date(str_sub(prods.all$Date, 1,
                str_locate(prods.all$Date, " ")[1]-1),
                "%m/%d/%Y")

# grab two rows to highlight my issue
temp <- prods.all[c(1925:1926), c(1,8)]
temp
#                    Date      Date2
# 1925  10/9/2009 0:00:00 2009-10-09
# 1926 10/15/2009 0:00:00 0200-10-15

As you can see, the year of some of the dates is inaccurate.  The pattern seems to occur when the day is double digit.
Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

A: The easiest way is to use lubridate:
library(lubridate)
prods.all$Date2 <- mdy(prods.all$Date2)

This function automatically returns objects of class POSIXct and will work with either factors or characters.

A: You may be overcomplicating things, is there any reason you need the stringr package? You can use as.Date and its format argument to specify the input format of your string.
 df <- data.frame(Date = c("10/9/2009 0:00:00", "10/15/2009 0:00:00"))
 as.Date(df$Date, format =  "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
 # [1] "2009-10-09" "2009-10-15"

Note the Details section of ?as.Date:

Character strings are processed as far as necessary for the format specified: any trailing characters are ignored

Thus, this also works:
as.Date(df$Date, format =  "%m/%d/%Y")
# [1] "2009-10-09" "2009-10-15"

All the conversion specifications that can be used to specify the input format are found in the Details section in ?strptime. Make sure that the order of the conversion specification as well as any separators correspond exactly with the format of your input string.

More generally and if you need the time component as well, use as.POSIXct or strptime:
as.POSIXct(df$Date, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")
strptime(df$Date, "%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S")

I'm guessing at what your actual data might look at from the partial results you give.

A: If you don't know the format you could use anytime::anydate, which tries to match to common formats:
library(anytime)

date <- c("01/01/2000 0:00:00", "Jan 1, 2000 0:00:00", "2000-Jan-01 0:00:00")

anydate(date)
[1] "2000-01-01" "2000-01-01" "2000-01-01"

A: library(lubridate)
if your date format is like this '04/24/2017 05:35:00'then change it like below
prods.all$Date2<-gsub("/","-",prods.all$Date2)
 then change the date format
parse_date_time(prods.all$Date2, orders="mdy hms")

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Sholikhah, Masriatus (2017) Enhancing students speaking skill by collaborating TEDx video watching with WhatsApp voice mode recording. In: 1st INACELT (International Conference on English Language Teaching), 15-16 December 2017, State Islamic Institute (IAIN) Palangka Raya Indonesia.
It is known that listening to speaking task is the fundamental stage of oral cycle which underlies researcher to investigate students speaking skill achievement. It is done through two stages of oral cycle, listening and watching videos of targeted topics in TEDx Talks, then, reviewing the videos via WA voice mode records. This research is conducted towards 39 EFL students of tertiary level by using CAR method and is done in two cycles. The students are obligated to watching videos with topics of life goals, procrastination, and happiness then deliver a 5' talks via WA voice mode records. The statistical results showed that this learning technique significantly improves students' speaking skill and they benefited to a greater extent of range of vocabularies as well as grammar usage. In addition, the result is also supported by the students' interview comments that they viewed this modeled speaking and listening technique as enjoyable, beneficial and useful as well as effectively enhance their speaking skill.


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Home|NEWS|Former RBA governor asked to help NSW govt tackle housing affordability woes
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Former RBA governor asked to help NSW govt tackle housing affordability woes
June RamliFebruary 16, 2017
Newly appointed New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian has recruited former Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Glenn Stevens to provide input on how to making housing in the state more affordable.
Berejiklian told NSW Parliament on Wednesday that Stevens had accepted a personal invitation to provide input into the strategy.
"The NSW government understands that housing affordability is top of mind for many people across the state, that is why we have made it a key priority and why we have asked Glenn Stevens to lend his expertise to tackling this issue," Berejiklian said in a media release.
"I am delighted that Mr Stevens, as an economist and long-serving leader of the Reserve Bank, will help us address this important issue," she said.
"His advice will be invaluable in assessing measures that can have a real impact while avoiding any unforeseen consequences."
Stevens, who last year retired after 10 years as RBA governor, will review and provide advice on the options being considered by the government to tackle housing affordability issues in the state, and in Sydney in particular.
"Housing affordability is a growing challenge for many residents of NSW and I look forward to working with the government on measures that might help address it," Stevens said.
"I am pleased that the government has indicated it has an open mind when it comes to reviewing existing and new avenues of dealing with the issue."
Berejiklian was appointed as NSW premier on Jan 24 in which she promised to look at making housing more affordable and has turned it as one of her top three priorities while in government.


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Tag Archives | Simon Cowell
DJ X Factor
By Greg Wilson on July 13, 2012 in DJ / Club Culture, TV
Found myself unwittingly drawn into the debate about Simon Cowell's proposed 'DJ X-Factor' programme via an interview I did with Digital Spy, the media news website, last month, which had been arranged as part of the promotional push for the sadly cancelled Vintage Festival in Northamptonshire, which was supposed to have taken place this weekend.
Celebration Of The Mediocre
By Greg Wilson on December 21, 2010 in Misc, TV
This was meant to be the first post-ideological generation, right? This was meant to be the generation that never thought of anything bigger than our Facebook profiles and our TV screens. This was meant to be the generation where the only thing that Saturday night meant was X Factor. I think now that claim is quite ridiculous. I think now that claim is quite preposterous.
Barnaby Raine 27.11.10
Five Super Soul Songs From Super Bad Brad
By Greg Wilson on September 6, 2010 in Black Culture, Hear, Misc, See, The Seventies
For The Love Of Money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO8sYDfenQ0&feature=related
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ejKxYBgGbY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d-6cQbDYsU&feature=related
You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txNbqwg1KM0&feature=related
Let's Get It On:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1MYMP7xrMw&feature=related
Soul is not something you acquire, it's something you either have or you don't, and sometimes you can find it in the most unlikely people.
Bumblebee Land
By Greg Wilson on June 26, 2010 in Articles, Read, TV
A well observed comment on the state of popular culture taken from John Niven's Malcolm McLaren obituary in Q Magazine (June 2010):


Located in the DU Neighborhood, 2600 S. Vine St is a comfortable, single-unit home sitting on a beautiful, tree-lined street. Complete with hardwood floors, a fireplace, and a cozy, finished basement, you'll feel at home in no time at all. Enjoy living in close proximity to DeBoer Park, a variety of popular restaurants, and the University of Denver Campus. 2600 S. Vine St gives you access to all that Denver's DU neighborhood has to offer!


Only 11 people have left the country as a direct result of Theresa May's "go home or face arrest" van advertisements, the scheme's official evaluation report has revealed.
The Home Office's assessment confirms that the first person to leave the country as a result of the campaign was a Pakistani student who read about the vans in the Guardian. But it says that publicity came at a cost given the number of concerns expressed about the adverts.
The evaluation report also reveals that 1,561 text messages were received in response to the advert's invitation to text for free advice and help with travel documents. But unfortunately for the Home Office, 1,034 of the texts were hoax messages which took 17 hours of staff time to deal with.
The mobile billboard vans toured six London boroughs between 22 July and 22 August as part of a wider advertising campaign to encourage illegal immigrants to leave the UK. The vans drew widespread criticism, including claims that May was "borrowing the language of the 1970s National Front". Critics included the Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, and Liberal Democrat cabinet ministers.
The wider Home Office summer immigration enforcement campaign, Operation Vaken, included placing adverts in eight minority ethnic newspapers, postcards in shop windows, and leaflets and posters advertising immigration surgeries in buildings used by faith and charity groups.
The official evaluation report says that in total 60 people have left the UK voluntarily as a result of the campaign, with a further 65 cases currently in progress. Only 11 people left as a direct result of the van adverts and a further seven after seeing reports of the vans in the media or online. The report says the most effective medium, which led to almost half the overall number leaving the country, were the posters or leaflets advertising immigration surgeries.
The home secretary finally bowed to the wave of criticism last week and announced that the van pilot scheme would not be extended, saying it had been "too much of a blunt instrument".
The report reveals that there also no plans to repeat a separate pilot scheme, under which "ask about going home" posters were put up in two immigration reporting centres in Hounslow and Glasgow. These posters also drew sharp criticism from refugee welfare groups that they were offensive to asylum seekers who had fled for their lives and were required to attend the reporting centres. One poster showed a photograph of an aircraft and read: "This plane can take you home. We can book the tickets."
The immigration minister, Mark Harper, said this aspect of the campaign was being evaluated separately but there were no plans to repeat it.
Harper told MPs in a written ministerial statement that the Operation Vaken campaign had cost £9,740. He claimed that 60 voluntary removals connected to the pilot had "saved" £830,000 on the basis that an enforced removal cost £15,000 compared with £1,000 for a voluntary return. The Home Office calculation includes a figure of £4,250 a year for the estimated cost to public services of an illegal immigrant in Britain.
"The government will continue to enforce the immigration rules and promote voluntary departure schemes to those who have no right to be in the UK – backed up with arrest, detention and enforced removal where individuals refuse to comply with the immigration rules or present a danger to the UK public," said Harper.
What price justice with the immigration laws?


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The story follows the misadventures of a New York City beautician who is mistakenly hired as the school teacher for the children of the president of a small Eastern European country.
Ocean's Eight (2018)
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
It Boy (2013)
Alice Lantins is 38, ambitious and so committed to her work that she neglects her personal life. In short, she is the ideal candidate for the next editor of the…
Let's Be Cops (2014)
It's the ultimate buddy cop movie except for one thing: they're not cops. When two struggling pals dress as police officers for a costume party, they become neighborhood sensations. But…
The Whole Nine Yards (2000)
After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part…
One Piece: Dead End Adventure (2003)
Desperate for cash, the Straw Hat Pirates enter a secret race between pirate crews known as the Dead End Competition. There, they must battle against powerful people, including the bounty…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Romance & Cigarettes (2005)
Down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class. Nick is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. He's married to Kitty, a dressmaker, a strong and…
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Little Nicky (2000)
After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a…
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Analyze This (1999)
Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help…
Country: USA, Australia
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting (2020)
Recruited by a secret society of babysitters, a high schooler battles the Boogeyman and his monsters when they nab the boy she's watching on Halloween.
Monster Trucks (2016)
Tripp is a high school senior with a knack for building trucks who makes an incredible discovery – a gas-guzzling creature named Creech. To protect his mischievous new friend, Tripp…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Neighbors (2014)
A couple with a newborn baby face unexpected difficulties after they are forced to live next to a fraternity house.
Trailer: The Beautician and the Beast (1997)


A complete guide to quickly finishing off Headless And Snake Eyes Shirahagi.
This boss has two life bars, one of which can be easily drained if you do a stealth deathblow. However, before doing so, ensure that you get rid of the surrounding enemies first. Once the first life bar has been drained, ensure you have your Firecracker Prosthetic equipped.
Once the boss is about to attack you, throw the firecrackers. Now use the Ichimonji: Double attack on the boss. This is done by holding the block and attack buttons together for the first hit and then pressing the attack button for the second blow.
Occasionally, the boss will attack you. This attack can be deflected. Once you do that, use your firecracker and do the Ichimonji: Double attack again. Sooner or the later, the boss' posture will break giving you the chance to drain out the second life bar.
Before you jump into the boss fight, think why this boss is called Headless? And, what does Headless imply? The answer is that this boss doesn't have the brains to beat you if you know what needs to be done.
Once the boss fights begins, simply run towards the back of the boss and land a few hits and stay behind him at all times. He won't spot you and will move around to search for you. Simply stay at his back and keep hitting and you should be able to defeat him in no time.
However, this tactic only works best if the mist is present. Once the mist is absent and you are able to move freely, do a couple of frontal attacks. Once the mist comes back, repeat and rinse what we mentioned before. And also, don't forget to use the Divine Confetti.


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Lift The Closure on Gaza
September 11, 2020 January 2, 2021 admin
At no other point since the onset of the Israeli blockade in 2007 have the two million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip been more isolated, from the remainder of the occupied Palestinian territory and the rest of the world, than at present.
With a view to preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the Gaza Strip, the already intense movement and access restrictions imposed by the Israeli occupying government have been tightened, along with new internal restrictions imposed by the Gaza authorities, and tightened following the first cases of community transmission of COVID-19 in late August. Exit from the Strip in recent months has been limited largely to cancer patients, if possible at all, while entry is reduced to a handful of humanitarian workers and the periodic return of residents from abroad, all of whom must enter 21-day mandatory quarantine imposed by the Gaza authorities. The Rafah Crossing with Egypt has been completely closed, with exceptional openings to facilitate the movement of a limited number of Palestinians.
But the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains as serious as ever, with 62 per cent of the population food insecure, unemployment at 45.5 per cent (Q1 2020), access to health compromised and reports of rising violence against women and children. Added to this are initial indications and projections for additional deterioration stemming from the socio-economic fallout of the COVID-19 crisis, alongside the ever-present risk of a new round of hostilities #CollectivePunishement
#LiftTheClosure
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Civil Society organizations Calls for Ending the Closure on Gaza and Taking Immediate Action to Save Lives amid COVID-19 Outbreak
Arrest and release of Medical Relief volunteers in Jerusalem
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The BVAS Conservation Mission is to help educate BVAS members and the general public on important conservation issues, to influence public policy and programs in order to better protect the natural environment, and to actively support programs to protect, preserve, restore, and enhance natural ecosystems on a local, regional, national, and international level.
Buena Vista Audubon Society is now a landowner, for the first time in its 60+ year history. Escrow closed in January, 2016 on a 3.5-acre piece of property across the street from the BVAS Nature Center.
In June, 2017, BVAS purchased a 31-acre parcel (formerly owned by the Cheatham family) that lies in between the San Luis Rey River and Camp Pendleton.
San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) released the Final EIR for the Buena Vista Lagoon Enhancement Project in October, 2017. SANDAG staff recommended the saltwater alternative; this is good news! BVAS has long advocated the removal of the weir at the mouth of the lagoon and the restoration to a saltwater estuary and marsh.
A Bioblitz is a communal citizen-science effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible. There have been two Bioblitzes in the BV Lagoon area; one in April, 2016 to honor Nature Guide Amaranta Kozuch. The second was during the 2017 Endangered Species Day event.
This Bio-Blitz survey of the plants and animals living on the grounds of the Buena Vista Audubon Nature Center and within the adjacent Buena Vista Lagoon Ecological Reserve was done as a special tribute to Amaranta Kozuch by her colleagues at the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation Research and her friends at BVAS.
For a one-week period, culminating in the Endangered Species Day weekend May 20, participants surveyed all the fauna and flora of the BV Lagoon, using iNaturalist on smartphones to record observations. Participants included two AP Environmental Science classes from Carlsbad HS.
Download the official letter sent by the BVASvwith our comments on the Campus Park West application for a permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
Download the official letter sent by the BVAS with our comments on the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the proposed San Marcos Highlands development project.
Download the official letter sent by the BVAS with our comments on the DEIR for the proposed San Marcos Highlands development project.
Download the official BVAS comment letter on the Final EIR for the proposed San Marcos Highlands development project.
On February 23, 2016, Carlsbad residents defeated Measure A, the Agua Hedionda South Shore Specific Plan (aka "85/15") proposed by developer Caruso Affiliated. The 85/15 Plan would have allowed a 585,000 square foot shopping mall to be built on the shores of the Agua Hedionda Lagoon.


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Utility Fog Press
Bringing Stories to Life
Anatomy of a Book
A book is a wonderful, powerful artifact that has changed lives and nations. Even before Gutenburg's invention of the printing press they were powerful things (witness thousands of years of religious text), although only accessible in the halls of the powerful. Since that time, however, the reading, writing, and publishing of books has evolved continuously until, today, the majority of the population of the globe can read and anyone with access to a computer and the internet can publish a book. Throughout that evolution, the structure of the book has become codified so that any book, published anywhere in the world, will have the same basic layout.
When I first had the idea to publish a book — an anthology of short fiction by authors from an online writing site I was part of — it never occurred to me that there was any more to creating a book than simply choosing good content and wrapping it in a cover. How wrong I was. While it's not rocket science, I continually see new self-publishing authors facing the same learning curve that I did. So, below is a detailed description of the anatomy of a book.
Briefly, a book has four major sections: the front matter, the body, the back matter, and the cover. Each of these has their sub-components, which have varying degrees of importance. Some are crucial and some can be left out entirely.
1. Front Matter
The front matter is the section of the book from the first printed page inside the cover until the first page of the main body of text (usually either a prologue or Chapter 1). The many possible components of a book's front matter (a general order of appearance is given in the side-bar) are:
** Crucial **
The Title Page is one of two must-have pages in the front matter. It is always the first printed page of the book. It includes the book title, series name, author name and publisher name. Sometimes a publisher's logo, the publication year, and the publication city are also included, although with global publishing the city is more commonly left out now.
The Copyright page is the second page that is vital to have in the front matter. This contains the statement of the author's rights to ownership of the book's content as well as publisher information. It usually also includes the ISBN (International Standard Book Number), a unique identifier of that book.
Front Matter Components
Half-title Page
Other books by…
Enticements
There is often country-specific phrasing for certain statements, so it is best you search the internet for phrasing used in your country and in the genre of the book. The copyright page may also include disclaimers and the names of the cover artist or an illustrator.
Optional and growing more so by the day, it is sometimes common to repeat the Title Page but with less information. It was originally related to the sales and return of print books and is completely unnecessary for e-books and most self-published books except for stylistic reasons.
Other Books By...
If the author has other books in the same series, or an extensive backlist, it's often included early on in the front matter. Sometimes this is added to the back matter instead.
This is usually a few sentences or a short phrase dedicating the book to one or a few people who were important to the author or who were inspirational for the creation of the book.
A vibrant e-mail list is important for most successful independent authors. One way to encourage readers to sign up for the e-mail list is to offer an enticement. For indie authors with large back lists, this is often a free novel and a graphic enticement (sometimes hypertext-linked in e-books) can be placed in the front or back matter of the novel.
Table of contents are mandatory for non-fiction books and optional for fiction books. The primary exceptions are e-books, which don't need a text table of contents, but should always have the digital table of context (referred to as the NCX view – Navigation Control file for Xhtml). This file allows e-book readers to easily navigate between chapters and sections.
It's common to acknowledge people who have been supportive to the author during the creation of the book. These are commonly family, members of writing groups, editors, agents, etc.
A forward is most common in non-fiction books, although sometimes found in reprints of particularly important fictional works. It's written by a well-respected writer in the same field as the author.
Not the same as a prologue, and introduction is generally used in one of two ways.
A. for the author to introduce the general subject matter of a non-fiction book and explain why they wrote the book.
B. as an introduction to the theme or purpose behind writing an anthology.
The body of the book contains the information that readers care most about, the actually text of the story, facts, or author's opinion that's being presented.
The body is broken into Chapters, so separate similar ideas, themes, or story events, and Parts if broader separation is desired (most common for non-fiction, but sometimes used for fiction).
Chapters and Parts
While this may seem obvious, the body is the only section where page numbering is mandatory. If it's used in the front matter it will be of a different style (commonly Roman numbers), while if used in the back matter it will generally continue in the format of the body.
While page numbers can be place at the left / centre / right of the top or bottom of the page, centre bottom is the most common for fiction while the bottom ouside (near the page edge) can also be common for non-fiction.
Headers & Footers
The space at the top or bottom of the pages are known as the Header or Footer, respectively.
The Header is often left blank in works of fiction, although it's also not uncommon to see the author's name on one side and the book title on the other. In short-fiction anthologies this will often be the author name / story title. Headers are most commonly used in non-fiction where they will, again, have either the author's name or book title on one page and the chapter title on the other.
The Footer most common contains only the page numbers. However, it is also a place where references and notes can be placed if necessary.
3. Back Matter
The back matter is typically the simplest segment of the book. It almost always includes a page about the author. Other than that, common additions will be: a page with the author's backlist, an excerpt from the next book in the series, and possibly an enticement. Sometimes there's also a 'thank you for reading' page. With e-books, especially on Amazon, the reader will automatically be taken to a review-request page, so there is generally no need to include one.
4. Cover
The cover has the vitally important job of drawing the reader in. It should not just convey information about the contents of the book, but it should do so in a way that fits the reader's expectations while simultaneously promising something new. And it has to do this while adhering to some important restraints and allowing for important processing information to be included.
In this new publishing age, there are two common types of covers the indie author will most commonly work with:
Front Cover only (for e-books)
Wrap-around cover (for print)
If creating a wrap-around cover yourself, be sure to download a cover template of the appropriate size (you'll need to know the print dimensions and the number of pages). Kindle Direct Publishing has a great template creator, which will create a PDF or photoshop file as required.
For creating an e-book cover, there are many great online tools such as Canva.com.
Title, Author, and Font Selection
The book title and the author name must be included on the front cover. In addition, it's not uncommon to included a short phrase or tagline.
Font selection, size and colour are all important considerations for the cover text. The text should complement, but still stand out from, the cover image and be easy to read even when the cover is small (as in a thumbnail). Furthermore, text on the front cover should be arranged so it doesn't interfere with the cover image.
Finally, whether the author name or title is larger will depend on which is likely to be the main selling point.
Trim and Bleed
The trim and bleed are technical terms necessary to understand only if you're creating your own wrap-around print covers.
Trim is the the thin area around the edge of a print book that will be trimmed off after the printing to smooth the edges and give the final proper size.
The Bleed is the part of the cover image that extends past the 'safety zone' to the edge of the cover. Think of it as an area of the cover near the edge that should not include any important cover content as some of it may be trimmed.
If using a template such as that from Amazon's KDP, the trim and bleed will be obvious as dotted lines around the outer edge. All important cover content needs to be within these lines.
The width of a book's spine, where it folds, will determine if any text is added here. Novellas and bite-sized self-help books have become popular with the rise of self-publishing and print on demand, and they often have a narrow spine that won't support the addition of any text. Standard-length novels of around 360 pages will have ample space on the spine to include the author's name, the book title and the publisher's logo.
Back Blurb
The back blurb is second in importance only to the cover image for drawing the attention of potential readers.
It's a few paragraphs on the back cover meant as an enticing description of the book. It's the advertisement or the teaser that should inspire potentially interested readers to take a look inside the cover.
While many authors spend almost no time on this, it's importance to attracting readers means it's careful crafting should warrant some attention and time.
The ISBN
The ISBN, or International Standard Book Number, must be included on the back cover of a print book. You can buy your own ISBNs from licensed company (they are generally quite expensive unless bought in bulk), however, most of the self-publishing companies will supply and ISBN for free.
Likewise, while you can add the ISBN to your book cover yourself, companies will automatically add it unless you tell them otherwise.
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Tackle the Passo della Foppa, or the Mortirolo as it is better known, is considered to be the toughest mountain one can climb in Italy.
We depart from Bormio today. Like the pros, we'll have gravity on our side, descending down the valley. You'll barely need to pedal for the first 30km of today's course. Our easier option can continue to Tirano and meet up with our transport. It might well be the fastest (and easiest) 45km you'll ever do, a fun ride.
Our challenging option follows yesterday's final climb and heads up the mighty Mortirolo. The Passo della Foppa, or the Mortirolo as it is better known, is considered to be the toughest mountain one can climb in Italy. Our ascent from Mazzo di Valtellina is 12.8 km at an average of 10.1%. Beware an average though as the middle 5 km of the climb maintains an incline of greater than 12%. Once at the top we'll continue to Ponte di Legno and meet up with our transport.
This afternoon we'll make our transfer into the Dolomites for the final mountain stages of this year's Giro d'Italia. Our hotel for the next two nights is a bike-friendly hotel in the Fiemme Valley with many great climbs nearby.
After many days in the mountains and working against gravity during that time, riders have gravity on their side for much of the Giro d'Italia stage, which will give a last opportunity for sprinters. For those who have survived the mountains at least.


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Greetings from Utah, Michael - where they have a state gun, and now they have #1 Hits pouring out through my laptop's speakers.
That Clarence Carter version of Harper Valley PTA is just awful. Oh, yes it is now.
Dave - we disagree. That version is a #1 hit. See a doctor.
I would have liked it if not for the constant "Oh, yes it did now", "Oh yes she did now" at the end of each line.
CC's version of "Light My Fire" (on the same album) is fantastic, whatever you think of the original. I like when he sings "No time to while away the mire" with CONVICTION, like it means something.
He didn't sing "wallow in the mire"?
Nope. Definitely "while away." I know that's not what the original says, but that's what Clarence Carter says.
What's the state gun of Utah? anybody know?
I went to that Vaselines show in New York . I've never seen a more potty-mouthed band.
I'm 46, and seemed to be at least 2x the average age of most of the audience - and then some.
And yet these kids (who all had 'x' on their hands, because they couldn't buy booze0 knew the words to every song.
It's the rowning M1911 semiautomatic pistol . Browning was from Ogden.
The state rock of Utah is coal.
We while away the mire every day. Ribbit!
Love the jingles...It is 70 degrees, somewhere, today... nit-picking lyrics by a sight-challenged performer... Everyone go outside for a walk after the show!
Brilliant segue once again Michael. Two of my favorite tunes - Stubby and Specials.
I'm not nit-picking; I'm endorsing! I do think it's kind of a funny mishearing. , but it's not like the original lyric was meaningful either; it just rhymed. P.S.: seeing a Clarence Carter show is a real treat, but you better have your line dancing skills ready.
Does it qualify as domestic abuse when your husband won't let you listen to the Michael Shelley Show as usual, insisting that he wants to play something "more chill" and then forces you to listen to Thievery Corporation and Air?
@Shannon YES. Yes it does.
It's already 72 here in Raleigh. It was 84 yesterday!
@drr: you are exempted from the walk.
@Shannon: Stand up for yourself and live radio! Together, we outnumber him.
@Shannon: I think you can find enough "expert witnesses" on this playlist to fill up several mailbags which can then be brought dramatically into a courtroom.
@Shannon, Michael is right! You gots to pull out the rolling pin on that Andy Capp of yours!
Thanks for the intervention, Michael and listeners! I've already banished him to the bedroom with his laptop -- victory!
@Shannon - my rates are affordable. I specialize in domestic issues.
@Shannon: HA! This is a trump card you'll be able to use for many a year.
Those boys.. I could never do a thing with them.
@v k: Have you tried the winning combo of meth AND Michael Shelley's Show? The only drawback is that you post a lot of comments.
@Shannon: "He fought the law and the law won!!!"
@Shannon: Tell him, though, we commend his listening to reason, and respecting your wishes. And after the show, go for a walk together!
About that walk -- I'll be behind a tree, and then we can bury him in the woods.
@v k : If only I'd seen this sooner! Even my swarthy Ukrainian brow is looking a bit thin.
@Shannon: You have skipped over this minor bump in the road with skill and grace.
Curses! Foiled again. I never get to have any fun!
@Hit Man: How about X. Ray Burns? He's been seeking death for awhile. He gives his address every Sunday.
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A person with an umbrella picturing the British national flag stands at the Victoria Memorial by Buckingham palace, central London, on September 8, 2022. – Fears grew on September 8, 2022 for Queen Elizabeth II after Buckingham Palace said her doctors were "concerned" for her health and recommended that she remain under medical supervision. The 96-year-old head of state — Britain's longest-serving monarch — has been dogged by health problems since last October that have left her with difficulties walking and standing. Photo: Daniel LEAL / AFP.
'God Save the Queen': Heartbreak at Buckingham Palace
Tearful crowds outside Buckingham Palace sang a forlorn "God Save the Queen" as news broke of Elizabeth II's death on Thursday.
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Hundreds braved torrential rain to stand at the palace gates after it was announced that doctors had placed the monarch under medical supervision at Balmoral, her Scottish estate.
A vivid rainbow temporarily lifted spirits, but the mood turned mournful at 6:30 pm (1730 GMT) as the seismic news was announced, triggering widespread cries of "oh no", according to an AFP journalist.
Some wept as the Union Jack flag on the queen's London residence was lowered, before a numbed silence fell over the crowd.
ALSO READ: Sporting events CANCELLED following death of Queen Elizabeth II
A rainbow at Buckingham Palace
Another rainbow appeared as the flag was lowered at her Windsor Castle residence outside London.
"She's been the queen for as long as I've been alive, she's been the queen for as long as my parents have been alive,"
currency broker Charlie Wolstenholme told AFP.
"So she's really a very, very important part of the fabric. You know, it's going to be terrible."
Suzan Antonowicz compared it to losing a family member.
ALSO READ: President Cyril Ramaphosa pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth
"She is the mother of our nation. She was heroic in so many situations. My respect for her is incredible, but my love is even bigger. We will grieve our loss for years,"
Choking back the tears, Joshua Ellis, 24, said he was in "shock".
"Every time people needed support she was there. She was also a link to my grandmother, who was a huge fan of her and passed away last year."
'Nation's conscience'
Drivers of London's famous black taxis lined the Mall, the road leading to Buckingham Palace, in tribute, while the neon lights of Piccadilly Circus glowed with a picture of the late monarch.
Supporters of Premier League football club West Ham spontaneously broke out into a rendition of "God Save the Queen" before their Europa Conference League fixture, while Manchester United fans observed a minute's silence ahead of their match.
"She was our conscience. She was like the nation's grandma,"
said Sophie, 27.
Many of the well-wishers at Buckingham Palace, some carrying flowers, came from outside the UK.
"As a French person, even I am touched by this," said student Chloe Papeil.
"She is a part of English culture, but also global culture."
The queen — an instantly recognisable figure to billions of people across the world — was in her Platinum Jubilee year, marking 70 years since she succeeded her father king George VI in 1952.
ALSO READ: She was queen of the WORLD: Queen Elizabeth beloved by all
Britain's longest-serving monarch had been dogged by health problems since last October that left her struggling to walk and stand.
News spread rapidly across a shellshocked country, with announcements in public spaces, including a train from London to Edinburgh.
"I'm speechless, it's very sad," said lawyer Rory Turbet, 38, who was travelling on the train for a wedding.
"A lot of British people will feel that way; she's been a constant presence in people's lives,"
he told AFP.
On the streets of London, animation producer Toni Cunningham told AFP: "I feel really sad, I feel like my nana (grandmother) has died.
"She did so much for this country, she was here so much for us."
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After just 44 days in office, Liz Truss is eligible to collect a £115,000 allowance for the rest of her life
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Liz Truss, the UK's foreign secretary, said doing business with Russia was "morally bankrupt".
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Liz Truss will receive a yearly £115,000 allowance for the rest of her life despite her short stint as Prime Minister.
The allowance from the government will reimburse Truss for expenses spent while maintaining public duties.
Enacted in 1991, Truss becomes only the sixth Prime Minister to receive the lifelong allowance.
Even though her short, six-week stint as the UK's prime minister came crashing down on Thursday, Liz Truss will still get to claim a yearly £115,000 allowance reserved for former prime ministers.
According to the UK's government, the Public Duty Costs Allowance (PDCA) grants all former Prime Ministers a yearly allowance intended to pay them back for expenses spent while fulfilling public duties in the role.
To be eligible for the allowance, you only has to have been a former Prime Minister, meaning Truss qualifies, despite being the shortest-serving Prime Minister in the nation's history.
She will receive the allowance yearly for the rest of her life.
Truss resigned Thursday after a tumultuous six weeks in office, including an economic crisis spurred by a series of policy reversals made by her government.
Insider previously reported that a number of Tory MPs publicly pushed Truss to resign after calling her administration "unsustainable."
The allowance has been frozen at £115,000 since 2011 and remains the same for 2022-2023. In addition, Truss is entitled to receive a pension allowance of up to 10% of the £115,000 allowance.
Truss becomes only the sixth Prime Minister to receive this allowance, which was enacted in 1991 by former Prime Minister John Major following Margaret Thatcher's resignation, according to the UK's government.
Truss, speaking outside Downing Street Thursday, said she was not able to deliver the mandate that she was elected on and would leave the role after her successor is chosen in a party leadership contest. She added that the process will conclude within a week.
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UK solar eclipse 2015: Britain prepares for 'doomsday' darkness
For the first time in 16 years the UK is about to experience a solar eclipse. Here's everything you need to know
Skies are darkening across the UK this morning as the country witnesses its first solar eclipse since 1999, prompting claims from one pastor that judgement day is nigh.
Mark Biltz said Britain was being singled out by the astronomical event for political and religious reasons.
"When we look at where the darkness will be, it will be in northern European countries like England and Sweden where we see the rise of Islam and anti-Israel sentiment," he told the American news site World Net Daily. "Europeans especially should take heed."
However, the effects of the eclipse will be greatest in the far north-west of Scotland - an area not known for the size of its Muslim population. And most amateur astronomers will be less worried about eternal judgement than by the prospect of low cloud, which threatens to obscure the phenomenon for most observers.
What is a solar eclipse?
Solar eclipses occur when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and the Earth, casting a shadow on the planet's surface. People at the centre of the shaded area experience a total solar eclipse. Those nearer the edge of the shadow see a partial eclipse, which leaves a portion of the Sun visible.
When will the UK solar eclipse take place?
The 2015 solar eclipse occurs this morning, 20 March. In London it coincides with rush hour, beginning at 8.24am and peaking at 9.31am. Areas to the west of London will experience the eclipse slightly earlier (it will peak in Plymouth at 9.25am) and those in the east will see it later (in Norwich, the peak will be at 9.34am).
Also on Friday: the black supermoon
Will the skies be clear?
The weather is not ideal. The best viewing conditions are in Lincolnshire, the Midlands, southern Wales and parts of southwest England, where early fog is clearing. Two bands of cloud are lsitting across areas to the north and south of that diagonal band, although some parts of northeastern Scotland may be lucky enough to get a break in the clouds. Visibility may also be reduced by a cloud of toxic smog due to arrive in the UK from the continent.
Will it be a total eclipse?
Not in the UK, although in the far northwestern parts of the country it will come close. On the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, for example, 98 per cent of the sun's rays will be blocked, and some areas of mainland Scotland will be shaded from 94 per cent of its light, The Independent says. As you move south and east the effect will be diminished, with London and Southampton expecting an 84.5 per cent eclipse. The Faroe Islands and the Norwegian island of Svalbard will experience a total solar eclipse for just over two minutes.
How can I watch it?
Never look directly at the Sun during an eclipse, or you will risk serious eye damage. Experts say you should fashion yourself a pinhole projector, using two sheets of paper and a sharp pin. More dedicated astronomers could use a telescope with special filters. If you want to make the most of the event, you could take an 'eclipse cruise' from Newcastle to the Faroe Islands, to see the sun disappear entirely.
What about solar eclipse glasses?
If you don't want to make a pinhole projector you can use a pair of eclipse glasses instead. There are similar in principle to sunglasses. but have much darker lenses to cut out more of the rays (it's not safe to look at the Sun through ordinary sunglasses). The Independent reports that the glasses are in short supply and in some areas they are "commanding prices of up to £20 as demand surges". The paper also warns people to check that the glasses they buy are stamped with the CE mark, which means they meet EU safety standards.
Is it safe to take photographs of the eclipse?
Camera lenses should be protected with dark filters to ensure that the light sensor isn't damaged by the direct light of the Sun. Photographers should also avoid looking through a camera lens at the Sun without wearing eye protection.
What about solar eclipse selfies?
The College of Optometrists has warned that there are risks associated with taking pictures with either cameras or smartphones during Friday's eclipse. Inadvertently glancing at the Sun while taking shots could lead to burns at the back of the eye, they said, and looking over a shoulder to check that everything is lined up while taking a selfie could also be dangerous. Even looking at the eclipse around the edge of your phone's screen could cause eye damage, they said.
Daniel Hardiman-McCartney, a clinical adviser at the College of Optometrists, said: "In 1999, when there was the last major eclipse, no-one really had smartphones or took selfies. This could potentially be very dangerous because people might be tempted to look at the Sun as they try to get the perfect shot or clip."
He added: "As the eclipse is a relatively slow process, people might end up accidentally looking at the Sun for minutes."
How often do solar eclipses happen?
On average they happen somewhere in the world 2.4 times a year, but this will be the first time the UK has witnessed once since August 1999. That was said to have been the first total eclipse visible in Europe since 22 July 1990, and the first visible in the UK since 29 June 1927. There were smaller, partial eclipses in 2003, 2006, 2008 and 2011. A total eclipse is due to block out the sun throughout the UK, western Europe, west Africa and parts of the Americas on 28 September 2015.
What happens if I miss this one?
There will be a long wait until the next substantial solar eclipse affects the UK. Although a partial eclipse will technically be visible on 21 August 2017, the Moon will barely clip the edge of the Sun and few people without specialist equipment will notice. Slightly darker solar eclipses will be seen in 2021, 2022 and 2025, but the effect of this Friday's event won't be exceeded until the evening of 12 August 2026.
How were solar eclipses explained in the past?
A solar eclipse was often seen as an ill omen, or a sign that something profound had already gone wrong. "People depend on the Sun's movement," EC Krupp, the director of the Griffith Observatory in LA, told National Geographic. "[It's] regular, dependable, you can't tamper with it. And then, all of a sudden, Shakespearean tragedy arrives and time is out of joint. The Sun and Moon do something that they shouldn't be doing."
Many societies created myths to explain the phenomenon, often blaming the disappearance on gods or supernatural beasts consuming the Sun. The Vikings told of two wolves eternally chasing the Sun and Moon, but only rarely catching and trying to consume their prey, which would then manage to escape. Other cultures attempted to turn a solar eclipse into something positive. In Togo it was said that the Sun and Moon were fighting during an eclipse, and people would gather outside and urge them to stop. It was therefore seen as an opportunity to lay old disputes to rest - a tradition which continues today.
Does the modern world have anything to fear from solar eclipses?
Although the event may not be "a message from God to the entire world", as Pastor Biltz claims, it is possible that it will affect our activities. Electricity system operators are warning that the eclipse could cause blackouts across Europe as the continent increasingly relies on solar power. When the last solar eclipse darkened Europe's skies in 1999, the continent derived a tiny fraction of its energy from the Sun. Now, more than 10 per cent of power generated in Europe comes from the Sun, and in some countries the figure is much higher. Germany, Europe's largest economy "now gets more than a quarter of its electricity from renewable generators and like other EU nations is connected with neighbouring countries' grid systems", the Financial Times reports. The European Network Transmission System Operators for Electricity said: "Solar eclipses have happened before but with the increase of installed photovoltaic energy generation, the risk of an incident could be serious without appropriate countermeasures."
Will Britain's power supply be affected by the solar eclipse?
Probably not. The UK gets a relatively small proportion of its energy from solar power, so although the National Grid says that solar power output will halve during the eclipse, it is likely that there will be enough spare capacity in the system to pick up the slack.
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A homemaker is safeguarding the underprivileged children against all odds: Sudha Jha
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"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will". Mahatma Gandhi
Homemaking is surely in realty most important work in the universe and a young lady from Panipat in Haryana knows it better while making a beautiful home rather a beautiful nation with a belief walking in the will of the God.
Sudha Jha, a young woman and a successful home maker is leading her way to create a better environment for the children with a strong willingness to fight against child labour and child abuse. Born and brought up in an Ayurvedic doctor's house, she is pursuing the dream of her father to support the underprivileged kids in district Panipat of Haryana where she shifted in 2013 with her family. In 2017 a girl child studying in 4th standard was abused and this incident shook her so much that Sudha decided to work to safeguard the kids and for the betterment of the education system.
Sudha studied in government schools in Bihar so she was very well aware about the sensitivity and importance of the child rights. To support the child abuse victims, Sudha formed a group of like minded people and helping the parents of the victims to take legal support and get the culprits behind the bars. Currently 10,000+ parents are connected with her and she is also associated with the All India Parents Association.
Passionate Sudha With Kids
Sudha is regularly visiting slums areas and government schools to assess the requirements of the underprivileged community. She started teaching the kids from slum areas for 2 hrs in the morning and 2 hrs in the evening time. During her regular visits she witnessed that kids from slums are regularly smoking outside a school, after her consistent efforts those kids started joining her classes. Sudha used the study material of her daughter and son for her initiative. Initially she started with 4 kids which soon grown to 45 kids. Also, she started enrolling the kids in nearby government schools by helping them and bringing them up to the speed with the curriculum.
After a while "Humana People to People India (International NGO)" visited their centre and they extended their help by starting a special school for under-privileged kids. Humana is currently enabling the change via their 4 centres in Panipat. This was a boost for Sudha as pearlier she was working individually to carry her passion for the education of such kids.
During her class
Alongside her initiative in the education sector she started working against the child Labour and got in touch with "Child Rights Protection Forum" in January 2019 and joined "Baal Adhikar Suraksha Smiti". From there she has helped may kids and trying to get the justice for them through legal battle. So far she has rescued many kids from child labour and converted 3 wards of Panipat as child labour free zone. Sudha is delivering various sessions on POCSO and carrying out various awareness campaigns against the child labour and abuse.
While talking about the challenges Sudha mentioned in her words that "Child abuse cases and various such incidents are not addressed properly as most of the parents are not aware about the guidelines and support available to them. Raising awareness about the rights has been my biggest challenge which I am trying to overcome with the help from the experts". She further added that "Child labour is another big challenge because the child is earning money to meet the regular daily need of the family and the family survival will come to halt if they stop going to the work".
During Covid-19 lockdown period she took one step ahead and decided to provide the support to the underprivileged community with food and other essential items in association with Helping Youth.
Distributing sanitary pads
They provided cooked food, groceries and medicines to the needy which includes sanitary pad distribution around her residence at individual level supported by her friends. Also, she rescued a girl from child marriage with the help CWC during lockdown period.
Getting ready with the masks for distribution
Sudha always try to take care of her personal safety as the accused in such cases may targets her and may harm her. Sudha is thankful to the local administration for supporting her in such matters. Sudha is very keen and want to join CWC to carry out her dream of making India child abuse and child labour free. Her passion for the community service has helped in winning hearts as well as accolades from many organisations such as Red Cross, District Legal Services Authority (DLSA). Her efforts are recognised with the awards like Dada Lakhmi Chand Durga Shakti Award, Navodaya Kranti Shikshak Samman and many more.
Awarded by Red Cross
Sharing her experiences Sudha said "Never hesitate in raising your voice against child abuse and child labour if we really wants to make a better place for all while raising awareness".
Beautiful moments with family
Sudha has completed her education from Bihar, shifted to Panipat in 2013 with the family. She is blessed with a daughter and a son.
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P.C. January 17, 2021 at 12:22 am
Terrific. Kudos. Carry on. Best.
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I'm sure that by now most InfoSec-lovers have heard about KRACK. If you haven't, check out this great explaination by a fellow StackExchanger.
It's a new attack on WPA2 which allows for decryption and forging of packets in certain (and certainly quite a lot of them) scenarios by abusing a flaw in the 4-way-handshake.
Reading the research paper, I still don't understand why this attack is possible. I understood how we may abuse retransmission of message 3 during a 4-way-handshake to force key reinstallation.
Why does key reinstallation (or more specifically a client nonce reset) allow for decryption or forging?
This is because of being able to figure out the keystream for a given key and nonce when you can get both to be reused and the stream contains predictable information.
In many ciphers, a key is used to produce a series of ones and zeros that are xor'd with the data to produce an encrypted value. This string of ones and zeros is known as the keystream. If you are able to reuse a nonce and the keystream isn't altered based on the content of previous plaintext blocks, then you can look for known packets to appear in the content. When these known packets occur, you will see a predictable pattern occur and will be able to determine that you know that portion of the keystream.
By repeating the process, you eventually can gain more and more knowledge of the keystream and can then read or manipulate anything found on a known portion of the keystream. RC4 is EXTREMELY vulnerable to nonce reuse as it is a pure xor'd keystream. Similarly CTR modes of AES will be extremely susceptible. AES CBC-MAC will be a bit less impacted, however doing constant key resetting could potentially bypass the chaining due to always using the same set of initial blocks, so some information leakage would potentially still be possible, especially for the attacker faking a new client where racing will not be a factor.
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ICS Statement on Racism
This was already on the Church of England's agenda. The General Synod meeting of February 2020 held a debate on the Windrush generation and the 'hostile environment' for BAME people, in which the Archbishop of Canterbury said:
"We did not do justice in the past. We do not do justice now. And unless we are radical and decisive in this area in the future, we will still be having this conversation in 20 years' time and still doing injustice – the few of us that remain, deservedly. We've damaged the Church. We've damaged the image of God. Most of all, we've damaged those we victimised, unconsciously very often."
ICS Trustees believe that we, together with every other part of the Church, need to do at least two things.
We need to examine ourselves, past and present, for ways in which we have colluded with or benefited from racism, including any aspect of the abhorrent slave trade.
We need to make clear where we stand in an environment where racism is still manifestly alive and well and 'Black lives matter' remains a contested statement.
We have reviewed our history and believe that we had no involvement with or benefit from the slave trade. The abolitionist William Wilberforce was one of our Vice-Presidents. The Society was active in ministry to freed slaves. Having said this, we are not complacent, and would welcome any historic connections to slavery which we have missed being pointed out to us.
We are absolutely clear where we stand on the issue of contemporary racism. Racial injustice of any kind is an offence to the God who made all people equal. We affirm that 'Black lives matter'. We stand with those who continue to experience the evil of racial injustice of any kind. We commit to listen and learn, to review our own practices, to ensure that these convictions are lived out in the Society and the Chaplaincies which we serve. We rejoice that many of those Chaplaincies are genuinely multi-racial, and welcome them as foretastes of the Kingdom of Heaven in which all will celebrate and worship together as sisters and brothers.
Published: 29th July, 2020
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A known face is easy to recognise, but details such as beauty spots, scars, the styling of hair and distinctively mismatched eyes, like David Bowie's, are all reversed in terms of bilateral symmetry. Seeing Bowie staring back at you from the covers of Nothing Has Changed – The Very Best of Bowie is especially fascinating because so many of us feel we know him, or something of him.
Looking into a mirror is one of the few ways to see both forwards and backwards at the same time. So it's no coincidence that designer Jonathan Barnbrook's choice of photographs for the three different cover designs of Nothing Has Changed – essentially a compilation / greatest hits album – play on this reflective motif.
As a pop icon whose career spans six decades (1960s-2010s), Bowie's face carries a strong cultural resonance. His mismatched eyes punctuate an often coolly detached demeanour; his paralysed left pupil gives nothing away in its state of permanent dilation. The chosen images for Nothing Has Changed draw upon this cultural resonance to reflect Bowie – or at least three versions of him – looking back at us (over his shoulder) from significant moments in his career.
As 'Ziggy' in the early 1970s, we see Bowie seated at a table laden with bananas and a ceramic pot, gloriously androgynous in a pink suit. His left hand is clasped to his chest and neck in a knowingly effeminate parody of 'vanity', very much in keeping with the performer who shocked and amazed viewers of Top of the Pops in July 1972 with a famously 'gender-bending' performance of 'Starman'.
1975 photograph by Steve Schapiro from the 2CD Edition / Digital Download version of David Bowie's Nothing Has Changed.
Top: Mick Rock's photo of Bowie at home in Beckenham, 1972. From the Double Vinyl version of the album.
We then see a version of Bowie from the mid-1970s, with trilby and glasses, around the time of playing eternal outsider 'Thomas Jerome Newton' in Nicolas Roeg's film version of The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976). Writing on the surface of the mirror, like a scientist experimenting with formulas, we can recall the disillusioned alien attempting to both manipulate and communicate with the people around him, ostensibly for the profound good of them all.
Photo: Jimmy King, 2013, from the 3CD Deluxe Edition / Digital Download version of David Bowie's Nothing Has Changed.
Considered as a triptych (below), it is intriguing to see how Bowie's reflection shifts in each photograph. From the near central position taken by Ziggy, framed by the mirror, to the slightly offset Bowie of the mid-1970s, through to the pared-down and only half-visible Bowie in the contemporary image.
In an interview for the NME, published in full on Bowie's website, Barnbrook has suggested the cover designs are deliberately 'undesigned' – they aren't overworked montages or full of fussy details. They are also 'captioned', rather than titled, with the seemingly paradoxical notion that 'Nothing has changed' encouraging the contemplative qualities of the photographs to show through. Barnbrook suggests interpretive possibilities, with Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) offering a suitably Bowie-esque reference point for considering change over time.
What is clear is that these images are about perception rather than reflection. They are part of a dialogue with the viewer. Whether a fan or a critic of Bowie – and it is possible to be both – what each of us sees will always be shaped by what our own perceptions happen to represent, mirrors and their reflections included.
Kevin J. Hunt teaches at the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University.
Video for the single 'Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)', 2014, David Bowie's collaboration with jazz composer Maria Schneider.