The Tony Award-winning Best Musical, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, will welcome Bryce Pinkham back to the role he originated, producer Joey Parnes announced today. Pinkham, whose turn as scheming heir Monty Navarro in Gentleman’s Guide earned him a nomination for the 2014 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, will return to the role on Tuesday, July 28, 2015.

“I am positively rhapsodic over the prospect of returning to Highhurst Castle,” Mr. Pinkham enthused. “I am particularly overjoyed to be reunited with my hero and partner(s) in crime, Jefferson Mays. By the way, do the D’ysquith’s know I’m coming back? I bet they’ll be tickled to death.”

Gentleman’s Guidetells the uproarious story of Monty Navarro, a distant heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession, by any means necessary. All the while, he’s got to juggle his mistress (she’s after more than just love), his fiancée (she’s his cousin but who’s keeping track?), and the constant threat of landing behind bars! Of course, it will all be worth it if he can slay his way to his inheritance … and be done in time for tea.

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package cic.cs.unb.ca.ifm;

import cic.cs.unb.ca.flow.FlowMgr;
import cic.cs.unb.ca.jnetpcap.*;
import cic.cs.unb.ca.jnetpcap.worker.FlowGenListener;
import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
import org.jnetpcap.PcapClosedException;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import cic.cs.unb.ca.jnetpcap.worker.InsertCsvRow;
import swing.common.SwingUtils;

import java.io.File;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import static cic.cs.unb.ca.Sys.FILE_SEP;

public class Cmd {

    public static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Cmd.class);
    private static final String DividingLine = "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------";
    private static String[] animationChars = new String[]{"|", "/", "-", "\\"};

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        long flowTimeout = 120000000L;
        long activityTimeout = 5000000L;
        String rootPath = System.getProperty("user.dir");
        String pcapPath;
        String outPath;

        /* Select path for reading all .pcap files */
        /*if(args.length<1 || args[0]==null) {
            pcapPath = rootPath+"/data/in/";
        }else {
        }*/

        /* Select path for writing all .csv files */
        /*if(args.length<2 || args[1]==null) {
            outPath = rootPath+"/data/out/";
        }else {
        }*/

        if (args.length < 1) {
            logger.info("Please select pcap!");
            return;
        }
        pcapPath = args[0];
        File in = new File(pcapPath);

        if(in==null || !in.exists()){
            logger.info("The pcap file or folder does not exist! -> {}",pcapPath);
            return;
        }

        if (args.length < 2) {
            logger.info("Please select output folder!");
            return;
        }
        outPath = args[1];
        File out = new File(outPath);
        if (out == null || out.isFile()) {
            logger.info("The out folder does not exist! -> {}",outPath);
            return;
        }

        logger.info("You select: {}",pcapPath);
        logger.info("Out folder: {}",outPath);

        if (in.isDirectory()) {
            readPcapDir(in,outPath,flowTimeout,activityTimeout);
        } else {

            if (!SwingUtils.isPcapFile(in)) {
                logger.info("Please select pcap file!");
            } else {
                logger.info("CICFlowMeter received 1 pcap file");
                readPcapFile(in.getPath(), outPath,flowTimeout,activityTimeout);
            }
        }

    }

    private static void readPcapDir(File inputPath, String outPath, long flowTimeout, long activityTimeout) {
        if(inputPath==null||outPath==null) {
            return;
        }
        File[] pcapFiles = inputPath.listFiles(SwingUtils::isPcapFile);
        int file_cnt = pcapFiles.length;
        System.out.println(String.format("CICFlowMeter found :%d pcap files", file_cnt));
        for(int i=0;i<file_cnt;i++) {
            File file = pcapFiles[i];
            if (file.isDirectory()) {
                continue;
            }
            int cur = i + 1;
            System.out.println(String.format("==> %d / %d", cur, file_cnt));
            readPcapFile(file.getPath(),outPath,flowTimeout,activityTimeout);

        }
        System.out.println("Completed!");
    }

    private static void readPcapFile(String inputFile, String outPath, long flowTimeout, long activityTimeout) {
        if(inputFile==null ||outPath==null ) {
            return;
        }
        String fileName = FilenameUtils.getName(inputFile);

        if(!outPath.endsWith(FILE_SEP)){
            outPath += FILE_SEP;
        }

        File saveFileFullPath = new File(outPath+fileName+FlowMgr.FLOW_SUFFIX);

        if (saveFileFullPath.exists()) {
           if (!saveFileFullPath.delete()) {
               System.out.println("Save file can not be deleted");
           }
        }

        FlowGenerator flowGen = new FlowGenerator(true, flowTimeout, activityTimeout);
        flowGen.addFlowListener(new FlowListener(fileName,outPath));
        boolean readIP6 = false;
        boolean readIP4 = true;
        PacketReader packetReader = new PacketReader(inputFile, readIP4, readIP6);

        System.out.println(String.format("Working on... %s",fileName));

        int nValid=0;
        int nTotal=0;
        int nDiscarded = 0;
        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
        int i=0;
        while(true) {
            /*i = (i)%animationChars.length;
            System.out.print("Working on "+ inputFile+" "+ animationChars[i] +"\r");*/
            try{
                BasicPacketInfo basicPacket = packetReader.nextPacket();
                nTotal++;
                if(basicPacket !=null){
                    flowGen.addPacket(basicPacket);
                    nValid++;
                }else{
                    nDiscarded++;
                }
            }catch(PcapClosedException e){
                break;
            }
            i++;
        }

        flowGen.dumpLabeledCurrentFlow(saveFileFullPath.getPath(), FlowFeature.getHeader());

        long lines = SwingUtils.countLines(saveFileFullPath.getPath());

        System.out.println(String.format("%s is done. total %d flows ",fileName,lines));
        System.out.println(String.format("Packet stats: Total=%d,Valid=%d,Discarded=%d",nTotal,nValid,nDiscarded));
        System.out.println(DividingLine);

        //long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
        //logger.info(String.format("Done! in %d seconds",((end-start)/1000)));
        //logger.info(String.format("\t Total packets: %d",nTotal));
        //logger.info(String.format("\t Valid packets: %d",nValid));
        //logger.info(String.format("\t Ignored packets:%d %d ", nDiscarded,(nTotal-nValid)));
        //logger.info(String.format("PCAP duration %d seconds",((packetReader.getLastPacket()- packetReader.getFirstPacket())/1000)));
        //int singleTotal = flowGen.dumpLabeledFlowBasedFeatures(outPath, fileName+ FlowMgr.FLOW_SUFFIX, FlowFeature.getHeader());
        //logger.info(String.format("Number of Flows: %d",singleTotal));
        //logger.info("{} is done,Total {} flows",inputFile,singleTotal);
        //System.out.println(String.format("%s is done,Total %d flows", inputFile, singleTotal));
    }

    static class FlowListener implements FlowGenListener {

        private String fileName;

        private String outPath;

        private long cnt;

        public FlowListener(String fileName, String outPath) {
            this.fileName = fileName;
            this.outPath = outPath;
        }

        @Override
        public void onFlowGenerated(BasicFlow flow) {

            String flowDump = flow.dumpFlowBasedFeaturesEx();
            List<String> flowStringList = new ArrayList<>();
            flowStringList.add(flowDump);
            InsertCsvRow.insert(FlowFeature.getHeader(),flowStringList,outPath,fileName+ FlowMgr.FLOW_SUFFIX);

            cnt++;

            String console = String.format("%s -> %d flows \r", fileName,cnt);

            System.out.print(console);
        }
    }

}


 + -309. Let f = 15.04 + -13.7. Which is greater: u or f?
f
Let m = -1968.062 + 1968. Let i = 10 - 1. Is m equal to i?
False
Let f be (-2 - -1)*(-299)/13. Let m = f + -82. Let z = m - -59. Are -7 and z non-equal?
True
Let i be 1 + (-5 - (-9 - -7))*(-2 - -3). Which is smaller: 3/248 or i?
i
Let h = -2629338/92975 + 707/25. Is h less than or equal to -1?
False
Let l = 127.5 + -100. Let i = l + -32. Let j = i - 3.5. Which is smaller: -2 or j?
j
Suppose 0 = 4*b + 5*d + 1 + 2, 5*b + 3*d = -7. Suppose 0 = 42*h - 45*h + 9. Suppose 2*n - 3*t = -10, -h = -n + 2*n - t. Which is bigger: b or n?
n
Let b = -31325/38675564 - -3/9652. Which is smaller: b or 0?
b
Let z(j) = -j**3 - 9*j**2 - 3*j - 2. Let f be z(-9). Let h = -26 - f. Is -51 < h?
False
Let n = 87.28 - 89.238. Which is bigger: -0.04 or n?
-0.04
Let t = -26.9 - 90.1. Let y = t + 108.2. Is y != -1?
True
Let a = -536667/55693 + -1/5063. Which is smaller: a or -11?
-11
Let t = 462 + -466.58. Let k = t - -1.58. Which is greater: k or -1?
-1
Let u(f) = -635*f + 126. Let v be u(3). Which is greater: -1778 or v?
-1778
Let d(g) = 23*g - 106. Let q be d(11). Is q at most -4/5?
False
Suppose -40*p + 37*p = -5*v - 53154, 5*p = -5*v - 53210. Is v smaller than -10634?
True
Let q = -5.9 + 5.2. Let m = 1.1 - 1.6. Let h = -1.5 - m. Are h and q nonequal?
True
Suppose -2*h + 3*o - 3 = -0, 2*h + 2*o - 12 = 0. Let n be (-10)/(h + 21/(-11)). Let i(q) = q**2 + 32*q + 198. Let l be i(-9). Which is bigger: l or n?
l
Let w(y) = -y**3 + 3*y**2 + 12*y - 5. Let h be w(5). Suppose -2*v + 0*v + 232 = h*l, -220 = -2*v - 2*l. Suppose -8*k = -86 - v. Which is bigger: k or 27?
27
Let h(d) = 2*d + 127. Let y be h(-63). Is 63/53 smaller than y?
False
Suppose 7 = -72*a + 73*a. Suppose -197*n = -204*n - a. Which is smaller: 26/55 or n?
n
Suppose -5*z = -5*o + 55, 13*z - 8*z + 34 = -2*o. Let q(j) = 8*j - 24. Let b be q(8). Suppose -29*n = -33*n - b. Is n bigger than z?
False
Suppose w = -1, 2*j - 10761 = -4*w - 29093. Which is greater: -9163 or j?
-9163
Let p(b) = 233*b + 14. Let i be p(-1). Let d be (3 - i)/3*(-5 - -6). Is d equal to 75?
False
Let a be 113408/9448 + 3 + -15. Is a equal to 0?
False
Suppose -8 = 2*x - x. Let o be (-1 - -3)/2*(11 + x). Suppose o*t - 4*g = 45 - 139, -2*g = t + 38. Which is bigger: -35 or t?
t
Let r be 2 - (0 + -3 - -2). Let v be 3/17*r/(-18). Let w = -14109 + 14110. Which is smaller: w or v?
v
Let c(d) = -34*d + 3. Let v(q) = 69*q - 5. Let k(p) = -5*c(p) - 2*v(p). Let s be k(1). Let z = -5 + 5. Which is smaller: z or s?
z
Let b be 0 - (-3 - 24*(2 - -1)). Let l = b + -9. Suppose l + 66 = 3*s. Is 45 <= s?
False
Let p = -134 - -18. Let s = -147 - p. Is 1 at most as big as s?
False
Let a be (-6)/5*(10 + (-1680)/(-36)). Let v be (a/(-4930))/(22/10). Is v > -2/9?
True
Let o(b) = 3 - 6*b**2 - 8*b**3 + 2*b**2 - 10*b + 10*b. Let d be o(-1). Do 7 and d have different values?
False
Let i(z) = -4*z + 40. Suppose 0 = 11*a - 6*a + 25. Let w be 18/((-5)/a + 1). Let b be i(w). Which is bigger: 0.1 or b?
b
Let q(a) = 0*a**2 + 1393 - 1405 + a**2. Let c be q(-4). Let w be (c/161)/((-3)/21 + 1). Which is smaller: w or -1?
-1
Suppose 0 = -67*o + 33 - 51 + 219. Let u be (9/10)/(18/15). Is o less than or equal to u?
False
Let k(x) = 11*x + 21*x - 11 - 25*x. Let w be k(-4). Let z = -43 - w. Which is smaller: 1 or z?
z
Suppose -73*r - 3906 = -66*r. Let b = 556 + r. Which is smaller: -0.68 or b?
b
Let s(k) = 412*k**3 + 12*k**2 + 48*k + 43. Let m be s(-2). Which is bigger: 1/2 or m?
1/2
Suppose -16 + 16 = 8*p. Let l(r) = 2*r**2 + 5*r - 4. Let b be l(-4). Suppose -5*s + 3*w + p*w = b, 3*s = -2*w - 1. Which is smaller: 2/47 or s?
s
Let a be -3 + ((-8846)/88)/(-1). Let s = a + -353/4. Do s and 2 have the same value?
False
Let o(z) = -3*z**3 + 4*z**2 + z - 7. Let j be o(2). Let g = j - -25. Are 12 and g equal?
True
Suppose 1057 = -2*y + 5*n, -4*y - 883 = -5*n + 1246. Let r = -4816/9 - y. Which is smaller: -2 or r?
-2
Let q(y) = 16*y - 6. Let a be q(6). Let f = 99 - a. Let c(p) = -p. Let t be c(-5). Is t bigger than f?
False
Let b(k) = -9*k**2 + 55*k + 150. Let g be b(-2). Is -1327 smaller than g?
True
Let v = 16.45 - 17. Let c = 538.35 + -539. Let u = c - v. Which is bigger: -38 or u?
u
Let f = 3422 - 3939. Which is smaller: -2063/4 or f?
f
Let r be 1647/(-58133)*(-2)/(-6). Which is smaller: 1 or r?
r
Let s be 8/(-3 + 11)*(-4 + -1). Let q(f) = 43*f + 153. Let h be q(s). Is h equal to -2?
False
Let l = 6.3381 - 0.0381. Let c = l + -6.2. Is c smaller than -1/479?
False
Let l be 14/2 + (-2)/(-2) - -3. Let o = l + -8. Let f be o + 14*(-1)/6. Which is smaller: -0.08 or f?
-0.08
Suppose 22*t - 2*b - 235 = 19*t, -5*b = -3*t + 250. Let i = t - 78. Which is greater: i or -3/2?
-3/2
Suppose -t - 1184 + 782 = 0. Which is smaller: t or -401?
t
Suppose -4*y = -79*f + 80*f - 488, -244 = -2*y - f. Is y < 1348/11?
True
Suppose 0 = 4*f + 14*g - 9*g - 104, g = -2*f + 40. Let s = 1 + 16. Are s and f non-equal?
True
Let z = -10355/17 + 220511/323. Which is bigger: z or 73?
z
Let w = -1.32 - -66.72. Let z = -73 + w. Let k = z - -10. Are 1 and k unequal?
True
Suppose -332 - 100 = 3*p. Let l be 4/(-3*4/p). Are l and 49 equal?
False
Let h be 7*(204/42)/1. Suppose -h*o + 25*o + 513 = 0. Is 2 greater than or equal to o?
False
Let j(y) = y**2 - 25*y + 96. Let q be j(21). Let r be (-10 + (-832)/(-72))*q/(-7). Suppose -6*m = -m + 20. Which is smaller: m or r?
m
Suppose -5*z = 16*z + 294. Is -17 greater than z?
False
Let l(b) = b**3 + b + 2. Let i be l(-1). Let p be 9/(-24)*(i - -4). Are p and -3 non-equal?
True
Suppose 272 = 3*t - 5*o, 94 = -4*t + 5*t - o. Let d = -175 + t. Which is smaller: -78 or d?
-78
Let p = 4729.1 - 4730. Which is bigger: p or -219?
p
Let l = -103 + 534. Suppose -843 - l = -13*v. Let h = v + -38. Which is greater: h or 59?
h
Let y = -3495 - -3493. Is 1482 <= y?
False
Suppose -7348*y + 7417*y - 2415 = 0. Do y and 64 have different values?
True
Let m be 9 + 2424/(-3 + 0). Are -1/2 and m equal?
False
Let x = -500 + 484. Let d be x/(-45) + 130/(-975). Which is smaller: 8 or d?
d
Suppose 80*u = 205*u - 3250. Suppose 321 - 91 = 5*o. Let j = o - u. Which is smaller: j or 19?
19
Let o = -1066 + 1068. Which is greater: -56 or o?
o
Let s be (-9)/((-324)/(-64))*27/(-6). Is s bigger than 270/37?
True
Let h = 24859 - 24904. Is h != 159?
True
Let z = -2.57 + -2.43. Is z equal to 1?
False
Let y(s) = s**2 - 43*s + 82. Let z be y(-30). Is z at least 2272?
True
Let k(u) = 21 + u - 20 - 4. Let b(l) = l**2 - 2*l - 1. Let x be b(3). Let j be k(x). Which is smaller: j or 2?
j
Let f = 14283/11 + -1295. Suppose 37 = 4*h - 3*z, 5*h + 296*z = 300*z + 48. Is f at least as big as h?
False
Let r = -2297 - -2211. Which is bigger: r or -3?
-3
Let w be (32 - 27) + 11/1. Let n be 12/(-4)*1 - w. Is -1 greater than n?
True
Let z = 2280 + -1619. Let b = z + -660. Is -1 <= b?
True
Suppose -1558*y - 538888 = -1502*y. Are y and -9624 equal?
False
Let x be (29 - 8)/(9/15). Let n be (-4024)/(-140) + 14/x. Which is bigger: 28 or n?
n
Let q be 67 + 11 - 6*-1. Let u be (-1)/3 + q/(-126). Which is smaller: -2/29 or u?
u
Let u be 1179/(-45) - (41 + -67). Let q = -31.1 + -4.9. Is q at least as big as u?
False
Let h = -693 - -761.2. Let q = h - 98. Which is greater: q or 1?
1
Let k = -321557/194 + 3315/2. Is 3/70 at most k?
False
Suppose 0 = -3*z + q + 1, -9 = 2*z + 3*q + 5. Suppose -3*r = -5*k + 41, 5*k = 3*k - 4. Let i be 20/r + (1 - 0). Is z at most i?
True
Let v be 8/((-432)/(-927)) - (-85)/102. Which is greater: 172/9 or v?
172/9
Let f be (-6)/(-4) - (-11)/22. Suppose -f*v - 10 = -0*j - 5*j, 5*j = -4*v + 10. Which is smaller: 1/259 or v?
v
Let o(y) = y**2 - y. Let j(l) = -l**3 + 5*l**2 + 5*l - 13. Let u(f) = -j(f) - 3*o(f). Let n be u(8). Which is bigger: n or -9/4?
-9/4
Let t = -31797/17 - -1871. Let o = -5/3333 + -123151/113322. Let w = o + t. Is 2/7 smaller than w?
False
Let y be (-747)/(-81) - (14 + -5). Is -248/9 at most y?
True
Let o = 3.074 + -3.1055. Do o and -2/15 have different values?
True
Suppose 0 = -22*z + 25*z - 12. Suppose z*j - i - 10 = -9, 0 = 5*j + 4*i + 25. Is -13/7 bigger than j?
False
Let a = 1/128830 - 20871/135400330. Is -1 >= a?
False
Suppose 879*c - 830*c = 833. Is 142 greater than or equal to c?
True
Let a = -1259/1066 - -25/26. Is a at most as big as


Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Arthur Sinodinos confirmed that the Federal Government has renewed its Major Project Status to the West Seahorse Project which is located in the Gippsland Basin, off the coast of Victoria.

The status – granted under the Department’s Major Project Facilitation programme – means that project proponent, Carnarvon Hibiscus Pty Ltd, will get help coordinating Commonwealth approvals required to proceed with the project.

Located 14km from Ninety Mile Beach, the West Seahorse Project aims to develop an important oil reservoir which is estimated to hold recoverable oil reserves of about 9.2 million barrels.

The project will see Carnarvon Hibiscus invest an initial $140 million, with a further $100 million invested over the project’s operational life.

Mr Sinodinos said the company expects to initially produce approximately 12,000 barrels of oil per day over an estimated six year period.

“The project may potentially unlock similar small stranded assets that have been undeveloped in the Gippsland basin, opening up further revenue and investment opportunities in the region,” the Minister added.

“Direct employment is estimated at 100 full-time positions during drilling and installation activities and 30 full time positions during the project’s operational phase.”


818 F.2d 874
Rivezzov.Navy
85-2053
United States Court of Appeals,Federal Circuit.
1/20/87
MSPB, 25 M.S.P.R. 447
AFFIRMED


Q:

If one does fidyah for not fasting in Ramadan, but afterwards one is able to fast, should one make up for missed days?

If one is terminally ill, and:

is unable to fast during the month of Ramadan, and
it is not foreseeable at the time that one would be able to make up for missed days in the future,

It is agreed upon that one should do a fidyah by feeding one poor person an equivalent of what one normally eats for every day one is unable to fast.
If one then recovers after Ramadan and

is able to fast, and
is able to make up for missed days of Ramadan,

Question: With the days already being expiated for, should one still fast an equivalent number of days, or is the expiation enough at this stage?
I am interested in the Sunni view in general. If providing an answer that is madhhab-specific, please mention which madhhab the view belongs to, but views from any or all madhhabs are welcome.

A:

(This is what I found in the Ta'leemul Haq, a Hanafi based book on the five fundamental pillars of Islam)
The condition for Fidyah is:

A very old person who does NOT have the strength to fast or a very sickly or diseased person who has NO hope of recovering after Ramadan, should give FIDYAH for each fast missed in Ramadan.

If, however, an old or sick person gains strength or recovers after Ramadan, he MUST keep the missed number of fasts and whatever was given as Fidyah will be a reward for him from Allah.

So according to this, one should make up for these missed fasts.
And Allah knows best.

Source: Ta'leemul Haq, page 262 out of 321 on the PDF and page 150 in the actual book


Southern Railway zone

The Southern Railway (abbreviated SR), headquartered at Chennai, is one of the 18 zones of Indian Railways. It is the earliest of the 18 zones of the Indian Railways created in independent India. It was created on 14 April 1951 by merging three state railways, namely, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway Company, and the Mysore State Railway. The South Indian Railway was originally created in the British colonial times as Great Southern India Railway Co founded in Britain in 1853 and registered in 1859. Its original headquarters was in Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) and was registered as a company in London only in 1890. At present, after re-organization of existing railway zones and creation of new zones undertaken by the Indian Railways between 2002–03, Southern Railway has emerged as the 2nd largest zone after undertaking some gauge conversion projects and creation of new lines.

History

In 1944, all Railway companies were taken over by the Government. And three years later, when India woke up to independence in 1947, the stage was set for the integration of different Railways into smaller zones. In 1948, immediately after independence, there were as many as 42 different railway systems - a multiplicity of railway administrations, varying in size and standards.

The regrouping proposals put forward by the various committees were studied in great detail to ensure that a unification could be achieved with the least disturbance and dislocation. Important associations of railway-users, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the State Governments and acknowledged experts both in India and abroad were fully consulted.

Shri N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar - the then Minister for Railways, was the principal architect of the regrouping of Indian Railways. In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for Indian Railways into six Zonal systems, namely, the Northern, the North-Eastern, the Southern, the Central, the Eastern and the Western.

The Southern Railway zone  was the first zone to be formed. Created on 14 April 1951 by the merger of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway and the Mysore State Railway, the economic and geographical factors of this zone facilitated an early integrated network. This amalgamation was a major step towards streamlining and organizing the working pattern of the Railway system.

Shri K R Ramanujam was appointed the first General Manager of the newly formed Southern Railways.

Organisation
The Southern Railway is headed by the General Manager (HAG+) Officer, assisted by an Additional General Manager (HAG). Each department is headed by a PHOD\CHOD of the rank of HAG\SAG.

Jurisdiction
Southern Railway has its headquarters in Chennai and has the following six divisions:

It covers the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and small portions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. More than 50 crore passengers travel on the network every year.

Operations
The zone operates both passenger and freight trains. The biggest station of the Zone is Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station. Other major stations of the Zone includes Chennai Egmore, Arakkonam Junction, Vellore Katpadi Junction, Mangalore Central, Mangalore Jn., Coimbatore, Salem, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Viluppuram, Ernakulam Junction, Kottayam Railway Station,  Madurai, Tirunelveli, Trichy, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Trivandrum Kochuveli, Nagercoil Junction, Jolarpettai Junction , Erode, Kollam, Thrissur, Tirur, Kannur, Shoranur, and Puducherry. Passenger trains range from day intercity trains to overnight trains, long-distance trains to other zones, Shatabdi and passenger trains stopping at many stations. The zone owns a large number of coaches.  These are maintained at coach care centres. Basin Bridge coach care centre serving Chennai central is one of the biggest in the country. Most major stations have a coach care Centre. The stations which don't have such facilities are served by trains through sometimes complex rake-sharing arrangements which also increases the utilization of the coaches. Apart from these Centres, the zone has MEMU and DEMU car sheds. These are available in Avadi, Trichy, Erode, Palakkad and Kollam. The zone also operates suburban system in Chennai.

Freight operations mainly include container traffic from all the ports falling under its jurisdiction ( Chennai, Mangalore, Ennore, Cochin and Tuticorin are some of the major ports) and coal-traffic bound to the thermal power stations in Tamil  Nadu state from the ports. Public sector oil companies also transport petroleum products from refineries to storage terminals using the zone. Cement plants also use the railway system extensively. Food grains are also transported through freight trains. Most of the lines inside ports, thermal stations, manufacturing industries and owned by the respective companies and the zone provides a link connecting its network and the wagons and locomotives. There is a wagon care centre in Tondiarpet, Chennai.

The zone has electric loco sheds at Royapuram, Erode and Arakkonam. Diesel loco sheds are present at Tondiarpet, Golden Rock, Ernakulam and Erode.  Most of the important routes are electrified and only low traffic lines are unelectrified. However, it is common to see diesel locos in electrified lines due to various operational constraints. It is also common to see other zones' locomotives operating inside the zone and vice versa.

Since the zone has little freight traffic compared to other zones and huge passenger traffic (which are run at low fares across the country), the zones' finances are often in a bad shape.

Infrastructure

Assets

Southern Railway has many factories & sheds:
 Mechanical Workshops
 Carriage, Wagon and Loco Works, Perambur, Chennai
 Central Workshop, Ponmalai, Tiruchirapalli
 Engineering Work Shop, Arakkonam
 Signal & Telecommunication Workshop
 Southern Railway Signal & Telecom Workshop, Podanur, Coimbatore
 Sheds
 Locomotive Sheds
 Diesel
 Diesel Loco Shed, Golden Rock, Tiruchirapalli
 Diesel Loco Shed, Tondiarpet, Chennai
 Diesel Loco Shed, Erode
 Diesel Loco Shed, Ernakulam
 Electrical
 Electrical Loco Shed, Arakkonam
 Electrical Loco Shed, Erode
 Electrical Loco Shed, Royapuram, Chennai
 Steam Loco Shed
 Coonoor, The Nilgiris
 MEMU Car Shed
 MEMU Car Shed, Kollam
 MEMU Car Shed, Palakkad
 EMU Car Shed
 EMU Car Shed, Avadi
 EMU Car Shed, Tambaram
 EMU Car Shed,Velachery
 BG Coaching Maintenance Depots
 Basin Bridge, Chennai
 Egmore, Chennai
 Madurai
 Salem
 Erode
 Coimbatore
 Mettupalayam
 Shoranur
 Mangalore central
 Thiruvananthapuram
 Ernakulam
 Kollam
 Tirunelveli
 Nagercoil
 Rameswaram
 Thoothukudi
 Tiruchirapalli
 Viluppuram
 Tambaram
 Wagon Maintenance Depots
 Tondiarpet, Chennai
 Egmore, Chennai
 Madurai
 Jolarpettai
 Kochi Harbour
 Arakkonam
 Royapuram, Chennai
 Pattibiram Military Siding
 Erode
 Mangalore junction
 Ernakulam
 Milavittan
 Irumpanam
 Tiruchirapalli
 Viluppuram
 Uthagamandalam
 Printing Presses
 General Printing Press, Royapuram, Chennai
 Ticket Printing Factory, Thiruvananthapuram,
 Ticket Printing Factory, Tiruchirappalli

Rail transport

Surveys

New Lines

Gauge Conversion

Doubling

See also

 Zones and divisions of Indian Railways
 All India Station Masters' Association (AISMA)

References

External links

 Southern Railway official website

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Category:Zones of Indian Railways
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Who is the happiest QB in the nation? It might just be Boise State's Kellen Moore, because he gets to throw to receivers Austin Pettis and Titus Young. Mike Huguenin breaks down the top national duos at each postion, followed by the best duos in each league. [details]


Najib's dilemma over selection of candidates

GE13 SPECIAL As the political parties wrangle over the final slate of candidates, the issue of who will contest and where has become more important than ever. The reason is simple: the candidate factor matters in close races.

Each side is hoping that their list will bring that extra something to the campaign, to capture the imagination of the electorate and bring home victory.

The selection process is rife with difficulties, as indicated by the slew of stories over the past few days of branch protests, minor parties crying foul, early announcements to offset challenges, leaking of ‘inside' information and repeated delays in letting the public know who will be contesting where.

This problem is especially acute in Sabah, where the campaign is essentially on hold until the seats are announced.

The jockeying for seats is a normal part of the electoral process. What makes this candidate selection process different in this election is the fact that much of this is being played out in public - on both sides - and the decisions will matter more than ever.

While candidate selection process is arguably one of the most important and difficult decisions in the campaign, the impact of the process differs for the two political camps. This article focuses on the key issues for BN chief Najib Razak.The war inside

This general election is the first opportunity for Najib to reshape his team. Traditionally when premiers go into their first polls, they use this as an opportunity to define their leadership and bring in their own people. What has been evident to date is that Najib has struggled in this process as this has been one of the most important factors contributing to the delay in the polls.

Najib has been caught politically. There are three major forces he has grappled with. The first is Najib's management of the power wielders in the party - the warlords and local kingmakers and the division chiefs.

He has to deal with the reality that many warlords and incumbents in his party adamantly refuse to stand aside and make way for new faces. It is the chiefs and warlords who hold real power in the party at the local level and they show it by clinging onto their position and resisting parachute candidates into their territory.

Najib understands that in order to get his own mandate, he needs the support of these party stalwarts to run the machinery and galvanise the grassroots. To date, Najib's campaign has rested heavily on centralised ‘war rooms' using advertising, polling and highly-paid consultants and political strategists. With the candidate selection, Najib has to make the hard choices which he has put off and move his campaign from his office to the ground.

One key element in navigating the powers within the party for Najib is the desire to remove any challenger to his leadership within Umno. This election is not just a public mandate, it is also positioning for the party polls that will come after GE13 - if his coalition wins.

Najib knows that he has to move in his loyalists to win the support of the party. He has to put these people in winnable seats, and he has to do this without offending the powers within the party that may reinforce the positions of potential challengers to his position and that of his team.

He also knows that he cannot offend too many warlords, especially the most senior warlord, former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad (left), without provoking a challenge to his position. Another of the most difficult tasks he faces is to manage those aligned to another former premier, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who have residual anger over the ouster of their patron who put them into office.

Najib is aware that if he pushes too many people out, he will face another block of opposition within the party. These individuals hold the majority of division chief positions.

At the same time, he faces the dilemma of appointing his people. Many of ‘his' people are not on the ground in these localities. They are based in Kuala Lumpur and are likely to be parachute candidates. By nature, these parachutists are resisted by local actors, who oppose outsiders, and by local chieftains who see them as encroaching on their patronage and position.

The end result is that Najib is treading softly and being non-confrontational with his party. Effectively, however, Najib is hemmed in by how he inherited his position, without a mandate from the party and his need to get this mandate.

Incumbency and 'winnability'

Ironically, the power to chose who runs for office is arguably one of the most important means Najib has to carve out his power base. It has been used effectively by Umno leaders for decades. What is not really understood is that Umno has the lowest level of incumbency of all the BN political parties in Malaysia.

Each election, it regularly has high turnover, especially at the state level, and there has been a process of internal regeneration. For example, the rate of incumbency at the parliamentary level since 1964 for Umno is 1.6 terms, less than two terms. It is close to an average of one term at the state level.

What happens in the party is that Umno returns its senior leaders and warlords, but the majority of its candidates are replaced, usually landing into another position within the Umno system.

Historically, the most turnover happens when a premier is in search of his new mandate. This is the second challenge for Najib, the need to show that he has a new slate, that he is ‘different' and willing to bring about party rejuvenation. In 2004, for example, Abdullah Badawi brought in 71 percent of new faces in Parliament for his party (35 incumbents out of 120 Umno seats).

Even in 2008 - Abdullah's second election - there were 55 percent of new faces (65 incumbents out of 119). The pattern of new candidates varies for the other component parties, however, as shown in the table.

Generally, there is a higher turnover in Parliament than state levels (less than 50 percent historically), although the length of incumbency in Parliament on average tends to be longer.

This year, however, Najib has announced a paltry 33 percent of new faces for the entire BN for Parliament, although we will see the list in detail when it is finally announced.

This is a record low for any leader of Umno at the parliamentary level and shows that the status quo is predominating. He is more in line with the national average at the state level, but in fact is not substantially varying from past practices.

In 2008, Abdullah fielded 46 percent new faces (as compared to the 49 percent promised by Najib). Najib is being very conservative in his selections, averse to rocking the boat involving the powers-that-be within his party and unwilling to define his new brand.

This raises further questions about what Najib sees as ‘winnable'. Is keeping two thirds of the parliamentary incumbents and more than half of the state candidates the path to winning power? Are there no better candidates who can help rebrand his party and coalition?

Najib's idea of ‘winnability' appears to be to stick with the status quo. Given the polling numbers that show that a majority of Malaysians do not support his party, 47 percent according to the latest Merdeka Centre survey, this low turnover is indeed a risky strategy and unlikely to be part of any rebranding of his party.

Losers wrath and sabotage

The reason Najib is so risk-adverse has to do with the reality of sabotage. The sad fact is that sabotage is common when a person loses his or her seat. This affected the outcome in 2008 for Umno, as infighting within the party was intense.

Umno members took it out by either not going to the polls to vote, or in some cases undermining the candidate. Umno's fear of sabotage is clear given the new party rules and repeated calls on candidates to stop ‘sulking' if they lose.

Given the low apparent turnover of incumbents, Najib appears terribly afraid that infighting in his party will lead to further losses. This time round, many Umno candidates are even more worried in that the possibility of not having other goodies that come with having access to power is a possibility. This has led to the late hours and heated conversations over the candidate slate.

While it will be important to look and analyse the content of Najib's list - to see how many talented technocrats (as opposed to his loyal personal assistants as parachutists) he has fielded as candidates, the structural constraints he faces - the warlords/chieftains, his conceptualised status quo ‘winnability' and sabotage - point to real liabilities for Najib.

Even if he wins the election, the limits on his ability to engage in any reform will be hampered. For now, however, the candidate selection process and Najib's decisions showcases the realities of a party insider grappling with the difficulties of transforming a system and fundamentally unwilling to do so.

DR BRIDGET WELSH is associate professor of political science at Singapore Management University. She is travelling around Malaysia to provide her GE13 analyses exclusively to Malaysiakini. Bridget can be reached at[email protected].


East Brook Middle School student in NJ bus crash: 'A lot of people were screaming'

Children screamed as the bus toppled onto a metal railing and made a scraping sound before coming to rest on its side, with some students still dangling from their seat belts as others began to scramble to flee through windows and an emergency exit.

That firsthand account was given by an 11-year-old Paramus middle school student who was on board during the terrifying fatal crash on Route 80 in Mount Olive that took the life of a teacher and a classmate.

"People were screaming and they were like hanging from their seat belts," said Theo Ancevski, who gave the interview with his father at his side after being released from Morristown Medical Center on Thursday afternoon.

The bus was carrying fifth-graders from East Brook Middle School to Waterloo Village on a field trip when, authorities said, it was involved in an accident with a dump truck.

The teacher who died was identified by a family member Thursday night as Jennifer Marie Williamson, a veteran teacher of more than 20 years, according to state records.

She was a fifth-grade teacher, according to the East Brook school website.

Family members gathered Thursday night at her home, where a man who said he was her nephew confirmed her death.

Theo said he knew something was wrong when he heard a sound from the back of the bus.

"Something with one of the trucks behind us got hit as we toppled over," he said.

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His father, Pavle Ancevski, said he was working in New York when he got the call about the accident.

"I'm stressed," he said. "It was like a nightmare" to get to the hospital from the city. He added that he is thankful that his son was not hurt.

"We're thankful to God that everything was OK," the father said. "I hope the other kids are OK, because we have no information about them. A couple of kids we saw" at the hospital "were good, but it's tough for every family."

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Theo said he heard "a scraping sound" as the bus toppled over on its left side, crushing a metal railing in the highway median.

"So then a few people got out of the windows," Theo said. "And they got out of the emergency exit," which is on the roof.

He said he escaped through the emergency exit.

The bus ended up lying on its side, the front end torn off from the impact of the crash.

A dump truck that apparently was involved in the accident suffered heavy front-end damage.

Authorities said the crash occurred in the area of mile marker 25 on the westbound lanes of Route 80. They declined to provide the number of victims or their identities, saying names were being withheld pending notification of their next of kin. They said others injured in the crash were transported to multiple local hospitals.

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Parents who arrived at the school board's offices Thursday hugged one another, and East Brook Middle School students cried as they left the building after class.

Two Paramus high school students said they went to the middle school during their lunch period because they were shaken by news of the accident and they have siblings enrolled at the school.

Denise Yildirim, 16, said her "heart dropped" and she "couldn't breathe" when she saw a photo of the bus accident posted online.

Gisely Cabrera, the parent of an eighth-grader, went to the middle school saying that the accident was "scary. I don't know what’s happening, but I knew I needed to be here.”

Paramus Councilwoman Jeanne Weber said she was watching the news about the crash and was “absolutely sick.”

“My thoughts and prayers are with the children and their families,” she said.


The separability of working memory resources for spatial thinking and language processing: an individual differences approach.
The current study demonstrates the separability of spatial and verbal working memory resources among college students. In Experiment 1, we developed a spatial span task that taxes both the processing and storage components of spatial working memory. This measure correlates with spatial ability (spatial visualization) measures, but not with verbal ability measures. In contrast, the reading span test, a common test of verbal working memory, correlates with verbal ability measures, but not with spatial ability measures. Experiment 2, which uses an interference paradigm to cross the processing and storage demands of span tasks, replicates this dissociation and further demonstrates that both the processing and storage components of working memory tasks are important for predicting performance on spatial thinking and language processing tasks.


USNS Range Recoverer (T-AG-161)

USNS Range Recoverer (T-AG-161/T-AGM-2/YFRT-524) was a missile range instrumentation ship responsible for providing radar and/or telemetry track data on missiles launched from American launch sites.

She was built during World War II as U.S. Army U.S. Army FS-278, and was acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1960 as miscellaneous auxiliary and was converted into a missile tracking ship. She continued her missile tracking until being placed out of service in 1972, at which time she was reclassified range tender YFRT-524, and eventually sold for scrap in 1974. However, she avoided the scrapyards and served as a fishing vessel until at least 2016.

U.S. Army
FS-278 was built for the Army in 1944 by the Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp., Whitestone, New York. FS-278 was a Coast Guard-crewed Army vessel commissioned at New York on 25 November 1944 departing New York on 17 December 1944, for the Southwest Pacific where she operated at Peleliu, Palawan, etc. during the war. Command transferred to LT A. W. Engle, USCGR on 25 June 1945. From 28 August until 20 September FS-278 transported General Douglas MacArthur's defense planning staff for the Philippine Islands.  She was decommissioned 3 October 1945.

U.S. Navy
The ship was acquired by the Navy in April 1960; converted by Pacific Ship Repair, San Francisco, California; and placed in service with the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS) as T-AG-161 on 22 June 1960, Capt. John Strom in command.

Missile tracking activities
Named Range Recoverer on 12 July, she reported to the Navy's Pacific Missile Range in August 1960. At the time Navy had command and control authority over nearly all Vandenberg Air Force Base launches and the range. On 27 November she was reclassified a missile range instrumentation ship and designated T-AGM-2. She is equipped with telemetry, data processing and radio instruments as well as recovery facilities to retrieve nose cones.

Manned by a Civil Service crew of the Military Sea Transportation Service, Range Recoverer served first as a telemetry and recovery ship on the Pacific Missile Range where she launched, tested, and evaluated the Regulus missile. In July 1962 Range Recoverer shifted to Little Creek, Virginia, to support the NASA facility at Wallops Island, Virginia. NASA technical party operators used on board equipment, including helix antennas, data recording systems and a communications suite with direction finders to locate and recover payloads. There she replaced two T-1 tankers, Dumont and Whitlock, damaged during a storm.

Since that time, into 1970, Range Recoverer operated out of Little Creek primarily between Wallops Island and the splash down area near Bermuda.

Other services provided
During the mid-sixties the ship traveled to Greece for coordinated research on a solar eclipse and was visited by the Greek royal family. NASA, assisting other government agencies, has also loaned Range Recoverer to the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, to conduct oceanographic surveys off the coast of Virginia.

Final disposition
Range Recoverer was placed out-of-service in 1972 and reclassified as range tender YFRT-524. She was struck from the Navy List (unknown date) and sold for scrap 1 November 1974.

Despite being sold for scrap, Range Recoverer remained extant until at least 2016 as the Virginia-based fishing vessel Reedville.

Footnotes

See also
 Missile Range Instrumentation Ship

References

 NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive - T-AG-161 / T-AGM-2 / YFRT-524 Range Recoverer

Category:Ships of the United States Army
Category:Design 381 coastal freighters
Category:Ships built in Queens, New York
Category:1944 ships
Category:Missile range instrumentation ships of the United States Navy
Category:Cold War auxiliary ships of the United States
Category:Signals intelligence
Category:Research vessels of the United States Navy
Category:Maritime vessels related to spaceflight


Evaluation of changes in the vertical facial dimension with different anchorage systems in extraction and non-extraction subjects treated by Begg fixed appliances: a retrospective study.
The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the effects of mesial movement of the maxillary and mandibular molars on the facial vertical dimensions following orthodontic treatment. Patients with an Angle Class I malocclusion were treated by four first premolar extractions and Begg fixed appliances (moderate and maximum anchorage groups), while those with an Angle Class II malocclusion were treated by Begg intraoral distalization mechanics without extractions (distalization group). Following treatment, the patients were grouped according to the mesial movement of the mandibular first molars and compared with an Angle Class I control group. All groups comprised 15 patients, their mean pre-treatment ages were 14.95 years for the moderate (13 females, 2 males), 14.88 years for the maximum (13 females, 2 males), 14.41 years for the distalization (10 females, 5 males), and 14.38 years for the control (13 females, 2 males) groups. Lateral cephalometric measurements were performed at two time points (T(1): pre-treatment/control, T(2): post-treatment/control). A paired t-test was used for within-group comparisons and non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis and Dunn's multiple-comparison tests to determine any differences. The increases in anterior and posterior face heights were similar between groups. The mandibular plane angle (SN/GoGn) was increased in all treatment groups, while it decreased in the control group. Although SN/GoGn increased more in the distalization and less in the moderate anchorage groups, these differences were not statistically significant. The change in SN/GoGn was significantly different only between the distalization and control groups. Facial vertical dimensions were not significantly affected by the amount of mesial movement of the molar teeth.


My Secret Santa was informed of my addiction to salt and even though I have an addiction, I never really veered from basic stuff. I do have a scale of salts from best to worst:

1 - Movie Theatre salt(so fineeee and with popcorn...yummmm)

2 - McDonalds salt(not as fine but pretty damn close)

3 - Normal table salt(this has to be towards the top just cause it's what I use the most)

4 - White pretzel salt(I say white because See Below)

5 - Clear pretzel salt(for some reason its just not as good)

6 - Rock salt(Mainly used for making ice cream, just big and chunky though)

7 - Icy Road Salt(haven't tried and am not sure if its any different then Rock Salt)

Anyways they got me 6 different kinds of specialty salts! Chili & Lime Chocolate :) Merlot Rosemary Lemon Scorpion (hot hot hot) Bacon :)))))))))))))) might be the first one to be finished off!

Thank You Secret Santa! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season!


Surgical repair of ulnar nerve lesions caused by gunshot and shrapnel: results in 407 lesions.
Ulnar nerve lesions caused by gunshot wounds have rarely been reported in the current literature. The authors describe the outcome after surgical repair of such injuries, and the factors influencing the results of treatment. This retrospective study includes 455 patients with 462 ulnar nerve injuries caused by gunshot wounds who were treated at Gulhane Military Medical Academy over a 40-year period. A total of 407 ulnar lesions were surgically repaired at that institution between 1966 and 2005; 237 patients were injured by shrapnel and 218 patients by gunshot. The authors evaluated the motor, sensory, and electrophysiological recovery in these patients, as well as the patients' judgment of the outcome. The authors also tested the effect of repair level, nerve graft length, time to operation, repair technique used, and the presence of coexisting damages in the nerve repair region. The final outcome in these patients was defined as poor, fair, or good on the basis of the British Medical Research Council scores. A good outcome was noted in 15.06% of patients who underwent high-level repair, 29.60% of patients who underwent intermediate-level repair, and 49.68% of patients after low-level repair. On average, patients with successful outcomes had a significantly shorter time to operation than those with unsuccessful outcomes. The critical period for surgery was within 6 months of injury. Although the optimal graft length was found to be 5 cm, this finding was not statistically significant. The reported outcome of repairs to ulnar nerves damaged by gunshot has varied in the literature, but there is a consensus that the duration of the interval to surgery, the repair level, and the graft length used influence the outcome of surgical repair for ulnar nerve lesions.