Monday, 17 September 2012

[www.keralites.net] Best Man Loses Ring. Wedding Stopped.

Wedding stopped as congregation hunt for ring.

It is the stuff of sitcoms and nightmares: the best man losing the ring in the middle of a wedding ceremony.

The congregation search for the missing ring after Mr Aubrey's brother Matt dropped it Photo: ALEX STEDALL

By Anita Singh (The Telegraph U.K.)

For one couple, the scenario was all too real. Elizabeth Gray and Lewis Aubrey were in the middle of their vows when Lewis's brother, Matt, dropped the ring.

Flower displays were pulled apart, carpets lifted and floor grates removed, all to no avail. The mortified best man even let guests rummage inside his sporran (A leather or fur pouch worn at the front of the kilt in the traditional dress of men of the Scottish Highlands), but the ring was nowhere to be found.

After 10 minutes of fruitless searching, the bride's mother offered the use of her own ring so that the couple could be married.

Guests continued to scour St John's Church in Redhill, Surrey, while the bride and groom posed for photographs. The newlyweds then headed off to their reception, believing they would never see the ring again.

However, the Rev Nicholas Calver was not one to give up easily. He returned to the church armed with a spade and, after two hours, found the missing ring. "I was determined to find it and went back to the church in the evening. In the end, there was a crack between the step and the raised dais.

"I thought it must be down there so I levered them apart with a spade to make the gap bigger, shone a torch down and saw the ring. I was delighted to find it. "I took it down to the reception and the best man was standing outside. I poked him in the ribs and said 'you owe me a drink'. He was overjoyed."

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[www.keralites.net] Urban Camouflage

Blending right in: 'Urban camouflage' artist paints models from head-to-toe to hide them against taxis,

bus seats... and a fruit and veg stall.

By Chris Parsons

It's difficult enough getting a bus seat at the best of times without having to check if these cunningly camouflaged commuters are on board.

Bus passengers were given a well-hidden surprise on this journey thanks to the cleverly painted subjects who had been especially coloured to completely blend in with their surroundings. Only eagle-eyed travellers on the bus would have spotted the women on the back seat, whose torso, chest and thighs had been covered in paint the exact same shade of red as the bus seat she was using.

Doing anything for a free bus fare: Some commuters on this bus appeared completely unaware of the well-camouflaged traveller riding with them on the back seat

Healthy option: A shocked passer-by looks on as another model poses with her body painted to blend in against the fruit and veg stall

Hitching a ride: This model's grey feet are the giveaway, as the rest of her body is expertly disguised against a London taxi outside the Royal Albert Hall. The woman's legs were daubed in dark grey, perfectly camouflaging her against the base of the seat, while her neck and head were painted a lighter grey to blend in with the window.

Whether her camouflage remained effective once the bus starting moving, however, was another matter. Other subjects painted by make-up artist Carolyn Roper in the 'urban camouflage' stunt were made to blend in with London taxis, and, rather more bizarrely, a fruit and veg stand. The ingeniously-painted market stall subject had her head painted purple as she lay with her head next to a pile of red onions.

Not for sale: Shoppers appeared to react with a mixture of amusement and shock when they realised a camouflaged model was tucked in amongst the fruit and veg

Work in progress: Artist Carolyn Roper gets to work on a willing participant by painting cabbages and other veg across her body, Other body parts were painted orange, red and green to blend in with pumpkins, tomatoes, and cabbages respectively.

Another willing participant was painted black almost head-to-toe to camouflage themselves against a London taxi outside the Royal Albert Hall. The stunts were made by TV channel Really, who enlisted the help of artist Carolyn Roper, whose previous work including painted naked celebrities with neon paint to support Cancer Research UK.

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[www.keralites.net] Windows 8 picture password

If you've got a good, strong password (as a systems administrator, you certainly should!), you have probably noticed that it takes you considerably longer to log in on a tablet device than it would to do so on a regular PC. Microsoft has aimed to give us a "fast and fluid" way of logging into our devices with the new picture password login in Windows 8.

Two elements are involved with the picture password login. The first is a picture selected by the user; Microsoft intentionally hasn't provided a selection of images for this, as selecting your own picture increases both security and memorability of the picture password. The second element is a set of "gestures" that the user makes on or around the selected image. These gestures can be a combination of circles, lines, and taps. The circle and line gestures also offer an additional layer of security, as the direction of these gestures must be correct in order to successfully authenticate.

To create a picture password for your account, select "settings" from the charms bar. You can get to the charms bar by pointing to one of the right corners of the display.

Windows 8 charms bar – More PC settings

On the settings panel to the right, select "More PC settings." This will take you to the new Metro control panel app. When the app starts, select "Users" from the list on the left of the screen. You should then see various options related to your user account. About halfway down these options on the right, you will see a button labelled "Create a picture password." Click this button to start the picture password wizard.

Windows 8 PC settings

Once the picture password wizard has started, the first thing you will need to do is select a picture to use. I would recommend a photo of decent resolution. For my example, I used the 4sysops logo; however, Windows scaled it up to fit the screen, so it ended up looking quite pixelated. You'll notice the new Metro-based file browser is used when you are selecting your picture.

Windows 8 picture password – Choose picture

After you select your image, you will need to make 3 gestures around it. As mentioned before, these can include circles, lines, and taps. Once you have made your gestures, you will have to make them again, just so the system knows that you got it right (in the same way you always need to type a new password twice).

Windows 8 picture password – Set up your gestures

If you manage to perform the same gestures to a satisfactory accuracy the second time, Windows will save the picture password for your account. Next time you log in, you will be presented with your image to perform your gestures on. Should you forget your gestures (as I promptly did!), you can still fall back to a regular password-based login and set up your picture password again.

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While picture passwords may make logging in quicker and easier for end users, this might not be something that systems administrators like the sound of! I expect it's easier to obtain a user's touch gestures on an image from watching over their shoulder than it would be to do the same with a traditional password-based login. Windows 8 provides a new group policy object (GPO) to allow administrators to prevent users from using this feature:

Computer configuration-> Administrative Templates-> System-> Logon-> Turn off PIN and Picture password logon

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[www.keralites.net] Four Japanese nationals provided 'Jaipur Foot'

Four Japanese nationals provided 'Jaipur Foot'

Four Japanese amputees, including three women, were fitted with the 'Jaipur Foot' here today.

The four physically-disabled Japanese were fitted with 'Jaipur Foot' at 'Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti' (BMVSS).

Three women -- 20-year-old student Saki Tabakua, company executive Fumiko Takado (38), social worker Hitomi Onishi (35) -- and 34-year-old worker Janpei Noda flew in the city to get the fitments done, according to a spokesperson.

"The visit of Japanese at the organisation proves Indian technology can match the technology of advanced nations," founder and chief patron of BMVSS D R Mehta said.

BMVSS has been able to produce artificial limbs at low cost which could match in quality and technology with similar prosthesis costing as much as USD 10,000 (approx Rs 5.30 lakh) while Jaipur Foot and Jaipur Knee cost Rs 2,200 only, he said.

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