Kirchhoffs second law

A MUM has thrown her daughter the “cheapest wedding ever” after refusing to spend more than $1,000 (£700) on her big day. Shelley Watson has been penny pinching for years and was not about to change her ways for daughter Ashley’s wedding to groom Colby Cosgrove. The mum, who appears on TLC’s Extreme Cheapskates, is determined to cut costs wherever she can, beginning with the venue. Rather than splash out thousands on a grand country house Shelley takes her daughter to the local school gym. “The best part about it is it’s free because my friends work here, it’s the perfect place to get married” Shelley says. However, not everyone is convinced. Denise, Colby’s mother, says: “I thought it was a f***ing joke, nobody in their right mind is serious about having it in a gym. It’s ridiculous.” “This is going to be the cheapest wedding ever,” Ashley agrees. When it comes to flowers, Shelley has come up with a budget solution, heading to a holiday warehouse Shelley … [Read more...] about I refuse to spend a penny over £700 on my daughter’s wedding – she can get married in a school with a second-hand dress

'To selectively look at the operation of certain laws -- in a manner that ignores the realities of caste and gender injustice in India -- and conclude that they are being particularly misused, is plain wrong,' says Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Dalits block a highway in Mumbai during a bandh to protest the violence at an event to mark the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Bhima Koregaon. Photograph: Rajesh Alva/ Rediff.com Our Supreme Court's campaign against the 'misuse' of special laws continues. A few days ago, a two-judge bench of Justices A K Goel and U U Lalit issued new directions to prevent what they say is the 'rampant misuse' of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. What these directions are actually likely to do is gut a law crucial to protecting Dalit and Adivasi rights. On the face of it, much of the judgment aims to uphold the fair trial rights of criminal suspects. The Court rightly observes that wrongful arrests and … [Read more...] about Supreme Court verdict is a blow to Dalit, Adivasi rights

'Such a serious threat -- to assassinate the prime minister of India, no less -- was not handed over to the Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad for investigation, but to the Pune crime branch.' Photograph: @narendramodi/Twitter So in the first of its kind political humour we have encountered in a long time, an e-mail is produced that is addressed to media organisations stating how they -- all 'Naxals' -- want to threaten Prime Minister Narendra D Modi with assassination 'Rajiv Gandhi style', an e-mail which was also copied to the police! The authorities in Maharashtra quickly pounced on five people -- including a lawyer, professor and editor -- who are directly connected with the Dalit cause. This is, after all, a Bharatiya Janata Party government. Apart from these five individuals, the e-mail named activists who had been arrested by the Maharashtra police during the previous Congress-Nationalist Congress Party government. It's no surprise that we are being served … [Read more...] about Dalits, Urban Maoists and a plot to kill the PM

FACEBOOK Messenger and Instagram appear to have stopped working for thousands of users. Complaints about the popular social media apps are flooding in by the second. Online outage tracker Down Detector has logged huge numbers of reports saying the apps aren't working. Not everyone is affected however, with some users able to use the apps with no issue whatsoever. On Facebook Messenger, users are reporting issues with receiving messages. And they're also complaining about being unable to log in. On Instagram , the bulk of complaints are linked to the News Feed, with a smattering of reports about Stories and Posting. Users flocked to Twitter to moan about the outage. "Is Messenger down for anyone else or is it my WiFi? Can't see who's active or send messages," wrote one disgruntled user. Another said: "First it's Messenger down now it's Instagram down with their DMs." And one shared an exasperated GIF with the message: "Me realising both social … [Read more...] about Facebook and Instagram ‘down for THOUSANDS of users’ in mystery outage

Former President Donald Trump is expected to steal the show when he speaks—in person and in front of a real, not virtual, audience—at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Sunday in Orlando, Florida. But in the main hall on Friday night will be the premiere of a movie, Roe v. Wade , that is sure to cause a few waves of its own. The fact that the red-carpet event is debuting at a gathering for conservatives indicates a pro-life tilt that's practically guaranteed to thrill the assembled while irritating the pro-choice crowd. And that's even before revealing that the film features some of the political left's most hated enemies, including MyPillow guy Mike Lindell, who plays a reporter in the film about the 1973 Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Nick Loeb, the co-writer, co-director and one of the stars of the film, says Lindell was cast in his role well prior to him making worldwide headlines as one of the staunchest promoters of the notion that … [Read more...] about Inside the Other Controversy Headed for CPAC: The ‘Roe v. Wade’ Movie