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Automatic Time table Generator 3.1.5

"Best automatic timetable generator software for schools."
Brothersoft Editor: Best time Table Generator software for school and college. It automatic generate timetable for school and college. It is the best School Management Software available in india. It also does automatic substitution.

Features :
Simple Data Entry
It is quick and easy to enter all subjects (Physics, Maths), classes/forms ( 1A, 1B, 2A..), Rooms ( Science Lab, Music room), teachers and their contracts. The application also enables creating all specific divisions of Classes/forms into groups. It is possible to unite more Classes/forms into one period/lesson or to have more teachers for one Period/lesson.

The tutorial is an important part of the program. Mr. School over will teach you how to enter data, generate, verify and print timetables.


Automatic generation

In few minutes, the program generates a complete timetable that fulfills all your requirements. The program follows all psycho hygienic and organizational requirements such as:

Selection for Number of working days of the week (ex. Saturday off)
Zero ( attendance ) period insertion
Periods per day selection ( 8 / 9 / 7 etc. periods). This selection is day wise ex. Can be made 4 periods on Saturday etc.)
Subjects could be entered considering
1. Hard subjects in first 4 or 5 periods
2. Subject in which classroom
3. Single or double duration consecutively
4. Periods per week per subject
5. Type of subject ( Hard, easy…)
6. Subjects distributed evenly for entire week
Periods could be entered with following considerations
1. Periods for which teachers not assigned and left for seminars etc.
2. Some class Saturday off
3. Different group formation for music, sports or sharing common room for different class.
4. Max. number of consecutive periods per teacher
5. Bell timings could be entered with intervals in Between
Teachers could be placed with following considerations
1. Should not assign when teacher is not free i.e ABC teacher should not be given any class on Monday. XYZ teacher you can free download Automatic Time table Generator 3.1.5 now.

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Citibank Singapore debuts biometric fingerprint payment system

Citibank Singapore is offering a new way for credit-card holders to make payments — using their fingerprints instead of credit cards.

Citibank this month began rolling out biometric payment systems in Singapore that allow Citibank Clear Platinum credit card holders to pay using their fingerprints. “It’s an investment for our future,” said Anand Cavale, vice president and business director of credit payment products at Citibank Singapore, noting this is the first time the bank has used a biometric payment system anywhere in the world.

Before putting the biometric system into operation, Citibank officials took a long hard look at whether the system was secure — and came away satisfied that it was, Cavale said. “We see this as the next step, which will enhance our already good fraud prevention systems,” he said.

With an affluent, tech-savvy population of 4.5 million, Singapore is among the most competitive for credit-card issuers, with many Singaporeans carrying three or four cards in their wallets. To encourage card holders to spend, banks regularly team up with partners to offer special discounts — say, 10 percent off dinner at a trendy restaurant — if customers use a certain credit card.

So much competition leaves banks looking for any edge they can find.

For its part, Citibank hopes the biometric technology makes payment more convenient for its card holders, eliminating the need for them to always carry credit cards while still allowing them to buy things. But don’t expect to see biometrics replace Citibank cards any time soon. “The technology will be used in conjunction with a credit card,” Cavale said.

Cavale believes biometric payments systems will shine in applications where a quick payment method is needed. “If you’re running to catch a train, and buying a cup of coffee and a newspaper, your time has more value,” he said.

So far, Citibank’s biometric payment systems are in place at only a handful of outlets in Singapore, including local coffee shops and the popular Zouk night club. But the bank has plans to quickly expand the number of such systems and the number of Citibank card holders able to use them.

“Our intention is to roll it out very quickly to other cards,” Cavale said.

Citibank chose to start the rollout of the biometric payment system with the Clear Platinum card because it is targeted at younger Singaporeans, ranging in age from 25 to 34. “We launched with this segment because the uptake is going to be very strong,” he said.

Getting signed up to use the biometric payment system, provided by Pay By Touch, of San Francisco, is relatively easy. Citibank has installed kiosks at several Singapore branches where card holders can register their fingerprints. To sign up, Citibank customers need to provide valid photo identification and a seven-digit numeric passcode used with the fingerprint to authenticate payment.

This is the first time that Citibank has tested a biometric payment system, and the bank’s operations in other countries, especially in Asia, are watching what happens in Singapore with interest, Cavale said. “Our plans include taking this technology around the region,” he said.

Biometric Cards

ID cards are due to be rolled out later this year. Existing data held by the Government, such as photographs, signatures and PPS numbers will be used to create the cards. The cards will have the capacity to carry fingerprints and eye scans. Oddly enough it is not intended as a National identity card. It seems that there is no legislation in place to introduce National identity cards.

The benefits of such a card are obvious but the downside is that every official record can be put on such a card from blood type to your leaving cert results. The type of cross-referencing that can be done with details such as can be put on a card such as this is what scares some people. It is easy to dismiss them as paranoid, if you have nothing to hide, why should you be afraid? The minority that will oppose these cards will make their points heard and they will carry some weight as well.

But what if we have a paranoid government?