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H.I.G. Capital Sells RGIB's Bathroom Furniture Division to Roca
MADRID – January 20, 2021 – H.I.G. Capital, ("H.I.G."), a leading global private equity investment firm with over €35 billion of equity capital under management, and the Royo family have entered into an agreement to sell the bathroom furniture division of RG International Bathroom ("RGIB or the "Company") to Roca Sanitario, S.A. The Royo family will retain a minority stake in the division. Both H.I.G. and the Royo family will continue as shareholders of the shower tray business of RGIB, operating under the Fiora brand.
H.I.G. partnered with the Royo family in December 2016 and has achieved a number of important milestones, including:
Developing a new factory and brand in Poland (Maximus) that contributed to strengthening the leading position that RGIB already had in the Polish market under the Elita brand
Entering new segments, channels and countries; one of the most relevant achievements was the entry into the DIY channel in Germany where RGIB is now a leading player
Consolidating RGIB's leading position in Spain and France, where the group has grown its distribution network to more than 5,000 points of sale
Launching Amizuva, an exclusive brand that targets the online channel
Increasing RGIB´s revenues by over 50%
The Royo family and H.I.G. will retain ownership of Fiora and will continue to strengthen the Company's innovation, design and product development capabilities in order to consolidate Flora's leading position in the European premium shower trays segment. The shareholders will also focus on further expanding Fiora's international footprint beyond the 30 countries where it is currently present through its widespread distribution network and its customer service team.
Raul Royo, CEO of RGIB, stated: "We would like to thank H.I.G.for their support over the past four years, which has allowed us to strengthen our leading position in Europe. The agreement with Roca, a global leader in the bathroom sector, will help us enhance our state-of-the-art business, with almost 150 years of combined experience in the sector between the two families."
Jaime Bergel, Managing Director of H.I.G. Spain commented: "We are very pleased with the success of this investment, which proves our capabilities in the Spanish market. Together with the Royo family, we have positioned RGIB as one of the leading companies in the bathroom sector in Europe, and we will continue supporting Fiora to consolidate its leadership in the European market."
The deal is subject to approval by antitrust authorities in some European markets.
About RGIB
RG International Bathroom, founded more than 45 years ago by Pascual Royo, is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of bathroom products, mainly focused on furniture and resin shower trays. The group has factories in Valencia, Nájera and Poland and operates on five continents under the brands Royo, Elita, Maximus and Fiora. RGIB has an annual turnover of more than €110 million and employs more than 1,000 professionals.
About Roca Group
Roca Sanitario is dedicated to the design, production and marketing of bathroom products, as well as ceramic floor and wall tiles for architecture, construction and interior design. The family-owned Spanish group is the market leader in Europe, Latin America, India and Russia. It also has a strong presence in China and the rest of Asia, the Middle East, Australia and Africa. It is the international leader in the field.
H.I.G. is a leading global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with over €35 billion of equity capital under management.* Based in Miami, and with offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Atlanta in the U.S., as well as international affiliate offices in London, Hamburg, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Bogotá, H.I.G. specializes in providing both debt and equity capital to small and mid-sized companies, utilizing a flexible and operationally focused/value-added approach:
* Based on total commitments managed by H.I.G. Capital and affiliates.

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Canada–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations between Canada and now split-up Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Canada established formal bilateral relations with the Yugoslav government-in-exile on 9 February 1942 during World War II. Relations developed following the 1948 Tito–Stalin split when Canada started to perceive Yugoslavia as an entry point from which to challenge Soviet hegemony in Eastern Bloc countries. Relations were however cautious due to dissatisfaction of the Yugoslav side with the fact of right-wing nationalist and World War II revisionist Yugoslav Canadian emigration. In addition, while Canada was firmly entrenched with the Western Bloc, Yugoslavia promoted a policy of equidistance between superpowers and played a prominent role in development of the Non-Aligned Movement. Both Canada and Yugoslavia were among 51 original members of the United Nations.

History

Canada followed earlier decisions by the United States and United Kingdom and in December 1945 officially recognized the new Yugoslav communist government. Planning for a Canadian diplomatic mission in Yugoslavia began in late 1947, and once opened the mission in Belgrade was the second mission in the Balkans after the one in Athens, Greece. While Canada disagreed with Yugoslav official Marxist social framework the country still believed that Yugoslavia would respond favorably to Canadian initiatives in the United Nations where cooperation was developed. During the 1949 United Nations Security Council election Canada strongly advocated on behalf of Yugoslav candidacy.

See also
Yugoslavia–European Communities relations
Death and state funeral of Josip Broz Tito
Canada–Serbia relations
Canada–Slovenia relations
Yugoslav Canadians
Croatian Canadians
Serbian Canadians
Macedonian Canadians
Slovene Canadians
Bosnian Canadians
Montenegrin Canadians
Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Canada at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Yugoslavia at the 1988 Winter Olympics

References

Canada–Yugoslavia relations
Canada
Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Canada relations
Canada–Croatia relations
Canada–Kosovo relations
Canada–Montenegro relations
Canada–North Macedonia relations
Canada–Serbia relations
Canada–Slovenia relations

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Peter McGill
Are Taiwan's days numbered as a "tax haven"?
Onshore service providers in Taiwan have been touting the country as an "unnoticed tax haven" as it is lagging on agreeing to the common reporting standard. Is that set to change?
Taipei: a good place to store your money?
As low-tax jurisdictions in Asia prepare themselves for the introduction of international common reporting standards, Taiwan is proving something of a laggard on this front – to the extent that firms there are still openly touting the island as a tax haven.
This is something the local financial regulator appears alert to and keen to prevent, but it remains behind its peers in many other countries on taking action.
Most developed economies are part of a broad agreement on the automatic exchange of information relating to tax matters, which uses a common reporting standard (CRS) devised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Things gained momentum with the 2010 enactment of an American law, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca), which requires financial institutions in cooperating jurisdictions to file reports to the US government about their American clients.
Fifty-three jurisdictions, mostly European but also South Korea, are starting CRS exchanges in 2017. Next year they will be joined from the Asia-Pacific region by Australia, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Marshall Islands, Macau, Malaysia, Nauru, New Zealand, Singapore and Vanuatu.
In Hong Kong and Singapore, the region's two largest low-tax jurisdictions, which used to advertise complete confidentiality to foreign clients, preparations have been quietly under way for the advent of CRS.
"Unnoticed tax haven"
Taiwan, however, appears to have somewhat further to go.
Alex Cobham is chief executive of the UK-based group Tax Justice Network, which campaigns against tax evasion and money laundering. In March, he was bemused to receive a sales email from a Taiwanese company called Yuan Chih, inviting him to take advantage of the fact that Taiwan has yet to agree to the CRS protocol.
Ophélie Wang, a Yuan Chih sales executive, said an email: "Almost all the countries will participate in this international reporting system in 2017 or 2018 but Taiwan will not, so we can provide the client a clever way to perfectly hide their assets in Taiwan."
Yuan Chih's Facebook page depicts the capital's Taipei 101 tower rising above the clouds, surrounded by stacked gold coins resembling skyscrapers. The caption reads: 'The Un-noticed TAX HAVEN'. Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) was clearly embarrassed when AsianInvestor mentioned the solicitation.
The watchdog stated in writing: "It is very inappropriate to attract offshore customers by claiming that Taiwan has not participated in CRS. The FSC supports the progress of anti-tax avoidance measures such as CRS, Fatca or other automatic exchange tax information schemes. In the long term, participating in the CRS tax information exchange mechanism will help our banking industry to increase transparency, reputation, and to do business with sound operations."
Taiwan introduced its offshore banking units (OBUs) in 1983. The FSC said its aim was to help Taiwan to compete with other financial centres by providing foreign exchange and tax benefits to offshore customers. "By attracting international capital to OBUs in Taiwan, it helps Taiwan become a regional financial centre gradually."
That's the official line. The reality is that OBUs are also used by the country's citizens to dodge tax, said a credit analyst and expert on Taiwanese finance who asked not to be identified.
"They are disguised as overseas investors," he noted. "They have shell companies in tax havens. They remit funds out of Taiwan and then back to Taiwan. They might conduct trade finance or they may invest in stocks. Our understanding is that Taiwanese banks mainly serve these kinds of customers."
Moreover, offshore securities units, with generous tax benefits, were introduced in 2013. Offshore insurance units were added in 2015, as part of a goal to turn Taiwan into an asset management hub.
The government bristles at any suggestion that Taiwan's thriving offshore industry might be a boon to tax evaders or money launderers.
Official sensitivity is not only a result of the onward global march of CRS. Last August, the New York Department of Financial Services slapped Mega International Commercial Bank with a fine of $180 million for violating anti-money-laundering laws. The ruling said Mega Bank's compliance programme was "a hollow shell".
Since then, the FSC said it had tightened its anti-money-laundering rules and supervision, including those that apply to Taiwan's offshore industry.
Last December, Taiwan signed an agreement with the US to implement Fatca. The CRS is evidently a much tougher call. There have been numerous studies, and the Ministry of Finance pointed out that a draft bill to facilitate automatic exchanges of information had been received "positively" by Taiwanese legislators on March 29.
Yet the die has still not been cast and Taiwan's banks continue to tout the advantages of secrecy. Bank SinoPac, for instance, assures on its website that 'OBU account information is strictly confidential'.
One possible reason may be delicate relations with China. An agreement on exchange of tax-related information was signed in 2015 but has not been enforced. It is also limited to exchanges "on request" and not done automatically.
"Both the Taiwanese government and industry want to sell offshore financial services to the mainland, where there is a common language, but whether they will be successful is another matter," the unnamed credit analyst noted.
"Mainland individuals are not very familiar with Taiwanese financial institutions. They hold the likes of AIA, HSBC, or Prudential in high regard, but for Taiwanese banks and insurance companies they won't have as much familiarity and confidence."
The full version of this article appeared in the April/May issue of AsianInvestor magazine. Look out for the second in this two-part piece, which will focus on developments related to tax transparency in Indonesia and Malaysia.
taiwan fsc tax havens crs fatca tax
Labuan head addresses growing tax transparency
Malaysia's low-tax jurisdiction, like other such territories, is seen to be facing a challenge amid the take-up of information-exchange initiatives. AsianInvestor spoke to its director-general.
Tax is a big hurdle for Taiwan's wealth hub hopes
Taiwan wants to lure wealthy investors' capital from Singapore and above all Hong Kong but it ideally needs lower tax rates to do so, says a senior local regulator.
Taiwan regulator mulls capital tiering for insurers
The FSC exclusively told AsianInvestor that it intends to divide the capital structure of local insurers into two tiers. Analysts believe this will make them more prudent investors.
Christina Wang
Taiwan FSC sees fintech as key to reform drive
The vice-chair of Taiwan's markets regulator explains how it is focusing on financial technology development to benefit the local investment industry, as part of wider reform.


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Au pairs are paid mostly in room and board (bedroom and meals) and also given an allowance of $190+ per week.
A nanny is a childcare professional and pursues childcare as an occupation. A nanny has childcare qualifications, is employed by an agency or family, and earns an income from this service.
Most nannies work in live-out positions and cost around $30-$40 per hour to hire.


Here is the nativity scene all set up in Tayvallich Church. Thanks to Nick and his giant printer for the backdrop, thanks to the messy church boys for such good painting and thanks to random messy church guests for donating their nativity figures. Please visit the church anytime to see this in glorious 3D Technicolor!
So wrote, Sir John Betjeman in his heart warming poem, "Christmas". Not only might you be drawn to the sound of bells to announce the event, the heat from the stove around which to gather, the welcoming lamp in the window for weary travellers coming in out of the rain, and the colours of the stained-glass window. What a wonderful picture, painted so richly in less than forty words. That is what I love about poetry; the snapshot image described by the efficient use of language. Surely an example to all preachers, including myself!
Capturing the essence of all that appeals to the senses at Christmas-time, is one way to implant a lasting impression of this important celebration. The smells and tastes of the season will soon enter the kitchens of cooks baking cakes and puddings to be laid down for the weeks ahead. Already, the shops are gearing up for Christmas, and even before Hallowe'en is past, the shelves will shine and shimmer with glitter and tinsel, green, red and gold. Of course, the preparation for Christmas and eager anticipation help to intensify the pleasure of the big event, in the same way that expectant families await the birth of a child. The One upon whom we wait, is Jesus the Son of God and Saviour of the world who deserves every ounce of extravagance emotion and excitement.
Looking to the message of Christmas, offers a feast of images and stories, too many to mention all in one go, and so, the challenge, as for the poet in sifting words, is knowing what to use and which others to leave for another day. These are dark days, and for me, the image of Jesus as Light of the World, is perhaps one which rises to the fore. The nights are very dark, and the day length is short, so that light becomes important for us to do even the simplest things from dressing to our daily round of duty. Perhaps, therefore, Christmas lights in windows, adorning homes and trees, are such an evocative symbol, even for the least religious among us. Few can deny the practical importance of light, and this fact was not lost to Jesus, who was described by others as well as Himself as the Light of the World. And in His teaching, he would say to His Disciples to be like light and salt. Both essential in their own ways. Light to see by and salt to improve the taste of food and for its preservation. And so, whether you are celebrating in a romantic or a practical way, I wish you every blessing this Christmas-tide for the truth of Jesus to shine into and through your lives in every sense.
At a meeting of the Kirk Session in Tayvallich Church on 25th October 2017 the meeting was constituted in prayer by the Moderator, Rev Clifford Acklam.
Present were Moderator, Rev Clifford Acklam, Session Clerk, Mr Alan Cameron, Elders, Mrs Norma Kelly, Mr David Logue, Mrs Louise Logue, Mrs Libby MacDonald, Miss Ealasaid Mackay and Mrs Catherine Paterson.
Apologies were received from Mrs Valerie Cameron.
The Minutes of the Kirk Session Meeting of 26th September 2017 were approved.
There was again considerable discussion on this subject. There was clearly a significant amount of discomfort felt by some members of Kirk Session and also by members of the congregation who had made their views known to their elders. It was therefore agreed that the group's visit would be a private matter for Mr and Mrs D Logue and would not be held under the auspices of North Knapdale Parish Church.
Mr Cameron confirmed that Blythswood had been in touch to correct an error in the published timetable. The lorry will be in Lorne St. car park, Lochgilphead between 13.15 and 14.15 on Thursday 16th November 2017 and not as previously stated.
Email from Lomond & Argyll Advocacy Service – 3rd October 2017.
The service are offering a visit by a speaker to Cafe Connect. It was agreed that, in the meantime, we would ask for a supply of leaflets which can be displayed at Cafe Connect. Session Clerk will write.
A road show to share and inform on the work of the Councils of the Church. The nearest venue is Renfield St Stephen's Church on 11th November from 14.00 to 16.00.
Email from The Church Of Scotland Law Department – 13th October 2017 Advising on the changes to letting of residential property in Scotland w.e.f. 1st December 2017. This may affect the letting of a manse during a vacancy and further advice will be offered on request and also in updated form on the Church's website.
The Congregational Meeting of 1st October 2017 supported the Kirk Session decision to offer for sale the building of Inverlussa Church. The Session Clerk has advised the Presbytery Property Convenor accordingly and the matter will now go to the December meeting of Presbytery with the request that the building be used for worship during the sale process.
Mrs Logue was not in favour of continued use particularly because of slippery grass. Since the sale process will inevitably be protracted, the grass at the gate will be replaced by gravel. There was also discussion around the form of a final service but this will be progressed later.
Rev Acklam encouraged us to read the World Mission Council's report to the General Assembly. The report on this occasion focuses on the role of women in the church. A new booklet, "Women in The World Church" was given to members of Kirk Session.
Our Safeguarding Committee met today in Tayvallich Church. Safeguarding Handbook 6 was considered and it was agreed to support the Church's policy on domestic abuse, adopting the proposed charter and advertising it in our church buildings. The proposed training / refresher course has been postponed until early in the new year.
Mrs N Kelly again reminded us that the Property Committee had encouraged us to check our property boundaries. The Session Clerk will deal with this.
Mrs L Logue advised that she would transfer some funds from the current account to the deposit account.
No report. Mr A Cameron will liaise with the Fabric Convenor on issues which require attention. Surge protection adapters will be purchased for the electric organs.
Care for the Family – The proposed training session in Lochgilphead has been postponed until next year but in the meantime Rev Acklam has ordered a supply of information leaflets for distribution.
Morning Worship in Inverlussa followed by Christmas Fair and lunch in Achnamara Hall.
Thursday 21st December An Evening of Carols is being organised by Mrs Alka Foster – time to be finalised.
Christmas Eve Morning Worship in Inverlussa at 10 am Carols on the Green in Tayvallich at 4 pm Watchnight Service in Tayvallich at 11.15 pm Rev Acklam will lead worship this year. Christmas Day Morning Worship in Bellanoch at 11am Retiring offering in aid of EMBRACE the MiddleEast.
Messy Church The theme is on people whom Jesus met. This is the first time that the theme has been developed locally. There was some discussion around donations and it was felt that attendees should have the opportunity to give if they wish to do so.
Cafe Connect There will be no Cafe Connect on 25th November and 2nd December 2017.
Church Flowers Mrs E MacDonald asked if fresh flowers could be purchased as and when required. This was readily agreed.
Cleaning Rota There is at present no cleaning rota for any of our buildings. It was agreed that this should be investigated further.
D.O.N.M. The date of the next meeting will be Tuesday 28th November 2017 at 7.30 pm in Tayvallich Church.
I aint got long to stay here.
The origin of African American Spirituals finds its roots in the days of slavery. The slave owners were not approving of the West African culture, but when the Great Awakening revival movement took hold in America, the Christian faith was encouraged amongst the slaves, as a way to pacify them and integrate them closer to the culture of the owners.
But little did the slave owners realise, that the spiritual songs, which their slaves sang, were encoded messages about their suffering, their longing for freedom. And by the time of the Underground Railroad, the spiritual songs of the salves would speak in code, about the opportunity of escape to freedom in the North.
Throughout the history of the Christianity, believers have known persecution at various times and places. At the time of the writing of Mark's Gospel, the church was experiencing persecution under the Emperor Nero.
And so, the promise of the coming again of Jesus, was a welcome intervention of the Lord, into their lives and into the world as they knew it. And, this longed-for salvation from persecution, slavery and oppression would be shared by many Christians suffering at the hands of their fellow man, down through the ages.
These end-time passages, are what theologians call eschatological, remind us of the need to be ready, to prepare for the Lord's coming again in glory, in power to judge and sort the sheep from the goats; the wheat from the chaff.
And if we trawl back through the scriptures, we find a lexicon of readiness.
Remember how the Israelites on the night before Passover had to cook and eat with their tunics tucked into their belts, ready to move at short notice.
The watchmen on the city walls, were always ready to look out for danger, and for anything of interest.
Shepherds, watching their flocks by night, would lie across the entrance to the sheepfold, ready to defend their flock.
In our Gospel reading, we are urged to be ready for the Lord's coming, like servants who've been left in charge of our master's estate until his return. For he will come when we least expect him, not with a fanfare, or with a herald out in front. As Matthew 24:32-44 says, "He will come like a thief in the night".
But, why do we have all these warnings?
Surely, not to make us afraid of that day, no.
They are to motivate us to make our faith real, and to do our best with what God has untrusted to us.
We are saved by faith, not by works. But, that does not mean we abuse the freedom and the salvation God has won for us through Jesus' death on the cross.
But, we are expected to deliver the will of God; his mercy and love upon the earth, with a sense of urgency and in the knowledge, that He could come back at any minute. But also, with a joyful anticipation that He is coming, so that we are not only carrying out our duties, but also preparing for the celebration.
We only have to go into every town, and see the Christmas lights along the main street. In each supermarket and boutique shop, there are displays and goods to celebrate Christmas. On the television, there Christmas movies, from everyone's favourite to the golden oldies. And on the radio, the classic Christmas hit songs; from hymns and classical pieces, to concerts and recitals.
Everything is gearing up for and anticipating the magical, mystical and majestic events surrounding birth of Jesus.
But even before that, we must ready, just in case He returns before expected.
In preparing for Christmas, during the waiting time, known as Advent. It is tempting to plan as if the fourth Sunday in Advent will come and go and Christmas Day will roll around, just like any other.
But, to assume that Jesus, will not come and surprise us, before we celebrate His birth, would be a lapse in concentration, as if we had relaxed too much.
We must still prepare, our utmost for both, and not lose sight of the possibility that of the unexpected.
To do so, would be to become too fixated on this material world in which we live, and forgetting the Kingdom of God, to which we belong. Amen.
The whole of chapter 25 of Matthew's Gospel works together as it should, because each parable, in turn, supports the other; reminding us that we need to be prepared for when Jesus returns, we need to use our talents wisely, and we need to care for God's people without favouritism, or exception but always for the benefit for our neighbour in the greatest need.
Today's parable is the most vivid of all; this Parable of the sheep and the goats is an example of how the talent, the gift of hospitality, if it is used, can help people in need in a very valuable, but simple and effective way, and when we do so, we are serving God.
Jesus often taught about the importance of not just inviting your friends and family to dinner, but the stranger and the needy, the outcast and the sinner; those people who were on the outside of respectability, and the wrong side of the tracks, but whom God always wants to welcome in from the cold, and to His table.
At the heart of the Gospel and Jesus' teaching about the Kingdom of God, is hospitality; caring and sharing the good things we have with all God's children, and not just a select few.
I love Tom Gordon's story called The Brown Coat, which he tells in his book, "A Blessing to Follow". And in that story, he tells, how Jim an upwardly mobile professional, who wears his Dad's old brown storeman's coat to visit the workers on the factory floor and to have tea with them during their breaks on Friday. But what they did not know, was that Jim was one of the managers from the accounts office. They always just assumed that he was one of the storemen from the next building. And then one day, on his visit, he learned that one of the staff, had suffered a bereavement, and it was going to be a struggle to cover the cost of the funeral. So, come the following Monday, he popped down for a cup of tea, and passed on an envelope with some cash from a whip round to help with the cost of the funeral.
And come the day of the funeral, Jim was there at the back, in support of his fellow worker, but slipping away, quietly at the end, so as not to draw attention to himself.
Now there are many moving parts to this story that I found touching, but the most important for me is that Jim was taking the time to visit his colleagues and showing and interest in what mattered to them. He was spending time with them, and when there was a need, being able to share to meet that need in a simple, yet effective way.
He would never have known about a problem or someone's suffering, if he had not got out from behind his desk and got alongside the people on the shop-floor.
And yet, simply spending time with people, sharing in their conversation and being able to respond to a situation in a time of need.
How we respond to people in need; whatever their plight tells the true story of how deep and real our faith in Jesus goes.
If Jesus asked us for a glass of water, or some food, or clothing, or to visit him in hospital or prison. Of course, we would go, but would we go only because it was Him?
In this parable, He is asking us to behave towards everyone in need, as if we were helping him. And if we see the face of Christ in the stranger, then we will do as he desires and serve Him.
St Francis of Assisi belonged to a wealthy merchant family. But, as a young man, he was not happy and felt life was incomplete. Then one day when out riding, he met a leper; disfigured from his disease. And, something moved Francis to get down from his horse, fling his arms around him and in his arms, the face of the leper changed to the face of Christ.
The second is a famous story about Martin of Tours, who was a Roman soldier, but also a Christian. On a cold winter day, he was stopped by a beggar. Martin had no money to give him, but the beggar was blue and shivering. And so, Martin took his cloak and worn though it was, cut it in half and gave half to the beggar.


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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — Bursa Malaysia extended gains from yesterday to open higher this morning, lifted up by positive sentiment globally and amid hopes of progress in US-China trade relations, dealers said.
At 9.03am, the key FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 8.48 points to 1,671.75 from yesterday's close of 1,663.27.
The index opened 7.84 points better at 1,671.11.
Market breadth was positive as gainers led decliners 122 to 45, with 109 counters unchanged, 1,638 untraded and 38 others suspended.
Volume stood at 57.22 million units valued at RM28.19 million.
Public Investment Bank Bhd had earlier projected the FBM KLCI to open higher today after global equities took cue from positive developments on the US-China trade front, as President Donald Trump delivered some upbeat comments about the prospects for a deal.
But, once again, Wall Street pared an early advance in late trading, with the S&P 500 ending 0.5 per cent higher at 2,651, after earlier hitting 2,685, above the level at which it ended 2017.
On Bursa Malaysia, Maybank improved five sen to RM9.34, Public Bank rose four sen to RM29.94, Tenaga and CIMB gained two sen each to RM13.50 and RM5.77, while Petronas Chemicals bagged three sen to RM9.20.
Among actives, MyEG edged up 6.5 sen to 90.5 sen, Tatt Giap perked 2.5 sen to 25 sen, Sino Hua-An inched up half-a-sen to 16.5 sen, while Hubline was flat at four sen.
The FBM Emas Shariah Index was 52.01 points higher at 11,458.62, the FBM 70 earned 38.91 points to 13,245.2, the FBM Emas Index rose 47.89 points to 11,483.75 and the FBMT 100 Index increased 48.54 points to 11,375.43.
However, the FBM Ace Index slipped 11.18 points to 4,521.57.


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10 Enterprise Content Management Systems for 2022
By: J. Todd Bennett
Your organization's content is a valuable asset and a key driver of success. How you create, manage and use those assets, along with the tools you provide for that content to be consumed by customers, employees and other constituents, will define your brand in this digital-first world. Customers demand personalized and consistent omnichannel experiences and are moving away from the brands that can't provide them.
Delivering content consistently across channels requires a smart strategy, and the personnel and technology to support it. For enterprise businesses, the choice of a content management system (CMS) that meets their strategy requirements while providing the freedom, flexibility, and enterprise-grade features the business requires, is essential.
With so many choices and constantly changing jargon, selecting an enterprise CMS can be daunting. To help you get up to speed on the current state of enterprise content management, we highlight the top 10 enterprise CMS platforms to consider and go into greater detail on our favorite.
What to look for in an Enterprise CMS?
An enterprise CMS is a content management system that enables businesses to create, edit, manage and publish content at scale. For the medium and large-sized companies at the enterprise level, simply managing content isn't enough; they also need to be able to innovate and support several departments, all while optimizing the total cost of ownership and return on investment.
Here are some of the key features that an enterprise business will need:
Content Management & Publishing:. An enterprise business needs to be able to publish content to websites, mobile apps, IoT devices, eCommerce stores, employee portals, and a host of other channels. Marketers and content creators on these enterprise teams need to be able to manage that content using intuitive interfaces, without reliance on IT, making everyone more efficient.
Developer Freedom: Developers at the enterprise level are tasked with creating front-end experiences for multiple channels. They need the freedom to use the frameworks and programming languages that best fit a particular situation.
Security: Security and permissions are critical for enterprise businesses, given the amount of data contained in most systems. Features like Single Sign-On, authentication, and authorization ensure that only the person meant to access a piece of information can do so.
Extensibility: A CMS is a critical element for any enterprise business, but it isn't the only piece of the puzzle. Companies need to be able to connect additional tools within their tech stacks such as analytics, eCommerce, DAM, ERP and more to create a unified system.
Support & Performance: Downtime can be detrimental to an enterprise business, so your CMS must run smoothly with support available 24/7 to help manage any issues. For large enterprises needing to power dozens or even hundreds of sites, look for strong multi tenant capabilities
Top 10 Enterprise CMS Platforms for 2022
Delivering content to multiple channels is a must for any enterprise CMS. As a result, a modern enterprise CMS should have capabilities that decouple the front-end display from the backend content repository and allow well-structured content to be delivered to various channels in many different formats. This is known as "headless" content management.
Businesses moving away from old traditional or legacy CMSs towards a headless architecture will find three options for an enterprise CMS that meets their needs: suite or monolithic, pure headless, and hybrid headless.
Suite or Monolithic: These all-in-one platforms provide a CMS and additional tools as part of a suite meant to deliver everything your enterprise business could need. However, they can be less flexible, limiting your choice of tools for specialized functions, and at the same time much more expensive.
Headless: Pure headless platforms remove the single-channel restrictions that plagued traditional CMS platforms and enable delivery to multiple channels. However, many headless CMSs lack visual editors and front-end designs, increasing the reliance of marketers on developer resources.
Hybrid: A hybrid CMS blends the best of worlds when it comes to headless content delivery and traditional user-friendly content authoring capabilities.
Before diving into the list, let's meet the contenders:
dotCMS
Contentstack
GraphCMS
dotCMS is an open source hybrid headless CMS built on Java. dotCMS empowers both marketers and developers with the flexibility of a headless CMS and the content authoring efficiency of a traditional CMS. Enterprises can produce, manage and deliver personalized content for any channel with no-code (for marketers), low-code (for web developers) and high-code (back-end Java developers) development options.
Magnolia is an open hybrid headless CMS and DXP. Magnolia allows you to manage content in one hub and reuse it across channels. It offers a WYSIWYG authoring interface and visual SPA editor for marketers and low-code development options for developers. However, Magnolia may not be ideal for complex situations with hundreds of sites.
Storyblok is a headless CMS focused on creating powerful content experiences. The platform is made for developers and marketers, as it offers a modern headless architecture along with visual editing tools and customizable content blocks. However, the learning curve can be steeper than other headless CMS platforms.
Kontent by Kentico is a headless CMS for building modern digital experiences. It enables marketers to manage content in one unified hub and collaborate, while developers have the freedom to choose their own tech stack and integrate tools as necessary. However, the security features under certain conditions could be improved.
Sitecore is a digital experience platform that offers a suite of solutions including content management, digital asset management, commerce, personalization, marketing automation and more. Sitecore is made for handling complex content needs across thousands of touchpoints.
Adobe Experience Manager is a combination content management system and digital asset management solution that helps brands launch personalized content-driven experiences. Enterprises can create and manage content across several channels such as digital screens and also draw on other products as part of the suite, including forms.
Contentful is an API-first content platform for building digital experiences. Brands can create and manage digital experiences across multiple channels and unify that content in a single hub. Contentful also integrates with numerous tools through open APIs.
Contentstack is a content experience platform that enables brands to create content experiences quickly and efficiently. The CMS supports omnichannel content delivery and allows enterprises to compose their technology and tools to fit their unique needs.
GraphCMS is an API-first headless CMS that provides an instant GraphQL API for delivering content across platforms. These robust GraphQL APIs are meant to boost developer productivity and empower marketers and content authors to deliver content experiences.
Sanity is a flexible platform for launching data-driven content solutions. The platform enables developers and marketers to collaborate in real-time to deliver engaging digital experiences. Sanity is scalable, performant, and offers support for growing enterprises.
When did CMS vendors forget about managing content?
In the race for a spot on a magical quadrant or to ride an agile wave, many content management vendors have forgotten about managing content. Despite talk of omnichannel digital experiences, composable DXPs, CDPs, etc., organizations still want and need a solid enterprise CONTENT management system– one that meets the needs of all your stakeholders.
Headless content management is not a new paradigm. dotCMS was built 20 years ago as a hybrid CMS, embracing the idea of decoupled, structured content (headless) from its inception. Why? Because to manage content at an enterprise scale in a way that supports both your business and IT needs, you need a mix of traditional and headless tools. One without the other is only half a solution, which most monolithic and headless CMS vendors are now starting to realize.
Here's how a hybrid platform like dotCMS goes beyond the monolithic and headless capabilities of other enterprise CMSs:
dotCMS is an open source platform, meaning that you can customize and extend the CMS as you see fit, including with help from the expansive community of developers. You can download it for free and evaluate the functionality and source code for yourself. You can even request a free 30-day enterprise trial license to experience the full functionality of the platform. Some enterprises such as government entities and financial institutions are required to use open source technologies. For these organizations, dotCMS is the ideal choice.
Lower Total Cost of Ownership
Enterprise software can be expensive and content management systems are no exception. With monolithic suites, you may pay for much more than you need, as these platforms can't separate the CMS from the additional tools within the suite. Those costs escalate even further as you add users and sites.
On the other hand, SaaS-based headless solutions may seem really inexpensive, but that introductory pricing will balloon exponentially for enterprise implementation, not to mention the ongoing developer costs to support marketing and build front-end "heads".
dotCMS doesn't put a limit on CMS users, websites & applications, content objects, content types, languages, custom workflows and API requests per second like other CMS platforms. And dotCMS' hybrid capabilities can help lower your total cost of ownership and provide a better return on investment by empowering business users and freeing up IT resources to innovate.
Visual Editing
Marketers need to be able to create and edit content easily. dotCMS' visual editor enables them to do just that with drag and drop template builders and layout designers, visual content editors, powerful image management, and no-code content modeling. Content authors can build content types and edit content easily without technical expertise.
Microsites and Multi-Tenancy
dotCMS' multitenant capabilities enable enterprises to manage hundreds of sites using a single instance and interface, ideal for organizations with multiple brands, franchises, local branches, or agents. They can leverage dotCMS as a centralized repository for content assets to maintain consistency and control while providing local editors the flexibility to customize content for their locations and sites. See how Canada's largest telecommunications company uses dotCMS to support more than 400 retail outlets and how one of the world's largest nonprofits powers hundreds of regional websites with a centralized system.
Workflows and Security
Managing content at the enterprise level takes some doing. Luckily dotCMS allows non-technical users the ability to create custom multi-step workflows and content governance models. In addition, dotCMS offers four-eyes approvals which require two or more approvals for any action. This is ideal for companies that can't afford any mistakes.
dotCMS is built on Java which offers more security than many other CMS platforms built using PHP. In addition, dotCMS is SOC 2 Type II compliant which helps to ensure greater control over security, confidentiality and availability.
Many enterprise CMS platforms today are SaaS-only, which can limit performance. dotCMS on the other hand is built for enterprise performance and allows customers to choose the best hosting option for their needs– private or public cloud or self-hosted. Unlike alternatives like Storyblok, Contentstack and Contentful who impose technical limits, dotCMS has no rate limits and no throttles on API requests. Their content delivery network (dotCDN) is scalable by design, with powerful routing optimization and integrated cache management. And with scaling in Kubernetes using Postgres pub/sub cache transport, dotCMS allows you to autoscale your delivery tier and respond to changes in load quickly and reliably as your needs and traffic change.
Enterprise companies can't get everything they need out of one box. An enterprise CMS needs to be extensible and interoperable but many competitor CMS platforms can't offer the same level of plugin support for custom plugins as dotCMS does. dotCMS' marketplace provides plugins for many best-of-breed tools across automation, eCommerce and more. And it's easy to extend or customize dotCMS functionality with your own OSGi plugins. Learn more about how dotCMS enables interoperability and extensibility.
Want to learn more about dotCMS? Contact us to speak with a content management expert and discuss your organization's needs.
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RETS Vol. 37. The Whole Book of Psalms, first published in a complete form in 1562, introduced congregational singing to England and contained the best known English verse in the early modern period. Often referred to by later critics as "Sternhold and Hopkins," it was the dominant hymnal in England until the mid-eighteenth century and printed until 1861. This critical edition, the first to include both texts and tunes, is based on the 148 English impressions remaining from the reign of Elizabeth I along with their Marian predecessors. The appendices include miniature critical editions of the psalm paraphrases as published during Edward's reign, additional texts included in some editions, later musical revisions, and the short tunes that began to replace the printed ones by the late sixteenth century.
Although this is a scholarly edition with complete critical apparatus, it is also designed to make this crucial piece of early modern culture accessible to non-specialists. The texts are in modern spelling and the tunes in modern notation. The edition offers an extensive historical essay and notes on each text and tune, and is furnished with an audio supplement of representative musical settings.
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It is a classic 'quality over quantity' vanity metric. "Your students have answered 5000 questions this week" sounds impressive… like students are doing some serious learning. But are they?
Judging student outcomes or even engagement by 'questions answered' makes as much sense as judging an essay favourably by its large word count.
Like word count, 'number of questions answered' is easy for computers to measure. Certainly a lot easier than what really counts — whether we've adequately prepared our students for the Real World™.
But if those questions were easy, if they were largely testing basic recall of facts, what have we really achieved?
Fostering a generation of scientifically literate citizens, able to critically evaluate and analyse complex issues, and able to creatively solve tomorrow's problems.
We want students to think, and sometimes that's hard. Sometimes, there isn't instant gratification. Sometimes, the questions we pose to students might require research, or extended contemplation of more than one side of an issue (shocking, I know).
This depth of thinking can't, at least today, be measured well by computers. And it certainly can't be reduced to a metric like "number of questions answered".


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Johns Hopkins Launches Free Course To Train 'Ambassadors' For Children's COVID-19 VaccineThe course comes as pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen nationwide and in Maryland.
Woman, 26, Has Baby Born From Record Breaking 24-Year-Old Frozen Embryo
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Tennessee couple has welcomed a baby girl who grew from the longest-frozen embryo to ever result in a birth.
Benjamin and Tina Gibson's daughter, Emma Wren, weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces when she came into the world on November 25.
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Prior to being transferred into Tina's uterus at the National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville earlier this year, the embryo Emma grew from had been cryo-preserved for more than 24 years, according to a news release.
And, according to research staff at the University of Tennessee Preston Medical Library, that makes her the all-time record holder for the longest-frozen embryo to result in birth.
The National Embryo Donation Center says it has helped produce more pregnancies through embryo adoption, nearly 700, than any other organization or clinic.
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Interestingly, Emma's embryo was frozen on Oct. 14, 1992, when Tina was just a year-and-a-half old.
"It is deeply moving and highly rewarding to see that embryos frozen 24.5 years ago using the old, early cryo-preservation techniques of slow freezing on day one of development at the pronuclear stage can result in 100 percent survival of the embryos with a 100 percent continued proper development to the day-3 embryo stage," said NEDC Lab Director Carol Sommerfelt.
"Emma is such a sweet miracle," Benjamin said of his daughter. "I think she looks pretty perfect to have been frozen all those years ago."
"The NEDC has been privileged to work with the Gibsons to help them realize their dreams of becoming parents," said NEDC Medical Director Dr. Jeffrey Keenan. "We hope this story is a clarion call to all couples who have embryos in long-term storage to consider this life-affirming option for their embryos."
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Q: How can I find out the password complexity policy? A user tries to change his/her password in a Windows domain and it's not accepted:

The password supplied does not meet the minimum complexity
  requirements

How can an end-user find out what the requirements are? (The obvious solution would be to contact IT but let's say it's not possible)

A: Right Click "Password must meet complexity requirements", then select "Explain" tab.

A: This Windows built-in command (use the Command Prompt : cmd.exe) prints the same details as the tool in answer:
net accounts

Example output:
C:\>net accounts
Force user logoff how long after time expires?:       Never
Minimum password age (days):                          0
Maximum password age (days):                          42
Minimum password length:                              0
Length of password history maintained:                None
Lockout threshold:                                    Never
Lockout duration (minutes):                           30
Lockout observation window (minutes):                 30
Computer role:                                        WORKSTATION
The command completed successfully.

Credits/source: http://windowsitpro.com/security/discovering-details-about-domains-password-policy

A: Since it is AD, currently there is only a single complexity (per se) pattern available:  the so-called 3 of 4 pattern.  It is either on or off, unless you use a third party tool like Spec Ops to enforce some other level of complexity. Three of Four means your password needs to include at least one character from three of the 4 possible character sets:

*

*UPPER CASE

*lower case

*Numeric (0-9)

*Comic book curse words (aka special characters: !@#$%^&*(*))_+ etc)

A: Run in PowerShell:
Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy -Current LoggedOnUser

Output:
ComplexityEnabled           : True
DistinguishedName           : DC=ad,DC=company,DC=net
LockoutDuration             : 00:30:00
LockoutObservationWindow    : 00:30:00
LockoutThreshold            : 12
MaxPasswordAge              : 180.00:00:00
MinPasswordAge              : 1.00:00:00
MinPasswordLength           : 8
objectClass                 : {domainDNS}
objectGuid                  : 641734ff-9d4c-40b4-a28a-b9628c021639
PasswordHistoryCount        : 24
ReversibleEncryptionEnabled : False

A: Every AD user can see the value of the attribute named "pwdProperties", your id probably set to "DOMAIN_PASSWORD_COMPLEX" (value "1", integer).
AdFind can be used to retrieve many attributes relative to passwords:
AdFind.exe -default -s base lockoutduration lockoutthreshold lockoutobservationwindow maxpwdage minpwdage minpwdlength pwdhistorylength pwdproperties

Here is an example of what you'll get:

AdFind V01.45.00cpp Joe Richards (joe@joeware.net) March 2011
Using server: domain.example.org:389   Directory: Windows Server 2008
  R2   Base DN: DC=domain,DC=example,DC=org
dn:DC=domain,DC=example,DC=org
lockoutDuration: -18000000000
  lockOutObservationWindow: -18000000000
  lockoutThreshold: 0
  maxPwdAge: -344736000000000
  minPwdAge: 0
  minPwdLength: 7
  pwdProperties: 1
  pwdHistoryLength: 2
1 Objects returned

A: I don't believe, short of brute force attempts, that there's any way programmatically to do this unless you're already an admin.  So, you'll have to call IT.  (The defaults vary depending on what they've got set up, although if you know that I guess you could look up the defaults and try.  No guarantee that they haven't changed it, of course.)

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Provides church job listings as well as other ministry opportunities. Search by keyword, location, and category.
Large database with a variety of search criteria options: keyword, job category, denomination, church size, worship style, job type, date of position posting, and location. Location can be searched within a distance range of a city or zip code. Also lists overseas positions.
Provides church job listings as well as other ministry opportunities. Search by location, listing organization, or position type.
Search by a variety of criteria simultaneously: location, position type, organization type, denomination, salary, worship style, church size, time type. You can also search by keyword.
Lists a variety of job types: missionary, church, interim, volunteer, and more. Allows search by keyword, but does not have searches by criteria or categories.
Sister website to churchstaffing.com. This site includes other ministry job opportunities outside of church jobs.
Search by job category, country, state, worship style, and denomination (simultaneously). Lists positions posted on other website (providing links to the outside website). Primarily church positions.
Search by keyword and location. Alternatively you may search by job type. Some jobs listed that are not church jobs.
This website is specific to youth ministry positions but it is quite extensive and a great resource for those interested in a youth ministry position.
Same website as above (churchstaffsearch.com).
Provides various resources specific for youth ministers. Allows ministry job search by denomination, region, and title.
Same as christianjobs1.net and churchstaffsearch.com.
Same as churchjobs.net & christiansjobs1.net.


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package edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.idlist;

/*
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 * Colorado Computational Pharmacology's common module
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 * are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
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 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
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 *    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
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 *    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
 *    specific prior written permission.
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 * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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 * INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
 * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
 * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
 * OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
 * OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.apache.log4j.Logger;

import edu.ucdenver.ccp.common.collections.CollectionsUtil;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.common.digest.DigestUtil;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.common.file.CharacterEncoding;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.common.file.FileReaderUtil;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.common.file.FileWriterUtil;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.common.reflection.ConstructorUtil;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.ebi.uniprot.SparseTremblDatFileRecordReader;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.ebi.uniprot.SparseUniProtFileRecord;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.ebi.uniprot.SwissProtXmlFileRecordReader;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.ebi.uniprot.UniProtFileRecord;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.irefweb.IRefWebPsiMitab2_6FileData;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.irefweb.IRefWebPsiMitab2_6FileParser;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.ncbi.gene.EntrezGeneInfoFileData;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.fileparsers.ncbi.gene.EntrezGeneInfoFileParser;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.identifiers.DataSource;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.identifiers.DataSourceIdentifier;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.identifiers.ebi.intact.IntActID;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.identifiers.ebi.uniprot.UniProtID;
import edu.ucdenver.ccp.datasource.identifiers.ncbi.taxonomy.NcbiTaxonomyID;

/**
 * This class provides a factory for generating files that contain canonical
 * listings of identifiers by type (e.g. EG or UniProt) and by species (via NCBI
 * Taxonomy ID). These files are used during the creation of species-specific
 * subsets of RDF.
 *
 * @author Center for Computational Pharmacology, UC Denver;
 *         ccpsupport@ucdenver.edu
 *
 */
public class IdListFileFactory {

	private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(IdListFileFactory.class);

	public static <T> Set<T> getIdListFromFile(File idListDirectory, DataSource ds, Set<NcbiTaxonomyID> taxonIds,
			Class<T> cls) throws IOException {
		if (taxonIds == null || taxonIds.isEmpty()) {
			return null;
		}
		Set<T> taxonSpecificIds = new HashSet<T>();
		File idListFile = getIdListFile(idListDirectory, ds, taxonIds);
		String line;
		BufferedReader reader = FileReaderUtil.initBufferedReader(idListFile, CharacterEncoding.UTF_8);
		while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
			Object obj = ConstructorUtil.invokeConstructor(cls.getName(), line);
			taxonSpecificIds.add((T) obj);
		}
		logger.info("Loaded " + taxonSpecificIds.size() + " taxon-specific id's for taxons: " + taxonIds.toString());
		return taxonSpecificIds;
	}

	public static File getIdListFile(File idListDirectory, DataSource ds, Set<NcbiTaxonomyID> taxonIds) {
		if (taxonIds == null || taxonIds.isEmpty()) {
			return null;
		}
		List<String> sortedTaxonIds = new ArrayList<String>(CollectionsUtil.toString(taxonIds));
		Collections.sort(sortedTaxonIds);
		String idStr = CollectionsUtil.createDelimitedString(sortedTaxonIds, "+");
		String digest = DigestUtil.getBase64Sha1Digest(idStr);
		String filename = ds.name() + "." + digest + ".utf8";
		return new File(idListDirectory, filename);
	}

	public static File createIdListFile(DataSource ds, Set<NcbiTaxonomyID> taxonIds, File baseSourceFileDirectory,
			boolean cleanSourceFiles, File outputDirectory) throws IOException {
		if (taxonIds == null || taxonIds.isEmpty()) {
			return null;
		}
		File sourceFileDirectory = new File(baseSourceFileDirectory, ds.name().toLowerCase());
		File outputFile = getIdListFile(outputDirectory, ds, taxonIds);
		/* Only create it if it doesn't exist or if cleanSourceFiles == true */
		if (cleanSourceFiles || !outputFile.exists()) {
			logger.info("Creating ID list file: " + outputFile);
			BufferedWriter writer = FileWriterUtil.initBufferedWriter(outputFile);
			try {
				switch (ds) {
				case EG:
					EntrezGeneInfoFileParser eg_rr = new EntrezGeneInfoFileParser(sourceFileDirectory,
							cleanSourceFiles, taxonIds);
					int count = 0;
					while (eg_rr.hasNext()) {
						if (count++ % 100000 == 0) {
							logger.info("(EG) Id list generation progress: " + (count - 1));
						}
						EntrezGeneInfoFileData record = eg_rr.next();
						writer.write(record.getGeneID().getDataElement() + "\n");
					}
					break;
				case UNIPROT:
					SwissProtXmlFileRecordReader sp_rr = new SwissProtXmlFileRecordReader(sourceFileDirectory,
							cleanSourceFiles, taxonIds);
					count = 0;
					while (sp_rr.hasNext()) {
						if (count++ % 100000 == 0) {
							logger.info("(UNIPROT SP) Id list generation progress: " + (count - 1));
						}
						UniProtFileRecord record = sp_rr.next();
						Set<UniProtID> accessions = new HashSet<UniProtID>(record.getAccession());
						accessions.add(record.getPrimaryAccession()); // adding
																		// just
																		// to
																		// make
																		// sure
																		// it's
																		// in
																		// there
						for (UniProtID id : accessions) {
							writer.write(id.getDataElement() + "\n");
						}
					}

					SparseTremblDatFileRecordReader trembl_rr = new SparseTremblDatFileRecordReader(
							sourceFileDirectory, CharacterEncoding.UTF_8, cleanSourceFiles, taxonIds);
					count = 0;
					while (trembl_rr.hasNext()) {
						if (count++ % 100000 == 0) {
							logger.info("(UNIPROT TREMBL) Id list generation progress: " + (count - 1));
						}
						SparseUniProtFileRecord record = trembl_rr.next();
						Set<UniProtID> accessions = new HashSet<UniProtID>(record.getAccession());
						accessions.add(record.getPrimaryAccession()); // adding
																		// just
																		// to
																		// make
																		// sure
																		// it's
																		// in
																		// there
						for (UniProtID id : accessions) {
							writer.write(id.getDataElement() + "\n");
						}
					}

					break;
				case IREFWEB:
					/*
					 * The switch here uses IREFWEB however we are really just
					 * cataloging IntAct IDs b/c they are used by GOA. IREFEW
					 * web needs to be used so that the sourceFileDirectory is
					 * correctely populated.
					 */
					IRefWebPsiMitab2_6FileParser irefweb_rr = new IRefWebPsiMitab2_6FileParser(sourceFileDirectory,
							cleanSourceFiles, taxonIds);
					count = 0;
					Set<String> alreadyWritten = new HashSet<String>();
					while (irefweb_rr.hasNext()) {
						if (count++ % 100000 == 0) {
							logger.info("(INTACT via IREFWEB) Id list generation progress: " + (count - 1));
						}
						IRefWebPsiMitab2_6FileData record = irefweb_rr.next();
						NcbiTaxonomyID ncbiTaxonomyIdA = null;
						NcbiTaxonomyID ncbiTaxonomyIdB = null;
						if (record.getInteractorA() != null && record.getInteractorA().getNcbiTaxonomyId() != null) {
							ncbiTaxonomyIdA = record.getInteractorA().getNcbiTaxonomyId().getTaxonomyId();
						}
						if (record.getInteractorB() != null && record.getInteractorB().getNcbiTaxonomyId() != null) {
							ncbiTaxonomyIdB = record.getInteractorB().getNcbiTaxonomyId().getTaxonomyId();
						}
						// if the interactors have the same taxon id we then
						// look for an intact identifier in the sourcedb field
						// we assign the common taxon ID to the IntAct id in the
						// sourcedb field
						if (ncbiTaxonomyIdA != null && ncbiTaxonomyIdB != null
								&& ncbiTaxonomyIdA.equals(ncbiTaxonomyIdB)) {
							IntActID intactId = getIntActID(record.getInteraction().getInteractionDbIds());
							if (intactId != null) {
								if (!alreadyWritten.contains(intactId.getDataElement())) {
									writer.write(intactId.getDataElement() + "\n");
									alreadyWritten.add(intactId.getDataElement());
								}
							}
						}
					}
					break;
				default:
					throw new IllegalArgumentException("The IdListFileFactory does not yet handle the identifiers for "
							+ ds.name());
				}
			} finally {
				writer.close();
			}
		} else {
			logger.info("ID List file already exists: " + outputFile);
		}
		return outputFile;
	}

	private static IntActID getIntActID(Set<DataSourceIdentifier<?>> interactionDbIds) {
		for (DataSourceIdentifier<?> id : interactionDbIds) {
			if (IntActID.class.isInstance(id)) {
				return (IntActID) id;
			}
		}
		return null;
	}

	// public static void main(String[] args) {
	// BasicConfigurator.configure();
	// try {
	// // createIdListFile(DataSource.EG, CollectionsUtil.createSet(new
	// NcbiTaxonomyID(9606)), new File("/tmp/src"), false, new
	// File("/tmp/out"));
	// createIdListFile(DataSource.UNIPROT, CollectionsUtil.createSet(new
	// NcbiTaxonomyID(9606)), new File("/tmp/src"), false, new
	// File("/tmp/out"));
	// } catch (IOException e) {
	// // TODO Auto-generated catch block
	// e.printStackTrace();
	// }
	// }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
package com.gdkdemo.camera;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.ComponentName;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.ServiceConnection;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.os.IBinder;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.speech.RecognizerIntent;
import android.view.KeyEvent;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuInflater;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.MotionEvent;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.buaa.network.HttpUtil;
import com.google.android.glass.media.CameraManager;
import com.google.android.glass.touchpad.Gesture;
import com.google.android.glass.touchpad.GestureDetector;
import com.loopj.android.http.JsonHttpResponseHandler;
import com.loopj.android.http.RequestParams;

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

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.w3c.dom.Text;

public class PersonInfoActivity extends Activity
{
    private final int IMAGE_CAPTURE_REQUEST_CODE = 101;

    // For tap event
    private GestureDetector mGestureDetector;

    private String name = " ";
    private String birthday = "";
    private String hometown =" ";
    private String college= " ";

    private TextView nametext;
    private TextView birthtext;
    private TextView hometowntext;
    private TextView collegetext;

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy()
    {
        super.onDestroy();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        Log.d("onCreate() called.");

        Intent intent = getIntent(); //ÓÃÓÚ¼¤»îËüµÄÒâͼ¶ÔÏó

		name = intent.getStringExtra("name");
		birthday = intent.getStringExtra("birthday");
		hometown = intent.getStringExtra("hometown");
		college = intent.getStringExtra("college");

        setContentView(R.layout.personinfo);

		nametext =(TextView)findViewById(R.id.name);
		birthtext =(TextView)findViewById(R.id.birthday);
		hometowntext =(TextView)findViewById(R.id.hometown);
		collegetext =(TextView)findViewById(R.id.college);

		if(name.equalsIgnoreCase(""))
		{
			nametext.setText("Person not found");
		}
		else{
			nametext.setText("Name£º"+name);
		}

		if(birthday.equalsIgnoreCase(""))
		{
			birthtext.setText("Unknown");
		}
		else{
			birthtext.setText("Birthday: "+birthday);
		}

		if(hometown.equalsIgnoreCase(""))
		{
			hometowntext.setText("Unknown");
		}
		else{
			hometowntext.setText("hometown: "+hometown);
		}

		if(college.equalsIgnoreCase(""))
		{
			collegetext.setText("Unknown");
		}
		else{
			collegetext.setText("College: "+college);
		}

        // For gesture handling.
        mGestureDetector = createGestureDetector(this);

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onKeyDown(int keyCode, KeyEvent event)
    {
        if (keyCode == KeyEvent.KEYCODE_CAMERA) {
            // Stop the preview and release the camera.
            // Execute your logic as quickly as possible
            // so the capture happens quickly.
            return false;
        } else {
            return super.onKeyDown(keyCode, event);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onGenericMotionEvent(MotionEvent event)
    {
        if (mGestureDetector != null) {
            return mGestureDetector.onMotionEvent(event);
        }
        return false;
    }

    private GestureDetector createGestureDetector(Context context)
    {
        GestureDetector gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(context);
        //Create a base listener for generic gestures
        gestureDetector.setBaseListener( new GestureDetector.BaseListener() {
            @Override
            public boolean onGesture(Gesture gesture) {
                if(Log.D) Log.d("gesture = " + gesture);
                if (gesture == Gesture.TAP) {
                    handleGestureTap();
                    return true;
                } else if (gesture == Gesture.TWO_TAP) {
                    handleGestureTwoTap();
                    return true;
                } else if (gesture == Gesture.SWIPE_RIGHT) {
                    handleGestureSwipeRight();
                    return true;
                } else if (gesture == Gesture.SWIPE_LEFT) {
                    handleGestureSwipeLeft();
                    return true;
                }
                return false;
            }
        });
        return gestureDetector;
    }

    // Tap triggers photo taking...
    private void handleGestureTap()
    {
        Log.d("handleGestureTap() called.");

        //Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
        //startActivityForResult(intent, IMAGE_CAPTURE_REQUEST_CODE);

        Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), CameraDemoActivity.class);

        startActivity(intent);
    }

    private void handleGestureTwoTap()
    {
        Log.d("handleGestureTwoTap() called.");

        // Quit
        this.finish();
    }

    private void handleGestureSwipeRight()
    {
        Log.d("handleGestureSwipeRight() called.");

    }

    private void handleGestureSwipeLeft()
    {
        Log.d("handleGestureSwipeLeft() called.");

    }

}


Pranav Wankawala has more than 13 years of experience in software engineering and developing enterprise applications. He started working on SAP HANA in 2009, when it was still a research project, and designed and architected one of the first SAP products that ran on the platform. During his tenure at SAP, he lead a team of highly skilled engineers and technologists that helped SAP customers improve their day-to-day business with SAP HANA. Today, Pranav is a director of engineering at PredictSpring, a company that is revolutionizing the way mobile commerce works.