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Q: How to automatically create and inject a proxy of a missing dependency? Given the following classes:
package com.acme;

public class Foo {
  private Bar bar;
  public void setBar(Bar newBar) {
    this.bar = newBar;
  }
}

@AcmeService
public interface Bar {}

and a Spring configuration file of:
<beans>
  <bean id="foo" class="com.acme.Foo">
    <property name="bar" ref="bar" />
  </bean>
</beans>

when Spring's configuration phase runs, is it possible to do the following?

*

*Catch the missing dependency exception (or detect that there is going to be one)

*Discover that the missing dependency "bar" of bean "foo" is of type com.acme.Bar

*Notice that Bar is an @AcmeService, and so we're going to handle it. Otherwise, the error can be considered fatal

*Generate a proxy of type com.acme.Bar

*Inject the Bar proxy into Foo, ensuring that method calls on Bar can be advised with Spring AOP just as if I had explicitly created the Bar proxy in the Spring config file and injected the proxy into the Foo bean.

I was initially drawn to BeanPostProcessor and BeanFactoryPostProcessor as a means to implement this, although upon reading the documentation I did not see an obvious way of doing precisely what I want.
In case you're wondering, the underlying use case is that I want to:

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*Replace all Spring context files with my service-layer bean definitions with a single context file that generates proxies of @AcmeService bean interfaces.

*Advise invocations against those proxies to instead be invoked on interface mocks of the service layer bean proxies. (The kicker is that the mocks are defined at runtime by a remote system and are uploaded to this app for integration testing purposes. For my regular unit tests, I do the more sane thing of simply creating and injecting mocks as needed).

I have all of that working except for the whole "dynamically generate proxies" bit. Currently I have empty implementations of my service interfaces defined in my context file just so they can be injected and advised - but I'd rather not have so many empty interface classes generated and checked in. And lastly, I assume I need to generate these proxies as I do not know how to advise attempted invocations on null dependencies.

A: OK, there's a number of things in here to talk about.
Firstly, I don't think you'll be able to do exactly what you're asking. In particular, if you have <property name="bar" ref="bar"/> and there is no bean definition for bar, the bean initialization will fail, and I don't think you can intercept that easily. You could, of course, write your own subclass of the BeanFactory itself, but that's not something to be taken lightly.
The closest existing mechanism to what you're asking for is auto-wiring. Take a look at AutowiredAnnotationBeanPostProcessor. You could use this as a guide for writing your own BeanPostProcessor which looks at every bean as it's instantiated by the container, looking for properties which are of types which in turn have the @AcmeService annotation. When it finds one, it can generate a proxy for that type and inject it.
That brings us on to the proxy generation itself. The place to look for that is ProxyFactory. This allows you to generate objects at runtime that implement any interface or extend any class, whilst attaching advisors/interceptors. These interceptors can do all the work - the proxy doesn't have to have anything "behind" it if you don't want to.
With this approach, you wouldn't need the "hanging" <property name="bar" ref="bar"/> entry in your config - the presence of the property in Foo would be enough to trigger the process.


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I stumbled onto this by accident, I'm so glad I did I loved it. It only took 6 to 10 lines on page 1 and I was hooked. If there is a better start to a book I haven't found it yet. This is a great story set in a harsh and unforgiving time and beautifully told. I must mention and praise how the violence (although there isn't much) was handled. It was only there when the story demanded it and this only made the plot more realistic. The Author treated this with such delicacy and skill that I was actually shocked and stunned, if you can generate that response in your readers then you are very talented. Pacing and depth of story was perfect and every character is delightful and genuine. My only note of sadness is that the part of my day that I cherished to read this book is now empty!! Volume 2 please I can't wait .
The Prophecy reminds me of the better parts of Robert E Howard's work, the characterisation of the main people of the book are very good, even the villains are not two dimensional. It really makes me want to read on and find out what happens next. Is it going to include the characters from this book and the supernatural creatures that were described in this first instalment?
What developments will happen to the characters? Will their powers/skills grow?
Please tell me what happens to Princess Jessica and Prince Arnett?
I picked this book due to the glowing reviews already on here, and I am definitely glad that I did. As the first book by this author I was not sure what to expect but I was not disappointed.
First of all the cheap price is great for the amount of content that you are getting, over 124,000 words or so it says in the blurb.
But price aside, the story kept me entertained thoroughly all the way to the end . It was paced well so it did not seem rushed.
It ends on such a cliff hanger that I cannot wait for the second part in the series.
I can see this book being popular with any Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones fans. As it is similar, with an Epic journey across a dramatic landscape filled with memorable characters. Although there is not as much gore as 'Thrones' it does have its moments.
The writing was enthralling and the characters really came to life when interacting with one another. While I disagreed with some of the character choices in the book I still found myself coming back for more, delving into the character's backstories and realizing why they made those choices.
For anyone who is looking for a good adventure read over the summer with a decent amount of plot and twists, this is definitely the book for you!
I don't often write reviews, but this was a really enjoyable book, with some really well developed characters, both on the side of heroes and villains, and an interesting plot line.
Well, what can I say...? This book is great!
I don't usually read books from the fantasy genre however the blurb had me hooked and the reviews had me intrigued.
I've never read any of this author's books before but I immediately liked her style of writing and fully intend to buy more. Natalie Miles has a great ability to capture your imagination with her descriptive and vivid use of language.
I like the range too. There's rich, poor, young, old; literally a character that every reader can relate to.
I'm looking forward to seeing where the author's imagination takes us next.
Where do I start!? From the very beginning this brilliant book had me gripped! It claws you in and even at the end, it leaves you wanting more. Let's just say that I cannot wait for the next book! Written perfectly and it has plenty of twists and turns. I found myself gasping and laughing at the sametime. As someone who finds it hard to read a whole book, I read this within a matter of days, I had to slow myself down! I just loved it, simply brilliant! I am telling everyone I know to read it!!
The author have created an amazing world with Heroes of Terisca, the Kingdom of Alamar had a threat so King Madren have ordered that no one of his royal family was to step outside.
But Prince Arnett suffer to be like a prisoner, so he planned to escape going to the city, He bought a trinket box from a beautiful girl at the Alamar market. At home he found with his sister Jessa that the box turn out to be kind of magic box. Arnett then wanted to find Claria, the nice girl who sold him for ask her what she knows about it, so he escaped again. This book is written is a such amazing way and i enjoyed reading it very much, i love the mysterious and magic box ! But for know more about it i have to wait the volume two.
One time allies but now foes are the kings of Terisca. Alamar, to the south, is known for interchanging and agriculture. Dedicated to one source, Magic, is the city to the north, High Reach, upon the lateral of the highest elevation. Alamar's successor, Prince Arnett, is not gripped with the duties and in-consequences of ruling, like his dad, King Madren is. Attending banquets and royal festivities seems more meaningless to Alamar and he wants something more significant to do with his life. The rare trinket box he obtains from an enigmatic, young lady, may just be the answer to what he has longed for. But not everything that shines in gold. A vibrant cast of characters and their complicated dealings, 'The Prophecy' book 1 in the 'Heroes of Terisca Series, is filled with adventure, intrigue and mystery. Author Natalie Miles will coax you into her imaginary world and have you hooked from the get-go. Her writing style is enthralling, yet not complicated to follow. Laden with heroes, villains, Heroes Of Terisca: Volume One - The Prophecy is a wonderful fantasy you don't want to miss out on.
A brilliant read from start to finish. I was gripped from the moment I started reading. Written so well in a way the describes the characters so you can imagine them so clearly in your head. I would highly recommend this book to read by the pool on holiday or in the evening with a glass of wine. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series. A wonderful well written and exciting read.
Heroes of Terisca was a great read!
I loved the characters and the journey they go on both physically and mentally. My favourite thing about the author's writing is the amount of detail she puts in within her story telling. The mention of subtle characters and their small back stories really add to the immersion of the world she has created.
I cannot wait to read the next volume to see what happens next!
As a new mother of twins I don't have much time to read but the second instalment of this will be top of my list. Excellent world building, loved the Whedon-esque use of modern language in the medieval setting and of course twins ! Would never have guessed this was a first novel and hopefully many many more too come.


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The Best Beard Trimmers for Men
By: Frank Trejo
Comparison of Remington and Braun Electric Foil Shavers
The Best Disposable Razor Blades
How to Shave a Man's Neck in Between Haircuts
The Best Cordless Shavers
How to Grow Hair on the Jaw Line of Your Face
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Whether you're sporting a full lumberjack beard, or moody designer stubble, facial hair is the perfect opportunity to make a statement that can range from being playful and creative to subtly sophisticated. But no matter what you choose, you'll have to trim it at some point.
One of the most important things to look for in a trimmer is to make sure it's easy to use.
Matt Southerland, barber/stylist at Persons of Interest in Brooklyn, New York
Options to Consider
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Keeping your look requires the proper tool; namely, a beard trimmer. While trimmers may be as personal as your beard, there are a few general things to look for.
"One of the most important things to look for in a trimmer is to make sure it's easy to use," said Matt Southerland, barber/stylist at Persons of Interest in Brooklyn, New York. The upscale barber shop has a loyal following not only for haircuts, but facial grooming.
Southerland cautions to look for quality in a trimmer; that usually means spending a little more. A good trimmer will set you back $50 to $70, although some go for as little as $10.
Lastly, Southerland notes to make sure the trimmer you pick has adjustable settings so you can trim your beard at whatever length you want -- and that can change from season to season or even month to month.
Taking It With You
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For Craig Whitely, CEO of the Grooming Concierge in Hollywood, portability is a top consideration.
"I like the idea of having a trimmer be able to be cordless as well as have a cord you can plug in for a full charge," Whitely says. "You can use it not only at home but take it to the gym or even work." His Grooming Concierge offers on-location grooming services for men who are too busy to visit the salon or barbershop.
Whitely agrees that a trimmer needs to be adjustable to different lengths, and both he and Southerland said trimmers should have a blade edge that allows you to shape and outline your beard cleanly and precisely.
Allan Peterkin, author of "The Bearded Gentleman: The Style Guide to Shaving Face," recommends that a trimmer have a permanent adjustable length guard, as opposed to multiple attachments to keep track of.
"Compare costs online, and remember to clean and maintain the trimmer so it lasts longer," Peterkin said.
Some of the Best
Photograph Courtesy Wahl
When it comes to beard trimmers, there seems to be one that's on everyone's list: One of the most powerful and versatile trimmers, the Braun Cruzer 6 offers cord and cordless power, adjustable lengths, a click and lock mechanism and stainless steel element for shaping and outlines, Whitely says.
If you're looking for easy cleanup, Whitely recommends the Philips Norelco QT 4070. It has an integrated vacuum system that picks up the cut hair as you trim, It has 18 settings.
If size matters, you might go for the Wahl Peanut Professional Clipper/Trimmer. As the name implies, it's small and light -- 4 inches long and 4 ounces. It's also powerful, says Whitely, especially for its size.
Photograph Courtesy Panasonic
One category of beard trimmers that has gained in popularity is wet/dry. These trimmers can be used at the sink or in the shower and provide just as good a trim.
"This can certainly make cleaning up after your trim a lot easier," says Matt Southerland with Persons of Interest in Brooklyn, New York.
Trimmers in this category include the Panasonic Milano series and the Gillette Fusion Pro Glide Styler.
Men's Journal: Six Beard Trimmers That Give Good Buzz
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Frank Trejo is a longtime journalist and writer, having reported on topics ranging from immigration to crime news and features. His career has primarily been in newspapers, including 22 years at "The Dallas Morning News." Trejo also served as content developer for the University of Texas at Austin's U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project (now VOCES Oral History Project).

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Monifieth Local History Society
Welcome to our History
Virtual Tour of the Old House of Memories at 55 High Street
How to Donate or become a Member
Tell us your stories
Our talks at your venue.
Annual Membership Fees due June 1st
To all our supporters………
We are having great problems with SSE our electricity supplier who are debiting over £200 a month for electricity.
This is having a drain on our bank balance until we get it sorted out.
Could you please pay your membership fee or give a donation as soon as possible.
This can be done by cash at the House of Memories or bank transfer.
You will need the following details for the bank transfer:-
Account name. Monifeith Local History Society
Sort Code. 82-61-13
Account No. 50442286
Posted in information, Society News
President's Report and Request for Support
Friday 11thMay 2018.
President's Report.
After so many years as Society President you would think it would become easy to write a monthly report of the happenings, and concerns involving our group.
This has been the hardest ever report that I have been obliged to write.
April has seen us past the fourteenth year since leasing the premises at 55 High Street, a rather dilapidated and run down empty retail outlet, and with the sole purpose in mind, that it would be a central meeting place for members, to carry out research work associated with their combined interest in the history of the local area. The numerous members worked hard to bring the accommodation up to an acceptable and habitable level, The public at large became interested in our activities and joined in with offers of help, support and finance. it then became apparent, that our talks, website, exhibitions and displays, involvement in community events, was much appreciated, and creating a need for retaining historic related items and memorabilia, within Monifieth. From small beginnings by the acceptance of items to be taken into our care, the House of Memories evolved.
Years have seen it flourish and now it has outgrown the current premises which are totally unsuitable for the extensive services our volunteers provide free of charge. Donations are acceptable.
The 'down side' to this success story being, membership numbers have fallen, most probably due to the ageing process, leaving few able and willing volunteers to carry on what has been so often described by others as doing a fantastic job on behalf of the community'. The "fantastic job", has taken up much of our time, with little left for planning and carrying out the necessary funding raising events to meet the £9000 per annum to finance the House of Memories community project.
The cold harsh winter, inability to meet rising costs to heat the premises, which are in desperate need of external maintenance, brought us to the conclusion, despite the 'willingness of a few committed members the future looked grim.
We were back to the circumstances faced in 2002, looking for appropriate accommodation, but this time with a vast amount of precious artefacts, memorabilia photographs etc in fact the keys to Monifieth's heritage. Recognising this as being an indication for the need for a formal Monifieth Heritage Centre.
As our legal right to do so, on behalf of, and as part of the Monifieth community we made application for an Angus Community Asset Transfer Lease of the former Angus Council Access Office, which is very suitable and appropriate for adaptation to a Heritage Centre. (Disabled parking & Access).
Notice of this transfer request will be published online at www.angus.gov.uk and notices displayed in the vicinity of the former Angus Access office Monifieth.
MLHS lease application has been accepted for consideration, and we will be notified of a decision in due course.
With the granting of a lease, the ambitious project, of a Monifieth Community Heritage Centre management and financing is not within the remit of Monifieth Local History Society, nor the constituted objective, and must be addressed.
Community projects require the involvement of its members, and we as such have done what was necessary to find, and made application for the lease of premises considered suitable to house community property i.e. contents of the House of Memories, for relocation.
A new body; Monifieth Heritage Centre Management Group, must be established by those willing to undertake the responsibility and necessary commitment involved, with representation from Monifieth Local History Society, Schools, Churches, Businesses, Community Council, Local Council, Groups and organisations all together at the table.
MLHS will continue to meet their constituted objectives, and operate from the proposed Heritage Centre.
MLHS have accepted signed declarations of support from hundreds of individuals who respect our work and the services we provide for Monifieth.
Now we must ask them in return to share the responsibility of what between us, as a community, we have created, a local, national and international tourist attraction and information centre, envied by others.
The future of the House of Memories a Heritage Centre lies with the choice of the community, by their actions either to support it or lose it.
Hopefully fourteen years of the time, effort and skills, given willingly and freely by members of Monifieth Local History Society for the benefit of all, will not be wasted.
Please support us in our application by emailing Angus Council place@angus.gov.uk and telling them you support us or how much help/information we have given you.
Any representations made to the Council about this request, or our website
www.monifiethhistorysociety.co.uk
have four weeks allowed for answers.
The response period 7th May—4th June 2018.
Thank you in anticipation.
Margaret Copland. President
Monifieth Teachers
Help needed on some of the teacher's names.
I thought I had more of the Seaview teachers but now coming to post this is all I could find
Teachers of Monifieth Public School 1960-61
This picture was taken during an exchange with U.S.A.
Monifieth teachers Miss Violet Fisher and Maureen Graham were in the U.S.A.
Back Row left to right
Jas Brown (Gym Teacher,Mrs. Agnes Smith (nee Dorward), Mrs Millie Stewart, Miss Sylvester (Music), Miss Dorothy Rattray, Mrs Frances Stewart, Mrs Beryl Low,……….?(Gym Teacher).
Middle Row
Mrs Cummings (Domestic Science), Mrs Lily Cameron, Mrs Caird (Supply Teacher), Mr Anderson, Mr Geoff Law, Miss Constance Rattray, Mr Alexander, Miss Agnes Hutcheson (History Teacher), Marty Orr (Teacher Class IV)
Mr Robertson (Technical), Miss Sandford ( USA Exchange), Mr Bill Brown, Mr Scrimegour (Head Master), Miss Pearson (Infant Mistress), Mr Morton ( Chemistry), Miss Campbell (USA Exchange).
Seaview Teachers
These photograph bring back many happy memories of my time at the old Seaview Primary School in Monifieth.
I vividly remember, (pre-Christmas 1960??), as a special end of term treat, we were shown a cine film of Disneyland in America by Miss Pearson. This must have been filmed by one of the exchange teachers mentioned? I also had the privilege of knowing sisters Dorothy & Constance Rattray.
My Mum, Jean Donaldson (Nee Thomson), knew Mr Scrymgeour from her days at Arbirlot Primary School. (Did he also teach in Arbroath High School?)
Another special character at Seaview during this period, was the Janitor, Mr Munro and Tommy the tortoise.
My father, Stanley Sturrock Donaldson, also taught at the Secondary School in Monifieth during this time.
Thank you for posting these photographs!!
Best wishes, Ronald Stuart Donaldson
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Samuel Bassett French (March 31, 1820 – April 25, 1898) was a Virginia lawyer and bureaucrat, Confederate officer, newspaperman, author and municipal judge.

Early and family life
Born in Norfolk, Virginia, to Rev. John French and his wife, the former Frances ("Fanny") Marsden, Bassett received a private classical education at Norfolk Academy, then graduated from Hampden-Sydney College. He traveled northward in the Shenandoah Valley to read law under Robert Y. Conrad in Winchester, Virginia.

S. Bassett French married Helen Bland Lyle on February 28, 1847 and their children included: Jane Lyle French (1847-1857), Frances (Fanny) Moseley French (b. 1849), Helen Bland French Batte (b. 1851), John Marsden French (1853-1884), Sallie Bassett French Gary (1857-1884), Bassett Charles French (b. 1859), Annie Cooper French Robinson (1860-1881), James Lyle (b/d 1862), Robert Lee(b. 1863) and Cary Brodnax French (b. 1867). At some point French bought "Whitby", the former Goode family plantation in Manchester, Virginia, near the landing where slaves had disembarked for sale in Richmond across the river. Whitby served as a Confederate hospital and was destroyed late in the war.

Career
Admitted to the Virginia bar in 1840, French became a U.S. commissioner in bankruptcy in 1842 and moved to the state capital, where he practiced in Chesterfield County across the James River from Richmond. French served as Chesterfield County's Commonwealth's Attorney (prosecutor) from  1849 until 1852, then began working for the Virginia General Assembly. He was clerk of the Virginia Senate Committee on Properties and Grievances and an assistant clerk in the Virginia House of Delegates.

The University of Virginia library has French's notes of the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861. After Virginia seceded from the union, French served as an aide de camp to Governor John Letcher, and then the Army of Northern Virginia, including returning to Richmond with news of the death of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. He was also on the staff of Governor and General Extra Billy Smith until April 1864, at which time French became a Commercial Agent for Virginia. He surrendered to General Meade at Burkeville on April 13, 1865, and later was active in Confederate veterans' organizations, including as secretary of the Lee Monument Association.
After the war, French wrote for the Richmond Enquirer newspaper and served as personal secretary to former Confederate general turned political boss William Mahone.

French also edited a magazine, The Farmer's Friend, and compiled biographies of approximately 9,000 Virginians, for a planned book tentatively called Annals of Prominent Virginians of the XIX Century.

After a controversial election in which the Chesterfield County vote was thrown out, the Virginia Senate elected French as judge of the Manchester Corporation Court on January 23, 1880, and he served there until his death.

Death and legacy
French died on April 25, 1898. He was buried in Manchester's Maury cemetery, which is now within Richmond's expanded city limits. In 1949 the Library of Virginia published a microform containing his biographical sketches of notable Virginians that French had been editing into a book, and continues to hold them in its collection. The Swem library at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg also has some of French's papers, chiefly correspondence to him concerning those biographies. In 1964, Glenn C. Oldaker compiled and published S. Bassett French's memoirs.

References

1820 births
1898 deaths
Hampden–Sydney College alumni
People of Virginia in the American Civil War
People from Chesterfield County, Virginia
19th-century American politicians
Confederate States Army officers

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We are pleased that the partnership with EA SPORTS was extended. The football simulation FIFA established itself as a part of the sport we all love so much. It offers football fans worldwide a great platform to identify with their clubs.EA SPORTS is an important international partner for us, bringing the BVB brand to living rooms across the world, Our players also enjoy playing FIFA.So everyone is looking forward to experience the new instalment.
Björn Vöcking, Head of Marketing at Electronic Arts, also added:
Borussia Dortmund has been one of the world's top clubs for a long time. The team's achievements in recent years are impressive. With this partnership, EA SPORTS wants to take FIFA another step closer toward linking the real world of football with our game. BVB has been an appealing and valuable partner for several years, and they share our love and passion for football
The relationship comes focusing on the EA SPORTS fan bench which starts with Sunday's home match against Eintracht Braunschweig at Signal Iduna Park which is arranged by SPORTFIVE. A competition is running where two lucky BVB fans will be able to sit on that bench and watch the team in action. You can enter this competition here.
Stefan Heitfeld, SPORTFIVE team manager in Dortmund also stated:
We are pleased that the cooperation between EA SPORTS and Borussia Dortmund will be continued this season.It's great, both for football in general, and especially for the fans.I don't know a single BVB fan who wouldn't want to watch a match live from a bench at the edge of the field
Are you happy that BVB and EA SPORTS's partnership will continue? What other teams would you like to see in an exclusive partnership with EA? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below.
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Q: Stack Overflow-like tagging behavior in Rails I have a new application that contains a Modela called "Campaigns". Each campaign is able to have any number of tags associated with it.
What I am attempting to do is impliment a Stack Overflow-like behavior with these tags.  Namely, that when you create a new campaign, it gives you a text-field that will auto-complete with tags that already exist, and start anew every time you put a space. Additionally, should the tag not exist, it should create a new tag.
This railscast is a step in the right direction, but it only allows for one "tag" at a time.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

A: In the model layer I'd go for a plugin like: https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on.
In the view you want an autocomplete plugin (personally I use this http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/autocomplete). Then either generate a controller for the tags and fetch the autocomplete list remotely or just = them in the page.

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Response to Avakov: Why was detained Interior Minister's son?
Detectives of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) came to the son of the Minister of Internal Affairs this morning to conduct searches in the framework of investigation into the purchase of backpacks by the Ministry in 2014-2015. We recall that the criminal proceedings for procurement of backpacks for Ukrainian servicemen was opened by the Prosecutor General's Office in 2015. In connection with the changes in the legislation, the General Prosecutor's Office of Ukraine (GPO) transferred this case to NABU. The investigation suspects officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in embezzlement of budgetary funds when buying 6,000 backpacks. According to the press service of NABU, back in February 2017 the case of "Avakov's backpacks " was at the final stage of the investigation. The son of the minister, Olexander, is associated with Dniprovend company, which became a monopoly supplier of tactical backpacks.
The bureau itself specified that, in addition to the son of the Minister of the Interior Arsen Avakov, the former deputy of Avakov - Serhiy Chebotar was detained, who is believed to act in the interests of the head of the department, as well as another individual. The detainees are suspected of embezzling 14 million hryvnia. In turn, the Ministry of Internal Affairs believes that in the actions of NABU detectives have political motives. Also, the Ministry believes that the shipment of backpacks was carried out in a timely manner and in full.
"During the entire period of work as Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, unreliable information is disseminated against the minister, his family members and his closest colleagues, aimed at discrediting Arsen Avakov," the department stressed.
The minister himself also declared political pressure. It is worth noting that Serhiy Chebotar was not the first time involved in the scandal. In 2015, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Combating Organized Crime and Corruption insisted on the removal of him from his post and the conduction of an official investigation in connection with the scandal over the supposedly owned estate near Kyiv. Soon Chebotar himself resigned and the government satisfied his statement.
"Avakov was repeatedly warned not to abuse the negotiating procedure when holding tenders (during the negotiation procedure in Ukrainian practice, procurement takes place from one participant, especially if this purchase is stamped "secret ", - Ed.)," yhe interlocutors note.
Another reason is that there were complains about the actions of the minister on Bankova street during the "breakthrough of Saakashvili."
"This is a kind of a response to Avakov because he withdrew himself from the" breakthrough of Saakashvili, "and because of his prolonged protection of Mikhomaidan," the interlocutors note, recognizing that the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, received political points from Saakashvili's breakthrough. It is worth noting that in the morning Arsen Avakov said that police stop the protection of the protesters.
On the sidelines of the parliament, it is also said that this story has a transatlantic trace.
"Kurt Volker, during his visit to Ukraine, warned that it is necessary to seriously engage in the implementation of the Minsk process. And, thus, they are trying to influence the position of the Narodnyi Front political faction," deputies from the coalition and opposition factions state.
Assessing the situation as a whole, 112.ua sources in the coalition believe that another round of struggle between presidential administration and the current Interior Minister Arsen Avakov is under way to control the Ministry of Internal Affairs. However, the interlocutors do not give an unambiguous answer on the question of probability of Minister's resignation after this scandal,. Sources of 112.ua in the Administration of the President assert that this time "the first (the president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, - Ed.) is going to seriously remove Arsen (Avakov, - Ed.)." According to our interlocutors, Bankova Street long ago would like to replace Avakov by an ally of the head of state Victor Korol. At the same time, deputies from coalition factions assume that there will be no consequences for the minister, and his son will be released on bail. However, at the time of writing the article, according to media reports, Olexander Avakov was informed of suspicion, and he continues to be in the building of NABU.
In addition, the situation around Olexander Avakov, according to unofficial information, may be the subject of an emergency meeting of the Security Service. The official reason for the meeting is "recent events in Ukraine, in particular, an explosion on the evening of October 25 near the office of the Espresso TV channel in Kyiv and the murder of Donbas conflict veteran Amina Okuyeva on October 30."
"Everything will depend on the negotiations between Avakov and Poroshenko. If the parties will find a compromise, the son of the minister will be released on bail and the situation will come to an end. If president will choose a power option, the case may end in early elections to the parliament, but so far the probability of such a scenario is 20%," note 112.ua sources in the Presidential Administration.


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Pokémon Go maker Niantic announced today that it has created a Black Developers Initiative (BDI). It will provide access, opportunity, resources, and mentorship to Black game and augmented reality developers.
The announcement is a followup on commitments the company made last summer after unrest in the wake of Minnesota police killing of George Floyd. At that time, Niantic said that it was donating the proceeds toward both diversity-related nonprofits as well as starting its own initiative to help Black game and AR developers.
"During last summer's Black Lives Matter protests for racial justice, I discussed Niantic's commitment to change and how we would take action to continue to be a force for good in the world," said Niantic CEO John Hanke in a blog post. "Those efforts have included supporting our Black and underrepresented minority employees, empowering all employees to combat systemic racism and social injustice, and creating powerful, scalable impact through the culture, ideas, and role models we help to create."
The Pokémon Go Fest 2020 raised $13 million, said Trinidad Hermida, head of diversity and inclusion at Niantic, in an interview with GamesBeat. Roughly $6 million of that money will go toward this initiative.
"We responded to everything that was going on last summer, after the murder of George Floyd, and decided to put action behind our initiatives internally and express externally that we are supportive," Hermida said. "And so we did that by taking our proceeds from our Pokémon Go Fest, which was international. This is our commitment coming full circle."
Hermida said the team didn't want to take its existing developer support initiative and turn that into an initiative for Black developers. Rather, she said the team did its due diligence in creating a strong foundation.
Above: Pokemon Go Fest 2020 took place on July 25 and July 26, 2020.
"We partnered with our community to make sure that this was something that was going to build and create generational wealth for the black developers in this community," she said.
The company has committed to funding and supporting projects from Black developers. Increasing content that represents a more diverse view of the world is critical and central to Niantic's mission to inspire people to explore the world together, Hanke said.
"It's opening the floodgates for Black developers to get on our platform," Hermida said. "But it's not just get on our platform with no accountability, no help, no support. This is going to be an opportunity to really engage in a deeper, more meaningful way and develop this prototype."
The BDI mission is to fund new projects from Black game development teams for the purpose of building game prototypes that can live on the Niantic platform. Selected BDI teams will be provided with funding for five months of development, executive mentorship, and development support from members of the Niantic team. They will also join a growing community of peers and program alumni who they can continue to build relationships beyond the duration of the program. At the end of the five months, development teams will have created a playable prototype and a pitch deck for a real-world augmented reality game.
Niantic is asking all interested Black gaming and AR developers to apply to the Black Developers Initiative. As an extension of its Beyond Reality Initiative, Niantic is already acquainted with working with aspiring game and AR developers. The company has already signed a Black and female-led game studio as part of BDI: Wicked Saints Studio from Oregon.
Hermida said that studio was interesting as it wanted to make a project around building peace.
Another game studio has been identified, but details aren't available on that one yet. Hermida said the company was moving at a deliberate pace.
"We want it to be equitable," Hermida said. "We wanted to do our due diligence and make sure that this is something that we're extremely proud of. And that we're doing it because it's definitely at the heart of Niantic's vision of building a more diverse community, and making sure that the games on our platform represent our players and represent all people."
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Chrzest wiary lub chrzest świadomy – forma chrztu praktykowana w niektórych wyznaniach chrześcijańskich, głównie we wspólnotach tradycji anabaptystycznej (mennonici i amisze) i baptystycznej, przyjęta również później w przez ruch zielonoświątkowy (większość denominacji), Kościoły chrystusowe oraz liczne mniejsze wspólnoty ewangeliczne, a także przez adwentystów i organizację Świadków Jehowy
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Historia
Chrzest osób w wieku świadomym praktykowany był, głównie lub wyłącznie, od czasów apostolskich aż do III wieku, kiedy to wprowadzono w ówczesnym, przedrozłamowym, Kościele powszechnym zwyczaj chrzczenia niemowląt.

Ponownie kwestię chrztu w wieku świadomym podniesiono w czasie reformacji wśród anabaptystów, którzy w 1525 przyjęli taką praktykę. Początkowo chrztu udzielano poprzez polanie głowy, z czasem jednak rozpowszechniła się za sprawą baptystów praktyka chrztu poprzez całkowite zanurzenie w wodzie (z greckiego βαπτίζω [baptízo] – chrzcić, zanurzać, pogrążać).

Założenia doktrynalne i praktyka
Wspólnoty praktykujące chrzest w wieku świadomym uważają, że chrztu powinno się udzielać na wyznanie wiary, którego nie mogą złożyć niemowlęta i małe dzieci. Ponadto w niektórych denominacjach ewangelicznych istotną rolę odgrywa wolność wyznania i sumienia oraz przekonanie, że nikomu nie wolno narzucać religii i jej przyjęcie powinno być osobistą decyzją każdej osoby, dlatego każdy sam musi podjąć decyzję o chrzcie i przystąpieniu do Kościoła. W większości wspólnot praktykujących chrzest świadomy praktykuje się też błogosławieństwo niemowląt.

Przypisy

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Haidong (; Wylie: Haitung) is a prefecture-level city of Qinghai province in Western China. Its name literally means "east of the (Qinghai) Lake." On 8 February 2013 Haidong was upgraded from a prefecture () into a prefecture-level city. Haidong is the third most populous administrative division in Qinghai after Xining and Golmud.

Haidong was historically populated by the Qiang people, although the area has been inhabited as early as 6000 years ago. In 121 BC the area was captured by Huo Qubing, defeating the Xiongnu. In 399 AD the Xianbei founded the state of Nanliang, with its capital in Ledu District.

Geography
Haidong is the easternmost division of Qinghai province. It is bounded by Xining, the provincial capital, to the West, the Datong River Valley to the north, Gansu to the east, and the Yellow River to the south. Mountain ranges tower above the district of which the main valley is the one of the Huang Shui (Tib. Tsong Chu), a major tributary of the Yellow River. This valley stretches from west to east and makes up - together with the area around Xining, the landscape which is called Tsongkha ("Onion Valley") by Tibetans. It has a total area of

Climate

Administrative divisions

Demographics
As of 2005, the total population of Haidong is approximately 1,480,000. It is the most densely populated area of Qinghai, with almost a third of the province's population (its surface makes up only two percent of Qinghai).

Further reading
 A. Gruschke: The Cultural Monuments of Tibet's Outer Provinces: Amdo - Volume 1. The Qinghai Part of Amdo, White Lotus Press, Bangkok 2001.
 Tsering Shakya: The Dragon in the Land of Snows. A History of Modern Tibet Since 1947, London 1999,

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Prefecture-level divisions of Qinghai
Amdo
Cities in Qinghai


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Launched in 2017, the At-Promise Resident Training Program is an initiative of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM) that provides low-income HACM residents with a new pathway to self-sufficiency. The program builds upon the stability of HACM's quality, affordable housing by also offering on-the-job training, life skills development, and post-secondary education that together can transform residents' lives. At-Promise provides motivated residents with the opportunity to overcome barriers that could otherwise keep them locked into a cycle of poverty.
The program starts with an informational session for residents who meet basic qualifications: residency with HACM, personal or professional references, and a preferred 2.3 GPA. From there, 25 applicants participate in interviews with members of HACM's leadership team, and then six individuals are selected to be part of an At-Promise class.
The final six complete a nine-week, paid training course that is geared toward assisting them in developing life skills. These individuals then work up to 20 hours a week for HACM in various positions for up to two years. They also further their education by enrolling in an academic program at a post-secondary educational institution. To help with the cost of education, they receive a $2,000 HACM Scholarship and up to $1,500 in tuition reimbursement per calendar year. In addition to the job skills and educational support, they begin developing a social and professional network that can provide them with support throughout their At-Promise journey and beyond.
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Venture into the mystical and monumental ruins of an ancient civilization, while enjoying a thriving cultural scene. From riverside cafes and trendy nightclubs to lost tombs and crumbling arks, Cambodia is the perfect destination for a dose of the exotic with the eclectic.
Siem Reap is more than just the gateway to Angkor Wat – it is the cultural and lifestyle center of Cambodia, the first pitstop for anyone one their way to explore the offerings of this mystical country. We will drive you down from the airport to the comfort of your hotel where you check in and spend the day relaxing. In the evening, visit the celebrated night market of the city, a great place to not just pick up indigenous textiles and souvenirs, but sample some amazing local street food.
Begin your day early as we take you on an exploration of the ancient citadel of Angkor Thom, the 12th-century capital of the great Khmer empire. The magnificent city makes for an almost surreal trip into the past as one walks through its royal palace and splendid temples. Look out for the east gate, famous not only for its exceptional beauty but for its depiction in the movie Tomb Raider with Angelina Jolie. The beauty and strength of the Khmer Empire is captivating all through the city, surrounded by natural beauty.
Today, we travel to the beautiful Shiva temple outside Siem Reap, Banteay Srei. This prominent 10th-century temple complex has some of the most intricate detailing on the walls, which give it the name of the "The Citadel of Women." As you walk around the complex, ancient myths and legends will come into sight in the form of stunning carvings and figurines. After lunch, visit the intriguing 12th-century Ta Prohm temple – a rustic structure of crumbling walls beneath a behemoth of a tree that spreads its roots right across the walls of the temple. A variety of trees climb over the once forgotten citadel, giving it a mystical quality, right in the lap of nature.
After breakfast, capture one last memory of Cambodia in your heart, before we take you back to the airport for your flight back home.


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How high can your marijuana plants grow?
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The AK 47 strain is perfect for growing outdoors. The plants will flower quickly, somewhere around July. With the flowering time of about eight weeks, the AK 47 strain will be ready to harvest halfway September. You can soon enjoy your homegrown marijuana: whether for medical reasons or for pure enjoyment.
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No grounds for GM coffee, Swiss retailers agree
No GMO coffee for the Swiss Keystone Archive
Non-governmental organisations have welcomed a widespread consensus among Swiss retailers not to import a new genetically modified coffee.
This content was published on May 4, 2002 - 16:12 May 4, 2002 - 16:12
Swissaid and the Bern Declaration, presenting the results of a seven-month campaign, said some of Switzerland's biggest coffee importers - Coop, Migros, Mövenpick, Merkur and Starbucks - shared their concerns about the GM coffee and would not stock it.
But this is no storm in a coffee cup. The two Swiss NGOs say the livelihoods of millions of poor farmers in the developing world are at stake.
Big threat
"Genetically modified crops don't only have environmental implications. They can also have an impact on the daily lives of thousands of coffee farmers," says François Meienberg of the Bern Declaration. "This GM coffee represents a big threat to poor coffee-producing countries like Colombia and Ethiopia."
Their action, which followed a similar campaign by the British development organisation ActionAid, targeted one product in particular, developed by Integrated Coffee Technologies Inc. (ICTI), a Hawaii-based biotechnology firm.
This plant has been engineered so that its natural ripening process has effectively been switched off. The berries only ripen when "reactivated" by a chemical spray. This would make large-scale mechanical harvesting possible.
Labour intensive
Currently, harvesting coffee is a labour intensive exercise. Each berry ripens at a different time and has to be picked by hand. Because of this 70 per cent of all coffee is grown on small farms.
The ICTI innovation threatens to force millions of poor farmers in the developing world out of business and even further into poverty, as they see their only source of income taken away by market forces, the NGOs say.
"We already have a terrible crisis in the coffee market. The price has collapsed and most small farmers can't meet their costs any more," says Bruno Riesen, Swissaid's executive secretary and president of the May Havelaar Foundation.
"The aim of this GM coffee is to cut the costs, increase production and reduce the price even more. Many producers may have no choice but to leave their farms and migrate to the slums in the big cities," he told swissinfo.
Strong signal
The response from the big retailers has been encouraging. The biggest retail chains, Migros and Coop, have backed the campaign, as have coffee shop chains Mövenpick, Merkur and Starbucks. All have stated clearly that they will not sell the ICTI coffee.
"It's a very strong signal to the industry that is working on new seeds that not everything that is possible is good," Riesen says.
The ICTI coffee is not yet on the market, and Swissaid and the Bern Declaration would like it to stay that way. They say consumer power could mean that there is never a place in the Swiss market for such products.
"We hope this message will show to developers and the investors that there is no market for this ripening-controlled coffee," Meienberg says. He adds that he would like to see the retailers adopt a code of conduct that would anticipate the social and environmental implications of new developments.
Coop spokesman Jörg Birnstiel said he did not believe there was any public demand for GM coffee, and that, in any case, the chain had strict guidelines about not stocking GM products if they had social, environmental or ethical implications.
The Swiss headquarters of Starbucks, meanwhile, told swissinfo that it was strongly behind the Swissaid/Bern Declaration initiative, and that it did not intend to stock GM coffee.
In parallel with their campaign, the NGOs have been encouraging people to buy coffee produced by fair trade labels, such as Max Havelaar, which support small producers and allow them to improve their standard of living in a sustainable way.
Swissaid and the Bern Declaration are also calling on major retailers to stock at least one fair trade brand. This is already the case in Migros and Coop, while Merkur says it is about to start stocking Max Havelaar coffee. Starbucks is also in discussions with the fair trade organisation.
The NGOs are not being complacent, however. Despite the strong support from most large retailers, others have remained silent.
Both the low-cost grocery chain, Denner, and Passaggio, the bistro chain which provides the catering for the Swiss Federal Railways, refused to answer letters and e-mails sent by the two aid organisations and by customers.
Meienberg also says that restaurants have been much slower than the supermarket chains in introducing fair trade coffee. With the likes of Merkur, Mövenpick and Starbucks backing the campaign, that may be about to change.
by Roy Probert
Swissaid
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Berne Declaration
Max Havelaar Foundation
Campaign against GMO coffee (pdf, French)
Action Aid on the coffee crisis


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Operation Bagration: The Shocking Story of How Russia Crushed Nazi Germany
December 24, 2017 Topic: History Blog Brand: The Buzz Tags: RussiaGermanyHitlerWorld War IIHistoryMilitary
Some World War II history like no other.
by Robert Beckhusen
The Soviet army's Operation Bagration offensive in June 1944 destroyed their greatest nemesis — Nazi Germany's Army Group Center — and drove hundreds of thousands of Soviet troops and thousands of tanks from east of Minsk into the Third Reich itself.
It was, arguably, the greatest disaster for Germany in World War II, ironically kicking off three years to the day after Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, and resulting in more than 400,000 casualties inflicted on the Reich's already badly-depleted armed forces.
Bagration's outcome showed the success of Soviet deep operations, a military strategy pioneered by a coterie of generals — such as Vladimir Triandafillov and Mikhail Tukhachevsky — in the 1920s and 1930s.
This theory of warfare aimed to send enormous military formations crashing into an enemy's front line in different places, often one after another in waves, with heavily-armored "shock" armies breaking through weak points into an enemy's logistical backbone in the rear. Given the chaos and disruption caused by this strategy, the enemy would not know where the overpowered shock armies would hit.
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That's the simple summary of the Soviet Union's strategy during Bagration. But there are other lessons from the Soviet Union's victory, and Germany's defeat, still worth studying today.
The Soviets overestimated German strength when planning Bagration, believing they faced some 850,000 Germans opposite them. This caused a delay to the offensive as the Soviets amassed more than 1.2 million soldiers and another 400,000 with the 1st Belorussian Front — a detached "left wing" taking part in a separate, but related, upcoming offensive from the south aimed at central Poland.
In reality, the actual, engaged combat strength of Army Group Center was around half of the Soviet estimate, although the estimate of total soldiers in the formation was correct.
But in any case, it was better to have too much than too little, and the Soviet armies found themselves overruning the German divisions, filled with soldiers stunned at the unexpected size and strength of the attack. In total, the Soviets committed more than 4,000 tanks, 34,000 artillery pieces and 4,800 aircraft.
German figures counted 495 tanks, more than 2,500 artillery pieces and 602 aircraft — a shocking number and indicative of the demechanization of the battle-worn German army in the later years of the war.
The Germans underestimated the Soviets. This is partly due to distraction at the highest levels of the Third Reich. A June 1944 Soviet offensive aimed at Finland — which would later knock Finland out of the war — absorbed attention in Berlin.
Most of all, the Western Allies' invasion of Normandy on June 6 set off panic. Axis headquarters often ignored warnings from subordinates in the East regarding Soviet movements, and it wasn't until day three of Bagration that German high command recognized it as a threat.
Soviet maskirovka, or deception, was integral to the success of Bagration. While Army Group Center's command knew an offensive was coming at some point, Soviet troop movements confused the Axis as to its direction, which resulted in reserve Panzer units being in the wrong place at the wrong time when the offensive launched.
The declining strength of the Luftwaffe — a key source of reconnaissance — limited intelligence, as did the increasingly effective measures undertaken in the Soviet rear at rooting out Nazi spies, according to historian David Glantz's 2015 tome When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler. The Soviets also kept down radio chatter, moving orders by courier, inhibiting the Germans from snooping on their plans.
Soviet partisans kept much of Army Group Center's reserves occupied.
The partisans had become a considerable problem for the Germans by 1944, with tens of thousands of paramilitaries operating behind the lines. Just before Bagration launched, the partisans conducted a stunning series of attacks on German-held infrastructure, knocking out "more than a thousand transportation nodes," Glantz wrote, "making German retreat, resupply, and lateral troop movements impossible."
The partisans, combined with the threat of Soviet troops pushing toward Romania and Poland from the south through Ukraine, stretched the German lines thin in Army Group Center's area of operations — opening gaps for Soviet armored breakthroughs. At this point in the war, Germany could not replace its losses. However, the Soviet Union could — and did.
This first appeared in WarIsBoring here.


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A change of plans
February 20th 2015 - Last updated: September 19th 2019
By Darren Turner
Since you heard from me last I've been back to America for the Daytona 24 Hours. It's amazing to race at Daytona; the circuit isn't technical, but it is interesting and it always produces a fun race. The infield is very tight and twisty, but you need to run low downforce, to make the most of the time you spend on the banking, so it can get quite tricky at times. Someone asked me if it was one of the tougher 24-hour races due to the fact that the hours of darkness are much longer in January, but it's so well lit you could do it with your headlights switched off!
We found a really good balance in the car and our pace looked to be competitive so I was hoping to be in with a chance of winning a rather nice watch. Unfortunately one of my team-mates had a spin early on in the race and the clutch was damaged as he rejoined the circuit. This put us behind the wall for a while and took us out of contention for the podium. It was just one of those things, but we got back down to business and managed to get some good information on the upgrades we put on the Vantage GTE over the winter. We completed the race in sixth place in class so I'll just have to go back another year to win that watch…
I wasn't expecting to head back to the US until the Austin round of the FIA World Endurance Championship in September, but I've been called up to drive the #98 Aston Martin Vantage at Sebring, with the same crew from Daytona. I'm very excited about this as Sebring is one of my top three racing circuits in the world (alongside the Nordschleife and Dijon). It's also where Aston Martin Racing took its first win with the DBR9 back in 2005 so I have a lot of good memories.
It's a very old-school, traditional circuit with a lot of character and to get a car to work around there is very tricky due not only to the types of corners the circuit has, but also the bumps. It's a great place to test the reliability of the car from a drivetrain and chassis point of view as well, purely because it's such a hard circuit.
The only downside to my Sebring call-up is that I'll miss out on the 73rd Members Meeting at Goodwood. I was really looking forward to getting my little Turner out! Just like the Vantage GTE, my MK1 Turner has had some winter upgrades so it would have been good to see if those had improved performance [We're expecting another six seconds a lap! Ed]. I was also going to race with David Clark in his Camaro but maybe there will be an opportunity again, some time in future. I love the events at Goodwood. It's a lot of fun on track, but also a very relaxed paddock and a great chance to get up close and personal with some amazing cars from yesteryear. I'll have to wait for the Revival now for my classic racing fix.
My cunning plan to get fit for the start of the season and raise some money for the Born Free Foundation by running the London Marathon has hit the skids as an old injury has reappeared so I can't do enough pavement pounding. I've come up with a genius alternative, though. Later in the summer I plan to try and ride 500kms in 24 hours. In theory I should be able to do it, but we'll have to wait to see if my calculations are correct and my willpower is indeed as strong as it needs to be. It could quite possibly be the last bike ride I do!
You can't have failed to notice Nissan's LMP1 beast, which has just been released. It's great to see another manufacturer joining the LMP1 battle. It feels like we are now in a real golden era of sports car racing and that's really exciting. Like most people I'm intrigued to see how this new concept works. You have to say that Ben Bowlby's Deltawing was very much 'outside the box' so its no surprise that the Nissan is different to the other P1 cars. I look forward to seeing the new car up close on the track at Silverstone in April. But not too close!
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Editor's Note: The hyperlink to the study goes to an archived webpage because the full text version is no longer available on the JAMA website.
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that is widely touted to argue against the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine's association with autism actually provides evidence for a connection. Based on computation from the study results for participants with non-autism spectrum disorder-diagnosed (non-ASD) older siblings, children who received a dose of the MMR vaccine before age five had a risk for ASD diagnosis by age five that was 48% higher than in children who did not in analyses that corrected for certain potential biases.
Where both groups received a dose of MMR vaccine – one largely before the bulk of autism diagnoses were made and one following it – the comparison is less likely to suffer from bias that might affect those involving children never vaccinated with MMR or those who received both recommended doses. Parents might be discouraged from giving a child a second dose of MMR or MMR at all if a child had a negative reaction to the first dose or to a dose of a different vaccine. Similarly, parents of children with autism may be more likely to take seriously concerns about vaccinations' association with autism and more likely to withhold vaccines from their children. These potential biases make studying the timing of MMR vaccination in relation to autism preferable, though the authors of this study did not bother to do this. Nonetheless, the complete data sets from the study are needed to confirm whether the aforementioned association holds when controlling for other variables.
Yet the crude findings are similar to results from a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that was published in the medical journal Pediatrics in 2004 and has also been cited to deny autism's association with MMR. Those findings showed an odds of earlier MMR vaccination that was more than two-fold higher among African-American children with autism spectrum disorders compared to their non-ASD counterparts of the same race. According to study coauthor William Thompson who has come forward as a federal whistleblower, that finding was omitted from the published manuscript in breach of final study protocol. Pediatrics has refused to consider the paper for retraction, even though it should be considered according to the guidelines in publishing ethics that the journal claims to follow. Now what CDC researchers found more than a decade ago seems to only be confirmed by the results of this much larger study published in JAMA.
The troubling history of epidemiological studies used to disprove the MMR causes autism despite finding associations predates even the CDC study. A 2002 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and even larger than the recent JAMA study yielded results from which a 45% increased risk for autism associated with MMR vaccination was computed, despite concluding no connection. The scientist who computed that risk explained why the association was potentially meaningful in a letter to the journal, but the journal never published it. The principle investigator Poul Thorsen (who also found but did not publish results implicating mercury in vaccines in causing autism) of the NEJM study has since become a most-wanted international fugitive who was indicted on fraud charges.
Even after his indictment in 2011, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) included his study as one of just four to support the IOM's position that MMR vaccination does not cause autism. Another IOM-cited study published in the Lancet in 1999 showed a relationship between timing of MMR vaccination and parental concern of child development in a sample of children with autism, according to a slide from an IOM-commissioned epidemiological review.
As the studies used to disprove an association between MMR and autism continue to mount, so too does the evidence favoring a causal relationship. A study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry claiming autism rose as MMR was removed from use in Japan neglected the fact that the rise was correlated to single measles and rubella vaccines routinely given just four weeks apart. Another study published in JAMA in 2001 claimed that MMR vaccination coverage in California rose marginally while autism occurrence exploded, only for other scientists to then point out that the coverage of MMR vaccination given at younger ages also exploded.
How ironic that studies he cited to say there is no link actually found a link, and then his own study would later find the same.
Correction: More information concerning the study results has since come to the attention of Autism Investigated, including the realization that some of the content originally in this post was not accurate. The article has since been updated.
Irony , you have got to love that irony .
The studies that CONCLUDE vaccines dont cause , ARE upon further scrutiny finding that in fact vaccines are the cause of Autism . Come on Craig Newschaffer – care to make a comment here ?
Excuse me , pharma trolls , but LOL here , big old belly laugh , even though the subject is so serious .
What I find so weird is how JAMA was promoting this study with videos within the first weeks of its publication, then suddenly makes the full manuscript, tables and references unavailable through open access while still leaving the videos up. JAMA wants everyone to know of this study's existence and conclusion, but little more than that.
So, Jake, when can we expect to see this rigorous analysis that you have performed published in a peer-reviewed journal?
If not, why should we take you seriously?
Regardless, this is using data from the study itself. So if you're not going to take me seriously, then you shouldn't take the study results seriously either.
The question is regarding your ANALYSIS of that data that you did to form your own conclusion.
Until other experts have examined it, and concluded that the statistical methods were appropriate, all we have is your 'belief'.
No, because I actually link to my calculation within this post. Nobody is stopping you from getting another expert's opinion on it.
Jake, do you know if the studies that Poul Thorsen co-authored were ever subject to scrutiny?
Just to clarify – I meant the same kind of scrutiny as Wakefield's work.
No, they weren't. If they received that level of scrutiny, they'd all be retracted.
Pls, could you post your analysis / data computation on pubpeer? There are too few comments on epidemio studies, people still think these studies are "real deal".
Thanks for the links, will definitely look into it.
The issue of a (potentially) mandatory adult vaccination program is ultimately the white elephant in the room. If those who are pro-vaccine are not going to appear hypocritical with regard to attaining the oft-repeated Herd Immunity 95+% figure, then it is surely required that everyone, inclusive of adult populations, be vaccinated. Yet I think this is their Achilles heel. From what I've seen, a large percentage of those pro-vaccine are basically eugenicist types; social-Darwinists in their mentality. If the needle were pointed back at them I very much doubt that they would feel quite so obliging.
Even when vaccines aren't mandated or for adults, there is still so much of that hypocrisy. A good example is Tony Blair not stating whether his son Leo had the MMR while pushing it for everyone else.
Well yes, and in my opinion Blair exemplifies the eugenicist-type. Speaking of political leaders, this may be a very naive question, but do you think it conceivable – given that the 2004 CDC studies as outlined by Dr Thompson involved African-American boys – that Obama himself might feel personally motivated in seeing the issue reach congress?
…I ask this simply because despite that the Obama administration may as a whole be inextricably linked with the pharmaceuticals companies, one might nonetheless imagine that Obama may feel very taken aback at the notion that his own people have, yet again, been treated with contempt and consequently put in harm's way?
I fear you're right. So perhaps this whole situation has simply to play itself out. I've much appreciated your time here Jake, and won't waste any more of it. I think you're doing a splendid job and that all is not lost with the few brilliant and courageous people like you battling it out head-to-head. I understand that you've felt disillusioned – if that's the right term – by Wakefield lately, but if I may say I think that, despite whatever faults he may have, he seems, given the circumstances, a decent man overall (I've never in my life witnessed such insidious behaviour en-masse than towards this man, how would anybody feel in his shoes?) and is very persuasive in manner. People will listen to him more and more.
'Wo aber Gefahr ist, wächst.
('But where danger is, grows.
PS: The quoted lines are by the profoundly unscientific 18th-19th century mystical poet, Friedrich Holderlin.
Your analysis appears to be based on a misinterpretation of the data. Because Table 2 shows a total of 90 cases of ASD among those unvaccinated at age 4, and a total of 79 at age 5, you erroneously conclude that there were only 11 (90-79) ASD cases among those first vaccinated after age four but before age five. But the 90 only includes those diagnosed with ASD by age 4, whereas the 79 also includes new diagnoses that occurred between ages 4 and 5, so your 11 is an underestimate (indeed, your reasoning would imply a negative number of cases among those first vaccinated between 3 and 4 y). This underestimate would explain your erroneous conclusion about relative risks.
No, your reply does not address the issue. You calculate the supposedly lower risk for those first vaccinated between ages four and five as 11 / 4340. Where do you get 11? Apparently you subtract 79 from 90, as though they were both numbers of cases diagnosed *by age four*. In fact 79 is the number diagnosed *by age five* in the subset, so your calculation is invalid. The number diagnosed by age four would have been lower. If it was, say, 60, which is consistent with the age distribution of diagnosis in the study, that would mean that there were 30 cases, not 11, and your supposed factor of two disappears.
Okay, I see where you're coming from now. I was going by cases that could be directly enumerated from crude calculations from the table. I acknowledged the complete data sets were needed to resolve the issue.
It is not a matter of having a crude approximation. There is absolutely no basis for your claim that "JAMA Study Implicates Early MMR Vaccine in Causing Autism". As you acknowldege, the lower rate of ASD that you claimed for those vaccinated between ages 4 and 5 is an underestimate of the actual rate. In fact, as I explained, we expect it to underestimate the rate by more than a factor of two. So, the claim that this group has a more than two-fold lower rate of ASD is completely baseless.
You have a responsibility to remove this claim and to post a correction that is as prominent as the original unfounded claim.
It appears that you acknowledge that the original claim was unfounded, but are now claiming a 48% difference between a different pair of groups. How did you arrive at this figure? What I expected to be a link to your computation instead goes to the supplementary information for the JAMA article.
You mean you just went to that table and picked the highest number? Even though that number was only corrected for some effects, and correcting for others brings it to approximately 1 (no difference)? Even though it lacks the obviously critical adjustments described in note (c) of Table 2? And you ignore the other column of eTable 3, which, by your reasoning, would mean that vaccination protects against ASD in those with older siblings with ASD?
I picked the number I thought corrected for bias on the safest assumptions. Non-differential misclassification is always biased towards the null, but differential can go either way. I also acknowledged the need to adjust for potential confounding variables. I did not ignore the other column because I was specific about which group the association was found in. There is obviously huge potential for impact of parental biases in the older ASD sibling group.
You decided on logical grounds, rather than by looking at the numbers, that that particular figure was the right one to look at? Your supposed 48% increase can obviously be explained as an artifact of differential outcome misclassification.
You say that you "acknowledged the need to adjust for potential confounding variables", but that hasn't stopped you from using the unadjusted number to claim that the study implicates the vaccine in causing autism. That flawed claim is your headline, whereas the "acknowledgedment" comes late and will hardly be noticed by most readers.
You were happy to include the group with older ASD siblings in your first, flawed analysis, when it seemed to support your conclusion. Where, as in eTable 3, vaccinees would appear to have lower risk, you invoke parental bias to ignore this group. What if the numbers in the two columns of eTable 3 had been reversed? Would you still have dismissed the second column on the grounds of parental bias? No, let's face it: you would have claimed that it implicated the vaccine in causing autism, and kept your headline and post pretty much the same.
You are obviously trying hard to reach a particular conclusion, one that is not supported by the data.
The authors' figures assumed differential would only bias away from the null, and it doesn't. Even if it did bias away from the null, the extent applied to those scenarios are entirely assumed by the authors.
There is such a need, but that particular finding is still implicative of a connection.
Well no because MMR does not prevent autism, so a decreased association would have to be due to some sort of bias.
In other words, you look at a lot of different numbers — different comparisons, different combinations of corrections and adjustments — and any that are less than 1 you dismiss as bias, but any that are greater than 1 you point to as demonstrating that the vaccine causes autism. And you are happy to apply any corrections that move the estimate away from the null, but you reject all corrections that move it toward the null, because, well, you want to reject the null.
I was going by figures where corrections were made based on actual data, not scenarios applied by the authors, and where the association was likely to represent a real relationship between exposure and outcome as opposed to bias caused by parental decision making.
Actually, your new claim is unfounded for another reason. The 1.48 relative risk that you base it on is not statistically significant. How do I know? Because the uncorrected value on which it was based is not statistically significant, and correcting for non-differential misclassification does not decrease the p-value (the confidence interval for the raw estimate of 1.16 includes values less than 1, and these become even smaller with the correction). See, for example, http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/164/1/63.full.pdf .
Thus, there is no basis for the claim that "JAMA Study Implicates Early MMR Vaccine in Causing Autism", and you should remove it, and post a correction.
that IN error in a binary measure X of a binary T reduces the power of tests for the association of T with an outcome Y, and it induces a bias toward the null in common 2 3 2 table association measures (1, 2), apart from a few special cases in which no bias occurs (3)." -MMR being the binary exposure and ASD diagnosis being the binary outcome.
So the corrected RR estimate will have the same distribution of values where the probability of getting a different value due to chance is less than 95%, and the RR estimate is high enough that those values will not include 1.
The necessary correction has already been made.
No, it is definetely not statistically significant. I understand exactly how the non-differntial misclassification correction works, and I can assure you of this.
The paper to which I provided a link is about precisely this type of case. Its title "Accounting for Independent Nondifferential Misclassification Does Not Increase Certainty that an Observed Association Is in the Correct Direction", summarizes the relevant point. The uncorrected number, 1.16, is not statistically significant, and corrections for non-differential misclassification do not increase our certainty that it is greater than 1, that is, it remains statistically non-significant. As they say, "statistical adjustment for misclassification does not reduce the p value even though the adjusted point estimate moves away from the null". In other words, that 1.48 that you like is no more statistically significant than the uncorrected 1.16.
This is easy to see if you think about it. This correction always moves numbers away from 1. We don't know that the uncorrected ratio is greater than 1, so we don't know that the corrected ratio is greater than 1. If the true uncorrected ratio is 1 (or lower), then the true corrected ratio is 1 (or lower), and the confidence interval allows this possibility.
Of course non-differential misclassification reduces power. That's the point, really. Correcting for non-differential misclassification does not magically restore this lost power. It is not clear what that statement in the supplementary information is intended to mean, but it doesn't matter. Whatever they are trying to say, it is a fact that the confidence interval for 1.48 necessarily includes 1.
If you still don't see it, I'm sure you have access to a good statistician who can clarify it. Meanwhile, the claim in your headline rests on a number that is not statistically significant, so it is baseless and should be removed.
The authors are saying the confidence interval carries the same imprecision as the one for the uncorrected estimate, meaning that the distribution of values that define the confidence limits are the same around the point estimate. So by the authors' logic, the confidence limits around the corrected estimate do not include 1, and you're saying what they said is wrong. So either you're wrong, or what the authors said was wrong.
It is not clear what the authors are trying to say. If they meant what you suggest, then they are simply wrong, without question.
* If adjusted frequencies are rounded off.
No, your calculation is incorrect. It makes exactly the error that that paper warns against. It in effect ignores the fact that, as you recognize, misclassification reduces power. You have calculated what the confidence interval would be in the absence of misclassification if a 1.48 ratio had actually been observed.
A correct confidence interval would be obtained by applying the correction to the end-points of the uncorrected confidence interval. Since the uncorrected confidence interval includes values less than one, the corrected confidence interval contains values even lower than one.
I despair of convincing you of this since you are strongly motivated not to see it. Again, I suggest speaking to a statistician. The fact remains that this result is not statistically significant, and your big claim is unfounded.
That supports my original point – rather than finding a true non-association, the results could have also been due to a misclassification bias that masked a positive association as the authors acknowledge.
Using math to combat science has a certain pang of disgust that only the thinking mind can comprehend.
I think Yogi Berra was referring to people who are too obsessed with baseball stats to enjoy the game of baseball.
You can't really get away from stats, however, when involved in epidemiological research…or in lying about it.
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