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In early January of 2013, Manuel Pena, a venture capitalist, was attending a presentation conducted by two brothers- Dr. Adya Bharat and Dr. Sidhu Bharat- in New York City. Mannuel had been invited to the meeting by Sydney Smithers, a friend of his who knew he'd been actively looking for small businesses in which to invest. Sydney, a fellow Canadian, owned two businesses: one was a nursing home and the other, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), sold medical supplies for elderly people, including such items as walkers, canes, and special toilet seats. Sydney and the Bharat brothers were hoping Manuel would agree to invest $100,000 in their business proposition.
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We were paying an agency a monthly fee to send a nurse around once a week, but we got worried when we'd talk to them. They seemed to be becoming ever more depressed. I went home and discovered that we weren't getting the medical care we thought we were paying for—the so-called nurse was just doing housekeeping. This is a common problem in India: you don't get what you think you're paying for.
"Six months ago I started our business in Pune, and began by serving our parents. I hired a registered nurse who visits our parents once a week—she takes them for walks, talks to them, and provides therapy. She also takes them to see their respective doctors every month." "I used to dread talking to my parents," Sidhu added. "They seemed really unhappy. But now when we talk to them we can tell they're in good spirits, and we know their medical needs are being met."
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Pope Francis Says EU Leaders Must Welcome Refugees, Despite Security Concerns
CP World | Monday, January 11, 2016
By Katherine Weber, Christian Post Reporter
A rubber dinghy with 104 sub-Saharan Africans on board waiting to be rescued by the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station is seen some 25 miles off the Libyan coast in this handout photo provided by MOAS October 4, 2014. MOAS, a privately-funded humanitarian initiative, began operating at the end of August and has assisted in the rescue of some 2,200 migrants crossing from Libyan shores towards Europe. | (Photo: Reuters/MOAS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/Handout)
World leaders need to continue their compassion toward migrants despite concerns of national security, Pope Francis said Monday.
Speaking in his annual address to the diplomatic corps of the Holy See, Francis argued it's possible for European countries to accept migrants without sacrificing their national security or culture, saying that global leaders must "overcome the inevitable fears associated with this massive and formidable phenomenon."
The pope went on to argue that the recent, massive influx of migrants from primarily Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq to European countries "seems to be undermining the foundations of that 'humanistic spirit' which Europe has always loved and defended."
The pontiff is likely referencing recent concerns brought by the European Union regarding the massive influx of migrants to European countries and the possible affect of this inflow on the security of member nations.
Anti-migrant sentiment has been growing among European civilians as well, with thousands of Germans gathering in Dresden in recent months for anti-migrant protests, as well as Italian citizens in Treviso burning mattresses and televisions meant for newly-arrived immigrant families.
Supporters of anti-immigration right-wing movement PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West) take part in in demonstration rally, in reaction to mass assaults on women on New Year's Eve, in Cologne, Germany, January 9, 2016. | (Photo: Reuters/Wolfgang Rattay)
In his address, which is delivered every January from the Vatican, the pope suggested that European leaders must find "the right balance between its two-fold moral responsibility to protect the rights of its citizens and to ensure assistance and acceptance to migrants."
Pope Francis also warned that European countries must not allow preconceived notions regarding religious fundamentalism to breed a culture of "fear" against foreign migrants.
"Extremism and fundamentalism find fertile soil not only in the exploitation of religion for purposes of power, but also in the vacuum of ideals and the loss of identity — including religious identity — which dramatically marks the so-called West. This vacuum gives rise to the fear which leads to seeing the other as a threat and an enemy, to closed-mindedness and intransigence in defending preconceived notions," the pope told the diplomats.
Taking an optimistic turn, Francis suggested that the arrival of immigrants can "prove a good opportunity for new understanding and broader horizons, both on the part of those accepted, who have the responsibility to respect the values, traditions and laws of the community which takes them in, and on the part of the latter, who are called to acknowledge the beneficial contribution which each immigrant can make to the whole community."
The pope's comments come shortly after numerous reports of sexual assault on German women in Cologne on New Year's Eve.
Cologne police have now arrested 32 men of Northern African and Middle Eastern origin who have been accused of carrying out a massive, coordinated New Year's Eve attack at Cologne's main train station, where they reportedly carried out sexual assaults against female civilians as well as robberies.
Police report that of 379 complaints in Cologne on New Year's Eve, 40 percent of them were related to sexual assaults. Similar attacks were also reported in Hamburg and Stuttgart.
According to CNN, of the 32 men arrested for their involvement in the attacks, 18 have been identified as recently entering Germany on immigrant asylum.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has received criticism for her migrant policy, condemned the New Year's Eve attacks as "disgusting, criminal acts."
Migrants from Syria sit in their tent in a refugee camp in Celle, Lower-Saxony, Germany, October 15, 2015. With the approach of winter, authorities are scrambling to find warm places to stay for the thousands of refugees streaming into Germany every day. In desperation, they have turned to sports halls, youth hostels and empty office buildings. But as these options dry up, tent cities have become the fall-back plan: despite falling temperatures, a survey by German newspaper Die Welt showed at least 42,000 refugees were still living in tents. | (Photo: Reuters/Fabian Bimmer)
ISIS Holds 227 Assyrian Christians Hostage as World Watches Genocidal 'Ethno-Religious Cleansing in the Middle East,' Says Relief Worker
Migrant Crisis Has Reached 'Biblical Proportions' With Millions of Refugees Overwhelming Europe, UK Leader Warns
Franklin Graham: Refugee Mass Sex Attacks on Women Could Happen in America
Two Iraqi Refugees Living in US Charged With Aiding ISIS
'Rapefugees Not Welcome:' Mass Protests Flare in Germany Over Gang Sex Assaults
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Project risk management planning is something that managers of many organizations believe to be important but often fail to actually implement. Implementing a risk management process within an organization or for a specific project is considered by many to be too costly and too time consuming and does not produce the value to justify the effort. Risk is therefore ignored until something unfortunate occurs.
When a risk event occurs the reaction is, in many cases, a series of heroic acts or desperate measures to get the project or the organization back on track. This lack of a risk plan and the risk reaction process is generally very costly, and many of the lessons learned during the recovery are not documented due to the fast pace at which the risk containment team operates.
This course provides a means for developing a strategy that will equip project teams and business managers with tools and techniques to prepare them for a wide variety of potential risks. The goal is to make project teams risk-aware and "contingency prepped." This is an interactive and hands-on seminar focused on the application of practical tools that can be readily utilized by project teams as well as business managers.
This workshop focuses on the key elements of risk management, why proactive risk management is critical for project success, and how to implement a positive approach to identifying and managing risks. The main focus of the workshop is to provide project leaders with the skills and ability to encourage project team members to view risk management as a positive and important part of project planning. The workshop includes discussion and dialog among participants and introduces techniques for managing risk through hands on exercises, group activities and a unique and highly interactive Project Risk Game. This workshop includes a review of basic risk management terminology as described in the PMBOK® Guide and provides techniques for practical effective risk management on most projects. Included in the workshop is a review of the relationship of disaster recovery and business continuity to risk management and actions and suggested approaches for enhancing existing plans or initiating a Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity (DRBC) effort.


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package org.mifos.security.rolesandpermission.utils;

import org.mifos.application.master.business.LookUpValueEntity;
import org.mifos.application.master.business.MifosLookUpEntity;
import org.mifos.application.master.persistence.MasterPersistence;
import org.mifos.framework.exceptions.PersistenceException;
import org.mifos.security.rolesandpermission.business.ActivityEntity;
import org.mifos.security.rolesandpermission.persistence.RolesPermissionsPersistence;

public class ActivityTestUtil {
    /**
     * This method creates a new activity entity with a given activity id
     *
     * @return activityEntity {@link ActivityEntity}
     * @throws PersistenceException
     */
    public static ActivityEntity insertActivityForTest(short activityId) throws PersistenceException {
        RolesPermissionsPersistence rpp = new RolesPermissionsPersistence();
        LookUpValueEntity anLookUp = new LookUpValueEntity();
        MasterPersistence mp = new MasterPersistence();
        MifosLookUpEntity lookUpEntity = (MifosLookUpEntity) mp.getPersistentObject(MifosLookUpEntity.class, Short
                .valueOf((short) MifosLookUpEntity.ACTIVITY));
        anLookUp.setLookUpEntity(lookUpEntity);
        ActivityEntity parent = (ActivityEntity) mp.getPersistentObject(ActivityEntity.class, (short) 13);
        ActivityEntity activityEntity = new ActivityEntity(activityId, parent, anLookUp);
        rpp.createOrUpdate(anLookUp);
        rpp.createOrUpdate(activityEntity);
        return activityEntity;
    }

    /**
     * This method delete a given activity entity
     */
    public static void deleteActivityForTest(ActivityEntity activityEntity) throws PersistenceException {
        RolesPermissionsPersistence rpp = new RolesPermissionsPersistence();
        rpp.getSession().clear();
        LookUpValueEntity anLookUp = activityEntity.getActivityNameLookupValues();
        rpp.delete(activityEntity);
        rpp.delete(anLookUp);
    }

}

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Iraq to oppose U.S. travel curbs, keen to work together against Islamic State | Reuters
World Reuters Jan 29, 2017 22:00:07 IST
By Maher Chmaytelli, Isabel Coles and Ahmed Rasheed
| BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq
BAGHDAD/MOSUL, Iraq Iraq will lobby against new travel limits to the United States by Iraqis, arguing both countries need to uphold their fight against Islamic State (IS), Iraqi parliamentarians said on Sunday.The Iraqi government has so far declined comment on an executive order signed by new U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday that suspends the entry of travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for at least 90 days {nL1N1FH1XY].The order stirred angry reactions in Iraq, where more than 5,000 U.S. troops are deployed to help Iraqi and regional Kurdish forces in the war against IS insurgents. Some members of parliament said Iraq should retaliate with similar measures against the United States."Iraq is in the front line of the war on terrorism ... and it is unfair that the Iraqis are treated in this way," parliament's foreign affairs committee said in a statement."We call on the Iraqi government to retaliate for the decision taken by the U.S. administration," it added after a session on Sunday in Baghdad.Baghdad plans to lobby Washington to review the decision, according to two lawmakers who declined to be identified. One of them told Reuters that the government will "explain that Iraq as a sovereign country will be forced to apply similar treatment, and that would affect negatively cooperation, including military cooperation", in the conflict with IS.Popular Mobilization, a coalition of mainly Shi'ite Muslim paramilitary groups armed and trained by Iran to fight Islamic State, urged Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's government to expel U.S. nationals.
Influential Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Sunday American citizens should leave Iraq. "It would be arrogance for you (Americans) to enter Iraq and other countries freely while barring them entrance to your country ... and therefore you should get your nationals out," he said on his website. CRITICAL U.S. SUPPORT AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE
The U.S.-led coalition is providing critical air and ground support to Iraqi forces in the ongoing battle to wrest Mosul, the largest city in northern Iraq, from Islamic State.
Mosul is the last major Iraqi city still under the control of Islamic State, the ultra-hardline Sunni group that declared a self-styled "caliphate" over parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014.The government announced on Tuesday that Iraqi forces had recaptured all of Mosul east of the Tigris River that splits the city, and were girding for an onslaught on the jihadists on the western bank.Meanwhile, an Iraqi who worked four years as a translator for U.S. forces in the hope of obtaining a Special Immigration Visa (SIV) felt betrayed by the Trump administration's decision and said he now feared for his life.The man said he was hired by U.S. forces after he tipped them off about a house where insurgents were making car bombs in Mosul. He said that while employed by the Americans, he saved the life of a serviceman after U.S. troops came under militant attack in Mosul. "My life is (now) in danger," said the translator, who spoke in eastern Mosul and asked not to be identified or photographed. He told Reuters he used to consider the Americans to be "brothers but I don't trust those guys anymore".
He added that bureaucratic and personal problems delayed his applications to the U.S. Special Immigrant Visa program designed for those employed by the U.S. military and U.S. civilian agencies until their withdrawal from Iraq in 2011. "Please, please, please get me out of this country," he said."There are currently fewer than 500 Iraqis in the SIV pipeline," said a State Department official. Overall, "more than 20,000 Iraqis have received immigrations benefits" from this program, he added. Among the Iraqis barred from traveling to the U.S. over the past 48 hours was Fuad Sharef's family, who embarked on the trip after selling their home and quitting their jobs and their school.The parents and their three children were barred on Saturday from boarding a connecting flight in Cairo to New York.Speaking by phone from Cairo airport, Sharef said the family was still in shock for having been detained there, their passports confiscated and being forced to go back to Iraq. (With assistance by Arwa Gaballa and Eric Knecht in Cairo; Editing by Tom Heneghan)
1Iraq to oppose U.S. travel curbs, keen to work together against Islamic State | Reuters


In Ankara, visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany yesterday met with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Afterwards, asked by reporters about a possible agreement with the International Monetary Fund, Erdogan denied claims that Turkey had asked for $26 million in credits but would get only $19 million. "Right now we're negotiating with the IMF," he added. "We haven't agreed on the principles yet. The amount of credits is the simplest side of the issue."


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Starting lineup for Saturday's Xfinity race at Talladega
By Dustin LongJun 18, 2020, 7:53 PM EDT
Justin Haley will lead the field to the green flag in Saturday's Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway after a random draw.
Haley will be joined on the front row by Michael Annett.
Ryan Sieg will start third and be followed by Chase Briscoe and Noah Gragson. Briscoe has won the most series races with three. He claimed the victory last Sunday at Miami.
Click here for Xfinity starting lineup
The starting lineup was determined through a random draw of the following groups:
Positions 1-12: The first 12 NXS Teams based on the Adverse Conditions Line Up Eligibility will be assigned starting positions 1st – 12th using a random draw.
Positions 13-24: The next 12 NXS Teams based on the Adverse Conditions Line Up eligibility will be assigned starting positions 12th- 24th using a random draw.
Starting positions 25-36: The next 12 NXS Teams based on the Adverse Conditions Line Up eligibility will be assigned starting positions 25th -36th using a random draw.
Any vehicles that are eligible for the Event in position 37th – 40th will be assigned starting positions based on their order of eligibility.
NASCAR Xfinity Series at Talladega
Race Time: 5:30 p.m. ET Saturday
Track: Talladega Superspeedway; Talladega, Alabama (2.66-mile speedway)
Length: 113 laps, 300.58 miles
Stages: Stage 1 ends on Lap 25. Stage 2 ends on Lap 50.
TV coverage: FS1
Radio: Motor Racing Network (also SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Streaming: Fox Sports app (subscription required); mrn.com and SiriusXM for audio (subscription required)
Next Cup race: Sunday at Talladega (188 laps, 500 miles), 3 p.m. ET on Fox
Next Truck Series race: June 27 at Pocono (60 laps, 150 miles), 12:30 p.m. ET on FS1


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L'enosuco (gen. Enosuchus ) è un tetrapode estinto, appartenente ai seymouriamorfi. Visse nel Permiano superiore (circa 258-255 milioni di anni fa) e i suoi resti fossili sono stati ritrovati in Russia.

Descrizione
I fossili di questo animale sono piuttosto frammentari e incompleti, ma dal confronto con altri animali piuttosto simili e meglio conosciuti (Kotlassia, Karpinskiosaurus) si pensa che Enosuchus potesse avere l'aspetto vagamente simile a quello di un'odierna salamandra. Il capo era relativamente grosso e dal muso breve, e le zampe dovevano essere corte e piuttosto deboli. Enosuchus si distingueva da altri seymouriamorfi per l'intensa osteogenesi delle ossa dermiche ed endocraniche, per l'ornamentazione superficiale ben sviluppata, per l'assenza di ossa intertemporali, per la regione interorbitale espansa e per l'osso quadrato molto massiccio.

Classificazione
La specie tipo Enosuchus breviceps venne descritta per la prima volta da Konzhukova nel 1955, sulla base di un cranio parziale rinvenuto lungo la sponda sinistra del fiume Ulema (un affluente del fiume Sviaga) nei pressi del villaggio di Isheevo-Nikiforovo (Tatarstan, Russia europea). Altri fossili sono stati in seguito attribuiti a Enosuchus, e sono stati ritrovati nella regione di Orenburg. Un'altra specie, E. alveolatus, è stata descritta nel 2018 sulla base di fossili frammentari provenienti dalla Russia europea.

Enosuchus è un rappresentante dei seymouriamorfi, un gruppo di tetrapodi dalle affinità incerte ma probabilmente appartenenti ai rettiliomorfi. In particolare, Enosuchus sembrerebbe essere stato una forma basale, forse affine a Kotlassia e a Karpinskiosaurus, sempre provenienti dalla Russia.

Bibliografia
E. C. Olson. 1957. Catalogue of Localities of Permian and Triassic Terrestrial Vertebrates of the Territiories of the USSR. Journal of Geology 65(2):196-226
R. L. Carroll, O. Kuhn, and L. P. Tatarinov. 1972. Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 5 / Part 5 Batrachosauria (Anthracosauria) Teil B / Part B Gephyrostegida-Chroniosuchida. 1-81
Y. M. Gubin. 1989. Concerning the systematic position of the labyrinthodonts from the Malaya Kinel' locality, Orenburg Oblast [O sistematicheskom polozhenii labirintodontov iz mestonakhozhdeniya Malaya Kinel' (Orenburgskaya oblast').] . Paleontologicheskiy Zhurnal, Moscow 3:116-120
V. V. Bulanov & V. K. Golubev (2018) New Data on Enosuchid Anthracosauromorphs (Amphibia) of the Middle-Late Permian of European Russia: Part 1. Morphology of Enosuchus breviceps Konzhukova, 1955. Paleontological Journal 52(12): 1419â1427 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118120080
V. V. Bulanov & V. K. Golubev (2018) New Data on Enosuchid Anthracosauromorphs (Amphibia) of the Middle-Late Permian of European Russia: Part 2. New Taxa of Enosuchidae. Paleontological Journal 52(13): 1623â1632Â DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030118130038

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Q: Decomposition of semisimple Lie groups (lie algebras) into direct products (direct sums) and the correspondence. Let $G$ be a semisimple Lie group and $Lie(G)$ be its Lie algebra. I guess the following proposition should be true by the theory of smooth manifolds (Let me know if not):
(1) If $G \cong G_1\times \cdots \times G_n$ ($\cong$ means isomorphic as Lie groups), then
$$Lie(G)=Lie(G_1)\oplus \cdots \oplus Lie(G_n).$$
But I am not sure if the following converse is also true:
(2) If $Lie(G)=\mathfrak{g_1} \oplus \cdots \oplus \mathfrak{g_n}$, then there exists Lie groups $G_1,\cdots G_n$, with $Lie(G_i)=\mathfrak{g_i},\forall i$, such that (as isomorphism of Lie groups)
$$G \cong G_1\times \cdots \times G_n.$$
I have noticed that
If the Lie algebra is a direct sum, then the Lie group is a direct product?
But here I am not assuming $G$ to be simply connected

A: No, in the non-simply connected case this is not true, and the fundamental group is exactly the obstruction. If $\text{Lie}(G) = \mathfrak{g}_1 \times \dots \times \mathfrak{g}_n$ and for each index $i$ we take $G_i$ to be the simply connected Lie group with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{g}_i$, then $G_1 \times \dots \times G_n$ is necessarily the universal cover of $G$, so there's a covering map
$$G_1 \times \dots \times G_n \to G$$
and it's an isomorphism iff $G$ is simply connected.
In the non-simply connected case here is the kind of thing that can go wrong. Let $G = SO(4)$. Its Lie algebra satisfies $\mathfrak{so}(4) \cong \mathfrak{su}(2) \times \mathfrak{su}(2)$ so its universal cover is $SU(2) \times SU(2)$, but the covering map
$$SU(2) \times SU(2) \to SO(4)$$
is nontrivial, and in fact has diagonal kernel $(-1, -1)$. The Lie groups with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{so}(4)$ which can be expressed as a nontrivial product must be expressible as a nontrivial product of two Lie groups with Lie algebra $\mathfrak{su}(2)$, so the possibilities are $SU(2) \times SU(2), SO(3) \times SU(2), SU(2) \times SO(3), SO(3) \times SO(3)$ and $SO(4)$ is none of these (this can be seen by inspecting the kernels of the corresponding covering maps).

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Coeliacs are required to follow a gluten-free food diet – but do they need to follow a gluten-free skincare 'diet' too? Over fifty years after the blame for coeliac disease was pinned on gluten, this question remains unanswered. In the absence of research on the issue, the coeliac consumer remains reliant on the informed opinion of experts and coeliac societies.
However, anecdotal reports from coeliacs who've used gluten-containing cosmetics and reacted adversely are commonplace.
This is typical of what many coeliacs experience, as countless online discussions will testify: some react adversely to cosmetics they assumed were safe, only to find on closer investigation they contained derivatives of gluten grains.
Although barley (hordeum vulgare) is occasionally used in skincare, and rye (secale cereale) is rare, the use of wheat and oat derivatives is widespread.
Oat (avena sativa) contains skin-soothing compounds, and its derivatives are found in bath soaks, and products for eczema and psoriasis. It also turns up in soap bars and as an exfoliating agent in face and body scrubs.
• 'Wheatgerm oil' – an emollient, rich in vitamin E. It's found in moisturisers, anti-ageing products, body oils and lipsticks – such as those by Youngblood. 'Tocopherol' may indicate wheatgerm oil.
• 'Wheat starch' – a volumiser, found in make-up.
• 'Hydrolyzed wheat starch' – starch which has been broken down into simpler carbohydrate molecules, and used as a skin conditioner and to add viscosity, and is found mostly in haircare products (eg shampoo, hairspray, gels and dyes).
• 'Wheat bran' – "the broken coat material of grains of wheat", as EWG's Cosmetics Database describes it, is used as an exfoliating or bulking agent. Its 'extracts' or 'lipids' may be used in haircare products.
Although the above 'wheat variations' may carry more or fewer traces of gluten, it is the gluten proteins that challenge the immune system.
• 'Wheat amino acids' – formed by hydrolysis and complete breakdown of wheat protein into its constituent amino acids. Typically, they are found in hair products (eg John Masters Organics), as their small size means they penetrate hair follicles easily. Because they attract moisture, they improve flexibility, manageability and condition. As simple molecules, pure amino acids cannot trigger immune reactions.
• 'Hydrolyzed wheat protein' (HWP) – the major wheat-derived ingredient encountered in cosmetics, although it can appear under several guises / synonyms, such as 'wheat hydrolysate', 'enzyme-modified gluten', 'wheat peptides' and other variations.
HWP conditions the skin and hair, and is used in shampoos, conditioners, anti-ageing products, face powders and styling gels. It is valuable in hair-repairing products as the peptides it contains bond effectively with chemical-damaged hair follicles. It gives the illusion of thicker hair, and tackles split ends.
HWP is formed from hydrolysis of proteins to peptides, which structurally fall between complex proteins and simple amino acids.
Interestingly, there is evidence that HWP can trigger IgE-mediated allergies, because hydrolysing exposes new parts of wheat protein's molecules, normally 'buried' inside their complex structures, which trigger the reactions – even when there is no reaction to whole or 'underleased' protein.
A 2006 French report described cases of nine women reacting in this way, six of whom also reacted to HWP in processed food products. None reacted to ordinary wheat products in the diet (ie bread, pastas).
A further report described cases of HWP-induced nettle rash, and speculated that dermatological sensitisation to HWP could eventually progress to dietary sensitisation, and even anaphylaxis – see this report.
What does this mean for coeliacs?
Perhaps nothing. In fact, a study has suggested that dietary hydrolyzed wheat is actually tolerated by coeliacs. And besides, the reactions to HWP described in the French reports were IgE allergies – distinct from autoimmune diseases such as coeliac.
Without industry standards or gluten-specific labelling regulations, the consumer is rarely assured that a product, or any wheat- or oat-derived ingredient it contains, is gluten free.
The word 'gluten' is unlikely to appear on a label at all, and when it does it can be a red herring: the expression 'corn gluten' (or 'zea mays gluten') is seen on American products, such as NYC's face powder, stocked in Superdrug – a potential 'false alarm' to UK coeliacs unused to seeing coeliac-safe corn protein referred to in this way.
Occasionally, gluten derivatives may be present when no grain is mentioned: for example, 'amino peptide complex' and 'phytophingosine extract' are barley derived, and 'beta glucan' oat derived, but this may not be declared.
These problems were highlighted in October 2011 with the presentation of a study from researchers at George Washington University. Drs Marie Borum and Pia Prakash looked at the availability of gluten-related information on products by the top ten US cosmetic firms, and found only two offered detailed ingredient information at their websites. Independent websites carried information for five, and no information could be found for four. The researchers called this 'alarming', observing that while smaller companies may make a point of their gluten-free status, not one of the ten offered any declared gluten-free options.
In Europe, change may be afoot. The German Coeliac Society (DZG) have set standards for gluten-free cosmetics: any not containing gluten-grain derivatives are passed, but products using ingredients sourced from gluten grains must be submitted for chemical analysis, and can only be deemed gluten-free if meeting the food equivalent threshold (ie 20ppm of gluten maximum). Dr Hauschka recently applied for evalution, and all but a handful of their products received recognised gluten-free status.
Can 'cosmetic gluten' enter the body?
Currently, it is impossible to know how much gluten may be in an ingredient or product, and although we cannot rule out trace gluten in ingredients that should be free of it, such as wheatgerm oil or hydrolyzed wheat starch, the likeliest source of more appreciable levels in skincare seems to be via unfragmented remnants in HWP. Can this gluten cause a problem when applied to skin?
Dr Michel Lauriere, of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique in Grignon, France, who was involved in the study on the allergenicity of HWP, says the quantity of hydrolyzed proteins applied to skin through cosmetics are small, and the fraction of polypeptides crossing the skin barrier will also be small. He speculates 'very sensitive' patients may 'experience some discomfort' after repeated applications.
Curiously, 'neat gluten' appears rare in cosmetics. Unqualified expressions such as 'wheat protein' (or 'triticum vulgare gluten'), suggesting gluten in an unprocessed and potentially riskier state, are infrequently found – although Paul Mitchell's Lite Detangler, for example, includes it.
If not gluten … ?
We cannot rule out that gluten applied to the skin of coeliacs can cause symptoms by mechanisms unknown. But other possibilities to account for reactions appear more likely.
If you react to skincare products containing HWP, an IgE-mediated reaction, as described in Lauriere's study, is possible. Coeliacs are just as likely as non-coeliacs to be prone to allergic reactions.
Alternatively you may be reacting to non-gluten / non-wheat ingredients. We know reactions to many substances – other food allergens, preservatives, fragrances – are relatively common, and these are described in my article on allergic and irritant contact dermatitis and cosmetics. Patch tests can identify problem ingredient(s). Skin pricks may identify other allergens.
Psychological reasons are also a possibility. We know stress exacerbates symptoms of eczema, that there are psychological components to chronic urticaria, and that skin symptoms can be somatised. Think of blushing, and of itchiness when you think of itching. It's not implausible that, say, feeling trepidation towards using a wheat-containing product could, in some individuals, manifest in a physical response.
But lipsticks and balms are the biggest concern. "If you use a lipstick containing ingredients derived from gluten, it's unlikely you'd swallow enough to cause a problem," is the view of Coeliac UK's head of diet Norma McGough, but the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness is more wary, and advises avoidance of such lipcare products.
• one with a higher-risk ingredient (eg HWP) on a higher-risk part (eg lips, eyes).
Ultimately, where you draw the line remains a personal decision based on your sensitivity and experience. But if you've been using certain potentially gluten-containing cosmetics for some time, with no symptoms, and your specialists are happy with your blood tests – there is no clear need to look for alternatives.
Some basic precautions appear wise, though. Avoid applying products to broken or inflamed skin, and if you use a lot of lipcare, it's perhaps advisable to stick to gluten-free ones.
For some coeliacs, none of the arguments will matter: for them, a gluten-free household is paramount, and on this basis they will choose absolute avoidance.
For a listing of cosmetic ranges which are gluten free (GF) and free-from other key food allergens, such as dairy, nuts, peanuts and sesame, see our ever-growing FreeFrom Food Allergen Directory in the Links section of SkinsMatter.
First published November 2011. Updated February 2017.


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Q: How to lag a value by one month, when each month has different number of observations? I have a data set for multiple Dates. I want to lag the value of Cells by one month. I probably cannot use shift() because each month has different number of days (not to mention there are also some missing dates).
What I do is create a new data table with the unique Year and Month, shift/lag the Cells, and then merge it with the original data table (being careful not to have duplicate columns).
This is not efficient, obviously. Is there an other way to do it?
sapply(c('data.table', 'lubridate'), require, character.only = TRUE)

DT <- fread('DATE, ID, Cells
2000-01-01, 1, 10
2000-01-02, 1, 10
2000-01-03, 1, 10
2000-01-01, 2, 20
2000-01-02, 2, 20
2000-01-03, 2, 20
2000-01-04, 2, 20
2000-02-01, 1, 30
2000-02-02, 1, 30
2000-02-01, 2, 40
2000-02-03, 2, 40
2000-02-04, 2, 40
2000-03-01, 1, 50
2000-03-02, 1, 50
2000-03-01, 2, 60
2000-03-03, 2, 60
')

DT[, date := as.Date(DATE, format = '%Y-%m-%d')][,
           c('Year', 'Month') := .(year(date), month(date))]

setkey(DT, Year, Month, ID)

DT.Months <- DT[which(!duplicated(DT))][,
               .(Year, Month, ID, Cells)]

DT.Months[, `:=`(Lagged.Cells =
          shift(Cells, 1L, type = 'lag')), by = .(ID)]

DT <- DT[DT.Months][, `:=`(i.Cells, NULL)]

# > DT # This is what I want.
# The Value in Cells is lagged by one month,
# regardless of the number of observations within a month for each ID.
#          DATE ID Cells       date Year Month Lagged.Cells
# 1: 2000-01-01  1    10 2000-01-01 2000     1           NA
# 2: 2000-01-02  1    10 2000-01-02 2000     1           NA
# 3: 2000-01-03  1    10 2000-01-03 2000     1           NA
# 4: 2000-01-01  2    20 2000-01-01 2000     1           NA
# 5: 2000-01-02  2    20 2000-01-02 2000     1           NA
# 6: 2000-01-03  2    20 2000-01-03 2000     1           NA
# 7: 2000-01-04  2    20 2000-01-04 2000     1           NA
# 8: 2000-02-01  1    30 2000-02-01 2000     2           10
# 9: 2000-02-02  1    30 2000-02-02 2000     2           10
#10: 2000-02-01  2    40 2000-02-01 2000     2           10
#11: 2000-02-03  2    40 2000-02-03 2000     2           20
#12: 2000-02-04  2    40 2000-02-04 2000     2           20
#13: 2000-03-01  1    50 2000-03-01 2000     3           20
#14: 2000-03-02  1    50 2000-03-02 2000     3           20
#15: 2000-03-01  2    60 2000-03-01 2000     3           30
#16: 2000-03-03  2    60 2000-03-03 2000     3           30

A: # Replace your sapply usage with pacman and you'll thank me
#   pacman installs if needed, loads, and doesn't require quotation marks
pacman::p_load(data.table, lubridate)

DT <- fread('DATE, ID, Cells
            2000-01-01, 1, 10
            2000-01-02, 1, 10
            2000-01-03, 1, 10
            2000-01-01, 2, 20
            2000-01-02, 2, 20
            2000-01-03, 2, 20
            2000-01-04, 2, 20
            2000-02-01, 1, 30
            2000-02-02, 1, 30
            2000-02-01, 2, 40
            2000-02-03, 2, 40
            2000-02-04, 2, 40
            2000-03-01, 1, 50
            2000-03-02, 1, 50
            2000-03-01, 2, 60
            2000-03-03, 2, 60
            ')
DT$date      <- ymd(DT$DATE)
DT$month     <- format((DT$date), "%b")
lag.cells    <- as.vector(capture.output(cat(rep("NA", length(DT$month[DT$month == "Jan"])), DT$Cells)))
lag.cells    <- strsplit(lag.cells, "\\s+")[[1]]
lag.cells    <- lag.cells[1:nrow(DT)]
DT$lag.cells <- lag.cells
DT

          DATE ID Cells       date month lag.cells
 1: 2000-01-01  1    10 2000-01-01   Jan        NA
 2: 2000-01-02  1    10 2000-01-02   Jan        NA
 3: 2000-01-03  1    10 2000-01-03   Jan        NA
 4: 2000-01-01  2    20 2000-01-01   Jan        NA
 5: 2000-01-02  2    20 2000-01-02   Jan        NA
 6: 2000-01-03  2    20 2000-01-03   Jan        NA
 7: 2000-01-04  2    20 2000-01-04   Jan        NA
 8: 2000-02-01  1    30 2000-02-01   Feb        10
 9: 2000-02-02  1    30 2000-02-02   Feb        10
10: 2000-02-01  2    40 2000-02-01   Feb        10
11: 2000-02-03  2    40 2000-02-03   Feb        20
12: 2000-02-04  2    40 2000-02-04   Feb        20
13: 2000-03-01  1    50 2000-03-01   Mar        20
14: 2000-03-02  1    50 2000-03-02   Mar        20
15: 2000-03-01  2    60 2000-03-01   Mar        30
16: 2000-03-03  2    60 2000-03-03   Mar        30

A: Date class supports seq by "month", "quarter", "year", etc.
Not so elegant but you can do something like this.
library(magrittr)
DT[, DATE := as.Date(DATE)]
DT[,  DATE_lag := sapply(DATE, function(x)
  seq(x, by = "1 month", length.out = 2)[2]) %>%
    as.Date(origin = "1970-01-01")]
DT2 <- DT[, .(DATE_lag, ID, Cells)]
setnames(DT2, c("DATE_lag", "Cells"), c("DATE", "Lagged.Cells"))
merge(DT, DT2, by = c("DATE", "ID"), all.x = TRUE)

         DATE ID Cells       date month lag.cells   DATE_lag Lagged.Cells
 1: 2000-01-01  1    10 2000-01-01   Jan        NA 2000-02-01           NA
 2: 2000-01-01  2    20 2000-01-01   Jan        NA 2000-02-01           NA
 3: 2000-01-02  1    10 2000-01-02   Jan        NA 2000-02-02           NA
 4: 2000-01-02  2    20 2000-01-02   Jan        NA 2000-02-02           NA
 5: 2000-01-03  1    10 2000-01-03   Jan        NA 2000-02-03           NA
 6: 2000-01-03  2    20 2000-01-03   Jan        NA 2000-02-03           NA
 7: 2000-01-04  2    20 2000-01-04   Jan        NA 2000-02-04           NA
 8: 2000-02-01  1    30 2000-02-01   Feb        10 2000-03-01           10
 9: 2000-02-01  2    40 2000-02-01   Feb        10 2000-03-01           20
10: 2000-02-02  1    30 2000-02-02   Feb        10 2000-03-02           10
11: 2000-02-03  2    40 2000-02-03   Feb        20 2000-03-03           20
12: 2000-02-04  2    40 2000-02-04   Feb        20 2000-03-04           20
13: 2000-03-01  1    50 2000-03-01   Mar        20 2000-04-01           30
14: 2000-03-01  2    60 2000-03-01   Mar        30 2000-04-01           40
15: 2000-03-02  1    50 2000-03-02   Mar        20 2000-04-02           30
16: 2000-03-03  2    60 2000-03-03   Mar        30 2000-04-03           40
>


Is anyone doing mortal kombat characters? I've seen some before and I'm going to be Kitana so I was wondering if anyone else is doing them.
Finally someone! I know more people are out there!
What day are you guys going to be them?
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PTI | Feb 7, 2016, 18:30 IST
India suffered a major disappointment as the country's top squash players Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu lost to arch-rivals Pakistani player in the individual men's semifinals.
GUWAHATI: India on Sunday suffered a major disappointment as the country's top squash players Saurav Ghosal and Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu lost to arch-rivals Pakistani player in the individual men's semifinals in the 12th South Asian Games here.
Top seed Ghosal was out of sorts in his 4-11, 5-11, 12-10, 5-11 loss to Farhan Zaman while Sandhu did a shade better before conceding the match in the fourth game in favour of his rival second seed Nasir Iqbal, citing a right hamstring injury. Sandhu was trailing at 7-11, 14-12, 7-11, 6-6 when he called injury time out in an ill-tempered match at the R G Baruah Sports Complex.
It is not yet known whether Sandhu would be fit to play against Ghosal for the bronze-medal match on Monday after his injury in the semifinal match which had seen the Indian arguing with the referee who once warned him to stop doing that.
In the women's event, however, ace player and top seed Joshna Chinappa easily defeated her Pakistani rival Sadia Gul 11-9, 11-7, 11-5 in the semifinals to set up the summit clash on Monday against another player of the western neighbours.
As expected, the Indians and Pakistanis met at the semifinals and both were tense affairs. Pakistan had won both the gold and silver in men's individual event in the last edition of the Games in 2010 but the Indians had come here high on confidence after an upswing recently.
Ghosal had won a silver in the 2014 Asian Games and he is currently the highest ranked Asian in the world at number 20 and the home side is keen to end Pakistan's domination in SAG.
But, nothing went right for the men's players as Sandhu and Ghosal were simply the second best today as they also conceded later.
Sandhu was the first to take the court and he straightaway took a 5-1 lead in the first game but from then onwards, the Pakistani number one player fought back superbly to win it 11-7.
Egged on by the home crowd at the newly built facility, Sandhu fought back by winning the second game 14-12 after a close tussle but failed to maintain the momentum by losing the third 7-11.
The fourth game saw both rivals neck and neck and there were loud protests towards the referee for obstructions and during one long rally Sandhu's backside of the thigh was seen to have been hit by his Pakistani opponent.
Sandhu continued for the next next point and at 6-6, he called for a three-minute injury time out which was contested by the Pakistani player and team management, saying that it was not under the rules. The referee initially refused Sandhu's plea but after consulting the technical delegates, allowed it.
But, after a while, Sandhu came up to tell his Pakistani rival that he will not take field further as he was having a right hamstring problem.
For Ghosal, it was a forgettable show by his standards as he was expected to at least reach the finals.
But, he was not in his element as he quickly conceded a 0-2 lead to Zaman, 39 places below him in world rankings, by losing the first two games 4-11 5-11.
Ghosal came back in the third set with a tight and nerve-racking 12-10 win. In fact, it was the only game in which the Indian gave a fight to his Pakistani rival. Both players were neck and neck, taking one point lead in turn. They were 7-7 9-9 and then 10-10 before Ghosal won it 12-10.
But the fourth game show Ghosal again making the mistakes and the Pakistani coming up with some fine efforts as the visiting player took it 11-5 and the match 3-1.
A distraught looking Ghosal later said that losing at home at this stage was disappointing though he would take it in his stride.
"Losing is always disappointing but losing at home at this stage is really said. It is even sadder thinking that I held the country's flag at the opening ceremony. I can't say what went wrong today and I don't want to give any excuses. I think I will have to take this in my stride," Ghosal said disappointment writ large on his face.
"I did not play at the level I am capable of but I don't want to take away from my Pakistani opponent. He was better today," he added.
Asked if there was a feeling of the India-Pakistan rivalry on the court, he said, "When India and Pakistan play against each other in any sport, some might be having that feeling. But I always tried to control myself and not think about it and concentrate on my game."
"Pakistan had been a top squash country some years back but no longer now. But we did not come here with the thought that we want to assert ourselves that we are on the rise and would want to dominate them (Pakistan)."
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Tuesday's session on Matter 17, Housing Requirements was very different from earlier sessions – which had ranged widely across the core topics around land supply and good growth. This one was inherently more technical – and indeed many of the areas of discussion almost mirrored that held at the technical seminar last November. The Panel had set out four questions for discussion, only one of which was fundamental: whether the need for 66,000 homes based on the 2017 Strategic Housing Market Assessment was both justified and properly calculated with respect to market and affordable housing having regard to national policy and guidance. The other three concerned the relevance of the new household projections issued by ONS last September; the impact of Brexit; and whether the Mayor had adequately considered the possibility of increasing housing figures to help deliver the numbers of affordable homes required.
The discussion was also very structured. The Chair of the Panel asked the GLA team for an explanation of what they had done and why; then put some questions for clarification; the discussion was then opened up to the invited attendees; and the GLA asked to comment and the Chair then moved on. The atmosphere was quite relaxed, but people mainly spoken quite succinctly and rarely ranged outside the specific question. The result was that the session was complete by lunchtime, with the Panel clear that they had all the information they required.
So, what were the major issues of debate? In a way this was framed by the Chair's introduction which stated that the issue was really about housing need. This led to a distinction being drawn between need – seen as a normative standard unrelated to whether resources would even potentially be made available to address these needs – and requirements which take more account of implicit standards set by government (e.g. thorough the limits on local housing allowance for younger single people). In this context some questioned whether, if delivery could not be achieved, an aspirational figure unbacked by resources was at all relevant.
In answer to the first question – whether the need had been calculated properly – the GLA stated that they calculate need differently from elsewhere in the country – as they have a right to do –because London is clearly a special case, mainly because of the tightness of the housing market, and because of the relative importance of migration. One of the issues was technical – using 10 years' migration data to project trends, rather than the five used at national level. The other was more substantive – in that they included in projected household formation an addition reflecting the extent to which formation has been below projections in the past few years.
The discussion centred on whether it would be better to have consistency across the country, even though it is accepted that markets differ – because this provides a clear basis for comparison (and indeed appeal if the land is not coming forward); or whether the differences between London and the rest of the country are large enough to merit a different approach to projecting housing need. Most discussants appeared to think the London methodology was more robust than the national approach, although not all thought this was enough to justify the complications arising.
The second area where the GLA approach differs from national guidance is the transparent way in which they deal with the backlog. Even spreading it out over 25 years the backlog makes a large difference to the annual requirement – and, almost by definition, pushes up the proportion of these requirement that must be met in the social/affordable sector, and changes the unit size-mix.
This issue re-emerged in the context of the final question, as to whether total requirement numbers should be increased to ensure more affordable housing. Some argued that market housing crowded out affordable housing – and also that increasing total numbers could not be expected to reduce house prices. The second would be the generally accepted view of economists. The first is more problematic – the empirical evidence shows little or no crowding out in either direction. Moreover, the S106 and CIL regime inherently means that more development overall is the main mechanism for generating more affordable homes.
On the two final questions there was general agreement: take no notice of the new ONS household projections or of Brexit. On which note the Panel moved on.
Overall, for someone attending the Panel sessions for the first time one thing above all stood out. This is not a process which aims to determine what can and should be provided. In particular, it is about need but with the complication that no government is going to provide the resources to enable that need to be fully met. This will then be compared to the estimate of capacity would looks far too close to the need estimate to be believed. So implicitly it is not the supply of land but simply delivery which will be to blame when the required dwellings are not built.
A related question is whether the most important element of housing need –household projections – can really be believed. At best these numbers simply set out what might happen if the future is like the past – but inherently the future will be driven by factors which are changing rapidly. At the least, there should be a better understanding of these factors as well as some capacity to take these changes into account within the lifetime of the Plan.


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Russian anti-cult lawyer Alexander Korelov spins the latest sinister plot against Jehovah's Witnesses. They're scheming to overthrow the Putin government! he charges. From their "Brooklyn headquarters" they're so scheming! So reports this BitterWinter article.
Sheesh. They moved out of Brooklyn five years ago. Now, Ivan Q Public might not know it. It's not his special interest. But it is that of Korelov, who bills himself as an expert. If he doesn't know where Witnesses are, he probably doesn't know anything else. When a medical doctor probes for my amygdala in my great toe, it's time for me to get a second opinion.
Do the Russian anti-cultists not speak at all to their Western anti-cult brethren? The Western anti-cultists will lambaste Jehovah's Witnesses for just the opposite reason—for taking absolutely no interest in politics or any other aspect of "normal" life. It is due to the Witnesses' take on remaining "no part of the world." They barely know who prominent politicians are, and almost never know of the interplay between them. When I mentioned Eliot Spitzer to a good Witness friend of mine, he replied that, yes, he had heard the name, but he couldn't quite place him. Spitzer was governor of the state he lived in at the time.
Jehovah's Witnesses lack of interest in political affairs is exactly that of Christians of the first century who were roundly derided for having just as much interest in civic affairs—namely, none, as they pursue their worship of God and announce his incoming kingdom, that of the 'Lord's Prayer,' When that kingdom comes—brought about entirely by God; all humans can do is announce and support it—then and only then will "God's will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
Theirs is strictly a religious message. It has nothing to do with human political regimes—let alone trying to interfere with one. They are watching the drama play out of human government vs the divine—'God's Kingdom.' You don't have to know the names of the actors to follow the play. It can even be a distraction if you do.
Read Watchtower publications and you will almost never see political leaders mentioned by name. Here is one current as I write: "Politicians Warn of Armegeddon: What Does the Bible Say?" See how light it is on specific individuals? It's even frustrating to those who want to keep up with "current events." But to the vast majority of people who don't have time for the machinations of politicians but only want insight on where the world is heading—and why—it is useful indeed.
Russian anti-cultists sound the paranoid mantra just as do their Western anti-cultist allies—only the mantras are opposite. Say a peaceful word about Russia here and it can only be due to cult influence. No reasonable person thinks this way, but the anti-cultists buy into it wholesale. In the US is the anti-cultist founder of the BITE model denoting the behavioral, informational, thought, and emotional control that are the bread and butter of 'cults.' To me, he therefore becomes the BITEman.
The BITEman thinks half the U.S. citizenry has fallen victim cult manipulation—strong evidence, methinks, of having drunk too much of the KoolAid himself. Moreover, the half that has fallen victim to cult manipulation is the half that supports the former president who spoke of it being nice if "we actually got along with Russia." Outside interests intervened at that point to virtually ensure that "we" would not.
And now here in Russia is this Alexander Korelov, an anti-cultist of opposite persuasion, who blames all opposition to Russia, particularly with regard to Ukraine, on cults! The unity of the FECRIS anti-cult organization instantly blows up upon worldwide conflict. The organization in the main stays pro-Western over Ukraine. It's vice-president, Alexander Dvorkin, thoroughly backs the Russian side. Not to worry, his ally Korelov says: Russia will react and "destroy the United States, the spiritual garbage dump of humanity."
Back to the US: two sharply polarized forces, the woke left and the neoconservative right, have made common cause to war on Russia, oblivious to talk on nuclear war, convinced it is but empty bluster. Both of them might regard each other as a cult, but only the woke would say it—the neocons (to my knowledge) are not given to that vocabulary. See how the notion is explored in this Newsweek opinion piece.
Does it not remind one of the "unclean inspired expressions [that looked] like frogs [from] the mouth" of the dragon, the wild beast, the mouth of the false prophet designed to gather people up for the final war? (Revelation 16:13-14)
The world was already unstable. Anti-cultists on both sides take it to a new level of craziness—wildly accusing each other of being cults. Somehow, the people who take no interest in politics get caught in the crossfire. And to think that during the 1970s, this Witness born in America used to work with the tract "Jehovah's Witnesses—Christians or Communists," designed to counter exactly the opposite impression of Korelov: that Jehovah's Witnesses were tools of the Russian government.
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(see succeeding BitterWinter article: https://bitterwinter.org/korelov-insists-jehovahs-witnesses-and-other-cults-ready-to-overthrow-the-putin-regime/)
See: I Don't Know Why We Persecute Jehovah's Witnesses—Searching for the Why
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Former inspector-general of police Hanif Omar said he had been tough in maintaining the country's harmony as the top cop and towards this had put DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang behind bars, according to a Sinar Harian report.
Explaining, Hanif noted that the Alliance had formed its successor coalition, BN, following the 1969 riots.
"He was in (detention) for two years. That was Hanif's way when I was the inspector-general of police," he was quoted as saying by Sinar Harian during an event at Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) in Shah Alam today.
Hanif served as the inspector-general of police from 1974 to 1994.
Lim was later detained under the now defunct Internal Security Act for the second time during the Operasi Lalang in 1987.
It is unclear if DAP or Lim himself had made the statement as alleged by Hanif but the previous government had a penchant for blaming Lim for racial strife in the country.
This includes claims that Lim was responsible for the 1969 riots even though he was not in Peninsular Malaysia at the time of the incident.
Despite this, Lim was detained under the Internal Security Act for 18 months following the 1969 riots.
Hanif was also quoted by Sinar Harian as stating that neither DAP nor PAS had been helpful in the fight against the communists.
"During the fight against the communists, DAP had never helped. They never uttered anything against the Communist Party of Malaya.
"PAS was also the same. They did not help. Religious sermons would say the police and military men who died were martyrs but PAS claimed they died in vain (mati katak)," he said.


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The King's School unveil newly extended canteen
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Kings School's new canteen. Ref sho 17 18TI 1671. Picture: Terry Ife
Students will be able to eat and rest in a 'better environment' following the opening of The King's School's new dining hall.
Kings School's students with the trees donated by Otter Nurseries outside the new canteen. Ref sho 17 18TI 1677. Picture: Terry Ife
The school had secured a significant sum of money from housing developments in the town to improve the facilities and provide more seating for pupils to eat and relax in.
Headteacher Rob Gammon said there had been 'significant strain' on the school's essential facilities due to the increasing number of students.
Back in June last year, when the plans were submitted, Laurence Evans, the school's business manager, said space was at a 'premium' for students during break and lunchtimes.
The plans also included a new caretaker's facility and storage.
Proposals also included a reconstruction of the existing canopy, improvements to the main entrance and landscaping.
Mr Gammon said: "We decided to expand our dining hall to allow for more seating and a better environment for students to dine and rest in.
"We also wanted to create an outside space that students would enjoy, and provide a focal point for the school.
"We have been delighted with the result and the impact on the school has been tremendous.
"Students now have a much improved internal environment, and we have provided a significant amount of external 'greening' of the site and rest areas.
"We continue to develop spaces for students to use which reflect the values, ethos and high standards at The King's School."
Mr Gammon thanked Otter Garden Centre for donating plants for outside the canteen, Grainge Architects for its design, and Nevada Construction for completing the project on time, despite the poor weather conditions over the winter.
The new extension follows recent improvements to site security, new buildings and modernising the toilets.
Mr Gammon added: "We look forward to being able to use the beautiful environment for students to enhance learning beyond the classroom."
He said the school was looking forward to sharing the impact with the community when it invites visitors to the site for events such as parents' evenings, and the arts and technology evening planned for June.


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TheGrio, is a digital, video-centric news community devoted to giving voice to trusted figures on the front line who inspire us every day, and to fresh perspectives who buck convention because there's more than one way to be Black. We believe a well-informed community best determines its own interests. And so, TheGrio's editorial mandate is to focus on news and events which have a pronounced impact on a Black global audience. We unabashedly explore culture and entertainment, health and lifestyle, politics and policy, business and empowerment, science and climate, tech and innovation, and everything in between that matters to us. From Kampala to Atlanta TheGrio is Black culture amplified.
TheGrio is strongly building its editorial staff. It is an investment in the business's core competencies. These jobs will primarily be based in NY and Atlanta. Some of the positions will be opportunities to work from other cities or fully remote. Byron Allen, CEO of Allen Media Group, says, "TheGrio is the leader of fearless journalism and inspirational storytelling about Black people. No other Black news outlet has our cumulative audience reach or impact. This is a natural growth of our brand sponsorships, and editorial partnerships for TheGrio's content on digital, mobile, streaming, podcasts, and social media."
TheGrio is seeking a Managing Editor Director and Producer to build TheGrio's podcast network, create content and manage our podcast team. We're looking for big thinkers with a passion for the Black community and demonstrated excellence in storytelling. This leader will be responsible for the development and business operations of our podcast network, which includes managing an original slate of podcast offerings from TheGrio and managing the podcast network as a platform for unlimited podcasts about the Black experience in America and globally. The ideal candidate is an expert in storytelling, podcast production, technical requirements, distribution models, advanced analytics, project management, as well as managing a team of hosts, producers, and editors.
The Managing Editor Director and Producer will work closely with theGrio's editorial team to amplify and cross-promote original content on the website, as well as promote larger editorial goals and themes throughout our podcasts.
This leader should be highly organized, self-motivated, creative, collaborative, and familiar with the news and cultural issues important to Black America.
Building TheGrio's Podcast Network as a destination for subscribers interested in podcasts by Black creators or about Black culture.
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How iPhone Apps Track Us
Updated Apr. 24, 2017 5:01PM ET / Published Dec. 18, 2010 2:36AM ET
If you use a smartphone, there's no telling what personal information it is leaking. What seems certain is that they are sharing personal data, without users' knowledge. An investigation by The Wall Street Journal surveyed 101 popular smartphone apps for iPhone and Android models and found that 56 of them secretly transmitted the phone's Unique Device Identifier (UDID) to other companies. Forty-seven also gave away the phone's location. And five transmitted age, gender, and other personal details to outside tracking companies. One of the most popular offenders was the Pandora app, which sent age, gender, location, and phone identifiers to various online advertisers through iPhone and Android phones. "The great thing about mobile is you can't clear a UDID like you can a cookie," said one Internet ad network employee. "That's how we track everything."
Read it at The Wall Street Journal


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Jimbo Covert inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame
The former offensive lineman is the ninth Pitt alum to be enshrined in Canton
By Mike Wilson Aug 9, 2021, 2:45pm EDT
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The Pitt football program saw its ninth alum inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame over the weekend, as Jimbo Covert earned enshrinement for his accomplishments with the Chicago Bears. The retired offensive lineman received his gold jacket on Friday and made a stir with his speech on Saturday, discussing his roots in Conway, Pennsylvania, and crediting Pitt for its role in his success.
Jimbo Covert's induction speech at the @ProFootballHOF last night in Canton
Covert is the 9th Pitt Football player to be enshrined among the game's greats!#H2P » @NFLNetwork pic.twitter.com/JKH1l5ATFL
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The Pitt great kicked off his speech by taking a jab at his old rivals, noting, "I always say my favorite weekend is when Penn State, Notre Dame and Green Bay all lose." He then talked about growing up in Conway and playing at Freedom High School for Chuck Lucidore before talking about his time at Pitt.
"I was very fortunate to play for the University of Pittsburgh," Covert said. "Pitt is an incredible place, and I played with some of the greatest college football players of all time on some of the greatest college football teams of all time. Many of my Pitt teammates are here tonight. [Dan Marino] is up here, Rick Trocano, Jim Morsillo, Emil [Boures]; they can attest to that."
"At Pitt, I played for two great coaches in Jackie Sherrill and Joe Moore," he continued. "And Jackie was a great player's coach and really cared about you as a person and not just as a football player. When I moved to the offensive line in the spring of '80, he took a personal interest in making sure it was the best move for me. Thank you, Coach Sherrill."
"And I owe so much of my success to Joe Moore, who I consider to be one of the greatest offensive line coaches of all time," Covert added. "After I switched to offensive line, the first practice, Joe said, 'You're going to be an All-American someday.' He could've said anything, but after he said that, I would have ran through a brick wall for the guy. He was great to play for most of the time. ... Joe just had a unique way of pushing you even beyond your own expectations, and then he took great pride in seeing you succeed. He's no longer with us, but thank you, Joe. I miss you."
Covert would conclude his speech by sharing stories about his NFL career with the Chicago Bears and thanking fellow Pitt alum Mike Ditka, who was the Bears' head coach at the time, for re-establishing the pride in the Bears organization during the 1980s.
With his enshrinement over the weekend, Covert joined fellow Pitt greats Mike Ditka, Chris Doleman, Tony Dorsett, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dan Marino, Curtis Martin and Joe Schmidt in Canton. Currently, only Notre Dame, USC, Michigan and Ohio State have more Hall of Fame inductees than Pitt, which is tied with Miami, with nine Hall of Famers.
Pitt is expected to add to its Hall of Fame total in the coming years, as Darrelle Revis will be eligible for enshrinement in 2023 and Larry Fitzgerald and LeSean McCoy are currently mulling retirement after successful careers. All three Pitt alums were featured on the NFL 2010s All-Decade Team alongside Aaron Donald, who should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer when he eventually retires.
As for Covert, the unveiling of his bust in Canton marked the end of an illustrious career that saw him become a consensus All-American in 1982 and earn first-team All-Pro honors in 1985 and 1986. Covert was also a member of the 1980s NFL All-Decade Team and won a Super Bowl with the Bears in 1986. And at Pitt, his No. 75 has been retired.


After realising that I was showing my friends list to everybody on Facebook, I decided to take control and hide it from anybody other than me. This was necessary as there may be people around who could pose a security risk for my friends and family. Nowadays people have a tendency to send friend requests to unknown people, just to increase the count of their friends list. So to prevent all those things, Facebook provides a very simple way of hiding your friends list.
Open Facebook and go to your profile.
Now click the "Friends" link below your cover photo.
Now click the "Pencil" icon and select "Edit privacy".
In the pop-up box, change the Friend List's visibility to "Only me" to hide friend list from everyone, Friends to show the friend list to only your friends and "Public" to show it to all of the Facebook users. You can also set it to "Custom" and select the people you want to show your friends list to.
This was the easiest way to hide friends list on Facebook and protect your friends from social abuse.


A huge thank you so much!
Thank you so much for all your support, your good wishes, and your feedback. It is all so encouraging and so much appreciated.
We are so delighted that you enjoyed it!
See you all at next year's Show, on Sunday 12th August 2012!


We see a lot of croppers at our shows each year. It takes a lot to impress us, but this young scrapper was something special! Dominik was one of our All Weekend Croppers and came to crop with his mom and grandmother. He rocked all of the projects on the Thursday Mega Make and Take, then Friday he rocked the show floor and shopped 'till he dropped! But on Saturday he was ready to really impress all.
He was so happy to be creating, and boy did he create! This young man is a true artist!
He utilized the tools in the Creation Station, both the typewriter and the sewing machine, to sew on his pages and type his journaling. On Saturday he found out our theme for the crop was Kentucky Derby and went to town creating his costume. He made the top hat and the matching mustache at the crop.
He didn't stop at his costume, he went on to create his table decorations! How creative to make believe as if he was watching the Derby on his TV. I'm telling you, this kid was something special!
Dominik was a joy to see each day at the crop. We love seeing such young imagination! The most special part of his weekend was spending it with his grandmother and mother. We hope to see more young artists at our crops! Thank you, Dominik for inspiring us!
This entry was posted in At the Crop, Blog and tagged Creation Station, Crop, Mega Make & Take.
Way to go Dominik!!! Keep up the good work. You have such great talent and imagination.
Wow! This young man might be creating new tools for one of the many stamping and scrapbooking stores one day. I envy his talent.
We really enjoyed seeing his creations! Looking forward to seeing him again next year!
I met Dominik and what a nice, smart and creative young man!!


1. A field of technology that deals with a combination of real world and the data generated from computer.
Explanation: AR that is Augmented Reality is a field of technology that deals with a combination of real world and the data generated from computer.
2. AR is interactive in real-time.
Explanation: The statement is true. Augmented Reality is the field of computer research that deals with the combination of real-world and computer generated data.
3. Technologies that completely involve a user inside a synthetic environment.
Explanation: The answer is VR or Virtual Reality. VR technologies are known for immersing a user inside a synthetic environment. While immersed, the user cannot see the real world around him.
4. Technologies that allow the user to see the real world, with virtual objects composited in the real world.
Explanation: Augmented Reality (AR) allows a user to see real world, with virtual objects superimposed or composited with the real world.
5. A ______________________ is a display device, worn on head as a part of helmet that has a small display optic.
Explanation: HMD is the head-mounted display, worn on head as a part of helmet that has a small display optic. HTC Vive, Samsung GearVR are examples of HMDs available today.
6. Wearable computing device in the form of computerized eyeglasses.
Explanation: Smart glasses are also called as optical head mounted displays. (OHMD), it has the capability of reflecting projected images as well as allowing users to see through it.
7. A tracking based on geo-location information.
Explanation: Location based tracking is based on geo-location information obtained from device's location sensors. (Longitude, latitude, altitude etc).
Explanation: SLAM is abbreviated for Simultaneous localization and mapping. It is a technique used by robots and autonomous vehicles to build a map within the unknown environment.
9. A technique that enables light field which is generally the product of a light source scattered off objects.
Explanation: Holography enables a light field. It is to be recorded and later reconstructed when the original light field is no longer present.
10. A _______ can be recorded using a normal light source.
Explanation: A photograph can be captured using a normal light source. A laser is required to record a hologram.


collectd-lua - Documentation of collectd's "Lua plugin"
collectd-lua — Documentation of collectd's "Lua plugin"
The "Lua plugin" embeds a Lua interpreter into collectd and provides an interface to collectd's plugin system. This makes it possible to write plugins for collectd in Lua. This is a lot more efficient than executing a Lua script every time you want to read a value with the "exec plugin" (see collectd-exec(5)) and provides a lot more functionality, too.
The minimum required Lua version is 5.1.
The directory the "Lua plugin" looks in to find script Script. If set, this is also prepended to package.path.
The script the "Lua plugin" is going to run. If BasePath is not specified, this needs to be an absolute path.
These are used to collect the actual data. It is called once per interval (see the Interval configuration option of collectd). Usually it will call collectd.dispatch_values to dispatch the values to collectd which will pass them on to all registered write functions. If this function does not return 0 the plugin will be skipped for an increasing amount of time until it returns normally again.
These are used to write the dispatched values. They are called once for every value that was dispatched by any plugin.
The callback will be called without arguments. If this callback function does not return 0 the next call will be delayed by an increasing interval.
The callback function will be called with one argument passed, which will be a table of values. If this callback function does not return 0 next call will be delayed by an increasing interval.
Log a message with the specified severity.
This manpage has been written by Ruben Kerkhof <ruben<nbsp>at rubenkerkhof.com<gt>. It is based on the collectd-perl(5) manual page by Florian Forster <octo at collectd.org> and Sebastian Harl <sh at tokkee.org>.