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import argparse

from influxdb import InfluxDBClient
import datetime
import random

USER = 'root'
PASSWORD = 'root'
DBNAME = 'tutorial'

def main(host='localhost', port=8086, nb_day=15):

    nb_day = 15  # number of day to generate time series
    timeinterval_min = 5  # create an event every x minutes
    total_minutes = 1440 * nb_day
    total_records = int(total_minutes / timeinterval_min)
    now = datetime.datetime.today()
    cpu_series = [{
        'name':    "server_data.cpu_idle",
        'columns': ["time", "value", "hostName"],
        'points':  []
    }]

    for i in range(0, total_records):
        past_date = now - datetime.timedelta(minutes=i * timeinterval_min)
        value = random.randint(0, 200)
        hostName = "server-%d" % random.randint(1, 5)
        pointValues = [int(past_date.strftime('%s')), value, hostName]
        cpu_series[0]['points'].append(pointValues)

    client = InfluxDBClient(host, port, USER, PASSWORD, DBNAME)

    print("Create database: " + DBNAME)
    client.create_database(DBNAME)

    print("Write points #: {0}".format(total_records))
    client.write_points(cpu_series)

    query = 'SELECT MEAN(value) FROM server_data.cpu_idle GROUP BY time(30m) WHERE time > now() - 1d;'
    print("Queying data: " + query)
    result = client.query(query)
    print("Result: {0}".format(result))

    print("Delete database: " + DBNAME)
    client.delete_database(DBNAME)

def parse_args():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description='example code to play with InfluxDB')
    parser.add_argument('--host', type=str, required=False, default='localhost',
                        help='hostname influxdb http API')
    parser.add_argument('--port', type=int, required=False, default=8086,
                        help='port influxdb http API')
    parser.add_argument('--nb_day', type=int, required=False, default=15,
                        help='number of days to generate time series data')
    return parser.parse_args()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    args = parse_args()
    main(host=args.host, port=args.port, nb_day=args.nb_day)


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J.J. Peterson steps away from Tennessee football program, future with the Vols is unclear
Blake Toppmeyer
Tennessee linebacker J.J. Peterson, the highest-ranked recruit in coach Jeremy Pruitt's first signing class, is taking a few weeks away from the program, and his future with the Vols is unclear.
Peterson has not appeared in any games this year, and his development in the program has been slow since signing as a four-star prospect in the 2018 recruiting class.
Peterson has "not been with us for a couple of weeks," Pruitt said.
"It's something that J.J. wanted to do, and me and him talked and had a really good talk about it. So, that will be between me and him," Pruitt said Wednesday night.
As for whether Peterson will rejoin the Vols as an active member of the squad, Pruitt said, "We'll see."
The 6-foot-2, 225-pound sophomore remains on Tennessee's online roster, and Peterson is not in the NCAA transfer portal, a team spokesman confirmed.
Peterson enrolled at UT in late August 2018. He was cleared by the NCAA Eligibility Center after completing some academic requirements during the summer before he could enroll. He redshirted that first season while appearing in four games, mostly on special teams.
Peterson played in all 13 games last season as a reserve and made 11 tackles.
Before this season, Peterson shifted from inside linebacker to outside linebacker, but he did not crack the two-deep depth chart.
Tennessee outdueled Georgia to land Peterson's commitment coming out of Colquitt County High School in Moultrie, Georgia. Alabama and Florida State also were competing for his commitment.
Peterson was rated as a top-50 prospect and ranked No. 3 among outside linebacker prospects in the 247Sports Composite in his signing class. He remains the fourth-highest-rated prospect to sign with Tennessee during the Pruitt era, trailing offensive tackles Darnell Wright and Wanya Morris and linebacker Henry To'o To'o, all of whom signed in the 2019 recruiting class.
Peterson played in high school for Rush Propst, whom Pruitt worked under at Hoover High School in Alabama while MTV filmed a television show called "Two-A-Days" about the Hoover football team.
"His deal is going to be consistency," Propst said of Peterson in a 2018 interview with Knox News after Peterson signed, "getting better every day as a person, as a student, as a football player – every category."
Pruitt, during his February 2018 signing day news conference, described Peterson as having "very unique skill" and possessing enough versatility to play any of the four linebacker positions.
Deandre Johnson and Kivon Bennett are Tennessee's first-string outside linebackers and rank among the team's top defensive performers through three games. Roman Harrison and Tyler Baron are the backups, and Morven Joseph also has received a bit of playing time in each game. Baron and Joseph are freshmen.
Pruitt said a third freshman, Bryson Eason, could soon join the playing rotation at outside linebacker after shifting from inside linebacker.
Should fans lower their expectations for Tennessee Vols football? The responses were mixed | Adams Media won't respect Tennessee football in preseason ranking. Can Vols prove them wrong? Walter Nolen can redefine Tennessee football's recruiting class ... if Vols land him | Toppmeyer
Blake Toppmeyer covers University of Tennessee football. Email him at blake.toppmeyer@knoxnews.com and follow him on Twitter @btoppmeyer. If you enjoy Blake's coverage, consider a digital subscription that will allow you access to all of it. Current subscribers can click here to join Blake's subscriber-only text group offering updates and analysis on Vols football.

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Thanks for stopping by. See you @ EX 7!
We are really growing! Hope to keep adding more first timers! Love the idea of a countdown Jackie!
Reserve your room for EX 7 A SAP!
Into the double digits. 97. are you ready?
Is there a specific time it starts on Thursday?
If I remember correctly, check in time starts at 4 pm.
Eventually we should have a list of arrival times of each person. I won't be there until Friday afternoon. However, many people are coming in on Thursday. We will gather on Saturday at 11 AM in the breakfast room for our informal "meeting". There will also be some sort of large group activity on Saturday evening.
My original flight plans were changed. My original flight was to land at 1:15 PM on Thursday - but now should arrive around 2:45 PM. Kind of a bummer - but will get to sleep in a little longer that morning.
I was talking to my sister about this just today. I'm ready.
Is there going to be one big get together? Since I live close, I was planning on going to Va Beach on Saturday, but I can change that plan. I'd like to know what people's thoughts are. I'd be glad to do a meal or go to a museum or whatever people have planned.
Hi Donna! Saturday will be perfect! We will gather at 11 AM on Saturday in the hotel's breakfast room. Then that evening there will be another large group get together. (We will probably all go out to dinner somewhere.) In between the morning activity and dinner - usually smaller groups will break off and do different things. Depending on the weather, some folks might go to the beach. Others may decide on some sightseeing. Anyway - if you can only come for one day - definitely make that Saturday!
Saturday makes the most sense, but not ruling out coming down for another outing Keep me in the loop. I definitely will be there at 11 a.m. for the breakfast meeting thing, and for the evening group thing. Looking forward to it.
I can't wait. We are driving and arriving sometime Thursday afternoon Love the countdown idea!
I just sent everyone an email with a request for some info. Please let me know if you plan to come to EX 7 in May - but did not receive the email. Send me a PM and ask me to add your email address. I am hoping I have everyone - but want to make sure! Thanks!
Just replied to the email.
That was so cool. One of things my husband wants to see while we are there, is the aviation museum. I personally want to see the aquarium and Science center.
I cannot wait to meet all the people who have cheered me on in my quit and have helped me stay smober!
As of this moment....36 more days!!!!
I hope to get some fishing in.
I can't wait for the actual breakdown of who arrives when. My dance card is filling up in May. My brother is hiking the Appalachian Trail, and he hits really close to DC around that time. I may want to try to make it Friday instead of Thursday for me, anyway, but I want to see what's going on Thursday night and Friday morning first.
I saw for people flying in. Curious about other drivers, too.
I believe that I mentioned most that are driving in - hopefully they will chime in and let us know when they are arriving!
Yes Hubby and I are driving in on Thursday also but I have no idea of the time we will get there as we are sight seeing on the way. Do we have a list of those flying in with arrival times? We will help anyway we can if we are in the area in time.
Yes - we are staying overnight Wednesday in Richmond, and check-out there is Noon - so I would guess we would be in VA Beach on Thursday around 2 or 3 - depending on if we stop for lunch.
For you alone, I would come on Thursday so you can spend more time with my bookie boo. Also, my brother did the math again, and I think he won't be here until maybe a couple weeks later, so hopefully, it'll be okay.
JACKIE1-25-15 I did not get that information either...could you PM me as well?
Arriving Thursday, hope to be there by check in time at 4:00. It's about 650 miles so, a two day trip. Will try to swing by the airport if the time is right to pick up Daniela & Jennifer. Won't know 'til I see how far I get on Wednesday.
I am driving in on Thursday, but not sure when at this time -- depends if I have to work in the morning.
I sent an email with the day/times for those flying. I will check on spreadsheet. I sent Laura a few corrections for it. We should have it soon!
I might be available on Thursday. I don't work that day. Not sure about PT schedule. But if you guys get together for dinner somewhere , I wouldn't mind driving over to join you. Otherwise, I'm planning on being there all day Saturday for whatever is going on.
Reving up for Virginia Beach 26 days and 11 hours till we get there yay. I s there anyone who is sharing a room where both are flying and don't have a car. Brenda M is needing a parking tag as she is sharing with JoJO who is driving. I am sharing with Giulia and she is driving so I don't think I can. So if anyone can help let Brenda or myself now. Thanks Can't wait to see everyone.
I might have a parking pass though I'm not going to have a car. You're welcome to mine if I get one.
Thank you Mark we appreciate it. Can't wait to see everyone.
Sharon, you're a DOLL for asking on my behalf, and Mark, thank you so much!
Yeah, so the hotel gives one pass per room, and Jojo and I are both driving in, so we'll both need a pass. I appreciate it, Mark, if you can do it, and hooray! I'm glad you'll be there!
LESS THAN A MONTH TO GO, GUYS!!!
I definitely will have a parking pass to share -- just let me know!
I would love a parking pass for Saturday and Thursday, but if there's someone staying at the hotel that needs one, defer to their needs. I'm going to ferry people from the airport on Thursday (I hope) and spend Saturday from breakfast till y'all kick me out at the beach if all goes well.
Are you two coming in around 2 p.m.? I'd be happy to be your DonnaUber. LOL Cept no charge other than getting to meet a couple folks and finding the hotel together.
Message me your flight number, what carrier, and time you are supposed to land, and I'll message you back with what type of car I have and my cell number. Deal?
Now to get Jennifer on board I might even clean my car out for you two.
Send him on over closer to the time. It's nothing but a pollen carrier right now.
Daniela-3-11-2016 Jennifer-Quit-05-01-14 DonnaMarie Donna if you're picking up Daniel and Jennifer, let me know. Your Spreadsheet blog seemed to indicate either group 1 or group 2.
Jennifer and I are group 2.


This year, TCSS is proud to celebrate the 2018 graduation rate - 84.1%. In May, 710 students walked across the stage to accept their diplomas. Principals attribute increases in rates to a shift in school culture, collaboration across divisions and schools, and increased communication between the school community, parents, students, and business partners.
When Errin Ford wrote his future life story, he knew his first move was to obtain his high school diploma. He said, "I have to graduate first so I can make something of myself." Tiffany Gibson-Pitts, The HOPE Academy's Guidance Counselor, is the person who helped the students bring their vision to life through a guided hands-on Vision Board lesson. She said, "I wanted to challenge my students to think beyond what they see in front of them."
Last week, local automobile supplier, Mando, presented a financial investment gift of $100,000 to THINC College & Career Academy. The funds will be disbursed in $20,000 increments over the next five years. The hope is that students will graduate workforce ready and will choose to start their employment with local companies like Mando. The organization currently provide apprenticeships for six THINC/TCSS students.
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Until recently, the Albanian citizenship regime was one of the last remaining regimes in the region of Southeast Europe that did not apply the post-territorial principle of ethnic selectivity. Despite the fact that the Albanian state is surrounded by more than 2 million ethnic Albanians living in the neighbouring states of Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Greece, the Albanian citizenship regime has historically been based on the principles of territory and residence and not on ethnicity. The 1998 Albanian Law on Citizenship both allows dual citizenship and does not contain ethno-centric formulations and provisions, a fact that has been widely praised by international organisations and seen with suspicion and a certain sense of disappointment by Albania's co-ethnics in the successor states of Yugoslavia.
However, following a recent decision by the Albanian government, the country is set on course of joining other neighbouring states in granting citizenship to co-ethnics living in neighbouring states and to the wider Albanian diaspora, based on ethnic selectivity criteria. The outgoing Prime Minister Sali Berisha had already made public his plans of granting citizenship to ethnic Albanians worldwide in late 2012. However, this was widely seen as a political move by a conservative and populist leader who, faced with growing popular discontent over corruption scandals and economic failures, sought to use the nationalist and patriotic euphoria surrounding the Albanian statehood centenary (on 28 November 2012) for an electoral purpose. In fact, his nationalist statements, made on the occasion of Albanian national day celebrations and his subsequent proposal to grant citizenship to all Albanians were met with scepticism and criticism both inside the country, in the region and internationally.
Nonetheless, the announcement was received with great interest among Kosovo Albanians, who remain the only citizens in the Western Balkans who still need a visa to travel within the European Union, a requirement that could be circumvented through obtaining Albanian citizenship.
Despite the change of government in the June 2013 elections, the outgoing government of Sali Berisha adopted decree no.554 on" Procedures for the Recognition and Acquisition of Albanian Citizenship by Persons of Albanian Origin, Excluding Citizens of the Republic of Kosovo." on 3 July 2013. The three categories of persons concerned by the decree are: a) persons born of at least one parent of Albanian citizenship or origin who possessed Albanian citizenship at the moment of birth of the claimant, regardless of the place of birth; b) persons whose ancestors were in possession of Albanian citizenship and are no longer alive at the time of request, provided that the claimant can prove a direct descent from such an Albanian citizen ancestor; c) persons of Albanian origin who are citizens of an EU member state, of the United States of America or other states the citizens of which are not required to hold a visa to travel in the states belonging to the Schengen Area or who are documented residents in one of these states; d) persons of Albanian origin who possess another citizenship or are stateless, in cases when one of the parents of the claimant is an Albanian citizen; e) persons, whose parents are of Albanian origin and possess another citizenship or are stateless and when the claimant was born in the territory of the republic of Albania.
As regards categories a and b - i.e. persons born of parents of Albanian origin or citizenship - the new decree, referring to article 7 of the Albanian citizenship law, which stipulates that 'everyone born of at least one parent with Albanian citizenship shall acquire Albanian citizenship automatically', treats these people as Albanian citizens, whose citizenship should be formally recognised upon their request. The Albanian state will recognise the right to Albanian citizenship to persons from category a and b based on article 7 of the Albanian citizenship law and according to the procedures determined in the administrative guidelines issued by the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On the other hand, category c, d and e affects all persons of Albanian origin who live in neighbouring states, with the exception of Kosovo, those who are EU citizens, as well as those who are of Albanian origin and born in Albania. This category also includes citizens of third states, including Kosovo citizens, who are legal residents in EU or Schengen Area member states. Persons falling in categories c, d and e will be granted Albanian citizenship based on point 7 article 9 of the Albanian citizenship law, according to which "a foreigner who has reached eighteen years of age can acquire Albanian citizenship by naturalisation even if he/she does not fulfil the requirements of this law… if the Republic of Albania has a scientific, economic, cultural or national interest [in the foreigner's naturalisation]." Accordingly point c, d and e of the decree represent a very far-reaching and highly inclusive interpretation of point 7 article 9 of the Albanian citizenship law.
As far as administrative procedures are concerned, persons falling in categories c, d and e can apply for Albanian citizenship based on point 7 of article 9 of the Albanian citizenship law when: 1) they are over eighteen years of age; 2) the Ministry of Interior concludes that applicants do not pose a threat to the security and constitutional order of Albania; 3) applicants have filed an application together with a self-declaration of Albanian origin; 4) it is proved that the applicant is a descendant, up to three generations, of persons of Albanian origin, but is not an Albanian citizen at the time of application. In cases when the person is under eighteen years of age, his/her parents shall apply on his/her behalf, whereas for persons between fourteen and eighteen years of age, a written consent of the child is also required.
Persons interested in acquiring Albanian citizenship on the basis of this decree should prepare a petition addressed to the President of the Republic and submit it to the Ministry of Interior or, in cases when the applicant lives abroad, to the Consular Mission or Embassy of the Republic of Albania in the country of residence. Upon receiving the application, the Ministry of Interior, is obliged to decide on the application within 30 days and forward the decision to the office of the President, who signs the decree.
Whereas points a and b mainly target second generation ethnic Albanians who emigrated in the 1990s – potentially amounting to one million eligible persons – point c is clearly crafted in a way that excludes Kosovo citizens of Albanian origin residing in Kosovo from acquiring Albanian citizenship. Although point 2 of the additional dispositions of the decree states that " the acquisition of Albanian citizenship by Kosovo citizens of Albanian origin will be regulated by a special agreement between the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Kosovo", the exclusion of Kosovo Albanians resident in Kosovo from the right to acquire Albanian citizenship seems to have been necessary in the face of EU threat to reintroduce visas for Albanian citizens had Albania offered citizenship to 1.8 million ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
However, as regards the determination of Albanian origin, the decree states that the applicant's self-declaration as Albanian is a valid proof of his/her Albanian origin. The decree will enter in force once published in the Official Gazette.
While it is still too early to speculate about the practical implications of this decree, its adoption together with recent plans to grant citizenship to foreign investors will without doubt transform the conception and configuration of Albanian citizenship and can potentially impact upon the already complex citizenship constellations in the region.


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Sharp Estimates for Green's Functions: Singular Cases
M. G. Garroni
Part of the Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications book series (NOIA, volume 79)
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The concept of stem cells appeared in the early 2000's in the cosmetics industry, but without quickly finding a logical and legitimate application. It will be a few years before this concept becomes generalized little by little. Its use has been made possible by several factors, but in particular by the emergence of a technology that some have called PSCT, for Plant Stem Cells Technology.
In this approach, the idea consists in using stem cells derived from plants, extracts of meristems or others, in order to produce active principles intended to maintain, maintain or correct certain aspects of cutaneous physiology. This technology was already known, but without having been formalized in such a precise way, the use of bud extracts, for example, was a very old practice. Advances in technology, and better knowledge, will gradually refine these concepts until they become a fairly common practice in print approaches. To date, there are many such extracts.
Today, Vincent Briffaut allows us to understand a little better how one of the pioneer companies of these technologies, Mibelle Biochemistry, developed the first extracts presented as such and in particular the PhytoCellTec™ Malus Domestica. This ingredient, like some rare others, will significantly mark its time as having opened new approaches in the field of formulation as well as in anti-aging strategies.
Basic research in the field of stem cells has been in constant progression for several years and today's advances certainly contribute to finding tomorrow's solutions to serious diseases or handicaps.
Indeed, to date, experiments are underway in France and around the world to regenerate tissues from human stem cells. Recreating sight by recreating the retina from stem cells, curing diabetes by differentiating stem cells into pancreatic cells capable of synthesizing insulin or even reconstructing the skin to treat skin lesions are no longer utopias close to science fiction but now represent legitimate hopes for the treatment of chronic or orphan diseases.
There are several forms of stem cells. The most"complete" form is the embryonic stem cell. Because of its totipotent character, this cell is the only one capable of giving all the differentiated cells of the organism. Adult stem cells, on the other hand, are undifferentiated cells capable of self-renewal and differentiation into cell forms specific to the tissue in which they evolve. They are called"multipotent cells". Tissue regeneration depends primarily on the ability of adult stem cells to generate the daughter cells needed for tissue repair and replacement. It is therefore obvious that a decrease in adult stem cell activity leads to a decline in the regenerative potential of tissues and accelerates aging.
The skin consists of two layers, each with its own stem cells.
• The epidermis contains adult stem cells in the basement membrane. It is estimated that 2 to 7% of basement membrane cells are epidermal stem cells. Following asymmetric division, stem cells produce transient amplification cells (i.e. cells in the differentiation phase) which, after a limited number of divisions, enter a terminal differentiation phase. The cells thus produced gradually migrate into the epidermis as far as the stratum corneum. With time, the renewal of the epidermis becomes less well and the skin becomes thinner, more fragile and more prone to aggressions.
• The dermis also contains its own stem cells whose niche has recently been identified in the papillae of the dermis. These stem cells renew themselves, migrate to the dermis and differentiate into fibroblasts. As a reminder, dermal fibroblasts are able to interact with epidermal cells (especially epidermal stem cells) and control the thickness and elasticity of the dermis through collagen and elastin synthesis. These proteins constitute the extracellular matrix. As we age, the number of senescent fibroblasts increases and the production of structural proteins decreases accordingly. The replacement of aged fibroblasts by the action of dermal stem cells is therefore of fundamental importance for the prevention of skin ageing.
It seems obvious that the need for new cells in a tissue is directly linked to the proliferation of stem cells and their differentiation into transient amplification cells and then into totally dedicated daughter cells. Therefore, treatments that enhance the functional capacity of stem cells are effective solutions for tissue renewal and maintaining young, healthy skin.
When Mibelle Biochemistry researchers became interested in the roles of stem cells in the skin and how to protect them from aging, their reasoning very quickly focused on plant stem cells as an active ingredient.
PhytoCellTec™ is the name of the technology developed by Mibelle Biochemistry to generate and cultivate plant stem cells. The PhytoCellTec™ technology is based on the healing capabilities of plants. Indeed, when a plant suffers an injury, the first phase of healing consists in the formation of a callus. The constituent cells of this callus are undifferentiated cells (plant stem cells) which will, depending on the nature and location of the injury, differentiate into specific cells. Plant stem cells have a totipotent character that adult human stem cells no longer possess: from a plant stem cell it is possible to reconstitute the whole plant.
In order to create the active ingredients based on plant stem cells, it is therefore necessary to induce the formation of a callus, to which end a small part of the plant is removed (leaf, fruit, root, germ) and then injured. The stem cells from the callus are then cultured in specific media and produced on a larger scale in bioreactors specially developed for this production. Once the culture is sufficient, the plant stem cells are harvested and lysed before being vectorized as liposomes. This vectorization step allows the active compounds to penetrate more easily to the basement membrane in the case of epidermal stem cells. For dermal stem cells, liposomes penetrate via the follicular route to the papillae of the dermis.
PhytoCellTec technology ™ is part of a true sustainable development approach since plant stem cells are grown from a small part of the plant. It is not necessary to harvest the whole plant and this technology is therefore perfectly suited to the enhancement of rare or partially protected plants such as the apple species UtwillerSpätlauber which was used for the creation of the first active plant stem cell : PhytoCellTecMalus™ Domestica. Moreover, plant stem cell culture is not water-intensive and is, of course, without pesticides, fertilizers or GMOs. During the conference on sustainable development in Rio in 2012, the technology PhytoCellTec™ was presented as a major advance in ecodevelopment.
Plant stem cells and adult stem cells are undifferentiated cells whose degree of differentiation is controlled by gene expression modulation. This modulation of gene expression is done under the influence of modification enzymes, themselves regulated upwards or downwards by molecular activators or inhibitors: we speak of epigenetic factors. All stem cells, regardless of their origin (animal, human or plant) contain these epigenetic factors whose function is to maintain the stem cell's capacity for self-renewal. That's why plant stem cells help preserve the vitality of skin stem cells.
Numerous studies in vivo and in vitro have been set up by Mibelle Biochemistry research teams to demonstrate the positive effect of plant stem cells on skin stem cells. In addition to clinical objectivation tests, a cell culture model was developed that allowed us to demonstrate that the contribution of plant stem cells of different species (apple, grape, comfrey, Rose des Alpes) protected epidermal stem cells from aging and photo-aging. Skin stem cells treated with plant stem cells retain all their capacity to reconstitute a stratified epidermis despite an accelerated ageing protocol. At the dermal level, the influence of Argan and Saponaria Pumila stem cells also helps to preserve all the regenerative capacities of dermal stem cells and to fight in depth against the loss of density of the dermis.
To find all the references of this technology, a website has been set up . The application"plant stem cells to protect skin stem cells" has been patented by Mibelle Biochemistry. By improving the skin's regenerative capacities, the active ingredients in the PhytoCellTec™ range act as high-tech anti-aging products.
Contribution made by Vincent Briffaut Vincent Commercial Manager of Mibelle Biochemistry for France. With a scientific and commercial background, he first worked in the distribution of raw materials for the cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries and then joined a producer of active ingredients as Commercial France. Since April 2009, he has been in charge of the technical promotion and commercial representation of Mibelle Biochemistry's active ingredients to French players in the cosmetics industry.
It is a liposomal active substance based on stem cells from the apple Uttwiler Spätlauber.
Uttwiler Spätlauber is an old Swiss apple variety, now very rare. It was known for its exceptional capacity of conservation but, as it had a rather bitter taste, it disappeared with the profit of the apples with the sweeter taste. As this apple could be stored for a long time without wrinkling or losing taste, it had to contain special substances and stem cells with a particularly long lifespan. It was precisely these longevity factors that were of particular interest to Mibelle Biochemistry researchers.
In global studies, Mibelle Biochemistry has shown that PhytoCellTec™ Malus Domestica, the substance based on apple stem cells, increases the vitality and longevity of epidermal stem cells and slows down their aging.
Increased stem cell vitality Cultures containing epidermal stem cells were treated with different concentrations of PhytoCellTec™ Malus Domestica and their dividing capacity (Colony-Forming Efficiency) was determined. It has been demonstrated that PhytoCellTec™ Malus Domestica has a clearly positive effect on stem cell characteristics.
Maintaining the ability to form new epidermal tissues Young and active epidermal stem cells are capable of forming an epidermis composed of all its layers in the laboratory. If old stem cells are used for this test, the cells no longer multiply and the formation of the epidermis is interrupted accordingly. These stem cells are exhausted and at the end of their life cycle. But if, during the culture of the Malus Domestica stem cell, a stem cell extract is added, even the"old" cells are still capable of generating a complete epidermis. Under the influence of Malus Domestica stem cell extract, epidermal stem cells retain their vitality longer and are able to form new tissues and regenerate the skin.
The anti-wrinkle action of PhytoCellTec™ Malus Domestica was analyzed during a clinical study involving 20 people, aged 37 to 64 years. A 2% emulsion of PhytoCellTec™ Malus Domestica was applied to the crow's feet area for 28 days. The results showed a clear and significant reduction in wrinkles in all these people.
About Mibelle Biochemistry Mibelle Biochemistry designs and develops unique, high quality active ingredients for the cosmetics industry based on natural substances and high scientific expertise. This independent business unit within the Mibelle Group was founded in 1995 by Dr Fred Zülli in Buchs, Switzerland. In a short time, Mibelle Biochemistry has built an excellent reputation worldwide as a creator of innovative active ingredient concepts and a true expert in the fields of biotechnology and biochemistry. Its wide range of assets is available in over 50 countries worldwide.


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By Sushma Joshi, Nation Weekly Magazine.
At a time when leaders in Nepal seem to be groping for direction, there is a leader out there who sees very clearly where he's heading.
Narbahadur Limbu, chairman of the Nepal Association for the Blind (NAB), has a smile on his face as he says: "When there's a will, there's a way."
Mr.Limbu wants to be the first blind man in Nepal to get a Ph.D. He's attempting this challenge, he says, not just because it would be an individual achievement for him, but because it is a visible first step for an entire community of people who remain unable to access education at the higher level.
"I am one of the blind who should not have been blind," says Mr. Limbu, a charismatic man with a soft smile.
Mr. Limbu was born in a village in Terhathum in 1963. At the age of 7, he caught typhoid. "We did not even have cetamol in the village." Due to the high fever, Mr. Limbu lost his eyesight. Then, two years later, he lost his widowed mother and became an orphan.
Destiny came in the form of the Queen Mother Ratna Rajya Laxmi Shah, who came to visit Tehrathum when he was thirteen. After the Pradhan Panch presented the blind orphan to her, she took him under her wing.
He started to attend the Khagendra Navajeevan Kendra, after which he joined the Laboratory School. "There were no braille books when I was in school," says Mr. Limbu. "We used to write it out ourselves, and then type it on typewriters and print it out in lithos."
In 1983, Mr. Limbu passed the SLC exams in the first division. Only seven days after passing his exams, he got a job as a teacher at a newly opened school in Dhangadi.
"Luck favored me," says Mr. Limbu. Even though he started to teach, Mr. Limbu's odyssey as a student was not over. He did his intermediate studies from Kailali Campus, and then he took his BA exams privately from Kathmandu.
At the age of 30, he joined Tribhuwan University to get his masters degree. "I had financial constraints, but a few friends helped me to get the funds together, and I was finally able to attend."
His thesis was on "The Rebellion of Bhimsen Panta - 2010". The title refers to a movement very similar to the Maoist movement conducted in Doti and Dadeldhura half a century ago, he says.
The idea to get a Ph.D occurred to Mr. Limbu after he kept on meeting many blind "doctors" - individuals holding doctorates - in India and other foreign countries.
Mr. Limbu, who has traveled extensively in foreign countries, including Sweden, Australia, Thailand, Japan, Bahrain, UAE and others, says that the educational system and services are far advanced in these places, allowing them to be much more productive. "Education for the blind is very advanced in Japan and Sweden," he says. "There were free computers and printers for the blind. Everything from living expenses to a stipend is paid for by the government."
And now, says Mr. Limbu, his dream to get a Ph.D might be coming true. "There are no books or databases on the educational history of people with disabilities in Nepal," he says. That's why he chose this topic and submitted it to Tribhuwan University as a potential research topic.
Suraj Dahal, former president of the Society of Ex-Budanilkantha Students (SEBS), arranged a fortuitous meeting with an American friend who contacted Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind man to climb Everest. Mr. Weihenmayer, an American, was strongly supportive of Mr. Limbu's project, and has agreed to fund 50% of the cost of the Ph.D.
Not all blind people in Nepal are as lucky. Of the approximate 3.5 lakhs blind and partially sighted people of Nepal (WHO random survey, 1980), only 350 of them have passed their SLC, 49 have their bachelors degree, and 18 of them have a masters degree. Of the 47,000 population of school-going age, only 1,900 are currently getting an education.
The director of NAB, Amrit Rai, sits on the threshold, counting Braille books recently published by their press. "The Ministry of Education put out that tender for 4000 books. We won the tender to publish them," he says, as he places the books, bound in blue, inside the sacks.
A group of men and women gather, eagerly putting the books together in piles. The pitifully inadequate number of books will be distributed to schools across the country. The schools with more than one blind student will have to share their resources.
But even the blind with an education found it did not automatically lead to employment. In 1990, they protested by laying down their SLC certificates on the ground of Ratna Park. This protest led to 21 teaching positions to be put aside for the blind. "Currently, there are 90 teachers, and approximately 45 other people working in the non-profit sector," he says. "This still leaves the rest of the 282 people with SLC qualifications without a job."
The NAB advocates and lobbies in all sectors: education, employment and human rights. They also run schools, savings and credit groups, and rehabilitation programs in Dang and Chitwan. NAB is also involved in promoting the productive re-integration of the blind into society.
"The software we have," says Chana Shrestha, one of the instructors at the computer lab where the blind are taught new digital technology, "allows typed files into a floppy to be printed out in braille."
Dhruba Gyawali, a sighted software engineer based in Butwal, has already developed a software that changes Nepali writing to Braille. He is now at work on speech recognition software that would allow computers to recognize the Nepali language.
Harisharan Bista, project manager of the donor organization Norwegian Association of the Blind, says: "The Maoists have never stopped our work. We go all over the country, and hold camps in many districts. They know what we do. They only go after an organization if they are corrupt and are exploiting funds."
NAB is actively involved in lobbying for people with different disabilities, and has been able to affect national policies. For an organization that does high-level national level advocacy, it still remains resource-poor: it does not, for instance, have its own building. Although the government granted it some land in the past, the land has been mired in legal disputes and not yet released. "A building would help to consolidate our women's hostel, music training building and publishing press," says Mr. Limbu.
"Also, lots of our branches don't have offices. But our first priority is to work like a union, and to unify the blind."
Without a doubt, Mr. Limbu's Ph.D program would help towards this goal. Tribhuwan University, which has yet to include people with disabilities in its programs, would have to start thinking about new ways to include differently abled people.
Unlike many people who decide to leave Nepal with higher education, Mr. Limbu has different plans. He never wanted to remain behind in a foreign country, he says. "If I stayed behind, it would just benefit me as an individual. I work for common and collective rights. There is too much to do here."
With such a leader at the helm, the path towards integrating the blind in Nepal is straighter than any roadmap.
Sushma Joshi is a writer at the Nation Weekly magazine, Nepal. subcontinental@yahoo.com.
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How To Gain Control Of Your Sexuality
The Be Be, which claims to be the first Australian-designed intimate massager for women, has been released with great fanfare. The big selling point? It's designed to be something that women can buy publicly without qualms.
Lisa Hughes, a co-founder of Love Being Woman, the company which produces the Be Be, noted: "What's with all the tacky imagery and packaging? Why can't normal women walk into a normal shop and buy a vibrator like it's a totally normal thing to do?"
The answer is twofold. One is because places which sell vibrators are, pretty universally, either kind of creepy and humiliating, tacky, or not particularly conducive to women feeling comfortable. The other is because, for women, buying something sexy in public is still a pretty brave thing to do.
How do we deal with the first one? Most consumers, and particularly women, respond to shopping environments which are clean, calm and well-designed. So where are the pretty, charming sex toy shops? Lingerie boutiques such as Agent Provocateur do the best job they can, but they rarely stock specialist wares or many things of high quality.
Historically, of course, sex shops were exclusively male domains. Hell, they only really started to believe in the female orgasm less than a century ago. Unfortunately, this feeling hasn't really faded, and women can feel very marginalised.
New online stores catering exclusively to women have been one of the biggest trends of the past few years. Hapsari, Honey Birdette – if you want a woman-friendly online space to do your intimate shopping, you have more choices than ever. However, it's not the same as having an actual space: 'a normal shop' where you can do totally normal things, like buy a vibrator.
So what about the second problem? Rihanna talks about buying sex toys in interviews because she knows it will shock people. A woman being brazen about her sexuality in public? Where are my smelling salts?!
If you find buying a sex toy in public uncomfortable, ask yourself why. Do you not like people knowing what you do in your private bedroom life? Do you feel that way about lingerie, or just about more intimate things? Do you worry about what people will think of you and your morals? Do you think you'll be slut-shamed?
All women deserve to have boundaries and privacy. However, many people have an underlying sense (and this can be due to education, media messages, religion or whatever else) that sex is 'bad' or 'naughty', rather than healthy and fulfilling. If this is what's preventing you from getting yourself a vibrator in public, recognise it, and confront it.
After all, that's what Lady Friday is all about – giving you control over your sexuality, and making you proud of it.
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Gettysburg College to upgrade planetarium
Davin Jurgensen
djurgensen@eveningsun.com
Gettysburg College's Hatter Planetarium will celebrate 50 years this summer with an entirely new system.
The 30-foot dome and accompanying projector were installed in the summer of 1966, planetarium director Ian Clarke said. The planetarium seats about 100 people and offers free public shows throughout the academic year from September to May.
Although the current system still displays the stars in the sky, the projector's gears and light bulbs are starting to show their age by not holding the planets steady in their designated spots, Clarke said.
"What you can do has changed so much that yes, we are at a place where (the planetarium) is of limited use to the astronomy classes," Clarke said. "Our old system is not a one-trick pony but maybe a five- or six-trick pony, whereas the new, digital machine is almost an infinite-trick pony."
Julia Giannini, a sophomore at Gettysburg College, is a student worker at the planetarium and leads the school and scout groups, she said. She's a physics and math major and started getting involved with the program freshman year.
"It's going to be a learning curve but it's really exciting," Giannini said about getting new equipment.
Check out what Clarke had to say about Hatter Planetarium and its future plans.
Q: What is the importance of having a planetarium?
A: For astronomy education. There is no substitute for the 3D hemisphere for seeing the sky. Nowadays there's astronomy software that can show you the sky, but it's still a flat screen. This is the only thing that will show you the sky from a perspective as you would see it outside. You can turn around, you can look up; all the angles come out right. It's the practical, observational side of it. There's no tool besides the dome that shows it as well.
Q: What are the future plans for Hatter?
A: As of the summer we'll be installing a Spitz SciDome projector that's digital. It will mean an exponential increase in our capabilities in terms of photo-realistic representations of the sky on the dome and motions into the past and the future. Like I said, it's like going from an Etch A Sketch to an iPad, so we're thrilled. For the first time ever, the planetarium will be the classroom for our introduction to astronomy classes, which is the way many students fulfill their science requirement. There will be a combination of movable chairs with writing arms on them and fixed chairs. The seating capacity will go down, but the capabilities will go up enormously.
Q:How long has this project been in the works?
A: We've been working on this for 12 to 15 years or so. The date for this to be completed is Aug. 1, but the drop-dead deadline is the beginning of classes late August.
Q:Is it beneficial to have the introduction to astronomy class in here?
A: I would guess they'll be able to do a lot of demonstrations in here that they would not have been able to do in the classroom. Now a modern astronomy class, only a part of it has to do with looking at the sky and knowing where things are, but that part of the class will get an enormous boost. There will probably be a period of time where the professors figure out how best to use the space. I'm sure as the semesters go by, the planetarium will be more and more integrated into what they do. It's a great educational tool. It's much more than showing big videos on the dome. We can explore historical events and what the sky looked like, say, during the Battle of Gettysburg, and understand things that would be hard to on a flat surface.
Q: Are your shows public?
A: We are an academic year. Our public shows will presumably start in September. We do shows for the public, school groups, scout groups and all that kind of thing. There's enormous flexibility in what you can do with our new system. Our shows are live talks. The new machine might include a little recording because you get animations and laid-out soundtracks, but I think for students to have a presenter is great because they have someone to answer questions.
Q: How long have you been involved with the planetarium?
A: I think since 2000. I've been interested in astronomy since I was a teenager. I'm actually an English teacher, but I also have a background in outdoor education, and it brings all that kind of thing together. The planetarium is a fun mix of theater, the outdoors - even though you're inside - and science, and that's why I've gotten a lot of enjoyment out of it. Even though we currently have an older system, it's a joy to present with it.
What: Hatter Planetarium
Where: Masters Hall Room 115 at Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St., Gettysburg
Shows: April 3 at 4 p.m for April skies and May 1 at 5 p.m. for summer skies


Languages: Information boards in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Accessibility: The exhibition is located in an old building that has several levels connected by narrow stairs. There is no lift so this is not a practical attraction for those with impaired mobility.
Edinburgh's Camera Obscura and World of Illusions (to give it its correct and full name) is a great collection of exhibits that cover a wide range of optical effects and tricks.
The focal point (excuse the pun) of this attraction is the Camera Obscura, a Victorian curiosity that is, in effect, like a periscope that projects an image of Edinburgh on to a large bowl shaped screen. This maybe doesn't sound very thrilling, but don't worry there's lots more to see and do in the "World of Illusions".
The exhibitions are spread over several floors each with a different theme. You can see some early 3D photographic techniques from the 1890's which are surprisingly effective. There is also a gallery of quite amazing modern 3D images that will have you mesmerised.
On another level, you have a fun collection of optical illusions that will baffle your eyes and brain. There are also the good old fashioned distorting mirrors so you can have a giggle experimenting with some alternative body shapes.
We haven't covered everything on display here as the fun of this attraction is the exploration!
When you get to the top level, you have the viewing platform and the Camera Obscura. This is one of the highest points of the Royal Mile and one of the few places where you can get a 360 view of the city centre. The Camera has shows at set intervals, but you don't have to wait long between shows.
The Camera Obscura is a great family attraction, but equally entertaining for adults and certainly something a little bit different.


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Taito of Brazil (Portuguese: Taito do Brasil) was a pinball and arcade manufacturer located in São Paulo, Brazil. The company originally started out as Clover Electronic Amusement in 1968, then became Taito of Brazil in 1972 by Abraham "Abba" Kogan, the son of the founder of the parent company Taito located in Japan. This subsidiary was originally an importer of existing U.S. and Japanese machine components to be assembled within the country. However, the taxation on imports had been growing steadily, and the government's belief that pinball is a game of chance and considered a gambling machine, led to strict import rules. By 1976, within rules created by the Electronic Processing Activities Coordinating Committee (CAPRE), it became illegal to import pinball machines. This created a problem, since the popularity of arcade games in Brazil had been growing exponentially for many years.

In 1978, with an influx of cash from the parent company, Taito of Brazil was able to build new facilities to accommodate the new standard of electronic solid state games being produced by other manufacturers. Because of the import changes, companies in Brazil needed to become innovative, and began creating imitations, or close representations of already existing products that could no longer be acquired. This included pinball and arcade games. Taito of Brazil began creating games by copying existing designs of successful pinball machines made elsewhere. Where some games were nearly identical in a physical sense, others had greatly altered artwork. In most cases of games created to look like their counterparts made by other manufacturers, the machine name was changed, sound effects altered, and often went through a modification of game rules. Such was the case with a Taito-made game called, Oba Oba. The playfield layout was a copy of Bally Playboy but with altered artwork, and now based on a playhouse located in Rio de Janeiro. Where others were much closer to the original games, such as the case with Drakor, which is nearly identical to Gorgar from Williams Electronics.

Taito of Brazil's most commercially successful pinball machine was Cosmic, a clone of Stern Electronics Galaxy.

Additionally, starting in the late 1970s, Taito of Brazil began creating arcade game clones known as bootlegs as well. The only hardware available to them was an arcade board originally created by Japanese company, Nichibutsu for a game called, Moon Cresta (1980). Bootleg versions of existing games were altered to run on this hardware. Other minor changes were implemented to the software code including text, and sound effects. In total, 21 different adaptations had been produced, including popular games such as, Zig Zag, a redeployment of Dig Dug from Namco, and Missile X, a clone of Missile Command from Atari.

Taito of Brazil closed its doors in 1985 after a series of unfortunate events. Michael Kogan, the founder of the parent company, Taito Corporation had died on a business trip to the U.S. in early 1984. This left much of the control of the Japanese Taito Corporation to the company employees, who were less enthusiastic about its subsidiaries. This added to a sharp decrease in the popularity of pinball worldwide as the result of the popularity of arcade video games prompted the decision to close down Taito of Brazil in 1985. The company was liquidated and all its debts honored without the need for bankruptcy. Kyocera of Japan purchased what remained of the Taito Corporation in 1986.

Taito of Brazil pinball machines

Most manufacture dates are unknown

Electro-mechanical

Check Mate
Crown Soccer Special (1967)
Lucky Strike

Solid state electronics

Shown in parenthesis is the original machine it is based on

Apache (Playfield layout the same as Fast Draw (Gottlieb, 1975))
Black Hole (similar to Black Hole (Gottlieb, 1981))
Cavaleiro Negro (similar to Black Knight (Williams Electronics, 1980))
Cosmic (Nearly identical to Galaxy (Stern Electronics, 1980))
Drakor (Nearly identical to Gorgar (Williams Electronics, 1979))
Fire Action (Similar to Firepower (Williams Electronics, 1980))
Fire Action Deluxe (playfield layout is the same as Firepower II (Williams Electronics, 1983) but contains the artwork of the original Firepower)
Football (similar to World Cup (Williams Electronics, 1978))
Gemini 2000 (similar to Flight 2000 (Stern Electronics, 1980) in concept, however playfield layout is that of Centaur (Bally, 1981))
Gork (Similar to Sky Jump (Gottlieb, 1974))
Hawkman (Similar playfield layout as Fathom (Bally, 1981) but with different artwork and rules)
Hot Ball (Similar to Eight Ball (Bally, 1977))
Lady Luck (Featuring similar artwork as Mata Hari (Bally, 1978))
Lucky Strike (bowling theme)
Lunelle (Playfield layout is that of Alien Poker (Williams Electronics, 1980) but with different artwork)
Meteor (nearly identical to Meteor (Stern Electronics, 1979))
Mr. Black (playfield layout is similar to Defender (Williams Electronics, 1982) but with a different theme)
Oba Oba (Playfield layout is the same as Playboy (Bally, 1978) but is themed after a club in Rio de Janeiro)
Polar Explorer (similar to Pinball Champ (Zaccaria, 1983))
Rally (similar to Skateball (Bally, 1980) but missing a flipper)
Roman Victory (Roman themed game)
Shark (Nautical theme)
Shock (nearly identical to Flash (Williams Electronics, 1979))
Snake Machine (some game elements taken from Viper (Stern Electronics, 1981))
Space Shuttle (nearly identical to Space Shuttle (Williams Electronics, 1984) made under the label 'Mecatronics')
Speed Test (playfield layout of Vector (Bally, 1982) but with different artwork)
Sultan (nearly identical to Sinbad (Gottlieb, 1978))
Sure Shot (similar to Eight Ball Deluxe (Bally, 1981))
Titan (similar to Barracora (Williams Electronics, 1981))
Vegas (Nearly identical to another Taito game, Lady Luck, but with alterations)
Volcano (similar to Volcano (Gottlieb, 1981))
Volley (Volleyball themed game)
Zarza (similar to Xenon (Bally, 1980) but with different sound effects)

Arcade Games Produced

Shown in parentheses is the original game it is based on

Sandwich/X-salad (BurgerTime)
Zig Zag (Dig Dug)
Kong (adapted from Crazy Kong, another Donkey Kong clone)
Big Flyer (Fly Boy)
Jump (Frogger)
Fantastic (Galaga)
Attack Galactica (Galaxian)
Speed Race (Grand Champion)
Super Fantastic (Gaplus)
Missile X (Missile Command)
Star Crest (Moon Cresta)
Stock Car (New Rally-X)
Condor (Phoenix)
Piranha (Phunky Fish)
Polaris II (Polaris)
Commander (Scramble)
Fighting (Super Cobra)
Time Fighter (Time Pilot)
Olympics (Track & Field)
Cacapa (Video Hustler)
Columbia (Xevious)
Elepong (Pong)

See also
 Playmatic, a former Spanish company of pinball machines
 Inder, another former Spanish company of pinball and arcade machines
 Zaccaria (company), a former Italian company of pinball and arcade machines
 Maresa, a former Spanish company of pinball machines

References

External links
 The curious history of Taito in Brazil, 1968-1985
 Internet Pinball Database list of Taito games
 A História da TAITO [+TAITO do BRASIL]

Pinball manufacturers
Defunct companies of Brazil
Manufacturing companies based in São Paulo
Taito

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Q: C++ get current date I want to get current time day/month/year hour:minute:second
C++ seems to be pretty disgusting (well, it is itself) when it comes to such an easy problem.
I've searched internet all over and all I can get are deprecated c functions or functions being thread unsafe. I've found such way:
std::time_t const now_c = std::time(0);
auto strTime = std::put_time(std::localtime(&now_c), "%F %T");

However, I need to use
#pragma warning(disable : 4996)

to be able to even compile it (Visual Studio would say: error C4996: 'localtime': This function or variable may be unsafe. Consider using localtime_s instead. To disable deprecation, use _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS.)
How do I get current date in an elegant, working, not deprecated, efficient, sensible and C++ way?

A: std::localtime isn't deprecated, merely called "unsafe" by microsoft compilers, apply this to avoid
#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS

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How do I get current date in an elegant, working, not deprecated, efficient, sensible and C++ way?

Here is how you would do this using the free, open-source C++11/14 library mentioned by ArchbishopOfBanterbury in the comments:
#include "tz.h"
#include <string>

int
main()
{
    auto const now = date::make_zoned(date::current_zone(),
                                      std::chrono::system_clock::now());
    auto strTime = date::format("%F %T", now);
}

This is thread safe, and uses the modern C++11/14 <chrono> library as its foundation.  This will output the time to the accuracy of system_clock::time_point (100ns on VS).  If you prefer to truncate it to seconds, that is accomplished like so:
using namespace std::chrono;
using namespace date;
auto const now = make_zoned(current_zone(), floor<seconds>(system_clock::now()));
auto strTime = format("%F %T", now);

If you wish to get the local time somewhere else, just enter the IANA name for that timezone in place of current_zone():
auto const now = make_zoned("Europe/London", floor<seconds>(system_clock::now()));

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Backwards Integration: Is it not up to the incoming population to integrate with the existing population? Should muslim kids not be taught christian ways? Why is the existing population expected to integrate with the incoming population? That is invasion and ethnocide. A video of a Danish class chanting Allahu Akbar triggers strong reaction.
The methods of integrating Muslim refugee children into Denmark's society is at the center of a fierce debate, after a video of Danish pupils being trained to recite Islamic prayers prompted harsh criticism from conservatives.
Defenders of European identity quickly rushed to condemn 'Koran indoctrination' in schools after a two-minute video surfaced online showing a boy of African descent teaching his third-grade classmates his daily prayer ritual, all under the careful guidance of their teacher. The entire exercise ends with the class kneeling and chanting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is great).
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The politician believes that Hindus celebrating their festivals are, by contrast, not disturbing anyon
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Is Multiculturalism or Islam or Socialism or the One World Order Destroying Our Nations & Culture?
Allastriona asks Elvis, a Christian from Iran in exile in UK what he thinks is causing the downfall of The West.
Clearly the degree of multiculturalism is important, if it is similar culture like the differing European nations, it is fine, but if it is a huge difference in culture, it is guaranteed to clash.
Architecture is a good indication of the closeness between cultures. Like European architecture that went to USA with the British and Irish but had Italian and Greek influences and there was no problems with this.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYA4Ywf8DP0&t=38s[embed]
However mixing very different cultures might seem novel and fun at first, when you talk about food and coffee table experiences, but when you go deeper there are serious clashes. This is mostly because many of these cultures are rooted in religion. This must be why the establishment is working so hard to destroy religions, to make it easier to create a One World Order.
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#IslamicIncrementalism Islam in Ireland Wants to Enslave Girls & Feminazis Approve of This Sexism!
#IslamicIncrementalism
An Islamic "board" in Ireland wants girls to wear hijab school uniforms. Muslims in Ireland pretend it will be a matter of choice, but as they are allowed to lie, according to their holy book, the muslim families will just force the girls to wear the black bag of slavery, and pretend it is their choice… females do not get a choice in Islam. Some girls in Islam have been honour killed for less.
This comes with calls for the removal of christian symbols and also calls for muslims to become more politically active.
This alone should send a shiver down any real Irishmen's spine!
They also want to bring in Eid and remove christian holidays and demand that faith based schools should recognise aspects of Islam…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4oFQdjkWj0[embed]
The left have been brainwashed that Islam is a race… totally ignoring Islam's hatred for non muslims as promoted by the Hadith, one of their holy books.
The entire
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We Might Never Know How The Notre Dame Fire Started, But We Know Who is Happy About It…
An Islamic looking figure was spotted in the Notre Dame Cathedral AFTER the staff had apparently left…
Sadly, to some The Notre Dame Cathedral burning is a reason to smile or laugh…
A whole lot of people with Arab names are finding the historic Notre Dame ablaze very funny:
Twitter user Damien Rieu posted a video showing a number of Jihad-sympathizers responding to a video of the Paris church with a "laughing" face emoji.
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO44AB-5XQg[embed]
The entire political establishment, biased media and left wing apologists are dead quiet about Islam and quietly allowing the destruction of Ireland to go ahead and its occupation and population replacement…
In order to remain fully independent and not compromised or subservient to
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The Islamic Conquest of Christianity Gains Ground: Iconic Byzantine Christian church Hagia Sophia, to become a mosque!
Istanbul's Hagia Sophia, originally a Byzantine Christian church, might be turned into a mosque again – a potential back-down from the legacy of Turkey's secular government that turned the site into a museum in 1935.
"This is not unlikely," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a live interview with Turkish television on Monday, adding, "We might even change its name to Ayasofya Mosque."
The Hagia Sophia became a museum under Turkey's secularist government back in 1935, but "we may as well take a step and change that," he said.
Erdogan hinted that the change in status would benefit tourists. "Tourists come and go at the Blue Mosque. Do they pay anything?" he asked, referring to another popular site in Istanbul. "Well, we will do the same with the Hagia Sofia."
The Hagia Sophia was first built as a church by the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century and served as the main Orthodox Christian church. Following the conquest of Con
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The West Are Also Islam's Useful Idiots: Iranian Who Fled Iran Says UK Becoming As Bad As Iran!
The West Are Useful Idiots For Muslims: Iranian who Fled Iran, Says UK is Becoming What He Fled From in Iran – Totalitarian Islam
Just like the Yasidi girl who fled Germany back to Iraq because her ISIS abuser had followed her to Germany, Elvis, who fled Iran to UK, feels like he is more in danger in UK than he was in the Islamic state if Iran!
Allah was always on the side of whatever Mohammed did, giving him licence for lechery, or was it Mohammed using Allah as an excuse and justification for his evil?
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QutvQjaOMRg[embed]
Apart from his child bride, Mohammed gave himself licence to have sex with anyone, even his daughter in law. His proclivity to killing women seems to be almost an execution of witnesses or victims…
When a middle aged women wrote something not flattering about him, he ordered her to be killed. She was tied between two camels and torn limb from limb…
Another women, Bint Marwahn was an educate
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Was Mohammed Possessed by the Devil? "I Became A Christian AFTER Reading The Quoran"
Ideology of Hate: Was Mohammed Possessed by the Devil? I Became A Christian AFTER Reading The Quoran
What made Mohammed a Pedophile, Misogynist, Homophobe, Anti-Semite, anti Christian, etc. etc.?
Why was he so angry? He never did any miracles or lead by example as Jesus did…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfqjGxh77CQ[embed]
He constantly cursed Jesus, Jews, Christian and Women for whom he had a special hatred. He even hated Dogs and took pleasure out of abusing children, raping boys and girls under 14.
Alluha Akbar means Our God is Better Than Yours – Your god is weak because he did not save you…
Islam is constantly taunting God and his creation, just like the Devil would do…
The police are incapable, unequipped and too scared of dealing with Islam. All are too scared of being labelled as a racist even if it has nothing to do with racism.
Meanwhile the Irish EU regime (FG/FF/SF) is too busy to deal with the problems their virtue si
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Homosexuality Caused Majority of Sex Abuse in Catholic Church, After Mistakenly Following The Sexualisation of Greater Society
Posted on January 5, 2019 Leave a comment
Homosexuality is the root cause for the majority of sex abuse at the catholic Church, not the Catholic Church itself, says a German cardinal who is one of the most senior German figures in the Catholic Church. He has controversially denied that sexual abuse was a problem in the Catholic Church, saying that the problem was caused by gay men rather than catholic priests.
Cardinal Walter Brandmüller played down widespread reports of sexual abuse of minors in the Catholic Church in an interview with news agency DPA on Friday. Bradmüller said that public debate on the sexual abuse "forgets or silences the fact that 80 percent of the cases of sexual assault in the church affected male youths not children". He added that it was "statistically proven" that there is a connection between homosexuality and sexual abuse.
In an impassioned defence of the Church's record, Brandmüller claimed that "<
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Koran says Muslims Should Convert to Christianity and Jesus is a Greater Prophet Than Mohammed
The Koran says Muslims should convert to Christianity and that Jesus is a Greater Prophet Than Mohammed.
[embed]https://youtu.be/citfBfh14QQ[/embed]
An ex Muslim pastor from Spain explains how the Koran instructed him and all others to convert to Christianity. How Jesus is mentioned more times in the Koran than Mohammed and that Mary is the only women mentioned n the Koran…
No doubt this well informed preacher will become a target of Islam and have a Fatwa against him from the "Religion of Peace"…
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Taqqiyah which allows muslims to lie and deceive – does Lying Leo Varadkar know?
On the Banríon Show at 8PM on Irish News Radio: Alastriona explained Taqqiyah which allows muslims to lie and deceive – does Leo know?
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Finally Spain Wakes Up With A Populist Party: VOX Pledges to Put Spanish First and Make Spain Great Again!
It seems Europeans are so brainwashed and ensconced in their materialistic comfort zones, that the only way a patriotic populist party arises, is after the mass importation of illegal aliens by their EU proxy government. After Spain took in more than any other European nation this year, at least 13,000 Spaniards have come to their senses and joined a rally of the fledgling VOX party in Madrid last month and polls indicate that up to half a million would vote for them today!
VOX a patriotic political party that vows to "defend Spain" from immigration, independence movements and political correctness. Suddenly being called "far right" by the left wing mainstream media seems not so bad anymore… in fact it appears to be the only hope for the future of our nation states.
Spain's newest party, that was founded in 2013 an
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Will Taxing Couples Who Choose Not to Have Kids Be an Answer To Europe's Demographic and Pension Time Bomb?
Multiculturalism and Mass Immigration have not only failed to solve the Pension Time Bomb in Europe, caused by Europeans choosing consumerism over family, but has exacerbated it because migrants are generally uneducated, unemployable, disease ridden and prefer to languish on the welfare system they never contributed to. Whilst Hungary is offering free homes to parents with two or more children, Europe's liberal regimes seem to doggedly pursue the policy of aborting your own children while importing migrant children, who place an even greater burden on social health and welfare.
Singapore also tried to incentivise families to have more children but that failed as the lure of consumerism is far too strong and it failed.
Another possible solution is a new proposal to tax adults who have fewer than two children which has been m
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Refugee Flees FROM Germany TO Iraq to Escape ISIS! – UNHCR and EU are Importing Islamic War Into The West! (Video)
A video by a Yazidi refugee who was bought for $100 dollars has exposed how her ISIS captor and abuser was ALSO given asylum in Germany where he subsequently tracked her down and confronted her! As she says on the video, this is by no means an isolated incident. Many incidents of crime, fighting and riots are a result of the feuds and conflicts having been imported from the Middle East into Europe. Maybe the V4 Claim that Poland and Hungary will have to defend themselves from Islamic Invasion from the West is not that far fetched after all?
The Yazidi teenager who was enslaved by Islamic State (ISIS) who had sought asylum in Germany has fled back to Iraq after being confronted by her former ISIS captor, who had also claimed and registered as a refugee in Stuttgart.
Ashwaq Ta'lo said that she was stopped by Abu Humam – a Syrian ISIS guard who had purchased her as a slave for $100 –
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What Price Atheism? Genocidal UNHCR decides where refugees are "resettled", sends Muslims to UK and Christian Syrians to Germany and Sweden!
Posted on August 7, 2018 Leave a comment
In what some would call karma or payback for UK's anti Christian, anti Catholic policies and attitudes, going back centuries, the supremacist UNHCR, who decides on behalf of Western nations where refugees are sent, sends Muslims to UK but sends Christian refugees to Germany or Sweden. This is also where the refugees prefer to go, further underscoring the pick and choose lottery win, that the refugee system has become. The word used is "resettlement" which indicates it is permanent with no intention that these refugees will ever be asked to return to their countries of origin. Indeed, "resettling ONE refugee plus FIFTEEN family members makes it clear they are permanently relocating people en masse! This is warfare! This is blatant kidnapping of desperate people to use be used as consumer fodder by oligarchs and multinationals and voter fraud by the occupation governments in the West.
As EuroWars reported Continue reading…
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'Niki de Saint Phalle: Play With Me' at the Kunsthalle Würth
"Niki de Saint Phalle: Play With Me," a large-scale exhibition presenting a broad survey of Niki's work, will be coming to the Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall in April.
With more than 100 works on exhibit, the show — curated by Guido Magnaguagno, former director of the Tinguely Museum in Basel, in cooperation with Bloum Cardenas, granddaughter of the artist — will include sculptures from the Würth Collection alongside works on loan from the Niki Charitable Art Foundation, the Sprengel Museum in Hanover, and the Musée d'Art Moderne in Nice. The show will also include works by Jean Tinguely, Niki's long-term partner, and paintings by her first teacher, Hugh Weiss. A special feature will be the inclusion of Niki's films in the exhibition.
The exhibit will open 17 April and continue through 16 October 2011. Learn more.
Love, obsession and faith
'Niki de Saint Phalle: Play With Me' Coming to the Kunsthalle Würth


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The Haitian Times is an online newspaper based in Brooklyn for the Haitian diaspora living in the wider area of New York City.

History
The Haitian Times was founded in 1999 in Brooklyn, New York  as a daily newspaper printed in English, as opposed to French or Haitian Creole. It had published its first issue on 27 October 1999. The newspaper's launch was also put into the Congressional records when Representative Carrie Meek (D-FL) paid tribute to its founders.

It circulated 30,000 newspapers per week, 18,000 circulating in Brooklyn, 6,000 in Queens, 4,000 in Long Island, 1,000 in New Jersey, and 1,000 beyond the greater metropolitan New York City area. The newspaper also covered news out of Haiti in the tradition of mainstream American journalism.

Garry Pierre-Pierre, a reporter with the New York Times and Miami Herald reporter Yves Colon founded The Haitian Times. Colon, who served as an editor, left the publication after two months. Pierre-Pierre assumed the editorship in addition to his role as publisher.

From 1999 to 2012, most Haitian churches in the city subscribed to the paper, providing stacks of copies to its congregations at the doors.

Patrick Dorismond
The Haitian Times covered the Patrick Dorismond shooting, a Haitian-American security guard who was shot by an undercover police officer near Madison Square Garden. The story placed the paper at the forefront and its reporting was quoted and followed by mainstream news publications from the Los Angeles Times to the New York Times.

2010 Haiti Earthquake
The newspaper again commanded center stage when the Haiti earthquake devastated much of  Port-au-Prince and towns miles away. The staff was one of the earliest set of journalists to arrive in Haiti. Reporters and photographers spent months on the ground, chronicling the destruction and the rescue, clean up and eventual rebuilding.

Awards
New York Press Association award; New York Community Media Alliance award

See also
List of newspapers in New York
List of newspapers in Haiti

References

External links
Website of The Haitian Times

1999 establishments in New York City
Haitian-American culture in New York City
Publications established in 1999
North American news websites
Haitian news websites


Where am I? What are all these colours? Who are these people around here? And what the hell is Stu doing with his tongue?
King Gizzard is back and going big, and it's definitely disorienting. After performing to a half-full but loud 250 person show at the Fairmount last March, they overflowed from Le National to absolutely pack L'Olympia last Wednesday. Seriously – security was in full force keeping tabs on the human sardine-packing effects, clearing the hallways near washrooms, staircases and other channels, and for good reason: the human gridlock was at points becoming scary.
The crowd was huge; the band blew up. The format was full voltage rock – no more flutes, no more synthetic concept voice-over segments, and poor Ambrose was relegated to traditional back-up instruments, harmonica & vocals duties. Must have been in a hurry- not even a rudimentary introduction of the group members. To make the band transition complete, it was noticeable that a spotlight was literally trained on lead singer-guitarist-frontman Stu MacKenzie 80% of the time. Commercial decision, band politics, or perhaps an artistic choice – who knows? One thing is certain, the show itself was a full octane psychedelic train ride into the bowels of collapsing polychromatic supernova. Most fans gave me this exact description outside after the show.
Even with the crowd surge, L'Olympia staff did an impressive job, and once the music started the pressure eased off. I mean, about 1/4 of the audience naturally all decided to cram into the front-center moshpit, in the hope of forging diamonds out of human sweat and vintage rock t-shirts, am I right?
Opening act Amyl and The Sniffers warmed up the stage, much the same way whiskey warms up your throat. A raw 70s-style punk four-piece with a seriously talented front-lady. Amy Taylor charmingly took us by the scruff of our necks, kissed us on the cheek and then spat in our eye. Raw and vicious. It would be a cop-out to call her a blonde Australian version of Joan Jett with a much better backing band, but that's the description we'll go with. Suffice to say, she was pushing the energy of the venue a few bars above your typical opening act. Any band that also gives a cheer for the beer guy wading through the crowd is A-grade.
On to Gizzard. The same band that sorta filled the Fairmount theatre just over a year ago is now pulling around 2200 Montreal souls. There's something funny about seeing your favourite band explode in popularity. Scores of new fans start packing bigger venues, humming tunes you know, jigging around to the riffs. Feels like a legion of latecomers crashing a party, barging in to get your drinks from the kitchen… You're ruffled but you're also slightly proud because they like the same beer.
From the first drop of 'Digital Black' the energy of the crowd was lit up. The entire mass of the front section was heaving up and down, with the surface of the audience looking like a carpet of silhouettes flapping in the wind. The ensuing set featured the usual electric procession of overlapping KGLW multi-song movements, with the end result feeling like more of an endurance high than a climactic rock crush. Just when you thought the band had hit 5th gear and things were running at max speed, they would switch from 'Big Fig Wasp' to 'Gamma Knife' and your head would explode.
After producing five albums in one year, this band presumably has forgotten how to slow down. Their US-Canada tour hits hard, now headed south for three nights in Brooklyn. Missing them at this point is just ignorant. A pleasure to watch; an experience if you happen to be up close. The buzz was palpable walking home after the show. Somewhere in the chaotic rainbow-infused psychedelics of 'Cellophane,' to 'the Fourth Color,' to a giant red spinning nonagon, all of us: the sweat-drenched mosh kids, head-bobbing hipsters, and golden-years grey rock fans, we all found our zen.


Canal Bank Walk was written as Patrick Kavanagh was recuperating after being treated for lung cancer in 1954. His recovery from a potentially fatal disease revitalised his zest for life and made him see life anew.
The natural beauty of the canal bank area seems to be infused with the beauty of nature and the wonder of God.
Kavanagh wants to rush headlong towards both and to rediscover himself anew.