Manoj Balyan wants Narendra Modi to become India's next prime minister when results of a general election are released next month, and not because of the pro-business opposition leader's record as a credible economic manager.
Instead, the property broker and village chieftain is drawn to the Hindu nationalist side of Modi, 63, who he believes will strip privileges from India's minority Muslim population.
"With Modi taking office, Muslims will automatically feel the pressure. They will not dare to raise their voice," said Balyan, 42, to nods of approval from a group of friends.
Such views are common in settlements around the sugarcane belt of Muzaffarnagar in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which was hit by deadly religious strife last year.
The election is spread out over five weeks, with voting ending on May 12. It was the turn of voters in Delhi, the capital, on Thursday and many parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Muzaffarnagar, where Modi's popularity is running high and Muslims are worried about their future.
For many of the 815 million registered to vote, Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) represent a promise of better governance, industrial growth and job creation.
But Modi is tainted by accusations that he encouraged or turned a blind eye to massacre of Muslims in 2002 in Gujarat riots, the state he has governed for 13 years.
The BJP's contention that other parties help Muslims at the expense of the Hindu majority has become an increasingly prominent part of its campaign in recent weeks - notably in areas where religious tensions run high.
The fighting in Muzaffarnagar left some 65 dead, including four in Balyan's village 118 km (73 miles) northeast of Delhi.
Like many others voting in the red-brick villages, Balyan blames Muslim neighbours for starting the violence and the state government for refusing to keep the perpetrators locked up.
"People have been attracted towards BJP because of the riots," said Balyan, who belongs to the same Hindu caste as - and shares a surname with - the BJP parliamentary candidate in Muzaffarnagar. He openly admits to joining the frenzy of violence.
"I supported my people by providing necessary material. They went in large numbers to other villages to teach Muslims a lesson," he said with a grin, scratching at a stubbly beard.
Modi's campaign manager Amit Shah was reprimanded this week by election authorities for speeches around Muzaffarnagar that appeared to justify the riots.
Modi is favourite to become prime minister, opinion polls have shown, but his BJP needs a big win in Uttar Pradesh, a state with a population comparable to Brazil that sends more lawmakers to parliament than any other.
India's 1.2 billion people include about 150 million Muslims and they form a significant minority in Uttar Pradesh. By adding religious and caste issues to its broader national appeal based on good governance, the BJP is making a last-minute push for support in the electorally vital state, analysts said.
"This would help them mobilise votes at the last moment. That could be the calculation to harvest votes in Uttar Pradesh," said E. Sridharan, of the Pennsylvania Center for Advanced Study of India.
The party's manifesto, published this week, kept in place several issues dear to the party's Hindu nationalist core, including doing away with laws applying only to Muslims that it sees as favouritism.
Almost all the victims of last year's riots were Muslims, including about 12,000 people who were made homeless and now shelter under tents on plots of land bought with compensation money.
On Sept. 8, door-to-door cloth seller Babu Khan fled the village his family had lived in for centuries. A Muslim, he now lives with dozens of other refugees a few miles away, his home empty among the charred buildings and abandoned mosques left by a mob of thousands.
Khan shows a mark on his leg he says was caused by a bullet. But the emotional scars run deeper.
"We will never go back to the village. We would prefer to beg on the road than go back," said Khan, whose brother was killed in the rioting, along with seven of his neighbours.
Another Muslim who fled the village, Khalil Ahmad, said: "If Modi becomes PM, we are worried that whatever happened in Gujarat and here could happen here again."
Kutba, the village they left behind, is also the home of the BJP's parliamentary candidate, Sanjeev Balyan. It now has no Muslim residents and although 800 of them are registered as voters, not one had cast a ballot by midday.
Almost everybody, including children, wear orange "Modi for PM" hats and BJP flags flutter from the rooftops.
The BJP is not the only party to seek electoral benefit in tensions between India's Muslims and Hindus.
The Samajwadi Party, which runs the government in Uttar Pradesh, is wooing Muslims. The ruling Congress party sought and received the support of the imam or chief priest of the Jama Masjid, India's biggest mosque, for the election.
But Modi seems to have clinched the support of many Hindus.
"There is a Modi wave in the whole region and the whole country," said Ankur Raghuvanshi, a 20-year-old commerce student, after he cast his vote in Kutba. "Modi will be beneficial for the country, there will be economic growth, he is a Hindu leader and is beneficial for Hindus."


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Beauty bucks economic trend
Despite the gloomy financial outlook, beauty is bucking the trend and weathering the recessionary storm well. As long as we have skin to indulge and lips to paint, the future of the beauty economy will be bright, writes Bella Blissett
Bella Blissett
Anyone who ever questioned Leonard Lauder's Lipstick Index of 2001 must by now be regretting their cynicism. When the Estée Lauder chairman noted that as share prices dive, lipstick sales – like risqué hemlines – soar, he encapsulated a theory that was to define the economy of the beauty industry for the next decade.
In fact, amid the continuing economic turmoil of 2012, it's not only lipstick sales that are beating a glossy red path skyward. Thanks to today's beauty-loving consumers, foundations are flying off department store shelves, BB (blemish balm) creams are booming, skin care sales are rising and perfume bottles are jostling for space in our bathrooms. Even nail vanish shades come with a waiting list these days.
"The beauty industry has led the way in furthering the UK's links with international markets throughout the recession and is likely to play a central role in helping us to recover from the crisis," says Carol Bagnald, HSBC regional director who oversees a broad spectrum of consumer lifestyle sectors.
According to Euromonitor, the estimated value of the global beauty and personal care industry currently stands at $426,373.2 million. And it's the £6,191-million mass cosmetics market – added to that of the £2,768-million premium make up sector – that perhaps reveals most about our spending habits during a recession. If bank balances are shrinking, make-up bags are certainly bulging.
A slick of lipstick or a flick of eyeliner helps us escape when there's little else to distract us from the economic situation
The supposition that consumers reach for affordable luxuries during times of financial cutbacks is nothing new. But what is it about cosmetics in particular that makes us powerless to resist?
"Instant gratification," says Maleka Dattu, former senior vice president of Estée Lauder's Origins and founder of independent retail consultancy Merumaya. "A slick of lipstick or a flick of eyeliner helps us escape, to transform our look and feel good about ourselves during a time when there's precious little else to distract us from the economic situation."
Offering us an entry point into a designer lifestyle is also undoubtedly what lies beneath our seemingly insatiable desire for lipstick – and, more recently, nail lacquer and fragrance too. While Euromonitor has seen a dynamic 6.5 per cent growth in the perfume market between 2006 and 2011, (the greatest across all beauty and personal care sectors), The NPD Group reports a 65 per cent increase in sales of nail products between 2008 and 2011.
Even if the £1,500 body-shaping YSL dress eludes us, a bottle of their La Laque Couture nail varnish or exotically oriental scent Opium is a good consolation.
The skin care market has experienced 5.7 per cent growth between 2006 and 2011 and is now estimated to be worth £2,203 million. Yet if glittering counters of cosmetics lure the fickle among us into trying new brands, when it comes to skin care, we remain faithful, says Ms Dattu. "Skin care is a long-term game. We place our trust in the brands we have a long-standing relationship with, believing they'll bring about results in the future," she says.
As a bathroom staple rather than a feel-good treat, Euromonitor reports that hair care sales have held steady rather than rocketed and, after a strong performance in the early recessionary years, growth in the grooming sector has slowed somewhat.
Yet it's perhaps tanning products that have proven to be the greatest surprise. Market leaders St Tropez have seen sales and profits increase by 60 per cent in the last five years and now sell one Self Tan Bronzing Mousse a minute in the UK.
An ever-broadening consumer demographic is also helping to drive sales across all sectors. Not only are we being introduced to products in our teens, but an aging population also means we're using them for longer.
In a world of gloomy financial uncertainty, there is every sign that the future of the beauty economy is as bright as the colours now lingering on women's lips and nails.

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Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, mer känd som Amarildo, född 29 juli 1940 i Rio de Janeiro, är en brasiliansk före detta fotbollsspelare (anfallare).

När Pelé blev skadad under VM i Chile 1962 och inte kunde delta mer i turneringen, var det Amarildo som fick i uppdrag att fylla luckan efter världens mest berömde fotbollsspelare. I sin första VM-match, mot Spanien, blev han matchhjälte genom att göra två mål. I finalen mot Tjeckoslovakien stod Amarildo för kvitteringsmålet till 1–1. Brasilien vann till slut med 3–1 och tog sitt andra raka VM-guld. 1963 lämnade Amarildo sin klubb Botafogo för spel i italienska Milan, där det blev en seger i italienska cupen. Säsongen 1968/69 blev han ligamästare med Fiorentina. Efter spel i Roma flyttade Amarildo hem till Brasilien, där han 1972 avslutade karriären i Vasco da Gama.

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Now that the baby is here, I am back on my journey to get fit and eat right. I am taking baby steps to help get me back on track because I want my changes to last a lifetime. Here are my 5 simple tips for eating healthy to get you started in the right direction!
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Another thing that I am really working on is making sure that I eat breakfast each morning. I know it is the most important meal of the day, but since the baby has been born there are days that I have honestly forgotten to eat something until lunch time, or am just too busy to eat. Cutting a pink grapefruit in half and sprinkling it with some SPLENDA® has been a great option for me. It is not only quick and easy, but the sour sweetness is such a yummy and healthy way to start the morning.
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Another thing I have been trying to do is swap out ingredients for lighter options. The graphic above is a great place to start! Instead of using oil in your recipe, swap it out with applesauce. Or instead of using butter use a mashed banana! These are simple ways to save calories.
When I feel like I want a late night snack I make a smoothie. This is a much better option than what might be hiding in my freezer or pantry. Plus, it is an easy way to get in a serving of fruit and even vegetables! I really want to try this Strawberry Mango Soy Smoothie!
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I use applesauce in place of oil a heck of a lot. It always turns out just fine too. I should probably do a little more with the sugar substitutes as well.
I need to drink more water and I could snack better too. I have my crutches I am still trying to give up.
Also make sure you get enough sleep. You burn tons more calories if you get a good nights sleep.
I REALLY have to push myself to eat Breakfast everyday. I usually skip it and grab a granola bar but I know I should be making healthier decisions. Water is another issue I have. I hate how plain it is!
Smoothies are my go-to breakfasts in the mornings! I love that they are easy to make and customize, and that they are so nutritious!
I have heard of the applesauce but not the banana. Great information. Thank you!
Very good tips. I would warn that smoothies can be high in sugar and calories especially if you aren't making your own.
These are great tips and that smoothie looks delicious! I know when I eat breakfast, I eat better.
I drink lots of water. I usually add a drop or two of Young Living Essential Oil to my water to give it a little extra pizazz! I like adding grapefruit, orange, lemon, or peppermint!
These are some great tips for starting to eat healthy. The hardest one for me is drinking enough water.
These are great tips! I've been working on incorporating them!
That smoothie looks good! I was REALLY good about my water before the end of my pregnancy and then switched to Pepsi. UGH! I just kicked that habit over the weekend. Now to get back to my water.
Eating breakfast daily is key – it gets your blood sugar evened out to start the day off strong. I love smoothies as a breakfast option. I like to use unsweetened almond milk with some fruit and it is delish!
These are great tips for healthier eating. Drinking water and eating breakfast are really important.
Love the baking swaps infographic. Have to pin that!
I have to have breakfast or Im starving by 10. lol Im good about water too!
I swap out light evaporated milk for cream all the time simply because I find it's a lot cheaper. It's great to know I'm making a good health choice by doing that too!
These are great tips! Water is HUGE (when I quit soda and switched to water I lost over 5 lbs in no time at all). I also love a pink grapefruit. I do need to be better about eating breakfast though. Busy mamas often forget or skip breakfast, and I tend to do that a lot. Need to try to be better, for sure.
ok I knew some (like applesauce) but not all. hmm. all interesting. and i'm going to try!
I use applesauce instead of oil all the time. I need to increase my water intake.
I swap out applesauce for oil too. Not always, but when I'm watching my weight I try to. I also love to swap out mayo and sour cream with fat free greek yogurt. It's really awesome on tacos and baked potatoes!!
All great tips! That grapefruit looks so good. 🙂 I want to try some of these swaps!
I'm so guilty of not doing most of these. I normally don't drink enough water and I always skip breakfast, except for the weekends when my husband is home and forces me to eat breakfast. If it wasn't for him I'd probably not eat till about 11 am. Thanks for sharing such great tips. I need to start implementing them.
I really need to get better at drinkign water. I am not a big water drinker and I know I really need to up my intake of it.
Great tips! I never thought about swapping butter for bananas and oil for applesauce!
That smoothie sounds amazing!! I love them but I'm too out of it in the morning to make them. They're great for an afternoon snack though!
I'm thinking I should incorporate more smoothies into our weekly menu. It really is a great way to sneak in veggies.
That smoothie looks delicious. I'm trying to really cut out sugar myself!
Great tips. Smoothies are the way I sneak nutrition in for my picky eaters!
I'm big on swapping evaporated milk for cream.
I don't use Splenda. I love the smoothie recipe though 🙂 Will be making it soon.
Love those baking swaps and the list would be handy to keep posted on our refrigerator.
I totally need to up my water intake. Why is something so simple, so-o-o-o difficult sometimes? Ha!
That swap cheatsheet is awesome!! I need to print that and hang it by my baking supplies!
I'm trying to eat healthy! The hardest thing for me is giving up soda. I'm a lot better now that I was but I'll never cut it out completely.
That smoothie looks absolutely delicious! It is so important for me not to skip breakfast.
I'm not really a breakfast person, but I always attempt to have something healthy in the morning, even if it's just a smoothie.
This is me some mornings. I've been trying to keep fruit on hand for the mornings I feel like this.
I definitely need to increase my water intake that's probably the only thing I don't do right.
Breakfast is the first thing I go to when I get up. I don't think I could survive without eating!! I need to drink more water for sure.
I did not know you could switch out evaporated milk for cream! I'm going to have to try that in some of my recipes.
These are all great tips, I know what to do I'm just terrible at sticking to them.
I know I really really need to start drinking more water!
Fantastic tips — eating breakfast has been KEY for me and my weight loss/healthy lifestyle.


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Commonwealth Games Organizers Hope Birmingham Will Host 2022 Event
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The Commonwealth Games Needs Public Handouts
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Usian Bolt has competed for Jamaica in the Commonwealth Games It is getting harder to find public money for sporting events. The Commonwealth Games Federation...


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Shinzo Abe Seeks Constitutional Changes for a More Militaristic, Authoritarian Japanese Society
Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe has already taken steps to ruin the Yen, now he seeks constitution changes to suppress freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and to remake Japan into a more militaristic, authoritarian, society.
Please consider Japan PM's 'stealth' constitution plan raises civil rights fears
Shinzo Abe makes no secret of wanting to revise Japan's constitution, which was drafted by the United States after World War Two, to formalize the country's right to have a military – but critics say his plans go deeper and could return Japan to its socially conservative, authoritarian past.
Now he is seeking to lower the hurdle for revising the constitution as a prelude to an historic change to its pacifist Article 9 – which, if strictly read, bans any military. That would be a symbolic shift, loosening restrictions on the military's overseas activities, but would have limited impact on defense as the clause has already been stretched to allow Tokyo to build up armed forces that are now bigger than Britain's.
Sweeping changes proposed by Abe's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in a draft constitution would strike at the heart of the charter with an assault on basic civil rights that could muzzle the media, undermine gender equality and generally open the door to an authoritarian state, activists and scholars say.
"What I find strange is that although the prime minister is not that old, he is trying to revive the mores of his grandfather's era," said Ryo Motoo, the octogenarian head of the Women's Article 9 Association, a group devoted to protecting the constitution.
"I fear this might lead to a society full of restrictions, one that does not recognize diversity of opinions and puts restraints on the freedom of speech as in the past."
The LDP draft, approved by the party last year, would negate the basic concept of universal human rights, which Japanese conservatives argue is a Western notion ill-suited to Japan's traditional culture and values, constitutional scholars say.
With Abe's popularity high and the main opposition splintered, the LDP and smaller pro-revision parties appear to have a shot at winning a two-thirds majority in an upper house election in July. They already hold two-thirds of the lower house.
Sure to Rile China, Korea
These moves are sure to rile China and Korea. It also seems strange how quickly proponents of these changes forgot the lessons of World War II.
Tensions are already high over a disputed island chain in the East China Sea. Japan calls the chain Senkaku Islands, China refers to them as the Diaoyu islands.
The islands are nothing but uninhabited rocks in the middle of the sea, but energy resources surround the islands. With both China and Japan short on energy resources, the dispute is not insignificant.
Might war erupt if Japan makes the proposed constitutional changes and adds more to its military? I offer no timeframe, but it seems like destiny to me.


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title: Faceting a Plot into a Trellis Plot
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[A Trellis plot (or small multiple)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_multiple) is a series of similar plots that displays different subsets of the same data, facilitating comparison across subsets.

There are **two ways** to facet views in Vega-Lite:

First, the [`facet` operator](#facet-operator) is one of Vega-Lite's [view composition operators](composition.html). This is the most flexible way to create faceted plots and allows composition with other operators.

Second, as a shortcut you can use the [`facet`, `column`, or `row` encoding channels](#facet-channels).

## Documentation Overview
{:.no_toc}

- TOC
{:toc}

## Facet Operator

To create a faceted view, define how the data should be faceted in `facet` and how each facet should be displayed in the `spec`.

```js
{
  "facet": {
    ... // Facet definition
  },
  "spec": ...  // Specification
}
```

In addition to [common properties of a view specification](spec.html#common), a facet specification has the following properties:

{% include table.html props="facet,spec,columns" source="FacetSpec" %}

{:#field-def}

### Facet Field Definition

A facet [field definition](encoding.html#field-def) has the following properties:

{% include table.html props="bin,field,timeUnit,type,header" source="FacetFieldDef" %}

**Note**

1. Unlike a [positional field definition](encoding.html#position-field-def), a facet field definition has the `header` property instead of `scale` and `axis`.
2. Since `facet`, `row` and `column` represent actual data fields that are used to partition the data, they cannot encode a constant `value`. In addition, you should not facet by quantitative fields unless they are [binned](bin.html), or temporal fields unless you use [`timeUnit`](timeunit.html).

{:#mapping}

### Row/Column Facet Mapping

The `facet` property of a faceted view specification describes mappings between `row` and `column` and their field definitions:

{% include table.html props="column,row" source="FacetMapping" %}

{:#header}

### Facet Headers

Similar to axes of position channels, a [header](header.html) of a facet channel provides guides to convey the data value that each row and column represent.

You can find more about facet headers in the [header documentation](header.html).

### Example

Here are examples of full row-facet and wrapped facet specifications. For more example, see the [example gallery]({{site.baseurl}}/examples/#trellis).

{:#row-full}

#### Row-Facet

The following specification uses the `facet` operator to vertically facet the histograms for the "horsepower" of cars by "origin" (using `"row"`). Each chart shows the histogram for one origin (Europe, Japan, and USA).

This is the same example as [below](#row-encoding) but the facet operator is more flexible as it allows composition and more customization such as overriding scale, axis, and legend resolution.

{:#facet-full}

#### Wrapped Facet

## Facet, Row, and Column Encoding Channels

The [facet channels](encoding.html#facet) (`facet`, `row`, and `column`) are [encoding channels](encoding.html#channels) that serves as macros for a facet specification. Vega-Lite automatically translates this shortcut to use the facet operator.

### Facet Field Definition

In addition to [`field`](field.html), [`type`](type.html), [`bin`](bin.html), and [`timeUnit`](timeunit.html), [field definitions](#field-def) for `row`, `column` and `facet` channels may also include these properties:

{% include table.html props="align,center,spacing" source="RowColumnEncodingFieldDef" %}

In addition, the `facet` channel should include the `columns` property:

{% include table.html props="columns" source="FacetEncodingFieldDef" %}

Meanwhile, the `row` and `column` channel could include the following properties:

{% include table.html props="align,center,spacing" source="RowColumnEncodingFieldDef" %}

### Examples

Here are examples of row-facet and wrapped facet plots that use encoding to specify the faceted fields. For more example, see the [example gallery]({{site.baseurl}}/examples/#trellis).

{:#row-encoding}

#### Row Facet (with Row Encoding)

Under the hood, Vega-Lite translates this spec with `"row"` channel to the more flexible [specs with the facet operator above](#row-full).

#### Grid Facet (with Row and column Encoding)

Using both `"row"` and `"column"` channels produce a grid of small multiples.

{:#facet-encoding}

#### Wrapped Facet (with Facet Encoding)

Under the hood, Vega-Lite translates this spec with `"facet"` channel to the more flexible [specs with the facet operator above](#facet-full).

## Resolve

The default [resolutions](resolve.html) for row/column facet are shared scales, axes, and legends.

To override this behavior, you can set `resolve` to `"independent"`:

{:#config}

## Facet Configuration

```js
// Top-level View Specification
{
  ...,
  "config": { // Configuration Object

    "facet": { // - Facet Configuration
      "spacing": ...,
      "columns": ...,
    },
    ...
  }
}
```

The facet configuration supports the following properties:

{% include table.html props="columns,spacing" source="CompositionConfig" %}

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Putting up weekly pills isn't fun, so I listen with earphones to assorted conversations. One featured a Jewish host and a California Baptist pastor who refused to shut down his church during early COVID restrictions. Big trouble ensued, but he and his wife assessed...
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Q: How to create a list of custom objects in GraphQL I am currently playing around with a bunch of new technology of Facebook.
I have a little problem with GraphQL schemas.
I have this model of an object:
{
        id: '1',
        participants: ['A', 'B'],
        messages: [
            {
                content: 'Hi there',
                sender: 'A'
            },
            {
                content: 'Hey! How are you doing?',
                sender: 'B'
            },
            {
                content: 'Pretty good and you?',
                sender: 'A'
            },
        ];
    }

Now I want to create a GraphQL model for this. I did this:
var theadType = new GraphQLObjectType({
  name: 'Thread',
  description: 'A Thread',
  fields: () => ({
    id: {
      type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString),
      description: 'id of the thread'
    },
    participants: {
      type: new GraphQLList(GraphQLString),
      description: 'Participants of thread'
    },
    messages: {
      type: new GraphQLList(),
      description: 'Messages in thread'
    }

  })
});

I know there are more elegant ways to structure the data in the first place. But for the sake of experimenting, I wanted to try it like this.
Everything works fine, besides my messages array, since I do not specify the Array type. I have to specify what kind of data goes into that array. But since it is an custom object, I don't know what to pass into the GraphQLList().
Any idea how to resolve this besides creating an own type for messages?

A: You can define your own custom messageType the same way you defined theadType, and then you do new GraphQLList(messageType) to specify the type of your list of messages.

A: I don't think you can do this in GraphQL. Think that it's a bit against GraphQL philosophy of asking for the fields "you need" in each component against asking for "them all".
When the app scales, your approach will provoque higher loads of data. I know that for the purpose of testing the library looks a bit too much but it seems this is how it is designed. Types allowed in current GraphQL library (0.2.6) are:

*

*GraphQLSchema

*GraphQLScalarType

*GraphQLObjectType

*GraphQLInterfaceType

*GraphQLUnionType

*GraphQLEnumType

*GraphQLInputObjectType

*GraphQLList

*GraphQLNonNull

*GraphQLInt

*GraphQLFloat

*GraphQLString

*GraphQLBoolean

*GraphQLID

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Q: How to count number of rows in CSV I have a csv which includes a column allowing a multi-line string.
sku,name,description
123,"Product Name Here","Multi-line description
goes here.
Lots of multi-line content"

I am interested in counting the number of rows I have in my CSV. I have tried
 $num_rows = count(file($filename));
 var_dump($num_rows); //4 < WHAY too high

but this counts each line in the multi-line cell as well.
To get the actual number of lines I am currently using:
//get number of rows
$num_rows = 0;
while (($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
    $num_rows++;
}
var_dump($num_rows); //2 < The actual number of rows

I then do another while loop to process the CSV.
Is there a way to get the number of rows in a CSV without using the above while loop?
CSV
Here is a sample CSV. The number of lines I am looking for is 3 not 28
sku, name, description
123, "Product name", "
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

Mauris pretium enim facilisis, tincidunt elit id, congue est.

Donec eu eros quis elit mattis dapibus.

Sed euismod augue nec metus accumsan, et ultricies elit mattis.

Vestibulum aliquet est sit amet neque congue lacinia.

Donec viverra augue quis orci interdum mattis.

Phasellus ullamcorper risus quis dolor tempus sagittis.

Integer vel augue iaculis turpis vestibulum commodo eu quis nunc.
"

456, "Another Product name", "
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

Mauris pretium enim facilisis, tincidunt elit id, congue est.

Donec eu eros quis elit mattis dapibus.

Sed euismod augue nec metus accumsan, et ultricies elit mattis.

Vestibulum aliquet est sit amet neque congue lacinia.

Donec viverra augue quis orci interdum mattis.

Phasellus ullamcorper risus quis dolor tempus sagittis.

Integer vel augue iaculis turpis vestibulum commodo eu quis nunc.
"

A: In PHP5 you have a very fast solution for small-medium sized files:
$fp = count(file('test.csv', FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES));

source:  How can I get the total number of rows in a CSV file with PHP?
If file is huge, better use this scheme, like is said in post:
$c =0;
$fp = fopen("test.csv","r");
if($fp){
    while(!feof($fp)){
          $content = fgets($fp);
      if($content)    $c++;
    }
}
fclose($fp);
echo $c;

If you only want to count carriage returns (line breaks) try this:
$count = substr_count(file_get_contents($filename), "\r\n");

source: Count New Lines in Text File

A: If your description entries are always enclosed in quotes:
$matches = array();
preg_match_all("/(description|\")$/m", file_get_contents($filename), $matches);

now sizeof($matches[1]) contains number of rows in CSV


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Member of the Violent "Murdaland Mafia Piru" Bloods Gang Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Racketeering and Drug Conspiracies
Shot and Killed Two Fellow Gang Members for Not Following Gang Rules
Baltimore, Maryland - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Dontray Johnson, a/k/a "Gambino," "Bino," and "Tray," age 33, of Baltimore, Maryland, on November 27, 2018, to 30 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for racketeering and drug conspiracies related to his participation in the gang activities of the Murdaland Mafia Piru (MMP), a subset of the Bloods gang. As part of his gang activities, Johnson admitted committing two murders, and to conspiring to distribute controlled substances.
The sentence was announced by United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Robert K. Hur; Special Agent in Charge Rob Cekada of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Baltimore Field Division; Interim Commissioner Gary Tuggle of the Baltimore Police Department; Chief Terrence B. Sheridan of the Baltimore County Police Department; Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby; and Baltimore County State's Attorney Scott Shellenberger.
"Federal authorities worked with the Baltimore City and Baltimore County Police Departments and State's Attorney's Offices to dismantle a criminal organization that dealt drugs and despair in Northwest Baltimore and Baltimore County," said U.S. Attorney Robert K. Hur. "This sentence demonstrates that we are committed to removing from our communities the violent gang members that terrorize them."
"Dontray Johnson supported The Murdaland Mafia Piru gang through murder, acts of violence, and by pushing drugs onto the streets of Baltimore," said ATF Special Agent in Charge Cekada. "He and this gang willfully wreaked havoc on the community and have irreparably damaged the families of their victims. We are glad to see justice served today."
According to Johnson's plea agreement and court documents, MMP, also known as the "Mob" or "Mobsters," is a violent subset of the Bloods gang that operates in Maryland and elsewhere. MMP was modeled after the Italian Mafia, and was organized hierarchically, with "the Don" at the top and various "Bosses," "Underbosses," "Capos," "Lieutenants," and "Mobsters" underneath. For many years, MMP has controlled the drug trade in large swaths of Northwest Baltimore City and neighboring Baltimore County, including Forest Park, Windsor Mill, Gwynn Oak, Howard Park, Woodlawn, and Walbrook Junction. The gang's drug shop in the 5200 block of Windsor Mill Road was particularly lucrative due to its close proximity to Interstate 70, and it frequently attracted drug customers driving from Western Maryland and neighboring states. MMP's members enriched themselves through drug trafficking and other criminal activities, and using violence and threats of violence to intimidate or retaliate against witnesses, protect the gang's territories, enforce debts, and eliminate rivals.
Johnson admits that he was a member of MMP and participated in the gang's affairs through a pattern of racketeering activities, including murder, extortion, robbery, witness tampering and retaliation, money laundering, and drug distribution.
Specifically, Johnson admits that on November 22, 2012, he murdered MMP member Antoine Ellis, a/k/a Poopy, in the 200 block of North Forest Park Avenue, because he had shown disloyalty to MMP. Earlier that day, Johnson had posted a comment to his Facebook account saying "198 n risen," a reference to that year's murder tally in Baltimore City. On September 29, 2015, Johnson murdered MMP member Brian Johnson, a/k/a Nutty B, because he refused to pay gang dues that Johnson was collecting for an MMP member.
As detailed in his plea agreement, on November 1, 2013, Johnson was featured in two rap videos that were posted to a social media website. The first video, "Boy You Lying," was posted to enhance the gang's status, intimidate rivals, and discourage anyone from selling drugs in MMP territory without paying its members. The second video, "Str8 Mobbin," was posted to assert the gang's dominance over its drug territories. It features Johnson with other MMP members, as well as footage of various MMP drug locations. Johnson brandishes a firearm in the video.
On July 31, 2015, law enforcement executed a search warrant at Johnson's residence in Owings Mills and recovered 28 grams of heroin, 70 rounds of .22-caliber ammunition, a bulletproof vest, $1,480 in cash, and an "owe sheet" with a tally of drug debts owed by MMP members and associates.
Finally, Johnson admits that he conspired with other MMP members to distribute at least one kilogram of heroin and 280 grams of crack cocaine, and that he knew that during the conspiracy between one and three kilograms of heroin and between 280 and 840 grams of crack cocaine would be distributed.
In addition to Johnson, eighteen of twenty-six defendants have pleaded guilty in the case. Trial is scheduled for the remaining members on March 18, 2019.
This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. The U.S. Department of Justice reinvigorated PSN in 2017 as part of its renewed focus on targeting violent criminals, directing all U.S. Attorney's Offices to work in partnership with federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and the local community to develop effective, locally based strategies to reduce violent crime.
United States Attorney Robert K. Hur praised the ATF, the Baltimore City and Baltimore County Police Departments, and the Baltimore City and Baltimore County State's Attorney's Offices for their work in the investigation and prosecution. Mr. Hur thanked Assistant United States Attorneys Christina Hoffman and Lauren E. Perry, who are prosecuting the case.