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CATALONIA / WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
Everything you need to know on Europe's latest crisis.
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How did we get to this ? Is Catalonia actually better off without Spain ? What about the European Union ?
You must have heard all about it on the news, but if you tried to understand what has been going just lately it must have been complicated. Therefore, I'm here to summarize everything for all of you out there who haven't been able to catch up with everything.
Sunday the 1st of October, the catalans were asked the question through a referendum: "Do you want Catalonia to be an independent state of the form of a republic ? ". Boom: 90% of yes, and that's when people actually started thinking- Wow, this is getting serious. But here's the thing, out of more than 5 million catalans that were offered to vote, only 2 million did, making the participation of only 40% - And probably reminded something to our British fellows who had already seen something similar with brexit..
UPDATE: While I'm writing this, Madrid just suspended Catalonia's autonomy.. Things are getting spiced up.
So before getting further in the subject:
What are Catalonia's official status and rights ?
Forget about the future for a second, right now, and since 1978, Catalonia has an "autonomous" status; which basically means it holds more power than other "regular" regions and can take its own decisions on some subjects. For example, in addition to having its own language, Catalonia already has its own police, government, and parliament. The parliament is made of 135 seats with more than half of them held by deputies belonging to a pro independence political party. Most of these political parties belong to the alt-left.
The highest political function in Catalonia is the President of the Generalitat of Catalonia held by the separatist Carles Puigdemont who was elected by the catalan parliament and, ironically, the King of Spain.
As I'm writing this, Spain's prime minister Mariano Rajoy asked to the senate to use article 155 of the Spanish constitution. The deployment of this article, which has never been used, would force early new elections by dissolving the catalan parliament and remove all powers to Carles Puigdemont thus blocking any possible independence. Nevertheless, the possibility of Catalonia becoming independent still exists. Indeed, the senate still has to vote for this and will have to meet Catalonia's president who will there be able to defend himself. Furthermore, Puigdemont is still threatening to deploy Catalonia's independence and will express himself tonight at 9pm on this topic.
Of course, we'll keep you updated with everything and we'll be sure to regularly add information on this article on the subject.
Why does Catalonia want independence ?
Historically, Catalonia has its own culture. They speak their own language, Catalan, that's completely taught at school (castillan is considered a secondary language that is only taught as much as english), and Barcelona is a major touristic place in Spain, but Catalonia's also the most wealthy and industrialized region and has a pretty big population (more than 7 million people). Furthermore, during Franco's rule, Catalonia lost all of its autonomy it had previously acquired and, even though this autonomy was gained back after Franco's death, a wave of nationalist beliefs spread in the region which actually took form in 2010.
2010: Barcelona asks for more autonomy, their objective is to be able to manage more of their budget. However, Madrid completely objects to this, and this is where the feud actually starts.
One million catalans got out on the streets to protest to this and since then the celebration of Catalan's national day, the 11th of September, became a reunion for all the Catalan asking for independence.
You probably saw it on twitter too: videos of the Spanish police being very violent to the catalan voters. The catalan government declared the Spanish police made more than 800 wounded and that therefore explains the very little participation at this referendum. However, be careful to what you see online: a lot of those tweets with videos of the Spanish police being violent are completely fake.

Spanish police attacking Catalan voters pic.twitter.com/Df6XHuEuK4
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For example, the images here are from 2013.
Is Catalonia better off without Spain ?
One thing is sure: Catalonia is, by far, the wealthiest region of Spain and the one that therefore provides the most for the rest of Spain. But does that mean they could survive on its own ?
In principle, the fact that Catalonia could manage their own budget and not have to "share" some of their money with poorer regions should let Catalonia better off. Furthermore, all decisions would be made in Catalonia: no need to conform to public policy.
On the other hand, having a smaller domestic market has always been a disadvantage. We can't compare Catalonia to Switzerland or any other successful small countries since they are successful because of the financial stability and the safety they convey for investors. Indeed, on the other hand, hundreds of companies have moved from Barcelona to Madrid because of this instability and let's not forget Catalonia's debt is the highest of all Spanish regions. Furthermore, Catalonia's weight in international issues would be very diminished. Lastly, negotiating new trade deals and entrance in the E.U will cost a lot of money and time (once again, this could remind a lot to our fellow British readers).

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Does the Cosmos Have a Reason?
Why Anything at All II?
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How breathtakingly vast is the universe. How majestic. Is there meaning, purpose—a reason? Some scientists say no; we create our own purpose. Others look to God, while some seek meaning in the search for aliens. All see beauty.
Michio Kaku works on string theory, theory of everything, AI, future science, human...
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New Approaches to Climate Change and Migration: Building the Adaptive Capacity of Mobile Populations
The link between climate change and migration is a complex one. Whether individuals move or stay in place can be voluntary or involuntary, a proactive strategy or last resort, and is part of a bigger story of global mobility and personal networks. This report examines this complicated relationship, highlights limitations of climate response measures to date, and presents an alternative, flexible approach based on the involvement of affected communities.
The Divergent Trajectories of the Global Migration and Refugee Compacts: Implementation amid Crisis
National governments and UN agencies have been working to implement the Global Compact on Refugees and the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. Where has the most progress been made as the compacts hit the two-year mark? And how has the process played out differently for the two pacts? This policy brief explores these questions, the growing divergence between the pacts, and how challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic are shaping implementation.
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The COVID-19 pandemic poses a range of (im)mobility challenges that the international community has few tools to address. This policy brief examines the valuable guidance offered by the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration on short-term emergency response and the longer-term reopening of international migration. It also considers how the pandemic is affecting the relationship between migration and development.
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Amid an Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis in Syria, the European Union Faces the Perils of Devolving Migration Management to Turkey
The high-stakes gambit taken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to allow tens of thousands of asylum seekers and migrants free movement to the Greek border demonstrated the fragility of the EU-Turkey deal and the European Union's broader approach to outsource migration management to third countries. This article examines the causes for the tensions, the EU approach to external partnerships, and a hardening European attitude towards unwanted arrivals.
Japan's Labor Migration Reforms: Breaking with the Past?
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Ally or Exploiter? The Smuggler-Migrant Relationship Is a Complex One
As highly industrialized countries ramp up their border controls, human smugglers are playing a central role in moving migrants through key migration corridors around the world. Despite the illicit nature of their work and being cast as villains in the public eye, smugglers have complex, multifaceted relationships with their clients. At times, the relationship can be mutually beneficial or even lifesaving; at others, it can be predatory and dangerous, as this article explores.
Dependent on Remittances, Tajikistan's Long-Term Prospects for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Remain Dim
More than 1 million Tajiks migrate to Russia every year—a sizeable outflow for a country of about 9 million people. These high levels of emigration have had major effects for Tajikistan, especially in the generation of remittances that help lift everyday Tajiks out of poverty but have also made the country increasingly dependent on Russia. This article explores challenges faced by Tajik migrants in Russia and the effects of emigration on Tajikistan's economy and society.
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Climate Change and Migration: Converging Issues, Diverging Funding
This MPI Europe discussion explored different migration policy options related to climate adaptation and the evolving landscape of climate finance tools. Speakers also examined what funding gaps and opportunities exist for collaboration with partner countries and what funding instruments might address the most pressing needs.
Rethinking and Restarting: What Should the Returns Process Look Like Post-Pandemic?
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So, Z. Z, who starts out the movie by talking to a psychiatrist. Z, who might as well be Woody Allen shrunken and stuffed into a shell. (The shiksa he pines for: Sharon Stone!) Z has to be Jewish, right?
One problem: Z is the middle child in the family of 5 million. So does that mean all of Z's siblings are Jewish too? Is the whole ant colony full of Jews? Uh... Let's just say that human rules of Jewishness don't apply to insects, and Z is one in a million. Well, 5 million.


Young Thug and Metro Boomin are still at odds. The former collaborators who were slated to work on a project with the pseudonym Metro Thuggin continued their war of words on Twitter, which began on Tuesday (Nov. 10).
Initially, Metro who is known for his addictive beats and instrumental creations on various artists' projects including Future and Migos, tweeted that too many artists are dropping mixtapes similar to Future's consistent delivery of new tunes.
"Everyday I wake up, new mixtapes are falling out the sky.. I think we all know where the trend came from lol," Metro wrote.
Spectators assumed that he was referring to Young Thug, but he quickly cleared up that rumor, typing, "You gotta be crazy if you think I subtweeted Thug. That's corny. People are allowed to believe what they want though. True or not." Thug didn't take too kindly to that clarification, and asked Metro who's he referring to. But their public exchange was then reignited yesterday (Nov. 11), when Metro tweeted at Thugger, "I'm in the city @ the spot right now bra and we know each other in REAL life so u can pull up whenever kuz u know I ain't no hoe." Young Thug simply responded with a smiley face emoji.
The "Best Friend" rapper didn't stop with an emoticon. He added a few comments on top of that response, writing, "@MetroBoomin uma beat the sh*t out u fool..."
There's no telling where this exchange will lead or if we'll ever get a full-length project out of the pair.


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By Isabelle Kirkwood Canadian Startup News January 21, 2021
SAP Canada to expand to new Montréal office, bring headcount in city to 1,000 with new hires
Global enterprise software firm SAP Canada is growing its Quebec presence with a new office and hires in Montréal.
The new 65,000 square-foot space will be an SAP Labs space, which will focus mostly on research and development of SAP's software. The new office will replace SAP's existing Montréal offices located on Robert-Bourassa and de Maisonneuve.
"We recognize the city as a global innovation hub with incredible talent."
Construction of the office is currently underway and SAP Canada expects to move into the new space in September. The new office will include a new engineering unit, to work on SAP's Consumer Industry Cloud, which builds custom technology solutions.
SAP Canada plans to immediately add 30 new employees as part of the investment, bringing the total headcount for SAP Montréal to 1,000 employees. The firm noted in a statement that it plans to add more employees to its Montréal office in 2021.
Montréal International, the city's economic agency, is working with SAP Canada on the expansion. SAP Canada said the expansion indicates its commitment to the Quebec market.
"SAP has a deep history in Montréal, and we recognize the city as a global innovation hub with incredible talent," said Cindy Fagen, managing director of SAP Labs Canada.
"With this new office in the city, we are cementing our position as one of Montréal's leading employers and a key player in Canada's growing digital economy," Fagen added.
The company noted the new office is aimed to address "the new realities of work in a post-pandemic world" and provide a flexible environment as well as a "home base" destination for employees.
SAP Canada noted this will be the company's first office dedicated to being "purpose-built for the future of work," though the company did not reveal additional details on this. SAP Canada joins a number of international technology companies that have sought to increase their presence in Montréal over the last few years.
RELATED: Gaming software company Unity expanding Montréal office, opening AI lab
Companies like Samsung, Google, and New York-headquartered Behavox have all increased hiring or opened new bases in the Quebec-based city. Many have been focused on artificial intelligence (AI), a key sector for Montréal. Ericsson and Unity Labs have opened hubs focused on developing and commercializing AI technology.
Many of these high-profile expansions come as the city has seen its status as a tech hub grow significantly in recent years. A 2020 report from Montréal International indicated that Montréal claims the highest concentration of tech jobs in Canada. That report highlighted the city's affordability, tax and grant availability, and high concentration of deep learning researchers as key incentives for technology firms to consider setting up shop in the city.
Montréal's startup ecosystem also had an impressive year in terms of venture funding in 2020. Hockeystick's ecosystem report indicated that venture funding in the second quarter of the year set a new record for the city and beat out Toronto in terms of total funding raised.
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Basic Text Self-References | NoNameYet Online A.A.
… the main purpose of this book.
… the plan outlined in this book.
Since anything beyond a passive or casual reference to itself within any given book (such as on an introductory or dedication page) is somewhat unusual, we have taken a look at such references appearing within "Alcoholics Anonymous", our Basic Text.
This entry was posted in Basic Text Self-References on July 14, 2013 by JoeO.
Although our book's Preface is not meant to be definitive, we might nevertheless also note the idea of "society" here, and just as we have observed at the beginning of "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions". Some people might occasionally prefer to think of or to perceive A.A. as being some kind of corporation, organization or even a "national institution" (Foreword to Second Edition) of one kind or another, but we are actually much more of an ad-hoc society or "organism" than anything even close to any of those.
Ponder that thought the next time you might hear someone suggest our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety.
"To be gravely affected, one does not necessarily have to drink a long time nor take the quantities some of us have… But try [to] get them to see it!
So much for anything like "Just don't take the first drink one-day-at-a-time", eh?! The idea there during our 12th-Step work is to try to help others see and accept their own ultimate hopelessness far sooner than their own drinking and their eventual attempts to stop altogether might ever drive them to it.
This entry was posted in Basic Text Self-References on July 13, 2013 by JoeO.
Our book can help the alcoholic understand himself or herself, and it can help others understand us and our alcoholism in ways that can be helpful all-around.
Early A.A.s were a bit surprised when the initial release of our book did not result in the flooding of their post box.
This entry was posted in Basic Text Self-References on July 12, 2013 by JoeO.
Dr. Silkworth understood alcoholism and what is needed to recover, and the subject of our book is that of applying the spiritual solution to the alcoholic's dilemma in order to finally be rid of whatever it might be that has been making it impossible for him or her to "put the plug in the jug" and leave it there.
Dr. Silkworth had worked with thousands of alcoholics with very little success prior to the rise of A.A., so his sentiment here is not at all surprising.
"Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid. It meant destruction of self-centeredness. I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all.
"These were revolutionary and drastic proposals, but the moment I fully accepted them, the effect was electric. There was a sense of victory, followed by such a peace and serenity as I had never known. There was utter confidence. I felt lifted up, as though the great clean wind of a mountain top blew through and through. God comes to most men gradually, but His impact on me was sudden and profound.
"For a moment I was alarmed, and called my friend, the doctor, to ask if I were still sane. He (Dr. Silkworth) listened in wonder as I talked.
Read our book carefully and pray (or not) as you will, but please let us know if you might ever find "Don't drink" anywhere within it!
This entry was posted in Basic Text Self-References on July 11, 2013 by JoeO.
"Quicksand stretched around me in all directions. I had met my match. I had been overwhelmed. Alcohol was my master.
"Trembling, I stepped from the hospital a broken man…soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
"I (Bill) pushed a drink across the table. He (Ebby) refused it. Disappointed but curious, I wondered what had got into the fellow. He wasn't himself.
"'Come, what's all this about?', I queried.
"That statement hit me hard. It melted the icy intellectual mountain in whose shadow I had lived and shivered many years. I stood in the sunlight at last.
"I was to test my thinking by the new God-consciousness within. (Step Ten) Common sense would thus become uncommon sense. I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. (Step Eleven) Never was I to pray for myself, except as my requests bore on my usefulness to others. Then only might I expect to receive. But that would be in great measure.
Having since done the same as Bill and others, the same has since become true for each of us.
This entry was posted in Basic Text Self-References on July 10, 2013 by JoeO.
Q: What do we mean by "a common solution"?
A: Kind of like having one wrench that fits any nut.
Q: What do we mean by "we can absolutely agree"?
A: The Steps make it possible for us to be rid of anything causing strife between us.
Q: What do we mean by "brotherly and harmonious action"?
A: Something far more akin to altruism than to pluralism. We staunchly defend each human being's right to believe and to do as he or she might wish, yet we still only have one program for recovery, one message to carry.
That kind of hope is shared in various places throughout our book.
"Many (of the dying alcoholics all around us) could recover if they had the opportunity we have enjoyed. How then shall we present that which has been so freely given us?
Again we see the idea of one program for all who need it.
We do not shy away from discussions of medical, psychiatric, social or religious matters whenever those discussions are related to helping the suffering alcoholics directly in front of us. However, and since social engineering or societal reform such as getting people to stop drinking or even to drink less is not our purpose, we typically do not speak publicly on medical, psychiatric, social or religious matters, and we certainly do not think our A.A. membership might ever qualify us to do so.
Please do not misunderstand the "have to" of that! We do not have badges displaying authority for making anyone do anything, and we do not even try. Rather, and whenever someone desperate might ask, "What do I have to do?", we simply share the fact that he or she can have what we have found by doing just as we first had to do…and we then let each individual decide about that for himself or herself.
This entry was posted in Basic Text Self-References on July 9, 2013 by JoeO.
Many people do not find the "combined experience and knowledge" (page 19) or "experience, strength and hope" in our Basic Text very appealing, and we certainly understand. As implied above, some have yet to try to stop drinking altogether and discover they cannot. In other cases, even some of us first thought or hoped we might yet find a more palatable plan elsewhere for achieving and maintaining "entire abstinence" from alcohol. Wondering whether we might have been making too-hard work of a simple matter, it made sense to believe one-day-at-a-time sobriety ought to suffice, and especially if we had a bit of "support" of whatever kind from others like ourselves trying to do the same.
If you wish, and while mustering all the will power you possibly can, try avoiding or staying away from the first drink just one-day-at-a-time, one-drink-at-a-time, one-moment-at-a-time, one-temptation-at-a-time or whatever. Having tried those things ourselves, we will not criticize you. Rather, we simply say the pains we again suffered as results eventually helped make "Alcoholics Anonymous", now our Basic Text, much more appealing to us!
This entry was posted in Basic Text Self-References on July 8, 2013 by JoeO.


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Xiaomi Smart Camera PTZ SE Version Announced
Today, Xiaomi released a PTZ version of a smart camera, namely the Xiaomi Smart Camera PTZ SE version. It costs 149 yuan ($21). By the way, this is not a high-end product, it's considered to be Xiaomi's entry-level PTZ camera.
Compared with the PTZ version (199 yuan ($28)), the Xiaomi Smart Camera PTZ SE version only supports horizontal movement, and the vertical movement function has been removed. The camera is equipped with a 2MP camera sensor. The latter supports 1080P video recording, and has a 940nm infrared fill light to ensure a night vision mode support. Through the Mijia app, you will get a two-way voice call and remote viewing on multiple devices.
The camera also supports AI humanoid detection function. It can effectively filter some meaningless scene screen changes after turning on the housekeeping mode to reduce the false alarm rate. In addition, the Xiaomi Smart Camera PTZ SE version supports a maximum 32GB memory card as well as supports NAS storage and cloud storage.
Xiaomi had previously launched a total of three PTZ camera models including the PTZ version (1080P), the PTZ version 2K (1296P), and the PTZ version Pro. The PTZ version SE becomes the lowest-priced PTZ camera in this series.
Particularly, the Smart Camera PTZ features a 3-megapixel camera with an f/1.4 aperture. The device supports low light recording and the video is captured with full colors as well. A notable aspect of this version is that it supports 2K recording. In other words, it can capture videos in higher fidelity, which allows for more details being captured. The device features a 6P lens and can offer a 360 degree field of view, since it is capable of rotating.