BBC Two has announced five brand new comedy sitcoms as part of its Landmark Sitcom Season in September.
Joining the previously announced Home From Home and Motherland, will be: Our Ex Wife, We The Jury and The Coopers Vs The Rest (scroll down for full details).
Created and written by former Simpsons writer Julie Thacker Scully, Our Ex Wife stars Robert Webb (Peep Show) as divorcee Jack in this brand new, hate-filled comedy.
Jack has finally found real happiness with fiancée Sara (Melanie Lynskey – Two And A Half Men), but his unhinged ex-wife and mother of his kids, Hillary (Victoria Hamilton – Doctor Foster) is determined to destroy it.
Whilst Jack wants Hillary out of their lives, Sara has made it her personal crusade to build a relationship with her for the sake of children Ava (Holly Earl) and Max (Archie Lyndhurst). Peter Egan (Downton Abbey) guest stars as Jack's phlegmatic father George.
Written by the multi award-winning stand-up comedian James Acaster, We The Jury is a comedy about jury duty, something William (Ed Easton) has dreamt of doing his whole life. He's always known he was destined to be a juror but he never imagined that when the day finally came he'd land the mother of all jury gigs – an actual murder trial. The jury are a mismatched collection of enthusiastic fools, inconsiderate bullies and self-obsessed weirdos, constantly getting distracted from the case. Add in a demob-happy judge in her final trial and this has all the ingredients of a disaster.
William fellow jurors are played by Sophie Thompson, Diane Morgan, Oliver Maltman, David Schaal, Kenneth Collard, Kae Alexander, Vivienne Acheampong and Samson Kayo. The judge is played by Maggie Steed and the defendant by Ricky Champ. Kerry Howard also stars.
We The Jury is made by Big Talk Productions.
Produced by BBC Studios and written by award-winning writer (and adoptee) Andy Wolton, The Coopers Vs The Rest sees Tess, (Tanya Franks – Mum), determined to save as many kids as she could from the sort of childhood she had. Along with her husband Toby (Paterson Joseph – Peep Show), she now divides just about enough money and nowhere near enough time between their three adopted children, Frankie (Erin Kellyman), Alisha (India Brown) and Charlie (Joseph West).
Tess tries to improve Charlie's popularity by gate-crashing his classmate's 8th birthday party, while back at home Toby has to deal with Alisha's sudden interest in religion.
Motherland is a show all about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive side and unromantic take on parenting – not the cute and acceptable public face of motherhood.
We meet the 'Alpha Mums' headed by Amanda (Lucy Punch) who is very much the Queen Bee; everything is organised, clean and sparkly even the kitchen cork board is a statement of success. Yet at the other end of the spectrum, we meet Liz (Diane Morgan – Cunk on Shakespeare) who's totally chaotic and feels the kids should enjoy free expression.
Somewhere in the middle is Julia (Anna Maxwell-Martin – Reg). When she find outs her own mother no longer wants to be the free child-sitter and school-run taxi, Julia finds her organisation skills are taxed and nowhere near the level of the 'Alpha Mums'. Also in the mix is Kevin (Paul Ready – Utopia), he's the stay-at-home dad, who rather than fighting against that, is embracing it with gusto – much to the irritation of the other mothers.
Motherland is written by Graham Linehan (Count Arthur Strong, Father Ted), Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe, Pulling), Helen Linehan and Holly Walsh (Dead Boss). It is a co-production between Merman and Delightful Industries.
Neil Hackett (Johnny Vegas – Benidorm) and his wife Fiona (Joanna Page – Gavin & Stacey) finally achieve their long-cherished dream of buying a lodge in the Lake District. Their 'traditional' lodge at Lake View Holiday Park means everything to them, the years of scrimping and saving all now feel worth it. That is until they wake up the next morning to discover their neighbours, The Dillons, Robert (Adam James – Doctor Foster) and Penny (Emilia Fox – Silent Witness).
The Dillons are effortlessly superior in every way. Fiona enjoys the chance to make friends with her neighbours' "getting to know you" barbecue, but Neil is less convinced, and when night falls and the Sangria flows the atmosphere goes from promising to catastrophic when Neil commits the ultimate faux pas.
A BBC Studios production, Home from Home is written by Chris Fewtrell and Simon Crowther.


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import sys
import argparse
import pickle as pkl

CONSTANTS_PATH = 'constants'

def get_diacritic_class(idx, line, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes):
  # Handle without case ending
  if not case_ending:
    end = True
    for i in range(idx + 1, len(line)):
      if line[i] not in diacritic_classes:
        end = line[i].isspace()
        break
    if end:
      return -1

  if idx + 1 >= len(line) or line[idx + 1] not in diacritic_classes:
    # No diacritic
    return 0

  diac = line[idx + 1]

  if idx + 2 >= len(line) or line[idx + 2] not in diacritic_classes:
    # Only one diacritic
    return diacritic_classes.index(diac) + 1

  diac += line[idx + 2]

  try:
    # Try the possibility of double diacritics
    return diacritic_classes.index(diac) + 1
  except:
    try:
      # Try the possibility of reversed double diacritics
      return diacritic_classes.index(diac[::-1]) + 1
    except:
      # Otherwise consider only the first diacritic
      return diacritic_classes.index(diac[0]) + 1

def get_diacritics_classes(line, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style):
  classes = list()
  for idx, char in enumerate(line):
    if style == 'Fadel':
      if char in arabic_letters:
        classes.append(get_diacritic_class(idx, line, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes))
    elif style == 'Zitouni':
      if char in diacritic_classes or char.isspace():
        continue
      classes.append(get_diacritic_class(idx, line, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes))
  return classes

def clear_line(line, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes):
  line = ' '.join(''.join([char if char in list(arabic_letters) + diacritic_classes + [' '] else ' ' for char in line]).split())
  new_line = ''
  for idx, char in enumerate(line):
  	if char not in diacritic_classes or (idx > 0 and line[idx - 1] != ' '):
  		new_line += char
  line = new_line
  new_line = ''
  for idx, char in enumerate(line):
  	if char not in diacritic_classes or (idx > 0 and line[idx - 1] != ' '):
  		new_line += char
  return new_line

def calculate_der(original_file, target_file, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style, case_ending=True, no_diacritic=True):
  with open(original_file, 'r') as file:
    original_content = file.readlines()

  with open(target_file, 'r') as file:
    target_content = file.readlines()

  assert(len(original_content) == len(target_content))

  equal = 0
  not_equal = 0
  for (original_line, target_line) in zip(original_content, target_content):
    if style == 'Fadel':
      original_line = clear_line(original_line, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes)
      target_line = clear_line(target_line, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes)

    original_classes = get_diacritics_classes(original_line, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style)
    target_classes = get_diacritics_classes(target_line, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style)

    assert(len(original_classes) == len(target_classes))

    for (original_class, target_class) in zip(original_classes, target_classes):
      if not no_diacritic and original_class == 0:
        continue
      if original_class == -1 and target_class != -1:
        print('WOW!')
      if original_class != -1 and target_class == -1:
        print('WOW!')
      if original_class == -1 and target_class == -1:
        continue

      equal += (original_class == target_class)
      not_equal += (original_class != target_class)

  return round(not_equal / max(1, (equal + not_equal)) * 100, 2)

def calculate_wer(original_file, target_file, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style, case_ending=True, no_diacritic=True):
  with open(original_file, 'r') as file:
    original_content = file.readlines()

  with open(target_file, 'r') as file:
    target_content = file.readlines()

  assert(len(original_content) == len(target_content))

  equal = 0
  not_equal = 0
  for idx, (original_line, target_line) in enumerate(zip(original_content, target_content)):
    if style == 'Fadel':
      original_line = clear_line(original_line, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes)
      target_line = clear_line(target_line, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes)

    original_line = original_line.split()
    target_line = target_line.split()

    assert(len(original_line) == len(target_line))

    for (original_word, target_word) in zip(original_line, target_line):
      original_classes = get_diacritics_classes(original_word, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style)
      target_classes = get_diacritics_classes(target_word, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style)

      assert(len(original_classes) == len(target_classes))

      if len(original_classes) == 0:
        continue

      equal_classes = 0
      for (original_class, target_class) in zip(original_classes, target_classes):
        if not no_diacritic and original_class == 0:
          equal_classes += 1
          continue
        equal_classes += (original_class == target_class)

      equal += (equal_classes == len(original_classes))
      not_equal += (equal_classes != len(original_classes))

  return round(not_equal / max(1, (equal + not_equal)) * 100, 2)

def calculate_ser(original_file, target_file, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style, case_ending=True, no_diacritic=True):
  with open(original_file, 'r') as file:
    original_content = file.readlines()

  with open(target_file, 'r') as file:
    target_content = file.readlines()

  assert(len(original_content) == len(target_content))

  equal = 0
  not_equal = 0
  for idx, (original_line, target_line) in enumerate(zip(original_content, target_content)):
    if style == 'Fadel':
      original_line = clear_line(original_line, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes)
      target_line = clear_line(target_line, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes)

    original_line = original_line.split()
    target_line = target_line.split()

    assert(len(original_line) == len(target_line))

    equal_words = True
    for (original_word, target_word) in zip(original_line, target_line):
      original_classes = get_diacritics_classes(original_word, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style)
      target_classes = get_diacritics_classes(target_word, case_ending, arabic_letters, diacritic_classes, style)

      assert(len(original_classes) == len(target_classes))

      if len(original_classes) == 0:
        continue

      equal_classes = 0
      for (original_class, target_class) in zip(original_classes, target_classes):
        if not no_diacritic and original_class == 0:
          equal_classes += 1
          continue
        equal_classes += (original_class == target_class)

      if equal_classes != len(original_classes):
        equal_words = False

    equal += equal_words
    not_equal += not equal_words

  return round(not_equal / max(1, (equal + not_equal)) * 100, 2)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Calculate DER and WER')
  parser.add_argument('-ofp', '--original-file-path', help='File path to original text', required=True)
  parser.add_argument('-tfp', '--target-file-path', help='File path to target text', required=True)
  parser.add_argument('-s', '--style', help='How to calculate DER and WER', required=False, default='Fadel', choices=['Zitouni', 'Fadel'])
  args = parser.parse_args()

  with open(CONSTANTS_PATH + '/ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST.pickle', 'rb') as file:
    ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST = pkl.load(file)

  with open(CONSTANTS_PATH + '/CLASSES_LIST.pickle', 'rb') as file:
    CLASSES_LIST = pkl.load(file)

  print('+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+')
  print('|       |  With case ending  | Without case ending |  With case ending  | Without case ending |')
  print('|  DER  |------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------|')
  print('|       |          Including no diacritic          |          Excluding no diacritic          |')
  print('|-------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------|')
  print('|   %%   |        %5.2f       |        %5.2f        |        %5.2f       |        %5.2f        |' %
        (calculate_der(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style),
        calculate_der(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, case_ending=False),
        calculate_der(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, no_diacritic=False),
        calculate_der(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, case_ending=False, no_diacritic=False)))
  print('+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+')
  print('')
  print('+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+')
  print('|       |  With case ending  | Without case ending |  With case ending  | Without case ending |')
  print('|  WER  |------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------|')
  print('|       |          Including no diacritic          |          Excluding no diacritic          |')
  print('|-------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------|')
  print('|   %%   |        %5.2f       |        %5.2f        |        %5.2f       |        %5.2f        |' %
        (calculate_wer(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style),
        calculate_wer(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, case_ending=False),
        calculate_wer(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, no_diacritic=False),
        calculate_wer(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, case_ending=False, no_diacritic=False)))
  print('+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+')
  print('')
  print('+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+')
  print('|       |  With case ending  | Without case ending |  With case ending  | Without case ending |')
  print('|  SER  |------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------|')
  print('|       |          Including no diacritic          |          Excluding no diacritic          |')
  print('|-------+------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------|')
  print('|   %%   |        %5.2f       |        %5.2f        |        %5.2f       |        %5.2f        |' %
        (calculate_ser(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style),
        calculate_ser(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, case_ending=False),
        calculate_ser(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, no_diacritic=False),
        calculate_ser(args.original_file_path, args.target_file_path, ARABIC_LETTERS_LIST, CLASSES_LIST, args.style, case_ending=False, no_diacritic=False)))
  print('+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+')

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Q: ERROR ReferenceError: "d3 is not defined" I need to display a gauge chart, the component in compiled successfully,
but the chart is not displayed, and it shows a console error.

ERROR ReferenceError: "d3 is not defined" gauge
http://localhost:4200/main.js:129:17drawhttp://localhost:4200/main.js:245:26ngOnInithttp://localhost:4200/main.js:109:9checkAndUpdateDirectiveInlinehttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:40334:9checkAndUpdateNodeInlinehttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:41598:20checkAndUpdateNodehttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:41560:16prodCheckAndUpdateNodehttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:42100:5View_AppComponent_Host_0ng:///AppModule/AppComponent_Host.ngfactory.js:8:5updateDirectiveshttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:41889:63checkAndUpdateViewhttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:41542:5detectChangeshttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:39929:13tickhttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:35665:58tickhttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:35665:13_loadComponenthttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:35699:9bootstraphttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:35641:9_moduleDoBootstraphttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:35442:74_moduleDoBootstraphttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:35442:13bootstrapModuleFactoryhttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:35408:21invokehttp://localhost:4200/polyfills.js:2710:17onInvokehttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:34908:24invokehttp://localhost:4200/polyfills.js:2709:17runhttp://localhost:4200/polyfills.js:2460:24scheduleResolveOrRejecthttp://localhost:4200/polyfills.js:3194:29invokeTaskhttp://localhost:4200/polyfills.js:2743:17onInvokeTaskhttp://localhost:4200/vendor.js:34899:24invokeTaskhttp://localhost:4200/polyfills.js:2742:17runTaskhttp://localhost:4200/polyfills.js:2510:28drainMicroTaskQueuehttp://localhost:4200/polyfills.js:2917:25

A: You can try import d3 from 'd3';
Stackblitz Demo
npm install d3 --save
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import d3 from 'd3';

@Component({...})
export class AppComponent {
    gaugemap: any = {};
    ngOnInit(){
        console.log(d3)
    }
}

Refrence URL

A: Try in angular.json

"scripts": [
                "./node_modules/d3/dist/d3.min.js"
              ]

And in your components
 import * as d3 from "d3";

Then you will be able to call it correctly in your component and also while you are debugging without having any error

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As we get acclimatized in this new parenting role, learn the art of changing diapers, relearn to burn the midnight oil and enjoy our time with our little bundle of joy keep watching this space for my favorite cookie recipe, a back to basics post and lot more interesting stuffs. Thanks so much for your understanding and keeping food for 7 stages live and kicking.


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PACBI Statement
Boycott Guidelines Applicable to Visits by International Academics and Artists to the OPT
Some international organizations that are involved in organizing events and activities in cooperation with -- or using the facilities of -- boycottable Israeli institutions and venues have tried to "balance" their involvement in such activities by organizing parallel activities with Palestinian institutions.
PACBI and the entire BDS movement reject any such attempts to break the Palestinian boycott. Any presumed parity between Israel and the Palestinians ignores the concrete reality of Israel's colonial oppression and denies the fact that there can never be symmetry between oppressor and oppressed. Projects premised on such symmetry between the "two sides" are therefore detrimental to the application of international law and the pursuit of justice and comprehensive peace.
The following guidelines, developed through ongoing interaction with the community of Palestinian artists, academics, and BDS activists, represent PACBI's position on this specific means of circumventing and violating the boycott in the academic and cultural fields. We urge international organizations, academics, artists and others to respect these principles and to refrain from undermining them, whether directly or indirectly.
Boycott Guidelines Applicable to Visits by
International Academics and Artists to the OPT
Based on the 9 July 2005 Palestinian Civil Society Call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel [1] and the 6 July 2004 PACBI Call for the academic and cultural boycott of Israel; in the interest of promoting a culture of boycott and popular resistance and unifying academics, artists and other cultural workers and academic and cultural institutions on the principles and clear, objective criteria for applying the academic and cultural boycott of Israel; PACBI calls on all Palestinians working in the cultural and academic fields as well as Palestinian academic and cultural institutions to endorse and uphold the following guidelines regarding visits by international artists, academics, and cultural workers to the occupied Palestinian territory to participate in academic or cultural activities that contribute to our struggle for freedom, justice, and self determination:
When extending an invitation to any international academic, artist, or other cultural worker, Palestinian institutions commit themselves to the principles and criteria of the academic and cultural boycott adopted by Palestinian civil society by ensuring that they:
(1) Apply the boycott guidelines and refrain from organizing any joint activity, whether directly or indirectly, with any Israeli institution that is subject to boycott, [2] regardless of the pretext and of the sponsors of this activity;
(2) Refuse to cooperate in any way in attempts by international organizations to breach the boycott through organizing activities for international academics, artists, or performing arts groups with Israeli institutions that are subject to boycott and then attempting to "whitewash" this complicity by organizing, in parallel, events for them with Palestinian cultural or academic institutions/entities under the rubric of "balance" and "parity" (even if no direct relation is entailed between the two sides);
(3) Refrain from hosting any international academic, artist or cultural worker in Palestinian academic and cultural institutions during a visit that includes any relations with boycottable Israeli institutions, so as not to allow using the Palestinian institution as a fig leaf to cover up boycott violations; and
(4) Urge visiting international artists and academics, in the spirit of the South African boycott campaign against apartheid there, to endorse the BDS/PACBI Call.
(5) This document, like all other boycott criteria and guidelines documents that apply in various fields, is subject to revision through an extensive community-based dialogue process, whenever relevant conditions and developments warrant such a revision.
[1] http://bdsmovement.net/?q=node/52
[2] Institutions that are regarded as "boycottable" or "subject to boycott" are Israeli institutions that do not recognize the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, paramount among which is the right to self determination; or any Israeli or international institution that is complicit, whether directly or indirectly, in the Israeli regime of occupation, colonialism and apartheid. For details, see the Guidelines for the International Cultural Boycott of Israel (http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1047) and the Guidelines of the International Academic Boycott of Israel (http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1108).
PACBI key documents

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Why hitting Christmas markets in Europe makes it to the bucket list?


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VSU President, Richard Carvajal tells the crowd about his experiences with racism.
After 10 months on campus, Dr. Richard Carvajal will be offically installed as the 10th president of VSU on Oct. 27.
The university will host a three-day festival surrounding the installation, which will include appearances by dignitaries and well-known alumni, live music performances, a presidential tailgate and several other events. Carvajal will be sworn in by the Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, Steve Wrigley.
Carvajal took over as president on Jan. 1 of this year. Before this, he served as the interim president of Darton State College for two years and the president of Bainbridge State College for four years.
Since arriving on campus, Carvajal has focused a lot of his energy on a campaign to increase student retention. He has maintained a regular presence around campus and at VSU athletic events.
The three-day event will kick off on Thursday Oct. 26 with an invitation-only dinner and a celebration on the front lawn that will include games, music, food trucks, t-shirt paintings and more.
On Friday Oct. 27, there will be an invitation-only breakfast which will include special alumni guests and dignitaries. An installation ceremony will take place from 11 a.m. to noon in Whitehead Auditorium, followed by an installation reception on the Fine Arts Amphitheater lawn.
Concluding on Oct. 28, there will be events surrounding the VSU football game against Florida Tech at Bazemore-Hyder Stadium.
Some students are finding it hard to believe that it has taken so long for VSU to celebrate Carvajal.
"I think it will be cool, but it's weird that it's just now happening after 10 months," Jordyn Berrian, a freshman history major, said.
Another student was happy to hear the festival was announced.
One upperclassmen said Carvajal deserves these events.
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HKSAR likely to begin legal amendment following interpretation
Chen Qingqing
Chen Qingqing co-leads the Global Times China desk. She covers diplomacy, Hong Kong affairs and Chinese tech firms.
Published: Jan 02, 2023 08:39 PM
Photo taken on May 5, 2020 shows Jimmy Lai Chee-ying appearing in court on unauthorized assembly charge in Hong Kong, China. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government is expected to launch a legal amendment to prevent London-based barrister Timothy Owen from defending infamous media tycoon Jimmy Lai in a national security trial, according to media reports. Some legal experts and sources close to the HKSAR government confirmed with the Global Times on Monday that it's highly likely that this work will start soon.
The move came after the legal interpretation for provisions under the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong by the National People's Congress Standing Committee, the country's top legislature, which clarifies confusions and sets the tone after Hong Kong's top court allowed Lai to hire an overseas lawyer to defend him, posing risks of leaks of national secrets.
Answering a query on when the HKSAR government will start to carry out the relevant amendments following the legal interpretation, Senior Counsel Ronny Tong Ka-wah, who also sits on the government's key decision-making body, the Executive Council, told the Global Times: "Soon, I suspect."
Louis Chen, a member of the Election Committee and general secretary of the Hong Kong Legal Exchange Foundation, also told the Global Times that it's highly likely that the HKSAR is seeking to pass legal amendments within "months" to prevent the British barrister from defending Lai.
John Lee, the Chief Eexecutive of the HKSAR government who chairs the city's Committee for Safeguarding National Security, will call a meeting in the near future during which the body is expected to lay down a framework to resolve the dispute by seeking amendments to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, according to the South China Morning Post.
Following the interpretation, Lee said on Friday that the HKSAR government will implement the judgments and decisions made by the committee on the relevant issues, and actively consider proposing amendments to the Legal Practitioners Ordinance.
Hong Kong officials, legal professionals and observers welcome the country's top legislature's interpretations for provisions under the NSL for Hong Kong, which absolutely does not affect the city's judicial independence, but instead clarifies the legislative intent of a number of provisions of the NSL for Hong Kong, providing more authoritative and clear guidelines for the judicial practice of the HKSAR.
Stephen Wong Yuen-shan, the head of the new CE's Policy Unit, told the Global Times on Monday that he supports and welcomes the top legislature's interpreting the NSL for Hong Kong in accordance with the Constitution and the NSL, clarifying the meaning of the relevant provisions and establishing the principle to ensure that the HKSAR authorities more accurately implement the NSL for Hong Kong.
"It has great significance in further improving the legal system and enforcement mechanism in safeguarding national security," Wong said.
Foreign lawyers are welcome to take part in cases not involving endangering national security, and no matter how the amendments are made, they won't affect foreign lawyers who obtain specific approval from local courts to take part in non-national security cases in the future, Lee told reporters on Friday evening, stressing that the legal interpretation this time has a specific scope.
The legal interpretation itself is based on the clarification and shaping of the institutional structure and legal procedures, providing a normative legal toolbox and operational guidelines for local legal institutions in law enforcement, Tian Feilong, a legal expert at Beihang University in Beijing, told the Global Times on Monday.
"It's not giving a direct solution to a specific individual case, but providing guidelines, showing the central government's respect for and trust in local institutions in Hong Kong," he said.
Besides, the interpretation provides an authoritative basis for the adoption of relevant legal actions in Hong Kong, providing guidance and requirements for the revision of the specific provisions of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, and it is necessary to establish a supervision and restriction mechanism for the discretion of judges in national security cases, Tian said.
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Scott K Silverman
Professor, Chemistry
Associate Head of Budget & Operations, Chemistry
Emailsks@illinois.edu
DNA-catalyzed DNA cleavage by a radical pathway with well-defined products
Lee, Y., Klauser, P. C., Brandsen, B. M., Zhou, C., Li, X. & Silverman, S. K., Jan 11 2017, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139, 1, p. 255-261 7 p.
Catalytic DNA
DNA Cleavage
Assessing histidine tags for recruiting deoxyribozymes to catalyze peptide and protein modification reactions
Chu, C. C. & Silverman, S. K., Jan 1 2016, In : Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 14, 20, p. 4697-4703 7 p.
His-His-His-His-His-His
DNA-Catalyzed Amide Hydrolysis
Zhou, C., Avins, J. L., Klauser, P. C., Brandsen, B. M., Lee, Y. & Silverman, S. K., Mar 2 2016, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138, 7, p. 2106-2109 4 p.
DNA-catalyzed glycosylation using aryl glycoside donors
Hesser, A. R., Brandsen, B. M., Walsh, S. M., Wang, P. & Silverman, S. K., Jan 1 2016, In : Chemical Communications. 52, 59, p. 9259-9262 4 p.
Glycosides
DNA-Catalyzed Introduction of Azide at Tyrosine for Peptide Modification
Wang, P. & Silverman, S. K., Jan 1 2016, In : Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 55, 34, p. 10052-10056 5 p.
DNA Oligonucleotide 3′-Phosphorylation by a DNA Enzyme
Camden, A. J., Walsh, S. M., Suk, S. H. & Silverman, S. K., May 10 2016, In : Biochemistry. 55, 18, p. 2671-2676 6 p.
Identification of Sequence-Selective Tyrosine Kinase Deoxyribozymes
Walsh, S. M., Konecki, S. N. & Silverman, S. K., Dec 1 2015, In : Journal of Molecular Evolution. 81, 5-6, p. 218-224 7 p.
Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
phosphotransferases (kinases)
Phosphoserine lyase deoxyribozymes: DNA-catalyzed formation of dehydroalanine residues in peptides
Chandrasekar, J., Wylder, A. C. & Silverman, S. K., Aug 5 2015, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 137, 30, p. 9575-9578 4 p.
Phosphoserine
Lyases
Pursuing DNA catalysts for protein modification
Silverman, S. K., May 19 2015, In : Accounts of chemical research. 48, 5, p. 1369-1379 11 p.
Selective Aptamers for Detection of Estradiol and Ethynylestradiol in Natural Waters
Akki, S. U., Werth, C. J. & Silverman, S. K., Jul 16 2015, In : Environmental Science and Technology. 49, 16, p. 9905-9913 9 p.
Nucleotide Aptamers
A generalizable DNA-catalyzed approach to peptide-nucleic acid conjugation
Chu, C. C., Wong, O. Y. I. & Silverman, S. K., Sep 5 2014, In : Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology. 15, 13, p. 1905-1910 6 p.
Peptide Nucleic Acids
A modular tyrosine kinase deoxyribozyme with discrete aptamer and catalyst domains
Dokukin, V. & Silverman, S. K., Aug 25 2014, In : Chemical Communications. 50, 66, p. 9317-9320 4 p.
DNA-catalyzed lysine side chain modification
Brandsen, B. M., Velez, T. E., Sachdeva, A., Ibrahim, N. A. & Silverman, S. K., Aug 18 2014, In : Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 53, 34, p. 9045-9050 6 p.
Catalytic DNA with phosphatase activity
Chandrasekar, J. & Silverman, S. K., Apr 2 2013, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110, 14, p. 5315-5320 6 p.
DNA catalysis of a normally disfavored RNA hydrolysis reaction
Parker, D. J., Xiao, Y., Aguilar, J. M. & Silverman, S. K., Jun 12 2013, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135, 23, p. 8472-8475 4 p.
DNA catalysts with tyrosine kinase activity
Walsh, S. M., Sachdeva, A. & Silverman, S. K., Oct 21 2013, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135, 40, p. 14928-14931 4 p.
Catalyst activity
DNA-catalyzed hydrolysis of esters and aromatic amides
Brandsen, B. M., Hesser, A. R., Castner, M. A., Chandra, M. & Silverman, S. K., Oct 30 2013, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135, 43, p. 16014-16017 4 p.
Covalent Tagging of Phosphorylated Peptides by Phosphate-Specific Deoxyribozymes
Sachdeva, A., Chandra, M., Chandrasekar, J. & Silverman, S. K., Mar 1 2012, In : ChemBioChem. 13, 5, p. 654-657 4 p.
Phosphopeptides
DNA-catalyzed reactivity of a phosphoramidate functional group and formation of an unusual pyrophosphoramidate linkage
Sachdeva, A. & Silverman, S. K., Jan 7 2012, In : Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 10, 1, p. 122-125 4 p.
Establishing broad generality of DNA catalysts for site-specific hydrolysis of single-stranded DNA
Xiao, Y., Wehrmann, R. J., Ibrahim, N. A. & Silverman, S. K., Feb 1 2012, In : Nucleic acids research. 40, 4, p. 1778-1786 9 p.
Single-Stranded DNA
Lanthanide ions as required cofactors for DNA catalysts
Dokukin, V. & Silverman, S. K., May 1 2012, In : Chemical Science. 3, 5, p. 1707-1714 8 p.
Lanthanoid Series Elements
Systematic evaluation of the dependence of deoxyribozyme catalysis on random region length
Velez, T. E., Singh, J., Xiao, Y., Allen, E. C., Wong, O. Y., Chandra, M., Kwon, S. C. & Silverman, S. K., Dec 10 2012, In : ACS Combinatorial Science. 14, 12, p. 680-687 8 p.
DNA-catalyzed covalent modification of amino acid side chains in tethered and free peptide substrates
Wong, O. Y., Pradeepkumar, P. I. & Silverman, S. K., May 31 2011, In : Biochemistry. 50, 21, p. 4741-4749 9 p.
DNA-catalyzed reductive amination
Wong, O. Y., Mulcrone, A. E. & Silverman, S. K., Dec 2 2011, In : Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 50, 49, p. 11679-11684 6 p.
Guanosine
Improved deoxyribozymes for synthesis of covalently branched DNA and RNA
Lee, C. S., Mui, T. P. & Silverman, S. K., Jan 17 2011, In : Nucleic acids research. 39, 1, p. 269-279 11 p.
Ribonucleotides
Merely two mutations switch a DNA-hydrolyzing deoxyribozyme from heterobimetallic (Zn2+/Mn2+) to monometallic (Zn 2+-only) behavior
Xiao, Y., Allen, E. C. & Silverman, S. K., Feb 14 2011, In : Chemical Communications. 47, 6, p. 1749-1751 3 p.
Metal ions
DNA-catalyzed serine side chain reactivity and selectivity
Sachdeva, A. & Silverman, S. K., Mar 25 2010, In : Chemical Communications. 46, 13, p. 2215-2217 3 p.
Functional compromises among pH tolerance, site specificity, and sequence tolerance for a DNA-hydrolyzing deoxyribozyme
Xiao, Y., Chandra, M. & Silverman, S. K., Nov 9 2010, In : Biochemistry. 49, 44, p. 9630-9637 8 p.
Multivector fluorescence analysis of the xpt guanine riboswitch aptamer domain and the conformational role of guanine
Brenner, M. D., Scanlan, M. S., Nahas, M. K., Ha, T. & Silverman, S. K., Mar 2 2010, In : Biochemistry. 49, 8, p. 1596-1605 10 p.
Riboswitch
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
DNA-catalyzed sequence-specific hydrolysis of DNA
Chandra, M., Sachdeva, A. & Silverman, S. K., Oct 2009, In : Nature chemical biology. 5, 10, p. 718-720 3 p.
RNA Cleavage
Efficient control of group I intron ribozyme catalysis by DNA constraints
Zelin, E. & Silverman, S. K., Mar 30 2009, In : Chemical Communications. 7, p. 767-769 3 p.
Catalytic RNA
Introns
Multimodal optical sensing and analyte specificity using single-walled carbon nanotubes
Heller, D. A., Jin, H., Martinez, B. M., Patel, D., Miller, B. M., Yeung, T. K., Jena, P. V., Höbartner, C., Ha, T., Silverman, S. K. & Strano, M. S., Feb 2009, In : Nature Nanotechnology. 4, 2, p. 114-120 7 p.
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCN)
Use of deoxyribozymes in RNA research.
Silverman, S. K. & Baum, D. A., 2009, In : Methods in enzymology. 469, p. 95-117 23 p.
Controlling the direction of site-selectivity and regioselectivity in RNA ligation by Zn2+-dependent deoxyribozymes that use 2′,3′-cyclic phosphate RNA substrates
Kost, D. M., Gerdt, J. P., Pradeepkumar, P. I. & Silverman, S. K., Nov 24 2008, In : Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry. 6, 23, p. 4391-4398 8 p.
Regioselectivity
Convergent and general one-step DNA-catalyzed synthesis of multiply branched DNA
Mui, T. P. & Silverman, S. K., Dec 1 2008, In : Organic Letters. 10, 20, p. 4417-4420 4 p.
DNA and RNA can be equally efficient catalysts for carbon-carbon bond formation
Chandra, M. & Silverman, S. K., Mar 12 2008, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130, 10, p. 2936-2937 2 p.
DNA-catalyzed formation of nucleopeptide linkages
Pradeepkumar, P. I., Höbartner, C., Baum, D. A. & Silverman, S. K., Feb 15 2008, In : Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 47, 9, p. 1753-1757 5 p.
Improvement of DNA adenylation using T4 DNA ligase with a template strand and a strategically mismatched acceptor strand
Patel, M. P., Baum, D. A. & Silverman, S. K., Apr 1 2008, In : Bioorganic Chemistry. 36, 2, p. 46-56 11 p.
DNA Ligases
Polynucleotide 5'-Hydroxyl-Kinase
Ligases
Selective stabilization of natively folded RNA structure by DNA constraints
Gerdt, J. P., Miduturu, C. V. & Silverman, S. K., Nov 12 2008, In : Journal of the American Chemical Society. 130, 45, p. 14920-14921 2 p.
Nucleic Acid Conformation
Allosteric control of ribozyme catalysis by using DNA constraints
Zelin, E. & Silverman, S. K., Nov 5 2007, In : ChemBioChem. 8, 16, p. 1907-1911 5 p.
hammerhead ribozyme
A simple molecular model for thermophilic adaptation of functional nucleic acids
Blose, J. M., Silverman, S. K. & Bevilacqua, P. C., Apr 10 2007, In : Biochemistry. 46, 14, p. 4232-4240 9 p.
Base Pairing
Deoxyribozyme-catalyzed labeling of RNA
Baum, D. A. & Silverman, S. K., Jun 29 2007, In : Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 46, 19, p. 3502-3504 3 p.
Engineering a selective small-molecule substrate binding site into a deoxyribozyme
Höbartner, C. & Silverman, S. K., Oct 16 2007, In : Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 46, 39, p. 7420-7424 5 p.
Site-selective depurination by a periodate-dependent deoxyribozyme
Höbartner, C., Pradeepkumar, P. I. & Silverman, S. K., Jun 6 2007, In : Chemical Communications. 22, p. 2255-2257 3 p.
metaperiodate
Ty1 reverse transcriptase does not read through the proposed 2′,5′-branched retrotransposition intermediate in vitro
Pratico, E. D. & Silverman, S. K., Sep 1 2007, In : RNA. 13, 9, p. 1528-1536 9 p.
RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
Ribonuclease H
Adenosine is inherently favored as the branch-site RNA nucleotide in a structural context that resembles natural RNA splicing
Zelin, E., Wang, Y. & Silverman, S. K., Mar 7 2006, In : Biochemistry. 45, 9, p. 2767-2771 5 p.
A general two-step strategy to synthesize lariat RNAs
Wang, Y. & Silverman, S. K., Feb 1 2006, In : RNA. 12, 2, p. 313-321 9 p.
Efficient RNA 5′-adenylation by T4 DNA ligase to facilitate practical applications
Wang, Y. & Silverman, S. K., Jun 1 2006, In : RNA. 12, 6, p. 1142-1146 5 p.
Experimental tests of two proofreading mechanisms for 5'-splice site selection.
Wang, Y. & Silverman, S. K., Jun 20 2006, In : ACS chemical biology. 1, 5, p. 316-324 9 p.
RNA Splice Sites
Spliceosomes
Fluorescence of covalently attached pyrene as a general RNA folding probe
Smalley, M. K. & Silverman, S. K., Jan 1 2006, In : Nucleic acids research. 34, 1, p. 152-166 15 p.
RNA Folding
RNA Probes
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Surprised by the ease of painting in the dark and upside down, I left the reader waiting for an update while our underpaintings dried.
The projection seems bursting with color and light inside of our dark room or 'camera obscura' as is the Italian phrase. How strange it was to apply color then and find our efforts were too garish in comparison. Our second surprise with this project– how neutral the image needed to be.
I first suggested we tint our underpainting with some generalized glazes while still outside the camera. This gave us a sense of the general warms and cools. The vase was glazed in a warm transparent brown very thinly applied and wiped back with a rag; the wall was tinted with a veil of blue. In truth this glazing just barely altered the color of the painting from its monochromatic state to something resembling an old fashioned tinted photograph.
After studying Vermeer I saw that many of his tones are neutral, darks are mostly without color, half tones are very grey, and only lights have true color. This matches what we perceive of the projection. Highlights are obviously colored yellow or blue, gradations are very soft, contrasts are muted. Selecting a very limited palette of raw sienna and cobalt blue, with just a touch of cobalt violet (plus black and white), I matched the underpainting's tones and scumbled on color very lightly. My application of the colors, once viewed in daylight, was too colorful. I went back in a second time and added greys, warm and cool, softened transitions and added transparent color glazes into the darks. The feeling of cool light this gave was more northern in feel, the greyed out colors were more photographically 'real'. The process is somewhat demanding, light off and on, white card up, down, staring at the image, mixing color, all in the half dark. But it goes fairly quickly nonetheless.
The students were anxious to try a portrait but we quickly discovered that a human model needs to be very still or the results are skewed. Given fifteen minutes one can attain a likeness; more time generally results in a slumping model and a frustrated painter.
This project has taught us much about the use of color, its potency if restrained in use, the use of selective focus, the beauty of grey. I don't think we are any closer to answering the final question of whether Vermeer painted inside of a darkened room but we have certainly understood that it would be possible to do so.
This semester the returning painting students are meeting with Jane Pack for a weekly seminar where we are delving into the work and style of Velazquez. We are learning a tremendous amount about both the process of how he painted and his techniques. Our long-term goal for the semester is to produce a replica of his masterpiece 'Las Meninas.' Through learning step-by-step about his painting methods, we will each do our own portion of the painting 'in his style.' There is a lot of preparation to do before that point, and we have begun with learning how he went about creating a portrait. Using this method, we are painting one of his portraits ourselves. I chose to replicate St. Paul from his painting of Saint Anthony the Great and Saint Paul the Anchorite.
Velazquez worked with the strategy of starting from a 'middle ground' and building up from there by adding darks and lights. I began learning about this method of working last semester and I am beginning to really understand its benefits. It is a way of working that allows the artist to be economical with his use of layers, paint, and brushstroke. For me, it makes the various steps in creating a painting more manageable because as Jane says, you break down a complex subject (like a face) into various layers, and in each layer you deal with a separate issue.
Velazquez began his portraits with an underlayer of paint, or 'imprimatura.' I used yellow ochre mixed with a bit of black. When dry, he would make a rough sketch of his subject with dark brown paint (I used raw umber). This should be loose and to get it correctly modeled, I used a rag to constantly wipe out and mold the shapes in St. Paul's face. I was intimidated at first but this method of blending, wiping, and re-applying over and over allowed me to get a facial form that I was happy with. In a way it took the pressure off of getting it just right the first time. And since it is the first layer, any mistakes can be fixed in succeeding layers.
In the next stage, we "heightened with white" like Velazquez. Jane taught us how he would mix chalk with his pigments to get a certain silvery-opaque quality. We are adding zinc powder to our white to help quicken the drying time, which is very slow for titanium white paint. I applied an ochre and white combination instead of straight white so that I can bring up the darker tones more gradually. I found this step of "heightening" very enjoyable. The major 'decisions' had already been made when I used brown to sketch out St. Paul's face and shape his features, so in this stage I was building on top of the framework I had laid.
On top of this white, Velazquez would apply a layer of glaze to bring the tones back closer to the base color. He would repeat this process of heightening and glazing back down, using different colors of glaze within the earth palette (yellow ochre, a red pigment like burnt sienna, black, and white) to achieve a rich skin tone. I too did this, and found that my slow buildup of the canvas gave me time to contemplate and think about the process, planning out several steps in advance. Working in many layers allows me to get a feel for the subtle nuances of the forms and their shadows. In the process of heightening with white, I began noticing little details that I hadn't seen in the initial sketch, like the indentations within cavity of the eye socket. I also added some 'positive paint' into the wet glaze. This gave St. Paul's face more body and form. I found that I also had to go back in and darken select areas and add more white to brighten other places. In the final step, Velazquez would put the finishing highlights in with thicker paint. Looking at close-ups of his portraits, we can see the movement of his brush and how he used brushstroke to model his figures with incredible skill. I added some last touches also, and when I put in the highlights of the eyes, it made St. Paul come alive on the canvas.
Aside form Jane's class, I am working on other paintings with Jun's painting class. for the first painting, I chose to take a quirky spin on the traditional still life setup. I had the idea of poking fun at the traditional 'fruit still life' by mimicking a police lineup and hanging my subjects on the wall under harsh spotlight, as though they are suspects for committing a crime. Fittingly, the spotlight is an artist's lamp. I had fun with this idea and I tried to create a dark and dramatic painting yet have it be silly at the same time. For this piece, I knew the lamp would be a challenge so I began by sketching it out, first with a loose gesture drawing, and then with a more detailed sketch in which I carefully examined the tones and reflective qualities of the different parts of the lamp. Doing this sketch helped me tremendously. I had the image of the lamp, it's proportions, and the shapes of its reflections already worked out in my head, so I was more confident depicting these qualities in paint. Completing a detailed pencil sketch of challenging objects before tackling them in paint is something I am definitely going to more often.
I love painting vegetables and I found it enjoyable to build up in layers much like the Velazquez portrait I am working on. I used many layers of glazing with burnt sienna, black, blue, and green to get a sense of depth in the shadows. Last semester I learned a tremendous amount when I replicated Vermeer's Woman with a Balance and I applied those lessons to this painting. I wanted a similar sense of atmosphere and space so I used a light scumble over a dark ground and applied subsequent layers of glaze on top of that.
I am originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts and I am currently a student at Brown University studying art history and visual art, with a focus in oil painting. I heard about this program from friends at Brown who came here in previous years. After learning about the philosophy of the Aegean Center Program and the kinds of things students see, learn, and do, I knew it would be a good fit for me. I had not done significant traveling before this semester, and studying abroad has been something I have always wanted to do. As an art student, Italy and Greece are two of the most important foundations for my background of knowledge. Being able to travel throughout Italy and learn art history was a wonderful precursor to our session in Greece, where I am learning about oil painting technique. In addition to oil painting, I am also taking courses in Greek language, Greek dancing, Greek art history, camera history, basic drawing, and figure drawing.
In coming to the Aegean Center, I wanted to gain a firmer understanding about Renaissance and Classical art history, and improve my abilities in the processes of painting and drawing. But more than this, I wanted to experience living in another culture, away from home and my 'comfort zone.' Life has passed so quickly in my college years that I felt I needed time to pause and re-evaluate what I am studying and who I am. Coming here has allowed me this chance for exploration. I have taken a year off from Brown to live in Paros, and I hope this time will strengthen my understanding of who I am and what I may pursue in life and in art. I also hope to use what I learn here as a basis for my senior thesis project next fall.
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Dr Andy Williamson
RESEARCH, INNOVATION and PRACTICE
Speaking and media
Building the digital parliament
July 5, 2016 March 11, 2019 andywilliamsonDigital democracy, Open data, Parliament, Publication, Research
It reveals how digital and social technologies have supported deep changes in the operational environment and cultural landscape of parliaments. The data behind the report tells a story of the digital parliament as a living entity, directly linked to those it serves in ways that were hard to imagine when the first World e-Parliament Report was published in 2008. This fourth report in the series, launched at the World e-Parliament Conference in Valparaiso, Chile, documents how parliaments are using ICT to support their internal and external functions and processes. It reveals how parliaments have become more outward facing and more open, for the first time exploring the emergence of open data as well as the rapid growth of social media. This new research surveyed 114 parliamentary chambers in 88 countries. Highlighting the increasing importance of openness and transparency, it also includes an examination of the work of Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations (PMOs), examining their role as data brokers, intermediaries and interpreters. The digital parliament mirrors the world around it. Social tools are important and data and documentation is being freed up through web-based technologies and open standards. Yet many parliaments, particularly those in low-income countries, remain hampered by a lack of access to best practices and support from the international donor community in new and emerging areas of, such as open data. The challenges that remain are not simply ones of technology adoption, many are strategic and need to be addressed at a systemic level, requiring political as well as institutional commitment. Whilst internal systems and processes appear stronger, parliaments remain constrained by a lack of funding and skills. The report shows that, too often, digital is seen as a technical function, yet it highlights how ICT has been transformative for parliaments and political leadership in favour of greater openness, as well as producing institutional improvements in terms of the legislative process, scrutiny and reporting. Social tools and open data herald a seismic shift in the relationship between parliament and citizens. Citizens are no longer recipients of broadcast information but can be active participants, connecting more often and more easily. The report highlights how PMOs can be active and effective partners in this process, reaching audiences that parliament cannot and adding value to the democratic process in unique ways.
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Writing is more than words on a page
Borderlands: place, power and past
White nights and cold autumn days
Openness is the journey, not the destination
Opening up committees is a step forward for stronger democracy in Wales
The boundary review is legitimate, it's the process behind that's not
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Digital cities
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SPLOST V passed. Now, we wait.
With less than ten-percent of the county's registered voters heading to the polls, the SPLOST V referendum narrowly passed by nine-hundred votes. The program is estimated to collect $204 million dollars in local sales tax over a five-year period, starting April 1, 2020.
The first twenty percent of collections, or $40.8 million, will be set aside to complete the county's "Level II Projects." This set of projects is headlined by a $22 million dollar aquatic center, to be centrally located near I-75. Other projects include seed money for two recreation centers for use by the Boys & Girls Club, a police precinct in Fairview, two new fire stations (Ola and Flippen), and two fire station rebuilds (Hampton and Fairview).
The remaining eighty percent of collections will be divided between Henry County and the four municipalities based on population. It's estimated that the first twenty percent will be collected and revenue sharing begin after sixteen to eighteen months of collections, or fall 2021.
After revenue sharing begins, projects include three additional county police precincts, a new McDonough fire station, a cultural arts center in Stockbridge, and transportation improvements.
Major transportation projects include widening state route 81 in Ola and Rock Quarry Road in Stockbridge, dependent on federal funding, completing the McDonough Parkway to provide a bypass around the town square, and widening West Village Parkway and Fairview Road in north Henry. Intersections that are fully funded include East Lake Road at Airline, SR 20 at Turner Church, and Bridges Road at Willow Lane.
Dirt road paving projects include Peeksville Road, between Old Jackson Road and the Tussahaw reservoir, and Burg Road in Locust Grove. Funding for approximately twenty-five miles of road resurfacing is also included.
Election results are unofficial tallies.
SPLOST, SPLOST V
Difference of one vote decides Locust Grove city council
No change in McDonough council


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Q: How can my variable paradoxically both an ndarray and also a dict? I am trying to get my GloVe vectors for a machine learning model, without having to load the model every time. Therefore I would like to save the glove_model dictionary to a json file such that it can be loaded elsewhere after its initial construction.
However I keep getting this error: "TypeError: Object of type ndarray is not JSON serializable" - full error below. Thanks!
import numpy as np
import json

def make_glove_model():
    '''
    Load gloVe pre-trained vectors.
    Dict keys = tokens (strings); values = word vectors (np arrays of length 50).
    '''
    filename = 'Data/glove_twitter_50d.txt'
    print("gloVe vectors loading . . .")
    with open(filename,'r', encoding='utf8') as foo:
        gloveModel = {}
        for line in foo:
            splitLines = line.split()
            word = splitLines[0]
            wordEmbedding = np.array([float(value) for value in splitLines[1:]])
            gloveModel[word] = wordEmbedding

    # Get average of word vectors to be used for unseen words, per GloVe author
    with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf8') as foo:
        for i, line in enumerate(foo):
            pass
    n_vec = i + 1
    hidden_dim = len(line.split(' ')) - 1

    vecs = np.zeros((n_vec, hidden_dim), dtype=np.float32)

    with open(filename, 'r', encoding='utf8') as foo:
        for i, line in enumerate(foo):
            vecs[i] = np.array([float(n) for n in line.split(' ')[1:]], dtype=np.float32)

    avg_vec = np.mean(vecs, axis=0)
    print(len(gloveModel),"gloVe vectors loaded.")
    return gloveModel, avg_vec

glove_model, avg_vec = make_glove_model()
with open('glove_model.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(glove_model, f)

This throws an error:
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "D:\Documents on D\Machine_Learning\Sentiment_Analysis\import_glove.py", line 43, in <module>
    json.dump(glove_model, f)

  File "D:\Anaconda\envs\tfgpu\lib\json\__init__.py", line 179, in dump
    for chunk in iterable:

  File "D:\Anaconda\envs\tfgpu\lib\json\encoder.py", line 431, in _iterencode
    yield from _iterencode_dict(o, _current_indent_level)

  File "D:\Anaconda\envs\tfgpu\lib\json\encoder.py", line 405, in _iterencode_dict
    yield from chunks

  File "D:\Anaconda\envs\tfgpu\lib\json\encoder.py", line 438, in _iterencode
    o = _default(o)

  File "D:\Anaconda\envs\tfgpu\lib\json\encoder.py", line 179, in default
    raise TypeError(f'Object of type {o.__class__.__name__} '

TypeError: Object of type ndarray is not JSON serializable

Yet when I check data type,
type(glove_model)
Out[17]: dict

type(avg_vec)
Out[18]: numpy.ndarray

A: I think this is because your dict contains a numpy.ndarray.
Embedding = np.array([float(value) for value in splitLines[1:]])
gloveModel[word] = wordEmbedding


Authentic British fish and chips consist of a high-quality flaky white fish deep-fried in a thin, crispy batter served on a bed of large, twice-cooked chips (think fat fries). The key to avoiding an overly greasy product is to use a fry pot large enough that the addition of the fish doesn't reduce the oil temperature too much. Realistically, in a home environment, this will mean cooking each fish individually, but the results will be well worth the staggered serving required. Remember, never leave oil unattended and never fill any cooking vessel more than halfway with oil. Use any oil with a high smoke point and relatively neutral flavor such as canola, vegetable or soybean.
For the twice-cooked chips: Peel the potatoes and cut them into approximately 5/8-inch-thick chips (i.e. 5/8-by-5/8-inch-by-potato length). Store them in water.
Fill a large pot halfway with the oil or fill a deep-fat fryer with oil. Heat to 275 degrees F. Thoroughly drain the chips and add them to the oil, working in batches to avoid overcrowding the pan. Fry the chips until they are soft enough to squeeze but not yet browned, about 10 minutes. Once all the chips have been blanched, spread them on a sheet tray and store them in the fridge overnight.
When ready to serve, heat the oil to 375 degrees F and fry the blanched chips, in batches if necessary, until golden brown and crispy on the outside and still fluffy on the inside, about 5 minutes.
For the seasoned flour: Mix the flour, salt and black pepper in a large bowl and set aside.
For the beer batter: Thoroughly mix the flour, paprika and salt in a large bowl. Whilst constantly whisking, add enough beer to stiffen up the mix. Whilst still continuing to whisk, add cold water until the batter resembles heavy cream consistency and contains no lumps.
For the fish: Fill a large pot halfway with oil or fill a deep-fat fryer with oil. Heat the oil to 375 degrees F. Fillet the fish into six 8-ounce portions, removing any bones, skin or blood lines that are present. Dip the fish into the seasoned flour, tapping off any excess. Dip the fish into the beer batter, briefly allow the batter to drain off, and then gently place the fish into the oil, allowing the fish to float away from you. Cook, in batches if necessary, until golden brown and trying to float, 5 to 7 minutes.
Remove the fish from the oil with a spatula and allow to drain on a cooling rack before serving on a bed of chips with lashings of kosher salt and malt vinegar.


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Over the weekend, there has been a lot of hype around the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser, or Edgium. Microsoft is expected to launch the new browser sometime soon, and it has even been leaked online over the weekend. We already gave you an in-depth look at the browser, and more details about the browser are slowly starting to come out.
When Microsoft officially launches the new browser for Insiders, the company will release a new Microsoft Edge Insider extension to go along with it. It will essentially be a companion extension for Insiders that lets them keep track of new features, known issues, and other announcements.
And even though the Edge Insider extension is meant for Edigum, the company may also be making it available for the regular/old Microsoft Edge browser. It has already released (via HTNovo) the new extension on the Microsoft Store, which allows you to install the exact extension on the regular Microsoft Edge. But because the extension is meant for Edgium, things like the version number doesn't actually show up on the old Edge.
The listing for the extension does confirm that Microsoft will be releasing three different release channels for the new Edgium browser — and that includes Edge Canary, Edge Dev, and Edge Beta. The difference between the different release channels is unknown for the time being, but my guess is that Canary (Fast Ring?) will get more frequent releases and will be less stable than Edge Beta (Release Preview?), with Edge Dev (Slow Ring?) offering the best of both sides.
The release of Edgium shouldn't be too far away now, I tried out the new browser over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised by how stable the entire browser was. There are some issues with syncing, but I honestly don't think there are any other issues stopping Microsoft from releasing the new browser to Insiders any time now.


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The COP21 Paris Agreement is entered into force: On April 22, representatives from 175 countries convened at the United Nations in New York City and signed the Paris Agreement, which officially went into force Nov. 4, much earlier than predicted. The agreement outlines the collective path forward for national, state and municipal governments around the globe to keep global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
COP22 "The COP of Action" convenes in Marrakesh: On Nov. 7, COP22 attendees arrived in Marrakesh excited and charged with the responsibility of developing implementation plans for the Paris Agreement, where attendees were able to tackle a number of key items. One of the most encouraging developments of COP22 was the growth in participation of "non-state actors" — in other words, businesses — in side events, such as the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) "Momentum for Change: Climate Neutral Now" panel. Representatives from Microsoft and Phillips Lighting spoke about their committed efforts to achieve climate neutrality by focusing their actions on deep efficiency gains, investing in renewable technology and setting an internal price on carbon.
The World Economic Forum in Davos: Climate change played a much more significant role at the forum this year, in two major ways. First, nations formerly silent on climate action have stepped up into leadership roles. For example, President Xi Jinping of China opened the forum with strong messaging for maintaining global support of the Paris Agreement and emphasized China's role in seizing economic opportunity from investment in clean tech. Second, the U.N. emphasized the role of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in providing a framework for how the private sector can mitigate risk while adapting to the low-carbon economy. The U.N. Secretary-General emphasized the opportunities of SDG adoption for business, citing a recent report that "…the returns on investments that can be generated by the full implementation of the sustainable development goals would mean something in the order of magnitude of $30 billion per year."
Despite the complexities inherent in implementing the Paris Agreement, coupled with market and policy uncertainty, there are encouraging signs that the corporate community is forging ahead.
These events have served to underscore the importance of corporations addressing climate change and taking action. Despite the complexities inherent in implementing the Paris Agreement, coupled with market and policy uncertainty, there are encouraging signs that the corporate community is forging ahead. Perhaps the most visible expression of this focus on action is through the We Mean Business coalition, comprised internationally of more than 500 companies making ambitious commitments on corporate climate engagement, science-based targets, renewable energy, policy engagement and more.
One of the We Mean Business initiatives is RE100, comprising companies committing to 100 percent renewable power. According to the coalition, increased use of renewable electricity is critical to the transition to a low-carbon economy. Businesses can drive the creation of a thriving, global market for renewable power, a game-changer in reducing emissions, by committing to transition 100 percent of their electricity to renewable sources as quickly as possible.
To date, 87 companies have joined RE100 and publicly committed to 100 percent renewable power. RE100 is a meaningful way for business to take action today to reduce emissions using existing renewable energy technologies, resulting in positive financial and reputational benefits.
Divestments: Major institutional investors are taking action to divest from fossil fuel assets and accelerate their investments in renewables. The Rockefeller Brother Funds' (RBF) recent divestment statement is a prime example.
Capital reallocation: Leading banks such as Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank have halted financing coal-mining and coal-fired power plants to gradually reduce exposure to the thermal coal mining sector. This coincides with the green bond market doubling to $81 billion between 2015 and 2016, with the same level of growth expected in 2017.
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Defines algorithms that work on both undirected and directed graphs.
Whilst the FGL library does indeed have a function components that returns the connected components of a graph, it returns each component as a list of Nodes. This implementation instead returns each component as a graph, which is much more useful.
Connected components are found by choosing a random node, then recursively extracting all neighbours of that node until no more nodes can be removed.
Note that for directed graphs, these are known as the weakly connected components.
Find all connected components of a graph.
Find all possible paths from this given node, avoiding loops, cycles, etc.
Clique detection routines. Find cliques by taking out a node, and seeing which other nodes are all common neighbours (by both pre and suc).
Finds all cliques (i.e. maximal complete subgraphs) in the given graph.
Finds all cliques in the graph, without including labels.
Find all regular subgraphs of the given graph.
Determines if the list of nodes represents a regular subgraph.
Cycle detection. Find cycles by finding all paths from a given node, and seeing if it reaches itself again.
Find all cycles in the given graph.
Find all cycles in the given graph, returning just the nodes.
Find all cycles in the given graph, excluding those that are also cliques.
A chain is a path in a graph where for each interior node, there is exactly one predecessor and one successor node, i.e. that part of the graph forms a "straight line". Furthermore, the initial node should have only one successor, and the final node should have only one predecessor. Chains are found by recursively finding the next successor in the chain, until either a leaf node is reached or no more nodes match the criteria.
Find all chains in the given graph.


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Tensions Heated for Abkhaz Leader Visit
By Nikolaus von Twickel
May. 20 2008 00:00
Heated tensions over Abkhazia showed no sign of waning Monday as the breakaway region's leader arrived in Moscow for talks over closer ties with Russia.
Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh will discuss Moscow's proposal to establish direct institutional links with Abkhazia, the foreign minister of the self-styled republic, Sergei Shamba, said by telephone from the regional capital of Sukhumi.
Bagapsh was scheduled to meet with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday afternoon, Shamba said.
Last month, then-President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on deepening relations with Georgia's two breakaway regions, Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Putin ordered his government to establish closer trade, economic, social and scientific links with the two regions, though he stopped short of offering them diplomatic recognition.
The decree angered Tbilisi, which claims that Moscow is siding with the separatists and disregarding Georgia's territorial integrity. Abkhazia and South Ossetia have enjoyed de facto independence since two secessionist wars in the early 1990s.
Shamba denied a report that Bagapsh would seek Moscow's approval for a peace deal with Georgia. "The president is on a working visit to discuss Putin's decree," Shamba said.
Kommersant reported Monday that Georgia's ambassador to the United Nations, Irakli Alasania, had proposed a wide-ranging deal to the separatist authorities in Sukhumi last week.
The deal, the paper said, citing sources in the Abkhaz leadership, consisted of a mutual nonaggression pact mediated by Moscow, the return of Georgian refugees who fled Abkhazia in the 1990s and the withdrawal of Georgian forces from the Kodor Gorge.
Bagapsh denied the report, saying no such agreement existed between Sukhumi and Tbilisi and that he would accept no less than full independence.
"Our position is that Georgia first needs to withdraw its forces from the upper Kodor, and only after that we will be ready for a nonaggression agreement," he was quoted as saying by Interfax.
The Kodor Gorge is a sliver of land that has become a flash point between Tbilisi and Sukhumi.
Shamba described the Kommersant report as flawed. A phone call to Georgian Reintegration Minister Temur Yakobashvili, who handles relations with the breakaway regions, was disrupted by a bad connection Monday and follow-up calls were unsuccessful.
The latest flare-up in Russian-Georgian relations comes as Georgia is set to elect a new parliament this Wednesday.
Tensions over Abkhazia increased last month when a Georgian spy plane was shot down over the region. Georgia said the unmanned plane was shot down by a Russian jet violating its airspace.
Russia has since stepped up its rhetoric and sent reinforcements to its peacekeeping forces, which control Abkhazia's boundary with the rest of Georgia, saying that a Georgian invasion is imminent.
Moscow's military leadership over the weekend authorized peacekeepers to conduct armed operations on their own behalf if necessary, Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported Monday.
The Defense Ministry did not answer repeated calls Monday, but Shamba, the Abkhaz foreign minister, called the report "credible."
Georgia has reacted to Moscow's stance by blocking negotiations over Russia's accession to the World Trade Organization.
In another step likely to hamper any agreement with Georgia, Abkhazia signed a cooperation agreement Friday with the neighboring Krasnodar region over construction work for the Winter Olympics in Sochi in 2014.
Georgia has warned that such joint projects that exclude Tbilisi would call into doubt the rightfulness of the selection of Sochi as the Olympics.


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Hurricane season 'off to a busy start'
Today, June 1 is the official start of the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season and, The National Hurricane Centre said the period is "off to a busy start" with a disturbance near Mexico's Yucatan peninsula.
Forecasters are monitoring what could become the third named storm of the season.
In an update at 1:00 pm, the centre said the system is gradually becoming better organised and urged interests along the coast of the Bay of Campeche to monitor this system as tropical storm watches or warnings could be required later today or tonight.
"Regardless of formation, heavy rainfall is likely to continue over portions of E Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, and western Honduras during the next few days," said the NHC on Twitter.
If the disturbance becomes a tropical storm it would be called Cristobal. It is not a threat to Jamaica.
Two storms; Arthur and Bertha formed ahead of the June 1 start of the hurricane season. The season ends on November 30.
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A brand new year is a chance to do things right, or better yet, with no regrets. What's your new year's resolution? Joining a gym, a new diet, healthier eating habits, reading the bible in a year, or praying more. It's okay to set goals, however, they are not always easy to follow through with.
I have to be honest, I don't set goals I know I won't be able to keep. When Covid hit, it changed our lives forever. On January 3rd last year, my husband was released from the hospital after 53 days. I almost lost him a few times. During this time, all I could do was pray and ask others to pray with me. My Sonrise family was there in prayer and encouragement. I can't begin to tell you the tears I cried and the peace I had that surpassed all understanding. I never gave up hope.
It was important to me that doctors, nurses, and specialists knew my God was in control. No matter what the test results said or what negative words were shared, it was important for me to say to everyone who cared for him, "My God is in control and I know my husband will be okay."
There is one thing that I know for sure, we can plan our lives and set goals for our children and ourselves, but God is the one who is in control of our lives. God is the one who has the last say in our lives.
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Senator Lamar Alexander is again having to defend his ambiguous position on Common Core, an issue that has morphed into a political landmine and a symbol of federal overreach, despite how the reading and math standards were developed by a bipartisan coalition of governors.
During the Republican primary, Tea Party candidate Joe Carr continually blasted Alexander for not coming out against Common Core. Flipping the script, Alexander's campaign tried to used the Common Core issue against Carr in mailers sent out days before the election.
Moving into general election campaigning, Alexander has yet to move out of the shadow of Common Core.
Alexander has stood next to Governor Bill Haslam, a supporter of Common Core, as a show of solidarity for Tennessee's use of the standards. Yet when former U.S. Secretary of Education is asked to describe his position on Common Core, he carefully dances around giving a straight response.
This is where Alexander's general election opponent, Gordon Ball, the trial lawyer from east Tennessee, steps in. Ball's bid at Alexander's Senate seat faces serious headwinds, from his little-known name recognition to his Democratic party affiliation in a decidedly red state. But one way Ball is attempting to broaden his statewide appeal is adopting at least a few positions shared by Joe Carr, whose grassroots campaign put him within 9 points of the well-financed Alexander in the primary.
And Common Core is one of those issues. Ball says Carr's strong revolt against the standards connected with voters, and he hopes the same voters turn out for him in November.
Alexander said in a recent interview with WPLN that a vote for Ball is a vote for President Barack Obama's agenda, pointing to the 11 state lawmakers who once backed Carr and are now throwing their support behind Alexander.
On Common Core, Alexander said if Tennesseans want to keep the standards, he'll get also get behind them.
A recent Vanderbilt poll found that fewer than half of teachers across the state support the standards, marking a 20-point drop from last year.
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