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Yesterday echoweaver and her hubby returned home from a week of being non-com by choice. Their cat, AKA the Ebon Menace, hissed and growled at me every time I visited, but I am remarkably free of scars. Good thing he never felt inclined to beat me up, either -- Mom's evil cat, Noia, is declawed so when she beats the crap out of me at least she doesn't break the skin. Or rather, when she doesn't go into Cuisinart™-mode with her biting.
Soon after getting back echoweaver replied to some e-mail I'd sent to the gaming group and mentioned that she and hubby were planning on going to hear Ursula K. Le Guin speak. We rather jumped on that one; callicrates thought she was speaking on Thursday, which is our default game night for months with only four letters. The upshot was that I went to KC, then walked across the street to the younger sibling of the Chinese Buffet we adore so much. One of the waitresses we've met a few times over there was at the new one and she recognized us.
After Chinese we all hopped into echoweaver's hubby's car (Mmmmm, UNM parking passes) and went to campus. The lecture actually started on time and ended a minute or two early, and it was worth every minute. I believe the show was being broadcast live on the radio, at least from the context of several of the remarks. I missed a lot of the intro because I was not on time. I also thought it was really neat that they had two women taking turns signing (as in ASL) the English portion of the lecture.
She read the introduction to Changing Planes which I'm clearly going to have to read. Fortunately, unlike our Earthsea books, Changing Planes was not one of the casualties of the leaky closet. Ah well, we can solve that on Thursday.
Speaking of Thursday, it turns out that Ms. Le Guin is appearing on Thursday, but it's at a book-signing for a small independent bookstore near our house and next door to one of our favorite restaurants. The way to get onto the autograph line is by having a receipt from the store, which is fine since we need to replace the Earthsea books anyway. It's going to be a bittersweet event for Andy, though; last year on July 30th or 31st he heard Ms. Le Guin speak and she signed one of his books to Andy, Thena (who had died on the 29th), Gail, and me. Now, some two weeks after we lost Gail, he will again be having a book signed by her.
Ms Le Guin spent the bulk (or, in her own words, the "better part of the hour") reading poems she translated from Chilean. A Spanish student read the original versions, usually stanza by stanza, after Ms. Le Guin finished reading in English. Ms. Le Guin called the woman "The other Chilean poet"; Gabriela Mistral had also won the Nobel Prize but her personal/political life was not nearly so colorful as Pablo Neruda's, so she isn't well-known outside of Chile.
I'll definitely want to get a copy of the translated poems. They were mostly very dark, and there are recurring themes of cutting, bleeding, burning, and biting snakes in half. Apparently in Chile Ms. Mistral has been imaged into a bland schoolteacher whose lover committed suicide, and in the Nobel mini-biography this is reinforced. According to Ms Le Guin, though, Ms Mistral was a very complex person and the suicide was her son at the age of 17, not a lover.
In Q&A it came out that many people believe Ms. Mistral was lesbian, as she lived the last decade or three of her life with a woman. Ms. Le Guin's answer was that if she was lesbian, she may well not have been out to herself, and was certainly not flaming. She also reminded us that Gabriella was a product of her times and her culture, and that our times and culture (which Ms. Le Guin herself is only half part of, according to her) are vastly different. I'm hoping callicrates quotes some of the Q&A in his journal since Ms. Le Guin had some excellent quotes sprinkled throughout.
One person ("I am a writer, like you") had to ask the inevitable "How do I get my novel published" question. Geef, I've never written a whole chapter, let alone a novel, and I knew the answer to this one. She was very good at telling him "RTFM" in not so many words. Her answer, in a nutshell, was "Well, I actually published my first novel in the 1960s, so I probably won't be much help" and then what you can read every time anyone has ever asked this question of an author, "It's harder now than it was, they'll suck the soul out of you, and I hope you have a large enough wall on which to hang the rejection letters; it took me some ten years even to get a nibble and that was then." Her practical advice was to get some short stories published in anthologies, get a track record and an agent, and then try to get your novel accepted.
Since the book-signing is happening on default.game night, we might have the game today. That's what Andy prefers, at least, since it means we won't have to do all sorts of jumping through hoops to get the signing done while ending the game early enough for those who need to be awake and lucid on Friday.


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Bellona.org > Latest News > Nuclear issues > Nuclear Russia > Hull of Russia's new goliath icebreaker puts to water
Fossil fuels, Nuclear issues, Nuclear Russia, Russian nuclear icebreakers fleet
Hull of Russia's new goliath icebreaker puts to water
Russia's new Arktika nuclear icebreaker has put to water at St. Petersburg's Baltika Shipyard, heralding a new line of icebreakers for Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom that will be used primarily for clearing oil drilling areas in the Arctic.
Published on June 20, 2016 by Charles Digges
The Arktika icebreaker's hull putting to water in St Petersburg. Credit: gov-murman.ru
Billed by official Russian media as "the most powerful icebreaker ever built," the Arktika exceeds standard dimensions, weighing in at 173 meters long, 34 meters wide, and with a water displacement of 33,540 tons. It is also able to break through ice three meters thick.
It's powered by two RITM-200 nuclear reactors, each with a capacity of 175 megawatts, making it by far the world's most powerful ship of it's kind, the Independent Barents Observer reported.
Some 700 people worked in shifts around the clock to finish the hull of the vessel, said the portal.
The Arktika's hull on water in St. Petersburg. (Photo: gov.murman.ru)
Rosatom chief Sergei Kiriyenko, who was present at the ceremony to launch the Arktika onto the water said the boat "definitely opens new possibilities for our country," according to a Rosatom release (in Russian).
Putting the hull of the Arktika on water has been delayed twice. It was first scheduled to hit water in December. That was pushed back to May
According to Vyacheslav Ruksha, head of Russia's icebreaker port Atomflot the Arktika will be ready for operations by end December 2017, beating Rosatom predictions by a number of months.
Ruksha, while speaking at a conference entitled Atomic Energy in the Arctic: Ecology and Safety last month in Murmansk indicated the new line icebreakers would be used to assist in oil exploration in the Arctic.
"In the future, the new icebreakers will facilitate access to our hydrocarbon resources in countries of the Asian Pacific area," he told the conference.
The Artika and is new generation cousins had previously been touted as necessary for guiding cargo through the Northern Sea Route. But Ruksha acknowledged at the conference that there primary goal was now assisting oil drillers.
The new policy for the icebreaker drew surprise from Nils Bøhmer, Bellona's executive director.
"Well it is not very surprising if you have study the actual numbers on transit and cargo passing through the entire Northern Sea Route," said Bøhmer. "But it is surprising coming from Ruksha – is this a signal of new Russian policy?"
If so, it may point to a policy that may be doomed to failure. Last month, Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips and numerous other oil majors abandoned drilling plans in the US Arctic after spending more than $2.5 billion dollars and a decade to ramp up their Arctic drilling programs.
Eni Norway and Statoil's Goliat rig in Arctic waters. (Photo: Statioil)
The costs associated with drilling in harsh climates and bringing that crude to market when oil is hovering around $30-$40 per barrel just won't pay the bills, numerous analysts have said.
Still, Russia and Norway are taking their Arctic gambles. In March, Norway's Statoil and Italy's Eni positioned their Goliat rig – the northernmost in the world – in the Barents Sea and put it into service.
Russia, however was the first to drill the Arctic with state corporation Gazprom's storied Prirazlomnoye platform situated in the Pechora Sea. In 2014, the rig produced 70,000 tons of substandard, low cost crude blend called ARCO, which it sold to France's oil giant Total.
The new line icebreaker will fill the shoes of others that are headed for decommissioning, Ruksha said.
The nuclear icebreakers Sibir, Arktika and Rossiya are in cold shutdown. The Yamal would face the same fate if its reactor's operation time is not extended in 2018, Ruksha told Bellona.
The Sibir is already headed to the metal bone yard. Ruksha told Bellona the vessel will be hauled from Atomflot to the Nerpa Shipyard in June for full dismantlement, which is expected to be complete by 2017.
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Smartphones and bad parenting blamed..
Smartphones and bad parenting blamed for spike in schoolyard brawls
Deborah Knight
DR KEVIN DONNELLY
Experts are pointing the figure at smartphones and a disrespect of authority for a spike in schoolyard brawls.
More than 1,700 playground assaults were reported in New South Wales schools in the 2017/18 period.
That's 500 more attacks than the previous year.
Experts say the trend is being fuelled by teens posting videos of fights online as well as disrespect of authority.
Senior researcher at the Australian Catholic University, Dr Kevin Donnelly, tells Deborah Knight social media usage is only part of the problem.
"The other issue though is parenting," he says.
"I taught for 18 years and the reality is if young children don't come to school respecting authority, if they haven't been disciplined at home, if they don't know about civility and how to treat other people properly… then it only makes it worse."
Dr Donnelly says anyone who travels on a train or a tram would know just how poor our manners are getting.
"You'll see people aren't as civil or polite, people get angry a lot easier whether it's road rage or just getting upset.
"There's a general decline in treating one another with respect and tolerance."
Click PLAY below for the full interview
Dr Donnelly says when he was a teacher, he was able to intervene in fights before they escalated.
But bureaucracy and policy wouldn't allow that anymore.
"I was able back then to grab a kid, or to push them aside, to get in between them.
"If you do that now, I'm sure you'd be in trouble."
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Expelled Egyptian-Palestinian activist arrives in Paris
FILE - In this undated image from the Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page, Ramy Shaath poses for a picture Jan. 2, 2015, in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptian authorities deported Ramy Shaath, the son of a prominent Palestinian politician after he served 2 1/2 years of pre-trial detention over allegations of having ties with an outlawed group, his family said Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (Free Ramy Shaath Facebook page via AP, File)
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By FLORIAN BRUNET and BARBARA SURK
Jan. 8, 2022 9:55 AM PT
PARIS —
Egyptian-Palestinian human rights activist Ramy Shaath arrived in Paris and reunited with his wife on Saturday, after Egyptian authorities released him from prison and deported him.
An overjoyed Shaath, the son of a prominent Palestinian politician, walked out of the Charles de Gaulle airport smiling, holding hands with his wife, Céline Lebrun Shaath, a French national, and waving to a cheering crowd of supporters.
"I am very excited to be here," Shaath said. Speaking in English, he described the network of overcrowded Egyptian prisons in which he had spent the last two and a half years as "lacking respect for human dignity." However, his resolve has not been broken, Shaath said.
"I am continuing on my way. I am insisting on freeing my friends from Egyptian jails," Shaath said.
"I have hope for a better Egypt," Shaath said. "I have hope for an independent and secure Palestine and I have hope for a better Middle East and a better world we live in."
French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed the decision to release the activist, saying he was "relieved" and thanking those who helped make it happen.
Egyptian authorities deported Shaath after he served 2 1/2 years of pre-trial detention over allegations of having ties with an outlawed group, his family said Saturday. He was forced to renounce his Egyptian citizenship to gain his freedom, they added in a statement.
His father is Nabil Shaath, an adviser to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The family says Ramy was handed over to a representative of the Palestinian Authority at Cairo international airport, where he boarded a flight to the Jordanian capital of Amman. He then traveled on to Paris.
An Egyptian government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment on Shaath's release or the termination of his Egyptian citizenship.
Ramy Shaath was arrested in July 2019 at his home in Cairo and accused of having links to the Muslim Brotherhood, which the Egyptian government designated as a terrorist organization in 2013.
A dual Palestinian-Egyptian national, he was added to a case that included a former lawmaker and key secular activists. They had been arrested about a month before Shaath and accused of collaborating with wanted Brotherhood members in Turkey to plot violence and riots.
Last year, he was added to the country's terrorist list.
Ramy Shaath helped establish Egypt's branch of the Palestinian-led boycott movement against Israel, known as BDS.
"No one should have to choose between their freedom and their citizenship. Ramy was born Egyptian ... . No coerced renunciation of citizenship under duress will ever change that," the statement read.
Egyptian authorities have previously forced activists with dual nationality to relinquish their Egyptian citizenship as a condition for their release, a legal maneuver that allows authorities to deport foreigners accused of crimes.
In July 2020, Mohamed Amashah, a dual Egyptian-American citizen, was forced to renounce his Egyptian nationality to get released after spending nearly 500 days in pre-trial detention over charges of "misusing social media" and "aiding a terrorist group."
Mohamed Soltan, also an American citizen and son of a Muslim Brotherhood leader, was released from an Egyptian prison in 2015 after he relinquished his Egyptian citizenship.
Surk contributed from Nice, France.
Pakistani officials say the death toll from the previous day's suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar has risen to 83
New Zealand PM Hipkins' Cabinet to prioritize day-to-day
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says he's selected a team of lawmakers to lead the country that will focus on the everyday concerns of New Zealanders, such as the rising cost of living
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Following the successful Governor's Local Food and Agriculture Summit in October 2016, the Grow Montana Food Policy Coalition has been busy compiling and distributing information from the event. Grow Montana encourages interested parties to keep an eye on the "Follow Up" page of the Summit's website for the latest materials.
In November 2016, Grow Montana published an executive summary of the action plans developed by the Summit's tracks. During the Summit, attendees picked one of five topical tracks in which to work. Each track developed various action plans related to their topic with the overall goal of strengthening Montana's local food and agriculture economies. The executive summary features all the created action plans in a similar format and provides contact information for the track leaders. Multiple topics came up more than once in the action plans. For instance, multiple tracks expressed an interest in forming a statewide Food Policy Council, and there are numerous references to wanting to increase farm to school/institution programs. Additionally, multiple action plans identified potential policies that would need to be implemented by the Montana Legislature or other policy-making bodies.
The Summit's website also features an evaluation of the event by way of survey results from attendees. Attendees overwhelmingly indicated they increased their knowledge about local food systems by attending the Summit. Approximately 95% of the survey respondents indicated they wanted to receive information about the action plans created, and 86% said they wanted to be involved with implementation.
Grow Montana's steering committee members will continue identifying people and organizations to take the lead in convening working groups to move forward the Summit's action plans. To connect with these efforts, please send a note to maurah@ncat.org and indicate the project(s) in which you're interested. Grow Montana will publish a comprehensive final report for the Summit during the first quarter of 2017.
2021 Legislative Update: Week 1
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Since 2005, Grow Montana has advocated for changes in state policies that would strengthen Montana's food and agriculture economies. The coalition has since led projects on food systems research, producing education materials, and stewarded policy change to support Montana's food producers.
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Next improved release of Lohit Devanagari 2.95.0 with Latin and ttfautohinted.
I would like to thanks Dave for this, who helped to get Latin for Devanagari done from Eduardo Rodriguez Tunni. Now one will not feel major difference while rendering of Lohit Devanagari text with Latin since Lohit has Latin coverage itself.
2. One of the requirement of ttfautohint is to have Latin support in fonts. (AFAIK) Due to this we were not using ttfautohint for building Lohit Devanagari. Now since we have Latin in Lohit Devanagari, we have started building ttf with ttfautohint. It means Lohit Devanagari now requires ttfautohint as a build requirement.
2. We started compiling feature file with Adobe font development kit. (AFDKO).
As announced earlier as well.
This also helped us to further identified issues in feature file and we fixed those issues in feature file.
These were local related issues not tested well earlier.
I want to verify Lohit Devanagari with Hindi script gramme  and make sure it follows all rules. Soon i am going to ping some linguist who can help into this.
Last weekend i was fully involved in fuel conference. Lots of things i can share about the conference. Let me first start with my role in it.
1. Representing Fedora @ conference.
2. My talk about "Why Globalization? world wide picture"
3. Celebrating 10 yrs of Lohit project and workshop on Lohit2.
1. Represented Fedora @ conference.
We started planning for this event with Fedora Ambassador group well 2 months in advance and designed T-shirts for branding Fedora as a best platform for Language computing. This T-shirt was distributed to all active contributors to promote message Fedora perfect from language computing perspective. Most of them were available in conference wearing this T-shirt, it truly made people aware regarding yes Fedora takes care for language computing aspects and proud for same.
I met number of people in conference and talked on how can Fedora help them. Specifically mentioned language team is very active in Fedora, most of the innovations happened first in Fedora including IBus, Harfbuzz and Updates regarding Fonts also gets in quickly in Fedora. Fedora i18n team weekly meets AT #fedora-meeting on Tuesday 06:00:00 to 07:00:00 UTC and discuss open issues.
Analysed issues mentioned by ShivaKumar K.M regarding corpus processing and requested Biraj Karmakar to test Fedora 21 for Bengali and provide some report.
Parag given talk on "How to create hunspell dictionary on Fedora". It was very well attended talk from audience. They learned practically on how to make hunspell dictionary from simple word-list and see it working. It increased there interest on hunspell dictionary. I talked with Omshivaprakash and he suggested it is possible to get some online tool for maintaining hunspell. This is the same thought we were thinking from last couple of months also discussed same with Libreoffice Caolan. Already some work has been done and soon will publish same.
Parag also demonstrated wordxtr package avaialable in Fedora. He demonstrated it with html page and shown how quickly one can extract words with it.
Wanted to distribute some Fedora stickers but somehow missed to collect some from Siddhesh before he moves to Phnom Penh, Cambodia for FAD.
Overall i am happy with the presence of the Fedora in this conference. Will improve it further in upcoming conference around Language Technology.
I would like to thanks here Rajesh, Chandrakant and Ankit for supporting activities around Fedora in this conference.
This was the first talk on second day. We got pleasing but unexpected rain that day. It delayed most of things. Since i was the first speaker most of the arrangements for speakers happened that time. Started talk around 10:15am.
Its tricky subject to present. In this talk i targeted the users. Mentioned the importance of supporting not only major language of world but also as much as possible on platform. How it is important to preserve first languages of people. I have mentioned couple of important research that has been done to showcase how persons first language is very important. Also how first language can help for effective branding of products.
Slides are available At slideshare Soon we will have youtube video for my talk.
3. Celebrating Lohit 10 yrs of Lohit project and workshop on Lohit2.
This is moment i was waiting for long time. Though number of plans were there. We decided we will celebrate with cake in conference like FULEGILT where number of open source contributors and users get together.
Cake arrived on time and we just thought lets start workshop by cutting it.
Audience suggested Shilpa (present actively working on lohit2), Rahul Bhalerao (past maintainer of Lohit) and me to cut cake together.
Later we had small presentation on Lohit 10 years. In this presentation Shilpa explained why Lohit project is important, What are the achievement of Lohit project in 10 years and what is plan for future through lohit2 project.
I am sure in open source it is rare to find people who are not aware of Lohit fonts  or not used it over the years. It is default fonts for number of Indian language in Most of the open source distribution including Fedora, Debian. It was used in early version of Android for Indian languages. It is used in Wikipedia as a Web fonts. Recently Unicode started using it for building Tamil code charts. When talking these are the just few achievement of Lohit project during the time and list is much longer.
Numbers of developers from different communities has contributed to Lohit to make it successful project. Of course one cant forget the contribution from Red Hat by continuously supporting it and making sure the open source project will get industry standard open source Indic font.
Lohit project completing its 10 years this Nov 2014. Luckily the fuelgilt conference 2014 is happening during the same time. We thought its good time to celebrate the 10 years of Lohit in FUEL GILT Conference - the largest event of FOSS language technology.
Our workshop in Lohit fonts is accepted by conference and it is going to happen tomorrow AT 12:30pm fuelgilt conference, Pune India .  If you are around do come to celebrate this success. We are going to talk how Lohit project started, how it remain active during the tough times of non-standardize open type layout shapers. What is stands presently and how Lohit2 project going to make Lohit project as one of the standard reference platform for upcoming fonts developments for Indian language.
But certainly above issue open up number of issues with this process. Font designers were not able to import .fea file due to this issue.
This blog is specifically to update how i am using AFDKO in Lohit project.
1. Write open type tables for Lohit fonts in Fontforge.
3. Generate .ttf by importing .fea file to it using following commands.
Makeotf is python wrapper over makeotfexe. makeotfexe can not process .ttf generated from fontforge.
In first step makeotf convert .ttf provided to unix Type1 font.
It fails with error but it generates unix Type1 font required for makeotfexe.
"makeotfexe "-f" "Lohit-Tamil.ttf.tmp" "-o" "Lohit-Tamil.ttf.temp_cff" -ff "Lohit-Tamil.fea" -ga -gf "Lohit-Tamil.ttf.temp.GOADB" -mf "FontMenuNameDB" -shw"
In above argument "-ga -gf "Lohit-Tamil.ttf.temp.GOADB" are not required but somehow automatically gets added by makeotf.
* We should replace -ga with -nga for not using GlyphOrderAndAliasDB. GlyphOrderAndAliasDB file is provided for ease of writing feature file.
* User can write feature file with user friendly names and use GlyphOrderAndAliasDB for adding name required as per standard.
* If one not using GlyphOrderAndAliasDB, he should remove "-ga -gf "Lohit-Tamil.ttf.temp.GOADB" and put -nga instead.
5. run makeotfexe removing problem cuasing arguments.
And here get you Lohit.ttf build by adding .fea file with AFDKO.
Hope so it will help to some others as well.
I specifically found this very useful for finding issues in Lohit-Devanagari.fea files.
DIT is working on this project with CDAC and other stakeholder almost from 2+ years. I am one of the committee member of this working group and making sure it will actually benefit target audience.
We have invested earlier time on what should be the structure of this document and what things must be included in this documents.
Also we had excellent debate with language scholars on what is valid combination in Hindi language and what is not. How particular combination should get displayed. We made one significant decision saying we will not say anything is invalid, since there is possibility of inclusion of words from other language to Hindi and end use must be able to type it.
Number of things happened over the time from 1.3.1 version to latest 1.4.4 and finally we are very closer to have final release of this document.
1. Target audience is ICT stakeholders.
2. Platform owner interested in supporting particular language in his product will get complete information from locale, sorting, backspace, delete, rendering etc from single document. One can also say this document is simply including standards around Hindi language at one place. Those are Unicode, CLDR and language related standards.
3. For Hindi draft reference is used from book "देवनागरी लिपि तथा हिंदी वर्तनी का मानकीकरण" Central Hindi Directorate"
Yesterday we quickly gone through draft to make sure conjuncts are represented properly in document. Hindi mostly uses half form of base characters unlike complete conjuncts get form in Marathi language.
Draft is still open  for comments and feedback. Once Hindi will get finalized same process will be repeated for other language and all these Draft will get authenticated from BIS as a standards. For other languages DIT will first prepare draft and in later stage talk with state governments for Feedback. Next one will be Marathi since most of the things are already ready for Marathi languages.
I hope this will help to community over the time.
In last phase we did excellent improvements in Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurumukhi and Malayalam with Lohit2 projects. Bengali is already done i need to test it for completeness then i can do the release of same soon.
Now remaining are Kannada, Oriya, Tamil and Telugu. We are moving ahead and started working on Tamil development now.
Renaming glyphs as per AGL.
Create testing file which covers most of the combinations.
Testing with Harfbuzz and Uniscribe.
Follow Tamil script standards. Unicode.
I need help specifically for following items.
Creating test file with adding important combinations.
Identifying standards around Tamil script, i did not found other than Unicode yet.
#flocktofedora 7th and 8th August AT Prague, Czech Republic and me !!
First talk of the 7th morning for me was "From Schedule to (awesome)". The important thing we should note is EOL bug closing. Almost 4 to 5 thousands bugs get auto closed during EOL. Yes, Reporter'ss do get notifications regarding closing of bugs but i think developers should take active involvement and make sure any relevant bug should not get closed without fix.
Next talk from "Tuan Anh Truong" on "Improving Ambassadors Mentor Program", he mentioned number of issues from Ambassadors program including he does not get replys from some of his ideas and again APAC budget was not used fully and this time it get reduced. He specifically said almost 30 Ambassadors from India but no one is active. I had discussion with him later on and promised that at least i will do some contribution.
During break i had nice conversation with Mattias and Christian about improving language support in Fedora and happy with there positive response, if time permits will definitely start drafting plan for this.
After that we had some offline meeting on planning for Fedora 22.
Attended last session of the day that is "Fedora.next.next: Planning for Fedora 22". This session where we had open house type discussion and taken mostly inputs from most of the attendees. We noted down positive, negative things in Fedora. what we can do for Fedora 22. It was long session but very fruitful session.
After this session we had big discussion with Carlos of glibc. We specifically talked glibc Unicode support, Sorting issues and synchronising data with CLDR. We did some rough planning for future development. Most probably it will be proposed as a feature for next releases of glibc. Me, Mike, Anish and Jens were involved in this discussion.
Lunch was very good on 3rd day, it was bit spicy. I liked it :) Not even used spices, i specifically brought from India.
Fedmsg workshop was very informative for people interesting in building app on Fedora messaging stuff. Ralph Bead given nice tips for doing it. If you still not there join #fedora-fedmsg on Freenode and see how it tracks each change in Fedora.
Last workshop i attended was from Parag and Haikel. The workshop is specifically memorable since 2 FPC, 9 package sponsors were present there. !!
Third day we got some time in the evening and done some shopping. Its awesome to walk on Prague's road. Did not attended Dance party planned on 3rd day.
As i written in earlier blog as well, so many things happen so do check #flocktofedora for more information.
Arrived on 5th morning to Prague so it gave me good time to get rest and get ready for the first day of flock.
After keynote immediately my presentation was scheduled , got a nice audience. Recording for my presentation is available at .
Basically i talked on four things, why fons are important, not much happening in Fedora for fonts. I proposed one fonts portal named open source fonts world for gathering all opensource fonts available in different distros. Presenting fonts in better way, more categorized way and prepare some analysis of what is present and what is not. I have done some work earlier and alpha is available at . Feel free to ping me if you are interested in contributing to it. Or if any more ideas..
I must say there are lots of interesting talk in flock and some are happening parallel, so missed some good talks.
Lunch was nice, though place is 5min walk from conference venue but that is good, Prague is best city for walking. !! Lunch time was bit more than what i expected that is 2 hrs but i think it is good from contributors networking consideration.
Workstation talk recorded available at , must watch !!
for 4pm to 4.45pm session i took break since i was very tired and had some offline conversations with attendees.
I attended "Fedora Ambassadors: State of the Union"  session from Jiří Eischmann. Understood two topic regarding number of Ambassadors are inactive from long time. APAC did not able to use there whole budget so budget got less in current FY. I do not remember any Fedora 20 release party in India this time. So yeah, people interested in Fedora and want to celebrate Fedora success, want to spread word do come up, we need you. I will definitely do some contribution to Ambassador program this year. We have only one mentor from India that is Kushal. I really like Fedora student University representative program idea, hoping that plan will get into production soon.
So had nice and fruitful first day @ flock 2014.
I am sure there are many more things happened than my blog, so do go through other blogs and tweets tagged with #flocktofedora for getting glimpse of it.
All is set for attending Flock 2014 conference !!
Almost 2 months, when i started planning to attend flock-2014  conference. Had number of hurdle including talk selection, sponsorship for Travel, then VISA issues. Now just 3 days to go for flock and happy that everything is perfectly set for attending conference. I will start my journey tomorrow from India.
Thanks to Fedora for providing sponsorship for Travel and Accommodation. Specially thanks to Ruth for helping in booking flight tickets. I am going to talk on "Better presentation of Fonts in Fedora".  Excited to talk on this interesting topic and have get together with numerous Fedora contributors.
Schedule of Flock is excellent with added some Fun items.
I am sure after reading this post all font developers of well know Devanagari script fonts will start looking at there fonts again and start thinking there font is for which language?
Either they have developed font for Devanagari script or is it font for some specific language or it is simply a mess ?
As most of you know Devanagari script is widely used for number of languages. Major languages in this list are Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Konkani, Sanskrit, Maithili, Kashmiri and Sindhi and some more languages.
Each language has some specific requirements from Devanagari script as follows.
Kashmiri, Marathi, Sindhi and Sanskrit has specific characters defined in Unicode Devanagari code page. This is bit easy to identify, since Unicode has mentioned it clearly for codepoints.
This one is bit tricky and one must go through each language standard documents from Governments or standardization organizations. I would like to mention some important differences here.
2. Different behaviour of conjuncts across language.
This one is really painful, since there are not 3-4 but lots of conjuncts characters are different in widely used languages like Hindi and Marathi. Hindi language mostly prefers horizontal ligature (i.e. simply half form of characters) while language like Marathi, Sanskrit requires ligature form of conjunct which is used to be stacked.
when you see, download or use any Devanagari font, you will definitely start thinking this font is for which language exactly?
Font for Hindi language with horizontal ligatures?
Font for Marathi language with Stacked ligature?
Pan Devanagari fonts supporting all language?
Even though its pan devanagari fonts, what it renders in en_US/en_IN locale?
Lohit2 is one of the best example of how to handle this effectively. Still it needs some fixes for default behaviour of Lohit Devanagari font. Since Devanagari is widely used for Hindi language, i am in fever of making default behaviour of Lohit Devanagari to match with Hindi language and for other languages one should either download Lohit fonts for specific language (lohit-marathi, lohit-nepali) or select appropriate locale while using Lohit Devanagari.
Still question arises if default behaviour matches Hindi then, why it is called Devanagari, but i think answer is since it supporting other languages as well it is called Lohit Devanagari.
In last six month we have completed Devanagari (Marathi and Nepali), Gujarati, Gurmukhi and Malayalam under lohit2 project . We have done significant improvement in these fonts not only from technical perspective but also from standards perspective. I am confident enough to say Lohit follows all standards around fonts and Indian languages and scripts guidelines.
This is time to do improvements in Lohit Assamese and Bengali. Followings are improvements we are looking for..
Rewriting efficient open type tables.
Support to the "beng" and "bng2" open type script tags.
Testing on Harfbuzz NG, Uniscribe(W8).
One of the important task prior to development is to identify guidelines, specifications for Assamese and Bengali script. We do have TDIL documents available and will see if there is any other. With these improvements i am sure Lohit Assamese and Bengali can become standard reference font for upcoming Bengali fonts project.
Need help from Assamese and Bengali language expert. I know few already and will ping them for more input during the developments. Development activity is going to happen in lohit2  git.
I just did a quick review of fonts released by Karnataka Government [a]. This is not from rendering perspective but from technical aspects of the fonts.
1. Font is specified as a Serif in PFM family. Fonts is sans-serif still style is incorrectly given in true type fonts.
2. Version should not contain wording like "Initial Beta release".
Presently given versions are like:- "1.000 2013 initial Beta release"
Please refer [b] for version guidelines.
3. Font Embedding Permissions should be more relax.
Presently it is only Editable embedding. It should Installable fonts so even receiver of document can use it.
Font has some glyph names starts with "_".
"If multiple glyphs in a font represent the same character in the Unicode standard, such as "A" and "A.swash," they can be differentiated by using the same base name with different suffixes. The suffix (the part of glyph name that follows the first period) does not participate in the computation of a character sequence. It can be used by font designers to indicate special characteristics of the glyph. The suffix may contain periods or any other permitted characters. For example, small cap "A" could thus be named "uni0041.sc" or "A.sc.""
6. This is not a bug but font contains 1478 glyphs.
I am sure one can make same quality font with less number of glyphs by using Open type GSUB and GPOS tables.
7. Normal and Bold version of font should have same family name.
Above mentioned bugs should be fix before the purchase and release of the fonts from Government. One should test rendering of these fonts with latest stable version of Harfbuzz-NG included in most of the key projects including Libreoffice, Gnome, Android and so on. These rendering issues must be fixed before the release of the fonts.


Irwin Mitchell's workplace injury lawyers secured a five-figure settlement for a man who aggravated a serious back injury while working at a supermarket.
Due to a staff shortage, our client Luke was working alone in the supermarket's warehouse unloading all wagon deliveries and taking pallets of varying weight to the shop floor. The usual truck rider wasn't working so Luke had to manoeuvre the pallets on and off a hydraulic truck. Given the number of deliveries, time pressures and lack of help, Luke hurt himself while doing this.
After the incident Luke struggled to continue his work because of back pain. Doctors told him that the lifting and moving on the night in question had exacerbated a pre-existing back condition he wasn't aware of, bringing forward his symptoms by about three years. As a result of his back pain Luke was off work for nearly 30 months, from shortly after the incident through to the termination of his employment with the supermarket because of his injuries.
He underwent spinal fusion surgery on his back in two months after losing his job and was unemployed for a year, returning to work for a different retail store on a part time basis which later became a permanent position in 2014.
Luke contacted our specialist workplace accident solicitors to investigate the incident and to help him cover his lost earnings while he was injured. We secured an undisclosed five-figure compensation sum from his employers, who partially admitted responsibility for the accident.
Lisa Fairclough, a specialist workplace injury lawyer at Irwin Mitchell representing him, said: "Despite having asked for help, Luke was under pressure to move heavy pallets of stock alone. He simply wasn't given the correct equipment and assistance to ensure he could do what needed doing without suffering injury.
"Back injuries can be very complex and Luke has needed surgery and extensive time off work to help with his recovery and rehabilitation. We're pleased we could secure a fair settlement to help cover his lost earnings and other expenses and help him move forward with his life.
Luke said: "It was a difficult time at work, there was a shortage of staff and the usual trucks to help move things available. I asked for help but was basically told to get on with it. It was hard work but I was under pressure to get the job done and didn't want to get into trouble.
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In April 1932, much of the countryside in England and Wales was closed off to the public and hundreds of people risked imprisonment to walk up Kinder Scout as part of a mass trespass to open up the countryside. Now in April 2012, we can all enjoy a walk across mountains or moorland but there are still many beautiful places which remain out of bounds – says Ramblers.
On the 2nd April the Ramblers launched its Kinder 80 campaign to highlight the places in England and Wales we still can't walk and the work the Ramblers is doing to open up and protect the countryside.
80 years after this landmark protest, the Ramblers has won the 'right to roam', helped to create National Parks and long distance trails but the journey to make Britain the most walker-friendly nation in the world isn't over yet.
From "missing links" in the iconic Thames Path National Trail, to a lack of access to the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Yorkshire Dales, there are swathes of beautiful scenery which are still out of reach of our walking feet. The Ramblers 'Kinder 80' interactive map shows these examples and many more, as well as the Ramblers continuing work to change this. Click here to discover more examples.
The Ramblers is also calling on walkers and countryside lovers everywhere to get involved in a Kinder 80 'virtual' mass trespass. Throughout April the charity is asking that walkers take pictures of blocked footpaths, broken bridges and areas which remain out-of-bounds to create a picture of the countryside which is waiting for walkers.
"Since the mass trespass on Kinder Scout 80 years ago, people are now free to roam over large swathes of our countryside; we've helped to create National Parks, a properly recorded network of footpaths and in May we'll see the launch of the Wales Coast Path – a world first.
"But the journey those trespassers started is far from over. Our countryside combines rugged mountains and rolling fields, magical forests and meandering waterways and it is sad that not all of these scenic sites can be shared by everyone.
For more information on the history of the Kinder Scout mass trespass or on how to get involved go to www.ramblers.org.uk/kinder80 or follow #Kinder80 on twitter. Upload Kinder 80 'virtual' trespass pictures to www.facebook.com/ramblers.
This entry was posted in Miscellany on April 24, 2012 by Paul Scraton.
'In the Mournes the landowners have tolerated access which has lead walkers to assume they have a right to walk, because they have always done so. This is known as "de-facto" access.
Thanks Kevin and Dad for your comments. It seems amazing to me that 80 years on some of the same discussions are being had.


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In 2018, the Hupac Group carried around 926,000 road consignments (1.72 million TEUs) by rail, increasing its volume by 21.4%. The transported volume corresponds to 163,000 road consignments more than in the previous year. The strong growth is partly attributable to one-off effects such as the recovery of traffic losses due to the Rhine disruption in 2017 and the acquisition of ERS Railways in June 2018.
The non-transalpine traffic showed the most dynamic development with an increase of just under 38%. The increase of 98,000 road consignments compared to the previous year is almost exclusively attributable to the volume of the operator ERS Railways, which was integrated into the Hupac Group in June 2018 and contributed to the overall result with about 92,000 road consignments. "We have achieved important successes with ERS Railways; the entire Hupac Group benefits from this", Bernhard Kunz, CEO of the Hupac Group, said.
Transalpine traffic through Switzerland also developed positively as Hupac Intermodal was able to shift 67,000 additional road consignments to eco-friendly railways, which corresponds to an increase of 14.4%. Almost half of this is attributable to the recovery of volume losses due to the seven-week blockade of the Rhine valley route in August/September 2017. Revised the Rastatt effect, traffic volumes in transalpine traffic through Switzerland increased by about 8%. Growth was again driven by the semi-trailer segment. These services are currently routed via the Simplon axis to the Novara terminal. The opening of the 4-metre corridor via the Gotthard Base Tunnel and the connection of the Busto Arsizio-Gallarate terminal at the end of 2020 will create new opportunities for modal shift.
For 2019, Hupac expects transport demand to stabilise as a result of the economic downturn.


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\section*{Background}
Information theory was first introduced by Claude Shannon in his seminal paper ``A mathematical theory of communication'' as a methodology to develop efficient coding and communication of data across noisy channels [@shannon1948]. Its rise to popularity can be primarily attributed to its ability to be applied in any domain, ranging from Economics to Neuroscience. Information theory provides a general framework to quantify stochastic properties (uncertainty in the outcome of an experiment) and relationships (mutual information that one variable provides about another) between different variables in a system of interest. It provides tools to measure these quantities in a way that is invariant to the scale of the system and allows comparison across systems.

\section*{Statement of need}
Until relatively recent times, information theory had been employed to study n-dimensional multivariate systems two variables at a time (bivariate). However, all natural systems are multivariate and a scientific inquiry into their operation requires understanding how these multiple variables interact. In a multivariate system, bivariate measures such as pairwise mutual information alone are insufficient to capture the polyadic interactions between the different variables~\cite{james2017}.
Partial Information Decomposition (PID) is an extension of Shanon information measures that allows us to study the interaction between variables in a multivariate system by decomposing the total information that multiple source variables provide about a target variable into its constituent non-negative components~\cite{williams2010}.
More specifically, in a trivariate case, the three variables can be separated into one target and two source variables. The total information that the two sources have about the target is given by the bivariate mutual information between the concatenated sources as one variable and the target. Using PID, the dependencies between the sources can be studied by decomposing this total information into the following non-negative components: information that each source uniquely provides about the target, information that they redundantly provide and the synergistic information that is only available when both sources are known.
There have been multiple approaches proposed to perform said decomposition~\cite{williams2010, griffith2014, bertschinger2014, james2018a}. Here we focus on the approach proposed by [@williams2010] primarily because this package implements PID for two and three source decomposition, and as of now, this is the only approach that guarantees non-negative decomposition for the 4 variable case (1 target and 3 sources).
Multivariate analysis allows us to ask more detailed questions such as, what is the amount of information that is uniquely provided about a target random variable by one source and not another? and what is the amount of information that is transferred from one random process X to another Y over and above Y's own information from its past? These questions enable us to understand the interactions between different components of a complex system, thereby leading us towards an understanding of its operation given just the observed data from the system.

\section*{Features}
\texttt{infotheory} implements widely used measures such as entropy and mutual information~\cite{cover2012}, as well as more recent measures that arise from multivariate extensions to information theory.
As such, the tool has been designed to be easy to use and is ideal for pedagogical demonstrations of information theory as well as in research.
\texttt{infotheory} is open-source (\url{https://git.io/infot}) and details on how to install it and use it are available on its \href{http://mcandadai.com/infotheory/}{website}.
Here, we highlight seven key aspects of its implementation that make our package a valuable addition to any information theoretic analyses toolbox along with two existing packages, namely dit~\cite{james2018b} (focuses on discrete variables) and IDTxL~\cite{wollstadt12019} (implements an alternate approach to 3 variable PID).
First, the package is written in C++. One of the main challenges of multivariate analysis on a large, complex system is the amount of computations involved. The C++ implementation makes the package efficient.
Second, the package can be used from either C++ or Python. Python wrapping allows for ease of use, as well as compatibility with other powerful open-source libraries such as numpy.
Third, the API allows adding the data only once to then perform various analyses across different sub-spaces of the dataset cheaply.
Fourth, the data structure used to represent the random variables is sparse. This allows the package to work easily with high-dimensional data.
Fifth, to better estimate the data distribution in case of continuous variables, the package employs a kernel-based density estimation method called `averaged shifted histograms' because of its beneficial trade-off between computational and statistical efficiency~\cite{scott1985}.
Sixth, the package includes user-controllable specification of binning. This is essential for estimating distributions on hybrid systems with a mix of continuous and discrete variables.
Finally, this package implements decomposition of information in 3 as well as 4 variable systems thus making it unique among similar existing packages.

The functions implementing the above mentioned information theoretic measures have been designed to be flexibly used in alternative ways. For instance, the decomposed information components can be combined to measure transfer entropy~\cite{schreiber2000}. When dealing with time-series data, one can restructure the data such that the two sources are past values of two random variables, and the target is a future value of one of them. It has been shown that the sum of the unique information that a source provides about the target (future value) and the synergistic information from both sources is equal to the amount of information transferred from that source~\cite{williams2011}. Transfer entropy is used extensively in neuroscience to infer directed functional connections between nodes of a network (nodes can be neurons, brain regions or EEG electrodes) from recorded data~\cite{wibral2014}. Another instance of extended use of this package is to measure changes in information in time. Again, with time-series data, if the user provides all data over all time-points, then they can ask the tool to calculate all the previously discussed measures as aggregate values over time. Alternatively, the user can provide data that are only from a specific time point, calculate the information theoretic measures for that time point, and then repeat the analyses over the entire time course. Such analysis reveals how information in the variables of the system change dynamically during the course of its operation~\cite{izquierdo2015, beer2015}. Both extensions are easily accessible by reusing the existing mutual information and PID functions in the package and providing different subsets of the data accordingly.

\section*{Conclusion}
Altogether, \texttt{infotheory} provides an easy-to-use and flexible tool for performing information theoretic analyses on any multivariate dataset consisting of discrete or continuous data. Application areas are, in principle, as wide as that of information theory's - any domain that has a multivariate system and aims to study how the different components interact. We are particularly encouraged by the potential applications in neuroscience, at all scales ranging from individual neurons to brain regions to integrated brain-body-environment systems. In our group, we are currently using this package to understand the flow of information in simulated neural circuits capable of producing behavior. This tool allows us to easily analyze how different neurons of a circuit or regions in the brain are encoding information about the sensory stimulus it is receiving, the actions it is producing, or indeed about other neurons/regions within the system itself. We are using multivariate measures to analyze how different nodes in the circuit encode information uniquely, redundantly, and synergistically about a signal of interest. We are using the tool to study information dynamics of the neural circuit over time during behavior. We are also using it to infer directed functional connections between the nodes of the network. Besides its use in research, we are using this package for pedagogical purposes to introduce students to information theory. As such, we have provided a number of benchmarks and examples in the \href{http://mcandadai.com/infotheory/}{website}. We also hope to continue to extend the package in the future by, for example, implementing additional approaches to multivariate information analyses, and providing GPU-support. Finally, in the spirit of free and open-source software development, we also welcome contributions from others.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
The work in this paper was supported in part by NSF grant No. IIS-1524647. M.C. was funded by an assistantship from the Program in Cognitive Science, Indiana University, Bloomington. The authors would like to thank Randall Beer for VectorMatrix, the C++ vector libraries used in this package.

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You may have noticed the name 'Amusement' kicking around by name, most notably for remixing the likes of Theme Park and Outfit (amongst many others). Now a fully fledged four-piece, the band have some new material in the form of mpfree " King Of The World".
Distinctively mellow and packed with a golden wave of softening restraint, the band are seemingly creating diverse pop music to please themselves, yet may just find that their appeal stretches to a much wider audience in the process.
You can catch them playing the Lock Tavern this Sunday (21st), details here. Listen & download "King Of The World" for free below.


PhD in Education, the specialization in theory of education. The title obtained at the Department of Pedagogical Sciences in Warsaw. Rresearch interests are combined with issues of human social functioning including the reliability of social functioning. The research tackles the issue of multiculturalism, communication and lifelong education.
Doctor of Humanities with the multilateral higher education - philologist, teacher, lawyer. Scholarship holder of the Polish Government Program for Young Scientists.
She has got many years of teaching and scientific experience in the areas of international education, innovation and information activities in education, requalification and advanced training. The author of many scientific papers.
Long-term continuous participation in international projects: "Summer School of Ukrainian as a foreign language: Poland-Ukraine-Estonia-Croatia-Slovakia-Canada-Hungary-Russia-Moldova" (initiator, organizer, coordinator); "Andragogy - the future of vocational education" (expert, editor) and others. The team member of Translation Research Center of Slavic Languages.
Head of the Department of Social Communications and Information Activities, head of the scientific and methodological subcommittee on specialty 029 "Information, library and archival affairs" of the higher education sector of the Scientific and Methodological Council of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
•	Social networks and virtual communities as historical sources.
The Head of the Department of Human Rights and European Law, Faculty of Law and Administration in Olsztyn. He studied at the Faculty of Both Laws of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. The author of numerous publications covering the subject of the legal aspects and socio-historical phenomena, the cultural and natural heritage, and the between and within generations in the context of European and international law.
Head of the Department of Cross-Cultural Communication and Foreign Languages.
The assistant Professor and Head of the specialization of the Intercultural Communication Sociology at the Institute of Sociology of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw. He studied at the Department of Non-European Countries of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Deputy Chairman of the Polish Sociological Association and a member of the Board of the Polish Association of African Studies, the European Sociological Association and the International Sociological Association. The deputy editor of the "Academic Journal of Sociology". A member of the editorial board of "Sociology of Science and Technology". Editor of four publications and the author of several articles in the field of sociology of culture and intercultural communication. The director of Studies at the Institute of Sociology of the Cardinal Wyszynski University.
The professor in the scientific field of Slavic studies - Slavic languages at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Prešov. The author of many scientific publications (including monographs, dictionaries, textbooks).
The participant of more than 15 scientific projects, including "Project Phare to improve the standards of teaching and learning in schools with minority language" (Ministry of Education - 9905-02); "Slovak and Slavic languages in confrontational terms VEGA 1/3707/06"; "Educational Portal SOP LZ - NP1-003" (regional coordinator); "School without borders. CEP Bratislava ""Slavs in the context of multilingual communities in Slovakia. VEGA-0689-12 "; "Study of Slavic linguistics. Vega 1/0077/12 "(main researcher).
Membership in institutions: the Council of Ministers of National Education in the Ministry of Education, the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts of Prešov, the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Philosophy, Prešov.
The member of the editorial boards of many journals, which deal with the subject of linguistics and culture.
Vice Dean for science and research, Chief of International Relations and Diplomacy Department at the Faculty of Political and International Relation Matej Bej University in Banska Bystrica (FPSIR MBU).
Principal occupational skills covered: Political Geography, Territorial Studies – Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania, North and Latin America, Synergetic.
Projects. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Grant: Position of the Slovak Republic in the transatlantic relation – scenarios and variants of future progress; Threats of the NBC Weapons proliferation and the strategic aims of the Slovak Republic in the UN Security Council. VEGA Grant Project: Creation of a new strategic position of the Slovak Republic in the world of globalization and integration; Competitiveness of the European Countries in the knowledge-orientated society. European Social Fund: Language competencies – integrative part of the International Relations and Diplomacy field of study. International Visegrad Fund: How can small countries give answer to the new challenges of the world and the EU 27?; Is there a way together, or should we go alone? European Integration Process: Staring V4 Know-how with Neighboring Regions. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Government Office of the Slovak Republic Grant: EU National Convention (coordinator).
The professor of the Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration. The canon law seen in the form of intercultural and interreligious dialogue is the area of his scientific interest. He os an author of the numerous publications relate to issues of public law and constitutional law. He is the Head of the Public Law and Constitutional Law Department. He organized numerous national and international conferences. He collaborates with numerous foreign research centers in Germany, Austria and France. He is a co-founder of several major journals, including Yearbook of Legal Sciences and the Church and the Law.
The teaching and research employee of the Department of International Relations. The research interests: international economic and political relations, services market in Poland and I the European Union, the labor market, the innovative economy, the development of regions in Poland and I the European Union.
He operates in the field of teaching in such subjects as: political and economic geography; the local government in Poland and in the European Union; the selected policy of the European Communities; the socio-economic history of the twentieth century; the theory of international relations; the international relations in Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first century.
The author of many scientific publications (including monographs).
The member of the editorial boards of several journals, which deal with the subject of international communication.
The doctor of philology. The professor of Philology and Translation Department. The range of scientific interests: cognitive linguistics, bilingualism, linguistic cultural studies, contrastive linguistics, intercultural communication. The author of many scientific publications (including monographs, textbooks).
The Head of the International Laboratory "Internationalization of educational space", the purpose of which is the interactive educational technologies and research in the field of multicultural education and maintaining multilingualism in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The participant of the international project "Testing the children of bilingual people to the level of formation of communicative competence".
The expert of Public Expertise Centre for Information Disputes under The International Foundation for Protection of Freedom of Speech "Adil soz" (Almaty, Kazakhstan).
The lecturer at the Department of International Law, European Law and Legal Communication at the Faculty of Law, Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Former Vice-Dean of International Relations at the Faculty of Law, MBU. A member of the Academic Board of the Doctoral School in Law, University of Siena, Italy. Researcher of the International Project aimed at intercultural communication and promotion of teaching of professional subjects in foreign languages. Editor of a publication and the author of articles dealing with the issues of intercultural communication and study in foreign languages. Erasmus+ Coordinator at the Faculty of Law, MBU.
The professor in philosophy in specialty "Special philosophy and philosophy of history". Research subjects: self-reproduction of the Ukrainian political nation and the self-realization of individuality in the conditions of transformation of society. The author of many scientific publications (including monographs, textbooks). Scholar holder of the Supreme Council of Ukraine for talented scientists. The winner of the scholarship of the President of Ukraine for young scientists.
The coordinator of the European project "TEMPUS-543873 Preparation of teachers and educational managers to work with groups and geterohennal organizations" at the M.P. Dragomanov National Pedagogical University. An important element of the project is intercultural communication and multicultural education in the context of diversity education, the teaching of migrants and representatives of other ethnic groups, inclusion to a common educational environment of the representatives of different cultural groups.
The scientific secretary and member of the editorial boards of many journals, which deal with the subject of multicultural communication.
Doctor of Science (Linguistics), specialist of stylistics of Ukrainian language, text theory, cognitive poetics, linguistic culturology, language culture. She has many years of teaching and scientific experience in the areas of Ukrainian education and science, innovation activities in education. A scientific secretary of the Academic Board. A member of the editorial boards of journals dealing with the subject of linguistics and culture.
She is the author of many scientific papers (including monograph, dictionary, textbook). An active participant in international scientific conferences and seminars.
The sphere of scientific interests is social and cultural media communication, communicative linguistics, history of advertising and public relations. She is the author of the monograph "History of Ukrainian advertising: linguistic aspect". Member of the Ukrainian-Bulgarian Friendship Club "Slavic dimensions", actively cooperates with Cyril-Methodius center of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, takes part in the international Program of Public Organization "Research Center of Investigations" and a professional agency on political rhetoric "UnLies". Iryna is involved in the training of trainers from media literacy. This program is organized by German international public Broadcasting company Deutsche Welle Akademie and Academy of Ukrainian Press. She regularly attends workshops initiated by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, which covers the issues of European print press standards, management and marketing of newspapers. In his free time she is a volunteer of the "South Post" public association, where she's tasks are disseminating information about the activity of association, press relations, international cooperation on coverage of the main directions of development of organization.
The assistant professor in the field of education. The author of many scientific publications (including monographs, textbooks for elementary schools and colleges).
He has many years of the teaching and administrative experience, the laureate of the "Teacher of the year 2001"contest. The lecturer of such subjects as: theory, history and methodology of world culture, literature, education, culture studies.
An active participant in international projects, a graduate from the Education Program of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The sociologist, the social research methodologist and the graduate from Studium Generale Europe in the field of political science issues of European integration. He is the graduate of studies in the Department of Non-European Countries of the Polish Academy of Science, The graduate of the Institute of Sociology of the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw; the research and internship at the Catholic University of America in Washington. The scholarship holder of the Committee of Scientific Research at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Statistics at the Center for Public Opinion Research; Accredited by SPSS Poland, the lecturer of the SPSS / PAWS Statistics.
The main areas of scientific interest are: the social policy and the civic participation, the sociology of religious conversion, the structural analysis of the organization of the new social movements, the assessment of social risks and the sociology of economy and market. He designed and coordinated Polish and international research programs (departmental strategic projects and target stategic project for example in: Serbia, Brandenburg, Slovakia and Denmark). The co-author of many monophagous publications. The Deputy Director of the Institute of Sociology of the Cardinal Wyszynski University, Vice President of the Polish Evaluation Society.
PhD in Comparative Literature, MA in Finance, Senior Teacher of English at the Easternn Languages and Methods of Eastern Languages Teaching Department.
She has been teaching different courses on English Philology to students of different specialities aiming to present English language as a tool of international communication providing efficient exchange of knowledge, experience and personal issues among representatives of all nations of the world. She has experience of teaching international students in Ukraine. Her scientific interests are connected with intercultultural relations wich are exposed in literature. Particularly, her scientific papers reveal complicated issues of multicultural interractions in the USA. She proves that jazz as an art form has become a symbol of the USA's multicultural identity formation.
PhD in Philology, the specialization in linguistic stylistics, communicative linguistics, rhetoric and the theory of the text. Within over 14 years of teaching and research activities, she is an author of over 40 publications (including monograph «Means of Irony in a Small Prose», 2013, textbook «Communicative linguistics», 2015, textbooks for secondary school etc.).
A member of the scientific group of the methodology of teaching Ukrainian as a foreign language.
А Ukrainian language lecturer in Directorate-General for Rendering Services to Diplomatic missions (Kyiv, Ukraine).


This paper describes recent R&D results on millimeter wave systems and standardization activities in IEEE 802.15.3c for millimeter-wave WPAN (Wireless PAN). The millimeter-wave WPAN system is supposed to transmit 2 Gbps or more as mandatory mode.We propose "Single carrier approach" which will offer easily high data rate and provide "Kiosk file downloading" application more efficiently. Computer simulation results on the proposed systems show excellent performance on "Kiosk file downloading" model.


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C3I may refer to:
Command, Control, Communications and intelligence, a military abbreviation
Command, Control, Communications and Information, a British military abbreviation
The C3I Programme, an initiative of London's Metropolitan Police Service
Cambridge Centre for Ceramic Immobilisation, a UK-based nuclear waste disposal research body
Christian City Churches International, an Australia-based evangelical movement
C3i, a GMT Games magazine published by Rodger B. MacGowan
3CI - Comradeship, Commitment, Courage and Integrity, a New Zealand military abbreviation

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Family, Health, Lifestyle
Fil-Am Olympia champ Jeremy Buendia sets the bar high for men's physique
August 4, 2018 - Mylene Mendoza-Dayrit
Photo from Muscle & Fitness magazine
Most people could only ever dream of joining Olympia, the most prestigious bodybuilding event in the world. To even qualify to compete, you need to beat hundreds of competitors. From hundreds of hopeful bodybuilders, few will ever make it to Olympia and only one will win. Among all the Olympia...
Most people could only ever dream of joining Olympia, the most prestigious bodybuilding event in the world. To even qualify to compete, you need to beat hundreds of competitors. From hundreds of hopeful bodybuilders, few will ever make it to Olympia and only one will win.
Among all the Olympia titleholders in recent history, Jeremy Buendia is one to watch. He has set the bar high for men's physique. He has won the Men's Physique Olympia Showdown not once or twice, but four times running.
Jeremy is half-Filipino on his father's side, as his grandfather was from Bulacan. His dad played a huge role in his career.
"He raised me to be an athlete and he started training me at the age of six doing various speed drills, pushups and other calisthenics-type exercises," Jeremy shares. "My dad introduced weights to me at 10 or 11 years old and it became a part of my everyday life."
His first sport wasn't actually bodybuilding but football. He played until high school when injury caused him to stop. Unwilling to cease his drive to compete, Jeremy found his calling in competitive bodybuilding.
At 19 years old, he won his first bodybuilding title at 2010 NPC Costa California. When he was 21, he switched to the Men's Physique division, winning multiple shows throughout 2012 and 2013. He beat 150 of the best amateurs to win overall at the NPC Jr. USA's to earn his Pro Card. Three months later, he won his first pro show and qualified to compete in Olympia 2013. He took second place that year.
That wasn't enough. He trained with trainer and nutritionist Hany Rambod and worked harder than ever. The next year, and for the three succeeding years, he returned to the Olympia stage and won. No other man has won repeat Olympia men's physique championships, let alone four in a row. This gives Jeremy the title of the best men's physique athlete in the world.
Jeremy and his trusted coach, Hany share their winning secrets with Flex magazine.
"My approach to weight training changed significantly when I began working with Hany Rambod on my contest prep in 2014," Jeremy says.
"Jeremy went from 170 pounds at the 2014 Olympia to 175 pounds in 2015, all while coming in more conditioned. Jeremy's prep centered on adding size. Because the guys in his division are getting bigger, we targeted a five to seven-pound muscle gain since last year. To keep his waist as small as possible we stay away from exercises that will cause his obliques to grow," Rambod shares.
When it comes to training, the winning duo has it all figured out. In 2014, Hany became the first coach to have three athletes win first at their Olympia events in the same year. His secret weapon? A specialized training method called FST-7. "Hany introduced FST-7, and it has been something that I've grown to trust," Jeremy says.
Rambod developed Fascia Stretch Training, to boost workout intensity. This training technique involves extending the last workout for a body part to seven sets instead of the usual three or four. "We emphasize optimizing pumps in the gym," Buendia explains. "The elements include tempo manipulation, rep-range manipulation, and minimizing rest in between sets." This infuses targeted muscles with a better pump, improving blood flow and circulation. It also stimulates more growth and makes your workout a lot more interesting.
"We incorporated FST Super 7 supersets done with 45 seconds' rest, which increased intensity fourfold. FST Super 7 is a variation of my standard FST (fascia stretch training), a protocol that calls for the use of medium or heavy weight for seven intense sets and 30 to 45 seconds' rest between sets." Rambod explains.
Today, Jeremy graces countless international fitness magazines and has an active social media base. He is currently training for the next Olympia where he is vying for a historic fifth title.
Meanwhile, IFBB Pro Card hopefuls in the Philippines are now preparing for Musclecontest Philippines, their first chance to get an IFBB Pro Card without leaving the country. The historic date is set on Sept. 8 at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center.
Author Mylene Mendoza-DayritPosted on August 4, 2018 Updated on August 4, 2018 Categories Family, Health, Lifestyle


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Toronto police seize $17M worth of drugs, including 'hugely significant' amount of fentanyl
Published Thursday, December 3, 2020 2:27PM EST Last Updated Friday, December 4, 2020 12:02AM EST
A large quantity of drugs recently seized by Toronto police as part of two separate investigations is shown. (Ron Dhaliwal)
TORONTO -- Two separate busts last month have led to the seizure of more than $17 million worth of drugs, including an amount of fentanyl that police say would be enough to result in millions of fatal overdoses.
Police announced the busts during a news conference on Thursday afternoon.
They said that the first investigation began in November after police received information about a man trafficking drugs in the city. They said that 23-year-old Onyejebechi Ifesimeshone, of Vaughan, was then arrested on Nov. 15 as officers executed search warrants at three different properties, including an address in Vaughan.
Police say that it was during the execution of those search warrants that a large quantity of drugs was seized, including more than 10 kilograms of cocaine, 767 grams of fentanyl and more than 67 kilograms of crystal methampahentime.
The total street value of those drugs is pegged at around $8 million.
Just days later on Nov. 19 police made another multi-million dollar bust while investigating an alleged clandestine lab in Mississauga that they say was being used a "fentanyl cutting lab."
As a result, a further nine kilograms of cocaine was seized, along with 21 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, one kilogram of heroin and 33 kilograms of fentanyl.
Police also seized more than $500,000 in Canadian currency, two firearms, two silencers, a quantity of ammunition and a press that is believed to have been used for making fentanyl into brick form.
The street value of the drugs seized during the second bust is pegged at $9.7 million.
Bayaan Abdalla Jadid, 26, of Edmonton is facing 16 charges in connection with the second investigation.
"If not intercepted this extremely large quantity of crystal methamphetamine, cocaine and perhaps most disturbingly fentanyl would have found its way into all our neighbourhoods," Supt. Steve Watts said during a press conference to announce the busts. "It is impossible to know how many overdoses this quantity of product will have prevented by being seized, how many fewer gang-related shootings would have happened and how many fewer overdose patients would have to be treated by EMS or by our hospital emergency departments particularly during the current pandemic that faces us."
Watts said that the seizure of 33 kilograms of fentanyl is a "hugely significant sum" given the potency of that drug.
In fact, he said that 2.5 milligrams of fentanyl is all that is needed for a fatal dosage so the amount seized by police could at least theoretically be enough for millions of fatal doses.
"In front of you we have 33 kilograms. So therefor you are looking at over 13 million possible fatalities," he said. "It is an incredible seizure with an incredible toxicity."
Police say that two drug busts are unrelated.
Both suspects remain in police custody and are expected to appear in court later this month.


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Kerry's Israel speech dishonored Martin Luther King Jr.
By Kristin Byrne January 11, 2017, 12:00 am Edit
In his recent speech about Israel and the Palestinians, Secretary of State John Kerry unfairly blamed Israel and minimized Palestinian violence. But he did something else, as well: He grievously dishonored the African-American civil rights movement, just weeks before Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
In his Dec. 28 address at the State Department, Kerry recited a litany of accusations against Israel. The unkindest cut of all was his charge that Israeli policies are creating "segregated enclaves" for Palestinians and a "separate but unequal" system for Israelis and Palestinians.
Kerry's choice of language could not have been an accident. He didn't speak off the cuff, nor did he ad-lib his 73-minute lecture. He spoke from a carefully prepared text that he and his speechwriters must have spent many days, if not weeks, preparing.
The longtime statesman knew which catchphrases would resonate most strongly with the American public, especially in the final days in office of the first African-American president, and he invoked the words "separate but unequal" in order to liken Israel with some of the ugliest images from America's past.
But Kerry got it exactly backward.
It is the Palestinians, not Israel, whose behavior is similar to the segregationists of America's civil rights era. I suspect Dr. King would have understood that very clearly. After all, the Palestinians demand that Jews be kept out of certain areas, just as the white segregationists demanded be done to blacks; Palestinians have repeatedly lynched Jewish passersby, just as the white segregationists lynched blacks; Palestinians smear Jews with anti-Semitic slurs, just as the white segregationists smeared blacks with racist slurs.
Anybody remember that disgusting cartoon of an Israeli soldier preparing to rape a Palestinian woman, which was posted on the official website of the Palestinian Authority's National Security Forces in November 2014? How different was that from white racists in the American South who falsely accused African-Americans of assaulting white women?
I wonder if Kerry and his staff are aware that the majority of Israelis are actually "people of color." They are immigrants or descendants of immigrants from African and Middle Eastern countries. Moreover, Israel is the only country in the world that ever sent its planes to a famine-ravaged African country to airlift tens of thousands of starving black men, women, and children — Ethiopian Jews — to safety.
In its daily life, Israel ensures civil rights and equality for people of all colors and faiths. Contrast that with the Arab
world, where racism against Jews and other non-Arabs is rampant. To this day, there are Arab countries (Sudan, Mauritania) where black slavery still exists. For some reason, human rights groups — including those who claim to revere Dr. King's memory — don't pay much attention to it.
The Palestinian Authority itself promotes racism every single day. How? By inciting its citizens to engage in racist violence that targets members of one ethnic group, Jews. The PA does not encourage violence against "Israelis." It encourages violence specifically against Israeli Jews. Not Israeli Arabs. Only Israeli Jews.
Palestinian-populated areas are not "segregated enclaves." The only reason there are no Jewish residents of those areas is that a racist Palestinian Authority refuses to let Jews live there. And if there is anything "unequal" about the residents of the PA-governed areas, it is because the PA refuses to hold democratic elections, thereby depriving its Palestinian residents of their equal rights.
Secretary Kerry's inappropriate use of civil rights-era rhetoric libels Israel and slanders the cherished memories of all those who fought and sacrificed in America's civil rights movement, including American Jews who went to prison and, in some cases, even gave their lives. To compare them to the Palestinians, whose "struggle" consists of bombings, stabbings, and lynchings, is a grievous slur and dishonors everything we commemorate on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day.