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Following the success of our very first call for works in 2015, Juice Vocal Ensemble are excited to announce our (now) annual call for works for our programme, 'Snow Queens'. This call is open to all emerging composers of any nationality or age. Our only stipulation is that the work be no more than 5 minutes in length and clearly inspired by winter and all that season brings. They can be either secular or sacred in nature and can include extended vocal techniques or graphic notation. Instrumentation can either be a cappella SSA or SSA plus handheld percussion (to be played by the singers).
All submissions must be sent as PDFs, any audio files must be MP3s and there is a small fee of £5 to cover administration costs to be paid via Paypal. Please send these or ask any questions using the email snowqueensmusic@gmail.com.
The deadline for submissions is midnight (GMT) on Monday 16th October 2017. Works selected will be announced in November and performed and recorded live in London during December.
After our 2015 call, we were very fortunate to be able to perform some of the chosen works live on Radio 3 in January 2016 and gave them repeat performances in other programmes throughout the year. We also hope to continue to perform them in our future 'Snow Queens' concerts.
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J.k. Rowling, besieged by the Woke culture after the celebration of the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter
J.k. Rowling, Ricky Gervais and the survivors of the Monty Python Michael Palin and John Cleese have something common: everyone has arrived the expansive wave
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J.k. Rowling, Ricky Gervais and the survivors of the Monty Python Michael Palin and John Cleese have something common: everyone has arrived the expansive wave of Woke culture, XXI century version of what in the 80s we knew how politically correct, amplified By the vigilant eye of the networks and by a social conscience taken to the extreme in topics such as racism or gender identity.
JK Rowling, without going any further, has been the great absent in the recent celebrations of the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter films and has received the furry criticisms of the actors and thousands of fans for their comments on transgender people. The writer, tilde of "radical feminist transhinist" (Terf, for its acronym in English), says we have received "sufficient death threats to soak" the house of it in Scotland.
Rowling had the daring to criticize on Twitter the use of the expression "menstruating people" in June 2020. Since then, and in the middle of the pandemic, everything has been a career of obstacles against the author of Harry Potter, besieged in the lower networks Comment on gender identity. Mean hundred of figures of British culture, such as Ian McEwan and Tom Stoppard, came out in the defense of it in an open letter in The Sunday Times in which they consider it victim of "an insidious, authoritarian and misogynical trend".
Actor Ricky Gervais, presenter of the Golden Globes, is still persecuted by his "Transfábico" fame in the networks for his frequent jokes, a couple of years ago with his serious comments: "We need to protect the rights of women, and Do not erode them because some men have found a new and cunning way to dominate a whole sex. "
Gervais just express his desire to "live enough to survive the Woke generation" and attend a change of mentality in his country and in the rest of the world: "You can not censor what I said 10 years ago because you do not know what It will happen within 10 ".
Michael Palin and John Cleese fit together with fuss the reviews of the former comedy director of the BBC Shane Allen, which hinted that the Monty Python would not have today on British public television "because they would be perceived as six white types and Privileged Oxbridge ".
Michael Palin, co-author of a large part of the surreal jokes of the legendary Flying Circus, rejected Allen's comments as "stupid" and recalled the role of the group in the history of television comedy. "The new wave of the politically correct is having a maximum rigidity effect on creativity," John Cleese denounced. "We can not organize society to please the most susceptible, because then we would have a neurotic society."
Cleese, the same one who used to repeat the cantinela "and now something completely different," decided to suspend an appearance at the University of Cambridge by the scrupulous Wokedel Student Union and for the fear that invoice for its distant imitations of Hitler (and also by the famous dead parrot sketch).
Ruching the curl, Cleese considers that it is literally impossible "to make a joke Woke (" Woke Joke ", in English), no matter how the BBC is insisted on giving new life to the comedy with UNSAfe Space on its radio channel, open to humorists Of all the political spectrum: from Tony Law to Nick Dixon, passing through Andrew Doyle or George Zach.
"The British we have lost the sense of humor, and it is not a thing to laugh," warns the announcer of BBC 4 John Humphrys. "Self-censorship is becoming a reflection act, we are entering the era of the ban on jokes, freedom of expression is what keeps a tolerant and alive culture. This begins to resemble the Ministry of Truth of Orwell: Controlling what we say, just controlling what we think. "
"I'm afraid that the art of comedy is sinking," he denounced the journalist and actress Kate Copstick in the radiophonic Taboo, consegrade to explore the limits of the permissible to the also called "culture of cancellation".
"Apparently, people do not look beyond itself and it is simply unable to laugh," said Copstick. "I think comedy is condemned to a sugary future and with spices in which we all have to be Woke not to offend."
The term Woke was by the way in 2017 to Oxford English Dictionary with the original meaning of awake, well informed or alert at issues such as racism, social inequality or gender discrimination. Over time it has been acquiring a pejorative tone, something like understanding, used profusely by British tabloids with clear political intentionality to disqualify on the left.
Boris Johnson came to ask him in his day if he believed that President Biden was Woke, to which the Premier responded: "There is nothing wrong with being Woke." Johnson has also suffered the impact of the new wave of politically correct.
His critics do not forgive his turn towards the center on social issues, by influence by his wife Carrie. The defenders trust that he is able to recover his irreverent sense of humor to crush snowflakes or snowflakes, another offensive term used to denigrate those who are considered awake.
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Is Big Oil Going Green With Carbon Capture Technology?
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Exxon Mobil recently announced a renewed partnership with Fuel Cell Energy aimed at bringing Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) technology into mainstream usage. The two companies have been collaborating on the project for several years and the latest announcement may be seen as a re-affirmation of Exxon's investment in the program.
The process of carbon capture prevents carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by fossil fuel powered power plants from being released into the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide is instead transported to an underground storage facility. While seemingly straightforward, CCS technology has thus far eluded commercial application.
According to the company, Fuel Cell Energy's CCS is different than conventional carbon capture technology. Traditional CCS requires large amounts of energy (and cost) to separate and compress carbon dioxide while Fuel Cell Energy proposes a system which it says "cleanly and efficiently converts chemical energy from hydrogen-rich fuels into electrical power…." Exxon predicts a 500-megawatt power plant powered by this type of CCS could actually produce 120 megawatts more energy than a conventional power plant versus say traditional capture technology that requires almost 50 megawatts of power to simply separate and convert the CO2. In other words, this new type of CCS would actually create useable energy in the process of storing CO2 produced by a conventional power plant.
Fuel Cell Energy has already deployed similar technology in more than 50 locations worldwide, although never directly connected to a power plant. The technology could hold great prospects for the future, especially in areas where fossil fuel use is likely to continue. Germany for example has continued along a path of building new coal fired power plants despite carbon outputs in an effort to retire nuclear generation facilities.
Figure 1: Primary Energy Consumption by Fuel Type (1980 – 2040)
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While renewable energy comprises an important component of our energy portfolio, fossil fuels will remain imperative for the foreseeable future. Renewable technology currently lacks the maturity, advancement, stability, or size to completely provide enough power for the U.S. today. As illustrated in Figure 1 above, the U.S. Dept. of Energy, or IEA, predicts the world's economy will remain dependent to a large extent upon fossil fuel well beyond 2040. The new CCS technology proposed by Fuel Cell Energy could however serve as an important technological bridge until renewable technology is ready to meet the challenge.
Mr. McCown is a former government executive, attorney, public policy expert, and the founder of Aii. To learn more, visit him at brighammccown.com or follow @BAMcCown.
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Princess Cruises Named "Weather Cruise Ship Company of the Year" by NOAA
Ships Assist National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with Global Weather Readings
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (January 21, 2010) – While passengers are relaxing and exploring the world aboard Princess Cruises' ships, little do they know that throughout their vacation the vessels are also helping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) track global weather patterns. In 2009, Princess ships made 20,139 weather observations – more than any other cruise line – earning the company the distinction of NOAA's "Weather Cruise Ship Company of the Year." Coral Princess led the fleet with 5,142 observations.
The voluntary reporting system helps NOAA track weather patterns in many areas of the world where the organization doesn't have direct access to local information. The ships measure air temperature, humidity, wind direction and strength, sea waves and swells. Ships send information at a minimum of every six hours when at sea to a database which is forwarded to NOAA.
"As long-time participants in this important program, we're happy that our fleet was able to provide so much data this year to help with worldwide weather forecasting," said Jan Swartz, Princess Cruises executive vice president. "With Princess ships sailing around the globe to all seven continents, we're in the unique position to be able to take weather readings in a multitude of destinations where NOAA might not otherwise be able to get information."
This data, which is gathered not only from cruise ships, but from all types of ships worldwide, is used to help NOAA track and forecast weather patterns around the world.
About NOAA:
The National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration is a U.S. government agency that enriches life through science. From daily weather forecasts, severe storm warnings and climate monitoring to fisheries management, coastal restoration and supporting marine commerce, NOAA's products and services support economic vitality and affect more than one-third of America's gross domestic product. NOAA's dedicated scientists use cutting-edge research and high-tech instrumentation to provide citizens, planners, emergency managers and other decision makers with reliable information they need when they need it. NOAA's roots date back to 1807, when the nation's first scientific agency, the Survey of the Coast, was established. Since then, NOAA has evolved to meet the needs of a changing country. NOAA maintains a presence in every state and has emerged as an international leader on scientific and environmental matters.
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"31 year old Congolese man illegally removed from Thessaloniki after being in Greece for 6 years"
Location: Close to Lavara/Alibey
Demographics: 51	person(s), age: 12-50 years old	, from: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Syria, Congo, India
Violence used: beating (with batons/hands/other), pushing people to the ground, forcing to undress, theft of personal belongings, reckless driving, threatening with dogs
Police involved: 2x civilian-clothed officers; 2x white van; 2x civillian-clothed officers (1x man, 1x woman); 1x white van; 4x officers in police uniforms; 1x big bus fit for 40 ppl; 3x officers in police uniforms; 10x officers in police uniforms; police cars (unknown number); police motorcycles (unknown number); unknown number of officers - lots wearing balaclavas, 2x officers wearing police uniforms and in balaclavas; 4x civilian clothed officers; 6x officers - 4x in masks, greek police uniforms, 2x pakistani/afghan officers, no balaclavas, civilian clothes; 1x small rubber boat.
Treatment at police station or other place of detention: detention, denial of access to toilets, denial of food/water, personal belongings taken, denial of medical assistance
Was the intention to ask for asylum expressed?: No
This pushback testimony recounts the removal of a 31 year old Congolese man who was illegally removed from near to Thessaloniki, and pushed back along the Greek-Turkish land border in the Evros/Meriç region, after being in Greece for 6 years. This was the first time he had been pushed back.
For context, 6 years ago, in November 2015 the respondent arrived in Greece, Samos. The respondent applied for asylum in Agios Loukas, Greece in August/September 2016. He was rejected eventually in 2018, which was his first rejection. Then he applied again, and was rejected again in February 2019. He opened a new case. He was initially issued what the respondent identified as a "blue" card (in 2016) – which allows him to travel around – but in 2019 he got rejected again so he lost the blue/white card. End of 2019 he opened his third case, the only document he had at that moment was a document proving he is in a legal asylum process, but he doesn't have access to the blue/white card. This document (showing he is an asylum seeker) only lost 6 months. After 6 months he was ordered to wait longer, so they gave him an extra two months on the document. He kept being told to wait by the office, he kept calling the office and they kept telling him to wait. He was still using this document even though it had expired. And then Covid happened in March 2020.
During covid there was no way to get any meeting, the asylum office was closed. Everything was on pause. At some point, because he had his twins and his wife, he had to work. Because he did not have any valid documents, he lost his job. We went to work in an orange farm during this time.
Throughout 2020 he kept calling the asylum office and they responded with the same thing, just to wait. He has a daughter who was born with a problem in her mouth, so he stayed to work there.
Since Covid-19 has calmed down, he didn't open a new case because he needed a lawyer to open a new case, and he didn't have enough money to do so. In September 2021, he sent money to a lawyer and then the lawyer was to send a document saying that he was able to travel around. It was not the same document as a "blue" card, but it was a different one.
On the 6th of November, the respondent was caught by the police. He had taken a bus from Thessaloniki to Athens at 2.30 pm, and approximately 10 minutes after leaving Thessaloniki, the bus stopped (approximately at 2.40-2.45pm). Police got on the bus, two officers. Neither were wearing police uniforms and while the respondent could not remember exactly what they were wearing it was clear that they did not look like police. The officers took all the people off the bus who did not have valid documents – which were two people, the respondent himself and an Indian man.
The Congolese respondent showed the documents that he had in his possession. The officers said that it was not valid, so he had to get off the bus. In fact the document that the respondent had in his possession was not valid as he was using a document which had expired as he was still waiting for the other document he was meant to pick up in Athens. The respondent showed his FMI and AMKA to the officers, but it was no use. He tried to explain that he was going to Athens in order to get his new document and that he lived in Athens (his family is based there). The officers took them off the bus, and then the bus left.
Then, the two officers called other police officers to come and spoke in Greek. The respondent speaks a bit of Greek so was able to understand a bit. These two officers had arrived in a white van (pictured below, Image 1).
Image 1: White van
After about 5 minutes, one female and one male officer turned up. They were both wearing civilian clothes. These officers presented some form of ID cards to prove that they were in fact police. These officers handcuffed the respondent and the Indian man in metal handcuffs, then were loaded into the vehicle that the new officers arrived in – another white van, like pictured in Image 1. Inside the van were just the two of them, and there were seats inside the van. They left, and left the other officers behind.
The drive was about 10-15 minutes long. The drivers were driving fast and recklessly. They arrived at a "police station" at around 3pm. He didn't know the location of this place, but he explained it was a police station due to the signs that he saw on the outside of the building. The same two officers took them inside the station.
Inside the station, there were four other officers wearing uniforms, as identified as the same uniforms in Image 2 (pictured below). These officers body searched the two men, checking if they had anything. They conducted the body search and took his coins, but not his notes of money. In total the respondent was carrying 3004 Euros, so the officers only took the 4 euros. They also took his phone, his documents he was carrying, took his belt and also took his laces out of his shoes. This whole ordeal lasted about 2-3 minutes.
Image 2: Police uniforms worn by the four officers inside of the station
Then they were taken into another room where other people were also found there too. In fact there were two rooms – one was big (3x7m) and another small (3x3m). The respondent was placed in a big room. It was only the respondent and the Indian man in the big room until about 10pm at night. At this time a new man arrived, about 30 years old and was from Pakistan.
Both of these cells had a small toilet, and there was a TV in the hallway. They stayed two nights – an afternoon and night of the first day, and then the second day the whole entire day and then the night, taking them into the day of 8th November. Throughout this time, no one came, no food was given, no water was given. However, he did buy a sandwich with some of the money he had. He asked the police officers to take some money and go and grab him a sandwich – about 3 euros – and they did.
It was about midday on the second day in detention that their handcuffs were removed, but they do not remember exactly when they were taken off, but it was around midday.
By the end of their time in detention, there were 6 in the respondents cell and 7 in the other cell, and in another room there were two Syrian women. There were two children, both Syrian, one was 15 years old and another 12 years old.
Then on the last day of detention (8th), they were taken to another place at approximately midday. They were taken out of the room and put back in handcuffs. They were put on a big bus, fit for about 40 people. There were no chairs on this bus. Approximately 15 people in total boarded the bus (all that were in detention). Everyone was handcuffed.
They left for another police station, and arrived just after sunset. It was a long drive, approximately 6 hours. He could not see anything because the windows were blacked out. The driving was fast and side-to-side.
They arrived at another "police station" and the respondent explained that he could see signs of police station outside, as well as police inside. There were many police inside, but he was not sure of how many as they never went in. However, they were body searched outside by three officers (new officers, same uniforms as Image 2). While being searched they had their handcuffs removed.
Everyone was made to sit down in the entrance, but not in the actual police station. When they were checking the other people from the group said to each other that they will probably drive us to Turkey. The respondent got worried and started speaking to the officers in Greek. He said "don't take me to Turkey. I live in Athens, please take us there". The officer replied in Greek saying "don't worry we will not take you to Turkey, we will take you to another camp where you will wait for more instructions". "Once you are in the new camp you can explain yourself and make your case", continued the officer.
The respondent believed the police officer. Eventually, they took all the people inside the police station. Nationalities include Moroccan (as some guys were speaking French), and others were Somalian. There were women included in the group, quite a lot. Some were mothers, some were young mothers but the respondent explained he was too stressed to know how many women there were. There were also children in this group, aged 13-15 years old. The oldest person in the group was about 50 years old.
So on top of the respondent's group of 11, there were another 40 people, totaling about 51 people in the station together. They were all held in the police station for 30 minutes.
They were all taken in a bus that looked a bit like Image 1, but much bigger. They were not handcuffed this time. Inside this bus there were no chairs, and there was no one else, just the group of 51.
This new bus had new policemen who were the ones to take them out of the police station. There were two – one in civilian clothes, one in the same uniform as identified in Image 2.
In Front of the police station, and behind the bus there were lots of different officers – wearing uniforms (same as before), approximately 10 officers. There were also lots of police motorcycles and cars (see Image 3 and Image 4)
Image 3: Scoda Octavia Greek Police Car as identified by the respondent
Image 4: Honda Translap 650 – main motorcycle of the Greek Police – as identified by the respondent
They were then taken away in this bus. They drove for about 1 hour. Their driving was very fast. They arrived at a new place, which was a small house with no signs. There were lots of people inside (but unsure of the number). Outside there were no houses nearby, only trees, no lights and no fences. They were not taken inside, they were just held in the yard in front of the house.
There were people in this yard, officers to be precise. The respondent was not able to say how many because he was very stressed. Lots of these officers were wearing balaclavas. Two of these officers in the yard were wearing police uniforms, as pictured below in Image 5, wearing balaclavas.
Image 5: Greek police officers uniforms
The whole bus was emptied, all 51 people, and taken out into the yard. The group was forced to undress. The women were not undressed, they were just checked, but the children were undressed. There was also violence from the officers in this yard against the group, but they did not beat the children. No one in the group said anything because when they were undressing people they were beating them on the faces with wooden sticks. The officers that beat the group with a stick were 4 in number and were not wearing uniforms (civilian clothed). Two of these officers were wearing balaclavas and thought to be Greek. The other two were not wearing balaclavas and were either Pakistani or Afghan, but definitely not Syrian. This whole ordeal lasted for 2 hours. Their clothes were not returned to them.
The respondent was not able to say how many people were inside the house but could see from the yard/ entrance where they were. It looked like inside the building there were separate rooms, like jail cells.
They were put back in the bus after 2 hours, all 51 people. They were driven for about 2 hours – very fast – until they reached the border.
When they arrived at the border there were 6 more officers – 4 wearing masks, wearing uniforms, as pictured in Image 6. The respondent described these officers as "very strong men".
Image 6: Special Police Guards (Ειδικοί Φρουροί)
Then, the other two were Pakistani/Afghan officers – the ones at the previous detention site – who were without balaclavas and in civilian clothes. These two officers took them all out of the bus.
When they were unloaded, they could only see trees. There was a big dog attached to one of the trees that was very close to the group and scared people. People were ordered to sit on the ground for two hours. While they sat and waited, the two Pakistani/Afghan went to check the border to see if there were any Turkish authorities around. They eventually came back, and the group was made to start to walk at about 3 am in the morning on 9th November. The respondent was not able to identify the exact location of where the pushback occurred, but based on time and distance calculated of how long it took him to get back to Istanbul, it was most likely close to Lavara.
They walked for about 1.5 hours, and it took a long time as they had to keep sitting down many times (ordered to do so) to avoid being seen. When they arrived at the river, there was no one there. But on the other side of the river, they saw the Turkish authorities. The group had to wait 40 minutes to 1 hour until they had gone.
Then, they were organised into groups of 10 people, and placed into a small rubber boat 5x2m which was on the edge of the river. This boat made its way across to the other side, ferrying people across in groups of 10 at a time. The two people driving the boat were the Pakistani/Afghan officers. There was an engine on the boat but they were not actually using it, instead they had tied a rope across the river to pull them across the river. The respondent was in the second trip of boats that crossed the river. The respondent was not able to identify the exact location of where the pushback occurred, but based on time and distance calculated of how long it took him to get back to Istanbul, it was most likely close to Alibey.
When the respondent made it across, with the rest of the group, he managed to find the Moroccan guys so he could speak to them. He said he wanted to go to Istanbul, and asked them if they wanted to come with him. He explained he knew people there. They walked until they found taxis – for approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour. They passed by many houses and lots sheep.
The taxi was driving past them and stopped to pick them up. The journey took about one hour until they stopped again. They stopped again because they were undressed and they didn't want to get to Istanbul undressed. They found a bus – a small bus for 9 people – and took about 1.5 hours to get there, but could not be sure as he was very stressed.


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The Roy Lab is growing, and has immediate openings for two post-doctoral fellows (see advertisement below). We are also keen to have motivated Ph.D. students join our lab. Contact Dr. Roy for rotations: roy27@wisc.edu
Postdoctoral Scholars in Cell Biology of Neuronal Trafficking
Two postdoctoral positions are available in the Roy lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The selected candidate(s) will have considerable freedom to operate and develop their research career. They can either lead promising ongoing projects, or initiate and develop independent research projects within the broad realm of neuronal transport and trafficking. Candidate will receive active feedback and guidance in experimental planning, data presentation, manuscript writing, and development of grant proposals, as applicable. It is expected that the candidate would develop an outstanding publication record (for publications of previous trainees from the Roy lab, see http://www.roylab.org/people.html).
A general approach in the lab is to develop simple cellular models of normal and abnormal biological phenotypes – using dissociated neurons, 3-D organoids, and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC's) – and test predictions from these models in brains. Key publications using this approach are listed below, for a full list please see: http://www.roylab.org/publications.html. Current projects include novel uses of CRISPR-Cas9 technology in cellular model-systems of neurodegenerative diseases, optogenetic approaches to study slow axonal transport, and use of iPSC's to explore human cell biology. The lab has ongoing collaborations with researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID), the Waisman Center, and other investigators at UW-Madison; and is located on modern, state of the art laboratory and office space overlooking lake Mendota (within the Wisconsin Institute for Medical Research or WIMR-II tower: WIMR-II-science-without-walls).
Requirements: The candidate must be motivated to pursue basic biomedical research and have a desire to discover new things. S/he should have a doctorate degree in cell/molecular biology or a relevant area with at least one major publication (regular journals or biorxiv). Experience in molecular biology, advanced light microscopy and live imaging is desirable. The candidate must be able to work collegially with others, and is expected to hold themselves to the highest ethical standards. Women, minorities, and disadvantaged candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.
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Das U, Wang L, Ganguly A, Saikia J, Wagner SL, Koo EH and Roy S. (2016) Visualization of APP and BACE-1 approximation in neurons: new insights into the amyloidogenic pathway. Nature Neuroscience, Jan;19(1):55-64. PMID: 26642089
Ganguly A, Tang Y, Wang L, Ladt K, Loi J, Dargent D, Leterrier C, and Roy S. (2015) A dynamic formin-dependent deep F-actin network in axons. Journal of Cell Biology, Aug 3 issue; 210(3): 401-17. PMID: 26216902
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A nation's story is not told only in politics
A recent trip to Ottawa and Parliament Hill, Fr. de Souza's "cardinals' week" in the capital, showed that the Parliament buildings tell the story of Canada beyond politics, including our religious roots. Register file photo
By Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
OTTAWA - About a month ago it was cardinals' week here in the nation's capital. Our chaplaincy at Queen's University was hosting the visit to Canada of the archbishop of Bombay, Cardinal Oswald Gracias. Given that it was his first visit to our country, and that he was flying into Ottawa, it was arranged that he would visit Parliament. The Speaker of the Senate, Noel Kinsella, received him and gave him a tour of the red chamber and the speaker's offices. Afterward, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Andrew Scheer, hosted a dinner in Cardinal Gracias' honour.
Later that week, both Speakers hosted a lunch in honour of the new cardinal from Toronto, Cardinal Thomas Collins — this time the meal was held on the Senate side. It spoke well of our chief parliamentary officers, not only as a point of pride for us Catholics, but also because the visits manifested that our constitutional system of Crown-in-Parliament recognizes the necessary contribution of civil society to the common good, at the heart of which are a country's religious institutions. In short, it's good for politics to recognize that politics is not everything, and that many good things are beyond the reach of politics to achieve.
An unexpected grace of the visits was seeing the buildings through fresh eyes — in this case, those of a Catholic visitor from India. Cardinal Gracias commented several times on what he clearly saw as the religious character of our Parliament buildings. Most notable was the Gothic style and the "cathedral" shaped windows that one most often sees in cathedrals, like our own in Kingston. The layout of the two chambers — a great chair (cathedra) at the end of rows of desks set out in choral style, facing each other, calls to mind a typical abbey configuration. And, the cardinal noted with a smile, the Westminster colour scheme also echoed ecclesiastical practice. There is the green chamber (Commons) and the red chamber (Senate), even as in the Catholic Church green is the heraldic colour for bishops, red for cardinals.
It shouldn't be a surprise. Parliamentary government has deep roots in the Church history of Christian cultures. At the mother of all parliaments in London, the Palace of Westminster originally had no proper place for a Commons chamber, so the chapter house of Westminster Abbey across the street was used for parliamentary proceedings. This was not merely a matter of logistical need, but it recognized that the roots of representative democratic government grew out of the governance practice of the religious orders and their abbeys. The abbot and chapter provided an early model for the Crown-in-Parliament. Indeed, the King's Great Council first met in the chapter house in 1257, the effective beginning of parliamentary government.
The historic importance of the chapter house is reflected in the central rotunda of our Ottawa buildings, which takes its octagonal shape and vaulted ceilings from the Westminster Abbey birthplace of parliament.
At Westminster itself, the equivalent Central Lobby is also octagonal in shape, and is decorated by four mosaics representing the nations of the United Kingdom — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. How are the four nations represented? By their patrons: St. George, St. Andrew, St. David and St. Patrick.
The most prominent part of our Parliament buildings, the Peace Tower, contains in its heart the Memorial Chamber, which is a chapel of remembrance to the fallen in the First World War. Outside, the three arches of the Peace Tower entrance are engraved with biblical verses in stone: He shall have dominion from sea to sea (Psalm 72:8); Give the king thy judgments, O God, and righteousness unto the king's son (Psalm 72:1); Where there is no vision, the people perish (Proverbs 29:18).
Another notable biblical inscription is over the meeting room of the shadow cabinet. It reads: Fear God, Honour the king (1 Peter 2:17). An act of piety? Perhaps, but it was put there by Prime Minister Mackenzie King at the time when the cabinet used to meet in that room. Which "king" was to be honoured by the ministers?
In the East Block is a proper chapel, used regularly for Bible studies and occasionally for Mass. The chapel is named in honour of Fr. Sean O'Sullivan, the former MP who became a priest. He died in 1989 and the chapel was dedicated soon after.
The Parliament buildings are meant to tell the story of the nation, and that story is not exclusively one of politics. During cardinals' week on the Hill, it was more evident than usual.
Cardinal Oswald Gracia
Sisters of St. Joseph supporting group working in rural India
Financial controversy involving Indian cardinal flares anew
Early evacuation in India spares more than 1 million from deadly cyclone
Fr. Raymond J. de Souza: Venezuelan cardinal fights the good fight
Indian police charge bishop with repeatedly raping nun
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Q: qt 5 how to prevent repaint whole window if i want repaint only 1 widget Minimal code example:
class Boo : public QPushButton{
public:
    Boo(QWidget* w) : QPushButton(w){}
    virtual void paintEvent(QPaintEvent* ev){
        qDebug()<<__FUNCTION__<<this->objectName();
    }
};

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    MainWindow(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
    ~MainWindow();
    virtual void paintEvent(QPaintEvent* ev){
        qDebug()<<__FUNCTION__;
    }

private:
    QTimer t;
    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
    Boo *b1, *b2;
};

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
    : QMainWindow(parent)
    , ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    b1 = new Boo(this);
    b1->setObjectName("O1");
    b2 = new Boo(this);
    b2->setObjectName("O2");
    connect(&t, &QTimer::timeout, this, [this](){
         b2->repaint();
     });
    t.start();
    t.setInterval(10);
}

Outputs infinitely: MainWindow::paintEvent Boo::paintEvent "O1" Boo::paintEvent "O2"
but i call repaint only for button b2.  Using "QWidget::repaint(int x, int y, int w, int h)" or :QWidget::update()" also invoke repaint for main window.
Problem exists on Qt5.12/5.15 and windows11, but looks like general qt bug.
This issue cause high GPU consumption in our more complex GUI application.
Ok. I found the reason myself, after add:
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b1->setGeometry(15,15, 12, 12);
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b2->setGeometry(35,35, 14, 14);
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 virtual void paintEvent(QPaintEvent* ev){
        qDebug()<<__FUNCTION__<<ev->rect();
    }

ouput says, that actual repaint is done only for button region:
MainWindow::paintEvent QRect(35,35 14x14)
Boo::paintEvent "O2" QRect(0,0 14x14)
Important thing: ivoke setGeometry for button, not just add as child. In other case (usable only for toy example, ofcourse) repaint button with unset geometry will lead to repaint every button with unset geometry.

A: Qt repaints by default all parents too, to allow widgets being partially transparent. If Qt doesn't repaint the parent on an update, some pixels of the previous paintEvent may still be visible.
Qt provides two methods to optimise this behaviour when no transparent background is needed:

*

*Set autoFillBackground. This option is preferred in case of an opaque background color.

*Set Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent to indicate that you will paint the whole widget (with opaque colors).

More information

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*Qt documentation: QWidget: Transparency and Double Buffering

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Independent election candidate Denis Naughten has confirmed that he is working with a not for profit organisation to provide discounts on phone and electricity accounts that would replace the allowances removed under the Household Benefits Scheme.
"In recent years we have seen the phone allowance removed completely and the number of free electricity units reduced. The scheme I am currently involved in negotiating would effectively re-instate these allowances through a discount on people's phone and electricity accounts," explained Denis Naughten.
"Households would then pay their bills through their social welfare payments and as a result receive a significant discount on the cost of electricity and phone calls.
"This proposal would also include the provision of a free phone, a free personal alarm and fall pendant as well as a smoke detector and a carbon monoxide detector that would be monitored remotely.
"At present discussions are ongoing with the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Communications on implementation of this and I am committed, if re-elected, to continuing to pursue this in the next Dáil," concluded Denis Naughten.


If one gives Tzedaka through a will -- so it is meant to be given after death -- does that person get the Mitzvah of Tzedaka?
The reason I would think "no" is because it is difficult to understand how someone can get a Mitzvah after death, and what exactly that would mean. Mitzvos are meant to be done in this world.
One should not give away one's property - even to charity - and leave one's heirs penniless.
However, one may do so, if the inheritance is sufficient to provide all heirs with suffient funds.
The correct way to give charity: A one-time 10% or 20% of one's capital and then of the yearly profits.
One should never give away more than a fifth (or a quarter) so as not be become dependant on others, as a result.
However, at the time of one's death one can give up to a third of one's property.
Point being, we see that it's permissible to give charity in a will. Since it's an action you did (or caused to happen) when you were alive, you get the credit.
There's a tosfos out there (don't recall where, heard it on a shiur) that there were donations to the Mishkan of gold, silver, and copper. Tosfos comments: a "gold-level donation" is when a young, healthy person gives tzedaka. A "silver-level" donation is when they're older or sick. And a "copper-level" donation is what they leave in their will. Maybe not quite as super-duper, but still a wonderful thing.
A person can be judged on what they set into motion in their lifetime, even if those mechanics played out after they died. (Just as King David got credit for putting every thing into place for building the First Temple, though he didn't complete it himself.) Setting up a will would count. So would buying a life insurance policy to make sure one's loved ones won't be stuck in a catastrophe afterwards.
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12,000km Canoe Odyssey Continues Across U.S.
Adventure Travel COVID-19 Rivers Rowing/canoeing 20/05/2020
Photo: Gary Marshall, BMGphotos.com
Neal Moore's 22 Rivers canoe project continues across the United States, despite COVID-19.
Moore's 12,000km odyssey began on the West Coast. He plans to paddle 22 rivers, portaging his fully laden canoe on a cart where necessary, and finishing in New York with a celebratory spin round the Statue of Liberty.
This will be his second attempt. In 2018, he stacked up 2,700km from Oregon to North Dakota and survived a scary dump on the St. Regis River. In North Dakota, his second boat (and second set of portaging wheels) gave out, and his resolve crumbled. Moore decided to take a break and returned home to Taiwan, where he works as an English teacher and freelance journalist.
Moving the canoe, jam-packed with his belongings. Photo: Neal Moore, @riverjournalist
He eventually decided to give his project another shot in 2020. He went back to his original starting point on the West Coast, to ensure he achieves his original vision of a single continuous journey across the U.S. He has already paddled up the Columbia and Snake Rivers. On Saturday, he crossed the Continental Divide in Montana, roughly three months after he set off.
Moore describes himself as a storyteller and he had hoped to tell the stories of those he met during the journey. Clearly, COVID-19 has changed this ambition somewhat. Campgrounds are closed and bumping into other travelers is rare. But he remains positive. "It's actually still possible to chronicle stories," he told a regional newspaper. "The thinking now is to underscore…what people are facing with the virus, as well as the economic fallout."
Photo: Neal Moore/@riverjournalist
His expedition should take about two years. His route continues via the Columbia River and then heads south towards the Missouri and the Mississippi. He'll follow meandering rivers through the southeastern states before working his way up through the Ohio River system toward the Great Lakes. Finally, he'll paddle down the Hudson into New York. Let's hope he's not still reporting on COVID-19 by the time he rounds Lady Liberty.
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HVS Market Intelligence Report: Downtown Phoenix, Arizona
Real estate developments, biotech firms, billion-dollar investments, and big conventions are cropping up in Downtown Phoenix, helping to secure demand for area hotels.
By Kasia M. Russell
Perhaps more than anything else, it's the heat and aridity of its desert climate that characterizes the city of Phoenix, Arizona to the popular consciousness. The reputation for record-high temperatures, the NBA's Phoenix Suns, and the immortal image of the mythological bird rising from the ashes are symbols that popularize this aspect of the city to people the nation, if not the world, over. It doesn't take much sifting, however, to discover a wealth of cultural, commercial, educational, and leisure enterprises thriving very comfortably in Phoenix, especially downtown. Following an overview of new developments, we look at how hotels are faring in the Valley of the Sun.
Phoenix is the fifth-largest city in the United States (by population),1 and the city serves as an epicenter of transportation, financial, political, cultural, and economic activity for the Four Corners region. Commercial demand in Phoenix is driven by the major operations of several Fortune 1000 companies, including Honeywell, American Express, and Intel Corporation, as well as the worldwide headquarters of Best Western International. As the state capital, Phoenix's large government workforce is instrumental in turning the gears of the local economy. Tourism is another critical component of the success of area businesses and hotels. Often called the "Golf Capital of the American Southwest,"2 it is estimated that millions of golfers visit the Phoenix area annually. The annual Friedman Billings Ramsey (FBR) Tournament is a part of the PGA Tour and draws record attendance.3
Phoenix's downtown core, referred to as Copper Square, is a 90-block urban neighborhood that contains the city's government, convention, research/education, and mixed-use subsections. Copper Square is in the midst of significant redevelopment. Approximately $3 billion has been invested in this area since the late 1980s, and another $4 billion has been allocated for investments from 2006 to 20104. Within the last five years, Copper Square has grown to include a state-of-the-art biomedical research facility, the new Downtown Phoenix Campus of Arizona State University, numerous office and retail complexes, as well as a multitude of high-density residential structures. The Phoenix Business Journal reports that a commitment to public investment in Downtown Phoenix on the part of city officials and Mayor Phil Gordon has helped attract national development firms to the area. Five firms from Chicago have committed to projects downtown5, lending credibility to the area's potential.
Expansions and New Infrastructure Downtown
Begun in 2003, the $600-million expansion project at the Phoenix Convention Center is coming to fruition and will nearly triple the facility's size to 880,000 square feet. The first phase of the project, which included a 45,300-square-foot ballroom, opened in July of 2006. The second phase is expected to open in January of 2009, in time to host the expanded facility's first convention. The second phase will include an underground, 310,000-square-foot exhibit hall that will connect to the first-phase expansion via an underground exhibit corridor.6 The south building has remained open for conventions and will also undergo renovations in 2009 and 2010. Once expansions are complete, the convention center will rank among the top 20 largest meeting destinations in the U.S."
Phoenix Convention Center Statistics
2001 56 - 137,252 -
2002 48 (14.3)% 142,757 4.0%
2003 45 (6.3) 121,827 (14.7)
2005 51 24.4 120,670 12.2
2006 46 (9.8) 135,299 12.1
2007 46 (0.0) 77,440 (42.8)
Source: Phoenix Convention Center
Phoenix Convention Center Future Bookings
2009 61 24.5% 278,610 127.2%
2010 38 (37.7) 138,140 (50.4)
2012 13 (31.6) 57,800 (44.5)
2013 2 (84.6) 4,000 (93.1)
The Phoenix Biomedical Campus at Copper Square is a state-of-the-art research campus located on 28 acres of city-owned land. Roughly 6.7 million square feet of research buildings, clinics, and laboratories are used by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), the International Genomics Consortium (IGC), and the University of Arizona College of Medicine. These institutions concentrate on cancer, neurological diseases, and diabetes research, as well as educational development. The development of the campus began in 2005, and it is expected that the industry could rank as one of Arizona's leading economic engines in the future.7
In August of 2006, Arizona State University (ASU) expanded to Downtown Phoenix in an effort to establish a greater presence in the state's capital. ASU's Downtown Phoenix Campus is expected to house 15,000 students at full capacity in 2010.8 Up-and-running programs include the College of Nursing; the College of Public Programs; the University College; and Barrett, The Honors College. The Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the headquarters and studios of KAET, the area's public television station, will be incorporated by the end of 2008.9 Currently under construction, a 750-bed dormitory is set to open by the end of August of 2008 and a 550-bed dormitory to follow in the spring of 2009.10
The CityScape mixed-use development project, scheduled for completion in 2010,11 will be the single-largest private investment project in the city's history. Three blocks between Washington Street and Jefferson Street are being developed into approximately 245,000 square feet of retail and commercial use, 1,200 condominium units, two hotels, and roughly 800,000 square feet of office space. In October of 2007, Wachovia was announced as the project's anchor tenant12, and one of Phoenix's largest law firms, Squire, Sanders, and Dempsey, will occupy the top four floors (80,000 square feet) of CityScape's One East Washington office tower.13
Hotel Supply and Demand
The onset of this development activity has spurred the addition of several proposed hotels within the Copper Square neighborhood. Downtown Phoenix has long awaited the addition of a new convention hotel, and the call will be answered with the opening of the 1,000-room Sheraton on October 1, 2008. This city-funded project, which includes 80,000 square feet of meeting space, was budgeted along with the expansion of the Phoenix Convention Center, and the combined projects will be able to accommodate events that would have otherwise passed Phoenix by. The hotel is one of Sheraton's grandest undertakings and will be the largest hotel in the state of Arizona. The Hotel Monroe, the Hotel Palomar by Kimpton, and the TWELVE Hotel and Residences are among the other high-end hospitality projects planned for the Copper Square area.
New Hotel Supply In Copper Square
Proposed Property
Sheraton Hotel 1,000 City of Phoenix Under Construction
Hotel Palomar by Kimpton 250 Red Development Early Development
Twelve Hotel & Residences 150 Novare Group Approved
Hotel Monroe 150 Grace Communities Under Construction
The proposed Sheraton and the expanded convention center are expected to induce a considerable amount of meeting and group demand into the market. Conventions booked at the Phoenix Convention Center in 2009 include the American Meteorological Society Annual Convention, the Arizona National Boat Show and Fishing Expo, and the National Cattleman's Beef Association Annual Convention.
Generally, historical occupancy levels have shown steady increases since the market's low point in 2001. This growth is a result of record convention activity, increased air travel to the area, and the business of major institutions within Downtown Phoenix. Occupancy growth, which peaked in 2005, has been attributed to the city's unprecedented expansion efforts over the last five years, as well as a relative undersupply of nationally branded hotel chains within the Central Business District. Hoteliers look forward to the stronger occupancies associated with increased convention attendance.
Average rate growth in recent years has been significant as well. This growth is due to strong demand in Downtown Phoenix generated by the area's development, especially from high-rated clientele associated with the biomedical research industry and commercial development activity. Significant average rate increases noted in 2005, 2006, and 2007 were due to the influx in demand from many of the city's law firms, banks, and development teams, as well as the positive national economic trends of the last few years. The economic trends experienced on a national level in the latter half of 2007 and thus far into 2008 have resulted in decreased business travel due to rising fuel prices, job losses, and corporate budget cuts. Although Phoenix is not necessarily sheltered from the impacts of these discouraging trends, the capital city benefits from a strong and stable government presence, new mixed-use development efforts that have already secured financing, and the imminent opening of the expanded convention center. Thus, operating statistics for Phoenix hotels are expected to experience continued growth, but at a slower pace than in former years.
Phoenix-area hoteliers should experience healthy demand trends in the future as the new convention center, Sheraton hotel, and various downtown developments attract hotel demand to offset the losses brought on by the credit crisis and economic troubles on a national scale. The City of Phoenix has made and received considerable monetary investments in an effort to be recognized as a critical epicenter of the educational, convention, finance, and tourism industries in the United States, and these expeditious development efforts should prove to have long-lasting, positive impacts on the area.
HVS has conducted hundreds of appraisal and consulting assignments in hotel markets throughout the Southwest. To learn how our expertise could help guide your next project, contact our Dallas office at (972) 899-5400 or visit http://www.hvs.com/Offices/Dallas/.
1 http://www.census.gov/
2 http://www.golfarizona.com/departments/destination-guides/phoenix-scottsdale.htm
3 http://www.phoenixopen.com/AboutThePhoenixOpen.asp
4 http://www.coppersquare.com
5 http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/04/07/story4.html
6 http://www.phoenixconventioncenter.com
7 Phoenix Economic Development Interview
9 http://campus.asu.edu/downtown/
10 Downtown Phoenix Partnership Interview
11 http://www.downtownphxrising.org/default.asp
12 http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2007/10/22/daily10.html
13 http://www.downtownphxrising.org/news_media.asp
About Kasia M. Russell
Kasia Russell, MAI is a Managing Director and Senior Partner with the HVS Portland office. HVS leaders now live in and work from more than 30 markets throughout the North American region, including San Diego, LA, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, Las Vegas, and Phoenix in the west. Kasia has front-line hotel experience with Extended Stay America and Best Western and also worked for the Hotel Bellwether in Bellingham, Washington, and the Skagit Valley Resort in Bow, Washington. She holds the MAI designation and is a state-certified appraiser in Oregon and surrounding states. Contact Kasia at (970) 227-7799 or [email protected].
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A team of Durban software developers is in the running for a prestigious global award following their first prize win earlier this month at the South African leg of the Global Legal Hackathon hosted and co-ordinated by international law firm Baker McKenzie and HiiL. The event is the largest legal hackathon in the world and aims to create a platform for the rapid development of technology-based solutions in the legal industry.
"Our team proposed an idea that worked impressively towards the benefits of both sectors. We produced a business case supported by market research, together with a simple viable product," said Ezra Pillay – Compliance Author for Lexis Assure, who represented the Legal Information and Compliance division of LexisNexis and presented the final solution to the judges. His teammates were Craig Wymer - Artificial Intelligence Team Lead, Desigan Naidoo – Senior Software Engineer, Kavish Harilall – Project Leader: Technical Development, Niall T Graham – Data Analyst and Thobani Madonsela - Senior Software Engineer.
The potential of the Kagiso solution now sees them move onto the next phase of the hackathon - the Virtual Semi-Finals on March 15, 2019 where first-round winners from across the globe will submit their solutions as a video demonstration to the second-round judging panel. The Kagiso team will be competing against candidates from countries such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Italy, The Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, the United States and United Kingdom. Other African countries in the running are Kenya and Nigeria.
"It's pioneering, fresh minds like these that enable LexisNexis to continue being in the forefront of legal technology. Our aim is to meet the changing needs of our clients in this highly regulated and technology driven world. We're very proud of the Kagiso team for staying true to one of LexisNexis' five core values – Innovation - which sees us strive to deliver tomorrow's software solutions, today, in line with advances in technology. This provides endless opportunities for young talent to apply their minds. We wish them the best of luck in the next round," he said.
For more information visit the "Kagiso - Dispute Resolution Platform" Facebook page at www.facebook.com/kagisodrp and the Global Legal Hackathon website at https://globallegalhackathon.com/ #GLH2019. Also follow @worldhackathon on Twitter.


While the hype of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential role as a driver of transformational change to businesses and industries is pervasive, there are limited insights into what companies are actually doing to reap its benefits. The Artificial Intelligence Report, conducted by Ernst & Young, aims at getting a deeper understanding of how companies currently manage their AI activities, and how they address the current challenges and opportunities ahead.
To get to the heart of the AI agenda, we received input from AI leaders in 277 companies, across 7 sectors and 15 countries in Europe, via surveys and/or interviews. Below is a brief summary of what they had to say.
71% of the companies respond that AI is considered an important topic on the executive management level. This is significantly higher than on the non-managerial / employee level where AI is only considered an important topic in 28% of the companies. Interestingly, Board of Directors also came out lower with 'only' 38% of respondees reporting that AI is important to their board.
89% of the respondents expect AI to generate business benefits by optimizing their companies' operations in the future. This is followed by 74% that expect AI to be key to engaging customers. This can be done by enhancing the user experience, tailoring content, increasing response speed, adding sentiment, creating experiences, etc.
C-suite respondents scored 'engaging customers' highest of the AI benefit areas. 100% Of the most advanced companies expect AI will help them engage customers, compared to only 63% of the less mature companies. Using AI to 'transform products and services' comes out slightly lower with 65%. 'Empowering employees' comes out the lowest with 60% of the companies expecting AI-generated benefits in that area.
57% of the companies expect AI to have a high or a very high impact on business areas that are "entirely unknown to the company today". This is almost as much as AI is expected to impact the core of these companies' current business. 65% is expecting AI to have a high or a very high impact on the core business. With AI presumably pushing companies into totally new domains in the future, it is perhaps not surprising that AI is receiving attention as a key topic for executive management.
Despite the apparent sizable impact that companies expect from AI, only a very small proportion of companies, constituting 4% of the total sample, self-report that AI is actively contributing to 'many processes in the company and enabling quite advanced tasks today' (referred to as 'most advanced' in this report).
Another 28% are in the 'released' stage where they have put AI selectively to active use in one or a few processes in the company. The majority, 51% of companies, are still only planning for AI or are in early stage pilots. 7% of companies are self-rated as least mature, indicating that they are not yet thinking about AI at this stage.
The most widely reported adoption of AI (47%) was in the IT/Technology function, followed by R&D with 36%, and customer service with 24%. Interestingly, several functions are hardly using AI at all; most notably, the procurement function, where only 4% of the companies currently use AI. This is followed by HR with 7% and product management with 9%. This is perhaps surprising, given the many use cases and applicable solutions in these functional areas.
When asking the respondents to rank the importance of 8 capabilities to enable AI in their businesses, 'advanced analytics' and 'data management' emerged as the most important. 'AI leadership' and having an 'open culture' followed.
When self-assessing the capabilities where the companies are least competent, they point to emotional intelligence and AI leadership. AI leadership is defined as the (lack of) ability to lead an AI transformation by articulating a vision, setting goals and securing broad buy-in across the organization. To summarize, the challenge ahead appears to be as much about culture and leadership as it is about data, analytics, and technology.
AI will bring greater economic benefits according to a new report from the World Economic Forum.
Innovation doesn't see the possibility of tomorrow, it creates tomorrow. See how Microsoft AI helps transform business.
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News Corp. to shutter The Daily on Dec. 15
December 3, 2012 9:10 am UTC
The Daily will cease publication on Dec. 15, according to AllThingsD. News Corp.'s attempt at an iPad-based daily newspaper existed as an app, and lasted less than two years following a high-profile debut event in New York City that Apple participated in. News Corp. said that "Technology and other assists from The Daily, including some staff, will be folded into" the New York Post — about 120 employees work for The Daily. News Corp Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch said in a press release, "From its launch, The Daily was a bold experiment in digital publishing and an amazing vehicle for innovation. Unfortunately, our experience was that we could not find a large enough audience quickly enough to convince us the business model was sustainable in the long-term." iLounge's review of The Daily noted major problems with both the user interface and content, mentioning that "[p]recious little in The Daily is written to appeal to college-educated people, and in the first two editions, a surprising amount of it had been written or edited into a mush of junk."
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ATW: 15-year-old girl fights off armed intruder after he shoots her dad (VIDEO)
The GUN's news reports:
A teen girl is being called a hero after she fought off an armed intruder who shot her dad during a break-in at their Indianapolis home.
Fifteen-year-old Kimberly Romero and her father, Fernando Heredia, returned home around midnight Oct. 24 to two strange men in their home. Heredia entered the home first and found one suspect in the process of unplugging the television. He then called out to the second suspect to warn him that the residents were there.
Unbeknown to the suspects, Romero's stepmother, Maria Rosales, was inside the home, hiding in a closet with her 8-month-old baby.
Read the rest of the article here.
ATW: Antioch man shoots armed home invader
ATW: Two Gun Bills the New Republican Congress Should Consider
An Indianapolis father was critically injured Friday during a confrontation with two robbers.
Neil W. McCabe
Unbeknown to the suspects, Romero�??s stepmother, Maria Rosales, was inside the home, hiding in a closet with her 8-month-old baby.
Written By Neil W. McCabe
Neil W. McCabe is the editor of HE's "Guns & Patriots" e-letter and was a senior reporter at the Human Events newspaper. McCabe deployed with the Army Reserve to Iraq for 15 months as a combat historian. For many years, he was a reporter and photographer for "The Pilot," Boston's Catholic paper. He was also the editor of the free community papers "The Somerville (Mass.) News and "The Alewife (North Cambridge, Mass.)." Email him: neilwmccabe@gmail.com Follow him on Twitter: @neilwmccabe.


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Q: Can't update 4 NuGet packages due to error "Could not find a part of the path..." I can't update any/all of the following packages in my solution:

I get the error:

I've tried reinstalling all packages via NuGet console but still get the same error.
I'm using VS 2022 64bit v 17.0.4.  Migrating to PackageReference isn't allowed on this solution.

A: The only workaround for us was to clone the solution from the remote repository to a fresh local directory.
We tried emptying the NuGet cache, but without success. The problem is that the .dll-File was not present in the package directory (see file path from OP). Mixed backward and forward slashes are not a problem. Deleting/restoring packages did not solve the issue. Commands like Get-Package didn't work either.
We tried diffing the two folders, a) the freshly cloned working one and b) the old not working one, as we suspected that config files not under version control caused the issue. But without any success. We couldn't find any relevant difference. The binary .suo-File was not considered by us. Deleting the .suo-File and restoring packages didn't solve the issue either.
We gave up on that point because we have a workaround to deal with this issue.
I would dig for global VS/NuGet cache/setting files but we decided to not invest more time on that.

A: By referencing these Nuget Official Site and .Net Standard Implementation Support Chart, .Net 4.6.1 is compatible with NetStandard2.0 Applications.
Please check the version compatibility from the above references and try installing the required dependencies.

A: I had the same issue and as you wrote that copying repository to fresh local directory worked for you, I made some tests.
I have figured it out, that the problem is windows's path lengt limitation to 260 characters.
Maximum Path Length Limitation


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Rēzekne (,  Rēzne  or Rēzekne , German: Rositten, Polish: Rzeżyca) is a state city in the Rēzekne River valley in Latgale region of eastern Latvia. It is called The Heart of Latgale (Latvian Latgales sirds, Latgalian Latgolys sirds). Built on seven hills, Rēzekne is situated  east of Riga, and  west of the Latvian-Russian border, at the intersection of the Moscow – Ventspils railway and Warsaw – Saint Petersburg Railways. It has a population of 31,216 (2016) making it the 7th largest city in Latvia.

Other names
The Latgalian name of the city is Rēzne ( ) or Rēzekne (). Historically in German sources the location has been known as Rositten. Under the Russian Empire the city was named Rezhitsa (, , ), but since Soviet period known as Резекне ().

History

A Latgalian hill fort is known to have existed at Rēzekne from the 9th to the 13th centuries, until its destruction at the hands of German crusaders of the Livonian Order. In 1285, the knights built a stone fortress on the site, which is today known as Rēzekne castle ruins, to serve as a border post on their eastern frontier.

The name Rēzekne was first documented in 1285. Throughout its early history, Rēzekne was attacked many times by Russian and Lithuanian forces. The town became part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth after the Peace of Jam Zapolski in 1582 during the Livonian War. Rēzekne received Magdeburg rights from Poland in the 17th century, but fell to the Russian Empire during the Partitions of Poland. In 1773, Rēzekne received city rights. Known as "Rezhitsa" during Russian rule, it was an uyezd center first in Pskov Governorate between 1772 and 1776, then Polotsk between 1776 and 1796, Belarus between 1796 and 1802 and finally in Vitebsk Governorate between 1802 and 1917.

During the 19th century, the construction of the Moscow-Ventspils and Saint Petersburg-Warsaw railways transformed Rēzekne from a sleepy country town into an important city with two stations.

In the spring of 1917, the first Latgalian congress was held in Rēzekne, in which Latgale was declared to unite with the other Latvian regions. Following Latvia's declaration of independence in 1918, the Latvian War of Independence and the driving out of both the German and Red armies from Latvia, the city became a cultural centre for all of Latgale.

Rēzekne was heavily damaged by both Nazi and Soviet armies during World War II. It was captured by troops of the German Army Group North on 4 July 1941 and placed under the administration of the newly created Reichskommissariat Ostland on 25 July 1941. Rēzekne was recaptured by troops of the Soviet 2nd Belorussian Front on 27 July 1944. Due to the heavy air-bombing by Soviet forces in 1944, ⅔ of its buildings were destroyed. Out of a pre-war population of 13,300, only 5,000 people remained in the city at the end of the war.

Rēzekne was rebuilt after the war with an emphasis on industrial development. Rēzekne had the 5th highest industrial output in the Latvian SSR, including a dairy processor (Rēzeknes Piena konservu kombināts), a lumber mill, and an electric-instrument factory (Rebir).

Demographics
Based on the data provided by Latvijas Statistika, the population of Rēzekne was 10,795 in the year 1897. It decreased to 9,997 in 1920, while increasing again to 12,620 in 1925 and 13,139 in 1935.

As a result of the Pale of Settlement, many Jews settled in Latgalia and were confined to the cities. In the 19th century, the population of Rēzekne was around 60% Jewish, while Russians formed the largest minority (about 24% in 1897). The remainder of the population included Poles, Germans, and a small number of native Latgalians. With the economic development following the arrival of the railroad, the population grew steadily, reaching 23,000 by the eve of World War I.

After Latvia's independence in 1918, the population of ethnic Latvians in the city grew substantially, but Jews still made up slightly over a quarter of the population (25.4% in 1935.) In 1939, the population was 13,000. During World War II, the Jewish population was annihilated due to the Holocaust, and most other residents were either deported to Gulag camps in Siberia, or fled westwards. As a result, the post-war population was only 5,000.

As part of the Soviet Union's policy of Russification, many Russians and Belarusians moved to the city after the Soviet occupation of Latvia at the end of World War II. By 1989, Russians accounted for the majority of the population, at 53%. After Latvia's independence in 1991, many repatriated to Russia.

In 1991, the population of Rēzekne was 43,156. Since then, the population has decreased to 30,800 (2017), due to a low birth rate, an aging population (the average age in Rēzekne is 40.3 years) (see also ageing of Europe), and a high rate of emigration abroad and to larger cities such as Riga.

Religion

Due to Rēzekne's multi-ethnic character throughout the centuries, many religious communities have settled in the city. Ethnic differences were often distinguished on religious lines; the Germans brought Christianity to Latvia in the 13th century, as well as Lutheranism during the Reformation Period. The Polish influence over Latgalia in the 17th and 18th centuries strengthened Catholicism among the native Latgalians. Incoming populations of Russian Old Believers introduced Russian Orthodoxy, and up to the 1940s, Rēzekne had a very large Jewish population, and therefore, many synagogues.

Sacred Heart Cathedral

The Catholic Cathedral "Vissvētā Jēzus Sirds" (Sacred Heart of Jesus), (built 1893–1914) dominates Rēzekne's skyline looking from the castle hill.

The cathedral was consecrated in 1901. It was built on the site of a previous wooden church which had been constructed from the funds allotted by Kraków military leader Belinski. In 1887 the church was destroyed in a thunderstorm-caused fire.

The cathedral has curved wooden altars decorated by the sculptures of Jesus Christ, Virgin Mary, St.Teresa, and others. The cathedral is famous for its depictions in stained glass of the first Livonian bishops, Saint Meinhard and Albert of Riga. Since 1995 it has been the centre of the Rezekne-Aglona diocese with the seat of the bishop.

The church has an active choir whose members have studied music. A majority of the members work as musicians and enjoy their Sunday singing in the church.

Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church

The other Catholic church, "Sāpju Dievmāte" (Our Lady of Sorrows) is much newer, built from 1935 to 1939.

Construction began in 1936. The  tall building was built in neo-romantic style. The church was consecrated on 6 December 1937, but the construction was finished only in 1939. Next to the church is a sculpture of Our Lady of Fátima.

Like many 1930s buildings in the city such as the Nation Palace of Latvian Society (the House of Culture nowadays), the Secondary School no.3 elementary school, and the Red Cross Hospital (nowadays a students hostel) it was designed by the architect Pavlov.

Orthodox Church of the Birth of Holy Jesus' Mother

Construction of the church dates back to 1840, though it wasn't consecrated until 1846. In 1854 it was closed for reconstruction. After a two-year reconstruction period the church obtained its definitive look.

Tile stoves, tiled floors, three-storey iconostasis and a granite stoop decorated the church. A small stone chapel in memory of Alexander II's rescue from death is situated on the left side of the church entrance. On the right there is a glass burial vault where the founder of the church, the owner of the Adamova manor general Karaulov and his wife Helen were buried.

Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity Church

The red brick church from was built in the 1930s. The church was designed by the architect J.Cīrulis in Neo-Gothic style. The church was consecrated in 1938. In the summer of 1949 the Soviet authority deprived the parishioners of their church, removed its crosses and dismantled the belfry. For many years there was a film rental company.

The parish got back its property at the beginning of the 1990s and the building has undergone major repairs. It is possible to climb the  bell tower and see Rēzekne from above. Classical music concerts and divine services take place in the church nowadays.

St.Nicholas Old-Believers' Church

The church was built in 1895. In 1906 it was considerably reconstructed, with a belfry with three bells, for which the church is now famous. One of them weighs  and is the biggest bell in Latvia. The bell clapper alone is  heavy.

A museum is now opened in the premises of Rēzekne Old-Believers Cemetery Commune which shows the daily routine and lifestyle of Latgalian old-believers. In one of the rooms the collected items reflect church life, another has ethnographical items. The museum can be visited on request.

Green Synagogue

Prior to World War II, there were eleven synagogues in Rēzekne. The Green Synagogue is the only one to have survived to this day.

The synagogue was built in 1845 and is considered to be one of the oldest wooden buildings in Rēzekne. The synagogue was open until the 1990s, when it was closed for fire safety reasons.

The State Inspection for Heritage Protection of Latvia added it to the list of the most endangered sites in 2004. The Rezekne City Council with the support of Norwegian Financial Institutions started reconstruction of the building. Within the framework of the project it will be possible to create an exhibition devoted to the history of Rezekne's Jews.

Culture

Latgales Māra

One of the most famous statues in Latvia, known as "Latgales Māra", is found in Rēzekne. It was designed by Leons Tomašickis and first unveiled on 8 September 1939. The bronze statue commemorates the liberation of Latgale from the Red Army in January 1920.

The central figure, the woman, is popularly associated with Māra the ancient Latvian goddess of motherhood, fertility, and earth. The cross in her outstretched arm symbolizes the deep importance of Catholicism to Latgalian culture. The words "Vienoti Latvijai" beneath the statue (meaning "United for Latvia") designates the decision to reunite with the rest of Latvia during the Republic's formation in 1918, even though Latgale had been politically separated from the rest of Latvia for 300 years.

Because the statue symbolized Latvian nationalism, the Soviets toppled it in November 1940 during the first Soviet occupation of Latvia. Under German occupation the local residents restored it on 22 August 1943. The reinstated Soviet government pulled it down again in June 1950. After that, the fate of the original statue is unknown.

After Latvia regained its independence in 1991, the statue was reconstructed using old photographs and blueprints, and unveiled on 13 August 1992. Though Soviet rule greatly changed Latgale, Latgales Māra still symbolizes a Catholic Latgale united with Latvia, free of foreign domination.

Castle Ruins

The Castle Ruins, situated on the hill by the river, are the remainders of the ancient fortified residence of ancient Latgalians which existed there from the 9th to 13th centuries. At the end of the 13th century the Livonian Order built a stone castle (Rozitten castle). It was situated in a strategically important place, so the Russians, Lithuanians and Poles were seeking to conquer it. The castle was completely destroyed during the Polish-Swedish war (1656-1660). A model of Rēzekne castle by Edmunds Smans is located near the castle hill.

Latgale Culture and History Museum

The Latgale Culture and History Museum (Latgales Kultūrvēstures muzejs) was opened in 1959. The museum offers exposition of the town history, art exhibitions, and pedagogical activities for children. The exposition of Latgale ceramics is the only permanent exposition in Latvia to reflect Latgalian ceramics in its history from the beginning of pottery in the Neolithic period until the achievements of present-day Latgalian ceramists and modern developments. Ceramics collection includes 2000 ceramic wares, made by the renowned Latgalian ceramicists, such as Andrejs Paulāns, Polikarps Čerņavskis, Polikarps Vilcāns, Jānis Backāns, Ādams Kāpostiņš and others. At the moment the museum stock collection has about 70 thousand items.

Art House
The building which is now the Art House was built in the last quarter of the 19th century for the merchant Vorobjov. It features rich woodcarvings on its façade, decorated in an eclectic style.

It soon became the property of the city, and was used as a teachers' institute, a school, a tuberculosis centre and a military registration office. This frequent change of users almost totally destroyed the original rich interior.

In the middle of the 1990s it was acquired by the Rezekne Art College. Due to the efforts of the students and teachers, the Art House got back its original outlook. It houses the exposition "Latgalian painting" from the reserves of the Latgale Culture History Museum.

Eastern Latvia's Center of Creative Services "Zeimuļs"

The Eastern Latvia's Center of Creative Services "Zeimuļs" houses classes of interest and non-formal education for children and youth.

The opening of the center was on 1 September 2012. The architects were Rasa Kalniņa and Māris Krumiņš who used Latvian ethnographic motifs in their design. The main construction materials are concrete, glass, metal and wood. It is the largest building with a green roof in the Baltic countries. The towers offer one of the best views in Rezekne, over the Castle Hill and the historical center of the city.

The centre of culture "Gors"
The multifunctional culture centre "Gors" (The Embassy of Latgale) was opened in 2013. In addition to the main 1000-seat concert hall, it includes a 220-seat concert hall, Registration of marriages hall, exhibition space, repetition halls and a restaurant. The centre is used for a variety of purposes, including concerts, conferences, film, ballet and theatre.

Notable residents
Iveta Apkalna (born 1976) world-famous Latvian organist
Fridrikh Ermler (1898–1967) Soviet film director
Edgars Gauračs (born 10 March 1988), footballer
Aiga Grabuste (1988-) Latvian heptathlete
Vladislavs Kozlovs (born 30 November 1987), footballer
Eber Landau (1878–1959), physician and professor
Leon Manteuffel-Szoege (1904–1973), surgeon
Teuvo Tulio (born Theodor Antonius Tugai, 1912–2000) Finnish film director and actor born in Rēzekne
Yury Tynyanov (1894–1943) Soviet/Russian writer and literary critic of Jewish origin.

Climate

Twin towns – sister cities

Rēzekne is twinned with:

 Arendal, Norway
 Braslaw, Belarus
 Częstochowa, Poland
 Krychaw, Belarus
 Sianów, Poland
 Soroca, Moldova
 Utena, Lithuania
 Vitebsk, Belarus

References

External links

Rēzekne after World War I
Monument for a liberation of Latgale
Awarded "EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence" non traditional tourist destination 2008
 The murder of the Jews of Rēzekne during World War II, at Yad Vashem website.

Cities in Latvia
Republican cities of Latvia
Castles of the Teutonic Knights
Rezhitsky Uyezd
Jewish Latvian history
Holocaust locations in Latvia

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An irregular mare patch also known as an IMP, is a smooth, rounded, slightly mounded area, generally about 500 meters wide, occurring in the lunar maria.

Discovery
Due to their small size, and corresponding difficulty of observational astronomy from Earth, the first irregular mare patch discovered, Ina, was only found in 1971 after analysis of photographs taken by Apollo 15. More were discovered by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which was launched in 2009 and found about 70 more.

Origin
The origin of the irregular mare patches is uncertain. Crater counts, which can give an indication of the age of an area by the number of craters upon it, indicate that these regions can be as young as a few tens of millions of years old. It has been hypothesized by the LRO team that they are small volcanic lava flows, due to their spectroscopic similarity to other lava flows. However, other analysts dispute this, noting that there are many separate patches, instead of one large patch. This would require numerous small-scale eruptions. There is also no indication of flowing, as there is in lava in other eruptions on the Moon. Even more important, the hypothesis of volcanic action is at odds with the current theory of the Moon's geology, which states that the moon should have cooled and solidified by about 1 billion years ago, precluding further geological action.

Geological implications
Understanding irregular mare patches may require new geological theories to be properly explained. According to the current scientific theories, the Moon's small size means that its mantle should have fully solidified by about 1 billion years ago, which is backed up by seismic data. This would prevent any further geological action by the Moon's interior. A recent (in geological terms) eruption would indicate that the Moon has cooled much more slowly than thought, possibly due to heat released from radioactive decay of radioisotopes in the Moon.

See also
Geology of the Moon
Ina (crater)
Lunar mare
Moon

Bibliography
 John Moore: Irregular Mare Patches on the Moon (2019).

References

Moon


On 29 January BEREC held a public workshop to share and discuss the preparation of the guidelines on Intra-EU communication services. The workshop served as a platform for stakeholders to provide their input on the document, instead of the regular public consultation process - as this was not possible due to the short deadlines foreseen.
The event was organized in the framework of the amendments to Regulation (EU) 2015/2120, which introduce new EU rules on retail price caps for Intra-EU communications, fixed and mobile calls and SMS. The rules are due to apply as of 15 May 2019.
BEREC will draft guidelines with the aim to ensure a coherent application of the Regulation in EU countries. These guidelines will include general provisions, as well as specific rules where BEREC defines parameters to assess the sustainability of these provisions.
It is planned, that the BEREC guidelines on Intra-EU communication services will be approved during the plenary meeting in Budapest for publication on 13 March, 2019.
Information and views set out in the presentation slides do not necessarily reflect the official final BEREC Opinion.