It is important to remember, on Independence Day, that in the age of empires freedom was never given; it was taken. It was won by a generation of giants, led by a mighty man of destiny, Mahatma Gandhi, who fought with selfless, unflinching conviction against the mightiest power in history, with a moral force that transformed political thought and whose reverberations echo in great events all around us today. If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of "Jai Hind!" also signalled its end in 1947. The final call to victory, "Jai Hind!" was given by Subhas Chandra Bose, fondly known to every Indian as "Netaji". Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Baba Saheb Ambedkar, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Sarojini Naidu and many others charted the roadmap of independent India. These extraordinary men and women sacrificed their todays for our tomorrows. That tomorrow has come, and there is a question we must ask ourselves: have we honoured the great vision of these stalwarts, as a nation and as a society?
I was a toddler when Netaji, as Rashtrapati of the 51st Session of Indian National Congress in Haripura, on the banks of the river Tapti, reminded us that "our chief national problems are eradication of poverty, illiteracy and disease". His speech echoed through my home, as it did through millions of others. My father was a freedom fighter and through those long years when freedom seemed an illusion, we were sustained by faith in ourselves, in our leaders, in the strength of non-violence, in the courage of Indians liberated from fear. But we knew then, as we do now, that freedom must mean both bread and dreams.
Netaji and Nehruji believed that India could seize the future by an application of synthesis, samyavada, of what might seem on surface to be implacable opposites. They believed that free India would become, by example, an alternative model for a post-colonial world through economic equity and a social revolution inspired by harmony between communities that had been misled into hostility. Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.
I am not a pessimist; for me, the glass is always half full, rather than half empty. I would go to the extent of saying that the glass of modern India is more than half full. Our productive working class; our inspiring farmers, who have lifted a famine-wrecked land to food-surplus status, our imaginative industrialist entrepreneurs, whether in the private or public sector; our intellectuals, our academics and our political class have knit together a modern nation that has leapt, within mere decades, across many centuries in economic growth and progressive social legislation.
We cannot appreciate how far we have travelled, until we understand from where we started in 1947. As Jawaharlal Nehru pointed out so often, in his speeches and prose, India was not a poor country when our independence was snatched away. No one, I may add, travels thousands of miles to conquer a poor country. Statistics published by contemporary international scholars are proof for sceptics. In 1750, seven years before the fateful battle of Plassey, India had 24.5% of World Manufacturing Output while United Kingdom had only 1.9%. In other words, one in every four goods on the world market was manufactured in India. By 1900, India had been left with only 1.7% of World Manufacturing Output and Britain had risen to 18.5%. The western industrial revolution was in its incipient stages in the 18th century, but even in this regard India slipped from 7 to 1 in per capita industrialisation in that period, while Britain vaulted from 10 to 100. Between 1900 and 1947 India's economic growth was an annual average of 1%. From such depths we climbed, first, to 3% growth, and then took a quantum leap forward: today, despite two great international crises that rocked the world and some domestic dips, we have posted an average growth rate of more than 8% over the last seven years.
If our economy has achieved critical mass, then it must become a launching pad for the next leap. We need a second freedom struggle; this time to ensure that India is free for ever from hunger, disease and poverty. As my pre-eminent predecessor Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, speaking from this platform on the 18th anniversary of freedom, said, "Economic progress is one of the tests of democracy."
If progress falls behind rising aspirations, particularly of the young, rage will manifest itself. We are a nation that is becoming younger both in age and spirit; this is an opportunity as well as a challenge. The young thirst for knowledge that will lift their skills; and for opportunity that will put India on the fast track to the first world. They have the character; they need the chance. Education is the seed; and economy is the fruit. Provide good education; disease, hunger and poverty will recede. As I said in my acceptance speech, our motto must be: All for knowledge and knowledge for all. Vision cannot be an open-ended vista; it must be focused on our youth.
Notwithstanding the tremendous pressure of an adverse external environment, our economy today is more resilient and confident. Two decades of steady economic reforms have contributed to improvement in average income and consumption levels in both rural and urban areas. There is new found dynamism in some of the most backward areas bringing them into national economic mainstream. Yet there are several gaps that need to be bridged. Green revolution has to be extended to the eastern region of our country. Creation of high quality infrastructure has to be fast tracked. Education and health services have to reach the last man at the earliest. Much has been done, a lot more remains to be done.
The monsoon has played truant this year. Large areas of our country are in the grip of drought, some others are devastated by floods. Inflation, particularly food inflation, remains a cause of worry, While our food availability remains healthy, we cannot forget the plight of those who made this possible even in a lean year; our farmers. They have stood by the nation in its need; the nation must stand by them in their distress.
I do not believe that there is any inherent contradiction in protecting our environment and economic development. As long as we heed Gandhiji's great lesson: there is sufficient in the world for man's need but not for man's greed, we are safe. We must learn to live in harmony with nature. Nature cannot be consistent; we must be able to conserve her bounty during the many seasons of plenty so that we are not bereft during the occasional bout of scarcity.
Anger against the bitter pandemic of corruption is legitimate, as is the protest against this plague that is eroding the capability and potential of our nation. There are times when people lose their patience but it cannot become an excuse for an assault on our democratic institutions.
Institutions are the visible pillars of our Constitution, and if they crack then the idealism of our Constitution cannot hold. They are the interface between principles and the people. Our institutions may have suffered from the weariness of time; the answer is not to destroy what has been built, but to re-engineer them so that they become stronger than before. Institutions are the guardians of our liberty.
The vigilance on our frontiers has to be matched with vigilance within; we must restore the credibility of those areas of our polity, judiciary, executive and legislature where complacency, exhaustion or malfeasance may have clogged delivery. The people have a right to express their discontent. But we must also understand that legislation cannot be wrenched away from the legislature or justice from the judiciary.
When authority becomes authoritarian, democracy suffers; but when protest becomes endemic, we are flirting with chaos. Democracy is a shared process. We all win or lose together. Democratic temper calls for dignity of behaviour and tolerance of contrary views. Parliament will live by its own calendar and rhythm. Sometimes that rhythm sounds a bit atonal; but in a democracy there is always judgement day, an election. Parliament is the soul of the people, the "Atman" of India. We challenge its rights and duties at our peril.
I say this not in a spirit of admonition, but as a plea for greater understanding of the existential issues that lurk behind the mask of the mundane. Democracy is blessed with a unique opportunity for redress of grievances through the great institution of accountability - free elections.
Old fires that threaten the stability of our nation have not been fully doused; the ash continues to smoulder. It is particularly painful for me to witness the violence in Assam. Our minorities need solace, understanding and protection from aggression. Violence is not an option; violence is an invitation to greater violence. Concrete attempts have been made to heal the wounds of Assam, including the Assam accord conceived by our young and beloved former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. We should revisit them, and adapt them to present conditions in the spirit of justice and national interest. We need peace for a new economic surge that eliminates the competitive causes of violence.
It is a fact of our geopolitical environment that some problems transcend borders. SAARC was created 27 years ago to find solutions through dialogue, and by mutual cooperation create the rapid economic growth that is the only long-term answer to problems like migration and uneven development. SAARC must acquire vigour to fulfil its mandate.
The SAARC should be a major instrument in the common war against terrorists. Great success is possible by international cooperation. All SAARC nations must cooperate to bring to justice those who believe in mayhem against innocents. There is no other way towards peace on the subcontinent.
If there is one man in history whose name is synonymous with peace, then it is Gandhiji, the architect of our independence. India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent art, but also in the enormous creativity and humanity of our daily life in city and village. When Indira Gandhi reached for the stars, she believed that this would be within the grasp of India in just another generation. But there is neither a present nor a future, except in a climate and culture of national unity and brotherhood.


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Michail Kukuškin era il detentore del titolo, ma ha perso in finale contro Arnau Brugués-Davi 4–6, 6–3, 6–2.

Teste di serie

 Michail Kukuškin (finale)
 Aleksandr Kudrjavcev (primo turno)
 Lukáš Lacko (secondo turno)
 Konstantin Kravčuk (primo turno)

  Conor Niland (primo turno, ritirato a causa di infortunio all'anca destra)
  Marco Chiudinelli (semifinali)
  Amir Weintraub (semifinali)
  Arnau Brugués-Davi (campione)

Tabellone

Finali

Parte alta

Parte bassa

Note

Penza Cup 2011

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Pension fund managers seek $480k to hire lobbyists to kill pension consolidation plan
by: Mark Maxwell
IPPFA warns against pension fund consolidation
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Money managers who invest retirement savings for 649 local police and fire pension funds in cities and towns across the state are mounting a fundraising effort to try and defeat Governor J.B. Pritzker's proposal to consolidate their smaller funds into two combined funds.
According to an email leaked to WCIA, a former board member at the Illinois Public Pension Fund Association (IPPFA) is working to raise nearly half a million dollars to hire lobbyists to kill the pension proposal during the fall veto session at the statehouse.
"The retention of two or three lobbyist (sic) would be beneficial," the email said, adding that the estimated "costs for a 12-month engagement would be approximately $480,000."
Retired Addison police detective Dave Wall sent the fundraising email out to other IPPFA members and investment fund managers with a deadline for them to respond with a commitment to spend on lobbying by this Friday.
Wall founded the Wall Capital Group, an investment firm with locations in Hinsdale and Phoenix that manages more than one billion dollars in public safety pension funds. His firm's Vice President is Bill Galgan, who is also the Treasurer for the IPPFA's Board of Directors.
A front page ad on IPPFA's website warns to "Say NO to Illinois Pension Fund Consolidation," because it "flushes money down the drain."
Pritzker predicted consolidation could reap much higher investment returns, citing a Department of Insurance report to claim pooling assets together could yield as much as $2.5 billion in higher returns over the next five years.
"Under the current arrangement, Illinois' suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds are under-performing by nearly one million dollars per day," Pritzker said. "That's not just a missed opportunity – that's a hole these funds are digging deeper every year – and then municipalities have to ask taxpayers to fill the hole."
WCIA previously cited a report from the Illinois Municipal League that estimated the cost of event and annual training events like it could pile up to eight million dollars. To date, IPPFA has not yet responded to questions about the total cost of admission to their Grand Geneva event, which included a charity golf outing.
Pritzker dismissed the IPPFA as a "special interest" during a news conference last week, saying, "These are the folks who run the junkets."
"The recent one cost about eight million dollars to the taxpayers to send people to Lake Geneva on a retreat," Pritzker said. "I realize that this is going to disrupt their business model, but frankly, we have to do what's best for the taxpayers of the state."
Last week, during a press conference from Chicago, Pritzker called for organizing the scattered pension funds — each with their own board, trustees, administrative expenses, fees and training costs — into two funds, one for downstate and suburban firefighters and another for downstate and suburban police officers. Put simply, under Pritzker's plan, the IPPFA would no longer exist.
It's unclear which lobbyist the fund managers intend to hire to fight back against Pritzker's plan, but one of the first names on their list could be one of House Speaker Michael Madigan's closest allies.
State records list Mike Kasper's law firm, Kasper and Nottage, P.C., among IPPFA's contract lobbyists. Kasper doubles as Madigan's election attorney and represents him in several cases.
Reached by phone Thursday afternoon and asked about the lobbying effort to oppose consolidation, Kasper said, "I have no knowledge of that."
Madigan's spokesman Steve Brown said Governor Pritzker's proposal to consolidate the pension plans is "under review right now," but the Speaker is "waiting to see if all the interested parties can be brought on board."
Brown acknowledged the IPPFA and police unions are among the interested parties. Both groups have expressed concerns about consolidation. Brown said the speaker "had supported the idea for several years."
For his part, Governor Pritzker seemed to have some understanding of the thorny history of trying to pass consolidation efforts in a statehouse run by Speaker Madigan.
"For years, Illinoisans have watched their leaders bicker and battle over the prospect of pension consolidation," Pritzker said last week. "And for years, what little reform came to fruition was eventually thwarted by the money managers, by the luxury out-of-state conferences, the throngs of lobbyists who profit off of taxpayers, and it's the taxpayers who are forced to pick up the tab."
David Wall and Wall Capital Group did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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ACLU defends Pritzker's move to prioritize prisoner vaccinations
by Mark Maxwell / Jan 18, 2021
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) -- As Illinois approaches the next round of Coronavirus vaccine distributions, prison reform advocates are defending Governor Pritzker's decision to prioritize prisoners in line ahead of patients with high-risk medical conditions.
The state receives 120,000 doses of the vaccine each week, according to an administration spokesperson. As of Monday evening, the Illinois Department of Public Health website showed 495,563 doses of the vaccine have been administered, and 105,520 people in the state are fully vaccinated with both doses.
Pritzker moves prisoners ahead of adults with high-risk medical conditions in vaccination line
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (NEXSTAR) -- In a deviation from CDC guidelines, the Pritzker administration is preparing to prioritize prison inmates in the second round of Coronavirus vaccinations, according to an updated distribution plan published by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
The state's first doses of Coronavirus vaccines went to health care workers on the front lines, and to the sick and elderly living in long-term care facilities who faced the highest risk of death in outbreaks.
Region 5 moves into Tier 1; limited indoor dining to be allowed
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced on Saturday Region 5, southern Illinois (Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Marion, Massac, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Saline, Union, Wabash, Wayne, White, Williamson), has met the metrics to move out of Tier 2 mitigations and into Tier 1 mitigations, which will allow limited indoor dining.
"I am excited to see southern Illinois move into Tier 1 mitigations and I encourage them to continue to practice personal protective actions so they can get back to Phase 4 of the Restore Illinois Plan," said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike in a news release. "This should serve as motivation for other regions. However, I do want to caution that moving back through tiers does not mean abandoning your mask or attending large events and gatherings. We must continue to watch our distance and wear our masks and get vaccinated when it we become eligible."

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Italy at Expo 2020 Dubai
The Italy Pavilion
Italy's participation
Lazio at Expo 2020 Dubai
Regional Marketing
Success for the Region's mission to Expo Dubai to promote made in Lazio
A week dedicated to innovation, ecological transition, luxury tourism, culture, music, fashion, design and gaming, to launch a bridge between the Gulf countries and the productive fabric of our Region. An extraordinary opportunity for companies and innovators to meet investors and potential international partners.
In the first half of January, the Lazio Region organised a series of events at the Emirates Exhibition to offer investors and potential international partners a wide range of concrete opportunities offered by Made in Lazio.
The meetings, debates and forums of a scientific nature and aimed at the production sector, focused in particular on the opportunities arising from the Ecological Transition and Luxury Tourism, a sector closely linked to the Fashion sector that represents a strong element of attraction for tourists from the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula in general.
The culture of our region was the leitmotif of the scheduled events, starting with the musical suggestions offered by the Orchestra Popolare Italiana, at the Dubai Millenium Amphitheatre. An original ensemble of voices, accordions, percussions and various traditional musical instruments, conducted by Ambrogio Sparagna, proposed a vast polychrome repertoire that told of our Region through the sounds of tradition. A show of Mediterranean sounds among rhythms, melodies, dialects and curious musical instruments, an original journey through the music of Lazio, from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea. An overwhelming experience that also won over the Emirati musicians, who took to the stage together with our performers, in a jam session marked by contamination, between Arab sounds and Latin musical themes.
· The concertof the Orchestra Popolare Italiana
"After the initiatives organised in 2021 on the themes of Aerospace, Cinema and Agrifood – remembers the EXPO 2020 Dubai coordinator for the Lazio Region, Quirino Briganti – in January 2022 the Region focused on two Forums dedicated to Luxury Tourism and Sustainability, an event on Agrifood and a Lab on the valorisation of the Fashion supply chain through videogames and gamification, to build and favour access to international markets. The activities at the Dubai Expo will continue, with the valuable organisational support of Lazio Innova, in the coming months with strategic themes for our region such as Life Sciences, Precision Agriculture, Sea Economy, Smart City, the University System of Lazio and various prestigious cultural events".
With the forum "Lazio, a Luxury Destination", the Lazio Region illustrated the potential of attraction that our territory can develop for travellers from the Gulf area in search of culture, wellness, fashion, sports and high-end gastronomy. This is a particular sector whose value goes far beyond its strong economic impact. It is, in fact, a segment that is almost exclusively the prerogative of foreign tourists, which contributes to the enhancement of the image of Italy as a destination abroad, a driving force for the promotion and development of Made in Italy at 360 degrees, which brings together different and apparently distant sectors. In general, Food and Shopping are the main reasons for luxury tourists' choice of destination, who put Italy first for art cities and country destinations, but also for experiences linked to food and wine and culture. In particular, Lazio itself, thanks to its extraordinary assets, exerts a strong attraction on these travellers from the Persian Gulf area and the Arabian Peninsula.
· The forum "Lazio, a Luxury Destination"
The concomitance of Expo 2020 Dubai was fundamental to promote "for the first time ever, Lazio also with a declination oriented to luxury tourism – said Valentina Corrado, Regional Minister for Tourism, Local Authorities, Urban Security, Local Police and Administrative Simplification of Lazio – a fast growing and expanding segment for the whole regional tourism sector, with the aim of reinforcing the recognition of the Lazio brand and the excellence of the high-end products in a closely synergic network between institutions, associations, businesses and operators, highlighting how our region is a firm point of reference for travellers and leisure tourists".
Ecological Transition was the theme of the other regional forum, also organised in the Amphitheatre of the Italy Pavilion, with the aim of stimulating ideas and discussion on mitigation and adaptation to climate change on a local scale.
Sustainable use and protection of marine resources, transition to a circular economy, prevention and reduction of pollution, protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems, are issues that involve everyone, at every latitude of the Globe and represent the goal of the future in our present. The Forum tackled a crucial and unavoidable aspect of global recovery and development policies: the growing interest in climate variability and its changes on a local scale, which has now extended well beyond the scientific community to involve administrations, political decision-makers and local stakeholders in an increasingly direct manner.
· The forum "Mitigating and adapting to climate change on a local level: Lazio Region's commitment in favour of the ecological transition"
As Roberta Lombardi, Regional Minister for Ecological Transition and Digital Transformation of Lazio , reminded us: "One of the greatest challenges is to implement the global decarbonisation objectives on a local level in our territories, because it is here that the work of the institutions becomes visible to people, through a concrete impact on the environment, public health, the economy and quality of life. Combining, for example, the development of renewable energies with the protection of productive activities such as our agri-food excellence is one of our prerogatives, along with ensuring that the Ecological Transition is the result of a participatory process".
Last, in chronological order, was the appointment dedicated to the creative industries: a resource of talent and creativity that has in Lazio the place designated for open innovation, i.e. the transfer of good ideas to the world of production. In this case, Fashion and Videogames were the sectors of the regional challenge, which had its final act at the Dubai Exhibition, to bring the innovative ideas of Lazio's creatives in gaming and fashion to the Emirates.
The final of "The Sustainable Fashion Talent Challenge" – educational lab that in the past months has seen the participation of 5 multidisciplinary teams, composed of 30 professionals and young experts in the fields of Game and Videogame, Fashion, Fashion design and Marketing – was "realized in partnership with important national and international subjects such as Altaroma, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the United Arab Emirates, RomeVideoGameLab & Italian Interactive Digital Association, which operate in interdisciplinary fields and are coherent with the strategy of the Lazio Region that sees the creative industries of Videogames and Fashion at the centre of the promotion of the territory", commented the president of Lazio Innova, Nicola Tasco. The winner of this challenge was the Metamoda team, which won over the jury with a project that creates video games based on interactive storytelling to promote fashion brands and products.
The winner receives not a symbolic prize but an opportunity for professional growth with a course of development and acceleration of the concept developed, within the Spazio Attivo of the Lazio Region in Zagarolo LOIC (Lazio Open Innovation Centre), an innovation hub specialising in Game, Creativity, Culture and Tourism.
· The finalists of "The Sustainable Fashion Talent Challenge"
Previous: Lazio's commitment to tacking climate change on display at Expo 2020 Dubai
Next: Matteo Garrone's "Pinocchio" at Expo Dubai
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Idea Jam Inside the Building
Concert: "A trip in Lazio" – Orchestra Popolare Italiana


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Nate Coombe from Boy Scout Troop 39 met with the Halifax Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, June 27, to present his Eagle Scout Project. Coombe wants to build two benches at the veteran's memorial across the street from the Town Hall. He also wanted to plant some sort of shrubbery around the memorial and flag pole.
Selectmen Clerk Troy Garron said he thinks it's a great idea to put a couple of benches near the memorial, but said shrubbery/ flowers may take away from the focus of the memorial being on the memorial itself. Roy also said, "I want it to be something that can be maintained in a beautiful way." She said other great Eagle Scout projects around town have sadly not been maintained after the fact the way they should.
Garron, who is a veteran said, "I think your ideas are good, but the main reason for the monument itself is to attract people to the memorial." Garron had concern about people loitering and hanging out at the memorial for the wrong reasons if too much is done there.
Nate Coombe was open and understanding to the Board's suggestions. He said that two benches is fine and said they would match the benches on the hill. Selectmen Chair Thomas Millias suggested mahogany as a possible material because it doesn't involve much maintenance.
Troy Garron made a shrubbery suggestion in case Nate still wanted to plant something for the project. He said he couldn't speak for the whole board, but suggested Hosta as a potential plant because it is relatively low maintenance.
The Board of Selectmen approved Nate Coombe's project barring comments from the Veteran's Agent and the Beautification Committee. This makes Nate the seventh current Eagle Scout candidate in Troop 39.
Town Administrator Charles Seelig informed the Board of Selectmen that the fire station garage door repairs went out to bid. However, there was only one bid and that landed above the $19,000 appropriated at this year's Annual Town Meeting. The one bid was for $23,994.
Seelig said, "This is more than what was appropriated at town meeting, but the Fire Chief feels he has sufficient money." This money would come from the station's maintenance account.
Chairman Thomas Millias asked if there was a problem with this, but Seelig said he checked in with the Town Accountant and that there is no issue. The Board of Selectmen approved this request to use the fire station's maintenance account to offset the rest of the costs of the repairs.
Erika Rossini was appointed to Halifax's Wage and Personnel Board via a joint vote between the Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee Chair Gordon Andrews.
Rossini said she's been a resident of Halifax since the early 90s and has served on the PTO with the schools for many years. She said that getting involved with her kid's education was important to her and drove her being on the PTO for so many years.
Selectmen Vice Chair Kim Roy asked Erika for a commitment to attending all Annual Town Meetings and that it's something they ask all volunteers to do because it's where decisions are made on fund allocations and tax dollars. Rossini committed without reservation.
Rossini is excited to start this role. She says she thinks she'll enjoy it and learn a lot about the roles and responsibilities of the other boards and committees. Rossini's term runs until June 30, 2020.
After July 10, 2017, Town Adminstrator Charles Seelig said much of Halifax Elementary School parking lot will have parking restrictions because of the school roof construction project. The ban will be within the working hours of 6AM-4PM.
Selectman Vice chair Kim Roy commended the work done by this year's Firework's Committee. She said that a lot of the members of this year's committee are new, but are certainly committed. She praised their work on events around the family fun day going on before the fireworks.
Family Fun Day starts at 11 a.m. on the Town Hall Green. The event includes fun activities such as a pie eating contest and a cake decorating contest. More details can be found on the town website.
The next selectmen's meeting is Tuesday, July 11. Open session starts at 7:30 p.m.


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Arizona Legislature Passes 15-Week Abortion Ban, Sends to Governor's Desk
By Mimi Nguyen Ly
The Arizona Legislature on Thursday passed a bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The bill passed along party lines on a 31-26 vote, after the GOP-controlled House passed the measure in February when all Democrats voted against the bill. The legislation is modeled after a Mississippi law that's currently being considered by the U.S. Supreme Court, which is due to rule by the end of June on the law's constitutionality.
The measure, Senate Bill 1164 (pdf), explicitly states that it doesn't overrule a law that would automatically outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court fully overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. Roe v. Wade permits abortion up to the 24th week of pregnancy, which is when the fetus is deemed "viable"—that is, potentially able to survive outside the womb.
S.B. 1164 now goes to the desk of Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, who has signed every anti-abortion measure that has reached his desk since 2015, when he took office.
If signed, abortion will be prohibited in the Grand Canyon State after 15 weeks of pregnancy and will not exempt cases of rape or incest. It contains exceptions for medical emergencies that could, if an abortion was not performed, cause the woman to die or experience "substantial impairment of a major bodily function."
Doctors found guilty of carrying out an abortion after 15 weeks could face a year in prison and lose their license to practice medicine.
The Florida Legislature passed a similar abortion ban on March 3. Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign it into law.
According to data from the Arizona Department of Health Services (pdf), 13,186 abortions were performed in the state in 2020, of which 636 were after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
A separate bill in Arizona that would ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, which is around about six weeks, has not moved forward.
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Westminster Cathedral, pictured last September. See gallery for more UK picture stories
Westminster Cathedral musician resigns
THE Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral, Martin Baker, has resigned, the RC diocese of Westminster has announced. A statement published on Tuesday read: "It is with regret that we announce the resignation of Martin Baker as Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral with effect from 31 December 2019. We take the opportunity to thank him for his dedication and service over the past two decades and wish him the very best in his future career." An accompanying note stated that the diocese would "start to address these new circumstances created by Mr Baker's resignation. A further announcement will be made in the coming weeks." His resignation comes after a row between parents and governors at Westminster Cathedral Choir School over its decision to reduce the number of days pupils board from seven to five.
DfID 'live another day' after merger plans dropped
REPORTS that the Prime Minister has dropped plans to close the Department for International Development and merge its work with the Foreign Office have been welcomed by Christian Aid. The aid agency has previously expressed concern at the proposals, which included the creation of a separate borders and immigration department. The head of advocacy at Christian Aid, Laura Taylor, said: "It's great to hear reports that the Government has recognised the world-leading quality of DfID, and that it lives to fight another day. The UK can be proud of its record on international development, and, with all the challenges facing the world's poorest people in 2020, from climate change to economic inequality, it deserves the attention of a dedicated department. We're pleased that the UK's commitment to the 0.7 per cent aid budget continues, and DfID has by far the best track record across government for using aid effectively. Keeping DfID means this money is more likely to help the most vulnerable communities around the world."
Churches win £1000 in Ecclesiastical campaign
SEVEN churches and Christian charities are among the 120 organisations that were nominated by the public to receive £1000 through the specialist insurer Ecclesiastical's Christmas campaign. Thousands of people voted for more than 5000 different causes around the UK. The 120 winning charities were picked at random from those nominated to receive a share of £120,000 over the 12 days of Christmas. The seven Christian recipients were the Church Pastoral Aid Society; Northern Inter-Schools Christian Union; Raise Kids Work; Taunton Youth for Christ; and the PCCs of St Mary the Virgin, East Preston with Kingston; St Mary the Virgin, Uffculme; and St Luke's, West Holloway, London.
Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral appears in court
THE Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, Canon Paul Overend, has denied indecently assaulting a woman between April and July 1997, when he was a chaplain at Cardiff University. He was charged with a historic indecent assault in November (News, 29 November 2019), and appeared at Cardiff Crown Court last week, accused of grabbing the woman and kissing her. Canon Overend has been absent from the cathedral since April. He was granted unconditional bail by Judge Richard Twomlow. A trial date has been set for 29 June.
'Places of Welcome' scheme continues to grow
THE Near Neighbours scheme — a partnership between the Church Urban Fund and the Archbishops' Council — has opened more than 395 "Places of Welcome" in six years, 17 per cent of which have opened in the past year (News, 12 October 2018). Almost 60 per cent are hosted in places of worship, its latest survey states. Organisers at 67 per cent of venues reported having at least one new person a week, and more than 80 per cent reported that they had helped visitors in some way. Since its foundation in 2011, Near Neighbours has awarded millions of pounds in small grants to thousands of community projects that seek to build trust between people across religious divides. Its Place of Welcome programme, started in 2014, encourages community groups to offer a safe space in which faith and ethnic communities in the UK can gather, talk, and eat together.
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Bishop apologises for mistakes after Lincoln abuse featured on Panorama
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Dean and Chancellor of Lincoln 'step back' over safeguarding issue
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Home India More noted writers' 'novel' protest over growing communal incidents
More noted writers' 'novel' protest over growing communal incidents
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Malayalam and English poet K. Satchidanandan and noted writer Sarah Joseph on Saturday made their protest over a "vicious assault" on India's diversity public. They are also protesting the central government's failure to stop communal incidents.
While Satchidanandan announced his resignation from all posts in the Sahitya Akademi, Sarah returned her Sahitya Akademi Award.
They have thus joined a growing list of litterateurs who have returned their prizes to the central/state governments as a mark of protest.
In the last few days, eminent writers/poets like Uday Prakash, Nayantara Sahagal and Ashok Vajpeyi have returned their awards while Shashi Deshpande has resigned from Sahitya Akademi General Council.
(Also Read: Nehru's niece, writer Nayantara Sahgal returns Sahitya Akademi award to protest against Dadri lynching)
They were protesting over the alarmingly increasing communal incidents, including the recent killing of a Muslim man in a Dadri village based on a rumour that he had eaten beef and stored the meat in house.
After this incident, the politics over beef has spread across the country and incidents related to beef are being reported almost everyday.
Sarah Joseph said she would return the award to protest the lynching of 50-year-old Akhlaq in Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, on the night of September 28.
While announcing her decision to return the award she won in 2003, Sarah said, "The country is now passing through very tough times. I feel it's worse than the black days of the Emergency."
She said, "I will return the award along with the cash award that I received then."
Referring to the lynching, Sarah said, "Our prime minister is a frequent flyer and gives big speeches on his trips abroad. The sad thing is that while he was away a man was beaten to death because he [allegedly] ate beef."
On Friday, Shashi Deshpande resigned from Sahitya Akademi General Council. She said, "I expected Sahitya Akademi to take a stand on the killing of Mr MM Kalburgi."
Kalaburgi, 77, a former Hampi University vice-chancellor, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants at his residence in Dharwad in northern Karnataka. Six Kannada and an Urdu writer have also returned literary awards to the state government as a mark of protest.
Shashi's resignation came after Uday Prakash, Nayantara Sahagal and Ashok Vajpeyi had returned their awards in protest against Kalburgi's killing and the silence on the issue.
Shashi said, "I knew Kalburgi. I was upset ever since I heard about his death. I was born and brought up in Dharwad. He also lived in Dharwad. I thought there would be some statement, some regret (by the Akademi) over the manner of his death. It was not an ordinary death. He was killed because of his opinions and ideas. I thought the least I can do now is to move out of the association that does not speak for its members."
In a letter to office-bearers of the Akademi, Shashi wrote, "Prof Kalburgi was a noted scholar, and a good and honest human being; he was also a Sahitya Akademi awardee and a member of its General Council until recently. If the Akademi, the premier literary organisation in the country, cannot stand up against such an act of violence against a writer, if the Akademi remains silent about this attack on one of its own, what hope do we have of fighting the growing intolerance in our country?"
Shashi added, "It has also become clear that writers, who are supposed to be the conscience-keepers of society, are no longer considered intellectual leaders; their voices no longer matter. Perhaps this is the right time for writers to reclaim their voices."
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Q: Python - how to get tweets in real time by hashtag I am looking for a pythonic way to get a stream of tweets by hashtag.
What I found so far is the tweepy package using this code:
from tweepy import Stream
from tweepy import OAuthHandler
from tweepy.streaming import StreamListener

class listener(StreamListener):

    def on_data(self, data):
        print(data)
        return(True)

    def on_error(self, status):
        print "error"
        print status

auth = OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
auth.set_access_token(access_token, access_secret)

twitterStream = Stream(auth, listener())
twitterStream.filter(track=["#iPhone"])

The problem is that I don't understand how can I get the consumer_key, consumer_secret, access_token, access_secret arguments.
I am doing the right thing? Is this the best way to collect tweets by hashtag using python? If so, how to get the that 4 arguments?

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Nazwa city is famous for its history, culture, origins and heritage that abound in its customs, traditions, crafts, and the traditional industries and handicrafts our forefathers have known and excelled in as a means of livelihood.
In his famous book "Masterpiece Spectacles in Foreign Lands and the Wonders of Travel" Ibn Battuta describes his trip to Nizwa and what he saw there. He says: "Then we headed to Oman country and walked for six days in the desert. We reached the country of Oman on the seventh day. It is a fertile land with rivers, trees, orchards, palm plantations, and all kinds of fruit. We reached the city of Nizwa, considered to be the main city in this country. Here, people usually eat in the mosques, where each one brings whatever food he has to eat in the mosque courtyard. Everybody shares the food and these people are helpful and courageous."
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Q: How do I add a command to items in dynamically generated ContextMenu I have a context menu that is being populated from an ObservableCollection. I want the user to be able to click on any of those items, then a method is called passing the clicked item's text as a parameter.
I've started by following the answer to this question. However, I'm getting an error in my console output and my method is not being called.

System.Windows.Data Error: 40 : BindingExpression path error: 'FunctionToCall' property not found on 'object' ''MenuItem' (Name='myMenu')'. BindingExpression:Path=FunctionToCall; DataItem='MenuItem' (Name='myMenu'); target element is 'MenuItem' (Name=''); target property is 'Command' (type 'ICommand')

here is my xaml
            <MenuItem Name="myMenu" Header="display text" ItemsSource="{Binding}" >
                <MenuItem.ItemContainerStyle>
                    <Style TargetType="MenuItem">
                        <Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding FunctionToCall, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=MenuItem}}"/>
                        <Setter Property="CommandParameter" Value="{Binding}"/>
                    </Style>
                </MenuItem.ItemContainerStyle>
            </MenuItem>

And my view model code

    RelayCommand _command;
    public ICommand FunctionToCall
    {
        get
        {
            if (_command == null)
            {

                _command = new RelayCommand(p => this.InnerMethod(p));
            }
            return _command ;
        }
    }
    public void InnerMethod(object parameter)
    {
        ....

The other answer suggests playing around with adding one or two DataContexts to the Binding, I've tried this and I still get the same error although it says DataContext property cannot be found instead of FunctionToCall.
I found the definition of RelayCommand here.

A: The real problem is with your binding. Use the DataContext property of MenuItem to actually get to the ViewModel instance
<MenuItem Name="myMenu" Header="display text" ItemsSource="{Binding}" >
   <MenuItem.ItemContainerStyle>
        <Style TargetType="MenuItem">
           <Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding DataContext.FunctionToCall, RelativeSource={RelativeSource AncestorType=MenuItem}}"/>
            <Setter Property="CommandParameter" Value="{Binding}"/>
         </Style>
   </MenuItem.ItemContainerStyle>
 </MenuItem>

MenuItem will get ViewModel as DataContext. So actually we want..

MenuItem.DataContext.FunctionToCall

Hopefully you don't need the different menu items to bind to different commands else you have to change your design a little.
As Per Your Comments:
You'll need a List<MenuItem> MenuItems to bind with ContextMenu ItemSource property as
public class MenuItem
{
    public string Header { get; set; }

    public ICommand Command { get; set; }
}

XAML:
<ContextMenu ItemsSource="{Binding MenuItems}" >
        <ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
            <Style TargetType="{x:Type MenuItem}" >
                <Setter Property="Header" Value="{Binding Header}"/>
                <Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding Command}" />
            </Style>
        </ContextMenu.ItemContainerStyle>
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And add as many contextmenu item you want in your ViewModel AS YOU WANT.

A: This is how to do it.
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xaml
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Human remains found in search for missing WI brothers
Community painfully awaits identification of remains found on Missouri farm.
Human remains found in search for missing WI brothers Community painfully awaits identification of remains found on Missouri farm. Check out this story on wisfarmer.com: https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2019/07/31/human-remains-found-search-missing-wi-brothers/1882978001/
Colleen Kottke, Wisconsin State Farmer Published 4:32 p.m. CT July 31, 2019 | Updated 11:03 a.m. CT Oct. 29, 2019
A note on a memorial for Nick and Justin Diemel asks for peace for their family outside St. Lawrence Catholic Church Monday, July 29, 2019, in Navarino, Wis. (Photo: Joshua Clark/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)
BRAYNER, Mo. - Members of a small eastern Wisconsin community are preparing for the worst following a news conference Wednesday afternoon in which investigators discovered human remains on a Missouri farm that's been in the crosshairs of a search for two Shawano County brothers.
Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish said the remains were found Tuesday and work is underway to uncover the identity of the victim(s).
Nicholas Diemel, 34, and Justin Diemel, 24, went missing during a business trip to Missouri and haven't been heard from since July 21 when they traveled to a farm to discuss a livestock deal.
Garland Joseph Nelson (Photo: Courtesy of Caldwell County Detention Center)
Garland "Joey" Nelson, 25, told police that he drove the brothers' rental truck more than 30 miles from his farm in Braymer and left it in a park-and-ride lot. Nelson is currently in custody on charges of tampering with a vehicle, a felony. Nelson previously spent time in prison in 2016 for cattle fraud.
The two own Diemel's Livestock in Navarino and traveled to Clinton and Caldwell counties in Missouri to meet with farmers. When the brothers failed to make their flight on July 21, Nick's wife, Lisa, began to suspect something was wrong.
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Meanwhile, Nicholas' wife, Lisa Diemel, filed petitions Tuesday in Shawano County Circuit Court asking to be appointed as a special administrator to manage the brothers' business assets "until full probate administration can be commenced."
Fish provided little information on the case, only saying law enforcement was "at the mercy of the labs" in waiting for the results of DNA testing. He also declined to answer questions regarding where on the farm the remains were found or how many bodies were discovered.
The case has left residents and loved ones with even more questions.
"I don't think we can ever make sense of what happened," said Kevin Conradt, town chairman and president of the Navarino Rangers baseball team.
People from across the country shared messages of prayers and support in the Facebook group "Prayers for Nick Diemel and Justin Diemel" over the weekend.
Nicholas and Justin Diemel (Photo: Courtesy of Diemel family)
While residents were hesitant to discuss the case, the community is dedicated to supporting the Diemel families. Local organizations and churches are rallying together, organizing fundraisers and prayer services to help the community heal.
St. Lawrence Catholic Church held a prayer service over the weekend and a memorial is on display in front of the church, flooded with thoughts and prayers for the Diemel family. The church is organizing a benefit for the family in the coming weeks. Employees at the Red Rooster Cafe are organizing a fundraiser, one of many businesses lending a hand.
On Sunday, the Navarino Rangers baseball team raised $7,000 for the Diemels' benefit fund. Conradt said the money came from admission fees, a 50/50 raffle and other donations. One of the team's players also said he'd donate for every hit, pitching strikeout and win for the rest of the season.
Navarino is a close-knit community, Conradt said, and the turnout for Sunday's game shows how they can come together in a time of need. People want to do anything they can to help, he said.
"It's just been devastating for everybody in the community," he said.
Haley BeMiller and Benits Mathew of the Green Bay Press Gazette contributed to this story.
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Ballet Star Misty Copeland Gushes About Being Mother to Her Son: 'It's the Best Job I've Ever Had'
Misty Copeland enjoyed a rare night out after becoming a mother, but her focus still remained on her beloved baby boy.
Attending an event honoring Jerry Moss on Saturday, January 14 in Los Angeles, the ballet icon told People the appearance marked "the longest [time] I've been away from [my son]." She continued to gush about motherhood, sharing, "It's been incredible. Today was really difficult, leaving him. It's only been nine months, but it's the best job I've ever had."
Copeland revealed that "just to be flexible and have patience" has been key in her parenting journey, and that demeanor extends to how she plans to return to the ballet stage as well. "I haven't yet done it, so we'll see," she said of an eventual comeback. "I'm still dipping my toes back in and trying to get back in shape, but I'm excited to have that experience, after creating another human being. I can't wait to see what it feels like to step back on the stage."
The history-making athlete previously told People in July 2022 that she hopes to be back on stage by fall 2023. While she's excited to resume her career, Copeland has no plans to bring her son into the spotlight with her. "Definitely with my son, I wouldn't have him probably be on camera for anything," she explained to the publication. "But when it comes to my career and what I'm doing, I'm really open."
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\section{Introduction}

One of the most remarkable features of the fractional quantum Hall
effect\cite{prangeandgirvin,dassarmapinczuk} is the existence of
quasiparticles with fractional charge\cite{laughlinstates} and
fractional exchange statistics\cite{halperinhierarchy,arovas}.  Direct
evidence for the existence of fractional charge has been observed
experimentally\cite{goldmancharge,FRACTION,glattlicharge,yacobycharge}. One
way this has been achieved is through the study of shot noise in a
quantum Hall system constricted by a point
contact\cite{FRACTION,glattlicharge}, by which the charge of the
current carriers may be derived from the fluctuations of the current
backscattered from the point contact.

Despite strong theoretical reasons to expect that these
fractionally charged quasiparticles also have fractional
statistics\cite{halperinhierarchy,arovas}, to date there has been no
unambiguous experimental demonstration of fractional statistics.  Several
authors have proposed methods in which evidence of fractional
statistics might appear in transport
experiments\cite{PhysRevLett.83.580,PhysRevLett.91.196803,TRIANGLE,law:045319,feldman:085333},
based on mesoscopic devices of various geometries.  Here we adopt a
simple approach, and ask a very natural theoretical question: can
anyonic statistics influence the transport through a {\it single}
point contact?  Clearly, since the effect of exchange statistics is a
two-particle property, any such effect requires
more than one particle to be present in the point contact region.  We
therefore study the scattering properties of a pair of anyons incident
on the point contact.  Since the quantum Hall anyons are charged, and
experience a strong magnetic field, their free motion is along edge
states which follow classical equipotentials. The required scattering
theory is therefore very different from that of freely moving anyons,
described by a conventional kinetic energy\cite{korff-1999-40}.
As we show, the anyonic nature does affect the scattering of two
quantum Hall quasiparticles in the point-contact region.  This effect
can be characterized by two energy-dependent phase shifts, which we
calculate numerically for general anyonic statistics parameter.

We consider two identical particles, with mass $M$ and charge $q$,
subjected to a magnetic field $B$ and in the presence of a quadratic
saddle point potential
\begin{equation}
H= \sum_{i=1,2}
\frac{1}{2M}\left[ \bm{p}_i -q \bm{A}(\bm{r}_i) \right]^2 + U\left(y_{i}^2  - x_{i}^2\right)
\label{eq:ham}
\end{equation}
where $\nabla\times \bm{A} = B\hat{\bm{z}}$ is the uniform magnetic
field.
The particles are taken to be anyons\cite{wilczek}, with statistics parameter
$\Delta$. Thus, the two-particle wave function has the boundary
condition that
\begin{equation}
\Psi \left(\theta+2\pi\right)=e^{-i2\pi\Delta}\Psi  \left(\theta\right)
\label{eq:anyon}
\end{equation}
where $\theta \to \theta + 2\pi$ represents one complete clockwise
rotation of the relative co-ordinate of the two particles.
We note that this defining feature applies either for
distinguishable or indistinguishable anyons\cite{footnote}.  If the anyons are
indistinguishable, one can impose the stronger restriction
\begin{equation}
\Psi \left(\theta+\pi\right)=  e^{-i\pi\Delta}\Psi  \left(\theta\right)
\quad
\mbox{[indistinguishable]}
\label{eq:indistinguishable}
\end{equation}
Then, one recovers the exchange statistics for bosons and fermions for
$\Delta = 0, 1$ respectively. For greater generality, we study the
case of distinguishable anyons. The effects of the additional
restriction for indistinguishability (\ref{eq:indistinguishable})
will be made clear in the discussion.

We simplify the problem, defined by (\ref{eq:ham}) and the boundary condition (\ref{eq:anyon}), by introducing a ``centre-of-mass''
coordinate, $ \bm{r}_{c} $, and a ``relative'' coordinate, $ \bm{r}_{r} $, with
\begin{equation}
\bm{r}_{c}\equiv \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(\bm{r}_{1} + \bm{r}_{2}\right) \quad
\bm{r}_{r}  \equiv \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left(\bm{r}_{1} - \bm{r}_{2}\right)
\end{equation}
The Hamiltonian separates, becoming
\begin{equation}
H_\alpha \equiv  \sum_{\mu = c,r} \frac{1}{2M}\left[ \bm{p}_\mu -q \bm{A} \left(\bm{r}_\mu\right) \right]^2  + U\left(y_\mu^2  - x_\mu^2\right)
\end{equation}
 Thus, the two-particle problem can be expressed
as two independent one-particle problems, and the total energy $E =
E_c + E_r$ can be divided into separately conserved contributions from
the centre-of-mass and relative co-ordinates.

The centre-of-mass co-ordinate $\bm{r}_{c}$ is insensitive to anyonic
statistics. The scattering theory for this co-ordinate is identical to
the one-particle problem solved by Fertig and Halperin\cite{FANDH}.
This work allows one to deduce the transmission and reflection
coefficients of the centre-of-mass co-ordinate moving in the saddle
point potential, in terms of $E_c$.

The relative coordinate $ \bm{r}_{r} $ has the same
Hamiltonian. However, since the wave function has the additional
anyonic boundary condition (\ref{eq:anyon}), the results of
Ref.\cite{FANDH} cannot be applied. The solution of the scattering
problem for the relative co-ordinate is the central result of the
present paper.  From here on, for simplicity, we drop the subscripts
$r$ on $\bm{r}_r$ and $E_r$, with the understanding that the
calculation refers only to the relative co-ordinate.

Before considering the scattering problem, we study first the spectrum
for the relative co-ordinate in the absence of a potential, $U=0$. For
$\Delta =0$, this leads to the familiar Landau level states and
spectrum.  The anyon boundary condition changes the nature of these
states. To
describe the generalized Landau level states, we  use polar coordinates,
$\bm{r} = r(\sin \theta, \cos \theta )$
and
the symmetric gauge
$\bm{A}=-\bm{e}_{\theta} rB/2$.
The eigenstates are
\begin{equation}
\psi_{n,m}(r,\theta) =e^{-i(m+\Delta)\theta}\;R_{n,m}\left(r\right)
\end{equation}
where $m$ is an integer, and $n=0,1,2,\ldots$. The normalized radial wave functions are
\begin{equation}
  R_{n,m}\left(r\right)=
{\cal N}\frac{1}{\ell}
\left(\frac{r}{\ell}\right)^{\left|m+\Delta\right|}L_n^{|m+\Delta|}\left(\frac{r^2}{2\ell^2}\right)e^{-\frac{r^2}{4\ell^2}}
\label{eq:radial}
\end{equation}
where $\ell\equiv \sqrt{\hbar/\left(qB\right)}$ is the magnetic
length, $L_n^{m}$ are the Laguerre polynomials, and the normalization is ${\cal N}\equiv
\sqrt{n!/\left(\Gamma\left(\left|m+\Delta\right|+n+1\right) 2\pi 2^{|m+\Delta|}\right)}$.
The energy is
\begin{equation}
E_{n,m}=\hbar\omega_{c}\left[n+\frac{1}{2}\left|m+\Delta\right|-\frac{1}{2}\left(m+\Delta\right)+\frac{1}{2}\right]
\end{equation}
where $\omega_c\equiv qB/M$ is the cyclotron frequency.
The spectrum has the required feature that it is invariant under the
transformation $\Delta\to \Delta' = \Delta - 1$, equivalent to the
insertion of a flux quantum at the origin. This amounts to the change
$m \to m' = m+1$. Thus, it is sufficient to study the range $0\leq \Delta <1$ to cover all possible cases.  For positive $ m+\Delta \geq 0 $
the energy depends only on $n$: these sets of states thus form highly
degenerate Landau levels for the relative motion of the anyons.

We now reintroduce the potential $U\neq 0$. We do this within a
(generalized) lowest Landau level approximation, in which $U$ is taken
only to lift the degeneracy of the lowest energy states.
This corresponds to retaining only those levels
with $n=0$ and $m+\Delta\geq 0$.  Noting that the lowest energy
state lies higher in energy by $\hbar\omega_{c}\left(1-\Delta\right)$,
the lowest Landau level approximation for the relative motion of the anyons is valid for
$U\ell^{2}\ll\hbar\omega_{c}\left(1-\Delta\right)$.
We denote the set of degenerate basis states as $ | j \rangle $ where
$j = 0,1,2,\ldots $, and expand the wave function as
$|\psi\rangle \equiv \sum \psi_j  |j\rangle$.
The Schr{\" o}dinger equation becomes
\begin{eqnarray}
\nonumber
\epsilon \psi_{j}   & = &
\left[\sqrt{\left(j+\Delta-1\right)\left(j+\Delta\right)}\psi_{j-2}\right. \\
 & & + \left. \sqrt{\left(j+\Delta+1\right)\left(j+\Delta+2\right)}\psi_{j+2}\right]
\label{eq:difference}
\end{eqnarray}
for the amplitudes $\psi_j$, where $\epsilon \equiv E/(U\ell^2)$ is
the dimensionless measure of the energy. Note that there are no terms
that couple odd and even values of $j$. Physically, this arises from
the fact that the potential is invariant under spatial
inversion $(x,y)\to (-x,-y)$, and so the parity of the wave function
is a good quantum number.  Thus the Schr\"{o}dinger equation takes the
form of two decoupled sets of difference equations. We write the
general solution in terms of the ``even'' and ``odd'' channels as
\begin{eqnarray}
|\psi^{\rm e} \rangle & = & \sum_{p=0}^{\infty}\psi^{\rm e}_{2p}|  2p \rangle \\
|\psi^{\rm o} \rangle & = & \sum_{p=0}^{\infty}\psi^{\rm o}_{2p+1}| 2p+1 \rangle
\end{eqnarray}
For distinguishable anyons, the wave function can be a linear
superposition of these two solutions. However, for
indistinguishable anyons, the boundary condition
(\ref{eq:indistinguishable}) requires that only the even solution
contributes.

We shall construct the wave function at large distances from the
origin, $r\gg \ell$. In this limit, contributions are from single
particle states with $j\gg 1$.  For $j \gg \epsilon, 1$, the Schr{\"
o}dinger equation (\ref{eq:difference}) has the wave-like solutions
(normalized to unit density per orbital $j$) \cite{footnotewkb}
\begin{equation}
    \psi_{j} = e^{ i \theta_0 j} \quad
[ \theta_0 = \pm \pi/4, \pm 3\pi/4]
\label{eq:waves}
\end{equation}
These solutions can be viewed as incoming and outgoing waves in the
discrete semi-infinite one-dimensional system defined by the sites $j
= 0,1,2\ldots$.
To understand the nature of these solutions, it is useful to construct
their spatial wave functions
\begin{equation}
\left\langle \bm{r}  |  \psi \right\rangle = \sum_{j}  e^{{i\theta_0 j}}e^{-i (j +\Delta)\theta} R_{0,j}\left(r\right) \,.
\end{equation}
At large radius $r$, the wave function has significant amplitude under
the condition that $\theta \simeq \theta_0 = \pm \pi/4, \pm 3\pi/4$.
That is, the wave function is peaked in these four angular
directions. These are the directions along which the zero energy
equipotentials of the electrostatic potential extend. Recalling that,
in the semi-classical approximation, the particle moves along the
equipotentials of the electrostatic potential, one sees that the
derived angles correspond to the two incoming ($-\pi/4, 3\pi/4$) and
the two outgoing ($\pi/4, -3\pi/4$) channels of the saddle-point
potential.

For a general scattering problem on a semi-infinite one-dimensional
system (e.g. waves on a string which is clamped at one end), at a
fixed energy (frequency) one expects there to be only {\it two}
wave-like solutions at large distances; these can be taken to be the
incoming and the outgoing waves.  That, in the present case, there are
{\it four} wave-like solutions is a special feature of the problem,
which arises from the fact that (as above) the Schr{\" o}dinger equation
(\ref{eq:difference}) conserves the parity. That is, the sites with
$j$ even and the sites with $j$ odd each behave as independent
semi-infinite one-dimensional systems.  For each parity (even or odd)
there is one incoming mode and one outgoing mode.
It
is  convenient to re-express the
four modes (\ref{eq:waves}) in terms of modes of definite parity.
The explicit forms (normalised to unit density per orbital $j$) are
\begin{eqnarray}
\psi^{\rm e/o, in}_j & = & \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \left[ e^{-i\frac{\pi}{4} j} \pm e^{i\frac{3\pi}{4} j}\right]\\
\psi^{\rm e/o, out}_j & = &\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \left[ e^{i\frac{\pi}{4} j} \pm e^{-i\frac{3\pi}{4} j}\right]
\end{eqnarray}
which are readily verified to have the feature that $\psi^{\rm e}_j$
($\psi^{\rm o}_j$) is non-zero only for $j=$ even (odd). The ``in'' and
``out'' labels are identified by the fact that the states have large
amplitude on the incoming ($\theta = -\pi/4, 3\pi/4$) or outgoing
($\theta = \pi/4, -3\pi/4$) channels of the saddle point potential.

For the semi-infinite one-dimensional scattering problem, the
asymptotic (large distance) incoming and outgoing waves are coupled,
with scattering from incoming to outgoing waves occurring at small
distances.  In the problem of interest here this scattering at small
distances (small $j$) conserves parity, so the incoming mode in the
even (odd) channel can scatter only to the outgoing mode in the even
(odd) channel. By conservation of particle flux, the scattering from
incoming to outgoing modes can amount only to a phase shift.  Hence,
the (unnormalised) energy eigenstates are of the form
\begin{equation}
\psi^{\rm e/o}_{j}  \sim \psi^{\rm e/o, in}_j +
e^{i\zeta^{\rm e/o}\left(\epsilon\right)}\psi^{\rm e/o, out}_j   \quad [j \gg \epsilon, 1]
\label{eq:estate}
\end{equation}
Thus, the energy eigenstates are fully characterized by two scattering phases:
$\zeta^{\rm e}\left(\epsilon\right)$ and $\zeta^{\rm o}\left(\epsilon\right) $
which correspond to the even- and odd-parity wave functions.

For indistinguishable anyons (\ref{eq:indistinguishable}) only
$\psi^{\rm e}$ is relevant.  There is only one incoming and one
outgoing channel for the relative co-ordinate, so the scattering is
described only by a single phase shift, $\zeta^{\rm e}(\epsilon)$.

For distinguishable particles, both $\psi^{\rm e}$ and $\psi^{\rm o}$
can contribute.  In this case, it is instructive to disentangle the
above transformation into states of definite parity, and to determine
the {\it transmission probability}. This is defined as the probability for
transmission from a state that is an incoming wave along the definite
angular direction $\theta \simeq -\pi/4$, into a state that is outgoing
along $\theta \simeq +\pi/4$. (These angles match the convention
chosen in Ref.~\cite{FANDH}.)  The incoming wave (normalised to unit
density per orbital) is
\begin{equation}
e^{-i\frac{\pi}{4} j} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[\psi^{\rm e, in}_j + \psi^{\rm o, in}_j\right]
\end{equation}
which is scattered into the state
\begin{equation}
\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[e^{i\zeta^{\rm e}}\psi^{\rm e, out}_j + e^{i\zeta^{\rm o}}\psi^{\rm o, out}_j\right]
\end{equation}
Noting that the transmitted wave is
\begin{equation}
e^{+i\frac{\pi}{4} j} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[\psi^{\rm e, out}_j + \psi^{\rm o, out}_j\right]
\end{equation}
and using the fact that $\psi^{\rm e,out}$ and  $\psi^{\rm o,out}$ are orthogonal, one sees that the transmission probability is
\begin{equation}
T=\left|\frac{1}{2}\left(e^{i\zeta^{\rm e}} +e^{i\zeta^{\rm o}}\right)\right|^2 =  \frac{1}{2}\left\{1+\cos\left[\zeta^{\rm e}\left(\epsilon\right)-\zeta^{\rm o}\left(\epsilon\right)\right]\right\}
\label{eq:t}
\end{equation}

We have determined the functions $\zeta^{\rm e/o}(\epsilon)$ --
 thereby solving the scattering problem for the relative co-ordinate
 -- by a numerical construction of the Green's function of the
 discrete Hamiltonian in (\ref{eq:difference}).  We study an
 approximate version of the full model, in which we treat $j=0,N$
 according to the exact Hamiltonian (\ref{eq:difference}), but take
 the hopping matrix elements for $j=N+1,\infty$ to be constant, and
 equal to $\sqrt{\left(N+\Delta-1\right)\left(N+\Delta\right)}$. The
 method becomes increasingly accurate as $N\to \infty$.  Following
 standard techniques\cite{datta}, the region with $j\geq N+1$ can be
 replaced by a self-energy, and the Green's function for $j\leq N$ is:
\begin{equation}
\hat{G}(\epsilon)=\left[\epsilon\hat{I}-\hat{H}-\hat{\sigma}\right]^{-1}
\end{equation}
where the self-energy  has matrix representation
\begin{equation}
\sigma_{ij}=\frac{1}{2}\delta_{i,N}\delta_{j,N}\left(\epsilon-i\sqrt{4\left(N+\Delta+\
1\right)\left(N+\Delta+2\right)-\epsilon^{2}}\right)
\end{equation}
The Green's function for $j\leq  N$ is then found by numerical
inversion of the finite matrix (for large finite $N$).

Using the fact that, for a given element $i$, the Green's function
$G_{i,j}$ for $j<i$ is an energy eigenfunction, we can use this to
compare to the wave function (\ref{eq:estate}) in the asymptotic regime
$j\to \infty$.  Using (\ref{eq:estate}), the scattering phase
can be extracted from the ratios
\begin{eqnarray}
\frac{\psi^{\rm e}_{4p+2}}{\psi^{\rm e}_{4p}} & \stackrel{p\rightarrow\infty}{\longrightarrow}  & \tan\left[\frac{-\zeta^{\rm e}\left(\epsilon\right) + \frac{\epsilon}{2}\ln(4p)}{2}\right] \\
\frac{\psi^{\rm o}_{4p+3}}{\psi^{\rm o}_{4p+1}} & \stackrel{p\rightarrow\infty}{\longrightarrow}  & \tan\left[\frac{-\zeta^{\rm o}\left(\epsilon\right)-\pi/2 + \frac{\epsilon}{2}\ln(4p)}{2}\right]
\end{eqnarray}
where the logarithms on the right-hand side follow from the
corrections to the wave functions (\ref{eq:waves}) described in
\cite{footnotewkb}.
In this way we
can numerically construct the scattering phases
$\zeta^{\rm e/o}\left(\epsilon\right) $ and from these the transmission
probability $T$ (\ref{eq:t}).
The numerical results converge rapidly with increasing $N$, becoming
independent of system size for $N\gtrsim 100$. We show results for
$N=2000$.

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[angle=0,scale=0.35]{evenshift-revise.eps}
\caption{(Colour online.) Results of numerical calculations of the
scattering phase shift for the relative motion of two anyons in the
even parity channel, $\zeta^{\rm e}(\epsilon)$, as a function of
dimensionless energy $\epsilon = E/U\ell^2$ at several values of the
anyonic statistics parameter $\Delta$.  }
\label{EVEN}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\centering \includegraphics[angle=0,scale=0.35]{oddshift-revise.eps}
\caption{(Colour online.) Same as Fig.~\ref{EVEN}, but for
the
 odd parity channel, $\zeta^{\rm o}(\epsilon)$.}
\label{ODD}
\end{figure}
Figs.~\ref{EVEN} and~\ref{ODD} show our numerical results for the
scattering phase shifts for the even and odd parity channels
respectively, as a function of energy for several values of $\Delta$.
These two functions, over the range $0\leq \Delta <1$, fully describe
the scattering properties of the relative co-ordinate of quantum Hall
anyons in the lowest Landau level.  The results shown for $\Delta =1$
correspond to the case $\Delta = 1-$ in which the state $m=-1$ remains
excluded from contribution to the lowest Landau level.  In this case,
the spectrum is identical to that for $\Delta' =0$ and $m' = m+1$, but
with the removal of the state at $m'=0$.
From (\ref{eq:estate}), and taking account of a $\pi/2$ phase shift arising from the change $m'=m+1$,
one expects
$\zeta^{\rm e}_{\Delta = 1-}(\epsilon) = \zeta^{\rm o}_{\Delta' = 0}(\epsilon)+\pi/2$,
which is indeed found to hold to high accuracy in the numerical
results.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[angle=0,scale=0.35]{transmission2.eps}
\caption{(Colour online.) Transmission probability $ T $ for the
relative coordinate of two quantum Hall anyons, as a function of the
scaled energy $\epsilon\equiv E_r/(U\ell^2)$.  The points are results
of numerical calculations for several values of the anyon statistics
parameter $\Delta$. The lines are fits, using the function
(\ref{eq:fit}) with parameter $\alpha$ chosen as shown in the
inset. For $\Delta =0$ choosing $\alpha=1$ gives the exact analytic
result\protect\cite{FANDH}; in this case, the comparison with
numerical results illustrates the accuracy of our numerical approach
at this system size ($N=2000$).}
\label{fig:transmission}
\end{figure}
In Fig.~\ref{fig:transmission} we have used these results to
determine the
transmission coefficient (\ref{eq:t}).  For $\Delta =0$, the results accurately reproduce the exact
analytical solution\cite{FANDH}, showing that our method is working
correctly and is well converged.  For $\Delta \neq 0$, the results of
Ref.\cite{FANDH} do not apply, and no analytic solution is available.  As
compared to the case $\Delta =0$, the effect of increasing $\Delta$ is
a broadening of the width in energy over which the transmission
coefficient rises from $0$ ($\epsilon\ll -1$) to $1$ ($\epsilon \gg
1$).  Thus, our results show that increasing $ \Delta $ leads to an
{\it increase} of the tunnelling rate through the saddle point. Indeed,
we find that, to a very good approximation, the results can be fitted by the
function
\begin{equation}
\label{eq:fit}
T(\epsilon) = \frac{1}{1+\exp\left({-\frac{\pi\epsilon}{\alpha}}\right)}
\end{equation}
with the fit parameter $\alpha$ given approximately by $\alpha = 1 +
1.55378\Delta + 0.277179\Delta^2$. (See the inset to
Fig.~\ref{fig:transmission}.)

We note that our results apply for the case of two anyons in a
symmetrical saddle point potential (\ref{eq:ham}). The more general
case can be considered by noting that $U_y y^2 - U_x x^2 =
\frac{1}{2}(U_y+U_x) \left(y^2 - x^2\right) + \frac{1}{2}(U_y-U_x)
\bm{r}^2$, leading to an additional central (rotationally invariant)
term $\propto \bm{r}^2$. This term modifies the Schr{\" o}dinger
equation (\ref{eq:difference}) and could lead to a change in the phase
shifts and transmission probabilities. In the same way, central
(rotationally invariant) anyon-anyon interactions could be included
within the same formalism. The solution of these more general cases is
beyond the scope of the present paper, so the influence of these
perturbations on the scattering properties
remains an open question.

In summary, we have provided a solution of the scattering problem for
two anyons in a quadratic saddle point potential and
perpendicular magnetic field, through separation into centre-of-mass
and relative coordinates. The scattering theory for the centre-of-mass
coordinate has previously been solved analytically\cite{FANDH}. The
scattering for the relative co-ordinate is characterized by two
energy-dependent phase shifts (for even and odd parities). We have
computed these phase shifts within a lowest Landau level
approximation. Our results provide a complete solution of the two-anyon scattering problem. They show that the two-particle scattering
properties in the vicinity of a point contact depend on the anyonic
statistics parameter. This shows that one can hope to obtain
experimental signatures of anyonic statistics in point-contact
devices.  We believe that the approach and solution we have described
provide a useful basis on which to build further theoretical studies
of non-equilibrium properties of anyons -- under conditions of bias
and/or ``beam dilution''\cite{comforti} where multiple quasiparticles
may enter the point contact region. Depending on the experimental
set-up, and the relevant observables, the two-particle scattering
problem in the co-ordinates $\bm{r}_1, \bm{r}_2$ should be decomposed into
relative and centre-of-mass co-ordinates for which the scattering
properties follow the results presented.

\acknowledgments{NRC acknowledges the support of EPSRC GR/S61263/01.}

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The XVI Venice Challenge Save Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 5th edition of the men's tournament which was part of the 2018 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Mestre, Italy between 21 and 27 May 2018.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

1 Rankings as of 14 May 2018.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Andrea Arnaboldi
  Filippo Baldi
  Liam Caruana
  Gian Marco Moroni

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as special exempts:
  Luca Vanni
  Mario Vilella Martínez

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Edoardo Eremin
  Federico Gaio
  Roberto Marcora
  Daniel Masur

Champions

Singles

 Gianluigi Quinzi def.  Gian Marco Moroni 6–2, 6–2.

Doubles

 Marin Draganja /  Tomislav Draganja def.  Romain Arneodo /  Danilo Petrović 6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–2].

References

Venice Challenge Save Cup
2018
May 2018 sports events in Italy
2018 in Italian sport