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\section{Introduction} \label{intro}

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) consist of many
nodes with sensing, computation, and communication capabilities, sharing a common
wireless communication channel.
In a typical WSN configuration, a large number of nodes
measure possibly correlated data and transmit to a single collector node.
This network problem is referred to as the ``sensor reachback problem''
in \cite{servetto-barros}. In many applications, nodes are energy-limited
and the physical distance between each sensing node
and the common destination
makes the transmission difficult or (energy wise) expensive.
We investigate such a scenario where communicating nodes cooperate
with each other and act as relays in order to transport their own data along with the
data from the other sensing nodes.

Wireless channels differ from their wired line counterpart in two
fundamental aspects. On one hand, the wireless channel is a
broadcast (shared) medium and the signal from any transmitter is
received by potentially many receivers. This is called
\emph{broadcast} constraint.
On the other hand,  any receiver observes the superposition (linear combination)
of signals from possibly many transmitters. This is called \emph{interference}
constraint. The simultaneous presence of these two constraints makes
a general wireless network quite difficult to analyze. The multiuser
Gaussian channel that models a relay network, unfortunately, has so
far escaped a sharp general characterization, even in the simplest case of a
Gaussian relay network with a single source, single destination and
a single relay \cite{meulen}. The capacities of Gaussian relay channel and certain
discrete relay channels are evaluated in \cite{cover1} and a lower
bound to the capacity of general relay channel is presented. In
\cite{Gastpar}, capacity is determined for a Gaussian relay network
when the number of relays is asymptotically large.

In \cite{salman1}, a simpler deterministic channel is
proposed. While this channel model is significantly simpler to analyze, it is able to
capture the key aspects of broadcast and interference constraints.
For this model, referred to as the linear finite-field deterministic model,
\cite{salman1} determines the capacity for a general relay network with one source and one destination,
as well as the multicast capacity with one source, multiple destinations and common
information only. Our contribution in this paper builds heavily on the results and techniques
of \cite{salman1} and can be regarded almost as a trivial extension thereof.
Nevertheless, to the best of our knowledge and somehow surprisingly,
this simple extension has not been reported before.

We consider the ``sensor reachback problem'' \cite{servetto-barros}
for a linear finite-field deterministic network with arbitrary topology,
a single destination node and independent information at the source nodes.
We show that the capacity region for this network is given by the cut-set
bound and takes on a very simple and appealing closed-form expression.
Also, for a specific sources correlation model, we find necessary and sufficient conditions
for the sources transmissibility. This result reminds closely Theorem 1 of \cite{servetto-barros},
with the following main differences: on one hand, the result of \cite{servetto-barros} is more general since it applies to
general correlated discrete sources observed at the sensor nodes and general noisy channels.
On the other hand, our result applies to networks with broadcast and interference constraints while
the result of \cite{servetto-barros} requires ``orthogonal'' channels, i.e.,
with neither broadcast nor interference constraints.

We expect that the achievability technique for the Gaussian (noisy) relay network
proposed in \cite{salman1} can be generalized to the case of multiple independent sources
and a single destination as examined in this paper, so that a scheme that achieves a bounded and fixed gap to
the capacity region in the Gaussian case can be found.
Also, we believe that a fixed-gap rate-distortion achievable region can be
found using independent quantization and Slepian-Wolf binning for the
case of correlated Gaussian sources with mean-squared distortion and Gaussian noisy channels,
at least for some specific source correlation model (see \cite{Maddah-tse}), especially matched to
the discrete correlated source  model considered here.  This, however, seems to be a far more involved result
since event in the standard case of Gaussian/quadratic separated lossy encoding
(that corresponds to the case where the communication network reduces to a set of orthogonal links from the sensor nodes to
the destination),  a general fixed-gap characterization of the rate-distortion region is missing \cite{Maddah-tse}.

In this work we limit ourselves to the linear finite-field deterministic model
and we leave the fixed-gap achievability for the Gaussian case
to future work.

\section{Review of the deterministic linear finite-field model} \label{review}

In this section we briefly review the deterministic channel model proposed
in \cite{salman1} and used in this work. The received signal at each node is a deterministic function
of the transmitted signal. This model focuses on the signals interaction rather than on the channel noise.
In a Gaussian (real) network, a single link from node $i$ to node $j$ with SNR ${\sf snr}_{i,j}$ has capacity
$C_{i,j} = \frac{1}{2} \log(1 + {\sf snr}_{i,j}) \approx \log \sqrt{{\sf snr}_{i,j}}$. Therefore, approximately,
$n_{i,j} =  \left \lceil \log \sqrt{{\sf snr}_{i,j}} \right \rceil$
bits per channel use can be sent reliably. In \cite{salman1} (see also references therein),
the Gaussian channel is replaced by a finite-field deterministic model that reflects the
above behavior. Namely, the transmitted signal amplitude is represented through its
binary\footnote{The generalization to $p$-ary expansion is trivial. Here we focus on the binary expansion
as in \cite{salman1}.}
expansion $X = \sum_{\ell=1}^\infty B_\ell 2^{-\ell}$ where $B_\ell \in \mbox{\bb F}_2$.
At the receiver, all the input bits such that
$\sqrt{{\sf snr}_{i,j}} 2^{-\ell} > 1$ (i.e., received ``above the noise level'') are perfectly decoded, while all those such that
$\sqrt{{\sf snr}_{i,j}} 2^{-\ell} \leq 1$ (i.e., received ``below the noise level'') are completely lost.
It follows that only the most significant bits (MSBs) can be reliably decoded, such that the capacity of the
deterministic channel is given exactly by $n_{i,j}$ and it is achieved by
letting $B_1, \ldots, B_{n_{i,j}}$ i.i.d. Bernoulli-$1/2$.

A linear finite-field deterministic relay network is defined as a directed acyclic
graph ${\cal G} = \{{\cal V}, {\cal E}\}$ such that the received signal at any node $j \in {\cal V}$ is given by
\begin{equation} \label{mac-channel}
{\bf y}_j = \sum_{i \in {\cal V} : (i,j) \in {\cal E}} {\bf S}^{q - n_{i,j}} {\bf x}_i
\end{equation}
where ${\bf y}_j, {\bf x}_i \in \mbox{\bb F}_2^q$, sum and products are defined over the vector space $\mbox{\bb F}_2^q$,
and where
\[ {\bf S} = \left [ \begin{array}{ccccc}
0 & 0  & 0 &\cdots &  0 \\
1 & 0  & 0 &\cdots &  0 \\
0 & 1  & 0 &\cdots &  0 \\
\vdots & \ddots & \ddots & \ddots & \vdots \\
0 & \cdots & 0 & 1 & 0 \end{array} \right ] \]
is a ``down-shift'' matrix. Notice that $n_{i,j} \leq q$ indicates the deterministic channel capacity
for the link $(i,j)$ as described before.
Without loss of generality, the integer $q$ can be set equal to the maximum of all $\{n_{i,j} : (i,j) \in {\cal E}\}$.
The broadcast constraint is captured by the fact that the input ${\bf x}_i$ for each node $i$ is common to all
channels $(i,j) \in {\cal E}$.

In the case of single source (denoted by $s$) single destination (denoted by $d$), Theorem 4.3 of \cite{salman1} yields the capacity of
linear finite-field deterministic relay networks in the form
\begin{equation} \label{salman-capacity}
C = \min_{({\cal S}, {\cal S}^c) \in \Lambda_d} \; {\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{{\cal S},{\cal S}^c} \right \}
\end{equation}
where $\Lambda_d$ is the set of cuts ${\cal S} \subset {\cal V}$, $\Omega^c = {\cal V} - {\cal S}$ such that
$s \in {\cal S}$ and $d \in {\cal S}^c$, and where ${\bf G}_{{\cal S},{\cal S}^c}$ is the transfer matrix for the cut
$({\cal S},{\cal S}^c)$, formally defined as follows. Let ${\cal N}(i)$ denote the set of nodes $j$ for which $(i,j) \in {\cal E}$
(this is the ``fan-out'' of node $i$) and  let ${\cal P}(j)$ denote the set of nodes $i$ for which $(i,j) \in {\cal E}$ (this is the ``fan-in'' of node $j$).
The transfer matrix ${\bf G}_{{\cal S},{\cal S}^c}$ is defined as the matrix of the linear transformation
between the transmitted vectors (channel inputs) of nodes $\beta_{\rm in}({\cal S})$ and the received vectors (channel outputs) of nodes
$\beta_{\rm out}({\cal S})$, where the inner and outer boundaries $\beta_{\rm in}({\cal S})$ and $\beta_{\rm out}({\cal S})$ of
${\cal S}$ are defined as \cite{kramer-note}:
\[ \beta_{\rm in}({\cal S}) = \{ i \in {\cal S} : {\cal N}(i) \cap {\cal S}^c \neq \emptyset \} \]
and
\[ \beta_{\rm out}({\cal S}) = \{ j \in {\cal S}^c : {\cal P}(j) \cap {\cal S} \neq \emptyset \} \]
In words: $\beta_{\rm in}({\cal S})$ is the set of nodes of ${\cal S}$ with a direct link to nodes in ${\cal S}^c$, and $\beta_{\rm out}({\cal S})$
is the set of nodes in ${\cal S}^c$ with a direct link from nodes in ${\cal S}$.

Going through the proof of Theorem 4.3 in \cite{salman1} we notice that the ``down-shift'' structure for the individual channels
is irrelevant. In fact, this structure is useful in making the connection between the linear finite-field model and the corresponding
Gaussian case. As a matter of fact, if the channel matrices ${\bf S}^{q - n_{i,j}}$ in the above model are replaced by general
matrices ${\bf S}_{i,j} \in \mbox{\bb F}_2^{q \times q}$, the result (\ref{salman-capacity})
still holds.

\section{Main result} \label{main}

In a linear finite-field deterministic network defined as above,
let ${\cal V} = \{1,\ldots, N, d\}$, where node $d$ denotes the common destination and all other nodes
$\{1, \ldots, N\}$ have independent information to send to node $d$.
For any integer $T = 1, 2, \ldots$ we let ${\cal W}_i = \{1, \ldots, \lceil 2^{TR_i} \rceil \}$ denote
the message set of node $i = 1,\ldots, N$. A $(T, R_1, \ldots, R_N)$ code for the network is defined
by a sequence of {\em strictly causal} encoding functions
$f_i^{[t]} : {\cal W}_i \times \mbox{\bb F}_2^{q(t - 1)} \rightarrow \mbox{\bb F}_2^q$,
for $t = 1, \ldots, T$ and $i = 1, \ldots, N$,  such that the transmitted signal of node $i$ at (discrete) time $t$
is given by ${\bf x}_i[t] = f_i^{[t]}(w_i, {\bf y}_i[1], \ldots, {\bf y}_i[t-1])$, and by a decoding function
$g : \mbox{\bb F}_2^{Tq} \rightarrow {\cal W}_1 \times \cdots {\cal W}_N$, such that the set of decoded messages is given by
$(\widehat{w}_1, \ldots, \widehat{w}_N) = g({\bf y}_d[1], \ldots, {\bf y}_d[T])$.

The average probability of error for such code is defined as
$P_n(e) = \mbox{\bb P}((W_1, \ldots, W_N) \neq (\widehat{W}_1, \ldots, \widehat{W}_N)$,
where the random variables $W_i$ are independent and uniformly distributed on the corresponding message
sets ${\cal W}_i$. The rate $N$-tuple $(R_1, \ldots, R_N)$ is {\em achievable}
if there exists a sequence of $(T, R_1, \ldots, R_N)$-codes with $P_n(e) \rightarrow 0$ as
$T \rightarrow \infty$. The capacity region ${\cal C}$ of the network is the closure of the set of all
achievable rates. With these definitions, we have:

\begin{thm} \label{thm1}
The capacity region ${\cal C}$ of a linear finite-field deterministic network $({\cal V}, {\cal E})$ with
independent information at the nodes $\{1,\ldots, N\}$ and a single destination $d$ is given by
\begin{equation} \label{cut-set-general}
\sum_{i \in {\cal S}} R_{i} \leq {\rm rank}\left \{ {\bf G}_{{\cal S}, {\cal S}^c} \right  \}, \;\;\; \forall \; {\cal S} \subseteq \{1,\ldots, N\}.
\end{equation}
\end{thm}

\begin{proof}
The converse of (\ref{cut-set-general}) follows directly from the general cut-set bound
and by the fact that, for the linear deterministic network model, uniform i.i.d. inputs maximize
all cut-set values at once \cite{cover_book,salman1,kramer-note}.

For the direct part, we build an augmented network by introducing a virtual source node 0 and by expanding
the channel output alphabet of each node $i  = \{1, \ldots, N\}$. Let $\{n_{0,i} :  i = 1,\ldots, N\}$ be arbitrary
non-negative integers. The channel output alphabet of node $i$ in the augmented network is given by
$\mbox{\bb F}_2^{q + n_{0,i}}$. The virtual source node 0 has $n_0 = \sum_{i=1}^N n_{0,i}$ input bits,
partitioned into $N$ disjoint sets ${\cal U}_i$ of cardinality $n_{0,i}$ for $i = 1,\ldots, N$,
respectively, such that the bits of subset ${\cal U}_i$ are sent directly to node $i$ and are
received at the top $n_{0,i}$ MSB positions of the expanded channel output alphabet.
Fig. \ref{fig:diamond_aug} shows an example of such network augmentation for a ``diamond'' network \cite{salman1}.

\begin{figure}[!htb]
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=3.0 in]{diamond_aug.eps}
  \caption{A diamond network with a source node $1$, two relay nodes $2$ and $3$ and a common destination $d$ is augmented
by adding node $0$ and virtual links to nodes $1$, $2$ and $3$.}
  \label{fig:diamond_aug}
\end{figure}

After introducing the virtual source node, the augmented linear finite-field deterministic network belongs to the class
studied in \cite{salman1} with the minor difference that the channel linear transformations are not necessarily
limited to ``down-shifts''. Nevertheless, as we observed before,  Theorem 4.3 of  \cite{salman1} still applies. Letting
$R_0$ denote the rate from the virtual source node 0 to the destination node $d$, we have that all rates $R_0$ satisfying
\begin{equation} \label{suca}
R_0 \leq \min_{(\Omega_0 , \Omega_0^c) \in \Lambda_d} \;\; {\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{\Omega_0,\Omega_0^c} \right \}
\end{equation}
are achievable,  where $\Lambda_d$ is the set of all cuts $(\Omega_0, \Omega_0^c)$ of the augmented network such that
$0 \in \Omega_0$ and $d \in \Omega_0^c$.

For any such set $\Omega_0$ we have that $\Omega_0 = {\cal S} \cup \{0\}$, for some
${\cal S} \subseteq \{1, \ldots, N\}$.  Consequently, we have that $\Omega_0^c = {\cal S}^c$, where ${\cal S}, {\cal S}^c$
are subsets as defined in the statement of Theorem \ref{thm1}.
Since the links from 0 to any nodes $i \in \{1,\ldots, N\}$ are orthogonal by construction
(not subject to any broadcast or interference constraint), we have  that ${\bf G}_{\Omega_0,\Omega_0^c}$
has a block-diagonal form where a block is given by  ${\bf G}_{{\cal S}, {\cal S}^c}$ (the links of the original network, corresponding to the cut
$(\Omega_0,\Omega_0^c)$ via the correspondence  $\Omega_0 \leftrightarrow {\cal S}$ defined above)
and other blocks, denoted by ${\bf G}_{0,j}$ for all $j \in {\cal S}^c$, have rank $n_{0,j}$, respectively.
By construction, there is no direct link between $0$ and $d$ so, without loss of generality, we can assume
$n_{0,d} = 0$.  The general form for $ {\bf G}_{\Omega_0,\Omega_0^c}$ is
\[  {\bf G}_{\Omega_0,\Omega_0^c} = \left [ \begin{array}{cccc}
 {\bf G}_{{\cal S},{\cal S}^c} & 0 & \cdots  & 0 \\
 0 & {\bf G}_{0,i_1}  &                  & \vdots \\
 \vdots &               & \ddots &   0 \\
 0 &   \cdots   &    0 & {\bf G}_{0,i_|{\cal S}^c|} \end{array} \right ] \]
where we have indicated ${\cal S}^c = \{i_1, \ldots, i_{|{\cal S}^c|}\}$.  Therefore, we have
\begin{equation} \label{suca1}
{\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{\Omega_0,\Omega_0^c} \right \} = {\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{{\cal S},{\cal S}^c} \right \} + \sum_{j \in {\cal S}^c} n_{0,j}
\end{equation}
In particular, the cut $\Omega_0 = \{0\}$ yields
\begin{equation} \label{suca2}
R_0 \leq \sum_{j=1}^N n_{0,j}
\end{equation}
By letting this inequality hold with equality, and by replacing this into all other inequalities,
we obtain the set of inequalities
\begin{equation} \label{suca3}
\sum_{i \in {\cal S}} n_{0,i} \leq  {\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{{\cal S},{\cal S}^c} \right \}, \;\;\;\; \forall \;\; {\cal S} \subseteq \{1, \ldots, N\}
\end{equation}
where we used the fact that $\sum_{j=1}^N n_{0,j} - \sum_{j \in {\cal S}^c} n_{0,j} = \sum_{i\in {\cal S}} n_{0,i}$.

Consider now the ensemble of augmented networks for which there exist integers $\{n_{0,i} : i = 1, \ldots,N \}$
that satisfy (\ref{suca3}). For such networks, the rate $R_0 = \sum_{j=1}^N n_{0,j}$ is
achievable (by \cite{salman1}) and therefore the individual rates $R_i = n_{0,i}$ are achievable
by the argument above. Finally, the closure of the convex hull of all individual rate vectors ${\bf R} = (n_{0,1}, \ldots, n_{0,N})$ of such networks is achievable by time-sharing. It is immediate to see that this convex hull is provided by  the inequalities (\ref{cut-set-general}).\footnote{Indeed, the inequalities (\ref{cut-set-general}) represent the convex relaxation of the integer constraints (\ref{suca2}).}
\end{proof}

\section{A specific example: diamond network} \label{diamond}

In this section we work out a simple example and provide an explicit
achievability strategy.  Consider the ``diamond'' network shown in Fig.
\ref{fig:diamond_aug}, with nodes $\{1,2,3,d\}$ and links of
capacity $n_{1,2}, n_{1,3}, n_{2,d}$ and $n_{3,d}$.
In this case, Theorem \ref{thm1} yields the capacity region ${\cal C}$ given by
\begin{eqnarray} \label{eqn:diamond-cap}
R_1 + R_2 + R_3 & \leq & \max\{ n_{2,d}, n_{3,d}\}  \\
R_1 + R_2 & \leq & n_{2,d} + n_{1,3}  \\
R_1 + R_3 & \leq & n_{3,d} + n_{1,2}  \\
R_1 & \leq & \max\{ n_{1,2}, n_{1,3}\}  \\
R_2 & \leq & n_{2,d} \\
R_3 & \leq & n_{3,d}
\end{eqnarray}

Next, we provide simple coding strategies that achieve all relevant
vertices of ${\cal C}$. Any point ${\bf R} \in {\cal C}$ can be obtained by
suitable time-sharing of the vertices-achieving strategies. There
are 24 possible orderings of the individual link capacities
$n_{1,2}, n_{1,3}, n_{2,d}$ and $n_{3,d}$. Due to symmetry, the
regions for the case $n_{3,d} > n_{2,d}$ will be the mirror image of
the regions for the case $n_{2,d} > n_{3,d}$. Therefore, we shall
consider only the cases where $n_{2,d} \geq n_{3,d}$.

The remaining 12 cases have to be discussed individually.  For
example, let's focus on the case $n_{3,d} \leq n_{1,2} \leq n_{1,3}
\leq n_{2,d}$. An example of the network for the choice of the link capacities
$n_{3,d}=1, n_{1,2}=2, n_{1,3}=3, n_{2,d}=4$ is given in Fig.
\ref{diamond-1234}.
Fig. \ref{region1} shows qualitatively the shape of the capacity region in
the three possible sub-cases of the link-capacity
ordering $n_{3,d} \leq n_{1,2} \leq n_{1,3} \leq n_{2,d}$:
case 1) for $n_{1,2} + n_{3,d} < n_{1,3}$; case 2) for $n_{1,2} + n_{3,d} \geq
n_{1,3}$, and case 3) for $n_{1,2} + n_{3,d} \geq n_{2,d}$.
In all cases, the achievability of the vertices B and C of the region
of Fig. \ref{region1} is trivial, since these correspond to vertices
of the multi-access channel with node 2 and 3 as transmitters and
node $d$ as receiver.

{\bf Case 1).} Vertex A has coordinates  $(R_1=n_{1,2},
R_2=n_{2,d} - n_{1,2} - n_{3,d} , R_3= n_{3,d})$ and can be achieved
by letting node 1 send $n_{1,2}$ to node 2. Node 2 decodes and
forwards these bits after multiplexing its own $n_{2,d} - n_{1,2} -
n_{3,d} > 0$ bits in the MSB positions, such that node 3 can send
$n_{3,d}$ bits without interference from node 2.
Vertex D has coordinates  $(R_1=n_{1,2} + n_{3,d}, R_2=n_{2,d} - n_{1,2} -
n_{3,d} , R_3= 0)$ and can be achieved by letting node 1 send
$n_{1,2} + n_{3,d}$ bits. These can be all
decoded by node 3, then node 3 can forward the bottom
(least-significant) $n_{3,d}$ bits of node 1 to node $d$.
Node 2 decodes the top (most-significant) $n_{1,2}$
bits from node 1, and forwards them
after multiplexing its own bits.

{\bf Case 2).} Vertices A, D and E have coordinates $(R_1=n_{1,2},
R_2=n_{2,d} - n_{1,2}-n_{3,d}, R_3= n_{3,d})$, $(R_1=n_{1,3},
R_2=n_{2,d} - n_{1,3}, R_3=0)$ and $(R_1=n_{1,3}, R_2=n_{2,d} -
n_{1,2}-n_{3,d}, R_3= n_{1,2}+n_{3,d}-n_{1,3})$, respectively.
Vertex A can be achieved in the same way as in Case 1).
Vertex D can be achieved by letting node 1 send $n_{1,3}$ bits to node 3.
Node 3 decodes and forwards the bottom $n_{3,d}$. Since in this case
$n_{1,2} \geq n_{1,3} - n_{3,d}$, node 2 can decode the top $n_{1,3} - n_{3,d}$ bits of node 1,
and forwards them to node $d$ after multiplexing its own $n_{2,d} - n_{1,3}$ bits, using its $n_{2,d} - n_{3,d}$ MSBs.
Vertex E can be achieved by letting node 1 transmit $n_{1,3}$ bits, where the top $n_{1,2}$ of which are received by node 2.
Node 3 forwards the bottom $n_{1,3} - n_{1,2}$ bits of node 1, and multiplex its own $n_{3,d} + n_{1,2} - n_{1,3}$ bits.
Node 2 forwards the top $n_{1,2}$ bits from node 1, by multiplexing its own $n_{2,d} - n_{1,2} - n_{3,d}$ bits, transmitting
over its $n_{2,d} - n_{3,d}$ MSBs.

{\bf Case 3).} Vertices A, D and E have coordinates
$(R_1=n_{2,d}-n_{3,d}, R_2=0, R_3= n_{3,d})$,
$(R_1=n_{1,3},R_2=n_{2,d} - n_{1,3}, R_3=0)$ and $(R_1=n_{1,3},
R_2=0, R_3=n_{2,d}-n_{1,3})$, respectively. Vertex A can be achieved
by letting node 1 send $n_{2,d} - n_{3,d}$ bits to node 2. Since
$n_{2,d} - n_{3,d} \leq n_{1,2}$ these can be decoded and forwarded
to node $d$ in the MSB positions. Node 3 simply sends $n_{3,d}$ bits
to node $d$ without interfering with node 2. Vertex D is achieved by
letting node 1 send $n_{1,3}$ bits. The top $n_{1,3} - n_{3,d}$ of
these are decoded by node 2 and forwarded together with $n_{2,d} -
n_{1,3}$ own bits. The bottom $n_{3,d}$ bits of node 1 are decoded
and forwarded by node 3. Finally, vertex E is achieved by letting
node 1 send $n_{1,3}$ bits. The bottom $n_{3,d} - n_{2,d} + n_{1,3}$
of these are forwarded by node 3, after multiplexing its own
$n_{2,d} - n_{1,3}$ bits. Since $n_{2,d} - n_{3,d} \leq n_{1,2}$,
node 2 can decode the top $n_{2,d} - n_{3,d}$ bits from node 1 and
forward them to node $d$ using its MSB positions. Other cases follow
similarly and the whole capacity region is achieved by decode and
forward.

\begin{figure}[!htb]
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=8cm,height=6cm]{diamond-1234.eps}
  \caption{The configuration of the diamond network in the example (Case (1) in Fig.\ref{region1})}.
  \label{diamond-1234}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=8cm]{region1.eps}
  \caption{The capacity region of the diamond network in the example.}
  \label{region1}
\end{figure}

\section{Transmissibility for correlated sources} \label{correlated}

Consider the case of a sensor network where the nodes $\{1, \ldots, N\}$ observe samples from a spatially-correlated,
i.i.d. in time, discrete vector source ${\bf U} = (U_1, \ldots, U_N)$ (see the source model in \cite{servetto-barros}).
The goal is to reproduce the source blocks ${\bf u}[1], \ldots, {\bf u}[T]$ at the common destination node $d$.
If the source blocks can be recovered at the destination with vanishing probability of error
as $T \rightarrow \infty$, the vector source is said to be {\em transmissible}.
In the case of a network of orthogonal links with capacities $C_{i,j}$,
this problem was solved in \cite{servetto-barros} and yields the necessary and sufficient
transmissibility condition\footnote{The notation $U_{\cal S} = \{U_i : i \in {\cal S}\}$ is standard.}
\begin{equation} \label{servetto-result}
H(U_{\cal S}|U_{{\cal S}^c}) \leq \sum_{(i,j) \in {\cal S}\times {\cal S}^c} C_{i,j}, \;\;\; \forall \; {\cal S} \subseteq \{1, \ldots, N\}.
\end{equation}
From the system design viewpoint, the above result yields the optimality of the
``separation'' approach consisting of the concatenation of Slepian-Wolf coding for the source with
routing and single-user channel coding for the network \cite{servetto-barros}.

With the same assumptions and linear finite-field deterministic network defined before,
we consider a specific model for the vector source as defined in \cite{Maddah-tse}.
Let $n_0$ be a non-negative integer, and let ${\bf V} \in \mbox{\bb F}_2^{n_0}$ be a random vector of
uniform i.i.d. bits. For all $i = 1, \ldots, N$, let ${\cal U}_i \subseteq \{1, \ldots, n_0\}$ and
define $U_i \in \mbox{\bb F}_2^{|{\cal U}_i|}$ as the restriction of ${\bf V}$
to the components $\{V_\ell : \ell \in {\cal U}_i\}$ of ${\bf V}$. Then, the correlation model for the source $(U_1,\ldots, U_N)$ is reduced to
the following ``common bits'' case:
sources $U_i$ and $U_j$ have common part $\{V_\ell : \ell \in {\cal U}_i \cap {\cal U}_j\}$
while the bits $V_\ell$ in ${\cal U}_i - {\cal U}_j$ and in ${\cal U}_j - {\cal U}_i$  are mutually independent.
It follows that $H(U_i|U_j) = |{\cal U}_i| - |{\cal U}_i \cap {\cal U}_j|$.

This source model is somehow ``matched'' to a correlated source defined over the reals in the following intuitive sense.
Consider $N = 2$ and let $U_1$ and $U_2$ denote the binary quantization indices resulting from quantizing two correlated random variables
$A_1 \in \mbox{\bb R}$ and $A_2 \in \mbox{\bb R}$ using ``embedded'' scalar uniform quantizers
with $n$ bits, such that their first $m$ MSBs are identical and their last $n-m$ least significant bits (LSBs) are mutually
independent. If $A_1, A_2$ are marginally uniform and symmetric, $U_1$ and $U_2$ are {\em exactly}
obtained by defining ${\bf V}$ as above, with $n_0 = 2n - m$ independent bits, and letting $U_1$  include the $m$ MSBs and the
first set of $n - m$ LBSs of ${\bf V}$, and $U_2$ include the same $m$ MSBs and the
second set of $n - m$ LBSs of ${\bf V}$. This model trivially generalizes to the case of $N$ correlated sources and is related to
the Gaussian sources with ``tree'' dependency considered in \cite{Maddah-tse}.
For the source model defined above we have the following simple result:

\begin{thm} \label{thm2}
The vector source ${\bf U} = (U_1,\ldots, U_N)$ is transmissible over the linear finite-field deterministic
network $({\cal V}, {\cal E})$  if and only if
\begin{equation} \label{servetto-linear-ff}
H(U_{\cal S}|U_{{\cal S}^c}) \leq {\rm rank}\left \{ {\bf G}_{{\cal S}, {\cal S}^c} \right  \}, \;\;\; \forall \; {\cal S} \subseteq \{1,\ldots, N\}.
\end{equation}
\end{thm}

\begin{proof}
Again, we consider an augmented network with a single source node denoted by $0$,
with $n_0$ output bits that we denote by ${\bf V}$. As before, subsets ${\cal U}_i$ of
cardinalities $n_{0,i}$ of these bits are sent to nodes $i$, respectively. However, differently from before
we choose the subsets ${\cal U}_i$ to overlap in accordance with the vector source model.
For the augmented network, the rate $R_0$ from the virtual source to the destination $d$
must satisfy (\ref{suca}). In particular, choosing $\Omega_0 = \{0\}$ we get $R_0 \leq n_0$.
Generalizing the proof of Theorem \ref{thm1} to the case of overlapping sets $\{{\cal U}_i\}$,
we find that for any cut $(\Omega_0, \Omega_0^c)$ of the augmented network such that
$\Omega_0 = {\cal S} \cup \{0\}$ and $\Omega_0^c = {\cal S}^c$, with ${\cal S} \subseteq \{1, \ldots, N\}$ we have
\[ {\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{\Omega_0,\Omega_0^c} \right \} =
{\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{{\cal S},{\cal S}^c} \right \} + {\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{0,{\cal S}^c} \right \} \]
where ${\bf G}_{0,{\cal S}^c}$ is the linear transformation between the inputs ${\bf V}$ and the (augmented) channel outputs
of nodes $j \in {\cal S}^c$. By construction, the matrix ${\bf G}_{0,{\cal S}^c}$ is formed by linear independent columns
for all bits $V_\ell$ with $\ell \in \bigcup_{j \in {\cal S}^c} {\cal U}_j$. Therefore,
\[ {\rm rank} \left \{ {\bf G}_{0,{\cal S}^c} \right \} = \left |\bigcup_{j \in {\cal S}^c} {\cal U}_j \right | = H(U_{{\cal S}^c}) \]
Since ${\bf V}$ is uniform i.i.d., we have $R_0 = n_0 = H({\bf V}) = H({\bf U})$.
Replacing these equalities into the set of inequalities (\ref{suca}) and using the chain rule of entropy
$H({\bf U}) = H(U_{\cal S}|U_{{\cal S}^c}) + H(U_{{\cal S}^c})$ we obtain
that the conditions (\ref{servetto-linear-ff}) are sufficient for transmissibility.
On the other hand, if a source as defined in our model was transmissible, then the set of conditions (\ref{servetto-linear-ff}) must
hold, otherwise the rate $R_0$ of the corresponding single-source single destination augmented network would violate
(\ref{suca}). Hence, necessity also holds.
\end{proof}

\section{Conclusions \label{conclusions}}

In this work we have characterized the capacity region for a linear finite-field deterministic network
with independent information at all nodes and a single destination node.
In our setup, all nodes may relay information from other nodes as well as inject their own
information into the network.
This may serve as a simplified model for a large WSN where sensing nodes cooperate with each
other to send the collective data towards a single collector node.
For a specific model of discrete binary source correlation at the nodes, we have also found necessary and sufficient
conditions for the source transmissibility.
Albeit restrictive, this correlation model may be useful (e.g., see \cite{Maddah-tse}) as a simple discrete ``equivalent''
(up to some bounded mean-square distortion penalty) for a spatially-correlated real sources whose components are observed
and encoded separately at the network nodes.

Motivated by these results, it is natural to investigate the performance of
achievability schemes based on the techniques as in \cite{salman1} (for independent information)
and separated quantization and Slepian-Wolf binning (for lossy transmission of correlated sources) in order to achieve the capacity region or the distortion region of actual WSN, within a bounded performance gap.

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Jason Lahr, a Painter and Assistant Professor at Notre Dame University, will be giving a visual presentation/lecture in the Spartan Auditorium, Building G, Room 100 on Tuesday, February 4th, from 1:00 - 2:00pm.
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While the painting is composed by managing scale, color, and carefully adjusting the distribution of the work's forms, it is the convergence of a false sense of self, the euphoria of fantasy, and that naive sense of security which gives the work its gritty edge. Each element uses context to expand its inexplicable self-centeredness. The text's female voice promotes sarcasm and disbelief, questioning the male's character. Lahr engages us in a comprehensive dialogue, where we can observe and identify the conventions of power and control.
This event is co-sponsored by the Humanities Center Speaker Series, a Student Co-Curricular Fund, and the Gallery Program.


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text:
namespace mesos {
namespace internal {
namespace slave {
namespace state {

using std::list;
using std::string;
using std::max;

SlaveState parse(const string& rootDir, const SlaveID& slaveId)
{
  SlaveState state;

  const string& slaveDir = paths::getSlavePath(rootDir, slaveId);
  state.slaveMetaDir = slaveDir;

  // Find the frameworks.
  Try<list<string> > frameworks = os::glob(
      strings::format(paths::FRAMEWORK_PATH, rootDir, slaveId, "*").get());

  if (frameworks.isError()) {
    LOG(ERROR) << "Error finding frameworks for slave " << frameworks.error();
    return state;
  }

  foreach (const string& path, frameworks.get()) {
    FrameworkID frameworkId;
    frameworkId.set_value(os::basename(path).get());

    // Find the executors.
    Try<list<string> > executors =
        os::glob(strings::format(paths::EXECUTOR_PATH, rootDir, slaveId,
                                 frameworkId, "*").get());

    if (executors.isError()) {
      LOG(ERROR) << "Error finding executors for framework "
                 << executors.error();
      continue;
    }

    foreach (const string& path, executors.get()) {
      ExecutorID executorId;
      executorId.set_value(os::basename(path).get());

      // Find the runs.
      Try<list<string> > runs =
          os::glob(strings::format(paths::EXECUTOR_RUN_PATH, rootDir, slaveId,
                                   frameworkId, executorId, "*").get());

      if (runs.isError()) {
        LOG(ERROR) << "Error finding runs for executor " << runs.error();
        continue;
      }

      foreach (const string& path, runs.get()) {
        if (os::basename(path).get() == paths::EXECUTOR_LATEST_SYMLINK) {
          // TODO(vinod): Store the latest UUID in the state.
          continue;
        }

        const UUID& uuid = UUID::fromString(os::basename(path).get());

        // Find the tasks.
        Try<list<string> > tasks =
            os::glob(strings::format(paths::TASK_PATH, rootDir, slaveId,
                                     frameworkId, executorId, uuid.toString(),
                                     "*").get());

        if (tasks.isError()) {
          LOG(WARNING) << "Error finding tasks " << tasks.error();
          continue;
        }

        foreach (const string& path, tasks.get()) {
          TaskID taskId;
          taskId.set_value(os::basename(path).get());

          state.frameworks[frameworkId].executors[executorId].runs[uuid].tasks
            .insert(taskId);
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return state;
}

// Helper functions for check-pointing slave data.

void writeTask(Task* task, const string& taskDir)
{
  const string& path = taskDir + "/task";

  Try<Nothing> created = os::mkdir(taskDir);

  CHECK(created.isSome())
    << "Error creating task directory '" << taskDir
    << "': " << created.error();

  LOG(INFO) << "Writing task description for task "
            << task->task_id() << " to " << path;

  Try<bool> result = protobuf::write(path, *task);

  if (result.isError()) {
    LOG(FATAL) << "Failed to write task description to disk " << result.error();
  }
}

void writeSlaveID(const string& rootDir, const SlaveID& slaveId)
{
  const string& path = paths::getSlaveIDPath(rootDir);

  Try<Nothing> created = os::mkdir(os::dirname(path).get());

  CHECK(created.isSome())
    << "Error creating directory '" << os::dirname(path).get()
    << "': " << created.error();

  LOG(INFO) << "Writing slave id " << slaveId << " to " << path;

  Try<Nothing> result = os::write(path, stringify(slaveId));

  CHECK(result.isSome())
    << "Error writing slave id to disk " << strerror(errno);
}

SlaveID readSlaveID(const string& rootDir)
{
  const string& path = paths::getSlaveIDPath(rootDir);

  Result<string> result = os::read(path);

  SlaveID slaveId;

  if (!result.isSome()) {
    LOG(WARNING) << "Cannot read slave id from " << path << " because "
                 << result.isError() ? result.error() : "empty";
    return slaveId;
  }

  LOG(INFO) << "Read slave id " << result.get() << " from " << path;

  slaveId.set_value(result.get());
  return slaveId;
}

void writeFrameworkPID(const string& metaRootDir,
                       const SlaveID& slaveId,
                       const FrameworkID& frameworkId,
                       const string& pid)
{
  const string& path = paths::getFrameworkPIDPath(metaRootDir, slaveId,
                                                  frameworkId);

  Try<Nothing> created = os::mkdir(os::dirname(path).get());

  CHECK(created.isSome())
    << "Error creating directory '" << os::dirname(path).get()
    << "': " << created.error();

  LOG(INFO) << "Writing framework pid " << pid << " to " << path;

  Try<Nothing> result = os::write(path, pid);

  CHECK(result.isSome())
    << "Error writing framework pid to disk " << strerror(errno);
}

process::UPID readFrameworkPID(const string& metaRootDir,
                               const SlaveID& slaveId,
                               const FrameworkID& frameworkId)
{
  const string& path = paths::getFrameworkPIDPath(metaRootDir, slaveId,
                                                  frameworkId);

  Result<string> result = os::read(path);

  if (!result.isSome()) {
    LOG(WARNING) << "Cannot read framework pid from " << path << " because "
                 << result.isError() ? result.error() : "empty";
    return process::UPID();
  }

  LOG(INFO) << "Read framework pid " << result.get() << " from " << path;

  return process::UPID(result.get());
}

} // namespace state {
} // namespace slave {
} // namespace internal {
} // namespace mesos {

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Well not exactly - but you can however make a dashboard where you will not be able to see the difference.
-Cumbersome? Yes. Manual errors? Possible..
4) I can make slides in Tableau by tweaking the dashboard size, print them as PDF and merge them with the PowerPoint slides also printed as PDF-The great thing about this solution is that everybody can find my slides online also (and will always contain the most updated data!).
-The great thing about this solution is that everybody can find my slides online also (and will always contain the most updated data!).
When you print your dashboard (File->Print to PDF) make sure to pick "Unspecified" paper size and "Landscape"
The last thing to do is to make the dashboard follow your company standard. It can be done by trail and error and by using the dashboard coordinates for position and size, to make it exactly the same.


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Christopher Gilvan-Cartwright makes his paintings instinctively and looks for them to fizz as both luscious and decrepit, to feel epic and frail, beautiful and grotesque. His paintings explore rapturous, dark and hallucinogenic spaces yet reveal ambiguity. Aesthetically they need to be intense, sparkling and jewel-like. He works straight onto the canvas employing an automatic drawing technique, exploring intricate and gestural line through automatism. Once a fresh image is formed he'll build up the painting with layers of thin washes, glazes and passages of painterly excess.


text:
Women in politics 22 years after gender parity plebiscite
by Michele LeTourneau March 28, 2019
On May 26, 1997, two years in advance of the territory's official creation, future Nunavummiut voted in a non-binding plebiscite on whether or not the territory's legislative assembly should see equal representation of men and women.
The concept presented by the Nunavut Implementation Committee: voters casting ballots for one man and one woman in each constituency.
Fifty-seven per cent voted "no." Voter turnout was 40 per cent.
Minister of Family Services Elisapee Sheutiapik says the voting down of gender parity in the 1997 plebiscite is a lost opportunity.
photo courtesy of Michel Albert/Legislative Assembly
"It was so close. It could have gone either way," said veteran politician and Iqaluit-Sinaa MLA Elisapee Sheutiapik.
"I supported gender parity. I honestly believe that we'd be a bit more advanced in the social area. For example, I'm minister of Family Services. It's the one department that nobody seems to ever want.
"It's hard, but we need to have discussions about violence, about sexual abuse. If we don't we're never going to come up with potential solutions."
Sheutiapik says the social issues her department is responsible for are the issues no-one wants to talk about.
"Normally these (topics) are not of interest, but they certainly are of interest to women. That's why I say I think we would have been more advanced when it comes to our social challenges," she says.
Former territorial politician Manitok Thompson says the brain is between the eyes not between the legs.
photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Former territorial politician Manitok Thompson disagrees about the gender parity plebiscite.
"If the territory had voted yes, the women would be in because of their gender and not because they are equal to men who have been in politics for some years. After the vote of gender parity, (women) are elected because of their skills and education," she said.
"As I have said, 'The brain is between the eyes not between the legs.'"
Former health minister and Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak says the topic has been divisive among women in Nunavut, "with each opposing side having strong arguments for or against gender parity."
Former Health Minister and Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu MLA Pat Angnakak says having two representatives for each constituency would be very expensive.
"In thinking about my own election, I would like to believe and think that my constituents voted me in because they felt I was the candidate to do the job and not because of my gender."
Angnakak also notes having two representatives for each constituency would be very expensive. Sheutiapik considers the failure of the gender parity vote a "lost opportunity."
"Nunavut – it's 20 years, but it's still fairly young in a sense – just two generations ago we were nomadic. Here we are we have our own government already but I think – what a lost opportunity," she said.
"Having been in the legislature now for (almost) two years, when we're having sessions, we might as well be in Ottawa. What a lost opportunity to be different. We try to sell ourselves as a distinct culture, a different, unique territory … Why isn't our government like that?"
While the current legislative assembly has an all-time high of six women among 22 MLAs, both Sheutiapik and Angnakak note it's not always simple being a woman in a male-dominated assembly.
"Sometimes I say, 'Why do I have to yell to be heard?' I don't want to have to yell," said Sheutiapik.
Angnakak, meanwhile, recalls her experience with Premier Joe Savikataaq before he stripped her of ministerial duties.
"I felt and saw treatment towards me by the premier different than to my male colleagues as a cabinet minister," she said.
Encouraging women's particpation
Thompson says women in Nunavut are way ahead of men in the employment sector.
"Men are losing out. More men are also committing suicide," she said.
"We have had women MPs, a woman premier, women mayors and women MLAs to sit at the legislature. There are also a lot of women sitting in committees and boards in the communities, maybe more than men."
Lawyer and Iqaluit mayor Madeleine Redfern says there's no looking back, but asks, how can we support women to enter politics.
photo courtesy of City of Iqaluit
Lawyer and Iqaluit Mayor Madeleine Redfern, who is also president of the Nunavut Association of Municipalities, isn't looking back – but she says women remain underrepresented, whether it's at the municipal level, at the territorial level, with Inuit organizations and with community organizations.
"What's more important instead of speculating about what if, because it's long gone, is the need to have more women participate in politics. How do we support that," she asked.
Sheutiapik notes in the Northwest Territories, the government struck a special committee looking at how to increase representation of women in the legislative assembly.
"That's something I'm certainly going to be looking at, to bring the idea forward," said Sheutiapik.
When she was mayor of Iqaluit, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities had a toolkit, which led her to hold an event in Iqaluit.
"I tried to generalize it. Even if it's not for city council, get involved. Even if it's committee level. Get out there. Get experience. Eva Aariak attended, and that's when she ran and became the premier," said Sheutiapik. "There are benefits to those kinds of events. I'm certainly going to try and see if there's going to be support for a committee to try to increase women. It only makes sense for me to do it at this level, because I was involved at the municipal level."
Redfern said politics still remains a very male-dominated arena.
"Though, if we can see more women getting into politics it would be beneficial to attracting more women," said Redfern.
Women in power are a benefit
"I think that women have a lot of barriers put in front of them, but they can be overcome in time if we, as a society and the Government of Nunavut, would put special focus on areas that support women to succeed," said Angnakak.
"For example, creating adequate childcare services so women can participate in our economy, supporting more women with families to be able to go back to school, or provide work-friendly policies that will address the different needs of women who have children in the work place."
Redfern pointed to how women need to juggle multiple roles when it comes to family and work balance.
"Women are the primary caregivers in the home in addition to often trying to work and, in some cases, being the primary breadwinners."
Angnakak said it can be especially difficult in smaller communities for women to participate in politics, such as running against a family member, especially if that person is male,
"Or the difficulties in of some families within our communities where when their wife, daughter or female cousin becomes the spokesperson of the community under their MLA hats – this is not always supported by the family."
But, she says, women are just as capable as anyone else in regards to their abilities to work or govern.

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Make Europe One Again
by Gerald J. Russello 8 . 4 . 17
Messages from a Lost World: Europe on the Brink
by stefan zweig
pushkin press, 216 pages, $15.95
"No one should be denied the right to write his letter from the front as a European, to call himself a citizen of Europe and, in spite of borders, consider the world as a fraternal community." —Stefan Zweig, "European Thought in its Historical Development"
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was a refugee from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which he considered a living representation of Europe's spiritual unity. When the old order was destroyed in 1918, Zweig looked to a network of writers and intellectuals across the Continent to try to recover—or, better, to rediscover—how to make Europe one again. Zweig was wildly popular across Europe in the interwar years, so much so that the Nazis burned his books and prohibited him from publishing in Germany. Fleeing Europe, with brief stops in London and New York, Zweig died by his own hand in Brazil, exhausted from watching Europe's self-destruction. This new collection of Zweig's work, none of which has previously been translated into English, is the latest installment in a Pushkin Press initiative to return Zweig to prominence. The collection runs from 1914, on the eve of one war, to 1941, in the midst of a second one.
The central question of Messages from a Lost World is whether, and on what basis, Europe can be understood as a civilizational whole. Zweig must be understood in light of the ramshackle political construct of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the titular "lost world." Americans often find it difficult to understand the Empire—the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, which had been dissolved by Napoleon a century earlier—and its place in the European imagination. For Americans, the Great War is defined by Woodrow Wilson and the League of Nations. On this account, the Empire represented a social order that was hierarchical, religious, and supranational, a hotbed of retrograde or even illiberal views, whereas the ethnically based nations Wilson favored were harbingers of a progressive future of "self-determination."
But for many Europeans, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a real, if shaky, expression of the possibility of a united, liberal Europe. It was especially so in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, when under the seemingly endless reign of Emperor Franz Joseph, the Habsburgs seemed to be managing the various nationalist impulses surging underneath the peace of Vienna. This was not fully true, of course; prejudice and injustice existed within the Dual Monarchy as anywhere else, sometimes encouraged by the state. But the Habsburg imperium maintained its attraction. Freud, for example, famously said that he would not live anywhere else. Joseph Roth found the "Habsburg" identity worth defending, as he sets out in his novel, The Radetzky March, published in 1932, the same year as Zweig's essay.
Zweig held onto a dream of unity, even as political realties showed him the dream was an illusion. The Roman Empire and the Latin language were the initial bonds, followed by the millennia-long dominance of the Catholic Church. Yet first the Reformation, then the French Revolution, and finally the rise of nationalism shattered Europe's fragile bonds. Though some of his fellow intellectuals found solace in Communism, Zweig was never tempted. Philosopher John Gray, in his foreword, explains that Zweig was torn between loyalty to the "liberal Habsburg realm that he describes with such nostalgic fondness," and recognition that such a world was disintegrating under the pressures of nationalism and bigotry. Zweig was pessimistic about the future, but he was equally convinced that the European idea remained possible.
In his 1940 essay "The Vienna of Yesterday," Vienna is the true European imperial city, because it combines under a genial and benign tolerance many different peoples and creeds. Vienna "was the capital of a world empire. . . . It was in the Hofburg that the old dream of a united Europe was unceasingly being born; for it was a supranational empire . . . that the Habsburgs strove for, not Teutonism's world domination." Viennese culture is "the ideal breeding ground" for the new Europe, because it is a mix of all European elements. Zweig, who was Jewish, distinguished a Viennese patriotism from an exclusive "German" nationalism. Zweig had been an ardent supporter of the First World War, but was turned by it toward a kind of pacifism. By 1941, he was half-apologizing to American audiences for his use of German: "It is in this language that we have, throughout our lives, fought against the self-glorification of nationalism and . . . the force of nationalist criminality that is laying waste to our world."
So far, Zweig's analysis has a reactionary, wistful tone, which never quite left him. But in other writings, Zweig's liberal, romantic side competes with his traditional instincts. In a lecture on "the unification of Europe," Zweig proposes a series of conferences in various European capital cities as a way to combat the "sacro-egotism" of nationalism. The European ideal "is not a primary emotion like patriotism or ethnicity . . . but [is] the slow-ripened fruit of a more elevated way of thinking"—one that was not quite natural, in contrast to tribalism. This sounds like an idea made in Brussels, destined to be drowned under bureaucracy and crony capitalism. But Zweig kept trying. He thought at one point that music would be the unifying force. Great music formed a supranational community, like that of the Renaissance antiquity-lovers; music was the "true lifeblood of humanity," and musicians were "the great travelers . . . the messengers between peoples." Alternatively, Zweig proposed that technology could be the answer, given its ability to eliminate distance. If one can access every part of Europe instantaneously, how could one think of oneself as anything other than a European? But music and technology proved weak reeds to hold together what Christopher Dawson called a "society of peoples." Europe is not one entity except in the imagination; it needs a powerful imagination to create and sustain its unity. Technology separates as much as it joins, and no single cultural force has been able to substitute for empire, language, or faith.
Gray and translator Will Stone stress that Europe is facing dark days, due to revived nationalistic sentiment, and they hope that Zweig's intellectual pan-Europeanism will carry the day. Stone decries the rise of nationalism during the "progressive" decades of Brussels-led Europeanism. Rather than simply papering over those differences, the European Union may have exacerbated them, by denying any spiritual foundation to what it means to be a European. As Gray has written, liberalism's proclaimed ideals of tolerance and multiculturalism are at best harmless, at worst tools for corporate-progressive oppression. They have, in any event, not sufficed to unify people from Britain to Poland. The various peoples, no longer bound by memories of Roman law, Latin language, or Christian belief, take to the most basic forms of tribalism. Perhaps this is why a new generation of historians is taking a fresh look at the Habsburgs as a model for European governance: one different from, and arguably more successful than, Belgian secularism. The Austro-Hungarian Empire was, after all, an anomaly: A sprawling geographic entity, it grew more by marriage and happenstance than by warfare. A confessional state, for centuries it managed a multi-religious empire.
There is confusion about European ideals on the right as well. Daniel Hannan, a Brexit supporter, has suggested that Britain may have more in common with Singapore, given their common devotion to capitalism, than with socialist, post–Christian Europe. Such views, however, fail to appreciate Zweig's recognition that the basis for "Europe" transcends particular economic systems. Appreciation for the historical and cultural materials that are common from Poland to Britain is the first step in a new imagining of Europe. Zweig's Europe endured crises of a magnitude that the contemporary scene has not yet matched. So his hope for a "united states of Europe," as he called it, should be remembered along with his pessimism: "a genuine conviction does not need to be confirmed by reality to know it is just and true."
Gerald J. Russello is editor of The University Bookman.
More on: History, Public Life, Nationalism, Europe
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Delaware signs captives bill with improved dormancy rules
Captives provide flexibility in managing non-standardised cyber risk
Delaware issues 56 captive licenses in 2019
BPS shareholder joins Delaware Captive Insurance Association board
John Carney, the governor of Delaware, has signed into law a new captive insurance bill that enhances the flexibility of the state's offering to captive insurance companies.
Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 36 (SB1SB36) allows captives to be classified as registered series, offers clarity to provisions regarding insuring a parent company, and allows for a captive to enter dormancy after 12 consecutive months of inactivity. Captives were previously required to be inactive for a calendar year before they could enter dormancy. A captive that stopped writing business mid-year would therefore have to wait 18 months to file for dormancy, paying premium taxes and submitting statements throughout that time.
"Prior to this change, it may have been easier for captives to dissolve than elect dormancy and later return to the market," explained Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro.
Navarro said the legal change is the latest example of Delaware's efforts to streamline processes and maintain its position as one of the most attractive domiciles for captives.
SB1SB36 was sponsored by Senator Trey Paradee and Representative Bill Bush. It is the result of a multi-year effort, after legislation did not proceed during 2020's truncated session due to COVID-19.
The Department of Insurance developed its legislative proposals in consultation with stakeholder groups including the Delaware Captive Insurance Association (DCIA).
Joanne Shaver, president of the DCIA, said: "The DCIA believes these changes are beneficial to captive owners, especially with respect to Delaware's dormancy statute. The change to a continuous 12-month period allows a captive to enter dormancy status sooner than it would have been able to previously. This change will make it more favorable for captive owners to elect dormancy status over dissolution of the captive, especially when the owner isn't 100 percent sure they want to dissolve their captive immediately."
In 2020, captives contributed $2.9 million to Delaware's General Fund and $1 million to the City of Wilmington. The division licensed 70 new captives in 2020.
Delaware is the world's fifth largest captive domicile, and the third largest in the US, with 783 active captives and $5.4 billion in gross written premiums.
John Carney, Delaware, Trinidad Navarro, Delaware Captive Insurance Association, DCIA, Joanne Shaver


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Dorothea (Thea) Josefina  Setterström, född 6 februari 1898 i Stora Skedvi, Kopparbergs län, död 12 januari 1983 i Karlstad, var en svensk målare.

Hon var dotter till skomakaren Anders Johan Engvall och Wilhelmina Dalsten. Setterström studerade målning för Arne Kilsby och Sven Rapp 1951–1955. Hon debuterade i en utställning i Karlstad tillsammans med fem andra Karlstadskonstnärer 1955 och har medverkat i Värmlands konstförenings höstsalonger på Värmlands museum. Hennes konst består av landskapsskildringar samt stilleben med frukter. Setterström är begravd på Norslunds kyrkogård i Falun.

Källor
Svenskt konstnärslexikon del V sid 128, Allhems Förlag, Malmö.
 Setterström, Dorotea Josefina på SvenskaGravar.se

Svenska målare under 1900-talet
Personer från Stora Skedvi socken
Födda 1898
Avlidna 1983
Kvinnor

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April 2007 # 2
Jones, Race and Class Interests
In December 2005 a bunch of un-named and as yet unidentified people, orchestrated the closest thing we in Australia have come to in a full on race riot. The cowards that organised the riots in Cronulla had the full backing of our ruling classes. They found not only support but endorsement that we now find stretches all the way through the media to the top levels of government and Her Majesty's Opposition.
Last week Sydney radio personality, who could otherwise be called a "colourful Sydney identity", Alan Jones and his station, 2GB, were found by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to have "encouraged violence or brutality" and "broadcast a program which was likely to vilify people of Lebanese background and people of Middle Eastern background" and that the program "was not presented reasonably and in good faith". In other words, Alan Jones broke the law.
You might recall a young bloke called David Hicks. He has not been found guilty by any authority, court or legal jurisdiction. In fact when he pleaded guilty it was on the basis that no evidence need be presented to demonstrate that he was, in fact, guilty of anything. In short, he said 'I'm guilty of crimes I cannot tell you about and which will never be investigated. Therefore I am a bad person and should be locked up for a period of time'.
Our politicians said that David was a bad man long before he did. In fact they said he was "one of the worst of the worst". When they could not find any evidence to prove their claims, they wore him down to the point he felt his only way out was to agree to plead guilty and condemn himself.
You might also recall a bloke called Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali. Last year he referred to women, who like to show off their midriffs, as "meat" who might expose themselves to attack. He was condemned by our leaders who said he was an "embarrassment" and that he should "decide if he wants to be an Australian" or not. The Sheikh has been dealt with by his community but not before the rulers of the land tore him to shreds, many of whom, one would assume, had never actually listened to what he said. Nonetheless they said he should go.
However, when it comes to one of their own, our rulers stick together like poo to a nappy. Our so called Prime Minister, John Howard, came out and defended his mate Alan by saying his mate was an "outstanding broadcaster" He went further and said that Alan Jones was not "a person who encourages prejudice in the Australian community". John Howard is one of the best 'dog whistlers' in Australian politics. Wanting to ensure he got top points for supporting his mate, Howard went even further. He said Jones was "a person who articulates what a lot of people think".
Showing more and more that he is nothing short of Howard 'lite', Kevin Rudd, the man who wants to 'run' Australia, said that as far as he was concerned, "there's nothing I've read at this stage that would cause me not to go on [Alan Jones' show]". Rudd, leader of Her Majesty's Opposition, sees nothing wrong with consorting with someone who has been found guilty of racial vilification and inciting violence and brutality. Ah, these ruling class ideologues stick together don't they?
For Jones it was case of just being misunderstood. He went on air the day after the ruling came down and declared that not only were the ABC biased (watch out for a budget cut in May) but that anyone who claimed he was guilty was biased as well. After all, he declared, "anyone who knows me knows I've never encouraged violence or brutality in anything" and that he "regularly … urged people to allow the law to take its course". This is, of course after he called Lebanese "scum" and said it would be "worth the price of admission" to invite biker gangs down to Cronulla and watch them beat the Lebs up. He also said "that the only language the Middle Eastern youth understand is a good hiding … these Middle Eastern people must be treated with a big stick".
What I found interesting was that Jones' long time "rival" John Laws (and let's not forget both these men are poured from the same mould) said that "It's very easy to pander to prejudice. Many of the most dangerous people the world has ever known did that." Perhaps what Laws reveals is something we can quite often forget. That is, the ruling class may see eye to eye on many things but for just as many things they will scrape, fight and kill if necessary, to get their own way. Laws' comments remind us that the ruling class is riven by jealously, rivalry and spite. Jones hates Laws and Laws hates Jones but both of them are mouthpieces for the ruling class. While Howard is a populist (and Rudd's form indicates he is too) Laws and Jones are more than willing to promote his policies as long as their side of the ruling class is being enriched.
Perhaps the most interesting thing in all this is that no-one in the media – and I mean media workers here – has shown any sign of having a moral compass. No single journalist employed by any of the major networks, newspapers or radio stations, including the ABC, has written, said or shown any sign that they believe there are wrongs and rights in this matter. Rather, hiding behind the fallacy of "objectivism" they allow the rulers to get away with saying and doing whatever they like. This is not journalism it is, as David Barsamian wrote, being nothing more than "stenographers of the powerful."
Hicks was never found guilty because no evidence was ever or will ever, be presented. He had to fall on his sword. Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali said a few things that were right off the scale of good taste and his community has dealt with him. Jones encourages violence and brutality while vilifying Lebanese and our leaders line up to kiss his arse. Something is wrong here folks. Very wrong.
Waleed Ali wrote in The Age that Jones and Howard need people like Hicks and the Sheikh so that they can retain their crowns as cultural warriors. Jones says, he represents the people on "struggle street" yet he has never been there. Howard, who says he is the "battler's friend", has never had to endure the privations he now forces on others in response to the demands of his bosses in the high street. Laws was right, the most dangerous people in Australia are those who not only vent their prejudice but also control the repressive state apparatus. Jones, Howard and the mainstream media are all part of that apparatus.
The sad thing in all this is that the current state of affairs has been allowed to sneak up on us. We have, like the frog in the water, allowed the temperature to be turned up and so we are now beginning to boil to death. To boil in a pot of racism, hate and vigilantism.
George Orwell wrote in 1984, "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past". Our present may be what it is but our future will be decided on the basis of what we decide to do now.
I predict that Jones will get nothing more than a slap on the wrist from ACMA. How we respond to the lack of will from the ruling class to throw Jones out will be the legacy we leave those who come after us. The question is, do we really want to control the present? Or are we happy to allow the current ruling class and our mainstream media, to continue to get away with what they currently do?


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La première participation de la France aux Deaflympics fut lors de sa 1ère organisation des Deaflympics en 1924 à Paris. Depuis, la France a participé à toutes les éditions des Deaflympics d'été, et à toutes les  éditions d'hiver depuis les Deaflympics d'hiver de 1955 sauf pour Deaflympics d'hiver de 1963.

Histoire

À une époque où la société considérait les personnes sourdes comme intellectuellement inférieures, Eugène Rubens-Alcais , le Pierre Coubertin sourd, a pensé qu'un événement sportif international était la meilleure réponse face à cette discrimination. C'est ainsi qu'eurent lieu, à Paris en août 1924, les « Jeux Silencieux Internationaux », où étaient réunis 148 athlètes venant de 9 nations (Belgique, France, Royaume-Uni, Hongrie, Italie, Lettonie, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Roumanie) dans 7 disciplines (athétisme, cyclisme sur route, football, natation plongée, tennis et tir). Une seule femme, la nageuse hollandaise Hendrika Nicolini Van Der Heyden y participe et décroche une médaille d'or. Ces Jeux, rebaptisés Deaflympics, seront désormais reconduits tous les quatre ans.

À l'issue de ces journées historiques est créé le Comité International des Sports Silencieux (CISS), co-fondé en août 1924 par le français Eugène Rubens-Alcais et le belge Antoine Dresse , appelé aujourd'hui Comité international des sports des Sourds (CISS), Eugène Rubens-Alcaïs en est le premier président jusqu'en 1953, tandis qu'Antoine Dresse fut le premier secrétaire-trésorier jusqu'en 1967

Autorité de tutelle
1918 : Gaston Vialatte créé en 1918 la Fédération Sportive des Sourds-Muets de France (FSSMF) dont Eugène Ruben-Alcais est secrétaire général qui coordonne la rédaction successive des statuts, prêts en 1919.

1956 : Création de la Fédération sportive des sourds de France (FSSF) qui succède à la Fédération Sportive des Sourds Muets de France (FSSMF).

2005 : Étude du projet d'intégration de la Fédération Sportive des Sourds de France (FSSF) à la Fédération française handisport (FFH), à la demande du ministère des Sports.

2006 : Premières négociations entreprises entre la FFH et la Fédération Sportive des Sourds de France (FSSF)

2007 : Une assemblée générale extraordinaire prend acte de la volonté de la Fédération Sportive des Sourds de France (FSSF), par la voix d'Isabelle Malaurie, sa présidente, de rejoindre la FFH.

2008 : À l'assemblée générale de la FFH du 26 avril, l'annonce est faite que la Fédération Sportive des Sourds de France (FSSF) a voté sa dissolution par 111 voix pour, 20 voix contre et 6 bulletins blancs au cours de son assemblée générale, qui se tient au même moment. Cette dissolution était nécessaire pour permettre l'intégration de la FSSF à la FFH.

2009 : Un compromis est trouvé avec Craig Crowley, président de l'International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD), concernant la représentativité dans les statuts internationaux de la FFH du fait que son président ne soit pas sourd.

2011 : Au congrès annuel du Comité international des sports des Sourds (47 nations) à Rome, les membres de l'ICSD ont voté (38 votes favorables) pour la réintégration de la France comme membre à part entière de l'organisation.

Première année de fonctionnement du Comité de coordination des sportifs Sourds de France (CCSSF) :
– les athlètes sourds sont revenus dans les compétitions internationales après l'annulation par l'ICSD de la suspension de la non-représentativité internationale de la FFH ;
– les compétitions interscolaires, absentes depuis 10 ans, sont reprises au profit des élèves sourds.

Bilan général

Après les Deaflympics d'été de 2017, la France totalise 311 médailles (87 médailles d'or, 121 médailles d'argent et 103 médailles de bronze) en 37 participations aux Deaflympics (23 fois aux jeux d'été et 14 fois aux jeux d'hiver).

Résultats par année
La France a remporté le plus grand nombre de médailles en tant que pays organisateur des Deaflympics (48 médailles dont 22 médailles d'or en 1924).

En ce qui concerne les Deaflympics d'hiver, le record de médailles françaises obtenues est 7 médailles à deux reprises: Deaflympics d'hiver de 1979 et Deaflympics d'hiver de 1983.

Toutefois, au regard du nombre de médailles attribuées de plus en plus important au fil des olympiades, la référence française reste toujours à ce jour les Deaflympics d'été de 1924 avec une première place par nombre de médailles.

Total Deaflympics

Résultats par sport

Deaflympics d'été

Deaflympics d'hiver

Athlètes français

Records

Sportifs les plus médaillés

 Avec 18 médailles, Paul Reinmund (athétisme) est le sportif le plus médaillé aux Deaflympics.

 Avec 7 médailles, la skieuse Brigitte Pelletier est la sportive française la plus médaillée aux Deaflympics d'hiver.

Sportif médaillé le plus jeune
 Paul Boussin (Cyclisme) 13 ans

Sportif médaillé le plus vieux
 Yves Dufay (Tir) 53 ans

Podium avec 3 médailles françaises
 Albert Braun , Paul Reinmund  et Gaston Dupuy  (Athétisme 100m, 1924)
 Emile Van Den Torren , Georges Foubert  et Noel Daouedal  (Athétisme 1500m, 1924)
 Paul Reinmund , Albert Braun  et Gaston Dupuy  (Athétisme 200m, 1924)
 Maurice Riedinger , Pierre Gerin  et Georges Foubert  (Athlétisme 800m, 1924)
 Charles Boisselot , Pierre Rincheval  et André Petry  (Tennis, 1931)

Podium avec 2 médailles françaises
 Emile Van Den Torren  et Eugène Aupin  (Athétisme 10 000m, 1924)
 Yves Ruelland  et Raymond Code  (Athétisme 110m haies, 1924)
 Michel Riedinger  et Pierre Gerin  (Athétisme 400m, 1924)
 Yves Ruelland  et Raymond Code  (Athétisme 400m haies, 1924)
 Emile Van Den Torren  et Eugène Aupin  (Athlétisme 5000m, 1924)
 Yves Ruelland  et Corentin Adam  (Athétisme, lancer du disque, 1924
 Yves Ruelland  et Etienne Saint-Genis  (Athétisme, saut en hauteur, 1924)
 Yves Ruelland  et Paul Reinmund  (Athlétisme, saut en longueur, 1924)
 Paul Lambert  et Jules Gottra  (Cyclisme 1000m sprint, 1924)
 Paul Boussin  et Theodore Saliou  (Cyclisme individuelle, 1924)
 Theodore Saliou  et Paul Lambert  (Cyclisme individuelle chronometrée, 1924)
 René Bapt  et Fernand Chante  (Tir 200m, 1924)
 Pierre Rincheval/Charles Boisselot  et Raymond Code/Antoine Dresse  (Tennis double, 1924)
 Pierre Rincheval  et Raymond Code  (Tennis, 1924)
 Maurice Redinger  et René Bouscarat  (Athlétisme 800m, 1928)
 Paul Reinmund  et Léon Pertsowsky  (Athlétisme, saut en longueur, 1928)
 David Caillou  et A. Marly  (Cyclisme 1000m, 1928)
 David Caillou  et A. Marly  (Cyclisme 50km, 1928)
 Pierre Rincheval  et Charles Boisselot  (Tennis, 1928)
 Michel Crouan/Pierre Rincheval  et Louis Dresde/Charles Boisselot  (Tennis double, 1928)
 Pierre Rincheval/André Petry  et Michel Phillipe/Charles Boisselot  (Tennis doublie, 1931)
 Charles Boisselot/Hélène Haart  et Michel Phillipe/Simone Kahn  (Tennis mixte, 1931)
 Marcel Alie  et Raymond Malatre  (Athlétisme, 400m haies, 1935)
 Pierre Rincheval/André Petry  et Michel Crouan/Charles Boisselot  (Tennis double, 1935)
 Michel Crouan  et André Petry  (Tennis, 1939)
 Pierre Galloy  et Marcel Alie  (Athlétisme, 110m haies, 1949)
 Paul Hebert/Nancy Paix  et André Petry/Eliane Boisselot (Tennis mixte, 1949)
 André Petry/Robert Cirouge  et Jean Picart/André Dou  (Tennis double, 1953)
 Robert Cirouge  et Alfred Puaux  (Tennis, 1953)
 Daniel Guedon  et Henri Delie  (Gymnastique, 1957)
 Brigitte Pelletier  et Mireille Pelletier  (Ski alpin, giant slalom, 1975)
 Mireille Pelletier  et Brigitte Pelletier  (Ski alpin, descente, 1979)
 Mireille Pelletier  et Brigitte Pelletier  (Ski alpin, giant slalom, 1979)
 Véronique Paiani  et Caroline Barbuzynski  (Ski alpin, descente, 1983)
 Brigitte Pelletier  et Caroline Barbuzynski  (Ski alpin, giant slalom, 1983)
 Caroline Barbuzynski  et Brigitte Pelletier  (Ski alpin, Super-G, 1983)
 David Cloux  et Bernard Barugola  (Cyclisme, 2005)
 Thomas Luxcey  et David Pelletier  (Ski alpin, slalom, 2015)

Médailles sur deux générations
 Armand Pelletier  père de Brigitte Pelletier , Caroline Barbuzynski  et Mireille Pelletier

Fratries médaillées
 Brigitte Pelletier  , Caroline Barbuzynski  et Mireille Pelletier
 Eric Pelletier  et Adrien Pelletier
 Didier Guesnon  et Olivier Guesnon

Sportifs les plus titrés

8 médailles d'or
 Paul Reinmund (Athlétisme)

6 médailles d'or
 Maurice Riedinger (Athlétisme)
 Yves Ruelland (Athlétisme)

4 médailles d'or
 Pierre Rincheval (Tennis)
 Mikael Laurent (Tennis)

3 médailles d'or
 Albert Braun (Athlétisme)
 Léon Pertoswsky (Athlétisme)
 Emile Van Den Torren (Athlétisme)
 Emile Talmone (Natation)

2 médailles d'or
 Robert Bouscarat (Athlétisme)
 Marcel Alie (Athlétisme)
 Roger Cantrelle (Athlétisme)
 Taleb Tounsi (Athlétisme)
 René Dupré (Athlétisme)
 Gaston Dupuy (Athlétisme)
 Jozef Barburzynski (Athlétisme)
 David Caillou (Cyclisme)
 Jacqui Metzger (Natation)
 Catherine Storme (Tennis)
 Vincent Novelli (Tennis)
 Patrick Pignard (Ski)
 Arnaud Repellin (Ski)
 Steeve Touboul (Cyclisme)
 Losange Pamera (Athlétisme)

Famille ayant participé aux Deaflympics

Participations sur trois générations
 Armand Pelletier  (Athlétisme), père de Pierre Pelletier (Ski alpin) et grand-père de David Pelletier  (Ski alpin), Nicolas Pelletier (Football), Delphine Pelletier (Ski alpin/Badminton) et Mélanie Pelletier (Ski alpin)

Participations sur deux générations
 Evelyne Badiou (Athlétisme), mère de Franck Scherding (Athlétisme)
 Michel Herlin (Bowling), père de Caroline Herlin  (Bowling)

Fraties
 Pierre Pelletier (Ski alpin), Brigitte Pelletier (Ski alpin)  , Caroline Barbuzynski (Ski alpin)  et Mireille Pelletier (Ski alpin)
 David Pelletier  (Ski alpin), Nicolas Pelletier (Football), Delphine Pelletier (Ski alpin/Badminton) et Mélanie Pelletier (Ski alpin)
 Jean-Michel Bouveret (Ski de fond) et Pascal Bouveret (Ski de fond)
 Nicolas Jacob (Football) et Michael Jacob (Football)
 Issa Koita (Football) et Boubacar Koita (Football)
 Rafaelli Kuzehgaran (Football) et Giovanni Kuzehgaran (Football)
 Julien Manceaux (Football) et Aurélien Manceaux (Football)
 Nourredine Ouarab (Football) et Yacine Ouarab (Football)

Epoux
 David Pelletier  (Ski alpin) et Jane Leroy (Ski Alpin)

Classement par sport

Ski alpin :
 Patrick Pignard
 Arnaud Repellin
 Brigitte Pelletier
 Caroline Barbuzynski
 Mireille Pelletier
 David Pelletier
 Véronique Paiani
 Nicolas Sarremejane
 Thomas Luxcey

Porte-drapeau français

Historique
La personne ayant le plus porté le drapeau pour l'ouverture des Deaflympics est le skieur David Pelletier

Aux Deaflympics d'été de 2017, c'était Steeve Touboul (cyclisme) qui avait conduit la délégation française en tant que porte-drapeau.

Liste des porte-drapeau conduisant la délégation française lors des cérémonies d'ouverture des Deaflympics d'été et d'hiver

 Caxias Do Sul 2022 || Vincent Novelli || Tennis

Deaflympics en France
La France fut l'hôte des Deaflympics à deux reprises :

Personnalités sportives
 Fernand Chante
 Cyril Jonard
 Marie-Paule Miller
 Adrien Pelletier
 Armand Pelletier
David Cloux
Steeve Touboul

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Liens externes
 Historique de Deaflympics d'été
 Historique de Deaflympics d'hiver

Délégation aux Deaflympics
Deaflympics


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Remembering Laurent Fignon 1960-2010
The French cycling legend died of cancer on August 31.
by james startt Published: Sep 1, 2010
"Want to go see the Tour de France?" my roommate asked me in the summer of 1983 while I was studying French in Paris. And so my initiation to bicycle racing was crystallized as we woke up early the following morning to see the Tour de France arrive that year for its final promenade in Paris.
Arriving more than six hours before the racers, I was interviewed by a Dutch television team, obviously bemused by a couple of crazy Americans camping out to see the Tour. "Who is going to win?" the commentator asked me. With some hesitation and a little help from my friend I answered tentatively, "Fignon? Laurent Fignon?"
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Laurent Fignon, who died on Tuesday of lung and intestinal cancer at the age of 50, was my first cycling hero. Today, as images of Fignon grace the covers of the French newspapers, a country mourns his death. "The death of a fighter," announced the headline of Le Parisien. "Fignon, The Last Stage," said Liberation.
I knew little about bicycle racing that year, but was attracted to its romantic mystique. I have only two memories of the Tour de France from that summer. The first was a close-up of a cyclist's muscle-bound leg, clad with black Adidas cleats laboring up a mountain. The other image was of Laurent Fignon, the elegant cyclist with those French intellectual glasses and flowing blond hair that rode effortlessly with the yellow jersey on his shoulders.
Little did I know that Fignon's first Tour de France victory came largely as a surprise. For a novice like myself, he was already the sport's emblem.
Two years later, when I decided to become a bike racer myself, there was no question. I had to have blue Gitane bike like Fignon's. And who needed Campagnolo when you could have those cool black Modolo brakes? As an amateur racer in France later on, I rode for one of Fignon's Team Castorama amateur farm clubs with a team-issue Raleigh bike. But it was at this time I also understood that I would never race with Fignon or any other professionals of his generation. I simply was not built from the same stock.
Instead I became a journalist, and interviewed Fignon for the first time during the 1993 Tour, his last. He was distant, unsentimental and I was struck by his candor. "Ah j'aime bien Greg"—"I like Greg"— he said of his arch-rival Greg LeMond who beat him by eight seconds at the 1989 Tour de France, a defeat that he admitted he never overcame. He was less kind when speaking of Irish rival Stephan Roche. "He always comes across as nice with his smile and his accent but with Stephen you never really know."
But that was Fignon, unapologetically French. "Fignon detests hypocrisy of any kind," my friend Jean-Emmanuel Ducoin told me over one of the many Tour de France dinners we share each year. Ducoin, chief editor of L'Humanite, a communist French daily, also co-wrote Fignon's autobiography Laurent Fignon: When We Were Young and Carefree. Like many here in France, he considers Fignon to be a unique champion.
Fignon stands out in the landscape of French bicycle racing because, unlike the generations that followed him, Fignon was a winner. His two back-to-back victories in the Tour were followed only by rival Bernard Hinault's final fifth victory in 1985. And Fignon's retirement in 1993 marked the beginning of a long steady decline in French cycling.
While Fignon was a respected champion, his rapport with cycling fans sometimes suffered as a result of his bluntness. The same characteristics made him a popular television cycling commentator. His tactical sense was always insightful and his criticism spot on.
Ironically, he was infinitely more popular in defeat. He was never more popular than after his 1989 loss to LeMond.
Fignon always fostered a close with another American, Lance Armstrong. He invited Armstrong to dinner in 1996 when the American was in the midst of his own combat with cancer. Upon hearing the news of Fignon's death, he responded instantly via his Twitter account: "Just woke to the news that Laurent Fignon has passed on. He was a dear friend and a legendary cyclist. We will miss you, Laurent. RIP LF!!"
Fignon truly won the hearts of his countrymen in his fight against lung and intestinal cancer over the past year and a half and of his ability to speak openly of his disease and of death without sentiment or shame. Despite the advanced stages of his cancer, he continued to commentate for France Television on a daily basis during this year's Tour.
I last spoke with Fignon in the pressroom after the stage to Morzine-Avoriaz during the 2010 Tour. In a voice that made Tom Waits sound like an angel, Fignon lambasted Andy Schleck for being too passive. He was clearly having fun.
After hearing of Fignon's death I called a good friend, Laurent Loulier, who served as Fignon's massage therapist on the System U and Castorama teams, and remained close to Fignon until his death. "What impressed me most was his courage," Loulier said. "As a champion he never complained. And in his cancer he never complained. He had to concentrate just to breathe. But he didn't complain. Laurent was atypical."


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