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Q: How to change the status bar background color in SwiftUI? I have a ZStack which has Color.orange set on it:
struct HomeView: View {
    init() {
        UITabBar.appearance().barTintColor = UIColor.orange
    }
    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            Color.orange
            TabView {
                Settings()
                .tabItem {
                    Image(systemName: "gear")
                    Text("Settings")
                }
                MapKitView()
                .tabItem {
                    Image(systemName: "location.circle.fill")
                    Text("Home")
                }
                ProfileView()
                .tabItem {
                    Image(systemName: "person")
                    Text("Profile")
                }
            }
            .font(.headline)
        }
    }
}

and in this ZStack I have a TabView with child views that all have orange ZStacks. However these child views, including Settings() and MapKitView() shown below, do not have an orange status bar.
Settings()
struct Settings: View {

    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            Color.orange
            VStack {
                NavigationView {
                       ...
                    }
            }
        }
    }
}

MapKitView()
struct MapKitView: UIViewRepresentable {
    func makeUIView(context: Context) -> MKMapView {
        let mapView = MKMapView()
        return mapView
    }
    func updateUIView(_ uiView: MKMapView, context: UIViewRepresentableContext<MapKitView>) {

    }
}

How can I make the status bar orange across all my views?

A: ZStack {
...
}
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.vertical) // or .top

A: If, for example, you wanted to draw a nice blur under the status bar.
YourView()
    .overlay(alignment: .top, content: {
        Color.clear // Or any view or color
    .background(.regularMaterial) // I put clear here because I prefer to put a blur in this case. This modifier and the material it contains are optional.
    .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.top)
    .frame(height: 0) // This will constrain the overlay to only go above the top safe area and not under.
})

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An underappreciated and poorly understood risk within oil markets, and hard commodities in general, is the broad range of geopolitical risks to supply. Recent events in Libya, Yemen, and now Kazakhstan, have demonstrated just how quickly this risk can materialize and impact supply and price. With the instability in Kazakhstan, a large oil producer, tied to rising fuel prices, it also alerts to the far-reaching implications that rapidly rising global fuel, natural gas, and power prices may have in other nations facing internal economic and political challenges.
Perhaps the biggest new development this week was the uprising that started in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is not a country of major focus in the west, but it represents a sizeable chunk of oil production, most recently producing around 1.6 million bpd. Just prior to the pandemic peak output was just under 2 million bpd.
Kazakhstan Becomes an Issue
The uprising began as protests on Sunday in the oil-rich region of Mangystau. It was in response to the elimination of fuel subsidies by the federal government. These protests quickly escalated into a larger move against the single-party rule that has controlled the country since it broke away from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. The actions evolved to a point where weapons were seized from state security forces, protesters stormed the presidential palace, as well as attempted to burn large administrative buildings in the biggest Kazakh city of Almaty.
In response to the intensity of the upheaval, the plan to eliminate fuel subsidies was scrapped. This was followed by the mass resignation of the President's cabinet and security council, although President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev himself clung to power. These moves did little to slow the escalation as now well-armed protestors dug in and clashed with Kazakh soldiers and police officers. Almaty has been turned into a war zone in less than 72 hours. Kazakhstan's president has also called for Russian aid, meaning Russian special forces have been deployed to this trouble spot. As of press time, the escalation of violence continues.
There are reports of disruptions on trains hauling crude through Kazakhstan, although it is unclear about the size of any oil supply impact to date. The loss of a material part of Kazakhstan's 1.6 million bpd of crude output would further tighten already stretched global oil markets, especially with Libyan exports now falling as well (see below).
Kazakhstan is also the world largest producer of uranium by a wide margin, producing more than 40% of the world supply. Russia's entry into this Kazakh situation comes at an interesting time with Moscow still threatening to invade Ukraine. Russia's intervention in Kazakhstan is in line with its aim of having greater influence in the region and of course more leverage with the EU and NATO.
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Libya scheduled an election for December 24th. It would have been the first election since the civil wars began in 2011 and was an effort to unify the fractured nation. Not surprisingly, internal bickering among factions led to the indefinite postponement of the election. This has fostered doubt about the viability a Libyan political solution and ability to solve the division in the country. Since the failed election, nearly half of Libya's 1.2 million bpd of oil production has gone offline.
The initial Libyan supply losses were caused by arm groups blocking production flowing from four major oil fields, including the nation's largest El Sharara, to coastal export terminals. The second tranche of supply loss was caused by "emergency maintenance" to pipelines. Initial reports suggest the maintenance will be completed soon, but after years of war and neglect of critical oil infrastructure that is uncertain. Likewise, with no means in place to control the competing armed factions, repairs can be quickly undone.
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The ongoing Saudi/Iranian proxy war in Yemen appears to be dialing back up as well. There has been an increase in missile attacks from Iranian back Houthi rebels into Saudi territory. The Houthis have increasingly been targeting Saudi oil infrastructure using missiles/drones with increased range. In September 2019 Houthis were able to hit and take out the massive oil processing plant at Abqaiq, causing a brief disruption in Saudi Arabia's production.
Another reason to monitor the Yemeni conflict closely is the potential impact on global shipping. The Bab El Mandeb Strait is a narrow channel of water between Southern Yemen, Eritrea, and Djibouti. This crossing links the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden, and the Red Sea. It is the fourth busiest crude oil shipping chokepoint with about 6.2 million bpd flowing daily. The proxy war in Yemen is in large part about controlling this chokepoint on behalf of Iran. This is similar to the influence Iran strives to hold over the narrow Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf. The strategic importance to oil, and the Gulf States, of this shipping route cannot be overstated.
The world is increasingly chaotic and difficult to predict. Increased geopolitical risks and associated supply risks, now must be considered on top of the BTU shortages in Europe, low global inventories of fuels amid growing signs that OPEC is struggling to produce at its targets while the pace of global demand recovery well exceeds expectations.
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August 2018 Letter from Serbian Patriarch Irinej to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Patriarch Irinej of Serbia
The Greek original of this letter may be found here. While Patriarch Irenej perhaps overstates his case with regard to the history and development of Ukrainian and Belorussian nationhood and languages in the first part of the letter, the canonical arguments he makes in the second half of the letter merit careful attention.
Holy Synod
of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Prot. No. 1163
Belgrade, August 13, 2018
To His All-Holiness
Archbishop of Constantinople
New Rome and
Ecumenical Patriarch
Kyrios Kyrios Bartholomew
In Constantinople
Subject: the position of the Serbian Orthodox Church regarding the methodology of overcoming of schisms in Ukraine and elsewhere.
Your All-Holiness,
During the annual meeting of the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy of our Church, which took place from April 29 to May 10 of the present year, discussed in the synod, among other matters, was the problem of schisms in the Orthodox East, namely, in Ukraine, in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and elsewhere, as well as the problem of the "sect" in Montenegro, which is led by a certain Miraš Dedeić, a former clergyman of Your Most Holy Church, who was defrocked by Your decision.
From the brotherly discussion in the Synod, it became apparent that the heresy of ethnophyletism constitutes one of the principal malaises of contemporary Orthodoxy. In this connection, it is very important that the Holy and Great Synod that took place in Crete, among its other decrees, validated the ecumenical significance of the Council in Constantinople (1872), which branded the ethnophylite heresy as also a "snake venom" dissolving the body of the Church.
Firstly, this took place in the Soviet Union through the creation of "reforms" and the "Living Church", as well as through the attempt to replace the canonical Church having the holy patriarch Tikhon at its head, with the "Renovated Church" or the "Living Church," which was the only legitimate one from the perspective of the Soviet authorities, but moreover was reformed, but rather had been deformed, according to the standards of liberal Protestantism. Within the territories of the Kievan Rus, Ukraine was established at the same time as one of the federated states of the Soviet Union, a "Ukrainian nation" was especially proclaimed, and the linguistic peculiarities of the Western regions of Russia at that time were combined into one whole and this linguistic amalgamation received the official status of a special Ukrainian language. Ukraine was not an exception: in the same manner also, Belarus was "elevated" to be a constituent part of the federation, again with a particular "national identity" and language. Indeed, also furthermore, the former "Russian Turkestan" was divided, according to national divisions, into Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and other "-stan's." The Ukrainian separatist mindset has, nevertheless, even deeper historical roots, paramount of which is the Unia of Brest-Litovsk at the end of the 16th century, which was spread by force during later years. In the soil of this separatist path, the flowers of evil blossomed under the form of Ukrainian Nazism ("banderovtsi") and of the holocaust of the Jewish community (Babi Yar and other places of death).
Alongside the separatist tendency, ecclesiastical ethnophylitism and the ecclesiastical separatist movement are at the same time emphasized, of which the "Church of the Self-Ordained" (αὐτοχειροτονούμενοι) constitutes the pathological apex, which was wholeheartedly supported by the Nazis of Ukraine. We certainly do not refer to all these things for proof of our historical knowledge or, much less, to insinuate imperfect historical knowledge among certain others, but for a reliable highlighting of the background for the spiritual origins both of the ecclesiastical schisms as well as the fratricidal conflicts in contemporary Ukraine. The very name of the state and nation, and then even of the Church, makes this evident. As matter of fact, "Ukraine" means frontier or border region, a part of a greater whole, namely, a part of the Kievan Rus, which before 1030, Prince Vladimir, equal-to-the-apostles, baptized. Other border regions were also entitled "Ukraines".
A similar thing also took place in the Southern Slavic lands. Communist Yugoslavia was organized in a manner consistent with the Soviet model and example: the state was converted into a federation, subdivided into a supposed "republic" (in 1974, it was indeed transformed into a confederation, i.e., it was broken up into coexisting states, and finally, in 1991, was divided, both externally and internally, into "separately existing" states and provinces). Concurrently, newly-minted nationalities ("Montenegrins," "Macedonians" namely the nascent "Northern Macedonians," "Muslims" who were renamed into "Bosnians") and newly-created languages (Montenegrin, Macedonian, Bosnian) were proclaimed. The process of further development of "nations" and "languages" was interrupted because of the intervening death of the state. As formerly in the Soviet Union, this development was accompanied by the creation of new churches, to speak more accurately, of schisms, which served the Communist party and its ideology.
Among other things, Tito's regime thus declared the southern ecclesiastical provinces, which were assigned by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the Tomos of 1922 to the Patriarchate of Serbia, to be a "Macedonian Orthodox Church." It is unique in the history of the Church, that a communist party is also the founder [of a Church], as is also stated in the relevant decree, published in the meantime. A much worse and more serious case is tat of the so-called Church of Montenegro. While three canonically-ordained bishops of the Church of Serbia created the schism of Skopje, our Church up to the present time did not defrock either them or their successors, having the principle of economy, awaiting eagerly their repentance and not making their desirable reintegration difficult in the future. In contrast to them, worth no regard, in this connection a non-governmental organization in the form of a church, the self-labeled Montenegrin Church was founded by a defrocked clergyman of the Patriarchate of Constantinople and registered in a public police station. Accordingly, at no point of his confused life, did this shifty and tragic person serve as an Orthodox bishop. False clergymen make up his "clergy," either defrocked clergy or ones he himself had "ordained," and belonging to his "faithful" are political leaders and "sympathizers," that for the most part are unbaptized, some even atheists, including some "Muslims," in all likelihood [including] such Muslims, because also the "Church" is supported by them.
The Eastern Roman Empire was a model state, and constituted the spiritual and vital land of many ancient Christian Churches and the protector of Christian morality and civilization, which those who found themselves outside of the boundaries of the Empire also adopted. This Orthodox Christian Empire endowed the Church and the world, with among other things, the New Rome, as well as the bishop of the New Rome, whose authority and influence in the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire was equal to the authority and influence of the bishop of the Old Rome in the West and whose Church even today enjoys the position and the rank of the Church of the first throne among the local Orthodox Churches. Furthermore, from even after the fall of the Roman Empire (1453) until the assassination of the tsar and his family in Russia (1918), the "Byzantine commonwealth" preserved the idea of the Christian state and cultivated the tradition of "symphony" of Church and State. In other words, from the years of the holy emperor Constantine the Great until the years of the holy martyred tsar, Nicholas Romanoff, the state, state authority and the people serve ideally and inherently, though in practice as far as possible the Christian faith and Church. From that time onward, the newly-created secularized states and nations attempt with much effort to use the Church to serve their ideology and authority, as a rule non-Christian, but often being directly contrary to the Gospel.
Therefore, the Church generally and the first throne, the Great Church of Christ, specifically finds herself, after the end of the "Constantinian age" in the history of the Church, in an altogether new position, in a fundamentally changed world and with a new, singular responsibility. To speak in an open manner and sincerely, it is not appropriate that she permit for herself the practice of those things that she did not even practice during the height of her fame and might, namely, during the "golden age" of Romiosini. However, it is likewise not appropriate for the other sister Churches to permit for themselves an ungrateful or, God forbid, unseemly and unprincipled attitude against the Church of the first throne, but also even a Mother Church for the newer among them. The present "golden rule" particularly applies to the subject of the conferment of autocephaly to any Church. The unhealthy ethnophylitism and the secular state-centric mindset of our days lays the foundations for their claims on the relationship of the Orthodox Church to baptized peoples and to the, so far as it is historically possible, Christianized societies; nevertheless, they achieve one thing only threatening the catholic and ecumenical character of the Church of God, in this way perhaps also her primal mission to all nations.
The states, nations and "nations," in which autocephaly is sought, but in practice state-sponsored "political schisms" take effect, which also openly excuse their pernicious activity for the invocation of the state and national agenda, are creations of the Communists, which today for the most part have atheists as leaders, such as the unbaptized and atheist head of Montenegro or the "all-comprehensive believer" such as the president of Ukraine, who is seen in the canonical Church, among the schismatics, and among the Uniates. They do not seek an autocephalous Church because, allegedly, they are its faithful members, but they use it as suitable, but rather unsuitably , for the purpose of strengthening their worldly and essentially atheistic ideology, power and vulgar interests. In the last analysis, it is a question of an abuse of the Church and of the Faith.
Can it be that the condescension of the Church is permitted for such an abuse? For she who is intended to transfigure and save the fallen world, is it permitted for her to conform to and please it? We address these questions especially to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, to our Mother Church, which is called, in the capacity of first throne of the Church, so that, cathartically and sacrificially, she might serve for the unity of the Church. Under no circumstances, influences or pressures whatsoever is it permitted for her to proceed to any hasty action capable of affecting harm to pan-orthodox unity, but especially also of protracting the life of schisms, which, otherwise, it is desired that she might remedy and overcome.
This general principle quite especially applies concerning the now tragic schisms, namely, concerning such ones in Ukraine. A one-sided act of exonerating and restoring schismatics to the rank of bishops, but quite especially of the archschismatic, of Filaret Denysenko the "patriarch" of Kiev, and of restoration of liturgical and canonical communion with the schismatic communities, without their repentance and return to unity with the Russian Orthodox Church from which they broke away, against the will of the Patriarchate of Moscow and without coordinating with it, would be, according to our belief, very unsafe or even catastrophic, but even potentially fatal for the unity of holy Orthodoxy. Such an act would signify at the same time an unbrotherly attitude towards the martyred Church in the Russian lands, when this by no means is expected from the martyred Great Church of Christ. The intervention of Your predecessor (who came to a blessed end), the ecumenical patriarch Gregory VII, in the affairs of the Russian Church approximately a century ago, as well as his attitude towards the holy patriarch Tikhon, the confessor of the faith, on the one hand, and towards the schism of the "renovationists" on the other, should not be used as an example for emulation.
Nor may the fact be overlooked that the Holy and Great Council in Crete confirmed in its ecclesiological encyclical the existence of fourteen autocephalous Orthodox Churches in their present canonical boundaries. The question arises: how is the change of this number of autocephalous churches possible, absent a new Council? Next, by the statement in question of the Council in Crete, it is affirmed implicitly that the autonomous Church of Ukraine is found under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow and that it wholly belongs to it organically. In this case it is unfathomable that the Russian Orthodox Church does not have jurisdiction for the canonical establishment of the Church in Ukraine, but that the "Mother Church," namely, the Church of Constantinople, does have jurisdiction. Being viewed under the prism of history, the Church of Constantinople is equally Mother Church of both Kiev and Moscow, and of Peć (with Belgrade and Karlovci) and Tyrnavos (Sardica, Sredets, Sofia), and others… If then she has the right of intervening in one autocephalous Church, then, as a consequence, she possesses the right of intervention in every single autocephalous Church. In the meantime, the honor and dignity of ecclesiastical motherhood does not provide the Mother Church with the right of setting no value on or, all the moreso, of questioning autocephalies and jurisdictions that were historically formed. In the same manner, established jurisdictional status does not give the Churches the right to belittle and disdain the Mother Church or to pretend that they forgot that a Church is the one who spiritually gave birth to them, or to "order" a Mother for themselves (like the schism of the Skopjans).
An eloquent example of these things being the case is precisely our Church, the Serbian Orthodox Church. Our Mother Church is the Church of Constantinople. Previously it came under the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Ochrid, but today, as a consequence of many historical events and of the Tomos provided in Constantinople in 1922, the Archbishop of Ochrid comes under the jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Church. In the case of these things, the following results: concerning the future status of the Archbishop of Ochrid, it is not possible for the Ecumenical Throne to decide de jure, absent the Church of Serbia, for the simplest reason that the Archbishop of Ochrid is found under the canonical jurisdiction of the Church of Serbia, as it is also recorded in the Tomos of 1922. Since then, all the Orthodox Churches without exception recognize this jurisdiction. The same thing applies also for Ukraine, but to speak more accurately, for Kievan Rus, a Church that without a doubt and undeniably is subject to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow, and which has the status of an autonomous Church. Your Most Holy Church, All-Holiness, puts forward from time to time the claim that the Metropolis of Kiev belongs in reality to her and that it has belonged to her continually. Nevertheless, we wonder with all brotherly love and honor: how the fact can be explained that Moscow for so long a time, for three centuries and more, exercised and now exercises jurisdiction over Kiev without any protest whatsoever, from the Great Church of Christ being involved? In addition, the available historical sources do not confirm the allegation concerning the lack of the de facto jurisdiction of Moscow for Kiev. Besides, in the sacred canonical tradition and practice of the Church, the criterion of antiquity existed, of "ancient customs" of relations which had been accepted by all, as You, because of being a distinguished canonist, know better than our own mediocrity.
Within this context we are obliged to point out, that, after decades of theological labor, the process for acquiring and declaring new autocephalies was also agreed in a pan-orthodox manner. The relevant definitive official text was published in the pages of the periodical Synodika publshed by the Chambésy Centre of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The manner of signing the Tomos for autocephaly was the only point not agreed upon (with the addition, "it is decided/it is decided together" [ἀποφαίνεται/συναποφαίνεται] or without it). The whole process is thus clear: the Church having jurisdiction takes the initiative of granting autocephaly to any of its own eparchies, the initiative is forwarded to the first throne Church, from whom it is communicated to all the local Churches, consultations follow and, in terms of results, either we have general agreement concerning a new autocephalous Church or a new autocephalous Church does not exist. This is the generally acceptable and accepted position of the local Orthodox Churches and not the stance of one of the hierarchs of Your Most Holy Church, that the Ecumenical Throne alone, absent the rest, without equals (sine paribus), grants or removes autocephaly, acting indeed in this way for 1,350 consecutive years (!).
All-Holiness, in no way does the desire and intent to offend or aggrieve You at all come into our mind, not even indeed briefly, however, we are obligated to remind You both of Your promise, which was given in Chambésy Geneva in the presence of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches in the presence, consequently, also of our own mediocrity that you would not intervene into the affairs of the Church of Ukraine.
Finally, some other questions are also raised, and indeed key questions. How is the recognition of archpriesthood possible at all for a priest who was defrocked by Your Most Holy Church, but then "who has been ordained" as a bishop by schismatic bishops who are deprived of grace, likewise in the meantime who were defrocked by their own Churches? Here, as you can recognize, we have in mind Dedeić, "primate" of the rival assembly or "sect," which deprived of divine grace, calls herself Church of Montenegro and, like her elder "sister" in Skopje, believes and trumpets, that, after the granting of autocephaly to the Ukrainian schismatics, she will also herself receive recognition and autocephaly. Still incomparably worse is the case of Filaret Denysenko, the self-proclaimed patriarch of Kiev, who is not only defrocked, but also excommunicated and, in addition, anathematized. Not one Church, beginning with Your Most Holy Church, has questioned these facts nor is it possible to do this. But in order that the disorder and chaos might be magnified still more, alone in the world, Filaret recognizes Dedeić as "metropolitan of Montenegro," concelebrates with him, visited him, and recently, on July 28, during the celebrations organized by Filaret for the 1030th anniversary of the baptism of the Kievan Rus, the legate of Dedeić, "archimandrite" Boris Bojović, likewise a false clergyman, "concelebrated" in Kiev. According to the popular saying, "The sack found its patch" (Serbian), "The pot found its lid" (Greek and Serbian), "Philip found Nathanael" (in the midst of theologians). Taking into consideration all the things mentioned above, the conclusion is unavoidable that Denysenko and Dedeić indispensably wished to be restored as a "package," both together, which from a nomocanonical point of view would be a grotesque absurdity. For which reason, we have been persuaded, that you personally and the Holy and Sacred Synod around you wish to remain on the ramparts of orthodox ecclesiology and age-old canonical order.
We wrote all these things to You, All-Holiness, in optima fide, in the name of the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church and in our own name personally, because we are concerned most deeply for the unity of the Orthodox Catholic Church after the statements of one of the hierarchs of Your Most Holy Church, that the delivery of Your Tomos concerning autocephaly to the schismatic "Churches" in Ukraine is immenent, totally contrary to the will indeed of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the Russian Orthodox Church, in the name of past ecclesiastical maternity as an innovational canonical adaptation. At the same time, it is reported that a similar delivery is planned also for the schismatic "Macedonian Orthodox Church," which uncanonically and illegally appropriated the eparchies of the ancient Archdiocese of Ochrid, which were integrated, after her dissolution, into the body of Your Most Holy Church, and were given to our Church by the Tomos of 1922. If, God forbid, such a thing were to take place, this would be a realization of the wise Greek proverb according to which, "when one evil occurs a myriad follows," as well as an affirmation of the enduring timelessness of our Savior's teaching, that it is when the unclean spirit has been expelled "he brings with him seven other spirits, more evil than himself," together with them he enters again into the man and "dwells there" if he might find his former "house" "empty, swept and put in order" (Matt. 12, 43-45; cf. Luke 11, 24-26). Certainly, none of us wishes the consequences set forth, since "the last state of that man becomes worse than the first" (Matt. 12, 45; cf. Luke 11, 26). Namely, we renounce the dreadful prospect that after one evil or perhaps one unclean spirit, the evil and the spirit of already existing schisms, other evils and other evil demons follow, namely, a new schism, deeper and harder to cure, or even schisms. For which reason, again and again we persist in asking and entreat earnestly Your holiness and love: before you even cut once, measure three times!
Venerating the Cross and crucifixion of Your Most Holy first throne Church, with all our souls let us beseech our Crucified Resurrected Lord, of the Head and Bride of the Church, of the Author and Accomplisher of our faith, of the Overseer of our souls, of the First and of the Last, of the Beginning and of the End of all things, of the Alpha and the Omega, to grant strength to our Mother Church in not succumbing to pressures and [to grant] wisdom from above in keeping her strong and forever faithful to herself, to her mission and service. The aim of this world's and this age's powers that are borne by the Antichrist is the annihilation of the being and the work of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church of Christ, while the aim of us all, who shepherd the Church and unworthily concelebrate with her only Archpriest and Chief Shepherd, Christ our Lord, is service to her theanthropic and pneumatological mission, and the safe-keeping of her unity, which has been entrusted to and appointed for us. The Orthodox Church is today the only institution, which saves from death and guards on all sides also the unity of all the Orthodox peoples, which was sealed by the blood of the martyrs and new martyrs. Being crucified with Christ, she rises each time and at the same time causes the world to rise together. She is the hope and the future of humankind.
In the love of Christ embracing Your All-Holiness in a brotherly manner, we remain
Your brother and concelebrant in Christ
Irinej of Peć, Belgrade and Karlovci
Documents of the June 1992, 1994, and 1997 Bishops' Councils of the Russian Orthodox Church
Official History of the Defrocking and Anathematization of Philaret Denisenko Official History of the Defrocking and Anathematization of Philaret Denisenko
The Sacred Bishops' Council is now forced to note with sorrow that Monk Philaret did not heed the call to repentance addressed to him on behalf of the Mother-Church, but in the inter-Council period continued his schismatic activity, which he extended beyond the bounds of the Russian Orthodox Church. Constantinople recognized all clergy of KP and UAOC as canonical—Patriarchal Exarch Constantinople recognized all clergy of KP and UAOC as canonical—Patriarchal Exarch
Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon, one of the two Patriarchal Exarchs in Ukraine, noted at a meeting with President Petro Poroshenko earlier today that the entirety of the clergy of the KP nand UAOC are now considered canonical clergy. Temptation has befallen Patriarch Bartholomew—Patriarch Irinej of Serbia (+ VIDEO) Temptation has befallen Patriarch Bartholomew—Patriarch Irinej of Serbia (+ VIDEO)
The Ecumenical Patriarchate has made an unprecedented decision it has no right to make, said His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, commenting on the Ecumenical Patriarchate's official recognition of the schismatics in Ukraine. Holy Synod resolution: Moscow Patriarchate ceases Eucharistic communion for clergy and laity with the Constantinople Patriarchate Holy Synod resolution: Moscow Patriarchate ceases Eucharistic communion for clergy and laity with the Constantinople Patriarchate
Today at the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, convened in Minsk, Belarus, a resolution was passed by the Holy Synod concerning the Constantinople Patriarchate's encroachment on the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: autocephaly requires consent of all Churches Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: autocephaly requires consent of all Churches
The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej, has sent two letters to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, advocating that the provision of a new autocephaly is possible only with the consent of all local Orthodox Churches. Historical-Canonical Basis for the Unity of the Russian Church
Priest Mikhail Zheltov Historical-Canonical Basis for the Unity of the Russian Church
Priest Mikhail Zheltov
The following article describes in detail and scrupulously analyzes the historical events connected with the arrangement of Church life in Kiev, Moscow, and Western Rus' over the span of the last millennium.
Jesse Dominick10/19/2018 2:22 pm
Anthony, throwing the baby out with the bath water is not a virtue.
Anthony10/18/2018 9:52 pm
''in the capacity of first throne of the Church'' Your beloved Eminence! Inkorrekt! Giving one jurisdiction prominence over others is why the phanar has become delusional.But the underlying theme here is falsehood. Consider phanar's delusions of greatness when his authority extends over some tiny jurisdictions(and Athos). Think about ''Ukraine'' and its pseudo-church Kyiv Patriarchate, trying to steal Russian Churches. And the false construct of Albanians and Bulgars (Skopje), trying to usurp our Hellenic Motherland's history with its false Church stealing Serb Monasteries. Lies can never be blessed by God. As Ayios Paisios said «Βρε παιδιά… Ο τσιγγάνος αν βάλει φουστανέλλα γίνεται τσολιάς;»
Mikail10/17/2018 9:32 pm
"He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."


Thank you, Unity of Charleston, for inviting me to speak yesterday about lucid dreaming and dream yoga.
"Dream Yoga" is a phrase that I borrow from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. The simplest Western phrase to describe dream yoga is the idea that "life is a dream". When we awaken from a sleep-state dream, we understand that the dream took place in a mental environment and that symbolic meaning can be attributed to many of the people, animals, places, and events that were encountered in the dream. A "dream yoga" worldview looks upon our so-called waking reality or physical reality the same way. There is the understanding that, upon our death (or sooner, in some cases), we will "awaken" from the dream of physical life. Given this, we can interpret the animals, people, places and events that we encounter in physical life as having symbolic meaning, just like a sleep-state dream.
The Tibetan dream yoga tradition is richer and more complex than the foregoing snapshot description. You can check out some of the books quoted below if you want to explore the idea further. I also want to emphasize, however, that there are many other historical, cultural, literary and philosophical sources for the proposition that life is a dream. I've outlined some of these in the quotations and descriptions set forth below.
• Tibetan Buddhist "Dream Yoga" Tradition. Oral tradition goes back approximately 1,000 years.
If one's dreams are clear, but one is not lucid within the Dream State, then with great determination train the mind by thinking "all daytime visions are a dream." Continually remind yourself that all that you see and all that is done is none other than a dream. . . . If you concentrate a great deal during the day, imagining that you are living a dream, then during the night the dream itself will also seem less real. - Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light (1992).
"Our waking reality . . . is like a nonlucid dream, from which we awake only when we recognize the extent of our participation in the creation of the world we experience." - B. Allan Wallace, Dreaming Yourself Awake: Lucid Dreaming and Tibetan Dream Yoga for Insight and Transformation (2012).
"When we recall that numerous physicists maintain that each so-called real object exists as a conglomeration of energy, of spinning atoms rotating in a field of space, we begin to see that our perceived reality exists as a version of reality – one perspective of reality, one sense of reality. In a manner of speaking, our experienced reality is the one largely predicated by our senses. It can hardly be considered the only reality; rather; it is a sensed, mentally mediated reality – in many regards, much like a dream." – Robert Waggoner, Lucid Dreaming: Gateway to the Inner Self (2008).
Once upon a time, Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting about happily enjoying himself. He did not know that he was Zhou. Suddenly he awoke, and was palpably Zhou.
This place is a dream.
Then death comes like dawn and you wake up laughing at what you thought was your grief.
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass (1871).
"Are you telling me physical reality isn't mystical? Is that what you are saying? . . . . The idea of going to those [altered] states is to let you understand how to view physical reality in the same miraculous, mysterious way . . . . Physical reality is a mystery school – very magical, very mysterious, very powerful. You just need to learn to define it that way and you will experience it that way . . . . It's just that you don't think physical reality is a dream . . . . You have to know it's a dream and you have to allow yourself to realize it's a dream. . . . And when you become lucid in physical reality, you can also change physical reality in miraculous and magical ways because you know it is a dream and you are lucid in it. - "Cycles of Nine" Workshop Recording (2013).
Carlos Castenada, Journey to Ixtlan (1972). In one dialogue, Don Juan (shaman) instructs Carlos to "stop the world" or achieve "non-doing".
• Near Death Experience Literature.
"The place I went was real. Real in a way that makes the life we're living here and now completely dreamlike by comparison." - Eben Alexander, Proof of Heaven (2012).
"Think about all the things that take place in the one-third of your life while you sleep. There is no time, no cause and effect, everything you experience is created by your imagination. The people and events are all illusions, simply figments of your imagination. There is no beginning, there is no end, no linear progression, and it all seems to make perfect sense as long as you are in the dream state. I'm reminded of Henry David Thoreau's observation that: 'Our truest life is when we are in [our] dreams awake.' It seems logical to me that if during one-third of our life on planet Earth we are capable of manifesting anything we place our attention on without having to expend any physical effort only by allowing ourselves to transcend time and space, then why not in the other two-thirds of our life." - Wayne Dyer, Wishes Fulfilled (2012).
"When death approaches, we may look back on our life and wonder if it was just another dream. Even now you may look back on last year's vacation or yesterday's drama and see that it is very similar to last night's dream. There is the dream, and there is the dreamer of the dream. The dream is a short-lived play of forms. It is the world – relatively real but not absolutely real. Then there is the dreamer, the absolute reality in which the forms come and go. The dreamer is not the person. The person is part of the dream. The dreamer is the substratum in which the dream appears, that which makes the dream possible. It is the absolute behind the relative, the timeless behind time, the consciousness in and behind form. The dreamer is consciousness itself – who you are. To awaken within the dream is our purpose now. When we are awake within the dream, the ego created earth drama comes to an end and a more benign and wondrous dream arises. This is the new earth." – Eckhardt Tolle, A New Earth (2005).


Genetic polymorphisms in 15q25 and 19q13 loci, cotinine levels, and risk of lung cancer in EPIC.
Timofeeva MN., McKay JD., Smith GD., Johansson M., Byrnes GB., Chabrier A., Relton C., Ueland PM., Vollset SE., Midttun Ø., Nygård O., Slimani N., Romieu I., Clavel-Chapelon F., Boutron-Ruault M-C., Fagherazzi G., Kaaks R., Teucher B., Boeing H., Weikert C., Bueno-de-Mesquita HB., van Gils C., Peeters PHM., Agudo A., Barricarte A., Huerta J-M., Rodríguez L., Sánchez M-J., Larrañaga N., Khaw K-T., Wareham N., Allen NE., Travis RC., Gallo V., Norat T., Krogh V., Masala G., Panico S., Sacerdote C., Tumino R., Trichopoulou A., Lagiou P., Trichopoulos D., Rasmuson T., Hallmans G., Riboli E., Vineis P., Brennan P.
BACKGROUNDS: Multiple polymorphisms affecting smoking behavior have been identified through genome-wide association studies. Circulating levels of the nicotine metabolite cotinine is a marker of recent smoking exposure. Hence, genetic variants influencing smoking behavior are expected to be associated with cotinine levels. METHODS: We conducted an analysis in a lung cancer case-control study nested within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort. We investigated the effects of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) previously associated with smoking behavior on (i) circulating cotinine and (ii) lung cancer risk. A total of 894 cases and 1,805 controls were analyzed for cotinine and genotyped for 10 polymorphisms on 7p14, 8p11, 10q23, 15q25, and 19q13. RESULTS: Two variants in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes CHRNA5 and CHRNA3 on 15q25, rs16969968 and rs578776, were associated with cotinine (P = 0.001 and 0.03, respectively) in current smokers and with lung cancer risk (P < 0.001 and P = 0.001, respectively). Two 19q13 variants, rs7937 and rs4105144, were associated with increased cotinine (P = 0.003 and P < 0.001, respectively) but decreased lung cancer risk (P = 0.01 for both, after adjusting for cotinine). Variants in 7p14, 8p11, and 10q23 were not associated with cotinine or lung cancer risk. CONCLUSIONS: 15q25 and 19q13 SNPs were associated with circulating cotinine. The directions of association for 15q25 variants with cotinine were in accordance with that expected of lung cancer risk, whereas SNPs on 19q13 displayed contrasting associations of cotinine and lung cancer that require further investigation. IMPACT: This study is the largest to date investigating the effects of polymorphisms affecting smoking behavior on lung cancer risk using circulating cotinine measures as proxies for recent smoking behavior.


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Fohrde [] ist ein Ortsteil der Stadt Havelsee im Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark im Land Brandenburg und ist Teil des Amtes Beetzsee. 2002 schloss sich Fohrde freiwillig mit der Stadt Pritzerbe und den Gemeinden Briest und Hohenferchesar zur Stadt Havelsee zusammen, zu welcher 2008 noch das Dorf Marzahne wechselte. Fohrde liegt zwischen südlichem Ufer des Pritzerber Sees und der Havel. Im Osten und Norden grenzt das Naturschutzgebiet Untere Havel Süd direkt an das Dorf. Die Bundesstraße 102 führt durch den Ort.

Geschichte

Bereits in vorgeschichtlicher Zeit war die Gegend von Menschen bewohnt. Anhand archäologischer Funde konnten Besiedlungen des Raums spätestens seit der mittleren Steinzeit nachgewiesen werden. So wurden im Gebiet des Pritzerber Sees zahlreiche Artefakte aus Knochen und Geweih ausgegraben, die in die jungpaläolithische beziehungsweise mesolithische Zeit datiert werden konnten. Man fand beispielsweise Spitzen, knöcherne Angelhaken und ein Schwirrgerät. Eisenzeitliche Grabfelder wurden in der Umgebung des Pritzerber Sees gefunden. Am Gallberg zwischen Hohenferchesar und Fohrde wurden mehrere prähistorische Urnengräberfelder, die von der Bronze- bis in die Römische Kaiserzeit zu datieren sind, entdeckt. Ein großer Teil der prähistorischen Funde um Pritzerbe ist im Kreismuseum Jerichower Land in Genthin ausgestellt.

In seinem Werk Germania beschreibt Tacitus die Gegend östlich der Elbe bis an die Oder als Siedlungsgebiet des suebischen Stamms der Semnonen. Bis auf wenige Restgruppen verließen die Semnonen noch vor beziehungsweise spätestens während der Zeit der Völkerwanderung ab dem 3. beziehungsweise 4. Jahrhundert ihr altes Siedlungsgebiet an der Havel in Richtung des Rheins. Ab dem 6. Jahrhundert zogen slawische Stämme aus dem Osten kommend in den nach der Abwanderung der Germanen seit etwa einhundertfünfzig Jahre weitgehend siedlungsleeren Raum. Reste germanischer Bevölkerung gingen in der slawischen Mehrheitsbevölkerung auf.

Das Dorf Fohrde wurde erstmals am 4. Februar 1227 als villa Verden in einer Urkunde erwähnt. Der Name leitet sich wohl vom mittelniederdeutschen Wort vorde beziehungsweise vörde für Durchgang, Durchfahrt, Furt beziehungsweise vort für enger Zugang, schmaler Dammweg, Wasserdurchgang, Furt ab. In der Urkunde mit der Ersterwähnung Fohrdes bestätigte der Bischof von Brandenburg als Lehnsherr die Schenkung zweier Hufe Land durch einen Ritter Daniel von Mukede an das Brandenburger Domhospital. Sieben Jahre später, am 27. Februar 1234, bestätigte Papst Gregor IX. urkundlich den kirchlichen Besitz in der "villa Vorden". Wie das umliegenden Land mit seinen Ortschaften lag auch Fohrde bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts, 1571, im Hochstift Brandenburg, dem Fürstentum des Bischofs von Brandenburg. Es wurde von diesem als Lehen vergeben. So kamen Teile 1375 an einen Knappen Kothe und 1450 an eine Familie Lantin oder Landin. Später und über die Reformation hinaus waren die von Brösike Lehensnehmer.

Mit der Reformation ging auch Fohrde in landesherrschaftlichen Besitz über. Bis 1816 kam es zunächst an das Domäneamt Ziesar und dann bis 1872 an das Domäneamt Lehnin. Die Dorfgemeinde bestand 1624 aus fünfzehn Hüfner, sieben Kossäten, einem Hirten, einem Laufschmied und einigen Schäferknechten. Insgesamt gehörten zu dieser Zeit 42 Hufen Land zum Ort. 1772 hatte er 185 Einwohner. Im 19. Jahrhundert wuchs Fohrde beträchtlich. 1840 bestand es aus 35 Wohnhäusern, 1900 waren es bereits 101. Wie in anderen Ortschaften der Gegend wurde in Fohrde das Ziegeleiwesen ein bedeutender Wirtschaftszweig. Durch die Anbindung an Wasserwege konnten die gefertigten Ziegel gut in die Städte Brandenburg, Potsdam und Berlin transportiert werden. 1860 gab es in Fohrde zwei Ziegeleien. 1895 wurde nach dem Bau einer Brücke der jahrhundertelange Fährbetrieb zwischen Fohrde und Pritzerbe eingestellt. Das Wachstum des Ortes ging weiter. 1931 bestand Fohrde aus 131 Wohnhäusern. 1933 gab es im Ort 931 und 1939 bereits 1068 Einwohner. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg teilte 1948 die damalige sowjetische Verwaltung während der Bodenreform 224 Hektar Land für 33 Eigentümer neu auf. 1950 wurde das Dorf Tieckow nach Fohrde eingemeindet. Eine erste LPG wurde 1953 gegründet.

Politisch gehörte Fohrde seit 1815 zur damals neugegründeten preußischen Provinz Brandenburg. Ein Jahr später wurde der Landkreis Westhavelland gegründet, dem diese Orte angegliedert waren. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg und der Gründung der DDR 1949 wurde Fohrde mit allen heute zu Havelsee gehörenden Orts- und Gemeindeteilen 1952 dem Kreis Brandenburg, der 1993 im Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark aufging und damit dem neuen Bezirk Potsdam, der bis 1990 bestand, zugeordnet.

Am 1. Juli 1950 wurde die bis dahin eigenständige Gemeinde Tieckow eingegliedert.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Gebietsstand des jeweiligen Jahres

Sehenswürdigkeiten

In Fohrde befindet sich die sogenannte Villa Reichstein beziehungsweise Villa Fohrde, eine klassizistische ehemalige Sommervilla des Brandenburger Fabrikbesitzers Reichstein. Heute ist das Gebäude eine von einem gemeinnützigen Verein getragene Bildungs- und Tagungsstätte. In der Einrichtung werden Seminare und andere Veranstaltungen angeboten und durchgeführt. Bis 1992 war in dem Gebäude die ehemalige August-Bebel-Schule untergebracht.

Bei der Dorfkirche handelt es sich um einen schlichten barocken Putzbau aus dem Jahr 1765 mit Chor, Kirchenschiff, einem kleinen Querhaus und einem Westturm mit Turmhaube. Im Inneren der Kirche befindet sich eine hölzerne Altarwand. Die Orgel stammt aus dem Jahr 1861 vom Berliner Orgelbaumeister Wilhelm Remler. Sie steht auf einer um die Orgel leicht ausgebauchten hölzernen Westempore über dem Eingang, die reichlich mit Malerei verziert ist.

Das Gehöft in der Fohrder Hauptstraße 7 besitzt einen reichen Fries mit kleinen Konsolen und ein Gesims unmittelbar unter der Traufe. Das Portal weist Pilaster mit blumigen Kapitellen und eine ausgeschmückte Verdachung mit Wappen auf.

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website der Stadt Havelsee

Einzelnachweise

Geographie (Havelsee)
Ort an der Havel
Ort im Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Landkreis Potsdam-Mittelmark)
Gemeindeauflösung 2002
Ort im Havelland (Mark Brandenburg)


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Q: Setting Port for Java Socket How do you know what is a valid port for you to select for the Socket object in java when creating a client?
For instance, I have tried Socket("localhost", 0).
However, I end up throwing an exception due to not being able to bind to the port.
I know that ServerSocket binds to any free port when port is 0. Is there a similar setting for the client when initializing the socket?

A: From the JavaDocs:
public Socket(InetAddress address, int port)
       throws IOException

A string is not an InetAddress. Use InetAddress.getByName() to create an InetAddress from a string (make sure the string is the host-name of the website).

Note: you can't always choose freely which port to use, on some systems, there may be ranges that are reserved and considered off-limits to user applications.

A: The client needs to know which port the server is listening on.  There's a detailed explanation at What Is a Socket? and sample code at Reading from and Writing to a Socket.

A: That parameter specifies a target port to connect to, not a local port to bind to. The local port is allocated automatically, you don't have to worry about it. You do need to know what server port to connect to. Using zero for the target (connect) port is meaningless.


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(3rd LD) New virus cases hover around 30 for 2nd day, electronic wristbands to be used
(ATTN: UPDATES paras 4, 15; ADDS more info in paras 6, 12-13, 21, photo)
SEOUL, April 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's new coronavirus cases hovered around 30 for the second straight day Saturday, but health authorities are still staying vigilant over cluster infections, as well as new cases coming from overseas. The country also decided to use electronic wristbands on self-isolation violators.
The 30 new cases, detected Friday and slightly up from 27 a day ago, brought the nation's total infections to 10,480, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
The number of new virus cases in South Korea has been around 50 or fewer this week, a sharp drop from the Feb. 29 peak of 909, with health authorities saying the country's strict social distancing drive led to the slowdown in new infections.
The nation's death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, rose by three to 211, according to the KCDC, adding that 47 patients are currently in critical condition.
The number of patients released from quarantine after full recovery reached 7,243, up 126 from a day earlier.
"It's true that the daily number of new cases is sliding, but we should not let our guard down," KCDC Deputy Director Kwon Jun-wook said. "There could be a 'silent case' that has yet to be detected. We must stay alert by better monitoring patients and conducting more tests."
The southeastern city of Daegu, the nation's worst virus-hit region, added seven new cases, just one day after the city reported no additional cases for the first time in 52 days. Its surrounding North Gyeongsang Province reported three new cases.
The total number of cases reported in Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang Province reached 6,814 and 1,330, respectively.
Other major provinces and cities also reported infections, with Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province adding four and nine new cases, respectively.
The country also detected six new cases coming from overseas at border checkpoints, raising the country's total number of imported cases to 886.
Since April 1, South Korea has been enforcing a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for all travelers coming from overseas to better contain imported cases.
Of the 1,002 new infections identified in the last two weeks, 500 were imported cases, the KCDC data showed.
Health authorities said so far a total of 95 people who had been declared cured tested positive for COVID-19 again, adding they might be cases of "reactivation" of the virus, not "reinfection."
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun announced that the government will make self-isolation violators wear electronic wristbands since the number of cases of people breaching the self-quarantine in recent weeks has raised public concerns.
Health authorities plan to start using the wristbands within two weeks but will ask the violators' permission before actually strapping such a device to their wrist since there is no legal ground to force people to wear it.
If people under self-isolation break quarantine rules, such as going outside without notice and not responding to health check calls, they will face legal actions and will be asked to wear the wristbands for the rest of their quarantine period, the KCDC added.
The device, which the KCDC likes to call a "safe band," will interconnect with the government's mobile application for self-isolators. If a person damages the device, it will automatically send a notification to health authorities.
South Korea has vowed no leniency toward those who breach quarantine rules. Violators of self-quarantine rules can face one year in jail or a fine of up to 10 million won (US$8,200). Foreigners could be expelled if they break quarantine rules.
Seeking to reduce the daily number of new infections to below 50, South Korea has extended strict guidelines on social distancing by two weeks to April 19.
Health authorities said they plan to draw a conclusion next week on whether the country should ease its strict social distancing campaign and make a transition to quarantine measures that can allow people to return to their normal daily lives.
So far, South Korea has conducted virus tests on 510,479 people, meaning 1 out of every 100 people here have received the tests.
kdon@yna.co.kr


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NGC 4580 est une galaxie spirale intermédiaire située dans la constellation de la Vierge. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de , ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de . Cette galaxie a été découverte par l'astronome germano-britannique William Herschel en 1786.

NGC 4580 a été utilisée par Gérard de Vaucouleurs comme une galaxie de type morphologique SA(s)ab dans son atlas des galaxies.

La classe de luminosité de NGC 4580 est I et elle présente une large raie HI. De plus, c'est une galaxie LINER, c'est-à-dire une galaxie dont le noyau présente un spectre d'émission caractérisé par de larges raies d'atomes faiblement ionisés.

NGC 4580 faisait partie des galaxies étudiées lors du relevé de l'hydrogène neutre de l'amas de la Vierge par le Very Large Array. Les résultats de cette étude sont sur cette page du site du VLA.

NGC 4580 présente un disque tronqué et en raison de son mouvement dans le milieu intergalactique dans l'amas de la Vierge, elle subit une pression dynamique qui la dépouille de ses gaz, mais elle présente un taux normal de formation d'étoiles.

À ce jour, près d'une quinzaine de mesures non basées sur le décalage vers le rouge (redshift) donnent une distance de , ce qui est à l'intérieur des valeurs de la distance de Hubble. Cependant, cette galaxie est relativement rapprochée du Groupe local et les mesures indépendantes sont souvent assez différentes des distances de Hubble pour les galaxies rapprochées en raison de leur mouvement propre dans le groupe où l'amas où elles sont situées. Notons que c'est avec la valeur moyenne des mesures indépendantes, lorqu'elles existent, que la base de données NASA/IPAC calcule le diamètre d'une galaxie.

Groupes de M49, de M60 et l'amas de la Vierge
Selon A.M. Garcia, NGC 4580 est l'une des nombreuses galaxies du groupe de M49 (127 au total) qu'il a décrit dans un article publié en 1993. On retrouve dans cette liste 63 galaxies du New General Catalogue dont NGC 4382 (M85), NGC 4472 (M49), NGC 4516, NGC 4649 (M60) ainsi que 20 galaxies de l'Index Catalogue.

D'autre part, NGC 4580 apparait aussi dans une liste de 227 galaxies d'un article publié par Abraham Mahtessian en 1998. Cette liste comporte plus de 200 galaxies du New General Catalogue et une quinzaine de galaxies de l'Index Catalogue. On retrouve dans cette liste 10 autres galaxies du Catalogue de Messier, soit M49, M58, M60, M61, M85, M87, M88, M91, M99 et M100.

Toutes les galaxies de la liste de Mahtessian ne constituent pas réellement un groupe de galaxies. Ce sont plutôt plusieurs groupes de galaxies qui font tous partie d'un amas galactique, l'amas de la Vierge. Pour éviter la confusion avec l'amas de la Vierge, on peut donner le nom de groupe de M60 à cet ensemble de galaxies, car c'est l'une des plus brillantes de la liste. L'amas de la Vierge est en effet beaucoup plus vaste et compterait environ 1300 galaxies, et possiblement plus de 2000, situées au cœur du superamas de la Vierge, dont fait partie le Groupe local.

De nombreuses galaxies de la liste de Mahtessian se retrouvent dans onze groupes décrits dans l'article d'A.M. Garcia, soit le groupe de NGC 4123 (7 galaxies), le groupe de NGC 4261 (13 galaxies), le groupe de NGC 4235 (29 galaxies), le groupe de M88 (13 galaxies, M88 = NGC 4501), le groupe de NGC 4461 (9 galaxies), le groupe de M61 (32 galaxies, M61 = NGC 4303), le groupe de NGC 4442 (13 galaxies), le groupe de M87 (96 galaxies, M87 = NGC 4486), le groupe de M49 (127 galaxies, M49 = NGC 4472), le groupe de NGC 4535 (14 galaxies) et le groupe de NGC 4753 (15 galaxies). Ces onze groupes font partie de l'amas de la Vierge et ils renferment 396 galaxies. Certaines galaxies de la liste de Mahtessian ne figurent cependant dans aucun des groupes de Garcia et vice versa.

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Fast bowler Mark Wood has stated 'the guys really rate him and trust him', amid speculation South Africa coach Ottis Gibson might rejoin England.
Gibson reportedly expressed interest to the England and Wales Cricket Board about succeeding the outgoing Trevor Bayliss.
Bayliss' England contract will expire in September 2019 – and will not be renewed. Gibson's tenure with the Proteas, meanwhile, might not extend beyond the World Cup in July.
'I know he's had two short spells with England, and the guys really rate him and trust him, I guess,' England fast bowler Mark Wood told the BBC.
Earlier this year, Cricket South Africa chief executive officer Thabang Moroe effectively gave Gibson an ultimatum.
'When the board hired Ottis it was purely to win the World Cup in England from May to July. As it stands, his contracts states he has to win the World Cup,' said Moroe.
The 49-year-old Gibson, who was also the head coach of the West Indies, previously worked with England as a bowling coach.


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I already have the recommended algorithm to analyse IAT data. It allows to compare within-subject differences in response latency in the congruent versus non-congruent condition. However, in addition to analyzing the within-subject differences, I also need to know if the differences between two groups are statistically significant. How should I go about it?
I assume IAT gives you a score for each person.
I imagine you could just do an independent groups t-test to assess whether the means of the two groups significantly differ.
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Josef Görres
Josef Görres (1776, Koblenz - 1848, Munich) was a writer, teacher, philosopher, and theologian. He directly witnessed several political currents during his lifetime, always enthusiastically embracing them only to later discard and criticise them in his magniloquent, complex, polemical writings. Caught between the extremes of French revolutionary ideals, German unification, Prussian militarism, and Hapsburg restoration, he aimed to strike a balance between upholding rights, truth, and freedom (Fink-Lang, 2013: 7-9).
A cunning polemicist, Görres polarised public opinion through several publications of various political orientations, always calling out arbitrary despotism, whether during the French occupation, the Congress of Vienna, or the Prussian rule of the Rhineland. His writings in the Rheinischer Merkur (1814-1816) and his pamphlet Teutschland und die Revolution (1819) made him one of the earliest and ardent champions of German unification and nationalism. Additionally, Athansasius (1838) is considered the foundation for political Catholicism during the Vormärz.
A key figure to establish acceptance of the Prussians among the Rhinelanders, he rose to Director of Public Schooling in the Rhineland. However, when his hopes were disappointed by restorative measures of the Prussian King who failed to deliver a constitution as promised in article 13 of the Bundesakte (German Federal Act), he became openly subversive in his writing and his opinion. His controversial anti-Prussian tract Teutschland und die Revolution (1819) triggered his prosecution by the Prussians, forcing him to flee to France and later settle in Munich - never to return.
The statue is situated on the left bank of the Rhine in Görres home-town Koblenz. Plans for such a commemorative statue existed since the 1840s, but only came to fruition during French military government in the 1920s, mostly due to Prussian political repression of such plans.
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Reference: Rheinischer Merkur (Details)
The Rheinischer Merkur was a German newspaper published by Josef Görres every two days between 1814 and 1816. It was the most popular and wide-spread German publication during these years, stimulating intellectual debate among the middle classes across continental Europe.
The RM introduced a journalistic novelty, the Leitartikel, a longer piece of reading covering the first few pages of the paper that often scrutinised current news and developments and shaped public opinion by aiming to provide balanced and truthful reporting. Content includes increasingly pro-Prussian tracts against Metternich's restorative tactics at the congress of Vienna. It sketches out demands for a German union under a constitution with an army, a common foreign policy and tax system, and justice and trade under a dynastic, Catholic ruler reinstating the estates destroyed by the French. As these demands were not met during the Congress nor in its treatise, Görres became increasingly subversive and anti-Prussian as he saw that promises of a constitution would fail to be met by 1815.
The newspaper, ultimately, was banned by the King in early 1816 with grave consequences for Görres' status within the Prussian officialdom and among the Prussian government.
Reference: Koblenzer Adresse 1817 (Details)
Joseph Görres' 'Koblenzer Adresse' was a privately organised address, unlike those initiated by city councils at the time. Görres started collecting signatures on 18 October 1817 to present them to the Staatskanzler in time for King Wilhelm's visit to the Rhinelands in the winter of 1817/18. The petition states that it joins the city petitions of Trier and Cologne to appeal to the King and hold him to account for his promise given upon signing the Treaties at the congress of Vienna in 1815. The demands are the restoration of estates and of the ancient German constitution. It directly calls for the realisation of Article 13 of the Bundesakte (German Federal Act), which granted the creation of a German constitution at Vienna.
Another interesting aspect is how the participants are protrayed in this petition: 'sich aber nicht bloss als Buerger der Preußischen Monarchie sondern auch als Deutsch betrachten' ('consider themselves not just citizens of the Prussian Monarchy but as Germans'). This quite clearly shows the disparity between growing German nationalism fostered through overflowing patriotism in the Rhinelands and the Prussian government.
A subsequent letter (LHK 402 171 p.21) is from March 1818 expressing the Prussian King Frederick William III's disapproval of the Rhineprovince's president von Ingersleben's inactivity surrounding the petition. It was, namely, far from a normal plea to the King, to which every subject had a right, but rather a down-right prompt for action which was seen as unseemly behaviour.
Görres' and his address initiative were subject to wide criticism, which some scholars suggests established a first spark of public sphere and debate in the Rhineland. Görres published a written account about the presentation of his address to
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Burling and Tuke will try to defend their Olympic title
10:54 am on 25 July 2018
New Zealand sailors Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have confirmed they'll attempt to defend their 49er title at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The pair have also announced they'll also be a part of Team New Zealand's defence of the America's Cup.
Peter Burling and Blair Tuke compete in the Rio Olympic test event. Photo: Photosport
Burling and Tuke dominated the 49er class in the last Olympic cycle, winning every major regatta after the 2012 Olympics, including four consecutive world titles and Olympic gold in Rio 2016.
Since Rio they dedicated themselves to helping Team New Zealand win the 35th America's Cup in 2017 and more recently completed the latest edition of the Volvo Ocean Race.
The pair have made no secret that another Olympic campaign was high on their agenda but wanted to wait until the Volvo Ocean Race had concluded to reset goals with their core team.
Burling and Tuke will once again work closely with Hamish Willcox and David Slyfield to try to win another Olympic gold medal in 2020.
"It's not a decision we made lightly" said Tuke. "Representing your country at Olympic level is the highest honour and we are both incredibly focused on defending the Cup for New Zealand as part of Emirates Team New Zealand. We wanted to ensure we could give both campaigns everything we've got."
Burling added: "We know the combination of Olympic and America's Cup sailing complement each other. It creates a really high-performance environment across all areas of sailing for us to push ourselves and be at the top of our game."
The duo has the support of Team New Zealand and Yachting New Zealand.
"It's great to have them back in the 49er," Yachting New Zealand high performance director Ian Stewart said. "They are special sailors and will strengthen our goal of winning at least three medals in Tokyo but, more than that, their experience and leadership will have a massive impact on the ongoing development of the NZL Sailing Team."
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Emirates Team New Zealand chief operating officer Kevin Shoebridge continued: "We are happy to have Peter and Blair back as part of the team dedicated to the defence of the America's Cup. Once again, we're fully supportive of them integrating the Olympic 49er campaign with America's Cup commitments.
"Collectively we are an incredibly strong and talented team that is focused on defending the America's Cup and that allows our core sailing team including Peter, Blair as well as Andy Maloney and Josh Junior to remain in peak sailing condition running parallel Olympic campaigns."


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Star Wars And The Fate Of Supreme Leader Snoke: What Does The Actor Who Played Him Think?
Star Wars: Andy Serkis was devastated when he read the script and found out what was going to happen to Snoke in Episode VIII. The Force Awakens introduced a new villain, a character who promised to be the next challenge for the heroes of the Rebellion. Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi changed the character's course. Supreme Leader Snoke, played by Andy Serkis, was defeated by Rey Skywalker and Kylo Ren in the blink of an eye. What seemed to be ended up not being, but what is the opinion of the actor who gave it life?
"I felt devastated when I read the script because everything was great," says Serkis in an interview with Gizmodo. "I thought, 'Man, he's a major villain, I'm going to love to play … how? Are you kidding what? ' He reflected then on whether it was a good idea or a bad idea, but now he assumes it was. "I was a bit mortified, but I think it was all correct. I loved playing the character and I liked the scene between Kylo Ren and Rey. It was great".
Who is Snoke really?
This question was asked by many followers. At first, some theories concluded that he could be Darth Plagueis, the master of Emperor Palpatine. However, all those conjectures were discarded. The Sith who trained Darth Sidious was dead and stranded, unlike Palpatine himself, who returned for the closing of the trilogy. Snoke was but one of the emperor's creations, a puppet, who was secretly concocting his plans to rule the galaxy again, in whatever way he was.
Snoke found his destiny in the throne room, a throne he will never claim for himself. At the time, Rey Skywalker's origins had yet to be clarified, but they were closely tied to Palpatine's plan to return from his retirement. At the moment, the new story lines have not been explored in any other products beyond the novels and comics. It remains to be seen if Lucasfilm delves into that historical period later, perhaps in a Disney + series.
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Mixing contest feat. Saint Agnes - and the winners are...
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Today is the day. Here are the winners of our Saint Agnes mixing contest! But first, let's start by taking a look at how we found the winners.
As you can imagine, it took us a lot to find our way to the five mixes we like the most. For our jury, we had a FOH engineer, a recording engineer, a producer, and a musician.
In the first round, our diverse team of judges listened to nearly 2000 individual mixes. At least two of the judges analyzed each one.
At this stage, we were not listening to the tracks in full-length. First, we got ourselves an impression of the drum sound, and then jumped to the relevant sections to listen to the bass, keys, guitar, and vocals.
One common mistake was that some of you were using the wrong sample rate and therefore, the pitch wasn't correct. Pity.
Numerous mixes didn't make it to the next round due to over-processing with effects. And we're talking about really weird stuff here.
And then there were some participants who didn't inform themselves about the band formation; Kitty is the front vocalist – not Jon.
After the first round, we had 333 mixes left. Of those, we listened to all thoroughly and in full-length.
We examined your tonal balancing of the instruments in the song and how you handled mic bleeding. Some mixes that didn't make it to the next round were simply too dirty with a lot of noise and clicking (yes, we're aware of the hi-hat cable). The bass, for example, was very noisy, and some of you hid it brilliantly in the mix.
Your overall understanding of the band also mattered. Did the mixing style fit the song content, etc.?
Our judges could agree on 82 mixes that made it to the third and final round.
Third and final round!
In the third and final round, we level-matched the 82 mixes using external metering in our studio.
We created the full judging panel with nine categories drums, bass, keys, guitar, vocals, balance, dynamics, creativity fx (when attendants use effects creatively so that they complemented the song they could earn extra points) and the overall impression.
All judges gave points from 1 to 10 in those categories. We added the points given by our LEWITT judges and divided them by four, so we had a single final vote for LEWITT.
After Alex from Metropolis Studios and Jon from Saint Agnes sent us their points, we summarized all points and found our final winners.
Between our winning finalists, the difference in the point score was very narrow. The overall LEWITT voting results were very close to what Jon and Alex voted for too. Though they did not see our internal voting results at all and all mixes were anonymized for this final stage.
Here's the LEWITT judging panel. From left to right: Damian, Roman, Martin, Aviva (taking the picture)
Alex Robinson, studio engineer at Metropolis Studios in London.
"This was a very tricky mix. Live recording always throws up a different set of challenges to studios, where you have more time and control. The best of the mixes for me were the ones that achieved the best tonal balance, gave each instrument is own space, and who's use of dynamics created an interesting and professional-sounding mix. Well done to all that entered."
Jon Tufnell, guitar and vocals for Saint Agnes.
"Mixing is tough and there is no single right answer and mixing live music can be even tougher. Dealing with a lot bleed, especially in the vocal mics (and the vocals through the monitors into other mics) is a real challenge. It was incredible how well the finalists dealt with this and managed to deliver a punchy, exciting mix with upfront vocals. In my opinion, the best were the ones that embraced the fact it was a live recording and kept some rawness. Amazing work."
1st place - Grzegorz K.
2nd place - Svein Erim A.
3rd place - J.T B.
4th place - Simon G.
5th place - Chanyoung P.
To the next mixing contest!
This was not the last mixing contest we did. Please give us feedback on what we can improve for our next mixing contest and what kind of song you would like to mix next time.
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Thanks again to the team of Metropolis Studios London, especially Alex and Gavin, Saint Agnes for the badass shows, Damian for the countless hours spent on listening to the mixes, and everybody else who was involved.
But first and foremost we want to thank all of you for engaging so actively in the community.
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On Becoming A Scientific HR Function – Learning From Amazon And Google
By Dr. John Sullivan July 30, 2018 July 27, 2018
Did you know that "becoming scientific" is a strategic goal that is shared by the HR functions of two of the top three most valuable firms in the world? Yes, Amazon's goal is to "Become the most scientific HR organization in the world," and Google's goal is to become as scientific as their engineering functions by bringing "The same level of rigor to people-decisions that we do to engineering decisions."
Other business functions have already shifted to the scientific model
Sadly, HR must play a game of catch-up because all other business functions including production, marketing, finance and supply chain long ago shifted to a scientific model. It's almost impossible to find a global firm with an HR function with the goal of "becoming scientific." The real news may be that these two stellar performing firms (Amazon and Google) starkly stand alone as striving to make their HR function totally scientific, data-driven and precise.
Technology and AI have finally begun to drive HR. Our leaders must now start to realize that no HR department will ever be able to make the transition into a digital, AI and technology driven HR function until they first commit to make all HR decision-making as precise and scientific as engineering decisions. In my view, that means that the dated argument over whether HR management is a science or an art is now over. The remaining 99% of HR functions (including your firm) will soon be forced to adopt this data-driven "scientific HR" approach.
Highlighting the differences between "Scientific HR" and traditional HR
Traditionally, all HR functions have relied heavily on the use of past practices. And although these practices probably once reflected the most effective approach, they are probably still used even though the business environment, the technology and even the workforce assumptions under which they were created may have changed dramatically. In contrast, "Scientific HR" assumes continuous change, so it uses data and facts to shift towards the latest, most effective HR approaches continually. So, if you are considering following the lead of Amazon and Google to become a scientific HR function, here are 9 defining characteristics that are the foundation of that model (the most impactful ones first).
HR directly impacts business results. As Amazon puts it, "We manage HR as a business." So, rather than simply "aligning with business goals," the scientific model focuses on HR actions and resources so that they produce the maximum direct, measurable impact on business results.
The two primary areas where HR can traditionally produce the highest business impacts include increasing the productivity of the workforce and improving the volume and speed of product and process innovation. Under this scientific approach, HR focuses on solving broad strategic business problems (e.g., decreased sales, product development or missed deadlines) rather than tactical HR problems. And finally, under this model, HR problems and results are converted to their dollar impact on revenue (e.g., the retention efforts on salespeople allowed us to maintain $2.5 million in sales revenue). Reporting results in revenue impact dollars allow executives to quickly compare HR's dollar impacts to those from other business functions.
HR relies on data-driven decision-making rather than relying on past practices or intuition. Under the scientific model important people management decisions are made based on performance data. Decisions on the most effective approaches for hiring, retention, development and incentives are based on the latest available data. Data and objective criteria are also used to determine when needed work should be done by employees, outsourced labor or using technology. Other organizations that have made significant strides in data-driven decision-making include Sodexo, UPS and the U.S. Army.
HR emphasizes hypothesis testing and experimentation — Perhaps the most prominent difference between traditional and scientific HR is the emphasis on experimentation to test more effective approaches. For example, a split-sample experiment could prove or disprove the hypothesis: "Diverse interviewers select more diverse candidates" (They don't).
Google HR has long been a supporter of hypothesis testing, especially covering the factors that actually predict new-hire success. Amazon includes its focus on hypothesis testing in one of its HR Tenets, "We form hypotheses about the best talent acquisition, talent retention, and talent development techniques and then set out to prove or disprove them with experiments and careful data collection."
HR requires continuous learning and improvement — In a fast-changing world, continuous improvement is an absolute necessity. As a result, the scientific approach to HR emphasizes the continuous collection and the reporting of performance data for human decision-making. Machine learning and automatic feedback are also critical for identifying key learnings across broad but interrelated areas that might be missed by humans.
It adds the assumption of HR obsolescence –– Amazon calls it "Learn and Be Curious." Because in a rapidly evolving world it makes sense to assume that every new and existing process, tool or approach will slowly become less effective and eventually obsolete. And it is a required assumption to simultaneously presume that there are new and more effective approaches that are continually being developed in HR and in other functions that can be adapted by your HR. These assumptions drive the collection of performance data and implementation of experimentation/hypothesis testing for the complete replacement of even new processes and approaches in as little as 18 months.
Everything in HR must be digital – Another Amazon HR goal is "We seek to be the most technically proficient HR organization in the world," so technology must be a prime driver of HR change. Everything in HR must be digitalized so that all information can be instantly electronically shared among people, processes and machines. Being digital also forces every input and output to be quantified in numbers.
HR prepares for the future – Almost all of HR metrics have been historically focused, while scientific HR focuses on forward-looking predictive analytics. This is because HR can have a much greater business impact if it is future-focused so that there is time to take advantage of opportunities and to mitigate upcoming problems.
Prioritization replaces equal treatment – The use of data eventually reveals that not all people management problems have the same level of business impacts. And as a result, scientific HR requires the function to focus most of its resources on the problems and the solutions that have the highest measurable impact on business results. Business units, employees, jobs and performance are also prioritized.
HR adds an external focus – In addition to HR's traditional internal tactical focus, HR must also monitor and adapt to the external environment. And that means building a competitive advantage in both HR processes and results over your competitors. The changing external environment also requires HR to build agility into every HR process so that it can rapidly adapt and scale up/down whenever the business environment changes dramatically.
Many phrases have been used over the years to describe the emerging future of HR. Some have called it digital HR, evidence-based HR or technology driven HR. However, in my view, Amazon's "Scientific HR" is the most accurate moniker to use. Its basic foundation is to treat people management decision-making as a science rather than an intuitive art. This approach in the short term emphasizes using data for continuous improvement. And in the longer term, it assumes obsolescence because of the continuous and dramatic changes in business and technology. HR leaders should also note that in addition to a significant improvement in business results, becoming more scientific also dramatically improves the credibility of HR leaders among executives.
So, my recommendation is to follow the lead of the amazing firms of Amazon and Google and add "becoming scientific" to your strategic HR goals.
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Dr. John Sullivan is an internationally known HR thought-leader from the Silicon Valley who specializes in strategic Talent Management solution. He is a prolific author with over 1200 articles and ten books covering all areas of Talent Management. Along with his many articles and books, Dr. Sullivan has written over a dozen white papers, conducted over 50 webinars, dozens of workshops, and has been featured in over 35 videos. He is an engaging corporate speaker who has excited audiences at over 300 corporations/organizations in 30 countries on six continents. His ideas have appeared in every major business source, including the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Fast Company, CFO, Inc., The New York Times, SmartMoney, USA Today, Harvard Business Review, and the Financial Times. In addition, he writes for the WSJ Experts column and the ERE Media blog. Dr. Sullivan has been interviewed on CNN and the CBS and ABC Nightly News, NPR, as well as many local TV and radio outlets.
Fast Company called him the "Michael Jordan of Hiring," Staffing.org called him "the father of HR metrics," and SHRM called him "One of the industries most respected strategists." He was selected among HR's "Top 10 Leading Thinkers" and was ranked #8 among the top 25 online influencers in Talent Management. Adding to these acclamations, Dr. Sullivan has also served as the Chief Talent Officer of Agilent Technologies, the HP spinoff with 43,000 employees, as well as becoming the CEO of the Business Development Center, a minority business consulting firm in Bakersfield, California. Dr. Sullivan is currently a Professor of Management at San Francisco State (1982 – present). Most importantly, he wants to hear and respond to your most pressing questions about advanced talent strategies.
His articles can be found all over the Internet and on his popular website www.drjohnsullivan.com and www.ERE.net.
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Software: Below are examples of enterprise components that have end of service dates that require attention. As some of what needs to be upgraded will need to have planning, regression testing and schedules set now for what needs to happen in 2019.
Every layer of a legacy stack has significant moments of potential exposure, regression testing of the stack, personnel times and downtimes that effect employee productivity and customer experiences. Most importantly how many of the applications that use the stack actually now near or not actively used to run the business – so you are keeping zombie applications on continued life support?
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