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This episode captures (the beginning of) a conversation between cultural studies scholar Magda Szcześniak (University of Warsaw) and historian Jan Tomasz Gross (emeritus, Princeton University) who – while studying Polish contemporary history during the past decades – published a book co-authored by Stephen Kotkin on "uncivil society" in 2010. It offered a powerful explanation for the implosion of communism in 1989. Not long ago, we witnessed an election defeat of a non-communist authoritarian regime in Poland and are observing a tough and twisted process of dismantling that regime. The discussion is initiated and moderated by János Mátyás Kovács (senior researcher, RECET). Jan T. Gross studies modern Europe, focusing on comparative politics, totalitarian and authoritarian regimes, Soviet and East European politics, and the Holocaust. After growing up in Poland and attending Warsaw University, he immigrated to the United States in 1969 and earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University (1975). His first book, Polish Society under German Occupation, appeared in 1979. Revolution from Abroad (1988) analyzes how the Soviet regime was imposed in Poland and the Baltic states between 1939 and 1941. Neighbors (2001), which was a finalist for the National Book Award. He joined the Princeton History Department in 2003 after teaching at New York University, Emory, Yale, and universities in Paris, Vienna, and Krakow. Professor Gross is the Norman B. Tomlinson ‘16 and ‘48 Professor of War and Society, emeritus. Magda Szcześniak is Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at the Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw. Author of Normy widzialnosci. Tozsamosc w czasach transformacji [Norms of Visuality. Identity in Times of Transition, 2016] and Poruszeni. Awans i emocje w socjalistycznej Polsce [Feeling Moved. Upward Mobility and Emotions in Socialist Poland, 2023].

In the latest episode of our Democracy After 2024 series, Karolina Wigura discusses Poland's currentrole in Europe and the changing polarization between liberal and illiberal forces; analyzes the role of emotions in contemporary liberal politics; reflects on how we distinguish between agendas of accountability, onthe one hand, and of retribution and revenge, on the other; and explains what she will watch particularly closely in the coming months.Karolina Wigura is a historian of ideas, sociologist, and journalist. She is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Liberal Modernity in Berlin and a member of the Board of the Kultura Liberalna Foundation in Warsaw. She is alecturer at the Institute of Sociology at Warsaw University and a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations. In her research, Karolina Wigura focuses on the political philosophy of the 20th century, on emotions in politics as well as on the sociology and ethics of memory and, more particularly, on questions of transitional justice, historical guilt, and reconciliation.

Poland has become an increasingly important actor within the European Union. After years of democratic backsliding, it`s democracy is consolidating again under Prime Minister Donald Tusk who took office in 2023. In 2025 Poland will face presidential elections and Poland will also be chairing the Council of the European Union. Poland is a stance supporter of Ukraine after it was invaded by Russia in February 2024. It hosts a large number of Ukrainian refugees and is rapidly building up its defense capabilities in order to deter a hostile Russia. What geopolitical role is Poland pursuing in an increasingly multipolar world? How will the election of Donald Trump shape the future of European Security and how does Poland perceive it`s role within the European Union? With Ukraine and Moldova having candidate status for EU accession, what can be expected from Poland in this context? How important is democracy and peace for Poland? Is Poland able to bridge different perceptions of EU countries about the future of the Union? These and other questions are discussed with the political analyst Wojciech Przybylski and the polish academic Maciej Kisilowksi in the 26th episode of the IIP Podcast “Peace Matters” moderated by Stephanie Fenkart. Guests: Wojciech Przybylski is a political analyst heading Visegrad Insight's policy foresight on European affairs. His expertise includes foreign policy and political culture. Editor-in-Chief of Visegrad Insight and President of the Res Publica Foundation. Europe's Future Fellow at IWM - Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna and Erste Foundation. Wojciech also co-authored a book 'Understanding Central Europe', Routledge 2017. He has been published in Foreign Policy, Politico Europe, Journal of Democracy, EUObserver, Project Syndicate, VoxEurop, Hospodarske noviny, Internazionale, Zeit, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, Onet, Gazeta Wyborcza and regularly appears in BBC, Al Jazeera Europe, Euronews, TRT World, TVN24, TOK FM, Swedish Radio and others. Prof. Maciej Kisilowksi's research interests focus on the application of innovation strategy to various nonmarket fields, including public law and regulation. He received his doctorate in law and master's in law degrees from Yale Law School, M.P.A. in economics and public policy from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and M.B.A. with distinction from INSEAD. He also holds another Ph.D. and M.A. in law from Warsaw University. Prof. Kisilowski designed and teaches a number of graduate and executive classes, for which he was awarded the CEU Distinguished Teaching including Award in 2016. Prof. Kisilowski is a frequent commentator on issues of political-economy of East-Central Europe, contributing (among others) to Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Project Syndicate, Foreign Policy, Wall Street Journal, Politico and Haaretz. He is the author/editor of three books, including Administrategy, which was translated into five languages. His recent academic articles appeared in Law and Social Inquiry and International Business Review. Prof. Kisilowski is involved in a number of social change projects at the intersection of strategy and governance, including The Social Contract Incubator in his native Poland. He's a consultant to governmental organisations, progressive political parties, advocacy groups and businesses in Central Europe and beyond. Moderation: Stephanie Fenkart, Director of the IIP. The episode was recorded on 3 December 2024.

Astronomy Daily - The Podcast: S03E193Welcome to Astronomy Daily, your trusted source for the latest space and Astronomy news. I'm your host, Anna, and today we have an exciting lineup of stories, from the edge of our solar system to surprising discoveries closer to home.Highlights:- Voyager 1 Communication Challenges: NASA's Voyager 1, 15 billion miles from Earth, recently faced communication issues due to a fault protection system trigger. After switching to a backup S band system, NASA successfully reestablished contact, showcasing the spacecraft's resilience and the challenges of maintaining aging technology in interstellar space.- China's Tiangong Space Station Mission: A new crew of three astronauts launched to China's Tiangong Space Station, marking another milestone in the nation's space exploration. Notably, Wang Haozi joins as China's only female spaceflight engineer, contributing to lunar soil experiments that align with China's lunar ambitions.- Potential Ocean on Uranus's Moon Miranda: Research suggests Miranda might host a subsurface ocean beneath its chaotic surface. This discovery positions Miranda among other potential ocean worlds, expanding our understanding of liquid water in the solar system.- Mars's Extended Magnetic Field: New findings from Harvard suggest Mars's protective magnetic field lasted longer than previously thought. This extended timeline implies more favorable conditions for life to have developed, challenging assumptions about Mars's early history.- Terraforming Mars for Tree Growth: Research from Warsaw University explores the conditions needed to grow trees on Mars, focusing on the Hellas Basin for its potential to support Martian forests, bringing us closer to transforming the Red Planet.- Comet C 2024 S1 Atlas Disintegration: The comet, initially promising a bright Halloween display, disintegrated after a close solar encounter. Its demise offers insights into comet compositions and the extreme conditions near the Sun.For more cosmic updates, visit our website at astronomydaily.io. Sign up for our free Daily newsletter, explore sponsor deals, and catch up on past episodes. Join our community on social media by finding us as #AstroDailyPod on Facebook, X, YouTube, Tumblr, and TikTok. Share your thoughts and connect with fellow space enthusiasts.Thank you for tuning in. This is Anna signing off. Until next time, keep looking up and stay curious about the wonders of our universe.Sponsor Links:NordVPN - www.bitesz.com/nordvpn - currently Up to 74% off + 3 extra monthsOld Glory - www.bitesz.com/oldglory Official NASA Merch. plus Sports & Music Merch. Over 100,000 items in stockProton Mail - www.bitesz.com/protonmail Secure email that protects your privacy. The one we use.Malwarebytes - www.bitesz.com/malwarebytes Premium protection for you and all your devices! Ours too...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/astronomy-daily-the-podcast--5648921/support

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In this conversation at the Review of Democracy, Erica Benner – author of the new book Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power – shows what a more self-critical and down-to-earth understanding of democracy would entail; discusses what it means that there is a constant battle within democracies between principles of universal liberty, equality, and power-sharing, on the one hand, and the boys' club logic, on the other; explains why self-restraint and acknowledging others' fear of losing their share of power are crucially important; and reflects on the development of a truly global conversation about democracy. Erica Benner is a political philosopher and historian of ideas. She teaches at the Hertie School for Governance in Berlin, at LSE Ideas, as well as for academic programmes in Sweden and China. She has previously been affiliated with Oxford University, Yale University, Warsaw University as well as the CEU's Institute of Advanced Studies, among other institutions. Benner also acts as the President of the European Society for the History of Political Thought and is a founding editor of the book series History of European Political and Constitutional Thought. She is the author of numerous books, including Be Like the Fox: Machiavelli In His World. Adventures in Democracy: The Turbulent World of People Power has been published by Allen Lane.   The conversation has been conducted by Ferenc Laczó. The recording has been edited by Lucie Hunter.

Good Day and welcome to IAQ Radio+ episode 718 this week we welcome Dr. Pawal Wargocki, Dr. Wenjuan Wei and Dr. Corinne Mandin for a discussion about Deep Energy Retrofits and IEQ; A TAIL from Europe. With the large focus on making our building stock less energy intensive what will happen to indoor environmental quality? We talk to a stellar group of academics about how to determine what deep energy retrofits will do to IEQ. Pawel Wargocki is professor at the Technical University of Denmark. He graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology in Poland. He received his Ph.D. from the Technical University of Denmark in 1998, where he has been teaching and performing research ever since. He has more than 25 years of experience in research on human requirements in indoor environments. He is best known for his seminal work demonstrating that poor indoor environmental quality affects the performance of office work and learning. Other work influenced requirements for ventilation and air cleaning. Recent research includes studies on human emissions, sleep quality, the development of IEQ rating schemes, and the performance of green buildings. He has collaborated with leading research institutions, universities, and industrial partners worldwide, such as the National University of Singapore, Jiaotong University in Shanghai, Syracuse Center of Excellence, United Technologies, and Google. He was President and long-standing board member of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), President of the ISIAQ Academy of Fellows (previously Academy of Indoor Air Sciences), Vice President of the Indoor Air 2008 conference, and Chair of ASHRAE committees. He has received several awards for his work, including the Rockwool Award for Young Researchers, ASHRAE Ralph Nevins Award, ISIAQ's Yaglou Award, and the Indoor Air Journal Best Paper Awards. Corinne Mandin earned her PhD in environmental chemistry from the University of Rennes, France. From 2013 to 2022, she coordinated the French Indoor Air Quality Observatory, a research program dedicated to indoor environmental quality created by the French government. In 2022, she joined the French institute for radiation protection and nuclear safety (IRSN) where she leads the epidemiology research group. Her research interests include human exposure to chemical and physical risk factors, both in living spaces and occupational settings, and related health effects. She is the Immediate Past President of the International Society for Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ). Dr. Wenjuan Wei is a research scientist at the Scientific and Technical Centre for Building (CSTB, France, since 2018). She received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Tsinghua University (2009-2014). She was a guest researcher at the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST, USA, 2011-2012), and a post-doctoral researcher at CSTB (2016-2018). During her post-doctoral appointment, she was Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow of the European Commission's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions and PRESTIGE Fellow of Campus France. Dr. Wei is a specialist in indoor environmental quality (IEQ). She received the Yaglou Award of the ISIAQ Academy in 2022 and is the co-chair of the ISIAQ Scientific and Technical Committee 32 addressing environmental/climate impacts. Her research interests include the emission and transport of (semi) volatile organic compounds (S)VOCs, indoor heat and pollutant exposures, and IEQ index. She has participated in several European and French research projects, such as Horizon-ALDREN and Horizon-PARC. She is co-supervising 2 PhD theses. She has published 43 peer-reviewed journal articles, and her h-index is 22.

In this thought-provoking episode, we sit down with the renowned AI expert, Filip Piekniewski, Phd, who fearlessly challenges the prevailing narratives surrounding artificial general intelligence (AGI) and the singularity. With a no-nonsense approach and a deep understanding of the field, Filip dismantles the hype and exposes some of the misconceptions about AI, LLMs and AGI. Join us as we delve into the real-world implications of AI, separating fact from fiction, and gaining a firm grasp on the tangible possibilities of AI advancement. If you're seeking a refreshingly pragmatic perspective on the future of AI, this episode is an absolute must-listen.   Filip Piekniewski Bio Filip Piekniewski is a distinguished computer vision researcher and engineer, specializing in visual object tracking and perception. He approaches machine learning with a pragmatic mindset, recognizing its current limitations. Filip earned his Ph.D. from Warsaw University, where he explored neuroscience and later joined Brain Corporation in San Diego. His extensive study of neuroscience inspired him to develop innovative, bio-inspired machine learning architectures. Filip's unique blend of scientific curiosity and software engineering expertise allows him to quickly prototype and implement new ideas. He is known for his realistic perspective on AI, debunking AGI hype and focusing on tangible advancements.   Sponsors Finally, a better way to do B2B research. NewtonX The World's Leading B2B Market Research Company Explore the Complex World of Regulations. Compliance can be overwhelming. Multiple frameworks. Overlapping requirements. Let Arctic Wolf be your guide. Check it out at https://arcticwolf.com/datascience Amethix works to create and maximize the impact of the world's leading corporations and startups, so they can create a better future for everyone they serve. We provide solutions in AI/ML, Fintech, Defense, Robotics and Predictive maintenance.   References https://twitter.com/filippie509 http://blog.piekniewski.info/ (On limits of deep learning and where to go next with AI.)    

At the beginning of September, Ukrainian Defense Minister was removed in response to allegations of corruption. Former American Ambassador Daniel Fried discusses this removal along with other internal leadership shake-ups, including the death of leaders of the Wagner military group in Russia as well as how Putin's future is tied to the outcome of his invasion of Ukraine and Russia's patterns of leadership succession.Fried also discusses Ukrainian and Russian actions and positioning on the world stage, including Africa and Syria, and briefly describes American Presidents Bush and Trump's responses to Putin.In his forty-year Foreign Service career, Ambassador Fried played a key role in designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. He was a National Security advisor to Presidents Clinton and Bush, Ambassador to Poland, and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe. He helped craft the policy of NATO enlargement to Central European nations and, in parallel, NATO-Russia relations.Ambassador Fried is one of the U.S. governments foremost experts on Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. He is currently a Weiser Family Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is also on the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy and a Visiting Professor at Warsaw University.

Estera KotDriving Ethical Innovations in Big Data, Analytics and AI as an Architect/Tech Lead/PM. Currently: as a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft, I am part of the Azure Synapse Spark and Fabric Product Group, where I lead the development and delivery of cloud-based AI solutions, features and improvements that revolutionize reality and improve the satisfactions of customers. I have over 10 years of experience in various roles, including research, software development, and project management, across different industries and domains My core competencies include big data analytics, AI, cloud computing, MLOps/AIOps, technical leadership, innovation, and teaching. I hold several certifications, such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Prosci® Change Management for Managers, and OpenHack: DevOps for Data Science Coach. I am also passionate about sharing my knowledge and skills with students, as an academic teacher at Warsaw University of Technology, where I teach topics related to cloud computing, AI, business intelligence, web and mobile app development, software design, and programming languages. My mission is to inspire and empower the next generation of engineers and innovators.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esterakot/Twitter: https://twitter.com/estera_kot Pytania wstępne (pytania, które dostaje każdy gość): Z jakiego sprzętu korzystasz na co dzień (pytanie dot. komputera, telefonu, mikrofonu, itp. w zależności od wykorzystywanych sprzętów)? Czy wybór takiego sprzętu podyktowany był tym czym się zajmujesz na co dzień czy raczej z osobistych decyzji? Czym się zajmujesz na co dzień? Pytania do tematu: Czym dokładnie jest Microsoft Fabric?Jakie są główne cechy i funkcje Microsoft Fabric?W jakich scenariuszach i zastosowaniach można używać Microsoft Fabric?Jakie technologie są używane w Microsoft Fabric?Jakie są korzyści z użycia Microsoft Fabric w porównaniu do innych rozwiązań?Jakie są plany rozwoju i przyszłość Microsoft Fabric?Odbiegając od tematu – pytanie kończące dla każdego gościa: jaką książkę, film lub grę z dowolnego gatunku chciałbyś polecić? Film:Książki: The Personal MBA Kaufman Josh Gry:Link do odcinka: (12) Synapse Espresso - Fabric - YouTube (12) Microsoft Fabric & Build 2023 - YouTube

In this thought-provoking episode, we sit down with the renowned AI expert, Filip Piekniewski, Phd, who fearlessly challenges the prevailing narratives surrounding artificial general intelligence (AGI) and the singularity. With a no-nonsense approach and a deep understanding of the field, Filip dismantles the hype and exposes some of the misconceptions about AI, LLMs and AGI. Join us as we delve into the real-world implications of AI, separating fact from fiction, and gaining a firm grasp on the tangible possibilities of AI advancement. If you're seeking a refreshingly pragmatic perspective on the future of AI, this episode is an absolute must-listen.   Filip Piekniewski Bio Filip Piekniewski is a distinguished computer vision researcher and engineer, specializing in visual object tracking and perception. He approaches machine learning with a pragmatic mindset, recognizing its current limitations. Filip earned his Ph.D. from Warsaw University, where he explored neuroscience and later joined Brain Corporation in San Diego. His extensive study of neuroscience inspired him to develop innovative, bio-inspired machine learning architectures. Filip's unique blend of scientific curiosity and software engineering expertise allows him to quickly prototype and implement new ideas. He is known for his realistic perspective on AI, debunking AGI hype and focusing on tangible advancements.   Sponsors Finally, a better way to do B2B research. NewtonX The World's Leading B2B Market Research Company Explore the Complex World of Regulations. Compliance can be overwhelming. Multiple frameworks. Overlapping requirements. Let Arctic Wolf be your guide. Check it out at https://arcticwolf.com/datascience Amethix works to create and maximize the impact of the world's leading corporations and startups, so they can create a better future for everyone they serve. We provide solutions in AI/ML, Fintech, Defense, Robotics and Predictive maintenance.   References https://twitter.com/filippie509 http://blog.piekniewski.info/ (On limits of deep learning and where to go next with AI.)    

A lot of the old and grand buildings you can still see in Warsaw nowadays were built thanks to the ingenuity and skill of a certain Marconi… While the surname may ring a bell, we're not talking about telephones, but about Enrico Marconi, known in Poland as Henryk, who was a prolific architect and the mastermind behind dozens of buildings built in Congress Poland. Host John Beauchamp speaks to Jakub Frejtag from Warsaw University about the Marconi effect on Polish architecture and how it came to be that an Italian found himself in Poland back in the 19th century. A lot of the old and grand buildings you can still see in Warsaw nowadays were built thanks to the ingenuity and skill of Henryk Marconi. He built hotels, train stations, hospitals, grand palaces for the rich and famous, numerous churches, and even a synagogue. While a lot of the buildings Enrico Marconi constructed didn't survive the war, some did, and can still be admired today – even if not in their original form.

Dominika Szulc from Future Processing joins me on Tech Talks Daily to share the inspirational story that saw her pivot from the optometry industry into a career in tech. She shares her unique career transition to IT and offers advice for anyone wanting to follow in her footsteps. We also discuss how the ML world works from a junior specialist perspective and the tech scene in Poland. Dominika also shares her view on women in tech and Learning and Development in the industry.   About Dominika Dominika is a highly-motivated and passionate about machine learning and the use of technology. After +5 years spent in the sales and optometry industry, Dominika decided on career transition. Since 2020, Dominika has attended online coding school, Turing College. Previously, she finished a postgraduate degree: Data Science – Big Data algorithms, tools and techniques (Warsaw University of Technology) and before that, she studied chemistry (Military University Of Technology And Erasmus Exchange at Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal) and Optometry at Warsaw University. At Future Processing, Dominika is developing skills as Junior ML Engineer, working on interpreting data and generating models and prototypes. Sponsored VPN Offer https://www.piavpn.com/techtalksdaily

In this Silicon Valley Tech & AI episode presented by GSD Venture Studios Gary Fowler interviews Greg Slota. Guest: Greg Slota, Master of Science, CEO and co-founder of MeteoTrack Grzegorz Slota's vision of the inevitable weather around us says that we should start planning any activities by determining its impact. Greg has over 20 years engineering experience in IT. The best technical and economic universities in Poland, combined with experience in multi-million projects. Flexibility, dialogue, understanding along with openness to different views and changes are part of the game-defining his approach to project management, product implementation, and organization leadership. Greg Slota holds a master's and engineering degree in Environmental Engineering from Cracow University of Technology, postgraduate degrees obtained in the field of mathematical methods, IT and databases in meteorology and hydrology as well as R&D projects from Warsaw University of Technology and Cracow University of Economics.

One of the ways we can perceive and define a city is by the way it smells. New research spotlights historical smells and – more importantly – what was done about them, in the Polish city of Lublin. Research from Dr Stephanie Weismann – originally from the University of Vienna, currently at the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University – takes into account four case studies of Lublin's smells over a number of decades in the 20th century. At Warsaw University she's going one step further with a study of smells in a project called “NoseWise. An Olfactory Approach Towards Polish Cultural History”. So how does one go about recording smells? Join host John Beauchamp in this episode of The Debrief to find out.

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Maciej Kisilowski, director of Initiative for Regulatory Innovation Research Center. Maciej Kisilowski is assistant professor of law and public management at CEU Business School and director of Initiative for Regulatory Innovation research center. He holds an MA and a PhD in law from Yale, MPA in economics and public policy from Princeton, and MBA with distinction from Insead. He also holds another MA and a PhD in law from Warsaw University. His research interests include theory of regulation and public management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jak wygląda codzienność Mobile Software Engineerów w Allegro i skala, z którą pracują?Jak przebiega proces developmentu w przypadku aplikacji mobilnych? Jak radzimy sobie z łączeniem interesów różnych zespołów rozwijających tę samą aplikację i w czym pomaga nam tu modularyzacja?Co nam dają testy usability i dlaczego warto pamiętać o dostępności? Jak integruje się i rozwija społeczność mobilna w Allegro? Wszystko wyjaśnią Wam Patrycja Haraburda i Artur Chabera - Mobile Software Engineerowie w Allegro.Patrycja Haraburda - Mobile Software Engineer (Android)A graduate of Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering at Warsaw University of Technology. On a daily basis, she develops Allegro applications for Android and iOS platforms. Her achievements include a scientific publication on the recognition of eye diseases using neural networks. Artur Chabera - Mobile Software Engineer (iOS)Artur has been with Allegro for 2 years. His main focus is the area of payments and the iOS purchase process. He likes to look at the application through the prism of accessibility. He likes to spend his free time riding a bike and reading sci-fi novels.

Dawid Adach is the Co-founder of Material Design for Bootstrap (MDB), a free material design framework for web developers. He is an entrepreneur, a full-stack developer, and a member of the supervisory board at AI REV. Dawid was a founding member of the EO Poland chapter and served as President from 2021 to 2022. He has a master's degree in computer science from the Warsaw University of Technology.  In this episode of the Smart Business Revolution Podcast, John Corcoran interviews Dawid Adach, the Co-founder of Material Design for Bootstrap, about his work supporting war refugees. Dawid explains how the EO Relief Fund in Poland was started, how EO members in Poland supported Ukrainian refugees, and his experience being an EO member.

See the YouTube video here: (1) Vyacheslav Likhachev - YouTube Vyacheslav Likhachev is a historian, journalist, political scientist, and social activist. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the Moscow Lomonosov University, and graduated from the Jewish University in Moscow, Russia. As Research Fellow, he worked at Jewish University in Jerusalem, Central European University in Budapest, and Warsaw University, Poland. Taught at Jewish University in Moscow, Moscow State University, International Solomon University (Kyiv, Ukraine), and at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine). Head of the "Analytics" Program (Eurasian Jewish Congress, EJC), and of the National Minorities Rights Monitoring Group. Since 2008, Chief Editor of the official EJC website. His research interests include ethnopolitical conflict studies, xenophobia on the post-Soviet space, ideology and activity of far-right groups in Russia and Ukraine, political extremism, theories of nation and nationalism, history of anti-semitism, activity of Jewish communities on post-Soviet space, and inter-confessional relations. https://krytyka.com/en/authors/vyacheslav-likhachev Former head of the Monitoring Group for the Rights of National Minorities,Former Research Analyst at ZMINA. Center for Human Rights, Former Project manager at the Congress of National Communities of Ukraine, Former Fellow at United Nations Human Rights, Former Area Coordinator at Vostok – SOS, Former Guide at Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem, Former Founder at The Chernivtsi Museum of the History and Culture of Bukovinian Jews, Former Teacher at the Institute of Asian and African Countries, Former Teacher at Jewish University in Moscow, Former Editor in Chief at Jews of Euro-Asia magazine, Worked at the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Former General Counsel, member at Euro-Asian Jewish Congress. Euromaidan SOS: honest answers to the most common questions about AZOV in the West Euromaidan SOS: honest answers to the most common questions about AZOV in the West - Центр Громадянських Свобод (ccl.org.ua) The Far Right in the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The Far Right in the Conflict between Russia and Ukraine (ifri.org) Right-wing extremism in Ukraine: the phenomenon of ”Svoboda” brocshura_block.indd (jewseurasia.org) The “Right Sector” and Others: National Radicals and the Ukrainian Political Crisis of Late 2013 – Early 2104 https://www.academia.edu/27715875/The_Right_Sector_and_Others_National_Radicals_and_the_Ukrainian_Political_Crisis_of_Late_2013_Early_2104?fbclid=IwAR0uMb7h39-N5364jfrK-IXrEtIQPlHgul3Coq7AtQi_KHrfWJ35-zQw0S8  In this video/audio Introductions Ukrainian Nationalists vs Modern Ukraine (Nation building, OUN, formation of modern Ukraine.) Weakening of the far right in Ukraine.  Propaganda directed at Ukraine (Maidan to Russian invasion) Yanukovych's rule and loss of electoral support for the far right.  Far right street crime and violence. Impact of Russian invasion on the Ukrainian far right. Azov Battalion.  q7rPOBIbzSTXzvbjWsRG

Episode 137- The Critical Role of Education with Dr. Krzysztof Celuch We are delighted to be speaking with another rockstar in our industry today! Dr. Krzysztof Celuch has recently been awarded a place in the Hall of Leaders of our industry! He has had an awesome career in academics. He has been with the Convention and Business Bureau and volunteered for many different organizations.  He joins us from Poland to tell his inspiring story and talk about his certifications and the importance of education. He also discusses the academic and voluntary work he does.  We hope you enjoy listening to today's fascinating conversation with Professor Krzysztof Celuch! Bio: Professor Krzysztof Celuch, Ph.D. MBA, DBA, CMM, CITE, CIS, HMCC, CED – an academic professor and an entrepreneur, Krzysztof specializes in event experiences, event marketing, and management. His scientific research, training, and keynotes are all built on knowledge of economics, business psychology, sociology, marketing, and cultural studies. He conducts workshops and training, gives lectures, and moderates panel discussions, debates, and management meetings. He implements research projects, builds strategies, and provides business consulting services. He helps organizations, institutions, and companies in the areas of management, communication, motivation, and business development, with particular emphasis on the meetings industry (event marketing). He is an associate professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, deputy rector of Vistula School of Hospitality, and visiting professor in Austria, France, the USA, and China. Dr. Krzysztof's education Dr. Krzysztof believes in education because it can be used to change the world. He likes to listen to others and learn from them. He was happy to have fulfilled his educational goals this year. He joined various industry associations' certification programs and focused on university education. He likes to tie the different aspects of what he has learned together, implement his knowledge, and share it to bring some heart to the next generation of leaders. Dr. Krysztof's journey Dr. Krysztof used to be a traditional folklore dance instructor. When he was around nineteen, he focused on dancing and started studying at a sports academy. After about two years, he decided to change direction and began working as a tour guide. He was also writing his bachelor's degree thesis on incentive travel at the time and read the only Polish book available on business tourism. A coincidence Coincidentally, a guest in one of Krzysztof's tour groups was Rob Davidson, the author of the book he had read on business tourism. Krzysztof asked him many questions, and Rob encouraged Krzysztof to become a member of MPI.  Step by step Dr. Krzysztof joined MPI in 2005. He continued to move forward step by step, writing, listening, and connecting with industry leaders. Future Leaders Forum Together with several organization leaders, Dr. Krzysztof started the first chapter of the Future Leaders Forum in Warsaw.    Academics Dr. Krzysztof loves academia and sharing his knowledge! His academic journey began with a dance movement in high school.  NGO The first NGO Dr. Krzysztof got involved with was the International Association of Folklore Festival Traditions (CIOFF). Organizations After joining MPI, Dr. Krzysztof joined IMEX and then the Convention Bureau. He spent five years working for the Warsaw Convention Bureau, during which he loved promoting the capital of Poland! He started as a student intern and worked his way to becoming a manager. The next step in his career was to become the head of Poland's Convention Bureau, and he spent the next fifteen years there. A private university After graduating with his Master's degree, a private university asked Krzysztof to share his knowledge about tourism and the meetings industry. He is still with them today. Giving back Dr. Krzysztof believes that we should give back what we have previously received.  Decisions We need the right information to make informed decisions. Dr. Krzysztof believes that it is crucial to consult the heart and include an emotional component in the decision-making process. The American way Dr. Krzysztof enjoys American efficiency and the American way of getting down to business and following up. But he sometimes misses the European chit-chat and storytelling. A challenging industry The hospitality industry can be challenging. Dr. Krzysztof finds that people new to the industry tend to lack inspiration. He also finds them not as motivated as those with more experience, unwilling to work hard if they do not earn vast amounts for their efforts, and unprepared when they have arranged to meet someone. Preparing Dr. Krzysztof believes it is vital to be focused and prepared when meeting someone. It's worth spending a few minutes having a coffee or a drink with them before the meeting to get to know them.  The Internet The internet is a helpful tool for preparing for a meeting because it allows you to learn about those you intend to meet.  Building relationships Half of Dr. Krzysztof's clients are based in Europe, half of them are in the Middle East, and a few are in the US. In the US, building relationships used to take much longer than it did in Europe. However, since Covid, things have changed. Volunteering Dr. Krzysztof spent years volunteering for MPI and many other organizations. Through that, he has met many new people and learned about different cultures and religions. When you volunteer, NGOs can help you build your position and become who you truly are. Krzysztof points out that this is our life and our planet, so we all need to engage, get involved, share our knowledge, and give back in any way we can! Full bio: Dr. Krzysztof Celuch Ph.D., DBA, MBA, CMM, CITE, CIS, HMCC, CED – an academic professor and an entrepreneur, Krzysztof specializes in the meetings industry, event marketing, and event management. His scientific research, training, and keynotes are all built on knowledge of economics, business psychology, sociology, marketing, and cultural studies. He conducts workshops and training, gives lectures, and moderates panel discussions, debates, and management meetings. He implements research projects, builds strategies, and provides business consulting services. He helps organizations, institutions, and companies in the areas of management, communication, motivation, and business development, with particular emphasis on the meetings industry (event marketing).  Motivation: “When we meet, We change the world” might be the current slogan of the Meetings Professionals International (MPI) association, but personally, I have always found these words to be a great source of inspiration. Belief in the power of events and being aware of tools making meetings efficient and effective are what made the innovative-sounding “meetings industry” my area of specialty.  Education and professional growth: Diploma in tourism and recreation, doctorate degree in the field of humanities (political sciences), experience gained in international organizations, management of a destination marketing organization (DMO), participation in scientific and research projects – all of these factors contributed to the development of new qualities in the discussed interdisciplinary field.  Achievements and experience:  Scientific and business portfolio:  20 years of experience in providing training in an international environment, i.a. in the USA, Scandinavia, Mexico, and Poland 15 years of academic experience in the USA, China, and Poland at such universities, as i.a. San Diego State University, Skema Business School, Warsaw School of Tourism and Hospitality Management (part of the Vistula Group of Universities), Warsaw University, Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń Keynote speaker at scientific and industry congresses, business conferences, kick-off meetings, and motivation-centered events Author of 150 articles and five books dedicated to event management Holder of international training certifications: MPI Global Training, Sustainability in Tourism, Certified Incentive Specialist, EventCanvas Implementation of research projects, including Poland Meetings Impact (The Economic Impact of Poland's Meetings Industry), the first report of this type in Poland (and eighth in the world Conducting destination marketing campaigns Management of the cooperation between the business, public and scientific sectors, including the moderation of meetings held by association and corporation boards.  Awards: MPI RISE AWARD Young Professional Achievement 2009/2010 – awarded to individuals under 30 years of age for significant contributions to the development of global business tourism. Dallas, USA CIC Young Pacesetter Award 2012 – awarded to individuals for spreading good practices, sharing knowledge, and creating leaders. Convention Industry Council, Washington, USA “Za Zasługi DLA Turystyki” 2015 – an honorary distinction awarded to citizens of the Republic of Poland, foreigners, organizations, and other institutions both at home and abroad in recognition of their contribution to the development of Polish tourism and solidifying international cooperation in this field “Meeting Architects: 40 Under 40” – a distinction awarded in a competition staged by the Connect Association and publisher of the Connect magazine. I was listed among the 40 leaders of the global meetings industry under 40.  The recognition diploma, 2012, Ministry of Sport and Tourism, diploma of recognition for contribution to the development of Polish tourism  DMAI 30 under 30 Award, 2012, Destination Marketing Association International, the prize for persons under 30 years of age for a contribution to the development and marketing of business tourism  The Meeting Professional Magazine 30 under 30, 2008, the prize for having the greatest impact on the development of business tourism in the world in 2008  The Meeting Professional Magazine 30 under 30, 2007, the prize for having the greatest impact on the development of business tourism in the world in 2007  Passions: Career and research – growth of the meetings industry, contributing to innovations and trends, interpersonal motivation.  Hobbies – mountains (both as a regular tourist and an extreme mountaineering enthusiast looking for challenges), mountain rescuer, lifeguard, folklore dancer Connect with Eric On LinkedIn On Facebook On Instagram On Website   Connect with Dr. Krzysztof Celuch On his Website On LinkedIn

Lynn has helped nearly 800 small business clients globally achieve success through the creation of highly competitive business models, new media integration, print and eBook publishing. In the early 1980s, she established a management consulting practice in Los Angeles, lived abroad in the early 1990's and founded Smart Site® in 1994. She has also provided management training to private companies, investment banks, and conducted business clinics based on her books and other writing at UCLA, CA State University, the Supercomputer / World Trade Centers in San Diego; the International Management School, Warsaw University, Russian State University, Moscow, Russia; and professional membership organizations and book signings shown on the left. In addition to being a published business author and entrepreneur, she has assumed many leadership roles. - www.smartsite.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Recorded on 16 March 2020, the first day of the nationwide coronavirus quarantine in Poland. The signature sound of the Warsaw University's main campus is surrounded by a chorus of birds. Monday sounds more like a Sunday and the city sound resembles a much smaller town. Lockdown sounds features as part of the Well-Being Cities project as evidence of how the sounds of our cities were one of the positive changes that came about during the Covid-19 lockdowns, with lower noise levels and an increased ability to hear the sounds of nature and other personally and culturally nourishing soundscapes. Recorded by Jacek Szczepanek. Part of the Well-Being Cities project, a unique collaboration between Cities and Memory and C40, a global network of mayors of nearly 100 world-leading cities collaborating to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis. The project was originally presented at the C40 Cities conference in Buenos Aires in 2022. Explore Well-Being Cities in full at https://citiesandmemory.com/wellbeing-cities/

By stacking layers of atom-thick materials on top of each other, researchers are opening up a whole host of exciting new possibilities for technology and scientific research. Particularly interesting properties in these 2D materials could be achieved by stacking three or more of these layers – but so far, the large-scale production of these structures has proven difficult. Using carefully applied techniques, Dr Jakub Sitek and his team at Warsaw University of Technology have made important steps towards overcoming this challenge.

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) is collaborating with Polish and Japanese researchers from the Warsaw University of Technology and Okayama University to develop an innovative technology called DISSIMILAR that uses artificial intelligence and data concealment techniques to help users tell whether a video is real or a deepfake. Social media nowadays is rife with the spread of fake news and misinformation, one of the most insidious forms of this being deepfakes. Deepfakes are videos which are edited in such a way, often with AI technology, to combine images, video footage, and audio to create a false or misleading videos. The DISSIMILAR project works to combat this. Professor David Megías, KISON's lead researcher and director of the IN3, said: “The project has two objectives: firstly, to provide content creators with tools to watermark their creations, thus making any modification easily detectable; and secondly, to offer social media users tools based on latest-generation signal processing and machine learning methods to detect fake digital content.” Currently there are two types of tools used to detect fake news – automatic, based on machine learning, and much more commonly, platforms using human moderators. Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter use human moderators and fact-checkers to tell whether content is real or fake, but that calls into question the danger of biases. This human solution could be affected by “different biases” and encourage censorship, according to David Megías, who said: “We believe that an objective assessment based on technological tools might be a better option, provided that users have the last word on deciding, on the basis of a pre-evaluation, whether they can trust certain content or not”. “That's why we've opted to explore the concealment of information (watermarks), digital content forensics analysis techniques (to a great extent based on signal processing) and, it goes without saying, machine learning”, he continued. Professor Megías explained that the fake news detection needed to be carried out with a combination of multiple different tools, both machine and human. The use of digital watermarking can be used to verify a media file “easily and automatically”. For example by confirming it had been distributed by a legitimate news industry or whether it had been posted from a brand new Twitter account. This too makes it so the user can easily tell if the content is fake. DISSIMILAR will combine the development of digital watermarks with digital forensics to detect irregularities and distortions produced when modifying a file, using machine learning models to improve outcomes. First-stage test studies are to take place in Catalonia, Poland, and Japan, with the researchers taking a holistic view on the perceptions and cultural components around spotting fake news. Professor Megías said: “Firstly, we want to find out how users interact with the news, what interests them, what media they consume, depending upon their interests, what they use as their basis to identify certain content as fake news and what they are prepared to do to check its truthfulness. If we can identify these things, it will make it easier for the technological tools we design to help prevent the propagation of fake news”. The perceptions will be gauged in different cultural contexts, splitting the user groups between Catalonia, Poland, and Japan. Andrea Rosales, a CNSC researcher, said:”This is important because, for example, each country has governments and/or public authorities with greater or lesser degrees of credibility”. “This has an impact on how news is followed and support for fake news: if I don't believe in the word of the authorities, why should I pay any attention to the news coming from these sources? This could be seen during the COVID-19 crisis: in countries in which there was less trust in the public authorities, there was less respect for suggestions and rules on the handling of the pand...

In this episode of The Debrief, we we take a look at language apprehension in older students. Host John Beauchamp is joined by Karolina Czopek from Warsaw University to discuss whether it's a good idea to learn Polish (or any other language!) as an older learner.

In this episode of The Debrief, we take a look at Poland's gargantuan humanitarian efforts as more than 2 million Ukrainians take refuge in the country. Coming up in the show, John Beauchamp talks to Dr Dorota Heidrich, a specialist on forced migration and refugees at Warsaw University, about how Poland has coped with such a wave of migration since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February. We also look at the continuing border crisis with Belarus and Poland's need to come up with a coherent migration policy.

Today we're kicking off another episode of the Retail Rundown podcast with guest Pawel Grabowski. Pawel is the Head of unmanned solutions at Żabka Polska, which is the largest, formatted, and centralized chain of convenience stores in Central and Eastern Europe. On today's episode, we discuss the store's recent roll out of 25 autonomous stores, powered by AiFi. In his career, he has worked with global clients on the transition to a technology platform-based economy, data-driven strategy development, and an omnichannel approach to customer service. Pawel is also a lecturer at the Warsaw University of Technology. If you enjoyed this episode, please let us know by subscribing to our channel and giving us a 5 star rating us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. - - - - - - Hosted by Julia Raymond Hare Written and produced by Gabriella Bock Edited by Trenton Waller

Today on IGN The Fix: Games, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has described the launch issues that plagued last year's release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy as a 'glitch' that has since been 'resolved'. During a CNBC interview, Zelnick spoke about the release of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy, where he appeared to draw a line under the issues that the collection of classic games suffered from across a number of consoles. "With regards to the GTA trilogy, that was actually not a new title," Zelnick stated when speaking about the game. "That was a remaster of preexisting titles. We did have a glitch in the beginning, that glitch was resolved." Students from Warsaw University in Poland have created a fully detailed, to-scale map of The Witcher universe's continent, and it's a doozy that shows off the scale of Geralt's adventures from Kaer Morhen to Skellige and beyond. The map reads a lot like any other professionally designed map, just you know, with fantasy cities and countries. It even comes with a helpful set of symbols that divides cities by population scale, country borders, and even elevation. And it's all brought to you by Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction

Today's guest is Alexander Watson. Alex is Professor of History at Goldsmiths, University of London, and is a renowned scholar of the First World War and modern Germany. He was educated at Oxford University and finished his Ph.D. there in 2005 under the direction of Niall Ferguson. Watson was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge from 2008-2011 and then spent two years in Poland at Warsaw University as a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow. His first book, Enduring the Great War: Combat, Morale and Collapse in the German and British Armies, 1914-1918, was published with Cambridge in 2008 and won the Institute of Contemporary History and Wiener Library's Fraenkel Prize. That was just the beginning of his time in the spotlight. His second book, Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, was published by Allen Lane/Basic Books (2014) and went on to win the Wolfson History Prize, The Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, The Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award, and the British Army Military Book of the Year Award. His most recent book, The Fortress: The Siege of Przemysl and the Making of Europe's Bloodlands, was also published by Allen Lane/Basic Books (2019). That book was a finalist in all of the competitions mentioned above, and it secured Watson's second Distinguished Book Award from The Society for Military History. Alex is now working on a political and sensory history of the July 1932 election in Weimar Germany. Over half of the electorate chose radical, anti-system parties of the far left and far right, effectively voting Germany's first, fragile democracy out of existence. In this watershed election, the book explores the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and even touch to better understand this violent and emotional time when the Nazis became the political power in Germany and took a decisive step on the road to establishing the Third Reich. Watch Babylon Berlin on Netflix - you'll get a sense of it. Watson has published more than 17 additional articles and essays, and he appears on radio, television, and podcasts, and now he's slumming with us on Military Historians are People, Too!. It is no exaggeration to say that Alex is a star in the field of military history, and we are thrilled to have him on the show. Rec. 12/09/2021

In this third episode of The Identity Series, we deepen our investigation into fractured national identity across Europe, through one of its most contemporary and violent examples: the collapse of Yugoslavia and subsequent wars that ripped across the former country.Hosted by Josephine Burton, a range of artists and historians discuss the tensions leading up to the collapse and its heartbreaking aftermath. Together, we explore how this shaped the artists born out of it and changed the artistic output of a nation, what Yugoslavia meant to its artists and how that spirit endures today. Speakers include Milena Dragićević Šešić; professor of cultural policy and cultural management and former president of the University of Arts, Belgrade; Alma Ferovic Fazlic, a Bosnian singer and music producer; Maja Milatovic-Ovadia, a theatre director from former Yugoslavia and PhD researcher on devised comedy theatre in the context of post-war reconciliation; and Albanian-born Rigels Hallili, a lecturer in modern history and Balkans culture at Warsaw University's Centre for East European Studies.Srebrenica by Fun-Da-Mental FEAT. Alma Ferovic Fazlic See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of Knowing Animals, we speak to Dr Justyna Włodarczyk, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of North American Cultures and Literatures at Warsaw University in Poland. We discuss her 2018 book Genealogy of Obedience: Reading North American Dog Training Literature, 1850s-2000s, which was published by Brill. This episode of Knowing Animals is sponsored by the Australasian Animal Studies Association and the Animal Publics book series at Sydney University Press.

In this first episode of The Identity Series, we explore the meaning and power of identity through the fascinating case of Polish-Lithuanian Nobel Prize-winning writer Czeslaw Milosz.Born in Lithuania, Milosz survived the Nazi occupation of Poland, became a member of the Polish Foreign Service under the communist regime, and was then exiled for being a strong critic of communism. His famous collection of essays, The Captive Mind, reveals his struggle with his own sense of identity and belonging as an artist under a communist regime and became symbolic of the Baltic-Eastern European cultural, national and geopolitical ‘borderlands'. We also explore other artists who were affected by the shifting of national boundaries during the first decades of the 20th century.Speakers include British singer-songwriter Katy Carr, known for her songs about Polish history; Katia Denysova, a researcher on the influence of socio-political factors on Ukrainian art in the early 20th century; Professor Clare Cavanagh, specialist in modern Russian, Polish and Anglo-American poetry and a biographer of Milosz; and Rigels Halili, lecturer in modern history and Balkans culture at Centre for East European Studies at Warsaw University. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lynn has helped nearly 800 small business clients globally achieve success through the creation of highly competitive business models, new media integration, print and eBook publishing. In the early 1980s, she established a management consulting practice in Los Angeles, lived abroad in the early 1990's and founded Smart Site® in 1994. She has also provided management training to private companies, investment banks, and conducted business clinics based on her books and other writing at UCLA, CA State University, the Supercomputer / World Trade Centers in San Diego; the International Management School, Warsaw University, Russian State University, Moscow, Russia; and professional membership organizations and book signings shown on the left. In addition to being a published business author and entrepreneur, she has assumed many leadership roles. - www.smartsite.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Poland's erosion of the rule of law has set an alarming precedent in Europe. A democratically elected government turning against the foundations of democracy itself and stripping its citizens of basic human rights is indeed a shocking scenario, happening right in front of our eyes. We have invited Eliza Rutynowska, lawyer at the Civil Development Forum in Poland and a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Criminal Law at Warsaw University, to talk about the crumbling of the rule of law and the increasing human rights violations in Poland as well as being a “lawyer in a lawless state” as she says in her own words.

Elżbieta Korolczuk presents her lecture "Anti-Gender Politics and Right Wing Populism in Poland" on April 27, 2021. This lecture is part of Talking Gender in the EU, a lecture series hosted by the Center for West European Studies at the University of Washington, covering gender politics in Poland, Latvia, France, and the European Parliament. This lecture is also a Pre-Conference Lecture for the 2021 REECAS Northwest Conference, hosted by the Ellison Center for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies. Elżbieta Korolczuk, PhD is an Associate professor in sociology working at Södertörn University in Stockholm and American Studies Center, Warsaw University. Her research interests involve: social movements, civil society, politics of reproduction as well as right-wing populism and mobilizations against “gender”. She co-edited two books on motherhood and fatherhood in Poland and Russia (in Polish) and published two volumes on social movements and civil society in Central Eastern Europe: Civil Society Revisited: Lessons from Poland co-edited with Kerstin Jacobsson (Berghahn Books, 2017), Rebellious Parents. Parental Movements in Central-Eastern Europe and Russia co-edited with Katalin Fábián (Indiana University Press, 2017). Most recent publications include an edited volume Bunt kobiet. Czarne Protesty i Strajki Kobiet [Women's Rebellion. Black Protests and Women's Strikes] co-authored with Beata Kowalska, Jennifer Ramme and Claudia Snochowska-Gonzalez and published by European Solidarity Centre in 2019 and a monograph Anti-gender Politics in the Populist Moment written with Agnieszka Graff (in press, Routledge). She is also a commentator and a long-time women's and human rights activist. The Talking Gender in the EU lecture series is organized by the Center for West European Studies and the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence with support from the Lee and Stuart Scheingold European Studies Fund, the EU Erasmus+ Program, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, and the Center for Global Studies, at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Elżbieta Korolczuk presents her lecture "Anti-Gender Politics and Right Wing Populism in Poland" on April 27, 2021. This lecture is part of Talking Gender in the EU, a lecture series covering gender politics in Poland, Latvia, France, and the European Parliament. Elżbieta Korolczuk, PhD is an Associate professor in sociology working at Södertörn University in Stockholm and American Studies Center, Warsaw University. Her research interests involve: social movements, civil society, politics of reproduction as well as right-wing populism and mobilizations against “gender”. She co-edited two books on motherhood and fatherhood in Poland and Russia (in Polish) and published two volumes on social movements and civil society in Central Eastern Europe: Civil Society Revisited: Lessons from Poland co-edited with Kerstin Jacobsson (Berghahn Books, 2017), Rebellious Parents. Parental Movements in Central-Eastern Europe and Russia co-edited with Katalin Fábián (Indiana University Press, 2017). Most recent publications include an edited volume Bunt kobiet. Czarne Protesty i Strajki Kobiet [Women's Rebellion. Black Protests and Women's Strikes] co-authored with Beata Kowalska, Jennifer Ramme and Claudia Snochowska-Gonzalez and published by European Solidarity Centre in 2019 and a monograph Anti-gender Politics in the Populist Moment written with Agnieszka Graff (in press, Routledge). She is also a commentator and a long-time women's and human rights activist. The Talking Gender in the EU lecture series is organized by the Center for West European Studies and the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence with support from the Lee and Stuart Scheingold European Studies Fund, the EU Erasmus+ Program, the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies, and the Center for Global Studies, at the University of Washington, Seattle.

How can the transatlantic alliance manage the political and security challenges presented by the Nord Stream 2 pipeline? Daniel Fried and Steven Piferjoin Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend to discuss Nord Stream 2, diplomatic challenges, and more. Daniel Fried is a Distinguished Fellow at the Atlantic Council. He is also on the Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy and a Visiting Professor at Warsaw University. He previously had a forty-year career in Foreign Service, where he played a key role in designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. He became one of the U.S. government’s foremost experts on Central and Eastern Europe and Russia. Steven Pifer is a fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin and a non-resident senior fellow with the Brookings Institution. In his previous career as a Foreign Service officer, his more than 25 years with the State Department focused on U.S. relations with the former Soviet Union and Europe, as well as arms control and security issues. His research focuses on nuclear arms control, Ukraine, Russia, and European security.

Helping Companies Become Success Stories! - Lynn has helped nearly 800 small business clients globally achieve success through the creation of highly competitive business models, new media integration, print and eBook publishing. In the early 1980s, she established a management consulting practice in Los Angeles, lived abroad in the early 1990's and founded Smart Site® in 1994. She has also provided management training to private companies, investment banks, and conducted business clinics based on her books and other writing at UCLA, CA State University, the Supercomputer / World Trade Centers in San Diego; the International Management School, Warsaw University, Russian State University, Moscow, Russia; and professional membership organizations and book signings shown on the left. In addition to being a published business author and entrepreneur, she has assumed many leadership roles. - www.smartsite.com

May 5 marked the 200th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death. Following the partitions of Poland in the late 18th century, Poles saw Napoleon as a possible saviour of the Polish nation. In 1807 Napoleon created the Duchy of Warsaw, a client state of France, and gave it a modern constitution, while a year later the Napoleonic Code also was instated. Host John Beauchamp speaks to Marta Tomczak, PhD candidate from Warsaw University, about Napoleon's lasting legacy in Poland. In this week's review: Polish president declares support for Ukraine's EU ambitions Poland sees first Brazilian Covid-19 mutations Facemasks outdoors no longer required from May 15 Is there anything you want to hear or read about? Why not drop me a line? You can get in touch with the show by writing to podcasts@thefirstnews.com, and please remember to share, like and subscribe to The Debrief!

The FounderThis time we talk to Sebastian Wuerz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianwuerz/) the founder and CEO of the co-living startup homefully (https://homeful.ly/), a proptech headquartered in Frankfurt, offering furnished apartments across Germany and Switzerland. This trend is called co-living and offers a convenient way for ex-pats to relocate to a new city and have instant social connections. Sebastian graduated with an international MBA, which took him to Warsaw University, DUFE (Dongbei University of Finance and Economics 东北财经大学), and the University of North Florida. Before starting homefully Sebastian also had stints in wealth management in Singapore and investment banking in Frankfurt. We have roughly 50% international tenants. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully Subscribe HereFind all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio We started homefully as a side business, but it grew and grew. So, I had to make a decision. And I went all in. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully   EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/You can also find the podcast we run together here:iTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bfl Spotify https://spoti.fi/3wUshwv Deezer http://bit.ly/2Qbh1rl TuneIn http://bit.ly/2M8vpzn We started homefully as a side business, but it grew and grew. So, I had to make a decision. And I went all in. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully https://www.startuprad.io/blog/homefully-offers-co-living-in-germany-and-switzerland-and-is-looking-to-expand/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/techstartupsgermany/message

The Founder This time we talk to Sebastian Wuerz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianwuerz/) the founder and CEO of the co-living startup homefully (https://homeful.ly/), a proptech headquartered in Frankfurt, offering furnished apartments across Germany and Switzerland. This trend is called co-living and offers a convenient way for ex-pats to relocate to a new city and have instant social connections. Sebastian graduated with an international MBA, which took him to Warsaw University, DUFE (Dongbei University of Finance and Economics 东北财经大学), and the University of North Florida. Before starting homefully Sebastian also had stints in wealth management in Singapore and investment banking in Frankfurt. We have roughly 50% international tenants. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio We started homefully as a side business, but it grew and grew. So, I had to make a decision. And I went all in. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ You can also find the podcast we run together here: iTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bfl Spotify https://spoti.fi/3wUshwv Deezer http://bit.ly/2Qbh1rl TuneIn http://bit.ly/2M8vpzn We started homefully as a side business, but it grew and grew. So, I had to make a decision. And I went all in. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully https://www.startuprad.io/blog/homefully-offers-co-living-in-germany-and-switzerland-and-is-looking-to-expand/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support

The FounderThis time we talk to Sebastian Wuerz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianwuerz/) the founder and CEO of the co-living startup homefully (https://homeful.ly/), a proptech headquartered in Frankfurt, offering furnished apartments across Germany and Switzerland. This trend is called co-living and offers a convenient way for ex-pats to relocate to a new city and have instant social connections. Sebastian graduated with an international MBA, which took him to Warsaw University, DUFE (Dongbei University of Finance and Economics 东北财经大学), and the University of North Florida. Before starting homefully Sebastian also had stints in wealth management in Singapore and investment banking in Frankfurt. We have roughly 50% international tenants. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully Subscribe HereFind all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio We started homefully as a side business, but it grew and grew. So, I had to make a decision. And I went all in. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ You can also find the podcast we run together here: iTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bfl Spotify https://spoti.fi/3wUshwv Deezer http://bit.ly/2Qbh1rl TuneIn http://bit.ly/2M8vpzn We started homefully as a side business, but it grew and grew. So, I had to make a decision. And I went all in. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully https://www.startuprad.io/blog/homefully-offers-co-living-in-germany-and-switzerland-and-is-looking-to-expand/ Folge direkt herunterladen

Join us for a super interesting session with Prof. Teresa Zielinska.Teresa is a professor of technical sciences, deputy-director of the Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics of Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) and we had a very productive discussion about AI, interactions between machines and human beings, what are the risks that should be consider by the developers of robotic devices, and most importantly: should the robots smile or hug you in case they feel you are on an emotional situation?If you are interested in joining our developers community please feel free to visit us at www.unlimited-robotics.com or write us to developers@unlimited-robotics.comWe also recommend you to follow Teresa on her recent researches (here) and on her faculty web page (here).

It's been a week marked by International Holocaust Remembrance day and the Polish government's announcement that it has placed an order for 87 million Covid-19 vaccines from as many as five different companies. And while we're on the subject of the ongoing pandemic, in this week's interview, host John Beauchamp is joined by Dr Maria Reimann from the Interdisciplinary Team on Childhood Research at Warsaw University about how the pandemic has affected kids in Poland and across the world. You can check out a whole range of information and resources on the pandemic and how it has affected youth by going here. In this week's review: Polish man in ‘vegetative' state dies in Plymouth hospital WWII artefacts found in hidden bunker at Warsaw Ghetto building site secretly ‘smuggled' out of Poland Restaurants may reopen in May - Polish Development Fund IMF maintains Poland's 2021 GDP growth forecast at 2.7 pct Why not drop me a line? You can get in touch with the show by writing to podcasts@thefirstnews.com, and please remember to share, like and subscribe to The Debrief!

In the episode No 14, we spoke to Agnieszka Pugacewicz, from Warsaw, Poland. She is an entrepreneur and teaches entrepreneurship at Warsaw University. She shared with us her experience with remote setup for teaching and learning, as well as some innovative ways to enhance our learning experience. She told us about the state of entrepreneurship in Poland, about start-ups, and about the food industry in Poland, for which she said is quite traditional but something is changing in recent years. She also gave us some interesting facts, like Warsaw is the third city in the world for vegan restaurants per capita and how activism and open mind can help in changing habits for the welfare of the whole society. Chapters: - Introduction: University, Start-ups and Innovation - Education, formal and informal - How Covid changed our everyday lives? - Research and Data science - State of Entrepreneurship and Food Industry in Poland - Activism on the local level - Agnieszka`s message Read the transcript of the episode here: https://bit.ly/2HiTzI0 Visit our website and subscribe for the latest stories and news: https://bit.ly/31gjQxR Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/32f32q7 Follow Mondopreneur on social media channels like Facebook: https://bit.ly/3l4w0BU Instagram: https://bit.ly/3aLjZwq Twitter: https://bit.ly/3gbU95O LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3aIfnXX

Recently OVHcloud Start-Up Program Opens Up To Scaleups For Its 2020 EditionAfter a successful 4 years effectively supporting over 2000 startups around the world, the newly named "OVHcloud Startup Program" relaunches in 2020 and marks the start of an improved program. Startups who join the 1-year program will receive specific tech support and credits on OVHcloud products right from the get-go. Together with a strong ecosystem of business partners, the OVHcloud startup Program provides reliability and security to innovative businesses, helping you facilitate exponential, and international growthWith a strong presence in Canada since 2011, OVHcloud is a global and the leading European cloud provider operating 400,000 servers in its own 30 data centres in 4 continents.We had the opportunity to chat with Malgorzata Ratajska-Grandin.Małgorzata Ratajska-Grandin is a Global Leader at OVHcloud Startup Program. Previous to this role Małgosia held the position of President of Carrots Foundation, an international non-profit organization whose main mission is to attract women to the tech sector. She co-founded a mobile health startup Yagram Health. In 2017 she was rewarded with the title Innovator under 35by MIT Technology Review for the mobile app dedicated to mums-to-be. She received her M.A. in Political Sciences from Warsaw University, she studied at Sciences Po Paris and received a French Government fellowship for her second Master at Université Panthéon-Sorbonne. In 2018 was nominated for the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program for Women Leaders in STEAM, in which she represented Poland. Małgosia is a mother of two wonderful girls Zofia and Julia.

We need to talk about legal education. As the last couple of episodes of our podcast have demonstrated, preserving the rule of law depends to a large quantity on people working in legal professions. What prosecutors, judges, attorneys, and, to a large degree, people working in the executive branch have in common, is a law degree. This means that we have to turn to legal education itself in order to find answers to the question how rule of law systems may remain or become resilient against authoritarian backsliding. Are current legal education systems in the EU equipped for this task? How are they affected by the turn to authoritarianism and illiberalism in a number of member states? And what are intrinsic shortcomings of academic and professional legal education?   This is what LENNART KOKOTT discusses with our distinguished guests: ANNA KATHARINA MANGOLD, a professor of European Law at the Europa-University Flensburg, a member of the Education Committee of the German Women Lawyers' Association, and an Associate Editor of Verfassungsblog covering anti-discrimination and gender issues, GABOR ATTILA TOTH, he writes primarily about the fields of human rights and constitutional theory, with a current focus on the legal attributes of authoritarianism. He teaches law at the University of Debrecen and bioethics at the Semmelweis University in Budapest, ATTRACTA O'REGAN, a solicitor and barrister, Head of Law Society of Ireland Professional Training and rule of law advisor to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), and JAKUB URBANIK, Chair of Roman Law and the Law of the Antiquity at Warsaw University.

The Coronavirus brought the world to a halt - including the physical experience of shopping... and that's where and when chatbots came to save the day. Maciej Maliszewski is the head of bots in K2bots.ai in Poland, where they help all kinds of businesses and institutes - from Ikea to the Warsaw University and deep into the fashion market. In the latest Taking Turns episodes, Maciej is talking about the gains businesses can get from going conversational, even in areas where the fit - pun intended - feels strange.

In this episode we talk to Michal Dorociak from the Warsaw University. His research focusses on the Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive that was introduced post financial crisis. The aim of the system is to allow for a controlled solution for large banks and counteracts the too big to fail conundrum. In this episode we discuss the system and whether it introduced the market discipline that is aimed for.

Umami, the fifth taste, has been well known in Asian cuisine for centuries and comes from the ingredients and food processing methods used traditionally in that part of the world. In recent years umami has taken the world by storm as consumers have become more familiar with the fifth taste. There has been a rise in restaurants and food outlets which incorporate umami into their concept, imagery and menus as well as an increase in consumer products utilising umami in their marketing.  Consumers are actively seeking umami-rich products without unwanted flavour enhancers. What are the latest umami trends and innovations? Why do consumers love umami? What does umami actually taste like?  What does consumer research tell us about the umami taste experience? On this episode of the Table Talk Podcast, this time in partnership with Givaudan the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances, we find out the answers to all of these questions and more! Joining host Stefan Gates our panel from Givaudan includes Magdalena Olszowka, Product Manager Savoury EAME, Jean-Louis Thibaudeau, Team Leader Creation/Principal Flavourist EAME,  and Nicole Oelhafen, Senior Project Manager for Consumer Sensory Insights EAME. Listen in for everything you need to know about umami, the fifth taste on everybody’s lips.  About Givaudan Givaudan (https://www.givaudan.com/flavours/health-and-well-being/umami) is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food and beverage customers and partners, the company creates delicious flavour and taste experiences across several key segments, including beverages, sweet goods, savoury and snacks, dairy, and functional and nutritional ingredients. About our panel Nicole Oelhafen, Senior Project Manager for Consumer Sensory Insights EAME Nicole joined Givaudan in 2004 as Sensory Panel Leader; in 2015 she became Consumer Sensory Project Manager for EAME. She helps to translate consumer insights into actionable concepts and solutions, bringing the voice of the consumer into the heart of the business. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Sciences and German Literature & Linguistics from the University of Zurich. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, cooking, and exploring nature. She is based in the Givaudan Zürich Innovation Center in Switzerland. Jean-Louis Thibaudeau, Team Leader Creation/Principal Flavourist EAME Jean-Louis Thibaudeau has over 35 years of experience in the creation of savoury flavours. He joined Givaudan in 1995 as a flavourist for savoury and is now Team leader creation / Principal Flavourist in the Regional Innovation Savoury team. He is passionate about taste in the culinary world. Outside of work he enjoys photography, hiking and listening to jazz music. He is based in the Givaudan Zürich Innovation Center in Switzerland. Magdalena Olszowka, Product Manager Savoury EAME Magda joined Givaudan in 2005 as an Application Technologist in Vienna before moving onto a Key Account Manager position in Poland. In 2017 she took on the role of Product Manager for Savoury combining her technical and commercial experience. She holds a Master’s Degree in Food Science and Technology from Warsaw University of Life Sciences. In her free time Magda enjoys travelling, outdoor activities and cooking with her kids. She is based in the Givaudan Zürich Innovation Center in Switzerland.

About the Lecture: Historical Pompeo's visit to Minsk amid Russia-Belarus tensions was met with thousands of posts, comments, memes, manipulative publications online. The extensive network of pro-Russian organizations, digital influencers, Russia-friendly media, and particularly web-services, including Yandex and Mail.ru news, Odnoklassniki and VK, Telegram messenger, was mobilized to fill out the information space with the specific narrative and mislead the population. This lecture is about the role of media in Russia-Belarus conflict, mechanics of the Russian propaganda machine in Belarus, and how technology helps regimes to manipulate public opinion and perception of the events. About the Speaker: Franak Viačorka is a digital media strategist and journalist from Belarus. He works as a research media analyst for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (contractor) focusing on digital markets of Russia and Eurasia. His research focus is on Russian and Chinese efforts to control smaller actors, spread disinformation, and build the sovereign internet infrastructure. He has served as a creative director for the Belarus service of Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty, Vice President for Digital Communication Network, and consultant for the Freedom House, and Broadcasting Board of Governors. Franak is a frequent speaker and an advocate for democracy and personal freedom. For his activism and journalist work in Belarus, he was multiple times jailed by the Belarus authorities. Franak's activism in Belarus has been chronicled by documentary filmmakers and recognized by many international organizations, including the National Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House, Open Society Foundations. He was the first Vaclav Havel Fellow at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty under Havel's personal recommendation. He graduated from American University in Washington D.C. (M.A.) and Warsaw University in Poland (B.A.), and he also studied at Belarus State University, Georgetown University, and European Humanities University.

The ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) has pushed through a series of controversial judicial reforms since coming to power in 2015, which have been persistently challenged by the institutions of the European Union. Throughout this process, Poland has found itself the subject of unprecedented measures which aim to preserve the maintenance of the rule of law and protect EU values. To discuss the latest developments and to assess how these issues have developed over time, the IIEA welcomed Mr Richard Barrett, Ireland's Representative to the Venice Commission and Dr Adam Bodnar, Commissioner for Human Rights of Poland. About the Speakers: Richard Barrett is an Irish barrister, member of the Venice Commission and was the Deputy Secretary General in the Office of the Attorney General. Prior to his retirement from the Office of the Attorney General, Mr Barrett was Head of the Legal and Human Rights Office at the EULEX Rule of Law mission in Kosovo. From 2003 to 2006, he was the Bureau Legal Officer at the Criminal Assets Bureau in Dublin and from 2000 to 2002 he was the Head of Public Law at the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2015, Adam Bodnar has been the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman). Before his service as the Ombudsman, he worked as vice-president of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and was the member of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Trust for Victims of Torture. Dr Bodnar is a professor of law affiliated with the Warsaw University and graduated from the Warsaw University and the Central European University in Budapest (LL.M.)

About the Lecture: Belarus can't find a way out of geopolitical turbulence. In contrast to neighboring Ukraine, Russian meddling here is mostly done through soft power. But the Belarusian society is growing more resilient in the face of the Kremlin's narratives. Confronting Russian revanchism, Belarusians embrace their pre-soviet history, like a heritage of Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Rzeczpospolita. Before Presidential elections next year, and Population census this fall, a discussion about identity and national ideology is intensifying. What can the West do about it? About the Speaker: Franak Viačorka is the Vice President of the Digital Communication Network. He concurrently works as the consultant for U.S. Agency for Global Media, and he is the Creative Director of RFE/RL Belarus Service. Mr. Viačorka is a frequent speaker and advocate for democracy and personal freedom in post-Soviet countries. An expert in Russian disinformation, he recently published research on the Kremlin-backed media, Russian Orthodox church, and think-tanks as the Kremlin's “soft-power." Mr. Viačorka has earned degrees from American University in Washington D.C. and Warsaw University in Poland, and he has also studied at Georgetown University and European Humanities University.

Magdalena Marchlewska EMEA Global Mobility Account Consultant The Coca-Cola Company Warsaw, Poland "Global Mobility (GM) is on the rise. WHY? Globalization resulted in organizations competing for talent to fulfill their strategic objectives.    I'm glad to contribute to this phenomenon by being a GM consultant for the EMEA territories and advising the business how to structure international assignments within the Coca Cola network." MORE ABOUT MAGDALENA Magdalena's professional experience in Human Resources started back in 2011 when she joined Ernst & Young and worked in Recruiting, Employer Branding, HR Operations. She became passionate about Global Mobility. As a result of this passion, she finished her postgraduate studies in HR Managements from Warsaw School of Economics with the thesis, “The Challenges of International Mobility”. She continued her career at PwC as a Global Mobility Senior Consultant for the Central and Eastern European countries and was responsible for managing the international assignments within the PwC network. Magdalena has participated in the London Global Mobility Summits organized by the Forum for Expatriate Management which triggered her interest in contributing to the FEM's Warsaw Chapter as the first event of its kind dedicated for GM professionals in Poland that took place in April 2018. ABOUT Warsaw- the sprawling capital of Poland. (tourist info source: Google, Wikkipedia, and also from touropia.com) "Its widely varied architecture reflects the city's long, turbulent history, from Gothic churches and neoclassical palaces to Soviet-era blocks and modern skyscrapers. Warsaw is a good place to experience a city that has been reborn several times, rising from the ashes like the proverbial Phoenix. Over the centuries, it has been plundered and invaded many times by forces from Sweden and France to Russia. It suffered heavy damage from German bombs in World War II. Yet, Warsaw today is a new, vibrant city that has been largely restored to its pre-World War II. Among the tourist attractions in Warsaw, Old Town, with its palace, churches and castles, is not to be missed. Visitors also will want to take advantage of the city's impressive cultural activities.  The Palace of Culture and Science is a multi-functional building that houses everything from companies to entertainment venues. Built in the 1950s, the high-rise building – the tallest in Poland — features a spire that reaches into the sky. It was originally named for Joseph Stalin, but changed when the Soviet leader fell out of favor. The building is sometimes referred to as Beijing, because its initials are PKIN, after the Chinese's capital's old name, Peking. As a concert venue, it's hosted many international groups, including the Rolling Stones back in 1967. The Palace of Culture and Science is one of Warsaw's top landmarks. A walk down Krakowskie Przedmiescie is a great way to experience Warsaw's history. Situated at the end of the Royal Route, strollers will find the Presidential Palace and Warsaw University as well as Baroque churches. The one-mile long street, one of Warsaw's oldest, links the Old Town and the Royal Castle. Considered one of Warsaw's most elegant streets, Krakowskie Przedmiescie dates back to the 15th century when it was a trade route. Travelers should be on the lookout for a 17th century statue of a Madonna and child that commemorates a Polish victory over Turkish forces in Vienna." (tourist info source: touropia.com)  

Written by: Dr. Jolanta Mysiakowska-Muszyńska, Scholar of the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw Presented by: Maria Juczewska, Associate Director, Kosciuszko Chair of Polish Studies Full Title: Between Politics and Social Work: A Study of Women's Activities within the Ranks of the Polish National Movement (1919–1939) About the Lecture: This lecture is a part of The Ninth Annual Lady Blanka Rosential Kosciuszko Chair Spring Symposium that was held on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at The Institute of World Politics. About the Author: Dr. Jolanta Mysiakowska-Muszyńska is a graduate of Warsaw University and The Institute of Polish History of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. She works as a scholar for the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw and as a deputy editor-in-chief of the semi-annual Glaukopis dealing in history and social issues. She is an author of several books and has published numerous articles in the field of history in scholarly publications. Mrs. Muszyńska is an expert on Polish history, particularly the period between 1919–1939, with a special interest in women's organizations, as well as the social and political thought of the Polish National Movement. She also conducts research on Polish-British relations in the interwar period.

Title: Boris Smyslovski: WWII, White Russian, Counterinsurgency and Counterintelligence About the Lecture: This lecture is a part of The Ninth Annual Lady Blanka Rosential Kosciuszko Chair Spring Symposium that was held on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at The Institute of World Politics. About the Speaker: Dr. Sebastian Bojemski graduated from the Institute of History of Warsaw University and gained his doctoral degree at The Cardinal Wyszyński University in Warsaw. His main research interest is the history of underground organizations active during WWII within the area of the occupied Polish lands - mostly the Polish anti-Nazi, anti-Soviet underground. He authored Narodowe Siły Zbrojne w Powstaniu Warszawskim and Nim Hitler runie śmierć komunie (just published). Dr. Bojemski also has extensive experience in strategic communication and marketing. For over 15 years he had owned a Warsaw-based communication firm and in 2018-2019 was an executive director for marketing at PKN Orlen – the largest oil company in Central Europe.

Full Title: For the Entente's Cause in Tsarist Uniforms: Polish Military Formations in Tsarist Russia During WWI (1914–1918) About the Lecture: This lecture was a part of The Ninth Annual Lady Blanka Rosential Kosciuszko Chair Spring Symposium held on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at The Institute of World Politics. About the Speaker: Dr. Wojciech Jerzy Muszyński is a graduate of The Institute of History of Warsaw University and The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University of Warsaw. He works as a scholar for the Institute of National Remembrance in Warsaw and as the editor-in-chief of the semi-annual Glaukopis dealing in history and social issues. He authored books and published numerous articles in the field of history in the scholarly publications. Mr. Muszyńki specializes in the political history of Poland in the period 1900-1990. His topics of interest include Polish-Jewish relations, military history the social and political thought of the Polish National Movement.

Following his Ph.D., Stan was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Warsaw University. He joined University of Guelph in 1977, and Acadia University in 1980. Since 1981 at the University of Ottawa, as of 2011 a Distinguished University Professor (on leave). For many years in charge of graduate studies in Computer Science at the University of Ottawa, and a founding father of the Graduate Certificate in Electronic Commerce at University of Ottawa in 1999. Also affiliated with the Institute for Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences as a Professor, Stan has worked at universities in the U.S, Europe, and Latin America. Recognized internationally for his work in text mining, applications of Machine Learning, and data privacy, author and co-author of more than 250 research paper. Former president of the Canadian Artificial Intelligence Association (CAIAC) and of the IFIP Working Group 12.2 (Machine Learning). Stan has significant experience and interest in innovation and technology transfer. One of the founders of Distil Interactive Inc. and Devera Logic Inc.

About the Lecture: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev made it clear to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka: Minsk must take steps towards deeper integration between the two countries. Polls have shown that, following the rise of Russian media presence in Belarus, pro-Russian sentiment increased within the society. What, exactly, is the situation in Belarus? What role could Belarusian civil society, the EU, and the U.S. play in the new paradigm? About the Speaker: Franak Viačorka is the Vice President of the Digital Communication Network. He concurrently works as the consultant for U.S. Agency for Global Media, and he is the Creative Director of RFE/RL Belarus Service. Mr. Viačorka is a frequent speaker and advocate for democracy and personal freedom in post-Soviet countries. An expert in Russian disinformation, he recently published research on the Kremlin-backed media, Russian Orthodox church, and think-tanks as the Kremlin's “soft-power.” Mr. Viačorka is the founder and vice president of the Belarusian cultural initiative Art Siadziba. In 2014, after the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, he launched a nationwide campaign promoting the national identity of Belarus." Before that, he served as a leader of the youth wing of the Belarusian Popular Front (BNF). After suffering through torture while serving under forced conscription in the Belarusian army, Mr. Viačorka's personal story became the plot for the award-winning, Polish-French film Viva Belarus. His work in Belarus has been chronicled by documentary filmmakers and recognized by many international organizations, including the National Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House, and Open Society Foundations. Mr. Viačorka was the first Vaclav Havel fellow for RFE/RL under Havel's personal recommendation. Mr. Viačorka has earned degrees from American University in Washington D.C. and Warsaw University in Poland, and he has also studied at Georgetown University and European Humanities University.

We report from our experiences at EuroBSDcon, disenchant software, LLVM 7.0.0 has been released, Thinkpad BIOS update options, HardenedBSD Foundation announced, and ZFS send vs. rsync. ##Headlines ###[FreeBSD DevSummit & EuroBSDcon 2018 in Romania] Your hosts are back from EuroBSDcon 2018 held in Bucharest, Romania this year. The first two days of the conference are used for tutorials and devsummits (FreeBSD and NetBSD), while the last two are for talks. Although Benedict organized the devsummit in large parts, he did not attend it this year. He held his Ansible tutorial in the morning of the first day, followed by Niclas Zeising’s new ports and poudriere tutorial (which had a record attendance). It was intended for beginners that had never used poudriere before and those who wanted to create their first port. The tutorial was well received and Niclas already has ideas for extending it for future conferences. On the second day, Benedict took Kirk McKusick’s “An Introduction to the FreeBSD Open-Source Operating System” tutorial, held as a one full day class this year. Although it was reduced in content, it went into enough depth of many areas of the kernel and operating system to spark many questions from attendees. Clearly, this is a good start into kernel programming as Kirk provides enough material and backstories to understand why certain things are implemented as they are. Olivier Robert took https://www.talegraph.com/tales/l2o9ltrvsE (pictures from the devsummit) and created a nice gallery out of it. Devsummit evenings saw dinners at two restaurants that allowed developers to spend some time talking over food and drinks. The conference opened on the next day with the opening session held by Mihai Carabas. He introduced the first keynote speaker, a colleague of his who presented “Lightweight virtualization with LightVM and Unikraft”. Benedict helped out at the FreeBSD Foundation sponsor table and talked to people. He saw the following talks in between: Selfhosting as an alternative to the public cloud (by Albert Dengg) Using Boot Environments at Scale (by Allan Jude) Livepatching FreeBSD kernel (by Maciej Grochowski) FreeBSD: What to (Not) Monitor (by Andrew Fengler) FreeBSD Graphics (by Niclas Zeising) Allan spent a lot of time talking to people and helping track down issues they were having, in addition to attending many talks: Hacking together a FreeBSD presentation streaming box – For as little as possible (by Tom Jones) Introduction of FreeBSD in new environments (by Baptiste Daroussin) Keynote: Some computing and networking historical perspectives (by Ron Broersma) Livepatching FreeBSD kernel (by Maciej Grochowski) FreeBSD: What to (Not) Monitor (by Andrew Fengler) Being a BSD user (by Roller Angel) From “Hello World” to the VFS Layer: building a beadm for DragonFly BSD (by Michael Voight) We also met the winner of our Power Bagel raffle from Episode 2^8. He received the item in the meantime and had it with him at the conference, providing a power outlet to charge other people’s devices. During the closing session, GroffTheBSDGoat was handed over to Deb Goodkin, who will bring the little guy to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference and then to MeetBSD later this year. It was also revealed that next year’s EuroBSDcon will be held in Lillehammer, Norway. Thanks to all the speakers, helpers, sponsors, organizers, and attendees for making it a successful conferences. There were no talks recorded this year, but the slides will be uploaded to the EuroBSDcon website in a couple of weeks. The OpenBSD talks are already available, so check them out. ###Software disenchantment I’ve been programming for 15 years now. Recently our industry’s lack of care for efficiency, simplicity, and excellence started really getting to me, to the point of me getting depressed by my own career and the IT in general. Modern cars work, let’s say for the sake of argument, at 98% of what’s physically possible with the current engine design. Modern buildings use just enough material to fulfill their function and stay safe under the given conditions. All planes converged to the optimal size/form/load and basically look the same. Only in software, it’s fine if a program runs at 1% or even 0.01% of the possible performance. Everybody just seems to be ok with it. People are often even proud about how much inefficient it is, as in “why should we worry, computers are fast enough”: @tveastman: I have a Python program I run every day, it takes 1.5 seconds. I spent six hours re-writing it in rust, now it takes 0.06 seconds. That efficiency improvement means I’ll make my time back in 41 years, 24 days :-) You’ve probably heard this mantra: “programmer time is more expensive than computer time”. What it means basically is that we’re wasting computers at an unprecedented scale. Would you buy a car if it eats 100 liters per 100 kilometers? How about 1000 liters? With computers, we do that all the time. Everything is unbearably slow Look around: our portable computers are thousands of times more powerful than the ones that brought man to the moon. Yet every other webpage struggles to maintain a smooth 60fps scroll on the latest top-of-the-line MacBook Pro. I can comfortably play games, watch 4K videos but not scroll web pages? How is it ok? Google Inbox, a web app written by Google, running in Chrome browser also by Google, takes 13 seconds to open moderately-sized emails: It also animates empty white boxes instead of showing their content because it’s the only way anything can be animated on a webpage with decent performance. No, decent doesn’t mean 60fps, it’s rather “as fast as this web page could possibly go”. I’m dying to see web community answer when 120Hz displays become mainstream. Shit barely hits 60Hz already. Windows 10 takes 30 minutes to update. What could it possibly be doing for that long? That much time is enough to fully format my SSD drive, download a fresh build and install it like 5 times in a row. Pavel Fatin: Typing in editor is a relatively simple process, so even 286 PCs were able to provide a rather fluid typing experience. Modern text editors have higher latency than 42-year-old Emacs. Text editors! What can be simpler? On each keystroke, all you have to do is update tiny rectangular region and modern text editors can’t do that in 16ms. It’s a lot of time. A LOT. A 3D game can fill the whole screen with hundreds of thousands (!!!) of polygons in the same 16ms and also process input, recalculate the world and dynamically load/unload resources. How come? As a general trend, we’re not getting faster software with more features. We’re getting faster hardware that runs slower software with the same features. Everything works way below the possible speed. Ever wonder why your phone needs 30 to 60 seconds to boot? Why can’t it boot, say, in one second? There are no physical limitations to that. I would love to see that. I would love to see limits reached and explored, utilizing every last bit of performance we can get for something meaningful in a meaningful way. Everything is HUUUUGE And then there’s bloat. Web apps could open up to 10× faster if you just simply block all ads. Google begs everyone to stop shooting themselves in their feet with AMP initiative—a technology solution to a problem that doesn’t need any technology, just a little bit of common sense. If you remove bloat, the web becomes crazy fast. How smart do you have to be to understand that? Android system with no apps takes almost 6 Gb. Just think for a second how obscenely HUGE that number is. What’s in there, HD movies? I guess it’s basically code: kernel, drivers. Some string and resources too, sure, but those can’t be big. So, how many drivers do you need for a phone? Windows 95 was 30Mb. Today we have web pages heavier than that! Windows 10 is 4Gb, which is 133 times as big. But is it 133 times as superior? I mean, functionally they are basically the same. Yes, we have Cortana, but I doubt it takes 3970 Mb. But whatever Windows 10 is, is Android really 150% of that? Google keyboard app routinely eats 150 Mb. Is an app that draws 30 keys on a screen really five times more complex than the whole Windows 95? Google app, which is basically just a package for Google Web Search, is 350 Mb! Google Play Services, which I do not use (I don’t buy books, music or videos there)—300 Mb that just sit there and which I’m unable to delete. All that leaves me around 1 Gb for my photos after I install all the essential (social, chats, maps, taxi, banks etc) apps. And that’s with no games and no music at all! Remember times when an OS, apps and all your data fit on a floppy? Your desktop todo app is probably written in Electron and thus has userland driver for Xbox 360 controller in it, can render 3d graphics and play audio and take photos with your web camera. A simple text chat is notorious for its load speed and memory consumption. Yes, you really have to count Slack in as a resource-heavy application. I mean, chatroom and barebones text editor, those are supposed to be two of the less demanding apps in the whole world. Welcome to 2018. At least it works, you might say. Well, bigger doesn’t imply better. Bigger means someone has lost control. Bigger means we don’t know what’s going on. Bigger means complexity tax, performance tax, reliability tax. This is not the norm and should not become the norm. Overweight apps should mean a red flag. They should mean run away scared. Better world manifesto I want to see progress. I want change. I want state-of-the-art in software engineering to improve, not just stand still. I don’t want to reinvent the same stuff over and over, less performant and more bloated each time. I want something to believe in, a worthy end goal, a future better than what we have today, and I want a community of engineers who share that vision. What we have today is not progress. We barely meet business goals with poor tools applied over the top. We’re stuck in local optima and nobody wants to move out. It’s not even a good place, it’s bloated and inefficient. We just somehow got used to it. So I want to call it out: where we are today is bullshit. As engineers, we can, and should, and will do better. We can have better tools, we can build better apps, faster, more predictable, more reliable, using fewer resources (orders of magnitude fewer!). We need to understand deeply what are we doing and why. We need to deliver: reliably, predictably, with topmost quality. We can—and should–take pride in our work. Not just “given what we had…”—no buts! I hope I’m not alone at this. I hope there are people out there who want to do the same. I’d appreciate if we at least start talking about how absurdly bad our current situation in the software industry is. And then we maybe figure out how to get out. ##News Roundup [llvm-announce] LLVM 7.0.0 Release I am pleased to announce that LLVM 7 is now available. Get it here: https://llvm.org/releases/download.html#7.0.0 The release contains the work on trunk up to SVN revision 338536 plus work on the release branch. It is the result of the community's work over the past six months, including: function multiversioning in Clang with the 'target' attribute for ELF-based x86/x86_64 targets, improved PCH support in clang-cl, preliminary DWARF v5 support, basic support for OpenMP 4.5 offloading to NVPTX, OpenCL C++ support, MSan, X-Ray and libFuzzer support for FreeBSD, early UBSan, X-Ray and libFuzzer support for OpenBSD, UBSan checks for implicit conversions, many long-tail compatibility issues fixed in lld which is now production ready for ELF, COFF and MinGW, new tools llvm-exegesis, llvm-mca and diagtool. And as usual, many optimizations, improved diagnostics, and bug fixes. For more details, see the release notes: https://llvm.org/releases/7.0.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html https://llvm.org/releases/7.0.0/tools/clang/docs/ReleaseNotes.html https://llvm.org/releases/7.0.0/tools/clang/tools/extra/docs/ReleaseNotes.html https://llvm.org/releases/7.0.0/tools/lld/docs/ReleaseNotes.html Thanks to everyone who helped with filing, fixing, and code reviewing for the release-blocking bugs! Special thanks to the release testers and packagers: Bero Rosenkränzer, Brian Cain, Dimitry Andric, Jonas Hahnfeld, Lei Huang Michał Górny, Sylvestre Ledru, Takumi Nakamura, and Vedant Kumar. For questions or comments about the release, please contact the community on the mailing lists. Onwards to LLVM 8! Cheers, Hans ###Update your Thinkpad’s bios with Linux or OpenBSD Get your new bios At first, go to the Lenovo website and download your new bios: Go to lenovo support Use the search bar to find your product (example for me, x270) Choose the right product (if necessary) and click search On the right side, click on Update Your System Click on BIOS/UEFI Choose *BIOS Update (Bootable CD) for Windows * Download For me the file is called like this : r0iuj25wd.iso Extract bios update Now you will need to install geteltorito. With OpenBSD: $ doas pkgadd geteltorito quirks-3.7 signed on 2018-09-09T13:15:19Z geteltorito-0.6: ok With Debian: $ sudo apt-get install genisoimage Now we will extract the bios update : $ geteltorito -o biosupdate.img r0iuj25wd.iso Booting catalog starts at sector: 20 Manufacturer of CD: NERO BURNING ROM VER 12 Image architecture: x86 Boot media type is: harddisk El Torito image starts at sector 27 and has 43008 sector(s) of 512 Bytes Image has been written to file "biosupdate.img". This will create a file called biosupdate.img. Put the image on an USB key CAREFULL : on my computer, my USB key is sda1 on Linux and sd1 on OpenBSD. Please check twice on your computer the name of your USB key. With OpenBSD : $ doas dd if=biosupdate.img of=/dev/rsd1c With Linux : $ sudo dd if=biosupdate.img of=/dev/sda Now all you need is to reboot, to boot on your USB key and follow the instructions. Enjoy 😉 ###Announcing The HardenedBSD Foundation In June of 2018, we announced our intent to become a not-for-profit, tax-exempt 501©(3) organization in the United States. It took a dedicated team months of work behind-the-scenes to make that happen. On 06 September 2018, HardenedBSD Foundation Corp was granted 501©(3) status, from which point all US-based persons making donations can deduct the donation from their taxes. We are grateful for those who contribute to HardenedBSD in whatever way they can. Thank you for making HardenedBSD possible. We look forward to a bright future, driven by a helpful and positive community. ###How you migrate ZFS filesystems matters If you want to move a ZFS filesystem around from one host to another, you have two general approaches; you can use ‘zfs send’ and ‘zfs receive’, or you can use a user level copying tool such as rsync (or ‘tar -cf | tar -xf’, or any number of similar options). Until recently, I had considered these two approaches to be more or less equivalent apart from their convenience and speed (which generally tilted in favour of ‘zfs send’). It turns out that this is not necessarily the case and there are situations where you will want one instead of the other. We have had two generations of ZFS fileservers so far, the Solaris ones and the OmniOS ones. When we moved from the first generation to the second generation, we migrated filesystems across using ‘zfs send’, including the filesystem with my home directory in it (we did this for various reasons). Recently I discovered that some old things in my filesystem didn’t have file type information in their directory entries. ZFS has been adding file type information to directories for a long time, but not quite as long as my home directory has been on ZFS. This illustrates an important difference between the ‘zfs send’ approach and the rsync approach, which is that zfs send doesn’t update or change at least some ZFS on-disk data structures, in the way that re-writing them from scratch from user level does. There are both positives and negatives to this, and a certain amount of rewriting does happen even in the ‘zfs send’ case (for example, all of the block pointers get changed, and ZFS will re-compress your data as applicable). I knew that in theory you had to copy things at the user level if you wanted to make sure that your ZFS filesystem and everything in it was fully up to date with the latest ZFS features. But I didn’t expect to hit a situation where it mattered in practice until, well, I did. Now I suspect that old files on our old filesystems may be partially missing a number of things, and I’m wondering how much of the various changes in ‘zfs upgrade -v’ apply even to old data. (I’d run into this sort of general thing before when I looked into ext3 to ext4 conversion on Linux.) With all that said, I doubt this will change our plans for migrating our ZFS filesystems in the future (to our third generation fileservers). ZFS sending and receiving is just too convenient, too fast and too reliable to give up. Rsync isn’t bad, but it’s not the same, and so we only use it when we have to (when we’re moving only some of the people in a filesystem instead of all of them, for example). PS: I was going to try to say something about what ‘zfs send’ did and didn’t update, but having looked briefly at the code I’ve concluded that I need to do more research before running my keyboard off. In the mean time, you can read the OpenZFS wiki page on ZFS send and receive, which has plenty of juicy technical details. PPS: Since eliminating all-zero blocks is a form of compression, you can turn zero-filled files into sparse files through a ZFS send/receive if the destination has compression enabled. As far as I know, genuine sparse files on the source will stay sparse through a ZFS send/receive even if they’re sent to a destination with compression off. ##Beastie Bits BSD Users Stockholm Meetup #4: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 18:00 BSD Poland User Group: Next Meeting: October 11, 2018, 18:15 - 21:15 at Warsaw University of Technology n2k18 Hackathon report: Ken Westerback (krw@) on disklabel(8) work, dhclient(8) progress Running MirageOS Unikernels on OpenBSD in vmm (Now Works) vmm(4) gets support for qcow2 MeetBSD and SecurityBsides Colin Percival reduced FreeBSD startup time from 10627ms (11.2) to 4738ms (12.0) FreeBSD 11.1 end-of-life KnoxBug: Monday, October 1, 2018 at 18:00: Real-world Performance Advantages of NVDIMM and NVMe: Case Study with OpenZFS ##Feedback/Questions Todd - 2 Nics, 1 bhyve and a jail cell Thomas - Deep Dive Morgan - Send/Receive to Manage Fragmentation? Dominik - hierarchical jails -> networking Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv

Russian Lobby in Belarus: Could Belarus be the Next after Ukraine? A lecture at The Institute of World Politics, May 8, 2018 About the lecture: After the occupation of Crimea, Russia began to expand its presence in Belarus. Hundreds of Russia-backed initiatives, formally cultural, media, or educational, emerged. Besides that, Sputnik opened its office in Minsk and had almost 1400% audience growth during two years. We observe increasing polarization between pro-Western and pro-Russian Belarusians, which apparently could lead to open conflict. About the speaker: Franak Viačorka is an M.A. candidate at American University in New Media, Democracy, and International Affairs. Previously, he studied at the College of Europe (2017), Warsaw University (2010-2014), and Belarus State University (2005-2008). Currently, he works for the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Belarus service. Franak is a Vaclav Havel Fellow, nominated by Vaclav Havel himself, and also the laureate of the Civil Society Leadership Award. Franak is the founder and vice president of Belarusian cultural initiative Art Siadziba. In 2014, after the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity, he launched a nation-wide campaign promoting the national identity of Belarus, which followed up in so-called "soft Belarussization." Before that, Viacorka served as a leader of the youth wing of the Belarusian Popular Front (BNF). He has been arrested four times and was tortured while serving under forced conscription in the Belarusian army. In Belarusian army, he was fighting for the right to speak Belarusian. His personal story became the plot for the award-winning Polish-French movie Viva Belarus.

SLAS Technology 22.5 October 2017Dr. Elzbieta Jastrzebska of Warsaw University of Technology (Poland) talks about how microsystems can be used to understand processes in heart tissue in detail and to test newly developed compounds applied in the treatment of cardiac diseases.

Dr. Elzbieta Jastrzebska of Warsaw University of Technology (Poland) talks about how microsystems can be used to understand processes in heart tissue in detail and to test newly developed compounds applied in the treatment of cardiac diseases.

Hear all about a brave bear named Wojtek who came to join the army in a time of war. After being released from Soviet prison camps, exiled Polish soldiers reunited under General Władysław Anders and were informally dubbed ‘Anders Army’.  This army, after evacuating the Soviet Union, traveled to the Middle East to join Allied forces. While in Iran, the Anders’ Army added an unlikely member to their ranks who played an important role in the company as he helped to boost morale, carry ammunition, and perform guard duties.  Though this soldier may appear to be rather typical, he was far from it. He was, after all, a Syrian brown bear. In this episode, our hosts John and Nitzan discuss the unbelievable story of Wojtek the bear and his legendary role in the 22nd Company of Anders’ Army. How did the army find this bear and why did they keep it, even incorporate it? How did Wojtek contribute to the military efforts? And what became of him after the war was over? Like our show? Sign up for our newsletter! Time stamps [02:10] A brief introduction to events in Poland during the Second World War [05:35] How Wojtek was introduced to the Anders’ Army [08:35] How Wojtek was incorporated into the army [11:14] How could a bear be tamed and trained as a soldier? [14:27] How did the soldiers manage to feed an animal as large as Wojtek? [15:58] How Wojtek helped his company at the Battle of Monte Cassino [17:57] What happened to Wojtek and his company following the battle [22:35] Wojtek’s impact on Polish soldiers and his legacy Further reading One Photo One Story: Wojtek the Soldier Bear / on Culture.pl Trail of Hope / a site chronicling stories from the Anders Army that went into Trail of Hope, Norman Davis' book on the subject Wojtek the Bear / on Wikipedia Norman Davies on the Trail of Anders’ Army / on Culture.pl Battle of Monte Cassino / on Wikipedia Further watching The Bear That Went to War Soldier Bear Wojtek Wojciech Narębski A life well lived @ TEDxKazimierz Thanks Wojciech Narębski / emeritus professor of the Polish Academy of Sciences and ex-soldier of the Anders' Army, who kindly allowed us to interview him and told the story of the unit Wojtek served in. Tadeusz Kaleta / professor at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences, who kindly explained how bears behave in their natural habitat.  Songs & sound clips On My Way to New Orleans / Performed by Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan; Issue Number: Edison Blue Amberol: 2650, Edison Record: 3744; Release year: 1915 Jazz Baby / Performed by Marion Harris; Released under Victor Records; Release year: 1919 WWII Chronicle / Film Bulletin; Produced by Signal Corps Photographic Center; Issue no 48 Air Raid Siren Sound Effect / A RNaudioproductions original recording  // Audio 2005 Writing on Paper with Pen Sound Effect / A SoundEffectsFactory original recording   SFTEW Team: Wojciech Oleksiak, Adam Zulawski, John Beauchamp, Nitzan Reisner, Michael Keller & Barbara Rogala

Written and narrated by Peter BejgerA quiet village set amidst rolling hills, forests, and ravines.A revered monastery.And four stories of salvation.A compelling article by Oksana Sikorska in the Ukrainian journal Zbruch outlines the remarkable role of the small western Ukraine village of Univ during the horrors of the Second World War and the Holocaust.These are stories of resilience and triumph in the face of daunting odds and incredible danger.In the 1930s Univ had a little over a thousand souls and a village school. And by the time of the German occupation in 1943, a little boy was peering out a window from the attic of the schoolhouse onto the world outside. To leave the attic was to invite disaster. Most of the local Jewish population had already been deported and/or killed. Public signs posted everywhere warned that anyone assisting Jews would be executed.This boy, Roald Hoffman, who was to become the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, found shelter in the one room schoolhouse, which was also the home of the village schoolteacher Mykola Dyuk and his wife Maria.What is even more astounding is that Roald’s mother, two uncles, and an aunt were also in hiding at the same location. The group of five remained together there for eighteen months until the end of the German occupation. Mykola and Maria Dyuk were conferred the title of Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in Israel.The lonely boy Roald gazed upon the forbidden world outside as his mother lifted his spirits with fantastic stories of overseas adventures. And down the road from the schoolhouse a group of other boys he would never get to meet played freely outside.The boys were from the orphanage of the Holy Dormition Lavra, the mother monastery of the Studite Order of Monks of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Historic documents date the Lavra to the fourteenth century. It became a renowned religious publishing and printing center in the seventeenth century.The Studite monks were—and are—a working and praying order with doors open to everyone. They were self-supporting, lived simply on the verge of poverty, and ran orphanages and workshops where they trained young peasant boys in crafts. Their dynamic leader, the Archimandrite Clement, was the brother of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Andrei Shteptytsky.Kurt Lewin, the son of a rabbi in Lviv, lived in hiding among the Studites in a number of locations for most the war thanks to the effort of the Sheptytsky brothers. He left a vivid account of their daily lives. He wrote, “At six o’clock the working day was over, with the monks changing into habits and assembling for the evensong. A simple meal in the refectory was followed by the Povecheria, a short night service, consisting of reading psalms…one that I always found especially moving. It beseeched the Lord to take care of travelers on sea or land, to heal the sick, to console the dying in their hour of agony, to protect the oppressed and imprisoned, the soldiers on the battlefield, all people suffering and in mourning, to protect everyone everywhere. The priest pronounced the pleading sentences of the litany and the community answered “Hospody podaj I pomyluj” (O Lord, grant it and have mercy on all). Then the monks approached the superior one by one to be blessed. Each monk approached him, kissed an extended hand and left in silence for the monastery and his cell.”Among the orphans cared for by the Studites at Univ were several Jewish boys. They included the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Adam Daniel Rotfeld, now professor of Warsaw University. There was also Dr. Leon Chameides, also a rabbi’s son, See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Manned aviation associations want drone safety rules across the EU, Israeli Air Force changes UAV training system strategy, a Lockheed Martin and the Warsaw University partnership, observations from the Commercial UAV Show Asia, Mercedes and Matternet partner on package delivery, and Huerta delivers InterDrone keynote. News EU aviation groups want all drones to be registered Ten manned aviation associations issued a Joint call to safely integrate Drones / UAS into Europe's Airspace [PDF]. They believe the safety risks associated recreational drones are underestimated and they want harmonized rules across the EU. The groups are calling for: Extensive public awareness campaign Registration of all drones (Ireland and USA cited as examples) Mandatory training and certificate/license Technical Performance Limitations (geofencing) In-depth research into the impact of collisions between drones and manned aircraft Integration of recreational drones into national Model Aircraft Flying Regulations Increase in the effectiveness of enforcement. Signatories are: Airlines for Europe (A4E), Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE), Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), European Cockpit Association (ECA), European Helicopter Association (EHA), European Regions Airline Association (ERAA), International Air Carrier Association (IACA), International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations (IFALPA), and International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers' Associations (IFATCA). IAF will select existing UAV for training academy The Israeli Air Force (IAF) had initially planned to ask Israeli UAV manufacturers to develop a dedicated training system for its unmanned air vehicle academy. Instead, the IAF will now select an Israeli off-the-shelf UAV for training. Lockheed, Warsaw U demonstrate UAV fleet command and control Lockheed Martin and the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) are engaged in an advanced applied research program to optimize fleets of manned and unmanned aircraft. They've conducted a demonstration where they use advanced math to model the constraints and calculate a “best answer.” The model typically offers a 10 to 20 percent improvement over other methods. On the Ground at the Commercial UAV Show Asia 2016 The Commercial UAV Show Asia 2016 was held September 1-2, 2016 in Singapore. Netherlands-based Aerialtronics, who specializes in precision agriculture and inspection, showed a gas-sniffer to detect gas leaks in pipelines. Parrot offshoot SenseFly showed applications for agriculture and property mapping. The eBee SQW fixed-wing drone was there, and based around the Parrot Sequoia multispectral camera. Ukrainian-based manned aircraft maker Skyeton recently started manufacturing airframes and avionics systems for third-parties looking to fly their own sensor packages. The Commercial UAV Show next visits the London ExCel center on October 19-20, 2016. Draganfly Innovations Receives Permission to Test ADS-B Communications Technology Canada's Draganfly has become that country's first UAV manufacturer to receive permission to test an integrated command-and-control system that utilizes automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) avionics with their UAV. Draganfly is partnering with uAvionix. Mercedes partners with U.S. startup to push drone delivery forward Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars and trucks, has acquired a minority stake in Matternet in 5-year, €500 million project to develop drones for networked electric delivery vans. The adVANce initiative will encompass vehicle digitization, automation, robotics and mobility solutions technologies. The Vision Van would have a human driver making deliveries, with the drone simultaneously making additional deliveries. Drone forensics boosts UAS defense Department 13 is offering a commercial service that provides drone forensics to clients such ...

The Museum of Lost Objects traces the histories of 10 antiquities or cultural sites that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria. The Lion of al-Lat was a protective spirit, the consort of a Mesopotamian goddess. This 2,000 year old statue was one of the first things the so-called Islamic State destroyed when they took Palmyra in 2015. The Polish archaeologist Michal Gawlikowski recalls discovering the lion during an excavation in the 1970s, and we explore the wider symbolism of lions and power and how this was appropriated by modern rulers including Bashar al-Assad's own ancestors. Contributors: Michal Gawlikowski, Warsaw University; Zahed Tajeddin, artist and archaeologist; Augusta McMahon, University of Cambridge; Lamia al-Gailani, SOAS Presenter: Kanishk Tharoor Producer: Maryam Maruf Picture: Lion of al-Lat Credit: Michal Gawlikowski With thanks to Sarah Collins of the British Museum.

Play the Game 2013. Parallel session: Mega-events, legislation and legacy Wednesday 30 October 2013, 14:15-16:00 Chair: Katia Rubio Speakers: Karolina Tetlak, Assistant professor, Warsaw University, Faculty of Law (PL). Carolina Cézar Ribeiro, Senior Specialist in Sport Policy, Chamber of Deputies, National Congress (BRA). Ryan Gauthier, PhD Candidate, Erasmus University Rotterdam, International and European Law (NL). Stephen Frawley Lecturer University of Technology, Sydney (AUS). Gorana Gavrilov, Event Manage, Freelance (UK). Panel discussion, Q&A

Dominic Frisby talks to Michael Green and Matthew Bishop, authors of a new book about the future of money - In Gold We Trust? The Future Of Money In An Age Of Uncertainty.Buy this book on Amazon.Matthew Bishop is the US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist. Mr. Bishop was previously the magazine's London-based Business Editor.Michael Green is an independent economist and writer, who previously co-authored Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save The World with Matthew Bishop. He is currently working on a report for the US Committee of Concerned Journalists on how the media needs to change in response to the financial crisis. Previously he was a senior official at the Department for International Development, and taught economics at Warsaw University in Poland.This podcast can also be heard at the Goldmoney Foundation, an independent organisation established by GoldMoney - the best way to buy gold and silver. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit frisby.substack.com/subscribe

Ancient man worshipped it. Governments stockpile it. Warren Buffett disdains it. And Mr. T loves it. For millennia gold has long been one of the most valuable commodities on earth, and until 1971 served as the basis of our own U.S. dollar. As its price continues to skyrocket in the face of an uncertain global economy and unstable currencies, what is the future of gold as a commodity and, even possibly, money? In his new e-book IN GOLD WE TRUST? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (The Economist / Amazon Kindle Singles, March 2012 – co-written with The Economist's Matthew Bishop), economist Michael Green uses the surge in the price of gold in recent years as a lens to explore the future of money. Green was formerly a senior official in the British government where he worked in aid and development. Prior to that he worked in Poland, teaching economics at Warsaw University and as a freelance journalist. A graduate of St Peter's College, University of Oxford, he lives in London.

Ancient man worshipped it. Governments stockpile it. Warren Buffett disdains it. And Mr. T loves it. For millennia gold has long been one of the most valuable commodities on earth, and until 1971 served as the basis of our own U.S. dollar. As its price continues to skyrocket in the face of an uncertain global economy and unstable currencies, what is the future of gold as a commodity and, even possibly, money? In his new e-book IN GOLD WE TRUST? The Future of Money in an Age of Uncertainty (The Economist / Amazon Kindle Singles, March 2012 – co-written with The Economist's Matthew Bishop), economist Michael Green uses the surge in the price of gold in recent years as a lens to explore the future of money. Green was formerly a senior official in the British government where he worked in aid and development. Prior to that he worked in Poland, teaching economics at Warsaw University and as a freelance journalist. A graduate of St Peter's College, University of Oxford, he lives in London.

In this podcast we discuss the emerging threat of steganography in voice over IP. This is really interesting - is it something that is already happening? Currently, this seems to be confined to research labs. The primary reference for this podcast is an IEEE Spectrum article by three professors - Józef Lubacz, Wojciech Mazurczyk & Krzysztof Szczypiorsk - at Warsaw University of Technology. This is part of their ongoing research, as part of the Network Security Group, to identify emerging threats and develop countermeasures. Before we delve into this new topic, lets provide the audience with a little background. First what is steganography - sounds like a dinosaur? Yeah - the Stegosaurus. I'm not sure how or if the two are related; we'll leave that one for the Paleontologists in the audience.  Steganography is something that has been around a long time - some say as far back as 440 BC. While encryption takes our message and scrambles it, so that an unintended recipient cannot read it, steganography attempts to hide or obscure that a message even exists. The researchers refer to steganography as "meta-encryption." Another useful analogy they use is to refer to the secret message and the carrier within which it is hidden. Can you give us some examples? If we start in ancient times, we can point to examples of shaving a messengers head, tattooing a message on their head, letting the hair grow back and sending them off. Other examples include using invisible ink or even writing on boiled eggs with an ink that penetrates the shell and can be read by peeling the egg. Simon Singh's "The Code Book" is a great read that details the history of encrypting and obscuring information.  What about some more modern examples? When we refer to modern steganography we are usually referring to digital steganography. Digital steganography takes advantage of digital data by (for example) hiding a message within  images, audio, or video files. In this case the image, audio or video file is the carrier. The larger the file (image, audio or video) the larger message it can carry. The researchers contend that a single 6-minute mp3 audio file, say roughly 30 megabytes in size, could be used to conceal every play written by Shakespeare.    So how does this work? Say you and I wanted to communicate using steganography. We would each download one of the hundreds of freely available stego apps. You would take a fairly innocuous image file, use the software to embed a message into that file, and send me the altered file. To anyone else, this would just look like a photo you're sharing with a friend, but because I know there's a hidden message, I open with the same stego app and read the hidden message. You could also add a password to further protect the message. So how do we stop this? This is a specialized field called "steganalysis." The simplest way to detect a hidden message is to compare the carrier file - our innocuous image - to the original. A file that is larger than the original is a red flag. This of course presupposes that you have access to the original file. In most cases, this will not be the case, so instead, we look for anomalies. Is the audio file significantly larger than a 3-minute audio file should be? We can also use spectrum analysis or look for inconsistencies in the way the data has been compressed.  How would spectrum analysis help? Some steganography techniques try to take our digital data and modify the least-siginificant bit. In our digital data the LSB often just shows up as noise and doesn't effect the image, audio, or video quality. A spectrum analyzer would help us to compare the "noise" in an unaltered sample and to try and identify anomalies.   Wow - that's scary stuff. What about Voice over IP[is this part OK]? Voice over IP or ("voype") is a transmission technology that enables us to deliver voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet. This is an alternative to using the traditional PSTN or public switched telephone network for voice communications. In VoIP, we take our analog voice signal convert it to a digital signal and "chop" it up into smaller pieces called IP packets. These packets are sent over our data network and reassembled at the destination.  To understand packet-switched networks, consider the US Postal system – our packets are analogous to postal letters or parcels, numbered, sent across a network and re-assembled at the receiving end. Packets do not follow the same path from source to destination and may even arrive out of sequence. In VoIP, it's more important that we transmit our data quickly, so we forego the numbering or sequencing.   So what about this new class of steganography? One of the disadvantages of existing techniques is the size limitation of the carriers. If someone tries to put to large a message into an audio file, it becomes easier to detect. With VoIP, our message is hidden among the packets - even bits - of voice data being transmitted. In a sense, older technologies used a digital file as the carrier, while these new, emerging techniques use the communication protocol itself as the carrier. The size of the hidden message is only limited by the length of the call. While detecting a hidden message in a physical file is not trivial, the difficulty of finding a hidden message increases an order of magnitude when there is no physical file to examine. The researchers are calling this new class of steganography - "network steganography." So how does network steganography work? The researchers have developed three methods that all manipulate the IP or Internet Protocol and take advantage of the fact that this is a connectionless and unreliable protocol. Network steganography exploits errors (data corruption and lost packets) that are inherent in the Internet Protocol. What are the three methods? The three methods or flavors of network steganography that the researchers have developed are: LACK or Lost Audio Packet Steganography HICCUPS or Hidden Communication System for Corrupted Networks, and Protocol Steganography for VoIP Briefly, LACK hides a message in packet delays, HICCUPS disguises a message as noise, and Protocol Steganography uses unused fields in the IP protocol to hide information. So let's talk a little bit more about each - first LACK. VoIP traffic is very time sensitive - if a voice packet (about 20 milliseconds of conversation) is delayed, we can continue our conversation without significantly effecting the call quality. Once the delayed packet does arrive at the receiver, it's already too late; the packet is useless and is either dropped or discarded. That's the way VoIP is designed to work. LACK intentionally delays some packets and adds the "steganograms" in these intentionally delayed packets. To an unintended recipient, these packets appear to be late and are discard, but to the party you're communicating with they are retained and decoded to extract a hidden message. LACK is a simple technique that is hard to detect. What about HICCUPS? HICCUPS works on wireless local area networks and takes advantage of corrupted packets. Normally, in a wireless network, we check for corrupted data by examining the checksum of a received packet. If the checksum doesn't match what we expect, we discard the packet. HICCUPS hides our message - the steganograms - in these seemingly "corrupted" packets. Unintended recipients will discard these packets, but our cohort knows to look for these "corrupted" packets and to retain and examine them. This method is difficult to use, because it requires a NIC card that can generate incorrect checksums. It is also difficult to detect. Okay what about Protocol Steganography? Here, we're hiding our message in the actual header fields of the IP packet. In particular, we're hiding information in unused, optional or even partial fields. To make it even harder to detect, we could use fields that frequently change. So, should we be worried? I don't think so. The majority of the steganography applications seem to be focused on altering images, which appears to be the easiest form of steganography. While the techniques these researchers have developed are technically feasible, I'm not sure that they're easily implemented. There has been lots of speculation regarding terrorist organizations using steganography to communicate however, no one has been able to document that this has actually happened. That said, I have no doubt that these groups are exploring ways to mask their communications and that the NSA has developed and uses a wide arrays of tools and countermeasures for steganography.