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A: The square root of $a$ is the geometric mean of $1$ and $a$. The product $ab$ is $a$ times the ratio $\frac{b}{1}$. All lengths in a diagram scale the same with a homothety; if we start with some collection of given lengths, the new lengths we get are all homogeneous of degree $1$ with respect to those lengths. In order to get something else, like a square root (degree $\frac12$) or a product (degree $2$), we need a standard reference length $1$ to pin down the scaling.


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Date of Publish: 15 May, 2016
Kishore Talukdar, NEZINE –
Assam's anti-witch hunting crusader Birubala Rabha is all set to start a much-needed shelter for the victims of the menace–
Anti-witch hunt campaigner Birubala Rabha is a household name in Assam. Her sheer grit against a formidable violent mob that supports the primitive practice of witch-hunting in her community has made her an example for many facing excommunication and death threats, particularly women.
Birubala, who has been fighting the menace since the 1980s, is now all set to take another vital step forward. Her campaign, Mission Birubala, is all set to set up a much-needed shelter for the victims of witch hunt. The State Government has come forward to give her land to set up the shelter house on an eight bigha plot in Rombuk village of Goalpara district. The proposal has been recently approved by District Land Advisory Committee.
Branded as witches, the victims including their families are invariably ostracised from their villages. "To provide shelter to the dissociated lot and their wards is top priority," says Birubala. The shelter will also impart them training in various fields as a part of skill upgradation and rehabilitation.
"It is disheartening that rescued victims, when sent back to their villages, face the same treatment. They need medical treatment after having undergone a trauma. Worse, their wards are humiliated when they go to school," Dr Natyabir Das, the coordinator of the Mission says. There are instances when children of those branded witches drop-out of school. The shelter in Rombuk village will include a counselling centre too, he adds.
The effort at rehabilitation began when Goalpara Deputy Commissioner submitted a proposal to the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam's Revenue, Disaster Management department. Birubala, the chief functionary of the Mission who has been fighting tooth and nail to eradicate this superstitious evil from the State, spearheaded the campaign. As many as 600 members in 13 districts of the State supported her. On March 3, the land settlement document in favour of Birubala was sent to the Goalpara Deputy Commissioner.
In 2013, a proposal for allotment of a plot of land measuring five bigha at Dudhnoi Revenue Town to Mission Birubala was sent to the State Government for final approval but following objection from some villages an alternate proposal was sought.
Birubala says what matters most for her Mission is generating employment opportunity for victims. The body therefore has chalked out plans to initiate agriculture farming, including fish culture at the plot, to ensure economic security and make them self-dependent.
The branding of people as witches, highlights Das, is an easy way for rich landowners to grab the land of tribal people. The heinous trend, he says, could be traced to the transition period, that is the initiation of liberal economic policy in the country in 1991. The scientific proof that there is nothing like a witch has failed to make any dent in remote areas.
Das says the belief is deep rooted in some far-flung areas in Goalpara district where Health Department was not allowed to administer polio vaccinations. "We were obstructed from carrying out a polio administration camp because of villagers' belief on treatment through traditional medicine. With the help of a college principal we could motivate the villagers."
According to Birubala, another problem is that women are being used by their menfolk to oppose anti-witch hunting activities. "When our group organises an awareness meet, a section of women stand in the way," she says, adding, "This in effect help the perpetrators."
In all this, one man is the most important … the village headman. The 'gaonburah' wields tremendous power in areas which are far away from the Administration. His orders are not flouted. Where such superstitious beliefs like witch hunting exists, the village head could play a pivotal role. "There is an instance when we gently got a village head in Goalpara replaced because of his stick-in-the mud attitude," says Das.
To give a thrust to the anti-witch hunting campaign, the Mission has constituted working cells in various colleges of the State, including in the Dibrugarh University. Since students from various parts, including remote rural areas, come to study in colleges they can be good anti-witch hunting ambassadors. "If they fail to convey the reality in their villages, they can inform us and we will join their efforts," says Das.
Going down the memory lane to explain how her mission started, Birubala mentions that her mentally challenged son made her disbelieve the superstitions prevalent in tribal societies. "In 1985, my son Dharmeshwar was predicted by the Deodhani that his end is imminent and he will die in a couple of days. My son is still alive." She says that incident made her reject all traditional beliefs.
Arpana Bora, coordinator of Mission Birubala in Upper Assam says the problem is more serious in Upper Assam because many incidents go unreported. "Here the victim is subjected to undergo mental torture for a long period. So the matter remains under the wrap for many occasions," Bora says.
Usha Rabha, an assistant functionary of the Mission, calls for enactment of the law for Prevention and Protection from Witch-Hunting at the earliest in Assam. The Assam Government should follow States like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, which have special laws to deal with such cases. For her outstanding struggle against witch-hunting, Birubala's name and photo has found a place in the book entitled "1000 Peace Women Across the Globe." The book was published in Switzerland.
Title Picture: Kishore Talukdar
Courtesy: NEZINE
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…really a step in the right direction..come on… let's all help make the mission a resounding success..

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Artibus
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3D virtual exhibition
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Rhizopolis
The project introduces us to the hypothetical future of mankind on the planet Earth, after the expected great catastrophe, which ended the current human era.
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In conversation with Jacek Malinowski
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No. 21/2021
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Antonisz, contemporary artists and a return to the beginnings of cinema. We recall the exhibition from 2013.
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Althamer's Film was not a movie, but a fictional event that took place in Warsaw's Praga district. Enjoy the trailer!
Przemek Branas. Untitled
Film from the collection
For Views 2017 Branas combined, in one long shot, the history of Zachęta with a contemporary political event...
Katarzyna Kozyra. Summertale
Kozyra's cinematic fairy tale quickly turns into a gore horror. Work from the series In Art Dreams Come True.
Wojciech. Bąkowski. Spoken Movie 3
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Jacek Malinowski. HalfAWoman 2
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#20: Gardens
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Wojciech Doroszuk. Raspberry Days
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One sick day from the life of my father
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Adoration of Sweetness
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Art and social life
Conversation (in Polish)
We invite you to listen to the recording of a conversation that reminisced about Krystiana Robb-Narbutt and Wisława Szymborska.
Maria Anto (1966)
Exhibition catalogue (in Polish)
We rediscovered the artist's poetic painting style in 2018. However, we go back further and recommend the catalog from her first exhibition at Zachęta in 1966.
The life and writing of Janina Turek
Meeting with Mariusz Szczygieł and Ewa Tatar (in Polish)
Janina Turek wrote down her entire life in 742 notebooks, divided into 33 categories. We discussed this extraordinary collection during the exhibition LIfe. A Manual.
Where Do Thoughts Come From? Zofia Gramz
Exhibition folder
The exhibition at ZPR was a summary of a year-long project, during which the artist underwent a self-analysis and put the results into drawings.
#19: We are celebrating 160 years of Zachęta!
On December 13th 1860 the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts was established and Zachęta was brought to life! We are kicking off the anniversary issue of the magazine with conversations with some of the most pivital figures in our most recent history.
Edward Dwurnik. Zachęta
Portrait of Zachęta captured by Edward Dwurnik in 1992. Gallery's building fits into the city landscape, and in it you will find many famous figures from the Polish art scene...
I didn't become Zachęta's deputy director
Interview with Bożena Kowalska (in Polish)
Legendary curator of Zachęta tells the story of the Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions era. In the picture: the heroine of the interview portrayed by Dwurnik (170 art politicians).
Liliana Piskorska. Strong Sisters Told Their Brothers
The artist's film that packs a punch premiered at Views 2019 and was later inducted into our collection with the help from the Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts.
Karol Radziszewski. Scotch pink (To Pee in a Bun)
A contrary exhibition by Karol Radziszewski (2009) and a contrary art work that plays on Zachęta's pre- and post-war history.
Project 160/160:
Anna Mierzejewska. Zachęta under construction
160/160 is a jubilee project that supports artists whose works are in the Zachęta collection. Discover the journey of a certain cement mixer ...
Zachęta's history
and our gallery in old photographs
For those who don't know it yet and those who would like to find out more – a short history of Warsaw's oldest art gallery.
#18: Materia, w której mogę pozostawić swój ślad
While waiting for the opening of Sculpture in Search of a Place exhibition, this issue is devoted to... sculpture. We begin with an interview with Roman Stańczak about the his Venice Biennale project – Flight.
Notes from the Expanse
Curatorial tour (in Polish)
Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz's exhibition was our blockbuster of 2017. We recall the curatorial tour by professor Waldemar Baraniewski.
Barbara Zbrożyna. Sunlit Figures
At the exhibition in 2008, curator Anna Maria Leśniewska showcased the extraordinary work of this Polish sculptor. Here is the curatorial text and documentation of this exhibition.
Magdalena Więcek. Affecting the eye
Have a look at the catalog accompanying the 2016 exhibition, with essays by Anna Maria Leśniewska, Gabriela Świtek and Dorota Szwarcman.
Alina Ślesińska in Brazil
A lecture by Ewa Toniak (in Polish)
Ewa Toniak talked about the Brazilian peregrinations of the Polish sculptor during the conference accompanying the exhibition Map. Artistic migrations and the Cold War.
Zuza Golińska. "Suns" series
The newest sculptural aquisition to our collection!
Office for Monument Construction
Shot in Scotland, Karolina Breguła's feature film tells the story of people who tirelessly search for items that would help them define and express their identity.
#17: Boyshevism: Sounds Familiar?
The protagonists of the latest issue of our magazine are women: fighters, scandalists, anarchists. And we start with a text by Agnieszka Kościańska from the book Glass Houses (2018).
Julita Wójcik. Peeling Potatoes
A performance in the Zachęta gallery, during which the artist undertook a prosaic activity of peeling potatoes. It's remembered as one of the most important moments in Polish art. Rightly so?
Twisted Tower Deconstruction II
"Why towers? Just because, because they provoke, because they stick out"– what the artist wrote about her works in the 1990s.
Them. National Exhibition of Photography
The year was 1967. National Exhibition of Photography – women in the lenses of 45 female and male photographers. We recall the catalog of this exhibition.
She-Documentalists – Polish Women Photographers
In 2008, we showcased an exhibition of 50 Polish female photographers of the 20th century, who mainly dealt with documentary photography.
Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945)
An exhibition of a politically and socially engaged German artist from the turn of the 19th and 20th century.
Käthe Kollwitz, Hito Steyerl and Keren Donde – three artists and three faces of female rebellion. We recall the exhibition documentation from 2019.
Maria Orsetti — anarchism, feminism, cooperativism
Lecture (in Polish)
Translator of Kropotkin and the anarcho-syndicalist Rudolf Rocker, popularizer of Fourier's ideology. We recalled her during the exhibition The Future Will Be Different.
#16: The Cage and the Toy
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Frowst
Joanna Piotrowska's exhibition through the lens of Magda Hueckel.
Kuba Dąbrowski, Untitled
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"Thank God! Civilisation!"
Curatorial essay
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Katarzyna Kozyra. Teatro di cani
Documentation of the artist's action in Rome, re-impersonating Lou Salome.
Are curators predators?
Zachęta TV (in Polish)
A story about the profession of a curator inspired by the exhibition All Creatures, Big and Small.
Maria Brewińska's 2009 exhibition focused on the animal world in art.
1st National Exhibition of Interior Design
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#15: Joanna Piotrowska
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Ecstatics, Histerics and other Saint Ladies
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You're a Cute One, Sweetie
Aleksandra Kubiak's exhibition presented a very personal film that combined video performance with a documentary.
Maria Pinińska-Bereś, Natalia LL and Ewa Partum – pioneers of women's art in Poland – were the protagonists of the exhibition. Here are the accompanying texts.
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#14: ING Polish Art Foundation
In the 14th issue of our magazine, we talk about collecting. We start with the ING collection and an interview conducted on the occasion of the Art in Our Age exhibition.
Edward Krasiński. Installation
The replicas of paintings used by the artist in his installation from 1997 were part of the Zachęta's collection before World War II.
Art in Our Age
Exhibition's audioguide (in Polish)
We recall the exhibition of works from the ING collection through an audioguide recorded by the curators – Rafał Dominik and Szymon Żydek.
TRUTH BEAUTY GOODNESS
In 2015, an exhibition of works from our collection took place in the austere interiors of the renovated Raczyński's house – Zachęta's direct neighbour.
Before, After and in Between
On the conservation of Andrzej Wróblewski's works (in Polish)
A collection also means everyday care for the safety of the artworks. Here is Dorota Nowak, talking about the conservation of Wróblewski's works.
Thaw and modernization of art
Lecture by Piotr Słodowski (in Polish)
The lecture accompanied an exhibition that recalls graphic works from the 50s and 60s from our collection. Listen about cultural policy after socialist realism.
Contemporary painting on ceramic bowls
1978, Kordegarda Gallery and the collection of Jan Styczyński.
1968 Exhibition of Contemporary French Painting
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#13: Bending the Structure
Notes on Monika Sosnowska's Exhibition
Gabriela Świtek writes about Monika Sosnowska and her fascination with the engineering projects of Vladimir Shukhov.
Have a look at the photo documentation of the newest exhibition at Zachęta!
Eustachy Kossakowski. Geometric architecture at a construction site
Kossakowski's photos from the Polish Industry series were made in the 1960's for the Poland monthly.
Alina Ślesińska. The Bridge
Visualizations of sculptor's architectural designs based on Eustachy Kossakowski's photomontages.
Forms — France
'Technological progress provides the artist with solutions unknown hitherto' — wrote Michel Faré in 1964 in the exhibition catalog.
Bartosz Mucha. 52 Lazy Weeks
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#12: Reality with Errors
The latest issue of our magazine focuses on Monika Sosnowska, whose exhibition has just opened at Zachęta. Curator Maria Brewińska writes about the artist and her works.
Art Biennale
Sosnowska represented Poland at the 52nd International Art Exhibition in Venice. Find out more about her project 1 : 1.
New Sculpture?
Monika Sosnowska's monumental Staircase was presented at the exhibition New Sculpture? in 2012.
The exhibition curated by Maria Brewińska took on the subject of the relationship between contemporary sculpture and modernism. Find out more from the folder accompanying the exhibition.
Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz. Untitled
From our collection we present a work from the early 1970s by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz – a great example of a metal sculpture.
25 Years of the Polish People's Republic in Photography
'An image of the country in which we live, which we build, improve and beautify' –this is how the exhibition was announced in the press in 1969.
#11: Plac Małachowskiego 3
Magdalena Komornicka, in 2018, wrote about the ever-changing Zachęta and the unalterable square in front of it. The text accompanied the Plac Małachowskiego 3 exhibition.
Krzysztof Wodiczko. Projection on the facade of Zachęta
In 2005, the artist animated the facade of Zachęta by inscribing silhouettes of women, who took on the role of caryatids, into the two pilasters carrying the gallery's tympanum.
Plac Małachowskiego 3
From an iridescent fountain to dance performances – we recall all the events accompanying the exhibition Plac Małachowskiego 3.
No, No, I Hardly Ever Miss a Show
The first exhibition inspired by Zachęta's audience decelopment research that took place in 2011. We recommend reading the curators' texts.
Katarzyna Przezwańska. Plant pot
The monumental pot, made by using an original mould preserved at the defunct workshop in Łysa Góra, decorated the entrance to the ZPR.
2nd Nationwide Interior Design Exhibition
1957. In front of Zacheta Zachęta there was a "propaganda" spatial decoration designed by Wojciech Zamecznik.
Audio description of the Zachęta building
Facade (in Polish)
What does the gallery facade look like? Find out from the audio description by Katarzyna Kucharska-Hornung.
Aquatic Plants infront of Zachęta
A water pot from the 1960s stood in front of Zachęta in the summer of 2018. See what plants we planted with the support of the University of Warsaw Botanical Garden.
Ahmed Cherkaoui in Warsaw
New publication (in Polish)
Przemysław Strożek's book presents Polish-Moroccan artistic relations in various art fields: from painting to film and conceptual practices.
Art Bookshop
#10: Koji Kamoji. The Will To Live Is the Most Important Thing of All
From a whisper to a scream. We begin the latest issue of our online magazine with an interview with Koji Kamoji, his daughter Monika and Janusz Czapiński accompanying the exhibition Silence and the Will to Live.
Praise the Flowery Meadows
The artist together with his grandmother perform a religious song, in other words, a film from Karol Radziszewski's "family cycle".
Alina Szapocznikow. Tumours Personified
A series of several head casts – deformed self-portraits of the artist, depicting her struggling with the disease.
Aneta Grzeszykowska. Death and the Maiden
The artist's main motifs were present at her solo exhibition, including processing personal stories or obsessively focusing on the issue of invisibility.
Ania Witkowska and Adam Witkowski in their project sought to answer the question: to what extent does them being a family unit affects their work.
Karolina Wiktor. Pusto-stan nienawiści
Book (in Polish)
Another artistic book by Wiktor, who through visual and textual materials analyzes the surrounding reality from a personal perspective.
In 1954, Karol Eberhardt wrote about "violent and colorful art" of Guttuso. The past exhibition from the CBWA is recalled by Karolina Zychowicz.
#9: Andrzej Wajs. Alienations
In the latest issue of the magazine we recall, among others, the exhibtion Alienations. Andrzej Wajs writes about alienation from philosophical point and relates it to the current global issues discussed in the exhibition.
No. 9/2020
Alienations or The Fire Next Time
The exhibition consisted of seven films by outstanding artists, showing the earth's and human's condition, what we lose and what we desire, as well as the effects of different varieties of alienation that we experience globally today.
Jarosław Kozakiewicz. Satopticon
This short mockumentary about the construction of the first prison in Earth's orbit is a critique of technocracy and draws attention to the evil inherent in human nature.
Alienations
Video guide in Polish Sign Language
Daniel Kotowski talks about the vision of exhibition's curator – Maria Brewińska and the ideas behind the presented films. (in Polish)
City of Ambition
The project presented in 2011 presented photos of Chongqing – one of many developing Chinese cities, growing at an impressive and alarming pace.
A talk with artist and curator (in Polish)
Recording of a discussion accompanying the exhibition Weeds by Karolina Grzywnowicz – a project about plants that are a record of social and political history.
Warsaw 1945. Leonard Sempoliński
The exhibition presented the symbolic "starting point" of the People's Republic of Poland, presenting photos of Warsaw's ruins, taken just after the liberation of the city.
Hotel Polonia. The Afterlife of Buildings
Documetation
The intention of the project awarded with the Venetian Golden Lion was to show buildings as stage decorations for social, political and economic scenarios.
#8: The Collection That Wasn't Meant to Be
In this issue, which is dedicated to our collection and collecting in general, we recall an interview with Barbara Dąbrowska and Maria Krawczyk about how the Zachęta collection got started.
Contemporary trends
'Waterbull (1945), a Pollock painting owned by the Stedelijk since 1950, was sent to Warsaw. The work constituted the artist's answer to Picasso's Guernica, travelling around the US from 1939'
Erna Rosenstein. Fountain
The artist's very personal, poetic work is positioned within the limits of broadly understood surrealism. Vital, organic forms and color patches characterize her work from the 1960s.
Krzysztof Żwirblis. Social Museum, Ochota 2012
This project, implemented since 2010, is about interpersonal relationships. The artist enables local communities, encouraging its residents to show their collections, tell their own stories, and do something together.
To Pee in a Bun
Zachęta TV
What happens to the Zachęta collection when nobody is watching? You will find out from the Zachęta TV episode inspired by an exhibition of works from our collection (2009).
Collections exhibition was primarily dedicated to crowdfunders who funded new acquisitions to our collections in 2016. We also invited one of the most interesting regional collections to the show: Galeria Arsenał in Białystok.
Taking care of the collection
How to look after contemporary works of art? We recommend the book accompanying an unusual display from the Zachęta collection (This is not an exhibition, 2008).
Gizela Szancer
Forgotten (?) animator of Polish artistic life (in Polish)
Karolina Zychowicz writes about the legendary director of the Central Bureau of Art Exhibitions Zachęta (1954–1969).
#7: Dominika Janicka
The new issue of the magazine is devoted to architecture. We begin with an interview with Dominika Janicka, curator of the Fair Building exhibition presented at the Polish Pavilion at the 15th Architecture Biennale in Venice.
Oskar Hansen, Bohdan Urbanowicz
Hansen's Open Form and Linear Continuous System, as well as an analysis of the "visual contamination" and a critique of Urbanowicz's urban monoculture – a Venetian presentation at CBWA in 1977.
Grzeszykowska/Smaga. YMCA
A historic building in which Tyrmand wrote The Man With White Eyes, through the gaze of Aneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga.
Spatial Planning and Organisation
In the scenery of a skeleton frame of an unfinished hotel, four women dressed as maids play the expected roles...
Amplifying Nature
Can a building be as dynamic as the climate? This and other questions are answered in the publication accompanying the exhibition in the Polish Pavilion at the 2018 Architecture Biennale.
Discussion: Architecture and power
Audio (in Polish)
A panel accompanying the Impossible Figures exhibition (2014) showed the connections between architecture and power, both in a historical and contemporary context.
Tango on 16 square metres
An enormous wall unit and Rybczyński's Oscar winning film, in other words, a look at small apartments – past and present.
The Rise and Fall of Air
Zachęta's building as a sound-absorbing sculpture? The Warsaw edition of the project by Katarzyna Krakowiak, presented in 2012 at Venice Biennale.
#6: Fun Is an Essential Element of Existence
In the sixth issue of the magazine – just before the Children's Day – we recall exhibitions not only for children. To start with, here is an interview with a psychologist Ula Malko.
Nikifor, Ociepka, Stolorz, Wróbel, Kudła
First extensive exhibition of naïve art at the CBWA took place in 1958. Gabriela Świtek writes about the show and its reception.
Marta Deskur. This Is Klara And This Is Me, Pico
The theme of children appears in many of Deskur's works. The artist's nephews are the protagonists of the presented series.
Contemporary Art for All Children
The first exhibition prepared for and by children took place at Zachęta in 2003. Here is the catalog accompanying this exhibition!
Anna Niesterowicz. Gierek
The found footage showing the propaganda scene of the artist as a little girl meeting Edward Gierek. It is a bittersweet evaluation of the artist's memories and an analysis of how two spaces — private and public — interweave.
Contemporary Polish illustration for children
Discussion (in Polish)
What should a good illustrated children's book look like? Our panelists tried to answer this question.
How to watch exhibitions with children?
Karolina Vyšata presents a handful of ideas for how to watch art together with your children.
The Devil's Power, Bad dreams
The films by Olaf and Konstanty Brzeski were presented at the exhibition Two Arts Are Better than One. See how to stimulate children's creativity.
Interactive Playground
In 2009, together with the WRO Art Center, we invited children to an exhibition/playground. Did they have fun in the interactive installations? See for yourself!
On-line Magazine #5: John Lurie
The theme of this issue is the relationship between art and music. We start with an interview with John Lurie – an excellent American musician who, in 2015, we also got to know as a painter.
American Graphic Art
"For the first time we have the opportunity to get more closely acquainted with drawings, prints and watercolours from the U.S" — wrote an art critique in 1958. Read Petra Skorypsky's research paper.
Krzysztof Zarębski. Guitar
By combining and modifying objects the artist created a completely new item — a visual idea of things.
Katarzyna Kozyra. Cheerleader
The artist takes on a role of a pop star by performing Gwen Stefani's hit song. The music video comes from the series In Art Dreams Come True.
The Artists. 1st edition
The first edition of The Artists festival took place in 2013 and presented music projects of 11 visual artists. Here is the album, recorded during the concert.
Brasil: Arte / Música
Dangerous liaisons between visual arts and music were exposed by Brazilian artists at the ZPR. Enjoy the exhibition folder.
Invasion of Sound
The first exhibition at Zachęta dedicated to music and visual arts took place in 2009. See the poster and read about this international show.
Musical Images
Stanisław Dróżdż
Dróżdż's painting from the Zachęta collection inspired middle school students to create their musical interpretations of this work. Listen to the Musical Image and get inspired yourself!
On-line Magazine #4: Rafał Bujnowski
New issue of the magazine, and a new topic – time. In 2016, during the exhibition 2066, Maria Brewińska asked Rafał Bujnowski, among other things, about midlife crisis, maturity and, of course, painting.
Italian Contemporary Art
100 Works from Futurism to the Present Day Depicting the Italian Contribution to European Avant-garde in the 20th Century – CBWA, year 1968.
Włodzimierz Pawlak. Journal No. 2
How to you depict passage of time? Pawlak presents it on a canvas with the help of clippings, past mementos and pictograms.
Jacek Malinowski. The Stain
Three episodes, connected by the theme of disaster and inspired by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds.
Łysa Góra Experiment — 50 Years Later
Curatorial walk-through (in Polish)
Ceramic architectural decorations from the 60s, and contemporary artists. Listen to the exhibition's curator.
Audio description (in Polish)
For a ten-year-old, what is "looking for lost time"? Listen to audio description of the work by Tymon Rogalski and his parents.
Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More — Time Test
How does time and change of space affect an artwork? We recall Konrad Smoleński's project and the accompanying folder.
On-line Magazine #3: Anna Jermolaewa
The third edition of Zachęta Online magazine will focus on travel – in all its forms. Here is an interview with Anna Jermolaewa – a reminder of the 2015 exhibition Good times, Bad times.
Exhibition of works by Soviet artists
The first comprehensive showcase of Soviet socialist realism took place at Zachęta in 1951. About its ideological dimension, among others, writes dr hab. Iwona Luba.
Romani Alphabet Board
Romani Alphabet Boards are a series of graphics by Dorota Podlaska, with which the artist introduces a culture, which is close to us.
Łukasz Jastrubczak. Need For Speed
Record of the artist's journey through America in a visual form, filled with pop-cultural symbols that are readable by audiences around the world.
Romano kher
Publication (in Polish)
Romano kher means Romani home. We recommend a publication edited by Monika Weychert Waluszko devoted to Roma art, aesthetics and experience.
Death of a Traveller
Meeting with Anna Wieczorkiewicz and Anna Horolets (in Polish)
Is the distinction between travellers and tourists still valid in the 21st century? Here is a recording of a discussion on the topic, accompanying The Travellers exhibition.
Hiwa K: Highly Unlikely but not Impossible
Guide in Polish Sign Language
Speaking of travel, it is difficult to avoid the most current topic – refugees. Also available for hearing people.
On-line Magazine #2: Zbigniew Warpechowski
In the second issue of our magazine, we focus on performance. And we start with a conversation between Dominik Kuryłek and Zbigniew Warpechowski – the godfather of performance art in Poland.
Paintings and drawings by Witkacy, at an exhibition arranged by Tadeusz Kantor himself. We are going back in time to 1967.
When Many Years Ago I Came to Wrocław for the First Time
Ewa Zarzycka – performer and conceptual artist. Here are her drawings from our collections.
Chief Judge. Furies
Aleksandra Kubiak and Karolina Wiktor as mythical goddesses of revenge. Video performance and an ironic pun based on the duo's name.
Bogna Burska. Nest
Fragment of the performance (in Polish)
Inauguration of the Plac Małachowskiego 3 project, with a surprise artistic performance.
Natalia Bażowska. Lair
The starting point for the exhibition at ZPR was a video performance Luna – an intimate record of the artist establishing a relationship with a wild she-wolf.
We Like it Very Much. Contemporary. Art. Questions
One of the chapters in our guide to contemporary art for teenagers is dedicated to Warpechowski's Plating.
On-line Magazine #1: Peter Land
I've always been interested in slapstick comedy. In particular the early silent era short film comedies. What I really like about them is the simplicity – says the Danish artist, whose exhibition we presented in 2013.
Exhibition of Danish Contemporary Art
Prof. Andrzej Pieńkos writes about the exhibition of young Danish artists, presented at Zachęta in 1968.
Cezary Bodzianowski. Giro d'Italia
Duchamp and a bicycle badge – in other words, appropriation art carried out by one of the most pawky Polish artists.
Azorro. Family
A typical Polish family in an unusual situation. Art education of the society showed through the absurd humor of Azorro group.
Mother Earth Sister Moon
Photos from the project
Joanna Malinowska & Christian Tomaszewski inspired by the Soviet space program.
Antonisz: Technology for Me Is a Form of Art
Do you remember this extraordinary exhibition of Julian Antoniszczak? Accompanying poster was designed by Jakub de Barbaro.
Liliana Porter. Situations
In the works of Liliana Porter, characters from different places, epochs and levels of reality and inventions meet and enter into dialogue. Daniel Kotowski will guide you through the exhibition curated by Magda Kardasz.
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We're excited to share Giselle's podcast interview with John Khosravi on his show "The Immigration Lawyers Podcast", covering issues of work-life balance, H-1B updates, and the invisible wall. Listen now.
Energetic, brilliant, and multifaceted, Arturo Sandoval's performance was inspiring. Arturo was born in Cuba and defected the Castro regime. He is a symbol of freedom, hard work, and of the contributions of immigrants to our country.
On May 1st, Giselle spoke about Current Issues on Immigration to the Beaches Rotaract Club. She also presented her CLE "Immigration Law for Lawyers: What You Need to Know" to Marks Gray attorneys. She is hosting a "Lunch and Learn" series to legal networks and law firms.


THE GUNTHER GANG: a little evening fishing.
Taylor Dale and I took my younger brother up the canyon to go fishing last night. He turned sixteen at the beginning of the week and we wanted to take him out for the evening so we could spend some time with him in celebration of reaching this big stepping stone in his life. I remember when I turned sixteen; I thought I was going to feel so much older and wiser, but in the end I just felt more young and inexperienced than I had before (thanks to the added responsibilities in my life such as driving and working and blah). I think it's funny that we, as human beings, look forward to these "landmark" events in our life as if things will suddenly change for the better. It's just funny that, although the things around us may change, we don't change at all. The very essence of who we are stays the same, we just gain more responsibility (and then have to learn how to deal with it).
Every once in a while, it's nice to take a step back from the demands of every-day life. Spending an evening sitting beside a beautiful reservoir of water nestled comfortably within the comfort of the mountains was exactly what I needed. I tend to get caught up in the monotony of to-do lists and adult-ing. I think it's mostly because I just want to feel as if I'm on top of the things going on in my life (even though I've come to the conclusion that I will never really feel as if I've got a solid handle on my own life) but I can never seem to keep up with all the things I want to accomplish.
This world is so full of so many different opportunities to succeed. I get my head set on the idea that, in order to succeed, I have to walk a very specific path and check-off a list of very specific things and eventually I'll be the successful me I've always wanted to be. Lately, however, I think I've come to realize that success comes in so many different shapes and forms. It's my job to discover the path that is right for me and that will enable me to be not only successful, but to find my kind of happiness in every step along the way.
There are many ways to define "success." But to me, success is both doing something good in this world and enjoying the journey that takes you there. Success tastes sweeter when you sprinkle it with happiness.
And that's exactly what I intend to do.


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Q: Is it possible to aggregate with multiple conditions on mongodb I have a pricing collection and i want to query the biggest price change over time depending on the seller and i have not clue how to accomplish this in a single query.
The collection includes
_id
partNumber
seller
price
createdAt

Every day for each product about 30 prices should get inserted, but in a real world that is not 100%...
so i was thinking about this.

*

*get the first price where date <= (currentDate - compare range days) for partNumber and seller

*get the newest price for partNumber and seller

*diff the prices

*sort by diff

Is that possible with mongodb aggregate or something else?

A: Let assume we have 2 sellers A and B. We have taken a set of data as below (assuming part Number are same or you can change it as well):
/* 1 createdAt:18/10/2019, 16:48:35*/
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5da99f8bd4ce6a7d8bebb442"),
    "partNumber" : 1,
    "seller" : "B",
    "price" : 15,
    "createdAt" : ISODate("2019-10-11T16:13:31.451+05:30")
},

/* 2 createdAt:18/10/2019, 16:48:35*/
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5da99f8bd4ce6a7d8bebb441"),
    "partNumber" : 1,
    "seller" : "A",
    "price" : 1,
    "createdAt" : ISODate("2019-10-11T16:13:31.451+05:30")
},

/* 3 createdAt:18/10/2019, 16:48:35*/
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5da99f8bd4ce6a7d8bebb440"),
    "partNumber" : 1,
    "seller" : "B",
    "price" : 10,
    "createdAt" : ISODate("2019-10-10T16:13:31.451+05:30")
},

/* 4 createdAt:18/10/2019, 16:48:35*/
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5da99f8bd4ce6a7d8bebb43f"),
    "partNumber" : 1,
    "seller" : "A",
    "price" : 10,
    "createdAt" : ISODate("2019-10-10T16:13:31.451+05:30")
},

/* 5 createdAt:18/10/2019, 16:48:35*/
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5da99f8bd4ce6a7d8bebb43e"),
    "partNumber" : 1,
    "seller" : "B",
    "price" : 7,
    "createdAt" : ISODate("2019-10-09T16:13:31.451+05:30")
},

/* 6 createdAt:18/10/2019, 16:48:35*/
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("5da99f8bd4ce6a7d8bebb43d"),
    "partNumber" : 1,
    "seller" : "A",
    "price" : 5,
    "createdAt" : ISODate("2019-10-09T16:13:31.451+05:30")
}

Our Query will be as below:
db.collection.aggregate([
    {
        $group: {
            _id: { seller: "$seller", partNumber: "$partNumber" },
            lastSalesPrice: { $last: "$price" },
            firstSalesPrice: { $first: "$price" },
        }
    },
    {
        $project: {
            seller: "$_id.seller",
            partNumber: "$_id.partNumber",
            lastSalesPrice: "$lastSalesPrice",
            firstSalesPrice: "$firstSalesPrice",
            diff: { $subtract: ["$lastSalesPrice", "$firstSalesPrice" ] }
        }
    },
    {
        $sort: { "diff": -1 }
    }
])

Result of above query will be as follow:
/* 1 */
{
    "_id" : {
        "seller" : "B",
        "partNumber" : 1
    },
    "seller" : "B",
    "partNumber" : 1,
    "lastSalesPrice" : 15,
    "firstSalesPrice" : 7,
    "diff" : 8
},

/* 2 */
{
    "_id" : {
        "seller" : "A",
        "partNumber" : 1
    },
    "seller" : "A",
    "partNumber" : 1,
    "lastSalesPrice" : 1,
    "firstSalesPrice" : 5,
    "diff" : -4
}

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It seems like who ever is in charge of that game just takes interesting units from past star wars games that they happen to like and reintroduce them to the canon.
The T2-B was first introduced in Star Wars empire at war. Empire at war is no longer canon but it was reintroduced in this game. It gives the Rebels a tank.
And again with a spacecraft that was first seen in star wars galaxies: Jump to Light speed. The VT-49 Decimator.
It kind of goes into craziness with new things like the Elite AT-TE that the rebels apparently operate somehow.
Look at that thing. I think who ever designed it went a little overboard.
Here if you want to look at the units.


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A five-star hotel in Makkah, ideal for the accommodation of pilgrims, Umrah pilgrims, and visitors of the Grand Mosque, with a spiritual view of the Holy Sanctuary.


canary in the goal mind - !
cancer - 1) 'a disease of congestion in the experiential realm. When emotions are not processed, they tend to stand still, to freeze, and eventually paralyze the life energies that are trying to express themselves thru the personality' - Dr. Ingrid Naiman. 2) freedom without responsibility - David Korten 3) the logic of empire, which rejects limits on growth. 4) 'The cancers disappear temporarily, like the enemies that seem to be vanquished by our military bombardments, only to rise up again, secondary cancers, similar even in their new more virulent forms to the new infuriated rebel uprisings in Afghanistan and Iraq. 'The lymphatic system defends the body from foreign invasion by disease causing agents.' This is the language of the kind of xenophobia that is presently directing our foreign policy and leaving us virtually isolated in the world, separated from the community of nations and increasingly separated as well from the community of all beings. In a recent talk, I was asked to address the question of why there is so much fear associated with cancer. I suggested that the afflicted ones know that something within themselves has gone wrong. A healthy cell has mutated and has become other than its nature. In a political sense, what was cooperative becomes imperialistic, devours the resources, takes over the territory, pollutes until all the systems are overwhelmed and breakdown is systemic. Cancer as event and metaphor speaks to us of political and environmental devastation. It speaks to us of rampant and unrestrained growth. It speaks to us of the take-over of the body by something not so much alien as aberrant, particularly in its inability to be a functioning member of the body community. It speaks to us of damage so severe that only excision or death can save the system it has invaded. It speaks to us of the extremity of the irreversible damage to the environment that is ourselves, where we live. But the cancer cell is, itself, an entity on the front line. It is a wounded self that seemingly cannot be restored. It is the first victim of environmental disaster. The ones suffering cancer see immediately that war is going to be waged in their body against another part of themselves that was damaged and can no longer function. Further, those who have cancer and are afraid know that as a society we turn against those who cannot function in society instead of trying to restore them. Ask the veteran's of the Vietnam and later wars we have been waging. Healing, however, imagines restoration. Healing looks to how communities protect, sustain and restore each other. Preventive medicine is compassionate and looks to restore the environment in which health rather than illness can flourish. What is good for the cell, is good for the individual and for the land and for the world and vice-versa. Ever since my experience with breast cancer in the seventies I have been living by the dictum that we heal life and then life heals us.' – Deena Metzger 5) . . . entities that feed off the energies that you are afraid to own.
Cellular Rebellion - that which happens when you don;t feel fully alive. Common in life force negating, thought-possessed cultures, those dispossessed of the guidance of body-based intelligence.
ceremony - 'conscious celebration' – Sheoekah 2) What happens during the workshop? What is it? What we call 'workshops' are really co-creative ceremonies in which we pool our creativity, griefs, ancestral inheritances, jokes, failures, and stories to create a collective offering to feed the Holy. They usually involve listening to stories, learning about layers of meaning for the various items we've gathered and brought to the event, beginning to make things for the ceremony, and compiling our individual gifts and creations into a collective offering or shrine. – Martin Pretchel 3) bridges the world and allows vitality to flow . . . - mb 4) can be understood as an 'active principle' in any sacramental medicine encounter.
chandrayana - In India, food regulation according to lunar cycles.
charismatic megavertebrates - rhinoceroses, tigers, and condors.
chetakas - These are servitors of Shiva, akin to elementals. Once drawn into service, they require nourishment. You have to keep this work force happy if you take them on.
chair-sentenced - In a 2005 article in Science magazine, James A. Levine, an obesity specialist at the Mayo Clinic, pinpointed why, despite similar diets, some people are fat and others aren't. "We found that people with obesity have a natural predisposition to be attracted to the chair, and that's true even after obese people lose weight," he says. "What fascinates me is that humans evolved over 1.5 million years entirely on the ability to walk and move. And literally 150 years ago, 90% of human endeavor was still agricultural. In a tiny speck of time we've become chair-sentenced," Levine says. - Business Week, April 30, 2010. 'Your Office Chair is Killing You'.
chime - A quaint, very British substitute word for resonance. Like in: 'chime in'.
Chiron - The wounded healer centaur: 'Hercules chased the marauders all the way to Cape Malea, where Chiron himself was struck by one of Hercules' poisoned arrows, after it had passed through another centaur. The wound would have been fatal, but since Chiron was an immortal, he couldn't die of the wound, and its pain led him to a search for healing. In his search for a cure for his own wound, Chiron was the discoverer of medicine, which he taught to Asclepius.' Shamanic sickness as medical training . . .
chirurgery - archaic word for surgery.
Christian ~ 'He alone, therefore, in whom Christ exists and lives is a Christian, a man in whom Christ has been raised out of the wasted flesh of Adam. He will be an heir of Christ—not on account of some merit gained by some one else, nor by some favor conferred upon him by some external power, but by inward grace.
"To believe merely in a historical Christ, to be satisfied with the belief that at some time in the past Jesus has died to satisfy the anger of God, does not constitute a Christian. Such a speculative Christian every wicked devil may be, for every one would like to obtain, without any efforts of his own, something good which he does not deserve. But that which is born from the flesh cannot enter the kingdom of the God. To enter that kingdom one must be reborn in the Spirit.
chronopolitics - Levi-Strauss connected shamanism to psychology, not to performance studies. Levi-Strauss felt shamanism is a precursor to psychoanalysis. Unfortunately Levi-Strauss treats the two hierarchically rather than dialogically. Note the asymmetry as revealed in the term 'precursor'. A clear example of what Johannes Gabian calls 'chronopolitics'. This an evolutionist ideology. ( How about 'developmental' ideology, which doesn't then judge as better or worse, but more from view of different stages of development, as a child is no worse than an adult? - mb) To extend this to performance would imply that the primordial, original nature of shamanism is located before, behind, and therefore somewhat subordinate to contemporary performance. Father and child - all cyclic - one becoming the other.
clocks - devices used to arbitrarily measure the immeasurable.
coextensive/coextend - to extend within the same space and time as another.
colloid - a. a substance that consists of particles dispersed throughout another substance which are too small for resolution with an ordinary light microscope but are incapable of passing through a semi permeable membrane b : a mixture consisting of a colloid together with the medium in which it is dispersed <smoke is a colloid> - Mirriam-Webster.
colonialism - a rude interruption (for those colonized).
communal peoples - another term for primitive peoples, for indigenous peoples, long residence peoples. Note what happens when you scientize the concept: communism.
conceptual framework - social constructed filter or lenses thru which one perceives oneself and others.
conscious underground – 'Human is becoming a household name for many involved in the US music scene. A multi-instrumentalist and talented songwriter, Human has performed with many notables in the conscious underground and has toured throughout most of the US and Hawaii promoting social justice and sharing information in the folk tradition.' - Human promo lit.
constitutive power - 'The boundaries of the discussion, in that we have only suggested the potential importance of a larger notion of order, have been limited to how a different cultural concept of order is a constitutive power in human life and affects concepts of knowledge and meaning. While a consideration of the role of order (and therefore meaning) as a constitutive power in culture and mental life is an obvious necessity, it is less common to look broadly at the implications of the concept of order for the organism at other levels, that is, for the person/group as a whole, including the physiological dimension.' - M. Lyon 1990; 'Order and Healing . .', pg. 255.
consubstantial - Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence. 'Within the vast continuum of postulated consubstantiality (concerning the spiritual essence of nature's beings) there are internal borders marked by differences in modes of communication.' - Descola, P.; 'In the Society of Nature' pg. 98.
consumption - 100 years ago the name consumption was the name of a dreaded disease. Now it describes the economy.
conversion magic - acculturation via hypnotic or magnetic effects. Much like the effects consumerism has on many non-industrial peoples.
coresence - relating to the 'core essence' of something.
corybant - any of the spirits or secondary divinities attending the earth Goddess Cybele with wild music and dancing. To be corybantic is to be frenzied, agitated, unrestrained.
cosmopolite - a sophisticated person who has traveled in many countries. Note the importance of being polite.
cotemporous - the witch hunting hysteria 'aimed at annihilating women in Europe as knowers and experts was cotemporous with two centuries of scientific revolution. V. Shiva - Staying Alive, pg. 18.
coterminus - having the same bounds or limits. Culture is not coterminus with language (?). Durkheim: 'in primitive societies religious and social life were coterminous'.
Council ways – . . in contrast to pyramidal societies.
Creation-body - The microcosm of Gaia (and beyond), as it exists within our physical human frame. Aka our essential bio-lineage (planetary genetics), our focal point in an organic universe of nested patterns of resonance, our embodied evolutionary heritage.
crisis - 1) crises afford life unusual evolutionary opportunities to create novel solutions - E. Sahourtis. 2) Crisis means 'opportunity' in Chinese.
crisis narratives - that which keeps 3rd world development experts employed. The more crisis narratives, the more resources are allocated to experts to solve them. They have an investment in these crises (sort of).
criteria of validity - I believe that defending positions is very limiting, and tends to entrench one in one's errors. Rather, one should attempt to validate or invalidate all claims, including one's own. If one's position is right, then one will be able to invalidate all claims against it, which will resemble 'defending' the position. Severely testing all claims is a form of conceptual evolution, leaving only the fittest, most defendable positions. But defending one's own position because it's one's own is an ego-defense game. Of course, there is the huge question of the criteria of validity. - ?
crucible - "a situation of severe trial, or in which different elements interact to produce something new." - O.E.D.
cultural media - Cultural performance are composed out of what he (Milton Singer) calls 'cultural media' - modes of communication - combined in many ways to express the content of a particular culture.


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The taxpayers had sought to withdraw their appeals against SDLT assessments and closure notices under paragraph 37(4) Schedule 10 FA 2003. They had also applied to the First-tier Tribunal requesting that it exercise its discretion to strike out or determine the appeals. Before the First-tier Tribunal, HMRC successfully opposed the applications on the basis that they had validly objected to the withdrawal of the appeals under paragraph 37(4)(b) and the First-tier Tribunal should not exercise any discretion to determine the appeals.
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(1) Notwithstanding that HMRC had not given notice directly to the taxpayers (but had sent notice via the Tribunal), they had validly given notice under paragraph 37(4)(b) because the taxpayers had received the objections;
(2) The First-tier Tribunal had correctly decided that it had a duty to determine whether the assessments overcharged the taxpayers to tax (applying HMRC v CM Utilities Ltd [2017] UKUT 305 (TCC)) and there was no error in the First-tier Tribunal's exercise of its discretion.
Ben Elliott, counsel, instructed by the General Counsel and Solicitor for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, for the Respondents.
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Q: trying to identify one bar to the left and one bar to right of a selected bar using input.time in pinescript hoping someone can help me with what should be simple but I can't seem to find a solution.

*

*Using input.time/confirm=true, i select a bar on the chart

*I would like to print a label on the selected bar, on the bar to the left and on the bar to the right.

The issue I think is that input.time is not compatible with a simple +/-1 so I think it needs to be converted to a bar index. I've tried doing that in the code below but it still doesnt seem to work
The reason for creating this code is to ultimately get the system to determine if the selected bar is a pivot and then based on that do other things. This was just the first step so I can understand what I'm doing wrong.
Any assistance appreciated!
//@version=5
indicator("My script", overlay = true)
start_time = input.time(timestamp("20 Jan 2021"), "Start Calculation", confirm=true)
start_bar = bar_index[start_time]
// Add label above the selected bar
label.new(x=start_time, y=high[start_bar], text='Selected bar', color=color.white, xloc=xloc.bar_time, yloc=yloc.abovebar)
// Add label above the bar to the left of the selected bar
label.new(x=time[start_bar-1], y=high[start_bar-1], text='Bar left', color=color.white, xloc=xloc.bar_time, yloc=yloc.abovebar)
// Add label above the bar to the right of the selected bar
label.new(x=time[start_bar+1], y=high[start_bar+1], text='Bar right', color=color.white, xloc=xloc.bar_time, yloc=yloc.abovebar)
using this code the selected bar correctly display's its label - but the left and right bars are completely off ...
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A: Like this:
//@version=5

indicator("My script", overlay = false)

start_time = input.time(timestamp("8 Jan 2023"), "Start Calculation", confirm=true)

var int barStart = 0
if time == start_time
    barStart := bar_index

if barStart
    var l1 = label.new(x=barStart, y=high, text='Selected bar', color=color.white)
    // Add label above the bar to the left of the selected bar
    var l2 = label.new(x=barStart-1, y=high, text='Bar left', color=color.white)
    // Add label above the bar to the right of the selected bar
    var l3 = label.new(x=barStart+1, y=high, text='Bar right', color=color.white)

If you need time coordinate, then you can use timeframe.in_seconds() with current chart's timeframe, and then add resulted value to the start_time, so it will be +1 bar.


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Winter 2022 | Volume 103, Number 1
In It Together
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At Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, they're in the life-saving business. They've cared for thousands of COVID-19 patients. They applaud and cheer when a pandemic patient goes home. They've also been afraid to return to their own homes, scared they'd carry a lethal virus through the front door. They've literally cried on each others' shoulders. Some staff members got unbelievably sick themselves. Ten of them died.…
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Since the onset of COVID-19, no one has been unaffected. Each of us has experienced some degree of stress, loss, isolation and anxiety. As documented in the American Psychological Association's quarterly Stress in America survey, COVID has resulted in a national mental health crisis evidenced by increases in unhealthy coping mechanisms, for instance, increased weight gain and excess alcohol intake, dramatic upticks in depression and anxiety, particularly among people of color, and even difficulties in making day-to-day decisions that would have been otherwise simple prior to the pandemic.
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Even more so than movies arguably, TV is an extremely fickle business. Every year, the countless networks that air programming green light a variety of pilots in the hope that the show will become a staple of their channel's lineup for years to come. Sometimes, the new show will go down in pop culture lore, having an extremely successful run that goes multiple seasons. Other times, the fresh program will fail to establish a connection with the viewers, leading to its cancelation after a short period of time.
Whenever a TV show is axed before its creators' intent, things have obviously gone bad. But sometimes, the network executives are willing to give the show runners a season or two to iron out any kinks and find their footing. Then there are the cases where a show is so awful, the people behind it have no choice but to pull the plug as soon as it's released to the public. Here is our list of 10 TV Shows Canceled After One Episode.
In the late 1970s, frat house comedies were all the craze thanks to the hit movie Animal House, and the television networks tried to capitalize on the craze. All of the attempts to replicate the Animal House formula failed, perhaps most notoriously with the CBS sitcom Co-Ed Fever. Revolving around an all-girls college that makes the decision to go co-ed, the show was plagued by an uninspired premise that tried to feature the comedy of college guys and gals trying to get along. Things took such a wrong turn that the show never even made its regularly scheduled time slot.
To introduce the public to their new series, CBS aired the first episode on a "special preview night" the day before the show was supposed to launch. However, it generated very low ratings and earned a trashing at the hands of critics. The executives were left with no choice but to cancel it, seeing first hand how disastrous it would be. But it wasn't a total loss. One of the sets constructed was recycled as a girl's dormitory for the first season of Facts of Life. So there's that.
Though some may perceive it as controversial and offensive, comedy is at its best when it comes with a little bit of an edge. It's hard to imagine a show like Seinfeld capturing the zeitgeist without the many instances in which it pushed the envelope. And in terms of humor, there aren't many more touchy subjects than racial and/or ethnic jokes. That was the idea of Heil Honey, I'm Home, a British sitcom that starred caricaturized versions of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun. The two share a life of matrimonial bliss, until they become next door neighbors to a Jewish couple.
You don't have to be a history major to figure out what happened next. It's painfully obvious why there was so much wrong with this premise, and even the less politically correct audience of 1990 didn't see anything funny with it, calling the satire behind it tasteless. Amidst the controversy, the network had to say nein to the rest of the season, which is probably for the best since later episodes would have seen Hitler and Braun attempt to kill their neighbors. Poking fun at the Third Reich is something that can be enjoyed, but apparently only the likes of Mel Brooks have enough chops to pull it off.
At the turn of the 21st century, people were just beginning to discover the wonders of the Internet. It was becoming obvious that the world wide web was going to have a large presence in mass media as we became more technologically advanced, and the TV networks wanted in on the party. In prophetic fashion, ABC foresaw the Internet as a breeding ground for hysterical hijinks and produced a clip show called Dot Comedy. It would feature a series of funny Internet videos with regular people looking to go viral with their 15 minutes of fame.
It honestly isn't the worst idea for a program, and in the years since, other channels have had success running a similar kind of show. However, ABC couldn't become a successful pioneer. Executives pulled the show after the first episode due to what they considered low ratings. The 4.1 million viewers Dot Comedy scored was actually a lower figure than the show it replaced in ABC's lineup, so there was a realistic cause for concern. If only ABC had waited a few more years, they might have had a real winner.
Hollywood is no stranger to portraying the fears people have when going through a midlife crisis. But the period before that can be just as terrifying, as youngsters are forced to confront the realities of growing up and settling down. That was the idea behind NBC's Quarterlife, a show that was based on a very successful web series that featured a twenty-something transitioning to the next phase in real time. The hope was for the network TV version to attract a similar following as its inspiration, but the audience size couldn't have been more different when it was all said and done.
In a shocking twist of failure for NBC, the premiere episode of Quarterlife actually generated lower ratings than the Democratic Presidential debate happening at the same time on MSNBC. With viewers clearly uninterested in seeing someone else attempt to deal with their "problems," the network swiftly canceled the show before further damage could be done. To ensure their investment was not a total loss, NBC sent the remaining episodes produced to their sister station Bravo, but that clearly was not enough to save it from being a catastrophe.
Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his family were at the center of one of MTV's most famous reality programs, The Osbournes, so Fox thought they had a winning formula when they brought the clan in for a new show. Titled Osbournes Reloaded, it was a variety program that even had the backing of the American Idol producers. It sounded entertaining enough on paper, but when viewers got to see it on the screen, the results were pretty ugly.
Labeled by critics as "Must-Flee TV," Osbournes Reloaded struggled to draw in viewers and failed miserably with critics. It turns out, seeing the Osbournes work "real jobs" in a fast food drive-thru and Ozzy acting out comedy skits in drag didn't have much appeal, and the show was mercifully short-lived. Another factor that played into its early cancelation was concern about the content, as Fox executives weren't sure what would be shown was appropriate for network TV.
Talented celebrities are usually associated with a singular skill, like acting or singing, but as is the case with us regular people, the rich and famous have multiple talents. That was the idea behind CBS' poor attempt at a competition show called Secret Talents of the Stars, where big names like George Frazier and George Takei (among others) would show off their "secret" abilities (such as rapping and singing country music) for fans to vote on from home. It was planned to go on for seven weeks before a champion was crowned, but it never made it that far.
Despite the promise that they could be involved, viewers didn't take the bait. It seems as if TV can make a reality show out of anything, but this one was deemed too ridiculous to go on. After the first episodes posted abysmal ratings, CBS removed it from the schedule, illustrating that as talented as some of the stars may be, none of them had the ability to turn all the TVs in America to the same channel when it was on the air.
Whenever a big name movie star makes the jump from the silver screen to the small screen, it's a big deal (think back to season one of True Detective). Unfortunately for Heather Graham, her involvement with the sitcom Emily's Reasons Why Not ended up being the most memorable thing about that show. Even though it was heavily promoted by ABC, the show could not deliver on the hype and it was cast into exile shortly after its debut.
The most egregious culprit was the unoriginal setup, which was seen by many as cliché-ridden. Graham played a self-help book author, who (TWIST?) hilariously could not figure out her own personal life struggles (such as dating, etc.) while trying to maintain her career. Offering nothing new to the table in terms of execution, critics quickly dismissed it and audiences followed suits. When the reviews and ratings came in, ABC executives had plenty of reasons to the question "why not air the next episode?" and abandoned ship before things got even worse.
Typically, reality shows are designed for the subjects to receive some kind of financial gain, but Mark Wahlberg had a different idea with Breaking Boston. Looking to embrace the blue collar, hard-working nature of his hometown's citizens, the Hollywood leading man placed four young women front and center, showing how they were trying to improve their lives and get ahead in Bean Town. It's an intriguing premise for a reality program and could have been inspiring for audiences, but A&E executives clearly were not impressed with what they saw.
The first episode came and went, and the network canceled the next ones due to what they called "underperformance." That explanation was left intentionally vague, but one can assume that low ratings had something to do with it. Even though this underdog story couldn't resonate with viewers at home, those who were interested in seeing how the full story played out could see the series in full on A&E's website, so the network was aware there was an audience for it.
Enthusiastically billed as the most addicting game show since Who Wants to be a Millionaire was in its prime, Fox thought they struck television gold when they pushed The Rich List. The competition involved teams making a list of answers to a particular topic (i.e. Tom Cruise movies) and seeing who came up with the most correct responses. It sounded like a fun idea that allowed viewers to even play from home, but Rich List went broke shortly after it initially aired.
Fox's marketing team tried their hardest, amping up promotional materials during their World Series coverage, but it just wasn't meant to be. The low ratings were a devastating blow for the network, and they had no choice but to ax it. The premise was later revived as a GSN original called The Money List, but that too was unsuccessful, getting canceled after nine episodes. Maybe if Regis Philbin was the host, things would have turned out better?
In 2013, Toronto mayor Rob Ford and his brother Doug (a city councilor) were household names around the world thanks to a series of heavily-publicized scandals that involved things like crack cocaine. Obviously, this meant they were deserving of their own TV show, and the little channel Sun News Network gave the siblings a talk show titled Ford Nation. And even though it premiered to high ratings, the program was pulled off the air less than 24 hours after the first episode had hit.
The reasoning behind the decision was that the fledgling Sun News Network claimed Ford Nation was too expensive for them to produce given their state. It took five hours to film the single episode, plus an additional eight for editing. That was deemed too great of a time commitment when taking into account the show's format. Later, those involved with it would say Ford Nation was designed to be a special one-off event, but when it was first announced, it was revealed it would air every Monday. Clearly, people were just trying to save face.
Obviously, not every show can be a Seinfeld or Breaking Bad, but usually TV programs are given a chance to prove they're worthwhile investments for the long haul. Even ones that aren't ratings smashes (like Community) are revived because of some kind of passion for the project. The creators of these shows probably had the best intentions and visions of entertaining audiences on a weekly basis, but they were never granted an opportunity to rework some concepts in an effort to win back audiences. Sometimes that's for the best, and a network is spared additional embarrassment of airing something that just can't succeed in the marketplace.
As always, our list is not meant to be all-inclusive, so be sure to share some of your picks in the comments section below!


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Q: Numba: Accessing Class attributes in a jitted function I have the following simple problem.
import numba
import numpy as np

class MyClass(object):
   def __init__(self):
       self.Value=0.0
       self.Array=np.array([],dtype=np.float64)

@numba.jit(nopython=True)
def Fun(ClassInstance):
    print ClassInstance.Array*1.0

When I execute these simple lines
A=MyClass()
Fun(A)

I get the following error:
numba/dataflow.py:346: RuntimeWarning: Python2 style print partially supported.  Please use Python3 style print.
  "Python3 style print.", RuntimeWarning)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "numba/dispatcher.py", line 310, in _compile_for_args
    raise e
numba.errors.UntypedAttributeError: Caused By:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "numba/compiler.py", line 230, in run
    stage()
  File "numba/compiler.py", line 444, in stage_nopython_frontend
    self.locals)
  File "numba/compiler.py", line 800, in type_inference_stage
    infer.propagate()
  File "numba/typeinfer.py", line 767, in propagate
    raise errors[0]
UntypedAttributeError: Unknown attribute 'Array' of type pyobject
File "bumba.py", line 11
[1] During: typing of get attribute at bumba.py (11)

Failed at nopython (nopython frontend)
Unknown attribute 'Array' of type pyobject
File "bumba.py", line 11
[1] During: typing of get attribute at bumba.py (11)

This error may have been caused by the following argument(s):
- argument 0: cannot determine Numba type of <class '__main__.MyClass'>

It escapes me why numba doesn't recognize the array. Since it's such a basic functionality, I must assume that I'm missing something crucial, but I have so far not found any solutions.

A: As @user2537112 indicates in the comments, Numba's nopython option to jit leads to an invocation of the Python C API via PyObject_GetAttr, because Numba does not currently support attribute access. Workarounds include passing the object attributes directly to the function instead of through the object instance.


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Join us March 27 for Camas bulb planting
Join us March 27 at 12:15 p.m. for a ceremony to mark the planting of hundreds of camas bulbs down near the new Aboriginal Learning and Cultural Centre. This event is part of the Camas Mounds Demonstration Project, which is working with youth from Shoreline Middle School and the Songhees Nation in assessing the potential for growing camas in mounds.
Camas was a traditionally important staple food of the Coast Salish People, but it's estimated that only about 5% of the Garry oak ecosystems that support camas still remain due to urbanization and conversion to agriculture. Currently very few Coast Salish families are able to access and consume camas bulbs. It's hoped that the project will help increase the availability of camas bulbs for traditional feasting, sharing with Elders, cultural education, growing planting stock for sharing with local communities, and other uses. Apart from the support from the Songhees Nation and staff and students at Shoreline Middle School, the project team at the Centre for Livelihoods and Ecology also wish to acknowledge the generous support of Vancity and Royal Roads University. Ken Elliott, a member of Cowichan Tribes and an expert in the propagation of native plants and owner of a native plants nursery, is guiding the project and providing planting material.
The planting will take place near the ALCC - rain or shine! Hope to see you there.


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