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PRESS RELEASE: EUROSAC and CEPI Eurokraft celebrate a combined 160 years of innovative power
Sep 5, 2022 | News from the organization
Paris/Stockholm, 6 September 2022: Always staying on the pulse of time by constantly improving and innovating products, materials and processes has a long tradition in the European sack kraft paper and paper sack industry. This year, it celebrates a combined 160 years of innovative power. CEPI Eurokraft, formerly named Scankraft, was formed 90 years ago. EUROSAC was founded 70 years ago. Since then, the industry has not only grown in terms of numbers and areas of activity but has also improved and accelerated the production of sack kraft paper and paper sacks and enhanced product as well as environmental protection. Milestones of the industry's development are presented in a timeline and in a video.
Founding of EUROSAC in June, 1952.
Copyright: EUROSAC
In 1932, Scankraft was formed to represent the Scandinavian kraft paper manufacturers. The main purpose was to achieve price stability in a time when prices had declined sharply. Twenty years later, the European federation of multiwall paper sack manufacturers, EUROSAC, was founded by manufacturers from Germany, Belgium, France and the Netherlands to provide a secure basis for the future of the industry. "Only ten years later, our members' production topped that of the USA and Canada by 30%," states Catherine Plitzko-Kerninon, General Delegate of EUROSAC. In the same year, Scankraft was able to increase the volume of produced kraft paper from 150,000 tonnes in 1932 to one million tonnes in 1962. Today, EUROSAC represents over 75% of European paper sack manufacturers. Its members operate in 20 different countries and produce more than five billion paper sacks each year. CEPI Eurokraft now has nine member companies representing a volume of three million tonnes of paper produced.
Strong environmental focus
A special year for both organisations was 1993, when they joined forces for their environmental strategy, research, communication and political activities. This was the starting point for many valuable studies, guidelines and communication materials for the industry. One example from 1993 is their first LCA study of European sack kraft paper and paper sacks. It shows the early commitment of the industry for sustainability in its production processes. A long record of modernisation efforts in its mills, production sites and of saving resources has led to tremendous improvements of its energy efficiency and environmental footprint. The most recent report shows a reduction of 28% of the fossil carbon footprint per paper sack between 2007 and 2018. With 77% of all energy needs generated on-site and a share of renewable energy sources of 89%, the way to energy self-sufficiency is prepared. "Our target is to develop 100% natural packaging solutions that meet the requirements of modern packaging, conserve natural resources and protect the environment for future generations," states Plitzko-Kerninon.
Water-repellent paper sacks entered the market in 2015.
Evolution to a high-tech product
In the 19th century, the first industrial paper sacks were produced. An impressive evolution happened since then. The continuous improvement of fibre processing technology and process control on the paper machines resulted in significantly enhanced mechanical properties of sack papers. Between 1994 and 2014, paper strength was increased by 45%. Thanks to that, the specific paper consumption decreased from 253 g per sack in 1969 to 127 g per sack in 2011, resulting in considerable reductions in costs and saving of natural resources. Today, a paper sack for building materials weighs only about 90 g. In the 1960s, the combination of paper with plastic gained ground to enhance protection such as from water vapour and oxygen. This development cleared the way for water-repellent paper sacks that entered the market in 2015. Around 2010, the industry started to replace the plastic with bio-barriers, made from corn or cellulose for example, to offer environmentally friendly paper sacks with highly protective functions. Another innovation driver was to provide easier and more ergonomic handling of paper sacks. This development started in the late 1970s by adding handles to the sacks. Around 1980, bleaching technologies turned the brown sack paper white and opened new advertising possibilities. Since 2000, other convenience features became popular, such as easy opening, pouring and reclosing systems.
Automation and technology as accelerator
In the 1950s, the growing number of filling goods required the development of different sack constructions and new, faster machinery. The Bottomer AD 2360 from 1968, a folding and pasting machine for multiwall paper valve sacks, became the workhorse of the paper sack industry worldwide. In 1982, the first partly electronically controlled machines accelerated production speeds. As automation proceeded further, such as with digital glue application and automated roll changes, the output of paper sack machines evolved from 160 sacks per minute in 1975 to 400 sacks per minute today. Packing machinery evolved similarly. The rotating filling machine ROTO-PACKER® reached the market in 1960 when the cement demand grew worldwide and with it the need for packing systems with higher production rates. It reached filling speeds of 900 sacks per hour. Efficiency was further enhanced with a breakthrough in automation in 1975 via the first bag applicator for rotating machines. Step by step, the system was supplemented with automatic weight checking, sealing technology, self-optimising aeration adjustments, and just recently remote digital control over the whole filling process. Today, the most advanced packaging line reaches filling speeds of up to 6,000 sacks per hour. "The industry continues its efforts to constantly innovate and improve the efficiency of machines, materials and sack solutions," explains Plitzko-Kerninon. "Our sector has set itself the goal to further work towards sustainability and the protection of the planet. The paper sack and sack kraft paper industry has presented successful results in the past – and we have set ourselves the goal to do even better in the future."
Timeline presents milestones
Some highlights of the industry's developments and innovations are presented in a timeline on the EUROSAC website and in a video. "Very good evidence of our combined innovative power is also given in the EUROSAC Grand Prix Award," says Plitzko-Kerninon. "Since 1978, it honours the innovations of our industry that bring the most benefit to our customers and the environment. I am sure that we will see many more exciting developments in the future." You can find an overview of most award winners here, including the latest winners of the May 2022 award ceremony which took place during the EUROSAC Congress.
For more information visit the EUROSAC website or contact Catherine Plitzko-Kerninon:
+33 (0)147 237 558, email: info@eurosac.org.
Download the press release here below:
POSITION PAPER: The European Packaging Value Chain expresses serious concerns about the European Commission suggested approach on packaging and packaging waste legislation November 11, 2022
CEPI Eurokraft Celebration Summit, October 17-19, 2022 October 4, 2022
New video: Why paper bags are strong brand ambassadors September 28, 2022
CEPI Eurokraft
Address: Warfvinges väg 31
Email: info[at]cepi-eurokraft.org


anyone following the scandal that's rocking the HK entertainment industry?? Edison Chen ... one of the foremost actors/singers/producers in HongKong was stupid enough to take a ton of sexually explicit photos and videos of him engaged in various obscene activities with several of Hong Kong's biggest female stars. his PINK macbook broke down, so he brings it to a local shop, where the workers find hundreds of these photos and videos and then proceed to post them online.
how stupid can he be? way to ruin your career and the careers of many others! even if you are stupid enough to take all these photos, why would you store them in any easily visible place on your computer? ugh. makes me sick. maybe these things are readily acceptable in America (i.e. paris hilton, lindsay lohan, britney, pam anderson), but this is definitely unacceptable in Asia. i don't think anything when i read about American stars doing this stuff, but when i heard about Edison Chen... i seriously feel shame on his behalf.
It even made it to the NY Times.
i don't think it's his fault though.


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Q: Why do we need to specify the lock for synchronized statements? Given that there's only one lock for each instance of a class, then why doesn't Java just allow us to do this:
void method() {
    synchronized {
        // do something
    }

    // do other things
}

instead of this:
void method() {
    synchronized (lock) {
        // do something
    }

    // do other things
}

What's the purpose of specifying a lock? Does it make a difference if I choose one object as a lock over the other? Or could I just choose any random object?
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It turned out that my comprehension of synchronized methods is wrong at the fundamental level.
I thought different synchronized methods or blocks are entirely independent of each other regardless of locks. Rather, all synchronized methods or blocks with the same lock can be accessed only by one thread, even if such synchronized methods/blocks are from different classes (the documentation should have emphasized this more: ALL synced methods/blocks, regardless of location, all that matters is the lock).

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Given that there's only one lock for each instance of a class, then why doesn't Java just allow us to do this:
void method() {
    synchronized {
        // do something
    }

    // do other things
}

Although an intrinsic lock is provided with each instance,
that's not necessarily the "obvious" lock to use.
You're perhaps right that they could have provided synchronized { ... } as a shorthand for synchronized (this) { ... }.
I don't know why they didn't, but I never missed it.
But concurrent programming is tricky,
so making the lock object an explicit required parameter may make things clearer to readers, which is a good thing, as @ajb pointed out in a comment.
In any case, I don't think syntax is your main question, so let's move on.

What's the purpose of specifying a lock?

Uhm, the lock is perhaps the single most important thing in the synchronization mechanism. The key point in synchronization is that only one thread can hold the same lock. Two threads holding different locks are not synchronized. So knowing what is the lock guarding the synchronization is crucial.

Does it make a difference if I choose one object as a lock over the other?

I hope the previous section makes it clear that yes, you have to choose the object carefully. It has to be an object visible by all threads involved,
it has to be not null, and it has to be something that won't get reassigned during the period of synchronization.

Or could I just choose any random object?

Certainly not. See the previous section.
To understand concurrency in Java, I recommend the book Java Concurrency in Practice by one of the authors of the API, or Oracle's tutorials on the subject.

A: It's so you can lock on something completely different than this.
Remember how Vector is "thread-safe?" It's not quite that simple; each call is, but code like this isn't because it could have been updated between getting the size of the vector and getting the element:
for (int i = 0; i < vector.size(); ++i) System.out.println(vector.get(i));

Since Vector, along with Collections.synchronized*, is synchronized with the older synchronized keyword, you can make that above code thread-safe by enclosing it all within a lock:
synchronized (vector) {
    for (int i = 0; i < vector.size(); ++i) System.out.println(vector.get(i));
}

This could be in a method that isn't thread-safe, isn't synchronized, or uses ReentrantLock; locking the vector is separate from locking this.

A: It most certainly makes a difference what object you use as a lock.  If you say
void method() {
    synchronized (x) {
        // do something
    }

    // do other things
}

Now, if one thread is executing the block and another tries to enter the block, if x is the same for both of them, then the second thread will have to wait.  But if x is different, the second thread can execute the block at the same time.  So, for example, if method is an instance method and you say
void method() {
    synchronized (this) {
        // do something
    }
    // do other things
}

Now two threads running the method using the same object can't execute the block simultaneously, but two threads can still run the method on different objects without blocking each other.  This is what you'd want when you want to prevent simultaneous access to the instance variables in that object, but you don't have anything else you need to protect.  It's not a problem if two threads are accessing variables in two different objects.
But say the block of code is accessing a common resource, and you want to make sure all other threads are locked out of accessing that resource.  For example, you're accessing a database, and the block does a series of updates and you want to make sure they're done atomically, i.e. no other code should access the database while you're in between two updates.  Now synchronized (this) isn't good enough, because you could have the method running for two different objects but accessing the same database.  In this case, you'd need a lock that is the same for all objects that might access the same database.  Here, making the database object itself the lock would work.  Now no two threads can use method to enter this block at the same time, if they're working with the same database, even if the objects are different.

A: In synchronized (lock).., lock can be an object level lock or it can be class level lock.

*

*Example1 Class Level Lock:
private static Object lock=new Object();
synchronized (lock){
//do Something
}

*Example2 Object Level Lock:
private Object lock=new Object();
synchronized (lock){
//do Something
}

A: if you have multiple objects b1/b2 needs to update concurrency
class A {
    private B b1, b2;
}

if you have only one lock say class A itself
synchronized (this) { ... }

then assume there are two threads are updating b1 and b2 in the same time, they will play one by one because synchronized (this)
but if you have two locks for b1 and b2
private Object lock1 = new Object, lock2 = new Object;

the two threads i've mentioned will play concurrently because synchronized (lock1) not affect synchronized (lock2).sometimes means better performance.

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Best Album Covers of 2019: Staff Picks
For your reading and viewing pleasure, we have selected our eight favorite covers of 2019.
DJBooth Staff
In 2019, as with 2018 and all years passed, album art remains a visual treat and a fantastic way to telegraph the narrative of an album. To celebrate hip-hop's continued efforts to engage our eyes as much as it engages our ears, we had our staff pick their album cover of the year. This list is perfectly subjective, and therefore impervious to critique. Enjoy!
The Rookie & The Vet — Tierra Traniece
My friend, producer The Pyrvmids, shared a project titled The Rookie & The Vet from Tierra Traniece, an independent artist from Miami, Florida. The artwork captures my heart every time I see it. I don't know who had the best or most beautiful or most original artwork of the year, but this cover, in particular, spoke to me and still does to this day. The color, the tone, the melanin, the vintage, yet modern feel of the photo. The symbolism speaks to my inner child and grown-up perfectionist. — Ronnia Cherry
Bandana — Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
I love this artwork as a still image. Still, my appreciation grew to new heights after watching the accompanying animation Madlib and Gibbs made with Adult Swim to promote the album. If I were an executive at the network, I'd greenlight a 12-episode series order based on the strength of this teaser alone. Who wouldn't want to watch a show about the psychedelic romps and whimsical misadventures of these two lovable scamps?! — Hershal Pandya
Sevshaw — Six Sev
Sevshaw is for Crenshaw, by Crenshaw. The above cover is one of many iconic moments in the District, the day the Space Shuttle Endeavor passed through LA on its way to Exposition Park. In the photo, you'll see a representation of the ongoing gentrification affecting the region. You'll see the black-owned Dawah Bookshop holding their ground in the chaos. You'll even see a dog riding his bike like it was just another Saturday afternoon. The only thing you won't see in the cover is Six Sev himself because he was behind the camera watching it all take place. — Kenan Draughorne
Anger Management — Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats
Anger Management didn't quite grab me at first. Kenny Beats, producer-chameleon extraordinaire, draws out subtle, previously unseen sides of Rico's brand of freaky catharsis—the back half of the project see the normally fire-breathing Rico purring like a cat, something I was fully unprepared for. What drew me in over and over, until I fell in love, was the "Primal Scream"-inspired artwork. Dom Glover, the creative director of the cover, curated a perfect thesis statement for Rico: Raw femininity and elements of horror locked in an utterly gripping artistic embrace, revealing little but promising unrelenting intensity. The album delivers, but even if it didn't, I'd still return to the artwork weekly. — Zachary Miller
Mirrorland — EarthGang
Mirrorland, the year's most eclectic and kaleidoscopic rap album, is one of the few projects I could best describe through its cover art. Mirrorland's album art is as fantastical and lush with imagery as the sounds themselves. For an album so dedicated to its grandiosity, it feels picture-perfect to see a cover as daring and inventive as WowGr8 and Olu's lyrics and concepts. — Matt Wilhite
-Ugh, those feels again — Snoh Aalegra
Snoh Aalegra understands aesthetic. Her latest album, -Ugh, those feels again, is a pleasant batch of R&B and soul ballads straddling the line between old and new sensibilities of love. The album's cover takes this idea to the extreme: A stark black-and-white photo with Snoh, out of center frame, clutching her head in bemusement. The image looks torn out of an old French romance film, but the album's title, captioned in a black box, looks torn from your ex's latest Instagram story. I can't help but get lost in its charm. — Dylan "CineMasai" Green
So Much Fun — Young Thug
We should celebrate acts of superfluous grandiosity as forms of art. Put Gucci Mane in the MOMA, not because he's a Godfather of Trap Music, but for the time he took all his cars to Miami for Rolling Loud. It's ridiculous but marvelous. That's how I feel about the cover of Young Thug's debut album, So Much Fun. It's a digital flashmob depicting Young Thug's smiling face. There's something royal about it, the kind of imaginative portrait Dr. Doom would have the people of Latveria make in his honor. No, Doom wouldn't do that, but Thug would, and that's why it's brilliant. — Yoh
2019 has been filled with incredible sounds from even more incredible artists. While being enamored with what we hear, we often forget to pay attention to what we see. Album art is like the icing for any album. If the content—the cake—is good, then the icing needs to be even better. My favorite album art of 2019 is So Much Fun. The content, along with the art, is an overall statement from Young Thug reminding us that, although still building, his legacy is making its mark. His face beautifully etched into a green field only enhances the overall message of So Much Fun. — Simi Muhumuza
IGOR — Tyler, The Creator
Let's put aside Igor is my father's name. Let's put aside my deep love of all things heartbreaking and queer. Let's put aside IGOR being the album of the year and a late contender for one of the albums of a generation. Let's put all that aside and admire the cover. The contrasts! The allusions! The alternative cover! The evolution! Looking at IGOR is a marvel, how it captures the bleakness of heartbreak and the spirit of reconciliation. If you think hard enough, you'll find the entire narrative arc of IGOR on the cover, waiting to be taken in. Don't mind if I do. — Donna-Claire Chesman
[Editor's Note: In a previous version of this article, Keith Rankin was incorrectly listed as the creator of the Rico Nasty cover.]
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9 Best Debut Albums of 2019: Staff Picks
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Runnymede St Edward's Preparatory School – enjoying an illustrious heritage
At Runnymede St Edward's we're very proud of our history, which stretches back to 1852 when a Catholic Institute was founded by the legendary Father James Nugent. His statue is sited in St John's Gardens, Liverpool, alongside St George's Hall.
The Christian Brothers began to administer the Institute at the beginning of the last century and it became St Edward's College in 1920. In 1938, the school transferred from central Liverpool to its current setting in 30 acres of beautiful grounds in Sandfield Park, West Derby. It evolved into a Senior School and Junior School – and both enjoyed a continual programme of improvement and development aimed at enriching the lives of their pupils, while providing them with a first class all-round education.
In 1997, St Edward's College attained Grant Maintained status, while Runnymede remains an independent school administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Although separate schools, St Edward's College and Runnymede St Edward's Preparatory School occupy the same campus and share some excellent sporting and extra-curricular facilities.


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Basirhat is a city in India. It may also refer to:

Basirhat subdivision, an administrative division in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
Basirhat I, a community development block in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
Basirhat II, a community development block in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency), a parliamentary constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
Basirhat Dakshin, an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
Basirhat Uttar, an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal
Basirhat College, a degree college in Bsirhat


The Arabidopsis genome encodes 17 putative beta-galactosidases belonging to Glycosyl Hydrolase (GH) family 35, which have been classified into seven subfamilies based on sequence homology. The largest of these, Subfamily III, consists of six genes, Gal-1 (At3g13750), Gal-2 (At3g52840), Gal-3 (At4g36360), Gal-4 (At5g56870), Gal-5 (At1g45130), and Gal-12 (At4g26140) that share 60-81% sequence identity at the amino acid level. All six proteins have a signal peptide that may target them to the cell exterior. We report purification and biochemical characterization of all six members of Subfamily III, each expressed as a recombinant protein in Pichia pastoris and one also in native form, purified from Arabidopsis leaves, with a special emphasis on substrate specificities. Organ specific expression of the six Gal genes was examined by analysis of the microarray databases and by semi-quantitative RT-PCR. The relative abundance and size of the Gal-1, Gal-2, Gal-5, and Gal-12 proteins was studied by immunoblotting using isoform-specific anti-peptide antibodies. The protein expression patterns of the Gal genes were generally consistent with microarray and RT-PCR data, though some discrepancies were observed suggesting distinct mechanisms of regulation for transcription and translation. Localization of total beta-galactosidase activity was visualized using the substrate, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-beta-D-galatopyranoside (X-Gal), to stain whole plants. Subcellular localization of the four isoforms examined by immuno-dotblotting and western blotting showed that Gal-1, Gal-2, Gal-5 and Gal-12 are present in apoplastic and cell wall bound protein extracts. Immuno-EM analysis of Gal-1 and Gal-12 showed that these proteins are localized in the cell walls of vascular and epidermal tissues in mature root. Taken together, the biochemical properties, expression patterns, and subcellular localization of these isozymes indicate that the Subfamily III beta-galactosidases all have potential functions in restructuring the cell wall during plant growth and development.


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Q: Spring Data @Query - How to get current date + day I would like to get records that have date_time column is in a week from now, in a month from now
I have a query like this
public interface BookingRepository extends JpaRepository<Booking, Long> {

@Query("SELECT b " +
"FROM BOOKING b " +
"WHERE b.date_time < NOW() + INTERVAL 7 DAY and b.date_time > NOW()")
List<Booking> getListBooking();

}

In MySQL, NOW() + INTERVAL 7 DAY is working but in JPA @Query, I don't know which function is correspond to it.
In this situation, I have to use dynamic query instead of native query. So I'd like to use dynamic query and face this problem.
Please help.
Thank you!

A: there is no date_add in JPA so you would have few options:

*

*use native query https://docs.spring.io/spring-data/jpa/docs/current/reference/html/#_native_queries

*implement custom jpa function for date modifications

*parametrize query

personally i would go with query parametrization as it is easier to test and maintain in the long-run.


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Каба уулу Кожомкул (; 1888 — 1955) — киргизький силач, богатир (баатир).

Киргизи асоціюють Кожомкула з легендарним Манасом.

Біографія
Народився у сім'ї бідняків. Замолоду батрачив на баїв. Був серед перших голів колгоспів у Кокомеренській сільській Раді Киргизії.
20 років очолював колгосп в Суусамирській долині. Був міцним господарником. Вніс значний внесок у становлення господарств Суусамирської долини в Чуйської області, побудував школу в колгоспі ім. «8 Березня».

Прославився не лише як спортсмен-важкоатлет, але й як відмінний мисливець, майже щодня його дружина Акмадай готувала із здобутої ним дичини їжу для найбідніших.

В 1937 був репресований. Близько року провів в ув'язненні.

За свою працю він був удостоєний ордена Трудового Червоного Прапора, Почесної грамоти уряду Киргизької РСР.

Фізичні дані
 Зріст — 197 (за іншими відомостями — 230) см.
 Вага — 164 (за іншими відомостями — 203) кг.
 Розмір взуття — 52.
 Довжина кисті руки — 26 сантиметрів.
 Ширина великого пальця — 4 сантиметри.

Пам'ять
На честь Кожомкула названо село, де він народився. Відкрито музей, де можна побачити величезні камені, які, за словами місцевих жителів, він піднімав на своїх плечах. Недалеко від с. Кожомкул є камінь, вагою 700 кг, який він підняв і переніс на могилу місцевого керівника. За легендою, богатир переніс кінь на плечах на відстань 100 м. На східній околиці села похована мати Кожомкула, на могилу якої він водрузив величезний камінь вагою 160 кг. Цей камінь він приніс на своїх плечах із заплави річки, відстань до якої кілька кілометрів.

Ім'я Кожомкула присвоєно Палацу Спорту у Бішкеку. Поруч з ним відкрито пам'ятник богатирю з конем на плечах.

Створено фонд «Кабба уулу Кожомкул».

Посилання
 Баатир Каба уулу Кожомкул

Киргизькі спортсмени
Кавалери ордена Трудового Червоного Прапора
Репресовані в СРСР
Мисливці


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Q: Rewriting a specific if-statement I am currently involved in a C language based embedded project where we have the following logic for component control:

input1
input2
output

OFF
OFF
NO_MOVEMENT

OFF
ON
DIRECTION_B

ON
OFF
DIRECTION_A

ON
ON
ERROR

Currently, in the existing code it is implemented like this:
//input1 and input2 are unsigned int and output is enum

if((input1 == 0u) && (input2 == 0u)) {
    output = NO_MOVEMENT;
}
else if((input1 == 1u) && (input2 == 0u)) {
    output = DIRECTION_A;
}
else if((input1 == 0u) && (input2 == 1u)) {
    output = DIRECTION_B;
}
else {
    output = ERROR;
}

I am wondering how to rework this piece of code to make it more optimal and elegant. My proposal is:
if(input1 == 0u)
{
    output = (input2 == 0u) ? NO_MOVEMENT : DIRECTION_B;
}
else
{
    output = (input2 == 0u) ? DIRECTION_A : ERROR;
}

Is it fine or maybe there is some better option?

A: The current code looks quite clear and readable to me when all you have is two variables with two distinct values - I wouldn't change it for the alternative you suggested, it looks perfectly ok. If anything, maybe use a lookup table.
static const int input_output_table[2][2] = {
      [OFF][OFF] = NO_MOVEMENT,
      [OFF][ ON] = DIRECTION_B,
      [ ON][OFF] = DIRECTION_A,
      [ ON][ON] =  ERROR
   };

output = input_output_table[input1][input2];

(do any sanity checks if you need to ensure input1/input2 can be something other than 0 or 1. Alternatively coerce them to booleans as output = input_output_table[!!input1][!!input2];

A: If the reason for rewriting this is performance, then note that the output values is a binary sequence and you can just merge input1 and input2 to get a number. Consider this solution:
typedef enum
{
  NO_MOVEMENT,
  DIRECTION_B,
  DIRECTION_A,
  ERROR,
  MASK = 0x3 // just defensive programming, you might not need it
} output_t;

output_t get_output (unsigned int input1, unsigned int input2)
{
  return (input1<<1 | input2) & MASK;
}

Benchmarked on gcc/x86, it's 4 instructions branch free (and a very likely candidate for inlining):
get_output:
        add     edi, edi
        or      edi, esi
        mov     eax, edi
        and     eax, 3
        ret

Without defensive programming:
typedef enum
{
  NO_MOVEMENT,
  DIRECTION_B,
  DIRECTION_A,
} output_t;

output_t get_output (unsigned int input1, unsigned int input2)
{
  return input1<<1 | input2;
}

Disassembly:
get_output:
        lea     eax, [rdi+rdi]
        or      eax, esi
        ret

You won't beat this performance even with a LUT.

A: In my opinion, the original approach is fine enough.
For easy reading, there is also possibility to use switch ... case with a small adjustment.

AltInput = (input1 << 1) | input2;

Then we can define an enum like following:

enum:
NO_MOVEMENT = 0,
DIRECTION_B,
DIRECTION_A,
ERROR

Then later you could use:

switch (AltInput)
{
case NO_MOVEMENT:
...
break;
case DIRECTION_B:
...
break;
case DIRECTION_A:
...
break;
default:
...
break;
}


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Dior Men in Miami: Hype, Haute Surf and Hothouse Florals
Nick Remsen
Courtesy of Dior
Kim Jones's Dior Men alighted, super-saturated, in Miami's Allapattah neighborhood last night. ("Allapattah," to note, is the Indigenous American Seminole tribe's word for "alligator.")
The pre-fall 2020 show was hosted at the brand new Rubell Museum complex, one of two major collections owned by Miami-based families to relocate, quite recently, to the enclave. Many in Miami think Allapattah is—for better or worse—destined to become the next version of Wynwood, a zone just to the east that was once a warehouse-filled grid but is now far glossier, with expensive haircuts, expensive meals, and expensive craft beers aplenty.
Jones's guys arrived as a ribbon of cyber-surfer aesthetes, styled full tilt, hitting some future city-beach (when the ocean is a little higher, the city a little smaller). They walked through a mock barreling wave, painted in a yellow-green-blue fade meant to evoke sunset light.
Courtesy of Dior.
Since his appointment to the head of Dior's men's branch 18 months ago, Jones's runway track record has always added up to something greater than its parts. It is one of his standout and strongest gifts as a designer: this ability to create buzz and a resultant sort of universe each season, only to run with it full sprint into the next. The Miami show absolutely reached the sum those parts—but it did not exceed them.
Two notable collaborations were revealed: one with surf style pioneer Shawn Stussy, brought out of retirement (and rendered independently of the Stüssy company), and another with Nike's Air Jordan sneaker (the swoosh now filled in with Dior's monogram). Stussy reimagined his signature naif handwriting across many of the clothes, most memorably with a knitted tee that read "I WANT TO SHOCK THE WORLD WITH DIOR." A pen-stroke "Dior" appeared on bucket hats, designed by Stephen Jones, socks and tote bags.
Accessories are where Jones and co. reached their highest marks. There were dozens of options (seemingly more than ever), from saddle bags in techno-python textures to camera bags with Dior's monogram to those aforementioned hats (best in show). Also notable was the colorful knitwear, such as the opening look's jumper, which boasted a muted neon "Dior" intarsia motif, or outsized hoodies, also with intarsia, depicting frangipani bouquets. As were intermittent instances of tailoring, razor-sharp and couture-esque, as always.
Jones has made a name for himself as someone who deftly spans the high-low bridge, and as an eager and open collaborator, particularly within the art world. These traits were evident last night, but one was left wanting for a bit more of a Miamian presence, given Jones's location of choice. (Stussy is Californian, and Nike is based in Oregon.)
It makes sense to show during Art Basel, when a great many of the art and fashion world's starriest names are in town, but to have reached that soaring synergy for which he is so known, Jones may have benefitted by scaling back a bit on the big splashes while, instead, honing in on a more nuanced local focus.
The W Write UpDiorKim JonesMiami


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Thu, Nov 24, 2016 - 1:38 PM
Toyota Motor Corp said it aims to develop a new, more advanced electric-car battery "in a few years" that will allow the Japanese automaker to come up with an electrified vehicle with driving range and battery life enhanced by up to 15 per cent.
[TOKYO] Toyota Motor Corp said it aims to develop a new, more advanced electric-car battery "in a few years" that will allow the Japanese automaker to come up with an electrified vehicle with driving range and battery life enhanced by up to 15 per cent.
Such performance-enhanced lithium-ion battery technology will likely enable all its electrified vehicles to be improved, Toyota said.
"Lithium-ion battery is a key technology for electrifying cars, and there is a clear need, going forward, for improving this technology and its performance even more," Hisao Yamashige, a battery technology researcher at Toyota, told a media briefing in Tokyo on Thursday.
Improving the performance of lithium-ion battery technology is a pressing issue for traditional automakers such as Toyota and new entrants such as Tesla Motors Inc because of its limiting characteristics.
Producers of all-electric battery cars, plug-in electric hybrids, as well as conventional gas-electric hybrids are all striving to source or develop more advanced battery technologies to give their electrified cars a better driving range, battery life, and safety.
Toyota shifts Tacoma pickup assembly from US to Mexico
Toyota, Japan's biggest automaker by volume, has pioneered gasoline-electric hybrids technology and is gearing up to launch a new, near-all-electric plug-in hybrid car called the Prius Prime.
It also has recently said it is aiming to come up with an all-electric battery car by 2020.
High hopes as Austria's new night train sets off for Brussels
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Matt is a Zoologist and conservationist, whose passion for the environment has motivated his entire existence. Throughout his 23 years his love and enthusiasm for the protection and education of wildlife has never wavered. Driven by his love of conservation, Matt has travelled the world in search for the world's most incredible natural treasures.
Zoologist, conservationist, wildlife presenter
From 6 months in Madagascar in 2013 working as a research assistant comparing the biodiversity between degraded forests to primary. This was followed by 5 months travelling the Indonesian archipelago in 2015 in search of Asian elephants, komodo dragons and orang-utan. Not to mention time spent searching for wildlife in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Corsica and Morocco. Matt has thrown himself into exploring different countries to further his knowledge on wildlife. His passion combined with his personality, which could be described as maverick, coupled with confident rhetoric that has seen him win various public speaking awards.
Passionate about conservation
Matt aims to reinvigorate the public's attention to conservation issues through exciting presentation of both nature's notable species, and man's persistence to destroy his natural world. He has postponed offers to further his education with a masters and PhD from Dr. Robin Beck, Prof. Jean Boubli and Prof. Mike Wood to focus his full attention on following his dream of spreading his love for the natural world. Whilst at university his interest waned from parasitology over to the biomechanics of carnivorous jaw strength in which he wrote his final undergraduate thesis. This received a first class honours in which his degree is also classed.
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Since graduating university he has been volunteering 5 days a week with the Cumbria wildlife trust in a bid to increase his knowledge of Britain's flora and fauna to complement his academic knowledge with the practical skills that comes hand in hand for a job in conservation.
Whilst at Cumbria wildlife trust he has presented multiple films and represented the trust for various media outlets including BBC North West and Tog Access. Alongside being trained in reserve management he also leads guided walks in which he takes attendees deep into nature reserves in search of flagship species such as red squirrels, osprey, grey seals and adders to name a few!
As well as his active work in conservation Matt partners with Adam Ibbotson, the owner of Carvetii Films. Together they have created a style of wildlife storytelling first showcased in their short film "Otterly impossible". Matt and Adam have worked together for years which has gradually aided Matt's current presenting style. They are currently working on a series of films which highlight often disregarded species of the United Kingdom.
Thanks to growing up in the Lake District National Park, Matt has always lived an active outdoor lifestyle. When he finds free time he actively partakes in outdoor sports such as rock climbing, wakeboarding, surfing, kayaking and hiking in the fells.
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Q: how to capture CircuitState for AsyncCircuitBreakerPolicy I have a variable asyncPolicy of type IAsyncPolicy which has one or more policy including AsyncCircuitBreakerPolicy. Now I want to get specific policy say AsyncCircuitBreakerPolicy before a API call, so that I can extract the status of Circuit.
Is this possible? then how? Below code gives error, 'IAsyncPolicy' does not contain a definition for 'GetPolicy'
static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        var asyncPolicy = CreateDefaultRetryPolicy();

        var breaker = asyncPolicy.GetPolicy<AsyncCircuitBreakerPolicy>();
        var state = breaker.CircuitState;

        //Web API call follows with asyncPolicy

        Console.ReadKey();
    }

    public static IAsyncPolicy CreateDefaultRetryPolicy()
    {
        var retryPolicy = Policy.Handle<BrokenCircuitException>().WaitAndRetryAsync
            (
                retryCount: 3,
                sleepDurationProvider: attempt => TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Math.Pow(2, attempt))
            );

        var circuitBreaker = Policy.Handle<HttpRequestException>().CircuitBreakerAsync(
        exceptionsAllowedBeforeBreaking: 3,
        durationOfBreak: TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5000),
        onBreak: (exception, timespan, context) => { },
        onReset: (context) => { });

        return Policy.WrapAsync(retryPolicy, circuitBreaker);
    }

A: .GetPolicy<T>() is only for PolicyWraps. Technically, it is an extension method on IPolicyWrap.
You could change the return type of CreateDefaultRetryPolicy() to be AsyncPolicyWrap
public static AsyncPolicyWrap CreateDefaultRetryPolicy()

Or you could cast where you call .GetPolicy<T>()
var breaker = ((IPolicyWrap)asyncPolicy).GetPolicy<AsyncCircuitBreakerPolicy>();


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Home ART & ENTERTAINMENT Movies & Videos Avengers: Endgame beats box office records with $1.2bn
Avengers: Endgame has made box office history by taking a record-breaking $1.2bn (£929m) in global ticket sales in its opening run.
The Disney blockbuster has become the fastest film ever to break the $1bn barrier, doing so in just five days.
Endgame is the 22nd offering in the Marvel Studios superhero franchise.
Its opening takings smashed the previous global debut record of $640m set by last year's Avengers: Infinity War.
In the US alone, Endgame – which stars Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man – brought in a record $350m, and also enjoyed the UK and Ireland's biggest opening ever with takings of £43.7m.
Forbes notes that 45% of the global ticket sales came from 3-D showings around the world while $91.5m (£70.7m) came from IMAX screens, double Marvel Studio's previous opening weekend record.
Also 4DX – the cinema experience with stimulating effects like water, wind, scent and strobe lighting – earned $15m (£11.6m) globally on the movie.
Desperately invested
Empire journalist, Helen O'Hara, believes familiarity and investment in the Avengers characters is the key to the worldwide phenomenon and that the above figures should have a positive impact on the industry as a whole.
"There's been 21 previous films and people have got to know these characters and they really care about them," she told BBC News, "so we're desperately invested in everything that happens to them now.
"There was clapping in my screen, as well as cheering at certain points. It's really interactive at this point because we're just so invested".
She added: "There were stories this weekend of sold-out cinemas, people were going to see all the other films because they were already at the cinema.
"So I think it is good overall. There is a risk that it could suck up all the oxygen in the room from other films but the secret has always been make a good film and people will see it one day.
"I think if people get into the habit of going to the cinema to see these movies then they're likely to keep going to see the other ones as well".
The movie drew huge audiences in China, where it made a record $330.5m after opening there on Wednesday, ahead of North America.
Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn said in a statement: "Though Endgame is far from an end for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, these first 22 films constitute a sprawling achievement, and this weekend's monumental success is a testament to the world they've envisioned, the talent involved, and their collective passion, matched by the irrepressible enthusiasm of fans around the world".
The popular Avengers franchise began back in 2008 with Iron Man.
Endgame has received positive reviews from critics, with a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Q: Install Firefox 57 on CentOS 6.5 I did the following steps to install Firefox 57 on CentOS 6.5 :
1) wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/releases/57.0/linux-x86_64/en-US/firefox-57.0.tar.bz2
2) tar xvjf firefox-57.0.tar.bz2
3) sudo ln -s /usr/local/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
4) firefox
I get the following Error:
libgtk-3.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Couldn't load XPCOM.

Is it possible to install Firefox 57 on CENTOS 6.5 ?

A: To handle this kind of error in general, you need to search the database for the missing file. To begin with, you need to update the database by
sudo yum makecache

After that you can search for the target file
yum provides "*/libgtk-3.so.0"

You will find that you need a package named gtk3, now install it
sudo yum install gtk3

Now you should have the libgtk-3.so.0 file located in /usr/lib64.
There are rare cases that a shared object file is not installed to the default location and you need to manually tell the system where to find it. You can achieve this by setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Although in this case, this step is completely unnecessary because /usr/lib64 is one of the default locations to search for shared object files.


The duo of Heinz Martin and Claus Rauschenbach recorded and released "Crawling To Lhasa" in 1972. It is the only album the duo recorded and it's a very funny experience to listen to it. Musically it sits somewhere between early Amon Düül, raw Captain Beefheart (the bluesy "Tante Olga") and often it's not unlike some of Witthüser & Westrupp's folk music (who came originally from Essen, a town next to Duisburg).
With Witthüser & Westrupp, Kalacakra share a sometimes silly sometimes witty sense of humor: Like the second song "Jaceline" – about a girl named Jaceline and her parents named "Herr und Frau Jaceline" who have friends named "Herr Jaceline und Frau Jaceline" which had seven kids named "Jaceline, Jaceline, Jaceline, …" like a mantra it goes on and on and on about various things and people named "Jaceline".
They must have had a lot of good weed back then. And that Jaceline-rhyme is even more hilarious if you are familiar with the dialect spoken by the locals in the Duisburg area (called "Ruhrpott") where such a French name is usually pronounced as "Schakkeline" (and this wrong and somewhat sloppy pronunciation indicates a certain kind of provincial mentality of the locals, so to speak). It's as complex as easy to get when you're German, but we're reaching a language barrier here – the joke and its meaning aren't transferable into the English language.
This dope-fuelled humour is as important as all the faux-indian-styled instrumentals such as "Raga No. 11". Of course, the repetitive and instrumental folk jams are the reason why the record is loved internationally. "September Full Moon": nine minutes of flute and guitar strumming, a simple and beautiful melody – perfect music to light another spliff. The more bluesy "Arapahos Circle Dance": tambourine, harp and electric guitar n' bass playing a psychedelic miniature. Nice one.
Considering the drugs-induced humor and the beautiful psychedelic music "Crawling To Lhasa" seems like the perfect snapshot from the times past: early 1970's in Germany, when wearing long hair wasn't just a fashion-decision. These beautiful outsiders created something back then that's dated on the one hand but on the other hand it is revived by beer-drinking potheads like Sylvester Anfang II who nowadays seem to carry the same spirit: having fun, not taking yourself too serious and making great music.
Technical note: This once hard-to-find release has been rereleased/bootlegged several times. It's best to search for the Garden Of Delights vinyl-reissue from 2010, because it comes with a 4-page libretto displaying labels of all bootlegs and previous pressings plus rare pictures and bilingual linernotes (German/English). It even features pictures of the obscure NDW-records Heinz Martin played on (as Heinz Robert Martin). One thing that is absolutely embarrassing about the re-release: it features two additional tracks recorded in the late 1990's ("Deja-Vu" and "Vamos") – cheap keyboard & drum-machine driven world-music-tunes, disgusting.
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Bye-bye Bentley Mulsanne – Thank Frankel it's Friday
Bye‑bye Bentley Mulsanne – Thank Frankel it's Friday
Do the job of testing new cars for long enough and I'm afraid it is all too easy to forget that what you do is not normal, that most people don't have an endless supply of immaculately prepared fresh metal, toting the latest technology for your personal amusement and professional reward. If you're not careful you may even find yourself waking up in the morning and briefly trying to remember what you're doing that day, when what you're doing is going to sling some low slung slice of exotic esoterica along some mountain pass. For anyone else they'd probably have had trouble sleeping at all.
Yet there is one car whose imminent arrival not even the most spoiled, gnarled, cynical and jaded hack could take for granted – not even me. I talk of the Bentley Mulsanne.
And I talk of it because it will shortly be no more. After, by Bentley saloon standards, a relatively short ten year lifespan, production will end for its flagship saloon. Its replacement, if it comes at all, will be a very different beast because not only is it years away, when it comes it will in all likelihood be powered by electricity alone.
And sadly the Mulsanne is almost certainly dying before its natural lifespan was spent. The death warrant was the latest round of emissions regulations which are so tough, the V8 beneath that elegant bonnet would need to be entirely redesigned before it could comply, and with production numbers best measured in hundreds than thousands, sales would never justify the investment.
Ah yes, the V8. That V8, conceived in 1952, put into production in 1959 an until the last one was completed earlier this week, the oldest engine still in production. And yes I know GM still makes its small block and Ford its Windsor V8, but they don't slot them into new cars any more.
Many people, myself among them I'm ashamed to say, thought this engine was either a copy of or a version of an American engine. After all it's a V8, has an enormous capacity and was introduced just a year before the similarly all aluminium Buick V8 that would soon be adopted by Rover. But it's not: this is as much a Rolls-Royce engine as a Merlin and, lest we forget, it was David Plastow's decision to turbocharge it and in 1982 create a proper Bentley that saved the brand from certain death.
But really I'm here to talk about the Mulsanne, because in the 32 years I've been doing this job, I never drove a car this engine suited more. Other close candidates would be the Turbo RT, Continental T, and Brooklands coupe.
Together, the Mulsanne and the V8 were everything I wanted a modern Bentley to be, and if that meant neither was particularly modern I was fine with that. In 'Speed' configuration, the most developed 544PS, a positively indolent output for a twin-turbo engine displacing 6.75-litres, but power was never what this engine has been about. The only figure that matters was its 1,100Nm of torque, or 810lb ft if you prefer it the other way. And the only reason it didn't have more than that was that it would melt its gearbox if it did.
But that was enough to make you wonder whether it needed a transmission at all. Direct drive straight through the rear axle would be such an elegant solution. My favourite thing in a Mulsanne was to lock it in a high ratio – fifth or sixth – and then dispatch a long sweeping road without ever using more than 2,500rpm or being subjected to anything as offensive as a gearchange. And I was always amazed by how fast it could still go in such conditions.
Which is the other thing people don't appreciate about the Mulsanne: despite its near 2.7 tonne mass, enormous wheelbase and pillowy spring rates, it really handles, at least in fast corners. And that's another thing I'm really going to miss.
But most of all it's just being in the thing. Years ago I flew in from a long hard trip and for some reason that has long escaped me, I had a Mulsanne in the long term car park. I can't remember where I'd been or what I'd driven when I got there, but I recall in finest detail finding it at Gatwick in the middle of the night, its boot stuck out a couple of feet from its too small parking place, a light frost on its roof and realising that despite the fact I lived three hours away, I was already home.
So I hope Bentley will still make cars such as this. Cars with doors like bank vaults, wood that looks like great slabs of tree and every single component honed to the finest detail by master crafts men and women for whom nothing but the best will do. It takes around 375 hours to make a Mulsanne, which is around 37.5 times longer than it takes to make a family hatchback. I'm really going to miss it.
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Dissecting, affirming and refuting CAP assumptions in real production systems.
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There are total 7 letters in Lungers, Starting with L and ending with S.
Lungers is a scrabble word? Yes (8 Points) Lungers has worth 8 Scrabble points.
There are some words list based on poppularity created by adding extra letters to Lungers, These may helps in word games like scrabble and word puzzle.
In Lungers L is 12th, U is 21st, N is 14th, G is 7th, E is 5th, R is 18th, S is 19th letters in Alphabet Series.


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Bar + Block steakhouse opens in Portsmouth today
A NEW steakhouse opens in Portsmouth today.
By Matthew Mohan-Hickson
Monday, 9th March 2020, 10:24 am
Bar + Block was originally due to open its doors in February but it was pushed back.
However it has now been confirmed that it will be opening up today (March 9).
The Bar + Block Steakhouse is located in Queen Street, Portsmouth.
Inside one of Bar + Block's restaurants - with a new site set to open in Portsmouth next week. Picture: Bar + Block/ Whitbread
The 165-cover restaurant will be located next to the Portsmouth Dockyard Hotel, Premier Inn.
Bar + Block will be open all-day, seven days a week, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Whitbread promise that it places an emphasis on delivering high-quality steaks at affordable prices.
Unsurprisingly the restaurant puts steak at the heart of its extensive menu, featuring rotating specials from the Butcher's Block, grazing plates and handmade burgers prepared on-site using prime beef.
The restaurant also has a wide selection of drinks, with a focus on craft beers, specially curated wines and innovative cocktails with seasonal specials.
Joanna Spencer, senior brand & marketing manager from Whitbread Restaurants said: 'Situated in a prime city location in close vicinity to the popular Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, we are looking forward to expanding the Bar + Block brand in Portsmouth, which will be our fourteenth site and our first opening in 2020.'
Launched in 2016, Bar + Block also have a restaurant at Whiteley Shopping Centre.
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From Baghdad to The Bay is a documentary that follows the journey of an Iraqi refugee and former translator for the US military. Wrongfully accused of being a double agent, tortured by the U.S. and ostracized from his family and country, Ghazwan Alsharif struggles to rebuild his life in the United States while coming out as an openly gay man.
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FROM BAGHDAD TO THE BAY
Another first-time filmmaker at the festival is Erin Palmquist, the Oakland-based director of "From Baghdad to the Bay."
The 70-minute documentary chronicles the journey of Ghazwan Alsharif, an Iraqi man who served as a translator and advisor for U.S. military forces.
Ostracized by his family and community for helping the United States, Alsharif was… READ MORE
Every year -- and, for some of us, every day -- brings with it increased anxiety about the future. Apart from the state of the U.S. government and political unrest around the world, global climate change gives reason enough for intense concern. Of course, as fears and injustices rise up, so do heroes, those who urgently work to right wrongs and those who inform the public at large. So if this year's theme for the United Nations Association Film Festival, "Tomorrow?," sounds a little anxious, it's meeting us where we live -- but it's also looking forward with hope.
"From Baghdad to the Bay" profiles local chef Ghazwan Alsharif, with footage covering his eight years living in the United States after fleeing persecution in his native Iraq (featured in an interview with the Weekly in July). Highly valued as one of the best interpreters recruited by the U.S. military after its invasion of Iraq, Ghazwan found himself jailed without warning by the Iraqi military police and tortured under accusations of being a traitorous double agent or even a terrorist.
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss this year's Arab Film Festival in San Francisco with a focus on the documentary From Baghdad to the Bay.
Ghazwan Alsharif, a former translator for the US military in Iraq, was wrongfully accused of being a spy. He was arrested by the US military police, tortured, imprisoned, and ostracized from his family and country. Upon his release, he moved to San Francisco where he now lives openly as gay man. From Baghdad to the Bay follows his harrowing journey. How are filmmakers exploring politics, sexuality, and conflict in the Arab world on the big screen?
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Gizmodo Media Group Staffers Take Buyouts
Forty-four Gizmodo Media Group staffers have opted to leave the company in buyouts that provide 18 weeks of salary and health benefits.
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Gizmodo Media Group has accepted voluntary buyout requests from 44 staffers as part of a round of corporate belt-tightening. Parent company Univision, which bought most of the sites that made up Gawker Media Group in 2016, had called for a significant round of layoffs — a trend seen across other media companies over the past year.
"These continue to be anxious, difficult days in media. We are seeing competitors struggle as a result of seemingly arbitrary decisions by outside platforms and we are under constant attack — not just from online trolls but also our own government. But I know of no more meaningful way to meet those attacks and this overall moment than to show up, continue our work and demonstrate that we will not be silenced by the whims of powerful people who don't want to be held accountable or exposed. It is that defiance that defines us and it will continue to be our core mission," Gizmodo Media Group editorial director Susie Banikarim said in a note to staff.
The 44 employees who opted to take the buyout seem to have averted more significant layoffs, according to Banikarim.
"As the union has likely informed you, the response to the voluntary package was significant enough for us to avoid any newsroom layoffs. While that is the outcome for which we'd hoped, any relief is bittersweet because it comes with the loss of talented and valued colleagues whose countless contributions will be greatly missed. We will allow them to share their news in their own time and in their own way," Banikarim wrote.
The buyouts give staffers 18 weeks of severance and health insurance, which is being touted as a win by the union and a motivating force for other media companies to form their own unions.
"As we mourn the departure of dozens of our colleagues due to corporate-mandated budget cuts, the Gizmodo Media Group union would also like to spread the word about what's possible with union power. In response to early reports that Univision wanted up to 30 percent of the staff at GMG involuntarily laid off, our union organized, mobilized members, and stood united to cut the number in half, to 15 percent," the Gizmodo Media Group union, which was organized under Writers Guild of America, East, wrote in a statement released on Twitter. "We also demanded and won voluntary buyouts — including four and a half months of salary and benefits — rather than layoffs. This was not a contract negotiation. It was simply an act of workers coming together to assert their power with the company. By remaining united, we saved jobs and put money in the pockets of those leaving. Workers must be partners in company decisions."
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