Gartner revises its growth forecast for the mobile handset market, and the revision is downward.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The global economic slowdown has started to crimp demand for new cellphones, leading top handset research house Gartner to lower its market growth forecast, and top phone-charger maker Salcomp to warn on profits.
Research firm Gartner cut its forecast for the cellphone market to 10-11 percent. At the end of May Gartner forecast 10-15 percent more phones would be sold this year.
"In the last month however, the economic environment started to negatively impact emerging markets as well as mature," Carolina Milanesi, head of mobile device research at Gartner, told Reuters on Monday.
Last year cellphone market volumes grew 16 percent year on year.
In April Nokia (NOK1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world's largest cellphone maker, warned the value of the cellphone market would decline in 2008 in euro terms, meaning average prices are falling more than volumes are increasing.
"Signals for a weaker than expected second quarter have arrived from Sony Ericsson as well as some component manufacturers," Milanesi said.
The world's fifth largest phone maker, Sony Ericsson (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), warned on June 27 it would make no profit in the April-June quarter due to weaker demand for its more expensive phones, and said the market was challenging.
"Despite expecting a stronger second half, we feel that the weakness of the first half has pulled the overall year growth down to 10-11 percent," Milanesi said.
Shares in Nokia and Ericsson (ERICb.ST: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) fell after the news, but later reversed the losses. By 1207 GMT Nokia was up 2 percent at 16.37 euros and Ericsson up 1.2 percent at 65.20 Swedish crowns, compared with a 1.6 percent higher Dow Jones Stoxx technology index .
Salcomp (SAL1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world's top maker of cellphone chargers, warned its 2008 operating profit would fall from last year's level, citing expectations of weaker volumes during the second half of the year.
Shares in Salcomp slumped 13.9 percent to 2.84 euros.
"As our clients have lowered their monthly forecasts for the products we supply chargers for, our sales growth in the second half is not as fast as we expected earlier," Salcomp Chief Financial Officer Antti Salminen told Reuters.
He said the firm -- which supplies chargers to the top five vendors -- does not expect to lose market share to rivals in the second half and its stocks are at normal levels, and cautioned against making direct conclusions about global cellphone demand from its warning.
Nokia will be the first of the top phone vendors to report, releasing its April-June numbers on July 17, a day before Sony Ericsson. LG Electronics will report on July 21, Samsung on July 25 and Motorola on July 31.
Nokia is expected to report a 16 percent earnings rise due to strong demand in emerging markets, yet its comments on the impact of slowing growth is likely to set the tone for its shares.


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"Before Sunrise," "Alpha Dog" Celebrate January Anniversaries
By Vanessa Zimmer
Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke portray two people who meet on a train and feel a spark, in "Before Sunrise."
Given that we just welcomed Baby New Year, it seems appropriate that three of our anniversary movies this month are toddlers.
Among the Sundance Film Festival alums celebrating a January release in theaters and/or on streaming services are two documentaries — one examining life in a large planned Florida retirement community, the other reflecting the world of those with nonspeaking autism. Both debuted at the 2020 Festival and then saw wide release in 2021. The third film is a bit younger, a Brazilian fiction work eerily mirroring pandemic life that was released to wider audiences a year after it debuted at the 2021 Festival.
Complementing those newer films from recent Sundance Film Festivals are a couple of favorites from earlier days — Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise and Nick Cassavetes' Alpha Dog. The two feature admirable cast members, among them Ethan Hawke, Julie Delphy, and Ben Foster.
So, check out a few Festival films celebrating a January distribution release to the wide, wide world.
Before Sunrise (1995) — Director Richard Linklater strayed from his Slacker and Dazed and Confused vibe of past Sundance Film Festival movies with this romantic drama starring two other Festival veterans, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. American student Jesse (Hawke) and Frenchwoman Celine (Delpy) serendipitously meet on a train traveling through Europe, and decide to spend the day together before he heads back to the States. "Romantic yet provocative, and wonderfully enacted by two performers who are immensely appealing, Before Sunrise is a film which is full of life, love, perceptiveness, and memories," Geoffrey Gilmore wrote in the Festival Film Guide. Available on HBO Max.
Alpha Dog (2007) — With a plot based on a true story and an amazing cast list (Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Ben Foster, Sharon Stone, Bruce Willis!), writer-director Nick Cassavetes delivers a cautionary tale about contemporary youth. Hirsch plays a teenage drug dealer whose gang kidnaps the 15-year-old brother of a competitor who cheated them. Suffice it to say, things spiral out of control. As Gilmore wrote in the Festival Film Guide: "[T]his is dense, galvanizing filmmaking, seething with tension and culminating in a tragedy that would be shocking if we weren't so aware of the kind of world we live in, a place with kids who live without mores, parents who don't have a clue, and ongoing conflict between the lingering innocence of youth and moral disintegration and dissolution." Available to rent on Amazon Prime.
The Reason I Jump (2021) — Winner of the Audience Award in the World Documentary category at the 2020 Festival, this film shines a light on those with nonspeaking autism and how they experience the world. The story is based on a book written by Naoki Higashida when he was just 13. "As a maelstrom of thoughts, feelings, impulses, and memories affects his every action, [the boy in the book] gradually discovers what his autism means to him, how his perception of the world differs from others', and why he acts the way he does — the reason he jumps," according to the Festival Film Guide. Available on Netflix.
Some Kind of Heaven (2021) — This documentary explores The Villages, a utopian retirement community in Florida billed as "Disneyland for Retirees," with bocce ball, mixers for singles, and a multitude of other social events. Director Lance Oppenheim "delicately balances the humor and absurdity of an outlandish setting with the deeply human experiences of those living within it," according to the Festival Film Guide. Available on Hulu.
The Pink Cloud (2022) — When a mysterious toxic pink cloud descends over the world, a young couple, Giovana and Yago, who just met at a party, are trapped in an apartment. The quarantine stretches from days into months. "With all their other interactions governed by screens, and with the strain of isolation setting in, Giovana and Yago struggle to reinvent themselves and reconcile the differences that threaten to tear them apart," explains the Festival Film Guide. Available on Freevee.
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A Collaborative Sculpture In McGolrick Park, and a Meadow-phor for All of Us
by Erik Keithley	 October 14, 2016 October 15, 2016
Conceptual artist Martynka Wawrzyniak will create Ziemia, a public art project created in collaboration with all Greenpointers.
Martynka Wawrzyniak has always been a conceptual artist. She thinks deeply about her relationship to the world and comes up with self-portraits that are inimitable and brilliantly unique. These ideas often utilize unusual substances and require her to collaborate with specialists in an eclectic range of fields.
For example, in her 2012 project, Smell Me, she spent two years working with Hunter College Professor Donna McGregor and a team of chemistry research students to create an olfactory-based self-portrait utilizing the extracted essence of her sweat, tears and hair.
In another project, Feed, she collected a year's worth of her used cloth dinner napkins in order to create a suspended double spiral where viewers walked through her life in the self-described "stains of my existence".
The view from Wawrzyniak's Greenpoint roof. She lived on the Lower East Side for 18 years before moving to Greenpoint in 2014. Photo credit M. Wawrzyniak.
For most of the last twenty years, Martynka's art existed predominantly in the context of the exclusive gallery world. However, in 2014, several things happened that began to change that.
Firstly, she released Eau de M, her first project to exist in the public art world rather than the gallery context.
Also, her grandmother passed away and she asked her uncle in her native Poland to send her a jar of soil from her beloved grandmother's garden, in the Bieszczady Mountains of southeastern Poland.
Finally, craving a change of pace, Martynka moved from the Lower East Side, where she had lived for 18 years, to Greenpoint.
Immediately, she found the area strangely and cathartically catapulted her back into nostalgic memories of her childhood in 1980's Poland.
"I moved here because many of my friends were living here and I would visit and feel nostalgia for these visceral things that made me feel comfortable—the many flower shops and gardens which reflects the Polish people's love for flowers and plants, the smell of blossoming Linden trees and Polish bakeries," Wawrzyniak said.
Greenpoint's many authentic Polish bakeries were one of the many things that gave Martynka a deep connection to her new home in Greenpoint.
Of course, it wasn't long before Martynka started feeling the desire to turn these feelings for her new neighborhood (and the subsequent re-connection it gave her to her past in Poland) into a conceptual art project.
She immediately returned to a thought she had had for a while – of symbolically incorporating earth into an art project.
"Soil is universally appreciated because everybody comes from it and returns to it," Wawrzyniak said. "No matter what color, race, language, culture or birthplace you have, we can all relate to soil. It connects the human and the non-human."
Suddenly, an idea emerged.
The idea became the public art project called Ziemia (Polish for "Earth"), a project which invites members of the Greenpoint community to enlist as Wawrzyniak's collaborators by contributing a cup of soil from a meaningful place that each person feels best represents their identity.
A 3D rendering of Ziemia, which will be fired out of local Brooklyn clay, and then glazed and filled with residents' soil. Rendering courtesy of M. Wawrzyniak.
Martynka says that most people she has asked want to contribute soil from somewhere like a garden or from under a special tree (her own soil will come from the nasturtium bed in her grandmother's garden in the Polish mountains). But, the soil can come from anywhere, whether it's a former home or the spot where you lock up your bike everyday.
The final piece will take the form of a 3-foot ceramic orb, which will be placed in a fenced-in area on the west end of McGolrick Park. The orb will be fired out of local clay and glazed with a mixture of the contributed soil. The hollow interior will then be filled with any remaining soil and soil that is contributed after the glaze is made.
The sculpture will also be surrounded by a meadow, which she intends to fill with doppelgänger plant species native to both New York and Poland.
The fenced-in spot where Ziemia will go on the West End of McGolrick Park. The spot is located just past the park entrance off Russell St. Photo credit M. Wawrzyniak.
The project has many other accompanying elements, including an offsite gallery installation which will include a giant map detailing the geographic origins of contributing Greenpointers, and an audio installation with a compilation of recordings featuring residents' stories behind their soil contributions.
There will also be a regular program of community workshops that will meet at the site, including things like multi-generational storytelling circles, and crafts workshops.
Wawrzyniak is adamant to include as much of the community as possible in the project, and has been approaching youth groups, senior centers, and other community organizations to determine what ways they might want to participate. Already, she has arrangements with PS 110 to include some of their students.
She wants the sculpture itself and everything that shoots off from it to serve a unifying purpose for Greenpoint, a neighborhood that she sees as having a divide between longtime, Polish residents and those who have arrived more recently.
"I want it to help bridge the divide and to open the minds of two insular communities that exist side by side," Wawrzyniak said. "I want to help them accept and appreciate each other."
The project is a complex undertaking, but Martynka has already made many of the necessary arrangements, including securing a USDA soil importing permit to import internationally, and building a detailed website outlining how to participate.
She has also received the support of everyone from the Parks Department to local elected officials, including Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney.
Wawrzyniak hopes Ziemia will serve a unifying purpose to help the neighborhood's older, Polish residents, and its newer, non-polish residents appreciate each other more.
Now, she just needs to raise the funds and support to complete the vision. She has applied for multiple art grants, and is looking into whether the project might qualify for this year's Participatory Budgeting cycle. Financial backing is needed to finish out the project, however Martynka emphasizes that there are many non-financial ways people can contribute, including simply spreading the word further into the community.
"There's the planting of the meadow, the production of the ceramic sculpture, the need for an offsite space that could serve as the hub for some of the planned community workshops which will accompany the project," Wawrzyniak said. "If you want to help in any way, or contribute soil, please, contact me!"
With its sylvan theme and inspiration from the Earth, Ziemia will be a fitting monument to Greenpoint, an area long associated with pastoral and idyllic beauty. Photo credit M. Wawrzyniak.
Ziemia seems the perfect artistic complement to Greenpoint, a neighborhood long associated with fertility, both in its' pastoral history and many creative contemporary minds. Ultimately though, the project is about creating a lasting group portrait of the residents of the people who live here.
"After I moved here, I started thinking about how I wanted to create something that embodies this feeling that I was feeling," Wawrzyniak said. "But I thought it's boring if I just do it about myself, so why don't I invite everybody that's feeling the same thing who lives here? I want us all to be co-creators of this piece so everybody can have a little particle of their own past or identity in this object that is publicly accessible."
Wawrzyniak will have a booth this Sunday at the McGolrick Farmer's Market from 12:30 – 2:30. Please stop by, say hello, and talk to her about Ziemia!
For more information, please see Martynka's project website. It includes a more detailed description of the project, and tangible instructions for participating. If you'd like to participate, she needs soil by January! Click here to contact Martynka.
Tagged: art, Gentrification, Greenpoint, heritage, identity, mcgolrick, Polish, sculpture


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use common::{ConsoleLogger, FeatureFlag, FeatureFlags, SourceLocationKey};
use fixture_tests::Fixture;
use fnv::{FnvBuildHasher, FnvHashMap};
use graphql_ir::{build_ir_with_relay_feature_flags, Program};
use graphql_syntax::parse_executable;
use indexmap::IndexMap;
use intern::string_key::Intern;
use relay_codegen::JsModuleFormat;
use relay_config::{FlowTypegenConfig, ProjectConfig, SchemaConfig};
use relay_test_schema::{
    get_test_schema_with_custom_id, get_test_schema_with_custom_id_with_extensions,
};
use relay_transforms::apply_transforms;
use relay_typegen::{self, FlowTypegenPhase, TypegenConfig, TypegenLanguage};
use std::sync::Arc;

type FnvIndexMap<K, V> = IndexMap<K, V, FnvBuildHasher>;

pub fn transform_fixture(fixture: &Fixture<'_>) -> Result<String, String> {
    let parts = fixture.content.split("%extensions%").collect::<Vec<_>>();
    let (source, schema) = match parts.as_slice() {
        [source, extensions] => (
            source,
            get_test_schema_with_custom_id_with_extensions(extensions),
        ),
        [source] => (source, get_test_schema_with_custom_id()),
        _ => panic!(),
    };

    let source_location = SourceLocationKey::standalone(fixture.file_name);

    let mut sources = FnvHashMap::default();
    sources.insert(source_location, source);
    let ast = parse_executable(source, source_location).unwrap_or_else(|e| {
        panic!("Encountered error building AST: {:?}", e);
    });
    let feature_flags = FeatureFlags {
        no_inline: FeatureFlag::Enabled,
        enable_relay_resolver_transform: true,
        actor_change_support: FeatureFlag::Enabled,
        enable_provided_variables: FeatureFlag::Enabled,
        ..Default::default()
    };
    let ir = build_ir_with_relay_feature_flags(&schema, &ast.definitions, &feature_flags)
        .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
            panic!("Encountered error building IR {:?}", e);
        });
    let program = Program::from_definitions(Arc::clone(&schema), ir);

    let mut custom_scalar_types = FnvIndexMap::default();
    custom_scalar_types.insert("Boolean".intern(), "CustomBoolean".intern());
    let project_config = ProjectConfig {
        name: "test".intern(),
        js_module_format: JsModuleFormat::Haste,
        feature_flags: Arc::new(feature_flags),
        schema_config: SchemaConfig {
            node_interface_id_field: "global_id".intern(),
            ..Default::default()
        },
        typegen_config: TypegenConfig {
            language: TypegenLanguage::Flow,
            custom_scalar_types,
            flow_typegen: FlowTypegenConfig {
                phase: FlowTypegenPhase::Final,
                ..Default::default()
            },
            ..Default::default()
        },
        ..Default::default()
    };

    let programs = apply_transforms(
        &project_config,
        Arc::new(program),
        Default::default(),
        Arc::new(ConsoleLogger),
        None,
        None,
    )
    .unwrap();

    let mut operations: Vec<_> = programs.typegen.operations().collect();
    operations.sort_by_key(|op| op.name.item);
    let operation_strings = operations.into_iter().map(|typegen_operation| {
        let normalization_operation = programs
            .normalization
            .operation(typegen_operation.name.item)
            .unwrap();
        relay_typegen::generate_operation_type_exports_section(
            typegen_operation,
            normalization_operation,
            &schema,
            &project_config,
        )
    });

    let mut fragments: Vec<_> = programs.typegen.fragments().collect();
    fragments.sort_by_key(|frag| frag.name.item);
    let fragment_strings = fragments.into_iter().map(|frag| {
        relay_typegen::generate_fragment_type_exports_section(frag, &schema, &project_config)
    });

    let mut result: Vec<String> = operation_strings.collect();
    result.extend(fragment_strings);
    Ok(result
        .join("-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"))
}

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(CNS) – The median price of a home in Los Angeles County rose by 9.5 percent in September, compared with the same month a year earlier, while the number of homes sold dipped by 3.6 percent, a real estate information service announced Tuesday.
According to CoreLogic, the median price of a Los Angeles County home was $575,000 last month, up from $525,000 in September 2016. A total of 6,921 homes were sold in the county, down from 7,179 during the same month the previous year.
In Orange County, the median price was $710,000 last month, up 10.9 percent from $640,000 in September 2016. The number of homes sold rose by 4.6 percent, from 3,191 in September 2016 to 3,338 last month.
A total of 20,956 new and resale houses and condos changed hands in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Ventura, San Bernardino and Orange counties last month, according to CoreLogic. That was down 12.9 percent from 24,055 in August and down 1.7 percent from 21,325 in September 2016.
The median price of a Southern California home was $505,000 in September, up 1 percent from $500,000 in August and up 9.8 percent from $460,000 in September 2016.


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Aaron Attends Broadway Barks!
On July 9th, Aaron Tveit and a slew of other Broadway stars lent their support of adoptable dogs and cats at the 13th Annual Broadway Barks!. There, he introduced several animals that were seeking new homes to a gathered crowd. Catch Me If You Can costar, Kerry Butler, was also in attendance. You can check out a ton of additional information on the event at Broadway World, including the entire roster of talents in attendance. Photos had been added to the Gallery.
Aaron Competes in the BSL Allstars Game
July 9, 2011 • Category: Gallery, Public Appearances 0
Pictures from the Broadway Show League Allstars Game, which took place on July 7th, have been added to the Gallery. Aaron Tveit was part of the Times Square Slammers, alongside Adam Dannheisser (Rock of Ages) and many others. Unfortunately, after being tied in the sixth inning (11-11), the Slammers eventually lost to the Broadway Bombers, 16-11. With a rain cooling down the hot afternoon, it looks like the day was still enjoyable for all involved.
'Catch Me If You Can' Celebrates 100 Performances
July 8, 2011 • Category: Catch Me If You Can, Gallery, General News, Stage Work 0
Congratulations to all involved with the Catch Me If You Can production for hitting their 100th performance on Broadway, July 6th! The cast – Aaron Tveit, Norbert Leo Butz, and Kerry Butler – celebrated alongside the musical's composers with a cake. Celebrity guests also stopped by to show their support, including Laura Linney, J.R. Martinez, and Susan Lucci.
Broadway Stars to Present at Broadway Barks
July 6, 2011 • Category: General News 0
This year's Broadway Barks! will be held on Saturday, July 9th, from 3:30 to 6:30 pm at Shubert Park. The list of Broadway stars that will present adoptable cats and dogs from city animal shelters includes Aaron Tveit, along with Catch Me If You Can costars, Norbert Leo Butz and Kerry Butler, along with his previous costar in Next To Normal, Jennifer Damiano. A full list of those expected to be at the event can be seen on Playbill. The annual event was founded by Bernadette Peters and Mary Tyler Moore in an attempt to give adoptable pets a new home along in addition to raising money in support of local animal shelters and organizations.
'Catch Me If You Can' at Barnes & Noble
June 30, 2011 • Category: Catch Me If You Can, Public Appearances, Stage Work 0
Broadway.com has uploaded a video from the Catch Me If You Can signing and performances at Barnes & Noble on June 28th. There are a couple of interviews scattered throughout live footage of the company (Marc Shaiman!) singing tunes from the musical, including some of Aaron Tveit talking about his opinions on the album.
Aaron Performs at 92YTribeca
Although not much information has yet been released about the June 28th 92YTribeca performance and talk for Catch Me If You Can, some photos are now available. They were originally posted on the official 92YTribeca Flickr. Check out shots of Aaron singing "Goodbye" from the musical, and him listening to show-stopping performances from costar Kerry Butler and composer Marc Shaiman.
'Catch Me' Cast Sings, Signs at Barnes & Noble
Earlier today, June 28th, several cast members from Catch Me If You Can made a special appearance at Barnes & Noble for the musical's album release. There, they mingled with fans and even signed a few copies of the OBCR. Aaron Tveit performed at the event as well, both solo ("Goodbye") and in a raucous, casual duet with Norbert Leo Butz ("Stuck Together (Strange But True)"). I'm still waiting for professional footage to be uploaded; in the meantime, you can check out some videos captured by fans in the links below:
• As uploaded by kayla10244
• As uploaded by starlight448
• As uploaded by tayloriscrazy
• As uploaded by thebluecray0n
"Stuck Together (Strange But True)"
• As uploaded by jessicalynne83
Bombers Boomer Broadway Softball Classic '11
Yankee Stadium hosted the Bombers Boomer Broadway Softball Classic yesterday, June 27th, and none other than Aaron Tveit was in attendance. The games opened with a rendition of the National Anthem as sung by Aaron, then he hit the field with other Broadway stars to compete in a friendly game to help raise money for the Boomer Esiason Foundation Fighting Cystic Fibrosis and The Actors Fund. Unfortunately, Aaron's team lost; it was 7-5, with the Slammers taking the title over the Bombers.
Aaron Attends National H.S. Musical Theater Awards
Pictures from the 2011 National High School Musical Theater Awards are surfacing, including new images of Aaron Tveit in a navy suit with an appropriately themed nautical tie (featuring anchors on a light blue color). The awards are currently going on, so details on the evening are sparse. In the meantime, you might want to check out ATF's Twitter, as I'll be re-Tweeting comments from patrons attending the event tonight.
Aaron Sings for 'Catch Me If You Can'
June 27, 2011 • Category: Catch Me If You Can, Gallery, Public Appearances, Stage Work 0
A couple of new images have been added to the Gallery. On April 18th of this year, the Catch Me If You Can company tucked into a studio to sing for the original Broadway cast recording. Sh-K-Boom & Ghostlight Records recently posted these pictures of Aaron Tveit during the session, both waiting for his cue and lending his leading man voice. Check out the pictures at the ATF Gallery, and be sure to stop by Matthew Murphy – the photographer's – site as well.


The opening special session for OHA 2014 will showcase our Madison host site by featuring a staged reading of the innovative documentary theater piece, "Uncivil Disobedience." This performance, held in the newly renovated Memorial Union Theater, will highlight oral histories of a thunderous event in the Vietnam-era anti-war movement, the 1970 Sterling Hall bomb explosion on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Story Project, in partnership with the Oral History Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, developed the performance after years of collecting oral histories from people who experienced the bombing firsthand and from people whose lives were profoundly affected by the event and its aftermath. The bomb, intended to destroy the Army Mathematics Research center, killed physics researcher Robert Fassnacht, injured three other people, caused tremendous damage to the building, and sent aftershocks through both pro- and anti-war America.
The original documentary theater piece played to sold-out audiences in its 2012 Wisconsin premiere. It has been enhanced for this conference by multi-media additions developed by the UW-Madison Oral History Program. As professional actors speak their parts, primary source documentation will appear on a screen above them. This kick-off special session will introduce both the OHA 2014 conference theme, "Oral History in Motion: Movements, Transformations, and the Power of Story," and the local conference setting. Funding from the Wisconsin Humanities Council and Friends of the UW-Madison Library System makes possible this unique special event, which will be free and open to the public.