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Books, Film & TV
The GRAMMY Museum has hosted a variety of programs about music-related books, films, and television series. Take a look behind the scenes at these projects, through discussions with directors, producers, authors, artists, and more.
Max Richter stands as one of the most prodigious figures on the contemporary music scene. From synthesizers and computers to a full symphony orchestra, Richter's innovative work encompasses solo albums, ballets, concert hall performances, film and TV series, video art installations and theatre wo...
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with GRAMMY-winner Leslie Odom, Jr. about his role as Sam Cooke in the new Amazon Prime film, One Night in Miami... The film is a fictional account of one incredible night where icons Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke...
Harry Gregson-Williams
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with GRAMMY-nominated film composer Harry Gregson-Williams about the making of his Original Score for Disney's Mulan, and the Original Song, "Loyal Brave True" co-written with Jamie Hartman, Rosi Golan and Billy Crabtr...
Howard Grimes
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with legendary Memphis drummer Howard Grimes about his new autobiography, Timekeeper: My Life In Rhythm, written with acclaimed author Preston Lauterbach. Known as Bulldog, Grimes tells his unvarnished story in ...
The GRAMMY Museum is thrilled to host a panel featuring Jennifer Hudson and Music Producers Stephen Bray and Jason Michael Webb, to discuss the making of the new film, "Respect," in theaters August 13. The conversation is moderated by Variety's Chris Willman. Following the rise of Aretha Franklin...
Motown Records: The Making of "Collide" from Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack
In conjunction with Motown Records, and as part of the GRAMMY Museum's celebration of the new exhibit, Motown: The Sound Of Young America, presented by City National Bank, set to debut at the GRAMMY Museum upon its reopening, the Museum is thrilled to host a panel discussion about the making of t...
Linda & The Mockingbirds
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Linda Ronstadt, music journalist Randy Lewis, film director James Keach, and Los Cenzontles founder Eugene Rodriguez about the new film, Linda & The Mockingbirds. The inspiring new documentary captures Lind...
Permanent Damage: Memoirs of An Outrageous Girl
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home, author Lyndsey Parker, Alice Cooper, Arrow de Wilde of Starcrawler, Pamela Des Barres, and moderator Lina Lecaro discuss the new book, Permanent Damage: Memoirs of An Outrageous Girl, to be released June 9th. The book shows us the world of the 1960...
Moderator Scott Goldman talks with six-time GRAMMY Award winner, Brandi Carlile, about her acclaimed new memoir, the #1 New York Times Best Seller, Broken Horses. In the book, Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art—from her start at a local singing compe...
Music Biographer Peter Guralnick
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home series, Founding Executive Director Bob Santelli talks with music's preeminent biographer, Peter Guralnick, about his latest book, Looking To Get Lost: Adventures In Music And Writing. The anthology finds the best-selling and award-winning author re...
Andra Day & Lee Daniels
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Andra Day and Lee Daniels about the upcoming new film, The United States vs. Billie Holiday. The film details the 1940's, when the US government targeted beloved jazz icon Billie Holiday as part of their wa...
On November 26, 2019, the GRAMMY Museum welcomed iconic jazz musician Chick Corea for a conversation discussing his remarkable career and documentary, Chick Corea: In the Mind of a Master, which offers a behind the scenes look into the making of Chick's album Antidote with the Spanish Heart Band....
Terence Blanchard
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with composer Terence Blanchard about creating the original score for the Netflix film, Da 5 Bloods. From Academy Award Winner Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods tells the story of four African-American Vets — Paul (Delroy ...
Celeste & Daniel Pemberton
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Celeste & Daniel Pemberton about the making of the original song "Hear My Voice" for the Netflix film, The Trial of the Chicago 7. The song is performed by Celeste (whose debut album, Not Your Muse, is avai...
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with Branford Marsalis about composing the original score for the Netflix film, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. In the film, tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Ch...
As part of the GRAMMY Museum's Programs at Home series, Moderator Scott Goldman talks with GRAMMY-winning guitarist Peter Frampton about the release of his new memoir, Do You Feel Like I Do?, which debuted on The New York Times' Best Seller List. Viewers can also purchase a copy of the book at th...
Jimi Hendrix Panel
On November 18, 2020, the GRAMMY Museum hosted an exclusive livestream premiere of the new film, Music, Money, Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix In Maui, followed by a panel discussion with Director John McDermott, Janie Hendrix, Billy Cox, and Eddie Kramer, moderated by Bob Santelli.
Music, Money, M...
The GRAMMY Museum welcomed musical icon Graham Nash on November 19, 2013 to discuss his tell-all autobiography WILD TALES, where he recounts his life and career as a defining figure of rock and roll. Nash immerged as an influential singer-songwriter as part of the British rock revolution, making ...
On October 2, 2019, the GRAMMY Museum presented a special evening with Quentin Tarantino celebrating the film, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood and its soundtrack. The program featured a panel discussion with Tarantino, Mark Lindsay (co-founder and original lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders) ...


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KBBO hires restructuring expert for $2bn debt revamp
The privately-held investment firm with assets in health care and food named Bruno Navarro as its chief restructuring officer
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NMC administrators start selling its assets to pay the UAE hospital operator's creditors
The moves mark the official beginning of the dismantling of NMC, which once had a market value of up to $11bn
Abu Dhabi, Dubai
Finablr uncovers $1bn in hidden debt as UAE's NMC Health scandal widens
The London-listed company, Finablr, had a market value of GBP77m when it was halted from trading in March, down from a peak of GBP1.5bn in December
NMC controversy: Founder BR Shetty issues first public statement, denies wrongdoing
Shetty claimed he was also a victim of fraud and put the blame on a "small group of current and former executives"
NMC Health backer weighs strategic options, debt revamp
KBBO chairman Khalifa Bin Butti Omeir Al Muhairi stepped down as vice-chairman of embattled NMC in February amid confusion over the exact size of his stake in the hospital operator
NMC saga: Abu Dhabi's ADCB begins criminal legal action against several people
ADCB is owed $963m by Abu Dhabi healthcare group NMC, which has now been placed under administration
Economy, UAE
UAE's First Abu Dhabi Bank sells 2.5 million shares held by NMC's BR Shetty
Almost 4.8 million shares which belonged to Shetty were held in a nominee account in Falcon Private Bank which were then transferred to First Abu Dhabi Bank on February 5
UAE Healthcare Firm NMC's H1 Profit Jumps 21%
The company made a net profit of $27.5 million in the first six months of the year.

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Der Zinalgletscher (französisch: Glacier de Zinal) ist ein Talgletscher im südlichen Talabschluss des Val d'Anniviers in den Walliser Alpen. Er liegt auf dem Gebiet der Schweizer Gemeinde Anniviers. Die Fläche des Gletschers mit ausgeprägter Zunge betrug im Jahr 2016 etwa 13,5 km². Im Jahr 2013 war er knapp sieben Kilometer lang, seit 1973 hat er sich damit etwas mehr als einen halben Kilometer zurückgezogen. Der nordexponierte Gletscher reicht von 4160 m auf gut  hinunter, seine durchschnittliche Neigung wird mit 23,3° angegeben.

Lage
Der Zinalgletscher entsteht aus mehreren Quellgletschern. Der östliche Quellgletscher ist der Mountetgletscher (Glacier du Mountet), der seinen Ursprung auf etwa  an der Westflanke des Zinalrothorns hat. ()

Vom Ober Gabelhorn mit seiner Eiswand stösst der Obergabelhorngletscher (Glacier de l'Obergabelhorn) herab. ()

Unterhalb von Grand Mountet vereinigen sich diese beiden Firnströme mit dem von Süden kommenden Durandgletscher (Glacier Durand). ()

Mountet-, Obergabelhorn- und Durandgletscher sind zur Weisshorngruppe zu zählen. Der Durandgletscher ist durch den Roc Noir () vom Grand-Cornier-Gletscher (Glacier du Grand Cornier ) getrennt, der seinen Ausgangspunkt zwischen dem Grand Cornier im Norden und der Dent Blanche im Süden hat. Weiteren Eiszufluss erhält der Zinalgletscher durch die steilen Hangfirne an der Nordostflanke des Grand Cornier (Bouquetinsgletscher).

Unterhalb der Vereinigung der drei bedeutendsten Quellgletscher (Obergabel-, Durand- und Grand-Cornier-Gletscher) fliesst der Zinalgletscher noch rund 3 km nach Norden durch ein tiefes Tal zwischen dem Grand Cornier im Westen und dem Besso () im Osten. Hier ist die Eisoberfläche grösstenteils vom Geröll und Staub der Mittel- und Seitenmoränen sowie von herabfallendem Gesteinsschutt bedeckt. Die Gletscherzunge, deren Stirn im Jahr 2005 auf  lag, entwässert in die Navisence, einen linken Nebenfluss der Rhone.

Entwicklung

Seit dem Hochstadium der Kleinen Eiszeit in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts hat sich der Zinalgletscher stark zurückgezogen. Seit 1891 ist seine Zunge um mehr als 1,6 km zurückgeschmolzen. In früherer Zeit führte entlang des Zinalgletschers und über den Col Durand () ein rege begangener Saumweg, auf dem Waren- und Viehtransporte zwischen dem Mittelwallis und Oberitalien abgewickelt wurden. Heute ist der Übergang über den vergletscherten Col Durand vom Zinal- ins Mattertal nur von entsprechend ausgerüsteten Alpinisten zu bewältigen.

Im August 1834 kam es nach starken Niederschlägen zu einem Ausbruch von grossen Wassermengen aus dem Gletscher. Im Eiskörper hatten sich beträchtliche Wassertaschen gebildet, die die Seitenmoränen durchbrachen, talauswärts grosse Schäden anrichteten und vorübergehend einen See zwischen Chippis, Chalais und Grône entstehen liessen.

SAC-Hütten
Im unmittelbaren Umfeld des Zinalgletschers stehen die Hütten von Petit und Grand Mountet. Die Cabane du Petit Mountet () liegt auf der orografisch linken Seitenmoräne des Gletschers. Sie befindet sich in privater Trägerschaft. Fünf Gehstunden weiter oben liegt die Cabane du Grand Mountet (), eine aussichtsreich an den Südhängen des Besso gelegene Hütte des Schweizer Alpen-Clubs SAC. Sie ist Ausgangspunkt für zahlreiche Bergbesteigungen und ausgedehnte Gletschertouren in der Umgebung.

Weblinks

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Gletscher in den Alpen
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Q: How can I read specific images from TID2013 dataset in MATLAB? How can I read specific images from TID2013 dataset in MATLAB? I written the following code but it start from first to end of the list. The images are in this format: ixx.yy.z.bmp means xx is the number of image, yy is the model of the noise and z is the level of the noise. I just want to work with models 1,2 in level 4,5 but I don't know how to do it. please someone help me! By the way there are 25 reference images, 24 models of noise and 5 level of each model of noise that I wrote them vertically in info1.txt , info2.txt , info3.txt respectively.
clc; clear; close all;
% read Original images
cd 'C:\Users\Desktop'
for NO1 = 1:25
    in1 = fopen('info1.txt');
    xx = fgets(in1);
    A = imread(strcat('C:\Users\Desktop\reference_images\',xx,'.bmp'));
    A = rgb2gray(A);
end

% read distorted images
for NO1 = 1:25
    in1 = fopen('info1.txt');
    xx = fgets(in1);
    for NO2 = 1:24
        in2 = fopen('info2.txt');
        yy = fgets(in2);
        for NO3 = 1:5
            in3 = fopen('info3.txt');
            z = fgets(in3);
            B = imread(strcat('C:\Users\Desktop\distorted_images\',xx,yy,z,'.bmp'));
            B = rgb2gray(B);
            C = imadjust(B);
            % Write restored images
            imwrite(C,['C:\Users\Desktop\restored_images\','i',sprintf('%02d',NO1),'_',sprintf('%02d',NO2),'_',num2str(NO3),'.bmp']);
        end
    end
end

A: The only thing you need to do is to change values of your for loops. Note that in matlab, in contrast with most other languages, for-loops are not restricted to specific step length and can be any vectors.
imageNames = textread('info1.txt', '%s');
noiseModels = textread('info2.txt', '%s');
noiseLevels = textread('info3.txt', '%s');
imageIndices = 1:25;
modelIndices = [1, 2, 7:8];
levelindices = [4 5];
sourceDir = 'C:\Users\Desktop\distorted_images\';
destDir  = 'C:\Users\Desktop\restored_images\';
for ii = imageIndices
    name = imageNames{ii};
    for jj = modelIndices
        model = noiseModels{jj};
        for kk = levelindices
            level = noiseLevels{kk};
            sourcePath = sprintf('%s%s%s%s.bmp', sourceDir, name, model, level)
            destPath = sprintf('%si%02d_%02d_%02d.bmp', destDir, ii, jj, kk)
            B = imread(sourcePath);
            B = rgb2gray(B);
            C = imadjust(B);
            imwrite(C, destPath);
        end
    end
end

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Fourteen Year Old Girl Forced To Parade Naked Through Village
Posted by Women Against Shariah on Thursday, November 2, 2017
Labels: Arrest, Family Honor, Pakistan
From Jihad-Watch:
Police in Pakistan have arrested eight men for parading a 14-year-old through a village naked in connection with a dispute over family honour….It is claimed the girl's brother had been having an affair. When the village council found out they ruled the scorned wife's family could hit back by punishing the alleged adulterer's sister.
The horror and humiliation that this young girl endured in order to restore the so-called "honor" of her sister-in-law's family will soon be forgotten, as it is in the case of every girl and woman whop has been brutalized by this barbaric, misogynistic culture that degrades the value of women and oppresses them.
Yet those who believe in the inferior status of women are now found in all the countries of the West, where many Muslim and infidel women now suffer as a result. All the while, those who expose the beliefs that lead to this treatment are called "Islamophobes."
"Pakistani girl forced to parade through her village naked", by Gareth Davies Mailonline, November 2, 2017:
Police in Pakistan have arrested eight men for parading a 14-year-old through a village naked in connection with a dispute over family honour.
The girl was abducted by the gang on October 27 before she was stripped down and forced to run through the streets of Garahmat village in Dera Ismail Khan.
It is claimed the girl's brother had been having an affair. When the village council found out they ruled the scorned wife's family could hit back by punishing the alleged adulterer's sister.
The girl's family initially claimed the girl was taken to a house, beaten up and stripped by nine people, but later retracted the statement on Monday, according to DAWN.
She was with three of her cousins on the morning of October 27 walking to a local pond to fetch water when she was snatched.
Police are still hunting one suspect, but the other eight appeared before a judge on Wednesday.
Family honor is a sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where nearly 1,000 women are killed by their relatives each year for violating conservative norms on love and marriage.
Village councils have been accused of settling family disputes without involving the judicial system, leading to the abuse of vulnerable relatives.
Just three months ago, members of a village council in Pakistan were arrested for ordering the revenge rape of a teenager because her brother had sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl in a field.
The arrests, which included the man who allegedly committed the 'revenge rape', brings the total number detained to 18, a police source confirmed.
A jirga – or village council – in a suburb of the central city of Multan had ordered the rape of the 16-year-old girl as a punishment, after her brother sexually assaulted a 12-year-old.
She was dragged to the meeting in Rajpur and the horrific retaliation was carried out in front of her parents and the 40 men on the council.
Family member Muhammad Bilal, 25, said after they learned of the first rape – which was committed in July – they went to the 12-year-old's family to seek forgiveness.
'Their women started shouting and their men asked us to first bring Umar's sister (the 16-year-old) then they will talk about it,' he said.
'But when we came back with the girl, the men and the council decided that the same act would be done to the girl. What could we do, in our village disputes are settled like this.'
Jirgas, or village councils formed of local elders, are a traditional means of settling disputes in Pakistan's rural areas, where courts and lawyers are not always accessible or trusted.
Such councils are illegal and have been under fire for their controversial decisions, especially regarding women.
'What we did was wrong, but this is the way things are done here. We seek pardon and we promise not to do it again,' said Mohammad Amin, 45, a member of the jirga who is now in police custody


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If you have crafty kids, odds are, you have pipe cleaner mess somewhere in your home! Pipe cleaners are always so tricky to store: they don't fit in pencil boxes, they're taller than Pringles cans, and if you want to put them in a Ziploc bag, you have to use 1 gallon size or larger.
Today's post will give you two simple, inexpensive options for storing these kid's craft necessities.
Option number 1: A mailing tube. You can find these anywhere mailing supplies are sold. They typically sell for a couple of dollars each. Each side opens and you just slide the pipe cleaners in.
Option number 2: A Paintbrush holder. I found this one at Hobby Lobby, but you should be able to find them at any craft store. The Hobby Lobby one retails for $1.99, but of course after the weekly coupon, it was just over $1. The paintbrush holder is adjustable: just twist to make it the right size for your pipe cleaners.
And there you have it: two very easy, very affordable ways to keep your pipe cleaners from creating chaos in your crafting area.
What are some things you do to keep control of your crafting supplies? I'd love to hear from you!


John Tompson Park is a large park in Northeast Newton dedicated to the protection of about 1.5 kilometres of Bear Creek, a significant fish bearing stream in the heart of the City, and its tributaries. The park is located between Bear Creek Park (west), British Manor Park (east) and Nichol Estates Park (South) . Despite its large size, approximately 18 hectares (45 acres), only a small area of the park is accessible from 77 Ave and 77A Ave. The remainder of the park is dedicated to environmental protection.


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Multicultural Arts and Entertainment News
Multicultural Entertainment News is a special edition of MMRnews featuring news about theater, film, music, dining and entertainment events and entertainment marketing news with a multicultural focus. It covers audience and outreach campaigns aimed at markets including Hispanics, African Americans, Asian Americans, women, GLBT and people with disabilities. Sign up to subscribe to MMRnews.
A FAITHFUL MAN Directed by Louis Garrel Opens in NY at Quad Cinema & FIAF (French Institute Alliance Francaise) Fri, July 19
Nine years after she left him for his best friend, journalist Abel (Louis Garrel) gets back together with his recently widowed old flame Marianne (Laetitia Casta). It seems to be a beautiful new beginning, but soon the hapless Abel finds himself embroiled in all sorts of drama: the come-ons of a wily jeune femme (Lily-Rose Depp), the machinations of Marianne's morbid young son (Joseph Engel), and some unsavory questions about what exactly happened to his girlfriend's first husband. Shifting points of view as nimbly as its players switch partners, the sophomore feature from actor/director Louis Garrel—co-written with the legendary Jean-Claude Carrière—is at once a beguiling bedroom farce and a playful inversion of the patriarchal tropes of the French New Wave. Opens in NY at Quad Cinema & FIAF (French Institute Alliance Francaise) Fri, July 19, 2019. In French with English subtitles Read more >>
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Standout Films Document Women and What Happens to Them at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival
Great stories are timeless. It's the theme of this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Five films in particular struck a chord that resonated with the theme. This year's films standout films share this: "It's the story of a woman And this is what happens to her." And "It's the story of all women. And this is their plight." It's the story of a black woman in Los Angeles. A Turkish woman in Germany. A Chinese woman in New York City. (Lucky Grandma.) Single women In China. NFL cheerleaders. What's the resolution? A death. Acceptance. A move out of the country. A move backwards in time to a familiar past. Which of these 5 movies can an American woman relate to? Which scenario is most likely to happen to her? Even if you do the math: How many single women are there in China. How many honor killings happen in the world. It happens in the U.S. How many women go away for the weekend with their ex boyfriend and his new girlfriend. (The Weekend with Sasheer Zamata). How many women are paid less than a man doing the same job and don't feel their work is valued; are taken advantage of? A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem documents the NFL's attitude that its cheerleaders should be grateful to be selected to work for less than minimum wage. Never will I look at my guilty pleasure the reality TV show, "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team" the same way. Leftover Women follows several professional women fighting society's and family pressures to quickly marry. A Regular Woman is the real-life story of Hatun "Aynur" Sürücü a young Turkish woman and mother who was murdered by her youngest brother in an honor killing for having dared to leave a man who abused her. Catch these 5 films at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Now through May 5th. https://www.tribecafilm.com/festival. Depart stunned. Depart crying. Depart uplifted. The most hopeful statement is uttered in Leftover Women. "Water flows and a channel is formed." Read more >>
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Diverse Programming at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival, April 24 – May 5, 2019
The Tribeca Film Festival, founded in 2001, an annual celebration of film, music and culture, will be held this year on April 24 – May 5 in New York. This year's themes reflect the diversity of the film program including African American, Asian, Female Directors, Latin, LGBT, Tribeca Film Institute Supported among others. It is well known for being a diverse international film festival that supports emerging and established directors. This year's African American and African Diaspora Themed Films include: 17 Blocks, The Apollo, Burning Cane, Changing the Game and more. Asian/East Asian Themed Films include: 37 Seconds, AAMIS, American Factory, American Woman and more. Female Creators Themed Films include: All I Can Say, At the Heart of Gold, Circus of Books, Buffaloed and more. LATINX Themed Films include: Clementine, The Dominican Dream, The Gasoline Thieves (Huachicolero), Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice and more. LGBTQIA+ Themed Films include: For They Know Not What They Do, Flawless (Haneshef), Gay Chorus Deep South, Halston and more. Jewish Themed Films include: Ask Dr. Ruth, Rewind, What Will Become of Us?, "Black Hat" and more. For more information and full lineup visit: www.tribecafilm.com. Read more >>
"Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations" Now on Broadway
Thoroughly enjoyed "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations!" Get ready for a fabulous night at the Imperial theater featuring favorite musical numbers "My Girl," "Get Ready," "Since I Lost My Baby," "I Can't Get Next To You," "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone," "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)," "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me. " Follow @ainttooproudmusical and get tickets now "Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations" at www.ainttooproudmusical.com. Read more >>
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New-York Historical Society To Establish Galleries Dedicated To Exploring Race In America
The New-York Historical Society announced a new initiative to dedicate renovated, prime rotating gallery space to the topics of freedom, equality, and civil rights in America. Launching in fall 2018 with the inaugural exhibition Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow (on view September 7, 2018 – March 3, 2019), the galleries will primarily explore the long struggle of African Americans for full rights as citizens, including the right to be accepted and to feel safe, with future exhibitions widening the lens to include other historically marginalized groups. Major funding for the renovated galleries was provided by the New York City Council. The inaugural exhibition, Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, examines the meaning of citizenship for African Americans following the abolition of slavery, through Reconstruction and the Jim Crow era. Future exhibitions at the Museum include Betye Saar: Keepin' It Clean (November 2, 2018 – May 27, 2019), highlighting the work of an iconic figure of the Black Arts Movement of the 1970s, whose complex assemblage sculptures address race, memory, and black consciousness; Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman (spring 2019), showcasing the work of the influential Harlem Renaissance sculptor who overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination, and whose work elevated images of black culture into mainstream America; and in summer 2019, a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, the historic turning point in the modern LGBTQ civil rights movement. For more information visit https://www.nyhistory.org. Read more >>
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Women Captivate and Mesmerize in 7 Tribeca 2018 Films
The best of Tribeca 2018 films were the remarkable performances of actresses who captivated and mesmerized with their strong or understated performances. At the top of this notable list is Mary Kay Place who gives an extraordinary and moving performance, in Diane, pulled in all directions by a dying cousin, a drug-addicted son and a circle of friends including Andrea Martin. In director Eva Vive's All About Nina, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, as Nina, makes relationship self-sabotage relatable as she draws us in to her stand up comedy world career struggles and unstable living situation. Watch and cringe at Emma Roberts frustration as Hallie in In a Relationship, as she deals with her flip flopping boyfriend and cousin Willa (Dree Hemmingway), finding their millennial way. Take the advice and adopt the attitude of Rosemarie DeWitt as Regan in Song of Back and Neck who will inspire you to brighten your outlook with humor and to try acupuncture. Spain, Chile and Italy brought us powerful women in Sunday's Illness (La Enfermedad del Domingo,) Dry Martina and Daughter of Mine (Figlia Mia.) Susi Sanchez as Anabel and Barbara Lennie as daughter Chiara in Sunday's Illness are the focal points of this compelling drama, thankfully available from Netflix. Hard to choose the best among the female performances in Daughter of Mine (Figlia Mia), directed by Laura Bispuri but Sara Casu is the most impressive as the wondering yet wary and weary 10-year old Vittoria, figuring out mother Tina's (Valeria Golino) secret, that Angelica (Alba Rohrwacher), is actually her birth mother. Perhaps the most touching performance was Antonella Costa's as Martina in Dry Martina as she packs her bag and flies off uninvited to another country in pursuit of a romance, recalling a line from her opening song, "You think you're hurt but you're hitting your own face." Also noteworthy in Dry Martina is Geraldine Neary as Francisca, going after what she wants. Lisa Skriloff Read more >>
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Diverse Programming at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, April 18-29, 2018
The Tribeca Film Festival, founded in 2001, an annual celebration of film, music and culture, will be held this year on April 18-29 in New York. This year's themes reflect the diversity of the film program including African American, Asian, Female Directors, Latin, LGBT, Tribeca Film Institute Supported among others. It is well known for being a diverse international film festival that supports emerging and established directors. This year's African American Themed Films include: The Gospel According to André, Little Woods, Nigerian Prince, The Rachel Divide, Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland and more. Asian & Asian American Themed Films include: Ghostbox Cowboy, Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, The Saint Bernard Syndicate, Yellow is Forbidden and more. Female Directors Themed Films include: All About Nina, All These Small Moments, Amateurs (Amatörer), Bathtubs Over Broadway, Braid, Cargo and more. Latin and Spanish language Themed Films include: Dry Martina, Sunday's Illness (La Enfermedad del Domingo), Home + Away, You Shall Not Sleep (No dormirás) and more. LGBTQ Themed Films include: Mapplethorpe, Call Her Ganda, Duck Butter, Every Act of Life, The Miseducation of Cameron Post and more. Jewish Themed Films include: Love, Gilda, Wendy's Shabbat, Disobedience and more. Middle Eastern Themed Films include: The Man Who Stole Banksy, Welcome Home, The Feeling of Being Watched, House Two, Time for Ilhan and more. For more information and full lineup visit: www.tribecafilm.com. Read more >>
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19th Havana Film Festival New York, April 6-17, 2018 - Celebrating the Cultural Richness and Diversity of Cuban and Latin American Voices
The 19th Havana Film Festival in New York (www.HFFNY.com), a project of The American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (www.AFLFC.org), presents an exceptional program celebrating the diversity of voices and cultural expressions of Cuba and Latin America through inspiring stories told on the big screen, April 6 to 17 2018. All foreign language films will be subtitled in English. The Festival's program includes a tribute to writer and screenwriter Senel Paz (Strawberry and Chocolate, A Girlfriend for David), the presentation of Cuban classics A Cuban Fight against Demons and The Survivors, restored by the Academy Film Archive and the Cinemateca de Cuba on the occasion of the 90th birth anniversary celebration of one of the most influential directors of the last century-Tomás Gutiérrez Alea; a tribute to the late Argentine filmmaker Fernando Birri, widely considered the father of New Latin American Cinema and a fundamental pillar in the development of cinematography in the continent; the roundtable discussion New York Loves Film by Steven Pelton Senior Project Manager and Laura Berning, Location Manager from the Governor's Office of Motion Picture & Television Development, regarding the incentives NY State gives to productions made within the state; screenings of documentaries about Cuban music as well as World, U.S., and NY premieres of award-winning films at international festivals from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Latino-Americans. The Festival will take place at several venues: Directors Guild Theater (DGA), AMC Loews 34th Street, King Juan Carlos I of Spain at NYU (KJCC), School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, CUNY Graduate Center in Manhattan, The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, and The Bronx Museum of the Arts, in the Bronx. More information and details of the festival as well as the complete program is available at www.hffny.com.
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Broadway Revival Of Mark Medoff's Tony Award®-Winning Play "Children Of A Lesser God" To Be Most Accessible Play In Broadway History
Producer Hal Luftig announced that the first-ever Broadway revival of Children of a Lesser God would be the most accessible play in Broadway history with three ways audiences can enjoy the Tony Award®-winning play at Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street, New York, NY). At every performance, the production will feature supertitles, where the play's text has been seamlessly incorporated into the show's scenic design, allowing audiences to follow Mark Medoff's ground-breaking script without detracting from the actors' performances. Additionally, every performance will feature closed captioning available through the GalaPro app which is available on Apple or Android devices. After downloading and creating an account, when audience members arrive at Studio 54, they can select Children of a Lesser God and the app will guide them through the setup process and allow them to stream captions easily. To download the app and for additional information, visit: Read more >>
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European equities are set to open up this morning after a very quiet Asian session.
Investors are wagering on continued relaxed monetary policy in Europe and the US for a while yet.
This was highlighted by one of the single greatest rises in Gold in the last 12 months.
After a hectic FOMC on Wednesday European equities did not move much throughout the day and with no significant news out tomorrow investors may hold off and get ready to go again next week.
Albeit at a reduced pace, the Dow Jones extended its gains yesterday to 16,900, a 11 pips rise for the session following another dovish statement from the Fed.
Chairman Janet Yellen said that 'accommodative monetary policy, rising stocks and property should lead to above trend economic growth'.
European equities are set to open up this morning after a bullish close in the US and a buoyant Asian session.
The positive outlook in the FOMC statement caused rallies in the European and US Indices alike and was more volatile than expected.
With a relatively quiet end to the week on the economic calendar front, will investors hold onto there bullish positions over this small upswing in the last few days.
The Federal Open Market Committee reiterated pulling the plug on QE in measured steps as the economic growth continues to bounce back.
At the same time the Fed stood by their previous decision to keep interest rates at record low levels for a 'considerable time'.
European equities look set to open flat for the second day running. Indices have been quiet across the board with little movement in the benchmarks' throughout the Asian session.
Janet Yellen will also be speaking at 7.30pm, in which the fed chair will release new quarterly forecasts for inflation, economic growth, unemployment and the benchmark federal funds rate.
This should cause a bit of movement towards the end of the US Session with most predicting a reduction in monthly asset purchases by $10 bln to $35 bln.
With the possibility of escalation of violence in Iraq U.S. futures dropped and Asian stocks fell.
The continued escalation of conflict could lead to a possible civil war or break-up of the country.
Traders will be trying to predict which stocks and sectors will profit from continued troubles in Iraq with defensive stocks and sectors possibly being on the agenda.
Brent crude oil futures up 70 cents as army troops kill 270 rebels in Iraq, OPEC's second biggest crude producer.
With WTI following suit up 57 cents, will investors hold on to see if they will get back to the highs of the 9 months, reached on Friday.
Wednesday brings the Fed interest rate decision and FOMC statement.
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Pakistani Offensive Seen As Sparing Taliban Factions
Daud Khattak
A Pakistani soldier stands by ammunition seized during a military operation against militants, in the of town of Miran Shah, North Waziristan on July 9, 2014.
The ongoing Pakistani military offensive in North Waziristan was sold as an effort to eliminate all terrorist operations in Pakistan, which have cost the lives of tens of thousands of civilians and military personnel in a decade of unrest.
But a month after its launch, the operation, dubbed Zarb-e Azb, appears to be only aimed at dislodging the militant factions involved in attacks in Pakistan, while sparing those attacking neighboring Afghanistan.
Days after the offensive began in the North Waziristan tribal district, doubts were raised about this selective approach. The BBC reported that security personnel were removed from a section of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to allow favored militants to cross into Afghanistan.
A Pakistani soldier looks at a training center of militants seized in North Waziristan.
Though media and security experts remain skeptical of such accusations, Afghan authorities have formally accused their neighbors of targeting the "bad" Taliban who attack their forces while sparing the "good" Taliban that do the same in Afghanistan.
Kabul sees the Afghan Taliban's powerful military arm, the Haqqani network, as the main faction being spared in the Pakistani offensive.
Haseeb Siddiqi, a spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence agency, the National Directorate of Security, told journalists on July 23 that Haqqani network leaders had left North Waziristan two weeks before the launch of Zarb-e-Azb.
"No international terrorist is targeted in this offensive," he claimed.
But Pakistan continues to deny all such allegations.
"The action is against all – repeat all – terrorist," Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry told journalists on July 24.
Kabul's relentless finger pointing at Islamabad is not without reason. For years, Pakistan resisted Western and Afghan pressure to move against the Haqqani network in their North Waziristan stronghold. The faction's leader, former anti-Soviet guerilla leader Jalaluddin Haqqani, has been an ally of the Pakistani military since the 1970s, as has his family.
An influential Pakistani lawmaker, who requested anonymity, told RFE/RL's Gandhara website that the North Waziristan offensive is not going to target the Haqqanis or other "good" Taliban factions.
"The time is critical and the army does not want to lose its longtime allies and assets--the 'good' Taliban," he said.
Hafiz Gul Bahadar, the local leader of the Haqqani network in North Waziristan, is pegged by many observers as one of the "good" Taliban leaders whose forces have largely been spared in the offensive.
Bahadar has been eerily silent since the beginning of the offensive and his fighters have offered little resistance to Pakistani troops despite revoking his peace agreement with the government and warning about stiff resistance in May.
Sailab Mehsud, a journalist who has worked in Datta Khel, a North Waziristan region considered a stronghold of Bahadar and the Haqqanis, said he did not see any signs of militants during his June visit, though he says he saw large number of militants during past visits.
He said that the militants have either been shifted across the border or gone underground.
The key targets of the operation appear to be the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, and the remnants of Al-Qaeda. Most of these groups have claimed responsibility for major attacks carried out in Pakistan in recent years.
But a breakaway faction of the TTP lead by Khan Said Sajna may now be seen as "good Taliban" after Sajna parted ways with the hard-liners in May.
Despite launching numerous large-scale offensives against the militants in the tribal areas during the past decade, the Pakistani military has failed to kill or capture Taliban leadership in significant numbers, though many of them were killed in U.S. drone strikes. Operation Zarb-e Azb appears to be following the same pattern.
North Waziristan's refugees in Khost, Afghanistan.
North Waziristan's civilians are paying a high price for Islamabad's tactical maneuvers. More than 600,000 of them have been displaced to neighboring regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In scores of interviews with RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal since the beginning of the offensive, they have been very critical of the military's actions and the government's failure to help them.
Pakistani columnist Saleem Safi warns that their grievances might provoke more violence.
"This fire might spread from Waziristan and reach the havens of Islamabad," he said.
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Warriors, LeBron pay homage to Ali
By Jason Leskiw :: SFBay June 4, 2016
Reporting from Oracle Arena
Two of the top names in the NBA are facing off in the championship series this week, but they might not be the brands they are today if not for the courage of one man years before their time.
Stephen Curry and LeBron James each have global followings, their logos sell millions of dollars in merchandise every day, and billions of people on Earth know their names.
Their actions duplicated by children and adults, the two are this generation's Michael Jordan, and perhaps on an even larger scale. But it wasn't Jordan who paved the way and made it possible for them.
It was Muhammad Ali, who passed away Friday evening after living with Parkinson's disease for 32 years and still managed to make regular appearances at different events around the world. He once removed Warriors head coach Steve Kerr's steely nerve during a basketball game in Phoenix when Kerr was 23, being one of the few times it's happened to the coach.
To say Mychal Thompson, former NBA star and father of Golden State's Klay Thompson, was a big fan would be wildly inaccurate, but only for the minimization of reverence Thompson had for Ali.
Professional athletes commonly share a bond based on the understanding of the time, effort and dedication that goes into being the best at something. For today's NBA player, it's an impossibility that any of them could have seen Ali fight live, or even live without a tremble or speech impediment for most.
But they know what kind of impact he had on the world, a testament in itself, since Ali's most notable act of courage took place 50 years ago when he was fighting in his prime.
Said James:
"Obviously, we knew how great of a boxer he was, but I think that was only 20% of what made him as great as he was. What he stood for, I mean, it's a guy who basically had to give up a belt and relish everything that he had done because of what he believed in and ended up in jail because of his beliefs. It's a guy who stood up for so many different things throughout the times where it was so difficult for African-Americans to even walk in the streets."
Ali was imprisoned during the summer of 1967 for draft evasion, with his career and the Vietnam war at their peak. Ali refused "to fight that white man's war," a controversial stance at the time that sparked international discussion revolving around the draft and who the American government was choosing to send.
A large percentage of draftees were from under-served black neighborhoods, with upper class whites hardly, if ever, being sent over to fight on the front lines.
Curry said that he couldn't begin to put himself in Ali's shoes, or the time, but added:
"When you love or have a passion for what you do and boxing and playing basketball, to, for whatever reason, not be able to kind of take advantage of your prime and the time and work that you put into it, that would be tough for sure. But obviously he had to do what he needed to do, and that's special."
Kerr added:
"Ali was in his prime when I was a kid, eight, ten years old, just after Vietnam, just after the civil rights movement, and he was probably the most prominent athlete of the time as it related to social issues. What he did went so far beyond the boxing ring, the sporting arena in general. What he did not just for African-Americans, but for all Americans in terms of trying to promote equality, in terms of really raising the level of consciousness about what was happening in the country. Probably the most influential athlete in the history of our country."
Ali's fighting style was similar to how he lived — full of movement, with the endurance to see things through, and the will to never give up. Hana Ali, one of the fighter's nine children, tweeted that her father's heart remained in working order for 30 minutes after every other one of his organs had failed.
Hana's statement was emblematic of how Ali lived, while enduring one of the most debilitating diseases known to humanity. Ali would sign an autograph for any fan, so long as he had the moment to spare, and felt it as his civic duty. He would joke as much as he could, and stand for what he felt was right.
It's now a charge for professional athletes to take a stand, and though they are role models by default, the unofficial role is inherited. For black athletes, that may have started with Ali. And it's something that might have changed the world for the best.
Curry said that Ali's life and example serves as credence for when tough social issues come forth:
"It is very tricky at times because you're either on one side or the other and you're going to offend somebody or not. But it kind of just comes with the territory. Whether you think that's important or not, that depends on the person. So Ali was the example of how you use your platform and speak what you believe no matter what people will say, and he gives — look at him as a sense of confidence in that regard, for sure."
And guard Shaun Livingston added that his story can help when times aren't the smoothest:
"It was before my time, but just how he carried himself, who he aspired to be, he inspired so many people. I think he's going to continue to inspire generations. And I think it's important for us to teach our kids who he was, what he stood for, how he represented himself. He really helped me in times of adversity not giving up. His one-liners were the best."
Thompson added:
"Even besides his greatness in the ring, what he'll forever be remembered for is what he stood up for in his life. He was at the peak of his career during a tough time in this country, and he stood up for obviously his people, civil rights, and most importantly just self love.
He told everyone to love yourself and carry yourself with a certain dignity and respect. His impact will be felt with the rest of the history of the world. It will be taught in schools. It's a sad day. He's not just a sports icon, but he's a culture icon and world icon. Athletes rarely ever reach that. You could argue Muhammad Ali had the most influence of all time for an athlete. So he should be celebrated forever."
Jason Leskiw is SFBay's Golden State Warriors beat writer. Follow @SFBay and @LeskiwSFBay on Twitter and at SFBay.ca for full coverage of Warriors basketball.
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Q: Triangle rasterization troubles I'm trying to write a couple of functions to draw (filled) flat-top and flat-bottom triangles. For the large part they work however cracks are still sometimes seen between adjacent triangles which share a side. I use an interpolating technique whereby I raster the triangle line by line, calculating the new left and right limits at each step. Much of this is explained in the code, but here is the general idea (for a flat bottom):

1) Find dy (height)
2) Find dy/dx (slope) from the top point to each bottom point
3) Move to the starting row ( floor(top point) ), and find initial x-start and x-end coordinates
4) Move to next line, calculate new start and end limits...

I should note that cracks are only seen between triangles that join at the sides, not top/bottom joins. I've been at this so long I don't know what to try anymore. I think the logic is solid, maybe any cracks are due to floating point error. I'd really appreciate some feedback.
typedef unsigned int uint32;

void Line(uint32 y, uint32 x_left, uint32 x_right);  //Draws a horizontal line

struct vector2
{
    float x,y;
};

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//        Draws a flat bottom triangle from top to bottom
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void Draw_Bottom_Tri_SOLID(Vector2 p0, Vector2 p1, Vector2 p2)
{
    //Point order:
    //Bottom left:    p0
    //Bottom right:   p1
    //Top point:      p2

    //calculate dy
    float dy = p2.y - p0.y;

    //dx/dy for the left and right edges
    float dxdy_left = (p0.x - p2.x)/dy;
    float dxdy_right = (p1.x - p2.x)/dy;

    //Since we start the raster process at floor(p2.y)
    //we need to shift the initial x start and x end
    //postions along by this factor:
    float y_bump = p2.y - floor(p2.y);

    //Initial start and end x values
    float xs = p2.x + dxdy_left*y_bump;   //x left (start)
    float xe = p2.x + dxdy_right*y_bump;  //x right (end)

    uint32 yb = uint32(p0.y) + 1;         //y bottom, +1 for top left fill convention
    uint32 yt = uint32(p2.y);             //y top, use casting instead of std::floor

    //Draw lines
    for (uint32 i = yt; i >= yb; i--)
    {
        //Set left and right limits, use casting instead of std::floor
        uint32 left = uint32(xs) + 1;     //+1 for top left fill convention
        uint32 right = uint32(xe);

        //Draw line, can also be std::fill or simply a for loop.
        Line(i, left, right);

        //Increment limits
        xs += dxdy_left;
        xe += dxdy_right;
    }

}    //End: Draw_Bottom_Tri_SOLID()

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//        Draws a flat top triangle from bottom to top
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
void Draw_Top_Tri_SOLID(Vector2 p0, Vector2 p1, Vector2 p2)
{
    //Point order:
    //Top left:        p0
    //Top right:       p1
    //Bottom point:    p2

    //calculate dy (height)
    float dy = p0.y - p2.y;

    //dx/dy for the left and right edges
    float dxdy_left = (p0.x - p2.x)/dy;
    float dxdy_right = (p1.x - p2.x)/dy;

    //Find shifting factor
    float y_bump = ceil(p2.y) - p2.y;

    //Initial start and end x values
    float xs = p2.x + dxdy_left*y_bump;    //x left  (start)
    float xe = p2.x + dxdy_right*y_bump;   //x right (end)

    uint32 yb = uint32(p2.y) + 1;          //y bottom, +1 for top left fill convention
    uint32 yt = uint32(p0.y) ;             //y top

    //Draw lines
    for (uint32 i = yb; i <= yt; i++)
    {
        //Set left and right limits
        uint32 left = uint32(xs) + 1;      //+1 for top left fill convention
        uint32 right = uint32(xe);

        //Draw line, can be std::fill or simply a for loop.
        Line(i, left, right);

        //Increment limits
        xs += dxdy_left;
        xe += dxdy_right;
    }

}    //End: Draw_Top_Tri_SOLID()

A: Float errors seem probable. You need to make sure that you end up with the same value for two adjacent edges. This can be a bit tricky to fix with float values when you are accumulating in this manner. You have a couple of options depending on your needs:

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*Use fixed point instead. This would also likely be faster.

*If overdraw isn't an issue, you can simply add a large enough epsilon to your float values.


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James Martin reveals the 'terrible' ingredient that would have kept him from cooking forever
TV chef James Martin compared margarine to plastic and the self-confessed butter lover said the ingredient was so bad that he urged supermarkets to stop selling it altogether.
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James Martin is promoting his new book "Butter" in September
James Martin thought the UK deserved a lot of butter – and called for a margarine ban.
The TV chef says he hates it so much that he wants to take it off supermarket shelves forever.
James admits he loves butter but says it's not just the competition that makes him stick his nose up when stuffing the fridge.
The 49-year-old, who loves the diary producer so much that he wrote a book about it, spoke to Express.co.uk about his dislike for the ingredient so many use in place of butter.
He blames Britain's shortage of chefs compared to Italy, France and Spain, and says they will never tolerate margarine in their food.
The TV chef's love for butter started when his mother allowed him to make his own packed lunches
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"Margarine should be banned," he said angrily. "It's prepared food, it's canned food, hidden salt, hidden fat."
"It's horrible, horrible stuff – it's two items apart from plastic, it's horrible stuff.
James Martin struggles with the 'disturbing' part of this morning – and blames Holly Willoughby
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"I am a farmer's kid. We always had whole milk, butter and cream. That's what we had. There was no such thing as semi-skimmed milk in our house."
This is the problem in this country. It's not the butter in the butter pan or the butter you put on toast. It is a fact that not many people cook in the UK as they do in France, Italy or Spain."
James can't believe people don't choose butter
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James returned to social media last year after deciding in 2020 that the abuse wasn't worth it.
It became a target of harsh online messaging after technical difficulties hampered a longtime online chef who hosted it during the lockdown.
It was too much for him but now he's logging back in again after spending some time.
James wrote before his resignation: "After seeing some comments posted online regarding my chef last night and anger towards me given the technical issues the production team had.
He's called for action – and wants to block it
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"I would like to apologize once again for this and will hunt down Live Nation, the production company, the IT team, and all the people I have hired to find out the problem.
"Having said that, this is a small relief to some of you online who are rightly pissed off at me. I promise I will talk to them tomorrow, I haven't been into the IT side of things and know little about it but all issues will be brought up and sorted out as soon as possible."
The star added: "It's unfortunate that they didn't use my team that makes the Saturday Show to do so but, as you can imagine, it was all out of my hands.
"To the rest of you who had a good night, thank you but due to the massive amount of vile comments posted directly towards me, this will be my last post as I will be taking a break from posting in person and all social media for the foreseeable future."
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So here is the deal… someday, you will move out of your parents house. Someday you are going to want to hang a picture of dear old mom above the mantel. Mom is coming to visit and you will want to make an impression. Proudly displaying that picture of mom will definitely show off your stellar homemaking skills!
Here is where you training in Adulting 101 will save the day! You are going to, ahem, nail this task!
Okay… hanging a picture isn't exactly rocket science, but knowing a few basics about wall hangings will ensure your success.
All of this is much easier with two people… you might want to grab someone to help.
Next, you will need to choose how you are going to hang the picture. You will need to consider three main things: size/weight of the pictures, the hanging options on the picture frame (like wire, ring, saw tooth hanger, etc.), and wall material.
For most pictures hanging on mast walls, a standard nail or picture hanging hook will do the job. I prefer the picture hanging hook. One picture hanging hook will often do the trick with a small print. A medium-sized print is more secure with two picture hanging hooks and will more likely stay centered. Large frames or heavy frames will need some kind of anchor if going into drywall with no stud. A toggle bolt carries the most load capacity, but will damage your wall since you have to drill a large-ish hole first. That's why I'd find a stud and hang that heavy picture with a nail on the stud. If you are in an apartment you may wish to consider 3M poster hangers that utilize plastic hooks or velcro strips. These also work will on brick walls… so much better than drilling.
The next trick is to find the perfect place to hang your picture. This step is often the most commonly flubbed art of the picture hanging task. First, you need to decide on which wall your image is going to be hung. You will want to measure across to find the center, and mark it with a pencil or painter's tape. Then, decide how high the picture will hang on the wall. This is where many people go wrong. As a general rule, the middle of the picture should be about eye level. Since everybody's eye level is slightly different, it's safe to go with 60-65 inches. Mark this on the wall as well. Match this vertical mark with the horizontal mark previously made. Now you know where the center of your picture should be.
Maybe you want mom's picture to be hung in a gallery wall of pictures of mom, this way you can show off your creativity. I suggest that you map this one out on a piece of paper. As a rule of thumb, try to keep prints evenly spaced from each other. Once it it mapped, decide where the center of the design is located and match that with the center of the wall you want it hung on. It may help to cut out pieces of paper that match all the frames. Use painter's tape and lay out you gallery before putting holes in the wall. Then you can move the papers about to perfect the design. When ready, you can switch the paper for the frame.
I have found that using painter's tape to mark the top edge of the picture is a quick and easy.
Mark the center of the placement of the picture. Make pencil marks on the tape for the edge of the frame as well. Measure the width of the frame and split the difference with the number of nails or hooks you wish to use to hang the picture.
Next, measure down on the frame itself, from the top of the frame to where the nail of hook needs to be. If the picture frame has a wire, pull the wire taut before measuring.
Next, measure down from the painter's tape the same distance from the halfway mark in your tape and mark where your nail or hanger will go on the wall.
Hammer in your nail or wall hanger. I use a clothes pin to help hold the nail or hook and to protect my fingers. Once the picture is hung, use a level to ensure it's evenness.
Bam! Mom will be so impressed!
I love your picture wall. The layout is so nice.


Here's a really cool video created by the people over at Science Friday about what's known as the Leidenfrost Effect.
Before we get into this cool little experiment let's discuss the science behind this cool physical phenomenon. When a liquid comes into contact with a mass that is hotter than the boiling temperature of that said liquid, the surface of the liquid quickly comes to a boil and creates a insulating vapor layer that acts as a barrier between the two.
Which is why you can quickly stick your wet hand into molten lead without burning your hand off (I would not recommend doing this though).
Now back to the experiment where water dropped on an extremely hot surface is capable of floating instead of immediately evaporating.
While studying the bizarre effect, physicists at the University of Bath realized that not only does the water float, but under the right conditions and temperatures it can actually climb upward.
Pretty cool huh?! Let us know what you think in the comment section below and don't forget to give this a share on Facebook before you go.


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Is this what democracy looks like?
As 2020 draws to a close and with Britain's only national museum of democracy under threat, we've got an inspirational seven minute read for you from Co-Chair and Trustee at People's History Museum (PHM), Martin Carr.
Our democracy may feel dysfunctional, and we may often feel ignored, but at least we can all do something about it…
It was Winston Churchill who quipped that 'Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others'. Whilst history has proved that to be undoubtedly true, mature democracies like ours can feel like they are in pretty poor shape and increasingly failing the people.
Question is, what can we the people do about it? Well, the most precious facet of a functioning democracy is that we are free to protest, to raise our voices, and to demand change.
According to The Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, which provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide, the latest global score for democracy fell to its lowest since the Index was first produced in 2006.
It claims that we are suffering a 'global democratic regression' and cites recent surveys into attitudes towards democracy that reveal what it calls a 'disjuncture between still-high levels of public support for democracy across the globe and deep popular disappointment with the functioning of democracy and systems of political representation'.
So, we like the idea of democracy (perhaps acknowledging that it beats any alternative), but in practice the way it plays out is just not performing for us.
But why not, here in the UK, in particular?
There are myriad opinions as to what isn't working, and a Kings College London paper of July 2020 even went so far as to ask the question, 'Is the Government actively undermining British democracy?' – pointing out that, since Prime Minister Boris Johnson was voted into power, his government has threatened parliamentary sovereignty, the independence of the judiciary, the independence of the BBC, the individual right to trial by jury and has undermined public confidence in all institutions of governance to an extent never seen before.
Regardless of the motivation on the part of the current UK government, as citizens we both see and feel the effects of an under performing democracy, and we all witness, even if not everyone actively shares, the rise in dissatisfaction with our politics, our politicians and the way in which we are represented and governed.
And this clearly isn't just a concern for Britain.
The 'failure' of democracy to represent the interests of people in the US was reinforced in a Princeton University study, back in 2014, which concluded that 'even when fairly large majorities of Americans favour policy change, they generally do not get it. The preferences of the average American appear to have only a minuscule, near-zero impact upon public policy.'
And, even before this research, Nobel Prize winner for Economics Paul Krugman had already called the US 'a democracy in name only'.
How do the failings in mature democracies such as the UK's and in the US manifest themselves? The Economist Intelligence Unit report summarises the main outcomes of the 'democracy recession' as:
an increasing emphasis on elite / expert governance rather than popular participatory democracy;
a growing influence of unelected, unaccountable institutions and expert bodies;
the removal of substantive issues of national importance from the political arena to be decided by politicians, experts or supranational bodies behind closed doors;
a widening gap between political elites and parties on the one hand and national electorates on the other;
a decline in civil liberties, including media freedom and freedom of speech.
Its conclusion, given these increasing failings, is that we have witnessed the retreat of political elites and parties from engagement with their electorates; resulting in falling levels of popular trust in political institutions and parties, declining political engagement, and a growing resentment among electorates at the lack of political representation.
So, if we were to choose to, it would perhaps be easy to become depressed at both a system of democracy – first past the post – that encourages polarisation and also by an ever increasing belief that decision making lies ever further away from we, the people, and that our voice and our interests count for very little.
But, against such a prevailingly gloomy picture, where the state of democracy in the UK and elsewhere is increasingly worrying, what can we do about it, and who is doing it?
If history teaches us anything, it is that we the people simply refuse to accept what patently doesn't work for us. And that opposition to the absence – or diminution – of our rights and of equality and representation, that have been so hard won, finds a way to be heard, to be taken notice of, and to help manifest positive change.
If there is one theme to be heard again and again at People's History Museum, it is that protest and activism have become ingrained in our culture. It is one of the cornerstones and strengths of our, albeit dysfunctional, democracy. And the evidence of its effectiveness is everywhere in the museum; demonstrating how the disaffected have found their voice, articulating demands that have influenced tangible change. And at a time when people may increasingly feel ignored or disaffected, and it may be difficult to see and hear evidence of this activism, it is undoubtedly present.
In fact, an increasing number of us are taking action, often in new ways.
For example, between January and June 2020 and the corresponding period in 2019, change.org experienced a 119% increase in the number of people starting petitions in the UK – and a 116% increase in those signing them. So, while trust and transparency appear to be low and falling, it is a fact that grassroots protest – of registering disapproval, of demanding positive change, of speaking your mind – is alive and well.
Away from the grassroots, and contributing to the context and backdrop in front of which local activism plays out, large scale protests garner significant media coverage and can dominate the news agenda – helping issues to both become and remain high profile. Black Lives Matter (BLM), born of outrage and anger, amplified by media and online, and fuelled by an unshakeable refusal to allow the status quo to remain, has become a significant global movement with an ongoing record of catalysing significant change in political and civic life.
Global protest movements such as BLM or Greta Thunberg's school strike for climate will ensure that a generation finds and maintains its voice over a lifetime, catalysing change. In addition, there are examples of individuals who have successfully used their profile and reputation to register protest, gaining wide support and building pressure that has helped bring about positive change. Here in Greater Manchester, Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford's 'victory' in achieving an extension of free school meals during the Covid-19 pandemic is the most current and best known example.
But – and extremely importantly – effective activism isn't just the domain of the famous and well known – people or movements. Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, junior doctor Rebecca McCauley started a change.org petition expressing frustration at the lack of testing for NHS workers, calling for them to be prioritised. The petition quickly gathered more than 1.5 million signatures, was picked up by national media and within days the government promised to make NHS staff a priority for tests.
Commenting on the rise in activism experienced through channels such as change.org, Sophie Walker, author of Five Rules for Rebellion; Let's Change the World Ourselves says 'there is a lot that is depressing about the state of the world. But the responding rise in activism is a cheering counter-energy'.
So, let's celebrate this counter-energy. As an increasing number of us find new ways to register our disapproval, to stand up for what we believe in, and to demand positive change, at People's History Museum we recognise the unique obligation and opportunity we have to help provide a focal point, as well as a repository for stories, and a space where all of this positive activism can be documented, celebrated and encouraged. Whether by sharing and exploring the impact on us all of momentous global change born of activism and protest, or by inspiring and motivating local and grassroots activism – online and in our communities – the national museum of democracy has an important and active role to play.
And we intend to play our part to the fullest; demonstrating what we can all learn from centuries of protest and activism, capturing and interpreting the national or global zeitgeist, and also by putting ourselves at the service of today's and tomorrow's activists and change makers.
No matter how poorly we may feel we are governed, long live activism; it's never felt more vital.
PHM has recently launched a crowdfunder aimed at raising £25,000 to help secure the future and ensure the survival of the national museum of democracy following the pressures that it has faced as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Interested in finding out more?
Watch this short video from Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery featuring three ballot boxes made by William Gould, the creator of the Merthyr ballot box on display in Main Gallery One at People's History Museum.
Find out about the Pontefract secret ballot box – used in the first election held after the passing of the 1872 Ballot Act, and featured in PHM's Disrupt? Peterloo and Protest exhibition (23 March 2019 – 23 February 2020) – in this previous blog from our friends at Wakefield Council – Wakefield Museums.
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When i am trying to find the folder details in repository using below code i am getting error which is a number changing every time. How to solve can any one help me in this.
I am using Alfresco4.0. The above code is working fine in alfresco3.4.
It is not recommended to call disvcoveryServicePort directly ,you can use opencmis api instead.
Thanks for you reply. Can you please suggest some material on this as in am not getting equivakent for navigation service.
can you please sugget what might be the problem or how to publish this now.
Please paste your code here.
i am getting the error as shown above…kindly let me know how to get session object.
Is there any problem with alfresco 4.0 with cmis.
Please suggest what should i do for getting session so that i can create a folder.
My initial code is in alfresco3.4d with direct web services which is working fine, same code is not working for me on alfresco4.0 so i changed to cmis.
This is t is a jar collision problem ,maybe there are more than one versions of xml parsing lib(for example xerces ) in your classpath .
Someone in this forum has encountered this error before.
I'm using version 4.2,I did not encounter this problem ,the code I pasted works fine in 4.2.


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Kieran Trippier's telling response to Newcastle before bid as owners look to banish Emery doubts
Newcastle United hope to sign Kieran Trippier from Atletico Madrid in the January transfer window and the England international is open to a reunion with Eddie Howe
Ciaran KellyNewcastle United writer
Kieran Trippier
Kieran Trippier had just enjoyed a family meal on New Year's Eve when his phone started to light up with messages from Newcastle United supporters on Instagram, urging him to move to Tyneside.
Trippier already has an idea of what to expect if he joins the club, having played at St James' Park on a number of occasions, and the England international would relish the chance to walk out in front of those fans on a regular basis.
ChronicleLive understands that Trippier feels he has already achieved what he set out to do at Atletico Madrid, after winning La Liga last season, and the 31-year-old wants to return to the Premier League.
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Trippier had his heart set on a switch to Manchester United last summer - the right-back changed representatives in the hope of securing a move to Old Trafford - but joining Newcastle would allow the Bury native to return to the north as he also looks to repay his young family for their support after they followed him to Madrid in 2019.
In some ways, it would be easier for Trippier to see out the season at Atletico and look at what options are available in the summer, when the England international will know whether Newcastle are still a Premier League outfit or not.
However, while Trippier is well-aware of Newcastle's perilous position in the table, the defender is excited by the prospect of becoming the first signing of this new era.
It remains to be seen what happens with potential relegation release clauses - Trippier, understandably, does not want to be playing in the Championship next season - but the club received positive noises from the player's camp about the possibility of a mid-season move. Hence why Newcastle felt moved to bid.
Diego Simeone, himself, acknowledged this after the Atletico boss admitted on Saturday that 'once a footballer makes a choice, there is not much we can do as coaches apart from telling Trippier how important he is for our team'.
Simeone rates Trippier and would loathe to lose him, but the Argentine also understands the player's desire to return to England and will not stand in his way if Newcastle meet the club's eight-figure asking price.
Kieran Trippier quickly became a favourite of Diego Simeone's (Image: Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
There is still work to be done, of course, as Chelsea monitor developments and Trippier was tellingly named in Atletico's squad for Sunday's game against Rayo Vallecano.
However, Newcastle remain hopeful that the deal could be finalised as early as next week if negotiations go to plan after the Magpies submitted an opening offer over the weekend.
We all know what happened when Newcastle last moved for a Spanish-based target, in Villarreal boss Unai Emery, so it is crucial the new owners close this deal and deliver one of Eddie Howe's priorities in the January transfer window.
Newcastle are well-stocked at right-back - Javier Manquillo, Emil Krafth and Jacob Murphy have all filled in this season - but the Magpies have not had an undisputed first-choice option for several years now and Howe quickly identified the position as an area to strengthen.
Howe, who embarked on a fact-finding mission to Atletico in October, previously worked with Trippier at Burnley and still rates the defender as one of the best crossers he has ever worked with.
Newcastle could certainly use some added creativity; although the injured Callum Wilson has scored two goals since Howe took charge, the striker has often lacked service and rarely gets more than a chance per game.
It is easy to see why Wilson is among those Newcastle players who would welcome Trippier's arrival, having got to know the full-back during their brief time together in the England set-up.
Trippier registered six assists for Atletico last season and his whipped deliveries from set-pieces would be another asset for Newcastle after Howe and his staff felt the Magpies could do more from dead ball situations even before taking charge last November.
Assistant Jason Tindall and first-team coach Stephen Purches have form in this area and it is worth noting that half of Bournemouth's goals in their penultimate season on the South Coast came from set-pieces.
Defensively, too, the vocal Trippier has improved under Simeone and it is not a coincidence that Atletico have not been quite as solid when the right-back has been unavailable.
Leaky Newcastle need another organiser at the back and, away from the pitch, Trippier is a positive influence in the dressing room, who could help act as a mentor to a number of players, including left-back Jamal Lewis.
It is far from a done deal but, even as he approaches the final years of his career, signing Trippier would be a statement of intent.
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