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Wo Men Podcast transcript: Discussing Black Panther and Chinese views on Black People
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Hi everyone this is Jing Jing.
Hi Everyone this is Ya Jun.
Today it is our great honour to have Kassie Lee with us.
Yay. Welcome.
Thank you, so happy to be here.
Kassie is African American who has been living in China for three years. She's a poet, a writer who just published her book which is called A Period of Warring States.
You can buy it online at the publisher's website. Anothernewcalligraphy.com. It's a press in Chicago, so … It delivers all over the United States.
It's beautiful.
It's beautifully designed. And have a China Daily on the cover. Its really cute.
Did you draw them?
No so the press asked me to send a bunch of photos for inspiration for it, so I sent, .. do you know Lu Ba draw(?), she's an artist in town, she makes really beautiful designs that I think symbolize Beijing, so I sent him some of her stuff, I sent him photos of pigeons because I think, I associate a lot of Pigeons with Beijing, when I moved here, hutongs, some surveillers, theirs surveillance cameras on the back …
So other than this beautiful book, the reason we want to invite KC today is to join us to discuss her new piece about the opening of Black Panther in China, and also talking, you know, a little bit, racial issues in China, so, ah, tell me, a little bit about your piece, you went to this big opening right, it looks really beautiful,
Absolutely so as you know Black Panther has been a worldwide phenomenon, and all my friends in America wen like maybe a month ago, all of us were getting excited for it to finally come to China,
So this organization, called Opopo, which stands for One People One Purpose, run by a Black American woman named Rianna Erin, So she decided she wanted to throw a big party about Black Panther coming here, and, the thing about Black Panther is the costumes are so beautiful, they're pan-African,
beautiful colours, and its kind of futuristic, so you kind of get to do this cool mix of being from the future and being African, so all the costumes and the outfits have been so beautiful so we wanted our Beijing version so she had a red carpet and there were photographers … and she bought a whole theatre down in Tiananmen square,
The whole theatre, and actually it sold out in two days and … it was packed, so we all went in, the whole theatre's packed with like beautiful African diaspora, African people, and friends, and there's two singers, so there was a black man, his name's king, so he's a local singer, so he sang some kind of soul ballads, and then another black woman came and sang, and then there was like Ugandan jimbae drummers, so that the drum that sits on your lap, people associate it with Africa, so there was six of them they were dressed in costumes and they were hitting the drums and everyone's going crazy … and then it was time to watch Black Panther … so we all got to watch it together it was so interesting and fun and freeing to watch that movie in the context of the black community in China …
So Im really grateful to Opopo for organizing it … So that was the event. And then I, along with sub-China, Asia managing editor, Mi Tou we went to the event because we wanted to cover it, we were all so excited,we wanted to be part of the fun, we thought it was just a really interesting story coming out of Beijing that you might not have heard otherwise so we went and we interviewed people we kind of wanted to be like red carpet journalists, we were like "what are you wearing"?
Laughter ..
That's the part I really enjoyed on your piece
But what did you wear?
… I had a Bolero (Valero) jacket , so that's kind of a short jacket that stops at your waist, then the fabric is Ghanaian, and black, so I bought it during college because in colleage I was really excited to be part of the African diaspora … I studied African ethnicity poetry and film, and I went to a lot of museums and openings about it so I was always like, African inspired, so its like Ghanaian prints from this designer Lucy Durudo,
Oh I like fashion
You should open your own fashion blog
Actually I'll tell you I became a feminist from read feminist fashion blogs
Yeah back in college I just loved clothes and I loved learning about clothes and like how they related to gender and women and policing ..race … like how you feel you are supposed to be as a woman … and cultural appropriation that happens in fashion so I learnt about that …
So let's talk about your piece, so what was going through your mind when you were structuring that article?
Ah at first I wrote this kind of puff piece where I talked about the clothes, and then Anthony Child th editor sent me some other articles that I felt was guiding me in the direction to maybe make a more thoughtful or interesting piece, and then I was just chatting with him about the how I felt that the articles that he had sent me were just really basic and reductive and were kind of terrible like they had headlines like Chinese people think Black Panther is just too Black,
Yeah, I saw that headline too
And another headline was like Can Chinese people accept black people after Black Panther, and those article were really frustrating because a lot of the research was like quoting people on Dubar, the social platform, which is, you could go on the youtube comments of anything and prove any points, so that was frustrating, or they would just talk to one person in the theatre, and that person would be like yeah it was cool I thought it was about American Imperialism, it wasn't about Black people, so they'd take like one quote from one person and then also, I thought that the one's that were coming, there's one in sixtow that came from a Black woman as well, and she said something that I really disagreed with, which … she says racism in China is cruder and more overt than it is in America,
Which I totally disagree with, … in the article I talked about what's cruder or more overt than the police shooting you when you don't have a gun on you, in the back, while you have handcuffs, which happens all the time, like every 28 hours a black man in America who's unarmed gets shot by the police …
I thought it was just ridiculous to say, oh yu know, this English school didn't hire me because, you know, I'm Black, as compared to the racism in America. And we have racial discrimination in employment in America its just not as posted, its in the back of everyone's minds. So that was the big … and I was like, wechatting Anthony about it and he was like yeah you should put that in the article, and I was like alright partner I'm going to take this really really seriously now,
Like before I was just like I want to go to the premiere and have fun and write a normal article and now I'm like .. really say my thoughts about blackness in China, and here, and my experience of race in China, and I think compared to people, a lot of black people also in Beijing, I think people kind of repeat these narratives, heard from here, its like, before they come they google what's it like to be a black person in China, and it says, people are gonna stare at you, people are gonna want to touch your hair, they'll want to take pictures. Then you Get here and that maybe happens when you're like at Tiananmen Square, and the Forbidden City because those people are not from Beijing, When I'm doing my daily life, that never happens, so I feel like people are looking for things to prove that, a lot of times, although that definitely does exist, and there are examples in the media, and that's another thing about the articles that were coming out, they were also citing the same incidents as proof of the racism here in China, it was a detergent commercial for Chalbi, they had a commercial where they had a black man and there was a Chinese lady and she kind of …
Oh, the washing machine
Yeah, the washing machine, and she puts him in and he comes out this sparkling Chinese man and a lot of Black people took that to mean oh they tink we're dirty and that was an example that four articles have cited as Chinese racism and at the recent annual gala event tv show
Rightwhere they had these kind of … if I can just explain quickly, there was a sketch where Chinese people were wearing blackface, and they'd put thinkgs like silicone in their butts to make it look bigger
Like a fake ass
Yeah …
So to look like this, you know, whatever version of African person,
How did that make you feel, I mean like … gala sketch was widely discussed and also widely criticized
Yeah,
In the international community in China, so how does that make you feel, like, as an African American, that lives in China
Yeah I think the representation is totally grotesque and terrible and so messed up and not based on reality and making fun of something in a very mean oppressive way so I think its absolutely terrible … I do think that there was a good response from the media, in calling it out and saying why … As an African America … I don't feel like that was making fun of me perhaps, I think maybe you know, this idea, it didn't feel like its me, I didn't feel like it had an impact on how Chinese people would treat me on the ground here in Beijing but I think it was absolutely terrible that they did that … it was deserved that they got the kind of reaction that they did in the media …
To be honest its kind of interesting to see how the whole thing developed
The gala was the show of the year, the Spring Festival is the time that you feel the CCTV you know put so much attention and resources into that gala show … they'd reheased it so many times, it went through so many layers of approval, and they should get something right .. I think that's why its discussed so much attention, if it was just some random local tv station, it wouldn't get so much attention, but on the other hand I think its interesting to see how much attention it attracts, and at the same time to help people to really start to think about it … I mean before in China you only hear the voice from the Han ethnic group ..
especially in China and you know, help people to learn more.
Because in China I can of feel that we for whatever, because we're kind of political, and there's not like in the US there's a huge diversity of culture and race, and in China, like it or not, we only here the voice in the media from the Han people's voice so somehow I feel like after this CCTV people start to pay more attention to this racial issue, and also Black Panther came out and there's so many weird discussion about it, also reading some comment piece, written by a Chinese writer on …that commentary piece was literally like really really really racist ..but the funny thing that's in the article is that there's no racial issue in China and there's no racism in China .. and of course on the comments section there's a lot of people criticize him, saying that your article is totally against your argument, what's his argument, what's he …
He says that the article was saying that you know Marvel tried too hard to make sure the movie is politically correct, because the whole cast and the director is either African or African American,
I think he's African American … so the Chinese article concerned was saying that you know, nobody …dare to criticise the movie because if you criticize the movie you that means you are not politically correct, but that article starts to criticize the production, and he doesn't like it, and he says, oh …I don't like it not because I'm racist, .. there's no racism in China,
Yeah, exactly, so you see a lot of this weird comments start to come out, and then at the same time you see people responded, in the comments section, so its very interesting in this year to with two things happening and attrat people's attention to this topic
Going back to KC your experience in China because you're in China for a little bit over three years, and then you were born and grew up in the US, and maybe you can share a little bit how you feel about your experience here compared to your experience back in America so, … first again, understanding of your life here,
Yeah, absolutely, its really complex, … I've lived in .. so America's really diverse, and … race is really different, and I grew up in southern California, and so it was diverse there in different ways, a lot of Asian Americans, a lot of Chicano, there were Latino people there, not that many Black people compared to other places in America, and then I went to New York city which is so many Black people from all over, a lot of Afro-Caribbean, a lot of African immigrants there, so that was one experience, and then I came to China, and also had a unique experience as well,
What do you mean unique?
Um, so I think its also different between different people in China so I .. I'm African American and I came here and I'm a woman which I thinks its different than if I was African American man, there's like differences there, specially people talk about things like dating, those kinds of things can be really different based on if you're a man or a woman, And one feeling I had here is I felt invisible, in some ways that's good and in some ways that's not so good, like when you, for me when I walk around a street in America or I'm at a café and overhear people … often I'll get angry about what I'm hearing because I think people are being kind of racist or something, very frequently you'll like, you know, just overhear things, for me when I encounter … especially now with like Trump when I encounter a new white person, I'm always questioning, like in the back of my head, do they think I'm an angry Black woman, do they think Black people should be in prison, do they think like Make America Great, so its in the back of my mind wondering where a person thinks about race,
And it was only after Trump got you like this …
Its more so now because apparently a majority of white people n America decide that that was OK, so … in the privacy of a voting booth, so we were saying about the political correctness, its like pc culture, its like in America a lot of people will say to your face, I'm not racist, …you know, I'm not this that, but then, they go and then they
In their mind
Or when they're with their family or especially where they know there is no person of colour around …like even ths week I was at a place where I was getting lunch and there were some Americans chatting and they were talking about similar themes of like race and I was listening to them and feeling like angry I can't remember exactly what the topic was but
Another weird thing was like I was just walking one day and this was like an emotional feeling .. I was waling one day and hen a car came really close to me and I was lie OH …
Is this in Beijing
Yeah in Beijing and I was like this person, he ws like Chinese, he's just driving bad, but I looked and it was a white person and I'm like scared now, cause there's
Not so much at my age, but there's such a history of Black people being victims to just violence in America and 1820 no repercussions at all, its still like not like as much any more but its just like you know when my parents were born it was illegal for a black person and a white person to get married. Like its very recent that its started to be like that, so like in China I feel like people maybe don't care so much about like enforcing racism here its just like 'oh I don't really know about that, or I never, I think especially the way I look like I've got big hair and stuff like that, its curly, especially when I'm in tourist areas people have literally never seen anyone who looks like me, in person, and its kind of that way even when I go to countries that are not China, that don't have people that look like me, it's the same thing, people are like Oh my God, can I take a picture, so its not like a Chinese-specific thing, um, in terms of that, which I think is a lot of what people talk about when they talk about racism in Beijing, is this
Feeling of oh they don't understand my hair or they want to touch my hair, or they ask me, is there African people in America, or just kinds of things that I would associate more with ignorance than with like racism, racism is more to me like enforcing this kind of racist caste system, or like violence or things like that, like in Black Panther, I thought it was really nuanced the character who plays the villain, xxx, his name is Eric Kilmongerhe's from Oakland, which is, I think that's where the director's from, in the comic book, that character's from like Oakland, but they moved it to New York, and he is talking about the violence that happens in America, and he goes back in time ..and there's the dad who was killed by the father of the Black Panther… yada yada … he goes back in a dream and visits his dad and his dad's dead and in the flashback he's like a kid and the dad says to him, why are you not crying, like I'm your dad and I died and why are you not crying, and he says, so many people die around here, and just, you know, there's so much violence, in the states about the racial system and the director's first movie, the screenwriting directors called Ryan k?ublic, and the villain Kilmonger is played by Michael B. Jordan, and their first film together was about a police shooting in Oakland, where a young blackman who also had a daughter a young daughter he got in a fight with some the police took him out of the subway with like four friends and they put them on the ground and they put them in handcuffs on their stomachs and the policeman gets out his gun and he shoots him, in the back, and he dies, so this was, I can't remember, 2008 or 9, around then. So the policeman says I didn't mean to get my gun I meant to get my taser, and taze him
Ok, laughter
Got to try harder to make that excuse
Exactly, I mean and this happens so much in America, that's what I was saying, every 28 hrs that happens in America, and so the police they have no repercussions, they don't go to jail, they sometimes will get a suspension from their job, so that was part, so for me when I was watching Black Panther I knew that those two actors had had this background together and that it was set in Oakland, so that's like kind of secretly in the film for me, when I'm watching it
So for me, comparing that racism to like, you know, the racism in China is like they're not even comparable,
Not comparable
Yeah, exactly
Towards Black people,
You know that's very interesting because personally I have very very limited knowledge about the Black community or African community, I have to confess that all of my knowledge about Black community in the US comes from um we have one friend who is African American and he's very interesting always talk about you know cultural … he's really talkative
And we just love chatting with him and he's so dramatic and another source for me is Blackish (laughter) the tv show,
I don't watch it but I'm a fan of Tracy Ellis Ross, the Mom I think, love her Instagram
Yeah that's my only knowledge source of like African American community. But I think, you know, I feel like at least I have some access to that … and I also study RCs and people that like experience some kind of racial issues, in friends, so at least I had some kind of taste about it, but I think a lot of people around me like my family I don't think they have ever met any you know black people in their life … so that's why when you're talking about ignorance its not an excuse but somehow I do feel like you know, the media give them a picture or stereotype you know for a Chinese audience about what Black people should be … or how they behave and all of that
And I would say its not just a Chinese thing. I went Finland in college in for a week and on was on spring break and I was partying and I made some guy friends, and then they came to visit us in New York like maybe a year later and they were terrified, they were so scared, they were like, Oh my God, I've never seen Black people but I'm really scared, there's so many Black people around, and they're from Finland, and all they know about …
Because Finland is a very white community
And they thing is they'd only seen Black people on tv., that's my point, and so they thought they'd seen all the gangster films and the rap music videos and this idea is what they think of Black people, I mean honestly its really changing a lot and that's why with Black Panther of Blackish we have shows like this we have Insecure which is a show which is like 20-something Black women in L.A.,
And I think the biggest difference to me is like Black people are behind the cameras, they're the directors and screenwriters now, but we've been represented by White directors and so we get like typecast as you know the thug or Black women get typecast as the Maid or the funny Maid or that kind of stuff so I do think that kind of Black where your only way of knowing about a certain community is from television that can totally guide your perception
yep yep unfortunately
I totally agree in terms of the misrepresentation in the creative industries, you know from movie, tv series, KC mentioned that it was Black people would play a villain or a bad guy and its rarely to see that Black people would play positive roles, to me I remember there is one movie I love it so much it was a music, Sister …
It was so great, that movie, and I remember like I watched on tv when I was young, and it was like probably in early 1990s, you know this is just an odd example to show that actually there are some …
Positive statements
Positive representation, which I think is like, you know, I totally agree if like more and more people are exposed to more diverse cultural representation, whether its race or ethnicity, and they would probably grow up to be embracing and then multiculture
Actually the reason I want to do this episode is you know because of your article and because I don't have an answer for that yet but I feel like you know its important for people to learn about the thing you know how we can contribute to this, to have more discussion about racial issue in China, and you know, help people to learn more, because you know I feel that in China we, because you know, we're raised in the political whatever, out access to information is so limited,
Let alone African American or Black people or whatever, we cannot hear from our own minority groups yet just now at the lunch we were discussing image, public image of whether Uigurs, Tibetans or other minorities cannot be heard, in China there's one voice its Han people's voice, and that's the voice that is emphasized over and over again, on tv, on media, yeah, so after a while we're used to one voice, and you because you are in the system of that one voice, you need to reflect whether what we hear is right or wrong, whether it somehow lacks the complexity of kind of diversity you know cultural diversity, racial diversity, yeah, you know, just miss so much …
If we're talking …about you know the Chinese diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, one I was thinking, I'm not trying to find excuse for people but I was just trying to dig out why people ..
Right, when you are the majority, you actually don't know what the minority feels like, and you don't know what sorts of comments you give would hurt minorities, because you had never experienced what a minority had experienced, for example, biases, or racist comment, so as a majority race growing in China you can probably never imagine, what the experience that minority might have, so I think it's a totsl ignorance that totally needs more education, for them to stand in the opposite parties' shoes, how does that make you feel if I say something, for example,
Yeah, that's why I think studying overseas really helps because put myself into other peoples' shoes,
Actually I went to France for a couple of years and in France my landlord was totally racist, and somehow I had a better experience in the US, I had an internship in a Mayor's office in a city near Boston, and everyone there was like after the experience in France I feel like the experience was really amazing, people just show me everywhere and explain to me how the political system works and ah, it was really nice,
For the education purpose … what kind of behaviour pissed you off in China, if I may ask
Like, racially speaking?
Oh my God, well …
So many (laughter)
No, I'm like almost the opposite, I don't know, I don't think me personally I've experienced that much racism, here, almost at all, and anything that I would actually label like, that was really racist, there are times where you feel like people don't understand, you want to ask questions
For example? Maybe give us an example.
Yeah, I had a friend who was, she was here a long time ago, she was like … she is Black she is from Columbia, she was at a conference and she remembers some guy, you know why you're so dark? Because you eat too much soy sauce. Like
I just think he was being funny, but that's my thing, when people bring up the racism in China, the biggest thing people say is the English teaching, that if you are black there's discrimination in the English teaching industry, if you're a native speaker, but they think that if you look like you're African, maybe you won't be hired, or if there's a funny one in the group that happened in the Black Panther group, that someone was talking to a Chinese recruiter for an English teaching job, and the recruiter said I'm sorry but we're looking for native English speakers only, and the person says well, what makes you think I'm not a native English speaker, and the recruiter says, well I don't know, I've seen you posting a lot about this country Wakanda, and I don't know where that is, but I know its not America or Canada.
So Wakanda's the fictional land that Black Panther's from. So its pretty funny. So, but for me, like people will say that you can be as dark as Barak Obama, but if you're darker then you can't work in the English teaching industry. This is kind of the rumour people talk about, this happens to people, I've never personally experienced it, I have friends who are darker than Barak Obama, (laughter) who work in education
Right, in China
Yeah, in China, in Beijing And Ah, I think that, so I haven't experienced that that happens, so its kind of funny that people will phrase that that way, but I personally haven't experienced that
Do you think that that feeling is stronger for people who come from so-called African countries?
You mean from the continent?
Yeah the continent of Africa.
Ah, yeah so a couple of things. So, one I think that especially from Americans, there's a narrative where we want to paint Chinese people as racially behind us, and I think Americans like to do that, to say, we like to do that all over the world, to say Oh we're better we're more PC (politically correct), look at all this racist Chinese people, so when people went into this conversation with that as what they wanted to say and then tried to find things to prove it
So I personally haven't experienced really that much racism, here, compared to anywhere. The second thing is yes, I'm an American, that's a huge, huge difference, I think if you're a native speaker of English but say you're from Ghana, where they speak English but you have like a Ghanaian accent, there will be more discrimination for you, even from Black Americans I think we have some discrimination or I personally have some discrimination against Africans, here, as well
I don't like it, its not good, its just something that's like in my brain, I mean like in America we say everyone's a little bit racist because our society's racist
Yeah, exactly, everyone's a little bit racist
My point is not that everyone's trying to do that, its just that you've grown up and you have this racist idea of people before you met them, and then you spend your life actively trying to not be racist, or learn more and more and more, and that's the best anyone can do is keep trying and learning about it, because you're never going to be a perfect anti-racist
And, so but there's a huge divide I think, there's a lot of people trying to bridge that gap, I specifically see a lot of people who are African, like their parents are from Africa, but they grew up in America and now they're in China, so they feel connected to all three of those spaces
And want to help, or work with how China is now working in Africa
Mmm I see …
Because there's a whole different reason why a lot of people from the continent are here, its like, maybe they want to work in engineering, or this kind of stuff, to work on infrastructure, projects that China is doing right now in Africa, and that was something that also came up in the group that was kind of funny was, in the movie the girl makes a joke, about, this white American guy comes up behind her and kind of scares her, and she says don't scare me like that, colonizer!
She's like don't come up on me like that Colonizer!
So I asked in the group, How was that line translated in the subtitles? And someone said, Are you gonna use that word on Chinese people to talk about what they're doing in Africa now?
Aha. Wow. Laughter. Bullshit!
Wow. OK. More laughter.
So I thought that was really, it's just, I think that's so, there's like these global networks going on right now, so there's this relationship between China and the continent that is not really related to my personal experience but I think it's interesting and I've always kinda looked at it because I think it's fascinating, like I've always been interested in global migration and diaspora and all that stuff, so that's yeah, there's African and there's African American, here, and there's also Afro-Caribbean here, and there's people who are mixed, or like, so, it's a big complicated thing, we're not just like one big bloc of people that all think the same of have the same experiences,
Do you think that African people in China face more discrimination, also from Chinese people, than Black Americans do?
It seems like there's this image of African here as being like really dangerous, or people will say to me, oh I heard this African guy, like my Chinese tutor will be like Oh I heard these African guys, like, beat up this Chinese person on the weekend, there always doing that, or, people associate African people as like drug dealers here, like in ?? there's that joke, there's all these African guys selling drugs or whatever
Yeah, like, at the police station!
So isn't that …. I don't think Chinese people associate that with me, or, with other Black Americans
Mm. Hmm.
Um, its not good or bad, I just think bad exists in Beijing.
Mmmhm.
With, those kinds of ideas. Yeah.
That didn't occur to me, to be honest, until I went to the Africa ..
Africa 2.0?
It's a event?
It's a panel discussion.
They're like a group here, Africa 2.0 and they organize panel discussions, networking, all that kind of stuff.
Yep. Right.
The one I went to was, I think, a few weeks ago. Held in Bookworm. And they have like six panellists coming from different industries. Talking about their experience, how they think of the CCTV skit, and also their personal experience and their view about racial issues … in China, which was really interesting, so have people come from you know, some of them are from African American, other come from the continent of Africa,
And that's the first time I realised, oh, actually there's a different background, people come from different countries, their viewpoint is very different, and their background is very different. Yeah that's very interesting.
So, you mentioned in your articles there's different ethnic, sorry, different groups, and the people try to connect to each other among, um, the Black people in China, so, how does that work?
Do you mean like wechat groups?
You mentioned that there's like a bunch of them …
Or like organizations?
Yeah yeah yeah, so there's like a bunch of different organizations and wechat groups, so there's Opop, which is the one that did the event, the red carpet …
Right …
And they're like a wechat magazine, so they publish wechat posts, about trying to spread positivity about Africa and its diaspora in China, And there's Black Jem, which kind of more focusses on the creative industries and arts, so they'll do big arts events, Africa 2.0 as you tlked about, there's so many more, there's wechat groups I'm in like one called like Black Expo, its just like again, another creative market type thing, there's Black Women in Beijing, there's … I'm probably in like six or seven wechat groups, that are on Blackness, some version, or interest within the …. And I think its like a bonding thing too, I mean I met some of my best friends when I first got here, we were in a bar and they were like You're Black, I'm Black, let's be Black girls in Beijing,
Yeah, laughter, That's nice
So, I don't know If Chinese people feel like if you're in France and you met a Chinese person you might feel like, Oh Hey! I don't know, I have no clue. But for me, I mean in high school I joined the Black club, … in college you just join, and yeah its nice there's a share d experience and a culture element too, its like we like the same music, or wanna talk about something racist happens at work, you want someone who is like Yeah, I get it, not like, That's not true, like you're imagining that. So you like naturally find the community. Black women in particular, we have, you know, I'm like, I left all my make up in the taxi, where can I find my shade, and they're like, Go to ? in ? they have … get the darker shade its gonna work,
Especially for hair stuff too, that's a big thing, we're like, Oh I wanna get the Style Breeze, wanna do XYZ with my hair, someone help me buy something, yeah and then, just like kind of bonding, I love ? people, wherever they are, ….
We're just so beautiful, we're just like … have so much fun, so … and I think the premiere really showed that,
Right, ahe fun
Yeah. And I think people who were Black were like, Wow! This is so cool! The music, the drums, the excitement, the clothes, the hair, you know?
We just like to … show our beauty to the world,
That's awesome. It's just such an amazing culture, I mean like how you bond with each other and like, how many talented people, like really two of my favourite singers, amazing jazz singers, Black ladies, Nina Simone and Billy Holliday
They're like just the amazing voice ….
Yeah, like Nina Simone's just so interesting, she wanted to be like a classical pianist …. But she got into like the top school and they were like, We're not accepting Black people, even though she had all the talent to get in… So she's like, So, I guess I have to go sing jazz, which was lucky for the world..
Because she's amazing
I know,
But she experienced, she moved to Africa for a bit, she moved to Liberia, and she was like, I finally feel free here, even though she's Black American. So, you know, we've just been, especially artists and writers, …. I always talk about one of my favourite writers from the 1930s, he travelled extensively and he was in Shanghai, in the 1930s, and he was like hanging out with like jazz performers, and talking about race in Shanghai, and like white people in the French Concession, these people he met, and he was like, almost a hundred years ago, so we're all, you know, it's a beautiful artistic community,
I think there's a willingness to get to know each other, I hope … I mean I'm like this American, I know people from the Continent will be like Oh, she's so American!
Aha (laughing). …
…. So many different cultures.
That's the thing I don't like, you know, in Chinese media, they always say Africa,
Yeah, that kind of covers everything …
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know
So people like in America in the States do that too … I'll be like Name your favourite country and like Africa, and Argentina, and yeah, there's like one of my favourite websites in college it was about news from Africa, but it was it was called Africa'snotacountry.com
Laughter. That's awesome.
That's great.
So I hope we just like keep learning and engaging, with each other, and the world's changing, and, I don't know, let's be part of it I hope
I hope whoever's listening to this cast learn a little bit from it …
Yeah, absolutely
Yeah, having more discussions, learn from each other, talking …
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Bilek ha ottenuto il titolo di maestro internazionale nel 1958 e di grande maestro internazionale nel 1962. È stato tre volte campione nazionale d'Ungheria (1963, 1965, 1970) e ha disputato gli interzonali nel 1962 e nel 1964. I suoi migliori tornei sono stati quelli di Balatonfüred (1960), Salgótarján (1967) e Debrecen (1970), dove è arrivato primo.

Bilek ha giocato nella nazionale ungherese in nove Olimpiadi degli scacchi (le edizioni dal 1958 al 1974), ottenendo tre medaglie individuali: argento in quarta scacchiera nel 1962, bronzo in terza scacchiera nel 1966 e argento in seconda scacchiera nel 1972.

Il suo Elo massimo è stato pari a 2500, raggiunto nel febbraio 1973.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

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The Veterans who were there, at the beginning, can tell you. The U.S. Army in the Far East area was not ready for a major war. These were garrison troops living the "good life" of Occupation Duty in Japan. Most of the units were only partially filled out with equipment and personnel. They certainly weren't ready for winter campaigns on the Korean peninsula; winter at the leeward edge of the Siberian tundra; winter so cold that blood would freeze before it could clot. That was some of the roughest, coldest campaigning this side of Valley Forge.


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Q: How to import code remotely? IOS In the app I'm making I want to call to some code from another class and import it into a view controller. How would I do this?
The .h code that I'm trying to import from:
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>

@protocol LocationGetterDelegate <NSObject>
@required
- (void) newPhysicalLocation:(CLLocation *)location;
@end

@interface LocationGetter : NSObject <CLLocationManagerDelegate> {
    CLLocationManager *locationManager;
    id delegate;
}

- (void)startUpdates;

@property (nonatomic, retain) CLLocationManager *locationManager;
@property(nonatomic , retain) id delegate;
@end

The .m code I'm trying to import from
@synthesize locationManager, delegate;

BOOL didUpdate = NO;

- (void)startUpdates
{
    NSLog(@"Starting Location Updates");

    if (locationManager == nil)
        locationManager = [[CLLocationManager alloc] init];

    locationManager.delegate = self;

    // You have some options here, though higher accuracy takes longer to resolve.
    locationManager.desiredAccuracy = kCLLocationAccuracyKilometer;
    [locationManager startUpdatingLocation];
}

- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manager didFailWithError:(NSError *)error
{
    UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Error" message:@"Your location could not be determined." delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles: nil];
    [alert show];
    [alert release];
}

// Delegate method from the CLLocationManagerDelegate protocol.
- (void)locationManager:(CLLocationManager *)manage didUpdateToLocation:(CLLocation *)newLocation fromLocation:(CLLocation *)oldLocation
{
    if (didUpdate)
        return;

    didUpdate = YES;

    // Disable future updates to save power.
    [locationManager stopUpdatingLocation];

    // let our delegate know we're done
    [delegate newPhysicalLocation:newLocation];
}

- (void)dealloc
{
    [locationManager release];

    [super dealloc];
}

@end

All this code I'm trying to import remotely into a view-controller.
Thanks!

A: You just need tomreference this class in your code file and you can use it. If you are accessing delegage methods you need to implement in you .h file of viewcontroller

A: Add both the files to your project. In the file where you want to use the "LocationGetter" class, just #import the header file. That should make it work -- assuming you have added CoreLocation.framework to your project.
You need to import the header file since at compile time, the compiler will needs to see the declaration of LocationGetter and its methods before it can process them. However, the actual definitions are not needed till link time, so just having the .m around in your project is enough.

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Edwin Thayer Barlow (April 2, 1869 – July 8, 1959) was an architect with Carrère and Hastings in New York City and at his own architectural practice in North Adams, Massachusetts. He designed a couple of buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places as well as renovating one that is a contributing property to the Blackinton Historic District. He also designed several school buildings.

Early life and education
Barlow was born in Troy, New York. He attended Drury High School and graduated from Cornell University where he studied architecture in 1891.

Career
Barlow began his career working with H. Neil Wilson of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, designed military buildings in New York for the U.S. Army, and then joined the firm of Carrere and Hastings before launching his own practice in North Adams. He lived at 206 Church Street in North Adams.

Death and burial
He died in North Adams at his home at 206 Church Street and is buried at Hillside Cemetery in North Adams.

Work

Johnson School (ca. 1898) in North Adams. NRHP listed
The Boardman (1899) in North Adams. NRHP listed
Supervising architect for the Blair Building (1902-1903) in New York City, one of the city's earliest skyscrapers
Involved in marble work at New York Public Library
Dowlin Block (1895) at 101-107 Main Street in North Adams; the historic building was built for an attorney and includes marble in its facade. It sold in 2017.
Renovation (1896) of North Adams mill owner Stanford Blackinton's mansion (originally designed by Marcus F. Cummings) into the North Adams Public Library in what is now the Blackinton Historic District
North Adams YMCA
Notre Dame School in North Adams
St. Patrick's Church in Williamstown, Massachusetts
East Renfrew School in Adams, Massachusetts

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OIST Workshop "Geometric Aspects of Partial Differential Equations"
Monday, January 15, 2024 (All day) to Thursday, January 18, 2024 (All day)
Main Campus, Seminar Room B250 (Center Building)
Nowadays an increasingly close connection has been developed between partial differential equations and geometry. The past years have witnessed applications of PDEs to a wide variety of geometry related problems arising in both pure mathematics and applied sciences such as isoperimetric problems, surface evolution, control theory, image processing, and optimal transport. On the other hand, geometric analysis also provides many novel techniques to help us understand fundamental properties of PDEs including convex structure, spectral information and asymptotic behavior.
The purpose of this workshop is to present recent progress and new trends in PDEs from geometric perspectives. It aims to bring together the world's leading experts and provide an international forum for researchers who are interested in this field. We plan to discuss various topics on PDEs with emphasis on geometric aspects including convexity of solutions, shape analysis, asymptotic behavior, eigenvalue problems, overdetermined problems, geometric functional inequalities, etc. With an interdisciplinary scope, this workshop also pays attention to numerous applications of recent PDE results to other related areas.
Organizers: Kazuhiro Ishige (University of Tokyo), Qing Liu (OIST), Paolo Salani (University of Florence)
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A promotion is as good as it is successfully communicated to the customers. Now you can easily highlight and effectively promote your products with the new Nop Product Ribbons plugin. The Nop Product Ribbons allow store owners to add ribbons with text and images to the various products in their nopCommerce store.
Live DEMO - see how the Nop Product Ribbons plugin would look like in your public store.
In the next sections we will provide you with general information on how to setup your ribbons.
This section could be found in almost every plugin. It covers the basic and most common settings for every plugin.
Enabled - If checked the Product Ribbons plugin will be enabled.
Product Box Selector - The selector for the product box. The product box is used for listing products on pages like category page, manufacturer page, home page, etc. It is used by the integration of the plugin for displaying the Small product picture ribbon.
Product Box Picture Container Selector - The selector for the product box picture container. The product box is used for listing products on pages like category page, manufacturer page, home page, etc. It is used by the integration of the plugin for displaying the Small product picture ribbon.
Product Page Picture Parent Container Selector - The selector for the parent container of the product picture located on the product page. It is used by the integration of the plugin for displaying the Big product picture ribbon.
Product Page Big Picture Container Selector - The selector for the container of the big product picture located on the product page. It is used by the integration of the plugin for displaying the Big product picture ribbon.
You can create as many ribbons as you want.
In order to create a new ribbon go to Plugins -> Nop Product Ribbons -> Product Ribbons. Click on the Add Product Ribbon button as shown on the image above.
Available Product Tokens - The tokens will be automatically replaced with their values for the product, on which the ribbon will be shown. They are used in Small and Big product picture ribbon tabs.
The General Information tab, contains general settings for the current ribbon.
Enabled - If checked then this product ribbon will be activated. If unchecked then the product ribbon will be deactivated.
Name - This is the name of the ribbon and is a required field. It is needed, so that you can separate your ribbons from each other as you can have as many ribbons as you want.
Stop adding ribbons after this one is added - It is possible that you have several ribbons that could be shown for a given product, so if this is checked you can guarantee that no other ribbon will be show after this one is shown.
Priority - As it is possible to have several ribbons for the same product then the priority number is used to sort the ribbons and show them in this order. The ribbon with the lowest priority number will be shown first, then the next ribbon etc. The order is important especially in cases when a given ribbon has the Stop adding ribbons after this one is added enabled then no other ribbons will be shown after it.
From date - Set the start date from which the Ribbon will be activated. This is very useful for example when you want to show a ribbon for a season sale and you can set when the promotion of this sale to start.
Leave empty if you don't want to limit the ribbon by any start date and it will be activated unless you have a To date set (see below). The From date is in UTC time.
To date - Setting the end date to which the ribbon will be active. This is useful when you want to stop showing the ribbon after this date. For example when your special offer is over and the ribbon doesn't make sense any more. The To date is in UTC time.
In the Small product picture ribbon tab, you can configure the ribbons that are show on all pages, except the one show on the big product image on the product page. We separated the big product image, because it is bigger than all of the other images, hence you can add a bigger ribbon to it.
Text - In here you can use the Available Product Tokens. The tokens will be automatically replaced with their values for the product, on which the ribbon will be shown.
You could also Specify the text of the ribbon. This text will appear over the product image.
If you use a ribbon picture that contains text, leave empty .
Enabled - You could have many product ribbons. With this setting you could choose to enable/disable current product ribbon.
Position - The default location where the ribbon will appear relative to the picture of the product.
You can customize further with the styles settings below, if needed.
Picture - From this setting you could Manage pictures or Select a picture for your ribbon.
Manage Pictures - From here you could Upload a new picture or delete an existing one.
Select picture - From here you could select already existing picture.
Preview picture - From here you can preview the selected picture.
Ribbon style - Here you can specify css styles that will be applied only to the ribbon html element.
The ribbon html element is the main html element for the ribbon that wraps the ribbon image and the ribbon text elements.
Ribbon text style - Here you can specify css styles that will be applied only to the ribbon text (label) element.
The ribbon text is an label html element that is nested inside the ribbon element.
Ribbon image style - Here you can specify css styles that will be applied only to the ribbon image (img) element.
The ribbon image html element is nested inside the ribbon element.
In the Conditions tab you can specify conditions for the current product ribbon. If the conditions are met, the product ribbon will be shown.
You could find more information of how the conditions work in the following article - Conditions.
From the Product Overrides tab you can include or exclude products regardless of the conditions. For example if you add a product with the include state, the ribbon will be shown over that product, regardless of the conditions. If you add a product with the exclude state, the ribbon will not be shown over that product, regardless of the conditions.
You could find more information of how the product overrides work in the following article - Product Overrides.
You can add a ribbon image, by clicking on the Ribbon Images menu.
To add an image click on the Upload a file button, select your image and click on the Add picture button.


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B L O C K C H A I N T E C H N O L O G Y
Blockchain is one of the most talked-about emerging technologies in today's digital space along with AI – Artificial Intelligence, ML – Machine Learning, IoT – Internet of Things, Big Data, Edge/Cloud Computing that is capable of, if implemented and accepted worldwide, bringing about a huge change in the way communications/transactions are carried out in any form and in any industry. Though some of the forward-thinking organizations have started using this technology, large-scale adoption will change the way things are being perceived today.
The definition of Blockchain as per Wikipedia is "a growing list of records, called blocks that are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp and transaction data which is generally represented as a Hash/Merkletree".he term "Blockchain" (previously Block Chain) can be simply defined as the term itself denotes – a chain of blocks. It is a distributed form of ledger keeping where each individual node maintains all the chain of blocks or transactions preceding it. This latest technology is the buzz word of all the industries today including the Banking and Financial Sector, where the utility is far-reaching and huge.
Blockchain is widely believed to be invented by a person (or a group) going by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, whose identity is unknown, particularly for the purpose of cryptocurrency "bitcoin". In his original paper, Satoshi Nakamoto used the words block and chain separately, but it later became popular as a single word blockchain.
Blockchain technology can neither be attributed to an organization nor thought of as an application, but only a new way of data documentation on the internet. The technology helps in developing different blockchain applications, for example, social networks, messengers, games, exchanges, online shops and many such more. In other words, it is very much like the present-day internet and that's why is also being called as "The Internet 3.0".
The forms of the information recorded on a blockchain can be many like transfer of money, ownership, a transaction, an agreement between two parties, etc. To establish the authenticity of the transaction, it requires confirmation from several devices on the network such as computers. Once an agreement is reached (called consensus) between all the devices in the network, the information/data is stored on a blockchain that cannot be disputed, deleted or modified without the knowledge/agreement of all the participants.
In other words, the blockchain is resistant to alteration of data by its design and is a distributed open ledger to record transactions between parties in a permanent way that is verifiable and efficient. It is managed by a peer-to-peer network that follows a common protocol for communication and validation. Once any data is recorded, it cannot be altered retroactively without touching all the subsequent blocks. This, in blockchain, mandatorily requires the approval of all the participants/stakeholders in the network.
A simple representation of how Blockchain/Bitcoin works, Source: Google Images
The main reasons for the popularity of this technology are Decentralisation, Transparency, Security and Immutability.
Decentralisation/Distributed: Approach to distributed storage and verification of data and no need for a Central Authority – since the data is stored in many devices on a network of nodes, it's highly resistant to failures (both technical and physical). Each node in the network replicates and stores a copy of the database, thus preventing a single point of failure.
Transparency: In a distributed ledger, all the participants in the network share the same data which can be updated only through consensus.
Security: Transactions in a blockchain must be agreed upon before they are recorded and later encrypted and linked to the previous transaction.
Immutability: Ability to remain unaltered and indelible.
Experts and observers of the technology point out that there are many disadvantages also in the blockchain like usage of excessive energy to function, limitation in scalability, not being completely indestructible, can grow very large over time and lead to storage constraints and vulnerable to 51% attacks (if one entity manages to control more than 50% of the computing power, will allow them to meddle with the transactions).
Types of Blockchain
There are three primary types of blockchains.
Public: These are designed as fully decentralized, which are open-source, allowing anyone to participate as users, miners, developers. All the transactions on public blockchains are fully transparent and anyone can examine the transaction details. , Bitcoin, Ethereum, LiteCoin, etc.
Private: Also known as permissioned blockchains, where the participants need consent to join the network. The transactions, being private, are only available to the participants in the ecosystem. , Hyperledger, Corda, Hashgraph, etc.
Hybrid: A combination of private/permissioned and public blockchains where it has both the benefits like privacy (private), security and transparency (public). , Ripple, Dragonchain, etc.
Present Status of Blockchain
Though initially started for cryptocurrency, bitcoin, there are a multitude of usages of this technology and many organizations are either experimenting with this technology or in the process of collaborating to know the extent to which their purposes can be served.
The following organizations have already made significant progress in the implementation of the Blockchain technology or exploring the possibility in their operations.
Samsung and many more
Blockchain in India
Public blockchains, as discussed earlier, can solve many Indian problems such as providing data security, reducing corruption, eliminating middlemen, improving the delivery of service by Governments and Organizations, etc. But the current scenario in India is more focused on the consequences of misuse of this technology (particularly cryptocurrencies) rather than understanding the potential the blockchain technology can offer.
Having said that, our Government is also not neglecting the technology and the advantages it can offer for Indian scenarios. In fact, it has hosted the International Blockchain Congress in association with some state governments for helping the adoption of the technology in India. Reserve Bank of India also has setup a research unit in 2018 to study the new and emerging technologies (including blockchain) that can help in creating a cashless banking system.
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Some Indian companies, like Bajaj Finserv, is using blockchain technology for providing the services like travel insurance, claim settlement to improve customer service (like settlement of claims in the case of flight delays even before customer request).
In Banking, JP Morgan, along with seven top Indian Banks like ICICI, Axis has brought the blockchain technology platform that enables payments to reach the beneficiaries faster. The platform, named Interbank Information Network (IIN), is aimed at providing secure information exchange for cross-border payments which significantly reduces costs and time taken to complete a successful transaction.
State Bank of India, along with ICICI, DCB, Kotak Mahindra, Federal, Deutsche and UAE Exchange, in collaboration with Primechain Technologies, has started a platform – BankChain to explore the possibilities of shared KYC/AML, cross border payments, peer-to-peer payments and security controls.
Blockchain Technology that brought about the technological revolution in recent times has very high potential applications in various industries and sectors. While few were first in adopting this technology in their operations, many are still sceptical and are in the process of exploring the possible ways that suit their requirements. Though it became hugely popular with cryptocurrency applications, the adoption of the technology globally in different sectors can transform the way operations are carried out.
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10 Israeli Companies Banking on 5G Success
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CTech – The dramatic upgrade in telecommunication capabilities provided by 5G, the fifth generation technology standard for cellular networks, is already resulting in a vast variety of solutions that will affect almost every aspect of modern life. It should come as little surprise to anyone who knows the Israeli tech scene that local startups are at the edge of innovation when it comes to 5G technology.
There are currently over 25 companies in Israel working on 5G related tech, from giants like Intel to small early-stage startups.
Here is a list of 10 Israeli companies who are banking on 5G for success (listed by alphabetical order):
Allot
Focus: Network intelligence and security as a service
CEO: Erez Antebi
Total funding: $26.3 million. Public traded company on Nasdaq (current market cap: $365 million)
Investors: Jerusalem Venture Partners, Partech, Tamir Fishman Ventures, Gemini Israel Ventures
Allot is a global provider of network intelligence and security-as-a-service solutions for service providers and enterprises worldwide, with a focus on enhancing value for its customers. Allot's solutions are deployed globally for network and application analytics, traffic control and shaping, and network-based cybersecurity services. Allot provides its customers with tools to help them learn about users and network behaviors, improve quality of experience, reduce costs, detect and block cybersecurity attacks in order to protect their communication service, and optimize, innovate, and capitalize on every opportunity.
ASOCS
Focus: On-premises mobile cloud solutions
CEO: Gilad Garon
Total funding: $42 million.
Investors: Sterlite Technologies, Fornaciari Trust, Taylor Frigon
ASOCS provides on-premises edge cloud solutions to enable unlimited mobile network capacity and secure connectivity for enterprises. The company's solutions also collect and analyze mobile device and IoT data, allowing businesses to deliver and monetize new services and applications. ASOCS serves the retail, real estate, corporate office, hospitality, hospital, and sports and entertainment markets.
Cloudify
Focus: Open-source cloud orchestration platform
CEO: Ariel Dan
Total funding: $7.9 million.
Investors: VMware, KPN Ventures, CE Ventures, Claridge Israel, BRM Group
Cloudify specializes in IT operations automation technology that manages application and network services through open orchestration. The company's Cloudify software enhances the velocity and reliability of software deployment, lifecycle management, and network functions in cloud-native environments. Built and maintained by an open-source community, Cloudify is used by telecoms, internet service providers, financial services firms, e-commerce companies, and others for NFV operations and cloud management and orchestration.
Eye-Net Mobile
Focus: Cellular-based accident prevention solution
CEO: Haim Siboni
Total funding: Bootstrapped.
Eye-Net is a software-based platform that uses smartphone applications and cellular infrastructure to identify and predict potential traffic collisions. Eye-Net uses advanced algorithms and server architecture to provide real-time alerts. The platform connects all road users' phones and infrastructure to become a vehicle-to-everything network, providing real time alerts and using big data, machine learning, and AI technology to analyze driver behavior and road safety trends and insights. Eye-Net is a wholly owned subsidiary of Foresight Autonomous Holdings.
Mantis vision
Focus: 3D technology for the mobile world
CEO: Gur Arie Bitan
Total funding: $77.2 million.
Investors: Samsung Catalyst Fund, Luenmei Quantum, Qualcomm Ventures
Mantis Vision is a 3D technology company that provides 3D scan solutions and structured light sensor technology. The company's virtual-reality technology enables next-generation depth vision, 3D face recognition for mobile phones, and more. The company's solution addresses depth sensing and processing needs such as auto-calibration, high-quality registration, segmentation, virtual-reality/mixed-reality shading, and data compression and streaming. The result is that any user can capture a static or dynamic object, person, or scene of choice in different ambient light conditions and instantly edit, share, and stream the real volumetric content to any 2D/3D/mixed-reality/virtual-reality platform.
Focus: Data analytics for communications and media service providers
CEO: Eynav Azaria
Investors: N/A
Panorama is a software company that offers business intelligence solutions. Its flagship product, Necto, integrates artificial intelligence and machine-learning technologies to provide modern self-service analytics with out-of-the-box reports, dashboards, and predictive and prescriptive insights. The platform can be integrated into any network, operations support system, business support system, and IoT solution to transform communications service provider data into actionable insights that boost revenues; increase lifetime value; and streamline processes.
SQream
Focus: Big Data analytics database
CEO: Ami Gal
Investors: Alibaba Group, Silvertech Ventures, World Trade Ventures, Glory Ventures, Hanaco Venture Capital, Sistema VC, Blumberg Capital, Paradiso Ventures
SQream Technologies delivers a high-performing SQL database powered by a graphics processing unit (GPU). The database is designed to quickly resolve issues with big data and complex analytics in order to help businesses interact dynamically with their digital assets. SQream enables businesses to easily ingest, store, and analyze hundreds of terabytes of data easily and in near-real time.
TechSee
Focus: Intelligent visual customer assistance solution
CEO: Eitan Cohen
Investors: Scale Venture Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Planven Investments, Comdata, OurCrowd
TechSee provides a cognitive visual assistance solution powered by augmented reality and computer-vision artificial intelligence. It enables service teams to deliver visual customer experiences that reduce effort and operational costs, enhance quality, and create intelligent fully automated services over time.
Viziblezone
Focus: Automotive collision avoidance system
CEO: Gabi Ofir
Total funding: Seed N/A
Viziblezone turns the mobile devices of vulnerable road users (pedestrians, cyclists, scooter drivers, etc.) into life-saving devices. Using pedestrians' mobile devices as a source of real-time human behavioral data, Viziblezone offers an AI-assisted vehicle/pedestrian collision avoidance system. Viziblezone's solution provides critical information to help reduce the effects of drivers' lack of situational awareness on roads.
Vorpal
Focus: Modular drone monitoring and mitigation suite
CEO: Nir Raz
Vorpal is the developer of VigilAir, a non-transmitting RF-based drone location and mitigation solution. VigilAir provides long-range, highly accurate drone situational awareness and is integrated with advanced counter-UAS and mitigation capabilities. The solution helps protect airspace safety, enhances perimeter security, and supports the complex operation of drones within the UTM framework. VigilAir detects, geolocates, and tracks drones by passive RF geolocation of their command-and-control and data transmissions, providing aerial situational awareness with exceptional clarity.


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NBA Finals 2020: Heat vs. Lakers Recap, Analysis and Best Moments | Bleacher Report
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The Los Angeles Lakers opened up a new championship era in franchise history Sunday by taking the first NBA Finals victory of the LeBron James-Anthony Davis partnership.
The Lakers finished off their six-game series with the Miami Heat by turning in the most dominant performance of the series.
Los Angeles defeated Miami 106-93 in Game 6, but the final score does not represent how one-sided the final contest inside the Orlando bubble was.
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Frank Vogel's team took a 64-36 lead into the half, and it took a 27-point lead over the Eastern Conference champion into the final quarter.
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James and Davis controlled the contest, just like they did for most of the series, by combining for 47 points and 29 rebounds.
James captured the Most Valuable Player award for averaging 29.8 points, 11.8 rebounds and 8.5 assists per game in the NBA Finals. Davis also averaged a double-double with 25 points and 10.7 rebounds per game.
According to NBA History, James and Davis became the second Lakers duo in franchise history to average 25-plus points per game in an NBA Finals. Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant achieved that feat in 2002.
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Only @Lakers duos to win the NBA Finals while both averaging 25+ PPG in the postseason:
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Jimmy Butler was the only other player in the series to come close to matching one of those averages, as he had 26.2 points per game.
College football Week 6 scores, Top 25 analysis and must-see moments
Welcome to Week 6 of the college football season. We're just two weeks out from the Big Ten joining the mix.
This week, there's a big test with No. 7 Miami visiting No. 1 Clemson, just the fifth ACC game featuring two top-10 teams since 2014, when the College Football Playoff era began. What Miami is up against: Clemson's 24-game home winning streak, the longest active streak in the FBS.
Tennessee has its own streak to break. The Vols have lost 33 straight games to AP top-10 teams heading into the afternoon game at No. 3 Georgia.
Texas and Oklahoma will meet at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, which will be odd without the State Fair of Texas going on outside. They're also both coming off a loss for just the ninth time in the 116 years this game has been played. Still, the pure vicious disdain these two have for each other will flow through the stadium.
And Florida brings its two Kyles (Trask and Pitts) to Texas A&M's Kyle Field (which Trask says he was actually named after). Big day for Kyles.
We'll be here all day to keep you updated.
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No. 4 Florida (-6.5) at No. 21 Texas A&M, noon, ESPN/ESPN App
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After being left at the altar on her wedding day, businesswoman Allie Strickland returns to her hometown to heal her broken heart. But Heartland Cove County is a small town of Victorian homes and quirky, gossiping citizens.
Grieving the trauma of her ex-fiancé's betrayal and overwhelmed by her clingy mother, Allie rents the first available house she can find. But on the very first night, Allie's peace is violated by an unexpected intruder who breaks into the house while she's taking a bubble bath. An intruder using an alias with old ties to Heartland Cove.
Forced by unusual circumstances to share the same rental house, Allie's suspicions of the man grow—even as she finds herself attracted to him. But is Ethan Smith merely a magazine freelancer on assignment—or an undercover spy for the mayor who wants to ruin the charming town by running a new highway through for his own profit?


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New Bill to Reduce Food Waste Enters Congress
Pauline Munch
Bipartisan leadership has led Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and Representative Dan Newhouse (R-WA) to introduce the Food Date Labeling Act (H.R. 3981) to Congress on August 1st. The new bill aims to standardize date labels across the United States to tackle the complex system of sell by, use by, and best before dates.
"Food labeling is important for consumer education, but the current practice is confusing and outdated," says Rep. Newhouse. While many consumers use date labels as a reference of food safety, most dates only indicate the peak quality of a product. This not only leads to confusion, but to millions of tons of food unnecessarily thrown out. "This bill takes a step toward reducing food waste by helping consumers understand the meaning behind date labels," states Rep. Newhouse.
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), date labelling emerged in the mid-20th century when Americans began to move from rural to urban communities. Away from their food source and increasingly reliant on grocery stores, people lost their ability to judge the freshness of food and began to demand standards and verification.
Although appeals for a nation-wide date labeling system emerged in the 1970s, none gained federal approval. Instead, the NRDC notes that states and manufacturers began to create their own date labeling standards—resulting in approximately 50 different date labeling terms across the United States. For example, Montana requires a sell by date within 12 days of pasteurization for milk while Pennsylvania requires a date within 17 days. And New Hampshire places a sell by date on cream—but not on milk while New York has no requirements for milk or dairy date labels.
"Most Americans don't know the 'best by' date label on items at the grocery store aren't based on safety or science. These completely arbitrary food date labels are confusing and costly for customers," says Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), who introduced the companion bill to push for consideration in the Senate. "Our commonsense measure to establish a uniform national date labeling system would provide consumers with clarity—helping them save money on their grocery bills and preventing perfectly safe food from going to waste," states Blumenthal.
Across the food chain, consumers in the United States generate more food waste than any other sector, including retail, transport or agriculture. This costs the average American family of four at least US$1,500 every year. And the ecological effect of food waste is also detrimental: the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that food waste is the largest component of waste in American landfills, emitting greenhouse gases such as methane.
While consumers shoulder a majority of the responsibility, the Food Date Labeling Act provides an opportunity to reduce household food waste with a unified labelling system. In addition, lawmakers hope it could simplify food redistribution to hunger assistance programs. "Estimates indicate that around 90 percent of Americans prematurely throw out perfectly safe food, in part because of confusion about what date labels mean, meanwhile 38.4 million Americans are food insecure," says Rep. Pingree. "This bill is an opportunity for the federal government to reduce confusion across the food supply chain and make sure no one is going hungry or inadvertently hurting our environment."
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Q: Expectation and best strategy for a dice game I am somewhat stuck on this problem, it should be straightforward but I cannot find a clearly explained solution:
A single dice is rolled as many times as you want. For each throw, you receive n dollars if dice shows $n$, if $n<6$. If dice shows $6$, you lose all the money accumulated and the game stops. What is the expectation and the best strategy for this game?

A: The probability that you are still in game after the n-th game is just $(\frac 56)^n$. The average amount of money per non losing game is $(1+2+3+4+5)/5=3$. Hence after $n$ games you are stick with an amount of Money $M(n)$:
\begin{equation}
M(n)= 3 \cdot n \cdot\left( \frac 56 \right)^n
\end{equation}
Now you can maximise this function and get a maximum at $n=\frac{1}{\log(\frac 65)}\approx 5.48$.
So you know that either 5 or 6 is the best number of games.
Calculating M(5) and M(6) yields the result that the expectation value of money after 5 or 6 games is acutally the same, namely:
\begin{equation}
M(5) = M(6) = \frac{15625}{2592}\approx 6.03
\end{equation}
Edit: (due to other posts)
When you however can use the knowledge of your current money, you could do better. You should just stop playing, when in average you lose more money than you win. This happens when the expectation value gets negative. Assume now, that you have already won $N$ coins. You lose per with the probability $\frac 16 \;\; N$ coins. In the same move you win 3 coins with probability $\frac 56$. Hence they are equal, when $\frac N6 = 3\cdot \frac 56$. This yields $N=15$. So you have to stop playing (or could play 1 more time; it doesn't matter) when you reached 15 coins.

A: Denote by $g(n)$ the expected end amount under optimal play when you have already won $n$ points. Then $n\mapsto g(n)$ satisfies the downward recursion
$$g(n)=\max\biggl\{n, \ {g(n+1)+g(n+2)+g(n+3)+g(n+4)+g(n+5)\over6}\biggr\}\ .\tag{1}$$
When $n\geq100$, say, then you should obviously stop playing further. This means that there is some minimal $n_0$ with $g(n)=n$ for all $n\geq n_0$, whereas for $n<n_0$ it pays to play on.
Doing the recursion $(1)$ starting with $n_0=100$ gives the end value
$$g(0)={2893395172951\over470184984576}\doteq 6.15374\ .\tag{2}$$
Further experiments then show that in fact $n_0=15$, as suggested in other answers, and the end value is then the value given in $(2)$.

A: So if your strategy is to play $n$ times, your chance of not getting a 6 is $\lambda^n$ where $\lambda=\frac{5}{6}$. You expect to get 3 each throw (assuming it is not a 6), so you get $3n$ with prob $\lambda^n$ and 0 otherwise. So you want to take $n=5$ or 6 with an expected gain of just over 6.
But you are free to change your strategy as you go along. So suppose you have accumulated $N$. The question is whether it is worth risking another throw. If you throw you lose $N$ with prob 1/6 and gain 3 with prob 5/6, so it is worth continuing if $N<15$. I leave it to you to figure out the expected gain from following that strategy.

A: Partial answer (only concerning the strategy)
If you have gained $m$ points then $\left(m+3\right)\frac{5}{6}$
is your expectation by taking another gamble.
So it exceeds $m$ iff
$m<15$.
Now the question: if you indeed follow the strategy of going on if $m\geq15$ has not been reached yet then what will be your expected gain?
Uptil now I have no answer to that.

A: Im not sure but the strategy maybe based on the binomial probability for one success of 6 over n attemps. And the expected value must be the weighted mean from 0 ("success" of 6) and the mean of the other group multiplied n (or n-1) times (what is 3, so n*3).
The poisson distribution is good for infinite attempts but I think the problem is related to a undefined finite (and low) number of attempts.
The probability, as someone said before, is
$$P(k)=\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^k$$
I dont think that maximizing the function make sense because the amount of money that you gain or lose isnt meaningful for the value of the money, so I prefer to play to a desired level of risk instead of a maximum amount of money.
For me is ok play for a $P(k)\geq 75\%$ because after this quarter you leave the meaning of something moderately deterministic to something more and more random (the pure randomness is over 50%, and pure deterministic states are 0% and 100%). This is a conservative strategy that want the maximum "safe" money.
So
$$P(k)=\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^k\geq0.75 \rightarrow k=\lfloor\frac{log\ 0.75}{log\frac{5}{6}}\rfloor=1\ where\ E(1)=3$$
A different approach is to do it for a maximum risk of 50%: play over pure luck. In this case:
$$P(k)=\left(\frac{5}{6}\right)^k\geq0.5 \rightarrow k=\lfloor\frac{log\ 0.5}{log\frac{5}{6}}\rfloor=3\ where\ E(3)=9$$


Is It Fun In Bicol Philippines With Murders and Killings Some Unsolved?
Photo credit: A photo grab from Andrew Pagatpat, son of the victim. Andrew posted this photo in his account with the intention of having it shared in as many accounts as possible to reach the authorities which he challenged to act swiftly and bring justice to their family.
It is more fun in the Philippines. It is really more fun in Bicol, Philippines. But will it stay more fun with all the sporadic but high profile killings in the Bicol provinces, some begging to be solved?
On February 3, early this year, the body of devoted grade school teacher Loida Pagatpat, 51, was found at her classroom in Antipolo Elementary School in Palanas town of Masbate. The victim was shot by two armed men around 11:10 in the morning just after her students were dismissed for lunch break. She suffered mulitple gunshot wounds and left dead facedown on the floor lying on her own blood, with her legs wrapped on the teacher's table a few inches from the blackboard (chalkboard).
Municipal bookkeeper Jesus Baguio, 59, was terminated with extreme prejudice by his assassin(s) in barangay Tunga, seven kilometers of Esperanza town, also of Masbate on October 5. The town is about 130 kilometerss and south of the capital city of Masbate. Baguio was allegedly believed to have sensitive information that led to the filing in January of dishonesty and grave misconduct charges over supposed irregular disbursement of funds for the construction of an "executive building" in the local government unit (LGU).
Former Makati city engineer Nelson B. Morales perished from gunshots on September 7 while walking at the Estancia Church grounds in Malinao after attending a wedding ceremony. He just went back to his hometown having been appointed Albay provincial chairman of the United Nationalist Alliance political party. Morales plan of running for town mayor in the May 2013 midterm elections against incumbent Mayor Billy Ceriola was shuttered.
The most current unfun event in the region is the assasination of Lupi town mayor Raul Matamorosa last October 27 in Naga city.
The family of Mrs. Pagatpat are still seeking for justice as of this writing. So with other victims of senseless killings that are going unabated.
Masbate province rose prominently in the consciousness of the nation as the cowboy country but more as the "murder capital of Bicol" based on the series of political killings on previous years. With the onset of the politics season, what can we expect from hereon?
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Last time I wrote we were just on our way to work with Matt Catingub (conductor, arranger, musician extraordinaire) and the Florida Orchestra. Just took Danny with me on this one as Matt had his very good rhythm section. Really a great sounding orchestra!!! Working with orchestras is certainly another type of performing experience which I really enjoy. Then, onto West Palm Beach. We met up with Paul, Bob and Todd for this.
Next day, to Spivey Hall in Atlanta – loved this great old hall, and the audience was amazing. Played in Pittsburgh next (just now flew over it again! ahhh…the road) at Dowe's on 9th – always enjoy that club and Pittsburgh audiences too. Reading PA next at the 'Burke's Jazz Festival – double billed with the wonderful Cyrus Chestnut trio.
Then onto another favorite club, Jazz at the Bistro in St Louis. It's a treat to be at a (good) club for several days in a row with favorite players. It gives us a chance to try new material (actually had a rehearsal!) and get a real groove going for the whole week. Since I was so close to KC, I went to my 'hometown' (going there several times this month) to help my friend Beena open her new club – Jardine's. We invited so many KC players/friends – that was a real great night of music.
Saw my family in Omaha and then on to Minneapolis (all 3 cities were 'hometowns' so I got my FIX!) for more family and also played and did masterclasses for my sister's kid's schools there. Now THAT'S work! How I admire teachers! The kids were good though and seemed to dig it.
Philadelphia has a rich heritage that I really love. We also did a small tribute to Nina Simone, I loved her unique style (and of course, Coltrane songs too) Yesterday, I did a performance/interview with Ann Hampton-Callaway at 'Sirius' Radio-cable. We'll let you know when that will air.
All for now, onto KC again for the Ozanam Guild benefit, then the Green Mill in Chicago, back to KC for the Coda Jazz Fund benefit and later this month – Brazil!
Thank you for checking in and I wish you all PEACE….