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Q: OpenGL translation and rotation in the same time In my openGL project, I am trying to achieve the following: let the object rotate around its origin(the (0,0,0) point in its own world) and simultaneously translate it. I come up with the follwing structure:
/***
Install shader and upload data to openGL, initialize and stuffs...
***/
// transfomration matrix is a global variable
// note the transformation matrix eventually will be right multiplied
// by the vertex data in the vertex shader
void keyboard(){
// Inside this function I capture the keyboard input.
// if rotation key is captured, set the rotation flag
// if translation or scaling key is captured, modify the matrix like this
   transformation = glm::translate() * transformation;
}
void paintGL(){
// Inside this function I check if the rotation flag is up and modify the
// model to wolrd transformation matrix. I choose to modify the transform
// matrix here because I can take use of the main loop to let my object
// continuously rotate unless the flag is off.
   if(rotation flag is set)
       transformation = transformation * glm::rotate() * inverse(transformation)
}
int main(){
    glutInit();
    glutDisplayFunc(paintGL);
    glutKeyboardFunc(keyboard);
    glutMainLoop();
}

Now my problem is that when I only rotate or only translate or scale, the program works as expected. But if I translate the object and then press rotate, the object goes back to its initial position and then rotate. Or it vanishes!
I know that order matters, but it seems to me that as long as I applied the inverse matrix, the object should go back to its original world and rotate around the origin and then I can translate it back. Is my problem caused by the calling sequence of keyboard and paintGL? Can someone give me some help?

A: As suggested by@reprodukto, I found the solution for my problem.
I use another two flags for translation and scaling and handle the situation all together inside the paintGL function. In this way I can apply the textbook order of Translate * Rotate * Scaling transformation.
Thank you all for taking the time to comment and answer my question, I really appreciate it!

A: you will need to have a function that updates x,y&z values. All you need is to create an array that holds your x,y&z values, then you will need to back it up in a temporary array. Delete the old array and replace it with a new one. Its just like this. Create a new variable called POINT that holds x,y,z values which you are going to use when translating your object.
typedef struct
{
      GLfloat xyz[3];

}POINT;

void update(GLfloat x, GLfloat y, GLfloat z)
{
       POINT *point;
       POINT new_point;
         new_point.xyz[0] = x;
         new_point.xyz[1] = y;
         new_point.xyz[2] = z;
       long my_points;
       if(my_points>0)
         point  = new POINT[my_points+1];
       else{
            POINT *temp = new POINT[my_points+1];
         for(long i=0;i<my_points;i++)
                      temp[i] = point[i];
              delete [] point;
              point = NULL;
           //Ok here you allocate new memory
             point = new POINT[my_points+2];
               for(long i=0;i<my_points;i++)
                    point[i] = temp[i];
                 delete [] temp;
                 temp = NULL;
       }
         point[my_points] = new_point;

}

A: As I'm sure you've read, developers usually think in terms of model, view, and projection matrices. Just to make things clear, it is better to think of these as:
model_to_world matrix (places your model in the game world)
world_to_camera matrix (locates the camera in your world by moving the entire game world around the camera)
world_to_projection matrix (this takes a frustum shape and squishes it into a cube, which is the cube that opengl uses for rendering, a cube from -1 to +1 in the x, y, and z directions)
Remember that matrices can do translation, scaling, and rotation all together at once, and you can multiply your model, view, and projection matrices once before passing a single matrix into your shader program.
I'm not sure exactly what you are doing but I think a better solution is something like this:
glm::mat4 originTransform; // this will initialize a matrix which represents no translation, scaling, or rotation, which will be useful later.
glm::mat4 localMatrix; // your "model" matrix

localMatrix = glm::translate(originTransform, glm::vec3(2.3f, 0.5f, -1.0f)); // I put in random values to translate by.

// 2nd translation:
localMatrix = glm::translate(localMatrix, glm::vec3(5.3f, 2.5f, -10.0f)); // Note that I'm inputting the localMatrix now and not the originTransform, otherwise everything that was done to this matrix before would be made irrelevant.

localMatrix = glm::rotate(localMatrix, 90.0f, glm::vec3(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f)); // a 90 degree rotation on the x axis. Again, note that this is done on the localMatrix and not the originTransform.

For the view and projection matrices, please refer to tutorials on the net.
If you're trying to make something 2D and not 3D, or if this doesn't help you fix your problem, please comment and I will edit my answer to try to help.

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Q: How to open downloaded file using .openFileDescriptor() I used to open a downloaded file using the following code :

final String filePath = cursor.getString(
                        cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DownloadManager.COLUMN_LOCAL_FILENAME));
                    if (TextUtils2.isNotEmpty(filePath)) {
                        apkFile = Uri.fromFile(new File(filePath));
                    }
                   startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
                                    .setDataAndType(apkFile, UPDATE_APK_FILE_MIME_TYPE)
                                    .setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK));

But from API 24 DownloadManager.COLUMN_LOCAL_FILENAME is deprecated and I need to use openFileDescriptor (Uri uri,
                String mode) method instead.
But I don't know how i can get the file path from the Fd to use it as data for the intent.
Does anyone know how to do it or whats the alternative to open downloaded file ?

A: To retrieve the good old absolute path of the downloaded file just :
String absolutePath =  Uri.parse(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex(DownloadManager.COLUMN_LOCAL_URI))).getPath();

And of course :
File file = new File(absolutePath);

A: instead of
cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DownloadManager.COLUMN_LOCAL_FILENAME)

you can use
cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(DownloadManager.COLUMN_LOCAL_URI)

which return the uri for apk file you need


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Вахид Амири (, латинизовано: Vahid Amiri; Хорамбад, 2. април 1988) професионални је ирански фудбалер који примарно игра на позицији нападача.

Клупска каријера
Амири започиње професионалну фудбалску каријеру током 2011. као играч трећелигашког клуба Датис Лорестан из родног Хорамбада. након три сезоне играња у трећој лиги, у мају 2013. придружује се екипи Нафта из Техерана у чијем дресу по први пут игра у највишем рангу иранског фудбала.

У јулу 2016. прелази у један од најбољих иранских клубова, техерански Персеполис са којим осваја две узастопне титуле националног првака.

Репрезентативна каријера
За сениорску репрезентацију Ирана дебитовао је 4. јануара 2015. у пријатељској утакмици са селекцијом Ирака. Две недеље касније заиграо је и на Азијском првенству у Аустралији.

Селектор Карлос Кејроз уврстио га је на списак играча за Светско првенство 2018. у Русији, где је одиграо све три утакмице за репрезентацију у групи Б.

Голови за репрезентацију

Успеси и признања
 ФК Нафт Техеран
 Ирански куп (1): 2014/15.

 ФК Персеполис
 Првенство Ирана (2): 2016/17, 2017/18.
 Ирански суперкуп (1): 2017.

Види још
 Фудбалска репрезентација Ирана

Референце

Спољашње везе

Рођени 1988.
Ирански фудбалери
Ирански фудбалски репрезентативци
Фудбалери Нафт Техерана
Фудбалери Персеполиса
Фудбалери на Светском првенству 2018.
Нападачи у фудбалу
Крилни играчи у фудбалу

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Kate Mitchell, The [Other] Art of Fiction: Portraits in Neo-Victorian Literature
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The painted portrait features in a number of Victorian novels, often invested with the power to divulge a hidden truth about its subject. Portraits also recur in neo-Victorian fiction, though here they may conceal as much as they reveal: in A.S. Byatt's Possession, which romanticises the written text, the portrait of Christabel LaMotte can only reveal her close relationship to Maud once this information has already come to light through other, textual means. Whereas Byatt's text describes 'fictional' portraits, a number of other neo-Victorian novels construct their narratives around actual pieces of art, imagining the lives of the painters, those of their subjects, or both.
This paper investigates the practice of ekphrastically incorporating historical works of art into neo-Victorian literature, focusing on Deborah Davis's evocation of John Singer Sargent's (in)famous portrait Madame X in her literary nonfiction Strapless (2003). When it appeared at the Paris Salon of 1884, the portrait of a Parisian socialite, Virginie Gautreau, showed one strap of her dress falling from her shoulder, causing a scandal that ruined Gautreau's reputation. Sargent later painted the strap back on, and this is how the portrait appears today. I examine Davis's imaginative recovery of the earlier image, and what it suggests to us about the power of art to reconstruct the past. How is art conceptualised as historical trace? Strapless makes the image of a woman offered for public consumption, and the story of how this consumes her life, speak to twenty-first century celebrity culture and its prurient fascination with publicly circulated images and the private lives behind them. Since it also exploits and extrapolates upon the portrait of Madame X and the associated scandal, it also speaks to contemporary fascination with, and uses of, Victorian celebrity in fiction today.
Image: fragment of Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau), John Singer Sargent, 1884. Source: wikimedia
Kate Mitchell is an Associate Professor in Literary Studies at the Australian National University. Her research is focused on neo-Victorian fiction and the neo-historical novel, and on nineteenth- and twentieth-century literary and cultural history. She is author of History and Cultural Memory in Neo-Victorian Fiction: Victorian Afterimages (Palgrave Macmillan,) and, with Dr Nicola Parsons (University of Sydney), co-editor of Reading Historical Fiction: The Revenant and Remembered Past (Palgrave Macmillan). Her articles on historical fiction have appeared in Neo-Victorian Studies, Victoriographies and a number of edited collections and journals. She serves on the Arts and Humanities Editorial Board of ANU EPress.
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Henry Miller Online
Net.art by Dr. Hugo Heyrman
a tribute to his work and life, books, art, loves & friends,
with an excellent collection of hard-to-find-Miller items
"I'm just a Brooklyn Boy. . ."
Henry Valentine Miller was born to Heinrich Miller and Louise Nieting on Saturday, December 26, 1891 in Manhattan, New York City, 85th street, near the East River. His family moved to the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the 14th Ward and then finally to 'Decatur Street', a part of Brooklyn known as Bushwick, the place he would later refer to as "the street of early sorrows".
Miller spent many years in Paris, where his autobiographical and sexually explicit novels Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn were published in the 1930's. They were banned in the U.K. and the U.S. While in Paris he began a famous affair with writer Anaïs Nin.
In 1940, Miller returned to New York, and spent the next four years searching for a place he could tolerate, finally settling in Big Sur, California. He wrote the trilogy known as 'The Rosy Crucifixion' (the novels Sexus, Plexus and Nexus).
His early novels were finally published in the U.K. and the U.S. in the 1960's, and Miller became a pop culture icon.
Henry with his sister Loretta, his mother and father.
(Photograph: Pack Bros)
"This is Henry, Henry Miller from Brooklyn"
"From five to ten were the most important years of my life;" Miller said. "I lived in the street and acquired the typical American gangster spirit."
From an early age he rebelled against his parents' devotion to work and a 'respectable' life. In 'Black Spring' (1936; United States publication, 1963), Miller wrote that "I was born in the street and raised in the street. . . In the street you learn what human beings really are."
Miller liked to read from an early age, finishing many adventure stories as well as classics of literature. He was an excellent student in high school and enrolled at the City College of New York, only to leave after two months. From 1909 to 1924 he tried different jobs, including working for a cement company, assisting his father at a tailor shop, and sorting mail for the Post Office. While in the messenger department of Western Union, he started writing his first novel 'Clipped Wings' (1922).
Henry Miller's work experience: a bellboy, garbage collector, cement mixer, gravedigger, employment manager at Western Union, employee at Park Department in Queens, manager of New York City speakeasy, and proofreader on the Paris edition of The Chicago Tribune.
"I like Henry Miller. I think he's the greatest American writer." —Bob Dylan
Henry Miller and his family
1910, Henry Miller began an affair with his "first mistress", Pauline Chouteau of Phoebus, Virginia, a woman old enough to be his mother. Henry called her "the widow". In 1917, he married his first wife, Beatrice Sylvas Wickens from Brooklyn. She was a pretty young brunette who shared another of his passions, playing the piano. With Beatrice he had a daughter, Barbara. He had also a brief affair with his mother-in-law.
Henry Miller and his family on 1063 Decatur Street, circa 1905
(Photo: credited to Masters and Masterworks/Robert Snyder)
Henry Miller maried five times
Miller was married five times over the course of his life *
* Beatrice Sylvas Wickens (a pianist), 1917 (divorced, 1924)
* June Smith Mansfield, June 1, 1924 (divorced, 1934)
* Janina Martha Lepska, December 18, 1944 (divorced, 1952)
* Eve McClure (an artist), December 29, 1953 (divorced, 1962)
* Hoki Tokuda (a jazz pianist and singer), September 10, 1967 (divorced, 1978)
Children: Barbara (first marriage); Valentine and Tony (third marriage)
Manhattan: Broadway - 46th Street - West (1920)
In 1923 Henry Miller was about to meet his most enduring muse, a dance girl named June Mansfield (called "Mona" or "Mara" in his novels). She was a dark, beautiful Jewish femme fatale. They met at a Times Square dance parlor 'Wilson', when she was 21 and he was 31. Disregarding the rules, he fell madly in love with her, divorced Beatrice in 1924, and married June. She encouraged him to quit his job and start putting his efforts into writing.
"It must have been a Thursday night when I met her for the first time at the dance hall." —Henry Miller (Sexus)
"Fell in love with June Edith Smith while she worked in a Broadway dance palace." —Henry Miller (My Life and Times)
This marked the beginning of a tempestuous lifestyle in which he came to the brink of suicide, but also the time in which he was first free to give his full attention to writing. He quit his job, living off the money that June managed to get from other men. June fascinated Miller with her numerous intrigues with others, men and women alike.
Wilson's Dancing Studio, later became the 'Orpheum Dance Palace',
a taxi-dance hall that closed in 1964. (Photo: Hellmich Brothers, 1920)
June S mith Mansfield Miller
June Mansfield Miller (January 12, 1902 - February 1979) was the much written about and discussed second wife of Henry Miller. She was born in Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (of Romanian Gypsy origin as mentioned in Sexus) as Juliet Smerth, the daughter of Wilhelm and Frances Budd Smerth. She emigrated with her family to the United States and arrived there on July 10, 1907, aged five. She would reside in New York City for much of the rest of her life, excepting a tour of Europe and settling in Paris.
June Miller, photographed circa 1933
June (Mona-Mara) Mansfield Miller
December 1931, Anaïs wrote the following passage shortly after meeting June for the first time:
"A startingly white face, burning eyes. June Mansfield, Henry's wife. As she came towards me from the darkness of my garden into the light of the doorway I saw for the first time the most beautiful woman on earth. Years ago, when I tried to imagine a pure beauty, I had created an image in my mind of just that woman. I had even imagined she would be Jewish. I knew long ago the color of her skin, her profile, her teeth. Her beauty drowned me. As I sat in front of her I felt that I would do anything she asked of me. Henry faded, she was color, brilliance, strangeness. Her role in life alone preoccupies her. I knew the reason: her beauty brings dramas and events to her. Ideas mean little. I saw in her a caricature of the theatrical and dramatic personage. Costume, attitudes, talk. She is a superb actress. No more. I could not grasp her core. Everything Henry had said about her was true."
Henry's second wife. In Tropic of Capricorn, June appears as 'Mara'. In The Rosy Crucifixion, June begins as 'Mara', but in the first volume of the series her name is changed to 'Mona'. In Tropic of Cancer she appears throughout as 'Mona'.
June in Paris
Autograph Note, Signed. (Undated. A 5" x 3" card) "June -/ Tell me what/ you have read/ and I'll know/ better what to/ send!/ Henry."
June Mansfield Miller
Henry Miller in Paris, 1931
In 1930, determined to become a writer, Miller went to Paris alone, where he remained for nearly ten years with very little money. It was only there that Henry Miller would find his voice to become 'Henry Miller'. "Paris is simply an obstetrical instrument that tears the living embryo from the womb and puts it in the incubator", he wrote. Miller found himself surrounded by artists, philosophers, musicians and poets. The outrageously well-read Miller was suddenly in the company of others who'd also read Rabelais and Blake. And of course there were the women, too.
Everything he saw was an inspiration, everything brought the words flowing. He had no money, of course, but that didn't concern him. As he wrote in 'Tropic of Cancer' most famous passage: "I have no money, no resources, no hopes, I am the happiest man alive." "Paris is like a whore. From a distance she seems ravishing, you can't wait until you have her in your arms. And five minutes later you feel empty, disgusted with yourself. You feel tricked. I return to Paris with money in my pocket' a few hundred francs, which Collins had shoved in my pocket just as I was boarding the train." —Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer)
While in Paris, Henry Miller also befriended a woman who was to be his long time lover and occasional benefactor Anaïs Nin. Their relationship is ironically documented by Nin rather than Miller. Nin's diaries are filled with social engagements, their love affair and a love affair with Miller's wife, June. These stories were made famous in the film 'Henry & June' from 1992 (June was portrayed by Uma Thurman).
Henry Miller, as he appeared at the hotel room of Brassaï, L'hôtel des Terrasses in Paris 1931. The two close friends enjoyed each other's company thoroughly. Photographed by Brassaï (Gyula Halász) "There are many photographs which are full of life but which are confusing and difficult to remember. It is the force of an image which matters." —Brassaï
Henry Miller with Janina Martha Lepska
When World War II broke out, Miller returned to the U.S.
Shortly after he settled at Big Sur in December 1944, Miller married his third wife, Janina Martha Lepska, who had come from Poland with her family some years before. Her brilliant mind made an impression on him, but he was attracted even more to her blonde Slavic good looks. She was a young philosophy student, who was over 30 years his junior, and by whom he had two children, a daughter, Valentin, and a son, Tony. The marriage ended seven years later in 1951.
"I live all alone like a monk, a celibate, an exile",
Miller wrote to his old friend Brassaï.
Henry and Eve
Henry Miller and Eve McClure
Photo: Denise Bellon, 1948 (vintage gelatin silver print)
Henry Miller with Eve McClure
"The art of living is based on rhythm - on give and take, ebb and flow, light and dark, life and death. By acceptance of all the aspects of life, good and bad, right and wrong, yours and mine, the static, defensive life, which is what most people are cursed with, is converted into a dance, 'the dance of life.' The real function of the dance is metamorphosis." —Henry Miller
While living in Big Sur, Miller married two more of his eventual five wives, Janina Martha Lepska, with who he had one daughter Barbara, and in 1953 Eve McClure. With his two children, Tony and Valentine, Miller lived on Partington Ridge (also known as Anderson's Point). The house was on a plateau two thousand feet above the Pacific Ocean:
"About fifty feet from the house, the land simply ended, and it was an abrupt decent to the sea far below."
At this place in Miller's life he finished the work that immortalized Big Sur in the world of literature, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch.
Announcement of Miller's marriage to Eve McClure. Married. Henry Miller, 62, and Evelyn Byrd McClure, 29, Hollywood artist-actress; each for the third time; in Carmel Highlands, California.
(Source: Time Magazine, January 11, 1954.) Henry Miller with his fourth wife Eve McClure (an actress and artist) in Big Sur in the summertime.
Photo: Harry Redl, 1960
(Source: The San Francisco Chronicle, April 22, 2007.)
Hiroko 'Hoki' Tokuda Miller
Henry Miller had always been facinated by the whole notion of the Geisha and dreamed of having a perfect Geisha for a wife. . . The ideal image of the devoted Oriental woman shimmered in his mind.
Henry Miller met Japanese jazz singer Hiroko (Hoki) Tokuda at a Hollywood bar when she had just arrived from Japan and she became his fifth wife in 1967. Miller was 75 at the time and Hoki was 27.
1967, Honeymoon trip to Paris in September with Hoki.
During this part of his life Henry Miller was in his "Japanese phase".
Henry & Hoki, after the wedding in Beverly Hills
Hoki Tokuda was an attractive woman who was a cheesy lounge singer & wannabe actress working at a Los Angeles Japanese restaurant. Miller fell in love with some image he concocted & Hoki saw him for the patsy he was. All this woman did was tease & lead on Miller. He bought her a new white Jaguar that she quickly smashed up. Miller kept tossing money at her, and even went to Japan with her to try to use his fame there to promote Hoki. They separated in 1970 and finally divorced in 1977.
Hoki Tokuda moved to Marina del Rey and opened her boutique shop in Beverly Hills, and then a bar in Los Angeles. Hoki returned to Japan in the mid-'80s, and opened another bar called "Tropic of Cancer" in Roppongi, Japan.
It was a fast game of table tennis that led to the romance, explained author Henry Miller, 75, after he maried his fifth, Hoki Tokuda, 27, on september 10 1967. And yesterday, after the wedding in Beverly Hills, they where back at the table for more tennis.
(Source: New York Post, Monday, September 11, 1967)
"Going back in a flash over the women I've known. It's like a chain which I've forged out of my own misery. Each one bound to the other." —Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer)
"No appointments, no invitations for dinner, no program, no dough. The golden period, when I had not a single friend.
—Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer)
". . . I experience once again the splendor of those miserable days when I first arrived in Paris, a bewildered, poverty-stricken individual who haunted the streets like a ghost at a banquet." —Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer)
". . . Everything comes back to me in a rush —the toilets that wouldn't work, the prince who shined my shoes, the Cinema Splendide where I slept on the patron's overcoat, the bars in the window, the feeling of suffocation, the fat cockroaches, the drinking and carousing that went on between times, Rose Cannaque and Naples dying in the sunlight."
View from Big Sur, California
In 1940, Henry Miller returned to the United States, settling in Big Sur, California, and continued to produce vividly written works that challenged contemporary American cultural values and moral attitudes.
Miller fell in love with the rugged, isolated region, on his first visit in 1944, and decided to move there almost immediately. Upon his arrival in Big Sur, Miller wrote, "Here I will find peace. Here I shall find the strength to do the work I was made to do." He also became part of a literary and artistic community that included Emil White, Jaime de Angulo, Lillian Bos Ross and her husband Harrydick Ross, Ephraim Doner, and others.
His first home on the coast was in the Log House, above Nepenthe near Anderson Creek (from May 1944 until January 1946). Within four years of his arrival, royalties from overseas enabled him to live comfortably in Big Sur, even providing him with the resources to purchase a house on Partington Ridge.
When he first moved to Big Sur, Miller was struggling to make ends meet. Henry Miller lived in Big Sur from 1944-1962.
The Road to Henry
"Artists never thrive in colonies. Ants do." —Henry Miller
The road up to Henry Miller's house on Partington Ridge.
(Photo: Magnus Torén)
Miller at Big Sur
Henry Miller helped make Big Sur famous in the 1940s and '50s, turning out novels that challenged literary norms, plus thousands of watercolor paintings. Miller was well established before he found Big Sur in 1942.
Henri Cartier-Bresson's portrait of Henry Miller on the cliffs of Big Sur.
Henry Miller's Children, Valentine and Tony
Henry Miller with his third wife, Janina Martha Lepska, raised his two childeren Valentine and Tony, now aged eighteen and fifteen respectively, in his cramped home on Partington Ridge and had these words to say about watching them grow up here:
". . . They had skies of pure azure and walls of fog moving in and out of the canyons with invisible feet, hills in winter of emerald green and in summer mountain upon mountain of pure gold. They had even more, for there was ever the unfathomable silence of the forest, the blazing immensity of the Pacific, days drenched with sun and nights spangled with stars. . ."
Valentine Miller and Tony Miller, standing on a bluff and look at the Pacific Ocean from Big Sur, California, July 1959.
(Photo: J. R. Eyerman/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images, July 01, 1959)
Henry Miller, Big Sur 1961
Henry Miller came to see Big Sur as the first real home he had ever known. Creatively, he flourished, finding everything his spirit needed in the friendship of the community and the brilliant light and beauty of this road less traveled.
Living in Big Sur obviously had a profound effect on Miller, inspiring him to write: "Peace and solitude! I have had a taste of it, even here in America."
The Big Sur landscape gave him "such a feeling of contentment, such a feeling of gratitude was mine that instinctively my hand went up in benediction. Blessings! Blessings on you, one and all! I blessed the trees, the birds, the dogs, the cats, I blessed the flowers, the pomegranates, the thorny cactus, I blessed men and women everywhere, no matter on what side of the fence they happened to be."
Photograph: Jonathan Williams
Henry Miller playing Ping-Pong with a naked Lady
"I keep the Ping-Pong table handy for people I don't want to talk to. You know, it's simple. I just play Ping-Pong with them." —Henry Miller
"This is my seventieth year of ping-pong playing," Henry Miller wrote in 1971. "I started at the age of 10 on the dining room table. I take on players from all over the world. I play a steady, defensive Zen-like game. The importance of my recreation lies in preventing intellectual discussions. No matter how important or glamorous an opponent may be,
I never let him or her distract me."
And they were often glamorous and distracting. Miller played ping-pong at Clichy with Anaïs Nin, with Chaim Soutine at the Villa Seurat, with Lawrence Durrell in Corfu, at a Paris bistro with Brassaï, in Hollywood with Man Ray. . .
Henry Miller called Ping-Pong "a game of endless fascination."
Henry Miller 'Asleep & Awake'
in his bathroom with Gurdjieff
Filmed when the author was 81, "Henry Miller Asleep & Awake" is a voyage of ideas about life, writing, sex, spirituality, nightmares, and New York that captures the warmth, vigor and high animal spirits of a singular American artist. The man is Henry Miller and the room is his bathroom. It's a miraculous shrine covered with photos and drawings collected by the author over the course of his long and fruitful life. Graciously, in his raspy, sonorous voice, he points out the highlights of his improvised gallery, speaking of philosophers, writers, painters, mad kings, women, and friends.
Henry Miller's home in Pacific Palisades
"(My) ideal is to be free of ideals, free of principles, free of isms and ideologies. I want to take to the ocean of life like a fish takes to the sea." —Henry Miller (On Turning Eighty)
Henry Miller's book, 'Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch', recounts how he fell in love with this country in Northern California.
Most of his life Miller had lived without regular income, but when his books started sell, he bought a house on Ocampo Drive 444 in the Pacific Palisades, which looked like it belonged to a movie star. It had a heated swimming pool in which Miller swam daily.
For a number of years Twinka Thiebaud, daughter of California painter Wayne Thiebaud lived with the aging novelist Henry Miller in his Pacific Palisades home. Twinka helped take care of Henry in the end of his life. She was friends with his daughter, and also edited a book of Miller's miscellanea titled "Reflections."
Henry Miller spent the last years of his life at his home in 444 Ocampo Drive, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California.
Henry Miller died in the summer, on June 7, 1980, having influenced an entire generation of writers around the world.
"Love is the most important theme in my life because it has provided me with almost all my creative fuel."
—Henry Miller (Reflections)
444 Ocampo Drive, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
Henry Miller & Film
Henry Miller was portrayed by Fred Ward in the 1990 movie 'Henry & June', and by Rip Torn in the 1970 film adaptation of 'Tropic of Cancer'.
In the 1970 Jens Jørgen Thorsen adaptation of 'Quiet Days in Clichy', the Miller-based character of 'Joey' was played by the late Paul Valjean. Claude Chabrol's 1990 adaptation of the same novel saw Andrew McCarthy play the Miller role as 'Henry Miller' himself. Miller was also featured in the documentary 'Henry Miller Is Not Dead' that featured music by Laurie Anderson.
Before his death, Miller filmed with Warren Beatty for his film 'Reds'. He spoke of his remembrances of John Reed and Louise Bryant as part of a series of 'witnesses'. The film was released eighteen months after Miller's death.
In 1960, Henry Miller was a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival. The writer Simenon was that year's jury president.
Henry Miller's Archives
Henry Miller's papers were donated to the UCLA Young Research Library Department of Special Collections. The 'Henry Miller Art Museum' at Coast Gallery in Big Sur, the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, and UCLA all hold a selection of Miller's watercolors, as did The 'Henry Miller Museum of Art' in Omachi City in Nagano, Japan (before closing in 2003).
A portion of the correspondence between the Grove Press and Henry Miller are currently housed in the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University. Special Collections at the University of Victoria holds a significant collection of Miller's manuscripts and correspondences, including the corrected typescript for Max and 'Quiet Days in Clichy', as well as Miller's lengthy correspondence with Alfred Perlès.
Rue Henry Miller
There is a street in Paris named after Henry Miller. The street can be found nearby in the suburb of Créteil, nested amid a warren of residential streets named for American authors. Rue Ernest Hemingway traces the main artery of the neighborhood, which branches off into streets bearing the names of Henry Miller, John Steinbeck, Jack London, Tennessee Williams, Pearl Buck and William Faulkner.
Henry Miller Avenue
Other Henry Miller places are:
Henry Miller Road, CA, United States
Rue Henry Miller, Thiais, France
Henry Miller Road, Gustine, CA, United States
Henry Miller Ave, Los Banos, CA, United States
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Four Seasons launches Bali's first hotel arrival by river raft
Famed for its dramatic treetop arrival via a suspension bridge, the World's #1 Hotel is now offering guests a 180-degree change of perspective, with Bali's first hotel arrival by river raft.
Submerged in a river valley close to the artistic center of Ubud, Four Seasons Resort Bali at Sayan has launched the innovative rafting check-in as an option for guests transferring from its sister Resort, the beach-front Four Seasons Jimbaran Bay on Bali's south-west coast. Instead of the usual 90-minute road transfer, travellers combining a stay at both Resorts can instead be taken by private car (60 minutes' drive) to the departure point for a two-hour rafting adventure down Bali's longest river, the Ayung. While they enjoy a leisurely guided adventure through Class III rapids with views of lush jungle, rice terraces and majestic gorges, their luggage continues by car and precedes their arrival at Four Seasons Resort Sayan.
After discovering secluded sites – including a natural holy spring and an historic dam belonging to Bali's th-century UNESCO World Heritage-listed subak irrigation system – rafters land directly at the Resort's Riverside Restaurant. Waiting staff ensure a seamless check-in and within minutes guests are relaxing in their room, delivering a hotel arrival unlike any other.
"The Resort is well known for its magical rooftop arrival. Many guests stop in their tracks and are even brought to tears as they cross the bridge, full of wonder and awe, listening to the forest 'symphony' and descending into the hotel from the treetops. This new arrival by river offers the opposite view with a slow reveal from under the canopy of trees, making it perfect for repeat guests who have experienced the bridge arrival before," says Resort Manager Gianni Costa. "It does not feel like a check-in experience, but rather a transition to another world, welcomed by the friendliest people on Earth."
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A new Tourism potential in Tanzania: The Southern Circuit
A new Tourism potential is about to be unlocked In Tanzania. All roads and international air routes will in the near future, be leading to the Southern circuit, as the tour operators have major plans to open new tourism revenue streams.
Complimenting the Government's drive to transform the Southern tourism circuit, the key tourism players are currently scouting for apt partners to invest heavily in accommodations as part of a strategy to open up the area for travel.
It is understood, the Fifth Government under President Dr John Pombe Magufuli is working overtime to put up hardware infrastructures as it seeks to unleash the full economic potential of the area.
Impressed by the government move to designate Iringa as the Southern circuit hub, Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) last week deployed a delegation led by its Vice-Chairman, Mr Henry Kimambo to identify new potential members in its effort to establish a chapter in the area to cater for the entire Southern circuit.
"We want to replicate the best practices from the northern tourism circuit to Southern shred," Mr Kimambo told the tour operators in Iringa during the engagement meeting.
He revealed that TATO plans to bring its services close to its members in Southern circuit, comprising Morogoro, Iringa, Njombe and Mbeya anytime soon.
This implies that the 36-year-old advocacy agency for a multi-billion dollar industry, with its base in northern safari capital of Arusha, will soon have a liaison office in Iringa to take care its Southern circuit members.
Mr Kimambo said that his association was aware that the Southern circuit based tour operators not only have their own different issues but also need strong ties with their northern tourism circuit peers if the tourism potential is to be unleashed.
Presenting the benefits before the Southern Circuit tour operators, TATO Chief Executive Officer, Mr Sirili Akko said lobbying and advocacy is a core service offered by his association.
"Members enjoy the conducive business environment as TATO represent a collective voice for private tour operators in lobbying and advocate towards the common goal of improving the business climate in Tanzania" Mr Akko explained.
TATO also provides unparalleled networking opportunities for its members, allowing individuals tour operators or company to connect with their peers, mentors, and other industry leaders and policymakers.
As a member, one is in the unique position to attend conventions, seminars, award dinners and other related events with like-minded professionals in the field. These events are attended by the brightest minds and are a hotbed of ideas and collaborative efforts.
"An association's annual General meeting represents an incredible opportunity for members to meet and network with the largest gathering of their peers during the year" Mr Sirili explained.
TATO also trains its members on key issues such as labour laws, tax compliance, corporate social responsibility, conservation issues, among others, he noted.
As if that was not enough, TATO members also enjoy the service of having a platform where they channel their operational or policy related challenges to the government for a solution.
Members are also bonded together as they advocate for their peers and share their challenges and triumphs with one another, TATO CEO explained.
"Indeed, TATO provides members with a competitive advantage because they become active, informed members of their industry" Mr Sirili said, stressing that his members also get updates on all issues on tourism and related sectors by providing resources, information, and opportunities they might not have had otherwise.
Thanks to USAID PROTECT Project for building the capacity of TATO, an umbrella organization with over 300 members, for it to become an efficient advocacy agency for the tourism sector.
Project coordinator, Mr Jumapili Chenga said the scaling up membership base for TATO is one of his scheme's components.
Iringa Region Tourism Officer, Ms Hawa Mwichaga was grateful that at the long last a strategy to unlock the Southern tourism circuit has stepped up a gear.
Tour operators from Iringa, Mbeya and other regions namely Ernest Luwala, Nancy Mfugale, Modestus Mdemu, Serafina Lanzi supported the idea of joining TATO as a concrete step to spur tourism in southern circuit.
Natural Resources and Tourism Ministry's officer-in-charge for Southern Circuit, Ms Tully Kulanya said her zone has a great potential for tourism business.
"The Southern Parks are the perfect destinations for travelers looking for plentiful and rare wildlife in a remote area of Africa" Ms Kulanya noted.
The national parks namely Mikumi, Udzungwa, Kitulo Ruaha, as well as Selous Game Reserve, have fewer visitors and give the feeling of being all-alone. Activities include game drives in open vehicles, boat safaris, and walking safaris. These safaris include flights between the parks.
Tanzania's earnings from tourism jumped 7.13 percent in 2018, helped by an increase in arrivals from foreign visitors, the government has said.
Tourism is the main source of hard currency in Tanzania, best known for its beaches, wildlife safaris and Mount Kilimanjaro.
Revenues from tourism fetched $2.43 billion for the year, up from $2.19 billion in 2017, Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa said in a presentation to parliament.
Tourist arrivals totaled 1.49 million in 2018, compared with 1.33 million a year ago, Majaliwa said.
President John Magufuli's government said it wants to bring in 2 million visitors a year by 2020.
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Two Australian Heroes killed when saving a tourist from drowning
Tourism and Dairy are popular in Port Campbell, a coastal town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite and has less than 500 residents.
Two of these residents a father and son today drowned trying to rescue a tourist from rough on Sunday have been described as selfless members of the local community and "like peas in a pod".
Ross, 71, and Andrew Powell, 32, were life-long members of the Port Campbell Surf Life Saving Club and were prominent figures in the local dairy farming industry.
They, along with one other lifesaver, were attempting to save a tourist at Sherbrook River, near the Twelve Apostles on Victoria's south-west coast, on Sunday morning when their boat flipped.
The father and son were declared dead at the scene, while the third lifesaver was seriously injured and airlifted to The Alfred hospital.
Ross was an inaugural member of the lifesaving club when it was formed in 1965 and maintained it his whole life putting his community first.
A 30-year-old male tourist got into trouble wading near the entrance to the Sherbrook River, a 10-minute drive from the Twelve Apostles, about 11am.
Rough surf caused the rescue boat to flip, tossing the three lifesavers into the ocean in an area Cr Trotter said was notoriously dangerous.
An emergency helicopter managed to safe one of rescuers and the tourist out of the water, however, the father and son's bodies were later found.
The surviving rescue worker, a man in his 50s, has injuries to his back and legs and was airlifted to The Alfred hospital in a serious condition. He remained in a serious but stable condition on Sunday evening.
The tourist who was swept into the water suffered hypothermia and was taken by road ambulance to the Warrnambool hospital in a stable condition.
Mr James said initial investigations found all three lifesavers had been wearing life jackets.
Earlier reports suggested the tourist was taking photographs when he was swept off a rock at the mouth of the river, but emergency services say this was not the case.
The Port Campbell Hotel said on Facebook that live music at the venue had been canceled due to the "heartbreaking tragedy in our community".
Police are preparing a report for the coroner
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New sales leader at Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC & Kimpton George Hotel
Kimpton Hotel Monaco Washington DC and Kimpton George Hotel announced the hire of Katherine Saad-Loman as director of sales and marketing for both boutique hotels in Washington, DC. Saad-Loman brings a strong resort, catering, and luxury hotel background to the position, as well as nearly 30 years of experience in the hospitality industry.
In her new role, Saad-Loman will drive all sales and marketing activities for Kimpton's Hotel Monaco Washington DC and Hotel George. Saad-Loman's day to day as director of sales and marketing for the two hotels will be spent with an emphasis on working with key corporate accounts while also leading the hotels' expert sales, catering, and events staff. Under her guidance, the team will continue to create ridiculously personalized meetings, weddings, and creative event experiences, offering seasonally-inspired food and beverage in partnership with the hotels' talented restaurant teams. Saad-Loman will also spearhead strategy for all sales segments and oversee the approach toward revenue, digital marketing, advertising and public relations efforts for the hotels.
Saad-Loman joins Kimpton with varied and impressive experience. She began her career at Hilton Singer Island Ocean Front Resort where she increased catering sales 350% across her three year term. After learning the ropes of a conference hotel, Saad-Loman gained experience as a director of food and beverage at Imperial Lake Golf and Country Club in Mulberry, Florida. She then cut her teeth in a number sales and operations roles throughout central Florida and Baltimore before joining the team at Walt Disney World's Grand Floridian Resort as a senior sales and catering manager. She continued to advance her career at top hotels in the Florida market before returning to the Mid-Atlantic as a director of sales and marketing at Bethany Beach Ocean Suites in Delaware. Prior to joining the team at Kimpton, she was task force director of sales and marketing with Crestline Hotels & Resorts in Fairfax, Virginia.
A world traveler and graduate of Catham College in Pittsburgh, Saad-Loman has called the greater DC area home for the past seven months. Outside of work, she can be found planning her next trip, finding places to use her fluent French and recommends everyone live abroad at least once in their lives. Saad-Loman is a member of Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) with a passion for mentoring those looking to hone their sales and leadership skills, and she also volunteers, teaching financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship to first graders through Junior Achievement of Greater Washington in her spare time. Saad-Loman brings a stylish sense of leadership and a wide range of sales and marketing experience to both Hotel George and Hotel Monaco Washington DC.
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Dusit Princess Residences Dubai Marina opens at the end of April
Dusit International has signed a Franchise Agreement with Al Masar Hotel Management LLC, to upgrade the former Dusit Residence Dubai Marina to the Dusit Princess Residences Dubai Marina.
Located at the Marina, a popular tourist destination and preferred residential area just off the Dubai Technology and Media Free Zone, which includes Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Dubai Knowledge Village, the 146-key property is currently being refurbished and will comprise Serviced Apartments, Holiday Homes and Residential units in a choice of one, two or three-bedroom configurations.
Designed to facilitate business and leisure, the upgraded property will feature meeting facilities, a fully equipped gym, a spa, a wellness-focused restaurant serving healthy and organic foods, and a bakery.
Damac Metro and Tram Stations, the Marina Mall, and The Beach Mall are all within walking distance. Attractions such as Mall of Emirates, Ski Dubai, Ibn Battuta Mall, Emirates Golf Club, Palm Jumeirah, Jumeirah Beach Park and Wild Wadi Water Park can all be reached in 10 – 15 minutes by car. The Dubai World 2020 Expo site is also only a short drive away.
"We are delighted to sign this franchise agreement with Al Masar Hotel Management LLC for Dusit Princess Residences Dubai Marina," said Mr Lim Boon Kwee, Chief Operating Officer, Dusit International. "The comfort and convenience of the Dusit Princess brand, and the property's prime location, make it an attractive proposition for anyone looking for a short- or long-term base in the city, especially with the Dubai Expo 2020 coming up."
H.E. Abdulla Alnuaimi, Chairman, Al Masar Hotel Management LLC, said, "By signing this franchise agreement we can further position the property to delight residents and guests with Dusit's unique brand of Thai-inspired gracious hospitality. And we look forward to establishing Dusit Princess Residences Dubai as the premier place to live, stay, visit and conduct business."
Known globally for its distinctive brand of gracious hospitality inspired by authentic Thai values, Bangkok-based Dusit International opened its first hotel in the Middle East more than 15 years ago, in Dubai. Today, the company operates five hotels across the region, including three in the GCC – namely Dusit Thani Dubai, Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi, and dusitD2 Kenz Dubai. According to its plans, Dusit will have nine hotels in operation in the GCC by the end of the year.
Dusit Princess Residences Dubai will be the third Dusit-branded property in Dubai, following Dusit Thani Dubai and dusitD2 Kenz. A fourth Dusit-branded property, Dusit Princess Rijas, is slated to open in 2020.
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Jamaica's Tourism Minister Bartlett pumps J$200 million into Linkages Networks
Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett has committed J$200 million to the Linkages Networks to help build out more products to enhance the visitor experience and ensure more inclusive growth in the sector.
Speaking at the launch of the new Top Events Jamaica Initiative yesterday at Devon House, Minister Bartlett said, "This year, we will be spending 200 Million dollars on the Networks to create the level of inclusiveness that connects the ordinary Jamaican to the tourism product and the product to the ordinary Jamaican.
This will be a huge game changer and we are going to change the narrative and also change the feeling of the public that tourism is only for the bigger suppliers and doesn't include the smaller players."
The Tourism Linkages Network's (TLN's) main focus has been to bring local tourism suppliers in contact with other sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing. In doing so, the Linkages Network creates more economic opportunities for our local tourism suppliers who can then earn more.
Minister of Tourism, Hon Edmund Bartlett (1st R) paused for a photo at the track and field display at the launch of the new Top Events Jamaica Initiative yesterday at Devon House
Driving this inclusive growth are five networks geared towards building out authentic Jamaican experiences for the visitors and increasing the earning potential of small suppliers and they are – Gastronomy, Sports and Entertainment, Shopping, Knowledge and Health and Wellness.
The new Top Events Jamaica initiative, being spearheaded by the TLN, is designed to increase visitor participation in events and activities island-wide through strategic partnerships and leveraging the power of technology, social media, and advertising.
In highlighting the importance of this new platform, Minister Bartlett, said, "Top Events will place all our best entertainment products and offerings under one roof. In doing so we are allowing visitors and locals alike to chance to find these offerings with the click of a button. Top events will be a critical element that brings together our authentic Jamaican entertainment products under one roof through the use of technology.
This type of interface is critical in the age of technology especially given that entertainment forms a large part of why people travel and as such there is value in building out more products of this nature to drive arrivals and growth in the sector."
The Top Events initiative will include a microsite and an easy to use mobile app to increase visitor awareness and participation in the over 900 events held in Jamaica each month. To qualify for listing on Top Events, event organizers must meet the predetermined criteria outlined by the TLN that guarantees continuity in the content delivery and effective data capture.
The TLN's Sports and Entertainment Network (SEN) will be the driving force behind Top Events Jamaica and the body ultimately responsible for the final selection of "Top Events" to be added to the event calendar.
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Solomon Islands dive operators to establish formal association
A major step forward for the future promotion and development of the Solomon Islands dive tourism sector, the destination's main dive operators have agreed to combine resources to create a formal representative body – Dive Operators Solomon Islands (DOSI).
The move follows a recent forum in Honiara facilitated by Strongim Bisnis, an Australian government initiative working in partnership with local companies and operators to promote business growth.
All participants unanimously agreed on the need for a formal association to champion issues affecting the local dive industry in relation to the overall growth of the tourism industry.
Forum attendees included Tulagi Dive, Raiders Hotel & Dive, Driftwood Solomon Islands, Biliki Cruises, Dive Munda/Solomon Islands Dive Expeditions, Yawana Dive, Dive Gizo and Uepi Island Resort
Gizo-based Sanbis Resort and Solomon Dive Adventures are also expected to become DOSI members.
Other stakeholders taking part included the Ministry of Culture & Tourism, Tourism Solomons, Solomon Airlines, and the Solomon Islands Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
Representatives from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade and NZAid also attended.
Welcoming the development, Tourism CEO, Josefa 'Jo' Tuamoto underlined the important role a strong, united dive operators' association can play in helping to shape the country's tourism future.
"This has certainly been the case in several of our neighbouring destinations where dive operators have combined resources to form industry bodies and in the process taken action in helping to propel increased international visitation numbers," Mr Tuamoto said.
"From our perspective, tourism is ever growing in importance as a key economical driver for the Solomon Islands and with international divers making up a large percentage of the 28,000 international visitors we host every year, we need to do all possible to ensure we maximise the opportunity.
"Having a strong, uniform voice with the ability to help raise and tackle pertinent issues affecting this key sector is timely.
"This voice in synch with stakeholders will enable us jointly to drive what has the potential to act as a very powerful industry lobby."
The Solomon Islands is renowned as one of the world's foremost dive locations.
Just last December the Solomons Islands was named one of the world's top 10 dive destination's in the prestigious annual 'Dive Travel Awards' conducted by the world's largest dive publication, British-based Dive Magazine UK.
In 2017 CNN Travel ranked the Solomon Islands as one of its 10 best snorkelling locations.
The destination's 992 islands and unspoilt coral reefs literally teem with huge numbers and unique varieties of marine life.
Add to this the dozens of WWII shipwrecks and downed aircraft that litter the seabed, so much so that in one area just a short journey from the country's capital Honiara has been renamed 'Iron Bottom Sound'.
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How does India travel? Let us count the 94 billion ways
Bain & Company and Google India are together launching a report on "How Does India Travel." According to the report, the Indian traveler has come of age, spending approximately $94 billion in 2018 on around 2 billion domestic and international trips. This has helped the Indian travel and tourism industry achieve unprecedented scale, and the momentum is expected to continue with the industry growing at a 13 percent CAGR to $136 billion by 2021, according to a report.
Fueled by digital, Indian travelers are expected to spend an additional $24 billion on online travel bookings over the next 3 years. The report outlines how India spends on travel, the influence of online channels in their purchase journey, and potential growth opportunities for travel businesses until 2021.
Deep diving into the $136 billion spends, the report cites a 12 percent growth in transportation ($50 billion), 13 percent growth in lodging ($21 billion) and consumption, which includes spends on shopping, recreation and food, to grow at 13 percent ($65 billion) over the next three years. Additionally, as more people come online, smartphone penetration improves and use of digital payments goes up, the report estimates that Indian travelers will spend an additional $24 billion on online travel bookings over the next three years, a growth from 25 percent in 2018 to 35 percent in 2021.
Online is a significant source of research
Elucidating the planning journey of Indian travelers, both for business and leisure, the report calls out five phases of a customer journey – Interest, Research, Booking, Experience and Sharing. The report states that during key research-heavy phase of interest, research and experience, digital plays a pivotal role with over 86 percent of consumers being influenced by online channels. During this phase, travelers spend their maximum time on search, travel tour provider websites, price comparison websites, and travel articles. Online video too plays a significant role with 21 percent of travelers being influenced by this platform. In the booking and sharing phase, the report states that nearly 60 percent of customers book transport and lodging online, and over 50 percent share feedback online with social media being the dominant platform.
Talking about the market opportunities for online travel players, Vikas Agnihotri, Country Director – Sales, Google India said, "New users perceive that online channels are geared towards the more frequent flyers and experience-oriented travelers; and existing travelers research online but the lack of trust in payments and booking experience make them end up booking offline. If travel players tap these online users through personalized marketing, messaging and travel plans, they can further augment online travel bookings. This can be done by adopting digital technologies to influence customers early in the journey and moving from one-time engagement to ongoing relationships to have a positive impact."
"There is a perception amongst consumers that online channels are geared towards premium customers, along with a marked distrust around payment and pricing terms. It is imperative for businesses to address these concerns in order to effectively tap into the growing base of users." Arpan Sheth, partner Bain & Company said.
Decoding the Indian travelers
The report further identified the five cohorts of travelers in India, across business and leisure travel, and categorized each against their online research behavior:
Frequent flyers: Nearly 70 percent of them booked online, cumulatively spent $17 billion in 2018. They make their choices based on convenience, availability, brand preference and past experiences.
Budget business traveler: 86 percent of them researched online whereas only 60 percent book online, cumulatively spent $20 billion in 2018. This cohort makes their decisions based on cost of travel, availability and consultation amongst their personal business network.
Experience-oriented traveler: Around 70 percent of their bookings were done online. and cumulatively spent $22 billion in 2018. They extensively research both online and offline for 'authentic' experiences and convenience of options; display high loyalty towards preferred brand of airlines or hotels and actively share experiences.
Budget group traveler: 90 percent researched online and 55 percent booked online, cumulatively spent $29 billion in 2018. They make multiple decision-makers in the process and take the final decisions based on minimal cost.
Occasional travel visiting friends/relatives: 92 percent researched online but only 60 percent booked online, spent $6 billion in 2018. They maximize family convenience within a budget and believe online terms and conditions are restrictive.
However, challenges remain in meeting the expectations of these travelers. Customers perceive online channels geared towards premium cohorts (frequent flyer and experience-oriented traveler), while mass cohorts, with $55 billion in spending, remain underpenetrated. There are about 160 million non-transacting active Internet users in India with only 5 percent of online travelers from Tier-2 or Tier-3 cities. There is a significant (20 percent) difference between the booking rates of premium cohorts and mass cohorts, the latter being also dissatisfied with online channels (~33 percent satisfied) vs. premium cohorts (~42 percent). The second challenge is in penetrating existing users who exhibit a marked distrust in use of online channels to make bookings, especially around payment and pricing terms and booking experience compared with offline channels. Consequently, their online usage drops between the research (>86 percent online influence) and booking phases (~40 percent offline bookings).
How travel businesses need to adapt to the needs of online consumers
The report cites five major shifts that marketers need to make to market to the online travelers – First, alleviate consumer concerns by improving the booking and payment experience to build a trusted brand and increase adoption. Second, they need to address the negative customer perception issues by mass customization to drive higher share in the segment. They also need to utilize consumer technology to penetrate mass segments (standardize, enable sharing), reach non-transactors (build offline presence), and create new user access. Moreover, they need to find innovative and frugal ways to package the experience to increase both adoption and retention. Finally, they need to create a robust digital backend to adapt to customer needs across the purchase journey.
"The contribution of travel and tourism's spend in India has reached developed market levels, from 6.7percent of GDP in 2013 to 9.4 percent in 2018. This growth, combined with a rapidly growing internet user base and adoption of online bookings will lead to $24 billion in incremental revenues through online channels by 2021. In order to benefit from this trend, businesses need to actively increase new user adoption and increase penetration in the existing user base across the purchase journey." Joydeep Bhattacharya, partner Bain & Company said.
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Aloft Shanghai Zhangjiang Haike Hotel opens in China's innovation hub
Aloft Hotels, Marriott International's innovation incubator brand for global travelers, today opens the brand new 191-room Aloft Shanghai Zhangjiang Hotel, bringing high-tech, modern style and a vibrant new social scene to Shanghai as the first Aloft hotel in the city.
Owned by Shanghai Tech University Hotel Management Limited, Aloft Shanghai Zhangjiang Haike Hotel is the first international hotel located in the central area of Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park Pudong. Ideally situated within a prime hub for innovation and technology businesses, the hotel is also located within a short drive from the New International Expo Center and Shanghai Disney Resort among other attractions.
"We're excited to debut the Aloft Hotels brand in Shanghai, bringing the next generation of travelers to an up-and-coming tech and innovation hub in the city. The new Aloft Shanghai Zhangjiang Haike Hotel will become Shanghai's newest social hub, where creative self-expressers can meet and mingle in a casual, friendly environment over cocktails at the W XYZ bar," said Mike Fulkerson, Vice President, Brand & Marketing, Asia-Pacific, Marriott International. "What's more, travelers and locals alike will be able to see emerging local bands at the Live at Aloft evenings held regularly at the hotel."
"Our entire team is proud to be part of the first Aloft hotel in Shanghai and the first international hotel in Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park Pudong. Our hotel will definitely allow value-conscious travelers in pursuit of a smart travel experience to stay connected, network, and relax in style," said Andy Shen, General Manager of Aloft Shanghai Zhangjiang Haike Hotel.
The hotel is located 25 kilometers away from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and close to nearby attractions, within a short walking distance from Chamtime Square, Greenland Being Fun Plaza and ZhongKe Road Station of Metro 13.
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China and Postsocialist Anthropology applies lessons learned from socialist governance, especially in China, to the realm of social theory. Socialist governance explicitly draws on various aspects of Marxist theory and thus directly illuminates issues as varied as theorizing power, imagining the relationship between continuity and discontinuity in historical process, utilizing the category of "the political" when writing about culture and society, and conceptualizing categories like class, the state, the market, and citizenship. Many of the most destructive episodes of socialist governance can be linked to two major themes in Maoism and Marxism: a holistic conception of society; and a positive valuation of politicization (in the forms of conflict, struggle, and political oppositionality). Both themes play an important role in the practical exercise of socialist governance and, in the process, generate a number of related sub-themes, or socialist logics. These two overarching themes come together in the practice and concept of socialist revolution—an armed struggle that transforms society from one holistic form (capitalism) to another (socialism). China and Postsocialist Anthropology explores and develops forms of theorizing about society and politics which avoid the over-politicization, holistic language, metaphors, assumptions, and logics so prevalent in socialist governance.
Andrew Kipnis is a Senior Fellow in the Contemporary China Centre and the Department of Anthropology, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University. He is author of Producing Guanxi: Sentiment, Self, and Subculture in a North China Village and co-editor of The China Journal.
China and Postsocialist Anthropology is a sophisticated and insightful analysis of post-socialist regimes, seen through the prism of the Chinese case. Andrew Kipnis is a highly conceptual anthropologist, very well versed in social-science theory, who also has an in-depth, on-the-ground knowledge of China. Bilingual in Chinese and English, in this important book, he employs his dual expertise to present cogent analyses of post-socialist power relations, post-Marxian social theory, neo-liberalism and neo-leftists in China, the reshaping of citizenship, and a range of other related topics. The book will be of considerable value to comparative social scientists, his fellow anthropologists, specialists in socialist and post-socialist regimes and societies, and social theorists.


All instruction at Premier Performing Arts is offered by professionals – we do not have student teachers. Annual dance recitals and music showcases are scheduled, although not mandatory. The school does not participate in competitions but offers master classes with industry experts. Our students have been accepted into the most prestigious dance and musical theater collegiate programs in the country. We believe in artistry, creative expression, and the dedication it requires to achieve classical technique.
Students and/or parents are asked to call the school in advance to report an absence. Students may make up classes during the same term only. Should prolonged illness or injury occur, students might receive credit to be used within the next term by providing a physician's certification to the school office. Without consent of the school, classes may not be made up in alternate terms. No monetary reimbursements will be provided for missed classes. Cancellation of classes due to inclement weather or faculty illness (where no substitute is available) will be rescheduled at an appropriate time.
Any class that has less than five (5) students will be treated as a semi-private class, and the time will be adjusted accordingly. Small classes may be combined with other classes for the recital.
Punctuality is very important. Warm-up basics for all classes are given at the start of the class. Faculty members have the discretion as to whether or not to allow a student to enter a class. Late arrivals are disruptive to the teacher and the other students.
Snacks and beverages are available in the lobby area. Food and beverages are not permitted in the studios or dressing rooms. Please dispose of all trash in the containers provided, and clean up after yourself.
Students are responsible for their personal belongings.
Students are asked to conduct themselves as polite ladies and gentlemen while in the waiting areas, halls, and dressing rooms.
Children waiting for relatives or friends in class are encouraged to bring homework or a "quiet" activity to occupy themselves. Parents are encouraged to reinforce the importance of these rules and conduct so that coming to class can be a pleasant experience for everyone.
Black leotard, pink tights, pink ballet shoes, and black tap shoes are required. Colored leotards, tutus, and dance skirts are discouraged at this level.
Black leotard, pink tights, and pink ballet shoes. No shorts.
Leotard, tights, and bare feet.
Any comfortable street clothes and non-slip sneakers or jazz shoes may be worn. No bare legs or feet. No jewelry.
Play clothes and sneakers or leotards and ballet shoes are acceptable.
Leotards, tights/jazz pants are acceptable for class. The warm-up may be done in bare feet. Jazz shoes should be worn for floor work.
Leotards and tights are preferred, however, jazz pants and shorts are acceptable. Tap shoes with screw-on taps are recommended.
Leotards and tights or shorts, Bare feet.
Ballet students must wear their hair in a bun. Ponytails are acceptable for Contemporary, Hip Hop, Jazz, Tap, and Tumbling.


In addition to its network of about 1,300 local offices in the United States, SSA also operates an extensive international program to service the needs of Social Security beneficiaries living abroad. An SSA manager is temporarily reassigned to the State Department to serve as a Federal Benefits Officer (FBO) to oversee the payment of all U.S. government benefits over a wide geographical area. The FBO typically serves as an office manager in an American embassy and his/her staff is composed of foreign nationals who operate Social Security and other federal benefit programs.
This 1998 document is a summary history of the SSA's Division of International Operations, which since 1961 has been the organization that has Central Office management responsibility for our international program.


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Applause! Applause! Review of John Jeffrey Martin's If By Some Freak Chance at Don't Tell Mama by Dr. Thomas Robert Stevens
This review of John Jeffrey Martin's If By Some Freak Chance at Don't Tell Mama was written by Dr. Thomas Robert Stevens and published in Volume X, Issue 5 (2015) of the online edition of Applause! Applause!
If By Some Freak Chance
Starring John Jeffrey Martin
Reviewed 6/14/15 at 8:00 p.m.
John Jeffrey Martin, named John after his grandfather, famed singer/actor Johnny Desmond, grew up on Long Island and graduated from the College of Visual & Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Jeff is an accomplished actor, musician and painter, He currently plays Richard Bailey and part of the Ensemble in the Broadway production of Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre. He got good notices for appearing as Troy Bolton in the national tour of Disney's High School Musical and has appeared on Broadway in The Rocky Horror Show, Hairspray and Good Vibrations. He has been composing and singing his own songs for the past 15 years, the last show being at Don't Tell Mama on March 20, 2015. While he did perform four songs in this show, some original, and some covers, accompanying himself on the electric guitar, If By Some Freak Chance was primarily about the presentation of "absurd improv characters" he has created (some with their own screenplays in development) that are "accelerated snippets of humanity born in the chaos of the center of his brain." On his Facebook Page, Jeff Martin heavily promoted this show calling it "a fully committed evening of character-based comedy" that he intended to be "a living art exhibit" where his characters would "tell stories and share their lives" with us. He said the phrase he had in his mind was, "If you build it, they will come." Unfortunately, besides me and my guest, and his girlfriend, there were only two other people in the audience.
The structure for introducing the characters was an audition to find a replacement for Nestor, a man with a sinus condition who was leaving as host of Nestor's Notable Radio Show. Using different wigs, caps, hats, glasses, and other props, Jeff Martin appears as different characters who argue why they should be hired as Nestor's replacement. We are introduced to Pepe, Andre, Colby, Gary, Al, Marv and many others who fail to tell any interesting stories about their lives. He hoped his show would get the audience to "laugh, squirm and think" but it only made me squirm. Jeff Martin occasionally and very rarely was able to successfully deliver a funny line. One was when his Italian character Al spoke about making his famous "water reduction sauce, which is good for making any pasta dish," and another was when Gary, who spent the last fifteen years in college paid for by his parents, who after working many jobs to pay for his tuition, finally killed themselves, said, "there is an upside; my parents did pack away enough cash to let me stay in school for one more semester, especially given their lack of current living expenses." The bottom line is that the characters Jeff Martin has created are not interesting or unique enough, there is no storyline worth telling, and there is very little that is funny about them. The words "stupid" and "silly" come to mind.
On the other hand, John Jeffrey Martin is an accomplished singer and songwriter. His covers of Neil Young's "Old Man" and Paul Anka's "My Way" were inspired and his original songs showed promise as well. Jeff Martin claims his 15-year singing career has not resulted in the breakthrough he would have liked but as I learned in my many years as a partner in Cassone & Stevens Management (that had offices in the Ed Sullivan Theater building), many people have talent. In fact, talent is abundant in New York City. That is never enough to succeed. You also need perseverance, dedication, and an almost obsessive desire to follow ever lead and take advantage of every contact to maximize your chances of obtaining that breakthrough role and building a fan base to eventually launch a successful career. With social media, that is even more possible today than it was two decades ago. When I first contacted Jeff Martin about reviewing his show, I sent him a few links via Facebook based on a conversation we had. He did not view them. Then, at the end of the show, I gave him my e-mail and asked him to send me his bio and a list of all his characters and the correct spelling of their names. Now, two days later, he still has not sent them to me. This is the problem. John Jeffrey Martin clearly has extraordinary talent. Just look at his website at www.JohnJeffreyMartin.com yet that is not enough to succeed in this business. He needs a hard-working, legitimate, talented manager, or mentor, who knows how to harness his talents and get him the help he needs. With proper packaging, motivation and hard work, Jeff Martin has the potential to be a star.
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Website helping crushed restaurants says customers should buy gift cards
Ryan Deffenbaugh
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To keep restaurants afloat while the coronavirus limits business to takeout and delivery only, a newly launched website has a suggestion: Buy more gift cards.
Help Main Street, which went live Wednesday, has compiled information on where to buy gift cards online for more than 10,000 restaurants in New York and San Francisco.
Buying gift cards cannot bail restaurants out of the crisis, but it is a way to show support and provide some desperately needed cash for as long as the small businesses need to ride out the city's social-distancing shutdown.
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"The most important thing we can do is bring attention to the idea," said Nabeel Alamgir, CEO and co-founder of Lunchbox, a tech company that creates ordering platforms for restaurants.
Lunchbox launched the website in collaboration with Eniac Ventures, a firm specializing in seed investments. Alamgir said work started on the platform Sunday morning following a conversation with Nihal Mehta, founding general partner of Eniac. The idea was raised in a Slack messaging channel dedicated to ways the New York tech industry can respond to the Covid-19 crisis.
By the end of that night, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that city restaurants had to close for everything except takeout and delivery. A shelter-in-place order on Monday then limited all of San Francisco and the Bay Area to delivery only.
Lunchbox put about nine engineers on the project. They worked with a team of 10 volunteers through the Slack channel. The platform launched after about 48 hours.
Help Main Street doesn't process any sales directly. It acts as a database of all the locations where people can purchase gift cards online. Most links connect to a restaurant's direct website.
Alamgir said the team added the first 250 or so restaurants manually by seeking out the web pages of eateries that sell cards. The team then developed ways to automate the process. Alamgir said he hopes to expand quickly on the 20,000 restaurants from launch.
More than 400,000 people work in the city's hospitality sector, and many of those jobs are in danger. Some restaurants have turned to GoFundMe to cover bills or help employees. Others are offering discounted gift cards—"bonds," as The Wall Street Journal called them—that can be redeemed at a later date.
Alamgir said the Help Main Street platform could eventually expand to include a Patreon-type plan, which would allow people to sign up for regular payments to their favorite restaurants.
"I grew up in the restaurant business and was a busboy at Bareburger. We all feel really awful about what the industry is going through," Alamgir said. "I woke up Monday morning to a lot of friends without jobs."
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The casual observer might conclude that the Cherokee Scout is affiliated with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. This is not the case. Rather, the newspaper serves readers in Cherokee County, from its seat at Murphy, described in its pages as "this pretty town of ours- a city in miniature- situated most delightfully amid the mountains of North Carolina." Eugene F. Case (1844-1915), editor and co-owner of the Pierce County Herald in Ellsworth, Wisconsin, bought the Murphy Advance in 1890 and changed its name to the Cherokee Scout. Case sold the paper six months later to Dr. John William Patton (1828-1902) and John Stanley Meroney (1832-1909), Patton's brother-in-law, and returned to the Midwest, where he eventually became the longtime editor and publisher of the Watervliet Record in Michigan. Early issues of the Cherokee Scout are few and scattered, and the only one marking Case's ownership of the paper lists his name as F.E. Case. Patton, the first doctor in Cherokee County, appears to have served as co-publisher only briefly. His name had disappeared from the masthead by November 10, 1891. By contrast with Patton, Meroney had little formal education. His family was among the first non-Indian settlers in the town. They had arrived in 1839, shortly after the federal government's forced removal of the Cherokee Indians from the area. Meroney shared the masthead with Alonzo Don Towns (1866-1913), a native of Albany, Georgia, who had worked at the Daily News and Advertiser in his hometown and the Murphy Bulletin prior to joining the Cherokee Scout under Case's ownership. The early days of the partnership between Meroney and Towns may have proved tumultuous. Towns's wife died in November 1891 and left him with a baby. Six months later Towns married Meroney's daughter, Alice. As reported in several newspapers, including the Atlanta Constitution and the Asheville Daily Citizen, Meroney had refused to consent to his daughter's marriage and ordered Towns to keep away from her. Towns, in turn, returned to Albany, Georgia, where he resumed his duties with the News and Advertiser. But, in April 1892, he headed back to Murphy, visited Alice Meroney, and the two eloped. Towns's death proved equally noteworthy. He was found dead in his office on December 13, 1913, having killed himself by drinking carbolic acid. On January 16, 1914, the Jackson County Journal, in Sylva, North Carolina, announced that Tate Powell had assumed editorship of the Cherokee Scout. Powell served as editor and publisher of the paper until November 1917, when he sold the Scout to George Otto Mercer, a resident of Asheville, who had previously edited the Mebane Leader in North Carolina and the Camas Post in Washington. Crop reports, sermons, humor, and poetry could be found regularly in the Scout. Unusual among North Carolina newspapers, but reflecting the paper's proximity to the "Peach State," was the presence of news from Georgia, including market prices in Atlanta. The social notes common in newspapers of the era, indicating who was visiting or sick or out of town, appeared under the heading "Some Scoutlets." In a typical issue of the Scout, business cards occupied the left column on the front page; advertisements for patent medicines such as "Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound" and railroad excursions via Southern Railway to exotic points in the western United States filled the remainder of the pages. In 1917, schools, including Brevard Institute, the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, and the University of North Carolina Law School, took out ads in the Scout. Today the Cherokee Scout is owned by Community Newspapers, Inc., and remains a weekly, published on Wednesdays. Its readership is 9,600. Essay courtesy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Chapel Hill, NC
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