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Vol 2 Issue 2 -Educator Perspective
Published by DJEC on May 27, 2021 May 27, 2021
Learning about "American" ideologies, values, and identities in public schools
Educator perspective
By | Yuri Kim
The brilliant Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reveals "The Danger of a Single Story" in her TED Talk of that name (2009). Adichie argues about how providing a single perspective leads to a narrative that is biased and exclusive. This kind of narrative affects young, impressionable minds that only the dominant White group contributed to America's development, which then creates a culture of disbelonging. How can all students feel "American," when historically that meant "White, Eurocentric American"? This is the reality of what US history classes enforce, which also affected me as an Asian American student.
When reflecting on my experience as a high school history student, I realize that whiteness dominated the space. From Eurocentric expectations of behavior to the White male–centered curriculum, the stories always emphasized my feelings of being a "perpetual stranger." We would rarely hear stories about other racial/ethnic groups, even though many people of color contributed to American history. Students of color, like myself, have difficulty bonding with the content and feel constant alienation from the mainstream narrative of being "American." We feel like we do not belong here, and we never have.
While trying to preach nationalism, people falsely describe a United States that has always done good things and that minority groups have always struggled and endured conflict. In the main article, Denver area community members argue how "schools can teach students how to understand themselves as individuals with identities that are not fundamentally antagonistic to being an American" (p. 2). Asian American students feel excluded or not "American" when their history is reduced to terrible working conditions for Chinese railroad workers, Japanese internment camps, and "yellow peril." They grapple with feeling shame and lack of cultural pride for one's identity when only negative stories are taught. Minority groups should not feel like their contributions to American history have always caused problems and tension.
As a teacher, is essential to provide multiple perspectives and a meaningful, honest history of the United States. With the reality that the "American past is neither deeply explored, nor explicitly connected to the American present" (p. 2), it is the responsibility of teachers to create connections to current events. History does not matter if educators teach about historical events without relating them back to the personal lives of students and present struggles of Americans of color. For example, when discussing territory issues between Mexico and the United States during the Mexican-American War and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, one must also connect that with the immigration controversy that is occuring at the southern border today. The teacher must discuss how the land once belonged to Mexico (after the Indigenous population) before it was forcefully sold to the United States. By providing this narrative, teachers can encourage the narrative that Mexican immigrants didn't "invade" this country and that they are just as American as anyone else. Educators need to continuously link the past with the current reality that our students of color face in the outside world today.
Last, but not least, I want to address the expectations of educators to be inclusive and antiracist. Educators cannot just be diverse in their lesson plans, they need to be inclusive for every student to feel "American." For example, it is not enough to mention the depressing negative histories of minorities; teachers need to offer positive, celebratory moments as well. This will create an environment of culturally responsive teaching and inclusivity as the norm. Then students can feel like there were people who looked like them that contributed to the America we have today. Consistent with the feelings of the Denver Metro–area community members, I believe it is the responsibility of White teachers to believe the racialized experiences of their students, incorporate culturally responsive teaching practices, and dismantle systems of whiteness. Too often, these expectations are put on the shoulders of the few teachers of color within schools. In order for real change to happen, the dominant group needs to intentionally advocate for their students of color by providing multiple perspectives, checking their own bias, and being inclusive of all groups.
It is obvious that I share the same sentiments as the Denver area community members. Being both a student and teacher of color, my experience in America's educational system is truly reflected in this article. There should be a sense of urgency to reform current practices in our history classes because ultimately it is doing more harm than good. Schools can no longer preach a single story to their students; they need to address the complete history of the United States, with all the atrocities and minority contributions. Then students can feel a sense of belonging and solidify their place as an American. Once these changes occur, students can truly believe and reinforce American ideals of "equality for all."
Adichie, C. N. (2009). The danger of a single story [Video]. TEDGlobal. https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_ngozi_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story?language=en
Yuri Kim
Social Studies Teacher at Overland High School (Aurora, CO)
Racial Equity Leader for Students Organized Against Racism (S.O.A.R.)
Korean- American community member
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Donald Hill-Eley would love to stay at Alabama State beyond the Turkey Day Classic.
"Definitely," said Hill-Eley when asked during Monday's SWAC coaches' teleconference if he wanted to be ASU's head coach next season. "It's an opening and I'm a head coach that's available. So why not?"
Hill-Eley is 2-0 as ASU's interim head coach since replacing Brian Jenkins, who was fired after an 0-5 start this season. Coming off a 21-16 win over Alabama A&M in the Magic City Classic last week, the Hornets (2-5, 2-2 SWAC) look to remain undefeated under Hill-Eley when they play Saturday at Jackson State (1-7, 1-3).
"Any time you have a coaching change in the middle of the season, there's a lot of things that go into it that can be negative, but he has turned everything positive," Jackson State coach Tony Hughes said about Hill-Eley. "The kids are playing hard."
Jenkins hired Hill-Eley, a longtime head coach at Morgan State (2002-13), in 2015 to coach wide receivers after one season at Norfolk State where he coached the same position and served as associate head coach.
Hill-Eley hasn't been ASU's head coach long, but he's connected with the players.
"How they feel is how they play," Hill-Eley said. "When these young men know that you care about them, when they see that you're giving them every opportunity to be successful by being on time with what you're doing. Making sure they're prepared and practiced, then they come out and find a way to get things done on Saturday."
Hill-Eley said it's not as if that wasn't the case under Jenkins, but was making a point about how he coaches.
"The young men have been responding to the things I've been asking them to do," Hill-Eley added.
Hill-Eley has also found a winning formula for success — play great defense, stick to what works on offense and be sound on special teams.
"We tell them every day in practice, when we load the bus on Friday, when we go through detail, when we get up on Saturday morning, we let them know that this is a house laid by our defense," Hill-Eley said. "I tell them all the time, our defense is doing well enough that if we have a running back that would help us more on the defensive side, we'll put them on the defensive side."
The Hornets are allowing 22.2 points a game to rank second in the SWAC in scoring defense behind defending conference champion Grambling and fourth in total defense.
More:Alabama State holds off Alabama A&M in Magic City Classic
"Defensively, they're playing as well as anybody in the conference right now," Hughes said. "Offensively, they're doing what they have to do to move the football and score points to win games."
Ronnie Scott's 59-yard interception touchdown return gave ASU an early lead in the first quarter of the Magic City Classic. The SWAC Defensive Player of the Week helped the Hornets limit Alabama A&M (3-5, 3-2) to 221 yards of total offense.
ASU ran for 221 yards, but redshirt freshman Darryl Pearson threw for just 28 yards on 7-of-16 passing. Pearson's longest completion was just eight yards, which resulted in a touchdown after an A&M turnover inside its 10-yard line.
Hill-Eley isn't sweating the passing stats, though, especially when facing the SWAC's top defense last week in Birmingham. He's far more concerned about winning.
"You tell the guys, 'Look here gentlemen, we don't even plan on passing on the highway driving down there,'" Hill-Eley said. "We want to be able to run this ball, control the clock, buy time for the defense and hopefully, our conditioning kick in and we're able to be victorious."
Once ASU went up 7-0 in the first quarter, Alabama A&M coach James Spady started noticing the Hornets taking their sweet time on offense.
"It became a different football team," Spady said. "Now you can run the football and sit on the ball and manage the clock and eat up clock and lessen the opportunities for the opponent to score."
More:Alabama State ends tumultuous month on happy note
All part of Hill-Eley's game plan.
"When you've got a defense playing well and you're not getting a lot of production on offense, you tend not to run a hurry-up offense," Hill-Eley said. "You want to take time off the clock because if you're going three-and-out, you want to buy time for the defense to recover. You don't want to burn them out."
ASU ran ten fewer plays than Alabama A&M (56 to 66), but had the ball for 34 minutes, 14 seconds to win time of possession.
"There's no need for us to go out there and run three plays in 15 seconds and now you back off the field in 45 seconds and the defense is lining back up and going again," Hill-Eley said.
Hill-Eley acknowledged ASU committing 13 penalties for 127 yards. He said the Hornets have "a lot of things we have to fix," but plans to address those issues before playing Jackson State.
"We'll fix it," Hill-Eley said.
More:JSU finally puts together complete game in win over SWAC rival Mississippi Valley
Jackson State earned its first win of the season last week, 24-5 at Mississippi Valley State, but hasn't beaten ASU since 2013.
The Hornets beat the Tigers 14-7 last season at ASU Stadium.
Couple that with ASU's current winning streak and Hughes called Saturday's game a 'tremendous challenge" for his Tigers.
"We have our hands full," he said. "It's a very big game for us and tremendous, tremendous, tremendous challenge for our football team. I've let our players know that it's a very important game that we have to get ready to play to the maximum of our ability."

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Cristóbal Gil Martín nació el 5 de febrero de 1992 en Málaga. Es un jugador español de fútbol que actualmente juega en el Club Deportivo Guijuelo de la Segunda División B de España. Su demarcación habitual es la de centrocampista o media punta.

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Cristóbal es un jugador malagueño que se formó en la cantera del UD Almería y que hasta llegó a debutar contra el primer equipo rojiblanco. Después fue cedido una temporada, la 2014-15, al Nástic de Tarragona, club con el que ascendió de Segunda B a Segunda, gesta en la que participó activamente jugando 29 partidos, algunos de ellos del 'playoff', marcando un gol. Después, Cristóbal Gil rescindió su contrato con el equipo almeriense, firmando con la Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, equipo con el que jugó en el grupo I de Segunda B.

Fue fundamental para el cuadro leonés jugando 32 partidos como titular y otros cinco como suplente, marcando 4 goles. Este centrocampista ofensivo sabe lo que es ver portería a lo largo de su carrera, ya que también lo hizo en el filial almeriense anotando 7 goles en la campaña 2011-12 y 4 en la 2012-13.

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Work for a reputable company. Reputations, especially in Real Estate, are one of the most important factors to success.
Get on neighbourhood committees. Not only does it prove that you are a community advisor, it portrays you as someone with 'skin in the game'. Hopefully someone on your committee will hire you or recommend you to one of their friends.
Donate your time to a charity. Nothing says 'selfless' than lending a helping hand. You will feel good about doing a good deed and people will always rather work with someone who donates time and effort to a worthy cause.
Utilize the successes of your company. Highlight their past sales efforts in the community.
Demonstrating credibility is another matter. David Hornik says that "there isn't a clear path to earning credibility. You don't produce a particular amount of diligence. You don't deliver a particular number of industry reports. You don't call or email to follow-up a particular number of times. What you need to do is be really smart and well-informed about the business (read neighbourhood) you are pursuing.
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Do what you say you are going to do. People respect other people (agents included) who respond quickly and with accuracy.
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The study of credibility began over 2500 years ago with Aristotle. He was interested in how the great orators communicated. He broke down the modes of persuasion into three categories. Ethos or credibility was the first modes. The other two were logos (logic) and pathos (emotion). While this is pretty interesting, the goal of any great salesperson is to lower a prospect's perception of risk of becoming your client and increase their perception of your credibility.


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Book Review: A Court of Mist and Fury
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's
For Those Who Enjoyed Read These Instead: The Handmaid's Tale, The Hunger Games, The Passion of New Eve, Fingersmith, Rebel of the Sands, Long May She Reign, A Darker Shade of Magic, Six of Crows, The Lies of Locke Lamora, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Stardust, Uprooted, The Diviners, Robin Mckinley, Kelley Armstrong
This is not a spoiler-free review!
Look, publishing community. We need to talk.
About ten years ago, you let the Twilight series take over the world, and with it, naive young girls' belief that overly protective stalker boyfriends were something to strive for. Since the series' completion, readers and moviegoers alike have vowed to do better. We hoped to put these toxic ideals behind us with every conversation we had about the problematic nature of Stephenie Meyer's books. We hoped in doing so, we could finally move forward to read and support more wholesome, meaningful content.
Yet somehow, you chose to invest your money in Sarah J. Maas, and unleashed a whole new, far worse beast upon the world.
Why are we still letting toxic romances dominate the YA genre? Have we learned nothing from the likes of Meyer at all?
Let's take a step back for a moment. As with her first series, Throne of Glass, Sarah J. Maas set out to write another fairy tale retelling in her latest A Court of Thorns and Roses series. By the time Mist and Fury begins, we've all but cast the Beauty and the Beast pretence to the wind. In perhaps the most dull first third of any novel, Feyre is suffering extreme depression and PTSD following the trauma incurred at Amarantha's wrath. I am wholeheartedly here for portrayals of PTSD in YA. In fact, I encourage it. And given how much of a non-entity it is in Throne of Glass following Celaena's pre-series traumas, this almost seems like an improvement on Maas' part. But not when it goes on and on and on for 200 pages. Reading about any protagonist moping in self-pity is a 50-page deal at most. I get we're supposed to see Feyre's lack of self-worth at the start of this novel. I get that her trajectory is clearly one of her realising her value and gaining empowerment. Fine. But you can tell that story in 150 less pages. Believe me, as someone who has opened a novel with significant scenes of abuse and trauma, I know what it means to cut back. It pays to trust your reader and rein it in sometimes.
Which comes to one of the most blatant transgressions Maas commits: her lack of editing. Sure, at this point, she's kind of well-known for her signature long sequels. But larger word counts do not good writing make. This novel could have easily been a solid 400 pages without the faffing about she does in the beginning.
There are some books that really excel in being split into distinct acts. Separating segments via setting or plot shifts can really solidify the narrative, but Maas' acts can be separated out according to isolated moments sliding along a scale of boring, great, horrifying, and dire. Which is not what you want out of a narrative arc.
I actually thoroughly enjoyed the middle of this novel. For 200 pages, it seems like Maas has begun to atone for all her grievous harm done in her previous works. She introduces some interesting female characters for Feyre to befriend. The friend dynamic of Rhysand's council is easily one of the strengths of the series and I wish she could have introduced them by the end of the first book. Amren in particular is a fascinating character, who, for a hot second, seems like she might kick some ass in a dark, ruthless, gory kind of way. She and Feyre have a great scene where they're given permission to go out on a mission and be badass. I was excited to see where this would go and I looked forward to seeing these new battle sisters doing some serious damage together. Unfortunately, there are once more, long interludes where Amren keeps herself locked up, decoding things while the others go out and do the exciting stuff. Until the climax of the novel, the best, most dynamic addition to the cast has been shafted. As are all of the female characters in this series.
Here's the thing.
For the most part, I like the girls in this book. At face value, they're great. Nesta, Amren, Mor, and Feyre could all hold their own in battle as easily as they could all have a slumber-party style ki-ki over wine together. But the patriarchal world they're placed in does no favours for them. Maas' faerie world is build up by patriarchal traditions, where the men are led by their territorial, violent animal instincts:
"What's normal?" I said.
… "The … frenzy … When a couple accepts the mating bond, it's … overwhelming. Again, harkening back to the beasts we once were. Probably something about ensuring the female is impregnated. … Some couples don't leave the house for a week. Males get so volatile that it can be dangerous for them to be in public, anyway. I've seen males of reason and education shatter a room because another male looked too long in their mate's direction too soon after they've been mated."
This hyper-masculine tradition also happens to heavily feature treating women like commodities they can use and throw away whenever they like. Rhysand, a character Maas tries so hard to pass off as a celebrated feminist, even tells Feyre in the heat of passion that, "I want you splayed out on the table like my own personal feast". Every single one of Maas' male characters, including, and especially Rhys, is a product of this tradition. But instead of engaging with commentary about how toxic such a worldview is, Maas just lets her characters carry on in this reality without consequence, self-awareness, or rebellion against it, as can be seen by Rhys' explanation of women's place in the kitchen, and Feyre's subsequent acquiescence to that role as Rhys' partner:
"It's an … important moment when a female offers her mate food. It goes back to whatever beasts we were a long, long time ago. But it still matters. The first time matters. Some mated pairs will make an occasion of it– throwing a party just so the female can formally offer her mate food … But it means that the female … accepts the bond."
This old-fashioned, dare I say, archaic misogynistic ideal is just treated as the norm, effectively cementing every other male fantasy writer's depiction of patriarchal societies as the ultimate world-building feature of the genre.
I don't know what Maas is thinking, but whatever it is, it's not cute.
Why are we still putting fantasies set in patriarchal worlds on such a high pedestal? It's fantasy! What's more, it's 2017! You can't tell me it's more realistic to write a patriarchal society than literally any other kind in a fantasy world. When Maas, a woman writer creating her own world from scratch, has the chance to do whatever she wants, this is what she gives us?
One of the most horrifying scenes in A Court of Thorns and Roses (which is also shockingly overlooked) is Rhysand drugging Feyre and turning her into his slave whore without her consent. Maas sweeps this under the rug with a quick explanation that is all justified to a.) save Rhys' fearsome reputation among the other realms, and b.) protect Feyre from the horrors of Amarantha's kingdom. Just when I thought this particular plot was given its much needed closure (shut it down, Sarah. Shut it down right now!), the slave whore plot rears its ugly head again:
"I had heard the rumours, and I didn't quite believe him." [Keir's] gaze settled on me, on my breasts, peaked through the folds of my dress, of my legs, spread wider than they'd been minutes before, and Rhys' hand in dangerous territory. "But it seems true: Tamlin's pet is now owned by another master."
"You should see how I make her beg," Rhys murmured, nudging my neck with his nose.
Keir clasped his hands behind his back. "I assume you brought her to make a statement."
"You know everything I do is a statement."
The only difference is, Feyre's aware and consenting this time. Still, the skimpy dress and incredibly graphic touching on Rhys' part all in the name of creating a diversion isn't good enough to justify his actions. Rhysand's created a thinly-veiled excuse to once again, objectify Feyre, touch her inappropriately in front of everyone, and lay claim to her when she's not his to claim:
"Try not to let it go to your head."
…I … said with midnight smoothness, "What?"
Rhys' breath caressed my ear, the twin to the breath he'd brushed against it merely an hour ago in the skies. "That every male in here is contemplating what they'd be willing to give up in order to get that pretty, red mouth of yours on them."
…His hand slid higher up my thigh, the proprietary touch of a male who knew he owned someone body and soul.
His eyes on the Steward, Rhys made vague nods every now and then. While his fingers continued their slow, steady stroking on my thighs, rising higher with every pass.
People were watching. Even as they drank and ate, even as some danced in small circles, people were watching. I was sitting in his lap, his own personal plaything, his every touch visible to them.
This isn't romantic, this isn't sexy, and it's straight up not okay!
At what point did this series just turn into a horrific Princes Leia/Jabba the Hut smutfic? I know the only ones imagining what it might've been like had Leia been chained to Sexy McSexMachine instead of a giant blob are usually the pervy weirdos. Meaning no one in their right minds would want that mental image. Absolutely no one. In fact, the moment that image popped into my head, the final implosion of Rhys and Feyre's sexual tension was made all the more cringe-worthy. There's a reason Carrie Fisher spoke so strongly against Jabba and the gold bikini. She knew what it meant to be objectified, something Maas does not succeed in exploiting with Rhys' choice to put Feyre in these skimpy outfits not once, but twice in this series. While yes, putting her in these outfits is ultimately a con-game, why should he be lauded for still playing by patriarchal rules in the first place? Shouldn't the correct course of action be to break down those gender barriers?
All I have left to say about that is, I'm sorry, Sarah. You wrote that Leia/Jabba fanfiction. You made your bed. Now lie in it.
I suppose it's about time to address the elephant in the room: Rhys. Oh boy… I don't know how someone can pull together a character's development so offensively, but Maas somehow wins the prize. He spends the entire first book as a lackey to the villain, doing the best he can to humiliate and emotionally manipulate Feyre. Now, we're expected to believe he's not only Feyre's true love (oh, sorry… mate), but a feminist icon? I'm sorry. No. Did we already forget that he drugged her and made her dance for him in Leia's gold bikini? It happened. I'm not about to let people forget it…
Readers fall all over themselves over him for coming to Feyre's rescue when she begs to be saved from her wedding to Tamlin. On the surface, he's set up to directly juxtapose Tamlin's controlling over-protectiveness by letting Feyre do whatever she likes. Yet there's still an unhealthy amount of Rhys manipulating situations in order to do what he feels is best for her. Not what Feyre thinks is best for herself, but what he thinks is best. Every single decision Feyre makes is based on Rhys' influence. Nothing she does is for herself. By making Rhysand's word law, Maas effectively strips Feyre of her agency, ironically, the one thing Rhys has attempted to help her regain in the first place.
What's more, I don't know who any of these characters are outside of their relation to Rhysand. They all revolve around him, because in Maas' paraphrased words, he's the most beautiful, powerful, strongest male in the kingdom. I honestly don't need this overcompensation to make up for how toxic he is as a person. Not to mention, his male friends are nothing but carbon copies of him. Cassian and Azriel share his colouring and Ilyrian wings. I've seen plenty of fanart out there depicting the full cast of characters and I can never tell one male character from the another, nor one female character from another. The men (Azriel, Cassian, and Rhysand) are handsome and dark haired, the women (Feyre, Nesta, Elain, and Mor), beautiful and blonde. Again, the only stand-out is Amren, who is woefully underrepresented and poorly used in the novel. When you have a white cookie cutter template for every character in your patriarchal world, you've gotta step outside your box to deliver some diversity at some point. Otherwise, everything's just vanilla with a side of racism.
If you think Rhys is the only male character abusing women in this novel, you would be dead wrong. Every single female character in this series has an honestly triggering backstory involving rape, whether emotional or physical. This novel is undoubtedly the sort of thing that should come with a warning. I've seen copies with warnings that the series is not suitable for young readers on the back cover, but it's both irresponsible to then market it as YA, and not discuss rape and abuse responsibly. In fact, given how frequently Maas uses the rape card and how non-existent any discourse concerning the consequences is, I'd say this is a dire case of romanticising rape. And I'm tired of seeing readers obsessing over series like these en masse. It's doing nothing but perpetuating rape culture.
Mor in particular has a brutal rape backstory. This is made all the more upsetting by how eager her father is to sell her off to the highest bidder, and her desperation to lose her virginity on her own terms:
"I wanted Cassian to be the one who did it. I wanted to choose … Rhys came back the next morning, and when he learned what had happened … He and Cassian … I've never seen them fight like that. Hopefully I never will again.I know Rhys wasn't pissed about my virginity, but rather the danger that losing it had put me in. Azriel was even angrier about it–though he let Rhys do the walloping. They knew what my family would do for debasing myself."
"I wanted my first time to be with one of the legendary Illyrian warriors. I wanted to lie with the greatest of Illyrian warriors, actually. And I'd taken one look at Cassian and known. … He just wants what he can't have, and it's irritated him for centuries that I walked away and never looked back."
"Oh, it drives him insane," Rhys said from behind me.
What's worrying here is that while the men are praised for playing the patriarchal system to protect their women, female characters like Mor aren't shown the same respect for protecting themselves. Mor's entire character arc is punishment for her female sexuality, kept completely out of her control. Not once does a female character speak out against her sexual abuse, nor do they seek justice for it.
In a recent interview, Maas has stated that she only writes sex scenes if they further the plot. When literally everyone's backstory hinges on sex, whether consensual or otherwise, I find that doubtful. If there's one positive thing I'll say about Maas, it's that I'm glad she's leading the charge for sex-positive female characters. But how empowering are these characters really, when they're defined by their desirability to men and their past sexual traumas? Sure, Feyre has sexual agency, but what else does she have? Especially in a patriarchal world where this is expected of her, and she doesn't even use this "power" to her advantage…
Look, I'm glad Feyre's getting pleasured the way she wants it, when she wants it, and the detailed depiction of her sexual stimulation might help girls become more aware of their own bodies and sexuality. But when this is the highest profile series featuring female sexuality in the YA market right now, what kind of example are we really setting here?
Feminism doesn't begin and end with sexual expression. It's more than that and Maas' characters have to join that fight. Especially given it's one of the highest selling fantasy series in the market right now. Sarah J. Maas is not the feminist role model we need for this generation of girls.
We need more than this.
In short, I'm absolutely shocked and appalled that so many people blindly gave this book 4 and 5 stars. Even those who acknowledge how problematic Maas' writing is. Is it really worth overlooking blatant normalised rape culture to call something your favourite series? As I said from the outset, we've already been there with Twilight. An entire generation of girls fell head over heels for Edward Cullen, a 100+ year old stalker who dictated Bella Swan's ever action and motivation. Now, here we are again, encouraging a new generation of teens to swoon over this sexy, emotionally manipulative product of rape culture, without any acknowledgement of the consequences.
We need to do better. Starting with readers. Starting with authors. Starting with publishers.
It's time to hold ourselves accountable for the content we praise and allow kids to read. Because toxic masculinity and rape culture are not values to uphold. We live in a world where the President of the United States can brag about grabbing women by the pussy without recourse. Where old, white men are constantly dictating women's reproductive rights. Where women are catcalled in the streets and victim blamed for the clothes they wear. Where girls can't even go out at night on their own without the threat of sexual assault.
Is this really what we want to teach our daughters, sisters, students, friends? That it's okay, to allow passing men to objectify us, just because they have power over us?
Listen, girls. This is the thing: men have power over us so long as we give it to them. So long as we keep laying down and accepting that we're weak and in need of defending, they'll keep doing it. And people like Sarah J. Maas will keep holding to those gender expectations. They'll keep defining romantic ideals based on hyper-masculine overprotective, possessive men.
It's up to us to redefine romantic ideals. To tear down toxic masculinity and uplift healthy, equal relationships based on mutual respect.
Because you're worth so much more than that. You deserve better than Rhysand. Align yourself with people who value you for who you are and not just your body. Listen to them when they praise you for your talents. Accept their recommendations when they stumble across media showcasing aspirational women rising above the status quo. You are more than just an object holding a man's attention. You are yourself and you deserve the world.
Look beyond the smokescreen of Sarah J. Maas' works and aspire to be something more.
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Sneak Peek Weekends
March Sneak Peek Previews #2
April 30, 2017 April 30, 2017 Sophie Pinkoski
I'm rounding out the month with some of March's contemporaries for you guys!
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
I have a memory that is almost like a dream: the yellow leaves from Mima's mulberry tree are floating down from the sky like giant snowflakes.
Author: Benjamin Alire Saenz
Publisher: Clarion Books (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
For Those Who Enjoyed: History is all You Left Me, At the Edge of the Universe, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, David Leviathan, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, A List of Cages, Perks of Being a Wallflower
As an agent or acquisitions editor, would I select this for publication?
Full disclosure, I have not read Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, (not that you'd need to – this one isn't the long-awaited sequel), so I'm going in completely blind. I expected Saenz' writing to be more poetic for some reason. It's not doing a ton of things any different than the contemporary authors I've read lately. But it does feel very true to the teen experience, so I definitely understand why teens are so attached to his writing in that sense. I do like seeing more and more stories written by male authors about boys who cry and feel things. It's important for boys to see themselves in the stories they read, and be told that they're allowed to be emotional, to let it all out. Toxic masculinity hurts boys just as much as it hurts girls in the realm of patriarchy and feminism, so it's nice to see more authors taking on that conversation. The narrative voice also has a lot of character; it's engaging. The dialogue is so realistic, and so natural, it's easy to forget you're even reading.
In terms of if I would personally pick it for publication, it's a bit unfair of me to say I wouldn't, simply based on my leaning more toward fantasy, but that's how publishers/agents are like in real life… And that's why we have publishers and their imprints specialising in different genres! What doesn't fancy one agent or publisher would be gold for someone else! That doesn't make this one a bad read at all. In fact, I would highly recommend it to readers, especially those who already love Saenz's work. It's nice that Clarion at Houghton Mifflin picked this one up! (Fun fact: Simon & Schuster have full bragging rights for snapping up Aristotle and Dante, meaning Saenz is published under different houses…)
You're Welcome, Universe
Six stencils in and it's gone. Okay, the tag vanished by Stencil Number Two, but I have a point to prove. I'm not covering up your scribbled slur with just anything, I'm making art here. I'm creating. I'm on fire.
Author: Whitney Gardner
For Those Who Enjoyed: History is all you left me, Love and First Sight, The Fault in Our Stars
I'm not terribly interested in a graffiti plot, so I wouldn't personally publish it, but the hook is both interesting and important. I'm seeing more and more disabled characters in YA lately, which is really nice. I've seen a handful of blind protagonists, but I don't think I've seen any deaf protagonists until now. I'm so glad YA authors are starting to write stories about disabled characters doing normal teenage things, getting into trouble, being rebellious, talking back… All these things you'd expect from an able-bodied character. Almost as if they're ordinary people or something… hmmm…
In any case, good on Knopf for bringing representation where representation is needed. See? Look how easy that was. Publishers, take note!
Goodbye Days
Depending on who–sorry, whom– you ask, I may have killed my three best friends.
Author: Jeff Zentner
Publisher: Tundra Book
For Those Who Enjoyed: A Good Idea, History is All You Left Me, All the Bright Places
Wow, that opening line gives me chills… This may be because I've got morbid interests, but this is the exact kind of contemporary I'm into. I could probably read contemporary YA novels about death forever. I don't like happy, fluffy novels. That's why I don't read contemporaries that often. Which is why I'm so here for all these heart-wrenching contemporaries that really go through the motions in terms of addressing grief and trauma. I will always defend YA novels that deal with real, hard truths of being a teen that go beyond the everyday rabble. People die, and teens struggle with that. It's important that they have a voice to speak for them, and tell them that they're not alone. I support that and I will continue supporting that. Also, the consequence of texting while driving is something I rarely see addressed without being condescending. Teens know it's bad, but there's that assumption that if it's going to happen to someone, it's definitely not going to happen to them. And I think it's nice to bring it back to them in a shocking way that talks to their level. This is where I might make an exception in my extremely sci-fi/fantasy based imaginary agency/publishing house and choose this one for publication. Or at least pass it on to a more contemporary imprint.
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Book Review: History is All You Left Me
Author: Adam Silvera
Publisher: Soho Teen
For Those Who Enjoyed: Perks of Being a Wallflower, We All Just Live Here, At the Edge of the Universe, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, We are the Ants, Two Boys Kissing, Every Day
I've received requests to review this one and I'm sorry it took so much longer than I expected to write it up! But here it is!
I struggle to explain myself when it comes to review contemporaries because I feel like at the end of the day, I'm commenting on the same exact things every time. I like reading at least one contemporary per month, just to keep up with the types of important topics are being addressed in the YA market, because it's a huge priority for my work in the publishing industry. So this one was my March contemporary read.
I do have to say, I definitely feel like I was not the target audience for this novel. I am not a young, gay boy, and thus I don't appreciate the nuances of what Silvera's doing with his plot and characters as other readers would. I have heard this book has earned a handful of starred reviews, which means that it must be doing something right. I just couldn't tell you of any of its accuracies in terms of queer representation because I'm just not that demographic. Since I'm clearly not the target audience for this novel, my opinions may be incredibly biased based on my own experience, or lack thereof with the LGBT community.
My biggest thing was that at some points, it became all about the sex and it felt like almost too much, even though it was hardly graphic in any way. And it wasn't that Silvera was falling into a gay stereotype; he wasn't. It's just that from my observations, that's the conversation that always comes about when it comes to gay men and I almost wish gay narratives could take a more Troy Sivan route and give a more romantic perspective. My other issue, which may be a controversial statement, but I'm gonna make it anyway, is that by the end of it, everyone was gay. I make these two complaints not from a heteronormative point of view. I'm not looking for a chaste, heterosexual love story. I'm actually just coming at this from the point of view of an asexual reader who's tired of seeing both sex and one single sexual orientation being showcased. It's great that there's so much mlm gay representation and it's amazing that Silvera can reach out to boys out there who have experienced what Griffin has. I fully support that and wouldn't want to take away from that conversation. But I would love for authors to take the next step and engage even further with the concept of bisexuality (which Silvera does do, however briefly), and the general LGBT+ spectrum. It seems very much as though publishers are only approving novels involving a binary of gay, straight, or bi characters and I would love to see engagement with pansexuality, asexuality, demisexuality… just all of these rich aspects of the sexual spectrum that teens are really starting to explore at this point.
A positive though, Silvera does do an amazing job of creating characters that feel real. Multiple times while I was reading, I'd find myself coming home and thinking "gosh, I wonder how Griffin's doing. I hope he's doing okay." I was genuinely concerned for him and his grief. I wanted him to find closure and positive coping mechanisms for both his loss and OCD. In that sense, I liked that these were just normal people, going about their normal lives. These are just high school kids, obsessing over video games, comic books, and Harry Potter. They're just trying to figure out who they are and I feel for that.
I do have a lot of questions for the teen runaway trope though. I think in all the contemporaries I've read, they've included the protagonist running away, whether on their bike, or bus, or car, or plane. As the pretty darn well behaved teen I once was, I can't fathom going against my parents and hopping on a plane across the country. How does this happen? How do these kids find the money to do this? It just goes right over my head.
They're just too crazy for me to handle, I guess… these new fangled kids, hanging out in exclusively gay social circles and hopping on planes on their own without parental consent… It's not something I understand, so I'll just leave it to the teens who do relate to that. Because I know they exist. And I respect that.
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Book Review: The Beast is an Animal
The Beast is an Animal
Author: Peternelle van Arsdale
Publisher: Mary K. McElderry Books (Simon & Schuster)
For Those Who Enjoyed: The Sineater's Daughter, Stardust, Blair Witch Project, Dracula, The Raven Cycle, Carmilla, RoseBlood, A Darker Shade of Magic, This Savage Song, The Grisha, Six of Crows, "Goblin Market", "Pied Piper of Hamlin"
This book felt the way my soul feels. The irony if this is delicious, considering the plot follows a pair of spooky soul-eating sisters of Welsh lore. The first 50 pages of Beast is an Animal took my breath and raised goosebumps on my arms in ways a YA novel hasn't done since Libba Bray's The Diviners. Real, intense suspense is a rare feat in YA and for a debut author, I'm impressed by how solidly van Arsdale nailed it. It's dark, it's haunting, it's gothic, it draws you in, chews you up, and spits you out, and it's just so so good.
Those first 50 pages could almost be a completely separate novel from the rest of the story. If anything, if you're interested in picking up this book, but don't want to commit, at least read those first 50 pages, because it's literary magic. The remainder of the narrative follows Alys, whose village was brutally ravaged by the soul-eaters, leaving every adult dead. What follows is a slow-moving coming of age plot as she comes to grips with the darkness within her that has allowed her to survive the sisters' wrath. It's one of those stories that really needs to be savoured until the very end before outright dismissal. The middle segment drags and it doesn't become clear where van Arsdale's going with it until you've hit the final act.
Although the middle lulls compared to the rest of the novel, it offers hints of Neil Gaiman level storytelling. It's quiet, yet ominous. Alys and the remaining children get sent to a neighbouring town, which is extremely Puritanical and suspicious of them all. Fearing the threat of the soul eaters, they build a wall around the town, where Alys and her kin are forced to guard it every night while the townsfolk sleep well in their self-righteous, religious beliefs. There's something akin to Stardust here (which I love), injected with surprisingly accurate witch-hunt context. Taking the Puritan witch hunt angle is hardly a new one, yet it still speaks to modern society more than ever. The religious, pearl clutching fear mongering does not rely on facts, but rather savage gossip against the unknown in order to justify actions. The town is, as one might expect, all white, in fear of the other. All races not like their own are labelled children of the Beast, also wrongfully assumed to be evil incarnate.
Alys' own character arc is here to showcase how evil isn't just evil and good isn't just good, there is no black and white. She slips into the grey areas pretty seamlessly, giving her moments of solitude with the Beast and moments of melancholy in her power struggle against the sisters. She learns the true evil is with those who believe themselves to be morally superior above all else, despite their hypocrisy. It says a great deal about modern so-called Christians, who preach only what conveniently applies to their outlook, without any concept of empathy toward people who differ from them. Van Arsdale's social commentary on how these people can justify racism and damnation of the Other is weaved into her narrative with such ease, there's not an ounce of preachiness to it. It's just raw, honest discussion of humanity and what makes us beastly.
Had I only read the first two thirds of this book, it would've only earned 4 stars, but stepping back, and seeing the plot as a whole, van Arsdale has three very clearly laid out acts. I love a well-thought out narrative, and I have a lot of respect for her for it. I know exactly where she split her plot in even thirds. From the extended prologue of the sisters' attack on Gwineth, to the watchers of the wall, to the climax in the tranquil Lakes. I got it. It's organised, not overly complicated in any way, and it makes for beautiful storytelling.
Another thing I appreciate in Beast, is that the romance takes a backseat to Alys' confronting her fears. In fact, her love interest doesn't show up into more than halfway through. I have to say, I approve of fantasy authors doing this more often, because it gives so much room for the protagonist to develop beforehand. Alys has a clear objective (even though she doesn't fully confront it until years after it's set for her; the only pitfall of the novel) and not even falling for a boy will stop her. Her relationship with Cian instead feels like an added bonus to an already fantastic plot. The romance doesn't feel forced or intrusive or tacked on. He's just there for her in the background, willing to wait for her while she does her thing. That's how I write my fantasy romances…
I should also note that the Welsh folklore of the soul-eaters is the exact same myth that A.G. Howard struggled to recreate in RoseBlood. It wasn't until near the end of Beast that I made this connection, and understood why Howard would make that leap from soul-eaters to vampires. Van Arsdale's soul-eaters are undoubtedly vampires in that same hair-raising way that Dracula is undoubtedly a vampire. The only difference is, van Arsdale doesn't bother bashing you over head with this parallel like Howard does (repeatedly. With a nail-spiked iron bat). She's subtle and just lets them be what they are, and it pays off.
I loved everything about this novel. I loved that it was quiet, and atmospheric. That it made me feel like I could take my time, like an unencumbered walk in the woods. That she used the witch and vampire tropes without being cheesy about it. That her villains were flawed supernatural women giving some creepy Lucy Westenra Bloofer Lady realness. That van Arsdale wasn't afraid to murder her entire cast. This novel made me want to get back to my literary roots. Reread all my Victorian gothic faves.
Go read this book. And then go read Dracula. Both are fab depictions of spooky creatures of the night.
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ARC Book Review: Proof of Concept
Author: Gwyneth Jones
Publisher: Tor
For Those Who Enjoyed: Never Let Me Go, Arrival, Signs, Star Wars, H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells, Apollo 13
I read the first two chapters of this novel and was immediately into it, despite the fact I had no clue what was going on. I was under the impression that everything going on would become clearer as the plot unfolded. That's… not exactly what happened. In fact, I'm even more confused than when I started out.
Proof of Concept follows Kir, a girl saved from post-apocalyptic Earth by a super-genius scientist who puts an Artificial Intelligence computer in her brain. For some reason, because this happened when she was still very young, this stunted her growth and I suppose, her ability to conceptualise everyday situations. Either that, or the character development and explanations within the narrative are so flat, Jones misses the point entirely… Anyway, Kir sets off on this experiment expedition to subspace, where they're looking for somewhere new for humanity to settle. That's barely what I was able to decipher from this plot and even that I'm unsure of.
This novel feels like what would happen if a scientist, with no previous background in writing fiction, wrote a book. There are people, doing sciency things, and the readers are just expected to understand what the author means with very little to go on. Because Kir's so emotionally stunted and insular, we don't get the full scope of exactly what's going on in terms of anything happening around her. Which is maybe the point. But this suffers from the same issues as Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go, as well as any novel involving characters completely lacking in social cues. There are too many instances where Jones drops an interesting little nugget of information and I want to delve into it further, but then it's gone again, and I'm left with nothing to go on. I have no clue what this experiment they're doing is. I don't understand the population control situation. I don't have any grasp on the simulated intimacy that apparently goes on between coworkers… I just don't understand.
I think the biggest reason this narrative struggles so hard with it's plot is because it's way too short. The plot and world building is stretched way too thin across a 175 page novella. There is not enough room there to fully develop characters and the experiment they're doing, as well as a full breakdown of the futuristic setting. This is something I find most science fiction novels suffer from. Either there's not enough background information for casual readers to latch onto or there's far too much to fully appreciate the plot. With Proof of Concept, it feels like Jones took the iceberg principle, wherein an author should develop characters and world building as much as possible, but only show what the readers absolutely must know to understand the plot, and cut out far too much of all her development. She may know exactly what all her characters' motivations are and how they relate to each other, and what kind of dystopian world we're in, and how the science works, but she doesn't share that with the reader. She simply assumes that we already know.
We can't read your mind, Gwyneth Jones. You have to spell it out for us.
Another really weird tonal thing going on is the fact that this is a murder mystery? I don't read many murder mysteries (haven't read a single Agatha Christie novel in my life…) but if I did, I'd want to be at least emotionally attached to these people before they die. There's no buildup and no real character development for anyone who died, so I didn't particularly care if they lived or not. It wasn't shocking, it was just there.
I went into this expecting there to be some Lovecraftian spookiness to it. And I think Jones was really reaching for it, but didn't quite reach the mark. I was expecting some The Descent level scare-fests. They're going deep, deep down into these caves, where maybe there are some pre-civilisation humanoids living down there. I wanted people to be picked off one by one that way. I wanted the AI in Kir's head to take over and really mess things up in a disturbing way without her realising he's controlling her mind. Give me some "I'm sorry, I can't let you do that" realness! That's what I wanted out of this novel!
I wanted a straight up space science horror novel and that's not what this was at all.
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March Sneak Peek Weekends #1
The first sneak peek of March releases is another set of YA fantasies! Let's see if they're worth a read!
We always know before the change comes. When a storm approaches, we feel it in the thickness of the air, the tension in the earth awaiting the blanket of snow. We feel the moment the wind changes direction. We sense a shift of power when it is coming.
Author: Meagan Spooner
Publisher: Harper Teen
For Those Who Enjoyed: Beauty and the Beast, The Lunar Chronicles, The Shadow Queen/The Wish Granter, Long May She Reign, Court of Thorns and Roses, The Bloody Chamber, Cruel Beauty, Robin Mckinley, The Beast is an Animal, Wintersong, Uprooted
As I've mentioned in previous sneak peeks, fairy tale retellings are very in, and for some reason, Beauty and the Beast is especially hot right now. I'm not sure what the draw is to be honest (though the new movie was a dream). I find this particular fairy tale hasn't done many authors any favour recently. Sarah J Maas and Rosamund Hodge have both tried their hand with varying success, but I can't really say either have done anything revolutionary or beautifully written with it.
This one might finally break the cycle.
I'm not sure why almost every single Beauty and the Beast retelling has to start with Beauty and her sisters doing something mundane before the action picks up, but I want something more exciting to open the story for once… Sarah J. Maas almost does it, but her downfall is her weak character development and terrible writing… This is beautifully written, but slow on the pick up.
Because Beauty and the Beast has been done over and over and over so often, would my instinct be to give this one a go as an agent? I don't know. I don't know if there's enough to set it apart, but I genuinely hope there's something here!
Blood Rose Rebellion
I did not set out to ruin my sister's debut. Indeed, there were any number of things I deliberately did not do that day. I did not pray for rain as I knelt in the small chapel of our London town house that morning, the cold of the floor seeping into my bones.
Author: Rosalyn Eves
For Those Who Enjoyed: Throne of Glass, Red Queen, Hunger Games, Rebel of the Sands, Divergent, Dark Days Club, These Ruthless Masks, Stalking Jack the Ripper,The Tempest
Would I select this for publication?:
This one has a nice flip to the current fantasy YA trend of special magic girl who wants to be normal. Instead, everyone's magical and she's not. I like it… but is that enough? This could go one of two ways: this means she got non-magical talents, or she's more powerful than anyone else and hasn't grown into her power yet. If it's the former, I'm into it. If it's the latter, we're just falling back into the usual fantasy conventions which drive me up the wall… I do find the immediate introduction of a love interest concerning. It feels like the protagonist is going to seek validation based on a boy's interest in her and that's never a good sign. Unfortunately, what I'm getting most from this opener is that the protagonist is useless and boring and everyone keeps treating her like a child. The inciting incident is showcasing her fighting over a boy with her sister and it's not endearing in the least. This one would go in the no pile, for sure.
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The Titanic Story: Who are you?
There were three ships which were nearby when the Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912.
One of them was known as the Sampson. It was 7 miles away from the Titanic and they saw the white flares signaling danger, but because the crew had been hunting seals illegally and didn't want to be caught, they turned and went the opposite direction away from the Titanic.
The next ship was the Californian.
This ship was only 14 miles away from the Titanic, but they were surrounded by ice fields and the captain looked out and saw the white flares, but because the conditions weren't favorable and it was dark, he decided to go back to bed and wait until morning. The crew tried to convince themselves that nothing was happening.
The last ship was the Carpathia.
The first ship represents us and people like us if we are so busy looking inward at our own sin and lives that we can't recognize when someone else… is in need.
The second shiprepresents those of us who say I can't do anything now. The conditions aren't right for it and so we wait until conditions are perfect before going out.
The last ship! That's what we should all aim to be. To be there for each other and thrust everything into God's hands.
Life whispers to your soul and speaks to your heart. We need to take time to listen to these whispers and take heed.
Socrates said, "Know Thyself." So ask yourself this moment, "Who am I?" Then, whatever good in your heart you want to do, then do it!
Have a wonderful historical week ahead.


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Kitaab(7.4 rating)
Lucky Ali Starrer Kitaab released in 1977, this was an Drama movie and it received 7.4 average rating on IMDB.
Cast By – Uttam Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Shreeram Lagoo, Raju Shrestha, Master Tito, Lucky Ali, Pankaj, Anees, Indrani Mukherjee, Ram Mohan, Dina Pathak, Keshto Mukherjee, Asit Kumar Sen, T.P. Jain, Kamaldeep
Genre – Drama
Duration – 124 Minutes
Director – Gulzar
Writer – Bhushan Banmali, Samaresh Basu
Production Company – Meghna Movies
Released Date – Saturday, December 31, 1977
Budget –
About – A young boy lives with his sister away from his mother to study in school. However, he is neither fond of the school nor his new home and decides to run away to be with his mother.
Trikal (Past, Present, Future)(7 rating)
Lucky Ali Starrer Trikal (Past, Present, Future) released in 1985, this was an Drama movie and it received 7 average rating on IMDB.
Cast By – Leela Naidu, Neena Gupta, Anita Kanwar, Soni Razdan, Dalip Tahil, K.K. Raina, Kunal Kapoor, Keith Stevenson, Salim Ghouse, Ila Arun, Jayant Kripalani, Akash Khurana, Lucky Ali, Sushma Prakash, Sabira Merchant
Director – Shyam Benegal
Writer – Shyam Benegal, Shyam Benegal
Production Company – Blaze Film Enterprises
Released Date – Friday, August 30, 1985
About – A Goan native returns to his now-derelict, palatial childhood home, recalling his family's interpersonal drama during the end of Portuguese rule.
Kaante(6.6 rating)
Lucky Ali Starrer Kaante released in 2002, this was an Action, Crime, Drama movie and it received 6.6 average rating on IMDB.
Cast By – Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, Mahesh Manjrekar, Lucky Ali, Kumar Gaurav, Namrata Singh Gujral, Malaika Arora, Rati Agnihotri, Isha Koppikar, Ranjit Chowdhry, Jeff Davis, Morgana Di Castlebesozza, Sanjay Sippy, Gilbert Aguilera
Genre – Action, Crime, Drama
Director – Sanjay Gupta
Writer – Sanjay Gupta, Yash Keswani
Production Company – Film Club
Released Date – Friday, December 20, 2002
Budget – INR 280000000
About – Six bank robbers trying to pull off the perfect heist discover one of them is an undercover cop.
Yehi Hai Zindagi(6.4 rating)
Lucky Ali Starrer Yehi Hai Zindagi released in 1977, this was an Comedy, Drama movie and it received 6.4 average rating on IMDB.
Cast By – Sanjeev Kumar, Utpal Dutt, David Abraham, Romesh Sharma, Ramesh Deo, Lucky Ali, Vikram Gokhale, Umesh Sharma, Adil, Rajbaldeo, J.N. Anand, V.D. Puranik, Prakash, Madhukar, Kiran
Genre – Comedy, Drama
Director – K.S. Sethumadhavan
Writer – Inder Raj Anand, Raj Baldev Raj
Production Company – Vijaya Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Released Date – Thursday, March 10, 1977
About – Anand Narayan comes from a poor family, which consists of his wife, Gayetri, daughter, Kamla, and two sons Madhu and Govind. Through hard work, Anand starts on his way to success. He meets …
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The Door is the second album by Steve Lacy to be released on the RCA Novus label. It was released in 1989 and  features four of Lacy's compositions and one each by Monk, Bud Powell, Duke Ellington and George Handy performed by Lacy, Bobby Few, Steve Potts, Jean-Jacques Avenel, Oliver Johnson and Irene Aebi with Sam Woodyard guesting on one track recorded shortly before his death.

Reception
In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "Overall this is a well-conceived and highly recommended set for Steve Lacy fans.".

Track listing
 "The Door" - 7:26
 "Ugly Beauty" (Monk) - 7:48
 "Cliches" - 8:27
 "Forgetful" (Handy, Segal) - 7:21
 "Blinks" - 9:13
 "Coming Up" (Powell) - 4:43
 "The Breath" - 4:25
 "Virgin Jungle" (Ellington, Strayhorn) - 9:21

All compositions by Steve Lacy except as indicated
Recorded at Family Sound, Paris on July 4 and 5, 1988

Personnel
Steve Lacy - soprano saxophone
Bobby Few (1, 2, 4, 5 & 8) - piano
Steve Potts (1, 2, 5 & 8) - alto and soprano saxophones
Jean-Jacques Avenel (1-3, 5, 6 & 8) - bass, sanza on (3)
Oliver Johnson (1, 2, 5-8) - drums
Irene Aebi (8) - violin
Sam Woodyard (8) - drums

References

1989 albums
Steve Lacy (saxophonist) albums


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A veterans appreciation event touched down Aug. 15 and 16 at Aurora State Airport, with Portland-area World War II veterans receiving recognition and, for some, a ride in a historic plane.
The event, put on by Vital Life Foundation in partnership with Ageless Aviation and Providence Foundation, featured flights for select veterans in a Boeing Stearman biplane, which was used to train military aviators during the war, and group rides in a 1940s DC3 plane. The restored DC3 will actually be flying to Normandy, France next year to honor the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
The event also included kids' activities, music, games, trivia and a ceremony that included a speech from Rishi Sharma, a 20-year-old California man who has dedicated his life to interviewing every living World War II combat veteran.
Attendees were a mix of veterans and their families, community members, as well as employees, partners and friends of The Vital Life Foundation.
The purpose of the event was not only to honor the veterans, but to also preserve the memory of what their generation faced and accomplished.
"Spirit of '45 provides an opportunity for America to say 'Thank you!' to those who served in uniform and those who supported them on the home front, the men and women who were the 'ordinary heroes' of WWII," a press release from Vital Life Foundation stated.


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3 Days tour in Kish without Visa !
3Day Kish Tour without Iran Visa!
Kish Island the Pearl of Persian Gulf is located in the south of Iran. In 2010, The New York Times was ranked Kish in 10 beautiful islands of the world. All foreign nationalities wishing to enter Kish Free Zone are not required to obtain Iran visas prior to travel. It would be great news for all travelers if trying to find a new destination for the next holiday. The passports are stamped for 14 days in Kish international airport. Although it is a small island, there are numerous tourist attractions as the historical site, leisure resort, festivals, numerous shopping malls, and resort hotels.
You don't need the visa for this tour but you can read about Iran visa here.
Arrival in Kish Island. Transfer to Hotel and after rest have city day tour to visit Kish Dolphin and Birds Park and some modern shopping malls. Dolphin Park is one of the best in middle east. You can take pictures and swim with dolphins. There is also a birds' garden and a big aquarium next to Dolphin park. During evening we go to shopping malls. Every tourist certainly visits its markets and hardly anyone leaves the markets empty- handed. At 10 PM every night a ceremony is held in each mall. Here are some International Markets in Kish: Pardis, Venus, Zeyton, Marjan, Morvarid, Maryam and Paniz.
After breakfast we will start the tour in Beautiful Island to visit some Historical sites. Starting with Kariz underground city which was Qanat and provided the island fresh water in the past times. Then we visit Greek ship Beach Park With facilities such as theater, cafeteria, Iranian and Lebanese restaurants, station for rental skates and bikes. Here a giant Greek ship has been sitting on the bank. Watching the sun sets slowly behind the Ship in Persian Gulf is memorable. Afterwards we enjoy the beautiful landscapes of Coral Reef Beach Park. During evening you can enjoy your time in the beach or Shopping malls.
After breakfast we have a boat riding tour in glass bottom boat on the clear and transparent water of Persian Gulf. Then you have free time till sunset for diving in rich and beautiful diving spots (diving is possible in all times of year and it's suitable for everyone, even armatures), Parasailing (watching city in high altitude), Jet Ski, Cable Ski, swimming and even walking along the beautiful beaches of the island.


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This paper asks if economic growth and steps towards a market economy have affected earnings gaps between the Han and nine large urban ethnic minorities: Zhuang, Hui, Manchurian, Tujia, Uighur, Miao, Tibetan, Mongol and Korean. It also asks how earnings premiums and earnings penalties have changed for the nine ethnic minorities. For the analysis we use a subsample of the 2005 China's Inter-Census Survey. We find examples of three different changes over time in earnings premiums and earnings penalties: One ethnic minority for whom the development has been more favourable than for the Han majority; a second category in which development has been similar; and a third category for which development has been unfavourable. We conclude from the analysis that it can be misleading to infer the experience of one ethnic minority from that of another.
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BATTERIE is the brainchild of Jared Underwood; award winning musician, composer, percussionist, experimentalist and graduate of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and AFTRS (Australian Film Radio and Television School)
BATTERIE combines improvised live drums, synthesizers, sampling, looping, and electronics that interact with visual projections in a unique live solo show that pushes the boundaries of what a solo performer can do.
BATTERIE performs instrumental electronica inspired by IDM, electro, chip tune, experimental rock and post rave music genres.
Some highlights have been supporting New York art rock band Gang Gang Dance at the Sydney Opera House, opening for cult Japanese group CIBO MATTO, performing at ART BAR at The Museum Of Contemporary Art and most recently playing SQUARE SOUNDS festival in Melbourne, Australia's only Chip tune, retro tech music festival and SUBSONIC dance music festival.
Over the last few years BATTERIE has been busily composing music for indie games including : OTTTD, One More Dash, PLATO, One More Jump, Thumb Drift and One More Line. The games he has worked on have been downloaded more that 24 Million times . The music is available on Apple music, Spotify, Soundcloud, BandCamp and more.
BATTERIE was a guest speaker presenting his game soundtrack work at the APRA High Score game music conference in May 2017, GCAP 2017 gaming conference in Melbourne and APRA The Melbourne Sessions July 2018.
In other musical guises Jared was the winner of TropScore 2013, he performed his winning film score live to picture at TROPFEST to an audience of 80,000 people in the Domain. He has also composed music for fashion films, performance art groups, TV commercials, 360 videos, and even a nature documentary for National Geographic Channel.
He has been nominated for 2 ARIA awards as a member of Cinematic art pop group CODA who have played Vivid Sydney, Woodford Folk festival, The Big Day Out and more. Jared was a founding member of Sydney post rock band PROP whose members went on to form The Presets and Boy & Bear. Prop supported Tortoise & Sonic Youth. Their album 'Small Craft Rough Sea' is available on Spotify and Apple Music.
As a collaborating musician he has worked with : Daniel Johns (Silverchair), members of The Presets, Nick Littlemore (Empire of the Sun), Luke Steele, Hugo Race (Nick Cave) Jake Stone (Bluejuice), Jane Tyrell (The Herd), Lenka, Jono Mar (Jagwar Ma), Touch Sensitive, Grafton Primary, PROP, CODA, and more.
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What is the purpose of management in a business? Is it not to manage people, processes and resources in a way that accomplishes the objectives of a business in the most effective, efficient and successful manner possible? If that is the case, then why is it so typical to see managers at various levels of organizations perpetuate the poor management practice of managing (or mismanaging) by fire drill?
You know what I'm talking about. Instead of having a sound strategy, a plan in place to execute on that plan, and focused attention on tactics that accomplish the goals along the way, each day seems to be one chaotic episode after another. Workers may be given an assignment one day, aware of what is said regarding a long-term strategy and goals, yet their day-to-day efforts are constantly disrupted by management demanding all hands on deck to handle the latest "emergency" – management by fire drill which is, of course, mismanagement.
Anyone in business knows that there are legitimate, occasional emergencies that arise which demand immediate attention. In such instances, it is necessary and understandable that people drop what they are working on and handle the situation, returning to the normal effort and focus as soon as possible. It is essential, though, that such occasions be few and far between if a business is to be more proactive than reactive.
Unfortunately, there seem to be some in management who spend more of their days generating and/or passing down fire drills than actually managing in a thoughtful, sound, helpful manner. Why is that? Maybe they're just passing down what has been handed to them from "mismanagers" above them. Maybe they're short-sighted and can't think or plan beyond the immediate, pressing matter. Maybe they've never been trained in sound management practices. Maybe they're examples of the Peter Principle and have risen to the level of their incompetence. Regardless of the reason, the practice is not only disruptive and ineffective in the long term, it's extremely damaging to the employees whose work is an endless sequence of fire drills.
It prevents accomplishment of the broader objectives they are hired to accomplish.
Stress levels are kept at unsustainable, high levels.
Employee engagement suffers as dissatisfaction with circumstances rises.
Burnout contributes to higher-than-necessary turnover.
The emotional impact negatively affects overall personal well-being and, therefore, the health of departments and the organization as a whole.
Relationships suffer between employees and management as lack of respect and distrust become commonplace.
The company loses its potential greatest ambassadors – its employees.
You may think of additional consequences of fire drill mismanagement I failed to include above.
So what needs to be done about such management practices? That depends on the source of the problem. If the practice is modeled consistently from those at the very top of the organization, then it's likely that only a change in senior leadership will open the door to cultural change. If the source of the fire drills is a little lower down the org chart, then change must be encouraged from above, beside and below the source of the problem. Better management can be modeled by others. Management training can be offered. Accountability measures can be put in place by leaders who understand the importance of managing properly. Employees may feel safe enough to approach such managers with concerns, but in the absence of such security, perhaps they can risk expressing their concerns to those managers' superiors. That last one is risky for the employee, but so is allowing the situation to continue unchanged and unchallenged.
The goal ought to be improved management practices – not taking the easier, quicker way of removing the mismanagers or leaving too quickly if you are one of the impacted employees. Of course, both of those options need to remain on the table and may be the necessary option of last resort.
Management isn't easy. Nobody is perfect. There is always room for improvement in any employee at any level of a company, including managers. But we must not allow to continue the toxic mismanagement practice of one fire drill after another. Businesses can do better than that, and they must if they are to accomplish their reasons for being and if they are to retain healthy, engaged employees.
What are your thoughts and experiences on the matter?


A federal judge on Thursday blocked a portion of a crime victims' rights measure approved by California voters in November that restricts legal rights for parole violators.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton of Sacramento ruled that a permanent federal injunction previously agreed to by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration trumps voters' support for Proposition 9.
The administration agreed in 2004 to provide, at taxpayers' expense, lawyers for ex-convicts who risk being sent back to prison for violating parole conditions. It also requires the state to act quickly on parole violation allegations and to set up rehabilitation programs that can be used instead of returning the violator to a cell.
Karlton rejected the administration's argument that voters' approval of the ballot measure nullifies the administration's settlement of the class-action inmate rights lawsuit. The measure was supported by 53 percent of voters.
While the Schwarzenneger administration supported the original settlement, its lawyers say the administration is legally bound to uphold voters' will. The authors of Proposition 9 had written language into the initiative intended to overturn the lawsuit settlement.
"A change in state law standing alone is not the type of change in factual circumstance that renders continued enforcement of a consent decree inequitable," he wrote in a 34-page opinion.
It costs the state about $30 million annually to provide alleged parole violators with lawyers, according to corrections officials. Victims groups say the agreement exceeds constitutional requirements, though attorneys representing inmates say it is cheaper than other ways of protecting ex-convicts' legal rights.
Proposition 9 writes victims' rights into the California Constitution and contains numerous other restrictions on criminals that are not affected by Karlton's ruling.
Administration lawyers previously said they are required by state law to appeal Karlton's decision to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
She blamed the administration for agreeing to the 2004 settlement.
The settlement ensures that parole can't be revoked without a proper and swift hearing, responded attorney Ernest Galvan, who represented parolees in the case.
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesman Seth Unger said the administration is reviewing Karlton's decision. Corrections officials never implemented the portions of Proposition 9 overturned in Karlton's decision because the judge had entered a temporary stay immediately after the November election.
"We are implementing the will of the people on Marsy's Law aside from the areas which the court has ordered us not to implement," Unger said, using the proposition nickname adopted by supporters.
That includes giving more notice to crime victims and delaying parole hearings for inmates serving life sentences. Previously, inmates serving life sentences were entitled to a hearing every one- to five years, but now they are eligible every three- to 15 years.
Payments fall from $123.9 million in fiscal 2001-02 to $81.2 million last year, a state audit shows. But the costs to run the board have risen substantially.
Crime victims in California are getting less financial help from a state victim compensation fund, and too much is spent on administering the program, according to a state audit released Tuesday.
The amount of victim compensation payments fell from $123.9 million in the 2001-02 fiscal year to $61.6 million four years later — a 50% decline.
The payments last year were $81.2 million, still below the amount paid seven years ago, according to California Auditor Elaine Howle's report.
The cut in payments was the result of action by the state Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to avoid the fund running out of money before all claims were handled, said Miles Bristow, a board spokesman. He said payments have gone up and administrative costs have gone down in the last few years as the board has increased the amount allowed for claims for mental health services, burial and other needs. Julie Nauman, the board's executive director, agreed with the audit's recommendations, which included refining goals to maximize help to victims.
The fund is financed with restitution fines levied against convicted criminals, as well as federal grants. Last year, 50,895 claims from crime victims were filed, a 4% increase from the year before.
McGreevy is a Times staff writer.


AGEify, our innovative solution for online age verification, participated in MWC 2019, in Barcelona. The event was held from 25 to 28 February 2019 at Fira Gran Via.
MWC Barcelona is the biggest mobile event in the world, in which professional speakers and more than 2.400 leading companies, representing big consumer brands, take part each year. This year in particular, a variety of events were held at the MWC, such as the global business platform for tech start-ups which included workshops, conference sessions and competitions; also the Mobile World Summit, a meeting between top executives with speeches, discussions and networking opportunities. The participants also had the chance to attend GSMA Seminars, which were presented by specialized people who know all the essential industry developments and themes. The main theme of the event this year was ''Intelligent Connectivity'', which concerns the powerful combination of flexible, high speed 5G networks, the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Big Data.
The AGEify team joined in the MWC 2019 and had the opportunity to increase its business knowledge, expand its professional network and get more into the technology field. It's important to mention that AGEify works like a passport. Our innovative application constitutes an easy, accurate and privacy-preserving manner, which via several methods enables the verification of any age, including that of minors. Currently, the first version of our solution is already available and we are looking for partners to use it and expand it internationally.


Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933 following a series of electoral victories by the Nazi Party. He ruled absolutely until his death by suicide in April 1945.
While thousands of their fellow Americans were about to enter into the Battle of the Bulge and likely face capture under harsh circumstances by the war-weary German enemy, others, already POWs, celebrated a lonely Christmas holiday, the last of the war, in camps across Europe.


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REUTERS Monday, 08 July 2013 08:49 AM
VIENNA — The U.N. atomic agency and Iran may hold a new round of nuclear talks in August, diplomats said on Monday, in what would be their first meeting since last month's election of a relative moderate as the Islamic state's president.
If it does take place, the meeting will be scrutinized by the West for any sign of increased Iranian readiness to compromise in the decade-old international dispute over its nuclear program after the June 14 election of Hassan Rouhani.
A diplomat in Vienna, where the International Atomic Energy Agency is based, said he believed the aim was for an IAEA-Iran meeting in mid-August but that no decision had yet been taken.
"I think that no meeting in August would be a bad sign," another Western envoy said.
That would be shortly before the IAEA issues its next, quarterly report on Iran's nuclear program in late August and ahead of a week-long session of the U.N. agency's 35-nation governing board in September.
Western officials accuse Iran of stonewalling the IAEA's inquiry into suspected atomic bomb research and say Tehran in the past has been keen to meet with the agency shortly before board meetings to try to blunt criticism voiced there.
The IAEA-Iran discussions are separate from, but still closely associated with, broader negotiations between Tehran and six world powers aimed at an overall political solution to the dispute that would head off the risk of a new Middle East war.
The IAEA, in an e-mailed response to a question, said it had no news to report about any future discussions with Iran. They last met in May in Vienna, without achieving a breakthrough.
International hopes for a resolution of the nuclear dispute were boosted by the election of Rouhani because he has promised a more conciliatory approach to foreign relations than incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
But Western officials stress that it is Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who decides nuclear policy and it remains to be seen whether he will allow any shift in course.
Iran says it is enriching uranium only to fuel nuclear power stations, and for medical purposes. But refined uranium also provides the fissile material for nuclear bombs if processed further, which the West fears may be Tehran's ultimate goal.
IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told Reuters last month he remained committed to dialogue with Iran to address the U.N. agency's concerns about what it calls the possible military dimensions to the country's nuclear program.
Ten rounds of talks since early 2012 have failed to make progress in reviving the investigation. The IAEA wants access to sites, officials and documents for its inquiry.
Iran says the allegations that it may have carried out tests relevant for developing atomic bombs are baseless and forged.
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Q: Lebesgue integrability of $x^{-\frac{1}{2}}$ Is the function $x^{-\frac{1}{2}}$ is Lebesgue integrable over $\mathbb R$ or on some subset of $\mathbb R$?

A: If you consider the function which is $x^{-1/2}$ except at zero, where it is arbitrarily defined, this function is Lebesgue integrable on any bounded subset of $\mathbb{R}_+$, even if it contains zero. Here's a proof:

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*Note that the proper Riemann integral and Lebesgue integral always agree, so if $0<a<b$ then $\int_a^b x^{-1/2} dx$ is the same in the Riemann and Lebesgue sense.

*Justify that $\int_{1/n}^b x^{-1/2} dx \to \int_0^b x^{-1/2} dx$ as $n \to \infty$ in the Lebesgue sense. The latter will always be defined (after choosing a value for $x^{-1/2}$ at zero) since this function is measurable and nonnegative. The only concern is that it might be infinite. This can be done with monotone convergence, since $\int_{1/n}^b x^{-1/2} dx = \int_0^b x^{-1/2} \chi_{[1/n,b]}(x) dx$.

*Use the fact that $\int_{1/n}^b x^{-1/2} dx = 2 b^{1/2} - 2 n^{-1/2}$ from Riemann integration, then send $n \to \infty$.

A: Yes, of course: it is integrable over any interval $[a,b]$ with $0<a<b<+\infty$, since it is continuous on such an interval.
It is not integrable on $(a,\infty)$, $a<\infty$, since
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\lim_{b \to \infty} \int_a^b \frac{dx}{\sqrt{x}} = +\infty.
$$

A: There is a potential problem at $x=0$ since the function diverges there. Also, there is a problem for $x<0$ since you seem to not want to use complex numbers.
So the function is integrable on any finite subset not including zero or negative numbers.
However, it doesn't matter what value the function takes at zero since $\{0\}$ is a set of measure $0$. Define $g(x)=f(x)$ for all $x$ except $g(0)=0$. In fact $\int_A g d\lambda=\int_A f d\lambda$ for any measureable set $A$ that doesn't contain zero or negative numbers. So we have found a function that is Lebesgue integrable on $[0,b]$, $\forall b>0$ which is identical to $f$ everywhere except on a set of measure zero.
In particular, $$\lim_{a\rightarrow 0+} \int_a^b \frac{1}{\sqrt{x}} dx=\lim_{a\rightarrow 0+} 2(\sqrt{b}-\sqrt{a})=2\sqrt{b}.$$
So the function is improperly integrable in $[0,b]$. I think it is usually considered Lebesgue integrable as well when it is improperly Riemann integrable.
Edit: as noted in comments below, improper Riemann integrability does not necessarily imply Lebesgue integability as the latter requires both $|f_+|$ and $|f_-|$ to have finite integrals. The integral is said to exist if at least one is finite. This is according to conventions in Measure Theory by Cohn (p.65 1st edition).

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Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon. I wanted to let everyone know that my uncle who was in the hospital passed away this evening around maghrib time. All Praise and Thanks is due to Allah, Who has made us Muslims and caused him to die as one, and may He bless us to die as Muslims. Please keep him in your duaas, now that his akhirah has begun.
InshaAllah his janazah will be tomorrow after dhuhr at Dar Al-Hijrah masjid in Falls Church, VA. They pray dhuhr at 1:30 inshaAllah. For the brothers, inshaAllah they will move his body at 2 pm to the graveyard on Riggs road and New Hampshire (I believe it is George Washington Cemetary, Allahu 'alam).
InshaAllah please take this as another reminder of the quick passing of this dunya, and the eternal life of the hereafter.
Alhamdulillah, Who has blessed me with your friendship.
may Allah have mercy on him, protect him from the punishment of the barzakh, of the akhira, forgive him for the sins he's committed, and grant your family sabr.
Your uncle and family will be in our prayers, insha'Allah.
May Allah grant him peace, and ease the grief of his family and friends. Ameen. He and his family are in my prayers also.
Indeed, the reminder of death and seeing it up close is a humbling experience. Certainly, Amatullah, I have been blessed with your friendship.
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