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Interview: Richard Gavin
Today it is my pleasure to have Richard Gavin stop by for an interview for The Plutonian! He has been writing some of the best Weird Horror in the field for years now. His newest collection is called Sylvan Dread: Tales of Pastoral Darkness, and he has also recently released a book on Dark Mysticism called The Benighted Path. I highly recommend this always interesting writer to all readers of The Plutonian.
Hello, Richard Gavin! And thanks for stopping by to chat a little bit here on The Plutonian!
It's my pleasure, Scott. Thank you for the opportunity.
Congrats on your new collection Sylvan Dread! I really enjoyed it. Could you talk a little about how the concept of the collection came about?
Sylvan Dread was informed by two streams. The first was a subconscious inclination that led to my producing a number of Nature-based stories in a row. The second was recognizing that while certain motifs and concepts unified aspects of my previous books, I had never created a collection with an established theme. I worked closely with my editor Daniel A. Schulke to fashion a book that consisted of what I term Tales of Pastoral Darkness.
In most horror fiction there is an underlying masochistic thread in the narrative. A lot of Lovecraft's or Ligotti's characters seem to be searching for the dark doom or ruinous knowledge that befalls them. But in your work, it seems to me, that for the most part, the main characters are just going about their lives and inadvertently stumble into a revelation that reality is nowhere near what they thought it was. And now, to try to make sense of things, they have to look for an answer that they may not find or in fact does not exist. There is a sense of riddle and play in your stories. What is your take on this?
Ambiguity and an oneiric atmosphere are absolutely crucial elements to my fiction. While I've also written my share of stories involving doom-seeking protagonists, the reason why the lion's share of my characters find themselves facing a deeper reality they did not necessarily seek has less to do with an artistic decision and more to do with my own cosmology. I believe that our planet is teeming with presences, both physical and non-corporeal. Spirits abound. There is a superb quote from Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Marble Faun where he describes the abyss potentially being opened at any place by anyone ("A footstep, a little heavier than ordinary, will serve.") Any of my tales that are worth anything are so because they carry with them a glimpse of this Underworld.
It is my hope that the trance-like state I experienced during the creation of a given tale can be transmitted, even slightly, to the reader. This is a form of the "Third Mind" phenomenon explored by William S. Burroughs and Bryon Gysin; that liminal sacred space that opens whenever a writer's words and a reader's imagination touch. I believe in the vitality of this liminal space. But in order to reach it, one must be perplexed, unnerved. Thus, the nightmarish imagery is prevalent in my work not simply to frighten a reader, but because it is indigenous to this liminal space. My aim is not to entertain you but to awaken you.
I have also been a big fan of your nonfiction work. Do you prefer to write fiction or nonfiction?
Is there a possibility of your nonfiction being collected at some point?
Fiction and non-fiction each have their own merits. I enjoy doing both equally, though their processes are quite distinct. In terms of a non-fiction collection, yes, I would like to compile my individual essays of esotericism along with some of my essays on the philosophical underpinnings of Horror for a future book. But when this might materialize is anyone's guess at this point.
One of the things I have noticed being a horror fan is the difference between the casual and the obsessive fan. The casual fan seems to find outrageous gore and roller coaster thrills to be the pleasure of horror. While the obsessive horror fan seems to seek both a dark beauty and a deeper insight into reality. What pleasures do you find in horror? Why is horror important to you?
I agree with your assessment. As an admitted obsessive, Horror is important to me because it is almost combative toward our preconceptions about life, death, and the universe. Transgression is art's raison d'être. Art exists as a means by which we can violate our own perceptions of reality, can shock ourselves into a new way of perceiving. Art presents something --- an idea, an image --- that terrifies and liberates us with its Otherness, its stubborn refusal to slip neatly into our preconceptions of how the world is. We are changed.
Therein lies Horror's pleasure; its agitation infuses us with an awareness of being alive. This awareness permeates Horror's aesthetics, its tropes, and its motifs. Because of this, Horror, for me at least, is an ever-replenishing well of worthy experiences.
Which stories would you pick as touchstones for influence and inspiration in the weird horror fiction field?
Well, I would never presume to create anything like a canonical list for the field entire, but some Horror stories that have long served as personal touchstones would be:
"The Spider" by Hanns Heinz Ewers
"All Hallows" by Walter de la Mare
"The Dissection" by Georg Heym
"The White People" by Arthur Machen
"The Man Whom the Trees Loved" by Algernon Blackwood
"The Human Chair" by Edogawa Rampo
"The Hound" by H.P. Lovecraft
"Apparition" by Guy de Maupassant
Any of M.R. James's ghost stories
In my youth, I readily mixed both visionary horror and mind altering drugs in a search to dig deep into this strange thing called existence. Dropping acid while watching the film Begotten. Smoking weed and reading some Lovecraft. What do you feel about the relationship between mind altering hallucinogens and weird horror?
I think hallucinogens can certainly broaden one's vistas, can, to borrow Huxley's phrasing, open doors of perception. However, I also believe that their effect is limited. Once those doors have been opened, I would encourage people to seek other modes of consciousness expansion and exploration, such as art, meditation, trance states, or dance. This prevents the hallucinogen from becoming a crutch.
A number of critics and readers have described my work as "hallucinatory," which really pleases me. While I do not use any drugs (including alcohol) myself, I have always been a prodigious dreamer and I frequently engage in praxis to induce visionary trance states and exploration of Spirit realms. The fruits of these endeavors have made their way into a number of my stories.
In their interest and exploration of our secret inner lives and the taboo, horror and transgressive erotica have similar goals. But sex and the erotically perverse seem to rarely interact with horror. And the mind reels at the possibility of such a weaving of genres. What if Thomas Ligotti tried his hand at some fetish stories? What if de Sade wrote an alien invasion story? What are your views on horror and the perverse?
You've made some really insightful comments here, Scott. I suspect that the seeming reluctance of many Horror authors to explore the erotic is connected to Horror's priggish disdain for the body, particularly the female body. We see the opposite side of this coin in Horror's gleeful willingness to maim, mutilate and destroy the body (again, particularly the female body). Horror, for all its grue and supernaturalism, can be stiflingly conservative. There are a number of writers and readers who squirm at scenes of frank carnality and yet seem to have no issue whatever with torture and mayhem. The reason for this is simply that for many people the flesh is negative. The sanctimonious view it as unclean (again, particularly in relation to the female body), the transcendentalist/nihilists perceive it as a trap or a punishment, et cetera.
My own work stands in stark contrast to this view. As one who resounds with the Biocentric worldview, I regard all physicality as the expression of the soul of Pandaemonic Reality, just as the soul is the esoteric meaning of the body.
Transgressive and erotic writers are of tremendous importance to me. Bataille, Sade, Von Sacher-Masoch, Mirbeau, Nin; these authors are as influential on my work as any Horror author one might name.
As far as the weaving of genres goes, I tend to favour writers who channel an obsessive personal vision, something that is uniquely their interpretation of the universe, rather than skillful raconteurs who skim across categorical fiction.
If you could pick one film director throughout history to adapt one of your stories to film, who would your pick be and why?
A very interesting question! Truthfully, I'd never given much thought as to how my tales would translate into film simply because my interests as an artist are focused on how text can be utilized to transmit depth experiences. For me, prose has never been a substitute for filmmaking, it has always been my chosen medium. I write books to be books. That being said, I am also a lifelong fan of horror movies and avant-garde cinema.
Fittingly enough, next year there will be a short film of my story "The Hag Stone" released by a new filmmaker named Malachi Cull. I've seen the trailer and some production stills and it is a thrill to see my words translated visually.
In terms of directors, I think E. Elias Merhige (Begotten, Shadow of the Vampire) would be the ideal candidate. I say this not only because of his incredible work, but also because of his deep comprehension of the mystical underpinnings of genuine art. I've been fortunate enough to become acquainted with Elias over the last year or so and have enjoyed some lively exchanges with him. He is a wellspring of ideas and numinous energy.
It seems of late the world could be taking a darker turn with the recent controversial elections in the US and Europe and a troubling rise in hate crimes. What is a horror writer's role in a world that may be going wrong?
I shall only speak for myself here…
If there are any laudable qualities present in my stories I believe those qualities are rooted in a startling realization that everything is alive here on this beautiful, deranged and haunted planet. Our everyday lives tend to fog this principle, to place a damper over that pyre, and this is where art can be useful. It stokes those primordial flames and enables us to see and be outside of ourselves, outside of our ego. That alone is the path to Real. Artists and audiences should bear this in mind as we proceed deeper into this, the Iron Age of the Kali Yuga.
Do you have any new projects coming up? What is next in your writing career?
It will likely be some time before I have another fiction book published, simply because I strive to make each new book better and unlike anything I've published previously. I want to explore new themes and sharpen my prose as much as I possibly can. That takes time, especially at this phase of my career, where I've already written a lot of the stories I wanted to write.
Much of 2017 will likely be dedicated to exploring, researching and writing my next book of esotericism.
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Review: Sylvan Dread by Richard Gavin
I have just finished Richard Gavin's latest short story collection, Sylvan Dread, and must say I think it is his most inspired and accomplished collection yet. This is a themed selection, with stories based on Nature and our interactions with it. But Gavin's takes on the theme are so brilliant and various, if you did not know there was that connection between the stories, you may not get there was supposed to be one on your first read through of this book. When Gavin writes about Nature, he is writing about the Earth that does not necessarily include or care about the human race. A Nature that has existed long before Man and will endure beyond Man. We are but one mutation in an epic history of blind mutation, Nature being almost a factory of evolving flesh. He writes about its secrets and our inability to truly grasp this world we call home. His stories in this, to me, relate to the ancient myths of Chimeras, these unknowable secrets symbolized in collages of flesh and riddle, one could say the stories in Sylvan Dread are in fact, literary Chimeras. Each story presents a metaphysical mystery that gets deeper upon each reread. In these stories, I can see the influence and kinship with authors like Clive Barker and Arthur Machen in their belief that this world we inhabit in fact contains many worlds, both banal and sublime. Also he shares with them an interest in the philosophy of flesh, the unknowability of our own bodies and desires. In Gavin's literary world, Eros and Thanatos both wear masks, and it's really never clear with one is standing before you, and what their touch will bring.
One of the things I most love about Gavin's fiction is his obvious love for the horror genre. He strives to show what the horror genre is capable of. In it's best examples, the genre can show us a tenebrous and heart breaking transcendence, like in his story Mare's Nest. Or it can make us question what we always thought we knew, in a sublimely creepy manner, like in his story The Old Pageant. It can also talk about repression and what we secretly wish for, like in his story Fume. And in his story Thistle Latch, it can show us salvation in disease and rot. Horror is one of the oldest forms of literature. And its different manifestations are legion. Horror truly is a many headed Hydra.
Richard Gavin is one of the most talented authors working in the field of Weird Horror today. I highly recommend Sylvan Dread. In a year of many standout collections, it certainly holds its own. Sylvan Dread is a new classic and I certainly will be returning to it again and again. It certainly left me with a lot to think about. Gavin extols his midnight philosophy in every tale: Everything begins and ends in Mystery.
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Strange Flowers/Strange Films 2: The Halloween Edition.
The Halloween season is upon us. Cold winds blow through gold and crimson leaves. The nights grow longer and sunlight is a dim memory. It is the season for horror films. Here are some autumnal delights I obsessively watch every October.
Halloween 3: Season of the Witch - A pretty much perfect blending of creepy television signals and ancient pagan occultism. It stands up with any John Carpenter film, and really, I find it hard to believe it's not a John Carpenter film. It really captures his artistry of dread pitch perfect. I will warn you of one thing. The famous television jingle from this film is contagious and will infect your mind, playing over and over in your head for the rest of your days.
Night of the Living Dead - The most bleak film ever made. A case may be made this is the greatest horror film of all time. It really goes for the throat. It confirms what you don't want to realize. The worst things will happen. Everything will fall apart into ruin and chaos. Everyone will fail you. Death is everywhere and is in fact coming for you. And there is nothing you can do about it.
Onibaba - A feverish Japanese fable. A tale of scavengers and a demon mask. The film follows the logic of nightmare. Meanings float in and out, nebulous and hazy. One of the scariest films I have ever seen, and I can not give an exact reason why. Maybe the reason could be found in the dark pit contained in the center of this delirious film.
Suspiria - The horror film as hex. From the first scene on, Suspiria traps you into its witch haunted world and never lets up. This is a film that seduces you and brings you willingly into its labyrinthine corridors, where something worse than death awaits. A poisoned apple for those looking to be lead astray into delirium.
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Interview: Jon Padgett
First off, congratulations on the new collection! How does it feel having your own book to be able to put on the bookshelf?
Thanks, Scott. It's still a bit hard to believe, frankly. Mostly, right now, I'm feeling grateful—especially to Dunhams Manor Press and my supportive and perceptive readers.
It seems that most of the stories in The Secret of Ventriloquism take place in the same smog filled old mill town. Was it intentional to have the stories take place in a shared world? Or was that a decision to link these stories later on? Do you plan on writing more stories in the old mill town setting?
The shared world of the collection took some time to develop and was an organic, rather than a planned, process.
Back in 2002, I heard a piece on NPR called "The Killer Fog of '52" about London's horrific environmental disaster, which likely took the lives of some 12,000 people in the course of a few days. "Roads were littered with abandoned cars. Midday concerts were canceled due to total darkness. Archivists at the British Museum found smog lurking in the book stacks. Cattle in the city's Smithfield market were killed and thrown away before they could be slaughtered and sold — their lungs were black." That story and its horrific impact came to haunt "20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism" and "The Secret of Ventriloquism" as I was writing them. My research deepened and focused on temperature inversion—a meteorological condition described in the aforementioned NPR piece and a 1950 New Yorker article called "The Fog," which describes another environmental catastrophe, this time in a Pennsylvania mill town called Donora. What's the connection with the stories in my collection? Well, my research into the gastromantic forbears of ventriloquists kept leading me back to the Oracle at Delphi, which was guarded by a monster called The Python. The Oracle herself was high off toxic fumes from a geologic fault line under the temple. Maybe those fumes and this Python were one and the same, I mused. And perhaps this Python was the motivating power that spoke through the Delphic animal-dummies down through the ages. Thus the Black Fog was born into my work. The idea of smoggy Dunnstown (aka Foyle) itself came to me while writing "The Infusorium," which was conceived as a kind of sequel to "20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism." I grew up in just such a mill town, which was plagued with smelly "paper mill days." In fact, I have often visited that surreal south Alabama cityscape in my own dreams and nightmares, complete with awful ranch-style houses and paper mill stench. After I wrote about half of the pieces in the collection, I began strengthening the common elements of setting and character between them, though most of that process was an automatic one and existed almost immediately in my first story drafts.
I honestly don't know if Dunnstown and its environs will continue to haunt my work in the future. I wouldn't be surprised if it did.
Some of your most effective stories, such as The Mindfulness of Horror Practice and 20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism utilize a meta-technique of presenting fiction as if it were nonfiction, to extremely disturbing effect. It reminds me of Ligotti's Notes on the Writing of Horror and some of Jorge Luis Borges's writing. Is Borges an influence on your writing? What inspired the meta approach?
Thanks, Scott. That's good to hear.
"20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism" took me almost twenty years to write. Originally, I meant it as an ode to Ligotti's work, and the first draft of the story—"The Eyes of the Master"—was an embarrassingly terrible Poe/Ligotti hybrid pastiche. I rewrote that story from scratch close to a dozen times over the years, without success. Later drafts of the story were written in the form of a memoir, drawn from my past theater experiences, with the narrator reminiscing about his fear of dolls and dummies. When I was a child, my first ventriloquist dummy came with a pamphlet entitled "7 SIMPLE STEPS TO VENTRILOQUISM," and this manual began making an appearance in my writing attempts. In 2004, I had an epiphany, scrapped my latest draft and rewrote the thing from scratch, using that pamphlet from my childhood as a template but expanding beyond it.
In the years that followed, the tale became the combination guidebook-confession of a character named Joseph Snavely. The "final" version of the tale (then entitled "The Secret of Ventriloquism"), was over 14,000 words long. In 2011, I was invited by Joe Pulver to submit my story to his Ligotti anthology, The Grimscribe's Puppets. I sent him the long version, but he had a 5,000 word cut off. That's when I reimagined the story, stripping out both character and plot—all extraneous to the manual itself. What was left? A 4,500 version of my story, which I entitled "20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism." So it was out of sheer necessity that the "author" of the manual was removed, leaving the story lean and honed and even more purely metafictional in nature.
The Ligotti influence is probably mostly due to the fact that between 2005 and 2009 I read and made notes on upwards of a dozen drafts of Thomas Ligotti's book long philosophical argument, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race. There's no doubt that Ligotti's masterful and profoundly disturbing treatise rubbed off on my humble story—the student unconsciously acting as dummy for the master-mentor ventriloquist. If I was influenced by Borges, it was an oblique influence. Consciously, the final version of "20 Simple Steps to Ventriloquism" was inspired by Ligotti's vignette, "10 Steps to Thin Mountain" and the philosophical writings of Eckhart Tolle. "The Mindfulness of Horror Practice" was inspired and informed by Bodhipaksa's recorded Mindfulness of Breathing, my mindfulness practice of choice for the last ten years or so.
On a personal level, I love successful works of metafiction—either comprehensively or selectively produced by the author. I was one of those teenagers who half-believed, for instance, that Lovecraft's Necronomicon and all the associated mythology were based on fact. Ligotti himself once called "20 Simple Steps" "a kind of Necronomicon for ventriloquists," so perhaps things have come full circle for me.
The stories in "The Secret of Ventriloquism" seem to utilize a kind of Ligottian mythos in the same way Leiber and Campbell used a kind of Lovecraftian mythos. What does Ligotti's writings mean to you as an author and reader?
Ligotti is my favorite prose writer, living or dead—the one fiction author, more than any other before or since, that speaks to and for me. His fiction nearly always transports my imagination and—paradoxically
considering the subject matter—produces a great sense of well-being, relief and calm in me. To quote Ligotti's "The Cocoons," when I read Tom's stories I feel a "...great sense of escape from the poles of fear and madness ...as if I could exist serenely outside the grotesque ultimatums of creation, an entranced spectator casting a clinical gaze at the chaotic tumult both around and within him." I invariably leave those tales feeling calm and aware and even ecstatic. Ligotti's stories are like Transcendental Meditation for me, which probably explains at least in part my obsession with the horror of compulsive thinking and its cure via a Ligottian shattering of identity.
In The Secret to Ventriloquism, I've concentrated on what Ligotti has called a "salvation by way of meticulous derangement." I'm interested in the idea of redemption/epiphany through horror. In my collection, anyway, that's the flavor of choice. I have no idea if this element will remain in my future work or if the writing of The Secret of Ventriloquism has exorcised it from my imagination.
Being the main entity behind Thomas Ligotti Online, you have been involved with the horror community for a long time, what are your views on where the horror fiction scene is right now?
It's humbling and frankly hard to believe that we're about to move into the nineteenth year of Thomas Ligotti Online's existence. What began as a simple fan site I created in 1998 has transformed into a robust online community with thousands of members. That never would've happened without my co-conspirator and fellow administrator, Brian Poe.
In terms of the horror fiction scene… There are remarkable works of horror fiction being produced by authors such as the magnificently original Livia Llewellyn, the incredible prose craftsmen, Laird Barron and John Langan, the bizarre and wonderful Jordan Krall, and Ligottian standouts Nicole Cushing and Mark Samuels. There are, of course, many other exceptional horror authors, but these are some of the very best. My favorite of the exceptional new crop of horror authors is Christopher Slatsky, whose debut collection, Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales, knocked me off my feet and who continues to write some of the most affecting and powerful weird tales in the business.
All that stated, I believe it's all too easy (and inaccurate) to claim that we're in any kind of creative Golden Age. Mainstream horror continues to be too generic, too easy, and—honestly—too lazy. The weird and speculative small press world is consistently outclassing most of the big bestselling publishers, but plenty of mediocre writing and cut corners are present there as well.
In a sense, though, it's the same as it ever was. Exceptional, well-crafted writing is never the norm in the publishing world.
Reading your stories in The Secret of Ventriloquism, I must say most of them leave the reader with the same feeling as if they had just ingested some bad hallucinogens, what do you feel the role of delirium and unease are in horror?
I'd say that the production of unease is key to effective horror, and delirium is an effective (though optional) element in that production. The more authentic the distillation of unease, the more powerful the horror story. That's why Lovecraft's "The Music of Erich Zann" and Ligotti's "The Red Tower" always rank high when assessing both writers' oeuvre. Derangement of what we consider "the natural order of
things" awakens the reader to an alternate reality behind the compulsive day to day thought-creations that we call normal living. Unease and delirium in an effective horror story leads to lingering awareness—the more troubling, the better. For me, as a reader, it's equivalent to our subconscious minds working out waking world troubles via surreal, dread-filled nightmares. Mindfully experienced, these can be transformative experiences.
The Halloween season is upon us, do you have any go to favorite horror films that you watch this time of year?
I honestly don't watch horror films on a seasonal basis—I watch them all year round as the mood strikes me. I'll dispense with the usual list of horror film favorites and speak only of a couple of less popular and more unusual ones. Carpenter's Prince of Darkness is an unsung Lovecraftian classic that gets too little respect. And one of the best horror films I've ever seen (speaking of an atmosphere of unease) is the magnificently filmed and written Session 9.
What are some horror fiction collections that inspired you to try your hand at creating one?
Christopher Slatsky's aforementioned collection, Alectryomancer and Other Weird Tales, was a tremendous inspiration. It gave me confidence that a newer writer on the scene could produce truly strange and memorable and distinctive work. Ligotti's Grimscribe influenced me most. Specifically, those stories (and the characters within them) are closely linked to one another and seem to exist in the same dread-filled and oneiric world. The publisher wanted a novel from Ligotti, and these stories were Tom's solution—the closest thing to a novel he was interested in writing at the time. Grimscribe gave me permission to write my collection my own way.
I was hoping to produce both the weird, fragment derangement of a horror collection along with some measure of novelistic world-immersion.
What's next from Jon Padgett? Any new work coming you can talk about? And where do you want to go with your writing?
I wrote the final story for The Secret of Ventriloquism literally three weeks ago, so I'm still kind of lost in the collection.
I'm a professional voiceover artist as well as a writer (and ventriloquist), so the next step is to produce an audio version of the book. I hope to have it complete and ready for purchase alongside the hardcopy and digital versions by mid-November.
Where do I go from here as an author? I'm honestly leaving concerns about that to my future self. But I have no doubt that more stories will come. And this time they won't take twenty years for me to write.
Review of The Secret of Ventriloquism
So about two weeks ago I found a strange object in my mailbox. At first sight, I thought it was a mold encrusted doll. Then on closer look, I thought it was a skeleton of a dead cat with lipstick smeared all over its teeth. When I brought it inside into the light it was revealed to be a book. Jon Padgett's new collection in fact. It was titled The Secret of Ventriloquism. I put it to the side, not knowing what to make of it. But when I tried to sleep that night I kept hearing a soft voice whispering to me. I would wake up to find the book had found its way under my pillow. I figured there was only one way to stop all this madness. I read it. When I put the book down I realized it had seemingly infested my cerebral cortex. And now I must spread the disease Jon Padgett has unleashed upon this cold and dark Earth. The Secret of Ventriloquism is that rare collection of horror tales, these are tales that attack the reader. These tales want to destabilize. These tales want to corrupt your thoughts and dreams. These insidious fragments want to live inside of you. The dark whisperings never let up, in fact, they will override your own thoughts. Have you ever walked through a town filled with such a thick layer of smog that you could not make out where you were and what the dark shapes are that keep crawling around in the distance? Have you ever stopped and sat down in that smog and heard a voice, not your voice but a voice that is emanating from inside your head, telling you things that you know to be true but can not be accepted if you are to continue living your normal workaday life? Have you ever wondered if the nightmares has stopped, or do they continue, forever? Read The Secret of Ventriloquism, and maybe at least you can figure out where the nightmare ends and this book begins. That is.. if you still have a mind that you can still call your own.
Review: Children Of Lovecraft
I picked up Ellen Datlow's new anthology Children Of Lovecraft with high hopes of an amazing read. The table of contents reads like a who's who of Weird Horror fiction. After reading it I must say I was a little disappointed. The Lovecraft homage anthology industry that sustains spots for new horror authors at Barnes and Noble seems to be running out of steam. A lot of the stories in this book were tired and read like stale rehashes of better stories. BUT. There were two stories in there that really caught my attention and are well worth the price of picking up a copy. Brian Evenson's story Eyeglasses is hands down one of the creepiest stories I have ever read. There are images in his story that will haunt you at night when the lights are off. It's right up there with Ligotti's Our Temporary Supervisor and The Fifth Mask by Shamus Frazer for down the back chills. And then to end the collection is Livia Llewellyn's Bright Crown of Joy, which I feel is Livia really bringing her A game and showing everyone why she may just be the best Weird Horror writer working in the genre right now. A mix of 'the rise of the old ones' panic and post humanity living on Earth, it is both breath taking in its ideas and trailblazing in its approach. Bright Crown of Joy is about finding wonder in transformation and hope beyond the human sphere. I can't urge potential readers enough, Bright Crown of Joy is a classic. So all in all, Children Of Lovecraft isn't the new classic I wanted it to be, but there are some stories in it that are must reads and I feel it's worth a buy.
A look back at Hellraiser.
" Angels to some, Demons to others. "
I hear a lot of talk about how Hellraiser is 'outdated', how S&M has become mainstream. Um, excuse me? First off, sadism and masochism as a lifestyle I find hard to believe has become mainstream, second of all, when was Hellraiser about S&M at all? It seems to me to be about more dark and philosophical concepts, like the universe being centered around pain and sexual desire, about desire even beyond death, about the infinite mutations of the flesh, about the desire to transgress past the everyday, even if it means submitting to dark and unknowable gods. In a time where A Nightmare on Elm Street sequels where the norm for horror fans looking for a fix in their local theatre, along comes this deeply perverted and weirdly romantic film that against all reason, became a mainstream hit. Hellraiser is perverse in a way that most horror films try for, and miss by miles. Hellraiser proposes a universe that is based in " flesh, hunger, and desire". The angels are strange and bring a dark poetry of mutilation instead of a supposed spiritual salvation. Clive Barker really attacks the viewer with some beautiful imagery, combining the beautiful and the abject, like shambling corpses in the attic, blossoming flowers, dead rats, and bloodstained skin. The composition of shots in this film is stunning. Some frames could stand by themselves as photographic art. The film is filled with lustful whispers and doom foretelling bells. The corrupt romance between Julia and Frank is the true heart of the film. Her disappointment in her husband's white bread demeanor and lack of passion eats away at her. Frank brings passion and lust. To some Hell's damnation is preferable to the ennui of Heaven. Hellraiser is a true dirty epic. It's sequel Hellbound: Hellraiser 2 is almost as good as the original, brings even more brilliant imagery and Doctor Channard is a classic creation straight out of a pervert's nightmare. Too bad Clive's subsequent films don't live up to the first 2 Hellraiser films. Nightbreed was hampered by some horrible creature designs and really bad acting. Lord of Illusions was a decent film, but a film that played it mostly safe, no where near the taboo shredding standards of his early work. And now it seems he has walked away forever from the Horror genre.
" You wanted to know. Now you know. "
Of course Hellraiser is not a perfect film. It suffers from two glaring flaws. First the main character Kirsty is just a boring weak character. She just goes around being shocked and disgusted by all the happenings of the film. She has no real depth. Second the end is a bit weak where she sends the Cenobites back to Hell. I'm sure this ending was forced on Clive, because every horror film needs to end with the 'bad guys' being defeated right? It just seems out of place in the narrative. I think the film would have been better off if after the scene Uncle Frank gets ripped apart, instead of that horrible ending, it cuts to Kirsty 10 years from then, scarred, lonely, and haunted by the tragic events in her like, sitting by herself in her empty apartment with a glass of wine, looking at the Box that she kept hidden all these years, then she leans over and picks it up and begins to unlock it, scene end.
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Juliet Nene Akano (born May 22, 1963) is a Nigerian politician. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2007 and in 2011.

Life
Akano was born in Kano State in 1963 to Godson and Alice Obasi from Arochukwu. She was not brought up in Kano state as her family moved whilst she was still a baby. As a child she lived in Enugu where her mother taught and her father worked in the Ministry of Finance's offices.

She was elected to the National House of Assembly to represent Nwangele/Isu and Njaba local government areas in Imo State. She served from 2007 when she was the Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Women Affairs.

In 2008 she announced a scholarship scheme for 20 children in primary year 3 to cover their primary education and for those 20 who were top in year 6 in their government area then a scholarship would pay for their junior education. Akano issued a denial regarding her own, allegedly forged, school certificate. She was in the House of Assembly until 2011. She was one of eleven women who were elected in 2007 who were re-elected in 2011 when the lower house was nearly 95% male. Other women elected included Mulikat Adeola-Akande, Abike Dabiri, Nkiru Onyeagocha, Uche Ekwunife, Nnena Elendu-Ukeje, Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, Beni Lar, Khadija Bukar Abba-Ibrahim, Elizabeth Ogbaga and Peace Uzoamaka Nnaji.

In 2015 she was a candidate to become a senator in the upper house for Orlo in Imo State.

References

1963 births
Living people
People from Kano State
Members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria)
Women members of the House of Representatives (Nigeria)

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Just discovered a great new condiment while visiting Maine last week, Gold's Wasabi Sauce. That's right, the horseradish people. Had served it with our leftover lobster and loved it so much I bought a bottle at our local market as soon as I got back to Vermont. For lunch today I added a few squirts to some mayonnaise and it did wonderful things to my otherwise simple chicken salad; last night's cubed chicken thighs, celery, scallion, and tomato. Give it a try, another versatile condiment to keep on the door of the fridge.


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Weta Digital's Matt Aitken celebrates Oscar nomination for Avengers Endgame
One of the key sequences in the film's final battle, which Weta Digital created from scratch. Image / Supplied
By: Ethan Sills
While Taika Waititi dominated local headlines when the Oscar nominations came out yesterday, he's not the only Kiwi planning a return trip to the Dolby Theatre.
Veteran Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Matt Aitken is part of the team nominated for Best Visual Effects for Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Endgame.
It's the second nomination for Aitken, who was previously nominated in 2010 for the team's work on District 9, and a repeat nomination was something he never expected to happen.
"I thought at the time I should really make the most of that because that was the going to be the only time that ever happened, but here we are."
The awards season has already seen Aitken and his fellow visual effects artists recognised with nominations from the Visual Effects Society in America, and a win this weekend at the Critics' Choice Awards.
Despite the success, Aitken, who is currently in London working on his next project, kept his expectations in check while watching the announcement livestream in his hotel room.
"You allow yourself to hope but you never really expect it, so when it does come through, it is just amazing. I was really blown away, it's so exciting."
Weta Digital's Matt Aitken speaks at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in California on January 5. Photo / Getty Images
He says the nomination is acknowledgement of the artistry and talent of the team of around 570 Wellington-based artists that he oversaw.
While the three-hour blockbuster featured plenty of digital landscapes and effects, the Weta team worked on Endgame's climatic battle, beginning when the film's central villain Thanos bombarded the Avengers compound.
The sequence then sees the heroes of the Marvel universe go to battle against Thanos and his army – a battalion made of thousands of aliens that were entirely digital creations courtesy of Weta.
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The team also had to create digital copies of the dozens of superheroes featured in the battle, as well as build the decimated battlefield from scratch.
Aitken says it was a daunting task, as the battle served as the conclusion to all 21 previous movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and if the visual effects weren't right, then the payoff fans were hoping for wouldn't be there.
He feels that the team delivered above and beyond with their work, and that the reaction from fans has been bigger than they ever anticipated.
"The payoff for me was seeing the film for the first time with a general audience, and seeing the moment when Doctor Strange opens the portals and all the heroes come onto the battlefield.
"Hearing the roar from the crowd when they saw that moment, the work was paying off, it was fantastic," Aitken says, adding that seeing that scene for the first time brought tears to his eyes.
The most pressure came in the sequence's final moments, when Robert Downey Jr's Iron Man sacrifices himself by using the Infinity Stones to end the battle.
Aitken says he knew about the moment for nine months before the film came out, and they had to assemble a small team to work on the scene and protect the secret.
The scene was a delicate moment, with the team having to create Tony's wounds and make it clear to the audience they were fatal without distracting from Downey Jr's performance.
"We also had to allow him to have his dignity in those final scenes and not make it so gory that it was detracting from the audience's ability to be with him in those scenes," Aitken says.
The nomination shows that the team's efforts have paid off. Aitken says that in the 20-plus years he has been with Weta Digital, it has grown into one of the top visual effects houses in the world, and working with the likes of Marvel shows how in-demand a team based in "a little country at the bottom of the world" has become.
While he would love to bring the trophy home next month, Aitken says it's an honour just to be nominated, especially as his peers in the visual effects branch nominated Endgame for the award.
"I love the work, I think it's what I was born to do. It's just the perfect job for me, and I'm so privileged to have landed in that role, and getting the Oscar nomination is just the final icing on the cake."
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The Western Institutes of Emergency Education is very excited to announce that they are now talking applications for their EmergencyMedical Responder (EMR) program. this new 240 hour program is approved by the Alberta College of Paramedics. Our program includes the Alberta Professional Driver Operator Course (APDOC) as well as additional certifications such as ITLS, Psychological First Aid and More. For more information on fees, schedules and curriculum go to our EMR page in the main menu bar.
At the Western Institute of Emergency Education, we offer public safety training courses and certification to health care professionals, instructors, and the general public. Our courses are held in Western Canada at our Vermillion and Sherwood Park, Alberta locations. A selection of courses are also available online, making it even more convenient for you to receive your certification.
We're pleased to provide members of the public, as well as health care and emergency personnel with a comprehensive service offering. Experienced instructors offer a wide range of training designed to impart the knowledge and skills needed to improve safety and/or take action in a variety of emergency situations. With everything from a First Aid course to a Babysitting course, Neonatal Resuscitation, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS course), fall protection, ground disturbance training, and more, we are the only source you need for emergency training and certification.


Depending on where you live, you'll see fewer, and certainly different, birds in winter. When your area has patches of bad weather, especially with snow-covered ground and plants, your birds need a little extra help finding food. Most backyard gardeners keep ample supplies of seed out in summer, when we're outside and doing yard work. But birds need food the most in late winter, when natural seed supplies dwindle. Try these suggestions for feeding winter birds in your area, along with migrating birds ready to make their way back through in spring. Your offer of seed won't change the pattern of migrating birds, but will supplement their natural diets during tough winter months.
In winter, birds need fat. The best food is black-oil sunflower seed because of its fat content. Black-shelled sunflower seeds also have large kernels and are easier to crack than whiter or striped shells. Any birds that can't crack the shells will forage off the droppings below your feeder. Suet also contains plenty of fat, and if you're really ambitious, you can melt it down and add your own goodies to small bits, then freeze it to make bird treats specific to your winter visitors.
White priso millet is high in protein and a favorite of birds. Thistle seed, also called Nijer, attracts smaller birds in the area, such as finches, sparrows and blackbirds. Bigger birds, such as jays and doves love dried corn, and some birds love dried fruit. Robins, thrushes, waxwings and bluebirds will eat dried raisins soaked in water. Birds also love peanuts and peanut butter.
Birds only come to feeders that feel safe from cats and other predators. That usually means about a dozen feet from piles of brush, sizable bushes or evergreen trees, where critters can hide in winter. Some birds prefer ground feeders, but you can surround them with chicken wire or thorny branches to discourage intruders.
Keep the crowds in check by using multiple feeders placed several feet apart. If you live in a colder climate, you'll want the feeder where you can see it from inside. It actually helps to place your feeder close to a window, because birds don't have as much speed flying off the feeder as they do in free flight.
Of course, scattering seed on the ground attracts some birds, but using several different types of feeders and seeds can bring the most variety to your backyard in winter. It helps to learn about birds that thrive in your area in winter, and where they like to feed. For example, quail feed on the ground, but finches like hanging feeders and nuthatches and woodpeckers like feeders placed on tree trunks.
Mix up your feeder locations and heights to attract a variety of winter birds. Buying seeds from a bird store yields better mixes and quality and likely will attract more birds and more varieties than grocery or big-box store mixes. Now, sit back with your camera, bird-watching book, journal or app and enjoy the show!


Mrs. Miner's Kindergarten Monkey Business: Who Won Wiggles from Heidi?
Who Won Wiggles from Heidi?
Jennifer, you won! Congratulations. You will absolutely love this book set by Heidi!
Thanks to everyone else who participated in this giveaway as well. Watch for more fun!


Meet Rebekah, Assistant Head Teacher at Mevagissey Primary School and keen dancer, singer and baker.
I'm Rebekah, I was born in Birmingham but I left when I was 12 and now live in Newquay! I'm big into performing arts and love to dance, I do ballet, I choreograph for a local theatre and I sing in choirs and do a bit of wedding singing.
I started in nursing and midwifery as when I was at school I couldn't decide whether I wanted to go into care and medicine or teaching. So I did a year of midwifery, then a dance and a theatre degree then a PGCE in music, which lead me teaching a bit of music at secondary level. Finally, I did a primary level placement and fell in love!
I am Assistant Head Teacher at Mevagissey through the week, Head of school on a Friday and I also lead Read, Write Inc, which is all about supporting other schools and their younger children with learning to read and write.
Wearing so many hats is a challenge – but it's something that I enjoy and have come to embrace as a role. A positive is it's nice to know if someone comes to you with a problem I feel I can always help.
The children. Always. Especially when you get a child who can't do something one day, and the next day they're smashing it. Watching kids write their name for the very first time is huge.
Beach school! We rolled it out last year for KS1 which was really successful so we're now rolling it out for KS2. It's exactly how it sounds, children have their foundation subjects taught literally on the beach. Also last year we had a pirate theme learning about beach safety, cooking, live creatures – all really useful life skills in an exciting environment.
Personally, I'm in a play so hoping that goes well! I want to be able to manage that success and my job well. I'd also like to see Beach School being rolled out further afield and I'm a big pioneer for children's rights. I do a lot for UNICEF, teaching children about their rights and I would love to introduce it across even more schools. I'd like to see all schools using that and also taking on Read Write Inc.
Beach. Sea! Coastal walks. With work, I've only ever worked in Cornwall so can't compare much, however there's loads of interesting places you can take and educate children like the beach, like the Eden Project. You can make learning really, really fun.
I really focus on my performing arts but I also cook and make cakes and decorate them – I love making wedding cakes. I also spend a lot of time on the beach with my two children.
What advice would you give to someone thinking of pursuing a career in teaching?
Be organised with it. Be adaptable and flexible and you must love the job – and always have children's best interest at heart because that's what it's all about.
Career wise it's been fantastic because I've been able to move up into the position I am now. It's also great to have other experts just an email away and it's great to share your expertise and learn from CPD opportunities. I feel so welcomed with what I bring to the table. I think the opportunity to see other schools and share ideas is fantastic.
Animal – I'm not an animal lover but I do like feeding ducks with my children!


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What is Cheese Rolling?
Cheese rolling is a peculiar sport that is held annually in Cooper's Hill, which is a long sloping area found in Gloucester, England. In the sport, the participants will have to chase a round cheese that is descending on the slope, and whoever reaches the bottom of the slope first will win both the game and the cheese. The game of cheese rolling was traditionally held for the local villagers of Brockworth, Gloucestershire, but it has recently been an international competition where people from all around the world can participate. To know more about this obscure sport, here is an introduction to cheese rolling.
How It is Played
At the start of the game, a round of hard cheese that weighs approximately 3 to 4 kilograms will be rolled down the slope at Cooper's Hill. However, before the participants can start racing, the cheese will be given a one-second head start. During the first iterations of the sport, the goal of the participants was to chase the cheese and catch it before it reaches the finish line. However, since the cheese travels faster than humans, when it is going down a slope, the rules were changed, and the goal is only to reach the finish line first in order to win the cheese.
Since the cheese is a hard object that travels fast down the slope, reaching speeds up to 110 kilometers per hour, many people were getting injured whenever they get hit by the cheese. To make the sport safer, some organizers would replace the cheese with a softer foam replica. The cheese used for the event, the Double Gloucester cheese, is a locally made cheese that is traditionally molded to be round in shape. The Master of Ceremonies or the MC of the event would usually put a wooden casing on it to protect its shape.
Nobody knows exactly who invented the sport and when it was invented, although there are currently two theories that are considered to be the most plausible in regards to how people associated rolling down objects, and not just cheese, on Cooper's Hill. The first theory is that the Ancient Romans were the first ones who tried to hurl down objects on the slope when they built a fort in Cooper's Hill. The second theory is that it was the pagans who rolled down bundles of brushwood as a part of their ritual. Rolling down burned brushwood on the slope is believed to represent the birth of the New Year.
It was believed that the pagan ritual eventually evolved into the cheese rolling sport around the 1800s, but there is not enough evidence to support the claim that they are connected. As such, it could be assumed that someone else has invented the sport without having any knowledge of the pagan rituals.
Despite existing in the early 1800s, it was only in 1826 when the first written evidence for the sport was created. The sport was written in a message, which states that the game of cheese rolling was already an old tradition.
Since the 1990s, the sport has become popular not only among locals but also among tourists. In the 1982 cheese rolling competition, a group of students studying at the University of Bristol filmed the event. They have used multiple cameras while filming, and one of those cameras was set in slow motion. That specific video would then be rediscovered in the 1990s and served as a gateway for foreigners to see the wonderful gameplay mechanics of cheese rolling. Since then, there are thousands of tourists who participate in cheese rolling, and the number of foreign participants is double the number of local participants each year.
When it reached its peak of popularity in the 2000s, many health experts were concerned over the safety of the game, as they would often see participants tumbling down uncontrollably on the slope. In fact, in 1993, it was reported that 15 participants were injured while participating in the cheese rolling competition, with four of them suffering from serious injuries. The injuries sustained by a few participants didn't stop more and more tourists and locals from joining the event.
It was in 2009 when health experts won over the organizers of the event, and the annual cheese rolling competition was canceled that year. In order to keep the obscure tradition alive, a group composed of local residents who love playing the sport held a smaller event in 2010.
Because of the backlash that cheese rolling had over its safety in the late 2000s, it seemed that the real cheese rolling competition would never be revived. Fortunately for the fans of the weird sport, the event was unofficially revived in 2011 without the help of the management that organizes most of the cheese rolling competitions in Cooper's Hill. The 2011 competition was named "Save the Cheese Roll," and even though there were no paramedics or organizers, the event was able to gather more than 500 participants. Since 2012, all the cheese rolling events were held without managers and organizers, and the cheeses that were used as prizes for the races were just sponsored or given as donation by local cheesemaker Diana Smart and her son Rod Smart, although the Smart family has been supplying the organizers of the sport since 1988.


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Q: After saving my bitmap to a file the size is 0 KB I have a android app where I have a bitmap and I want to save it to the application data folder. The file is there after execution, but its 0kb and no picture is inside.
Where is the bug?
Here is my code:
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A: Try it with FileOutputStream:
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A: There is no need to call createNewFile() , it will be automatically created if it does not exist. I guess since you never delete it is already there and it is not created because of that.
Also as a good habit you should put clean up related code inside the finally block. This way if some error happens somewhere the file will be eventually closed.
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Bask in the timely and timeless brilliance of this immortal theatre classic by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. The Gayev family are sociable, intelligent, caring and hopelessly in debt. Unless they can find the funds, their huge estate, including its much-loved cherry orchard, will go to a mortgagee auction. The entrepreneurial son of their ex-farmhand offers them a solution, but they balk at his proposal. Racked by indecision and unable to comprehend the huge social changes on the horizon, they spend one last summer on their beautiful country property, conjuring memories of the past to mask their fears of the future.
HASSAN AL RAWAS (Director) hails from Beirut, Lebanon but was raised in Kuwait City, Kuwait. He is currently in his third year in the MFA in Directing Program at Northwestern University. He is the founder of the IMPROVengers, Kuwait's first and only improv comedy troupe, and he is a founding member of SiK Productions, Kuwait's premier English language community theatre. Past directing credits include SYLVIA by A.R. Gurney, LES MISÉRABLES, Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and a stage adaptation of the novel, SAMARKAND by French-Lebanese author, Amin Maalouf. Since coming to pursue his MFA in Directing at Northwestern, Hassan has directed THE ORANGE GARDEN by Joanna Garner, AN EVENING OF ARABIC PLAYS, and he assisted Bill Brown on a production of Stephen Sondheim's COMPANY. He will next be directing Stephen Karam's new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD at Northwestern. Hassan was recently the assistant director on the world premiere of WITCH by Jen Silverman directed by Marti Lyons at Writers Theatre, and will later be assisting David Catlin on Lookingglass Theatre's production of FRANKENSTEIN. In addition to pursuing his MFA, Hassan is also in the PhD Certificate Program in Middle East/North African Studies at Northwestern. Hassan holds a MA in Theatre from Northwestern University and a BA in Communication Arts from Xavier University.
ANTON CHEKHOV (Playwright, Russian 1860 – 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov practiced as a medical doctor throughout most of his literary career: "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress." This plays include THE SEAGULL, UNCLE VANYA, THE BEAR, IVÀNOV, THREE SISTERS, among others.
STEPHEN KARAM (Adaptor) is the Tony Award-winning author of THE HUMANS, SONS OF THE PROPHET and SPEECH & DEBATE. He has written a film adaptation of Chekhov's THE SEAGULL starring Annette Bening which will be released by Sony Picture Classics in 2018. He is an OBIE Award winner and a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. His adaptation of Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD premiered on Broadway as part of Roundabout's 2016 season. Recent honors include two Drama Critics Circle, Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Awards; a Lucille Lortel Award, Drama League Award and Hull-Warriner Award. Stephen is a graduate of Brown University and grew up in Scranton, PA.
The Wirtz Center and this production of "The Cherry Orchard" are proud to participate in Chicago Theatre Week with $15 tickets available for select performances: Thursday, Feb 7, Friday Feb 8, and Sunday Feb 10. Used the code "CTW19" when ordering online, by phone or at the Box Office. Subject to availability and discount is not available at the door. For more information about special offers on more than 100 Chicago productions, visit the Chicago Theatre Week website. Chicago Theatre Week is presented by the League of Chicago Theatres with support from Choose Chicago.
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This section is devoted to reviewing the latest books in the fields of ENT and audiology. Our reviews are intended to provide useful guidance for end users who will find the books helpful in their day-to-day practice.
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Comprehensive Dictionary of Audiology – Third Edition
5 January 2022 | Bhavisha Parmar | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
This resource is useful for students and professionals in the audiology field. It is an updated collection of over 7000 defined audiology terms and includes clear, concise figures and a glossary of abbreviations and audiometric symbols. It seems to be...
Video- Based Aural Rehabilitation Guide
5 January 2022 | Naomi Elliott | Audiology - Adult
This book provides thorough coverage of vital topics within aural rehabilitation for children and adults. It targets a wide audience, including audiologists, speech therapists, Teachers of the Deaf and parents. It can also be used by clinicians supporting people with...
Hearing: An Introduction & Practical Guide
5 January 2022 | Matthew Hopley | ENT, Otology, Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic
Hearing: An Introduction & Practical Guide presents a concise overview of the anatomy, physiology, and assessment methods of hearing. It then goes on to delineate and explore the most common pathologies, disorders and management approaches related to hearing impairment. This...
Audiology Practice Management
5 January 2022 | Feraz Ahmed | Audiology - Adult
Brian J Taylor manages to skilfully compile a plethora of information relating to all aspects of audiology practice management. The author has cleverly formulated this book into bite-sized chunks which are easy to read, understand and follow. This book is...
Psychology of Voice Disorders – Second Edition
5 January 2022 | Omar Mulla | ENT, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice
Whenever I pick up a book, the first thing I do is look at the authors and see if I recognise any. The senior author of this book is Bob Sataloff – he needs no introductions when it comes to...
Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma
5 January 2022 | Anastasia Rachmanidou | ENT, Rhinology / Sinus, Skull Base Surgery
This book was first published in 2017 in India and PJ Wormald is one of the Associate Editors. It consists of 16 chapters with exceptional surgical photographs, as well as scans of different imaging modalities and illustrations. It is a...
Cochlear Implants and Other Implantable Hearing Devices - Second Edition
5 January 2022 | Michael Mather | Otology, Auditory Implants
This is a detailed resource for hearing-related healthcare professionals. It comprehensively addresses various aspects of cochlear implant care across 22 very readable chapters. Three of these chapters are new in this second edition; including single-sided deafness, auditory neuropathy, and the...
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery: Clinical Reference Guide – Sixth Edition
5 January 2022 | Natasha Quraishi | ENT, Head and Neck
When I began my ENT training, the revered 'Pasha' textbook was one of the first recommendations given to me by senior colleagues who were in the throes of FRCS revision. This revamped edition serves to improve a book which was...
Advanced ENT Training - A guide to passing the FRCS (ORL-HNS) examination
4 November 2021 | Beverley Yu | ENT, Vestibular Disorders
Advanced ENT Training - A guide to passing the FRCS (ORL-HNS) examination is a book that really understands its readers. Trainees preparing for their exams are led through common viva topics in an engaging question-and-answer format. The book covers all...
Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery: Seventh Edition - Volumes 1-3
4 November 2021 | Mani George | ENT, Facial Plastic Surgery, Rhinology / Sinus, Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice, Head and Neck, Neurotology
It's no secret Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery is amongst the most widely recognised international texts on the subject. This edition does not disappoint, and provides a truly comprehensive evidence-based evaluation of topics in general otolaryngology, facial plastic and...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus
4 November 2021 | Lucy Handscomb | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Tinnitus
I was sceptical when I read that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus was aimed at both clinicians and people with tinnitus. All too often, books intended for such a wide readership end up being too academic to appeal to patients...
Hearing Aids for Speech-Language Pathologists: a Guide to Modern Rehabilitative Audiology
4 November 2021 | Josephine Marriage | Audiology - Adult, Audiology - Diagnostic, Auditory Implants
This is a book of two parts. The first six chapters are not pitched at speech language pathologists (SLP), at least not for those in typical practice in the UK. This section of the book is appropriate to experienced audiologists...
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Uncategories Corona cases in the world 15.5 million, more than 90 thousand deaths: Europe most affected
Corona cases in the world 15.5 million, more than 90 thousand deaths: Europe most affected
Corona cases have reached around 1.5 million worldwide. While the death toll has risen to 7 thousand. Simultaneously, 1.5 lakh patients have recovered. According to the latest global statistics, 1 percent of coronary patients die, and 8 percent recover. This is a very serious problem facing the world, which months ago no one had even imagined.
The lockdown has been opened in Wuhan, China, where the virus began to spread. Indians living here advised that strict lockdown and social distancing would be an effective means of preventing Corona. The Wuhan of China can be said to have won against Corona. The government has removed all sanctions here. Although there are some new cases coming out, the Chinese government is cautious against it. So that even the cases that are hiding so far can be exposed and the corona can be eradicated.
Meanwhile, the UN Security Council will meet for the first time after Corona. Of course, this meeting will be hosted by video conferencing. European Union countries also met today to discuss ways to deal with Corona and the post-Corona situation. Spain-Italy has had the most impact on Corona in Europe. In Italy, hundreds of doctors have died from coronas. In Italy, the number of cases has risen to more than 2.5 million, while the death toll has risen to over 1,000 There have been more than four thousand new cases reported in Italy.
There are five countries where the case of Corona has crossed one lakh and four of them are in Europe. The countries of Europe, Italy, Spain, Germany and France have more than one million patients. Europe's total patient population is more than seven and a half million. However, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's condition is improving, British doctors have reported.
There have been 4,000 cases of Corona in Pakistan. Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's concerns have increased. So far the death toll has reached 7 in Pakistan, but the government here is scared. Therefore, Imran Khan had said that if the situation becomes severe then we will not have space in hospitals. Doctor Fosi, of the National Corona Task Force in the United States, feared that we might never consider joining hands again. Because Corona has created fear in people's minds.
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It's the Christmas present Apple boss Tim Cook had been hoping for all year – an iPhone deal with China Mobile, the world's largest wireless carrier. The 5S and 5C handsets will start selling with the world's largest wireless carrier from January 17 as part of a "multi-year agreement", the two companies announced Sunday.
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Comparing this list to the girls' list of last week, I immediately notice a couple things. First, the majority of these boys' names are rather short and many of them were originally nicknames in at least one of the source languages. Unlike the girls' list, where the majority of the names end in A, it seems harder to pick out a common cross-linguistic pattern for boys' names. Perhaps because of that, it's usually in the nicknames where we see overlap.
Second, many of these seem on the whole less usable in English than the girls' names. Why is it that so many of us will tolerate more foreign-sounding names for our daughters than for our sons? For example, I can imagine plenty of non-Indian/non-Arabic parents loving Lila for a girl, but I'd imagine most of them would never consider Asim for a boy. I'd love to get your opinions on this phenomenon.
I'd also love to hear your favorites and least favorites. As for me, I'm completely charmed by the possibilities of Gil and Lev. Ken, Jay, and Roy are easy-going English standards that could be given new lift by their multi-lingual capabilities. I find Rohan and Andor quite handsome, and Neo fascinates me, but I worry that after The Matrix it wouldn't be taken seriously.
So, are there any of these that you would use — and why does this list seem less usable than the girls' list?
Oz, Ken, Sol, Rohan & Gus are my favorites up there. Ken, for obvious reasons but Sol in particular greatly appeals, whether as a standalone or as a nn for Solomon. Could be because of the crazy Sol in "Doomsday" which s rapidly turning into one of my favorite flicks.
These posts are fascinating – loved the girls one too. For me, the best name there is Lev – I love it pronounced the Russian way (probably why there is the Liev variant a la Liev Shreiber, although that doesn't really capture it either)… but even said Lev, it's a cool name.
There are a lot of other goodies – Sol and Gus are great and I have a little 3 year old Finn that I know that is just an adorable boy, so it is also a favorite.
Being a linguistics type, this kind of fun is right up my alley – thanks so much for the great posts!
I have a huge love for Anne of Green Gables and have adored the name Gil/Gilbert ever since I first picked up the book. I was hoping that if we had a boy he might be a Gilbert.
Only problem is Gilbert is little and sweet where as Edward is so suave compared to him. My hubby is big on matching styles which makes it that much harder to convince him.
Finn is also a darling little name. I know 2 – both of them around 3 or 2 and just the most gorgeous little boys you have *ever* met.
I think Edward and Gilbert sound great together. Sure, Gilbert is little and sweet on a young boy, but it's very handsome on a grown man. Plus, the repeated "er" sounds in the last syllables of each name subtly connect them.
And I love the idea of Eddie and Gil.
Omar and Kai seem like "easy to wear" names. They're short and easy to pronounce. Gus can be Every Man or Every Boy. Several languages have a name or two that is easily shortened to Gus: Agustin, Gustaf, Gustav, Gustave, Gustavo, Gustaw.
As for Sol, I polled two other native Spanish speakers; the three of us agree – like Luna it's for girls only when used in a Spanish setting.
Great job putting together both your Multicultural posts!
Thanks, Christina, for your input on Sol. It does surprise me that Sol feels just as feminine as Luna. Luna is a feminine noun in Spanish, and in many cultures the moon is personified as female. Sol is a masculine noun in Spanish, though, and it's often personified as male — in fact, Sol was the name of the Roman sun god. That made me think it might be able to cross over — but I guess not!
Is Rohan pronounced as ro-han or is the h silent?
I think I like it, but I'm not sure. I'm also undecided about Neo.
The boys' selections are certainly interesting, and quite different in style from the girls'. It seems like most cultures choose names for their girls that sound beautiful or sweet, often ending in -a to make them sound feminine. Boys' names, on the other hand, differ greatly and they don't seem to have particular "rules" to follow.
Kai and Ken seem to tickle my fancy from this list, and Gil as a nickname for Gilbert would certainly be charming as well!
Also, in answer to Stephie-Jayne's question, I believe Rohan is pronounced as "Ro-han." There are about 4 boys in my grade named Rohan, actually.
Great list. Just fyi, Melek is a girls name in Turkish.


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( Source ) It brings to the fore a very sad state of affairs in the church today. He is rotund, strident, authoritative (and could well pass for Rush Limbaughs older and more serious brother). Come to think of it, didnt Rupert Murdoch just buy Dow Jones Company not long ago? In response to a letter by PFO Director. Bernard Jordan, who claims to be God, and Benny Hinn.


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You need to pick one thing OR one style of thing you want to sell online and stick with that.
You can have lots of different things but you need to make sure that everything fits together.
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"If you want to make a business and make a profit from it, step back from it as a hobby and put your business brain on and make it a business".
There is always more that you should/could be doing and you need to make peace with that.
20% of your effort gives you 80% of results – what's your 20%?
Think about this goal and then think about what steps you need to take to achieve that goal.
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Usually we procrastinate instead of having a proper rest – get out and read, sit outside, go for a walk with your kids or something which isn't work related. Don't just check all your social media!
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Q: cannot start galera cluster on centos 7 I am trying to install a new galera cluster on 3 nodes with centos 7.
When I try to start the cluster on the master node with gcomm:// nothing in starts successfully but I cannot start Mariadb on the other nodes.
systemctl status mariadb.service -l
● mariadb.service - MariaDB database server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
  Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/mariadb.service.d
           └─migrated-from-my.cnf-settings.conf
   Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: signal) since Wed 2019-03-06 13:50:12 EET; 720ms ago
  Process: 20749 ExecStartPost=/bin/sh -c systemctl unset-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 54893 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/mysqld $MYSQLD_OPTS $_WSREP_NEW_CLUSTER $_WSREP_START_POSITION (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
  Process: 54813 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c [ ! -e /usr/bin/galera_recovery ] && VAR= ||   VAR=`/usr/bin/galera_recovery`; [ $? -eq 0 ]   && systemctl set-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION=$VAR || exit 1 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 54811 ExecStartPre=/bin/sh -c systemctl unset-environment _WSREP_START_POSITION (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 54893 (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
   CGroup: /system.slice/mariadb.service
           ├─54902 /bin/sh -ue /usr//bin/wsrep_sst_rsync --role joiner --address    10.1.0.172" --datadir /var/lib/mysql/ --parent 54893
           ├─54976 rsync --daemon --no-detach --port 4444 --config /var/lib/mysql//rsync_sst.conf
           └─55027 sleep 0.5

Mar 06 13:50:12 tms-galeracl2 systemd[1]: mariadb.service: main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
Mar 06 13:50:12 tms-galeracl2 systemd[1]: Failed to start MariaDB database server.
Mar 06 13:50:12 tms-galeracl2 systemd[1]: Unit mariadb.service entered failed state.
Mar 06 13:50:12 tms-galeracl2 systemd[1]: mariadb.service failed.

and the servers.cnf config
# Mandatory settings
wsrep_on=ON
wsrep_provider=/usr/lib64/galera/libgalera_smm.so
wsrep_cluster_address="gcomm://10.x.x.x,10.x.x.x,10.x.x.x"
binlog_format=row
default_storage_engine=InnoDB
innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2
#Cluster name
wsrep_cluster_name="galeracl"
#
# Allow server to accept connections on all interfaces.
#
bind-address=0.0.0.0
wsrep_node_address="10.x.x.x"
wsrep_node_name="galeracl2"
wsrep_sst_method=rsync
# Optional setting
#wsrep_slave_threads=1
#innodb_flush_log_at_trx_commit=0

A: You have the "wrong type" of quotes in your config -- in servers.cnf note the opening quote of the following lines:
wsrep_node_address="10.x.x.x"
wsrep_node_name="galeracl2"

Edit and replace with the same, plain quote that is used for closing (copy paste from your config above):
wsrep_node_address="10.x.x.x"
wsrep_node_name="galeracl2"

And you should be golden!


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