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Home ENGLISH LITERARY STUDIES FEMINISM USING BUCHI EMECHETA'S 'THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD' AND ZAYNAB ALIKALI'S 'THE STILL BORN'
FEMINISM USING BUCHI EMECHETA'S 'THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD' AND ZAYNAB ALIKALI'S 'THE STILL BORN'
This chapter will look into the background and the general introduction of feminism using Buchi Emecheta and Zaynab Akali's 'The Joys of Motherhood and 'The Stillborn' respectively. Also, it shall discuss purpose and scope of the study and finally the biography of the two authors.
Feminist ideology is found on the need to develop a female tradition of creativity to cause awareness on the plight of women as the oppressed, deprived, subjugated and unfulfilled gender. This ideology is known in European Africa continents.
On the European scene, in the 18th century, the male writers like snake spare, Chaucer, John and Milton had made their names as great author and set tradition for stale and form in literature. However, their writings hardly focused on the female character but when female authors like Austen, George Eliot came to the scene in the 19th century, their works suffered rejection for what was regarded as '19th century critics' as their female trivialities and frivolities in their choice of themes and in their characterization.
Feminism is seen in Africa as an imported ideology alien to the African society and it is seen as the newest form of neo-colonialism and so because of this most of African female writers preferred to be referred to as motherist or womanist instead of feminist because Africans believe that most matrimonial homes have being ruined because of feminism. Womanism according to Alice Walker means matured, responsible, courageous behaviour of girlish gender.
In Nigeria, women have gone into professions that were once regarded as exclusively for men. This is to say that Nigeria women are achieving more of her goals and gradually asserting herself. Religiously, feminism is believed to be evil and being regarded as a rebellious act of the female gender. Feminism is believed to be the lie of the Devil {Gen.3:6). According to Pastor Jack, he referred to feminist as 'Goddesses who have being forced into amnesia by primitive white men trying to keep them from their true potential'. He added that feminism is a spiritual movement partly on reawakening goddesses consciousness and its real goal is matriarchy not equality. Socially, women are climbing the ladder of success as women now earn as much as men, after taking into account such as family status, education, profession and the number of hour worked.
Putting all these argument together, one can come up with a working definition of feminism as a political, cultural and economic movement aimed at establishing greater, equal or among a minority superior right and participation in society for the female folks.
There are many issue militating against feminism in Nigeria and Africa as a whole. This is because feminism is viewed by men as an unpardonable drive for equality between sexes in a rather negative outburst which is a reflection on the dominant cultural attitude in Nigeria. A newspaper article of Nigeria Dailies covering a period between March and November 1996 describe feminist as '------- iconoclasts who want to subvert tradition, treat religious injunction with disdain and pick holes in the sociological make-up of the people it is therefore obvious that such negative and conservative motion persist with regards to feminism in this jet-age of liberation of anthropologist, sociologist, political growth.
Different supportive organizations have being raised to assist the female forks examples are National Council of Women Society (NCWAS). The Women in Nigeria (WIN). The Nigeria Association of Women Advancement (NAWA). However, despite the achievement and the effort made by both governmental and non-governmental organization, feminism has not reached dominated society and westerly influenced both locally and internationally.
Olu Obafemi remarked that 'as a result of the prevalent nature of the systematic obfuscation of ideological perception of the society --------- a deliberate mystification by the perpetration of the status quo clear ideological position and friends are yet to gain objective, appreciation, tolerance of expression and responsiveness from the dominant socio-political system' it is from within this social milieu that the few feminist novel in Nigeria have emerged a society that promote the mystification of feminism to portrait dehumanization of women can hardly produce a large number of feminist writers and writings of a thoroughly uninhibited feminist discourse, hence, on the literary scene, we have situation where by women writers and critics are apologetic on behalf of feminism. Feminist therefore prefer to be appreciated rather than being criticized for their effort, they also want to be supported though encouragement to work harder and alongside the opposite sex.
1.2 The Purpose Of The Study
This work examines the concept of feminism and various roles women play in the society through the work of both gender writers.
It also examines the response of the females to the male dominated society and bring out the feminist perspective in the works of various writers. It also examines that women too have played great roles in the growth of the society and their immediate families, thus, they deserve to be acknowledged and appreciated by the male gender.
1.3 The Scope of The Study
The scope of this study is limited to feminism as portrayed in the work of Buchi Emecheta and Zaynab Alkali's 'The Joys of motherhood' and 'The stillborn' respectively.
In order to make a thorough investigation, the research has adopted two authors as a case study with the view of scholars in other works reviewed in the study.
Justification of the Study
This study is being undertaken to find out what is slowing down the emergence of feminism in Nigeria and Africa as a whole and also to determine the feminist inclination of both works in the society.
Another significance of this work is the contribution unto the knowledge which hopefully will make a new insight into the literary merit of the two author's novel.
Another significance of this study is the fresh argument which will raise as regards the question of feminism and male domination in the African novel.
1.4 Biography of the two Authors
Zaynab Alkali according to wikipendia came from a Islamic family in a village in Borno state, Nigeria but they moved to a Christian village in Gongola state where she was brought up. The entrance of Zaynab into being fond of Nigeria female writers is significant to a historical scene as well as the scene of her contribution to our literary tradition. She a lecturer of English in the University of Maiduguri, since 1975 even a female voice from the North acute sensitivity to a typically female issue experience and problem, we may well expect that Zaynab would contribute illuminately southern female writer such as Flora Nwapa, Tessy Onwene, Cathererine Achlonu and others.
The female tradition of writers in which Zaynab is now itching her place is least now pivoted on how main stream on the other hand are the resolute of the feminist writer such as Buchi Emecheta and vigorous literary critics through their contently regorals writings. She attempts to correct prevalent erroneous male perception of women and demonstrate the class of female writers who just vigorously deny any claim to the ideology of feminism as in the example of Zulu Sofola and others in any case of their works who do not primarily concern themselves with the feminist literary concept.
Like her predecessors, Zaynab is deeply conscious of fundamental conflict that confronted the emergent and will as a Nigeria women whether she lives in the village or in the crowd of character that sometimes confuse the thread of the first story we can outline the emotional development of the precious girl-hero in an attempt to heighten Li's role in the novel. Alkali surrounds her main character who plays only transient role in the story.
Buchi Emecheta according to Wikipedia was born on July 21, 1944 in Lagos to Igbo parents. Due to gender bias of the time, the young Buchi was initially kept at home while her younger brother was sent to school but after persuading her parents to consider the benefits of education, Buchi spent her early school at an All-girls missionary school. Buchi received a full scholarship to the Methodist Girl's school a year after her father died, where she remained until she was married to Sylvester Onwordi at sixteen years old. After her marriage, she bore five children in six years but it was an unhappy oft-violent marriage. To keep her sanity, Emecheta wrote at her spare time, however, her husband was deeply suspicious of her writing and he ultimately burnt her first manuscript. At the of 22, while working as a Librarian at the British Museum, Dr. Emecheta left her husband and supported all five children while earning a Bsc degree in sociology at the University of London. She also wrote prolifically, publishing articles about Black British in several journals and newspaper. In 1972, she published her first book of shorts in the ditch'. The semi-autobiography book chronicled the struggle of a main character named Adah who is forced to live in a housing estate while working as a librarian to support her five children.
From 1969-1976, Dr. Emecheta was a youth worker and a sociologist for the inner London Education Authority. She then visited the United State as a community worker in Camden , New Jersey from 1976-1978. as a successful author and visiting professor, she has traveled throughout the world visiting Universities both locally and intentionally.
Dr. Emecheta once described her stories as 'stories of the world (where) women face the universal problem of poverty and oppression and the longer they stay no matter where they have come from originally, the more the problems become identical'. In 1982, Emecheta and her journalist son ran the Ogwugwu Afor publishing company, whose intention was to promote and financially support the Black artist; Her works include 'The Bride price' 1976, 'Our own freedom' 1981, 'The Joys of Motherhood' among others. The Joys of Motherhood is a fictional record of her true feeling at a point in time.
1.5 Endnote.
1. Alice Walker: In search of our Mothers Gender: A woman's Prose [NV:Hb] Books. 1989 (pg 11-12.
2. Pastor Jack Hyles: How to destroy the Human Race.
3. Biodun Ajayi 'Feminism: a lost Battle' an article of August 24, 1993.
4. Olu Obafemi: 'Towards Feminism Aesthetics in Nigerian Drama: The plays of Tess Onwnene'. African literature Today No 19 1994, Pg. 93.
5. Wikipedia, Zaynab Alkali. As accessed on the 26th Augus, 2010, Available from worldwide web: http. www. Wikipedia. Org.
6. Wikipedia, Buchi Emecheta, as accessed on 26th August, 2010, Available from worldwide web. http. www. Wikipedia. Org.
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Bangladesh Army: 20 Hostages Killed, 13 Rescued In Dhaka Attack
By Merrit Kennedy,
Bangladeshi soldiers come out of an area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, housing a restaurant popular with foreigners early Saturday, hours after heavily armed militants attacked it on Friday night and took dozens of hostages. Bangladeshi authorities stormed the cafe early on Saturday.
At least 20 people were killed before Bangladesh police forces were able to rescue 13 hostages held by armed attackers at a café in the country's capital, Dhaka, following a 10-hour standoff.
The 20 victims included several foreigners, army spokesman Col. Rashidul Hasan told Reuters on Saturday.
Those victims don't include the six gunmen killed by police during the police siege on Saturday, nor the two police officers killed in an earlier exchange of gunfire.
Explosives and "sharp objects" were recovered at the scene, says Chowdhury.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced in a television broadcast that 13 hostages were rescued and six gunmen had been killed, and one has been captured alive. Hasina said some of the hostages had been killed, but did not say how many.
Bangladesh officials have not disclosed the identities of the victims and the attackers, and it's not clear yet how many of those rescued are foreigners.
The Associated Press reported that a Japanese hostage was freed, but seven others remain unaccounted for, according to a Japanese government spokesman.
Earlier news reports quoted a police official as saying at least 12 hostages were freed and five bodies were found, in a pool of blood, by a squad of army troops and local police who forced their way into the café.
According to Reuters, two police officers were killed and at least 20 wounded in an earlier gunbattle between police and the assailants. Police estimate between six and ten attackers are involved.
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People help an unidentified injured person after gunmen attacked a cafe popular with foreigners in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, on Friday.
It's not clear how many casualties resulted from the militants' original attack.
The Associated Press cites a café worker, Sumon Reza, as saying at least 35 people, including about 20 foreigners, were trapped inside. Reza says he was one of 10 people who managed to escape through the rooftop when the militants moved in Friday night.
The U.S State Department and local media say the café, popular among foreigners, is in an upscale neighborhood called Gulshan that's home to many foreign embassies.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement released by its Aamaq news agency, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant websites. The group posted photos of what it claims to be dead foreigners killed during the Dhaka café attack, although NPR could not independently verify their authenticity. U.S. officials also say they have no independent confirmation that ISIS is linked to the siege.
According to the Dhaka Tribune, the director general of the Rapid Action Brigade, Benazir Ahmed, said there was shooting at the cafe and that a hostage situation was unfolding elsewhere in the same building, at the O'kitchen restaurant. However, the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka said the hostage situation was happening at the Holey bakery.
The embassy tweeted that people should shelter in place.
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'The competition is intense'
IT has been a successful season for the Coimbatore ace V. R. Naren Kumar and his co-driver D. Ramkumar.
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V. R. Naren Kumar (left) and his co-driver D. Ramkumar, who clinched the National Rally Championship title with a round to spare, at the end of the Rally de Bangalore. -- Pic. K. GOPINATHAN-
IT has been a successful season for the Coimbatore ace V. R. Naren Kumar and his co-driver D. Ramkumar. The enduring and consistent duo once again made it to the podium as the National champion pair of the year and this triumph, their fourth National Rally Championship title after the 1999, 2000, 2002 wins besides an Asia Zone title in 2001, puts them in a class of their own.
This season, Naren and Ramkumar won the INRC events held at Chikmagalur, Nasik, Kochi and Chandigarh. They did not figure in the list of starters at Goa, because their vehicle failed to arrive. They finished third with a late surge at Bangalore, which saw them pile up 68 points, beyond the reach of their nearest rivals, Arjun Balu and Karandip Singh, by over 20 points.
Ramkumar credits their success to perfect understanding and coordination. "Naren just reads my mind and drives accordingly and he is very cool." Naren intones, "With Ram as the navigator, I just have to keep going and he reads the route perfectly."
They got together in the 1998 season and from then on they have stuck together and matured to provide champion stuff. "At the start of the season we were not exactly looking at the overall title. We wanted to take each race one by one and to see that we did our best. I guess we have given our best shot and come good," said Naren Kumar.
They regard the 2001 Asian Zone title as one of their major achievements and competing and doing well in the APRC events was a major gain. "The APRC field was much tougher than we had ever experienced and it had four wheel drive cars which are very fast. We don't possess one and it took some time for us to adjust to the conditions and as the legs progressed, we got better and better. It is a pity we didn't get more of APRC and I am sure we can do well at that level too, considering the fact that we had beaten Karandip Singh quite a few times here and for the Asia Zone title. Mind you, he had won an APRC title once," said Naren Kumar. "Competing in APRC events has certainly improved my navigational skills," chipped in Ramkumar.
Naren Kumar rates all the rallies at home in the same class. "There is no such thing as this one is a very tough rally or the other is an easy one. As competitors, all of us face the same terrain, conditions and toughness. If one has to define it, it comes from the competitors themselves and how hard they drive."
Naren Kumar rates the rally at Chandigarh, this season, as one of the hard earned wins. "It was a very close affair between me and Karandip Singh. For about five to six stages the lead swung both ways, with just a one-second advantage. I made it through, with Karandip's brakes giving away."
Naren would have loved to take the National championship title with a win at Bangalore, instead of a third place finish. "But then, with the course so rough, it was not prudent to push too hard when you know that even a third spot is good enough for the title. At one point we did try hard in the penultimate stage before we had a puncture."
"Naren just reads my mind and drives accordingly and he is very cool," says Ramkumar, while Naren chips in, "With Ram as the navigator, I just have to keep going and he reads the route perfectly." — Pic. K. GOPINATHAN-
The outlook for rallies in the country has improved tremendously after MAI came into existence, feels Naren Kumar. "They have been doing a good job since 1999. This year the Chikmagalur and Chandigarh rallies were well organised and they are getting better and better. But on the other hand we found some rallies such as the one in Bangalore are falling in standards."
The main problem with Bangalore this season, according to Naren Kumar, was the terrain. "There was not a single stage where the driver could really go fast. It was rough and you ended up driving slower than what you were capable of."
The MAI rallies are confined to MRF and a few other private teams, with JK Tyres studiously staying out.
Naren opines that it would be a good thing if JK Tyres gets back into action here after sorting out whatever the problems may be, amicably. "It would be great to drive against them as well. Not that we don't compete against each other in the MRF team. When we compete, each of us in the MRF team drives hard and wants to win. Mind you, all the best drivers are now with MRF and the competition is intense."
As for the future, Naren Kumar hopes that they will soon get back to competing in the APRC meets.
"After proving ourselves in the Asia Zone, the next step obviously is the APRC and our earlier foray there had taught us some valuable lessons. We got there without much practice in new cars with four-wheel drive, which are three times faster than what we drive here. Sufficient practice before the race should put us in the right shape and mood for the races. We are also looking for sponsorship and media support to put up a team and get there. We are just keeping our fingers crossed," concluded Naren Kumar.


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Whatever Happened To Actress Kim Myers? (2022 Update)
Written by Mariska Lee in People
Kim Myers is an actress best known for her early role in the film A Nightmare of Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge as the character Lisa Webber and is also known for having an uncanny resemblance to Meryl Streep.
She was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 15, 1966.
Kim Myers lives a relatively private life, and biographical details before her acting career are difficult to pin down.
It is suggested that she may have studied at Syracuse University, but there are few sources to corroborate this. No public information is available about her parents, potential siblings, or her career before 1985.
Acting Career
If Kim Myers had worked in commercials or on stage before landing her first film role, that information would have been lost to time.
A Nightmare of Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Her career began in 1985 with her first and arguably most notable role in the horror sequel A Nightmare of Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. In the film, she played teenager Lisa Webber, the love interest of Mark Patton's Jesse Walsh.
The film was controversial at release and is a frequent topic of debate today, given the perceived gay subtext of the film.
However, Kim Myers was praised for her performance in the movie, and many fans have fond memories of her as the "girl next door" type she plays in the film.
The movie was considered the strangest of the franchise, but the fans very much appreciated Kim Myers.
While A Nightmare of Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge is arguably one of her most notable roles, it also was her introduction to film and television. She has had numerous other credits, many of them worth noting.
She made her television debut in 1986 in the CBS Schoolbreak Special. CBS Schoolbreak Special was an after-school anthology series of teen-centric stories from 1978 to 1996. Kim Myers was featuring the episode "The Drug Knot."
She would make appearances on other television series in the 1980s, with her most significant run being ten episodes of the drama Studio 5-B.
In the 1990s, she would appear in an episode of Seinfeld as Pam, one of Jerry's many girlfriends. This was the 1996 episode "The Soul Mate."
Her most significant television role would be in the 1993 Fox comedy Key West where she appeared in 12 of the 13 episodes. She would star in the show alongside Denise Crosby.
She would close out the 1990s with appearances in the thriller series The Pretender from 1996 – 1999, including a TV movie based on the series in 2001.
Her second film would be in 1987 with In The Mood – a romantic comedy based on the story of Sonny Wisecarver, who Patrick Dempsey plays.
Hellraiser: Bloodline
Kim Myers had a small role in the movie. Her second most notable film of the 1990s was another horror sequel and prequel, 1996's Hellraiser: Bloodline – the fourth film in the franchise.
In this movie, she played Bobbi, who was written to be a mirror of the character Larry from the original Hellraiser.
The film did not do well critically, and it appears that the project, though ambitious, did not have the proper support it needed to succeed.
What is Kim Myers doing now?
Kim Myers has been acting steadily since the 2000s. In 2010 she appeared in a sci-fi series, 10,000 Days.
This series followed survivors of a comet impact in a post-apocalyptic world. In 2016 she appeared in the family comedy Don't Tell Kim, playing the titular character.
Following this, she didn't have another role until 2020, when a sequel to Don't Tell Kim, titled Jumping the Gun, was released. It was a small budget film, directed by Stephen Ihli.
She has a new movie set to premiere in 2022 titled 5,000 Blankets, a family film about a movement to help the unhoused.
Kim Myers is also known to appear at fan conventions for fans of Hellraiser and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
She was last seen at the PA Horror Con and Film Festival in 2022 and is set to appear at Days of the Dead – Las Vegas in 2023.
Kim Myers is married to writer, producer, and director Eric Small. Much like Kim Myers, biographical information on Eric Small is minimal. He is best known for producing 10,000 Days and Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
There have been no articles or birth announcements to indicate that Kim Myers has had children and Kim Myers does not have any confirmed social media accounts.
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Louis van Gaal has walked out of a press conference after becoming annoyed about speculation regarding his future as Manchester United manager.
Rumours have been rife this week that the Dutchman is about to be sacked and replaced by Jose Mourinho, who was dismissed by Chelsea last Thursday.
But after just under five minutes' questioning at his weekly press conference, Van Gaal refused to take any more questions and walked out, saying as he passed a table of mince pies and wine that had been laid on for the media: "I wish you a merry Christmas and also maybe a happy new year when I see you.
"Enjoy the wine and a mince pie. Goodbye."
The press conference lasted just four minutes and 58 seconds in total. The Dutchman only answered three questions from the broadcast media and then refused to take any questions from the written press.
It was clear the 64-year-old, who is halfway through his three-year contract, was in an angry mood from the moment he took his seat in the media room at the club's training ground in Carrington.
"Has anybody in this room not a feeling to apologise to me? That's what I'm wondering," he snapped after being asked about Arsene Wenger's claim Van Gaal's treatment had been "disrespectful".
Senior club sources who were fulsome in their praise of Van Gaal three weeks ago, have fallen silent of late, which has fuelled speculation the Dutchman is about to leave.
Van Gaal insists the board are not to blame for the speculation, however, and pointed the finger squarely at the media instead.
Will Van Gaal dip into the January transfer makret?
The former Bayern Munich manager said his family and friends had been adversely affected by the criticism and claimed he had been contacted by former manager Sir Alex Ferguson, executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and director David Gill recently about the matter.
Van Gaal continued: "(I have read) my (former) colleague (Mourinho) was here already. What do you think happens with my wife or my kids? Or with my grandchildren? Or with the fans of Manchester United? Or my friends? What do you think? They have called me a lot of times and also Arsene Wenger is saying something about that.
"So you think that I want to talk with the media now. I am here only because of the Premier League rules. I have to talk with you. But I can only see when I say something that you use my words in your context."
On receiving calls from the three most influential people outside of the Glazer family, who own the club, Van Gaal said: "You have to stick by the facts and when I get calls off Alex Ferguson and David Gill and Ed Woodward because you are creating something that is not good, what is not being the facts, now I have to answer questions. I don't think I want to do it."
Van Gaal insists he has felt the "warmth" of the players and his staff at the club's training ground this week despite the stories surrounding him, which appeared after United embarked upon a six-match winless run.
He said: "I want to say only I have tried to lift the confidence of my players. I have done everything this week.
"I held meetings with the players with my members of staff, I hold a Christmas lunch, I did a speech and I feel the warmth and support of everybody in Carrington, this AON Training Complex.
"But I didn't feel that in the media and of course I can imagine that you can write about that subject.
"We are not in a good position but four weeks ago we were first in the Premier League and in four weeks' time we can be back in that position again."
Van Gaal can lift the spirit of fans by ending that run at Stoke on Boxing Day.
"I only say now I am focused on Stoke City," he said.
"I help my players. I wish you a Merry Christmas and also maybe a Happy New Year when I see you."
Here's the footage on LVG giving the assembled media what for.
That was a fantastic rant just now from LVG, but as good as Rafa Benitez's infamous tirade about 'facts'? I'm not so sure.
"Has anybody in this room not a feeling to apologise to me? That's what I am wondering.
"I think I was already sacked I have read. Or have been sacked. Or that my colleague [Jose Mourinho] was here already.
"What do you think that happens with my wife or with my kids? Or with my grandchildren? Or with the fans of Manchester United? Or with my friends? What do you think?
"They have called me, a lot of times, and also Arsene Wenger is saying something about that.
"Do you think I want to talk with the media now? I am here only because of the Premier League rules. I have to talk with you. But I can only see that when I talk to you that you put it in your context.
"I have tried to lift the confidence of my players. I have done everything this week.
"I have held meetings, evaluation meetings with the players, with members of staff, I have held a Christmas lunch, I gave a speech and I feel the warmth and the the support of everybody at Carrington, this AON Training Complex.
"But I didn't feel that [warmth] in the media. I can imagine that you can write about that subject.
"We are not in a good position but four weeks ago we were in first place and in about four weeks we can again be in that position again.
"You have to stick by the facts and when I get calls from Ed Woodward, Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill, because you are creating something that is not good, that is not being the facts, and now I have to answer questions. I don't think I want to do it.
"I am focused on Stoke City. I wish you a merry Christmas I wish you a Merry Christmas and also maybe a Happy New Year when I see you.
Does Van Gaal have a point?
I'm minded to agree with the below.
Not nice for people to speculate about your job, but part and parcel of being (a bad) #mufc manager and getting paid £millions. Sorry.
That really will go down as one of the great press conference meltdowns.
LVG spoke with a simmering fury throughout, and even implored the reporters to think about the effect their stories has on his children and grandchildren.
Parting shot? We'll have to wait and see, but those were the actions of a man seriously feeling the pressure.
LVG says: "You have to stick by the facts and when I get calls from Ed Woodward, Sir Alex Ferguson and David Gill, because you are creating something that is not good, that is not being the facts, and now I have to answer questions. I don't think I want to do it.
Van Gaal continued: "But I can only see when I say something that you use my words in your context. And I want to say only I have tried to lift the confidence of my players. I have done everything this week.
"I held meetings with the players with my members of staff, I hold a Christmas lunch, I did a speech and I feel the warmth and support of everybody in Carrington.
"We are not in a good position but four weeks ago we were first in the PL and in four weeks' time we can be back in that position again."
When asked if speculation is a part of the job, Van Gaal said: "No I don't think that you can do that because you have to stick by the facts and when I get calls off Alex Ferguson and David Gill and Ed Woodward because you are creating something that is not good, what is not being the facts, now I have to answer questions."
Van Gaal was asked about Wenger's comments saying the speculation around the Dutchman's future was disrespectful.
He responded by saying: "Has anybody in this room not a feeling to apologise to me?" Van Gaal said. ''I think I was already sacked, I read.
"I have been sacked. My colleague (Mourinho) was here already. So you think I want to talk to the media? I am here only because of the Premier League rules. I have to talk with you."
LVG answered two questions in six minutes, wished the assembled reporters a Happy Christmas and then walked out.
Wow, Van Gaal press conference lasted just 4mins 58secs before he walked out!
Van Gaal: There are no major developments on the injury front although Darmian could be back for the Chelsea match on December 28 ("We'll wait & see").
Van Gaal has revealed who is unavilable for the Stoke match. "It's more or less the same, so there is no difference," he told MUTV. "Only that, for example, Phil Jones has played 90 minutes and had no reaction so that's a good signal."
It may be we have to wait until 4 before we hear from Van Gaal, but I'll keep you posted.
Interesting piece from Sam Wallace today on the declining Manchester United youth academy.
Are United still serious about developing the best young prospects into first team players? They might feel it goes without saying, but sometimes a club needs to be explicit about these things.
When Ferguson arrived at United he was appalled to find out that he had just five scouts covering Greater Manchester, compared to the 17 he had at Aberdeen. At a club that had once discovered Duncan Edwards and George Best, among others, he had assumed it would be otherwise.
As Van Gaal's tenure at United possibly comes to an end, here are some of his most choice quotes. They make him sound like the coaching equaivalent of Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Not sure how 'Dare to Louis' would do as a slogan for Nike though.
Hi everyone, wecome to this live blog of Louis van Gaal's final press conference before Christmas, and possibly one of his last ever as United manager.
Reports last week said that Louis van Gaal will be sacked as Manchester United manager if his side lose either of their next two Premier League matches, and the first of those is a tricky looking trip tp face Stoke on Boxing Day.
How will Van Gaal be feeling? Is he worried Jose Mourinho will take his job? We'll find out at about 3.30pm.
Louis van Gaal will face the media this afternoon for the first time since speculation began claiming that he is set to be replaced by Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho has been linked with the Manchester United manager's job over the last week following his dismissal as Chelsea manager.
Van Gaal is under increasing pressure after United embarked upon a six-match winless run that has also seen them exit the Champions League.
Mourinho is understood to be ready to take the top job at United should the board decide to sack Van Gaal, who is halfway through his three-year contract.
The Portuguese's agent Jorge Mendes, speaking to Globo Esporte on Tuesday night, denied a deal had been struck between his client and the United board.
Mendes insisted an "official proposal" had not been tabled by United, but the super agent did not exactly pour cold water on claims the former Chelsea manager is set for the hot seat at Old Trafford.
Van Gaal, meanwhile, believes he has the backing of executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and his own players.
"Ed was very fast out of the dressing room but I feel that support, yes," the 64-year-old said.
"The most important support is from the players because the players have to do it on the pitch and the chemistry between the players and the manager and his staff is very important."
United head into the busy Christmas schedule outside the Premier League's top four. They travel to Stoke on Boxing Day before hosting Chelsea on December 28.


Car thefts, houses being egged and vehicles being damaged are among the incidents of anti-social behaviour which residents in the Gateford area of Worksop are having to put up with.
Locals say they have been living with the problem for the past 12 months, and are now calling on Bassetlaw District Council and the police to do more to tackle it.
One resident, Adam Johnson, who lives in the Gateford area, said: "We are becoming angry with the amount of car thefts and the youths at night causing a disturbance.
"We have been getting lots of youths on our street egging houses, stealing from Asda and causing trouble with home owners.
Inspector Neil Bellamy, Neighbourhood Policing Inspector for Bassetlaw, said the force was aware of the issues with anti-social behaviour and were actively patrol the area, including during the evenings, to reduce the volume of incidents.
"We have listened to local residents' concerns and continue to work with them," he said.
"Anti-social behaviour can have a hugely detrimental impact on people's lives and it remains one of our priorities for Bassetlaw. We have an officer dedicated to tackling this issue in Worksop and we are actively investigating reports.
Gerald Connor, community safety co-ordinator at Bassetlaw District Council, said: "The area around Celtic Point is covered by a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) and places restrictions on the behaviour of individuals who visit this area.
"Should there be any activity that breaches the conditions of this PSPO, the police and the council are able to take enforcement action against those individuals.


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A: This is an anonymous function that will run as soon as it is declared. Its parameter is myFunkyAlert and inside the function it will be referenced as the fun variable.
The reason we usually write a function like that is to avoid conflicts, due to scoping.
Example:
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This will result in an alert with the message "The funky alert".

A: You're defining an anonymous function and then calling it with myFunkyAlert as an argument.

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1. This week our team finished up the Corvallis Classic Modern! It was a project where I had to pinch myself, because I can't believe this is my job. I get to design spaces for a living! What a dream. Here are a few pictures (stay tuned for the full reveal in a few weeks).
2. Baseball season has officially begun, which means the Kidd household is getting busy! To break things up in my day when I'm not working, I've found driving a longer loop home after I drop Karis off at preschool, and plugging in a good podcast helps me feel like I'm gaining encouragement and wisdom that day. Krew typically takes a nap, so I'll get some drive-thru coffee, and take some "me time" listening to podcasts. It sounds silly, but sometimes all I want to do is sit in my car and drive. It helps give me clarity and a fresh perspective. Some of my favorite podcasts recently are The Happy Hour, The Goal Digger, Going Scared, Chris Loves Julia, and For the Love. Are you a podcast listener? I'm hooked!
3. I really respect Joanna Gaines. Not just because she's incredibly talented, but she also stays true to herself. I think it's wise beyond words that her and Chip are ending Fixer Upper to focus on their family and other parts of their design business. Its been fun to see her style evolve, yet stay the same, throughout her time on HGTV. Here's a kitchen she recently revealed, and I absolutely love the mix of wood and painted cabinets, open shelving, and countertop/backsplash. SO beautiful!
4. Ayms and I are both huge fans of the Loft. We both are proud to say we have "mom bods", and embrace the fact that Forever 21 and BP no longer fit us right. This weekend, the Loft is having a huge sale! All of their full price tops and sweaters are 40% off. Here are a few we're loving (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).
5. Speaking of the Loft... I feel like their earring game has gone up a notch. Right now, all earrings are buy one get one 50% off! Here are a few favorites (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6).


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Q: Prometheus metrics are not accessible in Grafana, when VM is having two IP's (public and private) I had setup Prometheus, node-exporter and Grafana in same VM. The VM is having two IP's (internal & External). I'm able to access Prometheus metrics and able to launch Grafana through external IP.  But Prometheus metrics are not showing in Grafana dashboard. But i am able to access other external IP prometheus metrics in grafan.
Any configuration changes required?

A: The Grafana frontend (JS app running in your browser) issues API calls directly to Prometheus, so you can use your browser's developer tools to see where those requests are being sent to and what happens with them.
If you're running Chrome, right click anywhere in Grafana, select Inspect and then the Network tab.
Else, you can do it directly from Grafana. In the panel editor there is a Query Inspector button somewhere, which shows you the request and response, although I'm not sure about HTTP status codes and such.


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Q: CoreImage: Writing a reducer filter I'm trying to write a CIKernel that sums the values of all pixels in an image -- actually summing the absolute difference between two CIImages as in a sum-of-absolute differences.
The documentation informs me that for loops are illegal unless the predicate can be tested at compile-time. The extent of an image can't, so I'm not sure how a kernel can iterate over samples and accumulate a value. Or is this even possible? Do I need to do the final summation outside of the kernel?
kernel vec4 coreImageKernel(sampler minuend, sampler subtrahend) {
vec4 retval = {0,0,0,0};
if destCoord().x == 0 && destCoord().y == 0 {

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    for(j = 0; j < samplerExtent(minuend).h ; j++) {
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      vec4 minSample = sample(minuend   , samplerTransform(minuend,dest));
      vec4 subSample = sample(subtrahend, samplerTransform(subtrahend,dest));

      vec4 sampleDiff = abs(minSample - subSample);
      retval += sampleDiff;
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A: What I would suggest is that you take a look at the recently introduced ability for Metal to render directly into a CoreImage pipeline. This example code shows a Metal compute kernel named grayscaleKernel, it is used to convert a RGBA input image to grayscale pixels as a step in a CoreImage pipeline. This is directly rendering, it does not go through an abstraction layer. The github project is CoreImageMetalFilter.


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Who Is Joey King And What Is Her Net Worth?
December 12, 2022 by Yukti Puri
Joey King is an American television and film actress. She is mainly known for playing the lead role of Elle Evans in the Netflix Film series, "The Kissing Booth" in its 2 sequels and rose in popularity by playing Ramona Quimby in the comedy film Ramona & Beezus (2010). She was born on July 30, 1990.
So today, here we gonna talk about your favorite celebrity Joey King's net worth also in this article you will get to know many more things about this celebrity, like her early life, career, personal life, and many more.
Joey King Net Worth
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the twenty-two-year-old career of an actress is worth about $4 million and with upcoming commercial projects, we could expect her to be worth a lot.
Joey King Early Life
She was born in Los Angeles, California to Terry and Jamie King. Joey King did her schooling at Phoenix Ranch School in Simi Valley, California United States. She graduated from a reputed University. The actress won fans over Elle Evans in the series "The kissing Booth" and her onscreen chemistry with her co-actor Jacob Elordi's character Noah Flynn.
Fans became very excited by seeing them together and this onscreen chemistry soon took over by their sizzling off-screen chemistry but that relationship didn't work out for them. In 2019, the Actress was rumored to be dating a Director and producer-Steven Piet. Both were spotted at the screening of "Harry Potter ".Her name was also linked with her another " Kissing Booth" co-actor, "Taylor Zakhar Perez".
Joey King Professional Life
Joey began her journey of acting through a t.v commercial for life cereal AT&T, Kay Jewelers, and Eggo at the age of four. She debuted in films like "Reign over me" as Gina Fineman in 2007. She also lent her voice in many animated movies like Dawn of the Dinosaurs as Beaver Girl (2009).
The actress got established in the acting industry through the role of Ramona in the film Ramona and Beezus (2010). She got lots of opportunities of showing her acting skills in movies like Kissing Booth, Conjuring, White House Dawn, and many more. Apart from films, Joey also debuted in the television industry with Malcolm in Middle as a girl at a party in the Mono episode (2006). She also got featured in the famous TV series "The Suit of Zack and Cady as Emily Mason in 2 Episodes (2006) and played the main lead in the "Act and Tween Fest".
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Joey King Achievements
The Youngest best artist award (2011)
Kid's choice award (2019)
People choice award (2020)
Joey King Relationship Status
Along with her professional career, her personal life also has remained controversial. Till now, the beautiful actress's name had been linked with many guys whether it's her co-actor, Jacob Elordi, or her producer, Steven Piet. Joey and Elordi's relationship rumors were all over the world till 2019. They met at the set of the series "The Kissing Booth". Fans were excited by seeing them together offscreen also but it didn't work out for them. After Elordi, Steven Piet- the producer of "The Act" is said to be Joey's rumored boyfriend. They both were spotted together at the screening of "Harry Potter" and most probably were dating each other.
Joey King Awards And Nominations
She was nominated for Young Artist Awards under the category of Best Performance in a Voice Over Role-Young Actor/Actress and Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) Supporting Young Actress in 2010. She won the Young Artist Awards under the category of Best Performance in a Feature Film – Leading Young Actress Ten and Under and was nominated for the same under the category of Best Performance in a TV Series – Guest Starring Young Actress Age Ten or Under in 2011.
Joey King won the Kids' Choice Awards under the category of Favorite Movie Actress and the Primetime Emmy Awards under the category of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2013. She was nominated for Young Artist Awards under the category of Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress in 2019.
She was nominated for Critics' Choice Television Awards under the category of Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Movie, Golden Globe Awards under the category of Best Actress – Limited Series or Television Film, Satellite Awards under the category of Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, Screen Actors Guild Awards under the category of Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie and won the People's Choice Awards under the category of The Comedy Movie Star of 2020 in 2020.
Joey King Physical Appearance
She is one of the most beautiful actresses in America. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and in centimeters, she is 163. Her weight is around 55 kg and the figure measurement is something like 34-26-37. She has beautiful hair of Blonde color, and her eye color is blue. So, this was a short glimpse of Joey King's personality, but honestly, she has the most charming personality.
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De Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB) is de Nederlandse voetbalbond. De bond werd op 8 december 1889 opgericht. Onder de KNVB vallen de sporten voetbal inclusief de varianten zaalvoetbal, strandvoetbal, straatvoetbal, schoolvoetbal, 45+-voetbal (senioren) en G-voetbal (voetballers met een lichamelijke en/of verstandelijke beperking).

De KNVB organiseert landelijke competities, bekertoernooien en evenementen, coördineert de nationale elftallen en beheert de bedrijfstak voetbal. Verder participeert de bond in maatschappelijke projecten.

Historie

In 1889 werd de Nederlandsche Voetbal en Athletiek Bond (NVAB) gesticht. Zijn doelstelling was het bevorderen van en het algemene bekendheid geven aan het Voetbalspel en de Athletische spelen in Nederland. Het was een initiatief van Pim Mulier, de oprichter van de Haarlemse Football Club en latere erevoorzitter van die club en van de KNVB.

Bij de oprichting waren de volgende clubs betrokken:
 Amsterdamsche F.C. R.A.P
 Amsterdamsche Sportclub
 Voetbal-Vereniging "Amsterdam"
 Delftsche F.C.
 Haagsche Voetbal-Vereniging
 Haarlemsche F.C.
 Haarlemsche F.C. "Excelsior"
 Rotterdamsche cricket- en footballclub Concordia
 Rotterdamsche Cricket- en Footballclub "Olympia"
 Voetbalvereniging Rotterdam
 Wageningse Cricket- en Voetbalvereniging "Go Ahead" (door middel van een adhesiebetuiging)

Reeds bij de oprichting ontstond discussie over het in de bond opnemen van de atletiek. Dit had echter de persoonlijke voorkeur van Pim Mulier, die zelf een fervent beoefenaar van deze sport was. In 1895 werd in een algemene vergadering besloten dat de atletiek niet langer onderdeel van de bond uit zou maken. De naam werd gewijzigd in Nederlandse Voetbalbond (NVB). In 1929, 40 jaar na oprichting van de NVAB, kreeg de NVB het predicaat Koninklijk, waarmee de naam veranderde in Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond, ofwel KNVB.

In 1904 was de KNVB een van de zeven nationale bonden die betrokken was bij de oprichting van de FIFA, de wereldvoetbalbond.

Nederlands elftal

De KNVB is ook het instituut dat het Nederlands Elftal en alle nationale jeugd- en amateurelftallen onder zich heeft. De bondscoach is in dienst van de KNVB, de spelers worden door de KNVB uitgenodigd.

Georganiseerde competities

Bij de mannen is de voetbalcompetitie voor de eerste elftallen (standaardelftallen) van een club in het seizoen 2016/17 als volgt opgezet:

Vanaf de derde klasse bepaalt elk district zelf het aantal deelnemende clubs; West I en II en Noord kozen voor 14 clubs, Zuid I en II en Oost voor 12 clubs.
Wegens omstandigheden en het aantal clubs kan het aantal clubs per competitie afwijken.

Daarnaast is de KNVB (en/of de regionale districten) verantwoordelijk voor de volgende competities, toernooien en finales:
 van de niet-eerste elftallen van de clubs en van de jeugdelftallen
 Johan Cruijff Schaal, de Nederlandse Supercup tussen de landskampioen en de bekerwinnaar
 KNVB beker
 districtsbeker voor amateurs en de KNVB beker voor amateurs
 vrouwenvoetbal (onder andere competitie, bekertoernooi en supercup)
 zaalvoetbal
 Beloften Eredivisie
 Beloften Eerste divisie

Organisatie
Het hoofdkantoor van de KNVB is in Zeist gehuisvest. De voorzitter is sinds december 2019 Just Spee. De secretaris-generaal is sinds januari 2018 Gijs de Jong.

Naast de genoemde professionele competities organiseert de KNVB (vanuit het kantoor van West I te Amsterdam) ook de hoofdklassen en landelijke competities vrouwenvoetbal en zaalvoetbal. Competities lager dan deze categorieën worden door de districten georganiseerd, evenals de districtsbeker.

De KNVB was verdeeld in zes districten. Deze hadden kantoor in:
 KNVB West I: Amsterdam (bij het Sportpark Riekerhaven) (Hoofdklasse-, landelijke vrouwen- en zaalvoetbal)
 KNVB Noord: Heerenveen (nabij het Abe Lenstra Stadion)
 KNVB Oost: Deventer
 KNVB West II: Rotterdam (bij sportpark Oosterflank)
 KNVB Zuid I: Breda
 KNVB Zuid II: Nieuwstadt

Tot 1996 kende de KNVB regionale onderbonden. Het laagste competitieniveau was tot dat jaar georganiseerd op onderbond of afdelingsniveau.

Sinds 2015 zijn de districten opnieuw ingedeeld en zijn er nog maar drie kantoren over.

Nationale ploegen
 Nederlands voetbalelftal
 Nederlands voetbalelftal (vrouwen)
 Nederlands voetbalelftal onder 21
 Nederlands voetbalelftal onder 20
 Nederlands voetbalelftal onder 19
 Nederlands voetbalelftal onder 18
 Nederlands voetbalelftal onder 17
 Nederlands voetbalelftal onder 17 (vrouwen)

Ledenaantallen
Hieronder de ontwikkeling van het leden- en verenigingenaantal:

Onderscheidingen
De KNVB kan onderscheidingen toekennen aan vrijwilligers die zich op een bijzondere manier hebben ingezet, of aan KNVB-officials met een lange staat van dienst. De volgende onderscheidingen kunnen worden uitgereikt:
 zilveren en gouden scheidsrechtersspeld
 zilveren en gouden waarderingsspeld
 lid van verdienste
 bondsridder
 erelid van de KNVB

Ereleden
De volgende personen werden benoemd tot erelid van de KNVB:

Haasje
Elke debutant in het Nederlands elftal ontvangt van de KNVB een zogenaamd haasje; een aandenken in de vorm van een medaillon met de afbeelding van een haas.

Geschillen
De KNVB heeft een college van arbiters dat bij een geschil een arbitragecommissie samenstelt.

Zie ook
 Lijst van bondsvoorzitters van de KNVB

Externe link
 Officiële website

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months, I have gotten a ton of proposals of what I would consider the nostalgia category, mostly Greatest Generation storylines focusing on WWII and post-WWII... [But] we continue to see our best sales in historical romance, typically in the 19th century. Texas is a perennial setting that we find a lot of success with. In fact, Texas is one of the top five words within our system when you search for keywords by title.
Hutton, HCCP: We are very interested in stories about under-served time periods. We have a book on our fall list that's set in the fifth century C.E., the time of St. Augustine.
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Tipton, Barbour: There was a time that we were doing some first-run contemporary fiction, and we aren't doing that anymore unless it's contemporary Amish fiction. Contemporary sales were just not successful.
Hutton, HCCP: We haven't seen any overall category fall off the map, except fantasy. Fantasy has been a struggle for everyone, except in the YA space.
McConnell, Howard: We're scaling back publication of debut novels and putting more energy and capital behind brand-name authors.
Watson, Tyndale: The purest form of sci-fi does not work for us. Some futuristic does, but there has to be some connection to a currently experienced reality. A lot of publishers have tried, but for some reason they have not been able to identify or capture the audience.
The average reader of Christian fiction tends to be a middle-aged woman, or even older. What are you doing to court younger readers? Marchese, WaterBrook: A huge percentage of our Christian readership is in the library market. That patron may be older, but we've also raised a new group of younger readers through authors like Katie Ganshert. We published her fourth novel, The Art of Losing Yourself, last month. I see Katie as the crux of the change in the market. I don't think she's 30 yet. She's a youth group leader, and she watches Vampire Diaries. She's that kind of postmodern Christian.
Hutton, HCCP: We don't do a lot of YA publishing, but we're very excited about Mary Weber, who has moved over to us. We don't publish YA that we can't code with a general BISAC. Our editorial and content filter hasn't changed, but we believe that in that category our books have to be on the shelf with the other books that teens are reading.
Lewis, Baker: We saw from a Nielsen report that currently 27% of our sales in inspirational fiction are coming from people over 65. That's partially because they have more time to read and more disposable income, and they love our books. But we are also concerned that our books need to appeal to all ages. So we are trying some dystopian fiction, the kind of thing that adults can read or enjoy, but are geared for teens.
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\section{Introduction}

Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a method for surveying hidden or hard-to-reach populations such as sex workers or injection drug users \citep{Heckathorn1997Respondent,Broadhead1998Harnessing}.  Starting with a group of initial subjects called ``seeds'', respondents recruit others who are also members of the study population by giving them ``coupons" to present to the researcher.  These new subjects are interviewed, given coupons, and the process repeats.  Many researchers have approximated RDS as a sampling design in which the sampling probability for subject $i$ is proportional to their network degree $d_i$ \citep{Salganik2004Sampling,Volz2008Probability,Gile2010Respondent,Gile2011Improved}.  In particular, \citet{Salganik2004Sampling} and \citet{Volz2008Probability} justify this choice by modeling the recruitment process as a with-replacement random walk on a connected population network, where only one coupon is given to each subject, recruitment is uniformly at random from network neighbors, and each subject can be recruited infinitely many times.
For an RDS sample of size $n$, \citet{Volz2008Probability} (hereafter VH) give the estimator
\begin{equation}
  \hat{\mu}_{VH} = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^n y_i d_i^{-1}}{\sum_{i=1}^n d_i^{-1}}
  \label{eq:vh}
\end{equation}
where $y_i$ is the outcome of interest and $d_i$ is the degree of subject $i$.

Several authors have expressed skepticism about RDS survey methodology in general and the VH estimator in particular \citep{Heimer2005Critical,Johnston2008Implementation,Goel2010Assessing,Gile2010Respondent,Salganik2012Commentary,White2012Respondent}. Many alternative characterizations of the recruitment process exist \citep{Goel2009Respondent,Gile2010Respondent,Gile2011Improved,Berchenko2013Modeling,Crawford2014Graphical}.  Empirical studies have also cast doubt on the performance of the VH estimator in real-world RDS datasets \citep{Wejnert2009Empirical,McCreesh2012Evaluation,Rudolph2013Importance}.

A recent paper by \citet{Gile2015Diagnostics} presents diagnostics whose purpose is to help researchers determine whether the assumptions often invoked to motivate the VH estimator \eqref{eq:vh} are met in empirical RDS data. The diagnostics presented by  \citet{Gile2015Diagnostics} address a particular class of motivating assumptions about the structure of a hypothesized social network and the process by which new subjects are sampled. These assumptions, characterized by \citet[pg. 3]{Gile2015Diagnostics} as ``required by the [VH] estimator,''  are summarized in Table 1, reproduced from the original paper.

\begin{table}
  \begin{tabular}{lcc}
    \hline
    & Network structure assumptions & Sampling assumptions \\
    \hline
  \multirow{2}{*}{Random-walk model} & \multirow{2}{*}{Network size large ($N\gg n$)} & With-replacement sampling, \\
                    &                               & single non-branching chain    \\
  \multirow{2}{*}{Remove seed dependence} & Homophily sufficiently weak, & \multirow{2}{*}{Enough sample waves} \\
                         & bottlenecks limited,       & \\
                         & connected graph & \\
    \multirow{2}{*}{Respondent behaviour} & \multirow{2}{*}{All ties reciprocated} & Degree accurately measured, \\
       & & random referral \\
    \hline
  \end{tabular}
  \label{tab:assumptions}
  \caption{Assumptions listed by \citet{Gile2015Diagnostics} as requirements for the VH estimator.  Reproduced from their Table 1. }
\end{table}

In this short note, we give an alternative, nonparametric set of conditions under which the VH estimator is consistent, and note identification conditions for a generalization of the VH estimator.   The conditions we articulate for consistency
are restrictive and untestable,
but they are nevertheless less stringent than the traditional model used to justify the VH estimator.  Consistency of the VH estimator does not require random sampling or even the existence of a network connecting the members of the study population. Our results clarify the inferential challenges posed by RDS data, challenges beyond those of other non-probability samples. Importantly, however, our results suggest conditions that can be more generally implied by other generative models that may justify the VH estimator or variants thereof.

\section{Results}

Formally, consider a sequence of populations and samples converging weakly to a joint limit distribution on the outcome, (reported) degree, and sample, denoted $(Y,D,S)$. Let the ${\rm E}\,[\cdot]$ and $\Pr[\cdot]$ operators refer to features of this limiting distribution.  In RDS, we observe the empirical joint distribution of the outcome $Y$ and degree $D$ conditional on the sampling indicator $S = 1$.  Without loss of generality, suppose that $Y$ has bounded support and that $D$ has support in the set $\{1,...,K\}$.

\begin{cond}[Ignorability]
\label{cond:ignorability}
For all $k$ such that $\Pr[D = k] > 0$, ${\rm E}\,[Y | S = 1, D = k] = {\rm E}\,[Y | D = k]$ and $\Pr[S = 1 \vert D = k] > 0$.
\end{cond}

\begin{cond}[Knowledge of the Conditional Probability of Sampling]
\label{cond:samplingprob}
$\Pr[S = 1 \vert D = k] = f(k)$, where $f(\cdot)$ is known up to a unknown scale parameter $c$.
\end{cond}

\begin{prop}
  \label{prop:identification}
  Given Conditions \ref{cond:ignorability} and \ref{cond:samplingprob}, the population mean is identified, with
\begin{equation}
  {\rm E}\,[Y] =   \frac{\sum_{k=1}^K {\rm E}\,[Y | S = 1, D = k] \frac{\Pr[D = k | S = 1]}{f(k)}}{\sum_{k=1}^K \frac{\Pr[D = k | S = 1]}{f(k)}}.
\end{equation}
\end{prop}
\begin{proof}
  We can identify ${\rm E}\,[Y | D = k]$ for each degree $k$ from Condition \ref{cond:ignorability} since ${\rm E}\,[Y|D=k] = {\rm E}\,[Y|S=1,D =k]$.  We can identify each $\Pr[D = k]$ to scale directly from Condition \ref{cond:samplingprob} as
\begin{equation}
  \Pr[D = k] = \frac{\Pr[D = k | S = 1]\Pr[S = 1]}{\Pr[S = 1 | D = k]} = \frac{\Pr[S=1]}{c} \frac{\Pr[D = k | S = 1]}{f(k)}.
\end{equation}
Then by the law of total expectation,
\begin{equation}
{\rm E}\,[Y] = \frac{\sum_{k=1}^K {\rm E}\,[Y | D = k]  \frac{\Pr[S=1]}{c} \frac{\Pr[D = k | S = 1]}{f(k)}}{\sum_{k=1}^K \frac{\Pr[S=1]}{c} \frac{\Pr[D = k | S = 1]}{f(k)}} =  \frac{\sum_{k=1}^K {\rm E}\,[Y | D = k] \frac{\Pr[D = k | S = 1]}{f(k)}}{\sum_{k=1}^K \frac{\Pr[D = k | S = 1]}{f(k)}}.
\end{equation}
\end{proof}
\noindent Given Proposition \ref{prop:identification}, consistency of the VH estimator directly follows from convergence of sample analogues to population quantities.
\begin{corollary}
  Given Conditions \ref{cond:ignorability} and \ref{cond:samplingprob}, the VH estimator is consistent for ${\rm E}\,[Y]$ if $f(k) \propto k$.
  \end{corollary}

  \section{Discussion}

  A variant of Condition \ref{cond:ignorability} is usually assumed implicitly in statistical arguments in favor of the VH estimator \citep{Salganik2004Sampling,Salganik2006Variance,Volz2008Probability}. Ignorability is not empirically testable from RDS data alone, since researchers never observe ${\rm E}\,[Y|S=0,D=k]$ for any $k$. While ignorability is a strong but common assumption imposed for inference from non-probability samples, Condition \ref{cond:samplingprob} highlights the additional challenges posed by RDS data. The researcher does not generally have knowledge of the population distribution of degree, and thus ignorability with respect to degree is not sufficient to identify the population mean.  Specification of the conditional sampling probability in Condition \ref{cond:samplingprob} provides an alternative means for identification, and has typically been the focus of researchers' efforts to justify the VH estimator. The random-walk argument serves to motivate the choice of $f(k) \propto k$ in the VH estimator, but is not strictly necessary for its consistency. Under any model that implies subjects with higher reported degrees are more likely to be sampled and $f(k) \propto k$ characterizes this relationship, Condition \ref{cond:samplingprob} holds. Finally, we note that our results suggest that the VH estimator and variants thereof may be appropriate even when diagnostics predicated on a more restrictive model \citep[e.g.,][]{Gile2015Diagnostics} fail.

Without knowledge of the characteristics of the unsampled subjects, neither Condition 1 nor Condition 2 has directly testable implications, and thus the value of any diagnostics must depend on further assumptions about the generative process.
Under further parametric assumptions, some of the conditions listed in Table 1 might be sufficient to imply consistency of the VH estimator.  A formalization of these assumptions as part of a generative model for the recruitment process would allow researchers to evaluate the statistical properties of diagnostics like those proposed by \citet{Gile2015Diagnostics}.

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Норберт Елиас () е германо-британски социолог и автор на произведения в жанра социологически изследвания, особено известен с теорията си за цивилизационните/децивилизационни процеси.

Биография и творчество

Произход и ранни години (1897 – 1933)
Роден е на 22 юни 1897 г. в Бреслау, Силезия, Прусия, Германска империя (днес Вроцлав, Полша), в еврейското семейство на Херман и Софи Галевски. Баща му е бизнесмен в текстилната промишленост.

След полагане на абитуриум през 1915 г. Елиас става доброволец в немската армия през Първата световна война и е телеграфист, първо на Източния фронт, а след това на Западния фронт. През 1917 г. претърпява нервен срив, обявен е за негоден за служба и е изпратен в Бреслау като санитар. Същата година започва да изучава философия, психология и медицина в университета в Бреслау. През 1919 и 1920 г. специализира по един семестър в университетите на Хайделберг и Фрайбург, като през 1919 г. се отказва от медицината. За да плаща за образованието си работи като ръководител на отдела за износ в местна фабрика. През 1924 г. завършва с докторска дисертация по философия под ръководството на Рихард Хьонигсвалд, представител на неокантианството. Разочарован от отсъствието на социалния аспект в неокантианството той се насочва към социологията за по-нататъшното си обучение.

По време на пребиваването си до 1925 г. в Бреслау Елиас е ангажиран с немското ционистко движение и действа като един от водещите интелектуалци в немско-еврейското младежко движение "Блау-Вайс". Запознава се с Ерих Фром, Гершом Шолем и др. В Хайделберг работи с Алфред Вебер. През 1930 г. става асистент в университета във Франкфурт при социолога Карл Манхайм.

Париж (1933 – 1935)
През 1933 г., със започване на гоненията на евреите от нацисткия режим, бяга в Париж. През двете си години в Париж Елиас работи като частен учен, подкрепен от стипендия от "Амстердам Стюнфондс" и организира малка работилница за производство на детски играчки.

Великобритания (1935 – 1962)
През 1935 г. се премества във Великобритания, където работи със стипендия от организация за подпомагане на еврейски бежанци върху първата си книга "Относно процеса на цивилизация" до 1939 г., когато тя е публикувана. Теорията му се фокусира върху връзката между властта, поведението, емоцията и знанието във времето. Той значително оформя това, което се нарича социология на развитието или фигуративна социология.

През 1939 г. Елиас се среща с Карл Манхайм и получава длъжността старши научен сътрудник в Лондонското училище по икономика. През 1940 г. е евакуиран в Кеймбридж, но заради националността си и войната е задържан в лагери за интерниране в Ливърпул и на остров Ман в продължение на осем месеца (баща му умира през 1940 г. в Бреслау, а майка му е депортирана през 1942 г. в Треблинка, където умира).

След освобождаването си през 1941 г. се завръща в Кеймбридж и до края на войната работи за британските разузнавателни служби, разследвайки нацистите сред германските военнопленници. После преподава във вечерни курсове за образование на възрастни, във вечерните курсове по социология, психология, икономика и икономическа история в университета в Лестър и чете лекции в други висши учебни заведения. Заедно със Зигмунд Фулкес постават теоретичните основи на груповия анализ, важна школа за терапия. През 1952 г. е съосновател на Обществото за групова анализа в Лондон и самият той работи като групов терапевт. През 1952 г. получава британско гражданство.

През 1954 г. става преподавател по социология в университета в Лестър, където заедно с Иля Нойстад допринася значително за развитието на социологическия факултет на университета, който се превръща в един от най-големите и влиятелни във Великобритания. Пенсионира се през 1962 г., но продължава да преподава на студенти в Лестър до средата на 70-те години.

Следващи години (1962 – 1990)
В периода 1962 – 1964 г. преподава като професор по социология в университета на Гана в Легон близо до Акра. След завръщането си в Европа през 1965 г. прекарва много време като професор в различни немски и холандски университети, а от 1978 г. се установява в Амстердам.

Репутацията и популярността му нараства много след преиздаването на книгата му "Относно процеса на цивилизация" през 1969 г. и става един от най-влиятелните социолози в историята на областта. Наричан е "холандския мислител", а книгата е класирана сред най-важните книги в социологията през ХХ век.

В периода 1978 – 1984 г. работи в Центъра за интердисциплинарни изследвания в университета в Билефелд, където през 1980 г. получава титлата почетен доктор.

За дейността си получава редица награди, включително отличието "Командор на ордена за заслуги към ФРГ" и "Командор на ордена Орание-Насау за държавни заслуги" към Нидерландия.

Умира на 1 август 1990 г. в Амстердам, Холандия, на 93-годишна възраст.

Произведения
 Über den Prozess der Zivilisation (1939)Том 1, Относно процеса на цивилизация: Социогенет. и психогенет. изследвания, изд. "Атика" (1999), прев. Мария Нейкова и др.Том 2, Относно процеса на цивилизация: Промени в обществото – Проект за теория на цивилизацията, изд. "Атика" (2000), прев. Росица Неделчева
 The Established and the Outsiders (1965)
 Die höfische Gesellschaft (1969)
 Was ist Soziologie? (1970)Що е социология?, изд. "ЛИК" (1999), прев. Светла Маринова
 Scientific Establishments and Hierarchies (1982)
 Über die Einsamkeit der Sterbenden in unseren Tagen (1982)
 Engagement und Distanzierung (1983)
 Über die Zeit (1984)
 Quest for Excitement (1986) – с Е. Дюнинг
 Humana Conditio: Beobachtungen zur Entwicklung der Menschheit am 40. Jahrestag eines Kriegsendes (1985)
 Die Gesellschaft der Individuen (1987)
 Los der Menschen (1987)
 Studien über die Deutschen (1989)
 The Symbol Theory (1991)
 Über sich selbst (1990)
 Mozart: zur Soziologie eines Genies (1991)

Източници

  Биография и библиография в "Goodreads"
  Биография в "Енциклопедия Британика"
  Биография 1 и Биография 2 в официалния сайт (Фондация "Норберт Елиас")

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I drove to Achill Island today to pick up a dead dolphin for post-mortem. Achill was one of the very first places I visited when I came to Ireland to do a PhD at UCC. Achill is a truely inspiring island, I went away after a few days with an new "favourite" place and a dog called "Paddy" (after the whiskey).
On subsequent visits to Achill Island I soon met with John O'Shea, who with an interest in wildlife, archeology, stories, poetry ... didnt meet John. John lived at The Beach House, Dooagh, an unmistakeable house, John's castle and with his unique, unmistakeable charm and hospitality. I havent been on Achill for years and I thought as I drove up from west Clare, "I wonder if John is still at The Beach House". After meeting Patrick Mulloy and Sorsha Kennedy and recovered the dolphin, Sorsha told me that John had died just a month earlier. I was devastated as I didnt know, and although I hadn't seen John for years, felt I had lost a friend.
I had to drive by John's house to re-kindle happy memories of John and his stories. When we established the IWDG in 1991 we asked John if he would be our local contact on Achill. John was the perfect person, interested in eveything on Achill, a great communicator and obsessed with the sea. Although he was never the best at recording strandings or sightings, he would frequently phone up with reports of bottlenose dolphins in Keel or Keem Bays or stories from fishermen seeing whales and dolphins off Achill. "The Bills" just a few miles off Achill is reputedly a good place to see fin whales in the autumn.
Most years we would get a Christmas card from "Costa del Achill" from "John O'Shea", never John, always "John O'Shea".
Although I lost touch with John in recent years, distracted by work, family and other "important" things, you could never not think of John when Achill Island was ever mentioned or on the news. I cant believe I have missed him by a month, never again to call in and have a pot of tea, or something stronger, to be regailed by his stories and poetry.
The Beach House, Achill, without John O'Shea. It will never be the same.