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Excerpt from The Radiant Future | Alexander Zinoviev (1978)
[Coming from a poor peasant family, a participant in World War II, Alexander Zinoviev in the 1950s and 1960s was one of the symbols of the rebirth of philosophical thought in the Soviet Union. After the publication in the West of his book "Yawning Heights", in 1978 —in which he criticized certain Soviet party members (a crime at that time) — he was expelled from the country and deprived of Soviet citizenship. He returned to Russia in 1999.]
(Translated from the Russian by Gordon Clough)
Once I happened to overhear a conversation between two Moscow intellectuals. One was a famous sociologist who had devoted titanic efforts to the development of Soviet sociology for the benefit of the party, the state and the people. Yet despite that, his group had been completely destroyed in the name of that same party, that same state and that same people. And he was left with nothing to do, grateful merely that they kept on paying him. The other was a famous painter who had put no less effort than the former into the task of raising the Soviet visual arts to a world-class level, but who in the course of twenty odd years had not been allowed to stage even a small one-man show. I set down their conversation in full.
'What a bloody awful life it is!'
'Oh, f— it all!'
There can be no more definitive comment on the life we lead. And yet in that life we sometimes see some vague hints at something different. And those hints merit at least a moment's consideration.
Long live communism
Where the Avenue of Marxism-Leninism meets Cosmonaut Square, a great permanent slogan was erected reading: 'Long Live Communism—The Radiant Future of All Mankind!' The Slogan was erected at the request of the workers. It was a long time in the building, mainly in winter, when costs are higher. A huge amount of money was poured into it—no less (it is rumoured) than was invested in the whole of our agriculture during the first five-year plan. But today we are very rich, and such expenses are a mere nothing. We have spent even more on the Arabs without breaking ourselves. What we spent on the Arabs was a complete waste, while the Slogan is a source of undoubted benefit.
As might have been expected, the Slogan was of very shoddy construction. The paint began to peel even before the Slogan was put to use. The individual letters became progressively covered in a sort of grey grime, and fell to bits. Therefore the Slogan had to be completely repaired at least three times a year: once for the May-day celebrations, once for the November celebrations, and on every occasion when Moscow entered for the Ail-Union contest for the model communist city, and the multi-million army of Moscow office workers was driven out on to the streets to clean up the rubbish. As a result the maintenance of the Slogan cost the State several times more than its initial construction. And to judge by the vulgar graffiti which adorn the supports of the letters, the educational effect of the Slogan has not yet achieved even the half of its planned potential.
As the 25th Congress of the CPSU drew near, it was decided to put an end to this outrage. New letters for the Slogan were cast in stainless steel at the Brewery named in honour of the 21 st Congress of the C P S U (formerly the Marshal Budyonny Brewery). They were cast by the shock- workers of communist labour in their overtime. The letters were made of bee. . ., forgive me, metal, which had been specially saved up by the workers in honour of the forthcoming Congress. The letters were mounted on a mighty concrete pedestal. The concrete itself had been saved up by the construction workers of Moscow in honour of the forthcoming Congress. So, on this occasion, not only was nothing spent on the Slogan, there was even a profit, as the builders of the Slogan had saved up more than ten million roubles in honour of the forthcoming Congress. It was decided to spend these carefully garnered resources on the construction of permanent reinforced concrete frames to carry the portraits of the members of the Politburo, thus putting the crowning glory (as the newspapers said) to the splendid architectural ensemble of Cosmonaut Square and the wasteground adjoining it. Defending his idea about the portraits to the Central Committee, the chief city architect asserted frankly that by this means we would be able to conceal the ugliness of the waste- ground from the eyes of the foreigners. For after all, we cannot rid ourselves completely of foreigners at the present time!
The official opening of the Slogan was a most solemn occasion. The Avenue was resurfaced. There were many foreign journalists and diplomatic representatives. Countless guests came from the friendly parties of Africa and South America, and there were also delegations from all the countries of the Socialist camp. There were also guests of honour from the lands of capitalism—the Italian actress Sophia Bordobrigida, that personal friend of the Soviet Union the American millionaire Hamson, the farmer Zdrast, the French singer Georges Ivanov, and many others. The ceremony was filmed. To the accompaniment of tempestuous applause from the representatives of the workers who crammed the Avenue, the Square and the waste- ground, an Honorary Presidium was elected consisting of. . . and a telegram of greetings was sent to comrade ... in person. A major speech was delivered by one of the secretaries of the City Committee of the party, Comrade Tsvetikov, who had recently replaced Yagoditsyn, who had been down-graded to some minor ministry on account of his boundless arrogance. Yagoditsyn had grown so insolent that without any reference to Mitrofan Lukich he had published an article in a magazine which Mitrofan Lukich himself had wanted to publish, and had thus completely discredited himself. So as not to fall flat on his face in the mud, Comrade Tsvetikov had learnt his speech by heart and delivered it almost without error (if we leave aside mistakes in pronunciation). Then it was the turn of the cosmonaut Khabibulin, who said that from out in space Earth looks as it should look under communism: very round, and a kind of pinkish-blue. Then there was a speech from the representative of the freedom-fighting peoples of Africa. Dazzling the whole Square with his flashing, powerful white teeth, he said 'Tank yo' very moch!', which threw the workers' representatives into a frenzy. When the applause had finally died down and the well-rehearsed spontaneous slogans had been shouted, Academician Kanareikin mounted the rostrum.
Kanareikin is the director of our Institute. In its time our Institute was in charge of the building of the Slogan. Members of the Institute delivered more than a hundred lectures on the theory of scientific communism for the builders of the Slogan, which won for them the challenge trophy of the Red Banner of the Regional Committee of the party. That was why Kanareikin was allowed to speak. Otherwise he would in no way have been permitted to mount the rostrum, since he should have gone out of print long ago and cleared the stage for young, talented and literate scientists (and most of all for Vladilen Makarovich Eropkin, a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences, and son-in-law of Mitrofan Lukich himself). It was a great personal triumph for Kanareikin to be allowed to speak. The newspapers would report it. There would be a rumour that Kanareikin still wielded power. And his removal from office would be further postponed to some unspecified time in the future. And once he had got to the rostrum, Kanareikin knew better than anyone else how to exploit his opportunity. He rolled out a penetrating speech which consisted mainly of exclamation marks.
The malicious enemies of communism and the so-called writer, the anti-Sovietchik Solzhenitsyn, expelled at the demands of the workers beyond the frontiers of our fair Motherland for his slanderous inventions, to find shelter under the wing of the worldwide imperialist bourgeoisie and its lackeys, who . . . Where was I? Ah, yes! And also that self-styled Academician, the renegade Sakharov, for whom too there is no place in our ranks, who gambles on the long-
suffering and humanity of our beloved government and all our people . . . Just ask yourselves what more could this man want! The government had given him everything! A seat in the Academy. Praise. Awards. But it seems that all this is not enough! Now, what was I saying? Ah! So, they allege that the faith of the Soviet people in communism is on the ebb. What a vile slander!!! If they could only see with what love, with what enthusiasm, the workers of our region have built this magnificent Slogan!!! Completely without payment!!! Is not this an example of the new, communist approach to labour!!!? Does not this bear witness to the fact that, with every year, with every decade, our faith in communism strengthens and widens??!! The freedom-loving peoples of Africa . . . We have already heard what our comrade here has had to say about that . . .' When the fountain of Kanareikin's eloquence had finally, with some difficulty, been turned off, Comrade Tsvetikov yelled all the appropriate 'long lives . . .' and 'glory tos . . .' and cut the ribbon. An avalanche of automobiles, from which could clearly be heard curses directed at the idiots who had organised this spectacle, poured on to the Avenue of Marxism-Leninism, heading directly for the yellow building which housed the Human Sciences Institute of the Academy of Sciences. Kanareikin tore off in his personal automobile. And I . . . Why the devil, I ask myself, have I been hanging about here if I haven't been allowed to say a single word! And I'm obliged to drag myself home on public transport, and what's more, with two changes.
Two changes! And I'm not just anyone, I'm the Head of the Department of Theoretical Problems of the Methodology of Scientific Communism, i.e. the Head of a department of the Institute whose director is still, for the moment, Kanareikin. I am a doctor of philosophy, a professor, a member of the editorial board of our leading philosophical journal, a member of countless Scientific Councils, committees, commissions,
societies, the author of six monographs and a hundred articles. My textbook has been translated into all the semi-Western languages—Polish, Bulgarian, Czech, German, Hungarian. It's even about to be translated into Rumanian. It's generally accepted that at the next Academy elections I shall surely become a corresponding member. Even that scum Vaskin from the Higher Party School (HPS) is reconciled to this fact which is so disagreeable for him. Yet—two changes! No one would believe me if I told them. I could take a taxi, of course. But taxis cost a fortune. And prices are soaring every day. And what's more, you have to give the driver a tip, which is extremely humiliating. After all, no one gives us any tips! Again, I could walk. It's not very far. But that would be against my principles. A professor, almost a corresponding member—and walking home! It's ruled out by my rank.
Our institute and the department
Our Institute occupies the upper floors of the Yellow House. If you look from the Centre, our department is in the right-hand wing of the top storey. In the past, when the arrival of communism was expected from day to day, and the fall in prices of one kopeck per annum raised the hopes of even the unbelievers that it would happen any time (well, I'll be damned, they are going to build communism after all), our Institute was very small. In the days of Nikita, when the onset of communism was pushed a little further back into the somewhat ill-defined future of the 'present generation', the Institute doubled in size. And after Nikita was toppled, when prices began to rise irresistibly, and the promises of cost-free benefits came to be regarded by all as a mere joke, the Institute quadrupled in size. As a result of events which were well known to all, the sectors dealing with the struggle against anti-communism and revisionism, and with the development of Marxism by the brotherly parties of the West, East, South and North, were first established and then strengthened. And now, our Institute, in terms of the size of its staff (there are more than a hundred graduate students from the non-Russian Republics alone!) has become one of the most powerful scientific organisations in the country. Five hundred quires of 40,000 characters each every year! If you reckon 20 quires to the average book, that means 25 fat volumes a year. Two hundred and fifty books in ten years!
'Now I understand why we've got such a paper shortage,' said Sashka, my son by my first (but, alas, not my last) wife, when he heard about this. 'You publish all this shit, and there's no paper left for anything decent.'
'You're just naive, Sashka,' said Tamurka (that's my present wife, Tamara). 'If you only knew how much paper is used for editions of the classics of Marxism and the speeches of our leaders, you wouldn't worry about a triviality like twenty-five books a year.'
'But it's just waste paper!'
'Of course it's waste paper. And we plan it ahead as waste paper.'
'So why spoil all that paper?' said Lenka, in astonishment. Lenka is my daughter by my second wife (by Tamurka, that is).
'Don't be silly! What about those obligatory minimum print-runs?'
'Well, why not say you are producing big editions, and print fewer? What difference would that make?'
'You'd lose your job for a start, and might even land in jail. Once anyone makes a speech, it's got to be a work of genius. Therefore you must print twenty million. And it's got to be put on sale. And its balance sheet has got to check out.'
'Surely no one buys these things?'
'Of course they do. The political education classes. The evening courses in Marxism-Leninism. Libraries, study circles. And look at all the students we've got. They've all got to be able to regurgitate this stuff in their exams.'
After a conversation like that, one could easily begin to feel pessimistic about the size of our Institute. And what can one say about the size of our department?! No more than fifty people altogether. But that does depend on your point of view. The department, one could say, is like my own child to me. I have spent almost twenty years of my life on its creation. When I first came to the Institute as a young Ph.D. candidate, the only
people working on the methodology of the theory of scientific communism were three cretinous Stalinist yesmen in the Scien- tific Communism section. This section immediately grew into a department, but something a long way short of our depart- ment. With great difficulty I managed to get rid of one of these imbeciles, (catching him red-handed in immoral activity). The other two turned out to be quite bright lads and were easy enough to re-educate. Indeed, one of them went so far to the left that I constantly had to restrain him. I more than once had to tell him straight out that the criticism of Stalin wasn't to be taken seriously, but he didn't take my advice. Later he got rapped very sharply over the knuckles for his concessions to the Yugoslav revisionists. He was slung out of the Institute on the pretext of some injudicious remark about the Chinese. And then all trace of him disappeared. The rumour was that he'd been put into a psychiatric hospital. Today there are as many people in our department as there were in the whole Institute when I first went there. There's even talk about up-grading the department to an independent institute. But I'm in no hurry. I'm afraid that the same thing might happen to us as happened to the sociologists: as soon as the Department of Sociology inflated itself to eighty people, and then, when it split off from us as an independent institute, to five hundred, there was a massive pogrom against the sociologists. You've got to be careful. The business is far too serious to take unnecessary risks. But on the other hand you mustn't delay too much either. According to some certain unwritten laws of our life, if you want to hang on to what you achieve you've got to keep on pressing forward, i.e. ask for wage rises, plan new publications, get new sections set up, and so on. Otherwise you'll be accused of inaction and backwardness. How can one define the moment when one can say the time has come to make a move?
Many people confuse our department with the Department of Scientific Communism. But in fact there is a great difference between us. They have gathered together the most sombre figures of our national philosophy. The old ones are the 'escaped' Stalinists (that may sound rather comical, since the Stalinists were never victims of anything; the worst thing that happened to them was to be mocked a little in the wall news-
paper). The young ones are cynical careerists who are prepared to do anything. And every one of them is completely, crassly ignorant. On the other hand, in our department, we have the brightest and most capable representatives of our philosophy. Stupak, Nikiforov, Novikov, Tormoshilkina, Bulygin, and so on. There isn't a comparable constellation of names in any other philosophy establishment in the Union. It's no mere chance that we are so hated in the Academy of Social Sciences (A S S), in the HPS and in many other places. In comparison with us they feel themselves to be mere provincials and they accuse us of trying to turn Marxist theory into something elitist. But who stops them from writing good books themselves?!
The director of our competitor, the Department of Scientific Communism, is the most disgusting creature in our philosophy—that bitch, Tvarzhinskaya. For more than fifteen years she was the butt of all the sarcasm of the progressive young people of our Institute, but that is now all in the past. For some years now Tvarzhinskaya has been regarded as one of our leading lights! She used to be a close associate of Beria and an active agent of the secret police. Today she regularly travels abroad, and there's never been a single case when she's been refused an entry visa. Even prominent Western sociologists treat her as a colleague.
When I got home I gave them a detailed account of the opening of the Slogan. My mother-in-law said that it was splendid. Sashka fell about on the divan clutching his sides. Lenka, without batting an eyelid, remarked that she would organise a trip from school to visit this remarkable monument of our culture.
'Nikita promised that communism would come within the lifetime of the present generation,' said Sashka. 'Who did he mean? His contemporaries, or newborn babies? Anyway, this promise has turned into a dirty joke. Now the date's been pushed back to some vague time in the future. That's easier to
cope with. Anyone can always say that communism will come, and that we won't see any more of the scandals and outrages we see today. And for the meantime just hang on, because for the time being we've only reached a lower level. It may be the upper step of the lower level, but it's the lower level just the same.'
'Since the letters are cast in stainless steel,' said Lenka, 'your Slogan will stand there forever. Shall I tell you a story? The President of the United States asked God when there would be an end to unemployment and inflation. "After you've gone," God replied. Our General Secretary asked God when communism would be built. "After I've gone," God replied.'
'It's easy enough for you to laugh,' I said. 'But I've got to earn your bread and butter at this business. Where do you think all this comes from—the apartment, the dacha, holidays, your transistor radios? Maybe we'll be able to buy a car soon.'
I need a car. I finally came to this conclusion on my way back from Cosmonaut Square. Close contact with the masses, who are particularly noticeable in public transport, causes me great irritation and becomes offensive. Some old cow rammed her elbow in my side and then bawled me out on top of it. And I was so taken aback that I didn't even manage to pay her back in her own coin. Why are so many people unpleasant?
'Your father's right,' said Tamurka. 'Even a black sheep is worth fleecing. You get to be a corresponding member as quick as you can. I'm fed up with fighting my way through queues. And anyway, there's nothing decent in the shops these days.'
'Who are you calling a black sheep?' asked my mother-in- law.
'The Academy of Sciences,' said Lenka. 'Do you want a bet? They'll give the people who built the Slogan the Lenin Prize. It's as good as done.'
'Don't put yourself out on their behalf,' said Tamurka, who reckons that I should have been awarded at least a State prize long ago.
'Why shouldn't they get the prize?' said my mother-in-law. 'Building something like that isn't just writing some tatty little book. You need talent for that.'
The burden of glory
Dima Gurevich telephoned.
'Congratulations, old man! I have just seen your mug on television. It's true you were only one of a crowd, and you were only there for about a hundredth of a second, but it's something for a start. Now you've got it made—just let them try getting out of electing you.'
Then there were calls from Novikov, Nikiforov, Stupak, Korytov, Ivanov, Svetka, and the rest. The whole evening was ruined. The worst of it was that I didn't see myself at all: my mother-in-law was watching ice-hockey on the other channel. But on the whole it's a good thing that I've been seen on television. The news'll be round all Moscow by this evening, and it'll have its effect.
The last to phone was my old friend Anton Zimin. He said that he saw nothing at all funny in the story of the Slogan. Communism had been built here long ago, and it achieved its most classic form under Stalin. Today it had become somewhat less well defined under the influence of enforced contacts with the West. So the words: 'Long Live Communism' may be interpreted in the same sense as when we say 'Long Live the Soviet People', 'Long Live the CPSU', and so on. As far as the second part of the Slogan is concerned, it reflects an equally real phenomenon: this radiant future does indeed threaten all mankind. And it is no mere chance that the letters are made of steel: once installed, communism is here for ever.
'Certainly I congratulate you,' Anton concluded. 'But I must warn you: excessive glory gives birth to hatred and envy.'
Anton and I have a strange relationship. There is no single question on which we agree. But I find Anton's disagreement less irritating than the praises of others. My children adore him. All I ever hear is Uncle Anton thinks, Uncle Anton said,
What will Uncle Anton feel about that? Anton is the only one of my friends whom Tamurka does not despise. And she's got a remarkable flair for people. She even likes Natashka, Anton's wife, because Natashka doesn't make herself out to be an omniscient intellectual who understands everything; she considers her the ultimate authority on questions of food and fashion because Natashka manages to produce good meals and turn herself out well on Anton's miserable salary and her own even more miserable earnings.
Anton was arrested in 1945 and spent almost twelve years in the camps. When he came out I found him a job in the evening- class section of the philosophical faculty, and later as a junior research assistant in my own department. He was quite a bright lad, but a little bit cracked. He never managed to finish his thesis. He's submitted several articles to journals or symposia, but they have either been rejected or they've kept him hanging on (in other words, the pieces have been accepted but postponed from number to number and gradually 'forgotten'). So in the end he gave up. Then there was talk of firing him from the Institute. So I transferred him to a technical job consisting of preparing manuscripts for the press. Here he turned out to be irreplaceable. He re-worked the most stupid papers so that they became better than the best. Anton gained the reputation of being a first-class editor. The vice-president of the Academy himself tried to get him into his own editorial group, but he refused. He also refused to become assistant to the scientific secretary, even though his salary would have been almost doubled if he had accepted.
At the time when war veterans were given all sorts of awards, Anton became a central figure in the Institute: he has more military decorations than all the other Institute 'veterans' put together. Our 'veterans' almost all used to work in the political departments, on newspapers, magazines, special departments, 'smersh', and so on. But Anton never wore his medals, which always aroused Tvarzhinskaya's sincere distaste.
On one occasion the lads from the editorial board of our wall newspaper 'For a Leninist style' asked Anton to write an article for a special jubilee number. Anton described in detail the system of decorations which really existed during the war.
Then he told how one of the pilots in his regiment had become a Hero of the Soviet Union. According to him, it happened quite by accident. The deputy political commissar of the division, when he was censoring a report in the army newspaper, had tried to cross out the name of the man who was later to become a hero. But it looked as if, instead of striking the name out, the commissar had underlined it. And so the reporter who'd writ- ten the piece strengthened the passage in question by adding the number of missions the pilot had flown. As a result, the regimental and divisional authorities got excited and proposed the pilot for the decoration of Hero. Of course Anton's article was not published in the paper.
I've told Anton more than once that he is a cretin not to take advantage of all his possibilities. He merely shrugs his shoulders. I think that in the camps he must have gone off his head a bit. My hypothesis is clearly confirmed by the fact that Anton always brings any conversation on any subject back to the same theme: the way we live and who we really are. He gives the impression that he is pursuing some objective which only he can perceive, and that he doesn't give a rap for all our little cares and anxieties.
The Institute brought out a special number of the wall newspaper on the opening of the Slogan. The front page had a portrait of the Leader, copied from the magazine 'Ogonyok'. The portrait turned out very funny. Beneath it appeared these lines by Tvarzhinskaya:
Throughout the planet, the universe overall, Casting a chill fear on imperialism,
Our deathless slogan propagates the call Long live communism!
The freedom-loving nations of the earth
March on to communism cheek by cheek,
Under the direction of our Central Committee of such
great worth, Which will be elected again at the Congress next week.
The entire Institute held its sides laughing. Novikov congratulated Tvarzhinskaya on her outstanding artistic success and advised her to send her verses to one of the major literary magazines. But Stupak said that the literary journals were all run by conservatives and that they would never publish verses of such bold poetic form. Tvarzhinskaya, who genuinely believed herself to be a true revolutionary in everything she undertook, grasped Stupak's hand with real feeling. When Kanareikin read the poem, there and then, standing in front of the newspaper, he held forth for an hour on the multi-faceted development of personality under communism. He ended his tearful improvisation with a quotation from another great poet:
Sometimes tills the fertile loam,
Sometimes writes a little poem.
Today it seems incredible that a mere five years ago this same wall newspaper published a 'philosophical poem'.
Come, my sweetheart, come outside,
Let's debate, my dearie. Everything can
be explained By our Marxist theory.
You've had your say, so now shut up.
It's my turn now to natter. There's nothing in
this world of ours, —Nothing, only matter.
Come my sweeting, come my heart,
Cease your girlish laughter.
Existence came alone the first,
Consciousness came after.
Autumn nights are drawing in,
The leaves are turning brown.
The ideologue can grasp it all,
Even upside down.
The nightingale no longer sings In
grove or bosky wood. Everything,
both broad and long, Can be
The faithful hound stands in the road,
And wags his faithful tail. All agnostics
must be crushed, Rebutted without fail.
Do not kick me up the arse, That
tactic's had its day. We must now
approach the truth The asymptotic
way.
There's no way to get a drink, It
drives me up the wall. Even the
electron, so minute, Does not
reveal its all.
If I have to live with you, I
know that I'll be sorry. Every
intellectual step Has its
Water from the dripping tap
Falls in an endless flow. What
is true and what is false
Practice will surely show.
In a side street t'other night Some
ruffians smashed my face. The
world exists in actual time And,
too, in actual space.
In the fields the gentle breeze
Sways the crimson flowers.
All is always on the move In
this world of ours.
No, my darling, do not err,
Nor yet doze off in dreams.
The only thing that moves the world
Is the conflict of extremes.
I simply can't get through your clothes
Your body's so encased. Everything
that's in the world Is wholly interlaced.
If I ask for a fur coat, It shouldn't
give you pause. There is not the
slightest thing Happens without
cause.
Slow down, my little driver dear,
Speed is unavailing. Quality can
never come If quantity is failing.
Beneath my window please restrain
Your fervent declarations. One
negation's followed fast By yet
more negations.
Give yourself a bath, my dear, You
don't smell too divine. The world
pursues a spiral course, And not a
direct line.
Take your hand from up my skirt
Your mind's always on sex. Natural
progress always leads From simple
to complex.
And will you leave my bra alone,
Stop fiddling with the thing. All
superstructures, every one, From
infrastructures spring.
I'm getting tired of all this crap I
babble as I sing. It's class warfare,
hard and sharp, Keeps history on
the wing.
Do not make me laugh, old girl,
With jokes of such inanity.
Individuals only thrive As part of
mass humanity.
Leave our girls alone, my friend, Or
else you'd best watch out. The
proletariat always leads All
progress without doubt.
What a load of crap you spout,
You're drunk out of your mind. The
proletariat always leads, The
peasants march behind.
Why do you roll your eyes to heav'n
Why wrinkle up your nose? Leading
on to victory The workers' party goes.
My old woman's in a state
With anal embolism Now
Africa is haunted by The
ghost of communism.
No kisses now for me, my dear?
Don't stand stiff as a tree. Papuans
soon will make a leap To the
supreme degree.
Will you leave ny tits alone?
Don't dare to slap my face.
According to our abilities We'll
soon proclaim our case.
Don't push me on the bed, you brute,
You know I'm wearing shoes. When
communism comes along We'll scoff just
what we choose.
Sit down, don't be in such a rush. Don't
take your boots off yet. We'll gorge
ourselves on powdered milk, And eat all
we can get.
You really are a funny girl, You
make me hoot with glee. Every
day we'll volunteer, To work
without a fee.
And your buxom figure, too,
Stands looking at, my love.
Every day we'll listen to
Directives from above.
In the fields the rampant weeds Have
still not turned to wheat. But soon, my
brothers, we will shit Through a golden
toilet seat.
That's my lot, I'll end my song, My
bladder's feeling sore. The study of our
theory Will be our nightly chore.
It was that same Tvarzhinskaya, who had been dumped on our Institute from the KGB because she was useless to them, who declaimed from the rostrum of a party meeting her praise of the wall newspaper's editorial board for that 'philosophical poem'. The poem had made such a strong impression on her that it set her writing poetry herself. At this time it was I who was in charge of the wall newspaper on behalf of the party bureau. It was up to me whether I should allow her to go ahead or not. I gave her permission. Indeed, I could not have refused even if I had wanted to. Three years later the entire editorial board of the wall newspaper was dismissed for a completely anodyne edition. Again I was a member of the party bureau, and like all the rest voted for the censure of the editor. What else could I do? The editor himself was very happy to have escaped with a reprimand. At the party meeting the decision of the party bureau was unanimously approved, although there was a good deal of angry muttering in the corridors. And at the general meeting of the Institute, when a new editorial board was elected (which this time included Tvarzhinskaya), no one so much as raised a murmur of protest. And if someone had done so, what would have happened? Nothing special. The one who dared to protest would have suffered personally, and that's all. There would certainly have been no echo of public sympathy. So certainly we can be accused of cowardice. But does the problem lie there? I think not. Our problem is that in our circumstances it is completely nonsensical to exercise courage over trivia. And very few of us have access to genuinely important matters.


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So Flake8 is a simple script that calls pep8 and pyflakes and merges the output, so you get all warnings grouped by files, instead of having to run both tools one after the other. I've stripped all options for now and you just call the script over a single Python file, over a directory or by using a *.py glob-style pattern.
In the 0.4 version I have added a Mercurial hook you can use to automatically control your code when you call the push or the qrefresh command.
If strict option is set to 1, any warning will block the commit. When strict is set to 0, warnings are just displayed in the standard output. I use it in non-strict mode, so I just get a display of the issues my code has.
A more ambitious feature would be to detect similar code patterns and warn the developer that the function he's adding looks a lot like function Foo in module Boo. This implies using a tool like CloneDigger, but also keeping in a local, centralized database, some kind of index of every piece of code that gets committed. This is mandatory to speed up the comparison work and avoid introducing huge lags as the code base grows. Mmmm that would be a good GSOC topic !


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We all know when someone says something about race that just isn't quite right. When you feel a twinge of repulsion, a flick of alarm, a feeling of disgruntlement. When you are not quite sure whether to be offended or not, or can't decide if you should call that someone out, or what exactly you should say in response. This is what we call a "microaggression." It is commonly defined as "brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of other races." In the Midwest, microaggressions are a part of daily life for minorities and Asian Americans are no exception. As a Taiwanese American I've experienced my fair share of them in my predominately-white community. Not to say that my life is filled to the brim with constant heckling and derogatory stereotypes about Asians, because it's not, but I'm constantly taken aback by the audacity of some people in saying what they say. Many such things have been said online with the advent of social media, from Facebook to Tumblr to Twitter. Social media has transformed communication in countless ways, but it has also given these microaggressions a new and powerful medium in which to live.
He was talking about me. Or someone like me. I am heavily involved in the Asian American community at my university, and president of our Taiwanese American Student Association. My Facebook cover photos are of TASA upcoming events, my statuses revolve around them as well. To say that I was peeved would be an understatement. I was very much primed for such a reaction, and my online image was something that I was a bit conflicted about. Should I succumb to being "one of those Asians" that only hangs out with other Asians and only does "Asian activities" like going to get bubble tea or taking pictures of my food? Or should I try and vary my page for a wider audience, as not to alienate my other friends? In the end, I figured I would just go with the flow, and let whatever happened stay on my wall rather than putting in the effort to cultivate a specific kind of online presence. The "Taiwanese-ness" prevailed.
And so here I was, highly offended by some off-hand tweets by a friend. A friend! I was shocked. And angry. The following ensued.
Me: And if you think that's all they are, then maybe you are less culturally aware than I gave you credit for.
Me: AND considering the uptick in racial hate crimes and speech, I'd think before you tweet.
Him: That's not what I mean. I'm just talking about what people project about themselves. I know there's more to them.
Him: Cultural organizations are all good, as is supporting them. I don't mean to hate or disrespect.
Me: you don't think that that is something we all consider? Our portrayal in a PWI (predominately white institution) is always something we are conscious of.
Him: I would never wish a hate crime or speech on anyone, and I'd hope my dumb tweets wouldn't instigate anything.
Him: I was out of line, and I do support you and your right to promote your own culture.
Me: Thank you, I appreciate that. Sorry for being perhaps…overzealous.
Me: Well one of the reasons why. And yes, I love Fringe too.
Him: I'm grasping at straws here, obviously. And eeep/ick at OSU Asian. But you were right to hit me back regardless.
Him: It's funning for me to try and talk about it because I'm aware of my cultural background. I just can't compare. wah wah white guy.
Him: I'll just resign to say I could contribute little value to cultural conversation…other than to be aware and do my part to limit hate.
Him: I really hope those original tweets didn't cause any lasting damage. If anything, I'm glad we could talk it through.
Me: Oh please, small beans. I'm glad we could talk it out too.
This incidence signified for me the very essence of America. A place that can hold deep prejudice and hide the ugliness under the surface. That tension sometimes breaks through, online and in person, and many things can happen. Racial violence, discriminating policies, oppression. These are all potential ripples of such a confrontation. But something like my Twitter experience can happen too. Convergence, rather than divergence, through a slightly awkward reconciliation. Sure, it wasn't perfect. But it could have been much worse. My conversation with my friend could have ended terribly, with a broken friendship and hurt feelings. But it didn't. He was willing to listen, and I was willing to let go. I think we both learned something that day. And we still share a love for an incredibly nerdy TV show.
Social media is both a constructive tool and a terrible weapon. We can use anonymity to hurt with little consequence. I tweeted some things in anger, and I am thankful that my friend reacted the way he did. He didn't have to be gracious. Think critically about what you post, my friends. Social media gives you power, but as Uncle Ben once said, with great power comes great responsibility. We must learn to use social media for good.
Living in Columbus, in Ohio, in the Midwest, and in America, can bring to light some troubling realizations that we do not live a post-racial society with utopian freedom. Yet there is room for growth and learning and progress, and that's real America. We can make change. And Taiwanese Americans, like you and I, must drive that change.


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The timeline below shows where the term Nsima appears in The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
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Energy Recovery & Heat Recovery
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Home Design & Plans
Insulated Concrete Forms - ICF
Paint | Low VOC and No VOC
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Retrofitted low-income housing meets Passive House standards
Last year, the 50-year-old buildings that now make up Weinberg Commons were neglected, run-down, and empty. The three-story, brick-and-block buildings date from an era when single-pane, aluminum frame windows were considered enough to protect the inhabitants from a cold winter. Today, the three buildings are award-winning examples of energy efficient design, and provide affordable, efficient housing for low-income families in Washington, D.C.
The buildings underwent intense retrofitting, designed to lower energy costs throughout the project, and ensure that one of the buildings meets the rigorous energy standard of Passive House (PHIUS+). The retrofit used energy efficient materials and extensive insulation under the roof and in the walls, designed to lower energy use for heating and cooling in the buildings by as much as 90 percent, and reduce its carbon footprint through its lifetime. Weinberg Commons is Washington, D.C.'s first multifamily Passive House and designed to approach net-zero energy consumption.
A black EPDM roofing membrane was chosen for its proven track record of long term performance, sustainability and energy-saving potential that the dark surface provides in colder, northern climates. The membrane helps meet the requirement to limit the amount of energy used to heat a square foot of living space on the coldest day of the year to 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
Polyiso, rigid foam insulation that offers the highest R-value in the industry, was installed below the membrane. Four base layers of insulation boards were staggered and installed along with tapered insulation to promote positive roof drainage. The resultant R-value far exceeded code requirements providing an average of over R-55. The project also incorporates other energy-saving features, such as triple-paned windows with redundant compression seals to minimize air infiltration.
"The Passive House design principles at Weinberg Commons minimize energy consumption by its occupants and normal building operation through robust envelope design and integrated systems. Only after that, did the development consider utilizing renewable energy sources," said Matt Fine, CPHC, LEED AP, project manager and director at the Frederick, Maryland-based Zavos Architecture+Design, the firm responsible for the retrofit design. "The combination of appropriate insulation, disciplined air sealing, tuned solar shading and high-performance windows, balanced ventilation with heat recovery, and minimized thermal bridge construction all contribute to minimize the risks of moisture. At the same time, the buildings are designed to consume very little energy."
The apartments provide 36 affordable apartment units for low-income families including 12 homeless or formerly homeless families with below-market rents, employment services and other support for youth and families. One-third of the units are reserved for families with more intensive needs.
The project was developed by the Transitional Housing Corporation (THC), a nonprofit that provides housing and comprehensive support services to over 500 homeless and at-risk families in Washington, D.C.
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Sep 24, 2020 - Technology
Ex-Apple employees raise another $240 million for chip startup
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Nuvia co-founders John Bruno, Gerard Williams and Manu Gulati. Photo: Nuvia
Nuvia, a server chip start-up founded by three former Apple employees, is announcing today it has raised $240 million in fresh funding.
The big picture: The move comes amid increased interest in server chips that, like Nuvia's are Arm-based. It's also happening as Arm is being sold to Nvidia and Nuvia itself is being sued by Apple.
Details: The Series B round, led by Mithril Capital, follows $53 million raised in a November round. Other investors in the latest round include Atlantic Bridge, Redline Capital, Capricorn Investment Group, Dell Technologies Capital, Mayfield, Nepenthe LLC and WRVI Capital.
The big picture: Nuvia is targeting all the major server categories: Devices sold commercially by companies like Dell, companies like Google and Facebook that build custom servers for their data centers, and high-performance computing (the kinds of one-off supercomputers that are built for governments, universities and research institutions).
Nuvia co-founder and engineering head Manu Gulati told Axios that the big web service providers could be the easiest market for Nuvia to gain traction in since they design their own custom servers.
Between the lines: While the Apple lawsuit was a distraction initially, Gulati said it has also helped the company gain notice.
"There were two parties who told us point blank they were talking to us because of the lawsuit," he said.
Meanwhile: Gulati said Intel's well-publicized manufacturing challenges have boosted Nuvia's fundraising efforts.
"The fact Intel is struggling so much it makes it easier for everybody else who is investing to understand this is something worth taking on," he said.
What's next: The company hopes to finalize its first chip design some time next year, with the goal of getting the first samples in customer hands the following year.
Ashley Gold, Sara Fischer
Oct 27, 2020 - Technology
Why Facebook's cloud gaming won't be coming to your iPhone
Facebook on Monday launched its free cloud gaming platform on desktop and Google's Android mobile operating system but said it it couldn't offer the service on Apple's iOS because of Apple's "arbitrary" policies on applications that act like app stores.
The big picture: It's the latest example of the complex interrelationships among tech's biggest companies, which cooperate with one another in some areas while competing and fighting in others.
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Martha Stewart gets COVID vaccine, insists she didn't 'jump the line'
By Karu F. Daniels
Martha Stewart isn't leaving anything to chance when it comes to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Martha Stewart attends the 2020 Mercedes-Benz Annual Academy Viewing Party at Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on February 09, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (JEROD HARRIS/Getty Images,)
The lifestyle guru is a part of the growing list of celebrities who have gotten their COVID-19 vaccine.
"I was vaccinated today in a designated vaccine pod near the Martha Stewart Center for Living at Mount Sinai Downtown," the 79-year-old New Jersey native posted to Instagram, along with video of her getting stuck by the needle.
Stewart also made it clear she didn't get any preferential treatment.
"To allay your concerns that I jumped the line know that I am in the approved age group for this batch of vaccines and I waited in line with others," she added, further explaining that "10,000 applications were received by Mount Sinai right after the state released this batch of vaccines."
Stewart joins the growing list of celebrity senior citizens of the world who have received the vaccine, including Sir Ian McKellan, who's 81, 87-year-old "Dynasty" star Dame Joan Collins and prolific filmmaker Oliver Stone, 74, who reportedly received the Russian version of the shot while filming there.


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Women's golf establishes new records
By Terry Rabbitts, Sports Editor
The University of Akron women's golf team had an incredible couple of days at the Johnie Imes Invitational on Monday and Tuesday. The Zips recorded the lowest scoring tournament since the program began in 2008, all three rounds finding their way onto the all-time scoring list.
The team finished ninth overall for the tournament, but that result was inconsequential of the performances overall. In addition, Akron received a handful of individual best performances.
The Zips opened the tournament by posting a 301 (+13), that was good for 10th on the all-time scoring list, but that was not good enough for them. Akron followed with a pair record-breaking performances as the starting-five achieved the program's best team score with an even-par 288-stroke effort, replacing the previous individual team round record of 293 (+5) set in 2011.
The Zips also eclipsed the best team tournament two-round score of 600 (+24) set in 2008 with a new team-best 589 (+13) 36-hole total.
In the final round on Tuesday, the Zips used a 298 (+10) team total, which ended up sixth all-time, to finalize the best 54-hole tournament score in school history.
The Zips' 887 (+23) score for 54-holes bested the previous mark of 891 (+27) recorded in 2008.
Individually, the Zips posted all-time best performances. Frida Fougberg led the Zips' scoring efforts and tied a three-round best scoring mark. The senior finished the tournament, tied for 29th with a 74, 72, and 74 for a 220 (+4) total, and matched her second-best performance to date.
Pader Her carded a 1-under par 71 that was good for second on the all-time list and added a round of 73 to tie the school's best two-round performance at a 144 (E) strokes. She ended with a 221 (+5).
Danielle Nicholson shot the Zips' lowest round with a 2-under par 70 which tied the all-time best mark, and finished third in team scoring with a 222 (+6), while Makayla Dull achieved Akron's final day low-round of 73 (+1) and finished at 224 (+8). Rounding out the scoring was Alejandra Velasco-Villanueva with a 246 (+23) tournament total.
The women return to action this Sunday and Monday at the Roseann Schwartz Invitational in Warren, Ohio at the Avalon Lakes Golf & Country Club.
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A teenager was shot while sitting in a car.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An 18-year-old man is fighting for his life after being shot while sitting in a car on a North Philadelphia street.
The shooting happened on the 1000 block of West Tioga Street around 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
Police say the teen was sitting in the back seat of a BMW when another car pulled alongside and someone in that car opened fire.
The wounded teen was able to tell the driver that he was shot in the head.
The driver of the BMW took the teen to Temple University Hospital.
Two windows on the driver's side of the BMW were shattered by the bullets.


As part of the mock trial, the Jews took Jesus to Pilate. The way Jesus handles this situation is unlike any other person would have. Brother Potter ends our conference with this comforting yet challenging message as Pilate encounters Jesus.


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BUCKCHERRY To Perform On DIRECTV's 'CD USA'
"CD USA", DirecTV's exclusive, weekly original music series, will air a performance by BUCKCHERRY on Saturday, April 1 at 6:00 p.m. EST / 3:00 p.m PST. The performance will be taped on Thursday, March 30 at 4:30 p.m. at the Tribune Studios, located at 5842 Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, California. BUCKCHERRY will be performing two ...
MIRROR OF DECEPTION Sign With CYCLONE EMPIRE RECORDS
Germany's "doom-metal kings" MIRROR OF DECEPTION have inked a deal with Cyclone Empire Records (COUNT RAVEN, TIMO RAUTIAINEN & TRIO NISKALAUKAUS). The band are currently at Der Soundmann studio in Stuttgart, Germany recording their third full-length album, "Shards", for a summer release. According to a Cyclone Empire press release, "First listening of some of the ...
RESURRECTED Part Ways With Drummer
Drummer Michael Scholz has left long-running German death metallers RESURRECTED for "personal reasons," according to a posting on the band's web site. "He feels powered out and thinks that he's not powerful enough any more especially to play in the drum recordings for our upcoming album, 'Endless Sea of Loss'," the group write. "We wish ...
JUDAS PRIEST Guitarist: 'We'll Do Our Best To Satisfy Everybody Next Time Out'
Jesse Capps of RockConfidential.com recently conducted an interview with JUDAS PRIEST guitarist Glenn Tipton. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: RockConfidential.com: There's a lot of JUDAS PRIEST stuff coming out soon, too. There's the "Essential Judas Priest", a two-disc set. When those come out, do you have any input as to ...
WARRANT: New Audio Interview With JAMIE ST. JAMES Available
A 10-minute audio interview with WARRANT frontman Jamie St. James (also in BLACK 'N BLUE), conducted by Norway's Metal Express Radio, has been posted online at this location (Windows Media). WARRANT will release their new album, "Born Again", in Germany on March 31 via MTM Music. With internationally acclaimed producer and engineer Pat ...
TAAKE Frontman, Guitarist Doing Time In Norwegian Prison
A representative for Dark Essence Records has confirmed that TAAKE frontman Hoest (photo#1, photo#2, photo#3) is doing time in a Norwegian prison at the moment. "He will be out in a couple of months, and will then finish the work on the new TAAKE release," the representative said. "Yes, ...
SATYRICON, CALIBAN, MAROON Confirmed For Slovenia's METALCAMP 2006 Festival
SATYRICON, CALIBAN and MAROON have been confirmed for the Metalcamp 2006 festival, set to take place July 21-23 in Tolmin, Slovenia. Meanwhile, SAXON cancelled their participation in the event. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order): Main Stage: AMON AMARTH ARCH ENEMY CALIBAN CATARACT DEATHSTARS DECAPITATED DIMMU BORGIR EDGUY EVERGREY EXCELSIS ...
SOUNDSCAN Report: CANNIBAL CORPSE, MEGADETH, EDGUY, AMORPHIS
The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending March 26, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 1,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable): CANNIBAL CORPSE - "Kill": 6,000 (#170) ...
Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND Confirmed For ULI JON ROTH's SKY ACADEMY Concerts In L.A.
Former MEGADETH guitarist Chris Poland will participate as a "guest of honor" in the upcoming Sky Academy concerts featuring former SCORPIONS guitar legend Uli Jon Roth. The list of guests is now shaping up as follows: Andy Aledort (Guitar World Editor) Chris Poland (OHM:, MEGADETH, DAMN THE MACHINE) Don Dokken (DOKKEN) Doug Doppler Eric Singer ...
POISON Frontman To Guest On 'The Adam Carolla Show'
POISON frontman Bret Michaels will be appearing on "The Adam Carolla Show" this Thursday (March 30) morning at 8:25 a.m. Pacific Time. To listen live and to get information on Adam Carolla, visit www.AdamCarolla.com. As previously reported, POISON's cover of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD's "We're An American Band", produced by Don Was (THE ROLLING ...
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Explorations: Ideas for your mind, inspiration for your soul
Capital Group Private Client Services invites you to join us as we discover ideas for your mind and inspiration for your soul.
At Capital Group Private Client Services, we pride ourselves on deep and thoughtful research. Our portfolio managers, analysts and economists work tirelessly to ensure that their understanding of markets and industries is nuanced, broad and timely — all in service to our clients.
It's in that spirit that we are continuing our webinar series, Explorations: Ideas for your mind, inspiration for your soul. We launched these events last year, and they proved to be highly popular with clients.
If you're curious about the outlook for the stock market or what's driving the economy, we've got you covered.
And because there's more to life than investing, we bring in a diverse group of speakers. Renowned chef José Andrés told us how he set up his humanitarian efforts (and how to rethink the humble omelet). Health psychologist Kelly McGonigal showed how to condition our minds and bodies to love exercise.
We've got a lot more coming and can't wait to share our exciting lineup for 2021. If you'd like to catch the new events, please contact your Private Wealth Advisor. You can watch previous events at capitalgroup.com/pcs/explorations.html such as:
Investment opportunities in a time of global challenges
Investing can be daunting even in the best of times. And with a sharp downturn and uncertain outlook, 2020 sure didn't feel like the best of times. However, for long-term investors, staying in the market ultimately proved to be a wise decision. Global equity portfolio manager Gerald Du Manoir explains why sticking to a carefully designed investment plan is usually the better course during trying times.
Municipal stress: Concern and opportunity in muni bonds
Municipal bonds aren't known for excitement, yet they gave that to investors in spades in 2020. Fixed income portfolio manager Mark Marinella takes us through a year in which munis provided safety and income generation — but against a backdrop of unexpected volatility. Along the way, he explains how Capital Group Private Client Services bond portfolios achieved strong results despite the challenges of the pandemic.
Bringing a chef's touch to an aid kitchen
In the nation's capital, chef José Andrés may be best known for his restaurants, including Minibar and Jaleo. But around the world, he's known for his humanitarian work. He's helped fill hungry bellies after disasters in areas as disparate as Mozambique, Houston and Haiti.
In his Explorations talk, José talked about how he got his start — first as a chef, but later as the head of a charitable organization — and explained what drives him to do more every day.
Winter 2021 Quarterly Insights
Q&A with Greg Singer
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Midyear Outlook: International markets benefiting from value shift


The Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA") is a federal law, passed in 1974, which sets minimum standards for voluntarily established group insurance and pension plans. The intent of the law was to prevent marketplace abuses. If you recieve health, disability, or life insurance through you employer, it is likely governed by ERISA. This means that the plan administrator must comply with federal regulations and if you have a claim dispute and it proceeds to litigation it must be in federal court. What this also means is that if you live in a state with strong consumer protections for insurance, your rights and remedies are limited by ERISA. It is difficut to recover attorneys fees in ERISA disputes and compensatory and punitive-type damages are not available.
Another result of this well-intentioned regulatory framework, is that insurers who administer ERISA plans have saved a tremendous amount of money in claims and litigation costs (see, e.g., this internal memorandum from a major insurer expousing the virtues of ERISA related to potential litigation cost-savings) by avoiding protections afforded under state law. These so-called "unintended consequences" have made ERISA claims challenging for policyholder lawyers and their clients, creating many headaches for consumers regarding denials, offsets, benefits, and other related issues. In 2016, noting the large percentage of ERISA-governed disability claims and "the economic incentive for insurance companies to deny otherwise valid claims and because plans are often able to secure a deferential standard of review in court," the U.S. Department of Labor adopted some claim handling reforms recommended by UP and others. Below you will find helpful information related to UP's ERISA advocacy work and practical guidance on handlng health, disability, and life insurance claims and disputes.


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Tottenham transfer news and rumors
Levy refused to allow Adebayor to go to West Ham
He will not transfer players to West Ham, He does not like them, Fat Sam.
By Skipjack@Skipjack0079 Feb 3, 2015, 3:15pm GMT
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Modern fans claim, often on bed sheets, that the millionaires and billionaires have no connection to the fans of the clubs that they own. Well that may be true, but Tottenham Chairman has at least one thing in common with Tottenham fans: he hates West Ham United. During yesterday's transfer deadline day, it seemed like Adebayor was destined to finally leave Spurs on loan. Adebayor isn't getting minutes and the coach seems to hate him. This suited everyone. Well, almost everyone.
Levy agreed to subsidise part of Adebayor's £100,000-a-week wages for any club but West Ham, which eventually resulted in the striker staying put.
Adebayor turned down moves to Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace on transfer deadline day in favour of finishing the season at Spurs.
QPR were willing to pay £60,000-a-week towards Adebayor's wages and Crystal Palace offered to contribute £70,000-a-week towards the player's salary, with Levy prepared to accept either deal.
But Levy twice refused to subsidise any part of Adebayor's wages for him to move to London rivals West Ham, with the Hammers prepared to pay half of the Togo international's pay packet.
West Ham owner David Gold was particularly salty about this, taking to twitter to complain about Levy.
however no matter how hard you tried there are people out their that you just can't do business with. dg
— David Gold (@davidgold) February 3, 2015
Most of the hostility between the ownership of the two clubs probably comes down to their dealings surrounding the Olympic Stadium, but I really don't care! West Ham tried to get one of our strikers at the deadline and our Chairman's response was to ask them for a ladder so they could climb up on deez nuts. Amazing. Let's do this every year.
The only question that remains is, if we beat them in our remaining league match, will that now count as a treble?


Galentine's Day, the day to celebrate our best friends, is fast approaching. Some people celebrate it the day before Valentine's Day, as in "Parks and Recreation," but I think February 14 would be a splendid day to honor your loved ones, too. I've found three vendors with unique and inspirational gifts for your favorites.
1. "Love Yourself" print from Love By Design Shop on Etsy. Hand-drawn and lovely, this print will motivate your best pal every time she looks at it. And Love By Design Shop donates a portion of every sale to a selected cause each month.
2. On Purpose Friendship Bracelet from Kate Spade's From Rwanda With Love collection. The bracelet can say Be Bold or Live Fully and comes in two color options. Artisans from Masoro created this limited-edition collection.
3. Sugar Scrub from Cheehilo Handmade Soaps. The sugar scrub is made with Maui sugar, poppy seed and pink kaolin clay. The shops sells handmade soaps and skincare products that are made from Hawaiian plants and produce. And they are beautiful, too!
Do you like to give gifts for Galentine's Day?
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Seahorses are on the wish list of many divers, and can be regularly seen here in the Komodo National Park.
These fish have their heads angled down and bodies ending with curved tails generally attached to something near the bottom blending expertly with its surroundings.
Seahorses swim upright, a characteristic not shared by their close pipefish relatives, which swim horizontally.
The slowest-moving fish in the world is the dwarf seahorse, with a top speed of about 1.5 metres per hour.
Seahorse mating starts with a courting process wherein the male seahorse "dances" and squirts water from his pouch to show the female that it's empty. This can go on for a few days before mating takes place.
The male carries the eggs for 9 to 45 days until the seahorses emerge fully developed, but very small.
He typically gives birth at night and is ready for the next batch of eggs by morning when his mate returns.
Once the young are released into the water, the male's role is done and he offers no further care and often mates again within hours or days during the breeding season.
Seahorses have good vision and can move their eyes independently of each other, like a chameleon. They can simultaneously look in front and behind, which is helpful for catching prey and as a defence mechanism.


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Nominations Sought for the 2007 Engineering Materials Achievement Award
From ASM InternationalJun 20 2006
ASM International invites your company to submit one or more nominations for the 2007 Engineering Materials Achievement Award. This prestigious award was established by ASM in 1969 to recognize "achievements in materials or materials systems relating to the application of knowledge of materials to an engineering structure or to the design and manufacture of a product."
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The 2007 winner will be publicly honored at the ASM Awards Dinner held during ASM's Materials Science & Technology 2007 event in Detroit, MI, and will receive a certificate of achievement as well as a stylized "E" sculpture signifying engineering excellence. In addition, the winner will be featured in ASM's Advanced Materials & Processes magazine, complete with a feature article.
Does your company have an outstanding achievement in a materials or materials system that could be a candidate for the Engineering Materials Achievement Award? If so, view complete information including rules, nomination form, list of past winners.
You may also be interested in nominating a candidate for ASM's Medal for the Advancement of Research Award. This award honors an executive who over a period of years has consistently sponsored research and development and by foresight and actions shall have helped substantially to advance the arts and sciences relating to materials science and engineering. Nominations for the 2007 award, however, need to be submitted by an ASM organizational unit (see page 2 of the nomination form). If you want to learn more or submit a nomination, visit the web site for the complete rules, nomination form and list of past recipients.
Nominations must be received by ASM no later than August 1, 2006. Questions may be directed to Lori Sobota, ASM Staff Liaison to the Selection Committees, at 440/338-5151, ext. 5503; e-mail [email protected].
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Goibniu - In game help/Mods - Goibniu is also our community assistant (CA) , always ready to help answer any questions about server or game play .
If you take the time to visit the forest of Brocéliande, you will find not one but two maps!
You will enter the Forest of Brocéliande in the Mol Rehan Kingdom and will have to make a choice: settle on the main map ''Dessertion'': The Kingdom of Mol Rehan, which will provide you a X10 action/skill gain, 60,000 creatures and 60% hostiles on 4096X4096 map made by us with mountains, rivers and lakes. You will find the security so start in Avalon where you will find all you need to start increase your skills without starve and will be protected by a spirit Templar! You will find from here a system of teleporters to make your journey faster across the large map. All the teleporters having been decorated with care to make travel more interesting. Some of the scenery includes: the small merchant harbor, the fishing port, the rice fields, the swimming pool, the hut of the witch and many others.
Your second choice will be to settle on the second map ''Affliction'': map of the horde of the summoned, in other words: the kingdom of the horror, where you will have to work hard for to stay alive, with a X1 action/skill gain, 20,000 creatures, 90% hostiles on a 1024X1024 map, no starter town, and no one to help you! (or yes maybe if you accept to play with other players), where the bravest of our players will certainly try to find the valrei and rift creatures that spawn only on this map.
The maps are linked, allowing players to come and go, and thereby creating scenarios: Would you want to trade with your enemies, would you want to start a war, all is possible! The Mol Rehan players could try go kill the Valrei and Rift Creatures, but enemy on this kingdom they could be just killed by the Hots players – The Hots players could try come use the hunting ground of the Mol Rehan kingdom but here again, they will just maybe be killed by an enemy!
But, on both maps, to make your life easier, we use many mods all created/re-created and maintained by Goibniu when the game is updated. We also try and check regularly any new mod which seems to be interesting. In game, Angie and Goibniu are always ready to help, by answering any questions about server or game play. GM Amanda, takes care of the website and donation site and GM Angie welcomes new players a ton of gifts and she is always ready to come and help you if needed!
Note: GM Angie is willing to speak in French in private message if anyone needs it.
For everyone and especially for those who cannot play to often: you will be able to find your deed without worrying about your crops that will never rot. Payment of the upkeep has been reduced to the minimum (5 irons per tile, 50 copper per guard). So money will never be a problem!
We also plan to schedule events to make your game even more diverse, and new areas will also be added little by little.
So take 5 min and come try the adventure! We have a group of very active and friendly players, everyone here will welcome you warmly!
Visit our [email protected] https://theforestofbroceliande.enjin.com/, make sure to check out the rules page to see if we will be a good fit for you.


Flash has been one of the most talked about T.V. series of the recent times. Super leather shop has got something really interesting for Flash fans! Reverse Flash costume is a must have for any true Flash fan. Made from finest quality material and with great in-depth detailing, this Reverse Flash jacket is really going to get all eyes on you!
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Explore Fraser Island and see the Whales at play! Every year from August – October 2015 Humpback Whales come to play in the warm and sheltered waters off Hervey Bay in the Great Sandy Strait. We've got together with the best boats in Hervey Bay to offer you some great packages for the 2011 season.
Tasman Venture is a fast and luxurious catamaran with large decks, offering unobstructed whale watching. Standing on our famous water level viewing platform, where you will be taken to the water's edge, you will be amazed by up close and personal interactions. For more eye to eye interactions with these inquisitive animals watch the whales from our air conditioned underwater viewing rooms. Your tour includes a Free whale documentary DVD, sweet/savoury morning or afternoon tea and courtesy pickup.


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Q: Meteor WaitOn for Collection subscription seemingly not working on template hooks I've got a collection called Listings with 3 objects. I'm using the em scaffolding tool.
router.js (inside the both folder > router folder ):
Router.map(function(){

  this.route('Index', {
    path: '/',
    waitOn: function(){
      return Meteor.subscribe('listings');
    }
  });

});

listings.js (inside both > collections)
Listings = new Meteor.Collection('listings');

index.js (client > views > pages)
Template.Index.rendered = function () {

    listings = Listings.find().fetch();
    console.log(listings);

}

When the page first loads listings console logs as an empty array. I then manually run Listings.find().fetch(); and I get the three items in the DB.
Uhhh... I'm not sure why this is happening. waitOn doesn't appear to be working, at least completely. It doesn't seem to wait for the client to get the entire dataset for Listings before going to the route and rendering the template.
I can fix this problem by putting the code in Deps.autorun, in which case the console log works.
Deps.autorun(function() {
  listings = Listings.find().fetch();
  console.log(listings);
});

But I was wondering if there was a way to not have to use Deps.autorun?


Manuel Stein, a computer scientist and doctoral researcher working in the University of Konstanz's research area "Collective Behaviour", is the man behind this software. He not only designed this software to make the football analysts' job easier, but he also intends to make it easier for viewers to see the patterns of the game - the interactions between players and entire teams as well as the influence they exert on one another. "Everyone in football tries to collect data, but few know what to do with it. We are trying to generate knowledge from this data", explains Manuel Stein.
To turn a computer into a match-play analyst, Manuel Stein must first teach it some basic facts about football. Not necessarily the rules, the names of the teams or where they rank in the league or rankings table, but something much more important: What is the player on the screen, and where is the ball? In which direction are individual players looking, how fast are they moving, how quickly are they likely to reach the ball? The computer is able to determine the position, speed and movement direction of every individual player and of the ball up to 30 times per second. Based on these measurements, it then calculates which player can reach any square metre of the pitch first and how many players from each team pose a threat to that part of the field. It doesn't take more than a fraction of a second to superimpose the results of this calculation on the TV screen: a dynamic, constantly changing map of each team's zones of influence. Using simple colour cues, Manuel Stein's software is able to show TV viewers such match-play influencing factors such as the level of pressure opposing teams place on individual players, the free spaces and safe passing lanes. For all of this, the software neither requires GPS trackers attached to the players' shirts nor complicated camera tracking technology. The only thing that Manuel Stein needs is the TV image.
All of these hues on the TV screen can make for a very colourful football pitch. To prevent confusion, the software's various analysis features can be switched on and off as needed and stacked as filters. Furthermore, the software makes suggestions as to which filters to use in any given situation and can switch them on or off as desired to reduce unnecessary visual clutter.
Manuel Stein is currently developing a "what-if" analysis - a forecast of how the match play would have evolved under different circumstances - that is based on his software. Here, key match-play situations can be accessed and replayed using alternative scenarios. Based on the individual players' location data and influence factors, the computer calculates a coherent, realistic course of events. What would have happened if the player had passed the ball to the right rather than the left? How would the dynamics of the game have changed if a defender had stood five more metres to the right? How should the team have positioned itself to prevent the opposing team from gaining ground? These analysis tools are also valuable to football coaches, for instance during post-match debriefing.
The more data Manuel Stein's software has access to, the more precise it can evaluate the situation on the pitch. However, currently the information it can use is limited to that on the TV screen. The computer does not know what happens outside the camera's field of vision and can only make vague predictions. The University of Konstanz's computer scientists are therefore extremely eager to work with teams and broadcasters who record images and player location data during football games. If they provide the researchers with access to this information, they can in turn deliver more precise analyses. But football is not the only sport this software is relevant to. It can be used to analyse all team sports.
Manuel Stein's is carrying out his research as a member of the University of Konstanz's research initiative "Collective Behaviour". This relatively young discipline explores the mutual influences and interactions between members of a collective. The researchers are particularly interested in the decision-making processes within groups and the question as to how individual members of a collective coordinate their movements, decisions, etc. with one another. Examples include the behaviour of animal swarms and swarm intelligence, the coordination of self-driving cars, but also economic networks or the behaviour of human collectives. In sport, these scientific methods are used especially in the analysis of team dynamics: What types of patterns do a team's tactics reflect? How do two teams react to each other and how do the players influence each other with their decisions?
University of Konstanz computer scientists create automated game analysis tool for football match broadcasts.
A computer determines the location, speed and movement direction of the individual players and of the ball. Based on this data, it calculates the team's influence zones, passing options and what-if scenarios.
The calculation is then turned into a diagram that can be broadcast in real time as the match-play continues. The analysis is based solely on the TV image. It does not require additional data.
The software tool has been designed especially for football analysts, sport reporters and coaches. In principle, it can also be used for other types of team sports.
Caption: Manuel Stein, developer of the analysis tool. Manuel Stein is a computer scientist and doctoral researcher in the University of Konstanz's research initiative "Collective Behaviour".