Amos Yee was slapped yesterday while he was heading to the state courts. When I saw the video of Amos Yee being slapped by a much more muscular man, I did not know what to say. I noted that the man seemed to adjust his spectacles prior to giving Amos that slap, perhaps he just wanted to make sure that it was Amos and not some other men with a funky hairstyle before he made his move? Also the man did not rush to slap Amos, perhaps the move was to surprise Amos.


Who hasn't heard that quote from Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. It's one of the most famous couplets of all time. Couplets got me thinking. Poetic couplets are "two lines forming a complete thought". Human couplets are two people forming one complete thought. Professional couplets are two individuals forming a strong union.
Custom crafting our couplets, our pair bonds, our connections is what it is all about. Building amazing partnerships with people, places and things let's us open up, be vulnerable, be strong, be more than we are alone. And when it comes down to it, that's what we all crave: connection and community. There is a great TED Talk about vulnerability, by Brene Brown. She says "… connection is why we're here. It's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives" (3:20).
Couplets, pairs, companions, mates … they all take a big leap of faith … they all require our letting go and getting vulnerable … they all require nurturing, giving, putting someone or something first, ahead of ourselves. That step of trust, that leap of faith, that letting go of your own needs and giving totally to something outside of you is what ignites the bond. And what makes that couplet so much more magical than any individual.
You can couple with a person, a romantic partner, an idea, a place, a group of people, a place. Couplets don't have to be just with a person. We make couplets all the time with all sorts of things: jobs, companies, music, ideas.
So here's my question: "When was the last time you truly made a couplet?" When was the last time that you let go and fully committed to a pair? A pair in anything. A place, a group, an idea, a person. And did you do it with your eyes open?


The EU project ATLANTOS (Optimising and Enhancing the Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System) is achieving a transition from a loosely-coordinated set of existing ocean observing activities to an efficient Integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing System (IAOOS).
The environment and human actions are some of the factors SEAPODYM analyses, but the behaviour of the fish themselves are also central to the modeling outcome. Fish biology and behaviour are simulated based on their relationship to environmental variables. For example, the model includes the distribution of prey species such as small fish, shrimp and squid, which drives the movement of the tuna. Currents distribute the larvae and the food sources and water temperatures along with oxygen levels control habitat preferences.


Easy Connect is the first Afghan Woman owned ISP in Afghanistan. This company is 100% Afghan owned and its nation-wide network and operations are managed by a team of highly qualified professionals having over a decade of experience in the various areas of ISP and ICT sector with different national and international organizations. Easy Connect team with full hand on exercise and highly technical background with its highly qualified & experienced superior Managment team have got vast experience in development of numerous projects in the most challenging regions of the world..
Easy Connects aims not only to be the prime ISP / ICT services provider in Afghanistan, but to promote Afghan women in the ICT sector as well. Easy Connect beside being a leading ISP and ICT solutions provider also is an institution for Afghan Youth specially Young talented Afghan women who have interest and would like to continue their career and contribute to the development of ICT sector of in Afghanistan.
Over 60% of Easy Connect employees are formed by professional, educated, highly qualified and energetic Afghan women working hand to hand with their Afghan brothers with strong commitment to promote standardization and build state of the art infrastructure for the ICT and Telecommunication sector in Afghanistan.
Easy Connect is a legal operator in Afghanistan holding valid business license from Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) and also being awarded a National Internet Services Provider (ISP) license from Ministry of telecommunication & information technology (MCIT) / Afghanistan Telecom Regulatory Authority (ATRA) Government of Afghanistan.
Easy Connect as a leading Afghan internet service provider (ISP) provides a best quality internet services with latest technology on state of the art infrastructure for all customer types of (both government and non-government), large commercial establishments like enterprises, corporations, small offices & home offices SOHOs and home consumers market throughout Afghanistan. by providing stable, orderly and secured connectivity providing VSAT, Wireless Broadband and WIFI network via point-to-point & point to multipoint wireless devices & microwave links network connectivity of all network types of IP networking, IP security and other ICT solutions and services.
The Company focuses on extreme customer satisfaction by providing & implementing latest technology with best practices, procedures to its customers with 24 / 7 online, on call and on-site basis technical support via state of the art network information centers connected to multiple internet backbones ensuring 100% service availability to Easy Connect respective customers. we use only approved, certified and reliable equipments of well-known vendor from various regions of the world like United States of America, Europe and Asia.
Our sales and engineering teams are highly experienced in understanding customer needs and identifying the most cost effective and reliable solutions that meet our customer's requirements. The EC installation and network operations team have the experience and local knowledge required for great customer satisfaction & highest standards.
Easy Connect is proud to connect Afghanistan to the Global Information Super Highway and to reduce the "Digital Divide" between Afghanistan and the rest of the world's ICT community. We looking forward to serving your Internet, Data connectivity or any other Information Communication Technology requirements.


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namespace content {

FlingSchedulerAndroid::FlingSchedulerAndroid(RenderWidgetHostImpl* host)
    : host_(host),
      use_simple_observer_(
          base::FeatureList::IsEnabled(features::kIndependentFlingAnimation)) {
  DCHECK(host);
}

FlingSchedulerAndroid::~FlingSchedulerAndroid() {
  RemoveCompositorTick();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::ScheduleFlingProgress(
    base::WeakPtr<FlingController> fling_controller) {
  DCHECK(fling_controller);
  fling_controller_ = fling_controller;
  if (observed_compositor_)
    return;

  ui::WindowAndroid* window = GetRootWindow();
  if (!window)
    return;

  // If the root window does not have a Compositor (happens on Android
  // WebView), we'll never receive an OnAnimate call. In this case fall back
  // to BeginFrames coming from the host.
  if (!window->GetCompositor()) {
    auto* view = host_->GetView();
    if (view && !view->IsRenderWidgetHostViewChildFrame()) {
      static_cast<RenderWidgetHostViewAndroid*>(view)
          ->SetNeedsBeginFrameForFlingProgress();
    }
    return;
  }

  RequestCompositorTick();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::DidStopFlingingOnBrowser(
    base::WeakPtr<FlingController> fling_controller) {
  DCHECK(fling_controller);
  RemoveCompositorTick();
  fling_controller_ = nullptr;
  host_->DidStopFlinging();
}

bool FlingSchedulerAndroid::NeedsBeginFrameForFlingProgress() {
  ui::WindowAndroid* window = GetRootWindow();
  // If the root window does not have a Compositor (happens on Android
  // WebView), we'll never receive an OnAnimate call. In this case fall back
  // to BeginFrames coming from the host.
  return !window || !window->GetCompositor();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::ProgressFlingOnBeginFrameIfneeded(
    base::TimeTicks current_time) {
  // If a WindowAndroid is being observed, there is no need for BeginFrames
  // coming from the host.
  if (observed_compositor_)
    return;
  if (!fling_controller_)
    return;
  fling_controller_->ProgressFling(current_time);
}

ui::WindowAndroid* FlingSchedulerAndroid::GetRootWindow() {
  if (!host_->GetView() || !host_->GetView()->GetNativeView())
    return nullptr;
  return host_->GetView()->GetNativeView()->GetWindowAndroid();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::RequestCompositorTick() {
  if (!fling_controller_)
    return;

  if (observed_compositor_)
    return;

  if (!observed_view_ && host_->GetView()) {
    if (ui::ViewAndroid* native_view = host_->GetView()->GetNativeView()) {
      native_view->AddObserver(this);
      observed_view_ = native_view;
    }
  }

  ui::WindowAndroid* window = GetRootWindow();
  if (!window)
    return;

  if (!observed_window_) {
    window->AddObserver(this);
    observed_window_ = window;
  }

  if (use_simple_observer_) {
    CompositorImpl* compositor =
        static_cast<CompositorImpl*>(window->GetCompositor());
    if (!compositor)
      return;

    compositor->AddSimpleBeginFrameObserver(this);
    observed_compositor_ = compositor;
  } else {
    observed_window_->SetNeedsAnimate();
  }
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::RemoveCompositorTick() {
  if (observed_view_) {
    observed_view_->RemoveObserver(this);
    observed_view_ = nullptr;
  }

  if (observed_window_) {
    observed_window_->RemoveObserver(this);
    observed_window_ = nullptr;
  }

  if (!observed_compositor_)
    return;
  observed_compositor_->RemoveSimpleBeginFrameObserver(this);
  observed_compositor_ = nullptr;
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::OnAttachCompositor() {
  RequestCompositorTick();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::OnDetachCompositor() {
  RemoveCompositorTick();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::OnAttachedToWindow() {
  RequestCompositorTick();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::OnDetachedFromWindow() {
  RemoveCompositorTick();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::OnViewAndroidDestroyed() {
  RemoveCompositorTick();
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::OnAnimate(base::TimeTicks frame_begin_time) {
  DCHECK(observed_window_);
  if (!use_simple_observer_ && fling_controller_)
    fling_controller_->ProgressFling(frame_begin_time);
}

void FlingSchedulerAndroid::OnBeginFrame(base::TimeTicks frame_begin_time) {
  DCHECK(observed_compositor_);
  DCHECK(use_simple_observer_);
  if (fling_controller_)
    fling_controller_->ProgressFling(frame_begin_time);
}

}  // namespace content

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Charles de Lint (22 de diciembre de 1951) es un escritor canadiense. Junto a escritores como Terri Windling, Emma Bull y John Crowley, de Lint popularizó en los años ochenta el subgénero de la fantasía urbana, notablemente a través de la serie The Borderland Series. Su ficción se puede describir entre los subgéneros del realismo mágico y la fantasía contemporánea.

De Lint escribe novelas, relatos cortos, poesía y canciones. Sus trabajos más reconocidos incluyen: Serie Newford (Dreams Underfoot, Widdershins, The Blue Girl, The Onion Girl, Moonlight and Vines, Someplace to be Flying etc.), Moonheart, The Mystery of Grace, The Painted Boy y A Circle of Cats. Recibió influencia de escritores clásicos como J.R.R. Tolkien, Lord Dunsany, William Morris, Mervyn Peake, James Branch Cabell y E. R. Eddison.

Novelas
Berlin (1989)
The Fair in Emain Macha (1990)
Our Lady of the Harbour (1991)
Paperjack (1992)—1993
Death Leaves an Echo (1991)
A Circle of Cats (2003)
Promises to Keep (2007)

Referencias

Enlaces externos

Escritores de literatura fantástica de Canadá

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Q: How to get new transition animation for each new slide with swiper? I need to make for different slides different animations. I tried to dynamically substitute the value of the effect like this:
return (
 <Swiper
      autoplay={{
        delay: 12000,
        disableOnInteraction: false,
      }}
      className={`${styles.gallery_slide}`}
      spaceBetween={5}
      slidesPerView={1}
      loop={true}
      pagination={{ clickable: true }}
      navigation
      effect={effect}
      speed={1000}
      onSlideChange={() => nextEffect()}
    >
      {slides
    ?.filter((slide) => slide.isShown)
    .sort((a, b) => a.priority - b.priority)
    .map((slide) => (
      <SwiperSlide key={slide.href}>
        <Route
          href={isUrlIncludesHttpOrDot(slide.href) ? `${slide.href}` : `${apiUrl}/${slide.href}`}
        >
          <Image
            priority={true}
            alt={slide.text}
            src={`${apiUrl}/static/uploads/${isMobile ? slide.imageMobile : slide.image}`}
            width={1400}
            height={400}
          />
        </Route>
      </SwiperSlide>
    ))}
  </Swiper>
)

It worked, but there were a lot of bugs with animations, the animation broke. Then I tried another method, shown in the code below, but only one animation is always used. I can not figure out how to properly implement such an functionality with transition animations.
import { Swiper, SwiperSlide } from 'swiper/react';
import SwiperCore, {
  Autoplay,
  Pagination,
  Navigation,
  EffectCoverflow,
  EffectCube,
  EffectFade,
  EffectFlip,
} from 'swiper';
import Image from 'next/image';
import { useMedia } from 'hooks/useMedia';

import styles from '../slide/slide-galerry.module.scss';
import UseSlider from '../../hooks/useSlider';
import apiUrl from '../../api/config';
import Route from '../route/Route';

SwiperCore.use([
  Autoplay,
  Pagination,
  Navigation,
  EffectCoverflow,
  EffectCube,
  EffectFade,
  EffectFlip,
]);

const SlideGallery = () => {
  const { slides } = UseSlider();
  const isMobile = useMedia(`(max-width: ${styles.sm}px)`);
  const isUrlIncludesHttpOrDot = (url: string): boolean => {
    return url.includes('http') || url.includes('.');
  };

  const slidesArr = slides
    ?.filter((slide) => slide.isShown)
    .sort((a, b) => a.priority - b.priority)
    .map((slide) => (
      <SwiperSlide key={slide.href}>
        <Route
          href={isUrlIncludesHttpOrDot(slide.href) ? `${slide.href}` : `${apiUrl}/${slide.href}`}
        >
          <Image
            priority={true}
            alt={slide.text}
            src={`${apiUrl}/static/uploads/${isMobile ? slide.imageMobile : slide.image}`}
            width={1400}
            height={400}
          />
        </Route>
      </SwiperSlide>
    ));

  const slide = (
    <Swiper
      autoplay={{
        delay: 12000,
        disableOnInteraction: false,
      }}
      className={`${styles.gallery_slide}`}
      spaceBetween={5}
      slidesPerView={1}
      loop={true}
      pagination={{ clickable: true }}
      navigation
      effect="slide"
      speed={1000}
      onSlideChange={() => nextEffect()}
    >
      {slidesArr}
    </Swiper>
  );

  const coverflow = (
    <Swiper
      autoplay={{
        delay: 12000,
        disableOnInteraction: false,
      }}
      className={`${styles.gallery_slide}`}
      spaceBetween={5}
      slidesPerView={1}
      loop={true}
      pagination={{ clickable: true }}
      navigation
      effect="coverflow"
      speed={1000}
      onSlideChange={() => nextEffect()}
    >
      {slidesArr}
    </Swiper>
  );

  const fade = (
    <Swiper
      autoplay={{
        delay: 12000,
        disableOnInteraction: false,
      }}
      className={`${styles.gallery_slide}`}
      spaceBetween={5}
      slidesPerView={1}
      loop={true}
      pagination={{ clickable: true }}
      navigation
      effect="fade"
      speed={1000}
      onSlideChange={() => nextEffect()}
    >
      {slidesArr}
    </Swiper>
  );

  const flip = (
    <Swiper
      autoplay={{
        delay: 12000,
        disableOnInteraction: false,
      }}
      className={`${styles.gallery_slide}`}
      spaceBetween={5}
      slidesPerView={1}
      loop={true}
      pagination={{ clickable: true }}
      navigation
      effect="flip"
      speed={1000}
      onSlideChange={() => nextEffect()}
    >
      {slidesArr}
    </Swiper>
  );

  const effectsArr: string[] = ['slide', 'coverflow', 'fade', 'flip'];
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
  const [effect, setEffect] = useState(effectsArr[count]);

  const updateCount = useCallback(() => {
    if (effectsArr.length - 1 === count) {
      setCount(0);
    } else {
      setCount(count + 1);
    }
  }, [count]);

  function nextEffect(): void {
    setEffect(effectsArr[count]);
    updateCount();
  }

  if (!slides || !slides.length) return null;

  if (effect === 'slide') {
    return slide;
  }

  if (effect === 'coverflow') {
    return coverflow;
  }

  if (effect === 'fade') {
    return fade;
  }

  if (effect === 'flip') {
    return flip;
  }
};

export default SlideGallery;

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I pay about $1000-$2000 per month for visitors from google search.
Of course, I want to be sure they see my landing page before they press back, i.e. I really want a fast site. The content of the site is static html, generated from a wordpress site. Updates are never urgent, i.e. if the site shows 1 day old content is not a problem.
It seems that cloudflare is not intended for small sites like this. In reality, the pages are never cached, i.e. cloudflare always has to download them from the origin.
Suggestions? I am thinking of just have 3 servers myself, one in US, the current in Germany, and Singapore, and then using GeoDNS instead.
Using page rules you can define which patterns of URL you wanna serve from cache as described here.
If you are looking for cache everything solution with a single click, it is not that easy it looks in first glance (what if contents delivered to logged-in users are supplied from cache?). Here is a related thread.
I already have warming up geographically, I have a server in US, EU and Singapore just for that. However, it seems that cloudfront is so distributed in US, so that the likelyhood a US person benefits from another US person already visting the site is very low.
I think this is the core of the problem. Having many sites inside US is a good thing for a large scale site, but useless for a small site like mine. I would prefer one or maybe 2 US locations.
I have created cloudfront rules so that it also caches to top static html page.
This may be a good use case for Argo and it's Tiered Caching. It improves Cloudflare <-> Server connection speed and manages a Tiered Caching per macro area. It costs 0.10$/GB, but I see improvements on way more distributed websites than a single server.
Maybe adding a couple of servers distributed between EU and US and then traffic split using using DNS geo-routing may also help.
Yes, I think DNS geo-routing is most likely a better solution. I do not even need Cloudflares caching. It seems to me that cloudflare doesn't support geo-routing?
It's in the Load Balancing offering.


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The President's Council on Bioethics has explored a range of reproductive technologies over the last two years. It has now issued its findings and recommendations in a new report, Reproduction & Responsibility: The Regulation of New Biotechnologies. The report raises some important issues, but also overlooks some important concerns while overemphasizing others that are less immediate.
The report begins by laying out the "human goods" at stake. For some of these goods, such as protecting the health and well-being of children born with the aid of new reproductive technologies, the report endeavors to provide targeted recommendations. On others, however, the report is largely silent. To be sure, some of these goods may be less amenable to specific actions. But others, such as protecting the privacy of medical and genetic information and preventing inequality and discrimination based on genetic information, are ripe for policy and regulatory action based on a robust ethical and policy analysis. Regrettably, the report merely enumerates privacy and nondiscrimination as important goods, then dismisses them from consideration because these issues "have been the focus of professional self-regulation and legislative enactments." In truth, the nation has as yet been unable to enact legislation to protect against genetic discrimination, and clear and strong recommendations from the council on this matter would have been of considerable value in spurring legislative action.
Although the title of the report suggests its subject is "new biotechnologies," the focus is actually split between the now quarter-of-a-century old technology of in vitro fertilization and some "new" technologies that are, as yet, only imagined. What links the old and futuristic technologies considered in this report is that they all involve the creation or manipulation of the human embryo outside a woman's womb.
This presents another gap. Technologies involving the creation and manipulation of human embryos in the laboratory do indeed raise important safety and ethical concerns, yet other biotechnologies that are in widespread and growing use in reproduction, namely prenatal and carrier testing, are not considered at all. Millions of prospective parents each year are using genetic testing to find out about their own genetic makeup or that of their developing fetus and to make profound reproductive decisions. For many, planning for and building a family is the first time they must confront the many issues that attend genetic testing. As the number, type, and complexity of genetic tests continues to grow, so too will the questions that parents, prospective parents, and society must face regarding safety, equity, discrimination, human worth, and the meaning of a good life.
Publication information: Article title: Something Old and Something New. Contributors: Hudson, Kathy - Author. Journal title: The Hastings Center Report. Volume: 34. Issue: 4 Publication date: July-August 2004. Page number: 14+. © Hastings Center. COPYRIGHT 2004 Gale Group.


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Der Berberleopard wurde ursprünglich als eigene Unterart des Leoparden im äußersten Norden Afrikas (Panthera pardus panthera) beschrieben. Allerdings wurden in verschiedenen Studien weder genetische noch morphologische Unterschiede im Schädelbau festgestellt, die eine Abtrennung der nordafrikanischen Population als eigene Unterart rechtfertigen würden. Dies gilt im Übrigen auch für alle anderen ursprünglich als Unterart beschriebenen afrikanischen Formen. Daher werden heute in der Regel alle afrikanischen Leoparden innerhalb der Unterart des Afrikanischen Leoparden (Panthera pardus pardus) vereinigt.

Der Leopard ist heute in Nordafrika nahezu ausgerottet. Eine kleine Restpopulation existiert im Atlasgebirge in Marokko, angebliche jüngere Sichtungen wurden außerdem für das Jahr 2007 aus dem Grenzgebiet zwischen Marokko und Algerien gemeldet. Darüber hinaus wurde der Leopard im Jahr 2006 in den Ahaggar-Bergen in der algerischen Wüste bestätigt, wo die Art zuvor nie nachgewiesen wurde. Möglicherweise gibt es auch noch einige wenige Leoparden in den östlichen Wüstengebieten Ägyptens.

Da noch Jahrzehnte, nachdem von seinem Aussterben ausgegangen war, Exemplare des Berberleoparden lebten und die Bestände deshalb unter den Bedingungen des zu dieser Zeit bereits proaktiv ausgerichteten Naturschutzes offenbar vor dem Aussterben hätten gerettet werden können, wird der Fall des Berberleoparden (ähnlich wie der des ebenfalls in Nordafrika beheimateten Berberlöwen) als Beispiel des Romeo-Irrtums genannt.

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I tell u right away: it's a light in the end of a tunnel that MAYBE era of barrators, opportunists, notorious liers is not finished but will be significantly limited! F**k Donald Trump, I never liked him. Why it is a relief for a Polish guy from the other side of the globe? Why it is a relief for a Polish guy from the other side of the globe? Handler claimed she told him he needed to be careful because people could be swayed by his words, even though he was only protecting his own pocketbook. Funny Statue Of Liberty Wearing Burka. TERMS OF SERVICE / All statue of liberty political cartoon artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30-day money-back guarantee. FUCK THE SYSTEM coz the system ain't working!??? Artist: Richter, Mischa. I saw the CNN announcement and it feels like a big fuckin' relief honestly. "Man they gonna do Trump dirty, he going to jail. does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. 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Q: What can cause this unicode object is not callable error in nosetests lib? I have a test case that tests some flow in an API (uses requests.Session() and makes multiple calls to our backend.)
This test case passes on my mac and on other peoples macs. But when its executed in Jenkins I get an error. There are other similar tests cases like this that pass without issues in Jenkins. Unfortunately I cannot share the test code itself.
Jenkins is running on Ubuntu 14.04
But here are first lines of the test code if it helps.
# filename: test_payment_visa.py

import unittest
from tests.utils import WWHTTPClient
import math
from nose.plugins.attrib import attr

class TestPaymentWorkflow(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.ww_api = WWHTTPClient()

    def test_payment_visa(self):
        """Test for Payment Workflow via VISA"""

Does anyone have an idea what this can be related to?
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/bin/nosetests", line 11, in <module>
    sys.exit(run_exit())
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/core.py", line 121, in __init__
    **extra_args)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/main.py", line 95, in __init__
    self.runTests()
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/core.py", line 207, in runTests
    result = self.testRunner.run(self.test)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/core.py", line 62, in run
    test(result)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 177, in __call__
    return self.run(*arg, **kw)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 224, in run
    test(orig)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/suite.py", line 70, in __call__
    return self.run(*args, **kwds)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 75, in run
    test(result)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 177, in __call__
    return self.run(*arg, **kw)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 224, in run
    test(orig)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 177, in __call__
    return self.run(*arg, **kw)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 224, in run
    test(orig)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 177, in __call__
    return self.run(*arg, **kw)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/suite.py", line 224, in run
    test(orig)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 45, in __call__
    return self.run(*arg, **kwarg)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 138, in run
    result.addError(self, err)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/proxy.py", line 131, in addError
    plugins.addError(self.test, err)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/plugins/manager.py", line 99, in __call__
    return self.call(*arg, **kw)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/plugins/manager.py", line 167, in simple
    result = meth(*arg, **kw)
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/plugins/xunit.py", line 288, in addError
    id = test.id()
  File "/var/lib/jenkins/.virtualenvs/api-tests/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nose/case.py", line 85, in id
    return self.test.id()
TypeError: 'unicode' object is not callable

A: So there was a problem with my code.
I used a statement self.id = r.json()["orders"][0]["id"]
# filename: test_payment_visa.py

import unittest
from tests.utils import WWHTTPClient
import math
from nose.plugins.attrib import attr

class TestPaymentWorkflow(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.ww_api = WWHTTPClient()

    def test_payment_visa(self):
        """Test for Payment Workflow via VISA"""
        ...
        ...
        self.id = r.json()["orders"][0]["id"]
        ...
        ...

Problem is that unittest.TestCase clas has a method called id.
def id(self):
    """Get a short(er) description of the test
    """
    return self.test.id()

So I assume that during test run I set self.id to a unicode string and then nosetests is trying to call its id method and is getting TypeError: 'unicode' object is not callable exception.


I am always humbled to read of the widow in Luke 21. She was a widow, meaning that she had lost her husband. She was also poor. However, she still put two mites into the treasury. For her, that would have apparently been hard to come by – it required sacrifice on her part.
Where are we putting our livelihood? Does our relationship with the Lord require much of our livelihood or not? This woman's example humbles me.


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Ten nights of dreams (Paperback)
By Natsume Soseki, Sven Heuberger (Editor)
In ten terrifying, intriguing and thrilling dreams, Natsume Soseki (1867 - 1916) treats leitmotifs and antipodes such as: loyalty and treatise, love and death, fame and immortality, social outsiders, honor and loss of face, desperation and hope. Natsume Soseki carries us off into his dreams and the old Japan comes to life once again. The Japanese original text "Yume yuja" was completely set up with furigana in this two-language edition, so that every student of the Japanese language can read Natsume Soseki's Ten nights of dreams fluently. The dreams are commented to provide background information to the reader.
Natsume Soseki (1867 - 1916) was a Japanese writer and a full professor of the English language at the university of Tokyo. Natsume's main subject was the industrial revolution and its impact on the Japanese society and cultural life. In his novels he also focused on the conflicts between obligation and desire or loyalty and freedom of will. Soseki often refers to the Japanese way of life and the clash of civilizations that occurs, as western cultural elements influence the traditional Japanese culture. In many ways Natsume Soseki foresaw most of the problems that developed during the 20th century, as Japan prospers and becomes an open, modern and active country.
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A closer look at Berks Catholic's Brandon George, Reading Eagle's 2019 male Athlete of the Year
"It just seemed he was always bigger, faster and stronger than a lot of the kids," his mother says.
Written by Mike Drago
For years Stacie George carried around a worn document in her purse. Often when she and her husband, Neil, went to sign their son up for a basketball tournament or a youth league they would get questioning looks.
Registration officials assumed young Brandon was a year or two older than the other kids; Stacie was ready with his birth certificate to show he wasn't.
"It just seemed he was always bigger, faster and stronger than a lot of the kids," Stacie said. "He could run, and he seemed to have really good hand-eye coordination. And he was rough."
The telltale signs of a future Reading Eagle Athlete of the Year recipient, no doubt. By age 7, Brandon George was ahead of the field; no one ever seemed to close the gap.
"He kept growing and getting bigger and faster and stronger," Stacie said of her now 6-4, 240-pound, 18-year-old.
A month into his freshman year at Berks Catholic he found his way into the starting lineup on defense on the football team.
By the time he was a sophomore he was already among the most dominant players in the league, making the first of three straight appearances on the All-Berks team.
There was much more to come.
He was All-State as a junior and led the Saints to the PIAA semifinals.
The following spring he tested out as the No. 1 football prospect in Pennsylvania at a Nike skills camp.
A couple months later he accepted an offer to play at the University of Pittsburgh.
He stopped playing basketball as a sophomore in order to lift and train for football and his other love, the throwing events in track and field.
He missed the sport and rejoined the basketball team as a junior, helping it win Berks and District 3 titles. This season he played a key role on the court for the Saints, moving into the starting lineup when a teammate became ill. He emerged as an invaluable force on the boards and in the paint.
George topped things off this spring with a banner throwing season, one that saw him win District 3 gold medals in the discus and shot put and earn silver in discus and bronze in the shot at the PIAA Track and Field Championship Meet, earning him Berks Player of the Year honors.
"He is the athlete that every coach wants to coach, the player who will do everything it takes," said Tiger Lea, a former Holy Name football star and the Saints' throws coach. "He has God-given talent with an underdog work ethic.
"(At first) you think, 'There's gotta be something wrong here, there's gotta be a flaw.' There isn't. It's like being the coach of Superman. (You realize) 'Wow, this kid really is all that.' It's incredible."
George's athletic feats are only half the story.
That bullish athletic veneer melts away off the field, where he's known to be incredibly caring, kind and respectful.
The same kid who relentlessly pounds people into the turf on Friday nights will be the first to help lift up someone in need. Stories of his selflessness are legendary around Berks Catholic.
"What makes him stand apart from his competition is his genuine care and concern for the well-being of his teammates and classmates," said Josh Ditsky, a coach and college and career counselor at Berks Catholic. "It's his willingness to lead by example that make him more than just an accomplished athlete. He's an outstanding young man."
Saints football coach Rick Keeley tells the story about George being late for a meeting with a college football coach.
Keeley, stung that his prize student had let him down, went searching. He found out George was assisting a school custodian who needed help moving heavy furniture. Keeley's faith in George was quickly restored.
"His humble attitude, respect for coaches and love for his teammates is astounding," said assistant football coach Jake Latchum.
"Brandon's a special player," said Mark Lyons, head coach of Pennsylvania's Big 33 Class team. "Off the field you couldn't ask for a better young man: Respectful, works hard, he's all about the team. But boy, when he gets on the field he's a different person. The University of Pittsburgh's getting a special one, that's for sure."
Hard as it is to imagine, Brandon George was bullied by classmates when he was in elementary school. Rather than harbor that anger and lash out himself, he learned what it's like to be picked on and now goes out of his way to help the underdogs in his life.
Whether he's in the weight room, the class room or trying to top one of his school records, George goes at it full bore.
He takes no days off, let alone a few hours to binge watch the latest Netflix series.
He goes from early morning workouts to afternoon training with specialists to evening practices or summer league games.
It's the only way he knows.
"That's the way you become elite," said Darryl Daniel, a trainer who founded W.H.O.L.E. Sports Training Academy in Manheim and has worked closely with George for three years. "It has to become a way of life."
Daniel said that what sets George apart - and what could carry him to the next level after college - is his relentless dedication to train, study, learn and adapt.
"I've always been that kid that wanted to do something," George said. "I didn't want to be sitting at home. I wanted to get better or be learning or be moving. Sports were a good way to do that. That was always fun and interesting to me.
"Competing is fun to me. Ever since I was younger, I had (that attitude where) you hate to lose, so you do everything in your power that you can to win. That plays into why I like lifting so much, because it (gives you) that edge against the person you're playing against. Always trying to win, and be first. You might not always be first, but the fun is trying to get there."
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When it comes to cooking TV shows, the bubbly and beautiful face of Chef Amrita Raichand is a common sight. A great advocate of tasty but nutritious food, she began her journey with her two-year-old son, whom she struggled to feed healthy meals.
Over the years, the model-actor has changed food dynamics of home cooking with the idea of gorgeous looking dishes that are also tasty and nutritious. Some of them include the tricolour pasta that has carrots and beetroots in it, pizzas with nachni — a superfood — flower as topping, burger made of whole wheat and vegetable filled patties and pancakes made of oats.
Speaking to indianexpress.com, the chef shares her idea of a healthy breakfast, nutrients she thinks Indian are missing in their diet and her favourite superfood.
You have been largely associated with debunking the myth ' Healthy is boring'. Tell us more about it.
My journey with debunking the myth 'Healthy is boring' started when my son, Agastya, turned two. Like most mothers, I started believing that my son is a fussy eater. He would be more receptive to outside food, than the nutritious meals I used to cook at home. Since forcing it on him didn't work very well, I realised I would have to find another option or my child would be malnourished.
I had a eureka moment when I realised that when healthy food was prepared in a sumptuous way and presented so as to look like junk food, my son loved it. That was because he didn't realise that there were healthy ingredients in it.
What major nutrients do you think Indians miss out on in their diet?
We focus a lot on grains. On our plates, the portion of grains is way more than proteins, vegetables and other nutrients. Take for example, a common sight of a mound of rice on plates with little dal, little dahi and little sabzi. There should be more of that and less of grains.
What is your idea of a healthy breakfast?
A healthy breakfast should ideally comprise of something that gives you the energy to keep you active throughout the day. It should not be too heavy so as to make you sluggish. I don't recommend taking a lot of grains but if you have to, then go for the wholesome variety, like oats, quinoa, poha, upma. These should be taken in small quantities though.
To keep it light yet substantial, one can also go for a glass of milk or yoghurt with granola.
I eat a bowl of mixed fruits, to begin with. Then I have a couple of poached eggs or omelette. Along with that I have sauteed spinach and mushrooms and lovely black coffee.
The first thing you eat/drink when you wake up?
When I wake up I drink about a bottle of water and a cup of black coffee.
Your favourite nutritious meal to cook for your family?
My son loves the roast chicken that I make and my husband loves Thai food. For my mother-in-law, I like to make my version of her Rajasthani food.
Three ingredients you can't do without in the kitchen?
All my herbs, as I just can't do without fresh herbs. I need parsley, thyme, rosemary, basil. Also, good quality cheese and great quality chocolate.
Any nutrition advice to people who are trying to lose weight?
I have followed two mantras to keep fit. Firstly, I really don't eat a very heavy meal at night but keep it light like some grilled fish, chicken, soup, tofu, salad or sauted greens. Secondly, I try to eat around 8pm.
Pomegranate and spinach are great. I also find millet, nachni (ragi), rajgiri (amaranth) as superfoods.
I am very careful about the way I conduct myself. I don't binge beyond a certain point. I have cheat days though, but instead of eating six motichoor ladoos, I'll have one.
* Beat the egg with an egg-beater till frothy, say about three minutes.
* Add in the milk and grated beetroot and beat for another two mins.
* Sieve together the flour, ground almonds, salt and baking powder (optional but better if you want lighter pancakes). Mix it with the egg mixture. Fold in the banana, beetroot and chocolate chips, fold in the melted butter in the end.
* Let it till cook till it starts to dry out on the edges, flip over and cook for another minute on the other side. Serve with fresh cream, honey or mascarpone cream.
* Beat everything together with an egg beater till you get soft peaks and serve.
* Add some chopped pineapple in a pan and let it cook until the moisture has dried out.
* Add khoya to it and mix it well.
* Add some pistachio powder and sugar to the pan and cook the mixture well.
* Add some cardamom powder to enhance the taste.
* Keep stirring it until it thickens.
* Turn off the gas and transfer the mixture into a glass dish. Flatten it and let it cool.
* After the mixture has been cooled, place the glass dish in the refrigerator for about 30-35 minutes to set.
* Once the mixture is set, place the katli on a chopping board and cut nice shapes with the help of a cookie cutter.
* Garnish with some silver varakh and rose petals.


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Book 7 [The No Context Project]
A couple months ago, while writing about Suzanne Jill Levine and Jessica Powell's translation of Silvina Ocampo's The Promise, I came up with a sort of crazy scheme:
But this gave me a grand idea: What if I could review twenty books from twenty publishers in as blind as a fashion as possible? I wouldn't know the title, author, translator, or publisher for any of these. All the books would be so far out in the future that I wouldn't have seen trade reviews or overheard anyone talking about these books at Winter Institute. I would have these all sent to my Kindle with titles like "Book 1," "Book 2," "Book 3," and all put into the standardized Kindle font and layout so that my opinion couldn't be impacted by the font choice or other design advantages.
Each week or so, I'll review one of these books, writing about it in more detail than I usually do, since I'll be trying to figure out what I like, if I think it works, etc., and assigning it a score between 5 and 20 in four categories: Style, Translation, Structure, Cultural Value. Adding those together, each book will receive a score between 20 and 80. (Which, coincidentally, is the same scale that scouts use when evaluating baseball prospects. Coincidentally.) And I'll try and guess who the publisher is. And the language it's translated from.
So, over the past couple months, Anthony has received at least 10 books from publishers. He uploaded them all onto my Kindle with titles "Book 2 (220)" with the number in parentheses indicating the total number of pages. Which I asked for just so I had a sense of how to schedule my time to get these posts up on a regular basis. (Although, wouldn't it be funny if Anthony just made all these up? So that I wouldn't even know that about the book. I would have to decide whether a book is a slog or not even fewer points of reference . . . )
Anyway, I finally finished one of these context-less titles and am ready to get this project underway. First up: "Book 7 (37)."
Going into this, I knew that reading books with no context clues—not knowing the author, translator, language, or even publisher—was going to be strange. Not having any jacket copy seemed less significant, although even when I'm reading submissions, or editing our books, there's some sort of synopsis available.
It didn't occur to me beforehand that I wouldn't even know if this book was fiction or nonfiction, short stories or a novel. I think this book was three short stories, although the fact that the MS was only 37 pages (or 842 locations on the Kindle) made me wonder if this was even the complete book. It's not impossible that this is just a fragment, and if I had read the whole book, it would become clear that this was a novel. I doubt it, but who knows?
That really makes me feel like one of my students . . . I've received no fewer than a half-dozen readers reports that start with something like, "in this novel of short stories," or that complain about how "the novel is hard to follow because each story has different characters." I once asked a class if anyone had ever even read a book of short stories and someone said, "do you mean fiction or nonfiction?"
Realizing 33% of the way through the file that this probably wasn't a novel highlighted just how much fundamental information I was missing . . .
The first story, "Kollwitz Strasse" starts out straightforward enough, with the narrator watching a child walking, in a strange way, down the street with his mother, wearing shoes that blink. This reminds the narrator (him?) of a dystopian novel that he read involving child robots. As his reverie about how best to educate the child robot to be more human, I got my first clue as to where this book is set—and probably what language it was written in.
The mother and child in front of me started walking again, so I followed at the same pace. I saw a logo tag, small yet visible from a distance, sewn into the hood of the child's white down jacket, for a company that once specialized in mountaineering gear for alpine climbers but was now known for its top-of-the-line children's clothing. The jacket must have cost several hundred euros. In this area, there were people who thought nothing of shelling out a couple of thousand, or even five thousand euros to get their child ready for winter.
Euros. Then:
I had read in the newspaper about young couples who, having inherited sizable fortunes, were moving from southern Germany to raise their children in this district of Berlin.
There we go. And that's just about where shit starts to get weird . . .
All three stories follow a similar pattern: An unidentified narrator is walking to some particular place (a café that he thought was closed with a portrait of Mayakovsky hanging on the wall, a special park with a statue honoring Russia's involvement in reclaiming Berlin from the Nazis) and then everything goes sideways, turning unreal. A ghost-child forces the narrator to buy her candies and various other things. The Mayakovsky portrait talks to the narrator about how he's been waiting for the woman he's having an affair with for hours, then he, the portrait, leaves the café and finds Lilya and Osip together. And in the third story the narrator is transported into some sort of German-Russian-Japanese city where the monument he went to see turns epic and strange, with cartoonish drawings (that are sometimes in motion) carved around its base.
I won't at all be surprised if the jacket copy—or a reviewer—refers to this collection as "Kafakesque," but it reminds me a bit more of Can Xue, maybe Yoko Tawada?
From the third story:
At the blacksmith's there was a basket overflowing with Suma-phones and Ai-phones which the blacksmith was tossing, one after another, into the fire. They had all been confiscated from ordinary citizens. These devices were now prohibited, so that they wouldn't feed the people misinformation. But the blacksmith didn't leave them to burn; after a while he took them out again, put them on his anvil, and pounded them flat. Then a dragonfly wearing welding glasses placed the flattened phones on a tray and flew them to a factory far to the back, where they were apparently used to make metal helmets. These were not ordinary helmets, though. Once they were on, they attached themselves firmly to the human skull, and could never be removed.
To be completely honest, this is one of the paragraphs where I rolled my eyes and looked to see how close I was to being finished with this book. (Only 9% more to go!) This is not my favorite style of writing. It works for me when it's not just "weird" in a silly way (a dragonfly wearing welding glasses), but is either funny, like with Robert Walser, or is a more experiential-based reading process, in which the stories beg you to puzzle out their logic, like with Can Xue's Vertical Motion.
Not that I mean to compare the two, but the woman I'm with now never reaches out any further than she has to. While carefully guarding her own territory, keeping it under control, she's never curious enough to invade anyone else's.
The plainness of the writing here—that's almost without narrative voice, and a bit wooden in its flat progressions and lack of rhythm—was a bit tiresome to me. Although there is a bit of musicality in that blacksmith paragraph above with all the "b" and "p" sounds ("the blacksmith didn't leave them to burn," "put them on his anvil, and pounded them flat") and alliteration ("wearing welding glasses").
If the narrator's point of view was more well-defined in its wackiness, I might have felt like investing more in the strange images that come up. As is, I found it to be rather plodding.
Style Score: 12 out of 20
I would really like to talk to the translation about how they envision the narrator sounding. Right now, this translation feels a bit too stiff, lacking in a clear interpretation of how it's supposed to sound. It has hints of playfulness, but the language is often so rigid that these get drowned out, or come off sounding kind of awkward.
From the first story, when the ghost-child is trying to get the narrator to buy them things.
"Negro's kisses."
That had definitely been the name of a cheap sweet a long time ago, but I remembered that the name had been changed because "Negro" was now a racist word. Egg whites whipped into a cream ball about the size of a child's fist, covered with a thin layer of chocolate. Unable to remember the new name, I said, "Negro is a word you use when you're looking down on someone with black skin, so why don't we just stop using it, okay?" It was no use telling this sort of thing to a child who was already dead, but with a child standing in front of me, I always want to explain about words.
"Why would you want somebody you look down on to kiss you?" he asked—truly an impressive comeback.
On the Two Month Review podcast, Brian often brings up the idea of concision, of lean, efficient writing. Not that everyone should write like Raymond Carver or Hemingway, but that whatever your style is, it should be energetic, rather than murky.
Depending on what type of voice the translator is working toward—a windbag who over-explains everything, or a dispassionate observer recounting strange shit—this could be tightened in a few different ways. The first two sentences could be combined, either to be shorter ("This had been the name of a cheap chocolate cream ball that changed its name when "Negro" became a racist word.") or more digressive ("That was definitely the former name of those cheap sweets, the ones made of whipped egg whites, large as a child's fist, covered with a thin layer of milk chocolate. But that wasn't the name anymore, it had to be changed when "Negro" became a racist word.").
I'm not saying that this translation isn't accurate, or isn't good, just that if I were providing feedback—as an editor or in a workshop—I would ask a lot of questions about how the translator was interpreting the voices of the narrators. Actually, is it even "narrators"? Are these all supposed to be told by the same person? (This is when jacket copy would really help.) Having a better sense of how the translator has interpreted the narrator's worldview, or way of being, would be really helpful in making this translation sing a bit more.
Translation Score: 13 out of 20
This category will be much more useful when writing about a novel, but whatever. I read these three stories over a two-week period, which is definitely not helpful in evaluating textual patterns. As I mentioned above, each story does start with a journey of sorts (to meet someone for dinner, to go to a café, to visit a park) and they seem to move eastward with each iteration. The first feels like East Berlin, the second has a lot of Russian tinges, and the third ends in Japan.
I think I could talk myself into a sort of interpretation that each of these stories is following the same core river-like structure—eastward movement that kicks off a surreal journey though cities, relationships, and history—that's repeated three times, creating an overall cyclical movement. One that moves from the personal (the narrator who meets the child ghost) to the more societal (the depiction of the city with the blacksmith mentioned above).
This is a digression, or caveat, or both, but I'm still learning how to read on the Kindle. I know how to bookmark things, add notes, and highlight passages; I don't know how to use these three in separate, meaningful ways, nor have I figured out the best way to use these to riffle through the book in a way that I could tease out different readings and interpretations.
I'm also terrified that I'm going to sound like a total idiot when I look back at this post in light of some well-thought out, well-researched book review about how "Book 7 (37)" is a modern classic. I have nothing to go on here, except for my rather non-immersive reading experience spread out over too long a time. This book just didn't stick for me, and I don't know if that's because I suck at reading, at memory, at knowing how to Kindle, or, if that's just a really nasty side-effect of reading books with no context. I don't know if this is supposed to be good.
To be fair though, thinking back on this book and the few details I remember, I'm satisfied with my belief that the book's structure is better than it's style or translation.
Structure Score: 16 out of 20
Following up on that last point, I'm trying to think of what sort of reading I would push in the press release for this book. What aspects of the book that, if we emphasize them in the right way, will persuade readers that this book is important or relevant or a unique literary voice? Putting a particular—and positive—read in the minds of people looking at this will be a huge help. (This is so much harder without knowing any backstory to the author or the book itself.)
Up above, I referred to the narrator in at least one story as a "he," but to be honest, I'm not sure if there are any definitive gender markers in these stories. The narrator mentions a woman that they're with, but the point of view doesn't necessarily identify the voice as being either strongly male or strongly female. I really like that. Ambiguity is a strong element in this book. And that's cool.
There's also something to the exploration of relationships in these stories. The narrator to the child. Mayakovsky and Osip and Lilya. The history of a region. (Or dynamics of its social structure?) I think you could build a press release out of this that would appeal to some of the New Directions crowd. Overall though, this didn't seem particularly socially relevant to me (without knowing anything of the author), and given my reservations about the voice, I don't suspect this book will be read as a "fable for our times" or anything like that. And I'm not convinced that it's actually a heavy-hitting important book that will bring a lot of attention and respect to the publisher.
Cultural Value Score: 10 out of 20
Grand Total: 51 out of 80
So "Book 7 (37)" received a 51, or a 80%, or what exactly? Is that good? Bad? Without any prior baseline, I have no idea. One truly is the smallest of samples. I wonder how many books it will take for this scoring method to really stabilize and make sense in the way that 5-stars or 10/10 do. Or, to be more specific, the way a 60FV does in baseball scouting. I could see it taking 8 books to really firm up. And could see it taking 3, after which every assigned value is relative to that first set of titles. Anyway . . .
Now for the fun part, where I get to be objectively wrong instead of being an imperceptive reader.
Writer's Gender
Early on, I was convinced this was written by a man, solely based on how it described an interaction between a mother and her child. But as I've been writing this, I've become half-paranoid that this is a new Yoko Tawada book. There's something similar in voice and cadence in Memoirs of a Polar Bear. This is just a random paragraph near the opening of the book:
Since returning from Kiev, I'd done nothing but sit in my room in Moscow, scratching away at my text without respite. My head bent over the letter paper I'd taken from the hotel without asking. I kept painting over the same period of my childhood again and again. I couldn't seem to get beyond it.
And the idea of moving from Germany to Japan tracks with Yoko Tawada, who was born in Japan but moved to Germany and writes in both languages. And although these stories don't appear to be narrated by animals like in Memoirs, there is something related in the disaffected voice, which I think can also be found in The Emissary.
That said, I'm sticking with my gut and first instincts: This was written by a man.
All signs point to Germany. (Or maybe Germany & Japan?) Although it also feels very Russian at a number of points. But I've gotta go with the obvious: Translated from the Germany and written by an East German writer.
This is really hard to do . . . especially since I have no idea which of the 20+ editors I emailed sent stuff in.
Early on, I had the feeling this was a NYRB Classic. There's a seriousness to the prose that fits with their list. And the representation of Russian and German books on their list matches up. But, if I'm working under the assumption that this is the whole book, I don't think NYRB would do it. It would need a hell of an introduction to make this read like a fully formed collection and not just three promising stories.
New Directions was a second thought because of Yoko Tawada. But even if this were just the first three stories of her forthcoming collection, I feel like Tawada is a more interesting writer than this. Her prose—whether translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky or the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani—is much tighter and more propulsive. And although I could envision ND doing this, I don't think it's them.
Who else would do a slim book like this? Two Lines? Maybe . . . They do do those short Wolfgang Hilbig and João Gilberto Noll books, and although "Book 7 (37)" seems to match the aesthetic of an earlier period in Two Lines history, I could see this fitting. Two Lines it is!
I don't know how long it will take for me to read all of these titles and write them up, but my goal is to finish in January. If you know what book I'm writing about, don't tell me. I want to be surprised at the end. But feel free to make fun of me for being so far off base, and/or because I just wrote an entire post about a book virtually none of you can read and that I can't even encourage you to buy.
Tags: book 7, no context project
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One of the final writing projects of research leave is to put to bed a book chapter on angels and popular culture that I've been working on in fits and starts. I've tried a few ideas out as conference papers (Greenflame: All about angels this fortnight), as well as in the classroom and church contexts, but have been looking for a unifying theme to wrap this essay around.
The basic idea I've been batting around is that there has been a shift from viewing angels as predominantly good, if often naive, characters in popular culture, through to angels as manifesting the full range of human strengths and frailties, which is manifested in manipulation, selfishness, and overt grasping for power. Angels have fallen, while demons are in search of redemption. In fact, that's the premise of this collection of short stories – The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons (edited by Paula Guran) – that I've been working my way through slowly.
One theme I will be picking up is popular culture where human beings are possessed by angels. The film Legion (2010) and its spin-off TV show Dominion (2014-15) plays with this idea, and sets its 'lore' on this out at the Dominion: Revelations website. So too, does the TV show, Supernatural (2005-current), though it requires people to 'opt-in' to angelic possession, rather than being forcibly possessed. The film, Fallen (1998), also plays with this trope.
I'm also interested in how biblical (and extra-biblical) material about angels is represented in these kinds of popular culture, as well as how popular culture shapes the religious imagination about the angelic and demonic. The satirical Babylon Bee article "Report: 97% Of Evangelicals' Demonology Now Based On CW Show 'Supernatural'" may have more than a ring of truth to it.
And yes, I know there are a bunch of other popular culture sources to mine – from DC Comics/Vertigo's Sandman, Lucifer, Spectre, Zauriel and Constantine (and their TV and film incarnations) through to Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, Top Cow's comic book material such as Witchblade, Magdalena, the Darkness and the Angelus, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials series, and all the work produced by Thomas E. Sniegoski. Some of these get a look-in in the essay, while others will have to wait for the next article or chapter.


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If you ever find yourself in West London and in need of a pint, take a little wander down Putney Bridge Road to The Hop Pole, where Colm & Tara run a very welcoming establishment. I'd say it was pretty quiet on their wedding day, as there was a big delegation of locals from the pub over in Ballygar for the weekend.
Denise from the Radisson had arranged for Tara & Colm to arrive at the hotel in stlye by boat, which was a new one to me. We had a tight deadline to make sailing time, so we had a brisk drive from Athleague where we'd stopped to take a few pictures. The two chauffeurs must have a history of either track racing or driving getaway cars, based on our journey down. They certainly enjoyed the two 5-Series BMWs. Colm's brother Sean is a member of the Garda Traffic Corps - he was in the car behind me, and I suspect he may have noted a few names & numbers.
After docking, everyone got to relax on the patio garden overlooking the Shannon in the glorious evening sunshine before dinner. From my experience, they're pretty strict on closing time in London Pubs, but I suspect the resident's bar in the Radisson got a right old rattle into the early hours.


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Minister Asks Officials To Hasten Yadadri Temple Works
Telangana minister V Prashanth Reddy today instructed the R&B department officials to expedite the completion of the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha temple in Yadadri.
Hyderabad | 3rd January 2021
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Telangana Roads and Buildings Minister V Prashanth Reddy today directed the concerned officials to expedite the completion of the works of the Sri Lakshmi Narasimha temple in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district.
The minister held a review meeting with the officials of the R&B department to discuss the progress of the construction works, and enquired about the status of the main temple complex, the presidential suite, the 13 proposed VVIP villas, the Pushkarini and the Kalyana Katta.
"Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is keen to turn Yadadri into a world class pilgrimage centre. You should be guided by the CM's vision for the temple, and develop it as a global spiritual destination," Reddy told the officials.
He instructed them to complete the work on the presidential suits and the 13 VVIP suites by end of the month, and to start developing the area in the vicinity of the temple keeping in mind the needs of the devotees.
"The construction of the Pushkarini and the Kalyana Katta should also be wrapped up at the earliest for the convenience of the pilgrims. And the surroundings of the temple complex must be developed as a verdant green belt, and must reflect the spirituality of the temple itself," he added.
The minister also issued instructions to Yadadri Bhuvanagiri Collector Anita Ramachandran to complete the land acquisition for the construction of the ring road leading to the temple, within a month.
Engineers-in-Chief Ganapathi Reddy and Vasant Naik, and Vasthu expert Sudhakar Teja were among the other officials who participated in the meeting.
As the works on the main complex of the Yadadri temple near completion, the state government has also initiated the process of setting up bus stations and depots in the district to enable devotees from different parts of Telangana to travel to the temple easily. Last month, Prashanth Reddy and Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar inspected the site proposed for construction of a bus terminal at Gandhi Cheruvu and the site for a proposed bus depot at Saidapur.
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TUCKER AND DALE FINALLY ALLOWED TO FIGHT EVIL
It's rare that a film languishes unreleased after you hear nothing but raves when it premieres at one of the biggest film fests in the world, but that's exactly what happened with Tucker & Dale Vs Evil last year at Sundance. Garnering almost universal praise from critics (including none other than our long-lost Mr. Faraci), it looked like we would soon be in for a funny, splattery horror flick.
But it took this long for Magnet Releasing to come to its senses, as they've just announced that they've picked it up and plan to release Tucker & Dale Vs Evil in its "Ultra VOD program" on all VOD platforms nationwide on August 26th, prior to a theatrical release on September 30th.
TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL is a hilariously gory, good-spirited horror comedy, doing for killer rednecks what Shaun of the Dead did for zombies. Tucker and Dale are two best friends on vacation at their dilapidated mountain house, who are mistaken for murderous backwoods hillbillies by a group of obnoxious, preppy college kids. When one of the students gets separated from her friends, the boys try to lend a hand, but as the misunderstanding grows, so does the body count. TUCKER AND DALE VS EVIL has been a hit on the festival circuit, debuting at Sundance, and winning the Midnight Audience Award at SXSW, the Jury Prize for First Feature at Fantasia, the Best Director award at Fantaspoa, and the Best Motion Picture Award at Sitges.
Director Eli Craig seems happy in a press release, and alludes to a possible sequel- "Tucker & Dale's epic battle against evil has finally come to an end, and though they are exhausted and covered in blood, they have emerged victorious!" said Craig. "I couldn't be more proud than to be invited into the Magnet family of crazy-awesome films and I look forward to someday breathing life into these wonderful characters again."
Can I just reiterate how great Magnet has been for genre fans? I know a lot of people aren't fans of their limited theatrical releases but they're getting some of these films into theaters at all is astonishing. I'm hoping they keep a keen eye on this year's NYAFF…
For more on the film check out their official site.


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Google's Larry Page is the best CEO in America
Managers the world over may boast of being the "World's Best Boss" on cheesy mugs and desktop gag pieces, but in the case of Google's Larry Page or Nike's Mark Parker, the claim wouldn't be hyperbole.
That's according to a recent report from online jobs forum Glassdoor, which ranks the top fifty CEOs based entirely on what employees think of the job they are doing. The website calculated the list using an algorithm that pulls feedback aimed at a company's top boss from the site's thousands of employee reviews.
Page and Parker both clocked in at a 97% approval rating to top the list. That's a big jump for Page from last year, when he occupied the number 11 spot with a 93% score, and an even a bigger one for Parker, who didn't crack the top 50.
"You'll see Larry and Sergey at TGIF and you'll admire how they lead the company. They are brilliant, goofy, low key but intense, and likeable," one unnamed Google employee wrote on the jobs website.
Meanwhile, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, who took the crown last year, fell to number 12 with a 7% drop in his previously spotless approval rating.
T-Mobile's outspoken CEO John Legere made a grand entrance to the list, taking the number 14 spot for his first time on the board. Other newcomers include Chevron's John Watson at number 16 and Airbnb's Brian Cheskey at 48.
Maybe because of all the famously extravagant office perks, tech CEOs were some of the most well-liked of the bunch, grabbing up 15 of the 50 top spots. The retail industry also boasted a strong showing with seven execs on the board.
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