DMRC Recruitment 2018 – Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited released DMRC Notifications 2018 on 27.01.2018. DMRC Delhi inviting online applications for 1,984 Junior Engineer, Asst Manager, Office Assistant, various vacancies. The Corporation filling 1984 DMRC Vacancy on Contract & Regular basis. So, the interested candidates can check Delhi Metro Recruitment Notification completely. Apply Online for DMRC Careers @ www.delhimetrorail.com from 27th January 2018. The deadline to fill and submit the DMRC Online Application & fee payment is 26th February (12th March 2018). Hurry up and complete the Application process for DMRC Vacancy as early as possible.
Maintainer Computer Based Test DMRC Results announced on 24/09/2018. Check List of candidates selected for the Medical Test.
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Here is a interesting news for the candidates who are looking for the Railway Jobs 2018-19. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited filling its huge number of vacant positions with the 1984 young and dynamic candidates. So, the aspirants who dream of DMRC Careers can read this complete article for the DMRC Recruitment 2018 full info. The vacancy in Delhi Metro Rail includes Junior Engineer, Assistant Manager, Office Assistant, Store Assistant, Stenographer, etc.
All interested contenders can look beyond the Delhi Metro Recruitment 2018-19 details. The DMRC Notification released on 27th January 2018 and DMRC Online Application link also open from the same date. Eligible candidates can apply Online for DMRC Career @ www.delhimetrorail.com The last date to apply for the Jobs in Delhi Metro is 26th February 2018, 11:59 PM. Therefore, read further more info @ Metro Delhi DMRC Official Notification PDFs DMRC / OM / HR /I/ 2018 & DMRC / OM / HR /II/ 2018.
Name of Corporation Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC).
Advt No DMRC / OM / HR /I/ 2018 & DMRC / OM / HR /II/ 2018.
Advertisement Issued Date 27th January 2018.
Name of Posts Asstt. Manager, Jr Engineer, Legal Assistant, Maintainer, etc.
Download Admit Card 26.03.2018 onwards.
Delhi Metro Result Date August & September 2018 (RELEASED).
Jobs Category Metro Rail Jobs.
Type of Jobs Both (Regular & Contract Based).
Category wise Jobs in Delhi Metro Rail will be given here in detail. So, the candidates who are getting confused in DMRC Vacancy info can refer the below tables for clear idea. The information about the 1984 Delhi Metro Jobs with Post Codes & Jobs Category referred from the Official DMRC Recruitment Notification 2018.
A brief info on DMRC Recruitment Eligibility criteria given below. Candidates suggested referring the corresponding Delhi Metro Notification PDF for the complete details. Check out Educational Qualification and Age Limits required to apply for the DMRC Jobs.
Junior Engineer – Candidate should have 3 years of Engineering Diploma in relevant from a recognized University.
Fire Inspector – B.Sc 3 years course with One Year Fire safety course from any recognized university is eligible.
Assistant Manager – GATE 2017 Qualified candidates are eligible and it depends on the post you are applying.
To apply for the Delhi Metro Corporation Recruitment 2018, applicants should meet the above age limits as on 01.01.2018. Age relaxation also applicable as per Government Rules. So, refer DMRC Notification for complete age details.
Check the Delhi Metro Job complete details like Application fee, Selection process and Salary details here. DMRC Recruitment Notifications PDF are enclosed below.
Refer Delhi Metro Notification PDF for each post salary details.
UR & OBC – Rs. 500/-.
SC/ ST/ PWD & Women – Rs. 250/-.
Applicants should pay the Non-Refundable DMRC Application Fee depending on the applicant's category. Application fee mentioned above is exclusive of Bank Charges. In case the candidate wants to apply for more than one DMRC Job, then he/ she should pay the separate fee for each.
Computer Based Test (CBT – Paper I & II).
The selection process of DMRC Vacancy may vary based on the posts you are applying. So, carefully check the Post wise DMRC Recruitment Selection process either here or in the Delhi Metro Notification.
Delhi Metro Rail inviting applications to fill approximately 1000+ DMRC Maintainer Vacancy through this Latest Employment Notification. So, candidates who are having more doubts about Delhi Metro Maintainer can find individual links below.
645 Vacancies announced in DMRC 2018 Recruitment for Junior Engineer positions. So, eligible graduates can find the details such as Contract, Department, etc., For more info, check below table.
How to apply Online for DMRC Jobs @ DMRC Official Website?
Click on the "DMRC Career" link.
There, select the post to which you want to apply with the respective Post Code.
Complete the DMRC Registration process with the help of the Active Email ID and Phone Number.
Upon successful completion of Delhi Metro Online Registration, you will get a Unique Application Sequence Number and Password.
By logging in to your profile, fill the application form.
Upload the required set of scanned documents in prescribed formats and sizes.
Attach the DMRC Application fee receipt.
Submit the DMRC Online Application form after crosschecking details.
Finally, take a printout of the submitted Delhi Metro Job Application form for the reference in future.
For more information on Latest Jobs in Indian Railways, applicants should refer DMRC Notification 2018. Download DMRC / OM / HR /I/ 2018 & DMRC / OM / HR /II/ 2018 PDFs DMRC Recruitment for detailed information of Delhi Metro Vacancy. Get the Delhi Metro Rail Recruitment 2018 details and DMRC News here on RRB Recruitment page.
Sir me JATAN SHAKYA ,MECHANICAL AUTO.Diploma aur Bsc ki h .Me roken operator me job karana chahata hu.
Sir i am Manisha dahiya . Iam completed graduate.
Sir, I am B.tech graduate. I want to work as a Junior Engineer (JE) and also have an interest to work as a Maintainer for DMRC . Sir, plz update me all the notifications regarding my area of interest.
Sir maneter results kab aayga. …..bro. aap be batha dena..
sir i'm graduate in delhi university and sanitary inspector diploma in malaria sanitation dept. can i apply the job in delhi metro.
Sir I am Sunny sharma I am 12th passed with science sir I have a knowledge of basics computer can I apply dmrc job roman counter please sir me delhi metro me job karna cahata hu.
I am Balgovind and I have completed 12th with Art's. I want to apply to DMRC job, I have knowledge of M.S. Office. How shall I apply for token operator?
Please lead to me to this..


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State/Prov.: MN Occupation: Scientist Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 3 Age of Child/Children: 8, 6, 1 What have you been doing for the past two decades?: Raising children, scientific research, travelling, wondering when I will get taller and wondering when I will make it back to Terre Haute!
Birthday: May 09, 1971 State/Prov.: IN Country: US Occupation: Own my own Car Dealership Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 Age of Child/Children: 16 and 15 What have you been doing for the past two decades?: Partying of course!!! What else would you expect from me. I work at my car lot quite a bit. My 2 boys are both very good at sports so I spend a lot of time at baseball fields and basketball courts. I play the occasional round of golf and just enjoy life everyday.
Birthday: May 28, 1971 State/Prov.: IL Country: US Occupation: Manager - Export Logistics Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 Age of Child/Children: 5, 8 What have you been doing for the past two decades?: Chasing the kids, playing baseball, coaching kids baseball, camping, traveling, working @ Nalco (now) after Dow Chemical (then). In the past two decades, I've lost track of nearly all of you. Hoping someone will relay some of the great stories I am sure will be shared, because I will unfortunately miss the party. Somebody video tape Paul doing his Mrs. Long and Mr. LaGrange impressions!
Birthday: December 12, 1970 State/Prov.: Alabama Occupation: Assistant Professor of Economics Website: cba.ua.edu/~rreed Marital Status: Single What have you been doing for the past two decades?: I received my Ph.D. in 1998 from Penn State University. I work on problems in macroeconomic theory and monetary economics. I have taught at Iowa State University, University of Kentucky, and the University of Alabama. I have also been a visiting scholar at different institutes in Europe and the United States.
Birthday: October 06, 1970 State/Prov.: IN Country: US Occupation: Registered Nurse Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 Age of Child/Children: Twin boys-7 years old What have you been doing for the past two decades?: I have been working as a Registered Nurse for the last 14 years. My husband and I have been married for 13 years and we have twin seven year old boys. The boys keep us very busy with all of their sports and school activities. We enjoy camping, boating, vacations and about any outdoor activity.
Birthday: November 12, 1970 State/Prov.: IN Country: US Occupation: n/a Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 3 Age of Child/Children: 18,16 What have you been doing for the past two decades?: im married i have 3 great kids and i am an assistant to the pastor in my church ive played santa clause for the kids at my church and in the hospitals between indy and terre haute which i enjoy very much and i help my youngest daughter in the ben davis color and winter guard which i never thought i would picture myself doing.
Birthday: July 25, 1971 State/Prov.: IN Country: USA Occupation: Attorney Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 4 Age of Child/Children: 8, 6, 3 (all boys) and a daughter (2 months old)! What have you been doing for the past two decades?: Went to Bloomington, IN for undergraduate studies at IU. Received my degree in Political Science and Criminal Justice in 1993. I took a few years off working in the criminal justice system before going to Law School. Graduated Law School from Bloomington in 1999 and have been a deputy prosecutor ever since. Married in 1999. Moved back to Terre Haute to work at the Vigo County Prosecutor's Office in 2000.
Birthday: June 05, 1971 State/Prov.: GA Country: US Occupation: ILM Project Manager Website: www.gexpro.com Marital Status: Married No. of Children: 2 Age of Child/Children: 13 and 5 What have you been doing for the past two decades?: The family and I lived in Louisville, KY from 1995 to 2001 where Michelle and I enjoyed great careers. I found a new opportunity with GE that moved us to Atlanta, GA. While jobs have changed for both of us through the 8 years here, we still live in Atlanta and love it. Michelle and I have two fantastic boys; Billy (13) and Sammy (5). We are truly living the dream! The "Now" picture is a recent snowboarding trip the family took.


We are having a baby! Not together, obviously, Ant is expecting with his wife and I with my husband. We're all thrilled and excited and also a little nervous! We told our three-year-old that he was going to be a big brother and he can't be wait, although truth be told he has asked on more than one occasion if, rather than a brother or a sister, he could have a dinosaur.
I know lots of people relish being pregnant and enjoy every second. I am not one of those people. I am hugely grateful for the ability to be pregnant and to carry a child but truth be told, pregnancy and my body don't really get on particularly well.
When I was pregnant with our now three-year-old, Arthur, I had gestational high blood pressure and gestational diabetes and, after multiple hospital stays, I had to be induced as my blood pressure couldn't be controlled. Afterwards I had to stay in hospital for a week as I really wasn't physically very well. Mentally, I was all over the place.
A year before we had Arthur, we lost our first little boy when I was five months pregnant. It turns out he had something called Patau Syndrome, so we had a lot of extra scans and, during one of them, we were told that his heart wasn't beating anymore.
To this day, giving birth to our sleeping baby is the hardest thing we've been through and something I wouldn't wish upon anyone. Whilst pregnant with Arthur, even though I knew he was healthy, I constantly feared the worst. I counted down the days to him being born, convinced that all of my worries and anxieties would disappear when I was able to hold him in my arms but they didn't.
I'd had friends tell me about this sudden rush of love they felt when they held their child for the first time and I fully expected to feel the same, only I didn't. I struggled to bond with Arthur initially. I remember coming out of hospital and asking my husband if he could only rescue one of us from the path of a bus who would he rescue and I was devastated when he said Arthur. Partly because I didn't feel I would put my life on the line for my baby and partly because I hated that I was no longer my husband's priority.
Having these thoughts made me feel like the most awful mother and I felt extremely guilty. I saw a psychologist and we talked a lot and she had me carry out a variety of tasks - it wasn't instant but gradually we bonded and I felt that love and I realised I would do anything to protect him. It was such a relief and I expected that to be the end of my anxieties. Instead, all that happened was that my anxieties shifted and I became completely paranoid that something terrible was going to happen to Arthur and that I wouldn't be able to protect him. I remember going to see relatives at Christmas and stopping at a service station. We went into the Starbucks and I felt myself panic if there was a terrorist attack there wasn't anywhere I could easily get to or any cupboards I could readily stash Arthur in, in the hope that he would go unnoticed and therefore survive. Needless to say I saw my psychologist for a year after that and slowly but surely I found my even ground.
I know I'm not alone in having had mental health problems as a new mum, or at having struggled to bond with my child but it's still a taboo subject and it shouldn't be. We shouldn't feel guilty for not being able to bond, instead we should feel proud for being able to hold our hands up, admit we're not well and seek help when we need it. Being pregnant again, I'm under St James' Hospital and the staff have been fantastic, from offering specialist mental health midwives to information on relaxation classes. I am absolutely going to take all of the help I can get.


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import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import org.dom4j.Element;
import org.dom4j.QName;

import com.alibaba.fastjson.JSONObject;
import com.justep.design.model.kql.QRelation;
import com.justep.ui.component.ComponentContext;
import com.justep.ui.component.ComponentTemplate;
import com.justep.ui.system.SystemComponentException;
import com.justep.ui.system.UISystemMessages;
import com.justep.ui.system.component.data.DataUtils;
import com.justep.ui2.system.component.data.BaseDataDef;
import com.justep.ui2.system.component.data.BaseDataUtils;
import com.justep.ui2.system.component.data.DataDef;

public class Data implements ComponentTemplate {
	public static final String DATA_URL = "$UI/system/components/justep/data/data";
	protected Element eDataDef;
	protected Map<String, Object> context;
	protected BaseDataDef dataDef;
	protected String xid;

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public void execute(Element bound, Map<String, String> dataItems, Map<String, Object> props, Map<String, String> events,
			Map<String, Object> context) {
		bound.addAttribute(new QName("__delete_node__"), "true");

		this.eDataDef = bound;
		this.xid = eDataDef.attributeValue("xid");
		this.context = context;

		createDataDef();
		List<String> init = (List<String>) context.get(ComponentContext.INIT);
		String js = processData();
		init.add(js);

		this.context.put("data." + xid, dataDef);
	}

	protected void createDataDef() {
		try {
			this.dataDef = new DataDef(eDataDef, context);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			throw SystemComponentException.create(e, UISystemMessages.XBL_DATA_DEFINE_ERROR, xid, e.getMessage());
		}
	}

	protected String getURl() {
		return DATA_URL;
	}

	protected String getDataClassName() {
		return "__Data__";
	}

	protected String processData() {
		JSONObject cfg = processDataConfig();
		String require = "";
		String DataUrl = getURl();
		if(!this.context.containsKey(DataUrl)){
			this.context.put(DataUrl, DataUrl);
			require = "var "+getDataClassName()+" = require(\""+DataUrl+"\");";
		}
		return require + "new "+getDataClassName()+"(this," + cfg.toJSONString() + ");";
	}

	/**
	 * 进行定义信息处理
	 * definition格式:
	 * {'queryAction' : "**QueryAction",
	 *  'newAction' : "**CreateAction",
	 *  saveAction  : "**SaveAction",
	 *  dataModel : "...",
	 *  concept : "{'sa_org概念名' : 'p 概念别名',...}",
	 *  idColumn : "'列名,也就是列别名'",
	 *  limit : 20,
	 *  directDelete : true,
	 *  confirmDelete : false,
	 *  confirmDeleteText : "",
	 *  confirmRefresh : false,
	 *  confirmRefreshText : "",
	 *  offset : 0,
	 *  updateMode : "whereVersion",
	 *  orderBys : "{'relation':0,'relation':1}",
	 *  filters : "{'filterID':filter,...}",
	 *  defaultValues : "{'relation别名' : '默认值',...}",
	 *  defCols : "{'relation 别名':{'type 类型':'String','relation 名':'p.sName','label':'','define':'ksql中的define'}}",
	 *  defAggCols : {}
	 *  master : "{'id':'data id','relation':'relation name'}"
	 *  treeOption : "{'isDelayLoad':true,'parentRelation':'父子关联的relation','virtualRootLabel':'','rootFilter':'','nodeKindRelation':'','nodeLevelRelation':''}"
	 * }
	 */
	protected JSONObject processDataConfig() {
		JSONObject cfg = new JSONObject();
		cfg.put("xid", this.xid);
		cfg.put("readonly", getReadonlyDef());
		cfg.put("defCols", getColDef());

		cfg.put("idColumn", getIdColumn());
		cfg.put("limit", dataDef.getLimit());
		//cfg.put("offset", bizDataDef.getOffset());

		cfg.put("directDelete", dataDef.isDirectDelete());

		cfg.put("confirmDelete", dataDef.isDeleteConfirm());
		cfg.put("confirmDeleteText", dataDef.getDeleteConfirmText());
		cfg.put("confirmRefresh", dataDef.isRefreshConfirm());
		cfg.put("confirmRefreshText", dataDef.getRefreshConfirmText());

		cfg.put("orderBys", getOrderByDef());
		cfg.put("filters", getFiltersDef());
		cfg.put("master", getMasterDataDef());
		if (dataDef.isTree())
			cfg.put("treeOption", getTreeDef());
		cfg.put("defaultValues", getDefaultValueDef());
		cfg.put("autoLoad", dataDef.isAutoLoad());
		if (!dataDef.isAutoLoad())
			cfg.put("autoNew", dataDef.isAutoNew());
		cfg.put("events", dataDef.getEvents());
		cfg.put("initData", getInitData());

		return cfg;
	}

	protected Object getInitData(){
		Element eData = eDataDef.element("data");
		if(null!=eData){
			return eData.getTextTrim();
		}else return null;
	}

	protected String getIdColumn() {
		return eDataDef.attributeValue("idColumn");
	}

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	protected JSONObject getColDef() {
		JSONObject def = new JSONObject();
		List<Element> relations = eDataDef.elements("column");
		if (null != relations && !relations.isEmpty()) {
			for (Element relation : relations) {
				String colName = relation.attributeValue("name");
				String type = relation.attributeValue("type");
				String label = relation.attributeValue("label");

				JSONObject relationDef = new JSONObject();
				relationDef.put("type", type);
				relationDef.put("relation", colName);
				relationDef.put("define", colName);
				relationDef.put("label", label);
				relationDef.put("name", colName);
				relationDef.put("rules", getRuleDef(colName));
				def.put(colName, relationDef);
			}
		}

		return def;
	}

	protected Object getReadonlyDef() {
		return getReadonlyDef(null);
	}

	//有名空间问题,所以xpath使用下面方式
	protected Object getReadonlyDef(String relation) {
		if (null != relation && !"".equals(relation))
			relation = "*[local-name()='col' and @name='" + relation + "']/";
		else
			relation = "";
		Element eRule = (Element) eDataDef.selectSingleNode("./*[local-name()='rule']/" + relation
				+ "*[local-name()='readonly']/*[local-name()='expr']");
		if (null != eRule) {
			String v = eRule.getTextTrim();
			return "".equals(v) ? null : v;
		}
		return null;
	}

	protected Object getCalculateDef(String relation) {
		if (null != relation && !"".equals(relation))
			relation = "*[local-name()='col' and @name='" + relation + "']/";
		else
			relation = "";
		Element eClac = (Element) eDataDef.selectSingleNode("./*[local-name()='rule']/" + relation
				+ "*[local-name()='calculate']/*[local-name()='expr']");
		if (null != eClac) {
			String v = eClac.getTextTrim();
			return "".equals(v) ? null : v;
		}
		return null;
	}

	//获取有表达式一类的规则定义
	protected Object _getRuleExprDef(String relation, String ruleName) {
		if (null != relation && !"".equals(relation))
			relation = "*[local-name()='col' and @name='" + relation + "']/";
		else
			relation = "";
		Element eDef = (Element) eDataDef.selectSingleNode("./*[local-name()='rule']/" + relation + "*[local-name()='"+ruleName+"']");
		if (null != eDef) {
			Element eExpr = eDef.element(BaseDataDef.EXPR_QNAME);
			if (null != eExpr) {
				String v = eExpr.getTextTrim();
				if (!"".equals(v)) {
					JSONObject def = new JSONObject();
					JSONObject param = new JSONObject();
					def.put("params", param);
					param.put("expr", v);
					Element eMessage = eDef.element(BaseDataDef.MESSAGE_QNAME);
					if (null != eMessage) {
						String msg = eMessage.getTextTrim();
						if (!"".equals(msg)) {
							def.put("message", msg);
						}
					}
					return def;
				}
			}
		}
		return null;
	}

	/*
	xml:
	<constraint><expr></expr><message></message></constraint>
	js:
	constraint:{
		params:{
			expr : "js:$val.indexOf(val('fInteger'))>-1"
		},
	    message:'通用规则,必须包含fInteger'
	}
	*/
	protected Object getConstraintDef(String relation) {
		return _getRuleExprDef(relation, "constraint");
	}

	/*
	xml:
	<required><expr></expr><message></message></required>
	js:
	required:{
		params:{
			expr : "js:$val.indexOf(val('fInteger'))>-1"
		},
	    message:'通用规则,必须包含fInteger'
	}
	*/
	protected Object getRequiredDef(String relation) {
		return _getRuleExprDef(relation, "required");
	}

	protected void processRules(JSONObject def, String relation){
		List<Element> eRules = dataDef.getRuleDefList(relation);
		if (null != eRules) {
			for(Element eRule : eRules){
				String name = eRule.getName();
				//忽略处理required,calculate,readonly,constraint的规则
				if("required".equals(name) || "calculate".equals(name) || "readonly".equals(name) || "constraint".equals(name)) continue;
				JSONObject ruleDef = new JSONObject();
				Element ele = eRule.element(BaseDataDef.PARAM_QNAME);
				if(null!=ele){
					String v = ele.getTextTrim();
					if(!"".equals(v)){
						ruleDef.put("params", v);
						ele = eRule.element(BaseDataDef.MESSAGE_QNAME);
						if(null!=ele){
							String msg = ele.getTextTrim();
							ruleDef.put("message", msg);
						}
					}
				}
				def.put(name, ruleDef);
			}
		}
	}

	protected void processDataTypeRule(JSONObject def, String relation){
		String dataType = "String";
		QRelation r = dataDef.getRelationRef(relation);
		if(null!=r) dataType = r.getDataType();
		if("integer".equalsIgnoreCase(dataType) || "long".equalsIgnoreCase(dataType))
			def.put("integer", true);
		else if("float".equalsIgnoreCase(dataType)
				|| "Double".equalsIgnoreCase(dataType)
				|| "Decimal".equalsIgnoreCase(dataType))
			def.put("number", true);
		else if("datetime".equalsIgnoreCase(dataType)
				|| "date".equalsIgnoreCase(dataType)
				|| "time".equalsIgnoreCase(dataType))
			def.put(dataType.toLowerCase(), true);
	}

	protected Object getRuleDef(String relation) {
		JSONObject def = new JSONObject();
		Object v = getCalculateDef(relation);
		if(null!=v)def.put("calculate", v);
		v = getReadonlyDef(relation);
		if(null!=v)def.put("readonly", v);
		v = getConstraintDef(relation);
		if(null!=v)def.put("constraint", v);
		v = getRequiredDef(relation);
		if(null!=v)def.put("required", v);
		processDataTypeRule(def, relation);//处理数据类型的规则
		processRules(def, relation);//处理除required,calculate,readonly,constraint的规则
		return def.size()>0?def:null;
	}

	protected JSONObject getOrderByDef() {
		return null;
	}

	protected JSONObject getFiltersDef() {
		return null;
	}

	protected JSONObject getTreeDef() {
		////treeOption : "{'isDelayLoad':true,'parentRelation':'父子关联的relation','virtualRootLabel':'','rootFilter':'','nodeKindRelation':'','nodeLevelRelation':''}"
		if (BaseDataUtils.isTreeData(eDataDef)) {
			JSONObject def = new JSONObject();

			String rootFilter = BaseDataUtils.getTreeRootFilter(eDataDef);
			String parentPath = BaseDataUtils.getParentPath(eDataDef);
			String childrenPath = BaseDataUtils.getChildrenPath(eDataDef);
			String nodeKindPath = BaseDataUtils.getNodeKindPath(eDataDef);
			String nodeLevelPath = BaseDataUtils.getNodeLevelPath(eDataDef);
			String virtualRootLabel = BaseDataUtils.getVirtualRootLabel(eDataDef);
			boolean useVirtualRoot = BaseDataUtils.useVirtualRoot(eDataDef);

			def.put("isDelayLoad", BaseDataUtils.isDelayLoad(eDataDef));
			if (!BaseDataUtils.isStringEmpty(parentPath))
				def.put("parentRelation", parentPath);
			if (!BaseDataUtils.isStringEmpty(childrenPath))
				def.put("childrenRelation", childrenPath);
			if (!BaseDataUtils.isStringEmpty(rootFilter))
				def.put("rootFilter", rootFilter);
			if (!BaseDataUtils.isStringEmpty(nodeKindPath))
				def.put("nodeKindRelation", nodeKindPath);
			if (!BaseDataUtils.isStringEmpty(nodeLevelPath))
				def.put("nodeLevelRelation", nodeLevelPath);
			if(useVirtualRoot){
				def.put("useVirtualRoot", useVirtualRoot);
				if (!BaseDataUtils.isStringEmpty(virtualRootLabel))
					def.put("virtualRootLabel", virtualRootLabel);
			}
			return def;
		} else
			return null;
	}

	protected JSONObject getMasterDataDef() {
		//master:{xid:'mainData', relation:'SA_Task'}
		Element masterDefE = dataDef.getMasterDef();
		if (null != masterDefE) {
			String data = masterDefE.attributeValue("data");
			String relation = masterDefE.attributeValue("relation");
			if (DataUtils.isStringEmpty(data) || DataUtils.isStringEmpty(relation))
				return null;
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Sports Boosters is a parent-run organization whose primary purpose is to provide financial assistance to enhance the on-field success of the athletic programs at Maryvale.
Sports Boosters focuses on the needs of the Athletic Department as a whole and not on individual sports. Sports Boosters also seeks to foster school spirit and encourage participation by all of our girls.
We encourage you to get involved and join us at the upcoming social and sporting events!
Opportunities to advertise around Maryvale's campus are available! You may purchase a space on the fence enclosing the turf field to display a company banner or a naming plate on an Adirondack chair that sits on the hill next to the bleachers. Simply download the form below to get started. Questions? Contact Karen Geckle Moritz '81 at moritzk@maryvale.com.
Meetings will be held in the Rodriguez Center Faculty Dining Room at 7 p.m.
All Maryvale parents are invited to attend!


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Liberation Festival
Jersey Chamber Orchestra
Jersey Sings!
Music in Action
James Mews
Liberation Festival gets a standing ovation
The Musical Walk was at St Ouen's Manor
Source: (c) Gary Grimshaw
Jersey Chamber Orchestra - "Night at the Oscars" - 26th Jan 2019
An exciting and dramatic night of film music was performed by the Jersey Chamber Orchestra with many highlights. From the touching notes of the slow movement of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto played by JCO clarinettist Jordi Juan Perez to Po Una Cabeza from Scent of a Woman played beautifully by Anna Smith the audience were spellbound. The orchestra was particularly dramatic in the Star Wars Overture and the Jaws Theme and uplifting in such rousing melodies as Indiana Jones' Raiders March.
A trio of music from Lord of the Rings was sung beautifully by St Michael's School Chamber Choir. The concert raised around £2,000 funds for the Oscar Maclean Foundation. Conductor Eamonn Dougan led the orchestra strongly and under his baton there was some very high class playing. The Jersey Chamber Choir sang the Lacrimosa from the Mozart Requiem beautifully also seen in Amadeus and Danni Le Feuvre made a triumphant return to Jersey singing Skyfall from James Bond.
The concert was supported by by Mulberry Estates & UBS Wealth Management.
Celebration of Armistice
The Celebration Of Armistice
We would like to warmfully thank everyone that participated in the 'The celebration of armistice'
event on the 10th of November which turned out to be an astonishing evening for all involved.
With the presence of figures such as the Lieutenant Governor and the Baliff of Jersey, Sir William Bailhache, many of our Jersey community came together to remember the fallen.
We enjoyed performances from the Jersey Chamber Orchestra, the Band of the Island of Jersey, the Jersey Sings Choir, the Jersey Armistice Choir and the Jersey Youth theatre, beside Kate Royal, who gave off a performance worthy of great recognition.
We loved the spirit and enthusiasm that everyone had shown on the day and we too as a charity cannot thank everyone enough for their participation and efforts.
Musical 5K Fun Run - 1st Family Frundraiser!
It was a beautifully sunny day on 22nd July and runners were out in force for Music In Action's first ever Musical 5K Fun Run. Young and old took part and ran to the beat through the beautiful green lanes of St Saviour early on a Sunday morning.
Some incredible musical acts lined the roads and performed an array of different genres to keep the runner's spirts high. The Badlabeques, Dixieland Jazz, The Island band of Jersey, Maisie Robertson and the Jersey Samba band were just a few of the acts that wowed us with their talent.
'"Great event! Thank you to everyone who organised marshalled and played the music! Much better than a quiet 5k that's for sure!"
To all that came and took part in our Musical 5K Fun Run, we'd like to say a huge thank you - It was a wonderfully uplifting day raising money for Jersey Sings. Thank you also to 3D events for their meticulous planning and support, to Human Health for sponsoring our event and ElFuego for nourishing all with their delicious food.
We are already looking forward to next year!
Jersey Sings returned in June 2018 with 1200 participants
Bopping up and down, singing their hearts out and loving having a live music experience, on 26th and 27th July around 1200 children, chaperones and volunteers came together to perform at Jersey Sings 2018 over two nights of wonderful music making demonstrating skills from Swahili to dance moves and beautiful music.
Led by the Jersey Sings Band and conductor David Lawrence 28 schools and choirs from Mont A L'Abbe to Janvrin learnt around 3000 words by heart.
Children spent 10 weeks learning and improving breathing and posture, confidence, teamwork, and developing the physical stamina to sing for nearly 2 hours on their feet. It was a remarkable achievement for each child.
The results were described by the teachers as: "It was very special and wonderful" and "Absolutely everything about this event is valuable."
The children said, "Wow" , "It was fantastic...I just love singing" and, "I didn't want to stop!"
We are very grateful to the teachers who made this happen by coaching their children songs from pop, rock, choral, african and other great musical styles at Jersey Sings 2018. We are interested in ideas for music in 2019
To watch the Highlights from 2018 Click here
Liberation Festival 10th Anniversary attended by thousands
The 10th Liberation International Music Festival ended with a flourish with an encore by the Kosmos Ensemble with the Jersey Chamber Orchestra after a new commission called Triple Concerto by Errollyn Wallen MBE for the trio Kosmos and orchestra.
The Festival was a tremendous triumph from start to finish. From the opening at a Musical Walk around the wartime bunkers at Corbiere, to the educational outreach events, to evening concerts, thousands of people attended and gave plaudits to the musicians.
The Musical Walk was the first time that music had been played in the bunkers at Corbiere since the sounds of a gramophone during the occupation by the German soldiers. The walk explored the headland overlooking Corbiere Lighthouse which features a series of interlocking bunkers built to guard both bays to the North and East. Starting at Corbiere Phare, and led by Blue badge guide Ned Malet de Cateret, around 80 walkers were serenaded by brass band Five Brass Souls. After visiting the slipway to Corbiere lighthouse, they descended into the atmospheric bunkers across the headland where they heard Bach from violinist Harriet Mackenzie and cellist Dora Kokas before retiring to the nearby restaurant for a well deserved rest.
The walk was followed by an unforgettable evening concert featuring Dora Kokas playing Kodaly's cello sonata and Bach's cello suite in C. The M19 Mortar Bunker is about 50 m long and with exits at both ends, the sound was like a pure shot of caffeine shooting through each of the audience members carrying perfectly to the end of the tunnel and then disappearing without any substantial echo. The fine playing was applauded strongly by the audience before Dora was joined by violinist Harriet Mackenzie for a well received encore of the Handel Passacaglia.
Soon after the Festival saw the arrival of celebrated players including violinist Boris Brovtsyn, violists Jennifer Stumm and Simone Van Giessen, cellist Christian Pierre La Marca at the invitation of violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky. A vibrant concert was performed on Saturday 12th May at Jersey Opera House featuring the Brahms Sextet in Bb major and Mendelssohn's Octet for strings sponsored by UBS Wealth Management. Compered by actress Cathy Sara the event also featured texts from the occupation highlighting the perils of living in the island in this turbulent period. The diary of Thelma Richercoeur was read by young student Madeleine Byrne telling of the bombing of St Helier and her persuading Field Marshall Montgomery to grant the children a bank holiday which is still followed today. The concert concluded with a rendition of Happy Birthday to mark the Festival's 10th anniversary.
An exciting and dramatic night of film music was performed by the Jersey Chamber Orchestra with many acclaiming the highlight to be the effervescent soloist Jean Efflam Bazouvet in Beethoven's Emperor Piano Concerto. The playing of the orchestra was particularly touching in Wagner's Prelude to Tristan and Isolde while audience favourites included Mozart's Marriage of Figaro Overture (in the film Trading Places), and Jesu Joy of Mans Desiring (in the film Minority Report) sung beautifully by Beaulieu Covent School Choir. The concert raised funds for the Oscar Maclean Foundation. Conductor Graham Walker led the orchestra strongly and under his baton there was some very high class playing. The concert was supported by by Estera, Mulberry Estates &
UBS Wealth Management.
Jersey Chamber Orchestra 'Classics from Vienna' Saturday October 7th 2017
Called Classics from Vienna, the event featured popular classical music written in the beautiful city of Vienna in aid of the Jersey Child Care Trust. The Trust's fantastic services support and directly assist children and their families in Jersey.
The programme included Beethoven's wonderful and dramatic Pastoral Symphony, and his Coriolan Overture. Special guest soloist Martin Owen, widely regarded as one of Europe's leading horn players, also performed Mozart's popular 4th Horn concerto. We were equally proud to feature the acclaimed Justin Doyle, Chief Conductor of the RIAS Kammerchor in Berlin to direct the Jersey Chamber Orchestra.
Members of the Jersey Chamber Orchestra also went into nine schools across Jersey, engaging with over 1000 school children about the music of Mozart.
Jersey Sings! 2017 - 13th-14th June 2017
Jersey Sings! is our flagship outreach event teaching children to sing and develop many skills form teamwork, to vocabulary and memory skills. Over two nights around 1400 children, chaperones and volunteers came together to perform pop, rock, choral, african and other great musical styles at Jersey Sings 2017.
Liberation Music Festival triumphs again
The 2017 Liberation International Music Festival offered something for all tastes. From thousands of Jersey's school children and students, and those in care homes who enjoyed the outreach events to the public who enjoyed the huge array of international stars performing on the stages.

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Rite and Albertsons have called an abrupt end to their planned merger. Late Wednesday the two retailers announced they would call of the deal because of the pushback that has been received from shareholders that have complained it had undervalued Rite Aid.
The merger would have created an entity with annual sales of approximately $83 billion with over 4,900 locations across the U.S.
CEO of Rite Aid John Standley said in a prepared statement that the company had heard views that its stockholders had expressed and was committed to moving ahead and carrying out the company's strategic plan alone.
Albertsons in a separate prepared statement said that it did not agree with certain stockholders of Rite Aid and third party firms that it had not offered enough to the investors of the pharmacy chain. The grocery store chain, the statement added, is not willing to change the merger's terms.
Rite Aid announced the cancellations of a special meeting of shareholders related to the deal that was scheduled for Thursday.
One analyst in the global retail industry said the proposed merger had been based upon overly optimistic views.
He added that there was some truth to the thought that this deal would have given Albertsons much more scale in the hyper-growth health and pharmacy space, and it would have given the grocery store chain access to geographic areas that it currently does not serve with a pharmacy offer.
He concluded by saying that the two were not compelling reasons to have a costly and complex merger.
Walgreen attempted to buy Rite Aid during 2015, but regulators blocked that plan due to antitrust problems. During September of 2017, the two companies outlined their scaled back plan for close to 2,000 Rite Aid locations, leaving Rite Aid with approximately 2,600 stores.
The analyst said that Rite Aid's future is now in question. After the stores it sold off to Walgreens, it is lacking scale. Given scale is more critical now than at any time ever in today's pharmacy and health market there is no doubt it will be looking for another entity that it can combine forces with.


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MONTREAL, Nov. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WSP Global Inc. (TSX:WSP) ("WSP") is pleased to announce that it has acquired Elton Consulting Group Pty Ltd ("Elton Consulting"), a 115-employee consulting firm based in Sydney in Australia, with additional offices across the country.
This transaction was financed using WSP's available cash and credit facilities.
"This acquisition supports WSP's 2019-2021 Global Strategic Plan's objective to diversify into strategic advisory areas, and the firm's commitment to offering clients a broader range of consulting services", commented Alexandre L'Heureux, President & CEO of WSP. "We look forward to welcoming all our new colleagues to WSP".
Guy Templeton, President & CEO of WSP in Australia & New Zealand said: "Our clients have told us that strategic advice, urban and regional planning, as well as early and consistent community engagement are increasingly critical to their success. Elton Consulting's skills-base and deep experience add depth to WSP's existing capabilities and combined with their other services, we have a truly powerful offering."
Kim Anson, Elton Consulting CEO added: "In addition to a similar culture, WSP and Elton Consulting share a genuine commitment to working collaboratively with our clients to make a difference to our cities and regions, communities and organisations. Together we will develop even more creative and comprehensive consulting solutions."
ABOUT ELTON CONSULTING
Founded in 1989, Elton Consulting provides strategic advice to government, private sector and not for profits across multiple sectors – infrastructure, property and human services. Its services offerings include, among others, urban and regional planning, social sustainability, strategy and policy, bid strategy and preparation and design services. The firm, which is a market leader in New South Wales, has been involved in projects such as the Western Sydney Airport or the support to the planning of Googong New Town, which once completed will be home to an estimated 18,000 people. Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, the firm which employs approximately 115 people, has additional offices in Canberra, Darwin, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.
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As one of the world's leading professional services firms, WSP provides engineering and design services to clients in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our experts include engineers, advisors, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. With approximately 50,000 talented people globally, we are uniquely positioned to deliver successful and sustainable projects, wherever our clients need us. wsp.com
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Home Culture Cartoonists The OSU Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum acquires Tom Tomorrow's paper
The OSU Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum acquires Tom Tomorrow's paper
Heidi MacDonald
OSU's Billy Ireland library and Museum continues to amass more important collections or archival papers with the announcement that editorial cartoonist Tom Tomorrow aka Dan Perkins will be donating his papers to the institution. Tomorrow is a alt.weekly mainstay whose made the transition to the inetrent world, with his trenchant comics found in 70 papers, Daily Kos, The Nation, and The Nib.
Perkin's collection has a large historical value, as he explained in a statement: "At this point, it represents not only a history of my own work, but of the alternative press itself, and I hope there's some value in that for some scholar someday. So when Curator Jenny Robb said The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum would be interested, I was thrilled — not only is all this material going to be preserved and accessible, but it will be in the biggest cartoon library in the world. I can't think of a better home for it all, though it does rob my young son of his eventual inheritance of many boxes full of old newspapers."
With more and more papers being donated to various comics-friendly institutions, not only is the life of the packrat vindicated, but future generations and scholars are the richer for it.
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The relentless march of time is one big laugh for theatre director, Andrea Montgomery
Drawing cartoons as a child came easy to dyslexic theatre director and scriptwriter, Andrea Montgomery, as she struggled with reading and writing. Here, she tells Gail Bell why she returned to capturing life's funny moments in new (intentionally misspelt) book, Pen & Predjudice
Theatre director and writer Andrea Montgomery in her home in Belfast Picture: Hugh Russell
Gail Bell
Andrea Montgomery's new book of cartoons is called Pen & Predjudice
ANDREA Montgomery once said her singer-songwriter husband (Anthony Toner) would do anything to make her laugh and now some of his attempts have made it into her first book – of cartoons.
'Life with Anthony' is one of seven sub-categories in the debut book, Pen & Predjudice from the Belfast theatre director and scriptwriter and, she assures me, the unflappable Mr Toner is not in the least bit alarmed.
Not so for the rookie cartoonist herself, though, who was feeling "quite nervous" ahead of the book's launch at the Eastside Arts Festival in Belfast last Sunday.
The misspelt 'prejudice' on the book's cover is intentional, by the way, as Andrea has dyslexia and learned to draw before she was able to read and write at school.
"I was diagnosed at about 10 years old, after quite a lot of 'you're very smart, why won't you try harder' feedback from teachers," she says. "So, when I realised I had typed 'Predjudice', instead of 'Prejudice' for the book's title, I decided to leave it and change the cover drawing instead – to one I call the 'existential scream'.
"It is a cartoon I drew it a few years ago because it shows exactly how dyslexia feels – but, maybe, also how we often feel about life generally. And it was bizarrely exciting to have an incorrect spelling for a book cover; a bit like breaking the rules and getting away with it."
The cartoon book is a new departure for the Canadian-born graduate of York University, Toronto, and theatre stalwart who has directed more than 60 plays and has had 12 of her scripts produced on stage and radio.
"Anthony put a little moleskin book with blank pages in my Christmas stocking some years ago to capture funny or creative moments in day-to-day life and that is how I got started drawing again," she says. "I draw small – sometimes tiny – black and white figures, using a minimum of pen strokes and they are very simple.
"I try to convey how the figures feel with a minimum of lines, so I pay special attention to things like eyes and eyebrows, mouths and the set of their shoulders. It's just about observing life, really, and the human condition, and my work in the theatre certainly gives me lots of inspiration."
Her book – its name a nod to Jane Austen, an author famed for her satire and wit – contains around 45 drawings with captions and, as well as home-life with her musician husband, other themes include Life's Little Doubts, Holidays and Other Occasions, Love and Different Feelings, The Relentless March of Time and Life of an Artist.
The penultimate category is a current favourite, with the woes of middle-aged women a recurring theme: she also tackled the subject for her latest work for the stage: Cookie and Sue, "a new play about sexual misbehaviour in older women".
Now aged 52 and falling in the 'older women' division herself, Andrea regards it as a "fascinating topic", whether misbehaving is on the agenda or not.
"I actually love being in my early 50s as there's a kind of liberation, a 'not giving a hoot' that I really enjoy," she says. "I flirt, mostly with my husband, but not always. I talk to strangers; I bomb around on my bike.
"I find writing, decision-making and being a boss a lot easier than I did when I was younger and I love the fact that I don't have to dye my hair any more – I have a big silver mop. But, I think one of the worst things about getting older is probably the disappearance of your waist.
"When did that happen and what was I doing at the time? It was one of those observations I made and then drew it in my little book, transferring the scene to a woman in a dress shop who can't find her waist. It didn't make the cut for the book, but there are plenty of others relating to the Relentless March of Time."
A child of Canadian diplomats, Andrea – a fluent French speaker – enjoyed a nomadic upbringing as her parents were posted to India, Thailand, Switzerland, Indonesia and London during the course of their careers.
It instilled a desire to constantly be on the move and, after four years based at the Riverside Theatre in Coleraine, she was thinking about her next stop on the map when she chanced to meet Anthony, a former newspaper editor and assistant manager at Flowerfield Arts Centre in Portstewart.
"We met up rather late, while in our early 40s," Andrea recalls, "but the life of a middle-aged working musician definitely provided fresh fodder for my cartoons which first began with drawings of trains or trees when I was very young and feeling bored.
"My mother would tell me to go and draw something, so I would sketch whatever was in front of me and I really enjoyed it. I still draw what I see, although today it is for relaxation purposes – I don't have time to get bored."
Life is certainly busy – as well as writing, drawing and working as a freelance director (she will again be directing the new Leesa Harker play, The Real Housewives of Norn Iron, due for its Grand Opera House debut next June), Andrea is producing a "giant, inter-cultural version" of A Midsummer Night's Dream for Ards and North Down Borough Council in her role as artistic director of Terra Nova Productions.
But with the first draft of Cookie and Sue – "funny, dark, with a little bit of menace" – now complete, she is heading "down to the woods" for some well-earned downtime.
"The family are meeting up in Quebec in Canada and we are head to a little cabin in the woods," she enthuses. "It's great fun; there are bears, mosquitoes... I will definitely have my book and pen to hand."
:: Pen & Predjudice is available to buy at the EastSide Visitor Centre, CS Lewis Square, Belfast, at anthonytoner.net and on Amazon UK from October 1.
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Heathwood Healthcare is a smaller-sized nursing home facility in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (Middlesex county). The Nursing Home Site profile for Heathwood Healthcare includes: Pricing, Visiting / Business Hours, Resident Health and Wellness, Ratings, Activities, Comparisons, Directions, Surveys, and CMS Reviews.
They have 49 beds and 49 residents. Heathwood Healthcare participates in Medicare and Medicaid and are classified as a For profit - Corporation ownership. They offer residential councils. They are not located inside a hospital. They do not belong to a continuing care community.
Heathwood Healthcare received an overall rating from CMS of 5 stars compared to the MA average of 3.54 and a National average of 3.31. Ratings from residents, family members, and visitors to our site are available below. We encourage you to leave one of your own if you are familiar with their services. We also recommend giving them a call to address any additional senior and nursing care questions you may have after reviewing their Nursing Home Site profile.
They are located at the following address: 188 Florence Street in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts 02467.
They can be reached by phone at (617) 332-4730.
The average length of stay at Heathwood Healthcare is approximately 19.4 days. (this may include both short and long-term care (LTC) visits).
According to our latest records from CMS, the average daily amount billed by Heathwood Healthcare to Medicare is $589.47 per day (compared to a Massachusetts average of $755.25) and Medicare reimbursed them an average of $513.62 per day (after any deductible and coinsurance).
Please note that the pricing above is the average billed to Medicare. Each person and case is unique. (Supplemental Insurance / Medicare Advantage Plans, single or double rooms, etc). If you are interested in this facility you should contact Heathwood Healthcare directly for exact pricing and what options are available for you or your loved one's personal care needs.
The average age at Heathwood Healthcare is approximately 80 years old.
The last time this data was collected they cared for at least 53 men and 67 women in a one year period that received Medicare benefits. This number fluctuates with each new resident.
Medicare and Medicaid participation for Heathwood Healthcare began on May 19, 1993.
Additionally, a Physical Therapist (PT) is available an average of 15.24 minutes per day per resident (the national average is 6 minutes).
Additional Staffing can be viewed below. Each number represents a Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Employee of the type listed above it at Heathwood Healthcare. Read how FTE is defined.
Heathwood Healthcare in CHESTNUT HILL, Massachusetts has 49 beds compared to the Massachusetts average of 114.80 and a National average of 106.16.
Averaging the available ratings gives an aggregate star rating of 4.2 for Heathwood Healthcare versus the MA average of 3.51 and a national average of 3.20.
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Thursday, September 18, 2014 11:45 PM
Lesson of the Day: The Political Class Always Wins
With a ramp up in fearmongering led by financial institutions and every UK political party, the preliminary votes indicate Scottish Anti-Independence Campaign Poised for Victory in Vote.
With 26 of Scotland's 32 local authorities declared, the Better Together camp backed by Prime Minister David Cameron and the main U.K. parties had garnered 54 percent of the vote, while the "yes" campaign led by Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond had 46 percent.
"It does look like we have secured a 'no' vote," Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander, a Liberal Democrat and the most senior Scot in the U.K. government, told Sky News as the first results trickled in. "But a 'no' vote is also for change, it's our responsibility to get on with that."
Via email, Steen Jakobsen, chief economist at Saxo Bank writes ...
We have Quebec like situation in Scotland now – The independence talk is gone for now but the next item on the agenda politically is UK referendum next year where the independence and anti-EU vote will continue to play a role. 2017 is the big year, if the promised EU votes takes place……
EU did not do themselves any favors by ruling Scotland out of EU even before the election results was known. Scots, like danes, don't take outside pressure easy especially from something like the EU.
The main take away from macro perspective is the move towards very nationalistic and domestic driven political agendas. The EU and global agendas now plays 3rd violin as lack of growth and reforms become real issue.
The real economy is at least politically catching up to the artificial markets, so while the markets celebrate RISK ON again this morning, the politicians around Europe is taking notes: Change or lose your job! Just ask the Labor party in the UK who almost lost their ability to get back into government as 30 MP's would have been lost overnight with a Yes.
For the political class, this vote was far too close for comfort. Next time, there won't be a vote.
In the case of Spain, a Catalan vote for independence scheduled later this year will simply be declared illegal. Should the vote for independence fail, the vote would of course be accepted.


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Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool (CAN-EWLAT) (Opens in a new Window)
Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool (CAN-EWLAT) is a science-based planning tool for the adaptation of coastal infrastructure related to future water-level extremes and changes in wave climates. This tool allows users to locate tide gauges and small craft harbours across Canada. For each geographical location, data including vertical allowance, sea level rise, mean water level, and wave climate can be visualized and downloaded.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography
CWFIS DataMart (Opens in a new Window)
The Canadian Wildland Fire Information Service (CWFIS) DataMart contains observational fire history data. Datasets include the National Burned Area Composite (defined as the area of forest burned annually since 2004), National Fire Database fire polygon data (forest fire perimeters), National Fire Database fire point data (forest fire locations), the Large Fire Database fire point data (fires greater than 200 hectares between 1959 and 1999), and Alberta Smoke Plume Observations data (observations of 222 plumes collected between 2010 and 2015). Historical point and polygon data are available across Canada.
Extreme Precipitation in Atlantic Canada (Opens in a new Window)
Extreme Precipitation in Atlantic Canada is intended to extend the print-based Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) analyses for Atlantic Canada through an interactive web tool. The web tool provides users with enhanced access and visualization of the official ECCC IDF point data. Features include familiar ECCC IDF station based graphs and tables with access through a map based browser interface, IDF graphs and tables based on gridded data to provide information for locations between observing sites, contoured regional and province-specific extreme rainfall maps, downloadable ASCII grid files, and integration of US data for improved visualization at the border and access to US station data.
Cornell University, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
Forest Change adaptation tools (Opens in a new Window)
Forest Change adaptation tools provides information about the impacts of climate change on Canada's forests and on how to adapt to changing climate conditions. Adaptation tools and resources for forest managers are available here. The tools and resources provided include maps, databases, web applications and synthesis reports. They are grouped under three broad systems: climate, forest and human.
Seasonal forecasts (Opens in a new Window)
Seasonal forecasts include probabilistic seasonal forecasts of temperature, precipitation, sea surface temperature, snow water equivalent, surface solar radiation, cloud fraction and specific humidity for Canada. Global forecasts of temperature and precipitation are also available. Gridded and projected data are produced by the Canadian seasonal prediction system.


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Beautiful UK addition reveals the genius of Invisible Studio's low-impact design
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by Nicole Jewell
Located in Gloucestershire, Westonbirt, the UK National Arboretum is an expansive estate which is home to an impressive collection of 15,000 tree species with origins in China, North America, Japan, Chile, and Britain. The two new buildings will serve as staff facilities and machine storage.
Related: Stunning vessels sculpted from felled wood possess an almost otherworldly beauty
All of the materials used to construct the two new wooden cabins that were found on site. Using timber pieces that were cut down during the estate's routine tree management, volunteers and trainee carpenters worked under the guidance of a contractor to build the two new buildings. The team had to adapt the design according to the oddly-shaped materials that became available during the process.
"We particularly wanted to use the timber from the arboretum – as the client had an extraordinary resource which they hadn't exploited previously for building," said the team. "One of our interests is how you can use imprecise materials to make a precise building, and this is something we have enjoyed with this project."
The end result is one very serene gabled-roof structure clad in oak planks. A slight invert in the mess building's roof splits the luminous interior into two distinct uses, a mess area with a kitchen and toilet, and a social area on the other side. The machine shed is just behind the staff building and has a Corsian pine frame made out of 20-meter-long trusses. The two new additions are part of a larger project which will eventually see a new welcoming center and a tree-top walkway open to visitors.
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Beautiful UK addition reveals the genius of Invisible Studio's low-impact design
Invisible Studio Wolfson Tree Management Centre
Tree-loving architectural firm, Invisible Studio is back with another amazing timber project. Using reclaimed felled wood, the team has just constructed a pair of serene woodland buildings for the National Arboretum in Gloucestershire, England. The new maintenance buildings were constructed entirely out of timber found and milled on site, eliminating costs and emissions associated with processing and transport.
Located in Gloucestershire, Westonbirt, the National Arboretum is an expansive estate which is home to an impressive collection of 15,000 tree species with origins in China, North America, Japan, Chile, and Britain.
The two new buildings will serve as staff facilities and machine storage.
Invisible Studio WolfsonInvisible Studio Wolfson Tree Management Centre
All of the materials used to construct the two new wooden cabins were found on site. Using timber pieces cut down during the estate's routine tree management, volunteers and trainee carpenters worked under the guidance of a contractor to build the two new buildings.
The team had to adapt the design according to the oddly-shaped materials that became available during the process.
The end result is one very serene gabled-roof structure clad in oak planks.
A slight invert in the mess building's roof splits the luminous interior into two distinct uses, a mess area with a kitchen and toilet, and a social area on the other side.
The machine shed is just behind the staff building and has a Corsian pine frame made out of 20-meter-long trusses.
The interior is quite luminous and open - perfect for a staff canteen.
The wood cladding was found and milled on site.
A small dip in the roof separates the building into distinct uses.
The two new additions are part of a larger project which will eventually see a new welcoming center and a tree-top walkway open to visitors.


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Tag Archives: Literature in Translation
Why Must I be Preyed Upon?
Pain, and grief and heartsickness can be so lonely and isolating. The rollercoaster of emotions settle down, but there are still days when the pain, the memories of what has been lost feels like a harsh punch in the chest. Who can I talk to? Who can I call? To whom can I describe this almost unbearable sensation? It's nothing new. It's more of the same. It makes me weary and I feel like a broken record repeating these tiresome things to those in my inner circle. I'm sick of myself, I think, so how can they not be sick of me too?
Writing and reading poetry are what I end up retreating into when the loneliness and isolation set in. I like to think that all of the books of poetry I have voraciously consumed in the last few years are paying off in the form of solace. I share here two recent favorites that have helped me in the hopes that they might be comforting to anyone suffering in any way—there seems to be an abundance of pain everywhere one looks nowadays.
Cuban poet Dulce Maria Loynaz's collection Absolute Solitude, beautifully translated by James O'Connor and published by Archipelago Books, is full of memorable lines that are worthy of writing in my notebooks and revisiting for those tough days. Here she envisions grief as a wolf to which she falls prey:
There was a lull in the pain. I fled from it as if I were fleeing a wolf suddenly taken with sleep. But when it wakes, it will pick up my scent and follow my trail. I know this. And it doesn't matter where I hide, it will know how to find me, and when it does, it will pounce on a body too weary to resist it. Why must I be the preyed upon? Why does its mouth water every time it spots me? I have no blood to slake its savage thirst and I carry nothing in my saddlebags but the echoes of dreams grown cold. Where did I lose my way? I can't remember. What flowers did I step on pretending I didn't see them? Before me the great jungle grows dense.
And from Kathryn Smith's Collection Self-Portrait with Cephalopod published by Milkweed Editions a poem that envisions the possibility of being whole again after tragedy. "A Permeable Membrane in the Mutable Cosmos":
Tell me again of the lepers who learn to shed their disastrous skin by eating the meat of vipers: something transmutable in the flesh. The ancients spent lifetimes considering the resurrection of irretrievable parts: wolf-devoured flank, eyes of martyrs pecked clean in the village square, Tell me again about the new heaven and the new earth, when the bear returns an unblemished arm to its faithful socket, when mountains open their mouths to receive conduits and I-beams and engagement diamonds and the fish ladders the rivers will give up with their dams when the earth is made new. Tell me the formula for feeling whole again after tragedy. The equation for how much time I needed after saying no before I'd tell you yes. Tell me I'll never be alone, even when I want to be alone.
Filed under American Literature, Opinion Posts, Poetry, Spanish Literature
Tagged as Grief, Literature in Translation, Spanish Poetry
The Heart Will Know How to Live: The Correspondence of Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan
I have always loved handwritten, personal letters; they are so much more tangible, intimate and sensual than the digital correspondence to which we have become accustomed in the 21st century. There is a certain anticipation and excitement when one sends a letter and eagerly waits for a response; to see the other person's handwriting, to touch the object they once touched, to tuck it away in a special place are all of the things we lose with digital communication. When I was reading the letters, post cards, notes, telegrams and poems sent between Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan I felt like I was eavesdropping or spying on the unfolding of an intense, passionate and, at times tortured, love affair. I wondered what this correspondence would look like in the 21st century and it occurred to me that texts, direct messages, emails and video chats would not have the same underlying tone of intimacy that one feels while reading the Bachmann and Celan letters.
In May of 1948, Ingeborg Bachmann writes a letter to her parents describing her first few meetings with Paul Celan. She tells them that Celan has "fallen in love with me, which adds a little spice to my dreary work." The letters between Bachmann and Celan throughout the rest of 1948 and 1949 are full of passionate longing, a strong desire to see one another again and misunderstandings that are inevitable with written correspondence. They make plans to meet many times, but for a variety reasons they don't get the opportunity to see one another very often for the next twenty years. Their careers, geography, and other relationships all serve as obstacles that keep them apart. Celan writes to Bachmann in April 1949:
My dear, you,
I am so glad this letter came—and now I have kept you waiting for so long too, quite unintentionally and without a single unkind thought. You know well enough that this happens sometimes. One does not know why. Two or three times I wrote you a letter, and then left it unsent after all. But what does that really mean, when we are thinking of each other and will, perhaps, do so for a very long time yet?
And in late May/early June Bachmann responds:
Paul, dear Paul,
I long for you and for our fairy tale. What shall I do? You are so far away from me, and the cards you send, which satisfied me until recently, are no longer enough for me.
The excerpts from these two letters are typical of the feelings of absence and yearning that the authors feel for one another. Stolen moments on brief trips to Paris, telegrams, and letters are not enough to satisfy either one of them. But as the years progress and they continue with their letters, a deep sense of trust, friendship, love and mutual understanding is sustained between them. Bachmann becomes for Celan a champion of his work and a mortal and emotional support. In the early years of their communication she is constantly receiving his poems, giving him feedback and trying to get his work published in various literary magazines. When the Goll plagiarism scandal happens, she writes to him and encourages him to put that incident behind him. I also found it sweet and endearing that they continue for many years to exchange books as gifts on one another's birthdays and at Christmas.
It is touching and selfless that even when they reconnect in 1957 and rekindle their romance, Bachmann encourages Celan to stay with his wife Gisele for the sake of their son. Bachman also struggles to make the decision on whether or not to live with Max Frisch in early 1958. As the years go by and it is evident that fate has conspired against them to ever live together, they still maintain an emotional dependence on one another. Celan's words dated October 31st—November 1st, 1957 sums up what their relationship evolves into:
Life is not going to accommodate us, Ingeborg; waiting for that would surely be the most unfitting way for us to be.
Be—yes, we can and are allowed to do so. To be—be there for another.
Even if it is only a few words, alla breve, one letter once a month: the heart will know how to live.
Filed under German Literature, Nonfiction, Seagull Books
Tagged as Ingeborg Bachmann, Letters, Literature in Translation, Paul Celan, Seagull Books
Review: Like Death by Guy Maupassant
I received an advanced review copy of this title from NYRB via Edelweiss. This English version has been translated from the French by Richard Howard.
Olivier Bertin is a painter in late nineteenth century Paris and his most famous work, his Cleopatra, has earned him enough fame to be sought out by the rich and famous of high society. He is not interested in any romantic relationships with the bourgeois women he paints because he feels that are insipid and boring. At a party one night, however, he meets the Countess Ann de Guilleroy and is immediately captivated by her beauty and charm and decides he must do her portrait. As Bertin paints the Countess in his studio, the two have stimulating conversations and enjoy one another's company more and more.
Like many romantic relationships, Anne and Bertin's starts with great conversations and friendship. Slowly, feelings of love overtake both of them until the painter can stand it no longer and decides he must have her. When they consummate their relationship, Anne feels very guilty at first because she has had a good marriage to the Count de Guilleroy for seven years and they have a five-year-old daughter. But she quickly realizes that Bertin makes her happy and she welcomes the painter into her inner circle so that they can have daily contact.
Henceforth she felt no remorse, merely the vague sense of a certain forfeiture, and to answer the reproaches of her reason, she now credited to a certain fatality. Drawn to him by her virgin heart and her void soul, her flesh vanquished by the slow dominion of caresses, she gradually became attached, as tender women do who love for the first time.
There is no suspicion among Parisian society that they are having an affair and it simply appears that the Countess and Bertin are the best of friends and both share a love of the arts. Bertin even becomes great friends with Anne's husband, the Count. Their affair carries on for twelve years and settles into an easy comfort, similar to many long-term marriages and relationships. In two simple lines, Maupassant's sublime prose describes the deep and abiding affection achieved by the lovers:
Months then passed, then years, which scarcely loosened the bond uniting Countess de Builleroy and the painter Olivier Bertin. For him, this period was no longer theexaltation of the early days but a calmer, deeper affection, a sort of anitie amoureuse to which he had become easily and entirely accustomed.
The central crisis in the book occurs when Anne's daughter, Annette, who has been growing up outside of Paris, makes her entrance into Parisian society at the age of eighteen; Annette is the exact image of her mother at that age and everyone, especially Bertin, notices the striking resemblance between mother and daughter. Maupassant takes a lot of care in his writing to develop the contrast between the youth of Annette and the growing age of her mother and the painter. He uses the seasons as a backdrop which mimic the painter's feelings and observations about mother and daughter. For example, when Bertin first realizes that Annette is a younger, more energetic version of her mother it is springtime and Bertin has accompanied Annette to the park where children are playing and mother nature is in her first bloom. The brighter, fresh weather and Annette's youth give Bertin feelings of energy and passion that haven't been stirred in him for many years.
At first it seems that the appearance of Annette has just reminded Bertin of the early stages of his relationship with Anne, that all-consuming, passion that marks the beginning of an affair. But Bertin's feelings gradually become deeper for Annette and he soon realizes he is even jealous of her fiancé. Bertin doesn't acknowledge his love for the young Annette until Anne detects them and points them out to the painter. At this point in the book, Anne and Bertin both become hopelessly wretched because the painter has fallen in love with Annette, the younger, prettier version of Anne. At times Anne and Bertin are a little hard to take because their feelings of misery are so intense and they make frequent allusions to death which seemed a bit melodramatic.
Maupassant weaves an interesting commentary throughout the book on beauty, age, youth and the standards of beauty upheld by society. Anne notices her increasing wrinkles and sagging skin and believes her appearance is to blame for Bertin's lack of affection towards her. And instead of being proud of her daughter she is jealous of Annette's complexion yet unblemished by time and age. Anne takes more time to apply make-up, takes extreme measures to make herself thin and only greets her lover in the dim light of the drawing room. Olivier, too, suffers from an obsession with his aging appearance. His white hair and paleness are particularly emphasized. When a Parisian newspaper calls his art work old-fashioned, he becomes particularly distraught about his advancing years. Maupassant's meditations on the impossible standards of beauty to which we hold ourselves are just as relevant now as they were in the nineteenth century.
Overall, this was an enjoyable read because of Maupassant's prose which perfectly captures the extreme and conflicting emotions of love and suffering. The ending is rather dramatic, although not at all surprising given the title and other elements of foreshadowing that Maupassant scatters throughout his text.
Filed under Classics, France, French Literature, Literature in Translation, Literature/Fiction, New York Review of Books
Tagged as 19th Century, French Literature, Guy Maupassant, Literature in Translation, NYRB Classics
November 6, 2016 · 11:30 am
Review: Panorama by Dušan Šarotar
I received a review copy of this title from Istros Books . It was published in the original Slovenian in 2014 and this English version has been translated by Rawley Grau.
Fiction, poetry, travelogue, history, short story, memoir, photo essay. Šarotar's latest work, translated into English from Slovenian for Istros Books as part of their World Series venture with Peter Owens Publishers, defines categorization into a single, specific genre. The unnamed narrator, whose own biography resembles that of Šarotar himself, opens this piece with a poetic description of his journey through the landscapes he encounters while in Ireland. The moods and textures of the Irish landscape, with a focus on the sea, dominate his literary illustrations. The narrator also describes a trip to Belgium where he encounters some follow writers and translators who are expats from his part of the world. Everywhere he travels, this unnamed narrator captures the plight of the immigrant in his writing as he encounters men and women who are displaced from their homes either by force or by choice.
The narrator is a writer who has journeyed from his home in Slovenia to Galway in order to find time and inspiration to finish writing a manuscript. He gives us snapshots of his surroundings through his disjointed stories and through his camera lens. In the first scene our writer is sitting in his damp and cold third floor room in Galway listening to a storm raging outside and in the next scene he is walking along the Galway Bay and looking at a plaque with the names of all the families who had escaped the famine via the ocean between 1847 and 1853. In another moment he is passing by the Aquarium, a glass semicircular building, when he encounters a an old pier with diving platforms. The sea is the dominant force in this landscape and he captures its focal point in a variety of unique vignettes. For visual interest the narrator also includes photos that serve to enhance the written descriptions throughout the text:
People are really swimming, I thought and was delighted by the chance of seeing somebody dive into the cold, rolling Atlantic Ocean, although at the thought of swimming I felt a chill, in spite of the sun, which was glowing like a white spot on a blue eye. I sat down on the wet, black rocks beneath the pier and watched a sparse procession of bathers, both male and female, all older townspeople who had probably been bathing here since childhood; they walked in silence, backs straight, with the practiced poise of swimmers, the men in simple blue linen knee-length trunks, the women in black one-piece swimsuits, everyone with close fitting rubber caps on their heads;
Embedded with the narrator's story of his journey, is the story of his tour guide and driver through the Connemara region, an Albanian immigrant named Gjini. Throughout the course of Panorama, the narrator picks up the thread of different pieces of Gjini's story who leaves his wife and children behind in Albania in an attempt to make a better living in Ireland. When he arrives on the island, he doesn't know a word of English so he begins by working at the bus station selling sandwiches during the day and cleaning offices at night. He gradually learns enough English to pass the language test and enroll as a student in Irish cultural heritage studies. Gjini's reflections on being a foreigner, as he is viewing the empty landscape of the peat bogs with the narrator, are profound, enlightening and timely:
Although I was a foreigner, an immigrant, and still learning the jargon of high academia, and was moreover the oldest student in the group, a person who with some effort and for his own survival was merely skillfully concealing his homesickness, swallowing his anger, the disappointment and despair of the refugee, which were still mixed with will, with determination for a new beginning, and with inconsolable nostalgia, which, in fact, appeared and found its true name only later, when I had somehow got on my feet, as soon as I sensed that we would somehow make it, would be able to transplant ourselves, put down at least shallow roots in new soil, and even later, when I would come back again and stop here, mostly on my own but occasionally with my family, and take long walks, when my second education, if you will, was successfully behind me….—that's when I realized we were in some ways alike, we can't hide or suppress our background, no matter where we are from or where we are born, we're made out of a substance, like soil or an island, and on top of it, nostalgia, Gjini said, and the Irish understand this.
The history of Kylemore Abbey is also woven into the narrator's text and serves as a bridge between his journeys to Ireland and Belgium. The Benedictine Order arrived at the Abbey in 1920 after their own abbey in Ypres, Belgium was burned to the ground during World War I. The nuns flight on foot to Paris is mentioned in the narrative and Gjini tells the story of how they settled at Kylemore and restored the castle and the garden. The narrator himself makes this trek in reverse as he travels to Belgium after his trip to Ireland. He is giving a talk in Ghent and while on his trip he meets up with a woman named Spomenka who tells him the story of her escape from the dangerous wars in Sarajevo. There is a deep, underlying sadness in her story because she feels as if she is forced to leave her home with her young daughter in order to escape the violence and bloodshed that broke out all around her. A kind neighbor helps Spomenka to escape and she never goes back.
Finally, a comment must be made about the style of writing that Šarotar employs for his narrative. The meandering nature of his story reflects his own restlessness as he journeys throughout Europe and encounters others who have been displaced from their native homes. Different threads and characters are brought up and dropped; some of the threads are brought up again and others are left without a conclusion. Šarotar is a master at using vignettes to capture the struggle of immigrants and refugees who are attempting to find a place in the world that feels safe and like home.
Dušan Šarotar is a Slovenian writer, poet, screenwriter and photographer. He has published five novels (Potapljanje na dah/ Island of the Dead, 1999, Nočitev z zajtrkom/Bed and Breakfast, 2003, Biljard v Dobrayu/Billiards at the Hotel Dobray, 2007, Ostani z mano, duša moja/ Stay with me, my dear, 2011 and Panorama, 2015), two collections of short stories (Mrtvi kot/ Blind Spot, 2002, and Nostalgia, 2010), three poetry collections (Občutek za veter/Feel for the Wind, 2004, Krajina v molu/ Landscape in Minor, 2006 and Hiša mojega sina/ The House of My Son, 2009) and book of essays (Ne morje ne zemlja/Not Sea Not Earth, 2012). Šarotar is also author of fifteen screenplays for documentary and feature films. His short film, Mario was watching the sea with love, based on authors short stories from the collection "Blind Spot" and on his screenplay, won in 2016 Global short film award in New York and the first prize in Ningbo, China, for the "best short film" in selection of Central and East European film selection. Šarotar has also a several photographic exhibition in national galleries and abroad. Photographies from his series "Souls" was included in permanent collection in Art gallerie of Prekmurje.
Filed under Istros Books, Literary Fiction, Literature in Translation
Tagged as Istros/Peter Owens Books, Literature in Translation, Photography, Slovenian Literature
Review: His Only Son by Leopoldo Alas
I received a review copy of this title from the New York Review of Books via Edelweiss. This book was published in the original Spanish in 1890 and this English version has been translated by Margaret Jull Costa.
Bonifacio Reyes has spent his whole life carrying out the commands that others have bestowed on him. When he is a young man he is coaxed into eloping with Emma Valcárcel , the spoiled only child of Don Diego Valcárcel, a prominent lawyer in what Alas describes as a "third-rate provincial capital." When the couple's plans are thwarted and they are captured , Emma is confined to a convent and Bonifacio is banished to Mexico where he will live a sad and lonely existence for the rest of his life. Or so he thought.
When Emma's father dies she is finally released from the convent and as her father's sole heir, she lives a comfortable and pampered life. Despite the time that has passed, Emma continues to pine away for her beloved Bonifacio but in order to avoid a town scandal, she wants a different husband first before she marries Bonifacio. Emma manages to capture a sickly husband who doesn't last very long, and once she is done playing the role of mournful widow, she has her family track Bonifacio down in Mexico where he is working for a newspaper. Bonifacio is easily lured back to Spain where, within three months, he becomes the kept husband of Emma.
Alas slowly unravels Emma's dark side throughout the novel. Emma declares very early on that the honeymoon is over but she keeps her handsome Bonifacio around her, dressed in the finest clothes, to show him off to the rest of the provincial town whenever it is convenient. Bonifacio spends most of the day playing a flute which he finds among his deceased father-in-law's old papers. The couple appears to settle into a comfortable, yet affectionless, existence together:
Emma never asked him about his interests nor about the time they filled, which was most of the day. She demanded only that he be smartly dressed when they went out walking or visiting. "Her" Bonifacio was merely an adornment, entirely hollow and empty inside, but useful as a way of provoking the envy of many of the town's society ladies. She showed off her husband, for whom she bought fine clothes, which he wore well, and reserved the right to present him as a good, simple soul.
The turning point that really sours their marriage is a miscarriage that Emma suffers which affects her health and prematurely ages her. After this distressful brush with death, Emma becomes an unbearable tyrant and unleashes all of her frustrations and abuses on Bonifacio. Alas' story reads like a tragicomedy in which neither partner in the marriage is happy but neither party can be without the other. Bonifacio is on call in the evenings so that he can rub unguents and lotions on his wife's sickly body and while he does these and other demeaning tasks for her she hurls abuses and insults at him. The most awful part of this for Bonifacio is not the name-calling or even the completion of these tasks, but the sheer noise that Emma raises when Bonifacio is carrying out his duties. Bonifacio craves, more than anything in life, to have peace and quiet in his house. Whenever Emma calls his name, the poor man shutters:
Telling Bonifacio off became her one consolation; she could not do without his attentions nor, equally, without rewarding him with shrill, rough words. What doubt could there be that her Bonifacio was born to put up with and to care for her.
Bonifacio, who prides himself on his appreciation for music and the arts, finds a second home at the local theater where a troupe of second rate opera singers have temporarily set up shop. Bonifacio finds the peace and quiet he so craves among the opera singers who view him, at first, as a cash cow and as a sucker that will pay for their expensive dinners. Bonifacio gets into a couple of touch spots trying to get money out of his wife's uncle, who serves as the family accountant. Bonifacio quickly realizes that the best way to get into the heart and the bed of Serafina is to give her partner Mochi money whenever he asks. Bonifacio engages in a passionate and sensual love affair with Serafina and he carefully keeps his musician friends away from his home and his wife.
At this point in the story Alas ramps up the comedy as Bonifacio and Emma engage in an elaborate game of cat and mouse. Emma has gradually been recovering her health and is only pretending to be an invalid. One night when Bonifacio comes home from the theater smelling of rice powder, Emma suspects that he is having an affair. But instead of screaming and yelling at her husband, she seduces him and for the first time in years they start having sex again. The sex, though, becomes, like Emma's character, a bit crazy and depraved. Emma admits that she has been hatching a maniacal plan to bring down both her adulterous husband and her accountant uncle who she believes is stealing from her:.
The first part of her plan is carried out when Emma insists on going to the theater and meeting Bonifacio's music friends with whom he has been spending so much time. But while at the theater, Emma is herself smitten with one of the opera singers, a baritone named Minghetti. Emma and Minghetti flirt shamelessly with one another and arrange to see each other on a regular basis when Minghetti offers piano lessons to Emma. This is where the story reaches its pinnacle of farce as Emma and her lover carry on right under Bonifacio's nose.
It is also at this point that Emma finds out that she is pregnant. Bonifacio becomes maudlin and sentimental over the fact that he will now have a son and promises to changes his ways. He swears he will take more financial responsibility for his family and he gives up Serafina as his lover. Bonifacio's final act of absurdity is his refusal to believe that anyone besides himself is the father of Emma's baby. The novel concludes with this one statement that Alas puts in the mouth of his unheroic hero which deftly mixes the tragic and the comic: "Bonifacio Reyes believes absolutely that Antonio Reyes y Valcarcel is his son. His only son, you understand, his only son!"
LEOPOLDO ALAS (1852–1901) was the son of a government official, born in Zamora, Spain. He attended the University of Oviedo and the University of Madrid, receiving a doctorate in law. A novelist and writer of short stories who adopted the pseudonym Clarín (Bugle), Alas was one of Spain's most influential literary critics. He became a professor of law at the University of Oviedo in 1883 and published his first and best-known novel, La Regenta, in 1884; his second novel, Suúnico hijo (His Only Son), was published in 1890. He died in Oviedo at the age of forty-nine.
Filed under Classics, Literature in Translation, New York Review of Books, Spanish Literature
Tagged as Classics, Leopoldo Alas, Literature in Translation, New York Review of Books, Spanish Literature