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Parler's CEO John Matze is 'confident' the controversial social-media platform will fully return by the end of January, after Amazon booted it offline
Parler's CEO John Matze. Fox News Parler's CEO John Matze said the social media site will likely be back up and running before the end of January. It went offline after being dropped by Amazon, and has since returned — but only a static webpage. The social-media platform managed to retrieve its data from Amazon on Friday, Matze told Fox News. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. John Matze, the CEO of the controversial social-media platform Parler, is "confident" the sit...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says Parler could return to the App Store 'if they get their moderation together'
Apple boss Tim Cook said Parler still has a chance to return to the App Store. Karl Mondon/Digital First Media/The Mercury News via Getty Images Apple may add Parler back to its App Store if the app steps up its moderation efforts, Apple CEO Tim Cook told Fox News' Chris Wallace on Sunday. Apple removed Parler from its platform in the wake of the deadly Capitol siege after it found the network did not adequately police content that promotes violence. Google and Amazon also both removed P...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Cook, Trends, Tech, Atlanta, Tim Cook, Fox News, App Store, Donald Trump, Detroit, Black, Apple App Store, Trump, Capitol
Online misinformation about the US election fell 73% after Trump's social media ban
People attend a rally in support of President Donald Trump in Washington. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Misinformation about US election fraud fell 73% after President Trump was banned or restricted on social media. Zignal Labs said conversations fell from from 2.5 million mentions to 688,000 across social media, in research cited by The Washington Post. Trump has peddled baseless claims that the US election was rigged thanks to mail ballots, and that he "won big." Visit Business Insider's hom...
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Parler's CEO fled his home and went into hiding after receiving death threats and security breaches, a court filing says
Parler CEO John Matze Fox News Parler CEO John Matze Jr. and his family have fled their homes after receiving death threats, a new court filing says. Parler was recently removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, and Amazon Web Services stopped hosting the platform after it deemed Parler a "risk to public safety." Trump supporters flocked to the platform after the president was banned from Twitter following the siege at the Capitol on January 6. Visit Business Insider's home...
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Wimkin, a free speech network, says it was hit with a 'massive' DDoS attack after being banned from Apple's App Store
The US Capitol was stormed by Trump supporters in Washington. REUTERS/Erin Scott Apple and Google both removed Wimkin, a free-speech social network, from their app stores, as The Wall Street Journal first reported. On its website, Wimkin posted a notice, saying "a massive DDOS attack attempt came in" after the removals. At least one group on the network had repeatedly called for an armed militia to form in Washington during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. Visit Business Insider'...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Congress, Washington, White House, Trends, Social Media, Joe Biden, Washington Dc, Wall Street Journal, Trump, Democratic Party, Sheppard, Wall Street Journal Apple
Parler helped the FBI identify at least one person charged in connection with the Capitol riot
Parler CEO John Matze and President Donald Trump, who allegedly considered making an account on the controversial social-media platform. Fox News, Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images Parler is sharing information with the FBI on federal investigations into the Capitol riot. A sworn FBI affidavit shows that Parler gave information that helped FBI agents identify, locate, and arrest a Proud Boys supporter making threats on Parler. Tech companies typically help law enforcement agencies with thes...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, New York, News, Supreme Court, US, Trends, Georgia, Fbi, Washington Dc, Fox News, Department Of Justice, Donald Trump
All the businesses cutting ties with the Trump Organization
President Donald Trump at the White House on November 26, 2020. Erin Schaff - Pool/Getty Images After the insurrection on the Capitol led by a pro-Trump mob, some businesses are severing their ties with the president and the Trump Organization. Several prominent business leaders, including Apple CEO Tim Cook, have spoken out against the riot. Now, some businesses are severing ties with the president and the Trump Organization. Trump made history on Wednesday when he was became the first pr...
Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, Business, Florida, New York, Washington Post, Senate, White House, Germany, New York City, Trends, Strategy, Bloomberg, Features, Pga
From cutting all ties with Trump to pulling political donations, here's how corporate America has responded to the Capitol insurrection
The US Capitol during riots on January 6. REUTERS/Leah Millis During the US Capitol insurrection, businesses condemned the rioters. In the days after, they swapped words for concrete action. Some have cut off all political funding, others have severed ties with President Donald Trump. Here's how social-media giants, banks, retailers, and other firms have reacted. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Since rioters stormed the US Capitol on January 6 in a desperate bid to over...
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Oklahoma, Wyoming, and West Virginia had the highest rate of Parler users leading up to the Capitol Siege, new data shows
Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Data from Global Wireless Solutions shows daily users on Parler nearly doubled following the Capitol riots. Users of the social media application, which eschews moderation, were more likely to be Caucasian, over 45, and upper middle class, according to GWS. After the election, Parler users prioritized the NewsMax app over the FoxNews app, ...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, News, US, West Virginia, Trends, Washington Dc, Silicon Valley, Fox News, Donald Trump, Trump, Carter, Capitol
Snapchat will permanently ban Trump when he leaves office on January 20
US President Donald Trump. Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Snap Inc. will permanently ban President Donald Trump from Snapchat when he leaves office on January 20. The company had suspended Trump's account after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol. Snap cited Trump's efforts to spread "misinformation, hate speech, and incite violence." Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Snap will permanently ban President Donald Trump when he leaves office on January 20, sayi...
Tags: Facebook, Twitter, White House, US, America, Trends, Tech, Joe Biden, Snapchat, Evan Spiegel, Donald Trump, Snap, Trump, Capitol, America Trump, Saul Loeb
Parler claims it was also dropped by Slack after Amazon and other tech giants cut ties with the controversial social media company
This illustration picture shows social media application logo from Parler displayed on a smartphone with its website in the background. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images Parler CEO John Matze claimed in a court filing Wednesday that Slack had "canceled their services" to his company. Matze claimed, in a lawsuit against Amazon's AWS over its decision to cut ties with Parler, that Slack had cited "a violation of their own terms of service based on AWS's decision to drop Parler." "Losing ...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, Enterprise, US, Trends, Markets, Aws, Silicon Valley, Amazon Web Services, Slack, Zendesk, Trump, US Capitol
House Democrats call for accountability while Republicans call for unity and rail against 'cancel culture' in impeachment debate
Reuters The House of Representatives impeached President Donald Trump on Wednesday for the "incitement of insurrection" in the wake of last week's deadly Capitol siege. During the House debate, Democrats argued Trump must be held accountable for provoking the violent mob, while Republicans called for "unity and healing" and defended the president's rhetoric and election lies. Trump is the first president in American history to be impeached twice. His impeachment is also the most bipartis...
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House members engage in a fiery debate over impeaching Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol
The House prepares to impeach the president after a fiery debate and as Trump is more isolated than ever
Reuters The House of Representatives is poised to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time for "incitement of insurrection" following last week's deadly Capitol siege. Debate over the article of impeachment began shortly after 9 a.m. ET and can be watched online on C-SPAN, YouTube, and the House's official website. Scroll down to watch the livestream and follow Insider's live coverage of the historic event. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The House of Represe...
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Democratic Rep. Cori Bush makes a fiery speech calling to impeach 'the white supremacist in chief'
LIVE: House minority leader Kevin McCarthy says Trump 'bears responsibility' for the Capitol siege and shoots down antifa conspiracy theories
LIVE: Rep. Cedric Richmond says some Republicans are 'co-conspirators' in the insurrection and tells them to 'man up, woman up,' and defend the Constitution
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, New York, News, Instagram, Maryland, Supreme Court, Congress, California, Washington, Kentucky, Senate, White House
Parler - a social media app that was used to organize the attack on the US Capitol - needs to step up moderation to get back on the iPhone, Apple CEO Tim Cook says
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the world premiere of Apple's "The Morning Show" at David Geffen Hall on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, in New York City. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP On Wednesday, January 6, pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol building and broke in. On the right-leaning social media app Parler, users cheered on the violence. By Saturday, Apple pulled Parler from the App Store — even though the app had shot to the top of the charts. In a new interview with CBS This Morning, Appl...
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Google is blocking all political ads, as well as those related to the US Capitol siege, until at least the day after the inauguration
While Facebook dominates the political ads market in the US, Google still controls about 20%. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Google said it will block political ads and those referencing the US Capitol siege until at least the day after inauguration. "Given the events of the past week, we will expand our Sensitive Event policy enforcement to temporarily pause all political ads in addition to any ads referencing impeachment, the inauguration, or protests at the US Capitol," Google said in a s...
Tags: Google, Facebook, Politics, News, Congress, US, Trends, Social Media, Georgia, Joe Biden, US Senate, Biden, Trump, Capitol, Raphael Warnock, US Capitol
Amazon hits back at Parler's antitrust lawsuit with extensive examples of its violent content, including death threats against politicians, tech CEOs, and BLM supporters
Amazon cited more than a dozen examples of content posted to the social-media platform Parler that it said violated Amazon's policies. SOPA Images / Getty Images Amazon responded on Tuesday to a lawsuit in which Parler accused the tech giant of violating antitrust law. In its response, Amazon accused Parler of violating its contract by refusing to remove more than 100 examples of violent content, including death threats against prominent Democrats, Republicans, and tech executives as w...
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Amazon hits back at Parler's antitrust lawsuit with extensive examples of its violent content, including death threats against Democrats, GOP, tech CEOs, and BLM
Amazon cited more than a dozen examples of content posted to the controversial social media platform Parler that it said violated Amazon's policies. SOPA Images / Getty Images Amazon responded on Tuesday to a lawsuit filed by Parler that accused the tech giant of violating antitrust laws by banning the controversial social media platform from using Amazon Web Services. In its response, Amazon alleged that Parler violated its contract by refusing to remove more than 100 examples of viol...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter, Politics, News, Enterprise, US, Trends, Lawsuits, Aws, Silicon Valley, NHL, BLM
YouTube removes Trump content and bans him from uploading new videos for a minimum of 7 days, citing 'ongoing potential for violence'
Sundar Pichai Donald Trump Denis Balibouse/Reuters/Win McNamee/Getty Images YouTube said Tuesday that it has "removed new content" from President Donald Trump's official channel and banned him from posting new videos for a "minimum" of one week for violating its policies. YouTube also gave Trump's channel its first "strike," and is "indefinitely disabling" comments over "safety concerns." YouTube's actions come days after Facebook and Twitter banned Trump from their platforms entirely, and...
Tags: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Politics, News, Youtube, Trends, Social Media, Joe Biden, Capitol Hill, Donald Trump, Sacha Baron Cohen, Trump, Election 2020, Capitol, Donald J Trump
YouTube removes Trump videos and bans him from uploading new content for a minimum of 7 days, citing 'ongoing potential for violence'
Tags: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Politics, News, Youtube, Trends, Social Media, Donald Trump, Trump, Election 2020, Tech Insider, Content Moderation, Tyler Sonnemaker, Capitol Siege
Walmart, Amazon and other US corporate giants in cutting off donations to Republican lawmakers who opposed Biden's certification as president
Supporters of US President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Walmart will halt political donations to lawmakers that opposed certifying president-elect Joe Biden's victory. It joins Amazon, Morgan Stanley, Dow, and AT&T in deciding to cut funding to specific Republicans. Separately, JP Morgan, Citibank, Microsoft, and Facebook said they will temporarily pause all political donations to both Republicans and Democrats...
Tags: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, Microsoft, Congress, Hotels, Finance, Senate, US, Trends, Tech, General Motors, Walmart, Bloomberg, Joe Biden
Apple CEO Tim Cook says Trump should be held accountable for the Capitol Hill riots: 'No one is above the law'
Apple CEO Tim Cook. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook says President Donald Trump should be held accountable for the violent insurrection at the US Capitol. "I think no one is above the law," Cook said in an interview Tuesday on "CBS This Morning." "I mean, that's the great thing about our country, we're a rule of law country. I think everyone that had a part in it needs to be held accountable." In a tweet last week, Cook called the insurrection "a sad and shameful chapter ...
Tags: Apple, Cook, News, Washington, Trends, Tim Cook, Cbs, Capitol Hill, App Store, Donald Trump, Trump, Gayle King, US Capitol, Tech Insider, Avery Hartmans, Parler
Trump claims people think his rally that incited the deadly Capitol riot was 'totally appropriate'
US President Donald Trump. Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Speaking publicly for the first time on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told reporters that "people" believe a speech he gave that incited last week's deadly Capitol insurrection was "totally appropriate." He also said the push to impeach him over his incitement of the insurrection was "absolutely ridiculous," adding that there was "tremendous anger" over it, though he didn't specify who was angry. The president has lost hi...
Tags: Apple, Google, Facebook, Politics, News, Instagram, Congress, Senate, White House, US, Trends, House, House Of Representatives, Portland, Republican, Seattle
Sheryl Sandberg says the US Capitol siege was not primarily organized on Facebook, but acknowledges Facebook moderation not perfect
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Vanity Fair Sheryl Sandberg said the pro-Trump siege of the US Capitol was organized largely off of Facebook. "I think these events were largely organized on platforms that don't have our abilities to stop hate, and don't have our standards, and don't have our transparency," Sandberg said at the Reuters Next conference on Tuesday. Experts who study extremism said Facebook was "indirectly involved" in the insurrection for allowing misinformation and violen...
Tags: Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Politics, News, Instagram, Congress, Senate, Trends, Tech, Joe Biden, House, Donald Trump, Shopify, Sheryl Sandberg
Sheryl Sandberg says the US Capitol siege was not primarily organized on Facebook
Amazon joins Airbnb, Marriott, and other US corporate giants in cutting off donations to Republican lawmakers who opposed Biden's certification as president
Supporters of US President Donald Trump broke into the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images Amazon has become the latest US corporate giant to cut off donations to GOP lawmakers who objected to certifying Democrat Joe Biden as president. It joins Morgan Stanley, Dow, and AT&T in deciding to cut funding to specific Republicans. Separately, JP Morgan, Citibank, Microsoft, and Facebook said they will temporarily pause all political donations to both...
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Twitter, PayPal, and Venmo ban Ali Alexander, who organized DC's 'Stop the Steal' rally where Trump incited the Capitol riot
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: Crowds gather outside the U.S. Capitol for the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images Ali Alexander, an organizer of the "Stop the Steal" rally that led to a riot in the Capitol building th...
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AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- Former Auburn University baseball player Joshua Myron Anthony was arrested on drug charges Sunday.
According to Lee County Sheriff Jay Jones, Anthony was arrested by the Opelika Police Department.
Opelika Police Department spokesperson Shane Healy told in a statement to Eagle Eye TV that Anthony was arrested for Unlawful Possession of Marijuana at the Opelika Municipal Park.
Anthony played both third and first base for Auburn's team during the 2018 season.


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ZIP code 30513 is located in northwest Georgia and covers a slightly higher than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has a slightly less than average population density.
The people living in ZIP code 30513 are primarily white. The number of seniors is extremely large while the number of middle aged adults is extremely large. There are also a slightly less than average number of single parents and a slightly higher than average number of single adults. The percentage of children under 18 living in the 30513 ZIP code is small compared to other areas of the country.
75 people per sq mi
148.65 sq mi
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Median Age: 48 Male Median Age: 47 Female Median Age: 49
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55-64 887 172 1,059
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Female 48 62 51 52 69 70 58 80 67 73 54 73 68 47 60 48 60 55 42 52
Total 85 118 124 103 121 124 107 138 136 144 110 137 132 108 122 119 125 115 103 93
ZIP code 30513 has an extremely large percentage of vacancies. The Census also indicates that there are one or more correctional facilities and nursing homes nearby.
The majority of household are owned or have a mortgage. Homes in ZIP code 30513 were primarily built in the 2000s or the 1990s. Looking at 30513 real estate data, the median home value of $165,500 is slightly higher than average compared to the rest of the country. It is also slightly higher than average compared to nearby ZIP codes. So you are less likely to find inexpensive homes in 30513. Rentals in 30513 are most commonly 2 bedrooms. The rent for 2 bedrooms is normally $500-$749/month including utilities. 3+ bedrooms are also common and rent for $500-$749/month. Prices for rental property include ZIP code 30513 apartments, townhouses, and homes that are primary residences.
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As with most parts of the country, vehicles are the most common form of transportation to places of employment. In most parts of the country, the majority of commuters get to work in under half an hour. A slightly higher than average number of commuters in 30513 can expect to fall in that range. Having to travel to work for over 45 minutes isn't uncommon for people who live here.
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The percentage of people that did not graduate high school is among the highest in the nation. Despite the lower high school graduation rates, slightly more than the average number of people in the area graduated college.
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5060 Blue Ridge Dr
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224 E Highland St
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God has made this entire biosphere astonishingly remarkable. It is the man who has the obligation to explore the delightfully created scenic beauties of the world. If you are a travelling enthusiast, and you have not visited Pakistan – an epitome and blend of all natural allures and unique cultural heritage, then you have not explored an enormous percentage of exquisiteness which contributes to add more charisma in this Universe.
The tourism industry of the country was adversely effected for a few years since it was dynamically fighting against the obscenity of terrorism but now the country is on its ways to reassure tourism once again and it is safe for travelling. Now a days news like these are frequently found in the newspapers of different countries: "The country has now been officially termed 'safe for travel' by the Portuguese government and British Airways also resumed operation in the region after more than 10 years".
A popular American business magazine 'Forbes' has included Pakistan to the top ten 'coolest places' where tourists must go in the new year of 2019 (Khaleej Times).
It is a one of the serenest, economic and wonderful lands to visit for a tourist. The landscape of Pakistan is categorically diverse. It ranges from lofty highlands in the north, the Karakorum and the Himalayas through alienated plateaus to rich alluvial savannahs of Punjab. Then follows the bareness of Baluchistan and the hot parched deserts of Sindh blending into miles and miles of beaches on the Makran Coast. It has one of the richest fertile land, marvelous valleys, remains of primitive and ancient civilizations, fascinating cultures, captivating ports, World's Highest Himalayan peaks, peaceful Arabian Sea beaches and everything which is beyond one's wildest imaginations.
In Pakistan's north, different mountain ranges are there which includes the Siwalik, Himalayan, Karakoram and Hindukush ranges. Nanga Parbat situated in Kashmir and Godwin Austin – World's second highest Peak, also known as the Savage Mountain which lies in Karakoram Range near Gilgit, are 26,660 and 28,251 feet high respectively – too difficult to surmount but conquering them rewards you with the heaven like views.
1300 km long Karakoram highway, which extends from Pakistan to China is considered as the 8th wonder of the world because it is so beautiful, mesmerizing and has breathtaking views around it which draw adventurers and mountaineers from around the world. It also has many old fortresses, ancient architecture, Hunza, Kaghan and Chitral Valley – home to an antique and beautiful culture of Kalash people, also the Fairy Meadows and Diamer District of Gilgit Baltistan.
The country's attractions in the province of Sindh includes Mohenjo-daro and Harappa - "the mound of dead" - which were expertly planned ancient cities and now they are an embodiment of history. The second largest fresh water lake in Pakistan, Keenjhar Lake is hypnotic to see. Located in Tharparkar, Faiz Mahal is also an architectural masterwork. The details on the walls of the palace are intricately done, hinting at the mastery of the workers back in the day. Situated east of Karachi near the National Highway, the Chaukhandi Tombs are essentially an Islamic cemetery full of stunningly carved stonework.
The magnificence of the historic Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is enduring and legendary and has its own tradition, culture and rituals. It is also blessed with SWAT which is called Mini Switzerland because of its breathtaking sceneries and splendid snow cover throughout the year. Punjab province has the historic city Lahore with many examples of Mughal architecture such as Badshahi Masjid, Shalimar Gardens, Tomb of Jahangir and the Lahore Fort. Capital of Pakistan is also spectacular and it is ranked as the second most beautiful capital of the world, it has the finest landscapes and spots surrounded by Margilla hills.
Balochistan includes destinations which are of great tourist attractions. This includes, The Hannah Lake which looks frozen, ice-covered and astounding in winters. Waadi-e-Bolan, which is a long stretch of a mountain gorge with blue waters. Hingol National Park have rare and exotic animals including the Markhor and several others of the deer family, enclosed by shallow blue waters. The Kund Malir Beach is one of the most dazzling beaches. Astola Island, also known as Jezira Haft Talar Satadip or 'Island of the Seven Hills', is a small uninhabited Pakistani island in the Arabian Sea.
What more could one ask other than this, In short Pakistan is a "Must Go Place". Also the government is actively working on the infrastructure to promote its tourism industry to attract both the domestic and foreign tourists. In this regard Pakistan has loosened travel restrictions in the hope of reviving tourism by offering visas on arrival to visitors from 50 countries and electronic visas to 175 nationalities, the government said on Friday (The New York Times).
Tourism plays an imperative role in the economy and it is a chief source of revenue for most countries around the world. Since Pakistan is moving towards a self-sustaining economy and a more peaceful impact on the region of south Asia, tourism would play a vital role in generating revenue which would be utilized in the welfare of country.


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Q: Reprojecting GeoTIFFs to WGS84/UTM I'm using libgeotiff and proj4 to read and process GeoTIFFs. After reading the file, I want to get the corner coordinates in WGS84/UTM but there are so many functions and parameters to try and understand,
My current function goes like this:
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BOOL CGeoTIFFImporter::GetUTMCorner(Corners cnr, double& x, double& y)
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
{
    BOOL bRet = FALSE;
    if (m_bIsGeoTIFF)
    {
        x = -DBL_MAX;
        y = -DBL_MAX;
        double xtmp = -DBL_MAX;
        double ytmp = -DBL_MAX;
        CString spjUTM = "";
        projPJ pjUTM, pjPJ;
        char *pszProjection;

        switch (cnr)
        {
            case LowerLeft: x = 0.0; y = m_Ypx; break;
            case LowerRight: x = m_Xpx; y = m_Ypx; break;
            case UpperLeft: x = 0.0; y = 0.0; break;
            case UpperRight: x = m_Xpx; y = 0.0; break;
        }

        // Try to transform the coordinate into PCS space
        bRet = GTIFImageToPCS(m_pGTF, &x, &y);

        if (bRet && m_GTFDef.Zone != 0)
        {
            xtmp = x; ytmp = y;
            if (m_GTFDef.Model == ModelTypeGeographic)
            {
            }
            else if (!GTIFProj4ToLatLong(&m_GTFDef, 1, &xtmp, &ytmp))
            {
                return FALSE;
            }

            spjUTM.Format("+proj=utm +zone=%d +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84", UTMZone(xtmp));

            pjUTM = pj_init_plus(spjUTM);

            if (pjUTM == NULL)
            {
                return FALSE;
            }

            pszProjection = GTIFGetProj4Defn(&m_GTFDef);

            if (pszProjection == NULL)
            {
                return FALSE;
            }
            pjPJ = pj_init_plus(pszProjection);
            free(pszProjection);

            if (pjPJ == NULL)
            {
                return FALSE;
            }

            bRet = (pj_transform(pjPJ, pjUTM, 1, 1, &x, &y, NULL) == 0);
        }
    }
    return bRet;
}

Somewhat unsurprisingly given my state of knowledge on the subject, this doesn't work. Can anyone give me some pointers as to what I'm doing wrong?

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Package.describe({
    name: 'jorisroling:app-info',
    version: '0.0.10',
    summary: 'Generates aplication info based on git',
    git: 'https://github.com/jorisroling/meteor-app-info.git',
    documentation: 'README.md'
});

Package.registerBuildPlugin({
    name: "app-info",
    use: [
		"meteor",
		// 'jorisroling:eyes@0.0.15'
	],
    sources: ['generate-info.js']
});

Package.onUse(function(api) {
	api.addFiles('AppInfo.js');
	api.export('AppInfo');
})

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Zoe Ray
Cutting Room Floor- Alliance
This scene is what I first had in mind for Lisa and Michael meeting, but it didn't feel right. I like the scene in the book better. It's sexier and leaves you wanting more. My intention was for Lisa and Jasmine to compete for Michael's attention and then Michael to make a fool of himself, but ultimately I went in a different direction. What do you think?
"Damn. Get it, girl," Lisa shouted. Sam seemed to be completely unaware of Lisa's presence. She was focused on Preston who had his hands all over her body as his lips grazed her neck. Lisa was surprised to see Preston dancing at all. After all this wasn't a waltz. It was hard to look away from them, but Lisa started feeling down. Her best friend was thrown into another life, and it was a fabulous life, but she wouldn't have time for her anymore. This was the beginning of the end. Lisa excused herself from the dance floor and went to have a seat. She sipped on some champagne that was chilling at their table and swayed to the music. Two songs later, Sam and Preston came over.
Preston leaned down and gave Lisa a hug. "Good to see you, Lisa," he said.
"You too. I had no idea you could dance like that," Lisa said.
Preston smiled. "Sam brings it out of me."
It took everything Lisa could muster not to roll her eyes.
Sam sat next to Lisa. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing." Lisa looked up at Preston.
Sam turned to Preston. "Baby, can you bring me a drink?" she asked.
Preston gave her a nod and left.
"We have drinks here. I'm fine," Lisa said.
"Lisa, talk to me."
"Sam, I said I'm fine."
Sam just looked at her.
Lisa let out a deep breath. "You won't have time for me anymore," she said.
"You're my family. I'll always have time for you," Sam said.
"That's easier said than done. You are completely wrapped up in old boy, and why shouldn't you be?"
"Chicks over dicks. That's how we roll. Preston's going to have to understand. I'm not leaving my best friend behind. Although, it may make the honeymoon a bit awkward." She pinched Lisa's cheek.
"I want to believe that. It's just when he came in the room it was all about you and him. How did he even know we were here?"
"He probably tracked my phone or something."
"And you're okay with that?"
"He works in security, and we don't keep secrets."
"I thought it was going to be just the girls tonight."
"Well, I'm sure he thought we'd be at home looking at color schemes and themes."
"I'm probably just overthinking, I guess," Lisa said.
"You need to get together because your guy is here. I planned on introducing you two later, but fate had something else in mind, and even though I hate his ass right now, I love you more. You should meet him."
"He's at the bar with Preston. His name is Michael, and he's fine as hell, and he's Preston's best friend and business partner, and when you two hit it off I'm sure you'll get tired of how much time we'll spend together."
Lisa looked toward the bar. Her heart beat raced. "Him?" she asked. She couldn't see his face. His back was turned to them, but what a back it was. All Lisa could see was his big, broad shoulders. He was almost as tall as Preston, and he was just as muscular.
"Yes, him. We should get over there. It looks like Jasmine is about to hump his leg."
"Excuse me. I know you of all people are not about to turn down this fine ass man," Sam said.\
"I can't even see his face," Lisa said.
"That's why we're going over there."
"I hate set ups.
"You'll thank me later." Sam adjusted Lisa's hair. "Smile." Lisa obliged. "Perfect. Let's go."
Sam pulled out her phone and tapped the screen a few times. "This is him."
"Okay let's go," Lisa said.
As they approached, Lisa watched Jasmine run her finger down Michael's arm. He wasn't even looking at her, but she was determined. The lust in her eyes was insane.
"Michael," Sam said when they reached the bar.
"Well, if it isn't my bestie, Samantha," Michael said as he turned around taking a sip of his drink.
Sam rolled her eyes. "I still have every intention of kicking your ass, but right now I want you to meet my real friend, Lisa. Lisa, this is my ex friend Michael," Sam said.
Michael took one look at her and spit out his drink.
"What the hell," Lisa shouted.
"Michael!" Sam shouted. She tried and failed to hold in her laughter.
"Fuck me," Michael said. "That was an accident." He stared at Lisa and licked his lips. His eyes flashed green.
Lisa gasped.
Claimed At The Stroke Of Midnight Is Here
Cutting Room Floor- Alpha Professor


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The 2020 Manmohan Memorial National One-Day Cricket Tournament was the second edition of one of the main domestic 50-over competitions in Nepal, alongside the Prime Minister One Day Cup. The tournament featured sides representing the seven provinces of Nepal plus three departments, the host club (MMCC Inaruwa) and a Malaysian XI. This was the second edition of the tournament after the first was held in January 2019. The Malaysian national side played a series of one-day matches against Nepal after the conclusion of the tournament.

The Nepal Army Club won the first semi-final, beating Province Number 3 by 64 runs. The second semi-final saw Nepal Police Club triumph by 99 runs against Sudur Paschim Province. The Army Club went on to retain the title with an 85-run victory in the final.

Group A

Points table

Fixtures

Group B

Points table

Fixtures

Group C

Points table

Fixtures

Group D

Points table

Fixtures

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links
 Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

Manmohan Memorial National One-Day Cricket Tournament
Manmohan Memorial National One-Day Cricket Tournament
2019-20

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text:
package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"reflect"
	"strings"

	"github.com/cloudbees/lxd-client/generator/pkg/schemagen"
    "github.com/lxc/lxd/shared/api"
)

type Schema struct {
    Certificate                   api.Certificate
	ContainerState                api.ContainerState
	ContainerStateDisk            api.ContainerStateDisk
	ContainerStateCPU             api.ContainerStateCPU
	ContainerStateMemory          api.ContainerStateMemory
	ContainerStateNetwork         api.ContainerStateNetwork
	ContainerStateNetworkAddress  api.ContainerStateNetworkAddress
	ContainerStateNetworkCounters api.ContainerStateNetworkCounters
	ContainerExecControl          api.ContainerExecControl
	SnapshotInfo                  api.ContainerSnapshot
	Container                     api.Container
    Profile                       api.Profile
    Network                       api.Network
    NetworksPost                  api.NetworksPost
    ImageAliasesEntry             api.ImageAliasesEntry
    ImageSource                   api.ImageSource
    Image                         api.Image
    Server                        api.Server
	ServerEnvironment             api.ServerEnvironment
}

func main() {
	packages := []schemagen.PackageDescriptor{
		{"github.com/cloudbees/lxd-client/generator/vendor/github.com/lxc/lxd/shared/api", "com.cloudbees.lxd.client.api", "lxd_"},
	}

	typeMap := map[reflect.Type]reflect.Type{
		reflect.TypeOf(struct{}{}):  reflect.TypeOf(""),
	}
	schema, err := schemagen.GenerateSchema(reflect.TypeOf(Schema{}), packages, typeMap)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Errorf("An error occurred: %v", err)
		return
	}

	b, err := json.Marshal(&schema)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	result := string(b)
	result = strings.Replace(result, "\"additionalProperty\":", "\"additionalProperties\":", -1)
	var out bytes.Buffer
	err = json.Indent(&out, []byte(result), "", "  ")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(out.String())
}


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Cover proof
A nice surprise this weekend: the cover proof of my forthcoming story collection from Salt (a bit wonky in the scan above as it was so big I couldn't get it straight in the scanner). I'm still getting used to the new processes in publishing. It's the first time I've ever had bound proofs - that is, bound with a proper cover - and it seems odd to be getting the final cover proof after I've actually had a 'book'. The new cover is lovely: silk, whereas the bound proof cover was glossy, and very luxurious-looking and -feeling!
Labels: Balancing on the Edge of the World
Blogging for Writers workshop
Just back from the workshop 'Blogging for Writers' at MDDA, where I learnt something new: that I can't work on a computer and talk to a group at the same time - I lost my thread two or three or times! Interesting: I hadn't realised how utterly silent and private and inward this space at my keyboard was: because of the interactivity of the blogosphere, I had thought of it as quite the opposite. Now I understand why, when I've been doing a spot of blogging, John acts as though I've been away somewhere!
It was a great group of writers, with varying levels of knowledge about blogging. Kate Feld did a great job of explaining the fundamentals of blogging, and by the end of the session everyone, even complete beginners, had set up their own blog and was ready to join us all. I was going to take a photo if people had been willing, but guess what, that was another thing I forgot...
Manchester Blog Awards
Well, I'm pretty thrilled: my other, issue-based blog has been nominated for a Manchester Blog Award.
The blog awards will be held at 7pm Wednesday, Oct. 10, at Matt and Phred's Jazz Club on Tib Street in the Northern Quarter. Tickets are free, but should be reserved via the Manchester Literature Festival website.
At this event I'll also be reading the final instalment of the blog story I've been writing in the run up to the festival.
Go here to find the list of nominees.
Labels: Manchester Blog Awards
A pub, a club and Nan
Instalment 4 of the blog story, 'What Would You Do?' which I'm writing for the Manchester Literature Festival, has now been posted. Last week's vote means that in this week's episode, 'A pub, a club and Nan', Cat must dash from her nan's somewhat robust party to the gig where she hopes to get information about the mysterious stranger - with an unexpected development.
You can vote on how that development should pan out, and you have till Thursday 8pm to do it.
Labels: Manchester Blogstory
Book launch: Some New Ambush by Carys Davies
Last night John drove us north out of the pelting rain of Manchester to the dryness and quaint stone buildings of Lancaster, where in the Dukes Theatre Gallery fellow Salt author Carys Davies was holding the launch for her fabulous collection of stories, Some New Ambush.
These stories are wonderful. Wry yet magical, and ranging from a nineteenth-century lunatic asylum to contemporary Chicago, they are fairy tales of human longing and determination in the face of fate. Carys read from three of the stories including 'Pied Piper', which blew me away when I read it, beginning as it does as the tale of a woman who finds a baby in the sand and passes it off as her own, and turning out to be a depiction of the human effects of one Britain's worst industrial disasters.
Here's Carys signing books after the reading:
I got my precious bound proof signed, and also a copy I bought for Christmas for my mum, who comes from the part of Wales where some of these stories are set. Luckily, my mum doesn't read blogs, so she won't find out unless anyone tells her. Right?
Labels: Author readings, Carys Davies
John McAuliffe at Manky Poets
I haven't been to Manky Poets for ages. It's run by copland smith (who spells his name without capitals) and is held in Chorlton Library one Friday each month 7.30-9.30. The first half is an open session in which audience members read - beginners and experienced poets alike - and then after the break there's always an invited guest.
Last night I went and found that the numbers had grown hugely in my absence - I arrived rather late and had to stand, as the only seat available was way at the front. Typical me: there was one seat near the back, and I promptly sat down on it, only to realize when the poet reading finished and came towards me looking stymied that I was not only sitting on her seat but on her bag!
Well, last night's guest was John McAuliffe, and a thoroughly enjoyable reading it was. He's a warm character and reads engagingly and his poems are funny and moving and at once sensuous and muscular. What I loved about them most was their concern with a kind of doubleness of both place and time: Ireland recalled in England, moments triggering the memory of others, layered and altered by their layering.
Great stuff. And great that copland has made Manks the success it is.
Labels: Author readings, John McAuliffe
Blogging for writers
It seems that there are still a couple of spaces left in the Blogging for Writers workshop which I'm running on Saturday, Sept. 29 with the fabulous Kate Feld, writer and Manchizzle blogger.
We'll go over the basics of blogging as a tool to market your work, experiment with different styles and get projects off the ground. And have fun writing! It'll be from 11am-1pm.
Later the same day Kate will be running a more general blogging workshop, So You Wanna Be a Blogstar?, with Chris from Mancubist. It'll be for anyone setting up a blog, or anyone who has been blogging for a while but needs a little inspiration, and will run from from 2-4pm.
Both are just £2, and take place at MDDA headquarters on Portland Street. We will have computers available for those who need them, but the place has wireless so you can bring laptops if you like. Book here at the MLF site.
Late night, late September in Manc
To the BBC again late last night to update on the blogstory for the Radio Manchester Phil Woods show. Last time I went the streets were so quiet, but last night - well! What were all these crowds???? Sauntering in great crocodiles along Oxford Road and down Charles Street, dressed (in spite of the weather) in Hawaiian shirts and shorts and sandals, and strappy tops and pelmet skirts with bare legs or fluorescent legwarmers - and carrying balloons???? Like a children's tea party but with adult-sized guests?
Ah! Freshers week, of course!!!
Instalment 3 of blogstory goes live
Instalment 3 of the Manchester Blogstory is now up. We had a bit of bother with the poll site last week, and huge apologies to those who found they weren't able to vote. This week we're using a different one, so there shouldn't be any problems.
Those who could vote last week chose Ahmed the sound operator who lives at the top of Cat's house to help her begin to solve the mystery of her anonymous caller, and in the current instalment there's a development when Ahmed invites the inhabitants of the house to be extras in a film he's working on.
This week you can vote on a radical plot twist for instalment 4. Voting ends 8pm Thursday.
Last day of voting for Chapter 3 of blogstory
There's still time to send me into a pickle for chapter 3 of the blogstory - voting is open until 8pm this evening.
Posted by Elizabeth Baines at 10:06 AM 2 comments: Links to this post
Voting for Chapter 3 of the Blogstory
Voting is under way for the next episode of the Blogstory, and Ahmed, the sound operator who lives at the top of Cat's house - a character who hasn't yet featured much - is at present way ahead as the person who in the next episode will inadvertently help her on the trail of the mysterious stranger.
It's a weird process, this, and maybe I shouldn't be looking at the votes, but I can't help it, I'm far too curious, of course. But I really mustn't yet start to envisage scenarios involving Ahmed - what if the voting pattern changes, as it did last week?
There's still until tomorrow (Thursday) 8 pm to vote and make a difference!
Chapter 2 of Blogstory goes live
Chapter 2 of the Manchester Blog Story, What Would You Do?, which I've been commissioned to write for the Manchester Literature Festival, has just gone live.
It's set in Central Library, which readers voted for - and I just hope I've come up to their expectations!!!
I didn't sleep much last night, as I was still mulling over a particular phrase - and I had to get up early this morning to get it to administrator Kate Feld in time!
Tagged after all
Well, I've been holding out against this tagging lark - otherwise how can I go on complaining about the tendency to want to know about writers' lives (rather than their books), as I do on my other blog? But now Jen at Salt has tagged me, and what can you do but comply when your publisher tags you, and anyway she makes it such fun, so I'm giving in:
"Each player starts with eight random facts/habits or embarrassing things about themselves. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog."
1. My mother once dressed me up for a village fete as a summer salad, and what this did for my self image may be a matter for the psychiatrist's chair. (I was only four, but I can still remember in a physical way the shock of cold when she placed the necklace of cucumber slices round my neck.)
2. I recently sat in a cooling bath for an hour and a half (mercifully dressed in a strapless dress) while a film director and cameraman decided on the shot they wanted. By the time they had finished I was a wrinkled prune.
3. I sing to myself without knowing I'm doing it, which made my children want to walk ten steps behind.
4. I talk to myself, too - or more accurately, I mouth the stories I'm writing - which makes my children still not want to walk with me at all.
5. A lost skill: I can't cook any more, I'm always too busy writing to practise.
6. My feet are so big that when John first met me he bought me Fats Waller's Your Feet's Too Big.
7. I'm crazy about cabbage, and never get enough as no one else likes it. What's fantastic about North Wales restaurants is that they serve it up!
8. Something that still makes me blush: I once agreed to use clippers on the head of someone about to go on holiday with a brand-new girlfriend, an event he was somewhat nervous about. I sneered at his worry that I might drop the guard, and then went and did just that and made a bald stripe up the back of his head.
Now I have to tag eight others:
Sally Lawton
Caroline Smailes
Debi Alper
Amanda Mann
Clare Sudbery
Lucy Pepper
Nicola Monaghan
Charles Lambert
Blogstory: readers vote for Central Library
So the vote on the blogstory was overwhelmingly for Manchester Central Library. This is where Cat's mysterious caller will tell her to go for a meeting, rather than the rumbustious pub in Salford or the the slick, slightly wild ambience of the Printworks with its bars and clubs. Not only does this potentially have a bearing on the identity of the caller, it makes me wonder about the readers who have voted. Why have they voted in this way? Is it because Central Library is the place they know and/or like best (in which case of course they're a pretty studious lot)? Or is it that, like the voters on Sarah Hepola's interactive blog story (see earlier post) they want to steer the characters in that more 'worthy' direction? Either way, the reality of readers is already strongly imposed on the story.
So it's quite funny that when I met an (admittedly senior) friend at the bus stop this morning and told him I was writing an interactive blogstory, he grimaced and rolled his eyes and did a comic quick retreat away from me and from something quite so trivial and trendy and 'unliterary'!
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Blogstory voting
Voting is going interestingly for the blogstory, and implies that it's a pretty literary lot who are bothering, since so far Central Library is way ahead as the venue for the narrator's mysterious meeting. That's not how it began, however: at the start the Salford pub was in the lead, but unfortunately the voting site we were using at first went down and we had to swap sites. This meant that we lost the first dozen or so votes, which had been heading the story in that direction. I know that Kate Feld, the site adminstrator, tried to transfer those votes to the new site, but I don't think the software let her. So if you voted on Tuesday morning it's possible that your vote hasn't been counted, but you should be able to vote again on the new site. Voting closes tonight at eight, and then I'll have to get writing again!
Sundar Kanta Walker at the Portico Library, a dash to the BBC and a drink in the Lass o'Gowrie
To the Portico Library last night for the opening of Sundar Kanta Walker's final leg in the tour of her fantastic show of paintings, Samsara: The World, The Universe. What a surprise: since the first show in Sale last October, Kanta has added numerous new paintings, some of them huge and all overflowing with vibrant energy - and Kanta is such a little woman, I don't know why she wasn't flat on the floor rather than looking her usual bright-button self.
Some of these new paintings made me shudder in an exciting but disturbing way, and Kanta explained to the assembled guests that the theme of this exhibition is our treatment of the environment and its resultant cataclysmic changes. The picture above is Kanta's vision of a tropicalized Lake District, and others show mountain ranges where the brush-strokes and colour shifts seem dynamically to split mountains between melting heat and desolate uncompromising ice, capturing our sense of the uncertainty of the future in a way which brought my heart into my mouth. But, marvellously, there are pictures too celebrating those things which, if we are not careful, we could lose, and the shot below shows Kanta beside one of them.
I couldn't help thinking there was an interesting culture clash between the urgency of the paintings and the gentility of the venue: live music, a gentle harp and a flute, above us the beautiful recently restored Georgian glass and plaster dome, all around us shelves of old leather-bound books, one wall classified in gold lettering: Polite Literature. And the reading room, where William Gaskell and Roget once sat. I love the place, but there is still an air of nineteenth century elitism about it - the way you have to be let in at the door, the fact that you need a letter of reference before you can ever borrow books and the original club-type membership system still in operation. There's good reason, of course - the books are a special and crumbling resource which need great care and renovation (the library is engaged on a massive ongoing renovation project of the books and the weakening shelves.) But you know me: I stood taking the photo below of the gentleman's-club type reading room, and couldn't help making a connection between nineteenth-century elitism and the state of the world about which Kanta is painting.
And then home for a bite to eat, and out again back to the BBC to talk about the blogstory on Radio Manchester's Phil Wood show, and then across the road to the Lass o' Gowrie and a world Gaskell and Roget would never recognize, where John was chatting to a bunch of ecology students all dressed up as animals (don't ask me why) and who should also be there but Art of Fiction blogger Adrian Slatcher and, guess what, we talked about blogging until chucking-out time.
Kanta's exhibition continues until 27th September.
Labels: Manchester Blogstory, Sundar Kanta Walker
Manchester Blog Story goes live
The Manchester Blog Story, What Would You Do? which I'm writing for the Manchester Literature Festival, has gone live! The first of six weekly mini-episodes, The Caller, is now posted, and readers have till Thursday 8pm to vote on the venue for the next turn in the plot - and then I'll have four days to write the next episode accordingly! It's scary, but exciting - never in my life before have I written so publicly, and never before have I not had the option of going back and changing things which turned out to be extraneous or out of place!
Here's the blurb about it from this week's Manchester Literature Festival e-letter:
Episode One takes place in the hallway of a large Victorian house converted into flats and introduces us to its eccentric occupants. One of the residents has been visited by a mystery caller but will they manage to collect their message?
The project is produced by Manchizzle blogger Kate Feld and sponsored by Richard Fair richardfair.co.uk
About three years ago I sent a play to a theatre and received a discouraging response: my play wasn't really a play, it was far too schematic, the characters weren't fully rounded, and worst of all, I really needed to learn how to write dialogue and not have them spouting great explanatory speeches.
Well, you know how it is: you think, Couldn't they see that the style of the play was consciously chosen (rather than a mistake!), that the 'schematic' nature of the piece was deliberately devised as a comment on the schematic psychology of the characters, and that in any case it's subverted at the end? That it's not intended as naturalist, for heaven's sake - that televisual standard of 'rounded' characters' and real-life replicating dialogue? And that anyway, the things the characters say in their speeches aren't meant to be taken at face value, they are in fact subverted and overturned by the action? Are there no script readers in theatres educated in the history of theatre and who don't view life through the lens of Coronation Street!!!??? Didn't they read my ****ing letter and see that I have done tons of radio and can write realist dialogue whenever I like, thank you very much?!!! (And probably better than them!!!!) (You're getting vicious now and spitting.) Haven't they ****ing heard of me in any case?!!!!! Are there no script readers who know how to read a script? (You are practically foaming at the mouth by this time.)
And then of course comes the moment of doubt, when, even though you have thought all of these things, you think: But what if they're right? What if I am a crap writer after all? Because there's just no proof that I'm any good if I can't get past these script readers and get my plays on... And you start to think that writing theatre plays is a waste of time and you simply stop doing it...
Well, don't do that. In July I attended a panel discussion, 'Joining the Dots', at the Royal Exchange, held as part of the Manchester International Festival, and was greatly encouraged. One panellist was the inspirational Suzanne Bell, Literary Manager of the Liverpool Everyman - with its admirable record of showing new writing - who proved passionate about new writing. Another was West Yorkshire Playhouse Literary Manager Alex Chisholme who said (with what Chair Tony Clarke, AD of Hampstead Theatre, called admirable honesty) that working recently with a PhD student of Drama had caused her to think that British Theatre may well have been missing plays and playwrights by being too hung up on narrative and character because those are the things it's easiest to teach - at which Tony put in with the statement that he didn't in fact think it was up to other theatre professionals to teach writers how to write.
And guess what? Earlier this year I sent the play I mention above to the very same theatre all over again because the artistic director had changed. And when I got back from Wales there was a wonderful letter understanding everything I was trying to do and lavishing it with praise! They're not putting the play on, but the praise was really inspiring - and what's great is that they want to see anything else I may write.
So never give up, I say. And the best news is, I think things are looking up.
Labels: theatre, theatre script readers
A reading and celebration for Balancing on the Edge of the World
Last night John and I went to the fabulous Croma restaurant in Chorlton, where we often go. Maybe I shouldn't be admitting this, but I often have my best writing ideas with a bit of wine inside me - it's that sideways, non-logical thing that slight inebriation allows - and I've had several in Croma of a Saturday night.
Well, the really exciting thing is that Kirsty, who runs the restaurant, has offered to do me a launch/celebration for my book of stories, Balancing on the Edge of the World, and Vicky of Chorlton Bookshop, next door to the restaurant, has agreed to supply the books. I'm doing several readings at the start of October (see the list on my website), but this will happen later (we've pencilled in 29th) when they've died down a bit, and will be more of a celebration. Details have to be organised yet, but I'll be keeping everyone posted, of course!
Reading group: White Noise by Don Delillo
Yet another book I read in Wales was Don DeLillo's White Noise, last month's reading group choice, the story of university lecturer and Hitler expert Jack Gladney who lives with his nth wife and a house full of step-children, and suffers existential gloom and unease - or more precisely, a fear of death - in a contemporary world of confusing signs.
It's a while now since we met to discuss it, and in the meantime I've been filming, so my memory of the discussion isn't too detailed: what I remember more than the discussion is the darkness and dampness of the evening, so typical of this odd summer, and the fact that the dog in Hans's house was suddenly different, because his old one had (shockingly) died, and every time we went to the loo the new one jumped up in excitement and wrapped us in her lead.
I know we all liked the book. Some of us, Trevor and I in particular, loved it. Trevor began the discussion by stating that the author was having a go at most things in the modern world, but I said, Wasn't it more precisely about the loss of boundaries between fantasy and reality (see, it's all coming back now) and Jenny said, No, surely it's about the fact that we can no longer distinguish between what's important or not. I had to agree that this was true, too: there's a running joke about the fact that there are 'PhDs now in cereal packets', and key scenes of the book take place in the supermarket, the place where
people scan the small print on packages, wary of a second level of betrayal.. Many have trouble making out the words... Smeared print, ghost images... But in the end it doesn't matter... The terminals are equipped with holographic scanners... This is the language of waves and radiation.
We all loved the hilarious discussions between Jack and the younger visiting lecturer Murray, who is studying such cultural signifiers, and the fact that Jack's subject, Hitler, is of no greater cultural significance than Murray's, Elvis, in the scene in which they lecture together, almost physically dancing their subjects together around the room. We loved the way the household TV set ends up in one of the children's bedroom and becomes a god-like voice from above puncturing conversations with surreal and meaningless or trivial announcements. We loved the irony of the fact that when a real threat suddenly enters the family's life - a chemical spill causing a toxic airborne event - no one can immediately recognize the danger for what it is. We found brilliant the book's subsequent joke in the response of the Simulated Evacuation officer to the real-life toxic event:
'The insertion curve isn't as smooth as we would like. There's a probability excess. Plus we don't have our victims laid out where we'd want them if this was an actual simulation... You have to make allowance for the fact that everything you see tonight is real.'
One of the brilliant strokes in the book is the suggestion by the authorities that the toxic elements in the spill cause deja vu which is consequently experienced by the characters even after the suggestion is withdrawn.
There were some quibbles: neither Hans nor I were convinced by the original premise of Jack Gladney's obsession with dying - we felt that, on the contrary, nowadays people refuse to think about death - indeed this is one of the notions I explored in my recent play, The Processing Room. However, there is a conversation between Jack and Murray in which Murray states that this is the other side of the same coin. Most people, even I, felt that the book lacked forward momentum before the airborne toxic event, when it suddenly became riveting. Doug said that this was his main objection, the fact that there was no real story, and while he agreed about all the other things in the book, ultimately he was left wondering if it added up to much as a novel, rather than an entertaining and well-written exposition of a point that was made from the very beginning. I said, But isn't this the point: the book formally portrays its thesis, that we can't shape narratives any more, we are at the mercy of forces and codes we can't decipher? Jenny, however, said she liked the comfortable tone of the beginning and went off the book when she got to the toxic event.
John said that he wasn't sure about the ending: were we meant to believe that Jack really had committed such an extreme act at the end, and if so why were there no consequences, when he had left so much evidence? Or were we meant to think he had so lost touch with reality as to imagine it? Everyone else said, No, it was meant to have happened, but it's not remarked on because violence is normal now, and no one knows what's important or what anything means, though John still looked doubtful. I said that I had had similar doubts about the unrealistic lack of conflict or emotional disturbance in a house full of stepchildren, but in the end had put them aside because this wasn't a realist novel. Some people said they had skipped bits as boring - which I couldn't believe, as I thought the prose so brilliant - concise, witty and telling.
We all noted how prescient this book was, pre-imagining Bhopal and even 9/11, and prefiguring our present unease and uncertainty about what we are experiencing - is this a freak period in the weather or a new status quo? We marvelled that the book was published as long ago as 1985.
Finally, John said that when he got to the end of the book he experienced deja vu and thought he had read it before.
Our archived discussions can be found here, and a list of all the books we have discussed here.
Labels: Don Delillo, my reading, Reading group
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Teaching your dog to become a well mannered member of your family requires patience, love and consistency. If you feel like you are out of your element and want some help you should consider dog obedience schools.
Before picking a school try to visit several and observe a class at each one. Take note of the trainers style and qualifications. Ask the other owners how their experiences have been with the school.
Most schools will offer private lessons or classes. You need to decide which format is best for you and your dog. If you have a particularly shy dog a private lesson may be a better alternative than a crowded, rowdy class.
There are many dog trainers around today but not all of them are qualified. You need to make sure that whoever you trust your pet to has the knowledge and experience to take good care of your dog training needs.
It's also important that whatever trainer you choose has the same outlook on training as you do.
For example, if you feel that rewarding your dog with treats when they've completed a task is inappropriate (some people do think that it is wrong to reward with a treat since the dog will expect that every time and may become confused when you stop giving them treats when they do something right) then you want to find a trainer who shares your outlook.
Obedience schools will help you learn to communicate with your dog. It's as much about teaching you how to behave with your dog as it is about training your dog. You will work hand in hand with the trainer.
It is very important that a hierarchy is established and that your dog understands you are in control. You don't have to use extreme measures to accomplish this and a good obedience school can teach you simple yet effective methods.
Think of your dog as a child. You teach your kids right and wrong. If you didn't they wouldn't be much fun to live with! Your dog is the same. You have to be the one to establish boundaries and, just like a teenager, they will sometimes test your will and push those boundaries.
Dog obedience schools can provide you with the tools you need to deal with these situations when they arise.
If you just don't feel that you know how best to go about training your dog ask your vet or local animal shelter to recommend a school in your area.


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package coco.util;

import coco.name.Instrument;
import coco.name.Name;
import coco.name.Transaction;
import coco.name.Value;

public class Transactions {

	public static Transaction[] convertADR(Instrument pDepRct,
			Instrument pOrdinary, double pConversionQuantity,
			double pConversionPrice, double pConversionFactor,
			Instrument pFxCross, double pFxPrice) {
		double tOrdQuant = -pConversionQuantity * pConversionFactor;
		double tOrdPrice;
		double tFxQuant;
		if (pFxCross.getAsset() == pOrdinary.getCurncy()
				&& pFxCross.getCurncy() == pDepRct.getCurncy()) {
			tOrdPrice = (pConversionPrice / pConversionFactor) / pFxPrice;
			tFxQuant = -pConversionQuantity * pConversionPrice / pFxPrice;
		} else if (pFxCross.getAsset() == pDepRct.getCurncy()
				&& pFxCross.getCurncy() == pOrdinary.getCurncy()) {
			tOrdPrice = (pConversionPrice / pConversionFactor) * pFxPrice;
			tFxQuant = pConversionQuantity * pConversionPrice;
		} else {
			throw new RuntimeException("mismatch: " + pDepRct.getId() + " / "
					+ pOrdinary.getId() + " / " + pFxCross.getId());
		}
		Transaction t0 = new Transaction(pConversionQuantity, pDepRct,
				pConversionPrice);
		Transaction t1 = new Transaction(tOrdQuant, pOrdinary, tOrdPrice);
		Transaction t2 = new Transaction(tFxQuant, pFxCross, pFxPrice);
		Transaction[] tTransactions = new Transaction[3];
		tTransactions[0] = t0;
		tTransactions[1] = t1;
		tTransactions[2] = t2;
		return tTransactions;
	}

	public static Transaction[] convertORD(Instrument pDepRct,
			Instrument pOrdinary, double pConversionQuantity,
			double pConversionPrice, double pConversionFactor,
			Instrument pFxCross, double pFxPrice) {
		double tDrQuant = -pConversionQuantity / pConversionFactor;
		double tDrPrice;
		double tFxQuant;
		if (pFxCross.getAsset() == pOrdinary.getCurncy()
				&& pFxCross.getCurncy() == pDepRct.getCurncy()) {
			tDrPrice = pConversionPrice * pConversionFactor * pFxPrice;
			tFxQuant = pConversionQuantity * tDrPrice
					/ (pConversionFactor * pFxPrice);
		} else if (pFxCross.getAsset() == pDepRct.getCurncy()
				&& pFxCross.getCurncy() == pOrdinary.getCurncy()) {
			tDrPrice = pConversionPrice * pConversionFactor / pFxPrice;
			tFxQuant = -pConversionQuantity * tDrPrice / pConversionFactor;
		} else {
			throw new RuntimeException("mismatch: " + pDepRct.getId() + " / "
					+ pOrdinary.getId() + " / " + pFxCross.getId());
		}
		Transaction t0 = new Transaction(tDrQuant, pDepRct, tDrPrice);
		Transaction t1 = new Transaction(pConversionQuantity, pOrdinary,
				pConversionPrice);
		Transaction t2 = new Transaction(tFxQuant, pFxCross, pFxPrice);
		Transaction[] tTransactions = new Transaction[3];
		tTransactions[0] = t0;
		tTransactions[1] = t1;
		tTransactions[2] = t2;
		return tTransactions;
	}

	/**
	 * Construct the transaction that corresponds to buying
	 * pQuantity units of the asset pAsset, using the
	 * instrument pInstrument, when the market price of one unit of
	 * pInstrument is pRate. Note that
	 * pQuantity may be negative, which corresponds to
	 * selling pAsset instead of buying.
	 *
	 * @param pQuantity
	 *            - traded quantity, positive for buying, negative for selling
	 * @param pAsset
	 *            - string id of asset that is traded
	 * @param pInstrument
	 *            - instrument that is used to trade the asset
	 * @param pRate
	 *            - market price of one unit of the instrument
	 * @return the transaction that will give the buyer/seller the specified
	 *         quantity of the specified asset, at a price determined by the
	 *         price of the instrument that is being used, or null if that
	 *         instrument cannot be used to trade the specified asset
	 */
	public static Transaction cross(double pQuantity, String pAsset,
			Instrument pInstrument, double pRate) {
		if (pInstrument.getAsset().getId().equals(pAsset)) {
			return new Transaction(pQuantity, pInstrument, pRate);
		} else if (pInstrument.getCurncy().getId().equals(pAsset)) {
			return new Transaction(-pQuantity * pRate, pInstrument, 1d / pRate);
		}
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Construct the transaction that corresponds to buying
	 * pQuantity units of the asset pAsset, using the
	 * instrument pInstrument, when the market price of one unit of
	 * pInstrument is pRate. Note that
	 * pQuantity may be negative, which corresponds to
	 * selling pAsset instead of buying.
	 *
	 * @param pQuantity
	 *            - traded quantity, positive for buying, negative for selling
	 * @param pAsset
	 *            - asset that is traded
	 * @param pInstrument
	 *            - instrument that is used to trade the asset
	 * @param pRate
	 *            - market price of one unit of the instrument
	 * @return the transaction that will give the buyer/seller the specified
	 *         quantity of the specified asset, at a price determined by the
	 *         price of the instrument that is being used, or null if that
	 *         instrument cannot be used to trade the specified asset
	 */
	public static Transaction cross(double pQuantity, Name pAsset,
			Instrument pInstrument, double pRate) {
		if (pInstrument.getAsset() == pAsset) {
			return new Transaction(pQuantity, pInstrument, pRate);
		} else if (pInstrument.getCurncy() == pAsset) {
			return new Transaction(-pQuantity * pRate, pInstrument, 1d / pRate);
		}
		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Convert a specified quantity of an asset (the source asset) to a quantity
	 * in another asset (the target asset), defined by the given instrument.
	 *
	 * @param pQuantity
	 *            - the quantity that is being converted
	 * @param pAsset
	 *            - the asset that is being converted
	 * @param pInstrument
	 *            - the instrument that is being used to convert, defines the
	 *            target asset
	 * @param pRate
	 *            - market price of one unit of the instrument
	 * @return the quantity of the target asset
	 */
	public static double convert(double pQuantity, Name pAsset,
			Instrument pInstrument, double pRate) {
		if (pInstrument.getAsset() == pAsset) {
			return pQuantity * pRate;
		} else if (pInstrument.getCurncy() == pAsset) {
			return pQuantity / pRate;
		}
		return 0;
	}

	/**
	 *
	 * @param pQuantity
	 *            - the quantity that is being converted
	 * @param pResult
	 *            - the resulting value, defines the target asset
	 * @param pInstrument
	 *            - the instrument that is being used to convert, defines the
	 *            source asset
	 * @param pRate
	 *            - market price of one unit of the instrument
	 */
	public static void convert(double pQuantity, Value pResult,
			Instrument pInstrument, double pRate) {
		if (pInstrument.getAsset() == pResult.getName()) {
			pResult.set(pQuantity / pRate);
		} else if (pInstrument.getCurncy() == pResult.getName()) {
			pResult.set(pQuantity * pRate);
		}
	}
}


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Much Ado about Nothing: The Television Broadcast Packaging of Team Sport Championship Games
in Sociology of Sport Journal
Klaus V. Meier 1
1 The University of Western Ontario
https://doi.org/10.1123/ssj.1.3.263
Television is the most immediate and compelling medium for sports coverage. Consequently, the sports presentations that it delivers, particularly championship series, attract a vast and devoted audience. This study provided a detailed, descriptive content analysis of the television broadcast packaging of the 1982-83 championship games, both professional and university, of the four most popular North American team sports—baseball, football, hockey, and basketball. Videotape recordings of the entire broadcast packages centered upon these games were analyzed. The program content was divided into four specific and distinct components: advertisements, pre- and postgame programs, between-play time, and live-play time. The ensuing discussion addressed the basic structure of each broadcast package, the absolute and relative data for each of the four components of the various games and, finally, the intriguing relationship between the derived data (particularly the live-play time component) and concomitant levels of viewer ratings. Concluding comments reflected on the significance of the findings and also provided considerations for future research based upon materials presented within the study.
* Requests for reprints should be sent to: Klaus V. Meier, Thames Hall, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont. N6A 3K7 Canada.
Sociology of Sport Journal
Klaus V. Meier


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Les chutes de Kuang Si ( Kuang Xi Falls en anglais), également connues sous le nom de cascades de Tat Kuang Si, sont composées de cascades à trois niveaux menant à une chute. Elles sont situées  à 30 kilomètres au sud de Luang Prabang.

Visite
Les chutes sont une des visites préférées des touristes à Luang Prabang et commencent dans des piscines peu profondes au sommet d'une colline escarpée, puis mènent à la chute d'eau principale d'une hauteur de 60 mètres.

La cascade principale est accessible via un sentier sur la gauche des chutes. L'eau s'écoule dans une piscine d'un bleu turquoise avant de continuer en aval. Les nombreuses cascades qui en résultent sont typiques des chutes d'eau de la région.

Les habitants facturent des frais d'admission nominaux de 20 000 kips pour visiter le site, qui est bien entretenu avec des passerelles et des ponts pour guider le visiteur. La plupart des piscines sont ouvertes à la baignade (hormis une qui est fermée car étant un site sacré).

Références

Liens externes

 Voyage aventures.org
 Kuang Si Falls: guide photo et voyage

Chute d'eau au Laos


After pouring in another monumental fourth-quarter performance in the Celtics 108-98 win over Charlotte on Monday, Isaiah Thomas leads the NBA in fourth-quarter scoring average.
It is as if once the final 12 minutes of a ballgame begins to wind down, Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas morphs into a certified assassin. Since his return from a groin injury on December 16, Thomas has emerged as the NBA's king of the fourth quarter, piping in points at an unmatched rate on a nightly basis as soon as the 36-minute mark has been eclipsed.
On Monday night against the Charlotte Hornets, Thomas carried the Celtics to a crucial victory over an Eastern Conference foe vying for playoff position with a surreal showing in the fourth period. With Boston attempting to distance itself from the Hornets once the stanza kicked off, Thomas realized that his quarter had arrived. One minute in, he knocked down a 23-foot jumper to increase the Celtics lead to 83-71 before canning a 26-foot three-pointer 33 seconds later to push the advantage to 13 points. Charlotte proceeded to lessen the deficit to just 88-83 with eight minutes remaining, however, Thomas countered with a midrange jump shot and a thrilling transition three off of a saved loose ball by forward Jonas Jerebko to push the gap back to 10 points.
Just 31 ticks would escape from the clock before Thomas knocked down his third three-pointer of the quarter, and following a short break on the sidelines, he returned to convert a critical hoop to give Boston a 102-96 lead with just 2:19 remaining after five consecutive Hornets points. With 33 seconds left, Thomas carved up Charlotte's helpless defense, using his patented hesitation dribble to create space for a game-sealing 20-foot jumper that provided Boston with an eight-point advantage.
Thomas' 17 points in the final quarter pushed his league-leading fourth quarter scoring average to an astounding 10.1 points per game while his 35 total points on the night moved him to a tie for third in the NBA in points per game with 28.4. In the final 12 minutes of contests, Thomas is shooting a remarkable 49.5 percent from the field, 45.1 percent from three-point range, and 89.9 percent from the free-throw line. Generally, we witness players shooting percentages dwindle when late game pressure is applied, as is the case with Thunder point guard and the NBA's leading scorer per night, Russell Westbrook. He sees his field goal percentage dip from 42.5 percent to 39.7 percent and his three-point percentage fall from 32.7 percent to 27.3 percent in the final five minutes of contests that are decided by five points or less.
For Thomas, the opposite is true. In the last 300 seconds of games decided by five points or less, Thomas shooting percentage jumps from 45.9 percent to 48.5 percent while his three-point shooting rate skyrockets from 38.3 percent to 45.5 percent. In the final three minutes of matchups decided by five points or less, Thomas converts at an astronomical 53.8 percent of his three-point looks. In the last 60 seconds of games decided by five points or less, Thomas' killer instinct is uncovered as his three-point percentage balloons to a virtually unheard of 66.7 percent.
Thomas has played just the 18th-most clutch minutes in the league this season, however, he has the second-highest amount of clutch points with 118. The owner of third place in this category, Suns guard Eric Bledsoe, has dropped just 94 points in clutch situations. The most impressive part of Thomas' fourth-quarter explosions is that despite the fact that his scoring barrages tend to begin early in the quarter, they do not cease towards the closing minutes of the game. Although the defense places their toughest defender on Thomas down the stretch of games, he does not balk, averaging 1.9 points per the last minute of games decided by five points or less. Among those who have performed in at least 19 such games, Thomas is second in the NBA only to Westbrook, who puts up an astonishing 2.7 points each time Oklahoma City enters the final minute of a contest with a scoring differential of five points or less. Meanwhile, Thomas' Celtics are 12-7 in such games while Westbrook's Thunder are 11-8.
Thomas showcased this ability to harm a team in the final minute of a tightly-contested game on January 13 against the Hawks. With 52 seconds left, Thomas converted what many perceived to be the nail in the Hawks coffin, a three-pointer to give Boston a 101-95 lead. Atlanta fought back to knot the game up at 101 apiece following two three-pointers, however, Thomas was not fazed. Facing Atlanta's most ferocious perimeter defender in shooting guard Bazemore, Thomas created plentiful separation using the dribble before releasing the game-winning 19-footer with 02.1 seconds remaining on the clock.


The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL), on Monday, announced that it has discovered gas reserves in its exploratory well named Chand X-1, located at the Chanda Oilfield in the district Kohat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
The joint venture of Chanda D&PL and OGDCL, together with the Government Holdings (Private) Limited (GHPL) and Zaver Petroleum Corporation Limited (ZPCL), has discovered crude oil and gas reserves from the well. The OGDCL has 72 percent stake in the field as operator while GHPL has 17.5 percent and ZPCL has 10.5 percent stake in the field.
In a notice sent to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) by the OGDCL, the Company Secretary, Ahmed Hayat Lak, said that the well has tested 700bpd of crude oil and 2.2mmscfd of gas through 32/64″ choke at well head flowing pressure of 1150-1200psi from Hangu and Lumshiwal formation. Earlier, in December 1999, Lumshiwal was tested only 150bpd of crude oil and 0.86mmscfd of gas through 32/64″ choke at well head flowing pressure of 160-190psi and the additional contribution of 550bpd and 1.34mmscfd gas is from the Hangu Formation which has been tested for the first time in the Chand Well, he said.
The well has been completed to take commingle production from the Lumshiwal and Hangu Formations, added Lak.
He further said that the discovery of gas reserves is the result of aggressive exploration strategy adopted by the Company and it has opened a new avenue and would add to the hydrocarbon reserves base of OGDCL and of the country.
Chanda Oilfield is located in Shakardarra area of KPK province at a distance of about 70km from the Kohat city and it commenced production from July 17 2004. Chanda LPG plant was also installed in October 2006 producing 25-45 million tons per day of LPG. The field has added a new dimension to petroleum exploration in the province.
Chanda-l, the first well, was discovered in November 1999 in the Chanda Oilfield and the second well was drilled in 2000. Being the first ever discovery in the KPK, the start of regular commercial production from the Chanda field marked an important milestone, which generated revenues in the form of royalty and general sales tax for KPK from oil and gas production.


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My Summer Reading: African Literature – Part 1
By Joseph Ross on July 16, 2018
Many summers ago, I spent two months at the University of California, Berkeley, reading and studying African Literature. I had just finished a particularly difficult seminary year. I had also just completed graduate school at Notre Dame. The seminary staff said I could take the summer for retreat and reading. I lived in a large house in Berkeley, just a few blocks from the University of California campus. In the house, I was alone for most of the summer, which suited me fine. In the mornings, I audited a class at Cal in Contemporary African Literature. In the afternoons, I played basketball at one of Cal's many outdoor courts. I filled nearly every other moment reading and writing reflections about the literature I read. It was heaven. I felt lucky.
The class focused on contemporary African writers who wrote in English. The professor's focus was on John Ngugi, as he was then known. Now, he goes by Ngugi Wa Thiongo and he writes primarily in Gikuyu, a local Kenyan language. I loved learning about Kenyan history. I learned a great deal about various cultures across Africa. I especially enjoyed learning what I could of the political situation in several countries.
This summer, I've decided to return to African Literature. With all that is going on in the United States these days, I need to dive into stories about people and places that are different. I need to get to know characters whose lives and choices are different from my own. To that end, I discovered the Africa Book Club.
One of its organizers is Daniel Musiitwa. They have books from all across the continent, work you can't find on Amazon or in local bookstores. I've nearly finished reading the first three books I received. And yes, I had the same joy when they arrived that I had way back in the day, as a kid, when the Scholastic Book Club selections arrived at our school. I was, and am, a mad reader.
The first two books I ordered were Harare North by Brian Chikwava and Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou. Daniel Musiitwa sent me an additional book, a collection of short stories he edited, titled, The Bundle of Joy. I've finished the two I ordered and I'm halfway through short stories.
In future posts, I'll also write some reflections about a wonderful poetry collection that Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani have created. New Generation African Poets: A Chapbook Box Set is a terrific collection of 12 chapbooks by contemporary African poets.
For now, a word about the two novels. Harare North is a rich and funny story of a young man who comes to London to escape violence in Zimbabwe. We learn about life in Zimbabwe, life in London for Zimbabweans, and much more. How does one start a life in a new place with nothing? How does one make one's way in a new world with little cultural knowledge about the new world. The un-named narrator in this book is funny, sad, ambitious, and deeply human.
Black Moses tells the story of a Congolese orphan navigating a difficult and brutal world. "Little Pepper" escapes the orphanage and builds a life in a nearby town, first in street gangs, then on his own. This story teems with disconnection. As a little boy in the orphanage, he feels a deep disconnection from those around him. Except for one friend, he is a loner. But he escapes the orphanage without that friend so he really has to build his life on his own. This book is a mix of very dark humor and tender moments of self-discovery.
Never having read any literature from Zimbabwe or the Congo, both of these novels were insightful and fresh. The writing was tight, clean, and rich. I have to say, I loved both of these stories.
There is so much to learn from people whose lives differ greatly from our own. I urge you to check out this book club and dive in.
Photograph of the books: Joseph Ross
Photograph of the U.C. Berkeley Campanille: D. H. Parks
When Your Doctor Says "Cancer" Part Three
August: The Perfect Month


This brief offers evidence that Mexican Americans continue to identify with their ethnic culture and that ethnic identification remains strong across generations. In addition, they are part of a community with a distinct political sensibility. Their incorporation into mainstream U.S. culture has been slow in regard to ethnic and political identies.
Latino Policy & Issues Briefs numbers 17-21 were generated by the Mexican American Study Project (MASP), a research project based at UCLA. In 1965–66, MASP project teams interviewed Mexican Americans living in Los Angeles and San Antonio; in 1997–2000, Professors Edward E. Telles and Vilma Ortiz re-interviewed the original participants, plus two of their adult children. The two surveys provide data for a systematic analysis of how well Mexican Americans are being absorbed into the predominant culture.