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Q: Aliasing a function on a C interface within a C++ application on Linux I am compiling a c interface on my library (GCC 4.4.4-14 ubuntu 5.1), which essentially looks like this
header
extern "C"
{
  int foo()
}

implementation
int foo()
{}

int bar() __attribute__((alias ("foo")));

This compiles fine, but when I link the shared object to a test application, and try and call bar(), the function is not recognised.
I tried moving the alias line from implementation to header, and then i get a compiler error:
bar() aliased to undefined symbol foo

Why does moving the alias to the header, result in this error? and how do i get it all working please?

A: Apart from booiljoung's answer above, you might also find the below information from gcc site useful:
alias ("target")
The alias attribute causes the declaration to be emitted as an alias for another symbol, which must be specified. For instance,
          void f () { /* Do something. */; }
          void f () _attribute ((weak, alias ("_f")));
defines f' to be a weak alias for_f'. In C++, the mangled name for the target must be used. It is an error if `_f' is not defined in the same translation unit.
Not all target machines support this attribute.

A: extern "C" needs for implementation.
extern "C"
{
  int foo();
}

extern "C" // <<< extern "C" also!!!
{
  int foo()
  {}
}

int bar() __attribute__((alias ("foo")));


JJ Valaya's couture collection was called The Azrak Collection, The Realm of The Sultan. Azrak translates as rare and uncommon from Turkish and we were treated to a colour palette and silhouettes invoking the glorious Ottoman Empire whilst showcasing the skills and dedication of the Indian master craft workers at his disposal. The essence of true couture is the hours of painstaking stitching and detail needed to produce each garment and JJ Valaya's collection was exquisite.
This collection was heavy on the embroidery and had a strong bridal/wedding trousseau undertone to it, however, this is in keeping with JJ Valaya's speciality: creating the future from the past especially with reference to Indian royalty who continue to inspire the designer. The collection started with monochromatic colours of a misty morning of fog amongst the minarets and then like a perfect sunrise the rich turquoises, reds and gold break through the clouds.
Fabrics such as Fine silks, Dupion, Jacquards, Georgette and Lush velvets embrace techniques ranging from metal work, Zardozi, Badla, Resham and semi-precious stone inlay to create a collection which attempts to provide a perfect blend of the past with cutting edge contemporary chic. The back of one sari top even included a Turkish miniature painting, now that is attention to detail!
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the JJ Valaya brand, the designer used the PCJ Delhi Couture Week 2012 platform to launch his Luxury Wedding service themed to tie in perfectly with the couture collection that was shown and my goodness it was an opulent and luxurious affair also showcasing the designer's legendary wedding trousseau service.
If I buy the coat does it come with the man?
It's nice to see Indian designers making things for guys too, they are too often ignored.
The reason why guys are ignored is because they are boring to dress – see anything new up above for the boys ? No.
Absolutely fabulous! It does look a little bridal but it's not fair that only brides get to wear get pieces like this!


If you're looking for a roofing contractor in Easton, you'll be pleased to know Danbury Roofing Pros are able to service your area.
Easton has over one third of its land forever preserved. It is also home to award winning schools and has more than twenty working farms. Easton is an oasis of rural charm in busy Fairfield County, Connecticut. The Town has clean streams full of trout and four reservoirs lying all or partially within its borders. Easton is a proud guardian of the region's drinking supply.
According to the 2010 census, Easton has a population of 7,490. It contains the historic district of Aspetuck. Easton is situated amongst Monroe, Trumbull, Redding, Weston, Fairfield and Newtown.
Easton has a total area of 28.6 square miles, 27.4 square miles of it is land and 1.2 square miles of it is water. The Town was first settled in 1757 by men and women from Fairfield. A congregation called the North Fairfield Society was established in 1762 and it gradually evolved into Easton.


The HCA in Garcinia Cambogia is the # 1 most important element to help you lose weight. Има медицински доказателства за това, че. Garcinia cambogia is a popular weight - loss supplement. The higher the amount of HCA the faster and more effective weight loss you will experience.
Съдържанието на HCA в хранителната добавка за отслабване Scitec Garcinia Cambogia е 60%! Гарциния Камбоджа XT & Природни прочистване плюс безплатен пробен период. The peel of the fruit contains high.
Garcinia Cambogia се е използвал от векове в югоизточна Азия за да удовлетвори ситостта и да потисне апетита. In order to get a well- trimmed individuals indulge in intensive exercise, slim body, however they seldom experience good results after having gone through a lot of struggle. Garcinia Cambogia Extract is a supplement that comes from the rind of the Garcinia Cambogia fruit ( a small pumpkin- shaped fruit which is more widely known as a tamarind in many areas).
While limited information is available about the particular composition, the main ingredient has proven to be an effective substance in other supplements. ЕКСТРАКТ ОТ ГРОЗДОВО СЕМЕ ПЛЮС+.
Garcinia cambogia extract ИМА БЛАГОПРИЯТЕН ЕФЕКТ ПРИ СЛЕДНИТЕ. Garcinia cambogia pro плюс отзиви. Февруари 23, By.
Garcinia cambogia is a popular weight loss supplement. It is derived from a fruit of the same name also called Garcinia gummi- gutta Malabar tamarind.
Does Garcinia Cambogia XT with African Mango and Natural Cleanse Plus work for weight loss? X Pro Garcinia Cambogia is a weight- loss formula that helps to target existing fat, while preventing additional inches from being added to your waist.
The Garcinia Cambogia fruit has been around for a long, long time. Достъп до отслабване отзиви за. But, what also makes them stand out above all the rest was that they have a 1500 mg dose of Garcinia Cambogia.
Mar 22, · Healthy Garcinia Cambogia Pro Overview. Много малко марки могат да се похвалят със такава концентрация на тази активна съставка.
Feb 28, · Review of Garcinia Cambogia Plus for sale at Walmart and Amazon. What are the benefits, резултати, and side effects of taking the supplement for weight loss? Гарциния Камбоджа плюс д- р.
Достъп до потребителските отзиви от проверени купувачи. Garcinia cambogia, a tropical fruit also known as the Malabar tamarind, is a popular weight- loss supplement.
People say it blocks your body' s ability to make fat and it puts the brakes on your. Чист garcinia плюс и тънък чист плюс диета - Г майстори диета хапчета отзиви. пробен период Гарциния Камбоджа XT & Природни прочистване плюс.


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Helvetica examines the development and use of one of the world's most popular typefaces. Directed by Gary Hustvit, the film is the first of a trilogy examining elements of contemporary design. Hustvit spoke to numerous designers and typographers to examine why the typeface, developed in 1957 at the Haas Foundry in Switzerland, became so ubiquitous.
Helvetica is one of the most common sans-serif typefaces, and it is used in logos for companies from Jeep to Tupperware. It is considered the most widely-spread font in the Western world. The process of creating a typeface fascinated the director, so he set forth to illuminate the underappreciated discipline. Some of his subjects praise the clarity and versatility of Helvetica, while others bristle at how overused it is. The filmmaker treats the differing opinions fairly.
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Garlic roasted in its skin is one of these things I can never have (or make) enough of. No matter how many of these little cloves I throw into the hot oven, I always feel like I could have made more. They cook in their delicate peel like in a little parchment pouch, steaming, softening and unfolding all of their wonderful flavours. It tastes less spicy than raw garlic but yet so aromatic, almost sweet and the texture is smooth, a bit oily. It's a great spread on bread!
Garlic is considered a natural antibiotic which has lots of positive effects on the body. It strengthens the immune system, stops free radicals and slows down the aging process. A tiny bulb that does a lot of good for our body! I strongly believe in the healing and strengthening powers of natural and good quality food. This is one of the reasons why I buy organic food as much as possible. I want natural food which is kept natural, no GMOs, no pesticides, food attuned to the ecological system and not against it. A few years ago I started to drink organic green tea with freshly squeezed lemon juice every morning, since then I haven't had a cold or become sick!
There must be something in garlic that my body loves and when it comes to roast garlic I feel like I could eat it with a spoon, in strong doses like in this sandwich made with 14 cloves of garlic for just 2 buns! I baked medium sized cloves of garlic in their skin in a 210°C / 410°F hot oven for about 12 minutes until golden and soft (you can cover them with aluminum foil if they start to get too dark). They were so soft that I could mash them with a fork, I just added some salt and spread the paste on the buns. I put a couple slices of Swiss Gruyère cheese on top (120g / 4.5 ounces for 4 halfs) and let them melt under the grill for 1-2 minutes until golden brown. I finished my sandwich off with crushed black pepper and some watercress sprinkled on top.
An oily and dense Ciabatta bread would have been good too but when I saw the Swiss Buns at the bakery which have a similar texture to the Italian bread I thought they would match the Gruyère cheese perfectly, it became a delicious and healthy Swiss sandwich!
I'm a total roasted garlic fiend and I absolutely love the idea of this sandwich!
Love this sandwich Meike I'm a big fan of garlic as well, your pics are amazing!


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Q: Getting syntax errors "type XXX could not be resolved" in eclipse CDT while defining union I'm getting a syntax error "type XXX could not be resolved" while defining union and this error won't show up on other IDE like VC++. For example, a union is defined below:
typedef union{
    struct {
    int data1;
    int data2;
    int data3;
    } dataField;
    int dataBuffer[sizeof(dataField)];
};

A syntax errors happened.
type 'dataField' could not be resolved

By googling this I found the cause might be the difference between indexers used by eclipse CDT and other IDEs. However, this code still compiles without error.
Could someone give a more specific suggestion to deal with this error message?
Thanks.

A: How about:
typedef struct
{
   int data1;
   int data2;
   int data3;
} MyData;

typedef union
{
   MyData dataField;
   int dataBuffer[sizeof(MyData)];
} MyUnion;

Not sure, but maybe this will work:
typedef union
{
   struct DataStruct
   {
      int data1;
      int data2;
      int data3;
   } dataField;
   int dataBuffer[sizeof(struct DataStruct)];
};

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Went for a lovely walk yesterday. Lots of blackberries starting to form fruit. As I walked by, I caught sight of a tiny little face out the corner of my eye, peaking through the leaves. Very sweet. I like to think it was a nature spirit.
When you are relaxed, inner and outer images will mix. I often see dragons and thunderbirds in clouds. Enjoy your memory, regardless of what your mind says you've seen.


The school has no way of providing for children who are ill except to contact the parent or emergency contact and request they be picked up and taken home. For this reason, it is critical that the school have current parent/guardian contact information on file.
All medications, including aspirin, Tylenol, cough/cold medicines, etc., must be left in the office. Only inhalers can be kept by the child if the physician authorizes in writing that the child is qualified, has demonstrated proper technique and is capable of self-administering the medication.
the child's name, dosage and time to be taken.
the name of the prescribing physician.
an identification number of the prescription on the container.
the name of the pharmacy.
Only the school nurse can give nonprescription medications to students who submit a completed Health Information Exchange Consent Form. The school nurse will be on site Monday through Thursday. Office staff will distribute medications on Fridays.
Staff will take care of all minor injuries at school. In the event of a more serious injury, parents are always notified and requested to come to the school for their child. The phone number and name of an alternate emergency contact must be on file in the event the parent cannot be reached.
SDUSD does not carry medical or dental insurance for students injured on school grounds, while under school jurisdiction or while participating in school district activities. However, the district does provide access to optional accident insurance. Student insurance booklets are available in the office upon parent request.


Submitted by chcunningham@chromium.org on Jan. 30, 2019, 9:27 p.m.
chcunningham@chromium.org Jan. 30, 2019, 9:27 p.m.
triggered this assert (codec=0), causing a crash of chrome's renderer.
Carl Eugen Hoyos Jan. 30, 2019, 9:36 p.m.
> triggered this assert (codec=0), causing a crash of chrome's renderer.
Wouldn't this indicate a bug somewhere else?
Nicolas George Jan. 30, 2019, 9:38 p.m.
-1 is not a correct error code.
James Almer Jan. 30, 2019, 9:39 p.m.
the purpose of errors, they usually return the entire untouched packet size.
precisely what this assert() is making sure of.
chcunningham@chromium.org Jan. 30, 2019, 9:44 p.m.
guessed that signaled an error.
> precisely what this assert() is making sure of.
I'll take a closer look at how this parser was selected.
James Almer Jan. 30, 2019, 9:57 p.m.
> guessed that signaled an error.
just not for the purpose of signaling errors.
>> precisely what this assert() is making sure of.
> I'll take a closer look at how this parser was selected.
chcunningham@chromium.org Jan. 31, 2019, 1:20 a.m.
> >> precisely what this assert() is making sure of.
> > I'll take a closer look at how this parser was selected.
st->codecpar->codec_id? It never is in this test.
James Almer Jan. 31, 2019, 1:43 a.m.
>>>> precisely what this assert() is making sure of.
>>> I'll take a closer look at how this parser was selected.
>    (avctx->codec_id is still 0).
>    st->codecpar->codec_id? It never is in this test.
codec_id == UNKNOWN when it should be in sync with codecpar.
chcunningham@chromium.org Jan. 31, 2019, 10:28 p.m.
> >>>> precisely what this assert() is making sure of.
> >>> I'll take a closer look at how this parser was selected.
> >    st->codecpar. This leaves codecpar->codec_id = UNKNOWN.
> should also copy codec_id.
Ignore #5 here - I'm not seeing that today - was likely confused.
> >    (avctx->codec_id is still 0).
> >    st->codecpar->codec_id? It never is in this test.
> codec_id == UNKNOWN when it should be in sync with codecpar.
But then we start calling av_read_frame as part of normal demuxing.
gets passed to gsm_parse, which triggers the assert0.
chcunningham@chromium.org Feb. 5, 2019, 12:33 a.m.
Michael Niedermayer Feb. 6, 2019, 4:23 p.m.
Hendrik Leppkes Feb. 6, 2019, 4:29 p.m.
> > >>>> precisely what this assert() is making sure of.
> > >>> I'll take a closer look at how this parser was selected.
> > >    st->codecpar. This leaves codecpar->codec_id = UNKNOWN.
> > should also copy codec_id.
> Ignore #5 here - I'm not seeing that today - was likely confused.
> > >    (avctx->codec_id is still 0).
> > >    st->codecpar->codec_id? It never is in this test.
> > codec_id == UNKNOWN when it should be in sync with codecpar.
> internal->avctx->codec_id for all streams.
> But then we start calling av_read_frame as part of normal demuxing.
> gets passed to gsm_parse, which triggers the assert0.
if a demuxer changes it after the initial opening.
(ie. in ogm_header?), and see if that resolves it.
chcunningham@chromium.org Feb. 7, 2019, 1:12 a.m.
Thanks, this works great. Stand by for patch.
> > > >>>> have not been used for codecs ids other than GSM and GSM_MS.
> > > >>>> precisely what this assert() is making sure of.
> > > >>> I'll take a closer look at how this parser was selected.
> > > >    st->codecpar. This leaves codecpar->codec_id = UNKNOWN.
> > > should also copy codec_id.
> > Ignore #5 here - I'm not seeing that today - was likely confused.
> > > >    (avctx->codec_id is still 0).
> > > >    st->codecpar->codec_id? It never is in this test.
> > > codec_id == UNKNOWN when it should be in sync with codecpar.
> > internal->avctx->codec_id for all streams.
> > But then we start calling av_read_frame as part of normal demuxing.
> > gets passed to gsm_parse, which triggers the assert0.
> if a demuxer changes it after the initial opening.
> (ie. in ogm_header?), and see if that resolves it.


Even knowing John Wall probably won't be on the court for Game 3, and not the rest of the series for the Wizards, Otto Porter is talking like Paul Pierce. It's rather surprising because that's an area where he has lacked in his second season.
The Wizards are play Game 3 today vs. the Atlanta Hawks at Verizon Center (pregame coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. on CSN). The second-round series is tied at 1 and Porter is playing the best basketball of his short career.
"It's brought everybody closer going through this," Porter said of Wall's left wrist and hand fractures that has him out indefinitely. "We know what we can do. We know we have to play extremely hard at home."
Porter has gone from averaging 19.4 minutes in the Wizards' 46-win regular season to 32.2 in the playoffs. His points have jumped from 6.0 to 10.5, rebounds from 3.0 to 8.0 and shooting accuracy from 45% to 53.2%.
So when asked if the Wizards still can beat the Hawks without Wall, after a brief pause, Porter said this Friday: "Yes we can. And I think we will."
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Things to consider when you want to sell your business
By Paul Kamau | Nov 30, 2022
Selling a business can be a difficult task. (Courtesy)
In the lifespan of a business, circumstances may arise that necessitate offloading part of the business, or all of it.
These circumstances include the admission of new partners, capital raising or total divestment from the business.
If not properly managed, though, the process can lead to undesirable outcomes, such as disputes and a loss of time and money.
Selling a business doesn't need to be chaotic. However, it's worth noting that selling a business can be a difficult task and take months to conclude. Here are the key components to keep in mind.
Type of buy-out
When considering the sale of a business, a seller has a variety of transaction options to consider.
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The types of buyers generally fall into three categories.
There's the employee buy-out, which allows full-time employees to participate in the ownership of the company.
There's the financial buyer, which makes up a large part of the buyer pool in low and middle markets. Financial buyers often look for businesses they can buy with debt financing for a fraction of the price.
Finally, strategic buyers expect synergies with their other businesses and buy companies that work within their future plans.
Valuing the business
The transaction value of a business is usually the most negotiated aspect when it comes to striking a sale deal.
The seller of the business needs to ensure that the value that's been assigned is a fair representation. The proper valuation of a business should be determined by a qualified professional.
An appropriate valuation should take into consideration features like goodwill on the business, any special licenses its carrying, physical and intellectual properties present, cash-generating ability, and the industry the business is in.
The valuation should be detailed as it forms a large part of the negotiations.
And in engaging a valuation expert, you want to make sure they're available to defend the value they arrive at.
Transaction advice
The sales process is an intricate one. One of the dilemmas faced by business owners is whether they'll handle the transaction internally or hire external advisors.
Transaction advisors, although they add costs to the process, are critical because they add value to the transaction and prevent possible missteps.
A gazetted and experienced transaction advisor is also critical in lining up potential buyers, and can prove invaluable during the sale process.
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Before the process begins and with the help of a transaction advisor, set the minimum attributes you expect of a buyer.
These attributes will be critical in evaluating the buyers, and include factors like technical expertise, financial capacity, future planning and, in the case of a partial sale, compatibility.
Prepare due diligence information
Before anyone buys your business, they'll need to do their due diligence on it. Therefore, before you start the selling process, with the assistance of a transaction advisor, ensure all the information a buyer would need is readily available.
This helps ensure a smooth process. A transaction advisor will also use the information in these documents to execute their mandate.
The information that's normally required includes financial performance records (which should be audited by a qualified firm), proof of ownership (Certificate of Incorporation), business licences, permits, financial obligations like loan documentation, lease contracts, details of all chargebacks or 'owner's salary', annual returns and selling mandates.
These documents can be stored in a physical data room or in cloud-based storage.
Tax events
In Kenya, as in many other jurisdictions, the sale and acquisition of businesses has tax aspects that have to be adhered to.
Depending on the approach adopted, there are different tax outcomes. This is something you'd need to think about as the current tax position of the business has an effect on its value and the chances of the transaction succeeding.
With many SMEs, the owner's job is not done once the business is sold – often, the new buyer will want to be walked through the business and become familiar with its operations and key clients.
There are two ways to manage this process. One, the owner can stay on as a business worker (with remuneration); second, the owner can draw a salary as an independent business consultant.
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Best Horror Fiction of the 2010s.
I read a lot of horror over the 2010-2019 decade. Here are some works that I strongly recommend. In no particular order:
Slade House, David Mitchell: A haunted house that mysteriously "appears" within a labyrinth of back alleys once every nine years. The forays of different characters into the house are riveting, and I found the narratives deliciously spooky. The impact is frequently creepy and often startling.
The Institute, Stephen King: Best Stephen King book in years. The story was gripping, the characters were fascinating (and well developed) and the narrative had no false steps. The plot was creepy as hell.
Hex, Thomas Olde Heuvelt: Crafty, unnerving, and extraordinary. A 21st century tale of witchcraft.
Behold the Void, Philip Fracassi: Unusual and chilling stories. The last one is terrifying.
The Ritual, Adam Neville: Artic hauntings, disturbing Scandinavian folklore, and gut-wrenching horror. This was a riveting and unsettling read.
The Bone Weaver's Orchard, Sarah Read: A deceptively complex ghost story with atmosphere and chills. I loved it.
The Loney, Andrew Michael Hurley: Suspenseful, original, and more than a little unnerving. But, be aware, it is not a traditional horror story. But it is eerie, strange, and atmospheric.
The Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Paul Tremblay: A disappearance of a teenager. Eerie, unsettling, and devastating.
Head Full of Ghosts, Paul Tremblay: Updated take on demonic possession. Wonderfully conceived and executed.
Odd Adventures with Your Other Father, Norman Prentiss: This is a genre-bending, no holds barred novel combining horror, comedy, love, and coming of age drama.
A Cold Season, Alison Littlewood: This is quiet horror at its best. The tension is subtle but chilling. The kid portrayed in the book is a poster child for the 'creepy-kid' horror genre. The entire book is reminiscent of Rosemary's Baby to some degree.
The Waiting: A review
I had the opportunity to read The Waiting, one of Joe Hart's earlier novels. This supernatural tale involves a young widower and his disabled son residing on an island in one of the countless lakes of northern Minnesota. There are ghosts aplenty, scary incidents, a creepy backstory and a haunted grandfather clock to propel the story. The early setup is nicely done. Our protagonist, Evan Tormer, is nicely drawn and the geographical setting is an interesting character in its own right. The second quarter of the book meanders a bit with a couple of torpid scare scenes. The action picks up the pace and the storyline gels at around the half-way point. The puzzle pieces start falling into place and momentum builds. There were two or three genuine freaky passages that chilled me and I honestly didn't see where the plot was going. The ending was nicely handled, too, although the subplot involving a potential love interest didn't quite achieve the author's intentions – at least for me. On the other hand, I found the subplot of a single dad raising a disabled child to be a unique addition. The child is portrayed with dignity, so kudos to Mr. Hart on that score.
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The focus of this website is going to be to deliver new content that exists in the worlds of our Kindle Pres novels. There will also be news, interviews, and other features like information about sales, new releases, and more.
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Siren of Depravity: a review
I've read a number of Gary Fry's works and I think this is one of the best, if not the best, narratives he's written. A number of reviewers draw comparisons to Lovecraft. I can't comment on the accuracy of this. I've read only one Lovecraft tale and didn't like it at all. Siren of Depravity, though, is one mind-blowing read and I was hooked from the beginning. The tale is a slow burn, no doubt about it. But, this slow burn is insidious. There's an icy chill just below the surface, and I found myself being propelled forward with the occasional nuggets of sheer creepiness that would appear in the story. Clues about the past of the characters are disclosed in a well-paced manner and the story-arc is unsettling and gruesome. The finale is pulse-pounding with a couple of jolts that I didn't see coming. The characters are fully realized, even the secondary ones, which really enhances this well-told tale. A solid horror novel.
Children of the Dark: A review
This is a chilling coming of age story that works primarily because of the believable characters. The main protagonist is a teenage boy struggling with raising his little sister with no help from their drug addicted mother. Will is a gifted baseball player who happens to be from a poor and broken family. He is best friends with kids from a much higher SES than his, and madly in love with a girl just out of his reach. This teenage drama within the context of a rich vs. poor small town world is well drawn. Janz is a horror writer, though, and two parallel stories involving hideous creatures in the woods and a serial killer who eats his child victims are soon introduced. The author ramps up the scares and the excitement involving his adolescent characters, and the reader is caught in the onslaught. The last 20-25% of the book is non-stop action and the story falters a little as the mayhem becomes redundant. A heavy editing hand might've helped here. Still, Children of the Dark is a blast and I loved it.
A Cultural Significance of Ghosts and Strange Folklore?
I never considered that ghost stories and strange local folklore might have regional and cultural significance. I just loved to read ghost stories and that was good enough for me. As a kid, I had cousins (all siblings) who relished telling their own personal encounters with the uncanny. There was a transparent "thing" which would float in your peripheral vision but disappear when you looked straight in its direction (I never saw it). There was the little pale man who was spotted in the principal's office at my one cousin's school when no one should have been there. He was the only kid who saw it. My aunt just shrugged.
I was secretly thrilled with the tales, but was naturally a skeptic. I still am, and others find it unusual that a guy who likes and writes horror stories does not believe in the supernatural. I don't find it odd at all. Maybe it's because I'm drawn to the psychological and cultural significance of the tales. That's an occupational hazard I think—as a psychologist and university professor I look for the natural, the observable, and the empirically based.
My wife and I have been visitors to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for over 20 years. A location like this is loaded with history, much of it sinister. The settlement of Roanoke Island in 1585 founded by Sir Walter Raleigh disappeared without a trace a few years later. Blackbeard, the notorious pirate, hid among the barrier islands and was later killed at Ocracoke. Scores of shipwrecks off the coast of the Outer Banks resulted in the area being referred to as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. From these historical counts came tales of specters, ghosts, strange lights, ghost ships, and the Gray Man who warns visitors to evacuate the coast when hurricanes approach.
While I loved the stories and the mythos of the area—which I tried to incorporate into my latest novel The Disembodied—I realized that these are more than just "stories". These accounts explain the Outer Banks. The settlers and early residents made use of these accounts to make sense of a setting which, while beautiful, could be inhospitable. Brutal storms could but your life at risk if you did not take precautions. Want proof? Take a look at any of the stories. The individuals who did not take these warnings into account were foolhardy. And, those that did showed great judgment. They were survivors.
Ghost stories and folklore in this day and age reinforce the accounts of stamina and the struggles of the early residents. Tales of ghosts go along well with the Graveyard of the Atlantic, don't you think? There is a sense of identity, a collective ancestry, that the area shares. This can be reduced to a smaller geographical area as well. The haunted house in a neighborhood—everyone has a story about it. Some bring the story-tellers back to their childhood.
The sense of lore can also be passed down within families and provide anchors for family history. My cousins still tell tales.
I found the image above from Ghetty Images (O. Donmaz).
A recent interview on Creativity @ Work
.It's been almost a month since I've posted. End of the semester grading and Christmas preparation got the better of me. I am pleased, though, to pass along a recent interview I gave on Creativity @ Work. Enjoy
Before You Sleep: A review
romehow I've never managed to read any work by Adam Nevill. So, when he offered a free trilogy of short novellas on Kindle, self-published under the title of Before You Sleep, I jumped at the chance. All three were fantastic, although I have my personal ranking of the stories. Overall, each was riveting and eerie with predominantly subtle passages of horror. The first, "Where Angels Come In", was my favorite. A boy recounts his experience while recovering from traumatic injuries obtained while he and a friend explored an off-limits haunted house (the big, white house in the woods). The friend didn't make it out, while the nature of narrator's injuries are beyond imagining. I mentioned that the horror was subtle across the three stories (and for the most part it is), but the escape attempt from the haunted house doesn't exactly qualify as "subtle" – and is gripping.
The second piece, "The Ancestors", involves a little Japanese girl who has moved to a new house with her parents. She's lonely at first, but then befriends the ghost of another little girl and the toys left behind when other children have "left" the house. This one was my least favorite, although it was by no means a dud. The narration is creepy and unnerving, and you never quite get a sense of what the heck is going on.
The last story is "Florrie" and it recounts the behavior of a young man who recently purchased a townhouse from an elderly woman – whose furniture and belongings remain mysteriously within the house. I found this story surprising in both the tone and the plot line and was sucked into the story.
Overall, these are not gore fests and the endings are rather ambiguous, so those of you who need closure might be disappointed. However, I found the prevailing sense on uncertainty quite satisfying.
Cold as Hell: A review
Cold as Hell by David Searls is a relatively short novella that contains an emotionally chilling wallop. Peter Craig is Christmas shopping with his wife, elderly uncle and two kids at one of those "lifestyle" malls – which means it is outdoors. The weather is brutally cold, but he kids still want to ride an electric kiddie train that runs around the mall. The parents relent and allow the kids to go, despite the uncle's warnings that things don't seem quite right. The mom takes the opportunity to complete some last minute shopping while Peter and the uncle hang out for the train to return. After Peter ducks into a bar to warm up, he returns to find the uncle missing and no sign of the kids or the kiddie train.
The nightmare begins.
The rest of the story involves Peter frantically trying to find the kids. No one has ever heard of (or seen) the kiddie train. The subsequent events become increasingly bizarre and terrifying. For a short piece like this, the characters are nicely drawn. Peter's frenzied inner dialogue is spot-on, and anyone who has ever misplaced a child for a brief period of time will recognize the distraught sensations of the character. I was able to gulp down this story in one sitting, not only because of its short length, but also because of the intense nature of the plot. Unnerving and scary, Cold as Hell has a distinct Twilight Zone feel to it.
Queen of America: Revisiting a 1972 horror story
I just reread a novel I last read over 40 years ago. The Queen of America by Russell H. Greenan was published in 1972 and was marketed as a horror story at the time. When I read it back then, I enjoyed the novel for its edgy plot and memorable characters. The fact that I recalled it fondly says a lot about the story line and characters within. The protagonist is fourteen-year-old Ignacio (Ig) Never who lives with his father in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dad is a famous Spanish historian who is becoming increasingly anxious and paranoid—which has prompted him to seclude himself in his bedroom. He only communicates to his son by intercom and hand-written notes. Which no adult supervision, Ig roams Harvard Square and surrounding coffee shops and student hangouts with his dog Ripper. He befriends an assorted mix of adolescents and young adults (a 15-year-old mathematics genius attending MIT, an 18-year-old movie porn director, a 19-year-old drug dealer, and a 19-year-old furniture maker). Into this mix appears 16-year-old Betsy, who walks into the coffee house frequented by the characters after riding through a snowstorm on a motorcycle. She's beautiful with blonde hair and a delightful personality. She's also a serial killer who loves slashing to death anyone who insults her, regardless of how minor the insult was.
I won't go any further in my discussion of the plot. By any stretch of the imagination, The Queen of America would not cut it as a horror story in today's market. There's no unique twist to the murders or to the killer. Nonetheless, the story was as enjoyable as I remembered it. The characters are great and pretty unique. I cared about them and wondered what the heck was going to happen to them (and the outcomes for many of them are unexpected). Boston circa 1970 is described in a way that is now almost nostalgic—and which probably wasn't intentional at the time. The technology and dialog are almost quaint which add to the book's charm. The scenes of horror, while few and far between, are jolting and gory and were probably brutal at the time of publication. They still had the effect for me, most likely due to the rich cast of characters for whom I cared a great deal.


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A prophecy is speaking forth the heart of God under the inspiration of the Holy Ghost. A prophetic word voices God's intent and contains within itself the power to gain what was spoken. In this message, John Kilpatrick teaches how to fight for your destiny by holding on to what God has spoken.


Like the tides settling before the end of each day, my mind is silent. I have been long delayed in writing experiences in my life for the past few weeks. My mind is blocked from needing to express myself. I hope this is temporary.
One wants what one cannot get immediately. Therefore, I know I will be back on the bloggers path at the right time. When my fingers are quick to articulate my thoughts and place them into digital words, I shall be ready.
Gail, felt the same way. But I was also, among other things, busy. Just posted a new entry yesterday after two months!


Fr. Stephen Freeman on "Holy Icons"
A Special Meeting With Patriarch Theofilos of Jerusalem.
What is the Orthodox Perspective on Original Sin?
Should We Tithe Ten Percent?
Why do we recite The Lord's Prayer / Is Communion symbolic?
Why do Protestants have ten fewer Old Testament books?


We celebrated Halloween with a staff-favorite come-and-go costume contest, grab free spooky cookies, and candy flights! Your servers for the party were A Taco, Where's Waldo, Suffragette Lady, and Kristoff from Frozen. 🎃 Congrats to Cheryl Hills and Jerry Gatton as Olive Oyl and Brutus (and baby Sweet Pea) from Popeye! You will receive a $50 FHB gift card to celebrate your victory!
Fat Hill goes to Scotland!


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Despite being common in German and English-language journalism during World War II, the word Blitzkrieg was never used by the Wehrmacht as an official military term, except for propaganda.[9] According to David Reynolds, "Hitler himself called the term Blitzkrieg 'A completely idiotic word' (ein ganz blödsinniges Wort)".[11] Some senior officers, including Kurt Student, Franz Halder and Johann Adolf von Kielmansegg, even disputed the idea that it was a military concept. Kielmansegg asserted that what many regarded as blitzkrieg was nothing more than "ad hoc solutions that simply popped out of the prevailing situation". Student described it as ideas that "naturally emerged from the existing circumstances" as a response to operational challenges.[12] The Wehrmacht never officially adopted it as a concept or doctrine.[a]
A second roll call took place at seven in the evening after the long day's work.[118] Prisoners might be hanged or flogged in the course of it. If a prisoner was missing, the others had to remain standing until he or she was found or the reason for the absence discovered, even if it took hours. On 6 July 1940, roll call lasted 19 or 20 hours because of the escape of a Polish prisoner, Tadeusz Wiejowski; following another escape in 1941, a group of prisoners was sent to block 11 to be starved to death.[119] After roll call, prisoners were allowed to retire to their blocks for the night and receive their bread rations and water. Curfew was at nine o'clock. Inmates slept in long rows of brick or wooden bunks, lying in and on their clothes and shoes to prevent them from being stolen.[120] The wooden bunks had blankets and paper mattresses filled with wood shavings; in the brick barracks, inmates lay on straw.[121] According to Nyiszli:
He went on to say that the use of tanks "left much to be desired...Fear of enemy action against the flanks of the advance, fear which was to prove so disastrous to German prospects in the west in 1940 and in the Soviet Union in 1941, was present from the beginning of the war." John Ellis further asserted that "...there is considerable justice in Matthew Cooper's assertion that the panzer divisions were not given the kind of strategic mission that was to characterize authentic armored blitzkrieg, and were almost always closely subordinated to the various mass infantry armies."
Blitzkrieg means "lightning war". It was an innovative military technique first used by the Germans in World War Two and was a tactic based on speed and surprise. Blitzkrieg relied on a military force be based around light tank units supported by planes and infantry (foot soldiers). The tactic was based on Alfred von Schlieffen's 'Schlieffen Plan' – this was a doctrine formed during WWI that focused on quick miliatry victory. It was later developed in Germany by an army officer called Heinz Guderian who looked at new technologies, namely dive bombers and light tanks, to improve the German army's manoeuvrability.
Oskar Schindler is a vainglorious and greedy German businessman who becomes an unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric German Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp, it is a testament to the good in all of us. Written by Harald Mayr
Italy introduced some antisemitic measures, but there was less antisemitism there than in Germany, and Italian-occupied countries were generally safer for Jews than German-occupied territories. In some areas, the Italian authorities even tried to protect Jews, such as in the Croatian areas of the Balkans. But while Italian forces in Russia were not as vicious towards Jews as the Germans, they did not try to stop German atrocities either. There were no deportations of Italian Jews to Germany while Italy remained an ally.[171] Several forced labor camps for Jews were established in Italian-controlled Libya. Almost 2,600 Libyan Jews were sent to camps, where 562 died.[172]
Auschwitz inmates began working at the plant, known as Buna Werke and IG Auschwitz, in April 1941, and demolishing houses in Monowitz to make way for it. By May, because of a shortage of trucks, several hundred of them were rising at 3 am to walk there twice a day from Auschwitz I.[53] Anticipating that a long line of exhausted inmates walking through the town of Oświęcim might harm German-Polish relations, the inmates were told to shave daily, make sure they were clean, and sing as they walked. From late July they were taken there by train on freight wagons.[54] Because of the difficulty of moving them, including during the winter, IG Farben decided to build a camp at the plant. The first inmates moved there on 30 October 1942.[55] Known as KL Auschwitz III-Aussenlager (Auschwitz III-subcamps), and later as Monowitz concentration camp,[56] it was the first concentration camp to be financed and built by private industry.[57]
During the war, Emilie joined Oskar in Krakow, and by the war's end, the couple was penniless, having used his fortune to bribe authorities and save his workers. The day after the war ended, Schindler and his wife fled to Argentina with the help of the Schindlerjuden to avoid prosecution for his previous spying activities. For more than a decade, Schindler tried farming, only to declare bankruptcy in 1957. He left his wife and traveled to West Germany, where he made an unsuccessful attempt in the cement business. Schindler spent the rest of his life supported by donations from the Schindlerjuden. He was named a Righteous Gentile by Yad Vashem in 1962, and after his death in 1974, at age 66, Oskar Schindler was interred in the Catholic cemetery on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. In 1993, Steven Spielberg brought the story of Oskar Schindler to the big screen with his film, Schindler's List.
Up to this point, though, Auschwitz-Birkenau accounted for "only" 11 percent of the victims of the "Final Solution." In August 1942, however, construction began on four large-scale gassing facilities. It appears from the plans that the first two gas chambers were adapted from mortuaries which, with the huge crematoria attached to them, were initially intended to cope with mortalities amongst the slave labor force in the camp, now approaching 100,000 and subject to a horrifying death rate. But from the autumn of 1942, it seems clear that the SS planners and civilian contractors were intending to build a mass-murder plant.
In the final months of the war, SS guards moved camp inmates by train or on forced marches, often called "death marches," in an attempt to prevent the Allied liberation of large numbers of prisoners. As Allied forces moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Germany, they began to encounter and liberate concentration camp prisoners, as well as prisoners en route by forced march from one camp to another. The marches continued until May 7, 1945, the day the German armed forces surrendered unconditionally to the Allies.
Several resistance groups were formed, such as the Jewish Combat Organization in the Warsaw Ghetto and the United Partisan Organization in Vilna.[310] Over 100 revolts and uprisings occurred in at least 19 ghettos and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. The best known is the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, when around 1,000 poorly armed Jewish fighters held the SS at bay for four weeks.[311][q] During a revolt in Treblinka on 2 August 1943, inmates killed five or six guards and set fire to camp buildings; several managed to escape.[316][317] In the Białystok Ghetto on 16 August 1943, Jewish insurgents fought for five days when the Germans announced mass deportations.[318] On 14 October 1943, Jewish prisoners in Sobibór, including Jewish-Soviet prisoners of war, attempted an escape,[319] killing 11 SS officers and a couple of Ukrainian camp guards.[320] Around 300 escaped, but 100 were recaptured and shot.[321] On 7 October 1944, 300 Jewish members of the Sonderkommando at Auschwitz, who learned they were about to be killed, attacked their guards and blew up crematorium IV. Three SS officers were killed, one of whom was stuffed into an oven, as was a German kapo. None of the Sonderkommando rebels survived the uprising.[322]
Peter Hayes (How Was It Possible? A Holocaust Reader, 2015): "The Holocaust, the Nazi attempt to eradicate the Jews of Europe, has come to be regarded as the emblematic event of Twentieth Century ... Hitler's ideology depicted the Jews as uniquely dangerous to Germany and therefore uniquely destined to disappear completely from the Reich and all territories subordinate to it. The threat posted by supposedly corrupting but generally powerless Sinti and Roma was far less, and therefore addressed inconsistently in the Nazi realm. Gay men were defined as a problem only if they were German or having sex with Germans or having sex with Germans and considered 'curable' in most cases. ... Germany's murderous intent toward the handicapped inhabitants of European mental institutions ... was more comprehensive ... but here, too, implementation was uneven and life-saving exceptions permitted, especially in Western Europe. Not only were some Slavs—Slovaks, Croats, Bulgarians, some Ukrainians—allotted a favored place in Hitler's New Order, but the fate of most of the other Slavs the Nazis derided as sub-humans ... consisted of enslavement and gradual attrition, not the prompt massacre meted out to the Jews after 1941."[20]
Use of armoured forces was crucial for both sides on the Eastern Front. Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, involved a number of breakthroughs and encirclements by motorised forces. Its goal according to Führer Directive 21 (18 December 1940) was "to destroy the Russian forces deployed in the West and to prevent their escape into the wide-open spaces of Russia."[90] The Red Army was to be destroyed west of the Dvina and Dnieper rivers, which were about 500 kilometres (310 mi) east of the Soviet border, to be followed by a mopping-up operation. The surprise attack resulted in the near annihilation of the Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily (VVS, Soviet Air Force) by simultaneous attacks on airfields,[91] allowing the Luftwaffe to achieve total air supremacy over all the battlefields within the first week.[92][93] On the ground, four German panzer groups outflanked and encircled disorganised Red Army units, while the marching infantry completed the encirclements and defeated the trapped forces.[94] In late July, after 2nd Panzer Group (commanded by Guderian) captured the watersheds of the Dvina and Dnieper rivers near Smolensk, the panzers had to defend the encirclement, because the marching infantry divisions were still hundreds of kilometres to the west.[91]
In the Lviv pogroms in occupied Poland in July 1941, some 6,000 Polish Jews were murdered in the streets, on top of 3,000 arrests and mass shootings by Einsatzgruppe C.[231][m] During the Jedwabne pogrom, on 10 July 1941, a group of 40 Polish men killed several hundred Jews; around 300 were burned alive in a barn. The attack is thought to have been organized by the German Security Police (Sicherheitsdienst).[233] A long debate about who was responsible for the Jedwabne murders was triggered in 2001 by the publication of Jan T. Gross's book Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland.[234] The response to the book was described as "the most prolonged and far-reaching of any discussion of the Jewish issue in Poland since the Second World War".[235]
Historical accuracy is pushed to the edge as each unit is endowed with the actual capabilities and characteristics that existed at the time. Details such as the thickness of a tank's armor down to the range of infantry rifles add a level of previously unprecedented realism. Each campaign has been meticulously researched to provide an accurate depiction of the battles that took place, while still maintaining the flexibility (and fun!) necessary to let you play the way you want.
His tasks for the Abwehr included collecting information on railways, military installations, and troop movements, as well as recruiting other spies within Czechoslovakia, in advance of a planned invasion of the country by Nazi Germany.[9] He was arrested by the Czech government for espionage on 18 July 1938 and immediately imprisoned, but was released as a political prisoner under the terms of the Munich Agreement, the instrument under which the Czech Sudetenland was annexed into Germany on 1 October.[10][11] Schindler applied for membership in the Nazi Party on 1 November and was accepted the following year.[12]


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Category Archives: Fiction
September 8, 2014 1920s, Fiction, queer history, social historypolari, queer history, writingMrs Vicar
Hallo, and it's bona to varda your dolly old eeks again after so long!
As I sit here in my bijou lattie, with my morning mangare and buvare, recovering from being totally daffy last night, I thought it was time to screeve a bit on the fabulosa lingo that is polari. Now, I know what you're going to say: What's a young striller like me know about the parlare of the omi polones of yesteryear? But new lingos of any sort fascinate me, and to be honest, I'm just a little bit bold…
If you've not listened to a lot of 1960s radio, you probably won't have any idea what I'm talking about, which is quite fair enough – Polari (parlare, parlyare, polare, parlaree) is a language that faded out almost completely in the latter half of the twentieth century and, but for a few hardy souls determined to do all they can to preserve it, might have vanished completely but for the occasional airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra, when they choose to re-run Round The Horne. It's an intriguing cant slang made up of bits of English, Italian, Yiddish and various forms of slang – back slang, thieves' cant, rhyming slang and theatre jargon – and the main period of use was between the 1920s and 1960s, mostly in the cities of the UK. It was also an extremely secretive language, used by homosexuals both male and female as a way of communicating without being detected by those who oughtn't to know (the police, for instance).
The social history is the main thing that attracts me to Polari, of course, being both an historian and a bit "versatile" myself – and since one of the main characters of my novel is a homosexual living in London in the 1920s, I feel I ought to learn some of his lingo – but aside from those interests, I am primarily a linguist by profession and cant slangs of this sort fascinate me immensely. It may have flourished in the mid 20th Century, but its history is considerably longer, deriving from the cant used in London in theatres, fairgrounds, circuses – hence the many borrowings from Romance/Italian and from Romany. The evidence is quite murky, as one would expect for a private slang existing between those working in a small range of trades, and even when it became more widely used, it still never achieved the status of "language" – people working in theatrical circles would most likely have picked up a handful of the most regularly used words and incorporated them into their own speech. It has been estimated that there were only 20 or so core words, but Polari was expanding and changing all the time to incorporate new bits of slang and jargon as they came and went, as it was taken up by new groups – the Merchant Navy, and the city-based gay "subculture".
So how did Polari go from being a theatrical/showman cant to taking on the role of private lingo for sailors and homosexual men and women? The answer, of course, is equivocal – it's hard to be certain of how these slangs transfer between groups – but it is probably reasonable to observe that homosexuality and the theatre do tend to go hand in hand. However it happened, by the early 20th century Polari had been adopted by the gay subculture of London as its own private slang and the vocabulary expanded accordingly, though it still maintained its old links with the theatre. As for how it stowed away on board ship, apparently that is thanks to the young gay men who joined the Merchant Navy and brought their cant slang with them. However it happened, it spread rapidly during the early-mid 20th century, until the decriminalisation of (male) homosexuality in 1967 (that is, the decriminalisation of homosexual acts in private between two consenting men over the age of 21, which was not lowered to 18 until 1994 – just throwing that in there for the sake of queer history and a small amount of anger!) did away with the need for a secret code to discuss such matters. It was also rejected by gay liberationists, and the fact that Polari had been used extensively on Round The Horne a few years before the decriminalisation of homosexuality had changed it irrevocably from secret slang to popular culture – even if the listeners didn't know the precise meanings of the phrase, the tone of voice was often pretty clear! Polari's decline was perfectly natural; a lack of necessity led to its decreasing usage, and but for academic interest, it might have died out completely.
Now, though it's tremendous fun to write in a secret code, it is not appropriate for me to nick other people's work and provide a vocab list here – the basics are widely available. I think, however, that it is better in context. Since Polari was a spoken language, seldom a written one, it seems most appropriate to link to some recordings, and the best place to start there is with Julian and Sandy. I'd like to use some BBC-authorised versions, but there are none, so here are some privately posted clips of them on YouTube, such as this clothing gem. And if you ignore the video, this is a brilliant rendition of a very famous Shakespeare speech in Polari.
There are not many clips of Polari being spoken outside of Round The Horne, but I have long enjoyed this little except from Velvet Goldmine, which is, I think, rather splendid. There is also a not especially good quality video which is worth it just for Kenneth Horne talking about Polari in an interview in the first minute or so of the vid.
If it's reading material you want, the most active academic on the subject is Professor Paul Baker, who has published two books on the topic: Polari: The Lost Language of Gay Men, and Fantabulosa: A Dictionary of Polari and Gay Slang (both published in 2002) – and there is also a clip from The One Show in which the Prof discusses the subject of Polari; but if you're into your technology, then I have to mention that recently there has been a project to rescue the language, run by Jez Dolan and Joseph Richardson, a couple of artists, working with a number of academics, including the aforementioned Prof. Baker. It's called the Polari Mission – and if you're an iPhone or iPad user, they've written this brilliant little app which you can download from their website.
If, like me, you have downloaded the app, you may see from browsing through the index that quite a number of the words are common in "ordinary" English as well. Terms such as barney = fight are quite common and have probably moved from English to Polari, and terms concerning sexuality, such as butch, camp, drag etc. are logical transitions, but when you come upon such words as ajax, bevvy, bijou, the well-known "fantabulosa", and my own favourite phrase, "That's yer actual…", then…well, it's difficult to say whether they entered normal English via Polari or via some other form of slang (words bled between Cockney and Polari slangs to a great extent in the early 20th century). But there is a certain pleasure in hearing Princess Anne tell photographers to "Naff off," and knowing that she is, perhaps unwittingly, using slang that was once reserved for people who lived in very different circumstances…
May 4, 2014 1920s, Fiction, Multimedia Fictionmultimedia, Susie, writingMrs Vicar
'On a warm afternoon in the middle of May, 1925, when the butterflies flitted from daisy to cowslip and the grasses danced lightly in the breeze, Susie Smith sat and threw stones at the sea.'
Writers can be very visual creatures. Some of us know what our characters look like, from the colour of their eyes and hair down to the size of the nose or the distance between their eyes; and can be very clear on the kinds of clothes they are wearing. These writers know the layout of the rooms of their house, the furnishing and even the pattern of the paper on the walls. This trait has a tendency to come across in their writing, of course – there are plenty of novels which leave you in no doubt as to what you are supposed to be seeing…
…and then there are those writers to whom the appearance of their characters is more of a mystery than it is to most of their readers, who sketch the vaguest picture with one or two principal characteristics and leave you to guess the rest. And usually, it works.
It sounds counter-intuitive, I know. Writing is such a comprehensive creative art, requiring the creation not only of plausible stories, but also of images, sounds, even smells, and all using only the imagination of the writer and, subsequently, that of the readers. I recall one fellow writer saying to me, 'I can't imagine not being able to see my characters clearly. How am I supposed to describe them, if I can't see them?'. A sensible question, and one which could be expanded to include the readers – how are they to experience the same sense of place, character and style as the writer, if the writer is a non-visual sort and gives them no visual clues?
The answer is quite simple. To the writer who says, 'How can I describe them?' I say, 'Don't.' It really is as simple as that. A myriad excellent writers have got through their books without sketching any more than the barest detail – Terry Pratchett is a fine example – and yet that doesn't stop the reader from conjuring up as much of a picture as their imaginations can manage. After all, imagination is not the preserve of writers and other creative artists – it is common to all of us, and no two people imagine the same (fictional) scene in quite the same way. Therefore it is that my solution to the descriptive problem is to let my readers get on with it. Dickens is 'out' and spare prose, with plenty of show-not-tell, is very much in fashion these days, so why waste precious words on hair texture, nose shape, flowerpot contents or number of rugs when you could be using them to muck on with the plot? Sit back, relax and let your readers do the hard work!
As I've intimated, I'm pretty non-visual – I have a vague idea of height, hairstyle, body shape and gait, and sometimes I can get an idea of clothing into my mind (but not very often) – so when I'm describing characters, description tends to be pretty limited and often comes out in the course of conversation. I cite an examples below from my series Tea And Militancy, set in 1925.
[Susie] turned to see her colleague, Rosie Meredith, standing on the cliff path, a brown hat with a most unfortunate brim crammed down over her heavy roll of hair and an anxious expression on her face.
This is Rosie's first entrance into the story, and the sentence above is intended to demonstrate one salient point about her: that she is unfashionable. (In fact, it goes a little further, because the narration in this chapter is from Susie's point of view and the sentence therefore demonstrates that Rosie is unfashionable and that Susie has noticed, ergo she must be at least aware of fashion herself.)
But just how the hat's brim is unfashionable is left entirely to the reader's imagination, because the point does not need to be laboured any further. It is an 'unfortunate' brim and that describes Rosie's sartorial habits far more neatly than a whole paragraph of description could achieve.
It's surprising how well this sort of hinting can work. Physical descriptions are really not my forte, and yet recently I've been startled at the correlation between my view of the characters and the views of my readers. Susie was introduced in her original story as 'slight and fair', and though she was later described as pretty and her fashionable style of dress was hinted at, they were never explicitly stated. 100,000 words later, I did a quick quiz of readers on their views on her appearance, and they came back almost exactly the same: smallish, slim, fair hair in a short cut (bob or crop), and very fashionably dressed. I then looked back through the hundred thousand words I'd written and realised I'd described her clothing a total of four times, and only once in detail. The character had done her own work, and pretty effectively! For reference, here's what I came up with when I sketched her last night.
My comment is therefore, essentially, that big descriptions of characters aren't necessary*. If the characters really live, people tend to see them almost exactly as intended. Sticking in the salient points and letting the reader do the rest makes for more elegant – and more rewarding – writing. After all, it can be quite helpful to the reader not to have too much to go on. One comment I was going to make on the subject of description comes from my perspective as a reader, and a non-visual reader, which is that when one is non-visual, large amounts of description can be, not simply distracting and unhelpful, but a source of some stress! I jest not – when presented with so much facial detail that the police would be able to construct a realistic e-fit from the prose alone, I tend to panic a little and shut my eyes, because I simply don't have the visual memory to conjure up such a precise image – and yet I feel it is my responsibility to try, because the author clearly wants me to understand what it is they are seeing. It may seem insignificant, but it can make reading more a chore than a joy – and makes me more likely to put down the book in permanent fashion.
*I'd make the exception for very peculiar characteristics. One of my chaps has long hair, which is fairly unusual now but was very unusual in the 1920s – so it'd be a little mad of me to expect readers to anticipate that particular characteristic!
Now, having said all of that, I'm about to contradict myself. As you will have seen, I consider myself to be one of the non-visuals – or, rather, I thought I was. The revelation that, actually, I can see what I'm writing about came quite suddenly, when a friend mooted the possibility of collaborating on a sort of mixed-media fictional project (yes, I know it's called television, but we don't have that sort of budget). I jumped at the possibility, as it was something I'd been considering all along for my novel, which is very heavy on both music and art and would really suit both artwork and a soundtrack, but it turned out that neither of us was artistic (in the drawing sense), which was something of a disappointment until I picked up a pencil the other night and started to draw my people.
I didn't expect to be any good at physical representations of my characters, given that I can barely call my own mother's face to mind when I want to, let alone people who don't exist in the physical realm (shh! Don't tell them!), but I was pleasantly surprised at the results. They aren't going to win the Turner prize, but there's something tremendously exciting about seeing one's people and places set down on paper for all to view. The sketch right at the top of this article is a digitally enhanced (by which I mean the faint pencil lines have been given more contrast!) photo of one of the sketches I did yesterday evening, to show Susie and Rosie's first scene in Tea And Militancy.
Thus it is that this post finishes on a poignant note – at least, it is for me, because yesterday on my lunchbreak I did a sketch of my two soldier boys, Ambrose and Archie, ready to go off to war. I've not seen either of them in the flesh, as it were, before now, so this is lovely but as I said, it saddens me, mostly because I know what's going to happen to them! (I've done a little more photo-manipulation to this one to make it a smidgen more like an Edwardian photograph. Hopefully it works).
The tradition of authors illustrating their own works is long, though some did it rather better than others. I was always rather taken with Arthur Ransome's illustrations for his Swallows and Amazons books – even though they are little, simply done and contain no facial features to speak of, they are no less charming and evocative than Beatrix Potter's far more elaborate paintings – and what would Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day be without those lovely line drawings? As Alice once said, 'What is the use of a book without pictures?' I'm looking forward to doing more sketches of my people and places, though I suspect the idea of an illustrated adult litfic book is enough to put a publisher off their quinoa and pineapple so it will probably end up as a harmless little diversion, but no less fun for that. However, I doubt this will be my last post on the subject of multimedia fiction.
That's all for now. I shall try to stick more faithfully to my resolution to update this more in future!


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package pubsub

import (
	"context"
	"log"
	"sync/atomic"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"cloud.google.com/go/pubsub/pstest"
	"google.golang.org/api/option"
	"google.golang.org/grpc"
)

// Using the fake PubSub server in the pstest package, verify that streaming
// pull resumes if the server stream times out.
func TestStreamTimeout(t *testing.T) {
	t.Parallel()
	log.SetFlags(log.Lmicroseconds)
	ctx := context.Background()
	srv := pstest.NewServer()
	defer srv.Close()

	srv.SetStreamTimeout(2 * time.Second)
	conn, err := grpc.Dial(srv.Addr, grpc.WithInsecure())
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer conn.Close()

	opts := withGRPCHeadersAssertion(t, option.WithGRPCConn(conn))
	client, err := NewClient(ctx, "P", opts...)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	topic, err := client.CreateTopic(ctx, "T")
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	sub, err := client.CreateSubscription(ctx, "sub", SubscriptionConfig{Topic: topic, AckDeadline: 10 * time.Second})
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	const nPublish = 8
	rctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 30*time.Second)
	defer cancel()
	errc := make(chan error)
	var nSeen int64
	go func() {
		errc <- sub.Receive(rctx, func(ctx context.Context, m *Message) {
			m.Ack()
			n := atomic.AddInt64(&nSeen, 1)
			if n >= nPublish {
				cancel()
			}
		})
	}()

	for i := 0; i < nPublish; i++ {
		pr := topic.Publish(ctx, &Message{Data: []byte("msg")})
		_, err := pr.Get(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatal(err)
		}
		time.Sleep(250 * time.Millisecond)
	}

	if err := <-errc; err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if err := sub.Delete(ctx); err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	n := atomic.LoadInt64(&nSeen)
	if n < nPublish {
		t.Errorf("got %d messages, want %d", n, nPublish)
	}
}

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Q: Jquery & Coffeescript strange behavior I have same HTML code:

foo

bar

baz

and same CoffeeScript:
$ ->
  class List
    @list: {}

    @push: (el) ->
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    @start: ->
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In browser's console I see the same output for the first and second calls of console.log:
Object
  first: "foo"
  second: "bar"
  third: "baz"
  __proto__: Object

Why at the time of the first call of console.log @list is already filled?


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