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This Is Cuba: An American Journalist Under Castro's Shadow
By: David Ariosto
USA Today "New and Noteworthy" • One of The Washington Post's "10 Books to Read―and Gift―in December"
"Fascinating." ―Forbes
Fidel Castro is dead. Donald Trump was elected president. And to most outsiders, the fate of Cuba has never seemed more uncertain. Yet those who look close enough may recognize that signs of the next revolution are etched in plain view.
This is Cuba is a true story that begins in the summer of 2009 when a young American photo-journalist is offered the chance of a lif
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Publication Date:Tue Dec 11 2018
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
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This is Cuba is a true story that begins in the summer of 2009 when a young American photo-journalist is offered the chance of a lifetime―a two-year assignment in Havana.
For David Ariosto, the island is an intriguing new world, unmoored from the one he left behind. From neighboring military coups, suspected honey traps, salty spooks, and desperate migrants to dissidents, doctors, and Havana's empty shelves, Ariosto uncovers the island's subtle absurdities, its Cold War mystique, and the hopes of a people in the throes of transition. Beyond the classic cars, salsa, and cigars lies a country in which black markets are ubiquitous, free speech is restricted, privacy is curtailed, sanctions wreak havoc, and an almost Kafka-esque goo of Soviet-style bureaucracy still slows the gears of an economy desperate to move forward.
But life in Cuba is indeed changing, as satellite dishes and internet hotspots dot the landscape and more Americans want in. Still, it's not so simple. The old sentries on both sides of the Florida Straits remain at their posts, fists clenched and guarding against the specter of a Cold War that never quite ended, despite the death of Fidel and the hand-over of the presidency to a man whose last name isn't Castro.
And now, a crisis is brewing.
In This Is Cuba, Ariosto looks at Cuba from the inside-out over the course of nine years, endeavoring to expose clues for what's in store for the island as it undergoes its biggest change in more than half a century.
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I have received my review copy yesterday and will be watching it shortly. At 148 minutes it is quite long. Maybe it would have been a worthy candidate for my 12 French war movies list. I'm eager to find out.
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October 16, 2014 Crime / Dramas
The Judge (2014)
Directed by David Dobkin
Based on the story by David Dobkin and Nick Schenk
Screenplay by Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dax Shepard
Hank Palmer (Downey Jr.) is a high-powered attorney with few ties to his family. When he returns home for his mother's funeral, he finds himself at odds with the local judge, Joseph Palmer (Duvall). This judge also happens to be Hank's father. The family struggles are magnified when Joseph is charged with murder. Now Hank must find a way to defend his father despite their inability to communicate. The trial is just one part of the struggle for these two men.
This film is based on a story created by the film's director David Dobkin (The Change-Up) and screenwriter Nick Schenk (Gran Torino). Schenk and Bill Dubuque wrote the screenplay together. The film features an all-star cast that includes Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3), Robert Duvall (The Godfather), Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade), and Vera Farmiga (The Departed). The cast also features the great Vincent D'Onofrio (Kill the Irishman) and Dax Shepard (Hit and Run).
The story for this film is an interesting look at the strain between family members over actions from the past. The writing centers on the father-son relationship between Duvall and Downey Jr.'s characters. The added drama of the murder charge serves as a starting point for the story to unfold. The strength of this movie is the dialogue, which seems to avoid a lot of exposition while giving an intimate look into the lives of the characters. The courtroom scenes are nicely scripted, allowing the tension to build from beginning to end. The weaker point of this script is the lack of depth given to some of the supporting characters. While the characters all have unique aspects, I think the story gave us a little about a lot of people. With a few less characters, the story would've given a more solid backdrop for the action. This isn't a major flaw, just something to note when checking this one out. Overall, the drama and tension are wonderful in this unique story.
You're in for a treat any time Robert Downey Jr. or Robert Duvall stars in a film. When they're together, it just gets awesome. Duvall is a master of his craft, and this movie asked him to dig deep in an emotional role. Like so many great dramas, his performance asked for him to touch on a wide range of emotions. Robert Downey Jr. is equally great in this one. His energy worked perfectly with the story, allowing him to shine. The chemistry between Duvall and Downey Jr. is also an incredible thing to watch. The acting doesn't stop with the two stars I've already mentioned. Adding in great performances from Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, and Vincent D'Onofrio just makes this movie better. Dax Shepard also did a great job with a role that took him in a new direction from previous work he's done. Overall, the acting makes this one great to watch.
This movie doesn't do a lot of unique camera work or anything out of the ordinary for a drama. Still, the movie is put together nicely. The visuals and the locations all seem to work to create the small-town setting of the film. In addition, the movie features great sets that capture the right feel for the story. Finally, the score for the film, written by Thomas Newman (Skyfall), was incredible. The music really puts the mood right where it needs to be.
This movie has a lot to offer. Despite the weaker storylines, this one delivers with a main arc that pays off nicely. It's a long one, running a little over two and a quarter hours. If you're a fan of the stars, this is one you need to see. I would also suggest this one to fans of great drama or courtroom dramas. I give this one 4 out of 5 stars.
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Nostra says:
I love courtroom dramas and this looks like it could be very interesting.
jeffro517 says:
The core of the story is very solid. Enjoy!
Mr Rumsey says:
I've been tempted by this one for a while, nice to hear that most of it really holds up!
If you're stingy with your movie money, it might be worth going to a matinee. Otherwise, enjoy!
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I wanted to share just a few of the reasons why SAW's holds and will always hold a special place in my heart. First and foremost SAW's is a God centered organization. All throughout the Bible were told to care for the less fortunate. Jesus' teachings in particular tell us that we should not only be aware of but to actively reach out and help those in need; SAW's does just that. They do this by not only providing ramps for those in need of help with regards to accessibility, but also by providing opportunities for volunteers to experience firsthand the joy of helping others.
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What happened when people encountered the story of God's outrageous love and sacrifice of His Son for men – people who knew NOTHING of the story? They DANCED. They CELEBRATED. They were OVERJOYED. They… WORSHIPED! Why? Because worship is the right response to properly reckoning Who God is, and what God has done for us!
Key Principle: Real worship is the celebration of WHO God is and what He has done!
In our series in Nehemiah, we are nearing the end. We enter chapter twelve, and the people are in a time of worship. The passage holds the key to the secret of a great testimony for God! Though it includes something as mundane as an historical interlude with name lists, it was provided by God in part to remind us Nehemiah's priorities included the WORSHIP of His people (as becomes clear in places like Nehemiah 12:47) – not simply the physical security of the CITY WALLS, and the social ethos of a wounded people. Worship was a central issue to the great "wine steward become contractor" of the Bible. He knew worship needed to be restored, taught and encouraged. He recognized that worship provided a key to the testimony that allows others to hear from God – it is the JOY that comes from obedience to Him and a real encounter with Him! That is why he made a note that "joy" was "heard from afar" in Nehemiah 12:43.
• In the beginning of the book, we saw that if God burdens your heart–He is about to work and wants to honor you by using you to work through.
• We watched as Nehemiah planned and recalled that faith is NOT a synonym for disorder or substitute for careful planning (Nehemiah 2).
• Shortly into the book, we noticed that when we move forward for God, the opposition came to the surface to fight back. We should expect trouble and hindrance in God's building work, as we started to observe in Nehemiah 2:19.
• We examined Nehemiah's assignments of practical work, and recalled there are laws of people work that God wanted us to recognize in the "job list" portion of Nehemiah 3.
• Test #2: Facing discouraging winds of gossip in the ranks of the ministry (4:7-23).
• That was followed by Test #3: the handling of broken spirits – people who were wounded by the behavior of others in Nehemiah 5:1-13.
• Another test followed – Test #4: the leader was tested by the temptation of "perks" he could enjoy to the detriment of the work (Nehemiah 5:14-19).
• When that failed, the enemy threw Test #5: open intimidation from political enemies of the work" (Nehemiah 6:1-9).
• Still another test followed – #6: an opportunity to be trapped in practical situational ethics and turn from reliance on God (Nehemiah 6:10-14) as the men tried to entrap Nehemiah and push him to do wrong.
• Finally the troubles relented, and the people began to learn about starting clean before God, as the principles in reestablishing the work by the Word were unfolded in Nehemiah 7.
• We looked carefully at some principles of revival (Nehemiah 8:1-8) as the Word was given and explained.
• We saw the people feel a sense of shame, and then need to be re-directed into celebration in a community clean-up – in their observance of God's appointed times (Nehemiah 9:1-38).
• We watched as their leaders discovered the joy of prioritizing their walk with God in Nehemiah 9:38-10:39.
• We identified leaders who were willing to pay the price in Nehemiah 11.
Now we face the end of the story. It includes two scenes – one of WORSHIP and one of CORRECTION. This lesson zooms in on the response to God's goodness – a joyful response that makes an impact on a lost world!. The entire chapter deals with the Priests and Levites and their work among the people. Like Elders and Deacons – these were the functional servants of God before the congregation.
• The first part of the narrative includes a record of the priests and Levites (12:1-26).
• The second part records the details of the holy processional on the walls of Jerusalem to dedicate the work they did (12:27-47). The purpose of the dedication was to refocus the reader on the purpose of the project – to regain safe worship in Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 12:1 Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, 4 Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, 5 Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 6 Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua. 8 The Levites [were] Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, [and] Mattaniah [who was] in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in [their] service divisions. 10 Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada, 11 and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua.
Scanning the list, you will note there are twenty-two names – connecting it with the twenty-four courses of priests of Davidic "courses," from 1 Chronicles 24:7-18. Eight names match those of David's time – probably priestly families that named sons after names of their priestly fathers. Sixteen of the names are the same as found in Nehemiah 10:2-8, with six absent from the list of Nehemiah 12. Perhaps six declined to seal to Nehemiah's covenant given in Nehemiah 10.
Groups #2: The second group was the list priests of the second generation –the one led by Joiakim, the replacement priest to Jeshua of Zerubbabel's generation.
Nehemiah 12:12 Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of fathers' [households] were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; 13 of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; 14of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; 15 of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; 16 of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; 17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; 18 of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; 19 of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; 20 of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; 21of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel.
Groups #3: The third group of names appears to interrupt the list (that continues in 12:24). These verses interrupt the account of the Temple officers in the time of Joiakim, resumed in Nehemiah 12:24. This group appears to be a "drop in" insert to the text – a later addition from the time of Alexander the Great, to help fill in the gap for later Bible students. The "Darius" intended may be Codomannus, the adversary of Alexander the Great, as a contemporary with Jaddua – or perhaps his father.
Nehemiah 12:22 As for the Levites, the heads of fathers' [households] were registered in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan and Jaddua; so [were] the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. 23 The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers' [households], were registered in the Book of the Chronicles up to the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib.
Nehemiah 12:24 The heads of the Levites [were] Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise [and] give thanks, as prescribed by David the man of God, division corresponding to division. 25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon [and] Akkub [were] gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates. 26 These [served] in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest [and] scribe.
"Fascinating!" you are no doubt saying. "Thanks so much for unfolding that riveting list of names"….
Don't despair if you find that section boring and mind numbing. It doesn't mean you aren't a godly person. At the same time, if you will give it but another minute, you may find there are important principles from this seemingly dry litany of historical names!
• First, we cannot please God in our work without a thankful spirit to those who have gone before in the work. Heritage IS important, history IS essential. When we forget those who have gone before us, we misunderstand the level of our own accomplishments. Modern worship is built on the worshippers of the past!
• Second, God thought rejoicing was so important He instructed a dedicated few to lead the children on Israel in singing and praise (12:8) and to guard a heart of worship (12:24).
• Third, people who draw others into worship are remembered by both God and men (12:23)! This is a special commission of men and women that God selects and recalls!
FOR THE BALANCE OF THE PASSAGE, LET'S RECALL THE PARADES OF THE PRESENT (that is, from his time – Nehemiah 12:27-47).
Let's begin by recognizing that God loves celebration and joyful singing – if it is a response of our heart to His love and goodness to us!! Singing can be empty if it celebrates, as so many songs do, OUR lusts, OUR passions, and OUR desires. God wants our hearts – that includes our emotions – to be deeply engaged in our surrender to Him. We need not fear emotions as some believers have done in the past, but we need to use our emotional expression in a way that pleases Him.
First, Nehemiah tells us of the PULLING IN THE PEOPLE to a time of dedication (12:27-29).
Nehemiah 12:27 Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs [to the accompaniment] of cymbals, harps and lyres. 28 So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites, 29 from Beth-gilgal and from [their] fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem.
Bear in mind that even though it is to be an emotional celebration, proper preparations are necessary. It is not wrong to plan, and even practice what God will do through leaders in worship. In fact, it is necessary! Don't get caught up in the "it cannot be the work of the Spirit if there was a plan" mentality.
Second, he related the account of PURIFYING THE PROCESSIONAL (12:30).
Nehemiah 12:30 The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall.
God is invited when the lives of the worship leaders are cleansed and prepared. Sin left unattended in the lives of the leaders can, and often does, hinder the free work of God's Spirit. It is not that God CANNOT work – it is that He is forced to do so with sadness.
Third, he recorded the PARTING OF THE PARADES (12:31).
The people were led into worship and joyful response. The leadership directed each step of the way. When people are instructed by properly prepared leaders – spiritually and technically prepared – the joyful response is not quenched!
Fourth, he related the specific PATHS OF THE PARADING (12:32-40).
The paths led both groups to join together in praise at the end. It is a good thing for leaders to praise God and give thanks for the work (v.40), and not simply praise the people or themselves. We lift people in a way that nothing else can do when we reach to the throne of Heaven with praise!
Fifth, he shared the names if the PEOPLE OF THE PROCESSIONS (12:41-42a).
Listen to the sound of these who were walking about and praising God! They interceded as priests led the way in the loudest praise! They had trumpets blasting and singers praising – what a day!
Sixth, all that noise led to a POWERFUL TESTIMONY OF THE PEOPLE (12:42b-44).
Nehemiah 12:43 and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar. 44 On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served.
The focus was NOT on the people's teamwork, the dedication of the leaders, but rather on the goodness of the God that made the whole project possible. The louder they proclaimed this, the more the world heard them (v.43)! The secret to a powerful testimony was (and is) a heart filled with thanksgiving for God's goodness!
• The world will not be changed by sour-faced believers that disagree with their moral innovations – they will see us energized with praise and wonder what we are doing!
• The lost do not want to prescription of a God that will bind them from satiating their lusts – but they will have their curiosity peaked when we are celebrating and praising His goodness continually.
• The excitement of true worship must energize our people in a day of rising darkness.
• The sounds of praise for God's goodness must drown out the constant hum of our grousing and complaining for God's name to be lifted among the nations.
• Missionaries must be sent with JOY of the message of freedom in the Gospel!
• Proclamations of testimony of God's goodness should pervade the people of God!
Seventh, look at the closing words about the PRAISE OF THE PURIFIED (12:45-47).
Nehemiah 12:45 For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David [and] of his son Solomon. 46 For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, [there were] leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God. 47 So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated [portion] for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated [portion] for the sons of Aaron.
Praise is a holy act before God, a tool that helps separate us to His purposes! Those who made it possible were deeply loved and cared for by the congregation – because they understood the importance of the work of worship.
Don't make this mechanical – it is far more than that! God loves a good song a mighty praise to His goodness! The Bible records that God rejoices! (Zephaniah 3:17).
• Singing and praise are prominent in His Word.
• Creation evoked songs (Job 38:6.7), as did the coming of Jesus (Lk. 1.2).
• There will be trumpets blasting again, and shouts of praise at the return of the Savior (1 Cor. 15:52; Ps. 47:4.5; Rev.18:1-4).
• Spirit-filled believers are to be filled with this praise! (Eph.5).
Margaret Sangster Phippen wrote that in the mid-1950's her father, British minister W.E. Sangster, began to notice some uneasiness in his throat and a dragging in his leg. When he went to the doctor, he found that he had an incurable disease that caused progressive muscular atrophy. His muscles would gradually waste away, his voice would fail, and his throat would soon become unable to swallow. Sangster threw himself into his work in the British home missions, figuring he could still write and he would have even more time for prayer. "Let me stay in the struggle Lord," he pleaded. "I don't mind if I can no longer be a general, but give me just a regiment to lead." He wrote articles and books, and helped organize prayer cells throughout England. "I'm only in the kindergarten of suffering," he told people who pitied him. Gradually Sangsters's legs became useless. His voice went completely. But he could still hold a pen, shakily. On Easter morning, just a few weeks before he died, he wrote a letter to his daughter. In it, he said, "It is terrible to wake up on Easter morning and have no voice to shout, "He is risen!" — but it would be still more terrible to have a voice and not want to shout." – (Sermon Central illustrations from a sermon by David Scudder, The Four Hallelujah's, 10/25/2009).
Sanger knew that real worship is the celebration of WHO God is and what He has done!


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The three wives of Newt Gingrich
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From this New York Times report does one conclude that Newt Gingrich is a highly self-centered person, interested in no one else, not even his wife (wives) but only focused on advancing his career? Had he used and then cast aside his first wife (after she was afflicted by some disease), when he met some one else, used her and then threw out this "some one else," when she again was down with a disease? Will the bell toll for the poor third wife some time in the future, one wonders?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/21/us/politics/for-gingrich-wives-always-at-center-of-career.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=globaleua210
For Gingrich, Wives Always at Center of Career
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
WASHINGTON — When Newt Gingrich was House speaker, lawmakers would routinely arrive at his elegant suite in the Capitol and find an unexpected adviser sitting on the couch: his wife, Marianne.
Like the wife who preceded her and the one who succeeded her, Marianne Gingrich was her husband's political sounding board — "my best friend and closest adviser," he once wrote. As a young congressman, he took her to private sessions with David A. Stockman, Ronald Reagan's budget director, and to a dinner in Manhattan with Richard M. Nixon, the former president.
He sought her counsel during meetings; it made aides and colleagues uneasy, several said, because she seemed to feel awkward about it, and sometimes had little to say. When Speaker Gingrich flew aboard Air Force One to Israel for the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin, Marianne was with him.
Now the second Mrs. Gingrich is making news with her allegation, denied by her former husband, that he asked for an "open marriage" while he and Callista Bisek, now his wife, were having an affair. Her remarks on ABC News have thrust Mr. Gingrich's marital history — his pattern of replacing one wife with another, younger one — into the spotlight on the eve of the South Carolina primary, just as his bid for the Republican presidential nomination is appearing to surge.
But more than a jilted spouse, Marianne Gingrich serves as a window into the complicated psyche of a man who, those who know him say, seems to need a woman by his side. Friends and colleagues offer that for all his ego and bombast — "Grandiosity has never been a problem with Newt Gingrich," one of his presidential rivals, Rick Santorum, declared at Thursday's presidential debate — Mr. Gingrich has leaned on his wives to help project his vision of himself.
"I think Newt is very dependent on having the support of someone, and obviously he has chosen women," Sue W. Kelly, a former Republican congresswoman from New York, said Friday in an interview. "He has a sense of a private personal destiny that is his alone, but inside, I don't think he is certain of himself, and he's got to have someone there," said Ms. Kelly, who described herself as "very fond of" Mr. Gingrich.
At 68, Mr. Gingrich has been in one marriage or another for nearly 50 years, and each of his three wives has played a role in assisting and in her own way advancing his political career.
"For Newt, the political life is everything and each of the women in his life was integrally involved in it," said Chip Kahn, who managed Mr. Gingrich's two failed Congressional campaigns in the 1970s and now runs the Federation of American Hospitals in Washington. "They were advisers. They were sounding boards. They were people he took really seriously."
His first wife, Jackie Battley, was his high school geometry teacher and seven years his senior; they married in 1962, while he was a 19-year-old college freshman, over the objections of Mr. Gingrich's mother and stepfather. Nine months later, they had their first child and she supported the family while he completed his studies.
Mr. Gingrich was still married to Jackie when, in 1980, as a freshman congressman, he traveled to Ohio for a Republican fund-raiser and met a county planner there, Marianne Ginther, a pretty brunette in her 20s. They were married the following year, and Mr. Gingrich soon brought his new wife into the political fold; in 1984, he listed her as co-author on one of his books.
But by the mid-1990s, as he made his political ascent, Mr. Gingrich became involved with a House Agriculture Committee staff member, Callista Bisek, nearly 23 years his junior. They carried on a secret affair for six years, and were married in 2000, after Mr. Gingrich left the speakership in 1999. Today, the third Mrs. Gingrich, with her striking platinum hair, diamond baubles — the subject of controversy because her husband spent hundreds of thousands of dollars at Tiffany — and bold suits is a constant presence on the campaign trail, often introducing Mr. Gingrich and looking on adoringly as he speaks. She has also been a business partner in his book and movie production company.
Many who know Mr. Gingrich see parallels with his earlier wives. "The way he is taking Callista everyplace," one friend of his said, "that's how he took Marianne everyplace."
Mr. Gingrich has said he has been "very open about mistakes I have made," and about "needing to go to God for forgiveness." He has declined to discuss in detail his previous marriages, leaving it to his two daughters, from his first marriage, to defend his conduct.
Some observers, though, see political calculation in the way he moved from one marriage to the next.
"Gingrich is a pragmatist; he's an ambitious politician and he trades in people the same way he trades in ideas," said Steven M. Gillon, a historian at the University of Oklahoma who has written a book about Mr. Gingrich. "Just as he redefines himself politically, he redefines the people in his life that support him in any particular phase. And I think that applies to the people he is married to."
Mr. Gingrich began his political career in 1974, when he ran for a seat in the House of Representatives and lost. He and his first wife had settled in Carrollton, Ga., where Mr. Gingrich was teaching history at what is now the University of West Georgia.
They were active in the local Baptist church — one former aide said Jackie Gingrich was instrumental in getting her husband to attend. Former aides remember her as well-respected and well-liked, with good people skills and a way of helping out that "didn't make the campaign staff uptight," said Frank Gregorsky, then a Gingrich adviser.
Mr. Gingrich went on to win a House seat in 1978, talking himself up as a family man; by then the Gingriches had two daughters. But by the time he came to Washington, his marriage seemed to be in trouble, former aides said. They noticed a change in 1980, about the time he met Marianne. Mr. Gregorsky remembers his boss seeming smitten.
"He was just kind of floating there in the summer of 1980," Mr. Gregorsky said. "I thought, 'Wow, this is a side of the boss I have never seen before.' "
For years Mr. Gingrich has been dogged by stories that he had served his first wife with divorce papers while she was in the hospital being treated for cancer. His daughter Jackie Gingrich Cushman issued a statement last year saying that that was untrue. She said her mother had undergone surgery for a benign tumor, and that her parents had been in the process of getting divorced — at her mother's request — when her father took her and her sister to the hospital to visit their mother. (CNN, however, recently cited court documents showing that Mr. Gingrich had filed for divorce.)
"As with many divorces, it was hard and painful for all involved," Ms. Cushman wrote.
Marianne Gingrich, who had grown up in the small town of Leetonia, Ohio, the daughter of the mayor, was often by her husband's side after their marriage in August 1981. In interviews, several advisers said that Mr. Gingrich had seemed to be pushing her to take an advisory role for which she did not feel equipped. The advisers likened the couple to Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, the characters in the George Bernard Shaw play "Pygmalion," in which an older, snobbish phonetics professor tries to remake a young Cockney girl.
"This was Newt's way of saying, 'If somebody is interested in me, she's got to be good,' " Mr. Gregorsky said.
He said Marianne Gingrich eventually tired of being thrust into her husband's political world, and for a time in the late 1980s moved back to Georgia. In an oft-quoted Washington Post interview in 1989, Marianne Gingrich said their marriage had been "off and on for some time," while Mr. Gingrich, the newspaper reported, "estimated that the union had a 53-47 shot of lasting."
By the time he became speaker, though, one person who worked with the couple said, Marianne Gingrich seemed to grow more comfortable in political settings and as a partner to her powerful husband. Ms. Kelly, the former congresswoman, who was elected in 1994, said Mrs. Gingrich seemed to have a calming influence on the speaker. And when his ego seemed to get inflated, she brought him back to earth.
"She kind of leveled things down," Ms. Kelly said. "She was around a lot, but she was there to listen."
In her interview with ABC, Marianne Gingrich asserted that her husband had told her he wanted a divorce in May 1999, several months after she received a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. But publicly, Mr. Gingrich had been saying that Marianne was his most trusted political adviser. He gave her prominent mention in his 1998 book, "Lessons Learned the Hard Way," which he dedicated to her — even as he was having an affair with Callista.
"What I did is what I always do when I have a crisis of decision," Mr. Gingrich wrote then, describing his worries in the late 1980s about pursuing an ethics investigation against the Democratic House speaker, Jim Wright of Texas. "I talked it over with Marianne."
A version of this article appeared in print on January 21, 2012, on page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: For Gingrich, Wives Always at Center of Career.
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After surgical insertion of a breast implant, the body normally forms a tissue "capsule" around the implant as part of the healing process. Capsular contracture occurs when this tissue capsule begins to shrink in encompassed volume, thicken and tighten around the implant causing the breast to feel hard. This can lead to visual breast deformities and pain.
Capsular contracture can often be improved or amply treated with non-surgical regimens in many women, particularly if they seek treatment very early in the process. Breast revision surgery involving either release or excision of the abnormal capsule is a very predictably effective treatment.
Research has proven that submuscular placement (placing breast implants beneath the chest muscle) rather than in front of it (submammary/subglandular) reduces the risk of developing capsular contracture.
With subglandular (over the muscle) placement, textured implants have been proven to have a slightly lower risk of capsular contracture than smooth implants. However, this has to be weighed against the risk of rippling of the skin and greater palpability of the implants.
There is no significant difference in capsular contracture rates for different implant types with submuscular (under the muscle) placement.
Though this approach may be preferred by some, the risk of developing capsular contracture is higher in comparison to other insertion approaches. Because this technique inserts the implant through the milk ducts, it increases the risk of transferring bacteria to the breast pocket. Increased amounts of bacteria here can elevate the risk of capsular contracture.
Smoking causes blood vessels to constrict, which impedes the body's natural healing response. It may also increase your risk of capsular contracture, which is another reason it is important to avoid smoking for at least six weeks before surgery and for six weeks after surgery.
Accumulation of blood around the implant following surgery does elevate your risk for developing capsular contracture. Blood thinners such as ibuprofen, aspirin, supplements like vitamin E or fish oil should be avoided starting from around two weeks before to two weeks after breast augmentation surgery.
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Michael Catt is the pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, GA, which has a congregation of more than 3,000 people. His church has produced major films such as "Facing the Giants", "Courageous", and "Fireproof". Michael also served as the Executive Producer of "Woodlawn", a film by the Erwin Brothers about the impact of the Jesus Movement on an Alabama high school football team in the 1970s. Pastor Catt has authored 12 books including the Love Dare Curriculum and Fireproof Your Life. He is also the founder of the nationally renowned ReFresh conference.
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# The Scheme component

The `Scheme` class eases scheme creation and manipulation. This URI component object only exposes the [package common API](/components/2.0/api/).

## Usage

~~~php
<?php

use League\Uri\Components\Scheme;

$scheme = new Scheme('FtP');
echo $scheme->getContent();      //display 'ftp'
echo $scheme;                    //display 'ftp'
echo $scheme->getUriComponent(); //display 'ftp:'

$new_scheme = $scheme->withContent(null);
echo $new_scheme->getContent();      //display null
echo $new_scheme;                    //display ''
echo $new_scheme->getUriComponent(); //display ''
~~~

The delimiter : is not part of the component value and must not be added.

If the submitted value is not valid a League\Uri\Exceptions\SyntaxError exception is thrown.

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Europe|In Information War, Documentary Is Latest Salvo
In Information War, Documentary Is Latest Salvo
MOSCOW — A new documentary film about the Belarussian president, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, portrays him as a bumbling tyrant enamored of Hitler and Stalin. He has political opponents killed, journalists silenced and elections rigged in the film, all while keeping his faltering country locked in a Soviet time warp.
For years, human rights groups and Western governments have been leveling similar accusations. But the latest salvo against Mr. Lukashenko comes from an unlikely source: Russia's government-controlled television.
The documentary is part of an all-out propaganda war that has erupted between Russia and neighboring Belarus, two former Soviet republics that were once so close they had been on track to reunite. When the documentary, titled "Godfather," was aired this month on Russia's NTV television, it seemed to signal that the marriage was officially off.
The mudslinging, which has played out in both countries' government-controlled media in recent weeks, reflects the deepening tensions between them. The latest dispute broke out in June when they tussled over natural gas prices, and continued when Mr. Lukashenko nearly scuttled a planned customs union between his country, Russia and Kazakhstan that had been a pet project of Vladimir V. Putin, Russia's prime minister and pre-eminent leader.
For years the Kremlin has supported Mr. Lukashenko, praising elections that independent monitors called rigged, while also ignoring violent crackdowns on the opposition. Moscow bolstered Mr. Lukashenko's government with cheap natural gas and discounted duties on oil, which Belarus refined and resold. Russian subsidies, the moderator in the recent documentary says, "are the main secret of the Belarussian economic miracle."
In return, the Kremlin seems to believe that it has received little but headaches. Amid the natural gas pricing dispute in June, Belarus retaliated by briefly cutting off flows into Western Europe.
Mr. Lukashenko has also been out of step with Russia's policies in the former Soviet Union. He has given refuge to Kyrgyzstan's former president, Kurmanbek S. Bakiyev, who was ousted in April after bloody riots that Moscow seemed to encourage. He has also failed to follow the Kremlin's lead in recognizing the independence of two separatist Georgian enclaves, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
"He received a huge amount of money, with which he was in part able to support the economy of Belarus, its economic growth and the well-being of his people, without giving anything in return," Vladimir Ryzhkov, a Russian opposition politician, said on Russia's Ekho Moskvy radio last month. "It seems the Russian leadership decided that that's it."
Speaking to reporters recently, Mr. Putin played down the significance of the media campaign.
"I do not see any media war. Perhaps this is because I barely read any periodicals and have not been following the electronic media lately," Mr. Putin said. He was less ambivalent about Mr. Lukashenko, however: "When it comes to money or energy supplies, everyone wants to get something from Russia for free, so when they don't they get annoyed."
The "Godfather" documentary voices criticisms typically found in Western human rights reports about Belarus (and Russia, for that matter). It covers the disappearances and killings of Mr. Lukashenko's political opponents over the years and shows video of armored police officers beating antigovernment protesters. Images of Mr. Lukashenko dressed in military uniforms intersperse with footage of him inspecting collective farms.
"Little has changed since the U.S.S.R.," the narrator says at one point.
Only those with satellite dishes were able to view the program inside Belarus, though it can easily be accessed on YouTube. And in the Soviet tradition of samizdat, people have been recording the film themselves and passing along bootleg copies, said Andrei Sannikov, a Belarussian opposition leader.
Mr. Lukashenko, needless to say, was not pleased. He said that he was "offended" by the documentary.
"I know who gives these commands, who is governing these processes," he said in a statement on his Web site.
Shortly after, Belarus fired back, publishing excerpts in one of Belarus's government newspapers from a highly critical report about Mr. Putin, written by Russian opposition figures. "Savagery has become the norm in Russian society," the newspaper wrote in an accompanying commentary.
Belarus's government-controlled First Channel also aired an interview with Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been vilified by Russia's leaders — and who has been the target of unflattering Russian documentaries himself.
In the interview, Mr. Saakashvili called the Lukashenko documentary hypocritical, noting the prevalence of political killings in Russia. "This has the smell of a propaganda war," Mr. Saakashvili said.
Responding to the interview, Boris Gryzlov, Russia's Parliament speaker, called Mr. Saakashvili an "outlaw" and suggested that there would be consequences for Belarus.
"Anyone who gives Saakashvili the opportunity to feel like a president, including in another country, is making a decision that could affect relations with Russia," he said.
Russia's retreating support could certainly bode ill for Mr. Lukashenko in next year's presidential election. Some Russian political analysts have begun to speculate that the media campaign could signal the start of an effort to unseat him.
In fact, several Belarussian opposition leaders traveled to Moscow last month, where they met informally with Russian officials, including Russia's finance minister and members of Mr. Putin's United Russia party.
Russian soft-power in the form of media campaigns and economic pressure is credited with helping to unseat the Kyrgyz president, Mr. Bakiyev, in April. However, Mr. Lukashenko, who has been in power for 16 years, appears to be on surer footing than his Kyrgyz colleague was.
Still, the possibility of gaining Kremlin support has already enchanted some opposition figures in Belarus.
"This is a unique situation when Europe and Russia can agree on the conduct of the Belarussian presidential campaign," said Yaroslav Romanchuk, an opposition leader, who said he planned to run for president. "This is the first time in history."


Next year, Indonesia will experience Total Solar Eclipse as its totality path will pass over Indonesia. One of the area is Palu the capital of Central Sulawesi.
Next year, Palu and several area in Central Sulawesi will be very busy since many people will come to observe the totality from this area. During total solar eclipse, Palu will experiencing 2 minute 3.3 seconds totality while people in Lore Lindu National Park will have the opportunity to observe totality 38,3 seconds longer or they will see the sun blocked by the moon for 2 minutes 41.6 seconds.
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Dr. Seuss Characters, Bears, Animals
The Bear from The Big Brag and The Rabbit, The Bear and the Zinniga Zanniga.
In the Big Brag, he overhears the Rabbit talking about how he is the best of the beast in all the land so he and the rabbit argue over who is better than who, after he saw the rabbit's talent on how well he could hear by hearing a fly on a mountain coughing, he knew that his ears couldn't do that but he told the rabbit he had a good sense of smell so he sniffed and snaffed smelling and smelling and he explains to the rabbit he smelled something way past the fly on the mountain.
He smelled past many great mountains beyond 600 miles past the edge of a pond where there is a small farm that has a tree that also has a nest on one of its branches where there are two small humming bird eggs at rest where there is a mother humming bird. He proclaims that his nose is so wonderfully strong and so good that he smelled without fail that the egg on the left was a little bit stale.
He then proclaims that he is better than the rabbit but a Worm came up from the ground hearing enough about the rabbit and the bear arguing about who is better, so he proclaims that he could see many miles around the world and she shows them how he can do it and as the worm told them how far he has seen across the world he points it back to where he began and proclaims he's seen two biggest fools ever to be none other than the rabbit and the bear who argue about who is better. The bear and the Rabbit looked at each other clueless as the worm dived back into the ground.
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Summary. Multiphase flow can occur throughout the production system. Thefluids involved in multiphase flow in the petroleum industry are multicomponentmixtures with complex phase behavior. Petroleum engineers are faced with theneed to predict the relationships between flow rates, pressure drop, and piping(geometry or reservoir fluids produced during,, the life of a field. This paperreviews the historical (Development of design tools used to address theseunique multiphase-flow features. State-of-the-art technology is alsopresented.
Multiphase flow can occur throughout the entire production system involvedin flowing fluids from oil and gas reservoirs to processing facilities at thesurface. The production system in this context includes the reservoir: the wellcompletion: the tubulars that connect the reservoir to the surface: all surfacefacilities on land, seabed. or offshore platform and any pipelines that carryproduced fluids to other processing facilities. The multiphase flow encounteredin producing oil and gas can be any combination of a saturations phase, ahydrocarbon liquid phase, and a water phase.
A vast amount of technical information on multiphase flow in pipes isavailable in the literature. Many of these sources are related to otherindustries and involve different types of- fluids. The reference list for thispaper clearly demonstrates the diversity of interest in multiphase flow inpipes. In particular, significant contributions have been made in the nuclearindustry. where a major concern is a possible loss-of--coolant accident in anuclear reactor. These studies involve the transient simulation of two-phase,single-component (water) fluid flow in piping systems.
Multiphase flow in the petroleum industry has many unique features thatcreate complications not encountered by other industries. The fluids involvedare multicomponent mixtures whose phase behavior is extremely complex. Therange of pressures and temperatures encountered in production systems isextremely broad. Pressures can range from 15.000 psia [100 MPa] to nearatmospheric conditions.
Temperatures can range from 400deg.F [200deg.C) to below the freezing,temperature of water. Pipe lengths can vary from a few feet to several hundredmiles for surface pipe or pipelines and from a few hundred feet to more than20,000 ft (6100) mi for wells. Piping, systems often involve significantvariations in (geometry, such as inclination angle. Diameter, pipe roughness,and even shape, such as when fluids flow in the annular space between casingand tubing in a wellbore. Although most vertical piping systems involve upflow,it is not uncommon to have multiphase downward flow in injection wells ordowncomers connecting, offshore platforms to subsea pipelines. Simulationmultiphase flow in wells also requires the ability to predict fluidtemperatures in a system that undergoes complex heat transfer phenomena betweenthe reservoir and the surface. The entire wellbore is surrounded by a huge rockvolume, much of which may even be frozen, as in the case of permafrost inarctic locations.
Engineers in the petroleum industry are faced with the requirement topredict the relationships between flow rates, pressure drop, and pipinggeometry (length, diameter, angle, etc.) for the fluids produced from areservoir over the entire life of the field. The objective of this paper is toreview the historical development of design tools used to address the uniquemultiphase-flow features of the petroleum industry, including an evaluation ofthe state of the art.


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Some of the food they offer is shown in the picture below, pork barbeque, squid stick and the big grilled squid.
We were five, we ordered, three lumpiang hilaw, squid stick, sizzling sisig, sinigang na hipon, barbeque and leche flan as dessert. We were very surfeit at that time, and i was very lucky that i was able to join them again after barely eight months.
Guys, visit this place, i know you too would likewise enjoy the food and the place like we did. Make it Friday, to enable you to be regaled by the band.
My sincerest appreciation for this reunion, thanks to both of you who spent money for this dinner. Hope this could happen again!!


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By Michelle Baran
• September 01, 2021
Why You Should Visit San Antonio This Fall
With the summer crowds long gone, you'll have more space on the River Walk as well as milder fall weather for exploring San Antonio's arts, culture, and food scene.
The San Antonio River that winds through the city is a big draw for visitors.
San Antonio consistently ranks among the most popular tourist destinations in Texas, and fall is a great time to discover the city with fewer crowds and cooler, more comfortable weather. There's also so much more to San Antonio than the Alamo and the River Walk, including autumn events and a vibrant culinary and arts scene.
This fall, San Antonio will be hosting a free, two-day Día de los Muertos festival October 23–24, complete with an altar contest, procession, live poetry, and music. The season will also be the last time to catch the Frida Kahlo Oasis exhibition at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, an exploration of the artist's connection to nature and vegetation. Taking place now through November 2, the exhibit features a reproduction of Kahlo's Casa Azul as well as artifacts from her Casa Azul garden. Admission for members is free; for nonmembers, entrance costs $15 for adults, $12 for children age 3–13, and $13 for students and military with ID.
For a unique art experience, visit Hopscotch in downtown San Antonio, a 20,000-square-foot art gallery that features a rotating roster of interactive installations. The space also houses a bar and lounge area, a gift shop, food trucks, and a patio with live music overlooking Travis Park.
If you want to do the tourist thing at the Alamo or on the River Walk, we won't judge. While on the River Walk, fuel up at the more than 100-year-old Schilo's Delicatessen for classic diner fare or head to Ocho for Latin cuisine served in a glass observatory overlooking the San Antonio River.
Further north up the river is the revived Pearl district, home to the former Pearl brewery that has been reimagined as an impressive collection of restaurants, shops, residences, a Saturday farmers' market, and live music and shows at Jazz, TX. There's no shortage of dining venues to choose from here, but two new restaurants worth checking out are Best Quality Daughter for its modern take on Asian cuisine (the menu includes mochi cheddar hush puppies and salt-n-pepper shrimp with miso remoulade), and the très chic Brasserie Mon Chou Chou for your escargots, steak-frites, and duck confit fix.
Experiencing Hotel Emma is a must, whether you're staying overnight or just exploring the property.
Courtesy of Hotel Emma
At the heart of Pearl is the 146-room Hotel Emma, a boutique property housed in the original Pearl's Brewhouse that dates back to 1894. The reborn building pays thoughtful tribute to its rich history by preserving many of the original details while enhancing them with luxury furniture and features that were brought together by the well-known design team Roman and Williams. There are seven top-floor suites, a rooftop pool, a 3,700-volume library, and three dining and drinking venues—the sophisticated Supper for New American cuisine; Larder, a gourmet market; and Sternewirth Tavern for small bites and signature cocktails.
Stay at Hotel Emma: from $525 per night, expedia.com
If modern luxury is what you're after, the newly opened Thompson San Antonio is where you will want to rest your head. The 162-room, 20-story hotel opened its doors in February in the Northern River Walk district and offers sweeping views of the city and of the Texas hill country beyond. The interiors marry antique-styled furnishings with modern touches (we love the sleek tubs in the rooms) and original artwork throughout—including Jeff Koons sculptures. You can eat and drink at the hotel's modern steakhouse Landrace or at the Moon's Daughters, a rooftop restaurant and bar with live music. Take a dip or grab a drink at the outdoor swimming pool and pool bar to the backdrop of amazing city views—both are also accessible to anyone who books a treatment at the Thompson Spa.
Stay at the Thompson San Antonio: from $279 per night, expedia.com
For another blast from the past, Hotel Havana is a revival property that exudes history—minus the overly fancy updates. Also located in the Northern River Walk area and home to the aforementioned Latin restaurant Ocho, Hotel Havana was opened in 1914 by a local grocer who wanted to recreate the allure of Cuba, a vision that can still be felt to this day. Rooms range from a sweet and petite 190-square-foot studio to a grand, bi-level penthouse. Don't expect super-modern upgrades; rather, you will be transported to another place and time.
Stay at the Hotel Havana: from $212 per night, expedia.com
The San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum, a nonprofit that aims to cultivate a stronger appreciation of Black history in San Antonio, has launched Black history river cruises that take place twice a month.
You can also experience San Antonio's vibrant Mexican heritage at the historic Market Square, an outdoor plaza filled with restaurants and shops that pay homage to Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine and culture.
A note on COVID in San Antonio: As of August 2021, San Antonio was in the midst of a third surge of COVID cases and hospitalizations, and at press time 55 percent of residents in Bexar County, home to San Antonio, were fully vaccinated. Bexar County is asking that face masks be worn indoors by everyone over 10 years of age.
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Michelle Baran
Michelle Baran is the senior travel news editor at AFAR where she oversees breaking news, travel intel, pandemic coverage, airline, cruise, and consumer travel news. Baran joined AFAR in August 2018 after an 11-year run as a senior editor and reporter at leading travel industry newspaper Travel Weekly.


Imposter syndrome seems to be the child of the moment: it appears that many of us in academia – or para-academia in particular – believe themselves to be on tender ground, as though they will imminently be unmasked as the frauds they consider themselves to be.
I would like to talk not about this general atmosphere, but about something specific to do with it: how we react to and remember criticism and praise. Humans can respond in a multitude of ways to both of these eventualities: and I think it's worth assessing how you do so, so that you can become aware of the consequences.
The most functional response to criticism is to learn from it. One of the risks of stretching your abilities is that you'll make mistakes that you'll have to learn from – so the person who is always learning and pushing themselves is logically far more likely to make errors. That's not to say that someone consistently cocking up is consistently trying hard: personal striving is not a necessary condition of error. But it does put the nature of errors, and the criticism which results from them, into a more nuanced and subtle light.
Unfortunately, if you're anything like me, you won't respond well to criticism at all. A bad reaction to negative judgement might result in a number of different behaviours – rants on social media, to friends, fits of weeping and self doubt or, if you're me, a distinct sense of failure, the end of the world, and belief that any ability and skill that I have ever exhibited has just been thoroughly undermined. Fortunately, I can usually be persuaded out of the doldrums, and time itself gives room for reflection and a more objective assessment of the situation.
The consequences of your responses can be severe. If you tend to shut down, like me, you might find yourself loosing track of the other things you have to do, not wanting to do things you know you have to, or getting anxious and consequentially making other errors. So knowing how you respond and learning how to manage it is crucial if you are to make a success of yourself.
In many ways, the reaction to praise can be more peculiar and ambiguous. It certainly is with me. I hope that there are some people out there who can take praise well and who presume that what is said is precisely what is meant. It is logical, after all, to assume that people are telling you the truth.
But I get the impression that most people I know don't behave that way. I certainly don't. Whilst I'm often secretly pleased and develop some kind of phantom big-headedness when someone says something kind, more often than not I'm also chronically embarrassed. There are several reasons for this. One is that I don't believe I deserve the praise. Another is that the person giving the positivity is just being kind to spare my feelings. The final reason is that I'm fairly egalitarian about happiness, and don't want other people to feel upset because I was more successful than they were, in whatever situation. Which is a product of my own jealousy when those other people are in turn more successful than me.
Sometimes, of course, I do feel like I deserve praise. When that happens, I know danger is coming. Because either I've been over confident, or in denial, about the work I've produced, or the praise I finally receive does not come anywhere close to the proclamations of genius I'll have been hoping for.
My personal responses to both negative and positive feedback are, then, a complex mixture of arrogance and self-denigration. Neither of which are particularly good, and which I've had to learn to control in order not to turn into an impossible nightmare of a human being.
I'm not telling anyone to change their responses. I know I can't help how I feel, so I don't expect others to be able to. But I do think that we need to be aware of the ramifications of those responses on our personal futures and on the people around us. You might think that your success is only make-believe: but the consequences of your behaviours are always real.


Five years after the start of the journalistic exchange program "Medienbotschafter China – Deutschland" former fellows founded the alumni association Deutsch-Chinesisches Mediennetzwerk e.V.. It is a German-Chinese journalists association that aims to deepen the exchange between journalists from both countries on a long term. By this means it wants to contribute to intercultural understanding and promote an unbiased reporting. The Deutsch-Chinesisches Mediennetzwerk e.V. organizes regular meetings of journalists in Germany and China. Further, public event series that are open to a broad public without a journalistic background are planned as well as a website with a focus on the media business(es) in China and Germany. The association cooperates closely with the Robert Bosch Stiftung and the International Media Center and it supports the program "Medienbotschafter China – Deutschland". Its board of directors is composed of Markus Wanzeck (Chairman), Nan Haifen (Deputy Chairman), Tobias Kaiser (Treasurer), Guan Shunying and Falk Hartig.