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With the first fresh breezes of spring comes a whole new crop of restaurants to eagerly await. Winter brought blockbuster arrivals like Kawi and Mercado Little Spain in Hudson Yards, and spring shows no signs of slowing down.
This season, expect newcomers from seasoned industry giants like Keith McNally and Stephen Starr, with a revival of perhaps NYC's hottest-ever restaurant Pastis, and casual entrants from newer favorites like Uncle Boons' Ann Redding and Matt Danzer, Olmsted's Greg Baxtrom, and Via Carota's Rita Sodi and Jody Williams.
There will be yakitori in Prospect Heights, Italian pastries in the West Village, and fried chicken in Red Hook. There will be high-end affairs, like a Chinese tasting menu from Simone Tong, all the way to a casual Taiwanese bakery from the Win Son team. It's bound to be a tasty season. Here's what to get excited about.
Franks Umberto
Key players: Frank Castronovo, Frank Falcinelli, Umberto Corteo
Target open: April
Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli — together known as the Franks — made their names creating neighborhood hits like Frankies 457 Spuntino and the now-shuttered Prime Meats. For their next project in Brooklyn's Cobble Hill, they're pivoting to pizza, and they've brought on an exciting new business partner. Long Island grandma and Sicilian-style pizza legend Umberto Corteo has signed on to open a slice shop that combines Corteo's food with the Franks's seasoned NYC know-how. Although Corteo is less known within the five boroughs, his pies have a cult following on Long Island. He's credited with creating the first-ever grandma pie, and here in Brooklyn, he'll be on site making pies, though with different ingredients than his Long Island shops. 210 Court St., between Warren and Congress Streets, Cobble Hill
Llama San
Key players: Erik Ramirez, Juan Correa, and Lynnette Marrero
Target open: April
New York will soon get a glimpse of the latest project from chef Erik Ramirez of acclaimed Williamsburg Peruvian restaurant Llama Inn and his business partner Juan Correa. Opening soon in the West Village, their new restaurant Llama San will center on Nikkei cuisine, a style created by Japanese immigrants in Peru, kind of like a Peruvian izakaya. The chef, trained at fine-dining restaurants like Eleven Madison Park, will here create dishes like a quinoa-infused tofu with quinoa furikake, wild sturgeon caviar, and chancaca, a sugarcane syrup. Lynette Marrero will similarly be creating drinks that pull from Japan and Peru. 359 Sixth Ave. near Washington Place, West Village
Key players: Keith McNally, Stephen Starr
Target open: Early May
Keith McNally's legendary French restaurant Pastis will soon make its much-anticipated comeback around the block, reviving one of the renowned restaurateur's most celebrated restaurants. And this time around, he's brought fellow James Beard Award-winning restaurateur Stephen Starr on board. Starr will be running the day-to-day operations at Pastis, the original of which opened in 1999 and closed in 2014. It was a McNally classic, a highly atmospheric French bistro credited with transforming the Meatpacking area into a hip dining destination. Celebrities like Anna Wintour, Martha Stewart, and Sarah Jessica Parker mourned its closure, and it's likely that the returning crowd will be equally star-studded. 52 Gansevoort St., between Washington Street and Ninth Avenue, Meatpacking District
Bar Pisellino
Key players: Rita Sodi and Jody Williams
Target open: May
West Village restaurateur queens Rita Sodi and Jody Williams already rule the roost at their highly charming Via Carota, Buvette, and I Sodi. They're about to gift the neighborhood with another casual restaurant, Bar Pisellino, inspired by standing coffee bars in Rome where one can pop in in the morning for an espresso and pastry, all the way to a digestivo at night. The small corner restaurant will have panino, bomboloni, cocktails, and other casual Italian dishes that — if their other restaurants are any indication — will push the restaurant to the top of the food world as both a destination and neighborhood joint. 100 Seventh Avenue South, at Grove Street, West Village
Bourke Street Bakery
Key players: Paul Allam and Jessica Grynberg
Target open: May
The Australian culinary invasion of New York may feel like it's already reached its peak, but Bourke Street Bakery is so exciting that it overcomes any potential for Aussie fatigue. It's an institution in Sydney for classic goodies like sausage rolls, as well as standout breads and pastries, and part of what makes the New York edition particularly promising is that co-founder and baker Paul Allam has moved to the city for the venture. He'll be baking at the Nomad cafe all day, incorporating seasonal and local produce into both pastries and savory goods, such as sandwiches and salads. The 50-seat, counter-service restaurant — run with Jessica Grynberg, Allam's wife — is intended to be similar in purpose to the cafes in Sydney: a community spot, where everything is affordable and fresh. There, all items land under $10, and in New York, prices will likely be similar. 115 East 28th St., between Fifth and Madison avenues, Nomad
Key players: Joe Ogrodnek, Andrew Whitcomb, Tara MacMullen, Josh Hanover
Target open: May
Sister City, a spin-off brand of the Ace Hotel's hospitality company Atelier Ace, will open a rooftop bar called Last Light in its Bowery hotel this month. But in May, the hotel will debut Floret, a ground-floor, all-day restaurant focused on vegetables and seasonal fare. The kitchen will be overseen by executive chef Andrew Whitcomb, who previously served as executive chef at Brooklyn restaurants Colonie and Norman. He's working with the hotel's culinary partner Joe Ogrodnek on the menu, and Ogrodnek also has serious Brooklyn cred, previously opening the now-closed Cobble Hill tasting menu darling Battersby. 225 Bowery, near Rivington Street, Bowery
The Uncle Boons team's new Nolita restaurant
Key players: Ann Redding, Matt Danzer
Target open: May/June
Nolita favorite Uncle Boons remains packed for both impressive Thai food and a fun vibe — a credit to duo Ann Redding and Matt Danzer's culinary skill and knack for imbuing spaces with eclectic personal touches that feel genuine. For their next project, they're keeping their eyes on Nolita but not serving Thai food. It's not the first time they're going for a different genre: Mr. Donahue's served American food, and though critically adored, it closed and was soon replaced with a spinoff of Uncle Boons. Details are still slim for what the former Per Se chefs are planning for their newest restaurant, but if it's anything close to the quality level of Mr. Donahue's or Uncle Boons, it will be a worthy addition to the neighborhood. 186 Mott St., between Broome and Kenmare Streets, Nolita
Red Hook Tavern and Hometown Deli
Key player: Billy Durney
Target open: May/June
Now years in the making, maybe spring will be the season that Billy Durney opens his two new restaurants. Durney — of Hometown Bar-B-Que — says he is currently at the mercy of gas companies coming to turn the gas on. But when his two new concepts do open, there will be a fried chicken- and natural wine-focused pub in Red Hook and a Jewish deli-inspired fast-casual operation in Sunset Park's Industry City. Both are a pivot away from the smoked meats that turned Durney into New York's top barbecue pitmaster, but the New York native is pulling from of his hometown favorites, such as a Corner Bistro-style burger at Red Hook Tavern and pastrami sandwiches at Hometown Deli. Red Hook Tavern, 329 Van Brunt St., at Sullivan Street, Red Hook; Hometown Deli, 220 36th St., between Second and Third avenues, Industry City, Sunset Park
Evil Twin Brewing's new brewery
Key players: Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergso
Target open: May/June
The cult-followed Evil Twin Brewing is imminently opening its first official brick-and-mortar location in Ridgewood, which has been years in the making. It'll be a massive space with an indoor bar, a beer garden, and a year-round greenhouse. Owner Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergso has been brewing IPAs and other beers since 2010, starting in Denmark and hopping to other breweries around the world in true gypsy brewer fashion. This will be his first permanent spot. As of now, brewing operations are already up and running, and construction on the tap room and courtyard are wrapping up. Plus, popular Williamsburg barbecue restaurant Fette Sau is supposed to have a permanent food truck in the space. 1616 George St., between Wyckoff and Cypress avenues, Ridgewood
Win Son Bakery
Key players: Trigg Brown, Josh Ku, Jesse Shapell
Target open: May/June
Essential Taiwanese Brooklyn restaurant Win Son will soon give birth to a casual cafe and bakery nearby in Williamsburg. It will be open only for breakfast and dinner with counter service and packaged take-out meals. Breakfast items include Taiwanese donuts made with millet, soy milk will be made in-house, and there will be sweet and savory pastries as well as coffee and espresso. Dinner, meanwhile, will focus on milk bun sandwiches and fried chicken. The team has made its mark on NYC at Win Son, a destination restaurant for its Taiwanese food, which often incurs long waits for the super flavorful and playful food. 164 Graham Ave. at Montrose Avenue, Williamsburg
Silver Apricot
Key player: Simone Tong
Target open: June
Chef Simone Tong, formerly of fine-dining restaurants such as Wd~50, went casual when she opened her first solo restaurant Little Tong Noodle Shop. It still quickly picked up accolades for complex soups filled with mixian, rice noodles that are now essentially another New York City food group in part due to the popularity of her East Village restaurant. Now, Tong is going a little bit more upscale again with Silver Apricot in the West Village. Here, a tasting menu will be on deck, and an experimental chef's counter may also be an option. Cheese, charcuterie, and bread will be made in-house, and once it's warm, there will be an outdoor garden. 20 Cornelia St., between Bleecker and West Fourth streets, West Village
Essex Street Market and Market Line
Key players: Rohan Mehra, Andrew Katz
Target open: Spring
One of the largest developments long seen on the Lower East Side, Essex Crossing encompasses a whole lot. The multi-block, 1.65 million-square-foot development will have retail, office space, apartments, and parks, in addition to lots of food. City-owned Essex Street Market is moving into the ground floor first, and developer Prusik is behind the Market Line, a basement-level food hall arriving later in the season. Twenty-one legacy Essex Street Market vendors such as quirky diner Shopsin's are making the move, along with two new full-service restaurants and 18 new vendors like Chinatown Ice Cream Factory. Meanwhile, the Market Line is also bringing in major names like the experimental new American Contra/Wildair team, classic Ukrainian diner Veselka, and boutique butcher Ends Meat. It may be another food hall, but the concepts involved are legit and mostly female- and minority-owned — a rarity in this business. 115 Delancey St., at Essex Street, Lower East Side
Maison Yaki
Key players: Greg Baxtrom, Max Katzenberg
Target open: Spring
Greg Baxtrom has nailed what most chefs try to achieve at Olmsted in Prospect Heights: a casual restaurant that serves the neighborhood and also rises to the top as a destination meal. Now he's taking over the block with front-of-house extraordinaire Max Katzenberg for another restaurant called Maison Yaki. Baxtrom's still in development mode, but what is certain is that the intimate French bistro will have about 50 seats, with another 20 or so in a backyard. And if the name reveals anything, it may be a mix of French fare and Japanese skewers — a hunch buoyed by the fact that Baxtrom staged at several acclaimed yakitori restaurants in Asia in 2018. Lots may change, but with Baxtrom involved, that's enough to add anticipation. 626 Vanderbilt Ave., between Prospect and Park places, Prospect Heights


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YUME Free Download is a dream-like, fantasy hidden objects game. The game follows the main character, Yume, as she travels through the universe to find her home planet. Players will help Yume by solving puzzles and matching clues.
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Yume has lived her whole life all alone on a desolate planet, with only her plants to call friends. When a spacecraft suddenly crashes by the lake outside her window, Yume can't resist the call of adventure. Keep an eye out for clues and lead Yume home. YuMe was designed by Neha, 15, a finalist of Google Play's Change the Game Design Challenge. In partnership with Girls Make Games, Neha worked with GMG's development team to bring her game to life. Girls Make Games runs summer camps and workshops that teach girls ages 8-18 how to design and code video games. For more information, visit www.girlsmakegames.com In "YUME", a girl went to the abandoned Dance Hall to record a program in a era of peace, but she became unwell and saw a girl in red who looked just like herself in a trance. Is this girl, who looks so similar to herself,maybe it's the person from her past life. Timestamps Unconditional Love
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In the game, you will not play as a warlord or a soldier, but as a tender girl just trying to survive in wartime. Through the deep reveal of some obsolete items that can drive the plot, and the multi-layered switching between characters allows players to experience the girl's past. Whether it's the reincarnation of a past life or the warmth of the present, it's important to recognize which side is reality as soon as possible.
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KPMG in Cyprus and EnergyIntel have signed a partnership agreement for the provision of the innovative, energy-efficient solution, PayGreen.
Based on the agreement, both companies will work collaboratively to install two photovoltaic modules both at KPMG buildings in Nicosia and Limassol, with a total capacity of 100 KWp. KPMG photovoltaic installations are expected to produce 156.000 KWh per year, while saving 109.200 tons of CO2.
Commenting on the collaboration, Ms. Eugenia Herodotou, Chief Executive Officer of EnergyIntel, stated: "It is with great pleasure and satisfaction that we join forces with the team of KPMG in Cyprus. We feel confident that this partnership will enhance the future prospects of the PayGreen solution we are offering."
On behalf of KPMG in Cyprus, the CEO of the Firm, Mr. Christos Vasiliou, stated: "Within the framework of our KPMG Impact Plan that is being implemented on a global level, we commit to our target to become a net-zero carbon organisation by 2030 and to achieve 100% renewable electricity. We are excited to embark into this collaboration with EnergyIntel, which will supplement our organisation's efforts to save energy while taking one more step towards protecting the environment in which we operate."
About KPMG in Cyprus
KPMG has been operating in Cyprus since 1948 and currently employs more than 850 professionals working from 6 offices across the island (Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos, Paralimni and Polis Chrysochous). It is a member of KPMG International Limited, a global organisation of independent professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. KPMG operates in 146 countries and territories and has approximately 227.000 people working in member firms around the world. Clients look to KPMG for a consistent standard of service based on high-order professional capabilities, industry insight, local knowledge, and expertise.
About EnergyIntel
EnergyIntel is a reputable company registered in Cyprus, with main operations in the field of renewable energy for the last 15 years. EnergyIntel participated in the design and implementation of several energy projects in Cyprus and Greece (total project capacity 150MW) and has being active in providing consulting services to both banks and investment funds, for the development of energy projects in Cyprus.


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How to use Conversation Settings on Twitter
Twitter's conversation control settings are getting a lot of buzz, and rightfully so; they're a game changer in that they have the potential to decrease abuse and increase the number of meaningful conversations.
We've seen a variety of creative use cases and, as usual, we're learning about how to get the most out of the feature from people like you. Some of the most effective ways we've seen the settings used focus on both repackaging and new forms of content, as well as piquing followers' interest with simple adjustments to current social strategy.
Keep reading for six ways to help you turn conversation control settings into a content creation and audience engagement tool.
Start a new type of discussion
For the first time ever on Twitter, you can hold a private conversation in public, enabling the high visibility without the constant stream of interruptions. Consider hosting a virtual panel, conducting a Q&A-style interview, or toggling back and forth between both depending on the conversation at hand.
Plan in advance
To help your conversation run smoothly, plan ahead. When thinking about how to use these new settings, or when pitching the idea to a fellow brand, organization, or individual you want to join you, draft out a rough structure in a spreadsheet or document. This advance planning can help to visualize how you want the conversation to go, and iron out any kinks before both parties jump into the conversation.
Leverage brand accounts
If you work for a larger organization, you can benefit from the power of the parent handle or whichever account has the most followers in order to help your conversation gain traction. This approach is a great way to mix up the handles of individuals with the handles of publishers, cross promoting to different audiences with shared interests.
Mix up your media
Speaking of mixing it up, make sure to utilize the full power of the Tweet compose when using conversation control settings. Ask and answer questions with videos, GIFs, text, photos, polls — whatever seems relevant in the moment.
Capture attention with graphics
Creating a simple graphic to announce a conversation is an easy way to formalize content in a unique way, capture attention fast, and let audiences know what they're about to see before they start scrolling.
Make Moments
Moments have long been a great way to recap "best of" or "only on Twitter" content, as well as give content a longer shelf life. Creating a Moment from Tweets that used the new control settings allows for a natural back and forth, and an easy narrative for audiences to follow.
Finally, don't be afraid to have a little fun with your fans. After all, a little teasing never hurt anyone, and using the settings in this way demonstrates that you're not above poking fun at your peers, or your community.
Want to learn more about conversation control settings? Sign up for our monthly newsletter (full of publisher tips and tricks) here.


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Edit proof the PDF
Which pdf-password option should we use to make the PDF edit proof? I am trying to make the PDF read-only and not let the users edit it.
Bump, we are having trouble with this as well. We'd like the pdf to be able to be opened by anyone, but a tool will not allow changes to the pdf itself, either by protecting with a password, or otherwise just not allowing the edits.
Our request has the following:
{ "template" : {"name":"directoryFourColumnTemplate","pdfPassword":{"active":false,"ownerPassword":"1234","protectionLevel":3}} "data" : ... }
We are using the jsreports docker image jsreport:2.5.0-full
When the pdf is rendered I can still edit the document, when I believe that protection level 3 should be print only. I am not sure how to get an example in the playground since it doesn't seem to have a way to make the request with the pdf-password extension?
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@rvidya i think that using both
ownerPasswordis enough to make the pdf not editable. is that not true?
the whole protectionLevel flag is a bit broken because i did not understand how the internally library that we use was working with that value, so months ago i asked a question to know better about it, after some months i see that i got a response https://github.com/galkahana/HummusJS/issues/358 which clarifies things a bit and it makes me think that i'm not using that option correctly.
can any of you tell me what tool are using to modify the PDF? maybe i can try to fix the protection level and then use the same tool to test that modifications are not allowed after the fix
Thanks for replying @bjrmatos , using both password and ownerPassword is enough to make the pdf not editable, however, we would like the pdf to be able to open without asking for a password and just not let users edit the PDF.
I use Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to see if I can edit the PDF.
Hi @bjrmatos, how did the tool help you with testing?
bjrmatos administrators
i did not had the chance to take a look at this problem, we are busy preparing jsreport 2.6.0, however i've created this issue https://github.com/jsreport/jsreport-pdf-password/issues/6 in which you can keep track of the progress.. after releasing the new jsreport we can take look at this.


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|Political violence
|Tish Sanghera
No trial, no conviction, yet 84-year-old Parkinson's sufferer Stan Swamy still spent almost 10 months in prison during a global pandemic.
He was denied a straw despite struggling to drink water without one and becoming increasingly dehydrated. Pleading to live out his final days at home, he was later denied bail on medical grounds. Could the state really have thought that the frail and bed-bound Swamy was a flight risk or a danger to others?
Swamy's death this week has once again focused attention on India's brutal treatment of dissenting voices and political prisoners.
A statement from the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) said called on the Indian government to "ensure that no one is detained for exercising their fundamental rights to freedom of expression, of peaceful assembly and of association," and that it was "deeply saddened and disturbed" by indigenous peoples rights activist Stan Swamy's death.
Swamy, along with 15 others (human rights lawyers, trade unionists, activists, writers and intellectuals), was charged under the colonial-era UAPA law and labelled a terrorist by the National Investigation Agency. Known as the Bhima Koregaon 16, their alleged crime is stoking communal violence at an annual protest by low-caste Dalits.
The UAPA law is hugely problematic and has been widely used by the current administration to target its critics. It contains vague offences like "promoting enmity between groups" and "intent to cause fear or alarm to the public".
Finding evidence to prosecute someone under this law is easy by virtue of its ambiguousness. Ironically, the government appears to have found this part difficult. Recent reports by The Washington Post and Reporters' Collective showed that spyware had been used to plant documents on the accused's computers.
These findings were now brought before the Bombay High Court and their case should be reheard. However, it's been crickets from the media and other parts of the judiciary who should have an interest in seeing justice carried out and questioning the government.
Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at a G7 session titled 'Open Societies and Open Economies' and said: "As the world's largest democracy, India is a natural ally for the G7 and Guest Countries to defend shared values from authoritarianism, terrorism and violent extremism, disinformation and infodemics and economic coercion". The irony was not lost on many at home.
Abroad, too, people are waking up to this dual narrative. India loves its moniker as "the world's largest democracy" - but how long can this last? In addition to the UN, the European Union has called out the BJP-led government's targeting of activists.
After a series of events, including the farmers' protest, a public spat with Twitter over online censorship and being named the global internet shutdown capital, perhaps the veil is finally starting to slip.
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The higher up the echelons of power you rise, the more your leadership task takes on the shape of a Rube Goldberg machine. Truly great leaders bring with them not only the ideas worth implementing, but the uncanny intuition of the machine standing between their idea and its reality.
When working by oneself, there's a tremendous sense of immediacy to the task at hand, an almost mechanical connectedness. No effort is wasted, all the energy of the input is used efficiently into the solution. This is a highly rewarding state of productivity, and many people opt to operate in this way their whole lives to great effect.
A different way to affect change is to clone yourself. This is at its heart what a manager does. Aren't enough hours in the day? Hire 3 people and multiply the number of hours in the week. This works all the way up the ladder, sometimes with many layers in between, to the highest levels of leadership.
This multiplier can yield enormous dividends, unstoppable business, organizations, and governments. Great leaders have the power to bring about unthinkable amounts of change.
So what is the cost? Well, the more you try to multiply yourself by having others do your bidding, the less direct that connection is with your goals. You work more with your brain and less with your hands. You lose efficiencies when others misinterpret your strategy or second-guess your tactics.
In a simple machine, you push on a button and the attached door opens. In the Ruby Goldberg machine of high-level leadership, you need to push on a button far, far away from your goals and then watch the cascading effect, perhaps not knowing for many months whether you pushed the right button.


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National Work Like a Dog Day
August 5, 2019 - August 6, 2019
Work Like a Dog Day
"The English language is often confusing. Take, for instance, two common idioms we use in our everyday lives: "It's a dog's life" and "Work like a dog."
"It's a dog's life" refers to dogs being able to laze around and sleep all day, having no worries or issues more pressing than dinner time. "Work like a dog," on the other hand, suggests just the opposite. It means working to your maximum ability for an extended length of time. How can these two phrases both be appropriate when they mean contradictory things?
You can celebrate by either working very hard or – if you'd rather – simply by sharing on Social Media just how hard you work using #NationalWorkLikeADogDay to keep folks informed." – National Day Calendar
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Kovachev, Goran (2013): Истражување за подобрување на ефикасноста и ефективноста во распределбата на средствата од ИПАРД програмата. Published in: Center for Economic Analyses No. Documents (July 2013): pp. 1-51.
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This policy document analyzes the effectiveness and efficiency in allocation and use of funds from the Fifth component of the Instrument for Pre-Accession of the European Union for rural development - IPARD in Macedonia. The findings and recommendations are based on previous observations of the Monitoring Committee of IPARD and other relevant state institutions (IPARD Management Body, IPARD Agency) as well as the huge amount of information from relevant stakeholders (actual and potential customers, advisors, financial institutions) involved in implementation of IPARD Programme. The main purpose of this research is to consider problems that arise during the implementation of IPARD in Macedonia, noting thereby the efforts made by all stakeholders in their removal and providing suggestions to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency in the distribution of IPARD funds. This research does not intent to criticize anyone, but simply to show guidance and give suggestions that will help in intensifying the use of IPARD funds.
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|Research on enhancing Efficiency and Effectiveness in disbursing Funds from IPARD Programme
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Monday, March 07, 2005
Monday Report
The question is whether, in a free country, people have the right to be different-- or even to be wrong.
Most people don't know that some very good writers-- J.F. Powers and Kenneth Rexroth to name two-- we're Conscientious Objectors during the Second World War, and endured many indignities as a result. There is also the controversial matter of Ezra Pound, who was put in a small cage like an animal after the war, then locked away for years in a psychiatric hospital.
When one starts examining the actual history of events, more questions are raised than one might think-- things aren't always according to the accepted record. I wanted to raise some questions with my essay. (I'll have more about the matter this week on this blog.)
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since no one else is commenting, i'll put in my 6 cents worth.
I enjoyed your Monday Report. I don't know enough about Lindberg to do a proper critique of your argument, but I appreciate you punching holes in Roth's inane book concept.
I think the fact that 'we' won WWII has a lot to do with how we justify that war. One of the things that drives me nuts is how the war is now sold as a liberation of the Jewish people. This in no way denies the horribleness of what happened over there, but saving the jews was not high on anybody's priority list in going into that war. It was almost a happy accident when they finally strolled into Germany to find out that, unlike WWI, there might have been a justification for waging this war. 'Help save the Jews' wasn't on any propaganda posters. It's good that it was stopped (although a bit late) but I don't think we deserve much credit for that happening.
So WWII has become this war that was justified and good for society and now people ignore the fact that it was really just an offshoot of WWI and, ultimately, a bunch of imperialist powers (UK, France) getting upset when Germany tried to join in the game. Of course, America, Africa, Asia and the middle east was taken, so Germany started with it's smaller neighbours. It's the same as the UK, US, Israel, France etc... telling third world nations not to develop nuclear weapons. The end result of WWII continued the problems - a clash of imperialists leading to the rise of two new ones - the US and Russia.
Although it's probably a good thing that the US entered the war and that Germany/Japan were stopped (let's face it, their imperialism was no nicer than any that preceded it) everyone likes to portray WWII as a war that everyone tried to stop by being too nice, but just had to put their food down eventually - is pretty innaccurate. Germany didn't start the war, it's the same war in a different flux that was started by imperialist powers long before and still goes on today.
Anyway, I liked a lot of things FDR did as president, but he always did seem like kind of a hawk to me. I remember they taught this 'wise' FDR quote in school: He said 'Speak softly and carry a big stick'. This was supposed to be really stoic advice but I always remembing thinking "that sounds like something an asshole would say."
- - Leopold said...
er...i meant 'put their foot down' in that second last paragraph. Although, putting down their food is also a pretty valid criticism. ha ha.
- King Wenclas said...
You're right, Leopold. Hitler, and the Soviet Union, were the result of World War One-- undoubtedly the dumbest war in history.
A book by a highly acclaimed American novelist about U.S. aggression and oppression against people who differ from the U.S. rulers and much of its populace by ethnicity and religion? It must be a dramatic, blistering portrayal of the money-burning and criminal U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, which as I've noted elsewhere, "has been judged to be illegal by the head of the U.N. and legal experts across the U.S. and the globe, and has had the predicted effect of increasing the likelihood of attack against the U.S., and was based on fraud as known in advance, and meanwhile has killed over a thousand U.S. troops, and wounded or debilitated tens of thousands, and has killed upwards of 100,000 Iraqis and maimed countless others while destroying their country." It must be a novel that illuminates life today and around the world, that helps people understand it, a novel that matters now for people virtually everywhere and for the future of the globe itself.
No surprise, it's not, and has no intention of being so, as Roth himself has pointed out.
Haven't read Roth's novel, so don't know what he does to history, speculative or otherwise, but plenty of the historical take in the monday report is flawed, which anyone reading this can easily look up, if interested.
You're Canadian so we forgive you, but that quote about speaking softly and carrying a big stick is Theodore Roosevelt's big line. He was FDR's cousin, older, and an earlier president (they also belonged to different political parties though both cousins were at least marginally progressive--reportedly they didn't care for one another much either). To be honest I don't know why Roth bothered, as it's unlikely he could top Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here, another novel about a fascist takeover of America and published in 1938?, about the time Roth sets his novel in. It's up there with 1984 but not taught in American schools often because it hits a bit too close to home.
- - Leopold said...
Actually, as I was posting that message i figured i might have misquoted but I was sure it was Roosevelt. Forgot there was two. Like I said, I'm not too clear on that era, particularly on the also-rans in a foreign country in a contest nearly a century ago. Thanks for the correction. I stand by what I think about the line, though!


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- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2018 at 8:39 PM
After seeing Lady Bird, I for one certainly hope she does whatever Greta Gerwig has written for her, and with Rob Marshall possibly directing The Little Mermaid I would not be surprised to see her as Ursula. ( as she is seemingly a muse of his as of late alongside Emily Blunt) Hoping The Nix finds a home soon!ReplyDeleteReplies
I'd be quite surprised if Meryl were in Little Mermaid. Urusula should be a big fat imposing goblin. Not that Meryl couldn't play that, I just don't think they'd cast her in it.Delete
Lmao I don't think whoever plays Ursula is going to be made into a fat octopus (not a goblin 😂), that's a bit much (imo), but if Meryl can do a witch (and whatever craziness she apparently looks like in MP Returns), I think she could pull of Ursula just fine as well. Plus, I can totally hear/see her doing Poor Unfortunate Souls 😆Delete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2018 at 6:03 AM
Did you notice Meryl Streep and Greta Gerwig side by side in the picture of the nominees' lunch? Discussing new projects, maybe?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2018 at 11:19 PM
Think Gerwig and Streep are talking about Little Women- JamieReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2018 at 11:24 PM
Little Women written and directed by a Gerwig and produced by Amy Pascal. Streep and Gerwig have already met about a project?- JamieReplyDeleteReplies
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Let's keep this in mind: Gerwig was quoted about her pending meeting with Meryl last fall as saying she's "writing something for her." That suggests, to me, that the potential Meryl project is not a rewrite of Little Women.
- AnonymousFebruary 7, 2018 at 2:15 PM
I agree- I would love her to collaborate on an original project- maybe Little Women will be updated for today- a modern retelling?Delete
Also if Meryl is part of it- she will not be the mother - she would play the rich Aunt- Jamie
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