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College Rivalry Prank Goes Digital on Foursquare
What all started as some innocent Foursquare fun turned into a not so funny prank this past Saturday. Allow me to first introduce myself, I'm Watson Jones and I'm a student at UGA. As many of us know, the weeks leading up to the start of college football season in our great state are marked by anxiousness and excitement. It goes without saying within the state of Georgia that the rivalry between UGA and Georgia Tech is one of the fiercest in the entire nation. Year in and year out the football (and basketball) rivalry that has been come to be known as Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate polarizes our state with victory leading to year long bragging rights.
As classic rivalries go, also go classic pranks of yesteryear such as UGA students stealing the Ramblin' Wreck and Georgia Tech students stealing a bulldog statue from a building on the UGA campus. For obvious reasons, you do not hear very much these days about students undertaking criminal acts to one up their school's biggest rival.
The emergence of Foursquare has expanded rapidly as a popular social networking tool on college campuses. With it, the race to collect badges has made Foursquare a fun way to compete amongst your friends for the most elusive badges. Among the most elusive of all Foursquare badges is the coveted Super Swarm badge which requires a minimum of 250 people to be checked in to the a venue at the same time. Who knew that this might have been the motivation that led to Saturday's shenanigans.
As a lifelong UGA fan and devoted Tech hater, I thought it would be a funny idea to leave a, let's say pro-UGA comment in the tags section of the Bobby Dodd Stadium venue page a week or so ago. I originally got the idea from browsing around various stadiums of MLB teams where rivals would leave tags or tips that supported that team's rival. Of course, someone from the North Avenue Trade School faithful spotted it, deleted it and then posted an anti-UGA tag on the Sanford Stadium venue page. Being the responsible superuser that I am, I saw that tag on the Sanford Stadium venue and promptly deleted it. This went back and forth throughout the week ending a few days before UGA's first game Saturday against UL-Lafayette. What happened next definitely upped the ante from the tag war that was going on the days before the game.
Before the game Saturday, someone moved the marker for Sanford Stadium to the Athens Ben Epps Airport, 4.5 miles from the stadium's location on campus. Luckily, someone created a another venue for Sanford Stadium that morning for people to check in to on Saturday, but of course this just creates confusion since some people did search for the correct venue and checked in there as well. The combined total for the two venues ended up being around 180 or so which isn't too bad considering the opponent UGA was facing on Saturday. As a temporary show of retaliation, the marker for Bobby Dodd stadium was moved to Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport after Foursquare users in Athens caught the Tech prank.
One question that came to my mind after all of this was what if some superuser decided to move a bunch of markers temporarily when the venues are being used the most? An example that comes to mind is any big sporting event like the Super Bowl for instance. What if a team of rogue superusers decided to move markers all evening for the venue (and even the subsequent duplicates that would popup) and merged them so that no users were able to unlock a Super Swarm badge for an event that would clearly qualify for Super Swarm status. Food for thought for the Foursquare team as their product starts to attract more mainstream exposure.
One could definitely argue that this new digital rivalry was sparked by Foursquare. Now, I don't think the students at Tech were expecting a Super Swarm at their game this past weekend (the total check-ins were approximately 125), but I'm willing to bet they were definitely thinking about preventing UGA from possibly unlocking the first Super Swarm in Georgia and the first Super Swarm at a NCAA football game. Ironically enough, Tech students and fans no doubt played a large role in contributing to the Super Swarm unlocked later that day at Dragon*Con 2010 in Atlanta.
Hopefully, this exposure for Foursquare will lead to increased usage across both campuses. As for my friends at Georgia Tech, we look forward to seeing (beating) you between the hedges November 27. This time let's play nice and leave the stadium venue where it is supposed to be.
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Keith Ferguson was born in 1947 in Houston's 6th Ward, where he absorbed the surrounding black and Latino cultures. A gifted natural musician, he began playing the bass in his twenties with Johnny Winter and other white blues musicians in the Houston area. Arriving in Austin in 1972, he soon joined guitarist Jimmie Lee Vaughan in the hit r & b band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds. After leaving the Thunderbirds in the mid-1980s, Ferguson formed the swamp rock band, the Tail Gators, with guitarist Don Leady, then played with the Solid Senders. Chronic drug abuse cut short his career in 1997.
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Oliver Wood stepped out of Piper's House, chuckling about her apparent fascination with cupcakes. How can a girl like cupcakes so much and still look as fit as Piper? Damn. It was bloody mystifying.
"Wood!" Coach caught Oliver off guard, grabbing him by the arm, and looked around before lowering his voice. "Is she alright?" His eyes shifted stealthily from side-to-side while he steered Oliver towards the bleachers lining the Scrimmage Field. "I don't exactly know how close you two are, but you seem to get along alright." At Oliver's nod, he continued. "I'm worried about my girl. Can I trust you to see that nothing bad or unseemly happens to her? Maybe talk her into a suitable profession?" He leveled Oliver with a trusting glance.
Oliver found himself at a loss for words, so he just nodded dumbly. Coach wants me to 'watch over' his daughter? To watch over Sexy Piper James? It was a good thing she would probably be 'Prewett' when school started back up. "Suitable profession?"
Thomas turned serious as he started to talk again. "When PJ was about twelve or thirteen, we were having a rough year. Long story short; we got in a fight, she took off and fell from her broom from sixty feet up. Threw her back out. Ever since then, I've been trying to protect her, keep her from getting hurt again."
Oliver looked out at the ongoing scrimmage. Screwing up his face in thought, he asked him a question. "So you want me to talk her out of being a Quidditch player? I don't think I'm comfortable with that." Not in this lifetime, anyways.
Coach shook his head. "No. Yes. I don't really know." He blew out a weary breath. "I just want her to be happy. If she wants to be a pro, we can't stop her." Coach clamped a companionable hand onto Oliver's shoulder. "Just watch out for her at school and that kind of crap. Keep the boys at bay."
Oliver sat alone for a couple minutes after Coach left. What the Hell was that all about? He stood, rolled the kinks out of his shoulders and started towards the Scrimmage Field. He shook out his hands, trying to shake off the imprinted memory of Piper's body against his.
Around seven in the evening, Oliver found himself outside of Piper's door. Holding a plate of lemon cupcakes and a peach smoothie. The bloody house elf Bompski had about cursed him to oblivion when he'd asked him for the food. When he mentioned it was for Piper, she cheered up marginally and piled the plate high of goodies.
Which led him to where he was now; listening to the incompetent Healer detail Piper's injury. Which, of course, he had seen. Oliver mumbled his agreement to the Healer and moved briskly passed him to open the door. The sounds of an old muggle musical filtered throughout the Sitting Room as he walked towards the occupied couch. He sat the plate down and stood up, scratching the back of his neck in deep thought. What does one say to a girl you hardly know, but are going to be basically attached to for the rest of the school year? And are starting to fancy the piss out of? "Um…Hey." Smooth.
A wand was waved threateningly over the top of the couch. "Jason, if you are back in here, I'm gonna hex you into next Thursday." Piper paused. "If it isn't Jason, you'd better have some damn cupcakes."
Oliver laughed heartily and grabbed a cupcake, crossing the room to the couch. "Glad I'm not Jason then." Smiling, he passed Piper the cupcake and lifted her feet to sit down on the couch. "How're you feeling?"
Piper smiled, still delirious from the Healing draughts. "Like I've been cracked upside the head by a Bludger and am pumped full of Healing draughts."
"Wonder why? Cheeky twit." He grinned toothily, and gestured towards the closed door. "You missed out on a good Scrimmage."
Piper feigned disinterest. "Oh, really?" She picked at an imaginary hangnail. Raising an eyebrow, she spoke. "What happened?"
Oliver assumed the same disinterested tone. "Not too much. Flanagan beat your brother to the snitch six times, Seidel scored twelve times and I shut out your team." He shrugged. "Nothing exciting."
Piper crooked an eyebrow. "Well, damn. I leave and all of the fun begins." She peeled away the wrapper of the cupcake. "Ooh! Lemon! My favorite! Too bad you didn't win." She sent him a teasing grin before turning back to her movie.
"We did." He likewise turned to the movie, but unlike Piper's shocked face, his wore a devilish smirk.
"Huh? How did you manage that?"
"Jason stopped playing. And the other Chasers, Grundy and Johns? Totally blitzed Sullivan. I felt a little sorry for him. A little. Not really, though."
Piper's eyes widened, as she sat up, pulling her legs underneath her. "Freaking. Awesome." She peeked around his rather imposing body to the end table. "A peach smoothie? Hells yeah!" Piper crawled somewhat drunkenly towards him, ending with her knees on his right side, her body in front of his face and her arms perched on the armrest. Sensing Oliver's perusal, Piper reached for the smoothie and smirked. "Say hello to the twins, Oliver."
The twins? Why the bloody hell would the twins be here? Oh, yeah…they're cousins or some rot. Oliver peeled his eyes away from her lovely form to ask her when the twins came over. The bemused smirk playing at her lips told him that those weren't the twins she had been talking about. "Why PJ, that's awfully cheeky of you. What would your dad think if he heard you talking like that?"
Piper sat back onto her heels and giggled. "He'd probably give me some rot about how he brought me up better than that."
Oliver nodded and agreed. "Exactly." He reached for a cupcake.
"Then he would tell me to stop being so pansy-assed and call them what they are called. Tits!" Piper cheerfully smiled at Oliver's reaction to her comment.
He coughed a couple times to clear his throat of crumbly lemon cupcakes and admonished her. "PJ!"
She affixed an innocent face upon her mug. "What?"
"You are terrible," Oliver scolded. How the ruddy hell am I going to stay around her for the rest of the semester with her talking like that?
Piper playfully stuck her tongue out at Oliver and pushed him with her feet. "Move it or lose it, bro. I'm tired, and I want to watch the rest of my movie."
Oliver looked about quickly for a place to sit.
"Oh for crying out loud, Oliver. Just lay down behind me and watch the movie."
He settled in behind her, propping his head up with a fluffy pillow. "You call this load of rubbish a movie? 'Singing in the Rain'? Sheesh, Pipe." He tucked his head behind her shoulder to shield his head from her wrath. Damn fists. "Now, 'Highlander', that's a movie." He nodded into her head.
"Shut it." Piper snuggled down into the couch and the warmth that Oliver's body provided. "I love this-yawn-movie." She rolled over and snuggled into his chest. "Be nice. Or I'll make you go hang out with the boys."
"I'll be nice. The 'boys' don't smell as nice as you."
She smacked his chest and giggled. "Damn right. And their boobs aren't as nice as mine."
Oliver laughed heartily and wrapped his arms around her. "I don't think your father wants me thinking or commenting about that kind of stuff."
His comment was met with silence.
Oliver fell asleep thinking about how right Piper was.
"Oliver. Psst…Wood."
Piper reached out and shoved his solid shoulder.
"Dammit Wood! Wake the hell up!" Piper stood up and yelled, pulling of the blanket that had been covering them up.
"Huh?" He lifted his head groggily and looked at her. "What time is it?"
"Hmm?" Piper stopped sleepily fiddling around with the VCR. "Oh, um, about two-thirty."
"Oh, alright. Night." Oliver rolled over and settled into the pillow again, intent on falling asleep again. "I thought you just said that it was two-thirty in the morning."
"I did. Now get up."
"Why?" Oliver was testy.
"You can't sleep down here; you'll be so sore tomorrow." She grabbed an arm and tugged fruitlessly. "Get up Lazyarse. There's a nice warm bed with your name on it upstairs."
Oliver's head popped up. "A warm bed? Me like-y!" He popped up off the ground and pulled Piper towards the stairwell.
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A Adapter design pattern is Structural design pattern. It is also called as wrapper pattern or just a wrapper. Some classes could not work together because of incompatible interfaces. An adapter allows classes to work together by wrapping its own interface around that of an already existing class. The adapter also handles the logic necessary to transform data into an appropriate form.
The adapter design pattern is useful in circumstances where an already existing class provides some or all of the services you require but does not use the interface you require. The adapter design pattern adapts one interface for a class into one that a client expects.
The adapter patterns are of two types
Object Adapter pattern: In this type of adapter pattern, the adapter contains an OBJECT of the class it wraps. In such a situation, the adapter makes calls to the instance of the wrapped object.
Class Adapter pattern: It requires multiple multiple inheritance. As Java that does not support multiple inheritance, the Class Adapter pattern cannot be used in Java.
Choosing between Facade and Adapter
There is a definite difference between the Facade and Adapter. A facade is a better choice when one wants an easier or simpler interface to work with. Where as the Adapter Design Pattern is used when wrapper must support a polymorphic behavior and wrapper must respect a particular interface.
The example below demonstrates the use of Adapter Design Pattern. The adaptee class is DoubleLinkedList. The client class DoubleLinkedListPushPull instanciates adapter objects.
Java Code:interface PushPull { void push (T o); T pop (); T top (); } //adaptee class class DoubleLinkedList { public void insert (DNode pos, T o) { // code to insert} public void remove (DNode pos) { // code to remove} public void insertHead (T o) { // code to insert head} public void insertTail (T o) { // code to insert tail} public T removeHead () { // code to remove head} public T removeTail () { // code to remove tail} public T getHead () { // code to get head} public T getTail () { // code to tail} } class DoubleLinkedListPushPull extends DoubleLinkedList implements PushPull { public void push (T o) { insertTail (o); } public T pop () { return removeTail (); } public T top () { return getTail (); } }


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The doctors who advise the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are recommending closer scrutiny of drivers using Schedule II drugs, such as opioid-containing prescription pain relievers and medications for attention deficit disorder.
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Two congressmen have told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that some of the organizations providing sleep apnea training to medical examiners are teaching the wrong material.
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SAN DIEGO -- UrgentCareTravel's DOT and medical services membership program offers drivers and their family members access to DOT physicals and other medical services at several truck stop locations.
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SAN DIEGO -- Who's healthier? A group of trucking fleet executives or members of America's Road Team? The Health Trucker Challenge aims to find out during this week's American Trucking Associations Management Conference & Exhibition.
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The National Registry Verification Service from J.J. Keller ensures for motor carriers that medical examiners performing DOT mandated physicals on drivers are officially qualified to do so.
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Truck Stop Health Care is planning to make DOT physicals for CDL drivers available at truckstops in all states across the U.S.
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The Healthy Trucking Association of America, in conjunction with OraSure Technologies and AbbVie, has launched the Truckers Rolling Against Hepatitis C nationwide initiative.
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July 28, 2014 - Industry News
Truckers MedCallAssist is a new telemedicine program designed to connect truck drivers instantly with a board-certified emergency-trained physician 24 hours a day.
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April 8, 2014 - Industry News
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has requested that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration extend the registration deadline for certified medical examiners, claiming there is a shortage of medical examiners that have been accepted into the new national registry.
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February 21, 2014 - Industry News
Starting May 21 all driver medical exams have to be done by an examiner who is certified to the new National Registry standards. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration believes that by May 21 there will be enough examiners certified to handle the work, but trucking interests are not so sure.
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January 14, 2014 - Industry News
Long-haul drivers are plagued by significant health risks, according to a new study by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Almost 70% of these drivers are obese, compared to 31% of other workers, and the prevalence of morbid obesity is twice as high, 17% versus 7%.
Tags: Sleep Apnea, Driver Health, Drivers
December 2, 2013 - Industry News
After sponsoring three highly successful weight-loss challenges within the trucking industry, with more than 7,600 pounds lost, the Truckload Carriers Association has now added a 30-week maintenance component. Combined with the initial 10 weeks of weight loss, the entire program will last for 10 months in 2014, and will be called the "Long-Haul Weight Loss Showdown."
Tags: Drivers, Driver Health
September 9, 2013 - Industry News
PITTSBURGH -- A field test of battery-powered CPAP devices to combat sleep apnea among drivers is now underway with the help of three suppliers and a major truckload fleet, according to a report at a task force meeting of the Technology & Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations.
Tags: Drivers, TMC, Sleep Apnea, Driver Health
August 8, 2013 - Industry News
Achieving and maintaining a healthy blood pressure is important not just for a driver's well-being, but is also essential for maintaining a commercial driver's license.
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July 10, 2013 - Industry News
Urgent Care Travel is opening a second location in Oklahoma City, the second location for the company, which plans to open as many as 100 urgent care facilities at Pilot Flying J travel centers.
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Mario Almendarez, a lease operator at Prime Inc., rode a total of 538.99 miles to win Prime's 2013 May Bicycle Challenge.
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June 4, 2013 - Industry News
Melton Truck Lines is building a new driver-friendly headquarters in Tulsa, Okla., which will emphasize the trucking company's commitment to driver and employee wellness.
May 10, 2013 - Industry News
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced a proposed rule to allow state and federal enforcement officials to easily share and view the most current and accurate information about a commercial motor vehicle driver's medical certification status.
Tags: FMCSA, Drivers, Driver Health, National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners
May 8, 2013 - Industry News
Urgent Care Travel opened its first urgent care location at the Pilot Travel Center on Strawberry Plains Pike in Knoxville, Tenn. The company plans to open as many as 100 urgent care sites at select travel center and travel plaza locations nationwide.
Tags: Drivers, Tennessee, Driver Health, Truckstops, Pilot Flying J
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TravelCenters of America has opened a medical clinic at the Petro Stopping Center, located off I-295, Exit 57, in Bordentown, N.J. This is the first medical clinic offering in the state for the chain and its 18th location nationwide offering medical services.
Tags: TA, Petro, National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners, TravelCenters of America, Drivers, Driver Health, Health, Truckstops
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Siphiwe Baleka, a former lease operator with Prime Inc., gave new meaning to the phrase "Driver Health and Fitness." In April 2012, right after completing a three-year lease with Prime, Baleka competed in the Ironman South Africa triathlon, finishing the 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and 26.2 mile run in 11 hours 59 minutes and 14 seconds.
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After earning an impressive Rs. 12.42 crore at the ticket windows on Friday, Alia Bhatt-Arjun Kapoor-starrer 2 States continued to earn moolah at the box office through the first weekend of its release.
Abhishek Varman's directorial debut 2 States collected Rs. 12.42 crore on Friday, a figure that more or less remained the same on day two (Rs 12.13 crore).
The collections further picked up on Sunday to Rs. 13, 51 crore, making a total of Rs. 38.06 crore over the first weekend.
Mixed reviews notwithstanding, there was a lot of buzz around the movie based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Chetan Bhagat by the same name. Bhagat's track record at the BO also had to do something with the success of the film – screen adaptations of his earlier books Kai Po Che and 3 Idiots (a "loose" adaptation of Five Point Someone) went on to mint money.
With the first day collection, 2 States has become the third biggest Bollywood opener this year after Salman Khan's Jai Ho (Rs 17 crore) and Ranveer Singh-Priyanka Chopra-Arjun Kapoor-starrer Gunday (Rs 16.12 crore).
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So something crazy happened after the Pittsburgh Penguins finished off their sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes last night, and some of you won't fully appreciate this, but…whatever dude. So Sidney Crosby went up to accept the Prince of Wales trophy and…actually picked it up and skated around with it BUT DID NOT HOIST! Regardless of whether hoisting was involved, Crosby amusingly violated one of the great NHL superstitions of handling the team's conference trophy before the Stanley Cup final. Kinda like touching yourself when there's an actual woman in the next room. Sort of.
It was actually the Carolina Hurricanes that, after winning the
Wales Eastern Conference in 2006, surrounded the Wales trophy, posed with it as a team, and skated off the ice without touching it. They won the Cup in seven games.
The monolith actually found four instances where the jinx didn't seem to apply, including the 1991 Penguins, but that team was so damn good they could have touched a classroom full of third graders and sauntered out of court the same day. Whether it has merit or not, the no-touch of the conference trophy is yet another one of those fun hockey traditions that seems ready to die. Soon, hockey players won't even be coercing women into sex against their will, and I'm not sure that's a world I want to live in.
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LA GRAVIERE, Hossegor/France (Tuesday, October 4, 2011) - Event organizers have called a lay day today for the Quiksilver Pro France with only small one-to-two foot (0.5 metre) surf on offer at the primary venue of La Graviere.
Event No. 8 of 11 on the 2011 ASP World Title season, the Quiksilver Pro France recommences the thrilling battle for the ASP World Title amongst the world's best surfers.
"As expected, we don't have much on offer this morning and have called a lay day today," Rich Porta, ASP International Head Judge said. "We're expecting an increase over the next several days and will reassess conditions for a possible start tomorrow morning."
Event organizers will convene tomorrow morning at 7am to assess conditions for a possible 8am start. When competition commences, up first will be Jeremy Flores (FRA), 23, Matt Wilkinson (AUS), 22, and Taylor Knox (USA), 40, in Heat 1 of Round 1.
The Quiksilver Pro France will be webcast LIVE via quiksilverlive.com. For additional information log on to www.aspworldtour.com
Heat 1: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Matt Wilkinson (AUS), Taylor Knox (USA)
Heat 2: Joel Parkinson (AUS), Jadson Andre (BRA), John John Florence (HAW)
Heat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS), Brett Simpson (USA), Tiago Pires (PRT)
Heat 4: Owen Wright (AUS), Chris Davidson (AUS), Dane Reynolds (USA)
Heat 5: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Kieren Perrow (AUS), TBA
Heat 6: Kelly Slater (USA), Fredrick Patacchia (HAW), TBA
Heat 7: Taj Burrow (AUS), Raoni Monteiro (BRA), Kai Otton (AUS)
Heat 8: Julian Wilson (AUS), Bede Durbidge (AUS), Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 9: Adriano de Souza (BRA), Gabriel Medina (BRA), Travis Logie (ZAF)
Heat 10: Adrian Buchan (AUS), Heitor Alves (BRA), Daniel Ross (AUS)
Heat 11: Michel Bourez (PYF), Alejo Muniz (BRA), Miguel Pupo (BRA)
Heat 12: Josh Kerr (AUS), Damien Hobgood (USA), Patrick Gudauskas (USA)
NOTE: Draw subject to change pending withdrawals.
Quiksilver Pro France
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Linguistics: modules include: general linguistics; introduction to grammatical structure; introduction to phonology; intermediate phonology; intermediate syntax; topics in lexical semantics or language and meaning 1; advanced syntax; current issues in phonology; issues in semantics; language, society and communication; morphology; psychology of language; phonetics; topics in lexical semantics; language in Africa; Altaic morpho'phonology; historical linguistics; linguistic typology; the structure of Bantu languages; the structure of Japanese; extended essay in linguistics; issues in semantics; current issues in phonology; advanced syntax; dynamic syntax; topics in the structure of Chinese; independent study project in linguistics. Vietnamese: modules include: Vietnamese language; introduction to South East Asia; South East Asia on film; war, revolution and independence in South East Asian literatures in translation; the city and the countryside in South East Asian literatures; Vietnamese language and texts; independent study project in South East Asian studies; extended essay in South East Asian studies; Vietnamese literature; independent study project in South East Asian studies; extended essay in South East Asian studies; Thailand on screen (post 97); Indonesia on screen; sex and the city in South East Asian film; war, revolution and independence in South East Asian literatures in translation; the city and the countryside in South East Asian literatures; cultural foundations of Indonesia; Indonesian literature: literature of the revolution; Jawi and the manuscript tradition; pre'modern historical texts of Java; Bali and the Malay world in English translation; traditional Malay literature; adventure romances in texts and film; language in South East Asia; Thai cultural texts; extended essay in South East Asian studies; introduction to the art and archaeology of South and South East Asia; Buddhism: foundation; Hinduism: foundation; world Christianities foundation; ethnography of a selected region (South East Asia); introduction to the history of South East Asia; South East Asia during the Cold War 1945'1991; arts of the Buddha in South East Asia; contemporary arts in South East Asia; South East Asian government and politics; economic development of South East Asia.
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tape because, similar to the Rule of 6, varied concentrations
of drug infusions are used, thus not meeting their requirement
for standardized concentrations of drug infusions. Unfortunately,
in some cases, hospitals have interpreted this to mean that
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we agreed that use of standardized concentrations reduces
the risk of calculation and preparation errors. We also
recommended labeling the infusion portion of the tape to
direct people to titration tables using standard concentrations.
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a temporary measure until infusions have been removed from
the Broselow tape, as promised with future revisions. We've
suggested to the Joint Commission that it would be safest
to allow hospitals a sufficient period of time for transitioning
to standard concentrations during pediatric emergencies,
as was granted to hospitals that had been using the Rule
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\015\012sata native mode should be disable.
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Announced yesterday by Words Without Borders, the James H. Ottaway Jr. Award for the Promotion of International Literature is one of the coolest prizes ever:
The Ottaway is named in honor of the organization's first chair and current Chair Emeritus, James H. Ottaway, Jr., in recognition of his leadership during the organization's formative years. It will be first presented at WWB's 10th anniversary dinner in October of this year and thereafter at the organization's annual benefit dinner to an individual whose work and activism have supported the mission of Words without Borders, of promoting cultural understanding through the publication and promotion of international literature. [. . .]
Nominees for The Ottaway will be solicited from the large community of translators, authors, publishers, agents, editors, and activists, and the final honoree chosen by a select jury. The Ottaway will not honor a translated work or body of work, but instead honor individuals who have succeeded in furthering literature in translation in the United States.
There are so many great individuals who deserve to win this (including one who will be speaking with my class in the near future), and I'm personally just glad that such a thing exists. Thanks, WWB and James H. Ottaway, Jr.!
For more information, please contact Joshua Mandelbaum at joshua [at] wordswithoutborders.org.
This weekend, the National Book Critics Circle announced the finalists for its books wards for publishing 2011 and—not to bury the lede—including Dubravka Ugresic's Karaoke Culture as one of the five finalists in the Criticism category.
This is the first major book award that one of our titles has been nominated for (not counting the BTBA), and we're extremely psyched. I've been on and on and on about this book for the past year, which makes this news just that much sweeter. To celebrate this honor, we're selling copies of Karaoke Culture through our website for the special price of $9.99.
OR, if you'd rather become an Open Letter supporter and receive all of our fantastic books, you can buy a subscription and we'll throw in a copy of Karaoke Culture for free.
Going back to the NBCCs, I have to say, the Criticism category is the very definition of LOADED. Check out this list of finalists:
Bellos, Lethem, Ugresic, AND Dyer?!?!? Damn. That's all I can say.
By contrast, the other categories—all of which contain a few truly excellent books—seem tame. You can read the full press release and list of all finalists by clicking here. And here are my picks for which titles should win in the various categories:
Congrats to everyone, and special congrats to Dubravka Ugresic, David Williams, Ellen Elias-Bursac, and Celia Hawkesworth!
This morning, Banipal announced that Khaled Mattawa has won of the sixth annual Saif Gobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literature for his translation of the Selected Poems of Adonis, published by Yale University Press.
They also named Barbara Romaine as the runner-up for her translation of Spectres by Radwa Ashour (published by Interlink), and "commended" Maia Tabet for her translation of White Masks by Elias Khoury (Archipelago).
The press release contains a ton of info about all these books and translators, so rather than crib from this, I'm just going to post it all below:
The Judges' Announcement
Khaled Mattawa for his translation of Adonis: Selected Poems
Khaled Mattawa's translation of this selection of Adonis's poetry is destined to become a classic. It is a monumental piece of work, a long-overdue compendium of works by one of the most important poets of our time, a contribution to world literature that demonstrates the lyricism and full range of Adonis's poetry. The translations are supple and fluent, flexible yet accurate, consistently sensitive to the poet's nuances, and beautifully render into English Adonis's modernist sensibilities. Anglophone readers will gain a new appreciation of why Adonis has so often been likened to TS Eliot and Ezra Pound, with the freshness of his lines and imagination liberated from the self-conscious archaism of other translations, and allowing his unique reworking of the legends of East and West, the arcs of love and death, to spring forth. This book should ensure that Western readers recognize the significance of Adonis's contribution to world poetry.
Adonis is internationally known as a poet, theoretician of poetics and thinker, a patriarch of modern Arabic literature whose poetry resonates with universal dimensions. Known for his biting criticism of the dominating influence of Islamic ideology on modern Arabic literature, his influential, daring and experimental works of poetry enjoin the present with the past while giving perspectives into the future. Adonis's poems in their original Arabic are not easy, in fact they are difficult and complex. They are multi-layered with history, myths and ideas, rooted in metaphors, symbols and surrealist images, and wide-ranging in genre and styles – all woven within a fine and concise language.
It was an immense challenge that faced the talented poet-translator Khaled Mattawa in translating Adonis's poems to English or, as is often said in the Arab world, to the "language of Shakespeare", and he has succeeded most eminently. Adonis: Selected Poems is a substantial and comprehensive volume covering over half a century of Adonis's works from 1957 to 2008. Khaled Mattawa has brought Adonis's poems to the English language with a musicality and aesthetic sensitivity that echo their innovative, conceptual and stylistic complexities – and in doing so he has created an original, powerful and lyrical poetic work in English. In a word: stunning.
On learning the news director of Yale University Press John Donatich commented: "It is very gratifying to see Adonis and his wonderful translator Khaled Mattawa receive this prestigious award. I know from personal experience how many readers have been so moved by these Selected Poems; it is so important that other people discover the work."
Barbara Romaine for her translation of Spectres by Radwa Ashour
Radwa Ashour's Spectres is an ambitious and moving blend of autobiography, history, politics and fiction telling the story of Egypt since the 1950s through the experiences of two women who are each other's ghostly doubles. This experimental novel, which is political in the best sense, needs a confident translator, and has found one in Barbara Romaine. Her impressive translation renders the metaphorical power of Ashour's story with grace and subtlety, skillfully reflecting the shifts in time and the different voices and registers. Fluent and refreshing, Romaine has done a brilliant job.
Maia Tabet for her translation of White Masks by Elias Khoury
First published in Arabic in 1981, White Masks was one of the first novels that dared to address the civil war in Lebanon, the terrible atrocities, and the war's reflection in the daily lives of the people. Bringing home the dreadful reality of civil war, it is a fascinating investigation into investigation itself, telling the story of the murder of one man during the Lebanese Civil War, and showing the chaos and incoherence of history as it emerges, and the importance of personal stories to counteract and contain the messiness of history. Elias Khoury's language is smooth and poetic, and finds its parallel in the masterful translation of Maia Tabet which brings the immediacy of the story to life, without sacrificing the nuances of Khoury's moral and philosophical questions, transposing the colour and originality of the Arabic into wonderfully lucid prose.
Still catching up post-vacation, so this is somewhat old news, but still worth mentioning . . . Last week, PEN announced the recipients of this year's Translation Fund awards. Winning translators receive $3,000 to support their work, and hopefully via the attention generated by the award, will find a publisher for their project. (There are at least three on here that I'm personally interested in, starting with Samanta Schweblin's stories. We featured her as part of our "29 Days of Awesome": series focused on Granta's special "Best of the Young Spanish Language Novelists" issue.)
Anyway, here's info on all 11 recipients, along with info on their respective projects. If you're a publisher and want more info on any of these, you should contact either Alena Graedon (alena[at]pen.org) or Michael Moore (michaelfmoore[at]gmail.com).
Oh, and kudos to Northwestern for already having signed on one of the most interesting sounding books from this list. Clearly they're still going to be doing great translations even after the demise of the Writings from an Unbound Europe series.
Congrats to all the winners!
The following piece was written by Ángel Gurría-Quintana, a freelance journalist, editor and translator. He is a regular contributor to the books pages of the Financial Times. His writing has also appeared in The Observer, The Economist, Prospect, The Paris Review and Brick. Ángel lives in Cambridge, U.K.
This piece of his was commissioned for a major British weekly publication but, for editorial reasons, did not make it into print. It's a really good piece, and I thought it would be of interest to all of you for a variety of reasons.
And in addition to the legit reasons for running this, it's also fun to run this the same day that we put up our new podcast, which includes Tom dissing on Philip Roth, the recipient of this year's Man Booker International Award. If you haven't been keeping up with all the Man Booker debacles, check out this article. Otherwise you may never know that the Man Booker International Prize is "now the world's premier literary trophy, superior in fact to the Nobel." Yep, learning new things everyday.
The winner of the Man International Booker Prize 2011 will be announced in Sydney on May 18th. Though still a relative newcomer to the world of literary awards –it is only in its fourth edition—the £60,000 prize has already acquired some heft. Unlike the Man Booker, given yearly to an outstanding work of fiction by a British, Irish or Commonwealth author, this biennial gong aims to celebrate "one writer's overall contribution to fiction on the world stage."
Its organisers hope that such a global remit might eventually make MIBP a rival to the prestigious Nobel. But is this aspiration compromised by the rule that the award is given to an author writing fiction in English, or whose work is "generally available" in English language translations?
Australian writer and publisher Carmen Callil, one of this year's judges, admits that the translation requirement can undermine the prize's claim to rewarding the best of world literature. "There are many writers who haven't been translated and who are very important. But we agreed that, to be considered for our list, authors needed to have at least three books in translation."
Callil and her fellow judges, American rare-book dealer Rick Gekowski and South African novelist Justin Cartwright, drew up a list of 13 nominees. It includes previous contenders like Scottish writer James Kelman (his second nomination) and American Philip Roth (his third) alongside less obvious choices such as British children's author Philip Pullman.
Among the finalists are eight authors who write in English and five who don't. Most noteworthy was the inclusion of two Chinese novelists: Wang Anyi, author of The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, and Su Tong, author of Wives and Concubines, on which the film "Raise the Red Lantern" was based.
Despite the refreshing nod to Chinese literature, and the nomination of contenders like Spain's Juan Goytisolo, the odds seem to be stacked against non-Anglophone authors. The only non-English speaking novelist to have won the prize (and the extra £15,000 given to a translator of his choice) was Albania's Ismail Kadare, who bagged the inaugural edition in 2005. That year's jury included English, Argentine and Iranian judges. Every jury since has been predominantly Anglophone. All three of this year's judges are native English speakers.
So are non-Anglophone writers handicapped by their dependence on English language translators? They might be, says Ms Callil. "Arabic novelists, for instance, have a tremendous disadvantage –they write in an overblown poetic style, too rich, better suited to French translation than to English." Only one author writing in Arabic, Naguib Mahfouz, has ever been considered for the MIBP.
The appearance of two Chinese authors on this year's list of finalists is surprising not least because of the particular challenges posed by Chinese literature in translation. Julia Lovell, a lecturer, translator and author of The Politics of Cultural Capital: China's Quest for a Nobel Prize in Literature, says that there are obstacles to the international success of Chinese literature. Some are stylistic: "Any national literature embodies its own set of ideas about language. Chinese literature has a different attitude to plot development, to sentimentality, to how jokes are set up. A Chinese text sometimes tolerates a use of repetition that doesn't work in English."
Other obstacles have to do with differing literary traditions. Modern Chinese authors often excel at writing short stories and novellas. But there is a growing pressure on them to produce novels. This often leads to sprawling works, not helped by what Ms Lovell calls a "confusion of editorial standards".
Cultural critic John Carey, who chaired the jury of the IMBP in 2005, confesses that he found some cultural nuances insurmountable. "I was completely out of my depth with Japanese writers, for instance. It's a whole different set of assumptions. You can't get around that problem as a judge."
Nicky Harman, a translator of Chinese fiction, non-fiction & poetry, does not think that such differences should necessarily obstruct a novel's appreciation. "I believe that readers can get used to new ways of writing—after all, reading Tolstoy a hundred years ago must have been a new experience for Western readers. Good writing, well translated, will overcome cultural barriers."
A more common complaint about Chinese literature in translation is that much of it is done by academic presses. "Contemporary Chinese texts often need some editing, but it isn't always easy to do this if they're published academically," Ms Lovell says. Ms Callil goes further: "What is wrong with translations from the Chinese is that so many of them are written by American academics, in a jarring American English. I ignored it, but it is off-putting."
This raises the question of what the judges are judging when they read foreign literature—the author or the translator? "Of course a translator can make a huge difference," says Mr Carey. "A gifted and inventive translator is more likely to appeal to the judges."
Ultimately, he believes, it boils down to the original text. "You can't tell literary quality in translation if by quality you mean style. But if by literary quality you mean ideas—then yes. Words and images can be translated, but if a writer has non-trivial ideas, they shine through. The greatness of Mann, Flaubert or Dostoyevsky comes across in translation. This can be true for contemporary writers, too."
It is a well known and often cited fact that only some 3% of all fiction published in the English-speaking world is translated from foreign languages. This is lamentable, especially when compared to the 30-40% of translated works published in some European countries. By drawing readers' attentions to authors writing in Chinese, Italian, Spanish or French, the judges of the 2011 IMBP may be helping to redress that embarrassing imbalance—even if, in the end, they plump for a more familiar Anglophone writer.
I've been meaning to post this for a month now . . . At least there's still some time before the March deadline:
$5,000 grant for a literary translation from Italian into English: PLEASE POST & DISTRIBUTE
PLEASE NOTE: The deadline is March 1, 2011.
This $5,000 grant will be awarded to a proposed work of literary translation from Italian into English and is open to anyone under the age of 30. The translation must fall under the category of fiction or letters, and the applicant will propose his or her own translation project. The project should be manageable for a five-month period of work, as the grant will be awarded in May 2011, and the translation must be completed by October 2011.
Acceptable proposals include a novella, a play, a collection of short stories or poems, or a collection of letters that have literary import. Preference will be given to works that have not been previously translated. (Previously translated works will be considered, however applicants should include an explanation for why they are proposing a new translation.) Applicants wishing to translate significantly longer works should contact the Foundation before sending in their applications so that supplementary materials can be included. The prizewinner will be notified on May 13, 2011 and results will be announced online at www.susansontag.org.
The recipient will be expected to participate in symposia on literary translation with established writers and translators, as well as public readings of their work once the translation has been completed.
Application Requirements (Please download the official application online..) All applications must include three copies of the following:
• Application Cover Sheet (available online)
• Personal Statement (2 pages maximum) explaining your interest and background in literature and the source language (Italian)
• Project proposal (2 pages maximum) outlining the work and describing its importance
• 5 page sample translation of the proposed work from the source language into English
• The same passage in the original language
• A bio-bibliography of the author (including information on previous translations of his or her work into English)
• One academic letter of recommendation
• Official transcript from your current or most recent academic institution
All applications must be submitted via regular mail to the Foundation address:
Susan Sontag Foundation
76 Franklin St. #3
All application materials must be received by March 1, 2011.
The fine print: Applicants must be under the age of 30 on the date the prizewinner will be announced: May 13, 2011. By submitting work to the Susan Sontag Foundation, the applicant acknowledges the right of the Foundation to use the accepted work in its publications, on its website, and for educational and promotional purposes related to the Foundation. Please note that application materials cannot be returned to applicants.
Following on the last post about December being a month of year-end donations, it's also a month of submitting applications and books for a variety of awards. So here's the first of three posts about various book prizes:
On behalf of the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University, I am pleased to announce that submissions are now being accepted for the 2010 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature.
For over twenty years, the Keene Center and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission have annually awarded a monetary prize (current annual total: $6,000) to deserving American recipients whose works represent outstanding translation of Japanese literature. We would appreciate your support in making this year's competition our most successful. A prize in the amount of $3,000 is given for the best translation of a modern work and for the best translation of a classical work, or at times the prize is divided between two equally distinguished translations regardless of category.
To qualify, submissions must be book-length translations of Japanese literature: novels, collections of short stories, literary essays, memoirs, drama, and poetry are all acceptable. Furthermore, all applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. Submissions are judged on the literary merit of the translation and the accuracy with which it reflects the spirit of the Japanese original. Eligible submissions may include unpublished manuscripts, works in press, or books published within two years of the prize date (works published before January 1, 2008, will not be accepted). Applications may be submitted by individual translators or their publishers. Past winners and previously submitted works are ineligible.
Required application materials include: seven (7) copies of the English translation; one (1) copy of the Japanese original; seven (7) copies of the translator's CV or resume; and seven (7) copies of the application form. Letters of support or recommendation are also encouraged.
The deadline for submissions for the 2010 Translation Prize is Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
For additional information, please visit the Keene Center Web site..
There you go . . . And stay tuned for info if you're a publisher/translator of a French book, or someone wanting to get in on the Best Translated Book Award for Poetry . . .
This is kind of old news, but last week Juan Goytisolo was awarded Spain's National Prize for Literature, an extremely prestigious award honoring a writer's career.
Goytisolo is one of my all-time favorite writers, especially Makbara, Marks of Identity, Count Julian, and Juan the Landless. I actually had the opportunity to have lunch with him once during the Guadalajara Book Fair. He was incredibly charming and intelligent (as expected) and told a great story about Fidel Castro and Goytisolo's vinegar allergy . . .
Dalkey Archive has reprinted all of the titles mentioned above, with the exception of Juan the Landless, which I think will be coming out in the future.
Over the holiday weekend, it was announced that Juan Marse was awarded the Cervantes Prize, which is considered to be the Nobel Prize for literature in Spanish.
Marse is best known for his novels about people enduring tough times in Catalonia after the 1936-1939 civil war, which ended with fascist dictator Francisco Franco's victory and was followed by years of repression against his foes.
Doesn't look like any of Marse's books are available here in the States, although two—Lizard Tails and Shanghai Nights—were translated by Nick Caistor and are available in the UK.
I Remember Nightfall by Marosa di Giorgio (trans. From the Spanish by Jeannine Marie Pitas) is a bilingual poetry volume in four parts, consisting of the poems "The History of Violets," "Magnolia," "The War of the Orchards," and "The Native. . .
This review was originally published as a report on the book at New Spanish Books, and has been reprinted here with permission of the reviewer. The book was originally published in the Catalan by Anagrama as Joyce i les. . .
Hello and greetings in the 2017 holiday season!
For those of you still looking for something to gift a friend or family member this winter season, or if you're on the lookout for something to gift in the. . .
Three generations of men—a storyteller, his father and his son—encompass this book's world. . . . it is a world of historical confusion, illusion, and hope of three generations of Belgraders.
The first and last sentences of the first. . .
The Island of Point Nemo is a novel tour by plane, train, automobile, blimp, horse, and submarine through a world that I can only hope is what Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès's psyche looks like, giant squids and all.
What. . .
Mario Benedetti (1920-2009), Uruguay's most beloved writer, was a man who loved to bend the rules. He gave his haikus as many syllables as fit his mood, and wrote a play divided into sections instead of acts. In his country,. . .
Kim Kyung Ju's I Am a Season That Does Not Exist in the World, translated from the Korean by Jake Levine, is a wonderful absurdist poetry collection. It's a mix of verse and prose poems, or even poems in the. . .


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Home on the Range, Friday, August 10, 9 a.m.-noon, Bobcat Ridge Natural Area, meet in the parking lot. Families are invited to look at the prairies and mountains through the eyes of an explorer. Hike to an old cabin and improve observation skills as you look for wildlife signs and plants. Learn about pioneer life at the cabin and join in pioneer games and activities. Bring a sack lunch, plenty of water, and closed-toe walking shoes. 2 miles, easy. Free, no registration required.
Osprey Watch, Saturday, August 11, 8-10 a.m. Fossil Creek Reservoir Regional Open Space, meet at the parking lot. Discover the many species of birds that live at Fossil Creek, and view the ospreys that have returned to nest there after being absent for the past several years. Free, no registration required.
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Starry Night: Meteors, Comets, and Flying Debris, Saturday, August 11, 8-10:30 p.m.Bobcat Ridge Natural Area, meet at the picnic shelter, 1/8 mile from the parking lot. Bring your family out to enjoy a brief family-friendly astronomy program. Skygazing follows with telescopes provided by the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society. Dress warmly, bring water to drink, and a blanket or chair to sit on. Please arrive on time—gate closes after start of program. Free, no registration required.
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