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"Some day I'd like to see a proper, developed comedy circuit here in Dubai, with a festival like they have in Edinburgh. That's the dream."
Omar Ismail, an emerging stand-up comedian based in Dubai, is speaking enthusiastically about his high hopes for the city's burgeoning comedy scene. Until recently his comments might have provoked laughter - of the derisory sort. Now, though, with comedy nights springing up in venues across the city, and a glut of have-a-go humorists eager to give stand-up a shot, his dream no longer seems so far-fetched.
Comedy has always played a prominent role in Middle Eastern entertainment, albeit on slapstick television shows and the theatre, particularly in Egypt. But it is only in the past three to four years that a handful of home-grown artists has pushed the scene in the UAE, determined to forge a community that doesn't rely on imported talent.
As a graduate of Dubomedy, an organisation that has run comedy classes and put on events in Dubai since 2007, Ismail, a UAE national born and raised in Newcastle, England, stresses the importance of getting his fellow Emiratis involved in the scene.
"Whilst I love expats getting involved, and it couldn't be done without them, the problem is always going to be that at some point they'll leave," he explains.
"And with improvisation comedy for example, where you're part of a troupe, I can't build up a 20-year career if no one is going to stay for more than three or four years. We've already lost a lot of good Dubai-based people who have gone to forge careers elsewhere."
Ali Al Sayed, who co-founded Dubomedy with his now-wife Mina Liccione, agrees, saying that his goal from the very beginning was to create "a base, a community" on which they could build a regular circuit.
"We fly in comedians from the UK and from the US, but when you put on a comedian like Russell Peters, the funniest bits are the first ten minutes when he's talking about Karama and Jumeirah, the stuff people here can really relate to," says Al Sayed.
"Sure, there's pop culture, the stuff that everybody knows, but when you can relate to things that are happening in your everyday life, it's funnier. So for us it's about building a community on two levels: on the artist's level and on the audience level… For the longest time, growing up here in Dubai, you'd go to different shows and find different social groups. Right now, you find different groups hanging out together. And the goal all along was to bring people from different backgrounds and get them into a room to laugh about the same things."
It's a goal that seems all the more achievable when you attend one of Dubomedy's events and look at the audience. A recent evening for novice stand-ups in the World Trade Centre branch of the restaurant Wild Peeta was packed with various nationalities. Abaya-clad Emirati women stood alongside expats of various nationalities and the ages ranged from 16 to 60. More often than not, everyone laughed at the same jokes.
Al Sayed looks happy when I tell him that I was pleasantly surprised by the standard. "I remember a few years ago it took us 13 months to convince a venue to let us do comedy on their worst night ever," he says. "Fast forward to three years later and everything's changed."
But can a place with so many cultural restrictions ever be conducive to a comedian's creativity and growth?
Are UAE-based comedians daunted by the number of topics that are strictly off-limits? A one-hour stand-up set can't consist entirely of mildly offensive mother-in-law jokes.
When I asked Nitin Mirani, one of Dubai's best known stand-ups, who has also performed in Kuwait, the Maldives, for the US Army and in his native India, he said that it wasn't necessarily a disadvantage.
"There's a lot of discipline that comes with performing here. If you use the F-word you're out," he says. "So that pressure helps you with your vocabulary, because you have to come up with alternatives.
"The Middle East is one of the few places where they pay you not to say things," he laughs. "Sometimes if you get told not to say a certain expletive, you come up with an even funnier alternative.
"There are certain cultural barriers that do not allow comedians to be as open-minded as they would want to, but I respect that."
Salman Qureshi, another locally based stand-up who runs his own improvisation classes, as well as Urdu language comedy classes, agrees. "The first time I worked here I was told to be careful with themes like sex, religion and politics," he says. "And I was like, what's left? That's the bread and butter of comedy! But there are a lot of things you can still talk about. It forced me to take a look around and think about observational humour and our own lives. And that's where a lot of the best comedy comes from - from your own personal experiences. And there's a lot of it in Dubai - common things like customer service and traffic. Everybody has a different story about it."
Qureshi also touches on Al Sayed's views about the mixed audiences of Dubai, insisting that it can hone your comedic skills more than if you were performing for a niche audience.
"If you can get the general audience with mixed nationalities to laugh, then your jokes would work in most places. It's arguably easier to do it for an audience such as at the Laughter Factory. It's very British humour - good for them, they cater specifically to that audience - but I'd like to see them try a more mixed audience and see whether it works or not."
I asked Liccione - who is hailed by many as "Dubai's First Lady of Comedy" - whether being a female comic meant she had to tread even more carefully than her male counterparts.
"In the USA, no. Here, sometimes," she says. "There are definitely many more restrictions here in general, but in all honesty I don't mind them. It's all about how you look at it. I look at the restrictions as a challenge to be more creative."
What all the comedians I spoke to had in common was that they'd given up their jobs - often well-paying ones - to pursue their stand-up dream.
For Nitin Mirani, who has been performing regularly for several years now, it was a leap of faith that is starting to pay off.
For others, such as Omar Ismail, who has been performing for little more than a year, he's uncertain whether he'll be able to earn a living from his passion. He saved enough money from his previous IT job to be able to concentrate entirely on stand-up for 18 months. But he admits he might have to return to work at least part-time in the near future.
"I was considering going back to the UK this year," Ismail says. "What I want to do is try the UK comedy circuit. I'm not sure how long I want to do it for, because I'd like to come back to the UAE and help build a community here, rather than just take part in the one there.
"You have to be doing stuff outside the country too. The circuit here isn't strong enough yet."
Some doubt that it will ever be. Gail Clough, who is in charge of Dubai's long-running Laughter Factory, says that Dubai will never have a fully fledged comedy circuit "because it isn't a major city".
She explains, "There are 200 clubs in London. You need to have all the different clubs and the small, tiny rooms [hosting comedy nights] that they have."
As for whether she would be willing to feature any local talent at the Laughter Factory, she seems unenthusiastic to say the least. "There isn't a circuit for them to learn on. They have to be somewhere like London or Los Angeles," she says.
"They have to locate there so they can develop their skill. I don't mean to be negative or harsh. I'm just trying to be honest. How are you going to get good if there's no circuit to work on? If they're really serious about being a comedian they'll have to move."
Asked what he thought about Clough's comments, Salman Qureshi said he felt local comedians should at least be given a chance to perform alongside the comedy heavyweights the Laughter Factory regularly hosts.
"I feel that the talent of locally based artists is grossly underestimated," he said. "It would be nice to see established places like the Laughter Factory give opportunities to UAE-based comedians - after scouting them of course. This would make economic and business sense, along with giving back to the community here. I have a strong belief that they would be pleasantly surprised by what they might find."
Asked whether she was optimistic about the future of comedy in Dubai, Liccione says she has never been anything but.
"It has been incredible to watch the local comedy grow so much. We went from zero to a functional comedy circuit in four years. It is unbelievable. Our dream was to be able to train local comedians and help get them to a professional enough level where we can then starting exporting talent rather than importing it. Over the last few years we have done just that."
Liccione adds that this year, she, Al Sayed and three of Dubomedy's graduates will be taking the first UAE-produced comedy show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She's clearly proud of her achievement, and of proving the doubters wrong. "When we first started everyone was sceptical. No one wanted to take a chance on local comedy. They thought either there wouldn't be talent or the content would be too dirty. When we said that we didn't do dirty jokes, they said it wouldn't be funny without dirty jokes. We had to prove ourselves and not take no for an answer.
"It took us a year to find a venue that would host the first weekly, locally based comedy night. Now the phone rings off the hook asking us to do weekly comedy nights at numerous venues. Comedy is booming in the UAE and it will continue to grow."
Ismail, too, is optimistic, admitting that although he doesn't think Dubai could ever emulate the scale of Edinburgh's festival, it could host a major event.
"Even if people came from all over the world it would be a struggle," he says. "But maybe a thousand acts. That would be fantastic. To have a two- or three-day festival. Honestly, I do think we're getting there."


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Rasmus Egendal is WFP Syria Deputy Regional Emergency Coordinator. Here, he reflects on the enduring mission and values that motivate his humanitarian work.
"It's about people." This is the lesson I learned from my late grandfather Kai Hammerich, a standard I try to live and work by and a principle I try to instill in my own children. My moral guide and the great inspiration behind my own career as a humanitarian, my grandfather was a daring, persistent and unconventional dreamer and that's what allowed him to achieve all that he did in his lifetime. He cut his teeth as President of the Danish Red Cross in the years after World War II when the world was faced with unprecedented humanitarian disaster.
The most striking thing about my job as Deputy Emergency Coordinator for the UN World Food Programme's response to the Syrian crisis is the unpredictability of the challenges we face every day. Whether I'm in my office in Jordan or in a shelter for displaced families in Syria, I have to think and act swiftly. You can plan for all the scenarios you can imagine, but in an emergency as dynamic as this one, you will be constantly surprised and tested to respond to without hesitation. No excuse is acceptable for a mother in Syria who is forced to send her children to bed hungry.
In the 1950s, my grandfather was mandated to treat the allied forces during the Korean War, as commander of the Danish Hospital Ship, Jutlandia, which was the Danish contribution to the UN. His work ethic was defined by doing the 'right thing.' His work was always about the people who are suffering and, for the sake of the people; he went against policy and insisted on treating civilians, not just soldiers.
Like the Korean War, it is the innocent civilians in Syria who suffer the consequences of the conflict. As the war drags on, the number of refugees escaping Syria continues to grow dramatically, with over 5,000 Syrians fleeing their homes to neighboring countries each day! The number of refugees has now exceeded 2 million and the number of displaced people inside Syria has reached over 6.5 million. One in three Syrians has been displaced from violence, often for the third, fourth or fifth time since the crisis started over two years ago!
We cannot afford to take our eyes off the catastrophic impact that this crisis has on each individual. These are people who have been forced to risk their lives on rickety scows across the Mediterranean Sea, trying to reach sanctuary in Europe. These are people abandoning their land, which will no longer yield crops. These are families with pregnant women, nursing mothers and young children who flee without knowing where the next meal will come from.
It is our job at WFP to ensure that all affected people have the food and nutrition they need. My grandfather's example resonates with me when access constraints, intense fighting and negotiations interrupt our work in Syria. When everything is wrought with politics, he reminds me that as a humanitarian, you must focus on the people and that you fulfill your mandate answering to their needs, no matter what it takes.
I often think about Farah, a mother I met in Syria who had lost her home and her husband and was twice displaced. She told me that her only priority now is to feed her son and that she relies on WFP to do this. As a parent myself, I understand how difficult it would be to provide an explanation if my own children were hungry and I had nothing to offer them. For this reason, I work for innocent civilians like Farah and her son. As I strive to live up to my grandfather's example, to be a humanitarian he would approve of, I also seek to embody that same inspiration, to be as much a role model as I am a father for my daughters and my son Kai, who is named after my grandfather.
In Syria, WFP is working hard to scale up our emergency operation to reach four million in 2014. In the neighboring countries, we are assisting almost three million people. The Syria response is WFP's largest and most complex emergency worldwide.
People and governments have generously stood by, allowing us to continue our crucial job to provide food to the millions of Syrian refugees and internally displaced families. Norway is one of the countries that have stepped up to support our work and is helping us help people like Farah.
As long as the suffering continues, WFP will continue to provide food assistance to the people caught in the conflict. Until a solution is found, remember the very raw and unforgiving reality of suffering for the ordinary Syrian people caught in this conflict. We must not let them down!
Because, as my grandfather would have said: "It's about people."
Learn more about WFP's response to the Syria crisis: http://www.wfp.org/crisis/syria


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Sunday, May 29, 2011
What's the timeline?
So how fuckin' good is that Jose Bautista? Am I right? Nails or what?
OK, but seriously, this post is about Bautista and his greatness. The premise is this:
How long do we think his current level of greatness will last until he becomes "just another slugger"? 2 more seasons? Maybe 3? And does it then not stand to reason that Alex Anthopoulos would target the next few seasons as the time during which the Jays must finally climb that mountain?
Of course, it's not so easy as snapping your fingers and announcing "We're competing now, boys!", but one would have to assume this timeframe was already within the scope of The Plan (right?). But let's say things were to go south with certain pieces of the future plan (no inferences allowed)..... does the Era of Bautista then dictate a quick and dirty (ie: expensive) plan-B as opposed to waiting for the next internal option?
You know what brings this to mind? The Jose Reyes nonsense brings this to mind. Not that I was buying into any serious interest the Jays might have in the player (miss that), but the concept of this team actually taking a run at big shiny pieces along those lines.
And I can't decide if I love or hate the idea.
Because as fantastic as it would be if AA's Jays suddenly became players for the Reyes and Fielders and (gasp!) Pujols of the baseball world.... I seem to kinda remember the outcome the last time the Jays were amongst the biggest players in the free agent world. It didn't end so well and resulted in a public craving for an internal rebuild and "doing things the right way".
And here we are.
Great players are great players, whether they're homegrown or bought & paid for on the open market. So what am I thinking? I guess I'm thinking a Big Splashy Move is always fun, but this team is more than one piece away from a championship calibre club.... until proven otherwise.
Luckily, we're likely on the verge of finding out whether a few of those pieces are ready to assert themselves as future cornerstones in the days, maybe weeks at most, ahead.
And if they are?
Big Splashy Moves!
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- Roberto said...
I was just talking about this a couple of days ago. Right now, there are 6 guys, maybe 7, on the team who I'd consider 'key pieces': Romero, Morrow, Drabek, Bautista, Lind, Arencibia, and maybe Escobar. None of those guys would look out of place on a championship team.
If you consider that a baseball team needs 4 solid starters and 9 starting position players, that means that the Jays have 6 or 7holes in the roster that could be filled with a Big Splashy Move.
That's a lot of holes. Sure, maybe by next year, Snider and Lawrie and Cecil and others will have filled some of those spots... but a lot of things need to break right tp justify the team making a run at contending in 2012.
- May 29, 2011 at 7:47 AM
- Chad said...
I wonder what the players themselves think about this stuff. I mean, to get to the MLB, you have to be really good -- like you were the best athlete your highschool ever had in 6 sports and you finally choose baseball and you make it all the way to...the bench of a non-contending team. I wonder if those guys think of themselves as "holes" in the lineup.
The other thing I keep reminding myself of is how many holes we would have said the Giants had last year.
There are 110 games remaining in the season and I hate to consider them meaningless tune-ups already. Then again, I've seen many big splashy moves come and go since 1993 -- I shouldn't get impatient now.
- May 29, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Bring up Wayne Dougie already - 0 for 45 at third base is horse shit.
- May 29, 2011 at 11:46 AM
I will never understand Corey Patterson.
- May 29, 2011 at 1:20 PM
- david said...
I just kinda noticed this, and was hoping you guys could post something about it here, cuz this is my favourite Jays blog. The Jays are actually a top five offense in the League. 2nd in AVG, SB and TB, 3rd in OBP, HR, Hits, Walks and Runs 4th in Slugging.
Granted, the One Man Gang makes up for a lot of low production elsewhere, but he is still a part of the offense. So what does it all mean? Well, I was hoping you could tell me. Cheers
- May 29, 2011 at 9:12 PM
- May 30, 2011 at 8:01 AM
Whilst you may not be able to understand Corey Patterson
lets look at this
one is an overpaid former fan favorite the other is a player that none can understand.
- May 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Mike Friesen said...
We are one trade away from feeling much better about this "The Near Future" discussion.
If AA was able to pull off another League-for-Morrow or Gonzalez-for-Escobar type trade that could make a big difference.
Granted both those deals were successes the year after they were made. Next year should work fine on the Bautista timeline though.
Then again I don't really have any suggestions as to what that trade would be ha...
- May 30, 2011 at 12:37 PM


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February 2004
As the plane taking me to the Second Latin American AIDS Conference on HIV/AIDS was getting ready to land in Havana, Cuba on April 6, 2003, I was reading an article from the American Foundation for AIDS Research's AmFAR Treatment Insider by Anne-Christine d'Adesky about AIDS in Cuba, which discussed the pros and cons of the Cuban government's approach to the AIDS epidemic. The author had written to me personally just before my departure and suggested I read the article.
Simultaneously, I had just read in the Miami Herald that about 70 journalists and political dissidents had been jailed two weeks earlier in Cuba.
Finally as a U.S. citizen arriving in Cuba, albeit with a "license" granted by the Treasury Department of the United States, I was nervous. Fidel Castro's photo from Time magazine had been posted on the wall of my bedroom as a 7th grader back in Chicago in 1959. This young revolutionary who had overthrown the Dictator Batista was a hero to many young Americans, including those of us living in pampered circumstances and attending private schools in prosperous suburbs of the USA and those of us who really knew absolutely nothing about the reality of poverty, violence, revolutions, and counter-revolutions.
But subsequently things had changed. The Cuban Revolution continued to be a popular cause for some Americans, even when Castro united with the Soviets and the Revolution became socialist, but our government quickly turned against Castro, and its position has not changed in 40 years.
Encountering Cuba First-HandIn my case, I had no first-hand knowledge. I had never expected to visit Cuba, and it was only because of my work in the area of human rights and treatment access for people with AIDS that I was landing in Cuba at all. I had only a "layman's" awareness of life in Cuba. I knew that gays had been harassed in the early years of the Revolution, and most gay intellectuals had either left or wound up in jail. However, supposedly things had improved in recent years.
People with AIDS had been quarantined during the early years of the epidemic, but were now receiving "state of the art" antiretroviral treatment, and Cuba had been selected to host the bi-annual Latin American AIDS conference, known as "Foro 2003," which attracts more than three thousand activists, People Living with HIV/AIDS, scientists, physicians, etc. from throughout the region. (Mandatory quarantining was discontinued in 1993.)
I now live in Costa Rica and many Costa Rican friends of mine with liberal leanings had visited Cuba during the 1990s and returned generally with glowing reports about the people, the healthcare system and other aspects of the situation there, blaming the economic boycott by the United States for most of the problems faced by the country.
Cuban President Fidel Castro twice visited the Conference, which was to have a "human rights" focus, while apparently having spent the rest of the week being sure that the 70 recently arrested Cuban dissidents were silenced and jailed. One writer had received a 25 year sentence for "maintaining contact with foreign journalists."
As if that were not enough, when I asked my taxi driver Friday night what had happened about the ferry boat that had been hijacked on April 2nd in Havana Harbor, he replied. "Oh that's over, they caught the hijackers and freed the boat. They shot three of the hijackers." "During the capture?" I asked.
"No," he answered "They captured them Tuesday and held the trial and the judge found them guilty and they were shot this morning. I was astounded. I couldn't imagine such an event occurring. When I asked about the men's lawyer, the taxi driver just smiled.
It's easy enough to see news of an event such as this on TV, and to "condemn it," as was to occur in the international human rights community. But being right there, in the moment surrounded by decent and hardworking Cuban people, some with AIDS, some not, it was chilling to think that this event had occurred three miles from where I had been just a few hours earlier. It was also chilling that Cuba's President, who condoned these executions, supposedly ordered by a judge, was to appear and give the closing address at the AIDS conference the following day.
Trouble in ParadisePeople with AIDS in Cuba who I met at the Convention seemed satisfied enough with their country's AIDS program which is heralded throughout the region as a "model." Cuba has the lowest incidence of AIDS in the region with just 3,200 reported cases in a country of 11 million people, and antiretroviral access is universal.
But Ms. D'Adesky in her article about AIDS in Cuba commented on a program at a church called Monserrat which provides a support program for people living with HIV/AIDS. She interviewed several men who attend that program, who spoke on condition of anonymity, about some aspects of Cuba's AIDS policy that were not so positive.
Through Ms. D'Adesky, I was able to make contact at the conference with two men who attend the church, and went with them to visit the HIV support group on the evening of April 10th. I encountered about 60 men and three or four women having a communal dinner which the church provided. A huge bowl of pork with rice was on the table and, as the men and women sat at tables they were served the rice, a small salad and something to drink. I was invited to share the meal with them.
With respect to Cuba's alleged universal access to treatment, two men I met at the Church were concerned that they had developed resistance to the first-line cocktail they were taking but that the medication they needed to be taking is not available in Cuba. They were asking for donations of Agenerase and Abacavir, not available in Cuba (or most other parts of the developing world).
Carlos, another church group member, told me that he had felt embarrassed during the conference that same day when he spoke to an activist from Argentina who identified herself as a "sex worker." "Did you say social worker?" he asked her. She explained to him that "sex worker" was a commonly used term to reflect the empowerment of the community of sex workers in Latin America. Carlos only knew the term "prostitute." He is a highly educated professional and I asked him if he was able to access Internet, where he would find the latest information about AIDS on many levels, political, medical, and social.
Carlos explained to me that the Internet is impossible to access in Cuba unless you own a business or have government permission. I was astounded and asked, "But if everyone in this group (meaning the 60 people in the Church) combined their resources, and bought a computer, you mean you still couldn't get Internet?" "No, he said, the government will not allow us to have it." During five years of work in activism, my life has centered around access to Internet, and the letters that I exchange with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and people living with HIV/AIDS from almost all of the Latin American and Caribbean countries. Only at that moment did I realize that I had never received a letter from any Cuban with HIV/AIDS.
I recalled that, thinking of my impending visit to Cuba, a few days before leaving, I had skimmed the personal ads section of Costa Rica's gay newspaper, remembering that there are always ads from gay Cuban men wanting to exchange correspondence. I thought it might be interesting to meet one of them while I was in Havana. Strangely enough, none of the 11 ads from Cubans had an e-mail address, only post office boxes to write to. I gave up this idea because it was too late to send letters to PO Boxes. But now I knew why there were no e-mail addresses in the ads from Cuban gays.
Coercive AIDS PoliciesIn her article, Ms D'Adesky had referred to Cuba's policy of contact tracing. She quoted one of the church group members, "Cheo" (not his real name), as stating that "It's supposed to be a decision of the person to disclose, to take charge of their situation and inform the people they've had relationships with." But according to "Manuel," gay people who test positive are asked to name all of their sexual partners during the past five years. If they refuse they can be taken to the sanatorium where they will be held until they cooperate. This practice was not mentioned by Fidel Castro in his closing speech to the Conference.
The point was becoming clear to me. Cuba's AIDS program is described as "excellent" and it may well be "excellent." But if it isn't, or if there are any defects, you won't find out about it unless you are in Cuba.
The right to question a defect or problem or to receive additional information or to send information or to openly ask for donated medications may result in consequences. Cubans with AIDS are, apparently, receiving generally good medical attention, but the concept of AIDS as a disease that is related to "human rights" does not exist for them.
Cheo told me that in the AIDS clinics he is well treated and there is no discrimination. "But in other government institutions, once they know you are HIV-positive, they treat you in a degrading manner and you just have to accept it," he said. "I think Cuba does have one of lowest rates of AIDS in all of Latin America," he added, "but if that weren't true, you would never find out about it. The government will 'decide' how much HIV there is. And not necessarily by counting cases."
In Cuba, there are no gay organizations, and no gay bars and discos, although apparently gays and lesbians are not harassed, as such, by the government. But they are also not allowed to organize formally or open a safe, public meeting place. Much gay life seems to take place in the streets surrounding the huge Havana Libre Hotel, where dozens of men appear after 10 p.m., but almost all of the action in this area seems to revolve around sexual tourism.
I returned the next day to the Conference with a heightened sensitivity to the issues facing Cuban People with HIV/AIDS. They had helped to organize the Conference and in many workshops and plenary sessions they praised their government's policies toward them. To the man, and to the woman, there was no criticism, constructive or other.
I wondered how long that I, as an AIDS activist, would last in Cuba, if that were to have been one of the target countries of our Treatment Access/Human Rights program for which the Association I direct is funded. I imagined the demonstrations and "zaps" held by activist friends of mine in the USA, and could only picture a firing squad.
Glad that my thoughts could not be read by others, I continued with the work I had to accomplish in the Conference. In the afternoon, I bumped into Carlos and I remembered that I wanted to ask him something else about the Internet situation. "Please, not here," he whispered.
Richard Stern, Ph.D. is the founder and director of the Agua Buena Human Rights Association, based in San Jose, Costa Rica, which conducts advocacy work on human rights and HIV/AIDS issues throughout Latin America.
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"There are no second acts in American lives." – F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Last Tycoon," 1941
In nearly seven years of writing this column, I've tackled two major themes: The Enemies of Reading and The Enemies of Writing. With the first, I wrote about the things that get between us and our good intentions when it comes to reading books. With the other, I described the frustrations facing aspiring writers – with myself as the model.
The tone of the "Reading" pieces was slightly angry, often sarcastic, and openly opinionated. The "Writing" pieces, on the other hand, were offered humbly and genially, as though I were a slightly comical Walter Mitty-ish character. A more-than-middle-aged participatory journalist. A good sport – What ho! let's give this book-writing business a spin!
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They're very suitable to "Open Mic" nights. Some are quite good – sometimes – and it's a big world and certainly there's room for all kinds – but the Flash concept has had a kudzu-like effect on most people's mental gardens. The days of quiet reflection and delayed, achieved, payoff have yielded to the world of quick "Aha!," followed by "Next!" The motto being: Strike shallow, pop another Pringle, and let's go home. Novels are a dying art form.
Yes, people still read lengthy fiction. And there is a market (ever-shrinking), for literary novels. But most people satisfy their need for a "a good read" with mysteries, romance stories, wings 'n' fangs tales, fantasy, urban fantasy, and ultra-violence.
In my own case, in the past dozen years I somehow developed the writing discipline that eluded me as a young man. I've written and print-published two novels and a collection of stories. Also an unpublished memoir, and two other novels. And three short pieces of non-fiction in Kindle format.
With hundreds of columns behind me, I also have material for several themed anthologies. I love writing. I really do. Even the drudge work. I feel really alive and happy when I write, even when experiencing sadness or regret while writing certain kinds of scenes. It's work, but I love it. I feel I was born to it.
But now I confess: I burnt out last year. Other than these Local columns, I have not written anything new since December 2012. I published three books and several Kindles in 15 months and had to mount publicity campaigns and do readings. Such events are exhilarating but exhausting.
And ultimately (here comes my warning to those of you wanting to write), the payoff is small if you measure your "success" by huge book sales. If you are marketing your own book, the marketing never stops. When you nap, sales go to sleep.
Once you know that dreary marketing fact, it never stops leaning on your shoulder when you sit down to write. That can be discouraging if you let yourself think about it. I am an eager writer, but a reluctant publicist. And, further, in my haste to publish my recent novel, "Last Night on the Gorilla Tour," (launched last February), I let it be published with many errors and technical glitches. Chagrined to the max, I withdrew from the market. It took me till July to clean up that book. The thought of starting another repelled me.
But here it is, October, and the falling leaves remind me that I need to get going again. I like people, and I want to be among them. I feel like a house-bound dog at the sight of a park: I want off the leash. So, I'll be at the Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival. The Chestnut Hill Book Festival will have a tent outside the Chestnut Hill Hotel. I and a number of other intrepid authors will be sitting there selling and signing our latest books. Please stop by and say hello. I'll be there from 1 to 3 p.m.
Hugh will have copies for sale of his noir crime novel, "Malcolm's Wine," his collection of rare bookshop stories, "Scenes from a Bookshop," his novel about a strange dysfunctional family, "Last Night on the Gorilla Tour," and an anthology of humorous stories, "Local Humor," written with Local columnists Janet Gilmore, Jim Harris and Mike Todd.


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Tributes paid to 14-year-old Bradley Dylan John
DYFED-POWYS POLICE is investigating, on behalf of HM Coroner for Carmarthenshire, the tragic death of 14-year-old Bradley Dylan John from Ammanford.
Police attended at St John Lloyd Catholic Comprehensive School in Llanelli on Wednesday (Sept 12) to assist the school and paramedics following concerns for his welfare.
Tragically, he passed away in hospital. The incident is not being treated as suspicious.
Police are working with partner agencies to establish the circumstances that led to Bradley's death.
Specialist police officers are supporting the family and working with the school and the local authority to support the children and staff affected by what happened.
Inspector Chris Neve said: "Bradley's death has shaken the local community and on behalf of Dyfed-Powys Police I offer my deepest sympathy to his family.
"We are following-up all possible lines of enquiry to establish a picture of what happened in the lead-up to Bradley's death. Specially trained officers are supporting the family at this tragic time and working with the school to support his peers."
Bradley's father, Byron John, has paid tribute to his son.
He said: "We as a family are devastated to lose Bradley. He was such a charismatic, wonderful and dearly loved individual.
"He was an accomplished horse rider and founding member of the Three Counties Bloodhounds, who hunt the scent of a human runner.
"Bradley was the absolute centre of our world.
"We would like to thank everyone for their support at this horrific time. It has meant so much to the whole family."
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Gigabit broadband voucher scheme boost for Wales
THE UK's Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme is to be given a boost in Wales thanks to a new partnership between the Welsh and UK Governments. Ministers from both Governments are now urging Welsh businesses and communities to apply for the funding to get gigabit speeds.
The announcement follows an agreement between the UK and Welsh Governments, and reflects the higher costs of deploying fibre infrastructure in Wales, as a result of the country's topography and the location of premises.
The UK Government's Gigabit broadband vouchers – worth up to £2500 – are currently available to small businesses and surrounding local communities to contribute to the installation costs of a gigabit-capable broadband connection.
Under the new arrangements, the Welsh Government will provide an additional £3,000 for businesses up to a certain size and an additional £300 per residential property. This means that for group* projects in Wales up to £5,500 is available per business, compared with £2,500 elsewhere in the UK. Up to £800 will now be available per residential property in Wales, compared with £500 elsewhere.
Deputy Minister for Economy Lee Waters said: "Although the vast majority of premises in Wales can now access superfast broadband, we are working hard on assisting the remaining five per cent that cannot access it and where commercial companies have no plans to reach. There is no one size fits all solution to reach the final premises, and the Gigabit Broadband Voucher scheme is an important part of a suite of measures to achieve this.
"This voucher scheme can provide a vital funding source for group connectivity projects, and could be of great benefit to communities currently without access.
I'm pleased we've been able to work with the UK Government to provide an enhanced scheme for Wales, taking into account the particular challenges we face here with geography and the location of premises."
UK Minister for Digital Margot James said: "This exclusive scheme for Welsh businesses and communities is a vital part of our modern Industrial Strategy and build a Britain that is fit for the future. Working with the Welsh Government, together we can make sure that everyone in Wales has the connectivity they need for the digital age."
The voucher scheme forms part of a package aimed at improving connectivity in Wales. The Welsh and UK Government funded £200 million Superfast Cymru programme has already taken superfast broadband speeds to more than 733,000 Welsh homes and businesses commercial companies had no plans to cover. The Welsh Government is also investing a further £22.5 million to reach an additional 26,000 premises and the UK Government is introducing a Universal Service Obligation** that will make fast broadband a legal right for every home and business in Wales by 2020.
Rescuers attend to injured construction workers in New Dock Street
A MULTI AGENCY rescue operation is underway in Llanelli involving all three emergency services after an incident at a construction site.
Workers have been at the New Dock Street site, working for around three years, The Herald understands.
The Herald has been told that a piece of plant malfunctioned causing the emergency, which happened earlier this evening (Mar 19).
Four fire engines and three ambulances are at the scene, our reporter said.
A specialist line rescue team is involved in the recovery operation.
An eye-witness told the press that three workers have been affected.
The source said: "Concrete had just been mixed and had been poured into a skip which was then lifted using a machine. The concrete was being lowered into the hole, it's probably about 20ft and then the machine toppled over."
He added: "Two men climbed out of the hole on their own and as a precaution the third man was told to stay down there. The workers were told to leave the site as a precaution."
At least one person has been seen being taken away in an ambulance.
Llanelli: Met Bar incident investigated
AN INCIDENT which resulted in a 51-year old man having to go hospital is being investigated by Dyfed-Powys Police.
The man has been discharged from Glangwili Hospital but police are looking in to how the incident happened and how the man fell down some steps.
The incident happened outside the Met Bar in Llanelli on Saturday night (Mar 16).
A spokeswoman for Dyfed-Powys Police told the Herald: "At approximately 10.55pm on Saturday March 16, officers responded to reports of an injured man outside The Met Bar, Station Road, Llanelli, after he'd fallen down some steps at the location.
"Ambulance was at scene, and the 51 year old man was conveyed to Glangwili Hospital with what was thought to have been a serious head injury. He was then later discharged from hospital, and the head injury was no longer believed to be serious."
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One of the oldest Fourth of July events in Philadelphia is the Independence Day Regatta, and rowers from a number of area schools were down on the Kelly Drive racecourse last weekend to participate in the 130-year-old tradition.
Almost all of them racing out of the Fairmount Rowing Association boathouse under the guidance of Molly Konopka, a Roxborough resident who has enjoyed great success coaching the scholastic team at Episcopal Academy.
Maria Georgiou, a 2013 Penn Charter graduate, joined forces with Germantown Academy rising senior Kate Horvat to win the bronze medal in the women's junior double, and they were part of a junior quad crew that emerged with a silver medal. In a Fairmount men's junior double, Greg Goldstein of Germantown Friends teamed up with Episcopal's Jack Alden to reach the final race in their class.
In the junior 16's quad (a younger age category), Becca Genyk and Addie McKenzie of Germantown Friends belonged to a foursome that reached the finals, and they also raced together for Fairmount in a junior 16's double. Their schoolmate Tessa Curry, who had rowed with them in a GFS novice quad this spring, became another Fairmount finalist last weekend in her novice single.
Also rowing out of Fairmount, John Funchion, who will be a junior at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, was racing in the "B" eight, but he and his mates were unable to join the 12 boats that advanced out of the head race stage on Friday. Finishing a few places higher in that same race, but still falling short of qualifying, was an eight containing GFS junior Ethan Genyk.
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Germantown Friends' Genyk and McKenzie also missed qualifying in their double, but had more success in the 16's quad, where they were joined by two Conestoga High School rowers, Amy Connell and Emily Hompe. In the second of two initial heat races on Friday, they finished third to gain a berth in the finals on Saturday afternoon.
The four Fairmounters completed the 2000-meter final in eight minutes, 40.74 seconds to place fourth. The winning time of 8:05.05 was put up by a crew from Bachelors Barge Club, which is the home base for the GFS rowers during the school season.
The qualifying round for the men's junior double included no fewer than 40 participants, but Goldstein and Alden sailed through with the second fastest time overall. They also were second in their semifinal race, and that allowed them to advance to the finals, where they finished fifth in 7:40.74, four seconds behind the fourth-place boat from Tampa, Fla.
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For Georgiou and Horvat, qualifying was a little different for each boat; three heat races for the quad, and a 27-boat timed head race for the double. In each one they finished second to advance to the second day of the regatta, the quad moving straight into the finals, while the double went into an additional semifinal stage.
On Saturday morning, they participated in the doubles semifinal, and as the runner-up in the second of the three sections, they earned a spot in the final race.
Early in the afternoon, they switched back over the Fairmount quad for the finals in that event. Here, their boatmates were Sarah Klippel of Merion Mercy Academy, and Episcopal's Kelly McGowan.
Essex Rowing Club of Massachusetts took the gold medal in 7:32.86, and the Fairmount quad won a finishing sprint to claim the silver. Clocking in at 7:45.33, they nudged out New Jersey's Cooper Training Center, which came in third in 7:46.79.
Late in the day, Georgiou and Horvat were again battling for place at the end of the junior double final. Their semifinal time had only been fifth fastest out of the six boats that advanced, but in the final they stepped up to capture the bronze medal in 8:25.19, while a boat from Steel City Rowing Club near Pittsburgh came in fourth in 8:25.33.
Another Steel City entry won the race in 8:11.22, and Baltimore Rowing Club took the silver medal in 8:22.70.