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On the bridge just out of Clare College, on my way to the University Library.
I'm in the guardian, talking about the NHS.
Cambridge offer.
Good news in my inbox the other day, I'm going to receive a Vice-Chancellor's award from the University of Cambridge (fees + stipend) for a PhD in History at Queens, Cambridge from Michaelmas 2015. I may still receive an AHRC award from Cambridge on top of that, apparently.
Several days before that, I was put forward to the second round of the AHRC competition at York.
PhD news.
Got in to my first choice Cambridge college, Queens' today. Hurrah! Still incredibly nervous about the prospect of funding, however.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, a day in the life.
This should give you some idea of what it's like to 'function' with CFS, when I'm 'at my best'.
I went to York yesterday to look round the English department, and have a chat with a potential supervisor. That part of the trip went well, and even though there was a 2hr 20min train trip there, I still didn't garble my speech / forget how to talk /collapse in front of the building / pass out in front of said potential supervisor.
The problem started on the way back. I got out of the meeting at twenty past four. I had eaten lunch around one, a chocolate bar around three, and a cup of coffee around five. My train left at 18:41, and was due in at Liverpool at 20:59. For normal people, that'd be fine, a little late, but fine. I told myself that if I felt faint, then there was a food trolley on the way there. But there was a tree on the line in front of Manchester Picadilly. No problem, the announcer said, this will merely be a ten minute delay caused by our not being able to stop in the main Manchester stations. Thirty minutes later and we still had not left Huddersfield. No announcements from the driver, no food trolley, nothing.
With my CFS, talking is usually the first thing to go. I forget words, they scramble in the process of being transmitted from brain to mouth, other people's speech becomes nonsense, that sort of thing. The second thing to go is ability to walk. I'd already had to walk from the train station to King's Manor in York, and I wasn't really having a fantastic day energy wise to begin with – having only had 8 hours sleep. But I managed. I was tired and in pain, but I managed. Now, however, not having eaten properly for hours and hours, I was having difficulty sitting up.
Twenty minutes later, the train was still on the outskirts of Manchester. It had stopped again. There were ten minutes before we were due into Liverpool Lime Street, and – still! – no word from the driver. To be fair to him, he was probably just as clueless as we were, but for the sake of reasons, he's going to be a synecdoche for the train company / English weather.
One hour after the train was due, we finally crawled in to Liverpool Lime Street. As we had left Manchester, the driver – audibly confused and exhausted – read out the new arrival times listlessly, as if he didn't quite believe them either.
So now I was at the station, one hour after I was due to get back to Liverpool, and not having eaten for nine hours. All the shops were shut. I could get a taxi home, but that would be £8, and I had a cripple card giving me free travel. Buses late at night, however, aren't much fun. Especially in a student city. Especially when your brain has got to the point where it can't remember which busses go from the city centre to your street. Especially when you still have to walk for 10 minutes (10 minutes!) from the station to the bus station, only to see it there, and stagger/jog/topple forward in horrible pain before finally, somehow, getting on the bus.
I made it home. The interview went well – I just have to see if AHRC will fund me.
White Van Man and working class representation.
As a former member of the Liberal Democrats, I should be used to disappointment. But the grim inevitability of the sequence of events following Emily Thornberry's tweet rumbled on with such predictability that it was hard not to despair. From the reaction to the initial tweet it was obvious that Thornberry was going to be forced to resign. It was suspected that she had mocked the simple patriotism of our noble working classes, and so off with her head. Miliband's outrage duly followed, and before you can say 'sliding poll ratings', Thornberry had gone and White Van Dan had published his "Danifesto", all thanks to that shining beacon of working class debate, The Sun. It probably won't be long before we see White Van Dan following the lead of that similar pillar of working class intellectualism, Joe The Plumber, and standing for public office on a conservative ticket.
The central problem here is not just that White Van Dan's views are repellent, but that the people who should be his most vocal detractors are silent. After all, he wants to bring back corporal punishment, to close the borders, and holds other such beliefs that, were they to be held by an upper or middle class person, would rightly be examined, debated, and attacked. Instead, because he conforms to a rather crude stereotype of the working class, people feel a need to protect him, by letting him speak unopposed and even by attacking the snobbishness of people who dare oppose him. But this is not a man speaking for himself with the full attention of peers ready to engage in political debate. That would require an equal exchange of views. He is not being listened to by Labour, only nervously humoured, as if he's wandered in off the streets and joined a middle class dinner table.
This is astonishingly patronising, not just to White Van Dan himself, but also to working class people as a whole. The only reason Dan has been allowed to speak, let alone speak unchallenged, to a national audience is that there was the fear on Labour's part that Thornberry had somehow maligned the entirety of the working classes. Indeed, he's not even been allowed to speak unaided. He's been paraded by the tabloids, had his cause discussed by the conservative right, and even been driven to harass Emily Thornberry at her house. It not only gives the impression that the wider press are using a working class person for their own political ends, but also that the majority of political types don't have enough experience with working class people to feel confident enough to challenge his views. There is, in other words, the sneaking fear that we'd better not challenge him because the working classes might actually agree with him.
It was this fear that lead to what, even by Ed Miliband's standards, was the frankly ludicrous position of Miliband being asked as the leader of the opposition what emotion he felt when he saw a white van, and his even more ridiculous answer.
If the political classes fear this is what the working classes are like, then they're even less likely to challenge these voices in future. In fact, they're likely to chase their votes with policies designed around this conception of what the working class wants. It'll be the same populist and xenophobic stuff we've seen above and, when we criticise it, we'll be depicted as out of touch, because this – don't you know? – is what the working classes want. The current attitude to White Van Dan then is not only patronising in its collectivisation of the working classes, but intrinsically erasing of other voices. While white, brash, males are still the deferred-to voice of the working class, everything non-white and non-male in the working class experience will continue to be triply erased; by class, by gender, by race.
This will not do, but it is all but inevitable when the only working class people politicians meet are those who shout the loudest. But the solution is simple enough; we need more working class voices, we need them to be as ubiquitous as middle and upper class voices in the political sphere. Most importantly, we need as wide an array of experiences within those voices as possible.
Only when working class people are common in national matters will we find that they have a plurality of views and come from a variety of backgrounds. It is only then that we will always feel confident enough to speak up, without being afraid that we're damning an entire class by dismissing the view of one man.
nb: this was originally due to be published elsewhere, but a mix up meant that this did not occur, hence the delay in appearing here.
Britain's Tate Collections.
My latest article for The Culture Trip discusses the history of The Tate. I felt a bit odd writing this, as the day I started writing I discovered I been unsuccesful in applying for an internship there. Oh well!


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Once again a Coroner and other media sources have blamed a form of music for teenage depression and suicide without any firm evidence. Leading to headlines like these:
Popular schoolgirl dies in 'emo sucide cult'
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The Daily Mail happy as this "backs" the lies it told back in 2006 shouts:
Roger Sykes, the coroner who recorded a verdict of suicide, found aspects of the youth movement, which began in America, "very disturbing".
He said: "A girl of 13 years old has taken her own life for no reason that by anyone could be found to be justifiable.
"It is a terrible and tragic explanation to what happened. It is not glamorous, just simply a tragic loss of such a young life."
Maidstone Coroners' Court heard that Hannah, of East Peckham, Kent, had lived a double life, outwardly a bright fun-loving family-orientated schoolgirl, but inwardly a devotee of "emo" which stands for emotional.
She had secretly chatted to "emo" followers online all over the world, talking about death and the glamorisation of hanging and speaking about "the black parade" - a place where "emos" believe they go after they die.
She had even scratched her wrists in a form of self-harm often seen as a form of initiation into the popular fashion and lifestyle fad followed by young people who dress in black like their older "Goth" crowd.
On her page on Bebo, the online networking site, she told friends with names like Sam Suicide, that she was obsessed with the American band My Chemical Romance, who hit number one with their last album The Black Parade.
In a tribute book dedicated to Hannah at her school, one of her friends wrote, "I hope you enjoy the black parade", and it emerged another "emo" girl at Hannah's school, Mascalls Secondary School in Paddock Wood, Kent, had tried to kill herself a year ago.
Her mother Heather, a housewife, told the court how she originally thought "emo" was a harmless youth movement.
She said: "She called emo a fashion and I thought it was normal. I didn't know about the cuts. She used to wear Emo bracelets so her wrists were concealed.
"Hannah was just a normal girl. She had loads of friends. She could be a bit moody but I thought it was just because she was a teenager. In the months before she had become obsessed with the internet.
"But there were no signs this was going to happen. She had everything to live for."
Her father Raymond, a martial arts instructor who broke down as he gave evidence, said he had noticed the marks on her wrist.
He said: "We discussed it when I noticed the marks. When I was younger I was a punk and we used to do tattoos and things, but I wasn't angry with her because she promised me she would never do it again.
"Although she was in touch with emos all over the world, particularly in America, she was still in touch with the same girl she always was.
"The night before she died she came into my room and gave me a kiss on the cheek and said 'I love you dad.'"
Vanessa Everett, her headteacher, told the inquest that none of her teachers felt she had any issues.
"She was a popular and bright girl who had achieved merits day in and day out right up until the day of her death," she said.
She said they had been aware of "superficial self-harm" among younger students who had joined the emo clan, but said it was difficult to determine those intent on harming themselves and those using it as "a fashion statement."
What is 'emo'?
Emo, which stands for "emotional, is a youth movement based around dark music, dark clothing and a dark view of the world.
It was pioneered in America and emo followers adhere to a host of cult-like conventions to demonstrate dedication to this new wave of pop music and lifestyle.
The emo brand of music sounds much like indie or rock, but it takes its unique name from the emotional lyrics and melancholy themes.
One of the forerunners of this genre is the band My Chemical Romance from New Jersey, America.
While most fans simply enjoy the music and dress, others take their fascination to a sinister level.
They indulge in self-harming and become obsessed with death and suicide.
Girl, 13, hangs herself after becoming obesssed with 'suicide cult ...
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Suicide CULT !!! This is nonsense of the worst order.
The Sun reveals that:
Her headteacher Vanessa Everett told the inquest other emo pupils had self-harmed. She said it was "probable" Hannah was motivated by the failed suicide of another girl pupil who was also an emo fan... On the night Hannah died she argued with her mum after she was barred from staying at a friend's.
Suicide of Hannah, the secret 'emo'
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So perhaps it was something connected with that argument rather than emo. Mind you the Sun also says she was a Secret Emo which doesn't seem to be true.
In the recent wave of teen suicides in Bridgend only one person involved had any interest in alternative music. Why did the other people there kill themselves exactly? Another one died the same day Hannah's verdict was announced. Perhaps listening to chart music causes suicide, or having normal hair styles? In all those cases the suicide was sudden and out of character.
In fact is far more likely that Hannah and her friend responded to the media's sensationalised reporting of the teenage suicides in Bridgend and killed herself because of that. Unlike blaming emo which as has been pointed out here has never had any study showing there was any increase in suicide or self harm connected to it there are a large numbers of academic studies which link increases in teenage suicides to how the press report them. Why do the press not report these FACTS rather than talking about unsubstantiated and unproven allegations?
And remember these ideas linking Emos to self harm and suicide are frequently used to justify attacks on Emos as in Mexico.
Meanwhile in an example of decent reporting The Times actually looks at the wider context. Why can't the rest of the media be similarly responsible?
All this darkness and introspection can seem alarming to parents who drop in and see what looks like a glorification of unhappiness, but most online emo hangouts reveal little that's different from run-of-the-mill teen angst. In a feature published previously in The Times, Andy Greenwald found that emo bands and their fans were unexpectedly clean living. "I could not have picked a duller genre in terms of spending time on tour buses and not being able to get a beer," he said. "These guys don't drink or smoke or do drugs. They like comics and video games and art. And the kids 'hang out' in MySpace. If you live in the suburbs and don't have a car, here is this place where life goes on 24/7 and you are plugged into a community immediately, and you have the freedom online to have a second, heroic version of yourself."
When a young person commits suicide, there is of course an understandable urge to find someone or something to blame, but today's emo forums don't differ all that much from non-emo forums. One discussion group at EmoCorner.com does include the alarming topic heading of "Cutting… is it worth it?", referring to the habit of self-harm which some have associated with emo culture, but the resounding reply from the online community is: "Don't do it. Seek help" – but expressed a little more robustly.
Much more common are questions about being a better emo. Discussions centre around the clothes to wear, the mannerisms to adopt and the music to love or hate – even, rather touchingly, whether it's OK for straight emo boys to kiss each other (the answer seems to be yes). Plenty more words are spent rubbishing bands deemed to have jeopardised their credibility, but emo groups generally seem to be far more accommodating and peaceable than the rival teen tribes that line up against them, crashing online forums to attack their dress sense and taste in music.
Even in their more emotionally charged moments, the emo forums seem to have more to do with adolescent self-dramatisation than anything more sinister. In any case, most psychologists suggest that expressing feelings of angst or depression is healthier than bottling them up.
Emo culture is, if anything, a celebration of the unbottling of angst. It may not be all that appealing to an outsider, but it is probably not too different from many adolescents' playground conversations. Ultimately, reactions to the emo web culture will probably depend on the preconceptions of the observer: those who find young people frightening and incomprehensible will find it frightening and incomprehensible, while others will see nothing more or less remarkable than a group of like-minded teenagers trying out an identity as they struggle their way into adulthood.
Emo on the web: exploring a subculture
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Likewise NME reports that EMO fans (who remember number in the hundreds of thousands) deny the nonsense.
- Emo fans defend their music against suicide claims | News | NME.COM
Emo fans have contacted NME.COM to defend their music against claims it inspired 13 year-old Hannah Bond to commit suicide.
Punk news tells it like it is:
Emo blamed in suicide of 13-year old

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GASPÉ, gäs'pā', Philip Aubert de, Canadian author: b. Quebec, 30 Oct. 1786; d. there, 29 Jan. 1871. A lawyer, afterward sheriff, he became involved in debt for which he was imprisoned four years; and when released, secluded himself on his estate of Saint Jean Port-Joli. His 'Old-Time Canadians' (1863), and his 'Memoirs' (1866), treat of Canadian traditions and folklore, and were written in French. The former was perhaps the most popular book ever published in the province of Quebec. English translations have been made by Mrs. Pennie and G. C. D. Roberts.


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My report this month might be a bit vague, with the first proud addition to our family, Kevin Walmsley (weighing in at an impressive 4.22kg) responsible for many a sleepless night and a lot less fishing over the last month.
However, I have still managed to get out on the water on the odd occasion and have been keeping my ear to the ground.
The mullet netters have been operating in earnest on Kirra Beach in front of my restaurant and this usually signals the start of the sea-run bream which follow soon after.
July is generally when we start to target the bream in earnest on the Tweed and fishos can be seen catching them throughout the system. Any of the coffee rock reefs in the river mouth area produce the best quality fish.
The standard plastic-rigged jig head combinations will account for good numbers of bream fished deep, while whole herring, mullet fillets and chook gut work well for the bait anglers.
Deep diving hard-bodied lures fished tight up against the rock walls have been scoring some quality fish. Be warned, this is sudden-death fishing and can be fairly costly when you get done over by the odd snodger bream.
Deep-diving Lucky Craft Cra Peas and Jackal1 Chubbies have been the pick of the lures.
It is imperative to retrieve the lure down the face of the rock, bumping the lure's bib into the rocks at the start of the retrieve. Once the fish hits, pile on the pressure to get the bream away from the line-shredding structure. It's good adrenaline-pumping fun when they are up feeding against the rocks.
Tailor should be in full swing in the river this month and early mornings and late afternoon sessions should see you in with a chance. They move up and down throughout the system but the majority of the numbers are from the river mouth to Barneys Point Bridge in the Tweed Arm of the river and from the mouth to the highway bridge in the Terranora Arm.
When they are chewing they will eat anything from a plastic to a yabby so it's basically a case of being in the right place at the right time.
On the odd occasion at the river mouth on the start of the run-in tide there have been massive schools of tailor smashing into the bait, with every cast bringing a fish.
It helps to keep an eye on the bar. When it is really flat, the river mouth area fishes well for them but if it is rough, fishing it shuts some of the fish down.
I recently took delivery of my new Lewis Typhoon boat and although I purchased it as a bream tournament platform with offshore capabilities, I have hardly used it in the river and most trips have been through the bar chasing fish on the inshore reefs.
The fishing has been top quality with more and more keen fishos starting to use plastics and metal lures instead of bait. Snapper, spangled emperor, kingfish and the odd GT have all been on the cards and I expect this action to pick up even more into July.
The only drawback is how cold one gets during the run out on an open boat in the early hours of the morning. All my mates reckon that if I went a bit slower I wouldn't get so cold!
The wider grounds have also been producing impressive numbers and quality of fish with the charter boys keeping the punters happy with good numbers of reefies. Pearlies, pigfish, amberjack, kingies and snapper should continue to make up the majority of the catches on the wider grounds.
If you see someone tearing around the Tweed with a baby chair on the back of his boat then come over and say g'day!Reads: 1026


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Blog - Category: Food
Today, we are introducing the third and last color-coded food group--pink. Just like the purple and black colored foods we introduced in our past journals, pink-colored foods are also loaded with health-promoting compounds.
Today, we are introducing the second color-coded food group--black. As researches have indicated, many black-colored foods can be loaded with health-promoting compounds.
"My child is a picky eater."--this is perhaps one of the most common statements we make about our kids.
With picky kids, busy mornings and hectic life schedules, sometimes it can be hard to think outside of the (lunch) box.
I am sure I am not alone in this - struggling to create healthy, yummy, and easy-to-pack school lunches for our kids.
My day usually starts with packing lunches. I'm sure it's a similar scene in any household with kids. Nothing makes me happier seeing empty containers come back from school.
For many parents, including myself, school lunches can be a little daunting--what to pack each day, deciding between a warm lunch or cold, not wanting to spend too much money if it's going


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The Night Grady Little Destroyed Byung-Hyun Kim
As a Red Sox fan, I will confess to having my pets. Amongst my friends, I catch a lot of heat for this. As it relates to the current edition of the Sox, I have been accused of being a J.D. Drew "apologist" and heck, maybe I am. I loved Mark Bellhorn (remember, he was actually booed in Fenway Park during Games 4 and 5 of the 2004 ALCS). Heck, I was clamoring from the hilltops for Roberto freaking Petagine to be given an honest-to-goodness chance as Kevin Millar lumbered through his hangover 2005 season. Petagine, who was given just 36 plate appearances for the big club in 2005, hit .327/.452/.635 for Pawtucket that season while Millar hit .272/.355/.399 for Boston. Newly acquired John Olerud rendered Petagine useless down the stretch in 2005 as far as Terry Francona was concerned.
Another such player was Byung-Hyun Kim, a guy I could not have been happier to root for after Boston acquired him on May 29, 2003, especially given that he was traded for the likes of Shea Hillenbrand. The addition of Kim paid immediate and season-long dividends for the Red Sox. He was phenomenal, as shown below.
IP SO BB H WHIP ERA ERA+ Kim 79.3 69 18 70 1.11 3.18 147
And yet, as good as he was for the Sox in 2003, here is how he is remembered around these parts:
This shot was taken before Game 3 of the 2003 ALDS. Keep in mind the above numbers. You might also consider that from September 1 on in 2003, Kim had allowed opponents a batting line of .136/.208/.182. He had been tremendous down the stretch. And yet, he was crushed by the home fans when his name was announced. Why? A fanbase already weary of a player who had failed so famously at Yankee Stadium, remembered his four Blown Saves during 2003 better than they did his stellar performance on the whole for the season. Moreover, he was tagged with a Blown Save in Game One of the series and Boston returned home on the brink of elimination, down 2-0 to a powerful Oakland Athletics squad.
So what happened in Game One? Staked to a one-run lead heading into the bottom of the ninth, Little hands Kim the ball to nail the win down. He promptly induces a Ramon Hernandez fly-out before walking Billy McMillon and hitting Chris Singleton. With men on first and second, he then strikes out Mark Ellis. With two outs, two men on and his best relief pitcher on the hill, what does Grady do? He pulls Kim in favor of Alan Embree with lefties Erubiel Durazo and Eric Chavez set to hit.
Here's what Little might have considered; Embree that season yielded a .696 OPS against lefties, compared to Kim's .664. Further, Kim had been Boston's Closer and had just struck out Ellis! With one out remaining and a one-run lead in the ninth, Grady opts for Embree, who promptly gives up a single to Durazo which plates the game tying run. Because the run is charged to Kim, he gets the Blown Save. Oakland wins in the twelfth.
Of course after losing Game 2, a feisty (and dare I say a tinge racist) Boston crowd greets Kim for Game 3 with a chorus of boos. Grady capitulates and fails to use him for the remainder of the post-season. Yes, the very same Grady Little who would leave Pedro Martinez in the game too long in Game 7 of the ALCS just 12 days later.
Kim would never be the same after 2003, his age 24 season.
"a tinge racist" - understatement of the year.
Nice article Pat. Grady Little is a dope.
Actually, since Embree would have been credited with a save had he gotten Durazo out, it was Embree who was credited with a blown save. Kim actually was credited with a hold even though he was credited with the tying run, at least according to:
Not a bad article, but, to be honest, you barely scratched the surface on how Grady Little destroyed Byung-Hyun Kim's career. While that one instance you mentioned may have done the most damage to Kim mentally, Little also destroyed Kim physically. If you look at the number of pitches Little left Kim out there to throw per appearance that season and the number of days he used him in a row down the stretch, it's clear that Little abused Kim's arm as well as his psyche. I believe Seth Mnookin covers it pretty extensively in 'Feeding the Monster'.
Good point, SoCalTwins fan. Thank you.
And that's a nice contribution, Pawtucket Pat.
Thank you! Thank you for mentioning this. Grady Little was an abject moron in his handling of pitchers. He burnt Kim out then made the odd pitching change you highlight. Apparently Little didn't even know that Embree had generally had a reverse platoon split in his career.
As for the "tinge racist" thing. If Kim had been blond, blue eyed and traced his relatives back to the Mayflower, it wouldn't have mattered. The idiot portion of the Boston media, the columnists and radio station WEEI, had it in for Kim from the start because he was seen as weak agains the yankees. Every other closer would do fine if asked to throw 50 pitches on consecutive nights against the defending champions in a world series game. That Kim just can't be trusted! I'm sure there were some nasty remarks made. I was there in standing room up behind home plate but didn't hear anything other than boos. But, at a certain point, the particular words used for vitriol are just dependent upon the identity of the target and not necessarily indicative of an underlying disregard for anyone of that background.
"Apologist" means "defender," and has no negative connotations. Think of Socrates's "Apology," his defense speech, in which he apologized for nothing.
Thanks for the article, though - I've only been hearing Kim's name used as a punchline for years and had forgotten he used to be good.
You've touched on some controversial points here. Yes, Little did wreck Kim as pointed out by SCtwins fan. The other issue is the racism. Now I'd consider myself the most die hard of Sox fans, however racism has been inherent within the fan base for this club for waaay too long. There are many instances in which it seems to rear its ugly head more than at other clubs.
For me, Grady's idiocy regarding his pitchers was made plain on 5/28/03, when in a tie game in the 9th at Yankee Stadium, and after a Matsui double, he had Brandon Lyon intentionally walk Soriano and Giambi in order to pitch to Jorge Posada...Posada with the .405 OBP that year. Natually, he drew a walk and that was that. Perhaps Little was under the impression that walks were unpredictable acts of god, like lightning, instead of a skill at which some hitters excel.
That's the moment I wanted him gone. I didn't have to wait for Game 7.
I think one could argue that Bob Brenly had a hand in "wrecking" Kim. His useage in the 2001 WS was borderline criminal. I remember watching (Yanks fan) and being dumbfounded at how long he left him in after Tino's HR, and then at him being brought back the very next game.
Did Little's useage of him in the playoffs that year wreck his confidence? Maybe, but if his confidence wasn't shot after what happened to him in the 2001 WS, I dunno. I think it's even more likely that Brenly, Little (and maybe others) worked his arm off.
The idea that one specific outing that did not lead to an injury ruined a pitcher's career seems implausible to me.
Kim's K/IP ratio was declining for years starting long before Grady Little was his manager. It has stablized in recent years, but now his BB/IP ratio has declined dramatically.
Kim did pitch a huge number of innings and throw a huge number of pitches for a reliever in 2003, so arm fatigue seems plausible to explain a lousy 2004. Also, Grady Little definitely acted like a buffoon to not use Kim for the rest of the post-season.
I agree that it's implausible. The title of this post is more a literary device than reflective of my belief.
But there are three truths.
1) Kim was 24, great for the Red Sox in 2003 and very good in his career up to that point.
2) His 2003 ended ignominiously to say the least that season. An irresponsible yank by Grady, flipping off the Fenway crowd, never appearing again that season.
3) He was never again a consistently good pitcher.
After injuries to Prinz and Mantei, Kim pretty much WAS the bullpen in 2001.


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Posting late again, I seem to be concentrating on work too much in my final few weeks before starting maternity leave instead of blogging. But we did have a wonderful Easter weekend down at my folks' in Milford seeing my sisters and baby Asher and eating SO much food, I think I am still full from it all. We (and when I say "we", I mean "I") decided to continue taking pictures of us sisters at various stages of pregnancy/motherhood following on from a photo from a Living Arrows post back in January.
There's me at 36 weeks with 2.5 year old Betsy (and her beloved train simulator on the Kindle), Becky and eight week old Asher and in the middle Julia who is 13 weeks preggo! Such exciting times. Christmas down south this year is going to be super awesome crazy!


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Welcome to the latest issue of the VFE newsletter and my first as CEO. I am delighted to be part of such a fantastic business, with highly motivated people and a one-stop-shop of products and services for the full spectrum of pumps, autoclaves and furnaces.
I have extensive experience in bespoke service delivery for major brands, from Aston Martin to Brush Electrical Machines, and I am inspired by VFE's commitment to be the best in this exciting industry. Together, we will aim for the highest standards in customer responsiveness, technical expertise, knowledge and excellence.
Indeed, I recognise our people as our most valuable resource, from project managers to field service engineers, and I want to grow that resource. That's why we are investing in a brand new training facility, both for employees and customers (see page 3 for more details).
Looking ahead to next year, we will be holding our first Customer Symposium in Q.2 2018. This will give you the opportunity to meet our team and see how we've listened and learned from what you've told us in face-to-face feedback and in your responses to our customer survey. Because at VFE, your needs will always be our driving force and focus.
I look forward to meeting you.
David Byrne | CEO, VFE


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Minister of Industry and Mining Youcef Yousfi took part Wednesday, in Tokyo, alongside Japanese senior officials, in an Algerian-Japanese economic seminar, said a ministerial communiqué.
On the sidelines of this meeting, which recorded the participation of about one hundred Japanese companies and about thirty Algerian operators, the Minister met with Mr. Kenji Yamada, Deputy Parliamentary Minister to the Japanese Minister of Finance. Mr. Hirofumi Takinami, Deputy Minister to the Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry.
The talks with these two officials focused on bilateral cooperation in the fields of industry and mining, according to the same source.
The Minister also met with Mr. Hirano Katsumi, Vice President of the Japan Foreign Trade Agency, with whom he discussed the role that this organization could play in raising awareness and supporting Japanese companies wishing to invest in Algeria.
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Qawwali Singer
Sufi mystic
Pakistani Famous Qawwal
Member of Sabri Brothers
While Singing Qawwali
BiographyGhulam Farid was born in Rohtak a village in Indian Punjab, back in 1930.His family belongs to the Sabriyya order of Sufism, which is why he has the surname Sabri.He was migrated to Karachi after Partition. He began training in qawwali under his father Inayat Sabri, who was also a renowned musician.Ghulam Farhid Sabri was a legendary Qawwal singer, and a member of the Sabri Brothers group, led by him and his brother Maqbool Ahmed Sabri. After his death, his son Amjad Farid Sabri took over the family tradition until his own death in 22 June 2016.[1] Biography
CareerThe qawwal was just 16 when he delivered his first performance, at the urs of Mubarak Shah in Kalyana, India. After relocating to Karachi, Ghulam Farid and his brother Maqbool got together and soon came to be known as the acclaimed Sabri brothers who introduced a new, raw side of qawwali in Pakistan.Their careers took off soon after Ghulam Farid released his 1958 qawwali Mera Koi Nahin Hai Tere Siwa. Thereafter, the duo delivered success after success, with qawwalis such as Sarela Makan Se Talab Hui, Bhardo Jholi Meri, Saqia aur Pila and Tajdar-e-Haram, amongst many others.[2] Career
Sabri BrothersGhulam Farid Sabri was one of the most versatile Qawwali singers of modern times and, as one of the Sabri Brothers, the first to bring this devotional music, invented by medieval Sufi poets and mystics, to audiences in the West. With his younger brother, Maqbool, he composed and performed several Indian and Pakistani film scores in the Qawwali style, had recorded hits and began the poetic embassies from the subcontinent to the expatriate Indo- Pakistani populations of the United States and Britain.
Tajdaar-e-HaramThough the repertoire of the Sabri brothers was substantially devotional and one of their biggest recorded hits was 'Tajdaar-e- haram' ('King of Medina'); a hymn to Muhammad, it included love lyrics and Qawwalis which could be construed as Sufi defiance of orthodoxy.[3] Tajdaar-e-Haram
Golden EraThe Sabri brothers formed the golden era of qawwali in Pakistan. Even today, some of our villages have a tradition to start their day by listening to the voice of Ghulam Farid Sabri," folk singer Shoukat Ali told The Express Tribune. Time passes and we forget those who have passed away too. But that's not the case with Ghulam Farid…people are still listening to Tajdar-e-Haram. He was truly one of a kind and will be missed forever.
Sher Ali and Meher AliAnother renowned qawwal duo, Sher Ali and Meher Ali, claimed that the very history of qawwali in Pakistan kick started with the Sabri brothers. "There may be many people who listen to or sing qawwali but its true followers will know that only three names matter in the genre: Ghulam Farid Sabri, Nusrat Fate Ali Khan and Sher Ali and Meher Ali," they said, jointly. "Amongst us, Ghulam Farid was the most popular as he introduced qawwali in Pakistan. After him, Amjad was taking his music further but he was also martyred. We salute the services the Sabri family had made to qawwali," they added.
Introduction of qawwaliMusician Mohsin Raza echoed similar sentiments. "It wasn't just Pakistan Ghulam Farid introduced qawwali to but the rest of the world too. He was just as popular abroad as he was in Pakistan and his style was unique and impressive, hesaid. "Such greatness comes once in centuries and his work will remain an asset to Pakistan forever."
Famous QawwalisMera Koi Nahin Hai Tere Siwa, Bhardo Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad and Taajdar-e-Haram, are some of their most acclaimed qawwalis.[4] Famous Qawwalis The Sabri brothers sang in every language available to Qawwali, from the traditional Urdu to Persian, Poorbi, Punjabi and Sindhi.
DeathGhulam Farid Sabri died on 5 April 1994 in Liaquatabad, Karachi following a massive heart attack.The night before he died, Sabri was discussing a tour of Germany later this year. His appearances in Britain and the United States set a pattern and began to build an audience for what has now come to be known as 'World Music'. Following the Sabris to London and the US came other Pakistani Qawwals, the most famous of whom is Nusrat Fatch Ali Khan.Haji Ghulam Farid leaves behind him five sons, six daughters and a legacy to an art that he assisted in making international.His funeral was attended by approximately 40,000 mourners.
List of Qawwalis
- Mera Koi Nahi Hai Tere Siva (Rehman Ramdan)
- Bhar Do Jholi Meri Ya Muhammad
- Mera Koi Nahi Hai
- Phir Dikha De Haram
- Savere Savere – Live Version
- Balaghal Ulla Be Kamale Hi
- Ban Gayi Baat
- Bhar Do Jholi Meri
- Jis Ne Madine Jana
- Saqia Aur Pila
- Bar Sabil E Dil Farsi
- Kash Yeh Dua Meri
- Khasa E Khasane Rasool
- Ramzan Aa Gaya
- Rok Leti Hain Aap Ki Nisbat
- Karam Mangta Hoon
- Mein Qabar Andheri Mein
- Tauba Qabool Ho Meri
- Ya Rab Meri Soi Hui Taqdeer
- Ajmeer Ke Wali
- Kaabe Ki Raunaq
- Kaisa Lage Ga
- Mere Liye Har Gulshan E Rangeen
- Sare Lamakan Se Talab
- Savere Savere
- Tajdar e Haram
- Allah Hoo
- Karam Karam Gharib Nawaz
- Karam Yeh Mujh Pe Hamesha
- Khabram Rasida (Farsi)
- Salle Alla Subhan Allah
- Taiba Ke Janey Waley
- Ya Ali Maula Ali Mushkil Kasha
- Kaabe Ki Raunaq – 2nd Version
- Lal Meri Pat Rakhiyo Bhala
- Sakhi Lajpal Ho Sarkar
- Tajdar-E-Haram Ho Nigha-E-Karam
- Deewana Deewana Khawaja Ka
- Haleema Gaud Mein Teri
- Allah Allah Allah
- Andhere Ke Dil Main Chirag-e-Mohabbat
- Main Nazar Karo Jaan-e-Jigar
- Touloh-e-Seher Hau Sham-E-Galander
- Sare La-Makaan Se
- Ya Muhammad SAW
- Dua
- Ya Mustafa
- Meri Tauba Qabool
- Morey Angna
- Ya Muhammad Noor-e-Mujasam
- Utho Rindo Piyo Jaam-e-Qalandar[5] List of Qawwalis


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Before turning to the topic of vegan foods that heal kidney disease, I would like to address some key background issues such as oxidations, antioxidants and free radicals. I will begin by defining some of these terms:
Oxidation is the physiological process that involves multiple chemical reactions that then result in the production of energy that's required for everything that is going on in the body. Without oxidation, there can be no life. However, disproportionate amounts of oxidation of fats, fatty acids and cholesterol generates harmful free radicals which are molecules that breakdown proteins, destroy the delicate membranes of cells and damage genes.
As I've mentioned, free radicals are harmful molecules that cause enough damage in the body to result in chronic and degenerative medical conditions such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, cataracts, a wide range of inflammations and many other diseases including chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Antioxidants are nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and enzymes that are present is various food groups that have the ability to counteract or neutralize the excessive oxidation process that creates harmful free radicals.
Time and time again, research shows that the foods which are rich in antioxidants protect the body against free radicals and, therefore, prevent the onset of the above mention medical conditions as well as help reverse them.
In cases of kidney disease and patients who are on dialysis, renal dietitians advise the following kidney-friendly foods which are actually all plant-based. Thus, here are just some of the many vegan foods that heal kidney disease because they all have low sodium content while having high levels of potassium, phosphorus, essential vitamins and minerals and, of course, antioxidants to fight free radicals and other:
Green Cabbage
Olive Oil
Onions (white, brown, red or green)
Red Bell Peppers
Red Grapes
Whether you are interested in learning about vegan foods that heal kidney disease or you are just interested in them for general health purposes, I suggest that you take a close look at Hanna Getty's Vegan Diet & Animal-Free Lifestyle – A Journey Into Veganism as well as her Smoothie Recipes for Weight Loss: The Daily Diet, Cleanse & Green Smoothie Detox Book. Both of these are available for quick and easy download at Amazon.com.
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Thought I'd share a couple of book recommendations written last year. These were published in Paper Magazine's first issue.
SUM by David Eagleman
If traditional views on the hereafter leave you cold, if you believe you're meant for more than worm fodder, or if fountains of milk and honey don't really grab you, then step right this way, for David Eagleman has an afterlife for you that will not disappoint. Sum is a collection of forty short stories, each a re-imagining of what happens after you've been excused from life as you currently live it. What if one was reborn to discover that life had to be relived, only in reverse? What if you died and were given the option for another shot, with the ability to ask for just one thing to be different? What if God turns out to be even better than they said, but no one is prepared to accept a version different from their religious beliefs? This odd and provocative little volume will keep you enthralled and wanting more.
Eagleman, a neuroscientist in addition to being a writer, has brought this rather morbid topic into the realm of the fantastical with a twisted sense of humour and a lot of ingenuity. This imaginative and insightful book has won fans across the world, including Philip Pullman, Stephen Fry and Alexander McCall Smith.
Best devoured in greedy little bites, with thoughtful mastication to follow.
As Time Magazine puts it – "Read Sum and be amazed. Reread it and be reamazed."
The City & The City by China Miéville
China Miéville's intelligent and highly original volume begs to be compared with Kafka and Orwell, in that it creates a nightmarishly bizarre vision of a totalitarian dystopia fraught with a maddening bureaucratic framework, sure to engage fans of either author.
Initially it appears to be set in a perfectly acceptable fictional city, culturally reminiscent of south eastern Europe, with its mix of Balkan refugees and some Germanic and Slavic language thrown in for good measure. Told from the perspective of a police officer, this could be an otherwise believable detective story, with all the fixings of murder and conspiracy. However, it soon becomes apparent that the city of Beszel has an unconventional and extraordinarily intimate relationship with the city of Ul Qoma, which is not a neighbouring city, as one would rush to imagine, but in fact exists in the same physical space as the former. Citizens of each place are psychologically conditioned to 'unsee' anything that doesn't belong in the city they call their own for fear of the secret police. Now add a city-less murder victim and some power politics and you have a truly different animal. (Yikes! If you're already perplexed you may want to give it a miss, but if you're a fan of the quirky and ready to tangle with this new 'urban surrealist' genre, you won't find a better story than this to do so).
It's hard to escape the parable that we all choose to 'unsee' the parts of reality we don't want to acknowledge or accept, but Miéville follows through with his page-turning detective story rather than flouting our demons in our faces too obviously. So take a leap and try out, what Neil Gaiman calls, 'the fiction of the new century'.
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Since I moved to the UK I have had to cook far more regularly than ever before. Prior to this my only kitchen experience was in 'Food & Nutrition' class during school days (a long, long time ago) and some dabbling while in graduate school. Fortunately, I have access to a brilliant panel of cooks, my mom, aunts and cousins, who pass on their recipes to me and other displaced family members across the world.
These are recipes passed around orally and usually with vague instructions regarding quantities and methodology i.e. 'just enough chilli powder', 'wait until it's cooking happily'. I have attempted to put some of them in writing, on scraps of paper littered about the house, and keep planning to make little recipe cards to print out and laminate for easy reference in the kitchen.
Since I have the first 4 recipes down, after much procrastination, I thought I'd share them here. Do experiment and adjust to taste as you go, as there are no hard and fast rules with these and every household seems to create its own unique flavour, which is kinda cool. At the bottom I've placed a link to a downloadable PDF file so you can print out all four on a sheet of A4 paper, cut and laminate for easy reference in the kitchen.
Download A4 sized PDF of all four recipes here.
I can be pretty vague myself, so if you find anything that needs clarification or correction, do let me know. And if you end up with variations of you own do share!
This post goes out dedicated to my wonderful mother Fauzia, my forever young aunt Shaz and my beautiful Maasi (who's cooking will remain unmatched). Love you!
A couple of weeks ago I was tap-tap-tapping away in my little 'studio' when suddenly the lovely birdsong that accompanies the rhythm of our lives morphed into a shrieking cacophony more suited to a certain Hitchcock film. It felt as if every bird in the sky had realized the end was nigh and begun screaming in unison. Lily and I jumped and ran to the back door to the garden, not really sure what was going on. I pulled open the door, Lily at my heels, and we were both suddenly frozen as we saw on the ground right in front of us a sparrowhawk, wings surrounding its prey and with another little fluffy body of a recently fledged starling nearby. It looked at me with that eye (oh, that eye!) and I was completely hypnotized – had I been a fluffy bunny that would have been the end of me I expect.
After what seemed like a while, though I expect was barely a couple of seconds, the bird took off and Lily sprung into action towards the spot where the sparrowhawk had been. I yelled at her to get away and she took off towards the end of the garden leaving me at the scene. Looking at the patch of grass vacated by the predator I saw the second of the little starlings get up and lurch, bloodied and spurting red, towards the cover of a nearby hedge where it collapsed and died. As I stood there, completely horror-struck by the whole episode, I may have let out a little scream myself (okay, okay – so am lily-livered city girl…*blush*).
Of course I could do nothing but fret until the man of the wilds came home and 'dealt with it,' admonishing me for having interrupted the female sparrowhawk (of course he knew it was) sorting out a meal for her little fledgelings back in the nest. To rub it in, he pointed out that she'd probably have to go 'off' a few more starling chicks in order to feed her family, the death of these little ones having been in vain (though he did leave them for cat/fox by the fence and, sure enough, just a tuft of feathers by the morning).
So I failed. My first encounter with Nature in her fiery glory and I played stupid rabbit *sigh*.Will now have to sit through a lot more Attenborough on Eden to compensate. But, at least I made a cool sparrowhawk picture to illustrate since I wasn't really quick or calm enough to take a photograph. The feather textures are actually from a photo I took of a pair of duckies by the river, tee hee. Hope you like it.
And if you enjoyed my tale of woe – here's another on the topic by Derek Neimann in the Guardian, also taking place in Bedfordshire.
It's been almost a year (a very well documented year) since we were graced by the presence of our very own resident superstar – Lily. She's going to be a regular feature here so I thought we'd start at the beginning – these are from her first week with her new people.
It is hard to believe that when we brought her home she was a very sick puppy. The previous owners did not tell us about her condition and so we were pretty blind sided. She was unable to poop and when she tried, it was just blood, mucus and the vilest odour (sorry if that grossed out anyone). Multiple visits to the vet were inconclusive and alarming – they said it could be Parvo, or some other infection – in any case they didn't hold out much hope for her.
But in spite of everything else she never lost her spunky spirit, which is how we knew that she'd be just fine with some care and attention. Being the keen 'googler' that I am, I found a number of people online who had dogs facing similar issues, and in most of those cases it was a particularly nasty type of worm. It turned out that she hadn't been wormed properly and so that was step one. Her food also didn't seem to suit her, so we switched her to home cooked meals and alternated food ingredients till we isolated white rice as being particularly upsetting to her system. She couldn't eat more than a tablespoon at a time so she had to be fed at regular intervals.
Eventually though, she recovered and is as fit and boisterous as they come and now eats everything you put in front of her. She's also a bit of a ho, soliciting attention from everyone that passes by the house and is well known and loved by all the neighbourhood, and it isn't unusual to find all manner of people leaning over the fence cooing over and coddling her at any given time.
Best loved of the British garden birds, the robin is truly a delight to watch. Their distinctive little hops, shameless posing on twigs and branches and round little silhouettes makes them a favourite for people everywhere. A pair have decided to call one of our nesting boxes home and have had two chicks that are now finding their feet on the little patio we have set up for bird-kind. Both parents are very hands on (wings on?) with the care and feeding and the little fellows are quite demanding.
The wonders of the English country garden do not cease with the bird life. We have seen many other critters come and go over the last year including, but not limited to, a fox, a hedgehog family and various cats in search of a tender morsel or two. Aside from the little birds we had some ducks drop in and I had a close encounter with a sparrow hawk, which I have no photos of unfortunately (mostly because once it fixed its eye on me I found myself unable to move – more prey than predator in me I suppose).
Some of these comings and goings were documented, I hope you enjoy them:
A Mallard – Lily was desperate to have a go at duck hunt, but had to watch from afar.
The Incredible Mr.Fox – since we got Lily last year we have had to stop encouraging this nightly visitor in case of an encounter, but he was a pleasure to watch.
Mr. & Mrs. Hedgehog would come by around dusk every night for a plate of cat-food. Contrary to popular belief, feeding them bread and milk is not a good idea as it makes the little critters very ill.
And where there are fluffy little fledgelings, there is a a hopeful cat waiting by the bird feeder for a little smackerel of something. This one has had to be chased off a few times, but often we'd see him hiding in the nearby bushes anyway….hope springs eternal.
Named 'Shooshoo' after failing to respond to that command repeatedly, this cat is a regular in our neighbourhood and always ready for a cuddle. A neighbour was smart enough to bell her as she is quite the avid tree climber/bird killer herself.
Lily now keeps the yard free of predatory cats, but occasionally decides to pull a predation herself (ref. The Pigeon Caper).
I love, love, love this chair from Bojka, a Beirut based company run by Hoda Baroudi and Maria Hibri. And I so wish I were a little more handy, the man is still holding on to the couches he bought twenty years ago, how I'd love to do them over!
'Shabby chic' has become its own little style I suppose, but just looking around, it seems a fine line between whimsically quaint and 'tat', as the man would describe it. I see some similar items in the UK online stores, but so far haven't really been impressed by any that don't carry a price tag to rival our mortgage (as is the case with most things here). And somehow, maybe its the desi in me, but I just don't feel some of these price tags (i.e.£3,000 for a similar chair in London) are worth it for something that you should be able to drag out of the closet and make a labour of love out of for yourself. Hmm….


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Klinika closure: Prague's poets protest – statements by Jáchym Topol and Adam Borzič
We would like to raise your awareness to current happenings and a heated debate in Prague where the social and cultural centre Klinika is threatened with closure. Authorities refused to extend their lease of an old building that once was a sanatorium for consumptives. Over the last year the Klinika activist group breathed new life into the old premises by organising cultural events and providing aid for homeless people, migrants and refugees, supported by many volunteers. In the last days and weeks hundreds and thousands of Prague's citizens spoke out against the closure in demonstrations and events organised to support the centre.
More than 30 Czech writers wrote an open letter to support Klinika, among them many poets, e.g. Jáchym Topol and Jonáš Hájek. They organised readings to support the centre. We think that support and solidarity for Klinika is important also beyond Prague and the Czech Republic so we hope this reaches out to many people and places. We are happy that the poets Jáchym Topol and Adam Borzič wrote us some lines about their thoughts and the situation which we can post here in English thanks to @olga_pek.
The poets' statements:
The Klinika Autonomous Social Centre in Prague is a centre of volunteer help on many levels – from regular shipments of clothes and necessities to refugees and the Zdrojovna ("Sourcing Room") freeshop, to a homeless kitchen, pre-school kids centre, foreign language school (including Czech as a foreign language) as well as a cultural hub (hosting readings and lectures). It came into being about a year ago, in an outstanding feat of public involvement across the Czech society. Klinika is run exclusively on the basis to civic cooperation and volunteering, with no financial donations or grants either from the state or private companies. While in state ownership, the premises of the former clinic have been dilapidating for many years before the Klinika collective managed to breath a new life into it. Since then it has become the symbolic lungs and heart of the Czech civic society.
Now, after a year of exemplary functioning, during which Klinika successfully won the support of the majority of publicly involved citizens, the state authorities have refused to extend Klinika's lease contract, citing several bureaucratic obstacles. This comes only a few weeks after an attack by right-wing extremists on Klinika, which took place on the same day that saw demonstrations in Prague both for and against migration. It is precisely as a symbol of the civic society extending help to refugees that Klinika became a target of the ultra-right-wing hooligans.
Many NGO's and individuals, including those coming from the progressive part of the political representation, have pledged their support to Klinika. Over 30 Czech writers have expressed their support for Klinika in an open letter, many of them well-known poets and authors of fiction. Despite that, the Autonomous centre has been called upon to evacuate the premises. The collective decided to occupy the space and is now trying to negotiate with the authorities.
It seems obvious that the attack on Klinika, launched by the state authorities, is politically motivated and serves especially those who peddle xenophobic and fascist inclinations and populism. Clearly, Klinika seems bothersome because it stands for a non-market, humanistic and communitarian approach to life. This is one of the reasons why many of us, Czech poets, support the Autonomous centre.
Adam Borzič
Having worked for a year in order to foster conditions where local culture and refugee help would blossom, the volunteers from Klinika centre were attacked by a fascist commando.
The public officers who now refuse to arrange the legal adjustments necessary for Klinika to keep working not only harm a good cause, but also in fact assist in moving the Czech Republic further to the East, somewhere into the "Putinzone" and in close proximity of attempts at a total control of the society.
Jáchym Topol
This video was shot by Ondřej Mazura at a Klinika event last weekend and shows a reading of poet Adam Borzič in the occupied building.
We at lyrikline and Literaturwerkstatt Berlin (Haus für Poesie) support Klinika and hope they will be able to continue their humanitarian and cultural work for a tolerant society. We wish all the protesters who stand united perseverance and, finally, success!
We ask for your solidarity, for example by spreading the news or signing the petiton (see below).
Further links:
Online Petition against the closure
Klinika on Facebook in Czech and in English
renshi.eu – A European Dialogue in Verse
We are happy to end our summer slump on this blog with the presentation of a very unique project which was published on lyrikline.org today. From January to April 2012, poets from all 27 countries of the European Union and the accession country Croatia wrote a chain poem or, as we call it, Renshi to Europe, for the Berlin Poetry Festival.
The picture above shows all poets who took part: l.t.r. Martin Solotruk (Slovakia), Gabrielė Labanauskaitė (Lithuania), Olga Ravn (Denmark), Claudia Gauci (Malta), Jen Hadfield (United Kingdom), Zoltán Tolvaj (Hungary), Filipa Leal (Portugal), Luigi Nacci (Italy), Tom Reisen (Luxembourg), Gwenaëlle Stubbe (Belgium), Ester Naomi Perquin (Netherlands), Jonáš Hájek (Czech Republic), Sotos Stavrakis (Cyprus), Yannis Stiggas (Greece), Edward O'Dwyer (Ireland), Marko Pogačar (Croatia), Maarja Kangro (Estonia), Gregor Podlogar (Slovenia), Christoph Szalay (Austria), Jean-Baptiste Cabaud (France), Jenny Tunedal (Sweden), Harry Salmenniemi (Finland), Arvis Viguls (Latvia), Josep Pedrals (Spain), Svetlana Cârstean (Romania), Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgaria), Agnieszka Wolny-Hamkało (Poland). Katharina Schultens (Germany) is not on the picture.
In renshi.eu, the last line of each poem became the first of the next, thus connecting each poet to his/her predecessor. There were five groups with six to seven poets in each, creating five side-by-side chain poems by authors with 23 different native languages. Find all texts and translations as well as the audio recording on lyrikline.org
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Greece, as both the focus of the economic crisis and the birthplace of European culture and democracy, was the jumping off point for this Renshi. The Greek poet Yannis Stiggas's poem was used as the starting point and basis for all five groups. At the end, he also wrote a final verse that reflected on the extant traces of his own lines in the writing of the other authors.
lyrikline.org was a cooperation partner of renshi.eu. Many thanks to the partners of the lyrikline.org network who helped to organise this project: Absoluteville / Absolute Poetry, Ars Poetica-International Poetry Festival, Casa Fernando Pessoa, Croatian P.E.N. Centre, Estonian Literature Centre, Institute ramon llull, Koperator – The International Cultural Programme Centre, Latvian Literature Centre, Literature Across Frontiers, Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, Nederlands Letterenfonds / Dutch Foundation for Literature, Nuoren Voiman Liitto / Runokuu Festival, Petöfi Irodalmi Múzeum, Rámus förlag, Romanian Culture Institute Berlin.


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