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Le Maître d'école cannibale (en ) est un conte-type rencontré surtout dans les pays du Moyen-Orient et méditerranéens (notamment en Grèce), codifié ATU 894 dans la classification Aarne-Thompson-Uther (série 800-899 : Preuves de fidélité et d'innocence). Il a été étudié par divers folkloristes, dont Emmanuel Cosquin, , Nicole Belmont ou Emmanouella Katrinaki . Il s'agit d'un conte plutôt sinistre et peu indiqué pour de jeunes enfants : une petite fille, qui a aperçu son maître d'école en train de dévorer un mort (parfois un enfant), est ensuite persécutée par celui-ci alors qu'elle s'obstine à affirmer qu'elle n'a rien vu ni rien dit à personne. Une fois mariée, elle voit ses enfants lui être retirés par le maître cannibale, qui la laisse accuser de les avoir elle-même dévorés, avant finalement de la laisser tranquille et de les lui rendre.

Zone de diffusion

Le conte se rencontre surtout dans les pays arabes du Moyen-Orient (Palestine, Syrie, Jordanie, Iraq, Arabie saoudite, Égypte...) et le bassin méditerranéen (Turquie, Grèce, Italie, Balkans, Maghreb...) Toutefois, il existe aussi des versions irlandaises, et les colons européens l'ont acclimaté au Canada ; il est également attesté dans l'ex-URSS. Le titre anglais du conte-type (The Ghoulish Schoolmaster and the Stone of Pity) fait doublement référence à son origine orientale, les goules étant des créatures monstrueuses des folklores arabe et perse, et la « pierre de pitié » (ou : pierre de patience, etc.) constituant elle aussi un motif oriental.

Conte autonome ou épisode introductif ?

Tardivement introduite dans la classification Aarne-Thompson en tant que « conte-nouvelle », l'entrée AT 894 a été remise en cause par divers chercheurs. Telle qu'elle avait été définie, il semble qu'elle se soit à l'origine appuyée quasi exclusivement sur une variante sicilienne rapportée par Laura Gonzenbach dans ses Sicilianische Märchen (1870) ; celle-ci présente la particularité d'enchaîner deux séquences bien distinctes, quoique comportant des similarités (principalement le thème de la longue patience de l'héroïne et de sa durée symbolique, et le motif de la pierre de patience associé).

Dans la classification Aarne-Thompson-Uther, Hans-Jörg Uther indique que le conte-type ATU 894, qui inclut les types précédents 437 (« La fiancée supplantée ») et 707A (« Introduction aux Trois Fils d'or : Le Maître d'école ogre »), se présente sous deux formes principales :
 dans l'une, une princesse mariée à un prince étranger donne naissance à plusieurs enfants, qui sont kidnappés par un maître d'école cannibale. Celui-ci fait croire que la princesse a elle-même tué ses enfants ; elle est emprisonnée. Alors que le prince part en voyage, sa femme, de sa prison, lui demande de lui rapporter trois objets, dont une pierre de patience et un couteau, ce qu'il fait. Il surprend bientôt la princesse tandis qu'elle raconte ses malheurs à la pierre, tout en cherchant à se tuer avec le couteau. La pierre finit par gonfler et éclater, ne pouvant supporter autant de malheur. Le prince reconnaît l'innocence de sa femme, et le maître d'école ramène les enfants qu'il avait enlevés.
 dans la seconde, une princesse découvre le corps d'un prince en léthargie, qui ne peut être ramené à la vie que si quelqu'un prend soin de lui sans interruption pendant une période déterminée (sept ans, sept mois et sept jours). Juste avant la fin de la période fatidique, la princesse, épuisée, recourt à une esclave pour s'occuper du prince pendant qu'elle s'accorde quelques heures de repos. Mais l'esclave prend sa place et s'attribue le mérite de la résurrection du prince, qui l'épouse, la princesse étant traitée comme une servante. Cette dernière, ayant obtenu un couteau et une pierre de patience, raconte ses malheurs à la pierre, qui éclate de pitié, et veut se suicider avec le couteau. Le prince, qui a tout entendu, arrête son geste, punit l'esclave et épouse la vraie princesse.

Plusieurs chercheurs font cependant remarquer que les deux versions n'ont guère comme point commun que certains motifs spécifiques ; il s'agirait donc bien de deux contes différents. De plus, la présence d'éléments ressortant du merveilleux semble contradictoire avec le classement du récit dans les « contes-nouvelles ».

Emmanuel Cosquin s'est intéressé à ce conte dans le cadre de son étude sur « Le Prince en léthargie », thème pour lequel il recense quatre types d'introductions :
 la princesse qui aime son père comme le sel (ou : Le Roi Lear)
 la prédiction menaçante de l'oiseau (un oiseau annonce à une princesse qu'elle épousera un mort)
 le thème du maître d'école ogre
 la Malchance.
Il considère la version sicilienne de Gonzenbach comme « pour le moment, le seul spécimen connu d'une très curieuse combinaison du thème du Prince en léthargie avec un thème non moins étrange, celui du Maître d'école ogre, lequel thème fournit ici au premier son introduction », et mentionne comme « une curieuse forme du thème pur » du Maître d'école ogre une version du sud de la péninsule arabique en langue mehri, traduite par Alfred Jahn. Cette version inclut les motifs de l'enfermement de la mère dans un château, du vaisseau empêché d'avancer, et des objets rapportés à la princesse enfermée et auxquels elle conte ses peines.

Le conte proprement dit

Schéma général
Si l'on se restreint au récit concernant exclusivement le « maître d'école cannibale », on peut reprendre le schéma en 3 épisodes proposé par le folkloriste grec  (1974) à partir des versions grecques, tel que résumé par E. Katrinaki :

Le dialogue entre l'héroïne et son persécuteur

G. Megas rapporte, parmi 15 versions grecques, une version originaire de Chypre dans laquelle le dialogue entre le maître et la jeune fille apparaît typique :
– Ma chère fille Hélène...
– Qu'y a-t-il, mon cher maître ?
– Tu as monté l'escalier d'or, et tu l'as descendu. Qu'est-ce que tu as vu et qu'est-ce que tu as dit ?
– J'ai monté et descendu l'escalier d'or, je n'ai rien vu ni dit.

(Dans certaines versions orientales, l'héroïne affirme qu'elle n'a vu que « grâce et beauté »).

En fait, le maître sait parfaitement qu'Hélène l'a surpris dans son activité cannibalique, mais bien qu'elle le nie, il la frappe et lui enlève son enfant. On remarque la manière dont les interlocuteurs s'adressent la parole, empreinte d'une affection apparente alors que leurs rapports sont en réalité de perversion et de brutalité masculine, opposées à la soumission de la jeune femme.

Rapprochement avec d'autres contes

Le cannibalisme
Le cannibalisme intervient dans de nombreux contes, en particulier ceux qui font intervenir le personnage de l'ogre, ou de l'ogresse (ou la sorcière). Voir entre autres Le Petit Poucet, Hansel et Gretel, Le Conte du genévrier, ou encore le conte russe Prince Daniel, mots de miel.

La longue patience de l'héroïne

Le thème principal du conte est celui de l'incroyable patience de l'héroïne, de sa soumission à son « maître » et de sa capacité à endurer des épreuves injustes et inhumaines. En cela, le conte évoque le thème de Griselda (Griselidis : voir La Marquise de Salusses de Charles Perrault ). Toutefois, dans Griselidis, le mari teste simplement la constance et l'obéissance de sa femme, alors que dans Le Maître d'école, le maître éprouve la capacité de l'héroïne à garder un terrible secret relatif à un crime qu'il a lui-même commis. Dans L'Enfant de Marie de Grimm, qui est un conte typiquement christianisé (le personnage qui impose les épreuves y est la Vierge Marie, et les qualités mises à l'épreuve sont des vertus chrétiennes), la motivation de l'héroïne est inversée : elle s'obstine dans la dénégation, non par soumission, mais par refus de reconnaître sa propre faute, qui est d'avoir ouvert une porte interdite (voir La Barbe bleue). Ainsi, dans le cas du Maître d'école comme dans celui de L'Enfant de Marie, l'héroïne a vu un spectacle qu'elle n'aurait pas dû voir (un acte de cannibalisme dans le premier cas, la Trinité dans le second), mais dans un cas elle est innocente et protège le criminel (qui, après des années de maltraitance, finira par la laisser tranquille), dans l'autre elle refuse de reconnaître sa faute initiale – avant d'accepter au dernier moment de se confesser, alors qu'elle est déjà sur le bûcher, ce qui entraînera le pardon de la Vierge. Dans les deux cas, ses enfants, qui lui avaient été soustraits (parfois même dévorés dans le cas du Maître d'école), lui sont rendus.

Si la morale du conte chrétien semble claire (il sera pardonné à ceux qui se seront repentis), ce n'est pas le cas du conte d'origine orientale. Outre que les traitements infligés à la jeune fille sont bien plus brutaux et iniques (bien qu'elle réponde de la manière attendue, elle est frappée par le maître cannibale, qui non seulement lui enlève à chaque fois son enfant, mais de plus laisse croire qu'elle l'a dévoré), la raison qui fait qu'à un moment donné, le maître cesse de la persécuter n'est pas précisée.

E. Katrinaki propose une comparaison, épisode par épisode, du Maître d'école et de L'Enfant de Marie (AT 710) et conclut que les différences consistent essentiellement en trois points :
 le sexe de la personne qui met l'héroïne dans une situation de « secret »
 l'interdiction implicite ou explicite
 le mutisme (imposé par la Vierge), opposé au refus de parler (Le Maître d'école).
Elle propose donc de retirer l'AT 894 de la catégorie des « contes-nouvelles » et de le considérer comme une variante de l'AT 710.

La cruauté du persécuteur

C'est dans les versions orientales que le persécuteur apparaît à la fois, non seulement comme cannibale, mais de surcroît comme un pervers sadique et brutal. Dans Griselidis, s'il semble également sadique, il n'exerce pas de violence physique sur sa femme. Quant à la Vierge du conte de Grimm, elle ne peut évidemment être mauvaise en soi, et la faute incombe à l'héroïne et non à l'entité qui la persécute (avatar probable de la fée marraine, le personnage de la marraine étant traditionnellement chargé de l'éducation de l'enfant).

Le soulier perdu dans la fuite

On retrouve fréquemment dans ce conte le motif de l'héroïne qui perd un soulier (parfois : un soulier d'or, ou un anneau de cheville, dans certaines versions orientales) en descendant précipitamment un escalier, ce qui rappelle bien sûr l'histoire de Cendrillon, et montre en même temps que les motifs ne sont pas obligatoirement associés à un conte-type unique. Dans Cendrillon d'ailleurs, la pantoufle de verre permet au prince de retrouver la jeune fille qu'il veut épouser, alors que dans Le Maître d'école, celui-ci se sert du soulier perdu comme pièce à conviction pour confondre et accabler l'héroïne.

Les enfants volés et la mère accusée

Cet épisode relève du conte-type AT 707 (Les Trois Fils d'or, ou L'Oiseau de Vérité), dont on trouvera un écho par exemple dans Le Conte du tsar Saltan, de Pouchkine (la mère, accusée à tort d'avoir à chaque fois mis au monde un animal, finit par se faire bannir par son mari). Il peut faire penser aussi au conte-type d'animaux AT 178A, Le Chien innocent, dans lequel le chien est accusé à tort par son maître d'avoir dévoré l'enfant dont il avait la garde, car il a la gueule barbouillée du sang de l'animal agresseur .

Le persécuteur saccage la boutique

Dans certaines versions du conte, la jeune femme trouve à s'employer dans l'échoppe d'un marchand, mais son persécuteur survient et saccage tout dans la boutique, la laissant accuser là aussi. Ce motif évoque un épisode du Roi Barbe-de-grive où, alors que la jeune femme s'occupe à vendre de la poterie, son mari survient sous l'apparence d'un hussard ivre qui brise toute sa marchandise. Le but du mari dans ce cas est de rabaisser l'orgueil déplacé de sa femme.

L'esclave usurpant la place de l'héroïne
Ce motif se retrouve notamment dans le conte des Trois Cédrats de Basile (début  ; thème de L'Amour des trois oranges). L'esclave, habituellement une « négresse » ou une tzigane, se caractérise par sa laideur en sus de sa perfidie.

La jeune fille enfermée dans la tour
Cet épisode, qui intervient dans certaines versions, évoque notamment Raiponce (Rapunzel), de Grimm (AT 310), et son antécédent Fleur-de-persil, figurant dans Le Conte des Contes (ou Pentamerone) de Basile (2 journée, 1 divertissement).

La pierre de patience
Le motif de la pierre de patience, typiquement oriental, apparaît dans diverses versions, ce qui semble assez naturel pour un conte dont la patience est le thème principal. Il s'agit d'une pierre qui apparemment absorbe l'injustice en gonflant, jusqu'à éclater pour la dénoncer. L'héroïne l'a obtenue à sa demande, en même temps qu'un « couteau d'égorgement » (ou : une corde pour se pendre), et parfois une poupée à laquelle elle raconte ses malheurs, au moment où elle estime ne plus pouvoir supporter plus longtemps sa situation et veut se suicider. Chez Gonzenbach toutefois, le motif est affaibli, et il ne s'agit plus que d'une pierre ponce sur laquelle la jeune fille aiguise le couteau. Cet épisode a été étudié par Christine Goldberg dans son article The Knife of Death and the Stone of Patience.

Christine Goldberg fait remarquer que l'épisode de la pierre de patience, aisément reconnaissable, se retrouve dans divers autres contes qui n'ont guère d'autre rapport avec le présent récit (notamment les contes méditerranéens à propos de la conception magique liée à l'ingestion d'un pétale de rose, ou aux roses d'une façon générale). Dans le Conte des contes de Basile, figure l'histoire de La Petite Esclave (II.8), née à la suite de l'ingestion par sa mère d'un pétale de rose et qui, maltraitée, réclame « une poupée, un couteau et une pierre ponce ». Elle raconte ses malheurs à la poupée et, n'obtenant pas de réponse, finit par menacer : « Attention, si tu ne me réponds pas immédiatement, je me poignarde ». (Un baron, qui l'a épiée, l'en dissuade et lui trouve un mari). Dans ce conte, c'est la poupée qui s'enfle « comme l'outre d'une cornemuse quand on souffle dedans ».

Le motif de la pierre de patience a déjà été utilisé par le poète persan Rudaki (859-941) ; dans les versions orientales du conte, il est parfois mis en rapport avec l'aloès, dont les fleurs éclosent avec un craquement sec.

Autres liens
Certaines versions suggèrent des rapprochements avec La Belle au bois dormant (l'aiguille, ou l'épine, qui entraîne un sommeil léthargique), ou Blanche-Neige (la jeune femme est exposée dans un cercueil de verre).

Nancy Schmitz rapporte une version jamaïcaine de ce conte dans laquelle l'entité cannibale est une vieille femme, nommée Nancy Fairy. Elle est surprise par une petite fille, qu'elle avait épargnée car trop jolie, alors qu'elle s'apprête à dévorer un bébé. Devant le refus de la petite fille d'avouer ce qu'elle a vu, la vieille l'emmène au fond d'une forêt, où elle la nourrit tous les deux jours. Un jour, un prince tombe amoureux de la jeune fille et l'épouse, mais la vieille lui volera successivement deux nouveau-nés, après avoir giflé la jeune mère, la laissant muette et ensanglantée. Elle lui rendra les enfants au dernier moment : elle avait considéré qu'ils étaient à elle, puisque le prince lui avait pris sa « fille » sans son consentement.

La violence et le sadisme du persécuteur, ainsi que l'évocation de la scène interdite vue par l'héroïne trop curieuse, font aussi penser à La Barbe bleue (d'autant que dans certaines variantes italiennes, la Barbe Bleue dévore des cadavres), mais la comparaison semble s'arrêter là.

Commentaires et interprétations

Christine Goldberg attire l'attention sur la symétrie qui organise le conte :
 au cannibalisme du maître d'école fait écho le supposé cannibalisme de la jeune mère
 aux passages dialogués répondent, dans le récit de sa vie que l'héroïne fait à la pierre de patience, les adresses à celle-ci ou au couteau (« Ô couteau, pourquoi ne veux-tu pas me tuer ? »)
 la scène du début, où l'héroïne épie le maître d'école (par le trou de la serrure, dans la version de Gonzenbach) se répète à la fin, lorsque le mari épie sa femme en train de parler aux objets magiques.
Elle note aussi que si l'accusation principale de l'ogre contre la jeune fille (avoir été témoin du cannibalisme) est justifiée, les autres accusations qu'il porte par la suite sont fausses.

E. Katrinaki propose une interprétation psychanalytique du conte. Faisant d'abord remarquer que dans de nombreuses cultures, l'acte de manger est archaïquement rapproché de l'acte sexuel, elle émet l'hypothèse que le récit concerne symboliquement le développement sexuel des filles. La scène initiale interdite serait une scène sexuelle, voire incestueuse, qui terrorise la jeune fille. Par la suite, après une sorte d'initiation symbolique (elle est transportée par le vent, ou un nuage, et séjourne dans un arbre creux en forêt, dépouillée de tout), elle accède au mariage, mais l'expérience qu'elle a vécue continue à représenter un obstacle à la maternité (ses enfants lui sont enlevés, et elle se soumet à son sort ; à cause de sa bouche barbouillée de sang, on croit qu'elle les a dévorés). Nicole Belmont évoque à ce sujet un « fantasme de maternité inversée » et estime, s'inspirant de Freud, que la dénégation répétée, à longs intervalles successifs, permet l'élaboration du refoulé et finalement son acceptation ; ainsi s'expliquerait le dénouement du conte oriental.

Si l'on prend en compte l'ensemble des motifs détectables dans les différentes versions du conte, on remarque combien des histoires différentes peuvent se retrouver entrelacées dans la tradition. Ce conte est un exemple de la difficulté de définir des contes-types bien distincts et indiscutables.

Motifs

Les motifs suivants, tels que codifiés par Stith Thompson, sont parmi ceux qui apparaissent dans les principales versions du conte :

 G11.9 (Le maître d'école ogre persécute une jeune fille qui l'a vu manger de la chair humaine et refuse de lui dire ce qu'elle a vu).
 D2064 (Maladie magique).
 Z72.2 (Sept ans, sept mois, sept jours).
 D1960.3 (La Belle au Bois dormant : sommeil pour une période définie).
 D714 (Désenvoûtement par frottement).
 D750 (Désenvoûtement grâce à la fidélité d'autres personnages).
 K2251.1 (La perfide esclave).
 K1911.1.4 (La fausse fiancée achève la tâche de la vraie fiancée et prend sa place).
 H13.2.2 (Reconnaissance par interception d'une conversation avec une pierre).
 D1318.1.1 (Une pierre éclate en signe de jugement injuste).
 Q581 (La personne condamnée au châtiment qu'elle avait proposé pour un autre).

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Patience
 L'Enfant de Marie
 La Marquise de Salusses
 Syngué sabour. Pierre de patience, roman d'Atiq Rahimi, à l'origine d'un film du même nom.

Bibliographie
 Emmanouella Katrinaki, Le Cannibalisme dans le conte merveilleux grec: Questions d'interprétation et de typologie, 2008, Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica/Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia. 328 pages. , .
 Anna Angelopoulos, Contes de la nuit grecque, ill. Iana Andréadis, José Corti, 2013 . Conte 21, Le Chagrin.
 Giambattista Basile, Le Conte des contes (trad. Françoise Decroisette), Strasbourg, Circé, 1995, 2002 . II.8, La Petite Esclave (La schiavottella).
  Hans-Jörg Uther, The Types of International Folktales : A Classification and Bibliography Based on the System of Antti Aarne and Stith Thompson, Academia Scientiarum Fennica, coll. « Folklore Fellow's Communications, 284-286 », Helsinki, 2004 (réimpr. 2011). Part I : Animal Tales, Tales of Magic, Religious Tales, and Realistic Tales, with an Introduction

Liens externes
  Article d'E. Katrinaki sur academia.edu (publié dans les Cahiers de Littérature orale)
  Recension de Le Cannibalisme dans le Conte Merveilleux Grec: Questions d'interprétation et de Typologie (E. Katrinaki), par Lee Haring (2009)
  AT 0894 - The Goulish Schoolmaster and the Stone of Pity sur Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank (Banque de données néerlandaise sur les contes populaires)
  Der böse Schulmeister und die wandernde Königstochter (Laura Gonzenbach, Sizilianische Märchen, Vol.1, conte 11), sur zeno.org. Le titre allemand peut se traduire par « Le méchant maître d'école et la princesse errante ».
  Emmanuel Cosquin, Les Contes indiens et l'Occident sur archive.org. Pages 108-121.
  The Knife of Death and the Stone of Patience par Christine Goldberg, sur sapientia (Université de l'Algarve)
  Nicole Belmont, Poétique du conte : essai sur le conte de tradition orale, Paris, Gallimard, 1999.

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- Kia in 2007: new global production facilities, new Kia-exclusive design centers and major sports affiliations (SEOUL) January 5, 2007 - Kia Motors Corporation will enhance its association with tennis and sport in 2007, as it enters its sixth consecutive year as the major sponsor of the Australian Open grand slam tennis tournament. Kia Motors is committed to lasting partnerships with major sporting events as it continues to expand its operations throughout the world. It recently announced a multi-tiered basketball marketing program in the U.S. that includes the sponsorship of nine NBA teams and staring this year has also become an official automotive partner of FIFA, the governing body of the FIFA World Cup, until 2014. Along with the Australian Open, Kia Motors has signed the world's number 2 ranked men's professional tennis player, Rafael Nadal, as its global brand ambassador until 2008 and has been a long standing worldwide sponsor of the Davis Cup, the largest annual international team competition in sport. Commenting on Kia Motors' commitment to sport and the Australian Open, Euisun Chung, President & CEO of Kia Motors Corporation, said, "The Australian Open is a perfect fit for Kia's adventurous and young-at-heart brand and we are proud to lend our 6th year of support to what is truly a world class event. 2007 will undoubtedly be a landmark year for our brand as we continue to cement ourselves as a truly global automaker and continue to strengthen partnerships with world-class sporting events that reflect our young-at-heart and exciting brand values." Kia Motors' 'exciting and enabling' brand is set to grow alongside the rapid expansion of its global operations in 2007 and beyond. Production started last December at its state-of-the-art European manufacturing plant in Slovakia and ongoing construction projects for its second manufacturing facility in China and first North American plant in the U.S state of Georgia are scheduled for completion in late 2007 and late 2009, respectively. This year will also see the opening of two Kia-exclusive design centers at the new headquarters of Kia Motors America and Kia Motors Europe. Combined with its growing overseas production capabilities, Kia Motors will be perfectly positioned to better reflect local consumer tastes and preferences from the very beginning of vehicle conception. Running from the 15th to the 28th January, the Australian Open is the first Grand Slam of the 2007 tennis calendar and will see over 500 of the world's top players competing for a total prize pool of AUD 20 million (USD 15.3 million). Kia Motors' partnership has blossomed over the years and this year's tournament will be enhanced by the fourth annual Kia Amateur Australian Open World Final as well as the new Kia Fan of the Day promotion. Commenting on Kia Motors' long standing association with the Australian Open, Tennis Australia CEO Steve Wood said, "The support from Kia Motors - one of the world's most exciting automakers - over the years has been a driving force behind the Australian Open's evolution into one of the biggest sporting events on the planet and promotion of the wonderful world of tennis." Kia Motors Corporation (www.kiamotors.com or www.kia.com) -- one of the fastest growing automakers in the world -- was founded in 1944 and is Korea's oldest manufacturer of motor vehicles. As part of the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group, Kia aims to become one of the world's premier automotive brands. Kia's 14 manufacturing and assembly operations in 9 countries produce more than 1.3 million vehicles a year that are sold and serviced through a network of distributors and dealers covering 160 countries. Kia today has over 32,500 employees and annual revenues of almost $16 billion. It is the major sponsor of the Australian Tennis Open and an official worldwide sponsor of the Davis Cup. From 2007 to 2014, Kia will be an official automotive partner of FIFA -- the governing body of the FIFA World Cup. Kia Motors Corporation's brand slogan -- "The Power to Surprise" -- represents the company's global commitment to surpassing customer expectations through continuous automotive innovation.
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Welcome to the official Intruder Map Maker thread!
You can now create and play your own custom maps in Intruder. All the resources you need to get started will be in this thread.
CONGRATULATIONS: You can now make Intruder maps in Unity 5, which is FREE. These maps must use the new MM and will load in the U5EXP builds on Intruder!
inb4 others. I can get unity pro for free for a short period of time because of college. w00t. Gonna take this up.
This is perfect, going to start making some stuff tomorrow!
Thanks for the great update Rob.
I was hoping this would come around sooner or later.
I suppose the best/most balanced maps will be added to the game in a community update at some point down the road?
dongers7878 wrote: I was hoping this would come around sooner or later.
This is what I'm hoping for. I think we should have a map making contest for the community. Give people plenty of time to make the maps and then either do a voting or developers pick out the best ones.
Intruder needs to be in the C: for the test offline feature to work as of 449.
Holy ballz. Well I know so many places where to get unity pro <3 So here we go hehehehe. Rob, you me hero!
If I already have Unity Free (which I do), do I also need to download Pro?
Are the door/window prefabs able to be resized to fit custom dimensions? Also, is there are correct sizing to model buildings so you can still jump or crawl through windows/etc?
Rekedens wrote: Are the door/window prefabs able to be resized to fit custom dimensions? Also, is there are correct sizing to model buildings so you can still jump or crawl through windows/etc?
Hmmm, well I'm building some things in Blender, IDK how that'll work. I'll figure it out, thanks!!
Is there any way to get a communal Unity Pro account we can all use? That way we can all export freely.
Yay now i can't make a map! Because I have Unity free, my Unity pro is expired....When will I be able to export my level as ilf?
Anyone with decent modeling skills want to team up with me to make a custom map?
Rekedens wrote: Anyone with decent modeling skills want to team up with me to make a custom map?
I have extreme OCD. Does that count?
But yes, as soon as I'm able to, I'd love to help. What was your idea?


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We Are Who We Are finds its own identity in breaking expectations
Kadiatou Diarra
"The irregularity is the essence of it," said Fraser, the main character in Luca Guagdagnino's We Are Who We Are, which serves as a perfect description encapsulating the entire eight-episode mini-series that premiered its finale on Nov. 2.
Guagdagnino often likes to use idyllic European scenery with groups of people, usually the odd men out, but instead, his new show places Americans in past spatial-temporal zones invocative of the works of Eric Rohmer.
He plays with the aspect of desire and tones of sexuality and masters the projection of love and grief. There is a common theme of unrequited love between young quietly arrogant men on the brisk of self-discovery longing for older masculine figures, almost like an upside-down Lolita.
Guagdagnino leaves his fingerprint all over this new age realist show, deciding to go the La Jettée route at times with frame by frame shots, making it not only cinematic but also adding an almost photographic novel aspect to the series.
The entire show poses a philosophical question to the viewers: What exactly is belonging and when do you know you've achieved it? We Are Who We Are's main characters are hard to pin down to any stereotypical characteristic tied to the typical coming-of-age storylines. They burst out of those molds, creating a never-before-seen set of circumstances playing out in an American army base under the backdrop of the 2016 presidential election.
This show does so much in such few episodes with its divulging into self-discovery. It takes the journey of esoteric and psychedelic characters dealing with their possible trans identity and confusion of all kinds including sexuality, culture and religion, all while navigating the terrain of friendship and a makeshift family. We Are Who We Are challenges the viewership on what "normal" love looks like.
Jack Dylan Grazer feels like a sensory overload in this role, and every time viewers think they can relate to his character while predicting what's to come, the rug gets swiftly tugged from under their feet. His character can almost be interpreted as a critique of the American bourgeoisie stationed in other countries as soldiers or expats and the inconsequential lives they lead abroad.
Artist Kid Cudi, credited as his real name Scott Mescudi, tears away from his role in How To Make It In America and plays a part viewers have never seen from him — a Trump-supporting military father to Jordan Kristine Seamón, who is a newcomer to the screen but accomplishes to steal the show.
The musical stylings of the ingenious Dev Hynes, who scored Melina Matsoukas' Queen & Slim and Gia Coppola's Palo Alto and whose sound and influence is heavily prevalent on Solange's, 2012 album True, is noticeable, beautifully rich and a rhythmic addition to the show.
Truly, We Are Who We Are is worthy of an Emmy nomination. The episodes, in their 49 to 75-minute entirety, are just enough with a perfect deus ex machina finale. We Are Who We Are is a must watch and a one-of-a-kind delight.


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30 Great Games That Defined The Dreamcast
What Culture! takes a nostalgic look at mankind's crowning achievement: the SEGA Dreamcast, paying loving homage to its best games
A 1999 demo promoting the ruinously expensive Shenmue (called "What's Shenmue?") featured an exclusive scene in which then company president Yukawa-san could be seen slumped at his desk, head in hands, surrounded by piles of unsold consoles (above). Deep down, SEGA must have known the Dreamcast didn't stand a chance even before they axed it two years later. Even though the SEGA Dreamcast enjoyed a relatively short lifespan (officially somewhere between its 1998 Japanese launch and late 2002 termination) and wasn't supported at all by the most powerful publisher of the day (Electronic Arts) the well-loved machine still boasts an impressive library of titles. Even extending this "best of" list, from the originally planned 10 to a whopping 30 games, has seen me leave out such gems as cult top-down shooter Ikaruga, well-regarded sports sim NHL 2K2, online deathmatch game Outtrigger, stylish BioWare-made shooter MDK2 and Street Fighter III: Double Impact (to date the only home console edition of that entry in Capcom's fighting saga), not to mention a glut of great sequels. In the name of variety, you won't find Shenmue 2, Sonic Adventure 2, Craxy Taxi 2, Space Channel 5: Part Two, Virtua Tennis 2 or Power Stone 2 on the below list - though all are worth checking out. Difficult to imagine on any of the current consoles, but this Dreamcast top 30 doesn't host a single first person shooter - by far today's dominant genre. The SEGA machine was ill-served in that particular area: a problem that might have been remedied, had the finished and ready-to-ship Dreamcast port of Half-Life 2 (for which the Blue Shift expansion pack was originally intended) not been cancelled mere days before release. Instead DC gamers enjoyed an unprecedented wealth of arcade ports. Almost a third of the games listed below began life in the arcade, usually on SEGA's own Naomi board - which was basically the same spec as the home console, making arcade perfect coin-op ports relatively straightforward business. The Dreamcast was not only the first console with online gaming (at least outside of Japan where the Mega Drive went online in 1990), hi-definition visuals (when using VGA), motion controllers (SEGA Bass Fishing) and even DLC (action/puzzler Floigan Brothers: Episode One was going to support downloadable expansion had the console not been discontinued), but also pioneered many gameplay innovations and trends which would seep into the mainstream over the next decade. The ill-fated console arguably housed a line-up of games more innovative and original than that of any subsequent manufacturer. In stark contrast to the SEGA of 2011, the company were then constantly shipping new IP with quirky sensibilities and hitherto unseen gameplay mechanics. A lot of the games of the Dreamcast era would go on to hugely influential over the coming decade and here's my personal pick of the bunch, with added comments from my equally nostalgic fellow games writers Stephen Leigh (SL) and Robert Cook (RC):
30. Blue Stinger (Activision/Climax Graphics)
Admittedly survival horror game Blue Stinger doesn't hold up all that well today, as I found when re-playing it briefly a couple of years ago. The crude graphics and god-awful voice acting were, in fact, even worse than I remembered - and that's without mentioning the truly risible FMV cutscenes. Yet it's always stuck with me, primarily because of its odd (possibly unique) release history. Late in 1999, when the Dreamcast's UK release date was pushed back at short notice, the planned launch title held to the original date and has the dubious honour of having been on sale several weeks before the hardware required to run it. Despite its middling to low review scores, Blue Stinger proved a neat showcase for the new console, with nice graphical touches that impressed me at the time. For instance, when walking through a meat locker you'd see the character exhale water vapour and, after drinking a can of soda, the character would hurl the can behind his back where it would hit the floor and stay there (you'd normally expect something like that to disappear in those days). It was clunky and inelegant, but had some properly tense survival horror moments, some insane bosses, an epic score and nice lighting effects. It's also the perfect antidote for anyone who finds today's games too easy as it's pretty brutal. Climax graphics went on to make Illbleed (which was never released in Europe), another Dreamcast survival horror - though much more gory and disturbing than the relatively gentle Blue Stinger, which even featured lots of obvious in-game advertisement for obscure children's racing game Pen Pen TriIcelon.
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Meet the Audio Engineers Who Made Captain America: Civil War Sound So Good
Civil War is a big, loud ensemble movie. That's what we expect from it, and that's why it's fun. But when the camera is whipping around during a huge fight scene, how come we still know what's happening?
As Sound Editors Shannon Mills and Dan Laurie point out, part of that stems from designing sounds that become inexorably linked to the characters who make them—making them identifiable even if they're off screen. The repulser *bweeeeeeep* noise is, in effect, Iron Man when there's not enough screen real estate to focus on him. Civil War provided the additional challenge of creating those memorable sounds for Black Panther, even though he had't been introduced to film-going audiences yet.
One of the other challenges Mills and Laurie discuss is making superheroes fight in a way that's believably awe-inspiring, but not concerning. They're suppose to be much stronger than regular people, otherwise they're not all that super. However, "you don't want superheroes to hit normal people quite as hard," Mills points out, "because it feels like it would kill them."
Sound design is a huge part of what makes movies like Civil War successful, but the score is equally as important for setting the mood of the film. SoundWorks has also filmed a lengthy interview with Henry Jackman, Civil War's composer, which you can watch here.
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So, weird props I enjoyed, everyone had a unique sound when they moved and did things, I really liked it during the Bucky/Cap/Black Panther chase scene. Bucky sounds kinda lumbering and you can hear is arm. Cap's foot beats are regular and fast.
Black Panther was silent.
The way he sounded contrasted to everyone else was really subtle but stood out to me. Awesome.


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Meet the newest ex-wives in VH1's 'Atlanta Exes'
by Sundi S. Rose, Community Contributor	 @sroseholt
Ever since the Hollywood Exes finale, I have been suffering a giant melodrama-shaped hole in my heart. But VH1 understands my sadness and has brought us another installment in the Exes franchise: Atlanta Exes. Not only are these women all my Southern sisters (I'm from Georgia too), but they were all once married to some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment. This show promises high drama and juicy female politics, and I can't wait to see how the dynamics shake out in a group with this many strong personalities.
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I thought it would be great idea for us to get to know them a little before Monday's season 1 premiere. Introducing (in no particular order) the ladies of Atlanta Exes:
Tameka Redmond (previously married to Usher): Tameka seems pretty down-to-Earth, and she claims the rest of the ladies are as chill as she is. We'll just have to see about that instead of just taking her word for it. (This isn't my first experience with reality TV.) She is super-assertive and doesn't seem the type to mince words; for instance, now that she's dating, she will admit that Usher's shoes are hard to fill, but she's broken it off with more than one man for mentioning her ex's name one too many times.
Torrei Hart (previously married to Kevin Hart): Torrei remembers meeting Kevin when they were in college, and she encouraged him to pursue a comedy career even back then. She had chicken wings and Sprite on their first date, and put her career on hold to support him throughout his ambitious rise. She called that time in their lives "fun and exciting," but I think she might have more to add to that story (*fingers crossed*).
Monyetta Shaw (Ne-Yo's former fiancée and baby's mother): Monyetta is from Shreveport, Louisiana, where she met Ne-Yo at a Jamie Foxx show. She remembers having to "share him with the world," which is a common theme among these women. She says that Atlanta Exes won't be like other housewife shows, and we won't see any table-flipping here. I desperately hope that's not true.
Christina Johnson (previously married to CeeLo Green): Christina remembers exactly what CeeLo was wearing on their first date, taco meat and all, although there is an ongoing feud about whether his shoes were white or bone. I get the feeling that that was the least of their worries. Christina characterizes her castmates as "strong, powerful women" who will be relatable to audiences. I can see that, if the audience members were all once married to mega-millionaires.
Sheree Thompson (previously married to Ray Buchanan): Sheree went from being a poor college student to the wife of an NFL draft pick almost overnight. She remembers the spoils of being rich, but she also recalls everyone wanting a piece of what she had. She is now back to being the breadwinner for her family and might not be so happy about it.
Let's make some predictions. Who's gonna provide the most drama? Who's gonna be sipping the most tea? Who is still the most in love with her ex? Let's get ready for Monday's premiere right now!
Atlanta Exes premieres Monday, August 18, at 9/8C on VH1.


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Q: Reference jAVA dll from .Net 4.0 (c#) I have in third party DLL which is written in Java and we need to register this DLL using regsvr32.
After registering it generates .jar file. I did the registration of the DLL and i able to see the DLL when i do Add References >> COM tab.
When i add that DLL using Add references its generates interop.DLLNAME.dll and all te class.
My Problem is that when i tries to create and object from that class, application start throwing run-time exception say. Unable to cast _COMObject to Generated Class for my DLL
If someone did something like above please suggest me.
Or
How can i take reference of DLL which is written in JAVA?

A: A DLL can strictly not be written in Java. What you mean, perhaps, is that a JVM is embedded in the DLL.
Using COM (Interop)
This seems to be what you're doing now (that has zero relation to Java). At the moment I don't have any immediate thoughts about the exception you mention
Using Java (IKVM)
That said, if you have a JAR file, you can use IKVM (Java to CLR bridge), see

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*http://www.ikvm.net

*http://www.mono-project.com/Java

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Gastropubs can be very hit and miss at times with menus promising plenty but delivering very little; however, at Duke of Clarence, their revamped menu is a box office hit with the locals with a menu filled with well-sourced British seasonal ingredients.
It's a venue that is very easy to fall in love with as soon as you enter. Their recent renovations have further enhanced their upscale image: the dining room is filled with deep blue, emerald green and warm terracotta colours. Their popular mahogany bar has been restored and extended along with a backlit bar and the quirky, modern artwork interspersed throughout the room has added colour and character to the venue.
Much thought has gone into their revamped menu with an even greater focus on locally sourced ingredients: Nutbourne tomatoes, Suffolk ham and Yorkshire fettle. I started with a mouthwatering Youngs ale steamed mussels with shallots, parsley, creamy sauce and fries. In another venue, this could be the main course and the sauce is much more flavoursome here, no doubt due to the complex flavours infused from Young's ale. The mussel meat was silky smooth as well as tasty; if there was something to improve on, the fries could have been slightly crispier.
There were plenty of hearty options on the main courses to choose from slow-cooked ox cheeks and wild boar and sage sausages. I went for the rather unusual sounding guinea fowl, bacon and cabbage pie, whiskey gravy, runner beans, saute potatoes. The whiskey gravy was served in a particularly cute cow-shaped receptacle. The guinea fowl made the dish much more flavoursome but without making it taste overly gamey. If you are not a fan of pies normally when you go out to dine, do make an exception for this clever creation.
Drinks options are just as plentiful; I opted for a healthy tasting cucumber, apple, parsley, spinach and basil concoction on the night but they also promote unusual wines too. During my visit, they were recommending Chateau de Berne, which is an elegant and dry Provence rosé with a crisp, delicate, soft raspberry taste.
Dessert was ginger steamed pudding with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. It's a wonderfully comforting dessert with an appetisingly moist, sticky texture. It's the kind of dessert, I would happily order every time I dine there no matter how full I felt.
For a classy, refined gastropub dining experience, head down to Duke of Clarence today.
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Ducks Win Game 5. Eliminate Patriots From Playoffs.
Bridgewater, NJ- The Long Island Ducks (3-2) defeated the Somerset Patriots (2-3) 3-2 in ten innings in Game 5 of the Liberty Division Championship Series at TD Bank Ballpark on Sunday evening. With the win, the Ducks have won the Liberty Division Championship and will advance to the Atlantic League Championship. The Ducks took an […]
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Patriots Power Their Way To LDCS Game 4 Win And A Deciding Game 5
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (2-2) hit three home runs to defeat the Long Island Ducks (2-2) 5-3 in Game 4 of the Liberty Division Championship Series at TD Bank Ballpark on Saturday evening. With the win, the Patriots have evened up the best-of-five playoff series 2-2 and forced a deciding Game 5 at home […]
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Patriots Battle Back Into LDCS With Big Win Before Record Crowd
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots (1-2) defeated the Long Island Ducks (2-1) 8-4 in Game 3 of the Liberty Division Championship Series before an Atlantic League Playoff record 8,143 fans at TD Bank Ballpark on Friday evening. The Patriots cut the Ducks lead to 2-1 in the best-of-five playoff series. The Ducks took an early […]
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Ducks Crush Patriots To Take 2-0 LDCS Lead
Central Islip, NY- The Long Island Ducks (2-0) defeated the Somerset Patriots (0-2) 11-1 in Game 2 of the Liberty Division Championship Series at Bethpage Ballpark on Thursday evening to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five playoff series. The Ducks took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI […]
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Ducks Take A Lopsided Game 1 Of Liberty Division Championship Over Patriots
Central Islip, NY- The Long Island Ducks (1-0) defeated the Somerset Patriots (0-1) 9-2 in Game 1 of the Liberty Division Championship Series at Bethpage Ballpark on Wednesday evening to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five playoff series. The Ducks took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on a two-run […]
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Ducks Take 2-1 Lead In Liberty Division Series Over Patriots
Bridgewater, NJ- The Long Island Ducks (2-1) defeated the Somerset Patriots (1-2) 6-1 before an Atlantic League playoff record 8,131 fans at TD Bank Ballpark in Game Three of the Liberty Division Series. With the win, the Ducks have taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five series. The Ducks jumped out to a 3-0 lead […]
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Somerset Patriots Win Liberty Division First Half Championship
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have won the 2017 Liberty Division First Half Championship with Wednesday night's win over the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. By winning the First Half Title, the Somerset Patriots have clinched a playoff berth and will make their fifth straight post-season appearance under manager Brett Jodie. The Somerset Patriots […]
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Turley Strikes Out 14 To Lead Patriots To 2-0 Division Series Lead
Bridgewater, NJ – Somerset Patriots starting pitcher Nik Turley (1-0) struck out 14 batters to lead the Somerset Patriots (2-0, 77-63) to a dominating 10-0 win over the Long Island Ducks (0-2, 72-68) in Game 2 of the Liberty Division Series at TD Bank Ballpark on Thursday evening. The Somerset Patriots lead the best-of-five series 2-0. […]
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Scott Kelly Hits Walk Off Home Run To Win Game 1 Of Liberty Division Series For Patriots
Bridgewater, NJ – Scott Kelly hit a walk-off solo home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to lead the Somerset Patriots (1-0, 77-63) to a 3-2 win over the Long Island Ducks (0-1, 72-68) in Game 1 of the Liberty Division Series at TD Bank Ballpark on Wednesday evening. "I'm just trying […]
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Somerset Patriots Playoff Tickets On Sale
Bridgewater, NJ- The Somerset Patriots have won the Liberty Division Second Half Championship and clinched a playoff berth with their win on Saturday, September 10th. The team has placed playoff tickets on sale for the Liberty Division Series to be played at TD Bank Ballpark versus the Long Island Ducks. The Somerset Patriots playoff […]
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That's what most people say when they return to wherever their homeland happens to be. Australians, Belgians, Russians, Canadians, Mexicans, Danes, Spaniards, Germans, Dutch … we all say the same thing. Whether it's our homeland by birth or adoption, 'my country' has a special place in our heart.
There are even millions of Syrians aching to return to their homeland, though we have seen on our TV screens the piles of rubble that will greet them if they ever manage to reach some of the towns and villages they once called home.
Most of us are patriots, even when we sometimes have to face some rather challenging facts about our nation's deficiencies. In Australia's case, those deficiencies currently include our failure to achieve true reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians; the cruel and unconscionable way we treat people who come to us, by whatever means, seeking refuge or asylum; our failure to close the widening gap between our most privileged and our most disadvantaged schools; the growing chasm of wealth and income inequality (the top 20 percent of Australian households are now 100 times wealthier than the bottom 20 percent).
We also have an alarmingly high rate of sexual assault, too much homelessness and too much household debt. We're sleep deprived; we're overweight; two million of us are unemployed or underemployed; three million of us live in poverty (including 16 percent of Australians kids who lack reliable access to safe and nutritious food). And we're suffering an epidemic of anxiety and depression.
Information like that should temper any tendency to excessive patriotic zeal, even though there's plenty to be proud of, too: our brilliant success at creating a harmonious society out of extraordinary ethnic and cultural diversity; our inventiveness; our many breakthroughs in medical and scientific research; our cultural institutions like the ABC and our vast network of public libraries; our wonderful volunteer services, ranging from surf lifesaving to bushfire-fighting.
But patriotism can easily get out of hand. We over-reach whenever, for example, we try to claim the values of any liberal democratic society as if they are uniquely ours. Too often, we hear leaders talking about the fair go, equality of opportunity, freedom of speech, freedom of belief, respect for the rule of law, 'mateship', tolerance, care for the disadvantaged and marginalised as if these are distinctively Australian qualities rather than the characteristics of any civil society.
Do we really imagine that Canadians would be less concerned about the marginalised than we are? Or that Italians wouldn't help each other out in the wake of a natural disaster? Or that the French would be less committed to liberte, egalite, fraternite than we are?
Even worse, we sometimes fail to acknowledge that our finest, noblest qualities spring from our humanity, not our nationality. Altruism; kindness to strangers; a willingness to help those less fortunate than ourselves…these are examples of how human beings in any society behave when they are being true to their destiny as social beings who need each other. Since our very survival as a species depends on our willingness to co-operate, surely kindness, compassion and mutual respect should be characteristic of our way of life, wherever we live.


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Q: Return type deduction from bytes to fundamental types I am trying to create a read function that can read bytes from a vector and convert them to fundamental types.
Creating a template may not be the best option but I did not find a better one. I found a similar but different topic Template return type deduction from lvalue?.
In short it means writing int test = read(it); instead of int test = read<int>(it); in the following code :
#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <type_traits>

template<typename T, typename = std::enable_if<std::is_fundamental<T>::value>>
T read(std::vector<char>::const_iterator& it) {
    T v;
    char* p = (char*)&v;
    for (size_t i=0; i < sizeof(T); i++) {
        *(p+i) = *(it++);
    }
    return v;
}

int main()
{
    std::vector<char> v{0,0,0,1};
    std::vector<char>::const_iterator it = v.begin();
    auto begin = it;
    int test = read<int>(it);

    std::cout << test << " bytes readed :" << std::distance(begin,it) << std::endl;

}

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Mitchell Morrison and Josie Sedgwick have spent their whole lives at the Indian Paintbrush Community Village, a commune full of colorful characters tucked in the mountains of North Carolina, and they aren't particularly close -- at least, not anymore. Josie wishes she could spend all of her time at Paintbrush planting tomatoes, hiking the trails, or throwing giant communal birthday parties, while Mitchell can't wait to escape the bizarre spiritual sharing and noisy community dinners. Luckily for both of them, high school graduation is just around the corner.
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F1 ready to climax on Sunday
Injuries Piling Up In Portland
The Stars' Phantom Menace – A Dallas Stars Report
Ricciardo takes Italian Grand Prix; Verstappen & Hamilton crash for double DNF
Tyson-Jones Event; Not a Technical Slam Dunk
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The Miami Dolphins Need a Quarterback
Glenn Kaplan 3 months ago
The Miami Dolphins had high expectations heading into the regular season. Miami lost once again against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 45-17. The Dolphins have a very talented roster, but they are missing the most important position in the NFL: a quarterback.
Miami has had to start Jacoby Brissett for the last couple of weeks due to a Tua Tagovailoa injury. Tagovailoa is already proven to be a bust because he is not a very good quarterback, to begin with, and he is also injury-prone. Brissett is a nice backup quarterback to have in the NFL on your team, but he can't be a full-time starter.
The Dolphins could have drafted Justin Herbert fifth overall but decided to pass on him with Tua Tagovailoa. If Miami had Herbert instead this season, there is no way they would have been off to a 1-4 start to the season.
There were rumors that they could potentially trade for Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. He has been dealing with off-the-field issues. Watson has yet to play a game this season for Houston. I don't think it could hurt the Miami Dolphins at this point. They have a good head coach in Brian Flores.
Flores and the Miami Dolphins are in win-now mode, but they can't be with the current quarterback situation they have. They have a talented defense, but the Miami Dolphins defense is getting gassed and is on the field for way too long.
Miami is better than the New England Patriots and the New York Jets on paper, but they are not better than Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills just yet. If they don't land Deshaun Watson, there is always the option of landing Aaron Rodgers from the Green Bay Packers if they don't go to Deshaun Watson.
Rodgers has discussed his feeling with the Green Bay Packers organization. If the Miami Dolphins can't get the quarterback right, then it is going to be a major problem. General manager Chris Grier is at fault for the current Miami Dolphins quarterback situation. He is the main reason why it appears that Miami's season is currently a lost cause.
If Tua Tagovailoa gets back healthy and turns a corner fast, then maybe they have a solution moving forward. They certainly miss Ryan Fitzpatrick, who left this past offseason via free agency for The Washington Football Team.
Miami will have a lot of questions to answer this offseason if they can't get it right. They also lost their 2022 first-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles via trade.
Deshaun Watson and Aaron Rodgers should be the top two quarterback options for the Miami Dolphins in 2022.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-1) next game will be on the road against the Philadelphia Eagles (2-3) on Thursday night football.
The Miami Dolphins (1-4) next game will be against the Jacksonville Jaguars (0-5) overseas next Sunday.
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WE ARE A DIVERSE AND GROWING UNION
Workers United represents 10,000 workers across Canada, and over 80,000 more across the United States. Our members speak over 50 languages, live in communities both large and small, work for international corporations and small local businesses, and can be found in a wide range of industries, including: garment and apparel; fitness and wellness; plastics, auto parts and industrial manufacturing; transportation, warehousing, and distribution; retail; food services; hotels and hospitality; cleaning services; and healthcare and social services.
Workers United represents the diversity of North America's workforce!
Workers United is a dynamic and action-oriented union guided by its members who generate the change they want to see in their workplaces, industries and communities.
Everyday our stewards, elected local leadership, and health and safety representatives stand up for Workers United members and ensure they have the representation they deserve at work.
Workers United invests in its members. We believe that an engaged and educated membership is the key to building a strong union, capable of negotiating strong contracts and generating positive change.
BARGAINING STRONG CONTRACTS
Our members and bargaining committees are prepared and committed to negotiating strong contracts and determined to achieve the highest workplace standards possible.
By negotiating strong contracts, Workers United members are making industry-wide improvements, preserving good Canadian jobs and sustaining the well-being of middle class communities across Canada.
ORGANIZING THE UNORGANIZED
Workers United remains committed to the principles which led its predecessor unions to fight to bring an end to sweatshops in North America. From large manufacturing plants to small food service providers to social service workers, all workers deserve the protection of a union and the opportunity to improve their workplace standards.
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We advocate on a range of economic and social justice issues impacting workers both in Canada and around the world. These include: advocating for a decent minimum wage; stronger labour protections; racial equality; income equality; migrant rights; and improving garment factory conditions in countries like Cambodia and Bangladesh.
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As usual, the first week of school was accompanied by lack of sleep and an increase in Mountain Dew purchases.
I find myself in a position to look forward to a time beyond school; I will graduate at the end of this semester. As I said to several people during the week: "I look forward to a time when I'm only doing one job." Juggling the roles of student and employee, especially with multiple points of employment, is more tiring than spending the same amount of time on one area.
This semester I am taking an independent study on Computer-Assisted Reporting. I blogged about this last week, but to recap briefly: I will be learning how to find, clean and analyze data. At the end of the semester I will produce a data-driven story package.
While I am continuing as Managing Editor at The Independent Florida Alligator, my title is not the only difference from last semester. (We changed New Media to Online.) Many people this semester are new either to The Alligator or to their positions. Although we got off to a rocky start, I think everyone is becoming acclimated and it can only get better. As for the online staff, two out of the three are back, and a total of nine responded to a call for more staff members. This is the most interest that has been shown in a long time.
I am also continuing to update the Citizen Access Project Web site, as well as preparing a newer incarnation for launch. Over the break I started working at the Admissions office at UF, recoding their Web site.
Just writing about my different responsibilities makes me look forward to May. But I know I'll enjoy every minute that I'm learning, creating or teaching something.


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As all console announcements go, Sony and Microsoft announce theirs around the same time. While Sony is set to release their PS5, Microsoft is ready to release the new Xbox Series X.
This console is much more powerful than the previous generation, and features quite a few upgrades that will appeal to gamers everywhere. One of the things that this console improved upon over previous generations is the airflow.
While it's not that exciting to hear about, older consoles faced the issue of possibly overheating if left on for too long. The Series X has improved its design so that overheating is an issue of the past, ensuring that your console will last longer than ever before.
In terms of the more interesting stuff, the Xbox Series X is a powerful console. It has 12 teraflops of processing power, which essentially means that it will be able to handle far more demanding games and complex processes than ever before.
This translates into better looking games, faster running games, and smooth framerates. It outputs true 4K resolution for its games, meaning that it'll be crisp and clean on even the largest, newest TVs.
If you have a rare 8K TV, the Series X does support that as well, so you're going to be able to run your favorite games at some very high resolutions. Even with these high resolutions, the console still runs at up to 120 frames per second, ensuring that it'll be smooth instead of choppy.
Something that might be confusing for shoppers is the name. Previously, there was the Xbox One, and it had an enhanced edition released called the Xbox One X. This is an entirely different console than the Xbox Series X, so you need to be sure you're getting the right one if you're buying it as a gift for someone.
Otherwise, you might give them the system that they already own. The Series X has a unique system in which it has a development kit available to game developers to make games specifically for this system.
Games that do take advantage of this, of which there will be many, will result in a number of great features in their games. For example, games that have been built for the Series X will have faster load times, which means less waiting around.
They'll have vastly increased visual capabilities, as well as responsiveness, which can be very important in multiplayer games, especially for those that are played competitively.


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Most common neonatal heart disorders are simulated with interactive 3D visualization showing heart and blood flow changes by modifying various parameters. Scenarios and reactions simulated in real time using detailed three- dimensional anatomical model of the heart. Simulations can be saved for teaching, research, and clinical studies and include EKG samples, database of medicines, pathology related publications.


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The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
Smurf the halls! It's Christmas time in Smurf Village! 'Tis the season that brings joy to all the Smurfs...except one: Grouchy Smurf. When Grouchy Smurf says "Bah-Humbug" to the Christmas spirit, it's up to Papa Smurf's magic potion and three enchanted Smurfs to set things right. Can the Smurfs of Christmas Past, Present and Future teach Grouchy the real meaning of Christmas before Smurf Village falls into the hands of the evil Gargamel? It's an all-new fun and heart-warming A Christmas Carol like you've never seen!
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South Asia trade pact on services need strategic changes, remarks Mr. Ameer
"The world that we live in today is more prosperous than ever before with the benefits of openness being felt at all levels of society in almost all corners of the world. Standards of living have risen and over a billion people have been lifted out of extreme poverty over the last thirty years. However, it is alarming to see signs of possible deviation from international cooperation and integration. We are facing challenges to the rule based trading system. Rejecting international integration is not a solution, as foregoing the potential gains from trade that can still be repeated equates to condemning millions," warned Mr. Ibrahim Ameer, Hon'ble Minister of Finance, Government of Maldives at the inaugural session of the 8th Global Economic Summit on 'Services: Enabler of Growth for Trade and Industry'.
The Summit is organized by MVIRDC World Trade Center Mumbai and All India Association of Industries.
Speaking about potential for cooperation among South Asian countries in the services sector, the minister said, "South Asian region, with a population of more than 1.8 billion people, is the world's largest market. Although South Asian countries have signed agreement in trade in services, this agreement is not working effectively. Therefore, strategic changes are required to utilize the agreement to full potential," the minister added.
Speaking on this occasion, Dr. Aaditya Mattoo, Research Manager, Trade and International Integration, Development Research Group, World Bank said, "India must adopt an innovative approach to international cooperation in services sector. Such an approach calls for negotiating domestic regulatory reforms to satisfy the interest of consumers in our import partners and securing reciprocal cooperation from foreign countries in other regulatory areas."
Speaking about employment creation in service sector, Dr. Mattoo said, "Availability of skilled labour is the critical factor for productivity in services sector. When it comes to job creation in the service sector, skill scarcity is a greater problem than skill intensity. In order to promote skill development, government must encourage competition, remove burdensome regulation and introduce progressive policies in higher education."
"At a time when Government of India is aiming to double services exports to USD 300 billion by 2022, this theme on 'services as enabler of growth' is of paramount importance. While many have questioned India's development pattern, leapfrogging from the primary to tertiary sector, the need of the hour is to tap our full potential in services while we continue to remove constraints to the growth of the other sectors. As we move ahead in developing the service sector, we must consider three crucial points viz. services are not to be seen in isolation, 2. Services can provide impetus to and can benefit growth of MSMEs, 3. Services will play a critical transformational role in the Industry 4.0," said Dr. Rupa Chanda, RBI Chair Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
Dr. Robert B. Koopman, Chief Economic and Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, World Trade Organisation remarked, "Although services accounts for only 22% of world trade, this understates the importance of this sector to the economy. Services sector contributes 49% of world trade in value added terms and it accounts for 50% of world employment. Efficient service sector plays an important role in enhancing competitiveness of agriculture and manufacturing sectors in an economy. Services such as logistics and finance are crucial ingredient for trade in goods. Advancement in information and communication technologies will reduce cost of service trade across borders."
Speaking about services trade in the age of technology advancement, Dr. Koopman said, "In recent years, trade in computer services, intellectual property services and other commercial services have gained more importance than traditional services such as travel and transport. India tops in the export of computer services after the European Union."
During the event, Mr. Scott Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer, World Trade Centers Association New York explained how the global network of WTC family is internationalizing local SMEs in this period of protectionist measures."
Earlier in his welcome address, Mr. Kamal Morarka, Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Center Mumbai said, "The 8th Global Economic Summit received overwhelming response from around 400 delegates from 27 countries despite the looming tension in India's border as the country is the preferred investment destination in the world. The theme of this Summit is very crucial as services account for more than 50% of India's GDP and it contributes significantly to employment and exports. India offers two major advantages for foreign investors viz. large market and a sound democracy. India has an independent judicial system and rule of law, where entrepreneurs can thrive. I am sure the Summit will generate fruitful ideas and policy recommendations to promote India's competitiveness in the services industry."
During the Session, Dr. Harshadeep Kamble, I.A.S.. Secretary (Small & Medium Industries) & Development Commissioner (Industries) Government of Maharashtra announced the new industrial policy of Government of Maharashtra. The policy aims to promote employment and exports from the state by supporting micro, small and medium enterprises. The policy envisages single window system for statutory approvals and aims to develop Maharashtra into a USD 1 trillion economy by 2022.
Proposing vote of thanks for the event, Mr. Vijay Kalantri, President, All India Association of Industries (AIAI) remarked, "MVIRDC World Trade Center Mumbai and AIAI are working closely with multilateral organizations such as WTO on issues such as intellectual property rights and trade facilitation to promote trade and industry. India is already the fastest growing economy with annual growth of 7.2%. The pace of growth can be enhanced further to 10% with better adoption of technology by industry. I am confident that this Summit will generate fruitful discussion to take the Indian economy to a higher growth orbit."
The inaugural session was also addressed by Mr. Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum. The three-day Summit is supported by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Ministry of MSME and other departments of the central government and some state governments.
The inaugural session of the Summit was attended by more than 400 Indian and international delegates representing trade and industry, consular corps, academic institutions and think tanks, among others.
During the inaugural session, distinguished delegates released Handbook on 'Services: Enabler of Growth for Trade and Industry'. The Handbook is a compilation of articles and case studies from experts in the field of services industry.
Photo Caption: Distinguished dignitaries lighting lamp at the 8th Global Economic Summit in MVIRDC World Trade Center Mumbai. (From Left to Right) Mr. Pascal Kerneis, Managing Director, European Services Forum, Mr. Scott Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer, World Trade Centers Association New York, Dr. Robert B. Koopman, Chief Economic and Director, Economic Research and Statistics Division, World Trade Organisation, Mr. Kamal Morarka, Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Center Mumbai, Mr. Jacek Sutryk, Mayor of Wroclaw, Poland, Mr. Ibrahim Ameer, Hon'ble Minister of Finance, Government of Maldives, Dr. Harshadeep Kamble, I.A.S.. Secretary (Small & Medium Industries) & Development Commissioner (Industries) Government of Maharashtra, Dr. Rupa Chanda, RBI Chair Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Dr. Aaditya Mattoo, Research Manager, Trade and International Integration, Development Research Group, World Bank, Mr. Vijay Kalantri, President, All India Association of Industries (AIAI)
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New teacher induction . . . what does that have to do with me, a veteran educator?
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How to Start a Lesson Plan Effective Teaching by Harry & Rosemary Wong
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About Hal Portner...
For 20 years, Hal Portner was a teacher and administrator in two Connecticut public school districts. For the next 10 years, he was with the Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Certification and Professional Development, where, among other responsibilities, he served as coordinator of the Connecticut Institute for Teaching and Learning and worked closely with school districts to developed and carry out professional development and teacher evaluation plans and programs.
Now, Hal writes, develops materials, trains mentors, facilitates the development of new-teacher induction programs, and consults with school districts and other educational organizations and institutions. He is the author of Mentoring New Teachers (1998 & 2002), Training Mentors Is Not Enough: Everything Else Schools and Districts Need to Do (2001), and Being Mentored: A Guide For Protégés (2002), all three published by Corwin Press.
Mentoring New Teachers
by Hal Portner
Being Mentored
Training Mentors is not Enough
Teachers As Learners...
It Takes a Community to Induct a Teacher
In a healthy community, people help each other grow
It won't be long now. A new school year is about to begin. If this will be your first year as a teacher, welcome to the profession! If you are a veteran teacher, take a moment to remember what it was like when you were a new teacher about to begin your career: the excitement . . . and yes, the trepidation? As the new kid on the block, did you feel isolated from your colleagues, left to figure it all out on your own? Or perhaps you were fortunate enough to have had a mentor with whom you were able to share your thoughts and feelings as they piled up during those early days, and who helped you through those procedural nightmares. If so, you know and appreciate the value of such a professional relationship.
These days, most schools assign mentors to their new teachers. Unfortunately, in too many of these schools, inducting new teachers into the profession is left entirely in the hands of those mentors. The general attitude of too many veteran teachers is, "New teacher induction . . . what does that have to do with me? That's the mentor's responsibility, not mine. Right?"
Wrong! It takes a community to induct a teacher. Collegial support of induction and professional growth of beginning teachers is a hallmark of a healthy education community. In a healthy community, people help each other grow.
Every experienced educator has an obligation to share their knowledge, wisdom, and time with colleagues new to the profession. Here are some ways you, as a veteran teacher, can welcome your new colleagues, support their professional development, and model what it means to be a contributing member of a healthy education community.
Give the Gift of Welcome
We all like to feel welcome when coming into a new environment for the first time. One way you can help a new colleague feel at home is to present him or her with a welcoming gift. For example, a couple of books written especially for the beginning teacher would be much appreciated: The First Days of School by Harry and Rosemary Wong (Harry Wong Publications, 1999) and Being Mentored: A Guide for Prot�g�s by Hal Portner (Corwin Press, Inc., 2002)
Another way to say, "Hello, we are glad you are here," is to collaborate with other "old-timers" and present new teachers with a welcome basket. What could you put into a new teacher's welcome basket? how about:
a signed welcome card;
a gift certificate to a teacher's store;
a map of the school and district;
a list of staff names, room numbers, and e-mail addresses;
a cushion for their chair;
a personalized coffee mug;
a candy bar or box of raisins,
inspirational quotes;
a "blank book" journal;
a plant;
a bottle of aspirin; and
an invitation to visit your classroom.
Give the Gift of Time
A new teacher needs the opportunity to observe experienced teachers teach. If a new teacher has a mentor, the mentor needs to observe his/her protégé teach and to meet with the prot�g� before and after the observation. All this takes time; usually more time than either mentor or prot�g� has available. Here is one way you can give the gift of time.
Volunteer to be available two or three times a year during a preparation period to conduct a mentor's or beginning teacher's class in order to free up time for them to engage in mentoring activities. Notice I said "conduct" a class, not "take over" or "monitor." Meet with the new teacher a couple of days prior to teaching the class to discuss the lesson plan.
Give the Gift of Experience
If you are an accomplished teacher, you possess a valuable commodity that new teachers have yet to acquire: experience. You can go back into your memory banks to compare situations and figure out what to do; novices have no such stored experiences.
Volunteer to make yourself available on occasion, and by request, to discuss a specific curriculum situation or instructional strategy with a new colleague. Also, consider facilitating a "brown-bag" discussion or presenting a workshop for beginning teachers in your area of expertise.
Give the Gift of Yourself
Becoming acclimated to a new job, a new culture, and new relationships takes time. Induction doesn't stop after the first few days of the school year--nor for that matter, after the first year. The process can be especially trying if you feel ignored and isolated from the rest of your professional colleagues. Whether you are a first year teacher or a seasoned veteran, you can combat professional isolation by sharing yourself with others. Here are some ways.
Share your enthusiasm about teaching and learning.
Engage in informal conversations, perhaps over coffee or lunch.
Sit next to the new teacher during workshops, meetings, or school events.
Every now and then, greet the new teacher with a smile and a "How are things going?" -- and mean it.
Ask the new teacher to help you evaluate new material or to serve on a professional committee with you.
So, new kid on the block or seasoned veteran, keep this in mind as you welcome the new school year: In a healthy community, people help each other grow.
For a printable version of this article click here.
Gazette Articles by Hal Portner:
Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century (May 2009)
Be Your Own Mentor: Reflect (Apr. 2009)
The 21st Century Teaching-Learning Environment - (Think Outside the Classroom Box) (Mar. 2009)
Do You Have a Student Teacher? (Feb. 2009)
Teacher's Inquiry Process (Dec. 2008)
Are you an Informal Teacher-Leader? (Oct. 2008)
High Quality Teaching: The Intangible Element (Sept. 2008)
Get the Most Out of Being Mentored - Part 2:Take Responsibility (Aug. 2008)
Get the Most Out of Being Mentored (July 2008)
Committees: Make Them More Productive (June 2008)
Problem-Based Learning Part 3 (May 2008)
Problem-Based Learning Part 2: Good problems (April 2008)
Problem-Based Learning (Mar. 2008)
Make That Presentation a Winner! (Feb. 2008)
Planning to Present a Workshop? Here�s How! (Jan. 2008)
It Takes a Community to Induct a Teacher (Aug. 2003)
With a Little Help From Your Friends (Putting Reflection to Work) (July 2003)
Be Your Own Mentor: REFLECT (June 2003)
SGID: Teachers Learn From Student Feedback -- Small Group Instructional Diagnosis Leads to Increased Learning (May 2003)
Teachers: Want to Learn? Then Learn to Risk! (Apr. 2003)
Need Something? Ask! (Mar. 2003)
Now is a Good Time (Feb. 2003)
Teachers Have Two Jobs (Jan. 2002)
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Nine Tenths of the Law by Claudia Hagadus Long
By Vicki Weisfeld
This literary crime thriller by Claudia Hagadus Long is part treasure hunt, part family story, part romance, part tragic history. Long weaves these elements together in a complicated plot through the strong voice of her story's sympathetic narrator, Zara Persil-Pendleton.
Zara and her husband Sam are Californians, on sabbatical in Manhattan for a few months. Zara loves New York for many reasons. She once lived there, and it brings her closer to her only sister, Lilliana – Lilly of the many husbands, currently unattached. Fashionable Lilly. Tall, long-legged, dark-haired, buxom Lilly. Whereas Zara is slightly younger, much shorter, blonde, and frumpy, or so she'd have you believe. Zara isn't working at the moment and Lilly's job is part-time so they spend a lot of time together. They sisters are nearing 60; that time is precious.
On one of their excursions, they stop in at the Jewish Studies Museum. Zara had visited it 30 years earlier with their Polish mother, Aurora, a Holocaust survivor. Aurora, whose will to survive was formidable, had many dark episodes in her past that she only sparingly shared with Zara. On display was a strikingly beautiful Hanukkiah (a menorah for Hanukkah) that is again part of the exhibit Zara and Lilly are viewing three decades later. Aurora told Zara the menorah was stolen from their family. As proof, she pointed to Zara's ring, which has the same turquoise enamel with the same embedded gold stars, centred with a seed pearl, just like those adorning the Hanukkiah.
However much she might have wanted the Hanukkiah returned to her, Aurora at that point was not even admitting she was Jewish, so deep were the scars she carried. As the novel progresses, we learn more about those scars. Zara has occasional visions, in which she sees and hears her mother's story as if she's revealing long-buried secrets. Author Long handles these passages believably and with a deft touch, because this isn't a story about the past, it's the present that Zara and Lilly navigate that preoccupies them. Too much retrospection might weigh the novel down, and yet, Aurora's experiences are vital because the sisters are unquestionably the inheritors of this brutal past.
When Lilly hears that their mother said the Hanukkiah belonged to their family, her reaction is completely different from Aurora's. She wants it back, and the treasure hunt is on. Lilly and Zara embark on a rather ill-conceived ploy to obtain it, which leads them into several tricky situations. At first these are awkward and funny, but gradually, they become possibly dangerous.
They learn that after the exhibit closed, the Hanukkiah and some other valuable pieces went missing. Worse, the exhibit curator left her job abruptly. Beyond that, the museum staff stonewall them. The problem of finding the curator soon becomes moot, because her body is found – topless in December, behind the toddler playground of a synagogue in Cranford, New Jersey. The police seem convinced the death was natural but that makes no sense to the sisters. From there on out, the possibility of real physical danger hovers over their quest.
Long writes in the present tense and in the first person, which gives an immediacy to the story that draws you in. First person can be tedious if the narrator's voice isn't engaging, but here, Zara, with all her on-point observations and clever asides keeps you amused and interested.
Everything isn't light-hearted, of course. Not only were their forebears affected by the Holocaust, Zara and Lilly carry that burden as well. They feel that whatever they suffer, it is nothing compared to what their mother went through, so they should bear it without complaint. Again, Long has struck a nice balance between describing Zara's inner conflicts and the action of the story. It never bogs down; instead, her interior journey lends considerable richness to the narrative.
The pleasures of big-city life are well described, as well as the warm joys of family. Lilly's preoccupation with finding her next beau is entertaining, and you feel for Zara as a Californian trying (unsuccessfully) to cope with the East Coast's winter weather. This being a story about a Jewish family, food has a starring role, even at one point making a major contribution to the plot. I think you'll find book provides a great deal of enjoyment at many levels.
If you like this, try The Interpreter by AJ Sidransky or The Godmother by Hannelore Cayre.
Kasva Press
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