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package ucar.nc2.iosp.hdf5;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import ucar.ma2.*;
import ucar.nc2.*;
import ucar.nc2.dataset.NetcdfDataset;
import ucar.nc2.write.Ncdump;
import ucar.unidata.util.test.category.NeedsCdmUnitTest;
import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles;

/**
 * Test nc2 read JUnit framework.
 */
@Category(NeedsCdmUnitTest.class)
public class TestH5ReadStructure2 {
  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MethodHandles.lookup().lookupClass());

  /*
   * Structure {
   * int a_name;
   * String b_name(4);
   * char c_name(6);
   * short d_name(5, 4);
   * float e_name;
   * double f_name(10);
   * byte g_name;
   * } CompoundComplex(6);
   * type = Layout(8); type= 1 (contiguous) storageSize = (6,224) dataSize=0 dataAddress=2048
   */
  @Test
  public void testReadH5Structure() throws java.io.IOException {
    int a_name = 0;
    String[] b_name = new String[] {"A fight is a contract that takes two people to honor.",
        "A combative stance means that you've accepted the contract.", "In which case, you deserve what you get.",
        "  --  Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing"};
    String c_name = "Hello!";

    // H5header.setDebugFlags(new ucar.nc2.util.DebugFlagsImpl("H5header/header"));
    try (NetcdfFile ncfile = TestH5.openH5("complex/compound_complex.h5")) {

      Variable dset = ncfile.findVariable("CompoundComplex");
      assert (null != dset);
      assert (dset.getDataType() == DataType.STRUCTURE);
      assert (dset.getRank() == 1);
      assert (dset.getSize() == 6);

      Dimension d = dset.getDimension(0);
      assert (d.getLength() == 6);

      Structure s = (Structure) dset;

      // read all with the iterator
      StructureDataIterator iter = s.getStructureIterator();
      while (iter.hasNext()) {
        StructureData sd = iter.next();
        assert sd.getScalarInt("a_name") == a_name;
        a_name++;
        assert sd.getScalarString("c_name").equals(c_name);
        String[] results = sd.getJavaArrayString(sd.findMember("b_name"));
        assert results.length == b_name.length;
        int count = 0;
        for (String r : results)
          assert r.equals(b_name[count++]);

        for (StructureMembers.Member m : sd.getMembers()) {
          Array data = sd.getArray(m);
          logger.debug(Ncdump.printArray(data, m.getName(), null));
        }
      }

    }
    System.out.println("*** testReadH5Structure ok");
  }

  @Test
  public void testH5StructureDS() throws java.io.IOException {
    int a_name = 0;
    String[] b_name = new String[] {"A fight is a contract that takes two people to honor.",
        "A combative stance means that you've accepted the contract.", "In which case, you deserve what you get.",
        "  --  Professor Cheng Man-ch'ing"};
    String c_name = "Hello!";

    // H5header.setDebugFlags(new ucar.nc2.util.DebugFlagsImpl("H5header/header"));
    try (NetcdfDataset ncfile = NetcdfDataset.openDataset(TestH5.testDir + "complex/compound_complex.h5")) {

      Variable dset = ncfile.findVariable("CompoundComplex");
      assert (null != dset);
      assert (dset.getDataType() == DataType.STRUCTURE);
      assert (dset.getRank() == 1);
      assert (dset.getSize() == 6);

      Dimension d = dset.getDimension(0);
      assert (d.getLength() == 6);

      Structure s = (Structure) dset;

      // read all with the iterator
      StructureDataIterator iter = s.getStructureIterator();
      while (iter.hasNext()) {
        StructureData sd = iter.next();
        assert sd.getScalarInt("a_name") == a_name;
        a_name++;
        assert sd.getScalarString("c_name").equals(c_name);
        String[] results = sd.getJavaArrayString(sd.findMember("b_name"));
        assert results.length == b_name.length;
        int count = 0;
        for (String r : results)
          assert r.equals(b_name[count++]);

        for (StructureMembers.Member m : sd.getMembers()) {
          Array data = sd.getArray(m);
          logger.debug(Ncdump.printArray(data, m.getName(), null));
        }
      }

    }
    System.out.println("*** testH5StructureDS ok");

  }

  /*
   * Structure {
   * int a_name;
   * byte b_name(3);
   * byte c_name(3);
   * short d_name(3);
   * int e_name(3);
   * long f_name(3);
   * int g_name(3);
   * short h_name(3);
   * int i_name(3);
   * long j_name(3);
   * float k_name(3);
   * double l_name(3);
   * } CompoundNative(15);
   * type = Layout(8); type= 1 (contiguous) storageSize = (15,144) dataSize=0 dataAddress=2048
   */
  @Test
  public void testReadH5StructureArrayMembers() throws java.io.IOException {
    try (NetcdfFile ncfile = TestH5.openH5("complex/compound_native.h5")) {

      Variable dset = ncfile.findVariable("CompoundNative");
      assert (null != dset);
      assert (dset.getDataType() == DataType.STRUCTURE);
      assert (dset.getRank() == 1);
      assert (dset.getSize() == 15);

      Dimension d = dset.getDimension(0);
      assert (d.getLength() == 15);

      Structure s = (Structure) dset;

      // read all with the iterator
      StructureDataIterator iter = s.getStructureIterator();
      while (iter.hasNext()) {
        StructureData sd = iter.next();

        for (StructureMembers.Member m : sd.getMembers()) {
          Array data = sd.getArray(m);
          logger.debug(Ncdump.printArray(data, m.getName(), null));
        }
      }

    }
    System.out.println("*** testReadH5StructureArrayMembers ok");
  }

  /*
   * Structure {
   * int LAT[0];
   * ...
   * int LAT[149];
   * } IMAGE_LAT_ARRAY(3600);
   * type = Layout(8); type= 2 (chunked) storageSize = (1,600) dataSize=0 dataAddress=2548046
   */
  @Test
  public void testReadOneAtATime() throws java.io.IOException, InvalidRangeException {
    try (NetcdfFile ncfile = TestH5.openH5("IASI/IASI.h5")) {

      Variable dset = ncfile.findVariable("U-MARF/EPS/IASI_xxx_1C/DATA/IMAGE_LAT_ARRAY");
      assert (null != dset);
      assert (dset.getDataType() == DataType.STRUCTURE);
      assert (dset.getRank() == 1);
      assert (dset.getSize() == 3600);

      Dimension d = dset.getDimension(0);
      assert (d.getLength() == 3600);

      Structure s = (Structure) dset;

      // read last one - chunked
      StructureData sd = s.readStructure(3599);
      assert sd.getScalarInt("LAT[0]") == 70862722;
      assert sd.getScalarInt("LAT[149]") == 85302263;

      // read one at a time
      for (int i = 3590; i < d.getLength(); i++) {
        s.readStructure(i);
        System.out.println(" read structure " + i);
      }

    }
    System.out.println("*** testReadIASI ok");
  }

  /*
   * Structure {
   * char EntryName(64);
   * char Definition(1024);
   * char Unit(1024);
   * char Scale Factor(1024);
   * } TIME_DESCR(60);
   * type = Layout(8); type= 2 (chunked) storageSize = (1,3136) dataSize=0 dataAddress=684294
   */
  @Test
  public void testReadManyAtATime() throws java.io.IOException, InvalidRangeException {
    try (NetcdfFile ncfile = TestH5.openH5("IASI/IASI.h5")) {

      Variable dset = ncfile.findVariable("U-MARF/EPS/IASI_xxx_1C/DATA/TIME_DESCR");
      assert (null != dset);
      assert (dset.getDataType() == DataType.STRUCTURE);
      assert (dset.getRank() == 1);
      assert (dset.getSize() == 60);

      Dimension d = dset.getDimension(0);
      assert (d.getLength() == 60);

      ArrayStructure data = (ArrayStructure) dset.read();
      StructureMembers.Member m = data.getStructureMembers().findMember("EntryName");
      assert m != null;
      for (int i = 0; i < dset.getSize(); i++) {
        String r = data.getScalarString(i, m);
        if (i % 2 == 0)
          assert r.equals("TIME[" + i / 2 + "]-days") : r + " at " + i;
        else
          assert r.equals("TIME[" + i / 2 + "]-milliseconds") : r + " at " + i;
      }
    }
    System.out.println("*** testReadManyAtATime ok");
  }

}

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Digital acquisition
NAB2004 may well be remembered as the turning point for interoperability. It set the stage for a new digital workflow based on the processing of digital
CRAIG BIRKMAIER
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At NAB2004, Sony delivered a full-bandwidth HDCAM studio/field recording system, which will compete with the Panasonic D-5 format. The SRW-5000 is a full-bandwidth HD VTR that does not use prefiltering or resampling. Based on the MPEG-4 Studio Profile compression algorithm, the system can write 440Mb/s to tape at 10-bit resolution. It can record all 1080-line frame rates, as well as native 720p at 60Hz.
Sony also unveiled a prototype three-chip HDV camcorder that records HD imagery using long-GOP MPEG-2 at 25Mb/s. But the future for the HDV format remains clouded. The need for a highly compressed tape-based HD acquisition system is questionable, given the trend toward acquiring less-compressed, high-resolution images direct to hard disk or solid-state memory.
A partnership with impact
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Apple and Panasonic have set the stage for the real HD revolution. But they are leveraging the existing tape-based infrastructure for the moment, while Panasonic puts the finishing touches on P2, its SD memory-based acquisition gear.
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Across the aisle, Avid was proving that Panasonic and Apple do not have a monopoly on HD innovation. Avid's DN×HD compression system operates in 4:2:2 color space and is available in three user-selectable bandwidth configurations: 220Mb/s configurations for both 10-bit and eight-bit video, and an eight-bit configuration requiring only 145Mb/s. The technology supports 720p at 60fps and 1080p/i HD resolutions at 30-, 25- and 24fps.
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"We've got players that haven't played as much as they'd have liked. Henri's come in and scored a wonderful free-kick. It's the sort of thing we're going to need.
"It's not just 11 players. We need a squad of players, and everyone to be pulling in the same direction. It's fantastic that everyone's involved.
"I think the performance was very good, although, throughout the season, we've performed well and there have been games where you could probably take a point, or take all three, and we've been on the wrong end of those turning points."
Newcastle's players applauded the club's 3,000 travelling fans at the final whistle.
"The fans have been fantastic," said Ritchie. "I don't think anyone thought this season was going to be easy. There was always going to be ups and downs, but it's the way we react to the downs.
"The past couple of weeks have been tough for everyone involved at the club. Results haven't been the way we've wanted them. But we showed resilience, and it was great to share that with the fans.
"Hopefully, we put a smile back on their faces and they can have a Merry Christmas."
Newcastle entertain unbeaten Premier League leaders Manchester City tomorrow night.
"You've seen already this year that the Premier League's a ruthless place, and that if you're not at it, you'll get beat," said Ritchie.
"We need to make sure the desire, above all else, is breathing throughout the team."
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Giveaway! Time for a New Bible! My husband, Brian, gave me this Bible for Mother's Day, 1994, almost 20 years ago. I used this Bible for every lecture I prepared and delivered as a Teaching Leader with Bible Study Fellowship from1999 until the fall of 2013.
I decided after my final lecture on September 23 to retire this Bible. It's been through a few wars with me and is pretty much falling apart. I've glued the cover on with Elmer's multiple times and had to glue whole sections into the binding with rubber cement. Some pages are taped where I accidentally tore them. They say that a person whose Bible is falling apart is a person who isn't. Trust me; there have been plenty of times I thought I was falling apart! My Bible didn't hold me together, but the words of God did!
Each day as we open the Bible, read it, and ingest the words, God changes us. He strengthens, sharpens, smoothes rough edges, comforts, challenges, convicts, and matures us. God's word sustains us.
It's interesting, rarely do we think of going a day without food, but we'll go for days, weeks, month, even years at a time without feeding our souls. We can't make God happier, or earn his favor by reading the Bible more, but we can understand who God is and who we are supposed to be by reading it more. Is God calling you to his word?
God's word also gives us direction and light in the darkness of an often frightening world. When the culture is continually pulling us and lying to us, how can we know which way to go?
Psalm 119:105 "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path" Do you feel lost when it comes to reading the Bible? Do you need direction? Maybe I can help you find a starting line.
A few years ago I discovered the "One Year Chronological Bible". It is a wonderful way to read through the Bible. All of the Scriptures are there; nothing added, nothing taken away, all of God's Word arranged chronologically. It is like reading the greatest novel of all time… God's Story!
Since some friends gave me a beautiful, new black leather, (large print!!) Bible this spring to replace my retired one; I thought I'd 'pay it forward' by giving away a "One Year Chronological Bible" this week!
If you'd like an opportunity to own the Chronological Bible – just comment on the blog and you'll be entered. You can simply say 'I'm in' – or better yet, share an encouraging word! I'll pick and post the winner on December 2. Good luck! And God bless!
Marcia, while reading your blog this morning I felt it was a message written for me. My hubby bought me a bible a few years back and I've had a hard time trying to read and understand it. I gave up and put it away. I always hoped (prayed) someone would write a "Bible for Dummies" so I can understand. To hear that there is a version that is easy to read made my day. One of my goals in life is to build my faith stronger and this would be a great step for me. Thanks for sharing this information.
Sooo glad this encouraged you today!
I just searched the internet to find a new Bible. My 1st edition of the Women's Devotional Bible that I started using in 1996 is falling apart. I love this particular Bible because if I don't remember the address of a particular scripture, I can "see" it on the page. I know which side of the page and what column I'm looking. After the Bible arrived, I said to Melissa, "I wonder how many of these I need to find to carry me to the end?" Love you, Marcia!
Marcia, love your posts. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!
I see God working through you and I have grown in the Lord because of your ministry with BSF. I am excited about what the Lord has in store for you dear friend I don't need a Bible, but if would win I would " pass it on, because it only takes spark to keep a fire going." You are in my prayers!
Thanks Carolyn! And thanks for all your help!
Tammi, there are many ways to 'read through' the Bible… but I am totally sold on the Chronological Bible!
When I saw and read the condition of your Bible, I was reminded of the quote "When you see a Bible that is falling apart, it is always in the hands of someone who is not!!" God bless you and your family and Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too, Janet!
Loved this! I remember your bible from our times at BSF. I have never read the chronological bible! That would be really a great thing to do for the new year. The Holy Spirit will teach and lead us into all truth!
there was 1 time I didn't lecture from this Bible; I forgot it at home and had to borrow yours… do you remember?
I do! How did that happen? That must have been so disconcerting. What wonderful memories we have of that special time.
Hi Marcia, love your posts. I don't need the Bible either, but I have someone in mind if I were to get one.
Marcia, I love your blog! Thank you for all of the encouragement you give us! Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks, Angela! And, good luck!
I have a bible from 1994 also; I don't take it out anymore because it too is falling apart, I've tried duck tape; which works well; I hadn't thought about cement glue – that's a great idea! Pages get very fragile; but I have written in it where I've prayed for friends and family. So it still is precious!
Love your posts…are you speaking anywhere?
Thanks, Marianne, yes, there are some speaking engagements 'in the works' – as soon as we nail down places/dates/etc., we'll post them on 'future events' on the website… I do have one coming up in March in Crown Point, IN that is listed there.
my bible is well worn as well,stuffed with pieces of paper for scriptures that have touched me also with poems and card and such that people have given me over the years,oh yeah and that time i spilled my morning coffee on it!
My Bible is from college. A friend thought I needed a Bible since I wasn't saved. It's from 1985….NIV….I use it everyday! Love it!
what a sweet memory for you!
Your Blogs always make my day. I know my faith is not as strong as it should it be and you help bring me back to reality!! Love you!!
Oh, but Cathy, your faith is in the Living God… so it is a sufficient faith!
I am praying for you. I have read your blog and am blessed by your ministry.
It is a pleasure to have your blogs to bless and enhance my life. Thank you.
Thank you, Sandy! What great testimony of the all-sufficiency of God!


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The man police say attempted suicide at the Wicomico County Detention Center told arresting officers he wanted to kill himself, charging papers show.
The man police say attempted suicide at the Wicomico County Detention Center told his arresting officers he wanted to kill himself, charging papers show.
Thomas Alan Gosier, 22, attempted suicide on Sunday, Aug. 21, at the county detention center, where he was being held on $10,000 bond in connection with an Aug. 12 shoplifting arrest. Gosier, who charging papers show told Salisbury Police he wanted to kill himself, was still listed by authorities as being in "critical and unstable condition."
The investigation into Gosier's attempt is being handled by the Wicomico County Bureau of Investigations and is active and ongoing, according to Lt. Rich Weisrberg. In a phone interview on Tuesday, Weisrberg said "proper protocol" was followed at the detention center and the circumstances surrounding Gosier's attempt were "not suspicious in nature."
Gosier, according to a Wicomico County District Court filing, had stolen eight bottles of Benzedrex nasal spray from the Giant food store located at 751 S. Salisbury Blvd. Police say when a loss prevention manager tried to confront Gosier, the suspect walked past him at the front door and ditched the goods in a storm drain.
Benzedrex, a nasal decongestant, is commonly abused because it contains an active ingredient similar to amphetamine.
Upon his arrest, lower court records show Gosier threatened to kill himself and hit his head against the window of the squad car. Gosier kicked two officers who tried to restrain him in the back seat to calm him down, police said. The 22-year-old man was taken to Peninsula Regional Medical Center for evaluation prior to being taken to the detention center, records show.
District Court records listed Gosier as homeless, however the Maryland Judiciary Case Search — a statewide online tool for looking up both district and circuit court criminal and civil proceedings — listed him as residing in Clearwater, Florida.
A check of the Florida address revealed it to be the Pinellas Hope, a Catholic Charity in Clearwater that provides cottages and spaces for tents for that area's homeless population. The shelter is 10 acres and has been in operation since 2007, according to its website.
Gosier had a Twitter account that was operational from October 2015 to December 2015. At the time the account was used, the social media website showed he had sent his tweets from Santa Monica, California.
Anyone with any information regarding Gosier's attempt may contact the Wicomico County Bureau of Investigations at 410-548-4898. Detective Jenn Hall is working the investigation.


The Cantiere delle Marche 'Darwin 96' is a true explorer yacht: steel displacement hull, long range, go-anywhere mentality commercial ship disguised as a yacht. The build quality exceeds classification requirements and is a testament to the yards goals of exceeding client's expectations.
215 gross tons, close to a 6,000nm range, large tenders, expansive lazzarrette space that can be configured into a custom dive shop, storage for fishing gear, additional freezer/refrigeration for provisioning, water sports equipment, advanced navigation equipments equivalent to that found on much larger 50+ meter mega-yachts - are all examples of what make the Darwin 96 a true world traveler. Her systems are autonomous and meant to be efficient & reliable so that the guests & crew on-board can reach the far corners of the worlds oceans in safety & all done in the comforts of yacht quality luxury finishes.
Available in 4 or 5 cabin layouts, each Darwin 96 is built to order specifically at the request of the individual buyer. The interior decor, layout & accommodations, exterior deck spaces, lazzarrette, tenders & toys are all chosen as per each clients needs & requirements.
In 16 months from the time contracts are finalized the Darwin 96 is delivered to the client.
Complete technical & build specifications, multiple General Arrangement floor plans, additional interior & exterior pictures, navigation & communication equipment proposals are all available upon request.
The Darwin 96 is like nothing else on the market today - the highest build quality in the world, finished with Italian style.
The owner of Stella di Mare, the first Darwin 96 from Cantiere delle Marche (CDM), planned to spend several weeks aboard with his family after the yacht launched in April 2013. Four months later and with just five days in port, he and his family have cruised 5,000 miles throughout the Mediterranean, from Croatia to Greece and Turkey, and then to Sicily, Sardinia and France.
The Darwin 96 from Italy's Cantiere delle Marche hits a sweet spot in size, amenities and range.
If you like the idea of a superyacht, but you've nowhere to put one, you should maybe have a word with Cantiere delle Marche. The Ancona, Italy, shipyard's Darwin range might look like it's cashing in on the explorer trend, but there is a lot more to it than that. In fact, it's a concept that seeks to marry the superyacht values of high-quality fit-out, bespoke interior design and onboard space with the practicalities of a go-anywhere boat.
Stella di Mare has non-standard engines. Her owner, who moved up from a fast fiberglass planing boat, decided that the 590 horsepower per side offered by the standard Cat C18s wasn't going to be enough for a 200-tonner. He was wrong, of course, as he now acknowledges. On our sea trial off Cannes, jaws dropped as we watched the MTU fuel consumption readout leap from 31 gallons per hour at a relaxed 1,460 rpm to 96 gallons per hour at maximum revs—an extra 65 gallons per hour just to nudge the log from 10 knots to 13. As Cutolo observed, the 96 is no different from most motoryachts in that respect. The owner might push the throttles home once to see how fast the yacht will go, then look at the fuel readout and never do it again. So 10 knots is an excellent passage making speed, providing the 96 with a cruising range of about 3,000 nautical miles. Drop back to 1200 rpm and 8.5 knots and you can double that.


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View Full Version : No PC logitech gamepad support?
I have a logitech gamepad and it works... sort of... I ca do everything but draw/aim/shoot. Though in the option menu I can't enable it. It's flagged as disabled and I can't get it to enable... In fact trying to enable it completely broke it and now I can't get it to work at all in the game.
I'm sorry for bumping this, but I see lots of people complaining about this issue : on local coop' mode, it seems the second controller is detected but it's impossible to aim or fire. The second player is stucked with the keyboard.
Did anyone find a solution to this issue ?
@Soulmancer - please give us the full name / model of your gamepad.
@Clara - Have you checked the control section? By default player 2 should be assigned a controller first. What controller are you using?
@Breakdown - Are they both being shown in the controlls section? Have they been switched on for use?
I have the same problem. When i'm trying to aim, the character is dropping out the weapons, but he puts them in immediately, so I can't shoot. I'm using a gamepad named hama black force. It works perfect with other games. I really wanted to play the game along with my friend and now I'm loosing my interest in it. I would like to know if there is a way to fix the bug or am I spending so many days trying to do it for nothing? Ι would be really thankfull if I get a right answer. Thank you for your time. I've also heard that enabling the axis would help, but i don't know how exactly to set the right options, there are too many and I have no idea if I have to just enable them or to set on and the otions with x and y axis.


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Alfa Romeo Might Go Endurance Racing
Could an Alfa Romeo prototype run in IMSA in 2017?
By Travis Okulski
Marshall Pruett
Alfa Romeo is taking a hard look at entering IMSA's new-look 2017 LMP2-based Prototype field as part of the brand's ongoing re-introduction to the American market.
Multiple sources have now confirmed the Italian auto manufacturer has held meetings with the sports car sanctioning body regarding the engine and bodywork necessary to badge a P2 chassis when the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship changes Prototype formulas at the end of 2016.
"Alfa Romeo has very ambitious plans in the United States. They've made it clear that racing is part of their heritage, and part of what they plan to carry forward," said one source with knowledge of the discussions who asked to have their name withheld. "So it's not that big of a stretch to say that if they are going to go be involved in racing in the United States, it's going to be IMSA, so the most logical place for them to land is Prototype."
Alfa Romeo, which is owned by FIAT, has not competed in North America with a factory effort since its brief participation in the CART IndyCar Series between 1989-'91 (Alfa's V8 turbo engine from that program is pictured above). Provided it returns in 2017, it's believed a production-based 2.9-liter V6 turbo would form the basis of its P2 engine program.
IMSA requires all manufacturers involved in the new P2 formula to create custom bodywork to complement its engine, and with four official P2 chassis suppliers to choose from, Italy's Dallara, France's Onroak or ORECA, or the American/Canadian Riley-Multimatic would need to create the bespoke body and create an engine installation kit on behalf of Alfa Romeo.
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The iPhone Communicator is a brand new iPhone VoIP app, available in the app store today. The user-friendly iPhone app provides the users of iPhone mobile with accelerated and enhanced unified communication experience. The iPhone communicator, built-on the SIP platform, allows you to take advantage of the outstanding audio call through the additionally embedded features of Instant Messaging and Video-calling. All what you need to do is just connect your iPhone with Internet and enjoy the experience of minimal cost communication through the iPhone VoIP apps like iPhone communicator. Supported by iOS 5.x, 6.x ,7.x and 8.x the iPhone app is easy to customize, and can be accessed from anywhere, anytime worldwide. But, remember, having downloaded the app, the users would have to acquire Testing Accounts for SIP VoIP, Video and IM testing.
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Please help. I really don't like my boyfriends daughter. I don't really know why. We've been together for two years and his daughter is two. She was four weeks old when we got together but I had been aeeimg my boyfriend before she was born. There was a period of time that I was not aware of her existance. He didn't have a lot to do with her after she was born (for the first year) but I encouraged him strongly to see her more and spend time with her. He did this and I thought it was great. I didn't mind her being around at all.
Lately, the whole situation is bothering me. I do all the cooking and cleaning and I find myself constantly picking up after her and feeding her. He doesn't give her snacks so I just do it because I think it's unfair. I change her, feed her etc and that would mostly be fine but I feel like I can't keep doing it for much longer. It's now after 7 and she still hasn't had tea. She whines majority of the day because she's always hungry and tired. So I don't want her around me now. I just want peace. She also sleeps in our room nightly and wakes about 5 times in the night. By screaming. There is more to the situation but basically, she is a victim of my boyfriends laziness and I feel like I'm picking up the slack. What should I do? I don't want to leave because I do love him but I don't know if I can keep going in this situation. I desperate for a good nights sleep and for someone to cook me a meal, just once.
I think you already know what I'm going to say: Your problem is not with this little girl. Your problem is with your so-called boyfriend. He is being a terrible father. A 2-year-old needs routine, security, and love. She needs to be fed regularly and well, put down for regular naps, and cuddled and loved as much as possible. Your boyfriend is guilty of neglect. If it were not for you, she would be malnourished and uncared for. Of course she whines. Of course she screams. She is communicating in the only way she can that the situation is intolerable for her.
You didn't mention what goes on with the little girl's mother. Even if you aren't fond of each other, you two should be allies in caring for the little girl. Let the mom know what is going on. The needs of the child come first. Work together to make sure she gets the attention and care she wants and deserves.
You also didn't mention how often and for how long you have the child in your care. If it is only a weekend now and then (and you insist on staying with this boy), you need to accept that you will be the parent as long as she is with you. Surely you can manage for a couple of days now and then if it means the health and welfare of a child. But if she is with you regularly, you have every right to insist that your boyfriend man up and be a dad. Actually, I don't care if she is with you five minutes or five days. This little girl deserves a whole lot better than she is getting from her father.
I have to wonder: Why on earth are you staying with this guy? The way he treats his little daughter is the way he'll treat any children you may have in the future. The way he is treating you is unlikely to change. I'm sure he can be sweet or you won't be with him at all. But sweetness doesn't let a man off from being responsible.


On this episode J.D. gives us a rundown on last week's big Microsoft announcement where they unveiled the Windows 10 Consumer Preview and their new Windows Holographic headset.
Of course we have a slew of the latest tech news and Pedro reviews the FiiO X3 high resolution digital music player.


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DoE, EU to power 100K off-grid homes in Mindanao
The Department of Energy (DoE) and the European Union (EU) on Thursday held a switch-on ceremony for a joint project to bring electricity to some 100,000 households in off-grid communities in the Bangsamoro region.
EU Head of Development Cooperation Enrico Strampelli and DoE Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella spearheaded the ceremony for the solar power for electrification and livelihood projects in the presence of around 300 participants from the local and national levels at the DASURECO compound in Digos City, Davao del Sur.
The switch-on ceremony represents the energization of households in Sitio New Mabuhay and the thousands of households in other off-grid areas in the country. It also highlights the productive use of renewable energy for increased income generation in rural communities.
These initiatives are supported by the DoE and EU through the Access to Sustainable Energy Programme (ASEP). Under the program, the EU provided about €60 million grant to the Philippine government for the implementation of a program that will increase the share of indigenous and renewable sources in the energy mix and expand the access to electricity services in remote areas and populations and to pursue new energy efficiency strategies.
Under ASEP's Photovoltaic (PV) Mainstreaming program, about 40,500 solar home systems (SHS), each with a 50-watt peak capacity, will be installed in remote off-grid communities in various provinces in Mindanao.
To date, the SHS installation has been completed in Sitio New Mabuhay, Barangay Little Baguio in the Municipality of Malita, Davao del Sur. About 100 recipient households are already enjoying the benefits of superior lighting from solar PV.
Through the technical assistance of ASEP, a 3-kW solar PV system that powers two units of abaca spindle machines was likewise installed to demonstrate additional economic opportunities in remote communities through renewable energy.
These installations in New Mabuhay represent an "electrification with livelihood" approach for off-grid areas.
ASEP is being carried out as a partnership between EU and the DoE. Other key stakeholders include the National Electrification Administration, Energy Regulatory Commission, National Power Corporation, electric cooperatives and local governments.
"Rest assured, the DoE and our partners-stakeholders will continue to explore more projects that will benefit our brothers and sisters in remote areas through innovative solutions," DoE Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said in his keynote message delivered by Fuentebella.
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CELEBRITY Bake Off has been full of dazzling desserts and sumptuous sponges.
Each week four celebrities must compete in three separate baking challenges.
The first is the signature bake, then the technical challenge and finally the showstopper.
At the end Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith determine who is deserving of the title "Star Baker".
Who won the first episode of Celebrity Bake Off?
The first episode of Celebrity Bake Off was won by comedian Harry Hill.
The TV Burp star competed against singer Martin Kemp, comedian Roisin Conaty and BBC Breakfast host Bill Turnbull.
He performed well in the first two rounds, mastering the technical challenge of Crepes Suzettes.
But his showstopper was something else - a 3D scene made out of icing which depicted the imaginary day he spent with Camilla Parker-Bowles on the beach.
Who was the star baker in the second episode of Celebrity Bake Off?
In the second episode the Star Baker title was awarded to Diversity dancer Perri Kiely.
He competed against Loose Women's Stacey Solomon, Alan Sugar's aide Nick Hewer and Ricky Wilson from the Kaiser Chiefs.
Perri impressed in the signature challenge with raspberry and chocolate scones and mastered the technical bake of a Devil's Food Cake.
For the showstopper he made a choux bun masterpiece depicting him getting his hair cut at the barbers'.
Who was the star baker in the third episode of Celebrity Bake Off?
The third Star Baker was Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.
She was competing against musical comedian Tim Minchin, singer-songwriter Ella Eyre and Made in Chelsea star Jamie Laing.
Ruth impressed the judges with her tiramisu sandwich biscuits in the technical challenge and her banana bread - Jamie's was dubbed the "worst cake ever."
Her showstopper was an impressive "Wexford Wonder" tower made out of meringues in the colours of the Irish flag and topped off with sparklers.
Who won star baker in the last episode of Celebrity Bake Off 2018?
In the final episode of Celebrity Bake Off - which aired on Tuesday, March 3 - Teri Hatcher won the coveted title of Star Baker.
The Desperate Housewives star impressed judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with her rainbow cake, custard tarts and other sweet treats.


Stephen King, the man, and legend. From Christine to The Stand, The Dark Tower to Pet Sematary, The Mist to 1408, he is The King of Horror. His filmography is legendary to horror and it just keeps getting better. The It Remake is slated to land in September of 2017 with The Dark Tower following. Follow FrightFind's Stephen King news here and join us on his masterful journey.
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You may have noticed that I've changed my blog profile photo to this one that Laury took of me sitting on the old wagon she rescued from her barn. (For more about the wagon, click here.) She managed to get me as well as the back of my house behind me. That long wall of windows is the enclosed terrace, now a dining room. There are two sliders that open into the backyard. The other little windows open into the salle de bain and le toilette. While I wish the house renovation had preserved some of the historic details inside, it's clean and very comfortable. And I'm not complaining about any of the modern touches!
The dining room. If I ever get really brave, I may throw a big dinner party and fill this table!


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Uroš Seljak
2021 Cosmology Prize
The fundamental idea was out there: Cosmologists could learn the secrets of the early universe if only they found a way to decipher a riddle in the Cosmic Microwave Background. In 1997, two papers published back to back in Physical Review Letters showed them how.
Marc Kamionkowski, Uroš Seljak, and Matias Zaldarriaga are the recipients of the 2021 Gruber Cosmology Prize for their authorship of those papers as well as for numerous other contributions to cosmology since the mid-1990s.
The Cosmic Microwave Background dates to the period when the primordial plasma of the expanding universe had cooled enough that matter and radiation could decouple from each other and go their separate ways. That moment, when the universe was only 379,000 years old, remains visible today in the form of microwave radiation that pervades space in every direction. Although it serves as an observational limit—it's the first light in the universe—the radiation contains information on what preceded it.
To decode that information, cosmologists assumed that they would have to interpret the patterns in the radiation—specifically, its polarization: the extent to which an oscillating wave, bouncing up and down relative to the direction of travel, does or does not diverge from a strictly perpendicular orientation. Two 1997 papers by Kamionkowski (along with co-authors Albert Stebbins and Arthur Kosowsky) and Seljak and Zaldarriaga provided the mathematical basis for translating that data.
That two collaborations would simultaneously arrive at the same means of reading the polarization data wasn't surprising. "There was an obvious problem to solve," Kamionkowski says.
"The level and intensity of activity in the U.S. was something else," says Zaldarriaga, who had recently emigrated from Argentina. "Like a whole different game."
The surprise instead was that the two collaborations used entirely different mathematical approaches yet arrived at the same solution. In fact, when Seljak first heard from a mutual colleague about the problem Kamionkowski was trying to solve, he thought, "That's interesting—but I'm not interested in that."
Kamionkowski was studying all-sky polarization—that is, the CMB. Seljak's work on polarization, however, applied to small patches of the sky. But then Seljak learned that a frequent collaborator of his, Zaldarriaga, was also working on all-sky polarization. Another collaboration seemed inevitable.
"At the end of the day," Kamionkowski says, "we had two really complicated papers, but when we sat down and tried to translate their expressions into our expressions and vice versa, everything agreed spot on."
Those two papers immediately moved polarization to the forefront of CMB research, and there it has remained for more than two decades, allowing the WMAP and Planck satellite observatories to establish much of the standard cosmological model: that the universe is 13.8 billion years old and comprises roughly 5 percent ordinary matter, 26 percent dark matter, and 69 percent dark energy.
The last piece of that model is inflation, a theoretical moment at the very beginning of the universe's existence when space would have undergone an expansion of almost unfathomable proportions. Here, too, the polarization work of Kamionkowski, Seljak, and Zaldarriaga will be indispensable. Over the next decade various experiments—some already in development—will be looking for a signature effect in the CMB polarization that, as the two 1997 papers established, would render a verdict on the existence of primordial gravitational waves, a key prediction of inflationary theory.
Although the 1997 papers are two of the seminal works by Kamionkowski, Seljak, and Zaldarriaga, the 2021 Gruber Prize also recognizes their career-long contributions to cosmology.
Even before writing their own 1997 paper, Seljak and Zaldarriaga had already created a code that made the study of certain aspects of the CMB thousands of times faster—in fact, they named it CMBfast. And because they made the code available for free it dominated CMB research for years to come. (Today it endures as the foundation for every code analyzing CMB polarization.) Over the decades, singly and together, they have continued to perform influential mathematical analyses and to create new theoretical interpretations in such areas as inflation, gravitational waves, and the use of general relativistic effects (weak lensing) on light from distant sources to infer the characteristics of the dark matter in individual galaxy halos as well as in the large-scale structure of galactic formation.
Kamionkowski is also well known for his work on cosmological-parameter determination and parity-breaking effects in the CMB, and he has similarly over the years made important subsequent contributions to the study of CMB polarization. He also has significant work in multiple other areas of cosmology, including dark matter, inflation, the acceleration of the expansion of the universe, cosmic phase transitions, and gravitational waves.
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* Where the heck am I going to send this stuff once it's ready?
* Will my beautiful package and great demo ever even make it through the door of the record company?
This is where being a songwriter stops and being a promoter starts. It is also the most difficult part of the entire effort. It is at this point that many songwriters give up simply because it seems so hard to develop contacts with the powers-that-be in the Music Industry -- especially if you don't live in a major music capitol like LA, New York or Nashville.
How can a songwriter from Nowhere, USA, break into a business like this? While there are, of course, no sure-fire methods to accomplish this feat, there are basic principles that will help you get over the initial inertia and get you moving in the right direction.
* Never send in ANY submission packet to ANYONE in the Music Industry without first having made personal contact with someone who has given you permission to send the song.
Why is this so important? Simply because it is common for music companies to refuse ANY unsolicited material. In other words, the chances are that if you simply send your song to a record label or publishing company without first receiving permission to send it, your carefully prepared demo and package will either be returned unopened or thrown away without any sort of response at all! You can flush lots of money down the drain by continuing to send songs to nameless, faceless music companies that automatically file unsolicited material in the trash can.
* How do I get permission to send my song?
The Musician's Atlas -- A general directory giving contact information for many major and independent record labels as well as recording studios, record stores, distributors and publishers. The atlas sells for $19.95, but if you complete the Artist Survey on their website, the company will take $2 off the price. Visit them online at http://www.musiciansatlas.com or contact them by phone at 818-501-1477.
Pollstar Record Company Roster -- This directory is quite complete and very helpful. It is updated twice a year and sells for $49.95 per issue. You may place your order by phone with a credit card at 800-344-7383 (in California -- 209-271-7900) or fax them at 209-271-7979. You may also visit their website at http://www.pollstar.com.
A&R Registry -- This directory is extremely detailed and is used by most music professionals. It is updated and reprinted every eight weeks and includes information on record company executives throughout the US, Canada, and the UK. The A&R Registry also lists the style of music and the distribution of each record label. Each issue is $65.00 plus shipping and handling. You may order through their toll free number at 800-377-7411 or by visiting their website at http://www.musicregistry.com.
Look up the address, fax, phone number and/or email address for the record label on which your artist appears. What you really need to know is where the artist is in their recording schedule -- that is, when they are planning their next album. If they have just released a brand new album, it will be wasted effort to try approaching them with your song at this point. Better to wait a year or so and try again. It is quite simple to find out, however, exactly what their recording plans are.
Call the label and ask for the Promotions Department. Identify yourself confidently and say that you would like information on your artist's management company. They will gladly give it to you because you may be a promoter or booking agent who wants to book the artist for a concert.
Or -- the manager may tell you that all submissions must go through the record label. If so, ask the manager to give you the name of the person at the label whom you should contact. Thank the manager for the information and volunteer to send the manager a copy of the song anyway -- "just for his/her own personal review." If he/she agrees, so much the better. The more people connected with your artist that hear the song, the better the chances that the artist will also hear and consider it.
Call back the record company and ask for the contact person the manager has given you. Again, you will probably talk to the assistant or secretary. (Don't forget to ask for his/her name and record it in your phone directory.) Tell him/her that you have just been speaking to ___________at_________ Management Company who directed you to them. (The more names you can drop, the better.) Repeat your inquiry about submissions and ask for permission to send your song. The assistant or secretary may tell you to go ahead and send it to his/her boss. If so, be sure to again confirm the correct procedure, the address, correct spelling of the name etc. If all goes well, you may soon be on the way to the post office with your package.
But wait! There is still one more item to put into your package...a cover letter to accompany your demo and lyric sheet and to remind the recipient that you have obtained permission to submit your song. Below is a sample cover letter which you may follow as you create your own.
This letter is in follow-up to a telephone conversation I had today with Mitzi, your secretary. I explained to her that I am a songwriter from Dallas, TX, with some very exciting new material which I feel will be of interest to you as you consider songs for your various artists. Mitzi suggested that I send a packet of my work for your consideration.
Please find enclosed a lyric sheet and a demo cassette of a new song entitled Walking Through the Storm. It is an uptempo Bluegrass Gospel song which I hope you will consider for your new male Gospel singer, Hal A. Luya. I understand that he is about to go into the studio to begin work on his first recording project.
Thank you for your willingness to review this song. I will follow up with you in about two weeks for your response. Whether or not this song is appropriate for Mr. Luya's album, please be aware that I am continually writing and would love to keep you updated on my catalog of songs as new ones are added. I am confident that I will be able to supply you with hit material.


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Vicenta Castro Cambón fue una poetisa argentina. Nació en Morón, Buenos Aires, el 28 de septiembre de 1882.

Biografía
Quedó ciega a los seis años, y desde pequeña padeció otros severos problemas físicos: sufría una deformación en la columna y una incipiente sordera. Pero a pesar de todos sus males, inclinó su vida a la lectura y la escritura de poemas, por sus propios medios, a través del Braille. Más tarde estaría entre los fundadores de la "Biblioteca Argentina de Ciegos" creada el 18 de septiembre de 1924, donde se incorpora como educadora y colaboradora.
Sus primeros trabajos los firmó con el seudónimo "La ciega de Morón".
Publicó en 1923 "Rumores de mi noche" y en el año 1927, "Cajita de música"
Publicó en variados diarios y revistas: "Padre nuestro que estas en la Cruz", "A María en su soledad", "A que Señor me atrevo", "Cantando lo haré", "Era la Nochebuena", etc.
Murió el 7 de mayo de 1928 en Morón.

Conmemoraciones

Una calle en la ciudad de Glew, Almirante Brown, Argentina lleva su nombre.
El Hogar para Ciegos Vicenta Castro Cambón, fundado por María Catalina Marchi lleva su nombre.
La Escuela Vicenta Castro Cambón (para personas con diferentes capacidades visuales) lleva su nombre.
La Biblioteca Popular Vicenta Castro Cambon, en Francisco Álvarez, Buenos Aires
El premio de poesía Vicenta Castro Cambón.

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Biblioteca Argentina Para Ciegos

Moronenses
Escritores ciegos
Poetisas de Argentina


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written by Entropy February 3, 2015
This is the fifteenth in Entropy's small press interview series, where we ask editors about their origins, their mission, and what it's like to run a press. Find the other interviews from this series in our Small Press Database here and under the Resources tab at the top of the page.
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Interview with Jacques Testard, Editor
How did Fitzcarraldo Editions start?
Before embarking on this project, I co-founded The White Review with Ben Eastham, and found that there was an appetite for fiction that grappled with contemporary themes and issues as well as experimenting with form and style. As a magazine editor, I got to know the British trade publishing landscape, and found that there are few presses willing to take risks on serious and 'literary' fiction, much less when it is translated.
As well as working on The White Review, I also worked as a commissioning editor at Notting Hill Editions for two years. At NHE we published long-form essays: both new editions of classics like Joe Brainard's I Remember (which, surprisingly given its 'cult' status in the States, had never appeared in Britain before), and new work by the likes of Deborah Levy, Joshua Cohen and Jonathan Littell. When it comes to the essay, British publishers are equally conservative: the big publishers tend to stick to publishing 360-page non-fiction blockbusters, whereas their counterparts in France or Germany have imprints dedicated to publishing shorter essays by their important authors.
Once I left Notting Hill Editions in December 2013, I started working on what would become Fitzcarraldo Editions immediately, and knew very quickly that I wanted to publish both fiction and essays. In the first year we'll have published six books—three novels, three essays—and the aim is to try to contribute to the culture by publishing books we feel are important, 'literary' books that explore and expand the possibilities of the form, that are innovative and imaginative in style, that tackle subjects and themes that are relevant to the world we live in.
As for the technicalities of getting started, it all happened very quickly. Britain is a mercantile nation, and as such starting a company is fairly easy. Once the paperwork was out of the way I got to work with Ray O'Meara, a brilliant designer whom I'd worked with for years on The White Review, on the design of the first two books, which I acquired in February and March 2014. All of the Fitzcarraldo Editions books are sold and distributed by Faber Factory Plus (a part of Faber & Faber) and MDL for the print editions, and Faber Factory for ebooks, which takes a big chunk of work out of my hands, and ensures the best possible visibility for the list. And Nicci Praca, a freelance publicist with years of experience working with literature in translation, took on the PR for the books and the launch of the imprint.
Tell us a bit about Fitzcarraldo Editions. What are your influences, your aesthetic, your mission?
Variety—the quality or state of being different or diverse; the absence of uniformity or monotony—is key to this enterprise. As grandiloquent as this may sound, I want to focus on ambitious, imaginative and innovative writing, both in translation and in the English language. As for an aesthetic, there aren't really any guiding principles, other than those enunciated here and above ('the aim is to try to contribute to the culture by publishing books we feel are important—'literary' books that explore and expand the possibilities of the form, that are innovative and imaginative in style, that tackle subjects and themes that are relevant to the world we live in'). And the fact that, for now, we'll only publish new work.
Another motivation behind the launch of Fitzcarraldo Editions is design. We wanted to design the books to make them visually striking and desirable as objects, because that's how we believe books will survive in the new media age. It's difficult enough to sell books, and good design makes you stand out from the crowd. With this in mind, each book is published as a paperback original with French flaps, using a custom serif typeface (called Fitzcarraldo) drawn by Ray O'Meara. His radically classical design is reminiscent of the timeless covers of the Ulysses-era Bodley Head editions or of continental publishers such as Gallimard—simple and striking. We value the content, therefore we value the way it is presented: these things go hand in hand.
Can you give us a preview of what's current and/or forthcoming from your catalog, as well as what you're hoping to publish in the future?
When I was looking for a first novel to publish a few months back, I was amazed to find out that Zone by Mathias Enard, which I'd read in French when Actes Sud published it in 2008, had never appeared in Britain. It tells the story of a French secret agent, Francis Servain Mirkovic, travelling on a train from Milan to Rome with a briefcase full of information about the war criminals, terrorists and arms dealers of the Zone—the Mediterranean—that he plans to sell to the Vatican. On this train journey, he recounts the violent history of the Zone in the twentieth century, starting with the Balkans War, in which he fought for a far-right Croatian militia. It's an ambitious book in terms of subject matter, but it takes form very seriously too: it's a 528-page stream of consciousness novel written as one long sentence (but broken up into twenty-four chapters). It sounds hard to read, but isn't—the rhythm of the language, and the intensity of the episodes and anecdotes it recounts propel the reader along. It's also a politically-engaged book that poses many questions about the violent foundations of the Europe we live in today. Charlotte Mandell's translation, for the 2011 US edition by Open Letters, is excellent. I couldn't have wished for a better novel to launch a publishing house with. As for Memory Theatre by Simon Critchley, it is similarly ambitious in subject matter and form—taking as its starting point the discovery of a hand-drawn astrological chart predicting the author's imminent death—but firmly rooted in the classical essay tradition that begins with Montaigne. It's had some very high praise: the novelist David Mitchell, author of The Bone Clocks, called it 'a brilliant one-of-a-kind mind game occupying a strange frontier between philosophy, memoir and fiction.' It defies categorisation and is also a short book—72 pages—two things that scare traditional publishing houses.
Next up, we publish Eula Biss's On Immunity: An Inoculation, which Graywolf just published in the US, and which has received a lot of attention over there. If we can replicate a tenth of the success in Britain, it will have been a great success. It's exactly the kind of essay I envisaged publishing when launching Fitzcarraldo: an essay in the American non-fiction tradition (think Joan Didion, Susan Sontag) which takes vaccination as its starting point and moves on to discussions of the body, motherhood, paranoia, politics, hysteria, epidemics, etc.
The first translated book we publish this year is My Documents (April) by the Chilean novelist Alejandro Zambra (translated by Megan McDowell), his fourth to appear in English. The previous three were short novels, written with the author's trademark irony and precision, humour and melancholy. My Documents, which is, on the surface, a collection of stories, is his longest work yet. Whether chronicling the attempts of a migraine-afflicted writer to quit smoking or the loneliness of the call-centre worker, the life of a personal computer or the return of the mercurial godson, this novel in fragments evokes the disenchantments of youth and the disillusions of maturity in a Chilean society still troubled by its recent past. In the words of Adam Thirlwell, 'these stories are graceful, grave, comical, disabused. I guess what I mean is: My Documents represents a new form. When I think about Alejandro Zambra, I feel happy for the future of fiction.'
In June, we publishe Kirill Medvedev's It's No Good, a collection of free verse and essays by 'Russia's first authentic post-Soviet author', according to Keith Gessen, co-founder of n+1. Widely published and critically acclaimed as a poet, Medvedev is also a prominent political activist and a member of the Russian Socialist movement 'Vpered' [Forward]. His small press, the Free Marxist Publishing House, has recently released his translations of Pasolini, Eagleton, and Goddard, as well as numerous books on the intersection of literature, art and politics. Medvedev has also taken the unusual step of renouncing copyright—only pirated editions, no contracts. It's No Good includes selected poems from his first four books of poetry as well as his most significant essays. A collective of translators—Keith Gessen, Mark Krotov, Cory Merrill and Bela Shayevich—worked on the various texts.
Following on from our launch title, Zone, we publish Mathias Enard's novel Street of Thieves in August 2015, once again brilliantly translated by Charlotte Mandell. It tells the story of Lakhdar, a young Tangerine who finds himself exiled from his family for religious transgressions related to his feelings for his cousin, Meryem. A bildungsroman set against the backdrop of the Arab Spring, Street of Thieves is also a story about immigration, and draws on a wealth of literary influences—Bowles, Choukri, Genet and Burroughs, to name a few.
Beyond that, there will be an essay on essays by Brian Dillon, a defence of pretention by frieze magazine co-editor Dan Fox, Svetlana Alexievich's oral history of the post-Soviet years, and quite a few exciting things that I can't talk about right now because we haven't signed the paperwork yet.
What about small/independent press publishing is particularly exciting to you right now?
Diversity, more interest in translation—our annual translation issue in The White Review is the most widely read by some distance—and the fact that this seems to be where the more interesting and avant-garde writing happens.
How do you cope? There's been a lot of conversation lately about charging reading fees, printing costs, rising book costs, who should pay for what, etc. Do you have any opinions on this, and would you be willing to share any insights about the numbers at Fitzcarraldo Editions?
I am not sure what you are asking for my opinion on with this question! Traditionally, publishing is not a business one can hope to make millions in. But it is possible to make it work, particularly on a small scale. You need to be careful with spending, canny with editorial decisions, and work as hard as possible to make your house and your list known. Also, as I'm discovering, there are lots of grants to apply for, particularly when you publish works in translation.
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