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With anxiety, an opportunity is not good fortune. An opening or chance at something is blood to the shark that is anxiety. Imagine the famous Jaws theme had the words, "What if..what if..what if..what if.what if.what if..."
Challenging The Narrative
I continue to nurture self-love. Finding joy in who I am verses what I have accomplished is an hourly challenge. Art has helped me cultivate these new and foreign feelings toward myself. The pieces I create come from the enjoyment of the process. The final artwork is a manifestation of the emotions I felt during the creative process. I was essentially in the moment. Me. The person I am was there.
I struggle constantly to keep that performative part of me obsessed with accomplishments at bay. What if I could sell my art? How can I make art that will sell? The people pleaser inside of me wants to go out there and sell hand painted, watercolor cards and worry stones that I have carved and polished. What if nobody is interested? Fear is triggered in these curious thoughts.
On one hand, selling art could be one of those mythical "do what you love" things. On the other hand, will I enjoy the process of being in the moment if I am trying to fill orders or making the same thing over and over again because it sells? See, I don't believe people will buy things that I create for me because I have spent 40+ years not loving me and the things I 'accomplish.'
Some of the people I absolutely respect, like Daniel J. Hogan, Adriean Koleric, or even Jessica Abel somehow manage to create amazing works of art and keep a day job. They pursue their passions and pay the bills. However, I am terrified of this idea. I had big ideas before my breakdown. While I was working I was going to make a number of video projects. I never did. I focused on my career and accomplishments. I worked plenty of nights. When I wasn't working, I was too exhausted to do much of anything.
I suppose that was a different me. That version of Chris was unaware of the all the pain I have suffered since. Yet, there is a pattern in my past equating my self-worth to what I am doing, not who I am. The fear that nobody would be interested in buying my artwork is rooted in this sense of accomplishment. I personally benefited from the process of creating the pieces already. Why should I care that they are piled up here in the corner and not selling? Unless, I am afraid that they will be rejected.
I've written it before, but people at parties and social gatherings never ask you what your passions are. We always start new interactions with "What do you do for a living?" Even when I had a career, I was intimidated by that question. Call it imposter syndrome, insecurity or whatever. In fact, I think those closest to me would say I still have a career as a writer now. My "even when I had a career" comment was another jab at myself.
My self-worth has always been tied to my accomplishments. The personal bar, or goal for myself was always unattainable. Somehow in my recovery, I have found art as a small thing that I can do and not mentally abuse myself. Sometimes I try to explain it away, "Maybe I like watercolor painting because I cannot fully control the water and have to accept it for what it is." Of course, I have learned a lot in the last few years and that theory doesn't hold a lot of water, pun intended. I've gotten better at my craft. Moreover, many people can do excellent photorealistic work in watercolor. My friend Heather L Gilbraith's Bouguereau Women or the work of a new acquaintance Larry Kapitzke are fantastic examples. Creating art from within myself is not an accomplishment. It just is.
"Money makes the world go 'round." Could I work a job, slinging packages on a delivery truck, being a cashier, or making license plates and pursue my passion? Not a full-on career, but a means for living as I create art on my time? I've asked the question of myself before. I want to say 'yes.' I feel like I should say 'yes,' because what kind of pretentious ass am I if I say, 'no.' What would people think of me. What would my family think of me.
Could I combine my passion and making money? Perhaps commissions, gallery shows, teaching what I do? Well, I feel like I wrestled with this thought above. I don't know that I can enjoy the process if the goal is a product at the end. Again, it sounds pretentious, privileged. I would guess it is fear talking. I am afraid of failing. Could the venture ruin art as a potential recovery tool?
Reality is that money pays the bills, not my mental health. This is where the past Chris would bottle all this horse shit of emotion and thought up and tuck it deep within. I would use all these words as exhibits of what a loser I am in the court of Chris. Your honor, each and every person around us goes to work, pays their bills and lives in this system. Some, even find time to pursue things outside of work. Clearly, the problem is within us.
While that critical voice has caused me so much suffering, the truth is that its role is to protect me. the criticism is a very overprotective agent trying to save me from myself. In this case, is the voice is attempting to save me from harming a my relationship with art as a recovery tool? Or is the voice trying to stop me from taking on too much too fast? Is the voice completely misguided or only somewhat overprotective?
I am privileged to even debate these things. That is a factual thought that promotes that familiar guilt and shame within me. I suppose that may have contributed to me stepping away from writing this for a day or two. I wanted to collect and process my thoughts because there is a job opportunity on the horizon. I was moments away from physically shuddering after writing about reality above. I felt tears nestled behind my eyes, ready to leap forward.
I am terrified. I fear letting down those around me. the ones who continue to support me and those that say they see my improvement. I am scared of potential co-workers and employers being disappointed in me. I dread the day that I have to tell my partner that I couldn't do it. I quit. I failed. It's all there, in my head, that part of me who knows I am not enough. These thoughts are the manifestation of that core belief. Most of my days are spent in anxiety waiting for others to realize what I know.
Here I sit with these thoughts because I applied for a full time job and have an interview scheduled. In my recovery journey I have learned the importance of mindfulness and being in the moment. Ruminating about the past is a way to trap ourselves into wishing things were different. Wishes and time travel are not possible and thus the exercise fuels pain. All the Jawstheme 'what-ifs' are related to the endless number of futures that are possible. Being in the present is a super power.
Right now, I am frightened. That fear is based in my history of perceived failure. It is fueled by the potential ways I will screw up in the future. Anxiety assumes every decision is world ending. Starvation, divorce, homelessness and catastrophe are one decision away. Are you sure you want to go to sleep now? There's more you can do.
Reality and anxiety are not friends. Does the planet get vaporized by a black hole if I screw up my interview? Will a deity rain destruction on humankind if I am offered the job and refuse? Could a plague decimate all life on Earth if I accept the job and decide a few months later that I do not want it? I would be disappointed in myself by any of those personal outcomes, but I think the galaxy would be fine. Perhaps those outlandish results are wishful thoughts. The idea of the world ending coincidentally with a personal failure means I do not have to sit with my pain and disappointment. Hmm.
I do not know how to handle the pain of failure, disappointment and self-criticism. Unfortunately, I will never learn if I do not try. If I stay suspended in fear, frozen in indecision I remain unable to cope and tortured by 'what ifs.'


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August 24th.–I left home at five o’clock this morning to catch some fish for breakfast. I shook our summer apple-tree, and ate the golden apple which fell from it. Methinks these early apples, which come as a golden promise before the treasures of autumnal fruit, are almost more delicious than anything that comes afterwards. We have but one such tree in our orchard; but it supplies us with a daily abundance, and probably will do so for at least a week to come. Meantime other trees begin to cast their ripening windfalls upon the grass; and when I taste them, and perceive their mellowed flavor and blackening seeds, I feel somewhat overwhelmed with the impending bounties of Providence. I suppose Adam, in Paradise, did not like to see his fruits decaying on the ground, after he had watched them through the sunny days of the world’s first summer. However, insects, at the worst, will hold a festival upon them, so that they will not be thrown away, in the great scheme of Nature. Moreover, I have one advantage over the primeval Adam, inasmuch as there is a chance of disposing of my superfluous fruits among people who inhabit no Paradise of their own.
Passing a little way down along the river-side, I threw in my line, and soon drew out one of the smallest possible of fishes. It seemed to be a pretty good morning for the angler,–an autumnal coolness in the air, a clear sky, but with a fog across the lowlands and on the surface of the river, which a gentle breeze sometimes condensed into wreaths. At first, I could barely discern the opposite shore of the river; but, as the sun arose, the vapors gradually dispersed, till only a warm, smoky tint was left along the water’s surface. The farm-houses across the river made their appearance out of the dusky cloud; the voices of boys were heard, shouting to the cattle as they drove them to the pastures; a man whetted his scythe, and set to work in a neighboring meadow. Meantime, I continued to stand on the oozy margin of the stream, beguiling the little fish; and though the scaly inhabitants of our river partake somewhat of the character of their native element, and are but sluggish biters, still I contrived to pull out not far from two dozen. They were all bream, a broad, flat, almost circular fish, shaped a good deal like a flounder, but swimming on their edges, instead of on their sides. As far as mere pleasure is concerned, it is hardly worth while to fish in our river, it is so much like angling in a mud-puddle; and one does not attach the idea of freshness and purity to the fishes, as we do to those which inhabit swift, transparent streams, or haunt the shores of the great briny deep. Standing on the weedy margin, and throwing the line over the elder-bushes that dip into the water, it seems as if we could catch nothing but frogs and mud-turtles, or reptiles akin to them. And even when a fish of reputable aspect is drawn out, one feels a shyness about touching him. As to our river, its character was admirably expressed last night by some one who said “it was too lazy to keep itself clean.” I might write pages and pages, and only obscure the impression which this brief sentence conveys. Nevertheless, we made bold to eat some of my fish for breakfast, and found them very savory; and the rest shall meet with due entertainment at dinner, together with some shell-beans, green corn, and cucumbers from our garden; so this day’s food comes directly and entirely from beneficent Nature, without the intervention of any third person between her and us.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s journal entry, 24 August 1842. From American Note-Books.

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“It’s nice to see those gorgeous eyes in person,” says Cathy O’Sullivan, a local woman heading into the Whole Food Cafe.
This is when the strong preference for cooked meat as dog food started. People were truly thinking that only wild and 'uncivilized' dogs would eat raw meat.
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The Government of Turkey has reacted to United States of America’s announcement to move its embassy to Jerusalem in May 2018.
Turkey on Saturday morning described the move as “extremely worrying.”
The US move to open its embassy in Jerusalem in May coincides with the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel.
Friday’s announcement by Washington to move the embassy from Tel Aviv to the disputed city follows US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in December.
The Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement the move showed Washington’s “insistence on… damaging the conditions for peace” and was “extremely worrying” in a statement.
Israel Government has since hailed the development as “a great day for the people of Israel”
N6.4bn NSITF fraud: Ubani withdraws suretyship of Olejeme, blasts Magu
The ex-2nd National Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association NBA, Monday Ubani, has withdrawn his suretyship of the ex-chairman of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund NSITF, Ngozi Olejeme from the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC.
This is coming barely two years after, Ubani and Senator Christopher Enai from Bayelsa State, were detained by the EFCC on March 19, 2019 for failing to produce Ngozi Olejeme, who they stood for as sureties.
Olejeme is facing a N6.4 billion fraud allegedly perpetrated while she was chairman of NSITF.
However, an FCT High Court, Apo, presided by Justice Silvanus Orji, in March 2019, granted bail to Monday Ubani and Senator Christopher Enai in the sum of N50 million with two reasonable sureties, who must be civil servants on level 15.
The court had also ordered that the applicants deposit their international passports.
Justice Orji gave the order after listening to the submissions of the applicants in an ex-parte motion filed by their counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), DAILY POST recalls
Ozekhome, in the motion ex parte, prayed the court to order the EFCC to grant the applicants bail on self-recognition or liberal terms pending arraignment.
While announcing his withdrawal in a statement made available to DAILY POST on Saturday, the Abia-born former NBA Vice Chairman, Monday Ubani slammed the sacked chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Ibrahim Magu over acts of lawlessness while at the helm of affairs of the Nigeria anti graft agency.
His statement partly read, “If an accused person jumps bail, the surety certainly has not committed any offence under our law. It is a civil matter which is to the effect that the surety forfeits the bail bond. It is only when the surety is unable to pay the stated sum in the bail bond that he or she will be sentenced to a term of imprisonment.
“Ibrahim Magu’s EFCC read their own law upside down and criminalised a purely civil matter. I even over heard that they said I breached the Rules of Professional Conduct of the NBA. When did EFCC start enforcing Rules of Professional Conduct for the NBA? That was how EFCC under Magu operated; lawless, clueless and brash.
“To say the least, I was elated and grateful to God for answered prayers. She(Ngozi Olejeme) is back to face her case and the onus is on EFCC to prove the theft of N69 billion against her.
“The newspaper and public trial characterisation of Magu era is gone, perhaps for good.
“Let everyone accused of crime in Nigeria be given fair trial and let those who are guilty be jailed, while those who are innocent be discharged and acquitted. That is how it is done in every civilized clime.
“I have applied and withdrawn my suretyship of the woman from EFCC. The letter to that effect was written and acknowledged on the 16th of April, 2021”.
Ogun: PDP chieftain, Aderinokun blames Abiodun for high rate of kidnapping
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olumide Aderinokun has reacted to the incessant cases of kidnapping in Ogun State, blaming the Governor, Dapo Abiodun.
The Ogun-born real estate mogul said he was holding “Gov Abiodun responsible for the high rate of kidnapping and insecurity in the state.”
In a statement made available to DAILY POST in Abeokuta on Saturday by his media aide, Taiye Taiwo, Aderinokun expressed worry that due to the increasing cases of kidnapping in Ogun, doctors and nurses had embarked on strike, “leaving people in dire need of urgent health check-ups with no option.”
According to him, the recently launched Amotekun Corps has not been doing enough in protecting Ogun indigenes from kidnappers.
“Ogun state government can do better. Where is the recently launched Amotekun corps? Are they not funded with the state resources? So, why are they nowhere to be found,” Aderinokun asked.
He maintained that Ogun indigenes and residents should be able to sleep with their two eyes closed after enduring their daily struggles without basic amenities, saying “Ogun people deserve better than this.”
He recalled how two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro campus were abducted in March.
“Last week Wednesday, a medical doctor and a nurse were kidnapped along Abeokuta-Imeko road. The kidnapping reports did not stop as a dental therapist working at the General Hospital in Ijebu-Igbo was abducted on Monday.
“The APC-led federal government has shown incompetence in securing lives and properties across Nigeria but it should not be so in the Gateway State,” he stated.
Aderinokun called on the Abiodun government to “stop playing politics with Ogun residents’ safety.”
The head of Olumide and Stephanie Aderinokun Foundation, advised the government to train strong anti-kidnapping agents and create more jobs for the teeming youths.

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Announcing our proposal for a Greener Grid Park at Neilston substation
Local residents and community leaders have been notified of a new proposal that will help the UK achieve its target of zero carbon emissions by 2050. Located near the existing Neilston substation, the project is designed to maintain stable flows of energy through the network, helping to prevent power blackouts.
A consultation on the project will take place between 14 August - 11 September 2020, and will enable those interested to find out more and have their say before a planning application is submitted to Renfrewshire Council.
Project Manager Lucy Kent says: "We are confident that our dedicated project website will allow us to engage with the community prior to submitting a planning application, but for those who aren't able to access the website, we have provided options for contacting us by post or phone."

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Clancy Yeates reports on banking and finance and is a former Canberra business correspondent.
Clancy Yeates THE financial world is today holding its breath as Europe's attempt to avoid a full-blown economic crisis reaches a crunch point.
Clancy Yeates Accounting firm's modelling says BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto would pay no mining tax.
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Straight out of the box snap!
I'm not sure what to say but the craftsmanship of this lady is extraordinary. Her hands, uniquely sculpted face, skin tone .. I need a few more days to really explore my flame, Alinta.
Thank you Olga Good for taking my desires and creating this stunning artwork.

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George Horhota for New Pathway – Ukrainian News.
Ukraine’s early spring Presidential and last week’s parliamentary elections resulted in fundamental change as a neophyte political candidate, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and his brand new Servant of the People party, swept both contests, winning an overwhelming mandate to pursue reform. Together, they campaigned on the promise of tackling systemic corruption, which has held the country back since its independence 28 years ago.
The magnitude of the unexpected results from an accelerated snap parliamentary election (originally slated for October) reflected Ukrainians’ disillusionment with incumbent members of parliament (called Verkhovna Rada) who have protected themselves against corruption charges by passing self-serving immunity legislation. Now, with many of them losing the protective shield that incumbency provided and all of the successful Servant of the People party candidates being new to elected office (no current or past members of parliament were eligible to run under the party’s banner), the resulting unique governance landscape offers President Zelenskyy the potential to make good on his election promise.
The parliamentary election was the first since Ukraine’s 1991 independence, in the wake of the Soviet Union’s collapse, to deliver a parliamentary majority for the President’s party, obviating any need for forging compromising coalitions which in the past hindered tackling corruption — and its corrosive twin, being the absence of genuine rule of law.
Time will tell whether President Zelenskyy, the actor starring in the popular Ukrainian TV fictional series “Servant of the People” (which foretold his real life election outcome), can implement the promised anti-corruption agenda that led to his capturing an unprecedented 73% of the Presidential election’s vote. But unlike Russia’s elections, which ban or imprison opposition candidates, the results of the July 21st vote were declared fair by international observers, including Canada’s Head of Mission the Hon. Lloyd Axworthy who, representing the non-governmental organization CANADEM (funded by the Canadian government), issued a preliminary assessment of the election the day following the vote as having “largely met international democratic standards”.
I was privileged to join 127 other election short-term observers (‘STO’) from across Canada participating in CANADEM’s Mission Canada delegation. My personal observations at nine polling stations on election day reflected the democratic characterization by the international community of the election.
Over 2,000 Canadians have supported the evolution of democracy in Ukraine since its independence through participating in bilateral election observation missions by invitation of successive Ukrainian governments. On July 21st, my STO colleagues were joined by 50 long-term observers, and collectively we visited more than 1,850 polling stations across Ukraine observing election protocols, processes, ballot counting at the close of voting and even acceptance of polling results by District Election Commissions.
For two days leading up to the election, my CANADEM teammate and I visited a dozen polling stations in the Poltava region to observe their preparedness for a democratic vote, including auditing whether the ballots were stored in a locked safe (each guarded by two police officers 7/24 – repeated at over 29,000 polling stations across Ukraine – from the ballots’ Thursday distribution to Sunday’s election).
Every polling station’s staff that we visited welcomed our independent international observations. It was clear that the stakeholders in the election, regardless of party affiliation, wanted fair elections to be conducted whose outcome Ukrainians and the international community alike would accept. As a Canadian I could not have been prouder of our country supporting such an important mission dedicated to help advance free elections in new and emerging democracies.
Now that the results have been acknowledged by the international community as representing the will of voting Ukrainians, the hard work begins for the newly minted President, his cabinet and elected parliamentary members to quickly deliver on their election promises to root out corruption and build a stronger foundation for the rule of law to flourish. This will no doubt start with removing the immunity from conviction for corruption offences that parliament had voted for its members in the past.
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A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world.
Some see dust as dull stuff, useless at best, and sneeze-inducing at worst. But in the hands of writer Hannah Holmes, dust becomes a dazzling and mysterious force. As Holmes says, dust is a messenger, and air is its medium. And by the end of this fascinating journey through The Secret Life of Dust, we cannot help but agree.
Humble dust, we discover, built the very planet we walk upon. It tinkers with the weather and it spices the air we breathe. Billions of tons of tiny particles rise into the air annually - the dust of deserts and forgotten kings mixing with volcanic ash, sea salt, leaf fragments, scales from butterfly wings, shreds of T-shirts, and fireplace soot. And eventually, of course, all this dust must settle.
The story of restless dust begins among exploding stars, then treks through the dinosaur beds of the Gobi Desert, digs into Antarctic glaciers - and probes the dark underbelly of the living-room couch. And there is good company on this journey: Holmes gathers for us a delightful, and, by necessity, highly inventive, cast of characters - the scientists who study dust. Some investigate its dark side: how it killed off dinosaurs and how its industrial descendants are killing us today. Others sample the shower of Saharan dust that nourishes Caribbean jungles; still others venture into the microscopic jungle of the bedroom carpet. Like The Secret Life of Dust, all of them unveil the mayhem - and the magic - wrought by little things.
"You will never again look disparagingly upon dust. Hannah Holmes has written my favorite kind of bookone that takes a seemingly mundane subject and trumpets its significance in our lives not only on Earth, but in the Heavens." (Dr. Neil de Grasse Tyson, Director, Hayden Planetarium and author of One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos)
"Hannah Holmes is a science writer to watch. Who ever thought dust could so shine?" (Kirkus Reviews)
"Eliza Foss has a clear, likable voice and a good sense of pacing. Her genial tone helps maintain interest and makes the information easier to absorb." (AudioFile)
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Informative and fun exploration of our dusty lives
The tour through the dusty bits and bobs that make up our homes. Memorable and unsettling!
I have not, but I thought she did an admirable job. Her voice was pleasant and made the subject matter interesting, with just the right amount of humor and seriousness. The only complaint I have is that she read "OSHA" as "O-S-H-A" when pretty much everyone just says it phonetically. But that is a tiny, nitpicking complaint. The performance was, on the whole, excellent.
Very interesting book exploring many different kinds of dust (from the dust that formed the planets and stars, to the pollutants in the air, to the remnants of dust particles, to the ground up bits of living creatures) and the way they impact our lives. The author manages to have fun with the subject while marshalling interviews with many scientists for candid and informative explanations ranging across various specialties. The chapters on the dusts in our homes and how much dust, in general, ends up in our bodies, are not for the squeamish. But overall, it was a learning experience, enjoyable, and has aged well since its 2003 publication (much of the science is still good and, perhaps unfortunately, we still don't know exactly how dust interacts with the skyrocketing rates of asthma). Recommended for nerds who like to know about the minutiae all around us.
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Since Bangladesh went through many historical stages in its search for identity during and after the British colonial rule—East Bengal (1905-1911) and East Pakistan (1947-1971)—it’s really challenging to periodize the corpus of Bangladeshi writing in English. The historical watersheds in the subcontinent changed identities of writers, poets and ordinary people over the last two centuries. So, while fiction produced in English from this part of the world stretches back to the 1860s (Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote his first novel in English, Rajmohan’s Wife, in 1864 and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain wrote a feminist utopia in English, Sultana’s Dream, in 1905), what we now call distinctly Bangladeshi English fiction can be traced—for a comprehensive discussion—from the emergence of Bangladesh as a new country in 1971.
The first generation of English fiction writers from Bangladesh started their writing career before the 1971 Liberation War. Evidently, Syed Waliullah was among the earliest creative writers in English from Bangladesh. Though he wrote mainly in Bangla, he translated many of his writings into English; he also wrote in English a novel, The Ugly Asian (which wasn’t published until 2013 by the Bangla Academy), and a few short stories. However, it was Razia Khan Amin, a faculty of English Department at Dhaka University, who wrote prolifically in this period. She proved her bilingual literary prowess quiet early in life, writing her first Bengali novel, Bot Tolar Upannayas, when she was only 18. But her English fiction, Draupadi, came out much later.
Arguably, this first generation comprises only a handful of English fiction writers at home—Syed Manzoorul Islam and Niaz Zaman are two other fiction writers writing in English—both coming from the English Department of Dhaka University. The Dance and Other Stories, a short story collection in English by Niaz Zaman, was published in 1996. Khademul Islam, editor of Bengal Lights Books, wrote quite a good number of short stories including “An Ilish Story”.
But why didn’t Bangladesh see the emergence of a significant number of fiction writers in the 1970s like its other South Asian counterparts: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka? It’s not difficult for anyone familiar with Bangladeshi history to understand that since the country was created out of a language movement, creative writing in English was not very popular during this time. As Khademul Islam points out in his article, “Life and times of literary magazines” and Fakrul Alam in “In the streets of Dhaka”, it was rather difficult for aspiring creative writers to ward off the nationalist sentiment and start writing in English just after the independence of Bangladesh. This trend continued throughout the 1980s and early the 1990s.
However, from the mid-1990s to the late 2000s English fiction from Bangladeshi/Bangladeshi-origin writers witnessed a considerable boom. And the first major success came from writers of Bangladeshi diaspora. Australian-Bangladeshi writer Adib Khan wrote a painful account of a middle-aged man coping with loss and struggling to identify with a nation, culture, and family in his debut novel, Seasonal Adjustments, which won the 1995 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book. It’s important to point here that preceding and during this period, there was already a profound and ever-growing international appetite for fiction by South Asian authors. Indian authors like Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, and Arundhati Roy were familiar to anyone with a passing interest in contemporary writing, as they often appeared on bestseller lists and won prestigious awards. Like other South Asian countries—India and Pakistan—Bangladeshi culture was also getting popularity around the world. So when Monica Ali, a Bangladeshi-born British writer, wrote her debut novel, Brick Lane—a book about the immigrant milieu of East London through the eyes of two Bangladeshi sisters—it didn’t fail to earn its due international acclaim. In fact, it did quite well with a gallant entry into the 2003 Man Booker Prize shortlist.
Also, there are a host of other Bangladeshi diaspora writers who produced a significant body of work in the early and late 2000s. Bangladeshi-born Rekha Waheed explored dilemmas faced by modern Asian women in Britain in her fiction, The A-Z Guide to Arranged Marriage (Monsoon Press, 2005) and Saris and the City (Little Black Dress, 2005); Kia Abdullah with a similar background looked into the trials and tribulations of living between two cultures in Love, Life and Assimilation (Adlibbed Ltd, 2006); and Swedish-Bangladeshi Dilruba Z. Ara portrayed a young girl’s struggle against the superstitions and constraints of a rural society in A List of Offences (CreateSpace, 2007).
However, it was toward the end of 2000s that a new wave started both at home and abroad. This new generation of writers seems more politically conscious, and has already shown a genuine effort to limn the history of the new nation into fiction. British-Bangladeshi writer Tahmima Anam drew a significant amount of attention to Bangladesh’s history with her debut novel, A Golden Age (John Murray, 2007), winning the Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize 2008. Set against the 1971 Liberation War, the book tells the story of a middle-aged widow who does everything she can, facing death and destruction, to protect her two children. Anam also has two other novels—The Good Muslim (HarperCollins, 2011) and The Bones of Grace (HarperCollins, 2016)—to her credit.
K Anis Ahmed, who embarked on the scene with short fiction, published his debut novel, The World in My Hands (Random House India, 2013), to wide acclaim. His book is a political satire chronicling the fate of two friends who find their bonds bitterly tested when they are caught on opposite sides of a crisis that upends Bangladesh’s social order after an army takeover. Ahmed’s first published novella, Forty Steps (Minnesota Review, 2001), was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He also published a collection of short stories, Good Night, Mr. Kissinger & Other Stories (UPL and The Unnamed Press, 2014).
In 2014, Bangladeshi-born British novelist Zia Haider Rahman published his debut novel, In the Light of What We Know (Farrar), to international acclaim. Set mostly during the war in Afghanistan at the beginning of this century and the 2008 financial crash, Rahman’s book bristles with ideas about mathematics and politics, history and religion. He won the prestigious James Tait Black Memorial Prize, among other international accolades, for his novel.
In the new wave Sanchita Islam’s Gungi Blues (Chipmunka Publishing, 2008), Mahmudur Rahman’s Killing the Water (Penguin Books India, 2010), Manzu Islam’s Song of Our Swampland (Peepal Tree, 2010), Neamat Imam’s The Black Coat (Penguin Books India, 2013), Ghalib Islam’s Fire in the Unnameable Country (Hamish Hamilton, 2014), Tanwi Nandini Islam’s Bright Lines (Penguin, 2015) and Shazia Omar’s Dark Diamond (Bloomsbury India, 2016) have also expanded the Bangladeshi English fiction scene in the literary world. Each year, more and more writers are enriching the recent wave that has started since the late 2000s. Earlier in 2018, Bangladeshi-Canadian writer Arif Anwar emerged remarkably with his debut novel, The Storm (HarperCollins Canada). Then came Bangladeshi-American writer Nadeem Zaman, whose debut novel, In the Time of the Others (Picador India, 2018), was published last year. This year Bangladeshi-American writer Sharbari Z Ahmed’s debut novel, Dust under Our Feet, is going to be published from Amazon IN/ Westland Publishing and late Numair Choudhury’s novel, Babu Bangladesh, from HarperCollins India.
It is often claimed that diaspora writers creating fiction in English cash in on Western appetite for exotica, and perhaps the charge has an element of truth. But writers have always been stimulated by an eager audience. We see that readers in the 1960s and 1970s developed an appetite worldwide for Latin American fiction, and many fine authors emerged to supply the demand. The fact is that Bangladeshi diaspora has produced an impressive crop of talented authors who benefit by having an eager international audience for their work. In the long run, their books sell not just because readers abroad are interested in Bangladesh or South Asia; those readers often became interested because they liked the books these authors produced.
The soaring success of Bangladeshi/Bangladeshi-origin writers in the global literary scene brought a new tide of creativity among the homegrown writers. But what also inspired them was the emergence of new publishing houses and launching of new literary magazines in Dhaka. Bengal Lights Books (BLB) came into being in 2011 shortly after the first Hay Festival in Bangladesh. Under the aegis of K Anis Ahmed, and with editor Khademul Islam and poet-essayist Kaiser Haq on board, BLB has published a significant number of short story collections and novels by homegrown and Bangladeshi diaspora writers. Some of the publications of BLB in fiction include: Forty Steps by K Anis Ahmed; Truth or Dare by Nadia Kabir Barb; The Lovers & Leavers by Abeer Y Hoque; Zak & Zara by Samir Asran Rahman; On the Side of the Enemy: Short Stories in Translation, translated by Khademul Islam; The Book of Dhaka: A City in Short Fiction, edited by Arunava Sinha and Pushpita Alam; The Bird Catcher and Other Stories by Fayeza Hasanat. BLB has also published Ikhtisad Ahmed’s debut short story collection, Yours, Etcetera, which was launched at the Dhaka Literary Festival 2015. Ikhtisad has also three other plays—The Deliverance of Sanctuary, Esne in Taberna and MADE—to his credit.
Dhaka-based writer Saad Z Hossain has made an impressive journey into sci-fi fantasy genre with his two acclaimed novels, Escape from Baghdad! (Unnamed Press and Aleph, 2015) and Djinn City (Unnamed Press, Aleph and Bengal Lights Publications, 2017). Both of his books have appeared on the year-end lists of various media such as Scroll.in and Financial Times. His new novella, The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday, is forthcoming from Tor Books.
Earlier in 2014, BLB launched the first issue of Bengal Lights, an international literary magazine published from Dhaka. In the same year, Arts & Letters, a monthly literary supplement of Dhaka Tribune, came out to offer a new platform for both aspiring and accomplished fiction writers. Six Seasons Review, a literary magazine of Bengal Publications, also brought out its new issues after a long hiatus in 2013 under the editorship of Fakrul Alam. It is also important to note here that these new literary magazines inherited largely from old, defunct journals, such as Form (brought out by Shawkat Hossain, Kashinath Roy, Firdaus Azim, and Kaiser Haq) and New Values (brought out by K S Murshid). Undoubtedly, all these new establishments along with the existing ones—University Press Ltd. (UPL), writers.ink, Daily Star literature page, and New Age literature page (now defunct)—has given a boost to the English literary scene in Bangladesh. Daily Star Books (DSB) published a few new authors from home and abroad: Sharbari Z Ahmed’s debut collection of short stories, The Ocean of Mrs Nagai (2013); Farah Ghuznavi’s Fragments of Riversong (2013) and Syed Manzoorul Islam’s The Merman's Prayer and Other Stories (2013). Bengal Publications is another publishing house that publishes quality creative writing from Bangladesh and around the world. Voices by Munize Manzur, Piazza Bangladesh by Neeman Sobhan and Baghdad Immortals by Saad Z Hossain are some of their best titles till date.
The number of English writers in Bangladesh is many, and the themes they address are too varied and numerous to detail in the scope of this article. However, before moving on to the concluding remarks, it would be enlightening to touch upon a few new faces in fiction who have already shown their brilliance by writing short stories for literary supplements and magazines. Rafee Shaams is the author of a short story collection, Who Even Cares Who Cares? and is set to work on his debut novel, Haramistan; Charles Pick Fellowship winner Rahad Abir is finishing his debut novel, Blue Bengal; and Marzia Rahman’s debut novel is forthcoming from Bengal Publications. There are also a growing number of fiction writers across the country who regularly writes short stories for literary supplements of different English dailies and magazines.
The launching of Dhaka Lit Festival has contributed significantly to Bangladeshi fiction writing in English. With growing enthusiasm for indigenous and community culture, live readings and literary events, the DLF has given aspiring writers a wonderful opportunity to know many aspects of writing from prominent writers around the world who speak at the festival.
Undoubtedly, Bangladeshi English fiction is now expanding rapidly with more and more writers contributing to the corpus every year. The diversity and energy they are putting into words is something that any country’s literature should be proud of. Their creativity and innovativeness would certainly stimulate the growth of the new generation of writers from Bangladesh.
[Note: The following articles have been consulted in preparing this essay: Khademul Islam’s “Life and times of literary magazines”; Fakrul Alam’s “In the streets of Dhaka”; Afsan Chowdhury’s “English voice in moonsoonland”; Rashid Askari’s “How are Bangladesh’s English writers doing?”; and Niaz Zaman’s “Syed Waliullah Existentialism, Nostalgia, Nationalism”.]
Mir Arif is an MFA (Creative Writing) candidate at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He writes fiction regularly and some of his short stories have appeared in Kitaab, Himal Southasian, The Penmen Review, Six Seasons Review and Arts & Letters.


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"Now, if we don't have him out of office, don't worry about anything—you're all going to be dead anyway."
That was the brutal reality presented by leading American economist and statesman Lyndon LaRouche, during an hour-long interview with Internet radio host Alex Jones on Nov. 30. It's the reality that certain leading members of the U.S. military are trying to deal with, by moving to block Barack Obama's express intention to carry out a confrontation with Russia and China, which will lead inexorably into thermonuclear war.
In the interview with Jones, LaRouche stressed that it is British oligarchical policy which is behind the war-provoking posture of the Obama Administration and NATO, and that the only kind of war possible under the current circumstances would be thermonuclear.
One can also point to the Dec. 2 posting on the National Interest website by Paul Pillar, a retired CIA official whose last position was National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia, who ripped into the oft-used Israeli attempt to justify a hit on Iran by comparing that nation to Hitler's Germany. Pillar says that's bunk, but dangerous, because the analogy is being used to drag the U.S. into another war, "with calamitous effects on U.S. interests."


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The Jenkins User Conference took place in New York yesterday, and members of the WANdisco team were lucky enough to be at the event. The Jenkins User Conference brings Jenkins experts and community enthusiasts from around the world together for a full day of learning and networking opportunities, focused on the popular open source continuous integration server.
The WANdisco team had a great time attending the different sessions, which covered all the latest and greatest Jenkins technology and best practices, and featured hands-on workshops and demos.
We’re all big fans of Jenkins at WANdisco, and are looking forward to putting what we’ve learned into practice – thank you to CloudBees and of course, the Jenkins community, for putting on such a great event!
As a proud CloudBees partner, not only did we attend JUC NY, but we’re sponsoring two of the conferences. “We are thrilled to have WANdisco join CloudBees and the other sponsors in supporting the Jenkins community,” said Kohsuke Kawaguchi, creator of Jenkins.
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BEIJING, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Using a novel stem cell based technology of Cellonis Biotechnologies, Beijing, a Chinese research/medical team may eliminate a glioma -- brain cancer -- of a 36 year old Norwegian patient in a hospital in Beijing. The treatment shows that the activated immune system can directly kill tumor stem cells as well as cancer daughter cells. The amazing outcome of this novel treatment within a Comprehensive Cancer Therapy tells Cellonis that the future vaccination therapies may be targeted towards cancer stem cell lysates to improve the antigen-presenting Dendritic Cell response.
Arve Johnsen, 36, from Norway, a patient diagnosed with glioma in 2006 and relapsed in 2009 after surgical resection. He arrived in Beijing in August 2009 with his wife Vanja and a one-year-old daughter, with the hope that the doctors in Norway were wrong. They told the family there is no other option anymore in the Scandinavian countries or in Europe for Arve to control the progress of disease and prolong his life. Driven by the hope that their daughter could grow up with a father, the Johnsen family started a research campaign to find other treatments worldwide, to give Arve a new hope.
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1pm kick-off agreed for MK Dons trip.
Gillingham's Sky Bet League 1 fixture against MK Dons, scheduled to take place at Stadium MK on Saturday October 17, will now kick-off at 1pm.
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New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of six persons, who have been acquitted by the apex court in the 2002 Akshardham terror attack case, seeking compensation for their wrongful arrest.
A bench of comprising Justices Dipak Misra and R Banumathi said it would set a dangerous precedent if the acquitted persons are allowed to seek compensation for their wrongful arrest.
Senior advocate KTS Tulsi, appearing for the acquitted persons, withdrew the plea after sensing the mood of the bench and said they may launch a case against Gujarat police for "malicious prosecution".
Earlier, the Gujarat government had opposed the plea saying that it would have a "serious demoralising effect" on the investigating agencies.
It had said that since the trial court as well as the Gujarat High Court had convicted them for their alleged roles in the terror attack that had claimed 32 lives, the issue of "curtailment" of their personal liberty, which they are claiming, cannot be accepted.
On May 16, 2014, the Supreme Court had acquitted the six persons, including the three condemned prisoners, in the case, saying, "The story of the prosecution crumbles down at every juncture." (More) PTI MNL SJK RKS ARC


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Interactive Student Activities Management System (iSAMS) is a web-based system in Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Melaka that provides information on student bodies and activities. iSAMS developed to react as an integrated management platform during the COVID-19 outbreak since student activities are essential and need to carry out. This research's main objective was to investigate how the iSAMS interface and functions affect users' intentions and attitudes when using the system. Thus, we explored the key predictors of user acceptance of iSAMS and proposed the theoretical model for user acceptance. A conceptual structural model was developed by integrating heuristic evaluation (HE) and technology acceptance model (TAM) to identify which key predictors influence the user acceptance of iSAMS. We adopted HE and TAM in developing the model, and as the outcome, we categorized HE into three categories: system support, user interface design, and navigation. Then, we identified three of TAM’s predictors, which are perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and behavioural intention to use. The hypothesis supported each of the predictors as the measurement since we required improvements for the iSAMS usability. The proposed research framework is simple to implement and can be adapted for other developed systems since it is essential in determining the system's usability and user acceptance.


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REPORTS on the alleged slay plot against Mayor Oscar Garin Sr. of Guimbal, Iloilo and his son, first district Rep. Oscar Richard Garin Jr. remain unvalidated.
A few weeks back, text messages circulated that the police, particularly the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), is planning to assassinate the Garins.
But CIDG in Western Visayas, through its regional director Police Colonel Benliner Capili, already denied the veracity of the information.
Some quarters surmised that there are individuals who are using the PNP to sow fear and threaten the Garins.
Police Brigadier General John Bulalacao, Western Visayas police chief, earlier labeled the information as fake news.
Recently, no less than Philippine National Police chief General Oscar Albayalde also called the report as false.
I think in fairness naman sa mga Garin, in fact, a few weeks after that incident with the police, they went to my office and they were apologetic, he said.
Albayalde was referring to the widely publicized mauling incident between the two Garins and Police Officer 3 (PO3) Federico Macaya Jr. in December 2018 in Guimbal town.
And following what happened, I think sincere naman sila at wala naman tayong nabalitaan na gusto nilang gawin, Albayalde said.
He added, that is probably a fake news. Hindi gagawin ng CIDG yun to assassinate them or probably gawan ng hindi maganda dahil wala naman tayong nakita or even any retaliatory actions coming from the Garins.
The countrys top cop said the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) and Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) both did not submit any validated information on the assassination plot against any member of the Garin family.


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ELIZABETHTOWN — It took just 22 minutes for the Bladen County Board of Commissioners to zip through its agenda on Monday, with nary a stumbling block to slow them down.
A majority of the time was used by Shelia Rains, a communicable disease nurse with the Bladen County Health & Human Services Department, who gave commissioners an overview of the past year’s events.
Rains told the board there have been 125 new cases of Chlamydia in the county, which she described as “our most popular” sexually transmitted disease, but she also said there have been no new HIV cases and only one new report of syphilis.
She also told the commissioners that her department was heavily involved with the rash outbreak at White Lake in July and made numerous follow-ups with employees at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel after the chlorine leak.
“Most of those affected by the rash at White Lake were from out of town,” Rains said.
One of the more interesting cases, according to Rains, came in August.
“I was sitting across from a man who had the Zika virus,” she said. “We tested him, as well as his pregnant wife. His tests were positive, but several tests on his wife thankfully came back negative.”
Rains also said the department saw a report of hand, foot and mouth disease at a local day care; a possible case of measles that was ruled out; a case of EEE at a county camp; and two current cases of Tuberculosis.
In other action, the board:
— Heard from Bladen County Tax Assessor Renee Davis, who presented four proposals to the commissioners for a contract for real estate appraisal services. The board voted to accept the bid from Gary Piner Appraisal Services for one year.
— Were told by Davis there were two bids for two foreclosed properties totaling about 56 acres — one from Nevada Salt Mining Trust and one from Reginald Andrews, both totaling $11,050 but Andrews’ bid requested a private sale. The board accepted Andrews’ bid.
— Heard from Health & Human Services Director David Howard, who presented an application to the N.C. Family Planning Program for federal dollars that filter through the state to the county. The board OK’d the application.
— Also heard from Howell that the offer proposal form and buyer-seller obligations form with regard to the sale of the county home health agency were complete and ready to be sent to 11 agencies that have shown interest in purchasing the agency. “This is just like listing a property, except we are listing a business,” Howell said. “And we will also send this to five or six others who might be interested.” The deadline for bids is Jan. 11.
The next meeting of the board is Monday, Dec. 19, at 6:30 p.m.
W. Curt Vincent can be reached by calling 910-862-4163.


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In a time of universal deceit—telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell (1903 – 1950) was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair. Born in Bengal, India, and raised in England, his early schooling began at St. Cyprian’s School, in Sussex, where he met Cyril Connolly, who later published many of Orwell’s essays. He was sent on scholarship to the exclusive boarding school, Eton, where Aldous Huxley was one of his teachers. Blair joined the Indian Imperial Police and served in Burma from 1922 to 1927. Returning west, he lived an impoverished life in Paris and London, making little money as a tutor and a bookshop assistant while he began writing. He fought and was wounded during the Spanish Civil War, and during World War II he found work as a war correspondent and editor, writing for the BBC, the Observer, and the Tribune. At the same time he continued to write books, all of which met with little success. As one biographer put it, “his first amateurish efforts arose smiles.”
Yet he kept writing, worked his professional connections, and concenrtrated on the political message. He abhorred both communism and imperialism. After the war, these two themes repeated in his best-received works, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eight-Four (1949). During most of his career, Orwell was best known for his journalism and essays. Unfortunately, he was able to enjoy fame from his novels only briefly: he died of tuberculosis in 1950.
One word for mastery: Consistency.


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There's no shortage of variety on offer in this month's new releases, from fact-based horrors (Utøya, Peterloo) to stylised oddness (Suspiria, Mirai). Dig further down and you'll find some unexpected luminaries in the neighbourhood (Hazel O'Connor, Garth Marenghi, Robert bloomin' De Niro) as well as a cathedral full of beards in honour of Life of Brian and a chance to bellow along with Sunshine on Leith. Plus various jobs, including a chance to work with us at Flatpack (deadline Monday - get moving!). To view this email in your browser click here.
FILM OF THE MONTH: UTØYA: JULY 22
Dramatising real-life tragedy is always a contentious decision, but never more so than when said tragedy is the result of a single demented individual. Do we risk legitimising that individual by giving them the oxygen of publicity? Utøya: July 22 arrives in the wake of Paul Greengrass’s July 22 (the latter now streaming on Netflix), both films depicting the nightmare Anders Breivik inflicted upon the people of Norway in July 2011, but in very different ways. Whereas Breivik is key to Greengrass’s film, director Erik Poppe chooses to keep him in the margins, focused instead on the young men and women who faced a terror beyond imagining. Unfolding in one single take for 72 minutes – the length of the actual attack - Utøya: July 22 is an exhausting, disturbing experience that doesn’t flinch from the terror of that horrific day.
Until 8 November at Mockingbird, Digbeth;
22 November at Stoke Film Theatre;
26-28 November at MAC, Birmingham;
26-29 Nov at Northampton Film House.
The new film from Mamora Hosoda (The Boy & the Beast, Wolf Children) is noticeably less surreal than some of his previous work, although he still gives the topic of young children adjusting to a new sibling a quirky touch or two, including a spot of time travel and a talking dog.
On general release from 2 November.
Monday 5 November, 6pm at the Electric Cinema, Birmingham
FROZEN CONFLICT (dir: Steffi Wurster) + Q&A
New documentary about the ‘frozen conflict’ between Transnistria and the Republic of Moldova, a state in which armed combat has ended but the conflict is still unresolved.
Monday 5 November, 8.30pm at Mockingbird, Digbeth
BAD REPUTATION (dir: Kevin Kerslake)
A by-the-book Joan Jett documentary.
Wednesday 7 November, 4pm at BCU Parkside, Birmingham
SIGN PAINTERS: THE FILM (dirs: Faythe Levine & Sam Macon)
An afternoon of ‘typographic inspiration’ courtesy of this US doc about the lost art of hand painted signs.
Thursday 8 to Saturday 10 November at various Birmingham venues
Annual conference on cult film which this year has a Vincent Price theme as it welcomes his daughter Victoria and Frightmare director Pete Walker to Birmingham.
Friday 9 November, 7pm at MAC, Birmingham
BEEN SO LONG (dir: Tinge Krishnan) + Q&A
An exclusive theatrical one-off event, the only chance to see this contemporary musical in Birmingham on the big screen. Followed by a cast and crew Q&A.
Friday 9 November, 7.30pm at Warwick Arts Centre
Coventry On Film: From ‘A Heap of Broken Images’
The Warwick Arts Centre cinema might be closed for the foreseeable future for a swanky refit, but special screenings will be still be taking place in other parts of the centre – like this collection of films tracing the history of Coventry, projected in the Woods-Scawen Room by the Studio.
Friday 9 November, 8pm at Feckenodeon, Feckenham
LOST IN PARIS (dirs: Dominique Abel & Fiona Gordon)
Magical slapstick adventure.
Saturday 10 November, 2pm at Coventry Cathedral
THE MAN WHO BUILT PEACE (dir: Imad Karam) + Q&A
The story of Frank Buchman, one of the key contributors to French-German reconciliation after WWII, appropriately screening during the 2018 Coventry Peace Festival.
Saturday 10 November, 2.30pm at The Courtyard, Hereford
NAKED NORMANDY (dir: Jean Becker)
Lots of human flesh on display in this ensemble comedy starring François Cluzet, screening as part of the touring French Film Festival.
Sunday 11 November, 5pm at Centrala, Digbeth
POLYLAND (dirs: Dasa Raimanova & Zofia Brom)
Centrala marks 100 years since Polish independence with a screening of this engrossing doc which follows three women from different minority groups as they seek to find their place in Polish society.
Tuesday 13 November, 7pm at Temperance, Leamington Spa
BUSKING TURF WARS (dir: Peter Trifunovic)
Super low budget mockumentary about two warring buskers on the streets of Leeds.
Tuesday 13 November, 7pm at The Core, Solihull
BREAKING GLASS (dir: Brian Gibson) + Q&A
A cult punk curio from the 80s gets a rare public outing, with star Hazel O’Connor in attendance for a Q&A and mini-gig featuring a number of songs from the film.
Thursday 15 November, 8.30pm at MAC, Birmingham
POSSUM (dir: Matthew Holness) + Q&A
Garth Marenghi himself visits the MAC to talk about his latest film, a creepy old school horror featuring an unnerving performance from Sean Harris and a terrifying spider puppet.
Friday 16 November, 7pm at The Lamp Arts Centre, Walsall
SUNSHINE ON LEITH (dir: Dexter Fletcher)
Sing-along screening of the 2013 Proclaimers musical.
Friday 16 November, 7.30pm at Kinokulture, Oswestry
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (dirs: Sidney Salkow, Ubaldo B. Ragona)
Electronica duo Animat perform a live score to this little remembered apocalyptic sci-fi based on the Richard Matheson novel I Am Legend.
Tuesday 20 November, 7.30pm at Birmingham LGBT Centre
FEMALE TROUBLE (dir: John Waters)
‘The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life.’ John Waters films just get better as time goes on. See one of his finest trash classics alongside fellow reprobates.
Wednesday 21 November, 8pm at The Hive, Shrewsbury
THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (dir: Tony Richardson)
Wednesday 21 November, 8.30pm at Derby Cathedral
MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN (dir: Terry Jones)
First time that Python’s controversial comedy is getting a screening in an Anglican cathedral, part of the UK-wide Comedy Genius programme.
Thursday 22 November, 5.50pm at Light House, Wolverhampton
THE WITCH (dir: Robert Eggers)
Thursday 22 November, 6pm at MAC, Birmingham
FEMALE HUMAN ANIMAL (dir: Josh Appignanesi) + Q&A
Fascinating mix of documentary, meta-fiction and thriller set in the world of modern art, with director Josh Appignanesi on hand to talk all things surrealist.
Thursday 22 November, 8pm at Kilder Bar, Birmingham
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (dir: John Hughes)
Friday 23 & Tue 27 November, various times at Northampton Film House
AN EVENING WITH BEVERLY LUFF LINN (dir: Jim Hosking)
Jim ‘Greasy Strangler’ Hosking’s latest bizarre confection is only getting a very limited cinematic release, but it’s well worth tracking down, not least for Matt Berry as Rodney Von Donkensteiger.
Sunday 25 November, 6.15pm at Millennium Point, Birmingham
JUST CHARLIE (dir: Rebekah Fortune) + Q&A
Midlands director Rebekah Fortune visits the Birmingham Film festival (running 20 to 25 November) for a screening of her moving new film about a young football prodigy who comes out as transgender.
Monday 26 November, 8.30pm at Stratford-upon-Avon Picturehouse
HITLER VS. PICASSO & THE OTHERS (dir: Claudio Poli)
Tuesday 27 November, 5.45pm at the ICC Birmingham
An Experience With Robert De Niro
One of the world’s most famous actors chats Raging Bull, Goodfellas and The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (maybe not the last one). Tickets go up to £400, although you do get a nice dinner included.
Wednesday 28 November, 6.30pm at Big Comfy Bookshop, Coventry
WINTER’S BONE (dir: Debra Granik)
Thursday 29 November, 4pm at Custard Factory, Digbeth
Into Film: Getting The Most Out Of Your Film Club
A chance for educators to find out how best to engage young people with film at schools and colleges.
SHOUT FESTIVAL 2018
Birmingham’s politically engaged festival of queer arts and culture returns with a flourish this autumn, and it really is developing into one of the country’s finer LGBTQ arts events, thanks in large part to the programming skills of Adam Carver. The heavier events are always balanced out with what the website defines as ‘a healthy amount of glitter’, and as usual film is a large part of that line-up, spread out across a number of city centre venues.
Queer Sex On Screen
Ikon Gallery host a night that asks some piercing questions about queer sex in regards to mainstream cinema, pornography and feminism, including a rare screening of 1971 feature Boys In The Sand, the first gay porn film to receive any kind of crossover success in the US.
A Fantastic Woman + panel
The question of trans representation and cisgender actors playing trans roles is a big topic of contention right now in the world of cinema, and it’ll be the main focus of a panel being held at Loft Lounge after a screening of Sebastián Lelio’s Oscar-winning drama A Fantastic Woman.
Queer Day School
Head to the Birmingham LGBT Centre for a day of learning organised by artist Olivia Sparrow looking to cater for gay people disenchanted with traditional modes of learning, offering talks, films and plenty of chat. If you’d like to screen a film yourself, get in touch via email@example.com.
Invisible Women + Q&A
A new documentary looking to shine a light on two forgotten figures of the fight for gay rights here in the UK - Angela Cooper and Luchia Fitzgerald, who’ll both be in attendance alongside director Alice Smith. The screening is preceded by a chance to look around Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery’s new politically minded exhibition Women Power Protest.
For more information on SHOUT 2018, head to www.shoutfestival.co.uk.
SHORT OF THE MONTH
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In a similar vein to last month's SotM, this one is a plug for an exhibition, Strange Days: Memories of the Future currently on at 180 The Strand running until 9 December. It's a pretty special line-up of video art[ists]. The space (if you've not been there before), is well worth the trip alone, but give yourself the best part of a day - there are a lot of films to watch...
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Discover ideas about Golden Ticket
Kidrobot has finally revealed the Golden Ticket Dunny from their 2010 Series. Designed by Sket-One, the Golden Ticket compliments the previous three condiment Dunnies also designed by him. Good luck getting your hands on one.
Yum Yum London has just announced a new 5 piece toy series which is now available for pre-order.
Remember those Yum Yum London vinyl toys? You know, the granny, the zombie and the cactus, as well as the homicidal hotdog and the movie theater nudist?
Sometime ago last year, we did a feature on Yum Yum´s wonderful toy collection, at the time they were still in concept stage but are now available for purchase! Their first collection is named Toy Series One, and features characters such as Granny
UK-based design firm Yum Yum London are, after designing a number of amazing characters, finally releasing their premiere toy series.


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Dancing the night awayTNN | Jan 29, 2013, 12.00 AM IST
At the launch party of Masaya, the guests spent most of their time dancing to the tunes of DJ Sumit. He played a mix of Bollywood and English tracks, and kept the spirits of the evening up.
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A hot-headed old-timer turned his Long Island “Super Senior” softball league into a field of screams by threatening to beat his teammate/manager’s “brains out” with a bat — and even to stalk him at his neighborhood pharmacy, a new lawsuit charges.
The diamond dust-up broke out after Ronald Tagliaferri, 74, of Shoreham, and Robert Willis, 72, of Ridge, got into a squabble over the color and cut of uniforms for their team, the Kingsmen, in March 2013, according to the Suffolk County filing.
Tagliaferri, an outfielder who had previously been manager, stormed Willis, a third baseman who replaced him running the squad, with his fists clenched, forcing teammates to jump in, according to the lawsuit.
Things got so heated, the suit states, that Tagliaferri, “in a menacing and threatening tone,” later left a message on Willis’ voicemail telling him he knows where he “gets his prescriptions filled” and that Willis “should be on the lookout.”
Spooked, Willis switched to a different team, the Eagles.
But Tagliaferri — who is so obsessed with softball that his license plate reads “0 Errors” — maintained a grudge, according to the suit.
Three months later, he called Willis, threatening to “beat [his] brains out with a baseball bat” if he showed up for a game, the suit says.
It came to a head when the Eagles faced the Kingsmen in August.
The umpire called Willis out at second base, but the hard-of-hearing baserunner asked him to repeat the call — and Tagliaferri exploded, the lawsuit states.
“Hey, you’re out! Get off the goddamn base!” he shouted, the suit says. Tagliaferri charged at Willis and again had to be restrained, the suit states.
Tagliaferri called the allegations “outright lies.”
“I never threatened him with a bat . . . He has osteoporosis. He doesn’t walk too great. I wouldn’t do anything to [hurt] this guy,” said Tagliaferri, who said he retired from the NYPD after 25 years patrolling in Brooklyn. “I never heard of anyone taking someone to court over an argument on the baseball field.”
“Mr. Willis has loved and played this game his entire life,” said his attorney, Vesselin Mitev of the firm Ray, Mitev and Associates.