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Dave Eggers: Zeitoun
Dave Eggers is such a one-man industry – editor, publisher, founder of various good causes – that it's easy to forget that he's primarily a writer, and one who can write well, at that. This busybody status probably explains some of the criticism he attracts, but I've enjoyed to varying degrees whatever work of his I've read. One of the good causes, the Voice of Witness, is a series of books of oral history aimed at highlighting humanitarian causes around the world. It was a voice in one of these which bloomed into Zeitoun.
Zeitoun is a book named after a man: Abdulrahman Zeitoun, American businessman, celebrated painter, building contractor and property developer/landlord (but the good kind: you know, like a tart with a heart of gold) of New Orleans, Syrian-born and married to Kathy. August 2005 should be like any busy summer month – "with so many people leaving, fleeing the swamp heat … the work and worry never ended" – but the reader knows what lies in store, for Zeitoun is not a novel but an uninflected representation of its real protagonist's real thoughts and experiences. Eggers has effaced himself from the prose (no bad thing for those who found the self-satisfaction of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius hard to take), but presumably directed the narrative, such as giving us cute snapshots of family life, to show how the Zeitouns – Zeitoun, his wife Kathy, their four children – are the perfect American family.
When she was five, Zeitoun came home from work for lunch one day and found Nademah playing on the floor. She looked up at him and declared, "Daddy, I want to be a dancer." Zeitoun took off his shoes and sat on the couch. "We have too many dancers in the city," he said, rubbing his feet. "We need doctors, we need lawyers, we need teachers. I want you to be a doctor so you can take care of me." Nademah thought about this for a moment and said, "Okay, then, I'll be a doctor." She went back to her coloring. A minute later, Kathy came downstairs, having just seen the wreck of Nademah's bedroom. "Clean up your room, Demah," she said. Nademah didn't miss a beat, nor did she look up from her coloring book. "Not me, mama, I'm going to be a doctor, and doctors don't clean."
Even the gaucheness of the anecdote – the 'didn't miss a beat', the whole Kids Say the Funniest Things-ness of it – give it authenticity, as coming from Zeitoun's lips and not Eggers'. Similarly, the foreshadowing of the disaster to come – "Neither of them [Zeitoun and Kathy] could operate their home, their company, their lives or days without the other" – is like the sunny preamble to an episode of Casualty.
The clearness of the prose, the concealed art, makes for a suspense more intense than a thriller. The reader knows approximately what happens but not exactly how, and is driven partly by a perverse interest in seeing how bad things will get for Zeitoun. The answer is very bad indeed (like, sorry to spoil it for you). This is in part because of Zeitoun's stubbornness, "his unwillingness to bow before any force, natural or otherwise", his insistence on remaining in New Orleans even as Hurricane Katrina is upgraded and the city authorities recommend evacuation. His family leaves but he doesn't.
Zeitoun would not be a dramatic, disturbing book if its focus was simply on the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina, or even on the scale of the devastation, "homes burning and sinking into the obsidian sea that had swallowed the city." Its real aim is to illuminate and outrage on the subject of how the authorities did and did not respond to the disaster. Eggers says:
It's at the intersection of so many issues in recent American life: the debacle of the government response to Katrina, the struggles facing even the most successful immigrants; a judicial system in need of repair; the problem of wrongful conviction; the paranoia wrought by the war on terror, widespread Islamophobia . . .
The last is present in Kathy's conversion to Islam, some years before she meets Zeitoun. Although her conversion is ultimately spurred by personalities rather than dogma, she finds both openness and revelation in Islam that she didn't expect. "She had no idea, for example, that the Qu'ran was filled with the same people as the Bible – Moses, Mary, Abraham, Pharaoh, even Jesus. She hadn't known that Muslims consider the Qu'ran the fourth book of God to His messengers, after the Old Testament, the Psalms, and the New Testament. … The fact that the Qu'ran repeatedly reaches out to the other, related faiths knocked her flat." She does not experience much reaching out toward her by her fellow townspeople after she adopts traditional Islamic dress.
This is a book of witness, a voice edited and professionally presented. Inevitably, therefore, Zeitoun is portrayed more or less angelically, and the authorities who deal with him are not. How accurate is this? I felt it would be interesting – albeit the job of a different book – to read an account from the viewpoint of the soldiers and government workers, trained and cultured by fear of terror, and fear of otherness, into robbing people of their humanity because they believe them to be their enemies. They are in their own way victims too.
The word "Zeitoun", before reading the book, is an unknowable sound; while reading the book, it is the name of a man; after reading the book, it becomes a sound again, a signifier, a two-syllable yell of frustration representing what is wrong not just with one administration in one country, but with aspects of our civilization. It shows with clear eyes and plain talk that the agents of government could commit human rights abuses not 'just' in Abu Ghraib, not 'just' against "enemy combatants", but on American soil, and against their own people.
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Great stuff, John. Just got hold of this, hopefully be able to contribute properly very shortly.
I recently finished this John, devouring it quickly, and finding it to be a vindication of Eggers as a writer after the debacle that was The Wild Things. My own thoughts will be up on the blog next week but well done for such an eloquent reading of the book here.
I'm always impressed by the new and interesting directions Eggers takes with his writing. But sometimes they can sound a little off-putting in their aim. I think I wouldn't have been that tempted to read this from the blurb alone, but your review really pulled me in, and I'll be grabbing a copy of this ASAP.
I enjoyed his comments in the recent Guardian/Observer interview, particularly the 'eight hours of self-loathing to get half an hour's worth of decent writing' admission (probably wildly misquoted there but the salient facts are covered!). Eggers may well have run out of original ideas years ago, but that's probably to our benefit considering the intriguing direction he has taken with the last two books.
John – just a quick few words to say this blog is terrific. I only discovered it recently but regularly look at it for recommendations made both on your own posts and of course the almost unanimously excellent comments added by your readership.
Secondly – and sorry to drag this off topic for a moment – as a recent arrival to Northern Ireland from England, I'm on the lookout for good bookshops. I know central Belfast reasonably well from countless visits in years gone by, but now I've made a permanent move where can I head other than Waterstone's? I've found a few gems in the Oxfam shop on Botanic Ave and I recall a smallish second hand place near Queen's Uni (for some reason I've an idea it's up some street level stone steps). If you can give me any further pointers I'd be hugely grateful. I've been mostly buying online, which is fine for now, but you can't beat the book shop experience! I'm living within very easy reach indeed of Belfast city centre.
And just to bring us back onto topic, I've got a copy of Dave Eggers' A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius on my shelves which is, erm, as yet unread…
Thanks in advance John, keep up the fine work.
I have been turned off by everything of Eggers I've read or partially read. But I am intrigued by his range. This sounds like something that just might make me rethink this whole Eggers thing in my mind. Perhaps another reason this appeals to me is that it is starting to get trendy this dislike of Eggers. I don't really want to be a part of that.
Good review John. I've just read an essay on Hurricane Katrina by Andrew O'Hagan in The Atlantic Ocean.He follows two men one white and one black, both poor, who decide to go to New Orleans to help in the aftermath. It would be interesting to compare the two as in both cases the example of real life experiences seem to be somewhat fictionalised. The only question I would ask is where the boundaries between fiction or faction lie? Since the new journalism of the 60's it's been difficult to separate the two though it's produced some terrific writing.
I made it to the shop on North Street this afternoon. Wow, a real book shop! You could spend all day there and still need to go back. I'm not sure I'd have happened upon it by way of passing trade given its location, so thanks for the tip. I stopped at nine books, I'd have been there all month if I hadn't stopped.
Thanks very much for the recommendation!
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Awesome review!!! I'm a writer for Spectrum Culture, and we posted our review today: http://spectrumculture.com/2010/08/zeitounby-dave-eggers.html
I'm having flashbacks of the fun conversation we had on this blog about Nicholson Baker's Human Smoke!
That's not what I meant, Kevin — not at all! I loved that debate and was glad to bring it to mind, particularly with Eggers, whom I do not like.
I should note that while I have a distaste for Eggers, I have not read this book.
I've just read Zeitoun which I enjoyed but it wasn't the book I expected it to be. Perhaps I didn't read the reviews closely enough but I assumed the focus of the book would be the hurricane itself and its aftermath. Instead it was a terrifying indictment of the post 9/11 paranoia in the USA and its brutalising effects. Depressingly, nothing I've read about Obama's recent decisions would suggest that anything has changed. Previously I'd read an excellent article in one of the Best American Writing compendiums about the flooding of an old people's home post Katrina – I'm afraid I've forgotten who the author was – and I suppose I thought Zeitoun would be more in that vein. Nonetheless a very satisfying read with good pace and suspense but just the tiniest hint of sentimentality as you imply in your review.


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Definition of the vapor pressure: The partial pressure of a substance in equilibrium with its condensed phase (liquid or solid). The pressure of the vapor over a liquid (solid) at equilibrium.
We discussed vapor pressure and/or boiling point in CH301 as it related to intermolecular forces (IMF). Boiling point and vapor pressure are two sides of the same coin. The boiling point is the temperature at which the vapor pressure equals the total pressure. When comparing vapor pressures we need to be making comparisons at the same temperature. Thus at room temperature, the substance with the lowest boiling point will have the highest vapor pressure (easiest to get into the gas phase). The substance with the highest boiling point will have the lowest vapor pressure.
Vapor pressure is a liquid property related to evaporation. In the liquid (or any substance) the molecules have a distribution of kinetic energies related to the temperature of the system. Because this is a distribution there will always be a few molecules that have enough kinetic energy to over come the attractive potential energy of the other molecules (the intermolecular force), and escape the liquid into the gas phase. In an open container, these molecules will wander off (diffuse) into the room and out into the atmosphere. Eventually all the liquid will evaporate.
In a closed container, the molecules that evaporate will diffuse around in the gas phase, but eventually some of them collide with the liquid. The kinetic energy of the gas molecules has the same distribution as the liquid because they are the same temperature. So now many of the molecules that collide with the liquid will not have sufficient kinetic energy to overcome the IMF and they will "stick" to the liquid. Therefore in a closed container, molecules are both evaporating (turning into gas) and condensing (turning into liquid). The rate of evaporation depends on the temperature and the IMF. The rate of condensation depends on the temperature, the IMF, and the concentration in the gas phase. The condensation rate will initially be zero since there are no molecules in the gas phase. As the evaporation continues the concentration of the molecules in the gas phase (or partial pressure) will increase. This will cause the rate of condensation to increase. When the rate of condensation is equal to the rate of evaporation, the system will no longer change and you'll have a fixed concentration in the gas phase. This concentration can be characterized as a partial pressure. That partial pressure is the "vapor pressure" (VP) of the liquid. The vapor pressure for any pure liquid then depends only on the temperature and the IMF. As temperature increases, VP increases. The stronger the IMF between the molecules, the more energy is required to overcome them and enter the gas phase. Thus the rate of evaporation will be lower and the VP will be lower. Conversely weaker IMF will lead to higher VP.
VP and boiling point (BP) are also related as the boiling point is the temperature at which the VP is equal to 1 atm. Thus the trend in BP with IMF is related to the trend of VP with IMF. High IMF = difficult to "get into" the gas phase. This equates to low VP (few molecules in the gas phase) and high boiling point (high temperature to get the VP = 1 atm).
For example compare three liquids: water, ethanol (C2H5OH), and diethyl ether (C2H5)2O. They have room temperature vapor pressures of 24 Torr, 65 Torr, and 545 Torr respectively. This is the trend we expect from the IMFs. Water is polar and has strong H-‐bonds, ethanol is also polar but it has weaker H-‐bonds (only one H that can H-‐bond vs. the two that water has), and finally diethyl ether is the weakest as it has no H-‐bonds (no hydrogens bonded to the oxygen). We would expect diethyl ether to have the lowest boiling point (36.6 °C); ethanol to be next highest (78.4 °C); and finally water to exhibit the highest boiling point (100 °C).
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Before you realise it, you are having a conflict of interests.
It all starts with your roles: as an agile coach you are at the same time:
- Coach, supporting reflection processes and not giving advices, finding the best question to ask instead of the best answer, focused on promoting self-organisation in the team and ensuring that people can take sound decisions. In the business coaching world sometimes we use the word "intention less" to describe the attitude of the coach as not having a hidden agenda w.r.t. the results achieved by the client.
- Consultant and/or Evangelist promoting the principles and the practices of agile, being paid by your client, so the people of the company you are "coaching" get up and running with whatever form of agile as soon as possible. Compared with the coach role above, this is intention-full: we *do* have a goal we want to reach!
So here's the question again: what do you do?
This is IMO a big problem in the way the role of the agile coach is defined (and the ScrumMaster has a similar issue as well…). The sport metaphor does not help here: when the football coach wants something, he just asks for it and the players will just do it - nothing we should use in agile coaching, I hope you agree…
Between the two roles I normally choose the coach hat, including the "intention less" attitude and… just wait… Wait for what? Well, a few things that might possibly happen:
- Something external will happen that will make that person change his/her mind. I believe in the agile practices and that, if implemented correctly, they work. Just wait until evidence will win.
- Something inside that person will happen and [s]he will then want to work on whatever was generating that "resistance". Usually there are deeper reasons and fears why somebody does not accept something that seems just common sense. Until that person will decide to open up and try and solve the deeper issue, there's nothing I can really do. While it seems a waste of time, in fact I'm gaining time by letting something happen in its own pace instead of pushing it and creating "resistance" (in the end nobody wants to be changed…). Until now I had more people opening up to agile than the opposite, so my personal statistic supports these two points...
- The person might be right: in that particular environment that practice in the way I tried to implement it cannot really work and needs adaptation. I might have missed some relevant detail and that person was simply trying to help me.
- Eventually I will give up: while I am advocating agility and bringing it to companies, it is not my role to brainwash people. If they don't want to believe in what I am saying, they are simply free to have their own ideas. Should this happen, the "intention less" attitude is even more important in this case: if I take it personally, eventually this might have an impact in the rest of the team and make them think I am there to support my own agenda rather than helping them. Support your client's people, even when they think differently. At least this is the way it works for me...


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Read and carefully following the instructions contained within the Generation Green (g2) bottle cutter manual.
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Clean your bottle inside and out with a window cleaner or for a more natural cleaner use a mixture of 1 cup of water to 2 tablespoons of vinegar. Dry glass surface.
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Monster Lab- A Gamer's Game. (8 out of 10)
posted by nate33 (ENCINITAS, CA) on Aug 15, 2009
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From the elaborate beginning until you are launched to the first area, this game looks amazing. Once you land, however, the graphics turn horrible. Also, the game is a bit monotonous. However, the fight scenes are cool, and the monster creation is awesome. The best part, in my opinion, is the miniga...more
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EAU CLAIRE The University Women's Concert Chorale will perform a spring concert at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 29, in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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The concert follows the Chorale's annual Spring Tour, which includes performances April 25-27 at schools in Wisconsin Rapids, Appleton, Pulaski, Ashwaubenon Green Bay, and De Pere.
The concert will begin with "Lift Thine Eyes (Elijah)" by Felix Mendelssohn. Other selections will include "Come Let Us Start a Joyful Song" by Hans Leo Hassler, "Vocalise" by Ron Nelson and "Laughing Song" by Lloyd Pfautsch, featuring sophomore Rachel Dahl, Appleton, on flute.
Following an intermission, selections will include "Allegro Ben Ritmito e Deciso" by George Gershwin; "The River is Wide" arranged by John C. Phillips; "Heart We Will Forget Him" by James Molholland, with junior Jill Johnson, Wisconsin Rapids, on horn; "River in Judea" by Jack Feldman, arranged by John Leavitt; "Two Jewels of Vienna" arranged by Michael Cunningham, professor of music and theater arts; and "The Rhythm of Life (Sweet Charity) by Cy Coleman, arranged by Richard Barnes and accompanied on piano by senior Ondra Williams, Clinton, and junior Kimberly Gregerson, Maplewood, Minn.
Tickets, available at the University Service Center, (715) 836-3727, are $4.75 for adults; $3.75 for those age 62 and older, children 17 and younger, and faculty or staff with a university ID; or $1.25 for students with a university ID.
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Developer: STING > Publisher: Atlus > Systems: PSP > Rating: T
I'm very excited that my first video game review is for Atlus' new game Gungnir. It's a tactical RPG about a young boy named Guilo, who must rise against an oppressive empire with the help of the magic spear Gungnir. This game has a fantastic story, is really fun to play, and has a great world.
This story is quite serious and has some very intense moments. You as the player have to make hard decisions for Gulio, to the point where you decide whether a man lives or dies! The story is very moving and at times it almost made me cry. The story motivated me to defeat extremely tough bosses, to find out if the characters get a happy ending.
The gameplay for this tactical game is great. It does take a few battles to get a handle on the controls and turn-order system. However, once you master the controls, it's smooth sailing. I did find it difficult to control multiple characters at once, but that was also what made the game fun.
Gungnir can be frustrating at times, though. For example, I played a couple battles where no matter what I did I couldn't get close to the commanding unit. I didn't understand why the guy wouldn't stay dead. As it turns out, those were battles where I had to lose.
Eventually Guilo gets the ultimate weapon, Gungnir. I love using this weapon! Gungnir has a wide range and is very strong. When Guilo attacks with Gungnir, a small amount of health is restored to him. It also has the useful ability of summoning war gods to kill enemies for you! The only drawback to this ability is that the war gods can also attack your characters as well, so use with caution.
The graphics in this anime style game are beautiful. I love the adorable chibi characters. Sword wielding chibis are so cute and deadly! Also, the animation sequences are well done, so this is definitely a game for anime lovers.
It's a very engaging game that can be enjoyed by anyone, even if you've never played a tactical game before. The compelling story and great graphics make it worth sticking it out through the tough spots.
Hint: Keep your range in mind so you don't hint your comrades. Especially with archers and long-range characters.
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- "He's dead. Took a little tumble off the cliff."
- —Sharku mocking Legolas and Gimli with the apparent death of Aragorn.
Appearing only in the film adaptation of The Two Towers, Sharku was the veteran orc leading Saruman's Warg-Riders.
Sharku means "old man" in Black Speech and may be a designation that he is an old orc. Saruman's nickname Sharkey was stated in a footnote to be a corruption of the word 'sharku'. While Sharku is not a Uruk jockey, it is unclear if all of his Orcs are, or just most of them. He may have had an elite group of normal, but experienced, orcs, along with the larger jockey group.
In the 2nd film, Aragorn has a short struggle with Sharku on his warg, where, as Sharku tries to knock him off the warg, Sharku is stabbed in the chest by Aragorn's Elvish knife. The Warg, in an attempt to throw Aragorn off, gallops towards the ledge of a cliff. Sharku then falls off his warg and is trampled. Aragorn becomes stuck to the Warg's saddle and tumbles to his supposed death. Unable to find Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli threaten a dying Sharku who reveals Aragorn's fate before expiring. He appears in The Two Towers video game and in The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. He is also a hero in the game Battle for Middle-earth II for the Isengard faction.
Shown in the Top Trumps card game, Sharku is said to have been 5,000 years old and a veteran of the Goblin Wars. However, as it was necessary to fabricate characteristics and back stories for use in the game, this should not be taken as canon information. In the film version of The Two Towers, the actor who portrays Sharku is Peter Jackson's good friend Jed Brophy.[1]
Portrayal in adaptationsEdit
Voice Dubbing actorsEdit
|Foreign Language
|Voice dubbing artist
|Portuguese (Brazil) (Television/DVD)
|Mauro Castro
|Spanish (Latin America)
|Eduardo Fonseca
|Spanish (Spain)
|Lucas Cisneros
|Reinhard Scheunemann