starved is an american television sitcom that aired for one season on fx for seven episodes in 2005 .

the series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders , who met at a " shame-based " support group called belt tighteners .

its characters included those with bulimia , anorexia , and binge eating disorder .

eric schaeffer created the show as well as writing , starring in and directing it , based upon his own struggle with eating disorders .

in addition to his own life experiences , schaeffer also drew upon the experiences of the other members of the principal cast , each of whom coincidentally had struggled with food issues of their own .

starved was the lead-in of fx 's hour-long " other side of comedy " block with it 's always sunny in philadelphia .

fx executives wanted to use the two series to begin building comedy programming and broaden the network 's demographic .

the series debuted on august 4 , 2005 to poor critical reviews and was cancelled in october 2005 , when fx picked sunny over starved for renewal .

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leaves a viewer hungering for some real characters .
there , inmates are routinely tortured , starved , forced to work , and raped .
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that in turn prevents the human body from becoming oxygen - starved after minutes below water , researchers said .
our daughters wedding at starved rock was absolutely beautiful ! we had perfect weather . the staff is very attentive and extremely friendly . we had a wonderful experience ! i would recommend starved rock to anyone wanting a lodge setting , outdoor venue .
i absolutely loved my experience with starved rock ! when i first started planning our wedding , it was difficult finding a location that would actually get back to me . i reached out to starved rock , and i heard back from someone in the sales of . . .
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we just had our wedding at starved rock on friday , june 8th , 2018 . we were one of five weddings that had that weekend . ours was the big one in the starved rock room with 88 guests . we had originally planned for the ceremony to take place outsid . . .
starved rock lodge is an outstanding location to get married ! ! our sales consultant , tiffany , was wonderful to work with ! chef bear and the staff are absolutely amazing ! starved rock lodge provides 5 - star service and food , at an affordable rate . i would recommend this vendor to anyone !
starved and it ' s always sunny in philadelphia ( 30 minutes each ) air thursdays at 10 and 10 : 30 p . m . on fx .
and given the veterans that permeate their clubhouse — from felix hernandez , to robinson cano , to nelson cruz — the mariners are hardly starved for leadership .
starved rock outdoor wedding spaces experience the beauty of northern illinois at our rustic resort . host an intimate cocktail reception or a rehearsal dinner on the canyon deck or outdoor pavillion . nestled in the stunning landscape close to starved rock state park , our resort blends a rustic natural setting with elegant venues and amenities .
the national eating disorders association sees starved differently and says the program could be dangerous to those with such disorders . the group seeks a boycott by advertisers and viewers .
this appalling and reprehensible program is starved for any empathy toward those affected by the illness ,
says lynn grefeth , the group ' s ceo .
jill and the staff at starved rock are wonderful to work with . they are very accommodating and helpful . we couldn ' t ask for more positive experiences than when working with them . the venue is beautiful , the food is delicious , and the staff is great . we look forward to being a part of many more weddings at starved rock !
starved rock park is a world apart from anything else in illinois ! you will know it the minute you enter the park , as you wind your car through the towering trees .
i cannot say enough about this venue , especially the staff . you will not regret your decision to celebrate your marriage , or any event for that matter , at starved rock .
starved rock lodge is a one - of - a - kind place for your wedding ! whether you choose an outdoor ceremony overlooking historic starved rock or an indoor wedding in the great hall , you and your guests will long remember your special day because we pay attention to the details that make it wonderful ! we have it all ! once your family and friends arrive , there is no need for them to leave the park during your wedding weekend . starved rock offers overnight accommodations , elements restaurant , shopping , hiking trails and the back door lounge .
we had a wonderful experience at starved rock ! at the last minute , we had to make a large change and they were very accommodating . the food was excellent , and we were able to offer our guests the full bar with not too much of a price difference . i highly recommend starved rock to anyone who i know is getting married and looking for a great outdoor venue .
starved rock lodge & conference center is a wedding venue from chicagoland . we service weddings throughout the local area , including joliet , orland park , and schaumburg . starved rock lodge & conference center is a professional wedding venue that has been part of the chicagoland wedding industry for 37 years . we specialize in wedding ceremonies , outdoor weddings , bridal showers , receptions , rehearsal dinners , bachelorette parties , rustic weddings , indoor ceremonies .
starved rock was so affordable and very responsive . they worked closely with me and always were available to calm my nervous bride nerves . i would highly recommend using them ; your day will be everything you dream of !
words cannot explain how wonderful my wedding was at starved rock . the park is beautiful and the facilities have a lovely rustic feel to them . our wedding coordinator was amazing along with all the other staff we came in contact with ! the outdoor and indoor wedding venue areas are fantastic ! the dinner was delicious and the portions were very generous which we loved ! everything about starved rock was magnificent and our wedding there was beyond perfect !
how to cite this article : carini , p . et al . methane production by phosphate - starved sar11 chemoheterotrophic marine bacteria . nat . commun . 5 : 4346 doi : 10 . 1038 / ncomms5346 ( 2014 ) .
experience the fun of outdoor adventure at starved rock state park . whether you enjoy hiking along the nature trails or viewing the many spectacular overlooks along the illinois river , recreational opportunities abound . from picnicking to fishing to boating , from horseback riding
citation : steindler l , schwalbach ms , smith dp , chan f , giovannoni sj ( 2011 ) energy starved candidatus pelagibacter ubique substitutes light - mediated atp production for endogenous carbon respiration . plos one 6 ( 5 ) : e19725 . urltoken
the microarray analysis revealed that the pilin gene ( pila ( 3516629 ) ) was up - regulated in the dark treatment . microscopy showed that starved cells grown in the dark not only became smaller , but eventually produced pili that connected cells .
starved rock lodge & conference center is a vintage hotel wedding venue located in utica , illinois . built in the 1930s , this lodge in starved rock state park has elegant charm that adds to the timeless splendor of your wedding day . this rustic wedding venue is sure to make your wedding dreams come true . facilities and capacity couples may host up to 200 wedding guests at starved rock lodge & conference center . there are six available event spaces for couples to choose from and utilize when customizing their wedding day . for those that wish to have their wedding indoors , the great hall features a magnificent stone fireplace that can be turned into a reception and bar area . for couples that want an outdoor ceremony , the courtyard was created with you in mind . surrounded by the beauty of the outdoors , winding paved walkways and several stone benches , the stone terrace with antique lighting provides a romantic ambiance . this outdoor area can also be transformed from your ceremony to your reception area for an intimate dinner . services offered one of the unique aspects of starved rock lodge & conference center is the trolley service they provide from area hotels to your wedding venue . in addition , starved rock lodge & conference center can provide the following event services :
of the two , starved has attracted most of the attention , thanks to its premise : four people meet at an eating disorder support group and become friends . the humor is satirical , and sometimes sickening , showing the struggles people have with food .
others in the cast have issues with food , too . laura benanti , who plays billie , battled anorexia for three years , she says . working on broadway with dancers before starved , she began to try to be as thin as they were .
we had a beautiful outdoor ceremony in july at starved rock . it was great to have the wedding and reception in the same place and have guests stay the weekend with you . jenny was our coordinator and made sure everything went smoothly . loved it !
starved rock was the absolute perfect venue for our wedding reception ! ! the entire staff was fantastic to work with - especially jenny our wedding coordinator ! ! : ) the food and service were both amazing - food was delicious and the bartenders . . .
we could not have imagined a more perfect wedding day ! starved rock is absolutely gorgeous and the staff went above and beyond to make sure everything went smoothly from the time we booked with them all the way through our wedding day . we recei . . .
my husband and i had our ceremony and reception at starved rock lodge in march , and we couldn’t be happier with how everything turned out . the management and staff took care of everything that day and it went very smoothly . jenny and peggy were . . .
if you’re looking for a destination wedding where the ceremony , dinner and reception take place in one great location , then look no further ! starved rock lodge is unsurpassed in beauty , service and cuisine and is located in one of the most scenic locations in illinois .
i loved starved rock lodge ! we had jennie and she did a wonderful job accommodating to our needs ! we planned our wedding in a little over 5 months and she did everything to make sure our wedding was perfect . she was very attentive with emails a . . .
starved rock did a fantastic job with everything . the venue was clean and in great shape . the lighting was great . the food tasted amazing and was at a good temperature . the wait staff was quick and very courteous . the coordinator was so easy to . . .
our august wedding at starved rock was truly amazing ! i couldn ' t have asked for a better location or a better group of people to work with ! our wedding consultant jenny was really great and she made sure our wedding day was organized and set ex . . .
almost everyday sine we have gotten married i have been telling people how happy i am that we had our wedding at starved rock . the day was absolutely perfect . i worked with jenny r . for the majority of the planning . she is very attentive and he . . .
we had the most perfect wedding day at starved rock . we had an outdoor ceremony and our reception in the lodge . the tree - filled patio for the ceremony was beautiful and quiet . we loved having everything on site too - ceremony , cocktail hour , ph . . .
we got married at the starved rock lodge in may of 2017 . i am so happy with how my wedding turned out ! looking around at different venues , i was getting discouraged because i could never find the right fit . paying for the wedding ourselves , w . . .
starved rock ' s lodge is a gorgeous space , with a homey , rustic feel - it is perfect for those in love with the outdoors , but can also be decorated to appeal to those with a more traditional taste . in short , the space is flexible & functional .
i could not have been happier with my experience at starved rock ! our big day was 5 / 5 / 2017 and i would definitely recommend a friday wedding to anyone considering one here . honestly , i would recommend any kind of wedding at the lodge , but there . . .
i loved our wedding at starved rock . the staff , namely jenny , was incredible to work with and made it so easy for us to enjoy our special day . it was fun for guests to stay at the lodge and many spent the weekend hiking and exploring beautiful . . .
i can ' t say enough wonderful things about starved rock lodge ! i got married here on june 24 , 2017 and our wedding was a dream come true - it was better than i could have ever imagined ! jenny was our sales consultant but i worked with the entire . . .
we just had our wedding at starved rock on friday , june 8th , 2018 . we were one of five weddings that had that weekend . ours was the big one in the starved rock room with 88 guests . we had originally planned for the ceremony to take place outside but due to the rain we opted for inside . it was perfect , even with the rain , everything was perfect and everything went smoothly . jenny and her staff went above and beyond ! we had been gifted chair covers and jenny and her staff helped us steam then and set them up on the chairs for the reception on the night before . the food was fantastic ! my only complaint was i didn ' t get one of the mini beef wellingtons at the cocktail hour , they were such a hit they were all gone before i could find one . for the dinner we opted for the grand buffet , our entrees were the fried chicken and pot roast . everyone was raving about how great the pot roast was . it was so tender and flavorful . it was well talked about all night and even the next day . starved rock really out did themselves ! i highly recommend starved rock !
my husband and i had our wedding at starved rock on june 1st . it was nothing short of amazing ! we had jennie laio as our coordinator , she was so sweet and so responsive to any and everything we needed . the outdoor ceremony was absolutely beautiful , our guests could not stop talking about how enjoyable it was and how nice it was to be able to head right inside to the lodge for cocktail hour and the reception . the food and bar service was top notch as well . we loved every second of our wedding day at starved rock lodge . highly recommend ! !
starved rock was the perfect venue for us . they were very helpful and nice and took care of everything we needed . the fact that they have preferred before they work with , along with a bridal show to meet all of them at made everything that much better . everything was perfect for our special day .
discover the rustic elegance of this historic and spectacular setting for your special day ! unsurpassed by beauty , service and cuisine your wedding will take place in the timeless splendor of the 1930’s built lodge located in starved rock state park ( lasalle county , illinois ) . ceremony ( if applicable ) and dinner take center stage in our one of a kind great hall with its magnificent stone fireplace and massive log timbers . later on , let the private starved rock room be transformed into a reception and bar area when dancing takes place . we offer ceremonies and receptions for both large ( 200 guests ) and small ( 30 guests ) weddings .
september 29 , 2017 ( oglesby , il ) – caution ! construction on route 178 south of the illinois river has begun . traffic patterns have been altered as visitors approach the west entrance to starved rock state park . a new bridge is being built next to the current bridge and these changes are necessary for … continue reading
my husband josh and i were married at starved rock on 6 / 5 / 16 . it was seriously the best day ever ! from day one , jenny made the process as pain - free and enjoyable as possible . i live in wa so i was planning the wedding ( with lots of help from my . . .
biophotolysis is the production of hydrogen from water by sunlight energy using biological systems . several approaches are possible using either isolated cellular components or algae cultures . technical and economic considerations restrict practical applications to algae cultures , the only algae system demonstrated to meet the basic requirements of biophotolysis uses nitrogen starved cultures . . . [ show full abstract ]
the comic book world , alonso asserts , is no longer a boys’ club . “while we don’t have any market research , the eyes don’t lie , ” he tells us . “if you go to conventions and comic book stores , more and more female readers are emerging . they are starved for content and looking for content they can relate to . ”
we had an intimate , outdoor , winter wedding at starved rock and then rented one of their conference rooms to have dinner . it was absolutely perfect . working with peggy in the sales department was so easy and she was great ! the lodge was decorated beautifully for christmas which just added to the overall atmosphere . we got so many compliments on the food , decor , and location .
we are thrilled with our experience at starved rock lodge ! from day one , they had great communication ! i am a worrier , and whenever i had a question i almost always had a response within a day . everything went as planned on the day of the wedding , and it helped me to be a relaxed bride . so happy with our choice ! our guests all loved the venue .
previous studies have demonstrated that candidatus pelagibacter ubique , a member of the sar11 clade , constitutively expresses proteorhodopsin ( pr ) proteins that can function as light - dependent proton pumps . however , exposure to light did not significantly improve the growth rate or final cell densities of sar11 isolates in a wide range of conditions . thus , the ecophysiological role of pr in sar11 remained unresolved . we investigated a range of cellular properties and here show that light causes dramatic changes in physiology and gene expression in cand . p . ubique cells that are starved for carbon , but provides little or no advantage during active growth on organic carbon substrates . during logarithmic growth there was no difference in oxygen consumption by cells in light versus dark . energy starved cells respired endogenous carbon in the dark , becoming spheres that approached the minimum predicted size for cells , and produced abundant pili . in the light , energy starved cells maintained size , atp content , and higher substrate transport rates , and differentially expressed nearly 10 % of their genome . these findings show that pr is a vital adaptation that supports cand . p . ubique metabolism during carbon starvation , a condition that is likely to occur in the extreme conditions of ocean environments .
the necessity of producing atp to restart metabolism may explain why carbon - starved cand . p . ubique cells in the dark continue to respire endogenous carbon until their size approaches an extreme minimum . however , this finding raises questions about how light causes the suppression of endogenous respiration . we observed that transcription profiles in carbon - starved cand . p . ubique changed significantly when the cells were illuminated . whether transcriptional changes in cells in the light were mediated directly or indirectly is unknown , but clearly light potentiated a genetic response , with nearly one tenth of coding sequences being differentially expressed . three transcription regulators that were found to be upregulated in the light may be involved in these transcriptional changes , but this can currently not be confirmed due to the absence of a genetic system in cand . p . ubique .
do inquire more than one year in advance as weekends book up really fast if you want a wedding here . from price , to food , to natural beauty , and a staff that will bend over backwards for your needs , i could not imagine any other place that could have been more perfect for our wedding reception . thank you to the starved rock lodge staff from the bottom of our hearts !
starved cand . p . ubique cells kept in the light were able to maintain their morphology presumably due to atp production from light energy . although it has been assumed that pr - induced proton motive force could drive atp synthesis as protons reenter the cell through the atp synthase complex [ 1 ] , [ 2 ] , this hypothesis has heretofore only been tested in a heterologous system [ 30 ] . we observed that atp content per cell increased in stationary phase cells after they were illuminated in proportion to the length of time since entering stationary phase . thus , pr contributed a higher percentage to the total energetic budget of the cells as the period of starvation lengthened . these results support the conclusion that cells maintain their size and morphology in the light under starved conditions by replacing endogenous respiration with pr - mediated atp production .
several components of the oxidative phosphorylation pathway were upregulated in the dark : components of the cytochrome bc1 complex ( fbch and petb ( 3516594 - 5 ) ) , components of the cytochrome c oxidase ( ctab , cox1 ( 3516747 - 9 ) ) , and components of the atp - synthase complex ( atpb , atpe , atpb ( 3516768 - 70 ) , atpd , atpg , atpa , atph ( 3517558 - 61 ) ) ( table s1 ) . these results imply a higher rate of oxidative phosphorylation in the dark than in the light and support the faster depletion of oxygen observed in carbon starved dark grown cells . in the dark we also observed the up - regulation of a proton - translocating pyrophosphate synthase ( sar11 _ 1040 ( 3517439 ) ) , which may be an additional mechanism to produce energy for the starved cells in the dark .
experience the fun of outdoor adventure at starved rock state park . whether you enjoy hiking along the nature trails or viewing the many spectacular overlooks along the illinois river , recreational opportunities abound . from picnicking to fishing to boating , from horseback riding to camping to enjoying winter sports , there ' s so much to do that you ' ll come back again and again . the backdrop for your activities are 18 canyons formed by glacial meltwater and stream erosion . they slice dramatically through tree - covered , sandstone bluffs for four miles at starved rock state park , which is located along the south side of the illinois river , one mile south of utica and midway between the cities of lasalle - peru and ottawa . the park is best known for its fascinating rock formations , primarily st . peter sandstone , laid down in a huge shallow inland sea more than 425 million years ago and later brought to the surface .
the oxygenated surface waters of the world’s oceans are supersaturated with methane relative to the atmosphere , a phenomenon termed the ‘marine methane paradox’ . the production of methylphosphonic acid ( mpn ) by marine archaea related to nitrosopumilus maritimus and subsequent decomposition of mpn by phosphate - starved bacterioplankton may partially explain the excess methane in surface waters . here we show that pelagibacterales sp . strain htcc7211 , an isolate of the sar11 clade of marine α - proteobacteria , produces methane from mpn , stoichiometric to phosphorus consumption , when starved for phosphate . gene transcripts encoding phosphonate transport and hydrolysis proteins are upregulated under phosphate limitation , suggesting a genetic basis for the methanogenic phenotype . strain htcc7211 can also use 2 - aminoethylphosphonate and assorted phosphate esters for phosphorus nutrition . despite strain - specific differences in phosphorus utilization , these findings identify pelagibacterales bacteria as a source of biogenic methane and further implicate phosphate starvation of chemoheterotrophic bacteria in the long - observed methane supersaturation in oxygenated waters .
the network , known for such attention - grabbing series as nip / tuck and over there , is launching an hour - long sitcom block with two series thursday : starved ( 10 et / pt ) and it ' s always sunny in philadelphia ( 10 : 30 et / pt ) . they ' re fx ' s first attempts at comedy since the short - lived john corbett sitcom , lucky , in 2003 . ( related story : sunny can be serious )
here , building on these genomic insights we test the hypothesis that pelagibacterales chemoheterotrophic bacteria encoding the c–p lyase complex produce ch 4 from mpn when p i starved . we show that str . htcc7211 produces ch 4 from mpn in proportions stoichiometric to p demand . moreover , we present rates of ch 4 production under ideal growth conditions , together with the genetic response to p starvation in the pelagibacterales . these data suggest pelagibacterales are one of the leading contributors to ch 4 dynamics in p i - deficient oligotrophic gyres .
cells also appear to express metabolic pathways differently while carbon starved in the light , up - regulating genes involved in glycolysis and the glyoxylate cycle , while cells in the dark up - regulated genes for amino acid transport . in a metatranscriptomic study comparing microbial communities during the day and at night , poretsky and collaborators also found evidence indicating that amino acid acquisition may be a more important metabolic activity at night [ 26 ] ; the authors suggested that accumulation of amino acids at night might be a mechanism for nitrogen storage . different regulation of mechanisms of uptake and metabolic pathways in the light and dark may be related to the different compounds that are released from phytoplankton , and thus available to bacteria , during day and night . daytime is also when light induced dna damage occurs , which may explain the observed upregulation of dna - repair mechanisms in the light ( xerd and reca ) . the upregulation of hflc in the dark , on the other hand , may be related to the proteolytic activity involved in the oxidation of endogenous carbon in starved cells grown in the dark .
we had our reception here at starved rock lodge . it is definitely a unique and special venue , and is a place that means a lot to us . my wedding coordinator was margie , and she was amazing and so very accommodating with anything that needed to be done . same with the rest of the staff . not only was the service great , but the food was excellent quality , and the setting in itself was breathtaking . we wanted to pick a place that meant a lot to us - not just any random place , but with sentimental meaning . the first time we went to starved rock lodge was in 2008 ; we were amazed by the food and the beautiful nature that surrounded us . the third time was in 2010 . at that time , i remember len saying ,
what if we got married here ? !
i replied saying ,
it would absolutely be beautiful , but it ' s probably too expensive .
i am so grateful that i looked into it because the prices were very reasonable , and we were able to make it happen .
remembering this moment , i had high hopes for two fx sitcoms debuting tonight .
starved ,
at 10 , plays like the writers got together and said ,
hey , what happens if you take ' seinfeld ' and give them eating disorders ?
it ' s followed at 10 : 30 by
it ' s always sunny in philadelphia ,
which plays like other writers said ,
hey , what happens if you take ' friends ' but they ' re not manhattan neurotics , they ' re just philly slackers who run this dive irish bar ?
absolutely amazing ! my husband and i were married here 12 / 12 / 14 and our experience was flawless ! jenny was fantastic about coordinating every last detail of our event and was even gracious enough to let me use her computer and printer when we had a placecard emergency . our dinner was delicious ( we had the chicken tuscany and sicilian pesto ) . every guest complimented the food and the fantastic bar and staff . the entire staff , including the wait staff and bartenders were extemely attentive and helpful . i would recommend starved rock to anyone looking for the perfect venue for their wedding .
the far bigger problem is that
starved
is so busy contriving situations that schaeffer has paid no attention to character development . eating disorders overwhelmingly afflict females , so why are three of the characters male ? and what are the underlying emotional issues that make them that way ? there ' s a whiff of intimacy avoidance for dan , a hint of repressed homosexuality with adam , a tinge of , oh , maybe narcissism with sam , but this failure to build understanding into the show dooms it to emptiness , with a sour aftertaste . as if you had just , you know , hurled .
the efficiency of atp - dependent transport into starved htcc1062 cells in light ( 80 µmol photons m −2 s −1 ) versus dark was tested utilizing 14 c - labled - taurine . taurine was chosen for this assay because the htcc1062 genome contains the genes tauabc ( geneid : 3516719 - 21 ) which are predicted to encode an atp - dependent taurine transporter , and also because taurine was previously shown to be utilized for growth by htcc1062 [ 20 ] . results from radio - labeled assays determined that the uptake rate of taurine was 65 % higher in the light than in the dark ( figure 4 ) .
starved rock was where i dreamed of getting married ! my husband and i went on our first date there and our first vacation . we shared many memories together there even before we got engaged , so it was our first choice to get married there . i honestly didn ' t think we could afford such a beautiful place to have our wedding , but we crossed our fingers and it was actually quite reasonably priced . we got married may 23rd 2015 and it was a perfect day . the weather was perfect and the staff were beyond helpful and were willing to accommodate my every need . i litterly couldn ' t have dreamed of a better experience !
i cannot express how wonderful it was to work with the staff in the sales office at starved rock ! they were absolutely amazing ! ! whenever you have a question , you can always shoot them an email ( or give them a call ) , and they get back to you within 24 hours . they completely take the worry out of your wedding day too ! someone is always there in case you have a question , or if one of your other vendors is running late , they will make a phone call so that you don ' t have to . the location is absolutely beautiful as well . i highly recommend this location ! oh , and the food is pretty amazing too !
some specific changes in gene expression appeared to be in accord with the observed physiological responses to light . for example , genes for oxidative phosphorylation were more highly expressed in the dark . the pili were detected during starvation in darkness and higher expression of the pilin gene was observed under the same conditions . the role of pili in starved cand . p . ubique is not known , but similar pilin genes have been implicated in nucleic acid uptake in other organisms [ 37 ] . previous work on multiple sar11 strains from a single population revealed one of the highest recombination rates recorded in bacteria [ 38 ] , [ 39 ] . we speculate that the expression of pili during starvation conditions could underlie these high rates of recombination .
ambitious and accomplished but ultimately unpleasant ,
starved
centers on sam , a commodities trader and compulsive overeater , acted by eric schaeffer ( not the one from signature theatre ) , who is also creator , writer and director . his sidekicks are dan ( del pentecost ) , a novelist who gorges and keeps rescheduling his gastric bypass surgery ; adam ( sterling k . brown ) , a bulimic but totally buff black cop , and billie ( laura benanti ) , a bisexual , laxative - abusing singer - songwriter . they go to group together , where they recount each week ' s transgressions to chants of
it ' s not okay !
from the other sufferers , egged on by a facilitator who believes in shame and humiliation .
. . . accordingly , the optimum n 2 concentration for efficient h 2 production by the cultures may be lower than 2 . 4e3 . 0 % . in an earlier study involving n 2 - starved cultures of heterocystous anabaena cylindrica grown with continuous gassing by co 2 in ar [ 10 ] , periodic additions of nh 4 cl ( 10 à4 m ) were shown to sustain the h 2 production activity for 7e19 days . this strain exhibited similar effects of n 2 supply ( 0 . 2e0 . 8 % v / v n 2 and 0 . 5 % co 2 in ar ) on the sustainability of h 2 production , but with the peak rate of h 2 production decreasing to half within about 10 days [ 29 , 30 ] . . . .
the higher rates of respiration in dark - grown cells entering stationary phase suggested that they were consuming endogenous reserves to produce atp for survival . we tested this hypothesis by microscopic analysis and found that indeed cand . p . ubique cells were consuming their biomass when starved in the dark , while in the light they could maintain their size . cand . p . ubique is among the smallest autonomously replicating cells known , with a volume ranging from 0 . 019 to 0 . 039 µm 3 ( as extrapolated from our electron microscopy measurements ) . it has one of the smallest genomes known for free living bacteria ( only 1 , 308 , 759 base pairs ) , and a very slow growth rate ( ∼one division in two days ) , which enables lower requirements for ribosomes , and thus such small cell volumes . here we found that cand . p . ubique , when starved in the dark , consumes its endogenous reserves and shrinks to a volume of ∼0 . 014 µm 3 . this extremely small volume is very close to that predicted for the theoretical minimal - size microbe , which was proposed to be in the range of 0 . 005–0 . 01 µm 3 [ 29 ] . constraints on the lower limits of the size of a free - living prokaryote may be imposed by factors such as the number of protein and rna species required for minimal essential functions , the size of the genome required to encode these essential macromolecules , the number of ribosomes necessary for adequate expression of this genome , and physical contraints , such as the minimum radius of curvature required for the stability of a lipid bilayer membrane [ 29 ] .
six months after the snap , those who disappeared suddenly reappear , confused , sick , and lost far from home . amongst the returned is peter parker . post - snap , peter has come back as a feral alpha , frightened , touch - starved , and quickly going into his first rut . aunt may is still missing so tony steps in to be peter ' s in loco parentis . concerned for peter ' s safety and feeling guilty over not being able to save him the first time around , tony is determined to do whatever it takes to return this silent , traumatized boy back to the bright , energetic teenager he once was . however , tony doesn ' t realize that in order to be the support peter needs , peter ' s traumas aren ' t the only ones they ' ll have to deal with .
the laboratory results presented here help to contextualize metagenomic 13 , 14 , 15 and metaproteomic 38 findings that suggested that pelagibacterales bacteria actively transport and use dop , including phosphonates and p - esters , in the sargasso sea ( fig . 1 ) . the significance of these findings is extended to the global climate by showing that p i - starved pelagibacterales produce ch 4 when mpn is provided as a sole p source ( fig . 4 ) . interestingly , in addition to the abundant mgi archaea , some pelagibacterales ecotypes may also harbour genes encoding the mpn synthase enzyme 18 , suggesting pelagibacterales may also be an mpn source in the ocean . an understanding of environmental mpn dynamics ( including supply and consumption rates ) as it pertains to dop utilization , remains a significant challenge to resolving ch 4 fluxes as they pertain to p stress in marine environments .
everything was wonderful start to finish . our wedding coordinator tiffany made the planning process so much less stressful and was always ten steps ahead of me ! the food tasting was great and i was thrilled when the food was even better the day of if that ' s possible . head chef bear works with you and tweaked some items when we couldn ' t decide between one or two things . we had cupcakes made by mo , and people are still telling me how amazing they where 4 months later . the day went so smooth ( and if it didn ' t i had no clue ) . the entire banquet staff was so polite and attentive and always had smiles on their faces . the transitions through the evening where so seamless . we are so thrilled we picked starved rock for our special day ! everyone commented on how unique and beautiful it was . we feel we picked the perfect venue ! ! !
on to food & drink - i always say that
as long as the food isn ' t terrible , people won ' t care to complain . it just has to be acceptable - especially if the bar is open .
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the ability to produce atp in absence of exogenous carbon sources is likely to be particularly important to the survival of cand . p . ubique because a large proportion of its nutrient transporters belong to the atp - binding cassette family [ 31 ] , and thus require atp hydrolysis for the import of their specific substrates . proteome measurements with both cultured sar11 cells and environmental samples from the sargasso sea and the oregon coast showed very high expression of abc - transport systems in sar11 cells [ 32 ] – [ 34 ] . increases in atp production and transport functions such as those we observed in illuminated , carbon starved cand . p . ubique cells may confer a valuable survival advantage by enabling them to rapidly restart respiratory metabolism when oxidizable organic compounds again become available in the environment . this would be in agreement with the function of pr in vibrio sp . strain and4 , where enhanced survival was observed in cells exposed to light compared to darkness during starvation [ 15 ] .
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although these experiments provide definitive evidence for potential mpn utilization in the surface ocean , they do not necessarily address the ch 4 supersaturation observed at the pycnocline , nor the organism ( s ) responsible for production of excess ch 4 in these deep layers of the euphotic zone . it seems unlikely that the activity of large buoyant genera such as trichodesmium can wholly explain the subsurface ch 4 features given that trichodesmium are largely observed within or at the base of surface mixed layer 25 , 26 and that ch 4 supersaturation has also been observed outside of the subtropical gyres 27 . alternately , observations of ch 4 maxima below the surface mixed layer and the lack of diurnal variation of these ch 4 levels 6 point to heterotrophic organisms as probable contributors to ch 4 production—provided a steady source of mpn is available and that environmental conditions favour the utilization of dissolved organic phosphorus ( dop ) . consistent with the hypothesis that p - starved heterotrophic bacteria produce ch 4 , members of marine vibrionales and rhodobacterales expressed c–p lyase genes in p - limited mesocosm studies that , when amended with mpn , also generated ch 4 ( ref . 17 ) .
although methane production by p i - starved bacterioplankton is a probable source of ch 4 in p i - deplete waters rich in mpn , there may be other ch 4 - producing biological pathways that bear consideration . for example , in the nitrate - deplete , p i - replete waters of the central arctic ocean , an inverse correlation between ch 4 and a common resource for bacterial carbon and sulphur , dimethylsulphoniopropionate ( dmsp ) , was found 27 . in subsequent incubation experiments , when dmsp was added to the arctic surface waters , ch 4 was produced and α - and γ - proteobacteria increased in relative abundance 27 . from these results , damm et al . 27 hypothesized a type of ‘methylotrophic methanogenesis’ in which the methylated degradation products of dmsp ( methanethiol in particular ) act as a precursor for ch 4 production . although this is an intriguing possibility that may represent an alternate , and potentially significant , ch 4 source in aerobic surface waters , the enzymes , pathways and organisms involved have not yet been identified . further study of mechanisms of aerobic ch 4 production in relationship to bacterial diversity and gene expression are needed to further unravel oceanic ch 4 sources .
nitrogen - starved cultures of the alga anabaena cylindrica 629 produced hydrogen and oxygen continuously for 7 to 19 days . hydrogen production attained a maximum level after 1 to 2 days of starvation and was followed by a slow decline . the maximum rates were 30 ml of h2 evolved per liter of culture per h or 32 mul of h2 per mg of dry weight per h . in 5 to 7 days the rate of h2 evolution by the more productive cultures fell to one - half its maximum value . the addition of 10 ( - 4 ) to 5 x 10 ( - 4 ) m ammonium increased the rate of oxygen evolution and the total hydrogen production of the cultures . h2 - o2 ratios were 4 : 1 under conditions of complete nitrogen starvation and about 1 . 7 : 1 after the addition of ammonium . thus , oxygen evolution was affected by the extent of the nitrogen starvation . thermodynamic efficiencies of converting incident light energy to free energy of hydrogen via algal photosynthesis were 0 . 4 % . possible factors limiting hydrogen production were decline of reductant supply and filament breakage . hydrogen production by filamentous , heterocystous blue - green algae could be used for development of a biophotolysis system .
affymetrix genechip oligonucleotide microarrays for htcc1062 were used to measure changes in transcription caused by illumination . in an early experiment we had compared the transcriptional response in light versus dark grown htcc1062 cells harvested during logarithmic phase , but found few significant differences ( ncbi geo database , reference number gse24134 ) . given the results described above , which indicated a physiological effect of light only in carbon starved conditions , we suspected that a transcriptional response to light might be evident only in carbon limited cells . thus we compared the transcription profiles in stationary phase cells grown on 12∶12 hrs light∶dark cycles ( light treatment , irradiance of 250 µmol photons m −2 s −1 produced by a green led device ) and cells grown exclusively in dark ( dark treatment ) . almost one tenth of coding sequences ( 9 . 7 % ) were found to be differentially expressed between treatments ; 4 . 7 % up - regulated in the light treatment ( n = 64 ) and 5 % up - regulated in the dark treatment ( n = 68 ) ( table s1 ) . comparisons of the transcription profiles of cells from the light treatment , with the same cells that were transferred to darkness for 6 hours ( light - to - dark treatment ) , showed an overlapping , but much smaller change in genetic expression ( table s2 ) .
candidatus p . ubique strain htcc1062 cells utilized for radio tracer assays were cultivated under 12∶12 hrs light∶dark cycles in autoclaved filtered seawater amended with pyruvate ( 100 µm ) , oxaloacetate ( 50 µm ) , taurine ( 50 µm ) , betaine ( 1 µm ) , glycine ( 25 µm ) , methionine ( 25 µm ) , iron source ( 1 µm ) , vitamins . cells were harvested when cultures had entered stationary phase ( carbon starved ) and collected via centrifugation ( 1 hour at 20000 rpm ) at 16°c in polycarbonate centrifuge tubes . following centrifugation , the supernatant was poured off and cells were washed twice in minimal - salt artificial seawater mix ph 8 . 2 ( asw , comprised of nahco 3 ( 6 mm ) , nacl ( 481 mm ) , mgso 4 ( 28 mm ) , mgcl 2 ( 27 mm ) , cacl ( 10 mm ) , kcl ( 9 mm ) hepes ( ph 7 . 5 , 1 . 0 mm ) [ 41 ] , all chemicals were obtained from sigma - aldrich . then cells were resuspended in asw and transferred to four 15 ml polystyrene centrifuge tubes that had been pre - rinsed in triplicate with asw prior to use for radio assays . two tubes were exposed to light ( 80 µmol photons m −2 s −1 ) , and two to dark ( covered in aluminum paper ) , one of each served as negative control ( dead cells , preserved with formalin , see below ) .
the genetic basis for the p source utilization patterns observed for each strain was investigated at a transcriptional level using dna microarrays . time - course experiments showed that p i - starved str . htcc1062 cultures rapidly induced expression of pstscab , encoding the high - affinity transport system ( fig . 3 ) . individual pst genes were upregulated 2 . 4 - to 3 . 6 - fold 4 h after the onset of p i starvation and 9 . 1 - to 27 . 9 - fold 38 h after the onset of p i starvation ( fig . 3 and supplementary tables 1–3 ) . a concomitant upregulation of global stress - response genes ( including reca , lexa and umud ) and downregulation of ribosomal protein transcripts ( including rpsb , rpsp , rpsk , rpss , rplb and rplc ) suggested that p i depletion is treated as a global stressor in str . htcc1062 ( supplementary tables 2–3 ) . p i starvation of str . htcc7211 induced expression of genes encoding the organophosphorus abc transporter ( phncdee 2 ; 7 . 3 - to 21 . 8 - fold ) and the c–p lyase ( phnghijklm ; 2 . 1 - to 7 . 3 - fold ) ( fig . 3 and supplementary tables 4 and 5 ) . genes encoding str . htcc7211’s high - affinity p i transporter pstscab were also upregulated , but to a lesser degree ( 3 . 2 - to 3 . 7 - fold ) than the organophosphorus transporter . in contrast to str . htcc1062 , stress - response genes were not differentially regulated in str . htcc7211 .


kalitharu henne ( kannada : ಕಲಿತರೂ ಹೆಣ ಣೇ ) is a 1963 indian kannada film , directed by n c rajan and produced by jaya balakrishna .

the film stars rajkumar , leelavathi , adavani lakshmidevi and r. nagendra rao in lead roles .

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the census taker is a 1984 black comedy directed by bruce r. cook .

it stars greg mullavey , meredith macrae , timothy bottoms , and garrett morris .

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the census taker

around the year i . . . : this census - taker , by china mieville
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finally , late in the book , this census - taker appears , on the boy’s doorstep , while his father is away . the census - taker is a native of the father’s city , and explains :
madison mega - mara . . . : # 74 this census - taker by china miéville
this census - taker by china miéville hardcover , $ 24 . 00 penguin random house , 2016
will the census taker just go away ? yes , but he or she will most certainly be back .
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a down - on - his luck census taker discovers that he has more control over the population than he thinks when the people he creates on falsified census forms come to life .
exasperated by his intrusions , a family shoots a census taker and tries to hide his body from a detective .
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this census - taker is a stunning , uncanny and profoundly moving novella from multiple award - winning author china mieville .
this resulted in what i now describe as census despair , which was heightened by the census office’s lack of transparency about the time commitment of the job .
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many testing for the census taker position had to take the exam and were not dressed properly . also the positions were only for nine to twelve weeks every ten years .
the third act of this sorrowful tale concerns the census - taker . it is here that the book turns to one of the chief terrors of childhood : the inability to distinguish good from evil .
like the strange , spare fairy tales that served as inspiration for glossier disney versions , the morality of the census - taker is hazy ; it’s up to the reader to interpret what’s right .
before the end credits , a final census tally of appleton types itself onto the screen .
program - the census taker , presented by charles leyburne ' s bon - ton stock company , lyceum , november 16 , 1900 - 1901 season . booklet .
what is the work environment and culture like at u . s . census bureau ?
mom ! the census - lady is here ! ” one teenager yelled as i stood on his porch , city of calgary ipad in hand . while working as a civic census taker this april and may , i also got called “sweetie” and “dear , ” mostly by elderly people . one man looked through his window and announced , “that girl - census - taker - person is here ! ”
americans who , for whatever reason , do not complete and return a census bureau questionnaire can expect a personal visit from a census taker or
enumerator .
what do the enumerators - - census takers - - have to do ? according to census bureau director kenneth w . prewitt ' s april 5 , 2000 testimony to the house subcommittee on the census ,
each enumerator is given a binder of addresses in that area that includes all those addresses for which we have not received a completed questionnaire .
“they’re so dishonest in the training , ” said maureen , a census taker for the tuxedo area this year . “they gloss over the amount of time it will take . i only wish i’d been prepared . ”
inevitably , enjoying this book means accepting that many of the questions it invites will go unanswered . though the census - taker himself—whom we don’t even meet until almost three - quarters of the way through—deals in definite numbers and data , the book as a whole is uncertain to a fault , stranding us in the befuddled perspective of its narrator . even the census - taker’s most heroic act—a successful resolution of the book’s central mystery—goes unexplained , except by implication .
if the unit was occupied by a different household on census day , the enumerator completes a questionnaire for the occupants who lived there on census day by interviewing a knowledgeable person , such as a neighbor . if the current occupants were not enumerated elsewhere , the enumerator will also complete a census questionnaire for them for their census day address . if the housing unit was vacant on census day , the enumerator completes appropriate housing questions on the questionnaire by interviewing a knowledgeable person , such as a neighbor or apartment house manager .
the census - taker exhibits every sign of evil . he carries a peculiar gun native to the father’s city , which makes a sound that previously echoed in the hills , which the father has described as coming from “the kind of shot you use to kill a man . ” the census - taker has no good explanation for what he is doing . when challenged , he asserts , “i do have this authority . to make this count . ” he pretty clearly murders the boy’s father , although , although –we do not see it . the boy closes his eyes ; there are only suggestive sounds . even if it happened , though , had the father been a war criminal ? if the boy’s description of his cruel , mechanical killing reflects anything , then the census - taker may represent the reach of justice . unlikely , but possible . the gentle and endlessly shifty census - taker is terrifyingly ambiguous .
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1 . creeping dread 2 . the census taker 3 . talk 4 . end of home 5 . emotional music 6 . secret seed 7 . easter woman / simple song 8 . hellno 9 . where is she ? 10 . innocence decayed 11 . romanan / nice old man 12 . margaret freeman 13 . light ' s out 14 . where is she 15 . passing the bottle 16 . the census taker returns
if the housing unit was demolished or otherwise nonexistent under census definitions , the enumerator completes a questionnaire that provides the reason why the unit should be deleted from the census address list , by interviewing a knowledgeable respondent such as a neighbor or apartment house manager .
his new book is a novella that stretches the envelope of the description — called this census - taker — about a man looking back on the traumas of his boyhood , a prisoner whose captors call him
guest ,
and the fallibility of memory .
and so it goes until a completed census questionnaire has been completed and turned into the local census office for every housing unit address in america . like all other employees of the census bureau , enumerators are subject by law to severe penalties including imprisonment for divulging information outside of the required scope of their job .
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calgary is one of the few municipalities in canada that conducts a yearly census , and city hall uses the collected information to make planning decisions . according to paul denys , leader of election and census at the city of calgary , school boards receive very accurate data from the civic census that allows them to forecast school enrolment . provincial grants for transportation and libraries are also based on either civic or federal census information .
“the census is important for building communities , ” said my friend joann , who worked as a census taker in the past . “how can we know the direction for the city if we don’t know where we are ? we need to know how many elderly people are here , how many kids . how else can we know where to build a school ? ”
zoey duncan , a writer who worked as a census taker last year , agrees : “i wasn’t getting any information about how much time it would take and how much money we would make . ”
[ the census - taker strongly implied that the boy ' s mother was once his assistant . presumably , he found her corpse in the hole and killed her murderer . a …more the census - taker strongly implied that the boy ' s mother was once his assistant . presumably , he found her corpse in the hole and killed her murderer . a bit of philosophical speculation : the census - taker seems to feel responsible for everyone on his list , which would have included the boy ' s father . if you twist your mind a certain way , it almost makes sense to kill the guy , so that you no longer have any obligations towards your colleague ' s killer ( and can recruit his conveniently orphaned kid ) . ( less ) ( hide spoiler ) ]
china miéville is the author of numerous books , including this census - taker , three moments of an explosion , railsea , embassytown , kraken , the city & the city , and perdido street station . his works have won the world fantasy award , the hugo award , and… more about china miéville
with the boy’s remaining parent gone , the census - taker takes him on as an intern , effectively adopting him—a turn of events so odd , and seemingly arbitrary , that it begs for more explanation than is ever offered . the boy is raised to perform a set of tasks that remain unclear , and he arrives at adulthood with this chilling quality : that he recounts his childhood without remarking on the lacunae . what is captivating in a boy , however , becomes subtly horrific in a man : that he has never sought to resolve the gaps in his understanding . that he allows the census - taker to remain suspended in the overlap of good and evil , a moral position the narrator now occupies as well . ultimately , this census - taker takes on the nostalgia of the corrupt for their innocence .
he ' s also been compared to karen russell and george saunders , and rightfully so . anyone who gets excited about language quirks and almost - surreal scenes will feel at home on the hilltop where this census - taker is set .
i also feel like “it was earth all along” is the kind of thing mieville avoids most of the time . however o do think that this census taker being set in bas lag would make sense . it’s location in the world would be vague , but the hints make sense as new crobuzon .
since the figures of the census taken by the democratic state officials in this city have come to be known , those best qualified to judge in such matters have been satisfied that the census as returned was grossly inaccurate in its details , if not in the aggregate population . view full article in timesmachine »
civic duty is an old - fashioned concept , but it’s a good reason to be a census taker . more importantly , it’s a good reason to pick up the phone and call the person who left that little blue slip in your mailbox ( seriously ) .
is the novella this census - taker just a prologue to a longer , more epic work ? will we read more in the future about this world , its history , and the life of the narrator ? if this is indeed the fourth bas - lag book , is it just the prelude to an upcoming fifth one ? i hope we find out soon .
reading china mieville is a little like being kidnapped . you’re not quite sure what’s happening , you’re not sure where you going , and afterwards , you’re not sure where you’ve been . that’s where the analogy ends , because china mieville is a wonderful experience and this census - taker , his latest story , is another great one . one of mieville’s strengths is immersing you in a world that is a surreal yet contains tantalizing elements of familiarity . this census - taker is the story of a boy who lives on
we may be in a post - apocalyptic world ; all we learn is that “there has been trouble . fighting . ” the census - taker does not arrive until a few pages from the end , and is there only because he has to count , to make a record .
and besides , i now understand that people don’t become census takers for the money . “they do it for the exercise , to get some fresh air , ” said the city of calgary employee who chatted with me when i dropped off my ipad at the end of my gig . and they do it , he said , because they care about their city . “it’s my civic duty , ” said one of my neighbours who once worked as a census taker .
though it can shade to purple , miéville’s baroque language—his archaic vocabulary and obtuse phrasings—serves a purpose . in its excess it sketches a kind of engaged bewilderment , underscoring the essential otherness of the worlds he imagines into being . in this census - taker , that’s of a piece with the book’s general commitment to uncertainty , its elaborate phrases amplifying the interrogative demands it makes on the reader .
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his census - taker , a longish novella , dislocates from the first line : “a boy ran down a hill path screaming . the boy was i . he held his hands up and out in front of him . . . ” the plot seems launched ; the boy lives on an isolated hilltop above the town , and has come to report that his mother has killed his father , an outsider to the district .
it’s been out for quite a while , but i just recently got around to reading china miéville’s latest book , the novella this census - taker . it was a really quick read , at just 130 pages , and i very much enjoyed it , although i wish it had been longer and explored the setting a bit more .
i can ' t sit here and sagely type to you the meaning of this census - taker . neither its plot or its deeper , thematic meaning . i am full of confusions and questions and speculations . i do know that i was dazzled by miéville ' s prose - - which i often am - - but in a new way , a foggy , struggling , back tracking , joseph conrad way . i didn ' t realize it until i wrote those words , but the novel i most closely relate to this census - taker has to be conrad ' s heart of darkness . there is colonization at work her
hi hedrigal , i havent read census taker myself yet , but reading this article reminded me of a theory i saw somewhere ( it may even have been this site ) that bas - lag is our world after the reality - breaking / altering cataclysm with the ghosthead empire ( i think the theory was based on new crobuzon being a post - crisis beijing and that the anophelli island ( s ) were australia or new zealand ) . that way the inclusion of modern tech or artifacts that point to our world would still be consistent with the bas - lag theory – it could just mean that census taker’s setting is geographically so far away from new crobuzon that they still have access to pre - crisis tech or they have rediscovered it .
this was the first soundtrack that was commissioned to the residents . but don ' t expect a full or even a partial orchestra here . it ' s about as minimal as the residents gets as far as instruments go . it seems to be all electronic . it ' s as weird as the residents can get too , that weird humor . it ' s only fitting that it was penn jillette ( yes the one from penn and teller ) that recommended the residents as the band to do the soundtrack . i haven ' t seen the movie , so i wouldn ' t know whether it was well done or not , but it is billed as a black comedy . the plot is about a very irritating census taker who keeps asking a certain couple questions that keep getting more abusive and ludicrous to the point that the couple decide to kill the census taker and then have to get a friend to help them hide the body . that ' s all i know about it .
[ is his father killed in the end ? there is only a little mention of him after the boy comes out of the cave .
in my father ' s workroom i looked at the table all mucky with metal dust . the room felt saturated with his presence , felt like he was speaking in it .
there was also some sounds the census taker makes when he comes back to the cave to get the boy and asks him to keep eyes closed . any idea what happened there ? ( hide spoiler ) ]
this census - taker begins , “a boy ran down a hill path screaming . the boy was i . ” the narrative is being told in recollection by the boy , now an adult . as a child , the boy lived with his distant father and stern mother in a rickety house on a semi - arid hill outside a small town . the hill and the town occupy a four - way world , depicted with elements of the age of electricity , the age of steam , the trappings of science fiction , and the trappings of fantasy , though no one element is emphasized or decisive . the opening scene ends :
i applied to be a “girl - census - taker - person” because i imagined it would be the perfect job for a writer : it would get me out of the house and—a writer’s dream come true ! —it would actually pay money . i imagined that i would walk through sunny streets , chat with neighbours , get fit , and meet many adorable cats .
- people are nonresponsive to census at times ; face rejection occasionally - higher management is completely lost ; the orders to count 40 , 000 + residents at penn state were given within the last month of the school semester ; consequently they had no idea what they were doing and didn ' t even know enough to give us the names of people who didn ' t respond to the census . therefore we had to go to every single housing unit to recount every student ( many of whom were rightfully frustrated since they had already completed their census form on time )
i think census should be taken every 5 years instead of 10 as population explodes every year and a 10 year statistic could be incorrect .
for all my frustration with this opaque novel , i came to its end understanding that miéville’s obscurantism serves one of his career - spanning themes—one that is , in fact , more evident here than in many of his more crowd - pleasing books . a political scientist by training , miéville imbues his stories with a deep distaste for state - sponsored power . census - taking is , of course , one mechanism of that power , a power that affirms and stabilizes itself through the elaboration of standards and norms . this census - taker , like the novel in which he appears , doesn’t quite fit the mold . he has , we gradually learn , gone rogue , suggesting that to reject statistical certainty may be to resist power itself . what does this census - taker propose that we put in its place ? it’s possible that we’ll never know .
the filmmakers chose the residents to perform the soundtrack as they were suggested by penn jilette .
basically data collection for the 2010 us census . my role was training people and helping people knock on doors , find people , and ask census questions . i also had to collect the data from all the workers in my team , and turn everything over in a specific package format to my supervisor . it is notable that everything done at that level was done on paper .
' this census - taker ' is a quiet book with a murderous heart china mieville ' s new novella feels like a fairy tale . it ' s set in an isolated hill village , where a young boy witnesses a terrible crime and meets a mysterious stranger who may ( or may not ) help him .
for readers of george saunders , kelly link , and karen russell , this census taker is the poignant and uncanny new novella from award - winning and bestselling author china miéville . after witnessing a profoundly traumatic event , a boy is left alone in a remote house on a hilltop with his increasingly deranged parent . when a stranger knocks on his door , the boy senses that his
what i really want to do in this post is just nerd out a bit , and examine those clues i talked about . i want to see if i can structure an argument to convince myself , let alone anyone else , of my hunch . i really want to ask the question : is this census - taker set in bas - lag ?
he looked like a failed soldier . dirt seemed so worked into him that the lines of his face were like writing . oh china , you coy wretch . promise and no delivery , or at least an awkward variety . the census - taker is an austerity tale , one set after the robots revolt . all skycorp and shit , except matters have settled bronze age . the opening sections reminded me of the wasp factory , but despite shimmering examples of trades being depicted , the tale only introduced its titular character essentially as
that , i think , was the only drawback of the book : miéville revels in describing fantastic worlds — it’s his biggest strength as a writer , in my opinion — so for him to take such a restrained approach with this census - taker means that i’m left feeling the tiniest bit deprived . i wish miéville had expanded the end , and unveiled more and more of this weird world . i wish we could have seen the narrator’s full journey from his childhood to the “present day” from which he tells his story .
the boy escapes , is caught , escapes again , is caught again . his friends , the orphans , hatch a plan to help him but it goes wrong . writing as a much older man , the narrator is sure only of his boyhood terror . his conviction that , sooner or later , his father would kill him , too . that is , until the arrival of the census - taker — the odd man with the glasses and the tie , the books of figures and a gun , who has come to ask questions . to find certain people and record them . to talk , in this case , with the boy ' s father .
denys says it isn’t easy to find 900 people able to work as census takers on casual , limited - term contracts , especially in a city with low unemployment . but organizing and funding the census is worthwhile for the city . according to denys , the data collected each year is “vital to managing ( calgary’s ) continued growth and to ensuring that we are ready and able to address the challenges and needs that are before us . ”
in fact , an undercover detective - posing as a census - taker - introduces us , in a contrived way , to the dreams , secrets , customs and eccentricities of this tight - knit community , over which the disabled former firefighter john edward castle , now a local radio dj , has a bird ' s - eye view . on a long oblong stage , shimmer curtain at one end , castle ' s bedroom castle in the air at the other ,
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i implore you to read embassytown and the city & the city ! they are two of the best pieces of speculative fiction from the last decade , easily , in my opinion . neither is written in a style similar to this census - taker . the worlds are fully fleshed out , the plots complex and completely followed through , the viewpoints that of adults who more - or - less have an understanding of the world around them . the city & the city does have one mystery in it that i would say only half - resolves , but it feels appropriate , and doesn ' t keep the story from having climax and closure . i think both are really dazzling in their ideas and imaginative scope ! ( less )
but when it was raining and the screen of my ipad was too wet to use , when dogs snarled at me , when doors were literally shut in my face , sometimes civic duty didn’t cut it . so why didn’t i quit ? i kept going due to a heightened sense of obligation and guilt—the same thing that compels me to accompany my mom to costco when she asks me—and because being a census taker is fascinating .
3 . 5 stars . it ' s not the epic novel china miéville ' s readers have been anxiously awaiting since 2010 ' s embassytown . ( that will come with 2016 ' s the last days of new paris . ) but his novella this census - taker proves that the new weird superstar has not lost the ability to captivate and unnerve . as with all of miéville ' s work , it begins with a city , sprawling incongruously up the slopes of a pair of steep hills ( or perhaps small mountain peaks ) , the gap between spanned by a bridge . near the top of on
the gradual solution of the crime involves the differentiation between the fantastical conspiracy of an entire hidden city , and the squalid , real - life conspiracy of criminal politicians and businessmen who murdered a young woman who became inconvenient . thus the conspiracy comes loose from the lacuna ; the conspiracy is broken up , but the question of the third city remains unresolved .
this is a book about childhood trauma , memory , identity , and the difficulty placed upon kids who begin to suspect that the authority to whom they ' re subservient may be corrupt , and that the world has hostile forces they aren ' t meant to understand . i think the meaning of its ending is less clear than mieville intends for it to be , but for the most part this census - taker is compact and really well - realized , especially in terms of location and atmosphere . he should write more short novels like this
the bareness of the environment harmonises with the stoic bleakness of the book’s emotions . our boy , whatever his name is , however old he is , lives up one of the mountains with a grimly inexpressive mother and a father prone to psychopathic episodes , in which he pounds small animals to death and pitches the carcasses into a bottomless pit in a cave . whether or not his father kills her , his mother disappears , and neither the street kids down below nor the adults of the town can rescue him from the silent , fearful house on the hill – until a census - taker in a stained suit and tie comes to the door . there is bareness , spareness , entropy , everywhere except in the language . that , on the contrary , is elaborate and fastidious and slightly dictionary - drunk , so that the words rendering all this scarcity are “vatic”’ and “pinchbeck” , “scends” and “chevon” .
the boy’s repeated , thwarted attempts to escape are fable - like in their tragicness , until , in keeping with the genre , a fairy godfather appears . a trim and dapper man offers an escape from his fear - filled life - - an escape to the far - away land his father originally comes from . the man is the titular census - taker , and it’s his job to keep track of the far - flung people from his home , the boy’s father included . he seems calm , and potentially manipulative , raising questions about whether he’s to be trusted , and whether the boy’s father is as wretched as he’s made out to be .
he looked like a failed soldier . dirt seemed so worked into him that the lines of his face were like writing . oh china , you coy wretch . promise and no delivery , or at least an awkward variety . the census - taker is an austerity tale , one set after the robots revolt . all skycorp and shit , except matters have settled bronze age . the opening sections reminded me of the wasp factory , but despite shimmering examples of trades being depicted , the tale only introduced its titular character essentially as an epilogue . from my hip one could read this as double indemnity of the next dark age .
this census taker is a small , quiet and gentle book with murder at its center . it ' s a beautiful chocolate that you bite into and find filled with blood . it is miéville at his most sparse , his most controlled and restrained — giving us a world defined by a broken carburetor , the sound of a walk being swept , a pantry full of mushrooms and spiders , the distant flickering of neon . and while the blind spots of the boy at its heart — the things he does not know , the questions he does not ask — may drive you crazy , the questions that miéville leaves itching in your brain at the turn of the final page are almost as interesting as the ( few ) truths that have been uncovered .
the fictional suburban community of appleton is turned upside down thanks to harvey mcgraw , an annoying census taker who ' s in charge of checking the neighborhood ' s population . when harvey visits george and martha dade , they reluctantly invite him in , but when the questionnaire turns too personal for the couple , they accidentally shoot him in the forehead . they are then forced to hide his body from their company , martha ' s sister eva and her husband pete , a former detective . when he discovers harvey ' s body in the kitchen closet , a bright future is very unlikely for george and martha .
in modernity the loss of the bedrock sense of the divine caused , at first , a reverse of the epiphanic quality of the lacuna . while it had once been a gesture toward the mystery , it began to represent instead the maddening absence of god—first , in 1853 , in bartleby , the scrivener :
most importantly , in an interview conducted after the release of this census - taker , miéville was asked if he would ever return to bas - lag , and his answer , while not definitive , seems to lean towards a “maybe one day but not yet” . but , who knows . he could be choosing not to reveal too much in the initial press coverage of the book’s release . if he truly buried these clues in there for fans to find , then it would make sense that he wouldn’t go and spill the beans immediately .
in the most creative of writing , a puzzle is set up which is resolved not as the sum of the established set of parts , but rather through an unexpected image which both resolves the puzzle and introduces a revelatory new element–something which could never have been anticipated . in a sense , miéville performs such a lateral synthesis with this census - taker . it addresses the original lacuna of the divine mystery , and the harrowing lacuna of the modern loss of god ; it addresses the lacuna as psychological phenomenon , and as mechanism of structural interest . it does all these things in an utterly unexpected way : by fusing these elements naturally into the perspective of a boy as recalled by a broken man . the boy is moved by a child’s almost religious sense of wonder and by a child’s terror at the loss of his parents . the book presents lacunae both as lapses in the cognition of a child and as defense mechanisms in the psychopathology of a man . the dense tapestry of overlapping absences dextrously meets the challenge of lacuna as structural peculiarity .
with the headline : a false census . ; a sample of democratic frauds . a plan to give new - york city an undue proportion op senators and assemblymen - - glaring errors in the returns filed by enumerators - - a demand for legislative inquiry .
for readers of george saunders , kelly link , and karen russell , this census taker is the poignant and uncanny new novella from award - winning and bestselling author china miéville . after witnessing a profoundly traumatic event , a boy is left alone in a remote house on a hilltop with his increasingly deranged parent . when a stranger knocks on his door , the boy senses that his days of isolation are over—but by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries ? is he the boy’s friend ? his enemy ? or something altogether other ?
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at its most obtuse moments , this census - taker feels as if it had been crafted out of the cast - off fragments of an unfinished samuel beckett novel . and yet occasional images of unusual beauty await the attentive and patient : on the underside of a bridge , a gang of children casts rods out into the air , trawling not for fish but for bats . in his workshop , the narrator’s father dips his fingers into colored powders to shape keys that may unlock strange powers . if these sequences sometimes befuddle they’re no less elegant for it . the very density of miéville’s ideas both contributes to and compensates for our alienation .
let me begin my discussion of this census - taker ( 2016 ) by admitting that i love this book . for me , it stands in relation to all but the best of miéville’s previous work as the thing itself stands in relation to a description of the thing ; not like recounting a dream , but like dreaming it . it treats very little , and yet the things it treats , it plumbs to the marrow . it reveals something precious . in it , the grip of the author’s hand eases at last , so that he scarcely pushes the words ; therefore it is a book of few words , stripped of excess until those words achieve a heartbreaking clarity . this book represents a breakthrough for miéville .
the concept , reduced to a girl ate what was given her , recurs throughout the book ; but the details of the event are never supplied . the lacuna - as - trauma haunts the novel and animates avice’s detachment . what might in a more trivial concealment register as mere euphemism takes on the stature of the lacuna when the key facts of the character are generally stated but specifically unspoken .
a false census . ; a sample of democratic frauds . a plan to give new - york city an undue proportion op senators and assemblymen - - glaring errors in the returns filed by enumerators - - a demand for legislative inquiry . - the new york times
i really hope that i’m right about this census - taker , that it hides a similar setting - based puzzle in its pages . it would be another layer of depth to what’s already such a layered and intoxicating story . an alternative possibility is that miéville put the references in knowingly as a fun , metafictional treat for his fans , but the book just isn’t set in bas - lag . the most disappointing possibility is that i’m totally reading too much into it , and all of the clues i’ve mentioned are coincidences . i really doubt this possibility though .
it’s later revealed that the keys may possess supernatural abilities , but whether these hexes are the result of real magic or simply magical thinking is never made clear . that’s the special power of miéville’s writing : he dives right into the language and conventions of far - off worlds , rather than overburdening the reader with unnaturally related details . like le guin , he has an anthropological approach to fantasy and science - fiction ; unlike many of le guin’s books , this census - taker isn’t narrated by an outsider , but by an uncritical character in the throes of the action . the boy - narrator doesn’t pause to explain his peculiar word choices , resulting in earthy , playful , sonorous sentences that are a pleasure to explore .
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china miéville’s dazzlingly inventive fantasies and sf novels have long broken the bounds of genre ; his new novella this census - taker , a strange , nebulous fable about a traumatised young boy , proved almost impossible to pin down , prompting both admiration and incomprehension . “the power of imprecision has long fascinated miéville , ” declared jacob brogan in slate . “at its most obtuse moments , this census - taker feels as if it had been crafted out of the cast - off fragments of an unfinished samuel beckett novel . ” “longtime miéville readers are going to wonder exactly what they’re reading , ” agreed nk jemisin in the new york times , for whom the book risked being “an exercise in haunting , lovely frustration” . “miéville is justly regarded as one of the most interesting and freakishly gifted writers of his generation , ” declared andrew mckie in the daily telegraph . plot summary is pointless : the novella “is all atmosphere and delivery . the prose is as precise , but it has been chiselled into a realistic depiction of fog . it is eerie , but solid . when i rubbed away at the surface , i found – i think – a story with a meaning and a resolution . it may not be the story you find … it’s well worth reading , though . ”
the book describes the narrator’s life before and after whatever happened , happened . his parents are reticent and distant , from each other and their child . his mother is local , and once worked in a distant city ; now she ekes plants from the stony earth . his father is not local , and is a key - maker : these keys seem to have magical or talismanic properties . his father is prone to sudden outbursts of rage , beating stray animals to death and , the boy suspects , he may have killed one of his customers as well . unlike their few neighbours they do not burn their refuse , but tip it into a chasm inside the mountain . the boy has seen his father jettison the corpses into the hole , and dreams of a mountain of debris and refuse inside the mountain . the only affection he gets is from vagabond children who live on the bridge in the town below . the only justice he might get will come in the form of the kafka - esque census - taker .
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the next stage of the mysterious city’s history is the great census - taking , which we only hear about in very vague terms in this book . for some reason the city decides that it needs to send agents out into the world to find out where all of its citizens are . sounds like the kind of paranoid reaction new crobuzon’s government might have . could we find out more about this in a future bas - lag book ?
this same trope makes a new appearance in miéville’s latest novel , this census - taker , though by now it’s clear that he’s applied the same techniques to his own work—with sometimes mixed results . when he’s at his most imaginative , his stories are storms of ideas , flurries of concepts that pelt the reader like hailstones . within the weird worlds of his novels , anything that might be is , the strange tangoing with the stranger . nevertheless , more than a decade after the scar , he’s still weaponizing the very idea of inexactitude : late in the new book , the titular civil servant shows off his own armament , a double - barreled rifle that fires buckshot from one of its ports and solid slugs from the other . “it spreads possibilities , ” he tells the story’s young narrator . “like an average . a range and its mean . this is an averaging gun . ”
a false census . ; a sample of democratic frauds . a plan to give new - york city an undue proportion op senators and assemblymen - - glaring errors in the returns filed by enumerators - - a demand for legislative inquiry .
good . creepy . tight . feels wolfe - esque in its studied care with metaphor and peculiar first person narration . that leads me , in turn , to suspect textual trickery ( along with occasional slips in voice like
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) , but without the anchoring framework of something like six days and seven nights in america , or the fifth head of cerberus , i lack an angle of attack . what here is the predecessor ' s voice ? vs . current census - taker ? etc . it ' s short and well written . definitely worth a look , like
as an avid fan of the twilight zone , this movie kept my attention with the flowing plot and the great actors which never fall into the melodramatic or wink at the audience . with an unexpected twistful ending , it falls right up there with the rest of the old episodes i love .
not all the stories were sad . my most memorable census moment was when i visited the house i’ve always been curious about . its occupants don’t seem to have the same need for privacy that most suburban calgarians do . on warm evenings , they sit in their front yard to listen to music , talk and laugh .
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here the book offers a key to the unsettling eclipse of its narrative . the boy’s own intuitive sense of these gaps , and his response to them , is captured in the sketch of the fence and the tree . he notes the absence , and relishes its boundaries with that primal sense , touch , as he occupies the space freed up and still defined by the missing object . the anecdote captures the intensity and sense of magic in childhood , and the process of organic completion that comes naturally to children’s minds .
the city where the narrator’s father is from is a mystery in itself . it gets mentioned a lot throughout the story , and we find out eventually that it’s where the census takers are from as well . the city has a specific history that is told by drobe on page 58 : first there was a war with “mechanicals” ( which is supposedly where that creepy wooden head that haunts the narrator is from ) , then “problems on the trains” , then two wars , “one inside , one out” .
2017 hugos nominee for best novella , and i honestly don ' t know what to make of this book . it ' s purposefully cryptic and vague , and there ' s a haziness of identity throughout - -
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, our narrator blurring pronouns in his retelling - - and the chronology see - saws back and forth , and yet that wasn ' t even the problem . i could follow that easily enough . where this census - taker lost me was the meandering prose and a lack of direction , and that it so stubbornly refuses categorisat
over and over again , book after book , miéville’s mature work forces the reader to ask the question that most writers get to prompt once in a literary lifetime if they’re lucky : what is this new thing we are being shown ? repeatedly , as a writer of the fantastic , he forces a redefinition of what fantasy can be . the answer in this census - taker is as different from the one in embassytown as embassytown was from the city & the city . the marvellous , we learn from this marvellous and strange little book , need not even be a question of subject matter at all . it is optic , an angle of vision , a new - ground lens applied to a world that , through it , swims and bleeds and discloses what it would not have done otherwise .
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review from speculative herald : urltoken 4 . 5 / 5 stars this census - taker , in its novella length , provides the reader with a glorious and powerful enigma of a story . it is haunting , chilling , disturbing and touching and mesmerizing and absolutely beautiful . i could not stop reading this as i just craved to understand what was going on . it starts with a young boy running faster than he has ever run . running from some unimaginable horror , and then we find out it involves
this struggle plays out in the evolving role of the intentional lacuna . the stain and the scar are offhanded absences , background detail , deployed mainly for dramatic emphasis in the context of a bewilderingly crowded landscape . by the time he publishes the city and the city ( 2009 ) , though , his attention turns more specifically to the lacunae . in this surreal crime novel , two cities occupy the same geographical space , existing in uneasy overlap through the fine subdivision of territory . the complexity of this subdivision opens the possibility that cartographic errors have left room for a third city , a city in the gaps . the lacuna here is identified with one of its frequent companions , the conspiracy . they are superficially similar : the information content of a conspiracy is concealed , while that of a lacuna is unknowable . for the time being , they appear the same because one does not know the important facts about either one .
if there is a younger version of robinson in the english language , it must be china miéville . more influenced by postmodernists like j . g . ballard but also well within the socialistic literary lineage of science fiction , miéville was born in 1972 and educated in international relations and british left politics as well as what he likes to call “weird literature . ” no summary of his earlier work , ranging widely and twice from fiction to non - fiction ( the latest is october , his own historical account of the russian revolution ) , can simplify it generically . so let us turn to his latest fiction , a little gem entitled this census taker .
although the census questions are relatively impersonal , sometimes they brought out heartbreaking stories . when asked about transportation to work , one woman told me that no one in her house travels anywhere . “my son is too sick to work and my mom has alzheimer’s . ”
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in the steampunkish worlds of miéville’s fictions—and perhaps in this census - taker most of all—the possible and the unknowable meet in the uncertain . for most of his new book’s length , its narrator lives in his ramshackle family home on a rough and uncivilized hill . there are , he sometimes suggests , creatures on that hill at night , dangerous creatures , possibly even monstrous ones . and yet we never quite glimpse them . by day , things larger than birds sweep their shadows over the ground , but they fly so high that we never learn whether they’re dragons or airplanes . indeed , though there’s talk of weather - watchers and hermits and witches elsewhere on the tangled slope , it’s hard to say whether this is a truly magical world or merely one of pervasive superstition .