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Chinese writer Mo Yan wins Nobel literature prize

BEIJING (AP) ? Novelist Mo Yan, whose popular, sprawling, bawdy tales bring to life rural China, won the Nobel Prize for literature Thursday, the first time the award has been given to a Chinese who is not a critic of the authoritarian government. Official media and many Chinese cheered his selection.

The Swedish Academy in Stockholm, which selects the winners of the prestigious prize, announced the award to the author of dozens of novels and short stories. It praised Mo's "hallucinatory realism," saying it "merges folk tales, history and the contemporary."

The announcement triggered an explosion of pride across Chinese social media. The state-run national broadcaster, China Central Television, reported the news moments later, and the official writers' association, of which Mo is a vice chairman, lauded the choice. But it also ignited renewed criticisms of Mo from other writers as too willing to serve or too timid to confront a government which heavily censors artists and authors and punishes those who refuse to obey.

The reactions highlight the unusual position Mo holds in Chinese literature. He is a genuinely popular writer who is embraced by the Communist establishment but who also dares, within careful limits, to tackle controversial issues like forced abortion. His novel "The Garlic Ballads" which depicts a peasant uprising and official corruption was banned.

"He's one of those people who's a bit of a sharp point for the Chinese officials, yet manages to keep his head above water," said his longtime U.S. translator, Howard Goldblatt of the University of Notre Dame. "That's a fine line to walk, as you can imagine."

Typical of his ability to skirt the censors' limitations, Mo had retreated from Beijing in recent days to the rural eastern village of Gaomi where he was raised and which is the backdrop for much of his work. He greeted the prize with characteristic low-key indifference.

"Whether getting it or not, I don't care," the 57-year-old Mo said in a telephone interview with CCTV from Gaomi. He said he goes to his childhood hometown every year around this time to read, write and visit his elderly father.

"I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people," said Mo, whose real name is Guan Moye and whose penname "Mo Yan" means "don't speak."

The state media hoopla and government cheer contrasted with the last Nobel prizes given Chinese. Beijing disowned China-born French emigre dramatist, novelist and government critic Gao Xingjian when in 2000 he became the only other Chinese writer to win the literary prize.

After imprisoned democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Peace Prize two years ago, the government heaped scorn on the award as a tool of the West and put diplomatic and economic relations with Norway, which awards the prize, into a chill.

The Swedish Academy parried suggestions that it had selected Mo to seek Beijing's favor and rehabilitate the Nobel's image in the minds of many Chinese.

"As we've been trying to, naggingly, say: This is a literature prize that is awarded on literary merit alone. We don't take other things in consideration," said Peter Englund, the academy's permanent secretary. The reaction in a winner's homeland "doesn't enter into our calculus."

Mo writes of visceral pleasures and existential quandaries and tends to create vivid, mouthy characters. While his early work sticks to a straight-forward narrative structure enlivened by vivid descriptions, raunchy humor and farce, his style has evolved, toying with different narrators and embracing a free-wheeling style often described as "Chinese magical realism."

Among the works highlighted by the Nobel judges were "Red Sorghum" (1993) and "Big Breasts & Wide Hips" (2004), as well as "The Garlic Ballads." ''Frogs" (2009) looked at forced abortions and other coercive aspects of the government's policies restricting most families to one child.

Mo has said that censorship is a great spur to creativity.

"In our real life there might be some sharp or sensitive issues that (censors) do not wish to touch upon," he said in an interview with the literary magazine Granta earlier this year. "At such a juncture a writer can inject their own imagination to isolate them from the real world or maybe they can exaggerate the situation ? making sure it is bold, vivid and has the signature of our real world."

Even so, Mo, who started writing while in the army, has steered clear from criticizing the government in public. He has been accused of refusing to appear with dissident writers at overseas literary seminars. The award stirred the criticisms anew.

"Some are opposed to his winning the Nobel prize because he serves as a vice chair of the China Writers' Association and helps the government in censorship. But some are supportive, arguing literature should not be linked to politics but be valued on its own merit," said Murong Xuecun, the pen name of author Hao Qun, who has become more outspoken about censorship in recent years.

Yu Jie, an essayist and close friend of imprisoned Nobel laureate Liu who fled to the U.S. this year, was more acid. "This reflects the West's disregard for China's human rights problems. Mo Yan's win is not a victory for literature. It's a victory for the Communist Party," Yu said on his Twitter feed.

The government ignored the controversy and instead focused on the prize as emblematic of China's now recognized status as a great nation. "China is winning more and more respect from the world. We can say this award is not only for Mo Yan but to all the Chinese people," state-run television said in a commentary.

For many Chinese and his supporters, the award was welcome for recognizing an acclaimed author and for steering clear of past Nobel controversies.

"For me personally it's the realization of a dream I've had for years finally coming true. It's suddenly a reality," said Mo's publisher, Cao Yuanyong, deputy editor-in-chief of Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House. Cao said he and a dozen colleagues were toasting Mo in his absence with red wine in a Shanghai restaurant Thursday night.

Born in 1955 to a farming family, Mo chose his penname while writing his first novel to remind himself to hold his tongue and stay out of trouble. His early education was cut short by the Cultural Revolution, a decade of political chaos when many of China's schools closed down. To escape rural poverty, he joined the army in 1976 and, while still a soldier, started writing in 1981.

His breakthrough came with the novel "Red Sorghum" published in 1987. Set in a small village, it is an earthy tale of love and peasant struggles set against the backdrop of the anti-Japanese war. It was turned into a film that won the top prize at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1988, marked the directing debut of Zhang Yimou and boosted Mo's popularity.

His output has been prolific, which has contributed to his popularity and his impact. His works have been translated into English, Russian, French, German and many other languages, giving him an audience well beyond the Chinese-speaking world.

Goldblatt, who has translated nine of Mo's books, said Mo is a remarkable storyteller in the Chinese literary tradition. "But he never moves that far from social conscience and looking into what is wrong and how we deal with it," he said.

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Nordstrom reported from Stockholm. Associated Press writers Didi Tang in Beijing and Hillel Italie in New York contributed to this report.

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'Pink slip stigma' stronger the longer you're jobless

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For the 5 million long-term unemployed, defined as those out of work for 27 weeks or more, it doesn't look pretty.

By Ben Popken, TODAY contributor

Call it "pink slip stigma." When you don't have a job, it's harder to convince a new employer to give you one. And we all know the longer you're out of the game, the harder it gets. What we didn't know was exactly how hard.?Now, thanks to some sneaky economists, using 12,000 fake resumes, there's some solid data.

A team of researchers sent out over 12,000 fake resumes to over 3,000 online job postings. They designed the resumes so that the?candidates were all equally qualified. The only thing they changed was the length of time the fictional candidate was out of work.

For the 5 million long-term unemployed, defined as those out of work for 27 weeks or more, it?doesn't look pretty.

"The labor market penalizes you for being out of work,"?Kory Kroft, co-author of the study "Duration Dependence and Labor Market Conditions: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment," published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, told NBC News.?

From 0-6 months, the percentage of callbacks gradually declines from about 7 percent. But once it hits 6-8 months there's a steep drop-off. After 6 months of being jobless, there's only a 4 percent chance you'll get called in for an interview, a 45 percent plummet.

What gives? Well, "There's two kinds of employees, productive and unproductive," said Kroft.?"Firms will use the number of months you've been out of work as a "proxy" or "signal" of how productive you are."

The idea is that when you're out of work, your job is getting a job. If you're not great at that job, you might not be great at the one the employer is hiring for. And the effect is greater the longer you've been out of work.

One bright spot, if you can call it that, is that after 8 months the "pink slip stigma" levels off. So if you're sitting on a chair in a lobby waiting for a job interview next to a guy out of work for 14 months and you've been without a job for 34, he doesn't have any better shot than you just based on that fact alone.

So what advice is there for job-seekers? For one, check out the odds of getting a callback in response to an online job posting. You have a 93 percent chance of your resume getting deleted. That's a pretty strong testament to how you don't want to just blast out resume after resume in response to Monster.com posts. Chat up friends and colleagues, go to networking events, and look for ways to make human, in-person connections to get you your next gig.

And if you're going to wallow in self-pity, make it quick. "Hit the ground hard early on," after losing a job, says Kroft, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto.

Better yet, pay attention to common signals that you could be up for getting pushed out - like overall company layoffs, being left out of email chains and meetings, and people giving you pitying looks in the hallways -?and?start your job-search before you get called into HR.

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bpb Sneak Peek: The Pantry, Kala Ghoda - BPBWeekend

It's a popular bar-sibling that won't serve any alcohol, a French(ish) all-day cafe & bakery with a locavore heart and on the sunny Saturday morning that we visited, as welcoming as an extended hand: we're looking forward to The Pantry, and you should too.?

Run by the guys behind the popular Woodside bars, The Pantry, which opens its doors early next week, is all wide windows and bleached colours, complete with an open kitchen and tables hewn from recycled wood. The tightly-edited menu features freshly squeezed juices, salads, sandwiches, quiches and a large bakery section, manned by a gamine Parisienne called Marguerite. Ingredients, however, are largely sourced from within India, including honey from Punjab, cheese from Pondicherry and meats from Kerala; condiments like mustard are made in-house.?

During our visit we sampled perfectly textured flour-less chocolate cake and chocolate chip cookies as big as a quarter plate, a fun snack to munch on as you walk around the neighborhood, apparently the idea behind much of the fuss-free, portable menu.

Look out for the full review!

Getting there: Military Square Lane, Kala Ghoda, Fort, call 9820640695, approximately Rs 225 for a sandwich.

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Someone who sells websites could enter into a partnership with a writer; together, they could provide substantial discounts to customers. You can also let your partner provide discounts to customers on your products, and you both will receive extra revenue due to expanded audiences.

It can be hard to decide how to keep your website going. Consider your options until you are fine with which direction to take. Your chosen niche should be one that you are knowledgeable in and will take pleasure in pursuing. Marketing becomes much simpler with a clearly defined goal in mind.

Testing your email marketing will help you decipher what works and what doesn?t in terms of getting action from your customers. A/B testing is often used. Make an email campaign, and change one singular thing in it to make a variant. This could be two different subject lines, two different call to actions, or two different intro paragraphs. Send out each version to an equally-sized random subset of your customers, and measure the success. Whatever emails work best for you are the ones you should send over and over again.

Even if you hit a few bumps in the road when it comes to online marketing, you must persevere. Just think about the success that you could be missing by mere days if you give up. Make sure that you have covered all of your bases before opening your sales website. This can require a lot of effort. Though hard work requires dedication, it will pay off in the end in the form of success.

You should implement a system in which your customers can leave feedback via reviews and ratings. Once a buyer has given feedback that illustrates the strong points and weaknesses of a product, other potential customers can make a more-informed purchasing decision. You can use honest reviews and ratings to improve your product offerings, too.

Do not discard your projects when they don?t initially appear fruitful. A product or a marketing method that did not work might catch on later. The Internet is constantly evolving, and people regularly find new applications for it. Don?t invest in those ideas that don?t work; just keep them to use later.

You need to provide a portal for your visitors to interact with one another. This creates a social atmosphere on your website that makes it feel less impersonal. It is natural for people to want to be part of a group, and if you give them that feeling, they are more likely to return to your site.

While a few bells and whistles can enhance your site, avoid making it too busy or distracting. You only have a short period of time to capture the attention of a new visitor to your website, and you don?t want those precious seconds to be wasted on them trying to figure out how to navigate your site. They?ll eventually click away and never return. Any longer, and they are bound to move on.

Now you have a better idea of the process of Online marketing, so it?s time for you to set some goals for your business. Steel yourself for success by setting goals for both the short and long run. Keep on learning and trying new ideas so that you can realize your dream of Website marketing

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Miliband: UK Labor Party to impose 'real' bank split if elected

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Britain's Labour opposition leader launched an offensive against banks on Sunday ahead of his party's annual conference, promising a "real separation" of retail and investment banking and to raise the top rate of personal income tax.

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government has said it will implement the recommendations of an independent review by Oxford University economist John Vickers into how banks should be structured in the wake of the global credit crisis.

But critics, including Vickers, have lamented the watering down of some of the proposals - including the definition of the ring fence between retail and investment arms and the ratio of loans to capital that banks can hold on their books.

Britain's banks - including Barclays, RBS, Lloyds and HSBC - will have until 2019 to make the changes with the government committed to write the new rules into law by 2015.

Labour accuses the government of caving in to fierce lobbying by the financial sector.

"Either they can do it themselves - which frankly is not what has happened over the past year - or the next Labour government will, by law, break up retail and investment banks," Labour leader Ed Miliband said.

"The banks and the government can change direction and say that they are going to implement the spirit and principle of Vickers to the full - that means the hard ring-fence between retail and investment banking. We need real separation, real culture change. Or we will legislate."

Some in the Conservative-led government had been concerned that punishing the financial sector could damage the competitiveness of the City of London, a major global financial center, and potentially harm a crucial part of Britain's recession-hit economy.

Miliband's warning to the banks comes ahead of his party's annual conference in the northern English city of Manchester, where he is under pressure to explain to voters how it would govern if elected in 2015.

Miliband, who replaced former prime minister Gordon Brown as Labour leader after that defeat, has struggled to make a good impression on voters so far. While opinion polls show Labour would win an election tomorrow, his own personal approval ratings languish below those of Prime Minister David Cameron.

Seeking to capitalize on a perception of Cameron's government as too friendly to the wealthy in an era of austerity, Miliband said Labour would reverse a tax cut for the highest earners in this year's budget which saw the highest rate of income tax drop to 45 percent from 50 percent.

(Editing by Patrick Graham)

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