MASLAND: How do you find Chicago? Do its literary traditions appeal to you? COETZEE: I admire the self-confidence of Chicagoans. Its literary traditions [Dreiser-Farrell-Sandburg-Algren on the one hand, Bellow on the other] do appeal to me, even though they are not traditions I can learn much from. Chicago is a seriously literary city and a city that takes literature seriously. Inevitably your new book has been read as a parable of the new South Africa....
The Indian selectors have named a strong 17-member squad for the tour. However, there is the question of selecting the best possible XI as there are a few spots in the playing XI which more than two players are fighting for. The team combination (6-5 or 7-4) with which the Indian team will go in, the bowling attack (2-2 or 3-1 or either of them with Hardik Pandya providing an extra seam option) are some of the key areas the team management will look to address....
The Indian pace contingent consisting of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami extracted the best possible assistance from the surface as they did not float up half-volleys, but utilised the pitch by hitting the surface on back of a length and this yielded dividends for the visitors. Shami hit his stride right from the get-go as he induced a false stroke from Hashim Amla. The ball was pitched back of a length and moved away off the seam, Amla much like the first innings went after it without moving his feet and this allowed the ball to fly off the edge towards gully where Rohit Sharma dived low and in front of him to snap up the catch....
The Indian men’s team opened their account with a hefty win over Sri Lanka in the opening match of the day. The likes of Pawan Sehrawat and Naveen Kumar scored consistent raid points to establish a mammoth 16-point lead in the first half 25-9. Sri Lanka couldn’t mount a comeback at any stage of the game, as India thrashed them with 49-16 margin. Pakistan men’s revived themselves in the competition after their humiliating loss against Sri Lanka on Day 1....
Experts raised concerns early during the pandemic about the potential for lockdowns to have a negative impact on people’s mental and physical health. Some questioned whether the “cure” would be worse than the virus, pointing to increases in drug and alcohol use, and in the first year of the pandemic, drug overdose deaths nationwide increased by almost 30 percent, topping 100,000 for the first time. South Dakota saw the largest percentage decline in reported deaths, at about 19 percent, going from 95 in April 2020 to 77 in April 2021, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....
Revealed during today’s Nintendo Direct, the successful South Park RPG sequel The Fractured But Whole will be available on the console starting on April 24th. According to the stream, all DLC currently available for the game on other systems can be purchased when it launches. Players will be able to pick up the Danger Deck DLC pack, From Dusk till Casa Bonita DLC pack at launch, as well as the major story expansion Bring the Crunch DLC later this year when it launches for all platforms....
Manchester United seemed to have found a rhythm but the trip to neighbours Manchester City brought an end to their mini-revival as the Red Devils failed to win at home against Crystal Palace and had to toil hard to win their match against Young Boys at home in the weekday, after the Red Devils had comprehensively beaten the Swiss side 3-0 in Bern. Southampton situation this season has been by far one of the worst with the Saints winning a total of just 3 matches the whole season....
After leading England to the World Cup semi-finals in Russia, the Football Association (FA) rewarded Southgate with fresh terms through until after Qatar 2022. Former Middlesbrough boss Southgate, 48, still had two years remaining on the deal signed following Sam Allardyce’s departure in November 2016. Discussing his extension, Southgate said: “You can have great relationships with your clubs and I did with mine - I had really special relationships with all three of my clubs – but emotionally the national team has always been the biggest thing for me....
As the premiere of the long-awaited sequel to Space Jam draws to a close, fans can’t help wondering how the second installment will compare. The 1996 original film became an instant classic and exists as a snapshot of ’90s American culture in many ways. RELATED: Space Jam: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Lola Bunny However, it’s modern Warner Bros. style animation that kicks off this new clip from DC Comics....
Also significant is that Saturday’s launch marked the first-ever privately owned human vehicle to launch into orbit. All other launches having been government programs. With that said, the USA’s civilian space agency NASA still funded the commercial venture. RELATED: Tom Cruise and Doug Liman Teaming for Outer Space Action Movie Behnken and Hurley arrived at the International Space Station Sunday morning, disembarking the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and stepping onto the station floating 400m above the Earth....
Now, following God of War’s delay, it seems that Horizon Forbidden West is being slightly delayed into Q1 2022. It’s worth noting that this isn’t surprising, given the pandemic’s impact on game development, but it came down from an initial report from Bloomberg, not Sony itself (yet). In other words, Sony will likely make it official soon, and that may mean big things for Sony, the PS4 and PS5 platforms, and more in 2022....
Sure, Sony hasn’t actually named the device yet – but the PS3 motion controller may get a name soon. Unfortunately, Sony also announced a six-month delay until it launches (now in fall 2010). At least there’s still considerable excitement about this product: Andrew House, CEO and President of Sony Europe, sounds pretty gaga about the controller: It’s going to be a e-motionally sensitive fall this year, with the Sony “Motion Controller” (please, Sony, give this product a name!...
Many are expecting the PlayStation 5 to be a significant step forward for the successful Playstation franchise and it seems the console is evolving in almost every way. Many players have been focused on the shell of the console and the new Dualsense controllers but how the machine operates is also vital. While UI may not be the primary concern of all players, improving menus can increase how accessible a console is and it seems that the next generation will provide a significant improvement on the last....
Despite Sony’s attempts to delay and hide details about the PlayStation 5, it cannot hide certain information that must be registered. In a new patent filing, Sony described a new software system that studies player data in order to understand how to get past certain challenges. It then uses its findings to provide hints to PS5 users and refer them to more microtransactions that could help them get past the current challenge they face....
Announced via email is a new transition for the company that will see all pre-existing PSN accounts turned into SEN, or Sony Entertainment Network, accounts. The changeover is purely cosmetic, as noted by Sony, but will be a multiplatform transition for everything but the PSP. Now, to be clear, Sony isn’t announcing the death of the PSN, only the transition of PSN accounts into SEN accounts. In fact, nothing aside from the name will change — even account info like user names and passwords – will stay the same, but now they will be valid on a whole wealth of Sony digital devices, not just your game consoles....
For Sony, the details that are the most important pertain to the architecture of the console, its GPU and CPU, rather than specific names or launch titles. Since Sony still has a fair amount of time before an official announcement will be made, sources point towards 2014 as the most feasible time period, one has to imagine they are just getting started in terms of selecting a chip set or graphics processor....
Nonetheless, this still accounts for a tiny fraction of the global smartphone market. It would seem a curious failure for the company behind one of the most in-demand consoles in history, a brand which is recognised globally for its TVs and audio equipment. For its 2020 phones, Sony has taken inspiration from another of its key revenue streams – mirrorless cameras. As such, the successor to last year’s Xperia 5 is known as the Xperia 5 II (or mark 2)....
This isn’t because the bezels are actually that much of an issue. Big bezels do not a bad phone make. It’s because Sony releases so many phones with such regularity that we, and other tech reviewers and consumers, end up getting disappointed at seeing the same design every three to six months. The design itself isn’t much of a problem. But if you just hate on bezels (and many do), the Xperia XA2 Ultra won’t make you happy....
Price and availability The XZ2 launched a little over six months after the company’s previous flagship, the Xperia XZ1, a break from the usual strategy of releasing a ‘Premium’ version at MWC. The Sony Xperia XZ2 is now available to order at £699/$799 making it more expensive than the XZ1 (£599/$699). A price hike of £100/$100 is a pretty big jump, but the phone is still cheaper than some rivals such as the Galaxy S9, but the Huawei P20 has come along at a cool £599....
