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Bart Eeckhout is specialized in the writings of the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens. He has published Wallace Stevens and the Limits of Reading and Writing (University of Missouri Press, 2002), edited Wallace Stevens across the Atlantic (with Edward Ragg; Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), Wallace Stevens, New York, and Modernism (with Lisa Goldfarb; Routledge, 2012, paperback 2016), Poetry and Poetics after Wallace Stevens (with Lisa Goldfarb; Bloomsbury, 2017, paperback 2018), Wallace Stevens, Poetry, and France: "Au pays de la métaphore" (with Juliette Utard and Lisa Goldfarb; Éditions Rue d'Ulm/Presses de l'École normale supérieure, 2017), as well as nine thematic issues of The Wallace Stevens Journal ("International Perspectives on Wallace Stevens"; "Wallace Stevens and British Literature"; "Stevens and the Everyday"; "Wallace Stevens and W.H. Auden"; "Helen Vendler's Stevens"; "Re-triangulating Yeats, Stevens, Eliot"; "The Bogliasco Seminars: A Collective Reading of Neglected Poems"; "Stevens into Music"; "Stevens's Letters, Part 1"). Since 2011 he has been Editor of The Wallace Stevens Journal, an election that occurred simultaneously with the journal's transition to the Johns Hopkins University Press, where it has joined Project MUSE. Eeckhout has coorganized several international conferences on Stevens (in Oxford, New York, Antwerp, Paris, Stockholm, twice Bogliasco, and one at the Huntington Library in California) and is an Officer of the Wallace Stevens Society. Two volumes of Stevens translations into Dutch are forthcoming and he also supervised two doctoral dissertations on the poet, one in Antwerp (Anna Jamieson; defended August 2020) and one in Stockholm (Gül Bilge Han; defended September 2015). He is currently working on two monographs, The Poetic Music of Wallace Stevens (coauthored with Lisa Goldfarb, under contract with Palgrave Macmillan) and Wallace Stevens's Worldwide Web, and preparing two coedited collections of essays, The New Wallace Stevens Studies (with Gül Bilge Han, forthcoming from Cambridge University Press) and Wallace Stevens as World Literature.
Eeckhout's other main research emphasis is interdisciplinary LGBTI+/queer studies. As an LGBTIQ+ activist (see çavaria) he constantly seeks to stimulate collaboration between the worlds of activism and academia. Within academia he collaborates closely with colleagues in the history department (Henk de Smaele) and media studies (Alexander Dhoest). He is also a founding member of A*, the Antwerp Gender & Sexuality Studies Network. Individually or collectively, he supervises various doctoral dissertations in the field, with topics ranging from the underrated lesbian writer Rebecca Brown (Lies Xhonneux; defended April 2013) to online LGBT self-representations in Poland and Turkey (Lukasz Szulc; defended February 2015), gender aspects in the theory of interior architecture/design (Inge Somers; defended September 2017), the role of music in the construction of LGBT subcultures and identities (Marion Wasserbauer; defended June 2018), queer masculinities in Antwerp fashion (Nicola Brajato; ongoing), contemporary trans* poetry in English (Tine Kempenaers; ongoing at Ghent University), and transgender narratives in Dutch fiction (Sven Van den Bossche; ongoing). With Alexander Dhoest and Lukasz Szulc, he edited LGBTQs, Media and Culture in Europe (Routledge, 2017).
Eeckhout's third main research background is in interdisciplinary urban studies, including the correlation between literature and architecture. He is a member of the steering group of the Urban Studies Institute at the University of Antwerp. As a member of the Ghent Urban Studies Team (GUST) he previously coauthored and coedited two books in urban studies, The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis (010 Publishers, 1999; translated into Chinese) and Post Ex Sub Dis: Urban Fragmentations and Constructions (010 Publishers, 2002). He has also published widely on urban topics in literary-critical, sociological, architectural, and cultural studies journals. His principal research focus in this regard has long been New York City, where he has studied (Columbia University), taught as a guest lecturer (Fordham University & the Gallatin School of NYU), and stayed as a research fellow (NYU).
Eeckhout has been a Francqui Fellow of the BAEF, a Marjorie Hope Nicolson Fellow at Columbia University, a Fulbright-Hayes Fellow at Fordham University, a Residential Fellow of the Bogliasco Foundation, a Salzburg Seminar Fellow, a Fletcher Jones Foundation Fellow of the Huntington Library, and twice a Residential Fellow at NYU. During the academic year 2016-17 he was Fellow-in-Residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Amsterdam.
For the academic years 2017-23, Eeckhout serves as Director of the Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA). In this context, he supervises five doctoral dissertations: one by a composer on synaesthesia (Umut Eldem), one by a pianist on musical phrasing (Nadav Katan), one by a literary writer on surrealism (Vincent Van Meenen), and two by musicians on the main Greek traditions of mandolin playing (Maria & Styliani Markatatou).
Feel free to visit and download some of Eeckhout's scholarship through academia.edu.
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Those of you who know my work know that I place a lot of emphasis on the importance of eating breakfast within 30-45 minutes of rising.
People who eat breakfast have higher energy levels in the morning, better blood sugar control throughout the day, better weight control, lower anxiety and stress levels (because they produce less adrenaline and noradrenaline), and better sleep (because they produce more melatonin).
Clearly it's important. But why do so many people skip it?
I've been challenging people with this question for so many years and I get the usual replies – 'I don't feel like it', 'It takes too long', 'it makes me more hungry', 'it makes me feel sick' – usually from people who are serial (no pun intended) snoozers, grumpy as hell in the morning, have sleep issues, suffer from anxiety and stress and may even have thyroid, adrenal and chronic fatigue issues.
So back to my question – why do people skip it?
By the way, if your answer is because you meditate, go running or similar you can give yourself a big, smug pat on the back. Those are the exceptions to the rule.
But the aforementioned excuses – not good enough.
I have come to realise that often people skip this important meal because they don't see the need to put themselves first. They don't value themselves enough to put themselves first. They put their work, their emails, their employers and everything else first. They disconnect from their body and its needs. They settle for fuelling their energy with caffeine, after all, it's easier to swallow than chew (someone actually said this to me last week).
Try this for 21 days – start eating breakfast within this time frame (and not when you get to work). Give it a go and notice the difference to your energy levels. Start valuing yourself enough to give your body the energy it needs to fuel the demands you put it through.
And to help you get started…here's my amazing recipe for breakfast granola. Make it with love, eat it with relish and enjoy the energy!
Nerina's Nutty Granola
This Granola is amazing. Match a batch and store in an airtight glass container and use it as a breakfast cereal or crunchy topping on yoghurt or porridge. I sometime have a small bowl with full fat Greek yoghurt and blueberries before I go climbing for that extra energy boost.
50g dried dates
100g jumbo rolled oats
2 tbsp honey or agave syrup (optional – I find it sweet enough without)
85g mixed nuts (cashews, pecans etc – any of your favourite nuts will do
15g pumpkin seeds
3 tbsp olive oil (I use coconut oil which gives a delicious flavour)
Preheat oven to 160C/325F/gas mark 3.
Simmer the dates in 1cm water until soft and then blend until smooth. Stir in the remaining ingredients and mix well.
Spread the mixture on a baking tray and bake for 15minutes until golden, then reduce the oven temperature to 110C/250F/gas mark ¼ and bake for a further 30-60 minutes or until the mixture is dry and crisp (this bit is not an exact science).
Leave to cool completely then store in an airtight container
You can really experiment with this recipe and add chia seeds for extra protein, goji berries, chopped dried fruit, coconut flakes (my favourite –especially when they go slightly brown and crisp). If it's too nutty for you simply add more oats to the recipe. Additional flavour can be created with cinnamon, nutmeg or even cardamom.

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Washington, DC (April 28, 2020) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has requested that McDonald's warn its employees about a pornography website that is targeting them for recruitment during COVID-19. Porn website IsMyGirl reportedly sent a press release to 500,000 McDonald's workers to entice them into creating pornographic content.
In a letter to McDonald's Corporation CEO Chris Kempczinski, National Center on Sexual Exploitation President & CEO Patrick Trueman asked that McDonald's send company-wide messages to warn employees about pornography website IsMyGirl's offer and to educate about the harms that getting involved would entail.
"In light of legal actions McDonald's employees have recently taken towards corporate regarding sexual harassment, it is even more important and timely for you to respond to this targeting of your employees," Trueman wrote.
"We do not believe this is a 'legitimate option' for anyone, especially those who are already particularly affected or suffering during these trying times. It is vital to recognize that pornography itself is a form of sexual exploitation, where 'performers' endure physical and mental trauma due to sexual harassment, grooming, abuse, and more.
"We are particularly concerned for your employees living in households where domestic abuse and manipulation may lead to pressurized environments forcing them to partake in this industry to gain promised financial stability.
"It is vital to recognize that it is impossible for the pornography industry to judge from the content of a video or image whether force, fraud, psychological coercion, social manipulation, etc., were used to instigate it. This is especially true considering many sex traffickers and abusers will groom victims to claim that they are operating of their own free will.
"In response to the targeting of your employees, we believe it is your social responsibility to make them aware of the exploitation and harms of the pornography industry. This action will also advance your reputation by refusing to aid in further trauma and effects of the trade, including sexual harassment and harms that your workers may face.
"We call on your company to live up to your corporate ethical commitment to ensure the health and safety of your people and provide a workplace free of harassment and its effects," Trueman concluded.


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One of the most obvious measuring sticks of Kunming's rapid economic development since 2000 is the way people get around town. Tens of thousands of today's car drivers once relied primarily on bicycles for getting to and from work as well as running errands or meeting up for social engagements.
Alongside Kunming's embrace of the car-based lifestyle, recreational cycling has also boomed, with more and more Kunmingers trading their Flying Pigeon in for a Trek, Specialized or UCC. This is due to a variety of factors, including rising disposable incomes and more flexible daily lives as well as increasing concerns about personal health and the environment.
Kunming native Xiong Junwu (熊俊武) has been involved in the city's recreational cycling community since its beginnings more than two decades ago. He and his elder brother Xiong Junzhi (熊俊智) started Kunming's first bike shop, Xiong Brothers Bike Shop in 1991. In addition to selling bicycles, components and accessories, the shop also rents mountain bikes and is home to Fat Tyre Fun, Kunming's oldest registered cycling club.
We rode our bike over to Xiong Brothers Bike Shop and chatted about Kunming's evolving relationship with the bicycle with Xiong Junwu while Xiong Junzhi fixed a customer's mountain bike:
GoKunming: When and where did the first Xiong Brothers Bike Shop open?
Xiong Junwu: We opened at our first location on Huguo Lu in 1991. After that we moved the shop to Wuyi Lu, then to Qianju Jie, next to the old Wheatfield Bookstore.
We've been here on Beimen Jie for around four years now, but we still get loads of foreigners and some Chinese coming here after spending all day looking for our shop on Qianju Jie because many guidebooks still haven't updated our info. I thought they were supposed to update every year.
GK: They're probably more concerned about updating the nightlife section.
Xiong: (Laughs.) Yeah. You want a beer? (Points to two cases of Beerlao.)
GK: No thanks, I haven't had lunch yet.
Xiong: We've got a few foreign friends who like to come to the shop, sit around and talk shit over beers.
GK: Sounds fun. How long has your cycling club existed?
Xiong: We officially registered our club with the Kunming government in 1996. This was the result of an American guy named David, who is now a good friend of ours, seeing that we had bikes with gears and asking us if we wanted to ride with him and his friends.
Back then the city was much smaller and there were lots of trails not far from here, it was great for mountain biking.
The cycling club started off with just a few riders, but after a while that had become a few dozen. It was a good mix of foreigners and Chinese. We would meet at our shop before rides and hang out afterward. David was opening a lot of language schools around Kunming and became too busy to manage the club, so he handed it over to us.
GK: Why did you start your shop in the first place?
Xiong: I like the outdoors, whether it's cycling or hiking up a mountain. I wanted to have a job doing what I liked.
GK: How do you stay on top of servicing new products?
Xiong: Every year, I make trips to Shanghai and Taiwan where companies like Shimano provide free training to help us better understand new products, especially in terms of maintenance and repair.
GK: As a bike shop owner, what kind of changes have you seen in the last 20 years?
Xiong: Too much has changed... 20 years ago Chinese people only used bicycles as a way to get to and from work. Bicycles were just a tool. But today people see it as a good way to get exercise and stay fit.
In 1991 we were the only bike shop in town – now there are 20 or more shops around Kunming.
People thought that we'd lost our minds because we would ride up in the mountains for fun. Back then I could count the number of recreational cyclists on two hands. Today there's tens of thousands of people of different skill levels riding for fun in Kunming.
GK: How has the emergence of car culture in Kunming affected your business?
Xiong: It hasn't had any negative impact on us that we've noticed. A growing number of wealthy Kunmingers who bought cars years ago are now coming back around to bicycles as a way of staying healthy and even going to work or running errands. People's attitudes toward the bicycle are changing once again.
GK: Given that the general road conditions in and around Kunming have been improving over the past decade, have you seen more interest in road cycling?
Xiong: Ten years ago, Kunming was pretty much exclusively a mountain bike town. Since then the roads have been getting better, so we're selling more road bikes. Now our club's weekly rides alternate between off-road and road riding.
GK: What are your favorite places to cycle in and around Kunming?
Xiong: Hmm... well, as you know, five or six years ago riding in Kunming was a lot of fun, but now so many of the old roads and trails have been destroyed by development. Back then Xishan was the best place for riding, now it's nowhere near what it used to be. These days, I like riding around the Golden Temple (金殿) and Liangwang Mountain (梁王山). These places haven't been hit by development yet, and there are very few people there.
GK: How about your favorite places around Yunnan?
The Nu River and Lancang River valleys – I cycle in both places twice every year. Xishuangbanna also has loads of excellent cycling options.
GK: Other than your Saturday morning rides, does Fat Tyre Fun organize any other events?
Xiong: Yeah, we organize two competitive races each year.
GK: When's the next one?
Xiong: It should be June 18, we're actually going to a meeting later today about that. It's going to be a race around Dianchi Lake on the new bike path that's being built around the lake. We're aiming for a minimum of 2,000 cyclists.
GK: Is the path done?
Xiong: Not yet, but nearly. There's still a bit by Kunyang that has yet to be completed.
GK: What's the best thing for you about cycling?
Xiong: It keeps me healthy. I haven't been to the hospital once in the last 20 years.
GK: Kunming cyclists have less space on the road than ever, do you see cyclists getting any more respect from drivers or government planners in the near future?
Xiong: Three to five years from now I think drivers will give cyclists more respect. At the moment, drivers don't tend to care, they just drive as fast and close as they want. But the government is starting to see that bicycles are good for Kunming – roads will likely become more bike-friendly in the future.
More and more people in Kunming are beginning to view bicycles in terms of their health and environmental benefits, which is a very positive trend. I believe that in a few years Kunming will be a great city for cycling.© Copyright 2005-2022 GoKunming.com all rights reserved. This material may not be republished, rewritten or redistributed without permission.


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