On Oct 26-27, there was a guest Argentine Tango Instructor Enriqueta Kleinman from Buenos Aires to OKC. The iDance studio owner Hazel Lopez is a big fan of the style Enriqueta teaches, which is the Milonguero style danced in social settings in Buenos Aires.
I danced with her. She was a very good, strong Milonguero-style dancer. It was a pleasure.
She was a strong advocate for the Milonguero style, which is an Argentine Tango style closest to the "original".
Why do I have to use such a strange way of talking about a style?
Argentine Tango as we know it is a dance known worldwide. Tango has captured people's attention and incite fantasies. That is why it spread. The fantasies are so powerful.
Certain professionals cater to the fantasy through "Show Tango". Movie moves, You Tube moves, Dancing With The Stars moves. They are all fair game.
The show professionals are generally skillful and can do very athletic, attention-getting moves.They use the shows to spread the Tango, and in part for their living. At some point in the history, the show tango developed to its own dance. And it divided the entire Argentine Tango world.
There used to be and still is a very different Argentine Tango dance, so called the "original" Argentine Tango. They are social dance, and not limited to the "young and skinny".
A group of Argentine Tango dancers are trying hard to combat the unstoppable spreading of the fantasy version of Tango, by teaching the original version "Milonguero style" and "Salon Style", and by trying to communicate that the Show version is NOT what they call "our dance", original Argentine Tango.
Enriquetta was one of such instructors. They are like evangelicals or ministries, trying to properly educate the original form of Argentine Tango. Since the dance started in Argentine as a part of the culture, they demand cultural respect.
From their eyes, the Show Tango is adulterated version of Tango.
True. Shows are something you usually see on YouTube, and are far more attention-getting. In doing, they have sporty appeal and fun. Although it takes serious efforts for the show to be presentable to others (Choreography, skills, graceful execution), just do it in figures is an easy way to start. It would be pain for these Argentinean instructors to witness some dance completely different from the original is marketed as Argentine Tango with the same name.
For the "Original" style, it is not about the show. In general, on stage the Milonguero style pale in comparison with the show-oriented styles. But the appeal is in the tight conversational connection and improvisational freedom. If you can tune in to the appeal, it certainly is an addictive dance. When was the last time you got someone's complete attention? When was the last time you paid so much attention to someone else, or "Gazed" into your partner?
In a social dance setting when you dance constantly with new partners, it becomes somewhat similar to martial arts. You can feel how good the partner is. The clue is a mixture of attitude, ability and smoothness. In some cases when she is extremely good, you can almost feel it like she is radiating it. I had some partners who actually gave me goosebumps. To get the "feel" doesn't take long. It is like first impression, formed in 3 seconds but it rarely is wrong.
Strangely, the feel is not always visible. You never know until you dance with the partner.
Okay I digress a little. Today's my blog entry is to make it clear that there is a big divide in Argentine Tango; "The show, and the social (original)". Both have their own charms. In dancing Argentine Tango, you need to be aware of it.
My suggestion to the divide? Try them both. Do both well, but don't choose sides. Have respect for both. Both have charms. Enjoy both.
Don't assume someone good at one cannot do another. Imagine you can do both well. You would be kind to both and enjoy both, wouldn't you?
October 28, 2012
October 25, 2012
Dance: Dance Teacher's Dilemma, Video Planning
What's the difference between teachers in dance and in other subjects?
The level of students, or the diversity.
When you teach math for six graders, you have a certain expectation for what your students know and can do. College biology, the same. Some students may be under-prepared for the course, or have different ideas about the course. They may or may not flunk or drop out. Others may be exceeding at the course content. The student may be at an eighth grade class but he can be ready for tenth-grade materials. Unfortunately in a class setting, the teacher cannot necessarily make big changes to the course material itself to adapt to a student who is out of the scope of the class.
Independent dance teachers have to teach people with very different levels, and in many different settings, such as in a large group class, in a small group class or in private lessons. It is like the same person teaching from sixth grade to graduate school students.
For a group class the teacher can make a previous announcement and roughly define the scope of the class. Things get trickier in privates. They need to determine the student's level on the spot, and work with them with the material appropriate for the student.
And in dancing, knowledge for the particular dance, the student's physical ability and skills for moving well, and the student's motivation and purpose, all these parameters come in different combinations.
For example, you have to teach Argentine Tango to an accomplished salsa dancer who can move well in general, but has never danced Argentine Tango and knows very little about the Tango... a situation like this is quite common.
And the material...most of the time learning is a step-wise process. Students need to go through basic concepts and moves, then move to more advanced applied concepts and moves. You cannot embellish your step when you are having difficulty executing a basic step with good balance.
Is it appropriate to tell a student material that he is not ready for yet? I am not certain about that.
Some teaching and concepts appropriate for and understood easily by advanced dancers may not work for an intermediate-level student at all.
So the teacher needs to make a judgement call when they teach a student in a private setting.
Many people want to believe that they are good, and that they are ready for very advanced materials and concepts. The "want" can be part of the cause of the student's slow progress. Have patience and practice to get past a level, so that you can go further ahead. The "want" can override the patience.
To me this looks obvious, and for many others it is obvious, too. But there are always people who see things otherwise.
Recently I was watching an Argentine tango instruction video on YouTube.The instructors seem to be good dancers, and they were talking about show-type Argentine Tango, which is a tricky issue because it is a very different "Tango" when viewed from the eyes of traditional Argentine Tango danced in crowded milongas (Argentine Tango parties). The video was attracting a variety of opinions including negative ones from apparent "Traditionalists", about their dance being too spacious, or for showing little passion.
I don't think the criticisms were on target. For me, it seems to be an example of the difficulty dance teachers face in dealing with the masses. With YouTube videos open to anybody, the teachers cannot talk to their correct target students.
For our book "Beginning Argentine Tango", the prospective readers are people who are starting, or at an early stage of Argentine Tango dancing. As I heard from the reader response, some were quite positive, such as "yours was the best" from an early stage learner. I was very glad to hear that.
In fact, we are making some companion videos for the book and will release them on YouTube. We are hoping to make the scope clear, so that the videos are viewed by the correct target students.
We have not set release deadlines yet. Holiday season and what not. But we do hope the videos will be viewed by people who find them helpful and useful.
For a group class the teacher can make a previous announcement and roughly define the scope of the class. Things get trickier in privates. They need to determine the student's level on the spot, and work with them with the material appropriate for the student.
And in dancing, knowledge for the particular dance, the student's physical ability and skills for moving well, and the student's motivation and purpose, all these parameters come in different combinations.
For example, you have to teach Argentine Tango to an accomplished salsa dancer who can move well in general, but has never danced Argentine Tango and knows very little about the Tango... a situation like this is quite common.
And the material...most of the time learning is a step-wise process. Students need to go through basic concepts and moves, then move to more advanced applied concepts and moves. You cannot embellish your step when you are having difficulty executing a basic step with good balance.
Is it appropriate to tell a student material that he is not ready for yet? I am not certain about that.
Some teaching and concepts appropriate for and understood easily by advanced dancers may not work for an intermediate-level student at all.
So the teacher needs to make a judgement call when they teach a student in a private setting.
Many people want to believe that they are good, and that they are ready for very advanced materials and concepts. The "want" can be part of the cause of the student's slow progress. Have patience and practice to get past a level, so that you can go further ahead. The "want" can override the patience.
To me this looks obvious, and for many others it is obvious, too. But there are always people who see things otherwise.
Recently I was watching an Argentine tango instruction video on YouTube.The instructors seem to be good dancers, and they were talking about show-type Argentine Tango, which is a tricky issue because it is a very different "Tango" when viewed from the eyes of traditional Argentine Tango danced in crowded milongas (Argentine Tango parties). The video was attracting a variety of opinions including negative ones from apparent "Traditionalists", about their dance being too spacious, or for showing little passion.
I don't think the criticisms were on target. For me, it seems to be an example of the difficulty dance teachers face in dealing with the masses. With YouTube videos open to anybody, the teachers cannot talk to their correct target students.
For our book "Beginning Argentine Tango", the prospective readers are people who are starting, or at an early stage of Argentine Tango dancing. As I heard from the reader response, some were quite positive, such as "yours was the best" from an early stage learner. I was very glad to hear that.
In fact, we are making some companion videos for the book and will release them on YouTube. We are hoping to make the scope clear, so that the videos are viewed by the correct target students.
We have not set release deadlines yet. Holiday season and what not. But we do hope the videos will be viewed by people who find them helpful and useful.
October 20, 2012
Life: Sport, Politics and Religion
Ah. Sport, Politics and Religion.
We have been advised not to talk about religion or politics, or even sport sometimes, in a social setting so casually. People can get mad at you so easily when these topics are involved.
A common thread among the three? All of them are designed to divide people. They effectively segregate people, instantly. When we talk about them, we set ourselves up in a situation in which we must choose.
Our team vs their team.
Our party vs their party.
Our religion vs their religion.
The situation implies "us OR them". After the choice, we are now us friends or them enemies. Not all see it as "us AND them". Only few claim independence from the confrontational Us/Them dichotomy. However, the choosing majority won't let off the refusing-to-choose crowds so easily. Undecided, indifferent, uninterested, agnostics, atheist.......why do these words always carry a hint of negative connotation?
Yet, they (Sport, Politics and Religion) are so popular. A reason may be that they can give you instant friends in this uncaring world. When you are feeling you are alone, weak, helpless and nobody, living in cold darkness, it is very tempting to have "friends". The many "friends" are huge incentive. Wear dark red and go to OU football game. Say "Vote for Romney".Walk in to a Christian church and proclaim "I am Christian". You get half-a-stadiumful, forty-something-percents of the nation of, and a churchful (and indirectly more) of "friends".
From the eyes of this incentive theory, no wonder after some crisis people tend to go church/temple/shrine. When we are scared, we want assurance and peace in mind. Having many "friends" appeal to our primal instincts for self preservation. Many birds flock together so that their chance of survival goes up. Or so they think.
Yet, this divisional mindset can be very harmful. They come with a price. A lot of people have died because of Religion and Politics. A few even for sport. Everyone knows how nasty "They" can be.
However,.......
So many people are committed to their choices. I don't think they would want to change that, and I won't even bother trying to change them here. I say, suit yourself.
But for a few people who are tired of the choice-oriented mindset and people, I present a few advice I came across while I read books.
First, you can question the "friend" incentive. The perceived "Friends". Are they really "friends"? When the game is over, we go home. The election is over and it turns quieter until next political event comes up. A bunch of people saying nice comforting things to each other....how will that help you, seriously, in a real spiritual sense or in your personal growth? Oftentimes, the nice words from "friends" lull you into inner doldrums and prevent you from digging yourself actively into deeper self, where a lot of religions say the God is.
And, you can question the choice-oriented mindset. A branch of Buddhism suggests to be free from the choice-oriented mindset. For example, read "A Still Forest Pool".
The choices can lead to attachments, which bind your mind, your spirit, and therefore you. The change in mindset leads to "enlightenment".
This is so alien way of thinking from Western success principles and make-it-happen attitude. Yet it works for some if you seek.
I wouldn't say I am enlightened or free from choices and attachments. On the contrary, I enjoy choices and attachments to some extent. I have my own belief and moral system I like to adhere. I may not like it if I am forced to replace them.
I used to think theology is a biggest waste of time, because it leads to nowhere. There are many explanations given, yet too many are just assertions or quotations and not answers. I am luckier than ancient-medieval theologians who were bound to their time, though. I am better informed with all books from all over the world across time, and the internet resources that connect them and allow me to compare them.
This today's blog entry is just a note. I don't think I can make a big clever statement today. But I feel like I would enjoy chewing and comparing these various thoughts over time.
We are debating whether we go to Tulsa for Oktoberfest, or stay in OKC and go dance in the evening.
We have been advised not to talk about religion or politics, or even sport sometimes, in a social setting so casually. People can get mad at you so easily when these topics are involved.
A common thread among the three? All of them are designed to divide people. They effectively segregate people, instantly. When we talk about them, we set ourselves up in a situation in which we must choose.
Our team vs their team.
Our party vs their party.
Our religion vs their religion.
The situation implies "us OR them". After the choice, we are now us friends or them enemies. Not all see it as "us AND them". Only few claim independence from the confrontational Us/Them dichotomy. However, the choosing majority won't let off the refusing-to-choose crowds so easily. Undecided, indifferent, uninterested, agnostics, atheist.......why do these words always carry a hint of negative connotation?
Yet, they (Sport, Politics and Religion) are so popular. A reason may be that they can give you instant friends in this uncaring world. When you are feeling you are alone, weak, helpless and nobody, living in cold darkness, it is very tempting to have "friends". The many "friends" are huge incentive. Wear dark red and go to OU football game. Say "Vote for Romney".Walk in to a Christian church and proclaim "I am Christian". You get half-a-stadiumful, forty-something-percents of the nation of, and a churchful (and indirectly more) of "friends".
From the eyes of this incentive theory, no wonder after some crisis people tend to go church/temple/shrine. When we are scared, we want assurance and peace in mind. Having many "friends" appeal to our primal instincts for self preservation. Many birds flock together so that their chance of survival goes up. Or so they think.
Yet, this divisional mindset can be very harmful. They come with a price. A lot of people have died because of Religion and Politics. A few even for sport. Everyone knows how nasty "They" can be.
However,.......
So many people are committed to their choices. I don't think they would want to change that, and I won't even bother trying to change them here. I say, suit yourself.
But for a few people who are tired of the choice-oriented mindset and people, I present a few advice I came across while I read books.
First, you can question the "friend" incentive. The perceived "Friends". Are they really "friends"? When the game is over, we go home. The election is over and it turns quieter until next political event comes up. A bunch of people saying nice comforting things to each other....how will that help you, seriously, in a real spiritual sense or in your personal growth? Oftentimes, the nice words from "friends" lull you into inner doldrums and prevent you from digging yourself actively into deeper self, where a lot of religions say the God is.
And, you can question the choice-oriented mindset. A branch of Buddhism suggests to be free from the choice-oriented mindset. For example, read "A Still Forest Pool".
The choices can lead to attachments, which bind your mind, your spirit, and therefore you. The change in mindset leads to "enlightenment".
This is so alien way of thinking from Western success principles and make-it-happen attitude. Yet it works for some if you seek.
I wouldn't say I am enlightened or free from choices and attachments. On the contrary, I enjoy choices and attachments to some extent. I have my own belief and moral system I like to adhere. I may not like it if I am forced to replace them.
I used to think theology is a biggest waste of time, because it leads to nowhere. There are many explanations given, yet too many are just assertions or quotations and not answers. I am luckier than ancient-medieval theologians who were bound to their time, though. I am better informed with all books from all over the world across time, and the internet resources that connect them and allow me to compare them.
This today's blog entry is just a note. I don't think I can make a big clever statement today. But I feel like I would enjoy chewing and comparing these various thoughts over time.
We are debating whether we go to Tulsa for Oktoberfest, or stay in OKC and go dance in the evening.
October 16, 2012
Life: "I tried. It didn't work". Now what?
Everyone has heard this phrase before. "I tried. It didn't work."
The phrase can communicate with many nuances. What do you hear?
You might be hearing him saying,
"I couldn't get it work, and I gave up. But I don't want to hear you blaming me for that. I don't want to admit someone else might be able to get it work, either. You should stop trying and give up, too. Be like me".
You might be hearing her saying,
"I tried this way and that way. These ways didn't work for me. But some other ways or some other person may be able to get it work. How about, you try the other way?"
What you hear really depends on you.
When you get it work, he would likely be unhappy because you sort of showed who he was.
When you get it work, she would likely be happy because you are a hero who completed a difficult task. Or, she could be jealous, perhaps?
So what?
Conclusion 1: Your thought process and perception make a huge difference in your world. Choose wisely.
Conclusion 2: To get something work, two factors are important ( [The person's skill or ability] and [The way the person is doing "it"]). When something is not working, you got to focus on these two first. But after some unsuccessful trials it is also important to question what you are trying is valid. Perseverance is generally a virtue, but can be a vice.
Note to self. It might be interesting to write a short comedy using this. I used to watch a British TV comedy series "Coupling", and in some episodes they cleverly used the "perception discrepancy" technique. I loved that show.
A review article we wrote this summer is being considered for publication with minor revision. I was working on that today. We will send the revised manuscript to the editorial office shortly. Hope it gets accepted soon.
To answer a question, no, I am not watching Dancing With The Stars this season. So I cannot talk about that.
The phrase can communicate with many nuances. What do you hear?
You might be hearing him saying,
"I couldn't get it work, and I gave up. But I don't want to hear you blaming me for that. I don't want to admit someone else might be able to get it work, either. You should stop trying and give up, too. Be like me".
You might be hearing her saying,
"I tried this way and that way. These ways didn't work for me. But some other ways or some other person may be able to get it work. How about, you try the other way?"
What you hear really depends on you.
When you get it work, he would likely be unhappy because you sort of showed who he was.
When you get it work, she would likely be happy because you are a hero who completed a difficult task. Or, she could be jealous, perhaps?
So what?
Conclusion 1: Your thought process and perception make a huge difference in your world. Choose wisely.
Conclusion 2: To get something work, two factors are important ( [The person's skill or ability] and [The way the person is doing "it"]). When something is not working, you got to focus on these two first. But after some unsuccessful trials it is also important to question what you are trying is valid. Perseverance is generally a virtue, but can be a vice.
Note to self. It might be interesting to write a short comedy using this. I used to watch a British TV comedy series "Coupling", and in some episodes they cleverly used the "perception discrepancy" technique. I loved that show.
A review article we wrote this summer is being considered for publication with minor revision. I was working on that today. We will send the revised manuscript to the editorial office shortly. Hope it gets accepted soon.
To answer a question, no, I am not watching Dancing With The Stars this season. So I cannot talk about that.
October 9, 2012
Dance: Good Dance=Good Habits
I meant to write something about this year's Nobel Prize for physiology, announced yesterday (10/8/12). But I won't go into details here. There will be better articles everywhere soon.
In short, developmental biologist and pioneer stem cell researcher Dr. Gurdon, and Dr. Yamanaka who discovered a (surprisingly simple) way to reprogram differentiated cells (such as skin cells) to stem cells, they share the prize. Their work had such a huge impact on the research field. It had been rumored for a while that their work, especially Dr. Yamanaka's, would get the Nobel Prize. It has come true, and I am very happy for them.
Last weekend I went to Tulsa to attend a West Coast Swing event, Tulsa Fall Fling. It is a nice small-sized event, and I enjoyed dancing with friends and watching friends dance.
There were excellent dancers and there were dancers who looked like beginners. I just used the expression "dancers who looked like beginners", because the way a dancer looks does not necessarily correlate with how long they've danced or whether they are actually beginning. No matter how long you dance, if your way of dancing looks like that of beginners, your dance level would be that of beginners.
Dancing is an ephemeral live art, and is somewhat cruel, too.
One thing I thought at the event by looking at dancers of different levels, or appearances, was that "Good dancers are basically dancers with good habits".
I saw some champion dancers dance. Even in a social dance setting, they dance well and they look outstanding. If you keep watching, you start noticing their habits. They have their default body usage or moves they do. Holding an arm here this way, bending a knee in that angle for balancing for the spin, hijacking and walking around playfully...those kind of things. And they look balanced, responsive and overall better than dancers who don't do these.
If you think this way, you can formulate how YOU would develop good dance habits and look good.
For example; Imitating an instructor's demonstration in front of a mirror is a time-tested way for dancers to improve. Using slow motion and pausing is another way to train your body to have good habits. Even if the move is the same, there are variations in execution that look good, and variations that don't. Study good ones. Forget bad-looking ones.
As you are trying to develop habits, repetition is necessary. "Did-it-well-once" doesn't count. "But-I-am-doing-it" without forming good habits means nothing. You need to do it hundreds of times until the good moves just show as your second nature, or your habit.
Like any other habits, you made a choice to dance in your way at some point, consciously or subconsciously. If you want to kick a bad habit and install a new (better) one, you need to work on it consciously.
Thinking about changing yourself would be the first step. Asking someone who you can trust and can coach you about your habits would be the second step. The third step would be physically moving and practicing good moves until they become your habits.
We are creatures of habit, after all. And eventually we are defined by what we do and the quality of it, not by what we are thinking of doing or trying to do but not doing.
Master Yoda, you were right.
In short, developmental biologist and pioneer stem cell researcher Dr. Gurdon, and Dr. Yamanaka who discovered a (surprisingly simple) way to reprogram differentiated cells (such as skin cells) to stem cells, they share the prize. Their work had such a huge impact on the research field. It had been rumored for a while that their work, especially Dr. Yamanaka's, would get the Nobel Prize. It has come true, and I am very happy for them.
Last weekend I went to Tulsa to attend a West Coast Swing event, Tulsa Fall Fling. It is a nice small-sized event, and I enjoyed dancing with friends and watching friends dance.
There were excellent dancers and there were dancers who looked like beginners. I just used the expression "dancers who looked like beginners", because the way a dancer looks does not necessarily correlate with how long they've danced or whether they are actually beginning. No matter how long you dance, if your way of dancing looks like that of beginners, your dance level would be that of beginners.
Dancing is an ephemeral live art, and is somewhat cruel, too.
One thing I thought at the event by looking at dancers of different levels, or appearances, was that "Good dancers are basically dancers with good habits".
I saw some champion dancers dance. Even in a social dance setting, they dance well and they look outstanding. If you keep watching, you start noticing their habits. They have their default body usage or moves they do. Holding an arm here this way, bending a knee in that angle for balancing for the spin, hijacking and walking around playfully...those kind of things. And they look balanced, responsive and overall better than dancers who don't do these.
If you think this way, you can formulate how YOU would develop good dance habits and look good.
For example; Imitating an instructor's demonstration in front of a mirror is a time-tested way for dancers to improve. Using slow motion and pausing is another way to train your body to have good habits. Even if the move is the same, there are variations in execution that look good, and variations that don't. Study good ones. Forget bad-looking ones.
As you are trying to develop habits, repetition is necessary. "Did-it-well-once" doesn't count. "But-I-am-doing-it" without forming good habits means nothing. You need to do it hundreds of times until the good moves just show as your second nature, or your habit.
Like any other habits, you made a choice to dance in your way at some point, consciously or subconsciously. If you want to kick a bad habit and install a new (better) one, you need to work on it consciously.
Thinking about changing yourself would be the first step. Asking someone who you can trust and can coach you about your habits would be the second step. The third step would be physically moving and practicing good moves until they become your habits.
We are creatures of habit, after all. And eventually we are defined by what we do and the quality of it, not by what we are thinking of doing or trying to do but not doing.
Master Yoda, you were right.
October 3, 2012
Life: About a new friend
Last night we went out to a Sushi restaurant Sushineko in OKC to meet my wife's friend and his family. He and his wife, both in their late 20's-early-to-mid-30's-ish (I'm not really sure), came from Indonesia, worked hard in the US in retail industry and are living apparently happy with two young sons. We were invited because my wife is helping him editing his book. Yes, he is authoring a book about his experience and advice in spiritual and financial affairs.
He appeared to be a very nice, talkative and funny guy. His impersonation of Sylvester Stallone was hilarious. He teaches mixed martial arts, which was evident in the size of his upper body. I also heard that he is very religious and wrote a manual for the ministry before, although we did not really talk about religion except for him asking permission for emailing about scripture study meeting at the end of the night.
Come to think of it, I once read a manual for Evangelicals. The manual was advocating Evangelicals to be attractive. Yet, I have seen so many Evangelical attempts that were more repulsive than attractive. Be loud. Shout. Use scare tactic. Talk long regardless of what others think. Endless citing of Scripture........they seemed to be concerned more for themselves rather than the ones they were preaching to. I'm not sure, were they even trying?
I digress. Back to him. He was very nice, and was one of rare guys who seem genuinely happy with his religion. Being attractive may work for him. Actually, probably the strategy works only with guys like him.
I have not read his manuscript at all, so I cannot say about it much now. I hope he completes his book project and publishes it. Only completed projects count. The book will be an achievement for him.
A grant deadline is approaching. I will be busy for the preparation for this and next week.
He appeared to be a very nice, talkative and funny guy. His impersonation of Sylvester Stallone was hilarious. He teaches mixed martial arts, which was evident in the size of his upper body. I also heard that he is very religious and wrote a manual for the ministry before, although we did not really talk about religion except for him asking permission for emailing about scripture study meeting at the end of the night.
Come to think of it, I once read a manual for Evangelicals. The manual was advocating Evangelicals to be attractive. Yet, I have seen so many Evangelical attempts that were more repulsive than attractive. Be loud. Shout. Use scare tactic. Talk long regardless of what others think. Endless citing of Scripture........they seemed to be concerned more for themselves rather than the ones they were preaching to. I'm not sure, were they even trying?
I digress. Back to him. He was very nice, and was one of rare guys who seem genuinely happy with his religion. Being attractive may work for him. Actually, probably the strategy works only with guys like him.
I have not read his manuscript at all, so I cannot say about it much now. I hope he completes his book project and publishes it. Only completed projects count. The book will be an achievement for him.
A grant deadline is approaching. I will be busy for the preparation for this and next week.
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