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This is what it's like to spend an entire night at Canter's Deli
Aiden Arata
An intrepid writer holes up at Fairfax's 87-year-old Canter's Deli overnight.
When I opted to spend an entire night inside Fairfax's famous Canter's Deli, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. After all, as Frank Lloyd Wright put it, "Tip the world over on its side, and everything loose will land in Los Angeles"—and the dinette has been slinging midnight latkes since 1931 to jetlagged tourists, teens pushing curfew, post-concert rock stars, industry heavyweights and every Angeleno in between. Who craves gefilte fish at four in the morning? How does the staff handle the long, dark night shift? And, most pressingly, when and how does a 24/7 restaurant get cleaned? I coaxed a night owl dining companion to join me and, over the course of seven hours, find out what it's like overnight at Canter's.
At 11pm on a Friday night, Canter's is busy with millennial couples snapping photos of each others' onion rings, aging rocker types with leather jackets slung over the backs of their chairs and a demographic I dub "the dad crowd"—lovers of baseball caps and pastrami sandwiches, who arrive with families of four and don't need to look at the deli's multi-page menu before ordering. A few dads come in pairs, ostensibly for late-night industry meetings. Over the course of the evening, I become more and more sure that Canter's is the perfect place to write that screenplay you've been putting off: it's comfortable, steeped in L.A. culture and thus inspiring, and, I'd soon learn, graveyard quiet after three.
Upon learning that my friend and I wouldn't leave until sunrise, my server Douglas shrugs and asks if we'd like a plate of dill pickles. Canter's is the only deli that makes their pickles in-house, he adds, and he turns out to be an expert—he'd worked at nearly every L.A. deli ("except Nate & Al's") before landing at Canter's. The fact that I'm low-key living in his booth does not affect Douglas' service in the slightest—he's efficient and just the right amount of attentive, and he tops off my coffee cup no fewer than fourteen times. (I attribute every bit of this assignment's success to Douglas, and to free refills.)
Photograph: Courtesy Canter's
By midnight, the families with younger kids have settled their tabs, the dads are gone and only a few tables remain filled. A twentysomething couple holds hands over a vanilla cupcake with a single birthday candle as two adult children take their elderly parents out for midnight bagels. The vibe is locals-only, in that way that only Angelenos love staying up late to do something very relaxing and chill (see also: Wi Spa). Most of the high-energy weekend action is contained to the diner's adjoining bar, the Kibitz Room. Canter's servers—laid-back and convivial, chatting while they pour coffee—have decidedly more energy than the patrons.
Around 1:30am, the spot becomes relatively busy again. A family of tourists wearing Disney swag comes in for midnight breakfast. Inebriated concert-goers trickle in after a show at the El Rey, including a pair of girls wobbily leading each other to the precariously situated upstairs bathroom, carrying their heels and stopping often to lean against each other. "I just wanted pancakes," one laments. Last call comes and goes at the Kibbitz Room, sending a smattering of OG regulars, all white-haired punks, into the adjoining banquet room to commiserate over steaming bowls of matzo ball soup.
By 2am, I'm feeling the sleepy, mellow energy of the other patrons, until an ingenious staff member starts blasting oldies. The servers hum along to doo-wop and Fleetwood Mac while they clear their tables. To return to the question of cleaning, Canter's apparently undergoes a thorough clean at 3:15am every night, when the establishment is empty but for the occasional insomniac Time Out journalist. Books are balanced in a back booth, while Douglas mounts a ladder to painstakingly wipe down the overhead lamps above the banquet seating. He occasionally looks our way to ensure my coffee cup is at least half full, but I'm left to my own devices in the empty diner; I feel as if I've earned a place as part of the deli scenery, the way nature photographers dress like birds and hang out in swamps for months to get their perfect shot.
Uninhibited, the kitchen staff comes out to joke with the waitresses while everyone cleans and organizes. Cups are stacked into towers with gentle clicks; mustards and sugar packets are neatly arranged across shiny wood-printed laminate tabletops. It's like this for hours—not a soul in the restaurant besides the hardworking staff, me and my friend, who stretches out in our booth and dozes off. Seventies glam rock plays as servers-cum-cleaners mop and sweep offering me a top-off of coffee or Canter's trivia whenever they pas my table.
I don't know what I was expecting at Canter's at 4am—brawls? Beyoncé?— but it wasn't a scene reminiscent of Cinderella's mice jovially doing their chores. It's cheery and intimate, and while not what I had anticipated, it's a surprisingly pleasant way to spend the wee hours of a Saturday morning.
The peaceful monotony is broken when the first official Saturday customer arrives around 5:30am: a lone older gentleman who slides into a booth with his newspaper. Without missing a beat, the Canter's staff sashays back into the choreography of hospitality, filling the new patron's water glass and taking down the details of his bagel order. I've been inside this deli for six and a half hours. I gaze at my pickle plate, reduced to half a spear, and wonder how it could possibly still be crunchy when I feel so soggy and wilted. I walk over to the bakery and stand, flanked by babka and black and white cookies, and watch the sunrise. A handful of people trickle in between five and six: solo patrons and senior couples order tea and omelets. Douglas explains that they're regulars, here to see their favorite servers who get on at six. He ads that the real rush starts around 8:30am, but that was after my shift was up; I'd made it to morning, and I was ready to go home. I get my last cup of coffee to go—plus a rugelach for the road—prod my companion awake and thank Douglas profusely for his time. He shrugs it off, turning to refill my napkin holder for a new table, a new day.
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Generational Capital Markets Advises PowerVac of Michigan, Inc. and ServicePRO (together "PVM") in Sale to Pillsman Partners, LLC
By Capital Markets
Oct 8, 2019, 07:00 et
Generational Capital Markets, Member FINRA/SIPC and a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the majority recapitalization of its client, PowerVac (PVM), by Pillsman Partners, Peninsula Capital Partners, LLC, and management. The transaction closed August 30, 2019 and details were not disclosed.
PVM, located in Novi, Michigan, is a leading provider of hydro excavation, pipe inspection, jet/vac, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and other repair and maintenance services. The Company's key markets are commercial, retail, and industrial buildings, as well as utilities and municipalities. PVM has over 3,000 active customers and was founded in 1998.
Pillsman Partners, located in Greenwich, Connecticut, focuses on private investments in businesses which generate $2 to $15 million of EBITDA and operate in markets such as specialty chemicals, advanced materials, engineered components and related business services. Pillsman Partners works to collaboratively support management teams and owners in growing businesses over the long term, investing in transactions throughout North America.
Peninsula Capital Partners, LLC, is a Detroit-based private equity investment firm that has raised six investment partnerships totaling approximately $1.6 billion of committed capital. Peninsula provides customized minority and majority capital solutions to middle market businesses seeking funding to complete acquisitions, support growth, buyback stock or address other special situations requiring capital.
Generational Capital Markets Managing Director of Mergers & Acquisitions, Phil Pizzurro, successfully closed the deal. Senior Managing Director Roger Dean established the initial relationship with Power Vac.
"It was apparent from the first meeting that Pillsman/Peninsula were the right partners for PVM. They had previously invested in, grew, and successfully exited a very similar jet/vac servicing business, which provided us with the confidence and comfort that we were engaging with an additive and experienced partner," Phil Pizzurro said. "Their culture and values only reinforced our position. I am grateful to have played a role in the creation of this partnership."
About Generational Capital, LLC
Generational Capital, LLC, is a Dallas, Texas-based merger and acquisition advisory firm. Generational Capital wholly owns Generational Capital Markets, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC. More information can be found at www.gencm.com.
Generational Capital and Generational Capital Markets are part of the Generational Group and are affiliated with Generational Equity, LLC, which The M&A Advisor named Investment Banking Firm of the Year in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
GCM's most recent awards include The M&A Advisor's 2018 International Deal of the Year Awards in the professional services, corporate/strategic and private equity categories.

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The grand daddy of all racing has finally delivered its latest game. After all the hype surrounding release dates and the teaser Gran Turismo 5 prologue gave us, I think it is time to see if GT5 is EPIC or a flop. It's quite an expansive undertaking considering it has the most cars and tracks than any other racing game today; over 1000 cars and about 70 tracks. Anything but a blu-ray disc would need three discs to play. Well, lets jump right in.
If you happened to play GT5 prologue then you essentially played GT5. That being said, the gameplay should be great when you put 4+ years into it, and it is. Where do I start? Well, when you first jump into the main menu there are a few modes to start with. GT mode, arcade mode, and GT TV are the important ones. Arcade mode is just like it sounds. This is also where the split screen play is located. Pick a mode, pick a track, pick a car, and off you go. Single race and Time trial are a few examples of modes. GT mode is where you will spend most of your time. Otherwise called My GT, this has the familiar GT formula. Buy cars, race cars, sell cars, tune cars, learn to drive cars, and more about cars. Get the point yet? No? Ok I will explain a little bit more for those of you who are new to the process.When you buy a car, usually it is for a particular event. For example you buy a 1970 Chevelle SS for the muscle car challenge. You can then go to the tuning shop to tune it up if you decide. These tunings are not too advanced, like buying a better engine to get better performance. Once you are finished you are ready to race, every single car handles differently. They are very accurate to the real life model too.
Muscle cars want to drift and slide at high speeds, while Ferrari type cars are precise and like to zip around. Unfortunately, they aren't too realistic though, Polyphony Digital put just enough arcade action into it to make it fun to play. You do not notice too much of a difference between a tuned car and that same car stock right off the lot. It is a small blemish on this game though. I found no glitches or bugs at all that affected the gameplay. One thing that is quite weird, sometimes you could enter cars that shouldn't be accepted in race because of class. To clear it up for you, I entered my Ford GT in a European hatchback race. Sure it was fun leaving them in the dust but not very challenging because the race was meant for me to drive a European hatchback. This isn't the same with every challenge but it is very odd to say the least. Load times aren't a pain but they can be quite long, you can choose to do an install but it takes a whopping 8GB and takes about an hour. It also lies to you when it says it will be done in 15 secs be prepared for a 15 min wait.
Players can also race online with up to 16 players through Playstation Network (PSN) feature which was quite enjoyable and very challenging. What is also great was the ability to transfer my cars that I had unlocked in Gran Turismo PSP into my own Garage in Gran Turismo 5 – all that hard work really payed off.
GT5 looks like what other simulation racers should aspire too. If it got any more real than this, you would be inside the car yourself. Every car and track looks as accurately detailed as the real life version. The result of a longer time in production, is a better game. It is very stunning. Most cars' insides were fleshed out also so you could drive right behind the steering wheel. Some did not have a detailed inside so you could not be in the drivers seat. Not something that is a big turn off since most people use the behind the car camera but it is something to point out. Some things like, for example, the back or front lights of cars look flat. It is hard not to notice, one big detail they did miss is the damage in the game – it looks very wacky or doesn't even look like it is there. I am driving a Mclaren F1 and I crash right into a wall 150 mph, only the bumper looks a little cocked.
In a Chevelle SS, it looks like its sitting in front of a wacky mirror you see in the carnivals and such. The car is stretched out looking very odd. I could not find an option that turned up the simulation factor so I assumed it was unchangeable and default. Damage is part of simulation driving and when it isn't apparent or it is not done right like in Gran Turimso 5, it really makes you wonder what Polyphony Digital was doing all this time. I hear patches are incoming to work on the damage but it really shouldn't take this long of a time period to make an awesome game and leave major stuff out, especially with all the backing of Sony Computer Entertainment. It is only an opinion and it may be I haven't found the option like once said.
The audio on the other hand is 100 percent certifiably cool. Just like the visual dynamics of the cars, every car sounds different. Out of more than 1000 cars, that is a totally amazing feat. That must of been the bulk of time testing each engine and implementing each one of them into the game. I know I keep coming back to the Chevelle SS but it is a cool car. I drive it stock and it already sounds mean enough but, with a 3rd stage engine, high performance exhaust, and 5 speed gears, almost 60,00 in GT credits, the car sounded like it was going to eat somebody. Not a bad feat indeed. The music is far better and more varied than prologue. It actually sounds like something I could drive to or you would hear at a swanky car convention. It may repeat often or the same song is attached to something you do but the tunes aren't bad. I do not know where they got the music but I want a soundtrack. I am not lying it is cool stuff.
Is it worth the money? Of course – GT5 is truly an amazing experience packed with spectatular courses and hundreds of cars which look and feel just like the real ones. Was it worth the wait? Well I have to think on that one. Polyphony Digital put so much into the game, I am surprised that the 50GB disc was able to hold it all, but also it doesn't seem like they put enough into it at the same time. Essential things like damage modelling is a huge let down to all the fans out there. Also the whole mess about the release date didn't allow time for the hype machine to spit out craziness so, even as I am writing this, many do not know it is even out. Why even complain though. It is Gran Turismo 5 folks – it's finally here -lets have a beer to celebrate (Only if your old enough) then play some GT5.


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China detains rights lawyer ahead of 6-4
May 11, 2014 Jurist
Chinese authorites on May 6 detained prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on a charge of "causing a disturbance" after he attended a weekend meeting that urged an investigation into the 1989 crackdown of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. Pu Zhigiang is a leading free-speech lawyer who is well known for opposing China's system of forced labor camps before they were recently abolished by the government. According to the official notice, Beijing police "criminally detained" Pu on a charge of "causing a disturbance" and are holding him at the Beijing No. 1 Detention Center. "These charges and detentions lay bare just how little the Chinese government's attitudes towards human rights have changed since 1989," said Sophie Richardson, China Director at Human Rights Watch. At least five dissidents and professors have disappeared since attending the meeting, which was held to commemorate and call for an investigation into the truth of the 1989 government crackdown.
"Clearly the Chinese government's efforts all these years to stamp out discussion about Tiananmen has had the opposite effect- it has generated sustained interest and determination to expose what happened," Richardson said. "Beijing should by now have the confidence to allow open debate."
Amnesty International in March said that Chinese authorities must put an end to the persecution of those remembering victims of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. AI also called for the unconditional release of Gu Yimin, who was found guilty on March 18 of inciting state subversion by a court in Changshu for attempting to post images of the 1989 crackdown online last year and applying to stage a protest on the crackdown's twenty-fourth anniversary. Yimin's lawyer maintained that the judgment violated the constitution and that Yimin was exercising his right to free speech, adding that he would appeal the verdict. AI's China researcher, Anu Kultalahti, stated that this year's twenty-fifth anniversary could mark the start of the "annual round-up of activists attempting to remember the tragic events of 1989."
The Tiananmen protests began in April 1989 with mainly students and laborers protesting the Communist Party of China. The Chinese government declared martial law in May, and initiated the violent dispersal of protesters by the People's Liberation Army on June 4. The Chinese government has never publicized official figures, but the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights & Democracy reported last year that unnamed sources had estimated 600 people were killed. In 2012 Chinese authorities detained hundreds of activists in Beijing marking the twenty-third anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. In 2011 the US State Department urged the Chinese government to release protestors arrested for peaceful protests in the square in 1989. Human rights and democracy advocates in 2009 called on the Chinese government to investigate the 1989 uprising, provide an accurate count of those killed in the government's response to the uprising, and to accept reform outlines set forth in the Charter 08 proposal. In August 2008 Chinese authorities released activist Hu Shigen, sentenced to 20 years in prison for carrying out counterrevolutionary propaganda, including organizing events commemorating the uprising.
From Jurist, May 7, with additional material from Jurist, March 24.
Used with permission.
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China court denies bail to human rights lawyer
A Chinese court on June 10 denied bail to prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who is likely to be indicted in the country's attempt to deter growing legal activism. The lawyer was detained last month for "causing a disturbance" after he attended a weekend meeting that urged an investigation into the 1989 crackdown of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. Pu is a leading free-speech lawyer who is well known to be outspoken on his opinions, and has represented a dissident artist and spoken out against labor camps in the past. He is also well known for opposing China's system of forced labor camps before they were abolished by the government. Many believe that the government's actions against Pu are intended to set an example, in hopes of silencing the growing dissonance and social activism amongst lawyers in China. At least five dissidents and professors have disappeared since attending the weekend meeting that sought the investigation of Tiananmen Square.
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This week's Handmade Holiday gift idea is a fat-quarter friendly tea towel project.
For a beautiful, long-lasting tea towel, you will want a fabric with a heavier hand than quilting cotton. I would recommend linen, twill, or canvas. For my tea towels, I'm using Linen Cotton Canvas from Spoonflower. I'm not just pimping Spoonflower because I have designs for sale there...there are a few reasons this works well. First, the Linen Cotton Canvas is a durable choice for tea towels. Second, while a standard fat quarter of fabric is about 18" x 22", fat quarters of this fabric are 18" x 27", which is a great size for a tea towel. Third, Spoonflower introduced a feature earlier this year where you can Fill-a-Yard of fabric with multiple designs, so one yard of fabric can yield 4 different tea towels! This saves you money, and allows you to make unique towels for everyone on your list.
If your fabric has any selvedge, trim that away before pressing.
You'll press 1/2" on all 4 sides, and then fold that over and press again to enclose the raw edges.
Cut a piece of twill tape (or ribbon) to about 5" long, Tuck this under the pressed edges in one of the top corners, running diagonally across the corner as shown below.
In order to keep the twill tape from shifting during sewing, you'll want to secure it with a couple of pins or Clover clips.
Since the stitching will be very visible on the front of the towel, I like to sew from the front. Do whatever floats your boat, though! You'll stitch at the 1/2" mark around all 4 sides, pivoting at the corners.
And that's it! You've made a beautiful tea towel that adds personality to any kitchen.
If you're interested in purchasing the design shown in the example photos, you can find it here in my Spoonflower shop. If you'd like to learn how to design a tea towel calendar of your own, check out my calendar design class on Skillshare.
Every year, I design a tea towel calendar as one of my Christmas gifts. My friends and family have come to expect them, and I look forward to coming up with a new theme each year. I knew that we were going to need lots of cocktails in 2017, so I featured 12 of my favorite grown-up beverages.
I sketched each of the drinks in pencil, and included simple recipes. I knew that the recipes would be too much text for the tea towel, but who knows what else I might do with these illustrations?
I inked my drawings and pulled them into Illustrator for finishing.
After I finalized the layout, I uploaded my design to Spoonflower for printing. The calendar is sized to fit on a single fat quarter of Linen Cotton Canvas, and a simple hem around the edge is all that's needed to make a towel that will liven up any kitchen or bar!
If you'd like your own Happy Hour tea towel calendar, you can purchase this design in my Spoonflower shop!
Waiting is difficult. As a seasoned adult, I should be better at it by now - but I'm not. The time it takes to go from sketch to digital design goes by in a blink compared to waiting for strike offs to arrive and a collection to actually become available. By the time I have fabric in hand, I've usually moved on to the next collection. My recent wedding and honeymoon kept me (rightfully) distracted while I waited, but I'm pleased today to share that my latest collection, What's Cooking?, is now available on Spoonflower!
I'm excited to share a preview of my latest pattern collection with you. The name of my collection is What's Cooking?, and it was inspired by the hustle and bustle of Grandma's kitchen as she prepared Sunday dinners.
I also used elements of my patterns to create a tea towel calendar.
I had so much fun with this project! I knew I wanted to develop a collection around kitchenware. I'm not much of a cook, but I love kitchen gadgets and have many fond memories of helping my grandmother as she cooked and baked for the family.
Here are my mood boards.
I sketched in pencil and then traced my drawings in Illustrator.
Now I'm working on additional colorways for the collection, and look forward to sharing the whole line with you soon.


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Book review in Museum Anthropology Review 5(1-2)
Some time ago, I wrote a review of Uncommon Threads: Wabanaki Textiles, Clothing, and Costume. The book review is now out in the latest issue of Museum Anthropology Review and is available here.
In short, I really enjoyed this book. Beautifully illustrated, it is a companion to an exhibit launched by the Maine State Museum. Much more than a catalog of the objects in the exhibit, though, the authors provide an examination of the history, art, and culture of the Maritime Peninsula's indigenous population. Bourque and LaBar demonstrate how Wabanaki textiles, broadly defined as everything from fish weirs to beaded moccasins, began as life-sustaining activities, became a source of income, and today exist as an important marker of cultural identity.
I am a cultural anthropologist, currently employed as the Tribal Liaison for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. This position gives me the opportunity to apply my ethnographic training, as well as do archaeological fieldwork. I am also on the faculty of the University of Oklahoma's College of Liberal Studies.
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February 7, 2020: "things we'll need for the coming difficulties" by Valerie Vogrin
On February 8, 2020 By mikeczyz
Good Friday, Story366!
Today's main mission was twofold: Get the older boy off to the junior high Valentine's dance at his school and make a Pinewood Derby car for the younger boy.
The dance was pretty easy. There was a little resistance to putting on clean clothes—matching pizza sauce stains adorned his daytime T-shirt and jeans. Once we got him into something nice and had him comb his hair, we had a ladykiller on our hands. It's truly great our boys look like the Karen, because really, I'd feel horrible otherwise.
The Pinewood Derby car was harder. We blew several chances to have someone with real tools—like a table saw—cut our car for us, but failed at all of them. I even had a phone number for a guy who supposedly loves this kind of thing, will help you make a car, make a winner. His number was disconnected. I thought about just buying a jigsaw, and in fact, Karen and I stopped at the Sears liquidation sale (RIP, Springfield Sears) to see if they had one left and for cheap. They didn't. I was ready to run out somewhere else to buy one then remembered Karen may have bought me one years ago and I never used it—I was right! We had a saw, and as soon as the older boy was off breaking hearts, we set to cut the car.
Funny thing about having a jigsaw and a thick block of wood and nothing else: You can't cut a loose piece of wood with a jigsaw. Lo and behold, the saw included two clamps. We were again saved! We tried the clamps, but they barely fit around the block. The only thing that we could clamp the block to was the open drawer of a metal filing cabinet. Again, on our way!
Only the clamps didn't really hold that well. Still, we figured it out, cut most of the car and … found out the blade—the jig—wasn't long enough to cut through the whole block. We had to turn the car over and cut the other side … only there was no real way to match it up, meaning the cut lines on the opposite sides were uneven.
After about an hour of repositioning the block with the clamps and failing, we took the mangled piece of wood and cut the rest of it with a coping saw, leaving a jagged, uneven mess. Another hour of sanding led to something resembling an adult effort—on a child's project—an adult effort that has a coat of primer on it and is drying on the front porch.
Parenting win!
For today's post, I read from a book that came in the mail today, Valerie Vogrin's things we'll need for the coming difficulties, fresh out from Willow Springs Books as winner of their Spokane Prize for Short Fiction. I'd never read Vogrin's work before today, so I was eager to see what she was all about.
I started with the first several stories. The first, "The Next Thing: A Story With Chorus," is a great piece about a woman named Regina who goes on a road trip. Her husband's just left her, and really, she just wants to go. She heads toward St. Louis, where she knows of a guy who once hit on her at a conference—that's her whole plan. A series of events, or next things, leads her to a situation that she never could have imagined for herself, yet there it is, cleverly reached by Vogrin's playful narrative structure. I read a couple of shorts, then also really enjoyed "The Girlfriend," about a zoology researcher who can't shake her reputation as the woman who got famous jerking off turtles. Both of these stories place their protagonists in uneviable but unique situations, making me really like what Vogrin had to offer so far.
I ended with the coda story, "things we'll need for the coming difficulties," a story I thought was the best of the bunch (and yes, this title's always written without initial caps, mimicking the diary where the phrase is first written). This is the story of Shay and Mason, a young couple who have survived some undescribed apocalypse/alternative future meltdown. They have done so because they planned for it—the kind of people we call "kooks" when we see them now—the people with endless supplies locked in their basement, everything they'd need to die of old age in a bunker: medicine, tools, water purifiers, seeds, guns, you name it. In fact, Mason, a carpenter by trade, has built their house into the side of a hill, five feet of earth above them, their door only visible from a certain angle, hidden from the main road. It's not clear at the start of the story how long they've held out so ar, but at one point, it's noted they've not seen another human for over a year. Shay and Mason are solid survivalists, good at what they do.
Early in the story, Vogrin includes a lot of lists, which I inferred to be from Shay's diary (if Shay wrote of herself in third person, anyway). There are the lists of things they'd need, things she'd not want to live without, the kinds of lists these types of people make when they become this type of people. Soon Vogrin takes things deeper, Shay questioning her life choices in these lists, especially that of Mason: Mason's a provider and a builder and the perfect survival partner. But does she love him? Does that matter any more? Shay has all the time to think about these things between farming and canning, Mason often locked in his workroom, building this and that. The story dips into Mason's point of view several times, but on the whole, "things we'll need for the coming difficulties" is Shay's story.
The inciting incident in the piece comes in the form of Wayne, an ex of Shay's from grad school. How did Wayne find them? they both wonder when they've worked hard not to be found. Wayne did, however, as he's survived himself. And he's shown up with a van full of cheese and booze—there's at least a couple of reasons the couple invite Wayne to stay with them, but of course, one really, really good reason not to.
Eventually, the story comes down to the incredibly simple question of what Shay wants. She's so safe with Mason—she can trust him, even if she's not madly in love with him. But is she in love with Wayne? He is exotic (he fakes several accents but is from Puget Sound), passionate (cheese, wine …), and like her, speaks and translates Spanish; they are a good match. Wayne's sudden and bizarre arrival only fuels the scribblings in her notebook on the nature of living, of want and desire.
Vogrin does a nice job with bringing this story to its proper conclusion, which I won't detail here. It's not what I thought would happen, not what I guessed, though I was invested enough in the story to the point I wasn't ever thinking about it. Really great story, though. I loved this piece.
So, my introduction to Valerie Vogrin was a good one. In things we'll need for the coming difficulties, she has the undeniable ability to draw an interesting character and then place her in clever, tense situations, situations her talent as a writer executes with precision and style. So glad I responded to a query about this book as now I know about another talented story writer in our world.
February 6, 2020: "The Mutual UFO Network" by Lee Martin
February 8, 2020: "Halfway House" by Rachel Groves


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Mallika to perform at New Year's bash in LA
Published: Dec 18, 2012, 08:39 IST | Shaheen Parkar
Apparently, Mallika Sherawat is being paid Rs 1.5 crore to perform at a New Year's Eve bash in the US
Mallika Sherawat, who is currently in the US, is performing at a New Year's Eve gala in Los Angeles. The sex siren is apparently being paid R 1.5 crore for her gig to usher in 2013. A constant fixture at various suburban hotels in Mumbai over the years, the Jalebi Bai may be skipping the countdown to another year here, but has not given up on what she has been doing for years on December 31.
Says a source, "Ever since Mallika decided to bring in 2013 in LA, she began getting offers to perform at December 31 galas there. She has chosen to get jiggy at a private bash in LA. She is being paid in dollars that works out to R 1.5 crore in Indian currency. She will perform to a mix of Bollywood and international tracks."
According to B-Town buzz, Mallika earns the highest fees among Hindi film female stars for her New Year extravaganzas. Last year she performed at a hotel at Juhu and was apparently paid R 4 lakh per minute for her half-hour act. She has earlier ushered in the New Year at different hotels in the suburbs for equally astronomical sums.
Adds the source, "She's happy that she got her price even in the US. She has already started planning her act to cater to the international audience. Mallika plans to return to Mumbai by mid-January." There has been constant buzz that she has made LA her base and decided to stay put in the US. Mallika who was seen in Kismet Love Paisa Dilli earlier this year points out, "Nothing can be further from the truth.
I have always maintained that first and foremost I am a Bollywood actress. Today whatever I have achieved is due to Hindi films and I will never give up on them. Such rumours are spread by people who are hellbent on writing my obituary, but to their dismay, I have always bounced back and this is always going to be the case."
Mallika adds, "As an actress, apart from Hindi films, I am always open to work in any film irrespective of language, state or country if a role excites me. I have a couple of good offers both in Hollywood and Bollywood, hence I keep on shuttling between Mumbai and LA. I will be back in Mumbai as the shooting of my next film based on the life of Bhanwari Devi starts in January. I hope that silences wagging tongues."
Buzz is that Bipasha Basu has been roped in to perform at a Dubai-based venue, where she would be dancing to her latest songs. She is said to have been paid double the amount of what she was given last year for her New Year's performance.
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Gulf Consult in association with WS Atkins of the UK were commissioned by the Kuwait Municipality to undertake Stage 2 of the Shuwaikh Area Study – Update of Plans.
Shuwaikh is Kuwait's largest area of non oil related industry and warehousing and additionally, in 1995, was rapidly growing as a retail shopping area. The study involved planning and traffic studies of the area, to test future options for development and physical improvement.
In addition extensive studies were carried out to prepare detailed zoning plans and development plans for implementation for each of the area's seven super blocks. This included an overall phasing program of 20 years, with three phasing periods, each consisting of a series of development packages.
The Project entailed sophisticated traffic modelling and the development of a comprehensive GIS data base.


Manchester City and Arsenal are locked in a two-horse race for Everton Senegalese star Idrissa Gueye.
The defender has been catching the eye at the Merseyside outfit and has been the fabric of Marco Silva's midfield since joining the side from Villa Park in 2015.
Gunners are looking to strengthen their side this better half of the season,and are on hot pursuit for top quality players this term.
Target Gueye has also been linked with a move to join French champions Paris Saint-Germain in recent weeks, who had been tipped favourites to land the 29-year-old.
Manchester City could use him to fill Fernandinho's shoes. The midfielder has been a pounding headache for Pep Guardiola, who is still scouring for his replacement.
Gueye checks well on all sides, but his age has him written off as the best pick as replacement for Brazilian.
Meanwhile, Arsenal are still an unbalanced side, despite starting on the front foot under Unai Emery this season.
Gueye is understood to have handed the club a request to leave after interest poured in from the Ligue One according to Sky Sports, however, Everton have denied such claims and further insisted the injured player will not leave the club.
Arsenal and City will be forced to look elsewhere. The Premier League sides will next face each other this week, during the weekend.


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Places to go, things do Fourth of July doings . . . PARADES: Poison at 11 a.m .; A rtec at 12 p.m.; Charlo at 1 p.m. RODEO: A rtec rodeo grounds , beginning at 2 p.m. Please see this issue*s sports page for more information. POW WOW: Arlee9 s 87th annual celebration. Please see the schedule on the back page. Quarterly Reminder As long as nothing's happening until 2 p.m. at the pow wow July 5, you might as well go to the quarterly Council meeting in Pablo beginning at 9 a.m. Go have lunch there, if nothing else. Better still, go and ask questions.The Council will like that. American Legion post on vacation The Pablo American Legion post won't be conducting any meetings this summer, due to everyone's busy schedules. The meetings will reconvene in September or October. We'll keep you posted. Hydroplane races The Reservation's first-of-the-season - and maybe only hydroplane race, the Copper Cup Regatta, is scheduled for July 13-14, weather permitting. Where9s the Council calendar? Because July's schedule of Tribal Council, board and committee meetings hadn't been approved by presstime, we don't have a calendar for this issue. Instead, here are the numbers you can call to find out who's meeting when: Post and Pole Yard Board - 246-3591 Shoreline Protection Board - 675-2700, ext. 368 Education Committee - 675-2700, ext. 412 Personnel Board - 675-2700, ext. 345 School being finished for the time being, we assume the SKC and TERS boards are on vacation. You can try calling 675-4800 and 246-3598, respectively to find out for sure. The Credit Committee will no doubt continue to meet every Monday in July, as will the Tribal Council, but on most Tuesdays and Fridays. The Fourth of July is a day off for all Tribal, BIA and IHS departments. The next day is a formal day off for the Tribes only. However, although little or no office business will be taking place on the fifth, there will be Council business conducted that day as per the Tribal Constitution in the form of 1985's third quarterly meeting. Finally, if we had a calendar in this space, it would also note that the Arlee pow wow is set for July 3-7, while the Elmo pow wow will be July 19-21 this year. WIC schedule for July MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 1 H o t S p rin g s V o u c h e r s and C e r tific a tio n s 1 0 - 2 : 3 0 p .m .-C a m a s L a n e s R o n a n C e r tific a tio n C lin ic 1 0 : 0 0 - 3 : 3 0 p.m. 2 R o n a n V o u c h e r Pick-up 8 : 3 0 - 1 :0 0 3 H O L ID A Y 4 5 (D A Y O F F ) R o n a n C e r tific a tio n s 8 : 3 0 - 3 : 4 5 p.m. 8 E lm o V o u c h e r s and C e r tific a tio n s 9 : 3 0 - 3 : 0 0 p.m . C o lle g e C e n t e r ? R o n a n V o u c h e r Pick-U p 8 : 3 0 - 3 : 4 5 p.m. IO Poison V o u c h e r s & C e r tific a tio n s 9 : 0 0 - 3 : 3 0 p.m. F la t h e a d L a k e Sr. Ctr. 8 8 3 - 6 8 7 7 12 O F F IC E D AY A r le e C e r tific a tio n C lin ic 9 : 0 0 - 3 : 1 5 p.m. S a c r e d H e a r t C a th o lic C h u r c h B a s e m e n t »5 \(o A r le e V o u c h e r P ick-up 9 : 0 0 - 3 : 4 5 p.m. S a c r e d H e a r t C a th o lic C h u r c h B a s e m e n t R o n a n V o u c h e rs & L a te C linic 8 : 3 0 - 6 : 3 0 p.m. 17 STA T E S IT E V IS IT 18 STA T E S IT E V IS IT 22 St. Ig n a tiu s V o u c h e r P ick-u p 8 : 4 5 - 3 : 4 5 p.m. P H S - 7 4 5 - 2 4 2 2 St. Ig n a tiu s C e r tific a tio n C linic 8 : 4 5 - 3 : 3 0 p.m . P H S - 7 4 5 - 2 4 2 2 23 R o n a n V o u c h e r Pick-up 8 : 3 0 - 3 : 4 5 p.m. 24 25 R o n a n C e r t if ic a t io n C lin ic 8 : 3 0 - 3 : 4 5 p.m . O F F IC E D AY 24 30 31 R o n a n V o u c h e r P ic k  up 8 : 3 0 - 3 : 4 5 p.m . S ta ff In s e r v ic e M O N T H L Y R E P O R T S WIC Certifications and voucher issuance are done by appointment Please call the Ronan office 676-2770 if you need an appointment or are unable to keep a scheduled one. June 27, 1985 CSKTs Char-Koosta News, Pablo, MT. Page 13


Our friends at Copa 90 have produced an excellent, relaxed interview with Dejan Lovren during a 'FIFA & CHILL' session!
The Croat spoke openly about his time at Liverpool and made some hilarious comments about his team-mates. We've embedded the full half an hour interview below, which you can check out in your own time.
"I didn't say anything wrong, of course my haters will always say that…" Lovren replied when asked for clarification on his 'I'm one of the best in the world' comments from back in the summer.
"Sometimes I don't deserve the hate.
"If you look, Ramos has many more mistakes than me. But he's at Real Madrid, he does a mistake, you win 5-1, 5-2, nobody sees the mistake.
Ramos is a nasty piece of work – but unlike Lovren – we do think he's an elite defender and a born winner.
Lovren excelled at the end of last season for Liverpool and in the summer for Croatia, with his country almost securing World Cup glory.
This season though he's been unable to establish himself in the team yet – largely due to the form of Joe Gomez.
The English defender has been exemplary and his relationship with Virgil van Dijk particularly impressive. Lovren also looks good next to the Dutchman, so it'll be interesting to see who Jurgen Klopp goes for on Saturday away to Arsenal.


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Flavour of the Week
These industry success stories should either motivate you to do better or make you sad enough to head to the pub earlier than usual. We'd take either option, to be honest.
Outrigger Enterprises Group welcomes Brad Logsdon to their Sales Team
Outrigger Enterprises Group is pleased to announce Brad Logsdon as area director of sales and marketing for the Outrigger Waikiki Beach Resort. Logsdon is responsible for maximizing overall hotel revenue market share and optimizing profit returns for all markets.
Most recently director of sales and marketing for Marriot (Starwood) Hotels & Resorts, Waikiki Complex, Logsdon held the same position at Moana Surfrider, A Westin Resort & Spa; Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort; Hilton Anaheim; and Hilton Orange County/Costa Mesa.
His earlier and extensive sales and marketing management experience includes Hilton and Doubletree Hotels – Seattle Airport; Tamarron Hilton Resort – Durango; San Diego Hilton Beach & Tennis Resort; and Hilton Sales Worldwide – San Francisco.
A graduate of El Camino College in Los Angeles, Logsdon currently sits on the board for the Arthritis Foundation, Hawaii, and is a past club president for Rotary International.
Helloworld Travel Limited announces new national sales manager
Helloworld Travel Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Nathaly Naughton to the position of national sales manager – Helloworld Travel Branded Network, based in Sydney.
Naughton has extensive experience as a high achieving global sales leader, with tour operator and agency experience, and was most recently director of sales at Contiki Holidays in Sydney. With a career in the industry spanning 14 years, Naughton has previously worked inkey sales roles at STA from branch sales manager to general manager across the UK, South African and Australian markets.
"I am delighted to be joining Helloworld Travel at this exciting time as the business thrives under its current leadership. I look forward to working closely with the Helloworld team and members to drive sales and ensure continued success," she said.
Naughton commences on September 19 and will be based in the Helloworld Travel Limited office in North Sydney. This role was recently vacated by Lynda Wallace who was successfully appointed to a new role within the Helloworld Travel Retail division, as national manager network development.
New leader takes over the reigns for FCM in Victoria
The FCM Travel Solutions' Melbourne team has welcomed Ryan Mitchell, their new state leader to the role of regional general manager for Victoria. The position will oversee FCM's operational teams in Victoria and has a particular focus on service delivery and development. Mitchell will also be working closely with FCM's Victorian account management and sales teams.
Mitchell takes on the role after six years working in business development and leadership roles with Corporate Traveller, Flight Centre Travel Group's SME business travel provider. He is based in FCM's St Kilda Road office in Melbourne.
Mitchell said he was "looking forward to building on FCM's operational services in Victoria and would be looking at aspects such as customer satisfaction, staff training and customer focused strategies that would enhance the day to day services offered by FCM in Victoria".
"FCM Travel Solutions has many opportunities for growth in Victoria," he said.
Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour appoints new director of sales and marketing
Gavin Maloney has joined Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour as the director of sales and marketing. Maloney brings extensive international experience to the role at Sydney's high-profile, five-star property having worked for several leading luxury hotel brands across four continents, often in uniquely challenging conditions and highly competitive markets.
Maloney's hotel experience has taken him from an early food and beverage career, to managing a portfolio of 23 luxury hotels and spas throughout 11 countries in Europe in his role as regional sales director for Starwood Hotels & Resorts which includes highly renowned brands such as W and St Regis.
His hospitality career has taken him from Australia to Asia, the Middle East and Europe and includes three and a half years as director of sales and marketing for Westin and Le Meridien Mina Seyahi, Resort and Marina Dubai; director of sales and marketing for Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok, for three years; director of sales and marketing at Sheraton Pattaya Resort (now Intercontinental Pattaya Resort) for two and a half years; and global account manager for Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Sydney, for 18 months.
At the Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour, Maloney will be responsible for all sales and marketing activities, developing and implementing rate and occupancy strategies, and driving brand performance and identity, partnerships and commercial affiliations.
Outrigger Enterprises Group welcomes Michelle Wee to their Sales Team
Outrigger Enterprises Group is pleased to announce Michelle Wee as senior sales manager for OHANA Hotels by Outrigger.
Wee is responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive sales and marketing strategy and related plans to maximize market share, revenue, and occupancy growth for OHANA Hotels by Outrigger.
Formerly resort sales manager for The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Waikiki Beach, Wee's hospitality career also includes sales manager for Highgate Hotels – The Pacific Beach Hotel; guest services manager at The Royal Hawaiian, A Luxury Collection Resort; and assistant front office manager at Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel. Her early industry experience encompasses all aspects of operations.
With a bachelor's from Hawaii Pacific University in marketing management with a minor in travel industry management, Wee also holds a diploma in marketing management from Oklahoma University in collaboration with Management Development Institute of Singapore in Singapore.
AccorHotels announces new general manager appointments in Australia
Michelle Bradshaw has been appointed General Manager, ibis/Novotel Little Lonsdale Street. The two new-build hotels are expected to open in late 2018. Michelle started with AccorHotels in 2005 and she joined the Accor Vivier National Management Trainee (now AELP) in 2008. After graduating from her traineeship, Michelle joined Novotel Melbourne Glen Waverley as Food & Beverage Manager, and later moved to Sydney as Hotel Operations Manager at Novotel and Ibis Sydney Olympic Park.
Ana Royal has been appointed Hotel Manager, ibis Styles Tamworth. Ana started with AccorHotels in 2006 as a Receptionist at Mercure Wellington, before taking a break and re-joining AccorHotels in 2008 at ibis Wellington. Ana became Front Office Manager in 2014 at ibis Adelaide, then moved into an Operations Manager role at ibis Melbourne Hotel & Apartments in 2015. Ana's most recent position is Operations Manager at ibis Styles Hobart.
Ashan Abeykoon has been appointed General Manager, ibis Budget Melbourne CBD. Ashan has been with AccorHotels since 2003, starting at Mercure Melbourne Spring Street in Front Office. Ashan has previously held Front Office management positions at both ibis Melbourne and The Grand Hotel Melbourne, before moving into Food & Beverage in 2010, as the Assistant Food & Beverage Manager at Mercure Melbourne Spring Street. From 2016, Ashan assumed the role of Operations Manager at Novotel Wollongong.
Rebecca Davis has been appointed General Manager, ibis Styles Geraldton. Rebecca started with AccorHotels in 2008 on the Accor Graduate Management Program at Novotel Sydney on Darling Harbour, where she held numerous supervisory roles in Front Office, Food & Beverage and Housekeeping. In 2010, Rebecca moved to Canberra as Assistant Manager at Novotel Canberra and in 2011, she moved over to Front Office as Assistant Front Office Manager before being promoted to Front Office Manager in 2013.
NEXT Hotels & Resorts are on the move
Next Hotels & Resorts have appointed senior roles across the group in a commitment to continuing growth in Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane and establishing a co-managerial team in Newcastle.
With the departure of general manager, Marcus Dudley, from Sage Hotel Ringwood, Next has appointed James Coleman to the role. Next Hotel Brisbane's general manager, Justin McConnell, who joined the group in February 2017, has now relocated to Adelaide to step into the general manager role for both properties. As a result, a newly created position as area general manager has seen Craig Syphers appointed to oversee the Queensland assets of Next Hotel Brisbane and Sage Hotel James St located in Fortitude Valley.
Syphers will support the existing general manager, Alice Sampson and joins Next Hotels & Resorts with over three decades of experience covering all aspects of hospitality moving through the ranks of food and beverage, numerous conference and sales positions and leading to six general management roles with the most recent representing the Pan Pacific and Park Royal Brands in Singapore.
Chifley Apartments in Newcastle will also now be co-managed by Jason Morrow and Lauren Scott. They will share the responsibilities of a general manager role, whilst living on-site and overseeing the property 24/7.
Middleton, Manning & Company appointed to represent The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort
Middleton, Manning & Company is now representing The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort, the forthcoming debut of Westin Hotels & Resorts in the Republic of Maldives opening in October, 2018. The Resort is set to herald the Westin brand's wellness positioning in the Maldivian oasis and we look forward to sharing all of its stunning features over the coming months!
Nestled on a beautiful coral island in the Baa Atoll, a designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserve site, The Westin Maldives Miriandhoo Resort will feature 70 villas and suites, 41 on island and 29 overwater. Poised over the sea on stilts and with an area of almost 200 square meters each, the overwater suites are amongst the largest a resort has to offer in the Baa Atoll region.
Assembled by award-winning Milan-based architects PEIA Associati, the resort's design takes inspiration from the ocean with a visionary approach towards environmental sustainability.
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FREE FOOD: Flavours of Macao to hit Aussie streets
Hotel Wrap: Nominate a mate for a Club Med holiday, QT Hotels launches dog stays + MORE
This week's Hotel Wrap is all about spoiling yourself and your clients with a host of deals, competitions and doggie stays.
Santa braves Sydney smoke haze to abseil down hotel and deliver early Christmas presents
Meanwhile, Travel Weekly's editor will brave Sydney's smoke haze to scale Sydney Harbour Bridge later today, dressed as Ebenezer Scrooge.
Hotel wrap: Lucky Tassies zipped interstate by Accor, Hilton NT achieves at Hospitality Awards + more!
Just to make you feel even worse about the cold weather, Travel Weekly hand-picked a host of tropical hotel news for this week's wrap, topped with a sprinkling of hospitality deals.


50% off ALL Non-Rare Books!
GOHD Books will be having a MOVING OUT SALE with all the non-rare books at 50% off! The sale will be held this and next weekend, 1-7pm each day. Dates: 31 March, 1st April, 7 April, 8 April 2012 Time: 1-7pm CASH ONLY. Discounts do not apply to online purchases.
Book Launch @ GOHD Books: The Lion and I by Ariana S.K.
Dear everybody, GOHD Books is happy to announce the commencement of new Beginner's Greek and Beginner's Latin courses. We've also started a new series of lectures entitled Introduction to the Classics, covering Ancient Greece & Rome, Ancient India, and the Narrative Arts of Indonesia.
Alright. So I realise it's not exactly in a bookseller's interest to discourage someone from reading a book you're trying to sell, but I can't help it. I really dislike I Love You More Than You Know by Jonathan Ames because it's, well, boring.


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. LEROY CLYDE WILLIAMS, Defendant.
This case is before the court on defendant's motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Doc. 71) and the government's motion to dismiss (Doc. 79.) Defendant claims that the sentence enhancement based on his career offender status under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.1, is unconstitutional in light of Johnson v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 2551 (2015). For the reasons set forth below, this court dismisses defendant's motion and grants the government's motion.
The United States Supreme Court in Beckles v. United States, 137 S. Ct. 886, 890 (2017), held that the residual clause under U.S.S.G. § 4B1.2(a)(2)—"defining a 'crime of violence' as an offense that 'involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another'"—was not unconstitutional. Beckles, 137 S. Ct. at 890 (holding that the advisory sentencing guidelines are not subject to vagueness challenges under the due process clause). Beckles abrogated the Tenth Circuit's decision in United States v. Madrid, 805 F.3d 1204, 1210 (10th Cir. 2015). Beckles, 137 S. Ct. at 886. Consequently, the court finds that no new rule or constitutional law provides defendant an avenue for relief.
A certificate of appealability is not warranted in this case because reasonable jurists could not debate whether "the petition should have been resolved in a different manner or that the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further." Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) (internal citation omitted).
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendant's motion to vacate sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Doc. 71) is dismissed.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that government's motion to dismiss (Doc. 79) is granted.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the court will not issue a certificate of appealability in this case.
Dated this 22nd day of May, 2017, at Kansas City, Kansas.


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This entry was posted on 12 December 2014, in PERSONAL LIFE POSTS and tagged life in new zealand, vlogs.
For a while I was not sure about publishing my vlogs, because of 'too boring'. In the first place they were intended just for family. It's not more than a peek into my daily life in New Zealand.
My first vlogs were edited quite clumsy with too much and too long shots. In the first minutes I even made the classic mistake of keeping my smartphone upwards.
Sorry for that. It will get better.
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It was out with the skins for some exercise, up Petit Col to the top of the Chaudannes, I was quite pleased with the 48 minutes that it took. The picture shows the conditions at the top. It wasn't as bad as it appears, but you can see Lac du Chevril is frozen over and covered in snow. They have virtually emptied the lake, presumably to take advantage of all the meltwater when spring arrives. Even though January was one of the warmest (and snowiest) on record it has still frozen as it is not very deep.
The light moderate snow will continue on and off through the night and into tomorrow. What will change is the temperature, today was mild, tomorrow will be a good 8 or 9 degrees cooler – wrap up warm folks. We may see the sun peep out from the clouds in the late afternoon. The skies will clear through the evening to leave a very cold night (into diesel waxing territory if you are in an outside car park) and Tuesday morning looks like being sunny bright and cold. A few clouds will build up in the afternoon. Wednesday looks OK, sunny in the morning with a milky sky in the afternoon ahead of a lot of cloud overnight into Thursday which looks like being windy and snowy with the odd glimpse of the sun. The actual passage of the weather fronts keeps varying so expect the snow amounts to fluctuate on the apps. One of the forecasting systems is showing a lot of snow for next weekend, confidence is not high so no need to worry yet but do follow the forecast and have a Friday escape in the back of your mind!


Following a sold-out run in 2017, and ahead of a national tour, Oladipo Agboluaje's smash-hit comedy returns to Arcola for three weeks only.
'Packed with killer lines and comic characters' (Exeunt), this new play from the winner of the Alfred Fagon Award for playwriting is a timely satire on the state of populism in our politics.
Patrice Naiambana (The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives) returns as the rabble-rousing Greatness Ogholi in Rosamunde Hutt's acclaimed production.
As time runs out to build a coalition, can Greatness win power without losing his integrity? Could this be the beginning of a new Nigeria?
Join Oladipo Agboluaje, award winning Hackney-born Nigerian writer of New Nigerians and recently appointed Writer in Residence at the National Theatre, in conversation with Professor Osita Okagbue of the Theatre and Performance Department of Goldsmiths, award-winning playwright and screenwriter Ade Solanke, and Welcome to Lagos novelist Chibundu Onuzo on African theatre and the richness of contemporary Nigerian writing.
With Patrice Naiambana and other members of the company.


Was it really all worth it, to be a big shot?
Friends don't lie. Oh, but they do, about everything. Even the secrets you tell them not to tell, they run as fast as they can to tell everyone. Everyone, except me. I was the quiet one, the one you could actually tell a secret to, and not have to worry. I promised you I would go to my grave with them. And that's exactly what I did.
It was 1939. School was out for the summer, and the children in the neighborhood gathered together for some games. One boy, we'll call him James, was always the bully. He made sure the smaller kids ran away. He said he didn't want any babies playing with him. I was one of those babies. But I never ran. I think he admired me for that. I stood up to him. But on this particular day, he fought back. Chasing me around the old farmer's plantation, screaming and cursing at me, I continued to run around in circles. He couldn't find me. I had hidden myself behind a haystack. Finally giving up, he ran back to the others.
I couldn't see them but I could hear them. They were laughing. I didn't know at what, but I found out soon enough. James made up lies about me. He said I was really a girl and he made me show him my girl parts, and made me do disgusting things with him. I'm not a girl, and I never showed or did anything. How could he spread lies about me this way? And then my whole world crumbled.
I overheard Danny telling them a story about me, one he'd promised me he'd never tell. I could feel my face redden and was grateful no one could see me behind this mound of hay. I thought Danny was my best friend. A year older than I was, he usually protected me from being bullied. I was the smallest of the group, not yet dealing with a growth spurt. And my voice squeaked from time to time. It made me a target, especially for James. Something very different happened on this day. Danny was laughing with all of them. He wasn't defending me, he was ridiculing me. How did I know? I knew his voice better than I knew my own. I slowly came out from behind the haystack and stood there, waiting for them to see me, waiting for Danny to tell me it was all joke.
When they realized I was standing there, they ran at me, like a wild pack of wolves, hungry for their prey. I didn't move. To be honest, I was scared to death. I let them tackle me, pound me into the ground, until the light faded and I no longer heard them. I can only imagine they left me there, just walked away. I wanted to know if Danny went with them, or if he stayed to make sure I was okay. But I wasn't okay. I heard the sirens, and felt a rush of hands lifting me onto a gurney, pushing against me, and I could hear them, calling my name. I answered, but they didn't hear me.
I never awakened that day. I'm just a lost soul, wandering, waiting to find my entrance into the hereafter. No one knew what really happened to me. The group of boys who killed me, walked away without even a slap on the hand. Why, you might ask? Because no one ever found out who did it. When the police questioned them, they lied. They blamed it on old farmer Bob. After all, I was on his land, and no one was allowed to trespass without consequence.
he then becomes the bully.
Where is the love? Isn't that what the wedding industry is all about? Couples, pledging their love and life together. How come this same concept doesn't hold true for the people who help bring this event to fruition, aka the wedding vendors? If you think the nasty and negative comments you leave on different social media outlets can't be seen by potential clients, you couldn't be more wrong. Word of mouth is huge in the wedding industry.
It's a new year and in the past 7 days I have seen more bickering and bullying by wedding vendors, to and about other vendors, their so-called peers, than ever before. This is part of the reason I left the industry. However, just because I left doesn't mean I'm not paying attention to what's happening. I just have a different perspective. I'm no longer the vendor, now I'm the client. What I am seeing is other vendors posting about how disgusted they are that this is even happening. Is it really necessary to be so rude to someone who may be asking for advice on a particular subject? Ridicule does not belong in an industry based on love. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone associated with weddings. If you're doing well, there really is no reason to tread on the those who are just starting to make a name for themselves. It's easy to step on toes, until someone steps back.
Bully – n; A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
Consider how you would feel coming into any industry without the knowledge of those who have been in it for years. I'm sure some of you were lucky enough to find a mentor. Pay it forward. Instead of stomping on someone's dream, help make it a reality.
No one likes a bully. Unless you want your good name associated with the term, you might want to consider your words before actually saying them.


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Le tournoi comprend 16 joueuses dont 8 têtes de série.

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Videos on view as part of Collecting Art of Asia Ketcham Gallery on the third floor of the Museum features a selection of video works by Asian artists. The Museum began to collect video and new media art in recent years, and its holdings are small but growing. The first video-based work acquired by SCMA was Internet Dweller: btjm.twelve.jhgd. (1997) by the internationally renowned Korean artist Nam June Paik, who was a pioneer of the medium. (This sculptural assemblage is on view on the lower level gallery as part of Collecting Art of Asia.)
Videos screened during the exhibition include works by Cao Fei and Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook. The Birth of RMB City, by the young Chinese artist Cao Fei, is an animated video that shows the construction of a virtual city on the interactive internet platform Second Life. It is the first purchase of the Museum's recently established Contemporary Associates group, whose membership dues are used annually to acquire a work of contemporary art for the collection in new media and photography. In Village and Elsewhere Thai artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook documents a Buddhist priest leading a discussion with village school children of very different works of Western art by Jeff Koons and Artemisia Gentileschi.
Videos will be shown in rotation.
Image: Cao Fei. Born China, 1978 (with Vitamin Creative Space). The Birth of RMB City, 2009. Single-channel color video with sound, duration: 10.5 minutes. Edition 4/10. Purchased with funds from the Contemporary Associates.


It's safe to say that Wrong Ways Down is the best thing that happened to urban fantasy in a very long time. With this long-awaited, anxiously anticipated and rather longish novella told from Terrible's POV, Stacia Kane gave her readers exactly what they desperately needed – a glimpse into the complicated psyche of a well-beloved character.
If you know anything about Stacia's books, you might have noticed that she doesn't have almost-fans or lukewarm readers. People either hate or love her books, but for those who have loved the previous five novels, Wrong Ways Down will seem like a gift fallen from the sky. Not only do we get to see the inner workings of Terrible's mind, but we get to see Chess through his eyes: a beautiful, confident and well-put-together version of her.
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I was always painfully aware of Terrible's insecurities, although it's easy enough to forget them while seeing his strength through Chess's eyes. In Wrong Ways Down, Stacia Kane brings them all skillfully to light, thus giving a new and much needed dimension to a well-loved character. Suddenly, Terrible doesn't seem neither untouchable nor invincible. He is as vulnerable as you and me, but all the better for it.
And when he was doing it, using his fists, his whole body... he felt right. Like his body did the thinking he mind couldn't seem to get, and when he was fighting he thought faster than anyone else. If fists were brains he was the smartest dude in the city, and he couldn't help how that made him feel good.
Terrible's POV means that Downspeech is heavier than ever. Chess's education is evident in her narration, as is Terrible's lack of one. Stacia proved herself as a writer a hundred times over even before this novella, but for this, she should get a standing ovation. Everything about Terrible's language was consistent and well-thought-out and Kane's attention to details. I hope someone someday will write a paper about it, purely from a grammatical standpoint.
I realize $4 seems like a lot for a novella (that's the EU price, I'm not sure about US), but Wrong Ways Down is actually the length of a short novel, and brilliant to boot, so trust me when I say it's money well spent. In addition, I don't often see a self published work that is so well edited and has such a wonderful, non-generic cover.
I don't think I've heard about this series before, but with your review you just made me want to read it! Adding it to the TBR list now!
Ahhhhhhh! I NEED THIS IMMEDIATELY MAJA! I absolutely adore this series but I will admit I lost track of it for a while. I've read through book 3 but need to read the others and of course this novella. I love Terrible something fierce and am utterly fascinated by the way he talks, so I'm excited to spend time in his head. WOO HOO!
I agree completely, Maja! I absolutely ADORED this one and it was so very perfect. I think one of its strongest qualities for me was that Terrible understood Chess on such a deep level - a level that I only began to glean insight into with the fourth and fifth books. And yet, this is in-between the first and second novel and Terrible already knows her so well. It really sheds so much more light on the kind of person he is and although I didn't think I could love him anymore, I now totally do. Lovely review, dearest - I must get around to reviewing this soon!
You're killing me, Maja! Now I'm salivating over another UF. I blame you for turning this solid vanilla queen into a rabid UF lover!
I can't decide whether to take the plunge or not. I have read the love and dislike reviews for this series and am worried the dark and gritty might be too much for me. I don't ever see five stars for novellas from you so this must be a good one!
Wow! Usually you don't get such high praise for a novella. It is pricey (same in the US) but I do think I'll wait. Mostly because I have the first 3 and haven't read them yet. :) You have added this one to the wishlist though.
Hmm, I think I need to pick up book one and it is so refreshing to hear about a good novella, lately they have been meh! Thanks for sharing this Maja..you have been adding to my reading pile all week!
I haven't read this series just yet, but I have heard amazing things and your review has me anxious to get started!
It's not often that I see 5 stars awarded to a novella! I still need to read the first book in this series, but you already have me more than convinced about Terrible's character. I'm glad that this novella introduced you to a new side of him. Great review as always!
I haven't heard of this series until reading your review today - but Terrible sounds like a very well-developed character. I have to agree with Sam, it's rare to see 5 stars awarded to a novella! Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE this series but I am unforgivably behind on it. Reading this review makes me anxious to pick it back up again and get lost in the world of Downside. Have you listened to any of these as an audio book? I love hearing how the narrator does the Downspeak.
Oh Gods! I so need to get caught up so I can purchase and read this one! I sooooo need to get back to Chess and Terrible. *sigh* I miss them! :D Thank you!


Master studies at the Faculty of Arts and Design aims to develop the process of learning, as well as the development of artistic skills of students through the creation and presentation of the Master work. Research and artistic skills are developed with the help of mentors through lectures, workshops, study tours and various forms of presentations.
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Eberhard Hauschildt (* 22. Juli 1958 in Kiel) ist ein evangelischer Hochschullehrer für Praktische Theologie an der Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

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Nach dem Studium (1977–1984) der evangelischen Theologie in Bethel (1977–1978), Tübingen (1978–1980), USA (Yellow Springs und Gem City, 1980–1981) und Kiel (1982–1984) und dem Gemeindepraktikum 1981 (5 Monate) in Los Angeles legte er 1984 das erste theologische Examen bei der Nordelbischen Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche ab. Während des Promotionsstudiums (1984–1987) war er wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (volle Stelle) am Institut für Praktische Theologie, Lehrstuhl Wolfgang Steck, München. Nach der Promotion 1987 mit einer Arbeit über Rudolf Bultmanns Predigten (1988 ausgezeichnet mit dem Förderpreis der Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der Universität München) absolvierte er von 1987 bis 1989 das Vikariat in München bei der Evangelisch-Lutherischen Kirche in Bayern. Nach dem zweiten theologischen Examen 1989 war er von 1989 bis 1994 wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl Steck. Die Ordination zum Pfarrer erfolgte 1991. Nach der Habilitation 1994 mit einer Arbeit über Alltagsseelsorge war er von 1994 bis 1997 Oberassistent und Privatdozent in München. Seit 1997 lehrt er als Professor für Praktische Theologie (Seelsorge, Diakonie und Gemeindeaufbau) an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Bonn.

Hauschild ist verheiratet mit einer Äthiopierin äthiopisch-orthodoxer Konfession und Vater von drei Kindern.

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Hochschullehrer (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
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"Warm fudge and peanut butter make for a sweet, scoopable cake straight from the slow cooker. This is great served over vanilla ice cream, too!"
Whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl. Whisk together peanut butter, sour cream, butter, and boiling water in a large bowl (mixture will be very thick). Stir flour mixture into peanut butter mixture until fully combined, then stir in chocolate chips.
Generously coat a 6-quart oval slow cooker with cooking spray. Spread batter evenly in slow cooker.
Whisk together white sugar, cocoa powder, milk, and vanilla in a small bowl until smooth. Pour over batter.
Cover and cook on High until sides of cake begin to pull away from ceramic liner and appear solid (the center will still be soft), 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
"Fudge cake" is an appropriate name for this recipe as it gets cakey around the sides and fudgey in the middle, which I loved! Amazing with ice cream!
This cooked a lot faster than the recipe called for and was really not cake-like. I'm sorry, but it was just sort of blah to us.
May have been cooked too long. It was good with ice cream.
Super Rich. Lots of vanilla ice cream is a must to balance the richness. Easy to make and yummy! I think I'd make it with creamy peanut butter next time. Cooked for right about 1 1/2 hours.
I may have cooked it about 5 minutes too long! Flavor was great, great with butter pecan ice cream.
Good but "runny in the center"; wasn't cooked.


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The governor, for the time being, shall be commander-in-chief of the militia, appoint and commission all officers in the same below the rank of general officers; all general officers shall be appointed and commissioned by Congress.
Previous to the organization of the general assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same: After the general assembly shall be organized, the powers and duties of the magistrates and other civil officers shall be regulated and defined by the said assembly; but all magistrates and other civil officers not herein otherwise directed, shall, during the continuance of this temporary government, be appointed by the governor.
For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process, criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require, to lay out the parts of the district in which the Indian titles shall have been extinguished, into counties and townships, subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature.
Provided, also, That a freehold in fifty acres of land in the district, having been a citizen of one of the states, and being resident in the district, or the like freehold and two years residence in the district, shall be necessary to qualify a man as an elector of a representative.
The governor, judges, legislative council, secretary, and such other officers as Congress shall appoint in the district, shall take an oath or affirmation of fidelity and of office; the governor before the president of congress, and all other officers before the Governor. As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to Congress, who shall have a seat in Congress, with a right of debating but not of voting during this temporary government.
ART. 2. The inhabitants of the said territory shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature; and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law. All persons shall be bailable, unless for capital offenses, where the proof shall be evident or the presumption great. All fines shall be moderate; and no cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted. No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land; and, should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preser-vation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same. And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud, previously formed.
ART. 3. Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and, in their property, rights, and liberty, they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity, shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them. . . .
ART. 5. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three nor more than five States. . . . And, whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government: Provided, the constitution and government so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles; and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.