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It has been only a week since my interview for survival. My mood has fluctuated in the aftermath to what I thought was a pretty average interview by myself. Within the coming week, I'll be served some sort of reality - maybe good maybe bad.
One of my friends/erstwhile competitors was philosophical about my criticism that our managers have higher managerial expectations of us than they have of themselves when it comes to change management. He said that we are all managers and need to be able to cope with more able subordinates. True - I'm out qualified by two of my subordinates. Well said, I guess, but it is hard to discern any technique or strategy that has been used to demote three of your most talented managers, and address the ripple effect down the chain. But it can be the worse, right? One has to ask, how would Chairman Mao manage? (HWCMM?)
You might wonder why I'd even raise the fellow apart from this whole being-in-China thing. I've just finished Peter Hessler's two books River Town and Oracle Bones, lovely books that enrich the whole experience of being in China - to hear a voice that is insightful into the, dare I say it, Chinese mind. Mao is always there in the background. Mao is the baggage for a heck of a lot of Chinese people. Mao could manage a revolution! (Though perhaps not a country nor an economy.) And in some ways the new managers are handling a revolution.
Chairman Mao, according to Deng Xiaoping (his successor), was 70% right and 30% wrong, which is a nice way to cover for rather efficient mismanagement. He could run a good revolution - he declared the People's Republic on 1 October 1949 after all. But from that point on made management decisions that led to tens of millions of deaths. He would surely run the company into the ground. But management, especially of a large overpopulated poor nation, is hardly an easy thing. It's a modern fascination to wonder how people of the past would do in the present. We'd all want to know if Aristotle would handle the credit crisis with aplomb, or whether Napoleon would have been a great stock market trader. But my job is important to me so I want to imagine what Mao would do in the hot seat of my company.
So HWCMM? Well, the biggest thing is his dedication to a dogma: Mao hated even the notion of a class structure, of anything beyond the enforced egalitarian of the masses, those who were not class enemies or the communist upper tier. Perhaps Mao would flatten out the structure all together. We are a school and a school should just have teachers, plowing fields and fields of fertile minds. Make it simple: just have your farmers tilling - reduce the "upper class" of management (well, perhaps just the middle level) and occupy them with labour so that there is no chance of revolt. Er, well maybe he's still holding his own with this crowd. It is the way we're going...
Probably the aspect of the interview for my position that annoyed me the most is the difference between expectations and reality. It had happened before. We have been told that we have moved to a Competency Model. This is where every job should have its strengths which candidates are measured by. Sounded good. I entered my first interview with the faulty impression it applied to interviews. It wasn't the case. It wasn't surprising that it was a case for the most recent interview. I still prepared to show my worth under each of the competencies - but it wasn't required. They ask you questions from oblique angles to test out your reasoning - they did that even though they didn't have a thorough understanding of your past or present. I reflected with another friend/erstwhile competitor afterward that we both didn't say our biggest achievements because we were driven away from answering meaningfully by a style of questioning that rarely went near covering the stated competencies. It often was looking for our basic philosophies - which is good but the philosophy they were looking for wasn't stated. Do you conform with the thinking that we haven't told you about. My philosophical friend/erstwhile competitor took it as testing our ability to think, and if we were creative we could pull in our particular achievements.
But this all is speculation, what is more important is HWCMM? Well, the chairman was big on basic philosophy, too. Philosophy was the root of the problem. (But is it a problem?) Even your background may lead you astray. Ability can be misled by philosophy after all so we should evaluate whether people abide by the dogma of the Party. It makes it simpler after all. So, er, well comparing how he managed and the way the interview was run, I can see some similarities... I think he'd like the whole "tell them one thing and then attack them contrary to their expectations" strategy. Reminiscent of the Hundred Flowers campaign.
Maybe Mao wouldn't do a bad job after all... It might be a bit hasty to say that he'd run a company into the ground any faster or slower.
I should really drop this negativity. It isn't doing me any good than amusing me and driving me onto the recruitment websites? I just want the final decision out in the open so I can properly adjust and think what I really want. If I'm demoted, can I deal with a year without solid aspiration? It'd give me time to get qualified to diploma level. I can manage a school now in my sleep. (I'm not prone to boasting but I'm doing terrificly well right now with my school.) It's true that I'm still learning but I can stay in this school forever and my learning is only getting less and less.
I'm an innate optimist though. The thing that breaks me out of my negativity is currently the prospect of being one of the two left standing. It'd be mighty interesting. I do want it. It might be twice the work for the same money. But it'd be well earned money. Growth money. I would love the challenge. Just let me have the challenge. Please. All is forgiven. Mao. Whatever your name would be. I shall serve thee, the party and the company, and shan't make splashy wave-making arm movements apropos your leadership.
I should just work this out at the gym. Warm up. Work out. Cool down. Then and only then is it real.
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Wednesday, July 04, 2012
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2 comments:
- Edwin said...
Well as you said, chairman Mao is good at managing revolutions. ie. uniting people to fight against a common enemy. At first the enemy was the Nationalists, when they are gone, he had no clue of how to manage a peaceful society and allow it to thrive. A wise person would have acknowledged the fact and stepped down, allow others to take things over (George Washington comes to mind).
But...oh well, he loved being in power too much, so he then went on to create more common enemies, and does what he knew how to do best, inspire people to fight against them.
So I guess my point is, if you really want to practice HWCMM, then perhaps you are missing one key element: common enemies.
I don't think it's your nature to play that game though :) Otherwise you'd be reading books like 'The Prince' by Niccolo Machiavelli or its Chinese equal 'Thick Black Theory'.
- 11:01 am
- Crypticity said...
Well, my focus was more on selecting the action our management and comparing with Mao and not vice versa. But I get your point. You'd love to hear of a management team who'd say: we've now got everyone in the right place doing the right thing. We're all demoting ourselves to the rank of teachers and doing what we love, shoulder to shoulder.
Business does revolve around the idea of eternal revolution. Management's job is never finished.
- 12:38 pm


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I went on a work trip this weekend and was seated next to two ladies on the plane who both worked for a Christian college ministry. "Are you a Christian?" the lady in the middle seat asked. This was it. Two strangers who I will never see again. I can tell them I'm an atheist...or at least not a Christian.
And I didn't.
"Yeah," I replied. "I'm a Christian."
Why didn't I tell the truth? Because I didn't want to be confrontational. I didn't want to explain myself to strangers. I didn't want them to preach at me. Because it was easier to just say yes and move on with the conversation, avoiding any awkwardness.
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Cassegrain will deliver its debut album of "rugged, challenging sonics" via Prologue this fall. The Berlin-based duo of Alex Tsiridis and Hüseyin Evirgen has released five EPs through the Munich label since 2012, including the recent Blood Distributed as Pure Colour, in addition to a handful of collaborative 12"s with Tin Man for Killekill. The forthcoming Centres of Distraction LP reportedly takes its cues from "the classic '90s electronic album format," spanning "a wide range of tempos and genres." The record also includes a guest appearance from cellist Nikos Veliotis, who has featured as part of Mohammad for the PAN label, and in Trance 95 on Minimal Wave.
Centres of Distraction is officially due out on November 17 in triple-LP and digital formats, and we've included the album's artwork and tracklist below.
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Three exciting perspectives on life in restaurants: Naomi Pomeroy, a self-taught chef and chef/owner at Portland's Beast and Expatriate, with her cookbook Taste and Technique; Stephanie Danler, author of the bestselling novel Sweetbitter, the story of twenty-two-year-old Tess's introduction to New York City as a server of appetite; and Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton with Knives & Ink, illustrated stories of chef's tattoos. Moderated by Liz Crain (The Food Lover's Guide to Portland).
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During Tuesday evening's Republican presidential debate, moderator Wolf Blitzer asked Donald Trump about his comments that the United States should cut the Islamic State off from the Internet as a way to fight and weaken the extremist militant group. "You recently suggested closing that Internet up," Blitzer said. "Are you referring to closing down actual portions of the Internet?" As a matter of fact, he is!
"ISIS is recruiting through the Internet. ISIS is using the Internet better than we are using the Internet, and it was our idea. … I don't want them using our Internet," Trump said.
OK, couple of things here. First of all, it's a bizarre and irrelevant characterization to say that ISIS is using the Internet "better" than the United States. The group seems to use digital services to coordinate, keep in touch, share information—pretty much the usual for anyone with Internet access. Second of all, though the Internet was invented in the United States, it is not owned or operated by any one country, and the U.S. has been working to solidify this multistakeholder governance by transitioning out of its previous role in dispensing domain names.
Trump went on to say, "We should be able to penetrate the Internet and find out exactly where ISIS is and everything about ISIS. We can do that if we use our good people. … Now, you could close [the Internet]. What I like even better than that is getting our smartest and getting our best to infiltrate their Internet so that we know exactly where they're going. Exactly where they're going to be. I like that better."*
He might like it better, but it doesn't make any sense. The idea that U.S. intelligence agencies aren't already doing extensive digital surveillance on ISIS is just silly. The candidates seem to be confused about the encryption debate (over whether governments should have backdoor access into encrypted data). Though there are limitations on how much data international spy agencies can access if ISIS members (or people in general) are careful about anonymity and using encryption, the agencies can still identify ISIS networks and access lots of unencrypted or weakly encrypted communication.
And beyond that, if the U.S. did cut ISIS off from the Internet or create a so-called splinternet in which certain regions are ousted from a main network, ISIS would be forced to begin using digital communication in ways that could be even harder to surveil.
When asked whether he thinks "shutting down any part of the Internet [is] a good idea," Ohio Gov. John Kasich said, "No. I don't think it is." So that's something.
Read more of Slate's coverage of the GOP primary.
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An Eco-Code is more like an Environmental Policy for your school. It is your school's mission statement and commitment towards improving its environmental performance. The Eco-Code should fit into your school's general policy and must be something you can actually strive for. It should be presented in a clear and imaginative way and prominently displayed throughout the school; i.e. in every classroom, notice boards, corridors, in the staffrooms, and reception. It can also be posted on your school website, if you have one.
Although Eco-Code is represented as Step 7 of the Eco-Schools process, it does not mean this is the last activity you will carry out. It would be useful to create it once you have identified your priority areas after the Environmental Review. So that can be one of the priority items in your Action Plan. This also gives maximum students the opportunity to be engaged in an activity that must involve their whole school.
What should the Eco-Code contain?
The Eco-Code is essentially a consolidated presentation of the main objectives based on the Environmental Review, covering areas in your school that will be looked at on a priority basis during that year. The Eco-Code may be based on any one of the Eco-Schools themes the school is working on or more. This can be decided by the Eco-Committee after your school's Environmental Review. It is crucial that students play a key role in the development of the Eco-Code as this will give them a greater sense of responsibility for the values the Code represents. )
What form should the Code take?
How the Eco-Code is formatted is entirely up to the school. It may be a poster that could be a list of statements, a song or rap, or even a poem. The format should be appropriate to the age and ability of the students concerned. Eye-catching illustrations are usually included to make the Eco-Code more appealing.
The Code contents should be reviewed on a regular basis as new environmental issues emerge, reflecting changing circumstances in your school. You can change your school Eco-Code every year if you wish. You may also choose to try out different formats of the Eco-Code presentation from time to time. For e.g., it may be a poster for the first time, a poem the next time around, and maybe a song another time! But what needs to be kept in mind is that it is known to maximum students in your school, recognized / identified by the majority, and has their approval as well.
Sample Eco-Code from a school in Scotland
• Litter – find a bin to put it in!
• Still on and not in use? – that's energy abuse!
• Remember the three Rs... reduce, reuse, recycle!
• Water... waste not, want not!
• If it's not night, then put out that light!
• Don't use the car if it's not far... just use a bike or take a hike!
• A full page is a 'cool' page!
• If we use recycling bins, we can be sure the whole world wins!
• Look after the world for the future!
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All pages in copy will be filled;
Photocopies will be backed;
Every box, paper and cardboard will be reused, recycled and therefore reduced; Reduction of paper is our aim.
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I was shocked to learn yesterday from a former staff member that, after 60 years of existence, the International Federation of Agricultural Producers had been liquidated last November by a French court. The Federation had gone through severe financial problems.
IFAP was a forum of discussion between farmers' organisations. Cooperation between farmers in industrial and developing countries, working comitees on regional and emerging global issues, compiling technical guidebooks for producers, voicing the viewpoint of agricultural producers in international policy-making fora: these were the very useful functions of IFAP.
IFAP's website contains useful material for those interested in the viewpoint of farmers on international agricultural policies. The website is still live for now. How long does it take for a provider to erase all content when its bills are no longer paid?
The lesson I ponder today: the current efforts of some public libraries to save and archive Internet content for future generations is very useful in cases like IFAP's where a knowledge institution disappears.
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A painting by Alexandre Gabriel, a French painter renowned for drawing oriental themes and his works were exhibited at the Salon de Paris in 1881.
It depicts some children scared by a dog.
It is 75.5 X 92.5 cm.
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Steampunk event at the Brooklyn Indie Market
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn- October 24, 2009 marks the Second Annual Steampunk Day at Brooklyn Indie Market, an emerging designer market, from 11-7 and Fashion Show at 4pm. Take the F/G to the Carroll Street Station.
This event inspired me to create a very unique collection of flowers for cutting edge bridal and event design. I went for some mechanic shapes, hard, bold colors, and textures to carry out my vision.
What is Steampunk you say? We asked fashion show coordinator Britney of Berit New York, "In short, Steampunk is science-fiction as it could have been envisioned during the Victorian Era which draws inspiration from countless cultures and nations across the world."
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Come in and complete a training session that you missed on Friday or Saturday.
Aerobic Restoration
Perform 25 to 40 minutes of one of the following at approximately 70% effort:
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– Choose 1-2 Thoracic Mobility Drills from Mobility WOD and spend 5-10 minutes with them.
– Choose 2-3 Lower Body Mobility Drills from Mobility WOD and spend 10-12 minutes with them.
– Choose 1-2 Upper Extremity Mobility Drills from Mobility WOD and spend 5-10 minutes with them.
Inflammation Maintenance
– This could be a lot of things, but think in terms of fish oil supplementation, compression, contrast baths, Epsom salt baths, etc.
Nutrition Preparation
– Ensure that you have quality foods prepared in the appropriate quantities to fuel your efforts for the remainder of the week.
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Disney's "The Lion King Jr." is coming to the stage at Swanton High School, at 7:30 p.m. on March 30, March 31, April 1, and at 2 p.m. on April 2.
The award winning musical is based on the movie we all know and love. "The Lion King Jr." is a fun and lively story that takes place in the African Savannah. The instantly recognizable songs are a blend of English and three African languages.
This year's musical involves over 100 high school and middle school students in the cast, as well as on set crew and in the pit.
The main characters to take the stage are Rafiki (Mikayla Rochelle), Mufasa (Ronnie Luntsford), Sarabi (Khloe Yunker), Zazu (Krista Shepard), Scar (Joey Webb), Sarafina (Kendra Keefer), Young Simba (Kaden Curtis), Young Nala (Apple Fontana), Bonzai (AJ Wolford), Shenzi (Olivia Williams), Ed (Donovan Avalos), Timone (Abby Arnold), Pumbaa (Justin Niday), Simba (Ricky Alfsen), and Nala (Ally Hendricks).
The story follows the life of young lion cub Simba, who will one day be king of the Pridelands. All is well in the Animal Kingdom, until jealous and power hungry Scar, King Mufasa's brother, constructs a plan to get rid of both Mufasa and Simba, now that he is second in line to be king. Scar kills Mufasa, and leads Simba to believe it is his fault, so he shamefully leaves his home in the Pridelands.
As Simba becomes grown up, with the help of his old friend and fellow lion Nala, as well as his two new friends, Timon and Pumbaa, Simba realizes he must go back and save the Pridelands from Scar's evil reign.
"I am very excited about this family friendly musical," said Julie Zedlitz, Swanton High School choir and musical director. "The students have been working extremely hard to make this one of our best productions."
General admission tickets are $7, and reserved tickets are $15. Tickets can be purchased from any cast member, or by contacting the high school office at 419-826-3045.


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The Eyewitnesses Lied –
Corpses of CO Gassing Victims are Cherry-Pink or Red and NOT Blue or Colorless
The following images are all from a single book: Color Atlas of Forensic Pathology by G. Austin Gresham, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc.1975. Readers should click on each image below to see an enlarged high-resolution image with the actual caption as given by Gresham.
The two images above (#33 and #227) are NOT images of CO poisoning at all–and the captions with those pictures make that clear. The images, probably of the same victim, show simple (non-chemical) asphyxiation. I included them here to show that even where one might perceive some "blueness" in a corpse, it is a subtle shading due to perception by contrast rather than anything dramatic. More than likely, the pictures are of the same victim photographed at different times after death in different lighting. The top picture was taken shortly after death whereas the second picture shows the typical deep purplish livor mortis which sets in after about two hours after death.
An amazing news story about the use of CO to make meats look fresh in supermarkets in the USA illustrates the dramatic coloring that CO causes. Meat products generally have hardly any blood (the carrier of hemoglobin) remaining within the tissues because of the slaughtering processes which includes several minutes of blood-letting. And yet, the CBS News story clearly shows that the effects of CO on dead meat are still intense and all the more reason to reject the CO gassing charges against the Nazis.
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Rep. Helene Keeley and Sen. Margaret Rose Henry sponsor Delaware's HB 110, which would replace marijuana prohibition with taxation and regulation. Here are some key features of the bill, as amended on June 12, 2018:
Adult Cultivation and Possession Limits
- Adults who are 21 and older would be allowed to:
- possess up to one ounce of marijuana, no more than five grams of which may be of concentrated marijuana; and
- give up to one ounce of marijuana to other adults 21 and older.
State Regulation and Licensing
- HB 110 provides for four types of regulated marijuana businesses: dispensaries, cultivation facilities, product manufacturers, and laboratories.
- Beginning 11 months after the effective date, the Marijuana Commissioner may license compassion centers as adult-use retailers and cultivation facilities. A month later they may receive product manufacturing licenses.
- Beginning one year after the effective date, 75 additional cultivation facilities will be licensed, including at least 30 licensees that cultivate no more than 1,000 square feet and no more than 10 licensees growing 7,501 or more square feet.
- Beginning 19 months after the effective date, 40 more retailers will be licensed.
- Beginning 16 months after the effective date, 25 more product manufacturers will be licensed.
- The department may issue additional licenses after set time periods.
- The Division of Marijuana Control and Enforcement, located within the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, would develop comprehensive rules, including governing security, laboratory testing, packaging, labeling, recordkeeping, inspections, and restricting advertising.
- The Department of Health and Social Services will regulate the safe cultivation of marijuana and will set requirements for carbon dioxide and water use, along with air quality and disposal of waste.
- Prohibits the use of pesticides that are not organic or federally approved.
- Requires seed-to-sale tracking by licensees.
- Includes training requirements for licensees and employees of retailers.
- Requires ID badges for each cannabis business employee.
- Prohibits products that look like candy or cartoon characters.
- Requires procedures to be developed to receive consumer complaints.
- Limits the amount of marijuana in each serving to 10 mg of THC and limits the number of servings in each package to five.
- Ensures cannabis consumers receive accurate information about how to interpret the information on the cannabis product label, health effects, and potential interactions with prescription and nonprescription medications.
Local Control
- Localities could enact regulations and licensing requirements, limit the number of cannabis establishments, or ban the businesses altogether.
- The state regulatory agency would be required to forward each application for a marijuana establishment to the locality where it would operate and to consider the locality's input on licensing.
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- Cannabis would be taxed at a rate of $50 per ounce for flowers and $15 per ounce for other parts of marijuana (leaves or trim). This tax would be imposed on sales from a cultivator to a retailer, and rates would be adjusted for inflation.
- Non-refundable application fees of up to $5,000 would be imposed on marijuana establishments, with the amount adjusted for inflation.
- Each licensee would have to pay a $10,000 biennial renewal fee.
- After paying for regulatory costs, the revenue from taxes and fees would be divided as follows:
- 20% to the Delaware Department of Education;
- 10% to the Delaware Division of Social Services for distribution to qualified community-based nonprofit organizations to support job placement, mental health treatment, substance abuse disorder treatment, system navigation services, and legal services to address barriers to re-entry for communities that have been disproportionally affected by past federal and state marijuana prohibition policies;
- 10% to the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services for use in programs for the prevention or treatment of alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse;
- 10% to the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services for a public education campaign educating youth and adults about the health and safety risks of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs;
- 10% to train more law enforcement officers across the state as Drug Recognition Experts, purchase devices that measure THC levels as they become available, implement pilot programs to better identify and deter drugged driving, and for forensic testing of blood samples; and
- the remaining 40% to the General Fund.
Employers and Private Property
- Landlords could prohibit marijuana smoking at their rentals.
- Property owners could prohibit the consumption and display of cannabis.
- Employers do not have to allow any marijuana-activities. They do not have to accommodate employees under the influence, nor their possession of marijuana anywhere the employee is working.
- Includes explicit protections for employers to take actions to prevent penalties under federal law, consistent with the Delaware Medical Marijuana Act.
Prohibited Conduct and Penalties
- Smoking marijuana in public remains illegal, punishable by a $200 criminal fine, imprisonment of up to five days, or both.
- Using a fake ID or otherwise falsely misrepresenting one's age would remain illegal.
- The department could suspend or revoke the registration of a marijuana establishment if it commits multiple or serious violations of the law or regulations.
Existing Law
- The existing medical marijuana law would not be affected by HB 110, except that pre-existing medical marijuana licensed businesses receive priority in licensing.


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Zest and juice of 2 limes
1 400g can condensed milk (low fat is fine!)
1 400g can coconut milk (low fat fine here too!)
300 ml double cream (sorry, no low fat option!)
100g pistachios, chopped
- Place the condensed milk, cream and coconut milk in a heavy saucepan with the lime juice and zest.
- Bring the mixture gently to the boil and simmer for about 20 minutes. It will thicken.
- Add the nuts and simmer for another 20 minutes.
- Cool to room temperature before freezing in a plastic container.
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It's a great success, Karen-san!
(Freetime during the field trip)
Translated by Lickymee
Edited by IcePhantom, Joe
I was wandering around the stores in ShominLand during freetime.
Aika was shopping with the friends she grew close to (though they can take a set of clothes for free). I initially followed them from behind, but how do I say it……I can't take the living hell of shopping with girls, so I parted from them after a while.
Well, I guess she can handle herself in that situation.
In the clothing floor of the megamall, the Ojou-samas were like yellow flowers that were blooming their beautiful petals as they chattered noisily.
"So these are commoner's clothes……!"
"Why is this dress so short? Is it meant to be worn by a child?"
They excitedly looked around, and even asked the staffs for information about the ways to wear them.
I looked at those scenes as I walked to the end of the floor.
There shouldn't be anyone here…….
Just as I was thinking of that——
Karen was there.
All alone in the fashion shop, looking at the T-shirt on the clothes rack.
Not only around her, the whole place was devoid of people.
And the main reason for this was that the katana she equips on her waist, scares the Ojou-samas away.
Karen held a shirt in front of her as she stared at it. It was a pink colour [Kawaii series] T-shirt with famous design patterns printed on it
Her poker face slowly approached the shirt and……sniffed it for some reason.
She glanced around her, and then put the shirt on top of her chest in front of a mirror.
Although she had a serious face, her body started to tremble vigorously as if she was wearing some kind of slimming belt.
Her face looked like it was made of rubber as she laughed creepily.
So, even she could make such a blissful face. She's really into cute things, isn't she?
——Should I pretend not to have seen this……?
Just as I was about to leave, Karen looked like she had just awoken from a dream.
She shook her head vigorously and tried to fold it back to how it originally was.
But even after a while of effort, she still failed to fold it properly.
Seems like she really wanted to get it back to how it originally was (very Ojou-sama-ish of her), and so, she tried again and again.
"Just fold it simply."
I couldn't help but take the shirt from Karen's hands.
"The store clerks will take care of it, so just fold it simply, and leave it there."
Although I said that, I deftly folded the shirt back to how it originally was, and put it back on the rack.
Ah, it's not that I am being a hypocrite here, but it was all due to Eri-sensei who kept forcing me to fold her clothes……
Looking back, Karen had turned her flushed face away from me.
"……I-it is not like what you are thinking of"
She said that with her legs trembling.
"I-I have no interest in such a silly thing! It's a coincidence that I even came here. Rather, I wouldn't even be in this kind of place anyway. In fact, who's to say that the person in front of you is the real me? Actually, who am I?"
She was even talking about philosophy.
"Your legs are shaking."
"You like it, don't you? Why don't you try it on?"
"Y-you bastard!!"
She unsheathed her katana and pointed it towards me.
But her hands were trembling and lacked the scary aura from before, meaning that she was panicking at that moment.
Isn't it better to just be honest with yourself rather than being so hard on yourself?
Heh. Guess I have no choice.
"………………Aren't you getting too full of yourself?"
I said that with a deep voice.
Karen was surprised and shivered in fear.
"Have you forgotten how I defeated you without even lifting a finger……?"
And the end result was that she self-destructed.
"If I get serious, I can erase you in an instant without leaving a trace behind, you know……"
While I was reciting some chuunibyou-ish lines from some weekly manga, Karen had started to tremble.
"I have never treated you badly before, but don't you ever forget your place."
Karen's eyes teared up and her legs shivered as if she was going to collapse any second.
I can't stop myself. This is too interesting.
She was so different from her usual self that it feels so refreshing.
"You swore before, right? To see me as your [Master]. So from now on——you have to follow my orders.
The katana fell from Karen's hands.
"……Fuee……Fuee……" (TLN: Lol is she Rishia from TnY?)
Her body shuddered like a child.
To be 'sunken' with such splendor, the 'S' side of me was nearly awoken.
Even though it felt like I overdid it……well, to be honest, I wanted to use this as an excuse for her to wear the clothes she liked.
"Then here's an order, you hear me? Get cha——"
Karen's dress had slipped off her.
She had taken off her uniform while leaving just her bra and panties on. On a side note, both of them had sky-blue stripe patterns.
"D-do what you want!"
She hugged her giant melons and looked at me as if she was looking at a demon. Tears started flowing down her face as she exaggeratingly kneeled on the floor.
"You can use me until you are satisfied!!"
"Nonono wait a minute!?"
Karen chose the clothes that were to her liking.
"Doesn't this look good?"
"……I-I really think I——"
"Wear it! This is an order!"
She had an unhappy expression on her face as she walked towards the changing room. However, she was holding the clothes in her hands tightly like it was some precious gift, and skipped lightly towards the changing room.
Her mood was totally different from her facial expression.
Geez, she really can't be helped.
Sha Sha
Rustling noises of clothes rubbing against each other came from within the changing room.
I, who was noticing those unnecessary details regretted the fact that I did not look at those thighs a little more longer.
That girl's thighs were an excellent ambrosia for a person who has thigh fetishes like me.
The rustling sound stopped.
……But, she still hasn't come out.
"Are you done?"
"…………This cannot do."
"It makes me look classless."
She spoke with a weak voice.
Does it look that bad on her?
Nope, it can't be. The shirt is actually quite average, so it won't look bad on her. Because she looks……
"You're pretty cute as you are, so it can't be that bad."
"!? W-what are you talking about……!?"
A commotion arose from behind the curtain.
"N-no matter what, I don't want to let anyone see this……It would be absolutely humiliating!!"
What do I do. All I want to do is see her now.
"——Open up."
I said that with a deep voice.
"This is an order."
"……Uuu……How shameless of you…….."
Karen wailed remorsefully and slowly opened the curtain.
She stood straightly with both of her hands behind her back as if she was a prisoner.
She turned her flushed face away that had a shamed and humiliated expression on it, as tears started coming out of her slender eyes.
"Die……… a bastard like you should just die………!!"
What Karen wore on her was a half-sleeved T-shirt and tight short jeans which emitted the aura of a commoner girl.
She was even wearing a gyaru-ish¹ necklace on her neck.
If I say it bluntly——It suits her very well! It's a great success, Karen-san!
The designs on the T-shirt was shown clearly due to her slender S-shaped body which made someone like her, who was wearing such tight T-shirts look good.
Also, her thighs that were wearing the tight short jeans——
No, this can't be happening. Were the shorts too small for her? It's on the verge of exploding due to being jammed onto those thighs. Although I knew of her hourglass figure, the extremely short and tight jeans had deeply embedded itself into her extremely plump thighs. With a "poof", no, with a "bang" sound, the fats that looked somewhat soft had swelled up, and they came falling down piece by piece. What? You say that this looks like a pork bun being tied tightly by a string? No, no, Mr. Feynman², you're not doing the great thighs justice by comparing them to something like a pork bun. Aah. This is the ideal thigh that all people with thigh fetishes dream of, and it's called……
…………King Arthur.
……………King Arthur……………
That was close. I almost let myself drift off to Avalon³.
"………If you want to laugh, go ahead."
Karen said with a bitter face.
"It has bothered me for some time now, but my legs always had this shape. They are so disgustingly plu——"
"They are not plump at all!!"
I exclaimed before she could finish her words.
"They are just perfect as they are now. They're the best!!"
"They're so perfect!! Amazing! Just completely amazing!! I swear upon my heart!!"
I let out my raging passion for them from within my heart.
"So, Karen. Don't belittle yourself like that! You look so perfect in that! I love them!! Even if everyone in the whole world takes you as an enemy, I will never ever stop saying that I love them!!"
Karen's eyes trembled lightly.
After a bout of confused trembling, she——
Ran past me.
I easily found her after a little while.
She sat on the corner of a staircase while hugging her knees..
The moment she noticed my presence, she panicked and tried to get up and run.
"You left your uniform back there you know."
Karen was shocked and looked at the clothes she was wearing.
"I-I have to change back to my clothes."
"Nope, it's fine. I told the staff that you're taking it."
"It's yours now."
Karen looked at her feet with a sad face.
"………Even if it's mine now, I don't think I will be wearing this again."
"What are you saying! You must wear them again in the future!!"
"And be sure to show them to me! I want to see you in those clothes over and over again!!"
I couldn't help but get excited again.
Karen stood there with her whole body trembling.
"You……by that……do you mean…………"
She blushed as she looked at me with teary eyes while backing off timidly.
Crap, does she think I am a pervert……?
A katana came hitting on my head.
I couldn't stand the pain and collapsed onto the floor while Karen ran away.
"I swear I will make you take responsibility for thissssss!!
And then, I lost consciousness.
1.Gyaru (ギャル ?) is a Japanese transliteration of the English word 'girl'. The name originated from a 1970s brand of jeans called "gurls", with the advertising slogan: "I can't live without men", and was applied to fashion- and peer-conscious girls in their teens and early twenties.
2.Feynman is a Nobel prize-winning physicist, whose book [Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman!] is a best seller in Japan. For more info, click here.
3.Avalon is the legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend.


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Tuesday, September 2, 2008
RICO Violations Letter to U.S. Attorney for Western District of Virginia
The United States Attorney's Office
Western District of Virginia
US Attorney
Assistant US Attorneys
Might this man's background be good for him to lead the investigation into the Racketeering and Influenced Corrupt Organizations law violations by former Commonwealth Attorney Paul Thomson, Winchester Police Detectives David Sobonya and James Bailous, and possibly also former Defense Attorney, now Circuit Court judge John Prosser?
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Jeb Terrien
Assistant United States Attorney
Mr. Terrien graduated with a B.S. in History from the University of Virginia in 1994. He graduated cum laude from Tulane University Law School, receiving his J.D. in 1997, where he served as a senior board member of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal.
From 1998 to 2004 he prosecuted violations of Virginia criminal law, serving as both an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney and Assistant Attorney General. He began his career as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney in Accomack County, Virginia, then worked for the Virginia Attorney General in the Financial Investigations and Money Laundering Unit in Richmond. From 2002 to 2004 he operated the Regional Drug Prosecutor's office that covered Halifax, Charlotte, and Campbell counties and also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney.
In 2004 he was sworn in as an Assistant United States Attorney and worked in the Northern District of West Virginia, and the Southern District of Ohio before coming to the Western District of Virginia in 2008.
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Whatever you may think of the United States' persecution of marijuana loudmouth Marc Emery, try to bear in mind it's about more than just pot. Admittedly, it's pretty hard to separate that stem from those leaves when it comes to Emery, B.C.'s self-anointed Prince of Pot.
He revels in the U.S. government's claims he's responsible for an estimated 1.1 million pounds of marijuana grown illegally in the states and brags to the CBC that he's responsible for more of the pot being smoked on earth than anyone else but God. He's gotten high on the steps of police stations, he's staged rallies, he founded the Marijuana Party, started the magazine Cannabis Culture and, of course, set up a marijuana seed-selling service that ended up doing $15 million worth of business in Canada and the U.S.
Nevertheless, the key p-word here isn't pot, but persecution. Emery persecuted two governments — in the second sense of the word, annoying persistence — through his life-long quest to produce so much marijuana and so much public pressure the police would be overwhelmed and forced to make it legal across North America. In turn, the U.S. persecuted Emery — in the first sense of word, by making him suffer for beliefs.
Now, that's not to say this country should blindly give shelter and support to Emery, regardless of what he's done. But what's galling in this is the disproportion of the U.S. response and Canada's wholesale acquiescence. Take away all the words — the War on Drugs, decriminalization, the children, oh, the children — and concentrate on the acts.
Emery sold the seeds of a plant that, the rights and wrongs of it aside, is neither as dangerous nor as addictive as, say, over-the-counter codeine-laced cough syrup or a bottle of wine. He's just noisy about it — burdened with an ego one reporter says "must make up 40 per cent of his body weight," Emery thinks he's Gandhi in a nice suit carrying a full bong on a mission to "overgrow" the United States through peaceful political means.
He succeeded and the DEA, embarassed by Emery's blaring appearances on CNN, Rolling Stone and the Wall Street Journal, slurred him by saying he's worse than the murderers and thugs of the Hells Angels and Triads. It forced the Vancouver police to interfere in his place of business, livelihood and political activism. It then attempted to bleed him financially by setting in motion the complex legal mechanism of extradition.
At the root of the DEA charges was a blatant act of extortion: voluntarily accept exile from your country and a lifetime of imprisonment in the U.S. or two of your closest friends will share the same fate. The reason was political — even then DEA boss Karen Tandy bragged about it, calling his arrest in a now notorious press release: "a significant blow not only to the marijuana trafficking trade in the U.S. and Canada, but also the marijuana legalization movement … Drug legalization lobbyists now have one less pot of money to rely on."
Basically, the DEA wanted to shut up a Canadian because it didn't like what he was saying and the causes he supported — and Ottawa helped stick a fist in his mouth by supporting the whole thing. That's the problem and the outrage. This country chose the interests of a foreign power over protecting its citizens not because it was right, but because it was more convenient. It's a frightening, loathsome truth that's played out too many times to be denied, from Maher Arar to Afghanistan to the Avro Arrow.
Basically, if it's a choice between you and mildly offending the U.S., don't count on Canada. That's unacceptable.
In the end, with him and his two friends facing extradition, a deal was reached [edit: negotiated] last month: his friends should avoid jail, Emery will serve five years in Canada and the DEA gets a conviction against a lone stoner they've deluded and lied themselves into thinking is one of the 46 most wanted criminals on earth.
But at least he's still here — and at least there's one person who isn't afraid to be Canadian, no matter what the U.S. says.
– Article by Associate News Editor Rodney Venis, from the Prince George Citizen, February 6th 2008
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ET spoke with Halle Berry's ex-husband, David Justice, about the 49-year-old actress saying she suffered hearing loss from one of her exes.
Berry – who recently filed for divorce from her third husband, Olivier Martinez – has said in previous interviews that a former flame was so abusive that he caused partial deafness in her left ear.
Justice was married to the Oscar winner from 1992 to 1997, and insists his ex-wife is not talking about him when she tells this story. The actress said this incident occurred around the time she was shooting the 1991 film, The Last Boy Scout, prior to their marriage.
"Reading the latest Halle Berry reports, it wasn't me who hit Halle causing the ear damage," Justice tweeted on Monday. "Halle has never said that I hit her."
When ET spoke with the former baseball player, he explained why he felt the need to speak out after all these years. "Having three kids, [ages] 15, 13 and 11, the careless reporting of me being the one who caused her hearing loss is unacceptable," he said. "That was the only purpose of my tweets, really."
"I just felt that if I didn't say anything about this particular thing, my kids' friends might read it and assume that it was true," he continued. "I'm in the community coaching baseball, football and basketball, and I can't have that."
In further (now deleted) tweets to his 18,000-plus followers, Justice claims Berry told him that another one of her exes caused her hearing loss. "She was mad at me leaving the relationship so she and her Hollywood Team just tried to destroy my character," the 49-year-old wrote. "It had to be my fault, right?"
Justice goes on to call out the Extant star's former flames. "Me, (second husband Eric Benet), (boyfriend) Gabriel Aubry and Olivier were all her 'Knight in Shining Armor' until it ends," he tweeted. "Then we all become the worst guys in history."
The next message read: "Only the guys in the relationship with Halle know the real deal …There will be another, of course. He'll be called 'The Best' until it ends."
He then calls out Martinez exclusively, writing: "Just wait, Olivier.. It's coming! She insinuated that her daughter wasn't safe around Gabriel.. look it up and see the reason! Just wrong."
"It just makes me mad to still see the same lie being perpetuated about the source of her abuse being me," Justice said in his final message about Berry. "Never happened! #formerboyfriend."
"I don't have anything else to say about Halle nor was I trying to bash her," Justice told ET after his Twitter rant, "Nor will I speak on all of the other rumors of our relationship."
Berry's other ex, Benet, later responded to Justice's tweets, writing: "My man at @23davidjustice is tweeting some truth dis' mornin'!"
ET has reached out to Berry's reps regarding Justice's tweets.
Now, Eric Benet has been sketchy ever since he claimed to have a sex addition — and then didn't. Whether one applies a clinical term to stepping out (repeatedly) or not, Eric still appears to have been unfaithful, so unless he's going to discuss that truth, it's probably best not to open his mouth at all.
Olivier has yet to speak for himself in this divorce saga, but given the damage we already know he can do, as evidenced by the number he did on Halle's ex, Gabriel Aubry's face, we don't have to look too deep to see he might have anger issues. The paparazzi can also attest to that.
The bottom line is no one is blameless when it comes to the demise of a relationship, but this immature and very public banter between Eric and David right now simply serves to fuel the sexist, biased and unfounded claims that Halle Berry is some crazy nut who destroys every man who comes across her path. (And yet the Kardashians live on in untainted glory, but I digress.) Both of these men have been separated from Halle for too long to be having this bitter bromance bonding moment on social media. The only reason either is even being talked about right now is because Halle's going through a divorce; otherwise they'd both remain pretty irrelevant. Seeing as it's been nearly 20 years since the end of their marriage for David and 10 for Eric, both only need to do one thing: get over it.


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The first sight that comes along the marina is the Chamber of commerce building. With its steel facades and angular lines, this towering building act as a catch hold for the sun's rays and tells tails of prosperity and abundance. Next up is the quaint ancestral home of Sheikh Zayed. This older edifice was constructed nearly a century ago along traditional Arabian concepts and is actually a fort with four watchtowers flanking each corner. It is located within the grounds of the Al ain Museum and guests even have an opportunity to step off and have a look at the wonders of Ancient Dubai.
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Shichigahama Elementary School & Junior High School
In the last in our series of interviews with architect Kumiko Inui, we discuss one of their latest projects: the Shichigahama Elementary School & Junior High School. This is a plan to rebuild the junior high school in Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture, which was damaged by the 3.11 earthquake. The junior high school and the adjacent elementary school (which remained undamaged by the earthquake) are planned to be connected as part of a 9 year-long program in the future. … Read More
October 18, 2012
"Home for All" for Rikuzentakata
"Architecture. Possible here?" was a theme Toyo Ito had in mind even before he was appointed as the commissioner for the Japan's Golden Lion-winning Pavilion at the 2012 Venice Biennale's Architecture Exhibition. After the devastating earthquake and tsunami disaster on March 11 in 2011, some Japanese architects realized how much their work depended on technology and economic resource, but took for granted the natural environment which could, in a matter of a few hours, wipe out the man-made environment. Mr. Ito worked with younger architects – Kumiko Inui, Sou Fujimoto, and Akihisa Hirata – for about ten months, asking them and himself the above question. After making 200 models, holding weekly discussions at Mr. Ito's office, and visits to the tsunami-hit city, the community house "Home for All" is currently under construction in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. … Read More
September 10, 2012
Tohoku Small Projects
It has been a year and a half since the Tohoku Earthquake devastated Northeastern Japan. Many architects have visited and worked with locals in the affected region to think about what architecture can do to help local people rebuild their lives and communities. The latest issue of Shinkenchiku (New Architecture) introduces four small projects built to lift spirits and overcome desperation and isolation left in the tsunami's wake. … Read More
August 7, 2012
Face to Face With Nature
One year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, mid- and long-term planning for the recovery is underway in the stricken regions through cooperation between government organizations, the private sector, architects, and many others. This special issue looks at the effort from the viewpoint of cities, architecture, and people. … Read More
July 31, 2012
Temporary Works for Tohoku
At the end of 2011, our team visited the disaster-hit Tohoku region. We've filmed some of the temporary wooden structures designed and built by architects and universities to provide hope and better living conditions for the residents affected by the earthquake and tsunami. Many of the projects were constructed by the architects and students themselves with the involvement of the local people. … Read More
July 17, 2012
Ark of Bamboo
The Motoyoshi-cho area is located on the coast of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture. It was inundated by the tsunami on March 11th, 2011, destroying most of the buildings. When Hirokazu Toki, Professor of Environmental Architecture Design at the University of Shiga Prefecture, visited the town soon after the disaster hit, he became aware of an immediate need for a space where residents could gather. With a limited budget and technology, he decided to build a temporary structure from local bamboo. … Read More
June 5, 2012
Earth Bricks
With an eye to rebuilding tsunami-ravaged Tohoku, Atelier Tekuto sought the ultimate building material—easy to source anywhere, robust, organic, and very low-cost. In this small experimental house they may have found the answer: bricks made from earth. … Read More


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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Jumped In: Zach Hoffner
OOOSH! After a brief hibernation (there really was snow on the rooftops this morning) we are back to jump in Mr Zlog himself, Zach Hoffner.
(Classic Zlog captured by Kyle Johnson at the Stick to the Union Race in April '08)
Pretty excited introduce him not only because he has been a solid supporter since the beginning, but also because I like to tell the story of when we first met. Well, I haven't told it that much actually so here we go.
Truth be told, I don't really remember when I became enthralled with Zlogblog (the blogspot) or how I even came across it back in the fall of 2008. I searched the depths of the internet and was drawn to Zlog for its core values and content: Fixies and Seattle. But who was this Zlog character anyways and why did I have this deep seeded want to be involved with whatever he was working on? I broke the silence in December of '08 once he started circulating photos of those nasty reflective chain gang t-shirts. Here is how the email went:
Over the new 2 weeks I emailed him just about every day. And he came through, when I was home at the end of the month he had shirts available and even better, we were in the same city. Dang. You know what that meant? Meet up. In my mind, Zach was (still is too) the epitome of Fixie Famous, so when he invited me to pick up the shirt at the Zlog Headquarters, where all the magic happened. I almost could not contain myself. Seriously. I saw his Davidson in real life and that Ortlieb bag with all those fancy stickers. Please keep in mind that all my connection to the fixed gear frenzy was over the computer, real life tangible bikes and people were a novelty I was unaccustomed to. I don't really remember the exchange but I think I spent more time looking at his bike than anything else.
(I was really happy to find a picture he took of both the front disc and the bag. I wanted an Aerospoke because of this and I still have one)
Once I had the shirt, it was all down hill from there. Well, we had a slightly less awkward second interaction. I went to buy myself some jeans and low and behold, it was Zach who was the one who rung me up. This was only 2 or 3 days after I bought the shirt from him. I can't remember if I was even wearing the shirt but I just remember being slightly uncomfortable.
As I just said, Zach has been an all around supporter from the get go, for bikes, for Seattle, for just about everything. With diligence, and many hours on the computer, he has established a name for Seattle as a pinpoint on the map of the fixed gear movement. Over the past years, Zlog has become synonymous to me with bikes, good times, and family. My parents even read it on the daily. Zach is persistent and is always working on some new angle. His dedication and commitment is admirable. He has a vision and is going to see it through regardless (don't believe him if he says otherwise). We at CSK are incredibly excited to have him aboard.
Enjoy getting to know Zach and more of what he is about.
Zach "the biggest boss you've seen thus far" Hoffner
I get support from my friends (Seattle riders you know who you are) and I ride for myself with no need for sponsors in the traditional sense. I appreciate those who read ZLOG and contribute to it as well. Other sub-cultures wish they could have the amount of positive and talented folks that currently make up the fixed scene.
Shout out to The Revival Film and all of the Bootleg Sessions vids that kept me pushing my limits. And to Mash and Macaframa for making me giddy for hill bombing.
CSK: I've got at least 18 ZLOG shirts stacked in my closet now. How many different designs have you printed the past few years? What direction are you looking to take the designs for 2012?
ZACH: Oh man, I can't even count that high, especially if I include one-offs, alternate colorways and samples that never made it into production. As for 2012, I am not the type of designer that has seasons planned out way ahead of the game, I have plenty of designs that I haven't released yet, but the tee game is over-saturated, so maybe I will throw everyone for a loop and do something different. Only time will tell.
You recently started printing your own shirts. Do you feel like you have a bit more ownership over each of the pieces knowing that you made them yourself?
Yes, I do feel like more of a complete artist after printing my own designs. I definitely am a better designer than printer, therefore I will only print some of the more simple designs myself for the time being. I plan outsourcing (local of course) some more complex designs to professional print shops to get better quality and consistency.
Any projects or collaborations in the works for the year (Besides the CSK one that I haven't told you about yet)?
Collaborations are always in the works, but are never set in stone so I feel like I would be jinxing it if I blurted all of the collab ideas I have in mind. A CSK mash-up is definitely necessary. I would like to collaborate on some components one of these days.
Is it too far in to 2012 to do some reflecting? If not, tell us about a favorite ZLOG related memory of 2011?
There are too many to choose from, but if I had to pick one I would say the Portland day trip.
What's your strategy for 2012? Any overlying theme or vision? Any words of wisdom you want to impart on us?
C'mon that's three questions in one! I don't even have my day planned out for tomorrow let alone any sort of strategy.
Best Seattle food to eat before riding?
A bag of Dick's.
Presta or Schrader?
To you, what does CSK represent?
Classy Street Killahs
Do you have any questions for me?
What single memory inspired you to get a fixed-gear bike.
That's a tough one. I can't pinpoint the specific memory, but for some reason I got stuck on looking at those silver Bianchi Pistas every day on the web. Don't remember why I was drawn to them. I ended up getting one tattooed on my chest though when I was 16. Live and learn I guess.
What book are you currently reading?
February's book of the month was John Maxwell's,The 17 indisputable laws of TeamworkNot sure if I'm sold on it. In my sights, team success stems from individuals achieving their own goals rather than through making sacrifices for the greater good. By me getting mine, we will get ours. That's just me though. I'm going to tackle Covey's, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People next. That's supposed to be the big league stuff.
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In this week's retail news, San Jose's popular breakfast-and-lunch restaurant Bill Cafe comes to Midtown Palo Alto, and Farmigo online farmers market adds a new public pickup location: Gamble Gardens.
POPULAR SJ CAFE COMES TO PALO ALTO ... A popular daytime family-owned restaurant with five locations sprinkled throughout San Jose has decided to venture into Palo Alto. Bill's Cafe, which started in 1977 in San Jose's Willow Glen neighborhood, is opening a sixth location in Palo Alto's Midtown area. It has taken over the space that belonged to Pommard Deli and Fandango Pizza, which closed Dec. 31 with little advance warning to customers. The owner of the Palo Alto branch of Bill's Cafe, Nick Taptelis, immediately gutted the aging 3,000-square-foot site at 3163 Middlefield Road and is sinking an estimated $500,000 into the new venture. The cafe will be open for breakfast and lunch only. Taptelis acknowledged it's a daunting task. "Yes, it's a little nerve-wracking to open in Palo Alto since this is the first time we've gone out of San Jose, but we love it here," he said. "It's a great location, it's got a real neighborhood feel, we're right next to Philz Coffee and we have a parking lot. In fact, this area reminds us of Willow Glen." Taptelis is a San Jose resident who says he knows Midtown well. "I've worked here for five years. I was the manager of Philz Coffee and got to know the landlord. He told me he wanted to put in a place that had a great breakfast, so that's why he's getting a Bill's Cafe." As for what to expect at the new restaurant, "It's going to be new everything in here, plus we'll have a counter for people to eat at," he said. There will also be patio seating for customers. Taptelis predicts busy weekends once the restaurant opens. "We'll be serving Bloody Marys and Mimosas on the weekends. Big ones. We serve them in what our customers call 'fishbowl cups.'" Each cup holds 17.5 ounces. "And we'll be dog-friendly on the patio," he added. "We'll have a big bucket of dog biscuits outside and if the dogs don't like our biscuits, we'll give them bacon." The restaurant, which will hold 85-90 customers, is focused on an early June opening. Bill's Cafe is the second breakfast-and-lunch-only restaurant in Midtown. The first, Palo Alto Breakfast House, is four blocks away at 2706 Middlefield Road and opened in 2013.
ONLINE FARMERS MARKET COMES TO GAMBLE GARDENS ... Farmigo, an online farmers market that creates farm-to-neighborhood access to fresh food and benefits local farmers, has recently increased the number of its pickup locations in Palo Alto. Gamble Gardens , Farmigo's newest pickup location, is the third Farmigo location for the public -- the other two are Palo Alto JCC on Fabian Way and Palo Alto Community Child Care on Ventura Court. The Gamble Gardens site, 1431 Waverley St., began last month. Palo Altan Scott Saslow was instrumental in securing the Gamble Gardens space. "I'm a neighbor," he said. "My wife and I have a 3-year-old and a 6-year-old and we're concerned about what our children eat. Plus this is a great way to build community. This is the perfect way for neighbors to meet." Farmigo is one of several community-supported agriculture (CSA) groups that have sprouted up in the Bay Area in the past few years. There are additional pickup locations in Palo Alto for Farmigo, but those are considered private, with access limited to those who are affiliated with each location.
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This volume of five noh translations (containing an introduction, translations, short commentaries and a glossary) differs from most others in that none of the plays are of the mugenno type, but are instead genzaino, real-life noh. The plays focus on living characters rather than spirits or ghosts, and on dramatic action rather than poetry, song and dance. In addition the five noh satisfy several of the most important features of Aristotle's definition of good tragedy. That is, they all have plot, which Aristotle says in his Poetics is the imitation of action. The plot centers on characters who are related to each other or are a part of the same household. In each plot, a fatal or harmful event is either enacted or threatened, and there is an unexpected change in the direction of the action. In Shun'ei, a father, visited by his son, is pardoned from a death sentence; in Dampu, a son visits his father, who is then executed, and upon avenging his father's death, unexpectedly escapes the killer's henchmen; in Shichikiochi and Nakamitsu, a son thought to have been killed turns up alive, much to the amazement of his father; and finally, in Nishikido, a brother turns on his own brother and attacks with military force. This volume is intended to provide the reader with a translation of noh plays that either have not been previously translated into English or have not been translated for a long time. The translations are as faithful as possible to the original Japanese so that the reader can gain a close glimpse of the language and action of this particular type of noh. It is a noh filled with action compared to many that have been translated, a noh that appealed to the public at large during the medieval period. Bibliography and scholarly notes are kept to a minimum. | 186 pages
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
I am already starting to think about Christmas. I was watching people packing shelves with Christmas cards in the supermarket the other day and thinking about the dates for the school Christmas events that the PTFA will be doing. I have even ordered the advent calendars for the children and husband. I am starting to think about whether we might still have a big hole in our roof when it is Christmas and so may not be able to entertain, which we are supposed to be doing. I have even been noting gift ideas such as this online guitar tuner I saw. I am definitely going to start buying if I think the price is right.
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Another year has come and gone. Yes, it's only Christmas Eve, not New Year's Eve, but it's on my mind to write now. Although 2014 was difficult in ways, it has come to a happy end. It had its joys, many wonderful experiences, as well as some hard ones. I haven't grown by leaps and bounds this year. But I have grown in my understanding of a few truths: that Jesus loves me and that God is Faithful.
When Facebook generated my 2014 Year in Review, it was all about NY. And yes, that was one of the most significant aspects of my year. I left the factory world, spent time in NY, and now I'm behind the counter and enjoying it. My relationships have changed. I'm learning to share my faith by just living it, and slowly in word as people ask about it. I've changed in many ways.
I have so much to write about, so much to post on this blog, but I'm a little bit in holiday mode, and my discipline has been lacking. I've had lots to do and lots on my mind, but haven't been able to make too much headway with it. But it's coming. It's certainly coming. The days of typing away at my laptop are coming. I'm excited about some of the new stuff I will be doing and what I will have to share. My plans for 2015 have dramatically changed in the past few weeks, and perhaps they will or have disappointed some. But I'm happy with my choice right now. And I'm thankful for those who have helped me reach this place.
When I consider the coming of 2015, I anticipate change. I anticipate growth, although in a different way than I initially anticipated. I can't see how things will play out. People ask how long I plan to be where I find myself now. I don't know. I know that perhaps they would rather see me somewhere else. But one thing that has become special and precious to me lately is the sense that I'm exactly where I need to be right now. I didn't entirely understand it months ago, and I don't entirely understand it now. However, I see change where I'm at, and I want to see God continue to work. I have seen myself change. It's hard at times, and I don't let many people see the battles I often fight. But God is at work. And no matter how small that work may seem at first, it's special.
As you celebrate Christmas and the New Year, my desire is simply that you would know Christ's love and that the Hope He brought to this world would become real in your life.