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If 2017 has taught us something, it's that a little bit self-care can go a good distance. Actions like climbing, yoga and meditation might help you calm down, de-stress and follow extra mindfulness in your life. And in the event you can mix these enjoyable actions with a trip to a dreamy location, why not put these well-deserved PTO days to make use of?
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1. REI Outessa
Location: Waterville Valley, NH; Mt. Hood, OR; Kirkwood, CA
Dates: Summer time 2018
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Location: California, Montana, Costa Rica, Italy and Argentina
Dates: March-October 2018
Value: $1795-$2275 (4 days); Worldwide retreats vary from $2850-$4995.
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3. Kripalu Middle's Empowered Girl, Enlightened Life Retreat
Location: Stockbridge, MA
Dates: February 16-18, 2018
Value: $240 (with out housing)
You'll wish to clear your calendar and a few headspace for this retreat, which is all about shifting and manifesting. The pure great thing about the Berkshires will beckon you to the Kripalu Middle for Yoga and Well being for some R&R and self-growth. The Empowered Girl, Enlightened Life retreat provides workshops on the best way to re-assess your targets, create methods for reaching them, and go after what you actually need. Along with the reinvention workshops, you'll get to strive a wide range of yoga lessons and therapeutic arts periods, like Ayurvedic facials and meditative massages.
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Dates: January-December 2018
Value: $2,000-3,000
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5. Girls's Quest Adventures for the Thoughts, Physique and Spirit
Location: Costa Rica, Argentina, Iceland, Hawaii, Colorado and Washington
Dates: February-August 2018
Value: $350-4,500
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Location: Moab, Utah
Dates: Might 28-31, 2018
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Basic Sweet Dough
This sweet dough recipe takes advantage of this time saving ingredient to make pastries. I love adding a chocolate filling and braiding the dough. —Jenny Reece, Lowry, Minnesota
Total TimePrep: 15 min. + resting
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- 3 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 package (1/4 ounce) quick-rise yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup water
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- In a bowl, combine 2 cups flour, sugar, yeast and salt. In a saucepan, heat milk, butter and water to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add egg and remaining flour; beat until smooth. Shape into a ball. Do not knead. Cover and let rest for 10 minutes. Use for Braided Coffee Cake or Coffee Cake Ring.
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This is my new favorite. How easy can you get. We are going to gain a ton of weight w all the great things u can make out of this dough. LOL.
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The recipe was easy and I really like the flavor. Next time I think I will try making this dough into rolls. I made it as a braided coffee cake and it was a bit too dry for my taste.
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A couple new recruits announced today.
One bantam age player...
...and a 21-year old goaltender. Jacob Zab - who hasn't played above the NA3.
This makes a few gears turn. Clearly both Roden and Zab are coming in this year (both have aged out of juniors). Makes we wonder if Tomek is coming back. Hoping that is not the case - would prefer to carry 4 tenders on the roster... especially if we have three in the same class.
Hoping we will redshirt one of these guys.
William Rousseau (2003) and Matthew Maltais (2004?)
My guess is that Tomek is gone...
Well, it's no secret, anymore:
It's Saville's net next year.
I haven't been this scared about a goaltending situation at UNO since... Aarnio, Barrett, Kaufmann.
Says? No news on Tomek, at least public. Like I mentioned to you, goaltending is my biggest fear and we are putting an awful lot of faith in 3 recruits un-proven at this level.
this is the last thing I saw and it supports the Slovakian angle...
Matej Tomek, Junior, Univ. of Nebraska Omaha
If you forgot about the Flyers' lone college goalie prospect, no one can blame you. Tomek has jumped from the University of North Dakota to the USHL's Waterloo Blackhawks to Nebraska Omaha since 2015. He also played just four games this season.
Philly will hold onto the Slovakian's rights for another year, but it will take a big improvement and some playing time from Tomek to earn a contract.
It's not going to happen here.
I have a source stating that Tomek has left school.
My guess is that Matej is going to surface in the Slovak Extraliga.
I've been told by two separate sources that Tomek is gone.
Also hearing a couple other players won't return next season (I won't mention names until it becomes public).
I also need to do profiles of the commits we've obtained since March (I've been busy then past two months).
Goaltending situation definitely leaves a lot of question marks. Pretty excited to see how it all goes down.
A lot is riding on Saville this season...
That said, I think Roden will surprise us. The BCHL wasn't known for its defensive play last season, and he was solid for Merritt.
In goal, we've over relied on Wennie for 3 years. It will be interesting for sure. A couple leaving? Perceived impact?
It's hard to predict who will succeed based on junior success.
That said, if I had to rank the North American junior leagues on likelihood of success, it would look like:
USHL, BCHL, AJHL, NAHL, SJHL, OPJHL, MJHL... other
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Well it's getting closer so I thought I would drop a quick post about the model show the club I am a member puts on each year, The East of Scotland Model Show.
This year we have had to move the venue for the show away from the Marryat Hall at the Caird Hall Complex and will be holding it at the venue we use for our club nights, The Boomerang Community Centre on Kemback Street in Dundee.
There will be the usual great mix model competition, tombola, traders and club displays just in a new venue. I believe the community centre are also running the cafeteria for us in the morning for rolls and refreshments, but there are no shortage of places to grab something to eat or drink just across the car park on Albert Street.
I hope the new venue doesn't put people off, it's a great little community centre ran by real salt of the earth people who do a lot for the local area of Stobswell. I myself am going to be stuck at work in Glasgow for most of the day unfortunately but I should make it along before the show ends with any luck.
Away from the show I am going to be posting infrequently over the coming few weeks, I am having some renovations done to my home that will mean the bench and my kits need packed away and moved for a while. I do still have a couple of completion photo sets to take for my Vampire and Seawolf builds, and I should have the Astute done in short order also so hopefully I will be able to get those posted up whilst the bench is out of action!


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Of course, 3.7-inch display with a resolution 384 x 216 – it's not too impressive, especially when compared to what we can see in any weather and a Smartphone, but on the other hand, this should be sufficient to render equations and comments, at least so say the creators of Prizm.
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America is truly living out 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12. Some Christians and non-believers believe everything Hollywood, the music industry, and what politicians tell or show them. A lie is now the truth!
Is The Church Hypocritical?
The actress Megan Good who is married to Pastor Devon Franklin(Hollywood producer) stated on You Tube the church is so hypocritical her husband who carries the title pastor sees nothing wrong with her doing sex scenes. Megan said, "She calls her husband and informs him when she is getting ready to do a sex scene, and he wishes her well." Really?! For non-believers, it is not expected for you to understand or respect this scripture 1 Corinthians 7:2 but a Christian should.
Why is this man carrying the title, Pastor? A man is supposed to cover and protect his wife, not hand her over mentally or physically to the world and the cameraman for money.
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The word abortion is a significant issue in our society like never before. Killing your unborn child agenda is pushed by evil and wicked people. The excuse they use is it's a woman's choice to choose for her body regardless of her situation. Women are currently joining the abortion movement because in their eyes, these evil and wicked people speak the truth. A lie is now the truth (2 Thessalonians 2:10)
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
Children have the right to choose their sex, and people can engage in same-sex relationships. Society has been convinced homosexuality is not a person's choice; they did not wish to be this way they have the right to love who they choose. Wickedness is now seen as righteousness.righteousness
Pleasure an Unrighteousness
These people received not the love of the truth; they refuse to believe the truth, and they have much pleasure in unrighteousness. God will blind their eyes to the truth, and they will believe lies instead. A lot of this is seen in America today in politics, religion, and the media!
Now they all will be headed to condemnation( 2 Thessalonians 2:12) rejecting divine truth ultimately leads to damnation. Having "pleasure in unrighteousness" is where most of our society is. Their chief delights are living in unholy conduct.
A person is not deceived apart from his own will or against his own will! They are deceived because they refuse to believe the truth. They refuse to believe in God and His Words.
God has specific laws for the universe. He created laws both within man and in nature and laws, which go into motion and take effect when man acts. Galatians 6:7-8 clearly states, "You reap what you sow." America is going to pay a hefty price.
The world laws take precedence over God's commandments. The world will lead people to believe in false ideas and untruths. The world rejected the love of the Gospel. Here are a few signs that show the world has rejected God's Words:
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- Disobeys Christ
- Opposes Christ
- Despises Christ
- Rejects Christ
- Downgrades Christ
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- Ignores Christ
- Demeans Christ
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Fibre Channel is the choice for resilient storage networks due to its reliability and robust set of management capabilities. Mainframe computers that run the world's financial systems, high speed transactions processing, fraud protection, and reservation systems rely on Fibre Channel because it provides performance and reliability these systems demand for 24/7 availability.
Mainframe systems use FICON and High Performance FICON protocol to carry Single Byte commands (SBCCS) over Fibre Channel to communicate with storage. FICON and High performance FICON are defined in the T11 Fibre Channel standards as FC-SB-6 Command Mode and Transport mode, respectively. FC-SB-6 (FICON's 6th generation) is an FC-4 Upper Layer Protocol (ULP) that runs on top of the Fibre Channel FC-2 layer (defined by FC-FS-4) just like the FCP protocol (T10's FCP-4) is used to carry SCSI commands over Fibre Channel.
It's a common misconception that FCP is Fibre Channel and Fibre Channel is FCP and it is all about SCSI commands. FCP is merely an FC-4 layer command and data transport protocol that was initially defined to carry SCSI commands over Fibre Channel Layer 2. However, realizing that the FCP-4 transport provides the lowest overhead and streamlined operations, High
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Book Tour & Author Interview: KITTY'S FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL by SARAH LINX
Kitty's First Day of School
By Sarah Linx
Kitty the Calico is a young and curious kitten who is going to school for the very first time. Kitty quickly discovers that school is nothing to be afraid of.
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About the Author: Sarah Linx
Sarah Linx is a young female author with a passion for writing, animals, creativity, and, teaching young children. She believes that teaching can be done both inside and out of the classroom, and comes in a variety of different ways. Sarah uses her passion for teaching and writing to help young students realize that learning can be fun and memorable.
At the age of thirteen, each student in Sarah's middle school's class was asked to write a picture book to share with the school's younger students. The only guideline given to this class, was that their books had to be, "educational." Upon being given this assignment, Sarah knew that it wasn't enough for her book to be solely educational in nature. She realized her book had to inspire its readers, as that was what all good children's books were supposed to do. Children's books should allow readers to use their imaginations, to wonder, learn, and ask questions about what they see and read.
Sarah found that the perfect inspiration for her book began at home. Her neighbor had just rescued a dog, and Sarah chose to write the dog's story. The result, was her first picture book, "A Home at Last."
When her class was given the same assignment one year later, at the age of fourteen, Sarah wrote her second book, "Counting Kitties." After seeing the positive influence that both of her stories had on her school's younger students, as well as their teachers, Sarah knew she wanted to share her stories with as many children as she could.
During the summer of 2015, "Counting Kitties," became Sarah's first independently published picture book. Sarah is currently working on additional picture book projects for young readers.
How do you go about planning your stories?
This is an interesting one because my process isn't something that's typical of what most authors do. If there is anything I have learned it is that every author needs to find a process that works for them. It is okay to accept that what you do is different. Be proud of that. My planning changes quite a bit throughout my projects but they all have the common task of developing the basic theme or message before I write or draw. For my first book Counting Kitties, I was using a story I wrote for a middle school English project. The first thing I did was look at the story and see what needed to be evaluated again and then worked on the illustrations. My second book, "Kitty's First Day of School" was quite the adventure. I had a bunch of drawings centered around the concept of school and wrote the story around my pictures. Usually the story comes first and the pictures come later. After that I did a basic outline of ideas of potential plots for each picture. Not only did this help me keep track of ideas, but it helped me with plot sequence. Half way through writing I found out I had more than I had pictures for. I drove myself crazy and wound up adding a bunch of things spread out through the book. It was what the book needed and I was even more proud as the author because that extra work was worth it.
What mediums do you use for writing and illustrating?
For writing, I use my laptop and word processor. For outlines I use traditional multi-colored gel pens and lined paper. I never understood why outlining on the computer never gave me the same results as pen and paper did though I can write stories on my computer most of the time without a problem. For illustrating I use a combination of colored pencils and markers. The mixed media brings an interesting visual element, yet are common mediums kids love to use. Since I write for kids I wanted to come up with a visual style that seems friendly. If a child reads my book and decides they want to draw or write, that would be the biggest honor for me.
What is your most interesting writing quirk?
I'm not 100% sure of what those could be. I need complete silence when I write yet I will get distracted if I don't have the TV on in the background. I usually watch sitcoms or police dramas that I don't have to pay attention to since I have seen them enough to give you episode summaries. If it is a new movie or show I haven't seen, I won't be able to work though. I need all part of my brain occupied I guess. When I write and draw I have to be near my family's gemstone and crystal collection. Works wonders or maybe it's because I believe it does.
How did you select your platforms for publishing?
This was an interesting thing. Once again this was a decision that took me years to figure out and not something I could decide overnight. When I was 18 I started to research agents and publishing houses. Many of them were classic vanity press stories that ended badly so I needed to move on but grateful that I was learning. I decided to self-publish not because I was rejected but because I was certain I needed to get my stories out there. I had another creative writing project I was floating around along with "Counting Kitties." Once I did decide on self-publishing, I was an 18 year-old that loves modern day media but really I had no idea on how to even start the publishing journey. I began to research self publishing and was surprised by how many options there were. I gave up on it for a few years because it was so overwhelming. A few years later, I had a few friends who recommended I try CreateSpace now known as Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing. This too was a steep learning curve but once I got the hang of it suddenly this was possible. When I got the automated email that Counting Kitties would be accepted pending approval of a proof I was like "Oh my… What did I just do?" It was the greatest feeling in the world. "Kitty's First Day of School" was a tad easier because I had some ideas from my first book about formatting. It's interesting because you are making a digital layout of the book for something that will become a print source not an ebook. Since then I have also gotten my first two books converted into ebooks and have played around with competing self publishing sources like LuLu and Nook Press by Barnes & Noble. In the digital age, e books make your books accessible to a lot more people. I am totally revealing my age here, but as someone who lived through the start, rise, and fall of iTunes media libraries, I was in childhood tech heaven when my books got their iTunes pages. It's also a different experience to flip through your creation on your phone or computer and it looks as good as the ebooks I loved as a teenager. It's a wonderful experience, and I always encourage people to find the platform that works for them.
What are you currently working on?
I have had a bunch of ideas that I have been experimenting with. I used to work at a local summer camp as a counselor so I wanted to write a book about going to camp. Somehow that turned into Kitty going to school. It always bothered me that I couldn't get that idea to manifest, but someone recently asked what would happen if I brought my character Kitty in to explore summer camp. It would still be a standalone but seem familiar to anyone who has seen my covers or read my books. That's a possibility I never considered but something I might need to experiment with.
About a year ago my parents and I rescued a Pomeranian from a breeding mill. She could no longer have puppies at 5 years old so they were losing out on business by keeping her. She is just the cutest thing you will ever see. I was thinking about doing an alphabet treasure hunt book. When we first brought her home, she had no idea what grass was and one year later just figured out how to carry a stuffed toy.
The project that is gaining the most momentum is actually my first creative writing project from middle school that inspired me to want to publish. I gave up on it because it seemed more complicated than my other books and thought it wouldn't happen. I illustrated my first two books so I started to play around with ideas and I'm hoping to have it out by the end of the year.
When I was in the 7th grade, my neighbor George who lived across the street rescued a grown Siberian Husky from a bad situation. It repeatedly got loose and escaped his yard. I was never sure of the full story but I made a repetitive sight word book about dog traits around her. I was inspired by what he did. He later gave his life for our country in the Iraq war but this would be for him. I also have a huge respect for all of our human and K9 first responders so I think of them when I work on this book too. I decided to call it "A Home at Last" because there are so many dogs out there who dream about finding forever homes with families that deserve their love. I write primarily for young children so if they want a pet or about to get a pet (presumably a dog) they should learn about what dogs do first. Lick, eat, dig, run, etc. This one is so close to my heart and I am excited about this one.


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I have finally managed to reduce my evaluation of President Trump to one short sound bite: What he does is often praiseworthy; what he is says is often cringeworthy. Nowhere is this more evident than in the president's dealings with Israel and the Jewish people.
What he has done for Israel is huge—as in yuge.
Moving the embassy to Jerusalem was huge. No other president had the fortitude to do this. Not Bill Clinton. Not George W. Bush. Not Barack Obama.
Every president, decade after decade, delayed the move by another six months, until President Trump.
This took courage, determination, boldness, even fearlessness.
To repeat: This was huge.
It was also huge for Trump to pull out of the disastrous Iran deal, hopefully forestalling Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Of course, only God knows the intentions of the radical Islamic leaders of Iran. But if the president's actions made it more difficult for Iran to use nuclear weapons against Israel and others, that would be absolutely huge.
It was huge for Trump to give official recognition of the Golan Heights, something that should have been done by America decades ago.
That's why so many Israelis are pro-Trump: they believe he's a man of action, and they believe he is a real friend of their country.
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Years ago when we first moved to Jersey, we were invited to our first ever Pie Night. When the Sommerkorns moved out of the area, many were saddened by their departure and the thought of the end of Sommerkorn Pie Night. We could not let this happen! I am no Liz the pie professional but I took on the task of keeping Pie Night tradition. Over the years I have incorporated many pie recipes from the web, old cook books and of course Liz's selections. (Seriously this woman has amazing skill and talent with pies.)
The idea behind Pie Night is to enjoy and savor all of the delicious pies before Thanksgiving dinner. Usually on Thanksgiving the table is adorned with a gorgeous turkey and all the filling sides. By the end of a Thanksgiving feast there is no room for pie. It is shameful as pie deserves our love and respect as much as the turkey! Pie night to the rescue; an entire evening devoted to pie. Yum!
Pie Night, as is our spin on the tradition, is Friday night before Thanksgiving. This year I took a deviated path on recipes. This year's pies came from old recipe books my Grandma has given me from the 60s, 70s and 80s (that's fun sometimes just trying to figure out the ingredients and measurements), some came from newer recipe books, family recipes and of course Pinterest.
Instead of a traditional chocolate cookie crust (I ran out of Oreo's) I opted to make some chocolate dough pie crusts. They aren't the same as a cookie crust but served their purpose.
Sometimes, even my large kitchen isn't enough counter space for Pie Night prep.
The favorite of the night was the chocolate mint cream pie (seen sitting in the middle of the table with the chocolate cookie crust). Down low on the list were Gingerbread Cream Pie, Salted Chocolate Pecan and Peanut Butter Bacon pies. In all fairness the Salted Chocolate Pecan and Gingerbread both did not set enough and ended up being devoured by my family the next day when they were set. PB Bacon is one I have not made in a few years but made it by request from Big D this year. A new concoction for me this year was an Almond Joy pie. It was scrumptious!
Things I learned/proved:
- Instant vs Cook & Serve puddings… it makes a difference
- some pies will take longer than the recipe says to set firmly
- chicken pot pie will always be a favorite, it's a staple now
- Oreo cookies dipped in homemade German's chocolate cake icing are delicious!
- everyone has different taste
I think the last one makes pie night fun and worth while. I enjoy baking and seeing others enjoy the fruits of my labor.


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CHANGES TO the 184 bus service in Saddleworth have been condemned by local councillors and residents who fear the cut backs will increase isolation.
A First Bus spokesperson explained: "There will be no significant changes to journeys between Manchester and Huddersfield via Uppermill and Diggle or to journeys that terminate at Uppermill.
"Unfortunately however due to low passenger demand most of the journeys that currently terminate at Diggle and operate via Dobcross will be curtailed at Grotton.
"Diggle will continue to be linked with Manchester, Oldham and Uppermill every hour by the journeys on service 184 that operate to/from Huddersfield. Dobcross will be continue to be served by services 353/4 providing links to Uppermill.
"There will be no significant change to service 180 that will continue operate every 30 minutes. First would like to apologise if these changes cause any inconvenience."
The changes, which will be in place from Monday, July 25, have left councillors, community champions and residents concerned.
Mark Brooks, chair of Diggle Community Association, said: "This decision will have a serious impact on the community.
"The service into Diggle is a lifeline for many residents, particularly the elderly, who do not have access to car transport and rely on it to visit the shops or keep in touch with friends.
"This is yet another example of putting cost before conscience."
Pam Rose, chair of Dobcross Village Community's executive, declared: "It's ridiculous with no buses coming through the centre of Dobcross other than the 354 and 353.
"Villagers use the bus regularly to go to college, hospital and school. We need links to get to those places as not everyone drives."
Saddleworth Parish Councillor Paul Fryer commented: "Bus services in Saddleworth are being gradually eroded.
"We need a thorough review with a view to providing a good service between the villages, and linking the area to the surrounding towns. There also needs to be proper connections with the trains at Greenfield.
"The prospective Labour candidates for Greater Manchester Mayor are all committed to developing an integrated transport system with better fare options including an 'Oyster' style card."
Royce Franklin, chair of the Traffic and Transport Sub-Committee for Saddleworth and Lees, said: "Whilst it is very disappointing to learn of the loss of the second bus per hour during the day for Diggle and the direct link to Manchester for Dobcross, it is understandable.
"There is a bill scheduled to go before Parliament which means buses will be run as demanded by local authorities, as they are in London.
"Until then services such as the 184 service for Diggle will continue to be subject to changes which are not in the best interest of the locals."


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Continuing with the rear wing spars…
…getting all the pieces in place and then updrilling to the final hole size.
Notice on the ends with the thick flanges that the construction is different for each side. One reason is, for simplicity, the Sonex ribs are all the same for both wings. They don't make left and right ribs with a different direction of bend. The forward facing flanges accommodate this by facing different directions. Also because the wings just cross in the fuselage, one wing is slightly ahead of the other. The attach fitting mounts forward of the channel on one to help accommodate that.


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See our August events calendar below with La Pampa's monthly rounds! We bring our local farm-to-street menu across the Miami Valley—from Wednesday lunches at The Wellness Center at Antioch College to an evening at a local breweries: Yellow Springs Brewery, Mother Stewart's Brewing Company, and Eudora Brewing Company.
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I just checked, and I've confirmed that I've never seen a Wes Anderson film before this one, so you'll excuse me if I don't recognise any of his usual schtick. I've been a bit desperate for something interesting to talk about on here for a while; the usual subjects of "New Who isn't much good" and "people on the internet are stupid" haven't seemed worth writing about lately, so I was glad to strike upon a film which captured my interest. I don't intend for this to be a review, per se - more of a reading, but I'll at least say that I enjoyed The Grand Budapest Hotel, although I wasn't completely amazed by it. Nonetheless it's a recent film which I'd actually recommend, and they seem to be few and hard to come by lately. The reason The Grand Budapest Hotel fired my imagination in particular was because I've been reasonably interested in Late Modern European history recently, a topic with which I feel the film rather substantially engages. I've particularly been interested in the bits that don't make it into one's school education; I regrettably lacked the space on my university timetable to read History, and in any event was foolishly uninterested in it as an undergraduate to my possible loss. Nonetheless a recent revival of interest on my part has allowed me to pursue subjects of personal curiosity at my own leisure, and particularly the goings-on of Central Europe over the last two hundred years or so. Thus my reading of the film is as follows: that it questions the particular concept and representation of interbellum Europe and the concept of Europe in the first half of the Twentieth Century, interrogating how reliable and authentic modern culture's image of that place and period in history is. I'm sure this is a subject which other writers have discussed, but I wanted to express my thoughts on my own. For what it's worth, The Grand Budapest Hotel reminded me of two texts in particular: the Tintin comics by Hergé, and particularly the instalment "King Ottokar's Sceptre," in regards to the cultural-historical representation of the film, and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James in regards to the manner of the narrative.
The narrative itself is one which presents multiple layers of narration: the story is the recollection of youthful experiences by an old man, relayed to a young author, who himself recorded this information as an older man in a piece of writing being read by a young woman in the present day. Thus there are, to my reckoning, four levels of narration: the book being read by the young woman, the older author's recollection of the story, the narrator's recollection of the story to the author as a young man, and the narrator's actual experience of events as a youth. This obviously affects how the story is presented; for instance, the protagonist, one of two, named Zero Moustafa, actively delays discussing his long-dead wife Agatha, and introduces her abruptly. There is a question of reliability. This is just one part of how Anderson, to my mind, evokes the notion that the modern, arguably nostalgic, vision of Europe in the first half of the Twentieth Century is fundamentally an unreliable one.
Further evidence accumulates in terms of the film's presentation. The heavy use of modelwork on, for instance, mountain cable cars, the hotel's lifts and indeed the hotel itself all convey a sense of artificiality. This is further accentuated by the quasi-historical nature of the setting. It is primarily set in a fictional Central European nation, "Zubrowka," during a Fascist uprising in 1932, one year off from the Nazi's seizure of power in Germany. The Fascists themselves border upon reality without fully duplicating it, evoking the awkward status of German-aligned Nazi imitators in Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and the like during the Second World War. The names are a complete mish-mash of Germanic, Slavic and Francophone referents, and similarly the characters' accents simply retain those of their actors, combining English, Irish, American and French accents and more besides without any particular consistency. This is particularly embodied in the character of the other protagonist, Zero Moustafa's employer Monseiur Gustave, an English-sounding man with a French name who runs a Central European hotel. Combined with the bright purple hoteliers' uniforms, the Fascist military garb, the really quite Alcatraz-like prison inmates and the mountainous, snowy geography an image emerges of this period as a hazy and chaotic hybridisation of innumerable cultural and historical signifiers which serve to highlight the artificiality of the stereotypical image of this era in Europe. It is of course further emphasised by the state of the hotel in the "1968" era, in which Zubrowka has clearly been subsumed into the Eastern Bloc, and its Soviet-brutalist external architecture is matched by the tacky orange plastic-and-vinyl interior as a contrasting and reflecting historical stereotype. The effect is to throw this cultural picture of "chocolate-box Europe" into stark relief by exploring the idea that completely fictional historical and geographical images are just as capable of signifying a particular time period in the cultural consciousness as real places and events.
Thus the film considers this imaginary construct of a real time and space. It is further referenced in the screenplay by the juxtaposition of the notional setting to the frequent use of modern idiom and colloquialism in the screenplay. The language of several characters in the "1932" era is even more modern than most of the language in the framing "1968" setting. As such the film serves to propose how utterly disconnected from reality artistic representations of the past generally are, such that a moustachioed Ralph Fiennes in a "1932" prison can earnestly inform his visiting partner in crime Zero of his familiarity with the necessity of avoiding being a "candy ass" while claiming that he derived such knowledge from reading Penny Dreadfuls. Thus is established a juxtaposition of the cultural perception of this time in Europe, as a sadly-lost period of fine living crushed by Fascism and Modernity, with the more accurate historical argument of its status as part of the extremely drawn-out death rattle of the Nineteenth Century and the Victorian Era. This is put forward by the older Zero, who claims that Fiennes' Monsieur Gustave "sustained the illusion" of a world which truly perished before Gustave's own time. Gustave's character, whose swearing and seduction of aged noblewomen is juxtaposed to his graciousness, friendliness and public propriety, underscores the notion of the interbellum's supposed glamour and decorum as a facade, albeit not one without its own virtues. This is also on another textual level underscored by Gustave's love of Romantic poetry, which in real literary history had completely fallen from grace by this time in favour of Modernism. Romanticism was in fact viewed as a badly ageing movement before the end of the Nineteenth Century and even blamed in certain quarters for promoting and enabling the kind of careless attitudes which were held responsible for the unprecedented wastefulness and destructiveness of the First World War. Gustave's failure to ever completely recite any of his poems, and the fact that many of them aren't very good, symbolise the concept that Romantic Europe was already dead, but that society had not entirely come to terms with it by that point, and perhaps still hasn't. Dmitri's desperate desire to recover the "Boy with Apple" painting similarly represents a vain wish to cling to the Romantic past: in Dmitri's case the painting symbolises the immense wealth, status and dignity of a bygone age. The fact that it later hangs forgotten behind the counter in the hotel attests to the ultimate futility of this desire to keep that period alive for whatever reason, and Zero's replacement of it in Dmitri's house with a piece of confronting erotica further reinforces the notion that the Romantic age was just as "improper" as any other time and simply pretended that it wasn't. Thus the film also draws attention to this regretful dream that Romantic Europe was killed by Fascism: it wasn't - it had died a decade and a half earlier in the trenches.
In this way The Grand Budapest Hotel also engages with the modern cultural image of the 1930s adventure narrative. It thus evokes not only Tintin, which is actually from the period, but also later representations of cultural significance like Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. It particularly draws attention to the idea of interbellum Europe as a place of adventure and derring-do, represented by, for instance, Gustave's ridiculous escape from prison and Zero and Gustave's sled-chase of Willem Dafoe's skiing SS-style enforcer Jopling, after which they, as such adventure characters so often do, stand around lightly clothed in the snow unaffected by the freezing conditions. The ultimate encapsulation of this is when Adrien Brody's Dmitri and a crowd of alarmed Fascist soldiers shoot up a hotel balcony in confusion while hitting no one whatsoever, such that Zero is capable of running through the fusillade to attempt to rescue Agatha. This serves to emphasise how unrealistic this perception of the period is, while simultaneously reminding of those virtues and values which can and will survive in the face of mindless violence and persecution. The success of Zero and Gustave's absurd adventure serves to mock Fascism while reminding that it was the ugly truth of the era. The Fascists' intrusions, above all other unwholesome elements presented as lurking beneath the surface of European society at that time, function as a reminder of the ultimate tragedy of the period and its doomed nature, represented by the abrupt, off-screen execution of Gustave, the surly but comical Fascist thugs of the first train confrontation being replaced by a filthy, humourless "death squad" with no interest in discussion or investigation, the fundamental empty ugliness of Fascism emerging through its thin veneer of outward respectability. Yet respectable it nearly is in the early parts of the film. The original uniforms, which partially evoke the more decorative Imperialist garb of the First World War, and the reasonable nature of Inspector Henckels, remind modern culture that the Interbellum and Fascism are one and the same. They are products of the same historical motion which occupy the same historical space, both arguably, and in part, the corrupted vestiges of the mouldering remains of long-dead Romantic Europe. The execution of Gustave as such strikingly declares that Europe at that time was not, really, a nice place to be in many respects. The description of the event is abrupt and darkly comical, however, consoling us with the knowledge that it was brutal but that it is also over.
The final component I wanted to mention is one of equivalent interest to me but one which I hadn't myself previously fully connected with the film's other ideas. That is the concept of what I might describe as, for want of a better phrase, "islands of time." What I mean by this entirely inadequate phrase is the idea of specific, especially short, historical periods which nonetheless genuinely were, or are inaccurately perceived to have been, distinct historical entities with their own peculiarities. The interbellum period is obviously a prime example of this: twenty short years which are nonetheless perceived as sort of "sticking out" rather sharply from the history around them, almost this notion that because of the First and Second World Wars the 1910s didn't really flow organically into the 1920s and 30s, which themselves "jolted" into the late 40s and then the 50s. I think the film manages to somewhat draw attention to this notion as well, without necessarily criticising it. This is particularly represented by the idea of historical inertia in the face of the sudden and unexpected. It is shown, for instance, in the hotel maintaining in a sense its normal operation despite being overrun with Fascist officers who have essentially turned it into a headquarters, or the white-garbed monks in the mountains carrying on their monastic life despite the country being completely revolutionised. Of course the most substantial image of this is the fact that Zero, thirty-six years on, has essentially bribed the local Soviet government to keep the hotel operational as a tribute to his long-lost wife and child: "We were happy here, for a little while." Thus the film conceptualises the innate contradiction of periods of history and periods of life which are structured, routine and substantial, but which are only ever temporary, and sometimes are very brief. Thus Anderson rounds out his exploration of the cultural image of the period, explaining why it is so enduring: because of this personal human tendency to perceive these "islands of time."
To conclude I ought to explain the textual comparisons I made at the beginning. The Grand Budapest Hotel of course evokes "King Ottokar's Sceptre" because both feature intrigue centred around a historical or culturally significant artefact in a fictional Central European nation under threat from fictional Fascists. Hergé's comic is period satire, of course, reflecting the political situation of the time, using fictionalised regions to enable the point he is making. Anderson's presentation of the inaccurate and nebulous modern conception of 30s Europe may therefore be compared to how such representations once had enormous relevance and purpose, but that modern culture has more or less lifted away the surface of the time period and left most of the reality behind. The Grand Budapest Hotel draws attention to this insubstantiality in modern representations and adaptations. An awareness of this very insubstantiality explains how, for example, Steven Spielberg's 2011 "The Adventures of Tintin" spectacularly misses the point of its source material. To turn to Henry James, the film evokes The Turn of the Screw in two ways: firstly with the use of multiple layers of narration, which also involve the recollection of experiences long past, and secondly in the theme of the tension between Romantic notions and reality. What Anderson achieves in The Grand Budapest Hotel is to question the intersection of layers of history, memory and culture, and speculate upon where reality lies, and where reality intersects with beauty and fairness and happiness. Perhaps all these things are to be found mingled amongst each other, and many worse and better things beside.


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Liverpool are the highest scoring British team in Champions League group stage history
The Merseyside giants beat Spartak Moscow 7-0 on Wednesday to secure the top spot in group E
LIVERPOOL bagged 23 goals from six group stage games as they breezed in the last 16 of the Champions League.
And this sublime scoring record makes Jurgen Klopp's side the highest scoring British team in group stage history.
The previous record was held by Manchester United, who boasted 21 group stage strikes.
Only French giants Paris Saint-Germain scored more goals than the Merseyside outfit in the competition group stages this year, with 25.
After only conceding six goals, Jurgen Klopp's men topped group E with a goal difference of 17.
Liverpool scored seven more than Chelsea, eight more than Tottenham, nine more than Manchester City and 11 more than Manchester United.
The Reds put seven past Spartak Moscow on Wednesday night to improve on their impressive goal tally.
Philippe Coutinho bagged a hat-trick, and Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah made the scoresheet.
FULL ENGLISH Prem clubs make Champions League history... here's who the face in last 16
Brazilian ace Firmino is now the second highest scorer in the competition with six goals, behind Cristiano Ronaldo with nine.
Liverpool scored 18 goals on their way to winning the 2004/05 Champions League, so they will enter the knockout stages oozing with confidence.


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Earn a point for every eligible dollar you spend on rides and Uber Eats, and earn rewards every 500 points. Plus, get 2x points on UberX, and 3x points for Uber Black trips.¹
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Whether you're just starting out or you take Uber trips everywhere, you can rack up points and benefits at each membership level.²
Learn how to earn with Uber Rewards
Earn 1 point for every eligible dollar you spend on Uber Eats and Pool trips.
Earn 2 points for every eligible dollar you spend on UberX, UberXL, or Select.
Earn 3 points for every eligible dollar you spend on Uber Black and Uber Black SUV trips.
- What are all the benefits that I can earn?
- What is Uber Cash?
- How will I know when I'm eligible to sign up for or get off of the wait list for Uber Rewards?
- Can I earn points on bike rides?
¹Excludes UberTaxi, bikes, and scooters. Other restrictions apply. See Benefits Terms for details.
²Membership levels are Blue (0 points to qualify), Gold (500 points to qualify), Platinum (2,500 points to qualify), and Diamond (7,500 points to qualify). See Program Terms for details.


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