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Singapore Chinatown: An Asian Foodie's Paradise
Introduction. My two-year hiatus from writing was not without reason. The day after I published my Oakland Chinatown post, Hong Kong police fired tear gas on thousands of Hong Kong citizens, triggering a historic two-month protest now known as the Umbrella Movement. For the first time in my life, I felt conflicted in my identity. Hong Kongers, in their fight for universal suffrage, sought to delineate an identity separate and distinct from that of Mainland Chinese. But most -- like me --- have roots inextricably linked to China. This clash, for me, was real. And with many Chinatowns currently inhabited by immigrants from Mainland China, I suddenly felt distant, different, and a loss of desire to continue this blog. Given our shared history and background, the divide was a sad state of affairs.
A turn of events occurred -- and quite unexpectedly -- during a four-day stay in Singapore Chinatown. For this, Singapore Chinatown will always hold a special place in my heart. A piece of the past, mouth-watering hawker fare, impeccable cleanliness, and national pride -- who knew that a faraway Chinatown with these unique traits would serve to remind me of who I am?
What Is Singapore? There are so many misconceptions about Singapore, and I admittedly knew little before landing at Changi Airport. An island at the end of the Malay peninsula, some say sea gypsies and pirates inhabited it until British colonization in 1819. By the early 1900s, it had evolved into a popular trading hub for Europe and Asia. Many from Southern China, like Guangdong and Hokkien, fled here for a better life. Sadly, they found jobs only as coolies, hawkers, and indentured servants. Working endless hours, some gave their earnings right back to gambling and opium dens.
To understand the history of Singapore Chinatown and its first settlers, a visit to the Chinatown Heritage Center located on 48 Pagoda Street is imperative. In an audio tour narrated in both Cantonese and English, I walked through a three-story Chinatown SRO (single room occupancies) that portrayed the homes of these early residents. This two-hour experience transported me back to Singapore Chinatown in the 1920s through the 1950s. My throat grew tight as each exhibit reminded me that my privileged life -- like that of many second-generation overseas Chinese -- came at a price.
The following are just some of the stories that were told during the museum tour (click on each photo to enlarge):
A Cantonese tailor left his family in China to open a shop in Singapore. Living alone, he fit all of his possessions, including a prized 1920s camera, a buddha statue, and photos of his wife, in a tiny 8x8 room.
A Hokkien couple raised a family of five in this small bedroom. Here, they utilized the space to sew, play games, eat dinner, and sleep. Many tenants shared one kitchen, so families kept hot water thermoses and kitchenware in their rooms. If you enlarge the photo, you'll see a sewing machine to the left. The mother would do work for the tailor as her children played right at her feet.
Samsui women traveled to Singapore alone to work and send money back to China. Together, these women, many of whom were sor hei (those who combed their hair into a tight bun and took an oath never to marry) bravely rejected a life in brothels. Instead, they chose to perform heavy manual work, like carrying materials and debris in baskets held by a shoulder pole to construction sites. These women also served as servants, nannies, and cooks for wealthy Singaporean families.
A street food peddler worked day and night, balancing a pole over his shoulder to carry two baskets. One held a piping hot pot of red bean soup while the other contained bowls and utensils to serve his customers. Like hawker stalls, street peddlers were commonplace in old Chinatown. They could be heard, late at night, shouting out what they were selling. Children would run outside, coins in hand, to make a purchase.
Their lifestyles seemed identical to those Chinese who fled to Hong Kong and San Francisco Chinatown. They performed the same type of work, shared similar living arrangements, and even owned the same household items like feather dusters and the Chinese calendars. And irrespective of where they ended up, all Chinese immigrants of this era led lives of endless toil and sacrifice with a dream that their work will one day pay off. With this historical perspective, I set out to explore modern-day Chinatown.
今時今日 (Right Now, Today). Per the internet, Singapore is now over 75% Chinese, 15% Malay, and 7% Indian. That said, I was under the impression that English was the official language of Singapore. As soon as I landed, airport personnel politely greeted me in Mandarin, then promptly admonished me for taking the airport cart out of its designated area. I asked him about the official language. "If a person looks like a 華人 (Hua ren or person of Chinese descent)," he explained, "it's safe to use Mandarin. But English, Tamil and Malay are also spoken here." And he was right. But in Chinatown, it was both Cantonese and Mandarin that got me through each day.
It is impossible to walk through Singapore Chinatown without wanting to check into every shop. From the moist, melt-in-your-mouth pork jerky from Lim Chee Guan to 貓山王 (mao shan wang) durian (supposedly the best), I spent hours on the same block in awe of my surroundings. Try devouring the stinky fruit in the pagodas above the stands. Because of the pungent smell, you'll have to find a secluded area to enjoy this fleshy delicacy. And because of the year-round muggy weather, you'll also find sugar cane juice stalls, and herbal tea shops like Hoong Woh Tong set up on every block. Be a local and try a freshly-brewed iced 王老吉 (wong lo kat). This bitter tea originated in Guangdong and is not only refreshing but can restore your body's equilibrium after eating yeet hay or acidic snacks. And to decompress after a long day of walking, visit a traditional Chinese traditional medicine master (dit da sifu) at a clinic like Chien Chi Tow, which offers tui na, herbal steam therapy, and even gwat sa, an old bamboo stick-tapping treatment intended to promote circulation.
For many early settlers of Chinatown, their hard work indeed paid off. The legacy of these pioneers is celebrated throughout all of Singapore. Take Yeo Eng Song, for instance, the Teochew man who sold bak kut teh (meat bone tea) from a rickety pushcart stall. Today, his restaurant, Song Fa, sits proudly off the Chinatown MRT. Crowds line up every day at lunch to enjoy his fall-off-the-bone pork ribs served with peppery broth at his flagship, which, incidentally, was listed in the 2017 Michelin Bib Gourmand. And the Samsui women who devoted their lives to construction work? Teddy bears in their image are now sold all over Singapore's Starbucks to teach the younger generation about their contributions to the nation's infrastructure. Seeing them acknowledged in this tangible form -- albeit as stuffed animals -- gave me great satisfaction.
Hawker Centres. Hawker centres are the modern day version of old Chinatown's open-air food stalls and are the highlight of any Singapore trip. Not to be confused with food courts, hawker stalls (大排檔 or dai pai dong ) are known for their 即叫即煮 (order now, cook now) policy. They more resemble mini-restaurants than fast food stands and are known for their variety and consistently amazing and affordable food. A driving force behind my decision to visit Singapore Chinatown was to find the hawker stall, Liao Fan Hong Kong Soya Sauce Chicken Rice & Noodle. Lauded as the world's cheapest Michelin-star meal, Chef Hon Meng Chan earned this recognition only after serving $2.00 soya sauce chicken rice plates for over two decades. His rags-to-riches story moved many, including me, and I stayed at the Park Regis Singapore just blocks from his restaurant. Each day, I eagerly set out to try his soya sauce chicken rice, and each day, without fail, I was distracted by so many other stalls that I was too full before getting there. It was a long and delicious journey.
Competition in Singapore Chinatown is stiff because there is so much talent here. And with the government's strict health regulations, every stall is so clean that food hygiene is a non-issue. It was an Asian foodie's paradise. Below are my top recommendations:
As my first hawker meal, this roast duck/roast pork combo from Zhen Zhu Fang Roasted Delights (珍珠坊烧腊) did not fail to impress. The crispy skin and juicy meat paired well with the fresh spinach noodles drenched in a delightful not-too-savory-and-not-too-sweet concoction. Located in the Chinatown Complex Plaza, Zhen Zhu sat on the first floor among about 30 other food stalls, some also serving Cantonese barbeque and others fresh sugar cane juice, Malaysian fare, Sichuan hot pot and more.
On the second story of the same complex, Chef Randy Tse, a native of Hong Kong, was skillfully preparing plates of lo mein. A bit of choy (vegetable) with five-spice chicken over a heaping plate of egg noodles, his dish is a culinary delight. When asked if he beat his own noodles (egg noodles are made by arduously beating the dough with a dough pin or bamboo stick), he exclaimed, "我仲有命咩?" which translates to, "Would I still be living?" For those of you who have followed my blog for a while, you know that this is a typical way Cantonese speakers communicate with one another. Answers are dry, never direct, but always lend to hilarity.
When you're ready, head over to Wu Shi Nian Dai 五十年代咖啡 (1950s Coffee). This Michelin-recommended milk tea is guaranteed to jolt you out of any food coma. Locals sat around as early as 7 a.m. to enjoy this with Kaya toast. I, however, paired this with a bowl of yong tau fu from a nearby stall, Xiu Ji Ikan Bilis Yong Tau Fu. This Hakka creation of tofu stuffed with blended fish or meat is served in a soup with mi fen (rice noodles). In contrast to the coarse fish cakes we have in the States, these silky-smooth babies were like pillows of heaven in my mouth.
If you're a Bourdain-follower, you've probably heard of Tian Tian. Located in the Maxwell Plaza, this was declared his favorite chicken rice joint back in No Reservations Singapore. In 2013, it went on to beat Gordan Ramsey in Hawker Heroes Challenge. But a few years later, the head chef found himself without a job. Feeling scorned, he opened his own chicken rice stall just two doors down, declaring a war. Eating a plate from each -- and awkwardly under the scrutiny of the owners -- I tried hard to overcome my propensity to help the underdog. Presentation, velvety meat, and fluffy, chicken-flavored rice -- both had them all. But one was superior. Which? You'll have to try and see.
By the last day of my trip, I had eaten all of the above, visited other hawker stalls, and even enjoyed a 10-course meal at Jaan, named one of Asia's 50 Best Restaurants in 2017. With the bar set this high, I finally arrived at Hawker Chan's.
As I stepped into the restaurant, I was surprised to see Chef Chan behind the glass, brows furrowed in concentration as he prepared rice and noodle plates for the lunch crowd. To my surprise, he smiled and waved when I took a picture. I would soon learn that this display of warmth was also exhibited in his food creations. Some say the difference between a good dish and an exemplary dish is that the latter is made with love. As I placed the first spoonful of rice and chicken into my mouth, I understood this sentiment. The chicken was tender; the rice fragrant. Chef Chan turned this very ordinary dish into something spectacular. I looked around and saw other customers -- customers from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Canada, and Beijing -- savoring every bite.
Conclusion. Some say the best journey is the one that brings you home. Having never previously stepped foot on Singapore soil, this trip remarkably did that for me. When I walked through the Chinatown Heritage Center, I saw my great-grandfather's life as an immigrant from Guangdong to San Francisco Chinatown. The SROs in the photos above were the same as the ones that my grandparents lived in when they left Toisan and Zhongshan to move to old Hong Kong. There was no hard line that separated the hardships they endured in China from those in their subsequent homes. It was all part of one long journey to get me -- and my family -- to where we are today. And when I sat in Hawker Chan's restaurant and listened to the many Chinese dialects around me, I knew that his story inspired many Chinese around the world and that his rice dish represented to me what it did to them -- home. Stripped of any political identity, our cultural core -- and pride -- is the same.


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Programming…it's part of our lives wherever we turn from day one. If we truly confront our real selves, getting down to the "nitty-gritty" shall we say…what would we find? To our chagrin, we might find that we have been sheeple, following whatever ideology is popular when we are passing through time. We do not believe we are doing so, because of our blindness to the lies of the enemy that are many times couched in 99% truth. The greatest intellects of all time would not be able to defeat him, for he has had centuries upon centuries to study human characteristics, foibles and arguments.
"For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places." ~Ephesians 6:12
One of the most dangerous and sneaky forms of attack comes in a way of thinking that has become more and more ingrained into our minds…the ideology of neo-liberalism that holds individuality as the highest form of freedom. This says, "I'm OK, so forget you," which is only an illusion, perpetuated by our enemy. Ads tell us whatever we do is OK as long as it helps us to reach our goal, no matter how it affects others in the world. If the athlete or politician "Wins" then how they won doesn't matter so much…or does it?
God did not create us to live as individuals, but in interdependent relationships to one another. Only when we anchor together RADICALLY in the love of God can we successfully weather the storms of life. Only through reaching across the gap to the least privileged to impart the freedom of Jesus and His provision will everyone know the true freedom He came to give us. Fellowship, support, and the wisdom of others in our church family are essential to the success of our God-given purpose and mission. We NEED one another!
"If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, 'Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,' and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?" ~James 2:15-16
Being in God's presence is also crucial. Worship brings us to Him personally…Jesus said that gathering together in worship is particularly powerful. It is in seeking Him through prayer and praise that we find healing, wholeness, sense of purpose, and His wisdom. Through worship, the power of God enters our lives, our minds, our bodies, and other dimensions of God's creation, bringing in the Light that obliterates the darkness.
"…and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together…but encouraging one another…" ~Hebrews 10: 24-25
We are called to be rebels for God against the Programming we are bombarded with every day through social media, politics, and the arena of public opinion. However, His promises remain, with His love steadfastly holding us sure on the path He has laid out for us. We cannot always see that path any further than the next step {and even then we are not sure many times}. We must persevere in watchfulness. Against the grain must be our way of life. Yet we will overcome because He has overcome. The promises are certain because He is our Rock, and He has set us free. The choice is ours, no? Let us be strong and courageous!
"In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." ~John 16:33
"It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery."~Galatians 5:1
"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death."~Revelation 12:11
~ Denise Chambellan

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As I'm getting ready for my next internship opening announcement, I thought I'd share some tips about finding an intern and making the most of having them learn while working in your business. This is the first of two posts. (The following image is from an intern.)
How to Prepare for Your Intern:Review the United States Department of Labor Guidelines on Internships to make sure that you are creating an experience that qualifies. Identify three of your closest photography schools and/or high schools that offer photography classes. Contact the teachers or intern coordinators to learn about their student internship requirements and expectations. Decide exactly what the intern will be learning during their internship and what tasks will help them learn while they work with you. Outline the basic qualifications they need in order to work at a level that doesn't require extensive remediation. Create an office procedure manual of any tasks that you prefer to have done a


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"The Valley doesn't let you forget where you came from." — Rey Vasquez.
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Apr 02, 2016
McCall: "It's time to keep working hard"
Mark McCall is not getting carried away with his team's blistering form over the last fortnight after the Saracens director of rugby witnessed another vintage performance from his side in their four-try 30-10 win against Bath at the Rec.
Sarries crossed for four tries with Will Fraser, Mike Ellery and an Ashton brace inflicting the damage on Bath who had full-back Anthony Watsom sent-off for a dangerous tackle on opposite number Alex Goode. The away side looked back to their best once again on Friday night, backing up a fine home win against the Exeter Chiefs the week before with the dismantling of Bath in a game that McCall said his side 'dominated'.
Speaking after the game, he said: "I thought that we played some really good rugby, especially when it was fifteen against fifteen, we played some good stuff. When we had to defend, we defended well and our physicality was there. We really fronted up and we also played some lovely rugby."
On the Watson, red card McCall added: "We had been the dominate side up until that point (the sending off). We were 18-3 up and I'm not sure that really changed the course of the game."
Saracens now head into a mouth-watering European Rugby Champions Cup Quarter Final clash against Northampton Saints next week at Allianz Park with the north Londoners well placed in the Aviva Premiership.
Speaking about the upcoming game, McCall promised that his Saracens side would remain grounded despite their recent performances winning widespread acclaim.
'The last two weeks have gone well but it's important we keep our feet on the ground," said the Northern Irishman. "We've got a massive game next week and we know that when we get our preparation right and front up like we did today that we're a tough proposition, but it's time for us to keep working hard.
"They (Northampton Saints) are playing really well and I think they have a lot of confidence from their performance last weekend. They have a tough game against Wasps, so we're all trying to get through these games and head into next weekend with a full complement of players. We've picked up a couple of knocks tonight but we'll assess them as the week goes on, but it's going to be a good game against two good teams.
"We've got three Aviva Premiership games left to try and get a home Semi-Final, which is something that we want to get. What you try to do at the start of the season is give yourself a chance to get to the knock out matches and it looks like we're edging closer to getting to that stage in the Premiership for a seventh year in a row, and that's great. We're in a European Quarter-Final as well and that gives you a chance, but that's all it gives you. We've been a journey in the Champions Cup for four seasons now and I think we've learned a lot in that time and had some big matches that we've played in and hopefully that experience will stand up is good stead next weekend."
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As the Sherbet Rilakkuma are basically impossible to get I thought I would get this little guy instead as he has a similar light colouring. This key-chain plush has awesome gold-sh eyes and creamy ears and paws.
He also comes with a cool gold zipper, stitching only, on his back and a flashy tag.
He makes a wonderful companion to my wicker summer bag.
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Join the Concrete Runners for a Thursday Night Flight.
Date: Thursday 8/30
Meet Location: SoleSpace - 3304 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA
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Northern Connecticut Girls' Softball League
2010 U-16 Tournament / Saturday Morning Games
Taylor Kurowski pitched Vernon past Canton 7-6 on Saturday morning.
Liz Mutch singles for Canton against Vernon.
Glastonbury team MVP Lindsey Musco delivers to Maggie Sullivan in their 6-0 win over Granby.
Sam Arnone pitched well for Granby against Glastonbury.
Marisa Forti singles for Somers against Ashford.
Taylor Holmes pitches to Ainsley Wilson in Ashford's 3-0 versus Somers.
Team MVP Maddy Silverman earned the win in South Windsor's 5-4 decision over Windsor.
Windsor's Catherine Dunlavey looks to score as Taylor Mulcahy defends for South Windsor.
Windsor team MVP Kelsey Ballard pitched well in a close game with South Windsor.
Colleen Ecsedy earned the 'W' in Ashford's 6-2 win over Glastonbury in Saturday pool play.
Glastonbury's Brittney Clark covers as Emma Perugini attempts a bunt for Ashford.
Dana Meixell delivers to Ashford's Danielle Wrubel.
Alisha Collazo connects to left field in Windsor's 8-0 win against Vernon.
Michelle Correia covers for Vernon as Windsor's Kristen Young scores on a passed ball.
Vernon's Michelle Correia pitched a good game against Windsor.
Kylen O'Hearn belts a single in Somers' 4-3 win over #1 seed West Hartford.
Jessica Dufault pitched for West Hartford in a close game against Somers.
Team MVPs Dani Stevens (West Hartford) and Allie Dubanoski (Somers) in Somers' exciting 4-3 win on Saturday morning.
West Hartford's Melissa Martucci sends one into the Somers outfield.
Katie Levasseur drives in a run in Enfield's 11-7 win over Canton.
Morgan Scafuri pitched a good game for Canton against #2 seed Enfield.
Canton's Haley Gregware squares to bunt against Enfield.
Enfield's East Division MVP Cari Conley pitched the win against Canton.
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The Artists Cottage really is a "unique" property that has been built with modern materials to a classic historic design. The house essentially consists of a 2 storey "cube" shaped building which contains all the principal rooms to which is attached what was a single storey cottage and courtyard/walled garden area. Mackintosh titled the drawings "An Artists Cottage and Studio" probably intending the building to be for himself and his wife Margaret MacDonald.
The house stands in its own grounds of about 0.62 hectares (1.53 acres) which include many fine mature trees.
There is a separate building including garages and stores.
The Artists Cottage has been built with enormous attention to detail, both inside and outside, priority being given to the interpretation of Mackintosh's intentions, whilst taking full advantage of modern building methods and materials.
Externally, the strong batter of the main walls rises to softly rounded parapets interrupted by contrasting verticals and deeply pierced window openings, all of which presents a design of much sculptural force.
Most of the windows on the ground floor have been patterned with leaded glass from designs taken from a variety of Mackintosh sources to create a stunning effect. The landing window on the east elevation and the drawing room window on the south are particularly outstanding features.
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Putting the junk in Bayonetta's trunk
"I really wanted to get Bayonetta's backside perfect," admits modeler and self-professed "ass man" Kenichiro Yoshimura, who created the bewitching buttocks pictured above for the upcoming PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 action adventure title. "I guess I am into that sort of thing…" Just realizing this, are you Yoshi? Please, tell us more about big butts, and you cannot lie.
"What I focused on was how to best express the character designs that Mari Shimazaki had drawn – her long limbs and petite head, as well as the beauty of her feminine lines," said Yoshimura, who conducted his own exhaustive ass ogling research in hopes of creating the perfect posterior. "I have looked at many foreign models for reference in my line of work, and there are people actually proportioned like Bayonetta."
Obvious Kim Kardashian obsessions aside, the hip-gyrating, leg-opening, breast-jiggling female character models are only part of the ESRB's reason for slapping this title with a "Mature" rating, citing "an assortment of over-the-top finishing moves – referred to in the game as "torture attacks" – on the creatures: impalement with an iron maiden; decapitation with a guillotine; dismemberment with a chainsaw; and summoning a demon that bites, then rips characters apart." Frankly, this description just makes me want the game more. I guess I am into that sorta thing.


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Cane growers fear new reef push
BUNDABERG cane growers fear the costly impact that would come if the Queensland Government introduced new regulations to minimise impacts on the reef.
Members of the Bundaberg Sugar Services met on Wednesday night to discuss what they say is a Palaszczuk Government proposal to introduce regulations in the Wide Bay region aimed at protecting the Great Barrier Reef.
Bundaberg Sugar Services secretary Dale Holliss said these regulations would cost cane growers substantially and there were already practises in place to minimise reef impact.
"We've become alarmed with recent movements by the Queensland Government to actually regulate the Wide Bay Burnett agricultural area and potentially the Fitzroy area," Mr Holliss said.
"Back in 2009 this area was exempted. The first reason being because of the fact that our impact on the reef naturally is not very high and the second reason was that the best management practises, tools and programs that we're running were recognised as actually satisfying all the needs."
He is worried the Palaszczuk Government is looking to reintroduce those regulations.
Guest speaker at the meeting was geophysicist Dr Peter Ridd, a marine scientist who has controversial views on climate change.
Dr Ridd said the current studies conducted on the reef were not trustworthy due to a lack of extensive research.
He said no investigation had been done to areas of the reef closer to Bundaberg.
"I'm not being a denier here, I'm not saying that all the science is wrong, I think quite a bit of it probably is wrong but there must be a whole lot of it that's right," said Dr Ridd, who was sacked from James Cook University earlier this year.
"But it's not trustworthy, trustworthiness doesn't mean that it's all wrong, it means I'm just not sure whether I can trust something."
Dr Ridd said it would take only one per cent of the Federal Government's $444 million reef conservation funding to conduct tests on the reef multiple times to ensure that the results were accurate.
He labelled the current science undertaken as "bad science" due to a lack of integrity in the peer review process.
"At the moment you can produce bad science and it has no effect on your reputation," Dr Ridd said.
The State Government says it has confidence in the research conducted on the Great Barrier Reef amid these claims.
Environment and Great Barrier Reef Minister Leeanne Enoch said the introduction of improved practices for Wide Bay's graziers and cane and banana growers aimed to better water quality for the longevity of the beloved world heritage site.
"Protecting the Great Barrier Reef is one of the Palaszczuk Government's six Advancing Queensland Priorities, and that is why we provided a record $330 million over five years to improve water quality and protect marine and island ecosystems," Ms Enoch said.
The proposed regulations aim to broaden and enhance pre-exiting regulations across regions bordering the reef while allowing producers and industry time to transition.
"The best available scientific evidence shows that poor water quality continues to threaten the health of the Great Barrier Reef," she said.
"Our Government recognises and applauds the many producers who are managing their land sustainably, and who have adopted best management practices."


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RISE - SLC Dance Music Festival - July 12th
Ok, so just two days after The Roots kick off the Twilight Summer Concert Series, I'll be playing with an all-star lineup at RISE! ...the first dance music event of it's kind in SLC on July 12th at Gallivan Center. RISE! is going to be a fantastic day of music, fun, dancing and debauch. The organizers behind it have brought together not only an energetic music lineup, but have incorporated many layers into the event design and through community and nightclub involvement. It's seriously going to be spectacle not to be missed. My set time will be earlier in the day, so come early and enjoy the festivities with NewCityMovement in the house. Plus with two stages, myself, DJ DC (Trapp Door) and others may be playing again later in the evening.
Get your tickets before the day of the event! Tickets are $30 the day of the event so I recommend getting them EARLY for only $20 (+surcharge) from RiseMusicFest.com OR for a flat $20 at Lunatic Fringe locations, Mechanized or the RISE! kiosk on the patio at Trapp Door this Thursday night. I'll be playing a special Summertime DJ set there (patio) after 10pm so come say hello and play after the Roots or whatever.
Here's the Official RISE! DANCE MUSIC FESTIVAL Press Release:
LIVEstyle Entertainment in conjunction with Rise Productions, a new Salt Lake City - based promotion group, is proud to announce RISE! Dance Music Festival to take place July 12th, 2008. RISE! Is the first-ever outdoor dance music festival to take place in downtown Salt Lake City, and will feature a lineup of 10+ top DJ's from the international and local house music scenes. RISE! will take place at the Gallivan Center event complex in the heart of downtown Salt Lake City, surrounded by the skyscrapers that make up the city skyline. RISE! will be eight hours of nonstop pulse pounding music on two stages, fashion, entertainment, and is expected to be the destination dance music event of the summer. In addition to a world-class musical lineup featuring Utah native Starkillers, Jeremy Dawson (of Shiny Toy Guns), Scooter & Lavelle, Crobar (Chicago) resident DJ Tony Arzadon and local sensations DJ:K and DJ Viibe among others, RISE! will feature outdoor water activities such as 50-foot slip n' slides, 2 runway swimwear fashion shows with ELITE models and a full vendor concourse of arts, crafts, fashions, technology and food and beverage offerings.
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On September 7, 2018, the UNBA website has revealed that the Bar Council of Ukraine created a working group on the analysis of the draft law No.9055 "On the Bar and Practice of Law", submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by the President of Ukraine on 6 September 2018. Consideration of this draft law is determined by the President as urgent. However, in accordance with the assessment of the working group, the contents of the draft law No. 9055 are inconsistent with international standards and democratic procedures for the implementation of reforms.
Oleksii Fazekosh: The draft law No. 9055 is the destruction of an independent bar. An opinion from Zakarpattia.
On September 7, 2018, the UNBA website has revealed that the Bar Council of Ukraine created a working group on the analysis of the draft law No.9055 "On the Bar and Practice of Law", submitted to the Verkhovna Rada by the President of Ukraine on 6 September 2018. Consideration of this draft law is determined by the President as urgent. However, in accordance with the assessment of the working group, the contents of the draft law No. 9055 are inconsistent with international standards and democratic procedures for the implementation of reforms. In fact, it is proposed to introduce a federal model for the bar that does not meet the contemporary needs of the human and citizen rights protection. Taking into account the fact that this exact point of view has been repeatedly expressed by the leader of the Zakarpattia bar, the chairman of the Bar Council of the Zakarpattia region, Oleksii Fazekosh, we turned to him for his appropriate comment. However, it turned out to be not even a comment, but a great analytical material, wherein the main message is full of anxiety for the future of the bar, which they try to crush and virtually level it down as a human rights institution. Below are the reflections of Oleksii Fazekosh regarding the so-called urgent reform of the bar.
- I never thought that the epigraph of Niccolo Machiavelli's quote, which I used in my article to the "Advocate" magazine back in 2015, would still be relevant. Let me remind you how it goes: "There is no case that would be more complicated, more dangerous and the success of which would be more dubious than replacing the old order with a new one." Unfortunately, in 2018 this applies directly to all advocates of Ukraine, and at the same time to millions of people who need legal protection. The fact is that the draft law 9055, instead of strengthening the protection of the rights of advocates and guarantees to practice law, takes care of a completely different issue - shrinks the bar into feudal principalities, simplifies access to the practice of law to civil servants and representatives of the repressive apparatus of the government, and much more. It is not only a matter of professional interest, but also a matter of protection of the rights of citizens and functioning of Ukraine as a country with the rule of law.
To build something lasting and worthwhile, you should first make sure that foundation is strong enough. But to reform the bar system in Ukraine, the foundation is formed by the independence of the Bar from the government, which prevents any influence on it to be exploited for political purposes, manipulations in criminal proceedings, raiding and other similar intentions. The protection of the professional rights of advocates, the expansion of the competence of advocates, which is referred to as the introduction of an advocate's monopoly, solving social and pension issues, taxation, etc., are important issues of the activity of the legal firm, which can be resolved in the future, provided that it has a real constitutionally defined independence.
Instead, I completely agree with the UNBA's position that "the draft law 9055 submitted to the Parliament may lead to erroneous or evidently harmful legal experiments, creating chaos in the legal regulation of the practice of law, largely servicing the clandestine needs of certain individuals." And these are note just groundless statements, as the proposed draft law 9055 contains the threat of destruction of institutional guarantees of the independence of the bar — bar self-government and self-regulation of the profession. In essence, the bar is reverting in its development back to the Stone Age. Unfortunately, it justified my prediction that behind the desire to hastily amend the relevant law stand illusory ideas of making the bar weak and dependent.
The bar of Zakarpattia immediately expressed its negativity when the news of secret development of a new law on the Bar came up. The text of the draft law was barely seen by anyone before yesterday, but today we saw a lot of things one could not imagine even in a terrible dream.
I will only make a brief comment on separate novels. And then move on to conclusions, which have already been reached by the bar community of the region.
Article 1
Under the current law, practice of law is an independent professional activity of an advocate regarding the protection, representation and other types of legal aid to a client. It is clear and correct. However, in draft law 9055, this regulation was distorted to the point where it is no longer recognizable, literally mentioning the following: practice of law is an independent professional activity of an advocate in relation to the provision of legal aid to a client and other activities stipulated by this Law. Please note that - just "other activities", which does not in any way relate neither to protection of the rights and freedoms of a citizen nor to legal assistance. Who wants to blur the practice of law to a certain state standard or KVED (Ukrainian Industry Classification System) so desperately? Is it because they want to completely "drown" the bar in corruption risks, having made even more patterns of the type "LLC - advocate - civil servant"?
The following paragraph also looks obviously ridiculous: "The budget of the Ukrainian National Bar Association or the budget of bar self-government of Ukraine - a plan for the formation and use of financial resources necessary to ensure the functioning of national bar self-government bodies." Sorry, but what does "or" mean? Does it mean that the funds will either be allocated in the UNBA, or in some other mythical "bar self-government", because further it describes the "functioning of national bodies". Well, at least they explained that it was referring to nothing more bu 1) the Congress of Advocates of Ukraine; 2) the Bar Council of Ukraine; 3) the High Qualifications Commission of the Bar; 4) the Higher Disciplinary Commission of the Bar; 5) the High Audit Commission of the Bar. One had to try hard enough to come up with referring to the Congress of Advocates as a body, regarding which the UNBA "opens bank accounts, provides cash and other property necessary for performing the activity". But that is exactly what Art. 52 of the draft law says. To say that the project looks sloppy in terms of technical and legal construction is a major understatement.
By the way, the standard technique of rule-making suggests that the legal rules should not contain unnecessary provisions or the definition of generally accepted notions. But look how much somebody wanted to explain to us that "a foreign advocate is an individual who has acquired the right to engage in the practice of law in a foreign state in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the law of a foreign state". I believe that the authors of the draft law, upon developing it, had reasoning somewhere along these lines: "Unique and very important rule, the bar would simply not survive without these changes."
I cannot leave out the implementation of the fiduciary activities of an advocate as well. Under the project, it is the activity of an advocate, an advocate's office or an advocate's association, which lies in the client's property management (money, securities, currency valuables, etc.) on his behalf in connection with the provision of legal aid to the client. Theoretically, it is possible to guess what the authors of this idea wanted to convey with it - when you are, say, in the detention center, you will not be able to manage the business, but here comes the advocate who can sell and buy anything on your behalf. But here's a tricky bit. Understand that as soon as at least one advocate in the whole of Ukraine banally spends the money at his whim (but, of course, "in the client's "interests"", because getting a brand new car for 5 cents is also an interest), then the bar as a whole will be recognized as a fraudulent organization, and then we'll only be jealous of the glory of "black realtors".
Article 4
Practice of law is carried out on the basis of "loyalty to the client's interests". It is strange how it's just loyalty - why not zeal, fidelity, devotion, or obedience at the very least? Just loyalty - strange. The advocate should indeed protect the client's interests and that's fine. But to be loyal, where does this cult of the king come from?
And back to foreign advocates again. Apparently, domestic ones are just not enough. They have prescribed the following regulation "about nothing": "A foreign advocate practices law on the territory of Ukraine in accordance with this Law, unless otherwise envisaged by an international treaty." Now, a simple question to all: who can name a single international treaty, where at least two words describe "the practice of law by a foreign advocate on the territory of Ukraine"? And therefore, it is yet another deadlocked, meaningless and completely unneeded regulation.
Article 5
"The government encourages the operation of the bar, including the bar self-government, without interfering in its activities." But no, gentlemen, not at all. Let's open the Academic dictionary and read: "to ENCOURAGE - to positively influence something; to create, evoke the desire to perform a certain action; to appease anyone". To hope for something positive from the government, frankly, is the last thing the advocate has to do, and the words of Nechui-Levytskyi just come to mind: "The old head dissolved the village, and most of all contributed to bachelorhood and virginity." System administrators and programmers have one terrible superstition, which is: "Even if you are persuaded that the system should be updated and it would work better, do nothing – and generally do not tamper with what is well-functioning". So I ask myself, and who exactly is not satisfied with the current regulation: "The state creates proper conditions for the activities of the bar and ensures adherence to the guarantees to practice law"? Apparently someone who is not satisfied with the creation of "proper conditions for activities of the bar", not otherwise.
Section II ACQUISITION OF THE RIGHT TO PRACTICE LAW. THE ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS OF THE PRACTICE OF LAW
Whether the system of admission to the profession is now good or bad is a very specific and controversial matter in certain aspects of it. I heard that in other regions there were "blacklists" for prosecutors and investigators who wanted to become advocates. Indeed, providing access to the bar to someone who humiliated you yesterday, and today wants to become a colleague - that is something worth discussing. Who and how takes the examinations - this is also a more technical and organizational issue (and therefore a bright example - the Concept, suggested by the UNBA a few months ago), but in the draft law 9055 everything was turned upside down. Because it turns out that in order to become an advocate, you only need two years of work experience as the prosecutor (literally the norm reads: "the experience in the field of law – the experience of the individual as a trainee advocate, and (or) at the position of a judge, a prosecutor". I've already heard shameful stories of how separate departments of the Prosecutor's office almost en masse founded new bar associations. But what happens to the bar after accepting such a norm, even I - a longtime fan of science fiction - find it difficult to imagine. But what disturbs me even more, is the hidden humiliation of the bar, because article 8 refers to the fact that together with the application for admission to the qualification examination of the individual expressing the intention to become an advocate, the letter of reference from an advocate is also attached, whose trainee was the person expressing the intention to become an advocate. Oh dear! That is, an advocate has to vouch for the trainee and their specialty, but for a judge or a prosecutor there is no requirement for a certificate at the very least? In other words, it is presumed that the judge and the prosecutor are flawless as future lawyers, but the trainee lawyer is something rather questionable...
I don't even want to discuss the rest of this section, because it is clear that the main purpose of it is simple and straightforward – to let more insiders into the profession, to make it not a professional environment of professional lawyers who are ready to oppose the whole governmental machine of coercion, but simply to change this institution to the point where it is no longer recognizable, so that it can be shaped to one's needs, and as an option - subordinate it to the Ministry of Justice... Or something else.
But perhaps there is one thing to say. Apparently, the authors of the draft law do not understand what do the Regional Bar Councils do, when they prescribe the following: "The text of the Oath of an Advocate of Ukraine shall be signed by the advocate and kept in the Regional Bar Council. The advocate receives a copy of the signed text of the Oath". Without this copy, of course, an advocate is not an advocate at all. And this is despite the fact that the draft law misses an important caveat: it won't be necessary for the advocate to swear "to be faithful to the Oath". Don't get me wrong. The oath is extremely important, but then at least give the original to the advocate and leave a copy to yourself... Otherwise it kind of reminds the absurd situation when brides will not be issued a marriage certificate, but only its copy. In other words, bureaucracy was added in the law, but forgotten a bit to bring along the meaning.
Article 13
Organizational forms of practicing law seem to be written without errors, but they could not do away without strange regulations here, too. Thus, on the one hand, the law office is a legal entity created by one advocate and acts on the basis of the charter. And just below: "an advocate who practices law in the form of a law office may be the founder of the office or be in labor relations with it." Something does not add up here: either created by one advocate with the indication of his surname, or is in labor relations. But if they are already in labor relations, then what is the fundamental difference from the advocate's association? I simply do not understand the point in complicating something simple.
Articles 15 and 16
And here the authors have outsmarted themselves. On the one hand, there is the concept of "legal assistant" who works along with the advocate, their number is not limited, and they even receive a certificate of the assistant... And on the other hand, it won't help the assistant in any way! Because it turns out that only a TRAINEE advocate can become an advocate. Which seems to be a legal assistant , but the number of which is approved by the Higher Qualification and Disciplinary Bar Commission!! And also the trainees can only be provided to advocates with at least five years of experience!!! This is insanity, and stupidity, and commonplace discrimination. It means that the Higher Qualification and DIsciplinary Bar Commission will somehow know who can have a trainee and how many of them. Young lawyers won't even understand why do they need work as assistants for the "non-five years' advocates." In other words, access to the profession is not simplified, but rather becomes turned into blasphemy. And advocates without the "five years" can simply forget about the assistants, because nobody would agree to work as an assistant for 5 years and only then go through 2 years of training. It is better to become a prosecutor, and without any problems become an advocate after 2 years. That is the real goal of this draft law.
Article 17
Another regulation: "an advocate, within five working days from the date of change of information entered or to be entered into the Unified Register of Advocates of Ukraine, shall provide a written notice on such changes to the Regional Bar Council at his main workplace, except to the extent that these changes are made on the basis of the decision of the Disciplinary Commission of Advocates of the region or the relevant court decision." It is simply unclear what kind of information should be included int the Register on the basis of a court decision? Without specific guidance, it would be a horrifying regulation.
Article 19
"An advocate can exercise other activities not prohibited by law." I don't even want to comment that. Just now, this regulation reads: "an advocate may engage in other types of practice of law not prohibited by law." As they say, feel the difference.
And then, in addition, they also introduced an entire Section IV "PRACTICE OF LAW AND OTHER ACTIVITIES". And there is a lot to choose from: "The law may establish special rules for combining the practice of law with other activities" (Article 27), "An advocate who works under an employment agreement (contract) with an individual that is not an advocate's office or an advocate's association, retains the status of an advocate, has the right to represent his employer in court, enjoys the professional rights of an advocate and guarantees to practice law within the framework of such an agreement "(Article 28), "An advocate can combine practice of law with the status of an executive of an economic company or other legal entity"(Article 29), and finally an extraordinary one - "An advocate who works in a government body, another state body or local self-government authority, retains the status of an advocate, may provide legal aid to the body in which he works and represent this body in court". Why would anyone want such a shameful mockery of the status of an advocate, I don't even want to guess.
Article 21
Upon practicing law the advocate shall be obliged: to help resolve disputes primarily through peaceful means, to the extent possible in the client's interests. In other words, it can be understood that if the advocate won the case in court, he violated his duty? Nonsense? Of course! But the authors of the draft law went even further – among other things, the advocate will be obliged to "facilitate the implementation of independent and impartial justice"! What do they mean by "facilitating"? Or maybe this is just a banal reproduction of the Law "On Judicial System and Status of Judges"?
Article 23
It is very interesting who exactly is the initiator of introducing this regulation into the article about the legal privilege: "The advocate does not bear disciplinary, administrative, civil and criminal liability for submitting to the central executive body, which implements the state policy in the field of prevention and counteraction to legalization (laundering) of unlawfully obtained income, terrorist financing and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, financial transaction information, even if such actions have inflicted damage on the legal entities or individuals, and for other actions, if he acted within the Law of Ukraine "On prevention and counteraction to legalization (laundering) of the proceeds from crime or terrorism financing, as well as financing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction." What sort of indulgence is this, and what about the "loyalty" to the client's interests?
Article 25
One of the main tools of the advocate is advocate's request. But not for the authors of the draft law, because from now on they want to introduce liability for "abuse of the right to advocate's request". And who and how will determine this abuse – no one cares.
By the way, speaking of responsibility, the authors of the draft law 9055 went even further on this matter in their desire to humiliate the bar and stipulated the following among the general conditions of disciplinary liability: "Disciplinary proceeding is a procedure for consideration of written complaints and/or a separate court ruling, containing information on the presence of signs of a disciplinary offence in advocate's actions". Honestly, to this day, I have never seen a court ruling containing information "on the presence of signs of a disciplinary offence in actions of the advocate". But, apparently, there will be. And to the grounds of responsibility they added such an abstract, but pleasing for the investigators: "Abuse of the rights granted to them by this Law or procedural law". Do you get how the scheme works now? The advocate actively protects the client, the investigator or judge does not like that, a couple of phone calls – a corresponding court ruling occurs, and then the advocate gets prosecuted for the "abuse". And it's done – an inconvenient advocate is being elegantly, and, most importantly, "legitimately" removed from the process through the threat of deprivation of the license to practice law. This is a banal mockery of the bar.
As for article 40 (types of disciplinary action), it is even hard to tell if it is a joke, sarcasm, or bitter irony. But I will quote: "For committing a disciplinary offense, a monetary fine of up to three living wage for capable individuals may be applied to the advocate"... Until you read to the fact that "the monetary penalty is applied solely for the non-payment of the annual contribution of advocates for the financing of the activities of bar self-government bodies", then all sorts of thoughts pop up in your had about the authors of the draft law 9055. But it's still peculiar, why exactly the judges and prosecutors were not yet regulated by such disciplinary sanctions - are they "not sinful" of anything? Or have they not yet grown to such an "important reform"?
Finally, we reached no less important, the section on the bar self-government. Here, in the draft law 9055 , there are bits of everything - from the copying of Russian expertise with their "lawyer chambers" to the complete misunderstanding of how the bar self-government works. For example, article 51 simply reads: "the Regional chamber of advocates unites all the advocates in the region, whose address of workplace is located in the respective region". How so, all of them? Zakarpattia is not the largest region, but even in Mukachevo or Uzhhorod I won't be able to find room for all the advocates in the region at the same time, and don't even get me started on Kyiv. Or maybe the chamber is not a bar self-government body? Well, let's read on...
The further – the better. Chairman of the Regional Bar Council shall be the chairman of the regional chamber of advocates, administering the property of the Chamber. But at the same time, the Bar Council itself is not a legal entity, because such a legal entity is a regional chamber, which in is not specified as a bar self-government body in the law at all! And finally – the chamber should be formed by the Conference of advocates in the region, which is convened by the Regional Bar Council, which should be created by a Regional Chamber. In the end, the rating form of secret ballot by all members of the bar self-government bodies in practice will give rise to conducting these conferences in 3-4 rounds, I am convinced that in many regions these conferences would be disrupted, consequently it will be impossible to elect delegates and to conduct a full and legitimate Congress of Advocates of Ukraine. As a result, there will be legal bacchanalia and chaos that will lead to devastating consequences for the domestic bar system as a self-governing human rights institution. There is painting by Francisco Goya, called "The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters". So here is the same picture...
What is the purpose of this? Formally - and in the opinion of the so-called advocate's opposition - it seems that the purpose is to give "freedom" to all advocates. Although, where did the authors of the draft law see the serfs in captivity today – I cannot quite understand. And in fact – everything is done for the destruction of the bar. To ensure that its voice is never getting heard - either at the national level or at the regional level. Because it turns out we have national and regional bar self-government bodies which are not related to each other and can do whatever they please.
And that is how things actually are. Article 55 says that the Conference of advocates of the region is the highest body of the bar self-government in the relevant region. But what is this chamber, then? Not the body – but unifies everything else. Solves nothing, but is a legal entity. The Chairman of this chamber is the chairman of another self-government body. And the property is managed by only one of the five bodies listed as "elements" of this Chamber. What kind of monster is this? "Ward No. 6" - not otherwise.
At the same time, the members of the regional qualification and disciplinary commissions become some kind of secretaries or technical staff, because, for example, "the regional qualification commission of advocates is formed and operates in the relevant region in order to resolve issues concerning the admission of an individual who has declared his intention to become an advocate before the passing of qualifying exam, the organization of qualifying examinations and the inclusion of foreign advocates in the Unified Register of Advocates of Ukraine". And for this we need to elect members of the Board of advocates - so that they would only check the documents and organize the exams? Sorry, but an advocate is a free and independent profession, and it is not necessary to humiliate it like that. However, why was it necessary to create a regulation that "the Chairman of the Regional Qualification Bar Commission manages the funds and property of the Regional Qualification Bar Commission". Interestingly, and on what basis, if the Qualification Bar Commision is not even a legal entity? The same question regarding the Chairman of the Disciplinary Commission...
In other words, the draft law submitted to the Parliament will, if adopted, start an uncontrollable, full of abuse process of mass registration of regional chambers as new legal entities. It will create the grounds for cloning such organizations: countless pseudoadvocates' organizations will be created in the regions. And this is just one of the many risks that are inherent in the text of the draft law.
But there are immutable principles that under no circumstances can be given away!
At one time, in the teleconference addressed to the bar community, which is not so much my individual vision as it is the synthesis of the collective opinion of the advocates of Zakarpattia, I have already emphasized that we can not under any circumstances allow the adoption of a special draft law that has been developed in such a secretive and clandestine way, without virtual discussion of it in the regions by the bar community. After all, this may lead to such a reform, which will destroy the system of Ukrainian bar.
The logic of the development of world democracies shows that even in a society where there are established traditions of democratic values, there are rare cases of attempts by the state to establish control over all spheres of public life, including the legal system. And here the analysis of the draft law 9055 leads to a logical and reasoned conclusion: behind the undisguised desire to change the relevant law stand illusory ideas of making the bar weak and dependent, and advocates — manageable. I assume that this is what's hiding behind the screen of such a pseudoreformation.
It is really necessary to reform the bar system in Ukraine, but also with due regard to the fact that reform should be a part of a comprehensive, fundamental reform of the entire legal system and its approximation to European legal standards. Therefore, in expressing my critical remarks, I believe that the draft law is illogical and conceptually undemocratic in terms of the provisions that define the principles, procedure and mechanisms for electing the bar self-government bodies and access to the practice of law, as well as new "guarantees". As a result, in this relation the draft law is not aimed at improving the state of affairs in the Ukrainian bar and can generate conflicts that are not specific to the bar environment. I still hope that we will be able to prevent the direct destruction of domestic bar as a result of the introduction of such a pseudoreformation, in order to consolidate the efforts of the entire bar community, to show that we, as a self-governing and professional organization, have the force, which is dynamic, independent and has its own point of view and is capable of standing its ground and therefore preventing the adoption of such a wording of the relevant draft law, demanding it to be sent to the Venice Commission, and NOT ASK, BUT NAMELY DEMAND IT SPECIFICALLY AND IN A CATEGORICAL FORM.
Only a holistic and indivisible bar can take a proper place in the legal system of Ukraine, which fully fits into the doctrinal view of the functioning of this constitutional human rights institution. Therefore, the draft law 9055 requires immediate changes and adjustments, and obtain a modified form before the first reading.
My favorite writers are the Strugatsky brothers, who in one of their works expressed the following thought: "There are somebody's interests behind everythin in the world. And behind those who has these interests, are the Puppeteers that use them in the name of their own interests. You just have to cut the threads binding them, and then nobody's interests are satisfied". Now has come a crucial time for the Ukrainian bar . It is decided whether it will be independent and self-governing, strong, one that occupies a worthy place in the legal system of our state and influences the social processes that take place in it.
This is the Rubicon for the Ukrainian bar.
The article was published on the "Zrada" website
Автор публікації: Oleksii Fazekosh
Oleksii Fazekosh
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"I'll example you with thievery: … the moon's an arrant thief; and her pale fire she snatches from the sun …." — William Shakespeare, "Timon of Athens"
INSCRIBED BY NABOKOV WITH A BUTTERFLY DRAWING TO HIS SISTER-IN-LAW: "For Sonia / [butterfly drawing] / from Vladimir / NY / 1962".
Pale Fire is generally considered Nabokov's most brilliant creation. Its core is a 999-line poem in heroic couplets; the thousandth and last line of which was never written since the putative poet — Professor John Shade of Wordsmith University — was killed before he had a chance to finish it. The poem is accompanied by a foreword, an index, and endnotes, all written by Shade's university colleague Charles Kinbote. As the reader works his way through the book, it becomes clear that Kinbote is mad. He believes himself to be Charles the Beloved, the exiled king of a northern European country named Zembla, and believes Shade's poem to be an encoded version of his reign, deposition, and escape to America — a view which is fully explicated in the endnotes. Further ambiguities emerge — many only after multiple re-readings of clues in the poem itself, in the foreword and endnotes, and even in the index — and the reader is soon left wondering whether Shade and Kinbote are both intended to be "real" within Nabokov's fictional universe, or whether either was a creation of the other. Today, over fifty years after its publication, Pale Fire continues to engender fierce and fruitful critical debate.
But the work is not simply a sterile intellectual puzzle. The central poem itself is regarded by many as a masterpiece that can stand alone as a great work — and indeed it has been published as such. Pale Fire includes profound meditations on death and the afterlife, makes clear the anguish of Kinbote's madness, and incorporates the fiercely tragic story of Shade's unattractive and lonely daughter, who kills herself after being humiliated by a blind date. The reader is alternately amused, exhilarated, heart-stricken, and sobered; but above all left in awe of Nabokov's imagination and intelligence, and of this transplanted Russian's infallible ear for the harmonies of colloquial American English.
As both Boyd and McCarthy note in the quotations above, the novel is many things simultaneously, but certainly one of those things — and perhaps the foremost — is a brilliant and devastating put-down of the roles of the commentator, annotator, and critic, who snatch their pale fire from the works they seek to explicate. In creating an annotator whose notes engulf and take over the work he is annotating, Nabokov was perhaps (among other things) engaging in self-parody, since he had recently completed (but not yet published) a massive annotated translation of Pushkin's novel-in-verse Eugene Onegin, a translation in which a brief mention of, say, a tree in the underlying poem could give rise to a multi-page note seeking to identify the precise species involved.
On this copy:
AN IMPORTANT ASSOCIATION COPY: First edition, third impression, presentation copy from Nabokov to his sister-in-law Sonia Slonim in the year of publication (1962), and, like many of Nabokov's inscriptions, particularly to his wife Vera and other family members, includes a drawing of some (perhaps fictitious) species of butterfly. (In addition to being a noted author, Nabokov was throughout his life an enthusiastic lepidopterist — indeed, at one stage he studied butterfly genitalia professionally at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology — and was the author of important papers on lepidopteran taxonomy.) Sonia Slonim was Vera's sister and a very close member of Nabokov's family after they emigrated to the United States in 1940.
The drawing and inscription are in pencil; the butterfly with highlights in red pencil. With Nabokov's Palace Hotel, Montreux, Switzerland bookplate on the front pastedown (as is often found in presentation copies).
WITH: A first edition, first impression (not inscribed).
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. Octavo, original black cloth, original dust jacket. Inscribed with butterfly drawing on half-title. Stain below inscription, otherwise book fine; dust jacket with spine-toning, minor soiling, and small chip at base of the spine. First impression (1962, uninscribed): Near fine with only slight, general wear.
Price: $25,000 .


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After watching Cinderella at the cinema the previous week, I was still very much in fairytale princess mode, so I was pretty excited when I saw that the Chinoiserie at Jumeirah Carlton Tower was doing a Cinderella themed afternoon tea, specially created by Executive Head Pastry Chef Stephan Will.
There was some soothing music being played by the resident harpist – I do love places that have live classical music.
Our afternoon tea was served as depicted on their website – it looked so pretty that we spent the first few minutes snapping away with our cameras.
The top tier had the savoury sandwiches – I liked the roast Scottish beef, watercress and creamed horseradish sandwich, but was not quite a fan of the quail egg tart which was a bit dry.
The second tier had a pretty array of sweet desserts shaped into various miniature objects related to Cinderella – marshmallow carriages, yuzu tart clocks, white chocolate shoes, and white chocolate brownie and popping candy wands.
And the final tier was some buttery plain and fruit scones, served with jam and clotted cream on the side.
The afternoon tea was nicely presented, although the sweetness was maybe a bit too much for me towards the end. I have to admit that I am not that big a fan of white chocolate, but if you are then you would probably enjoy this.
Service was overall very pleasant and efficient, and we had a lovely relaxing afternoon.
Anyone else know of any other quirky themed afternoon teas worth trying?
Drop me a line and I shall slowly be nibbling my way through the list!
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06-07-15 Basic Training: Living in the Spirit/
After having a fairly mild Summer so far, it's supposed to hike up into "Condition 90" weather several times this week -- so we've got that to look forward to. For my neighbor with the pool, that sounds great. For those of us who have to mow our lawns in the heat, that's no fun at all.
But we did have fun this Sunday morning in worship. First off, we had a handful of out-of-town guests, which is always nice to see (especially when several of our regular FCCers were traveling hither and thither for this first true weekend of the Summer season).
We also had our last donation drive for Love Packages materials. The Youth Group will be taking all of the books, games, CDs and DVDs that the church family has collected over the past month to the Love Packages facility in Butler, Illinois, this Friday -- and then staying to work all day packing all of those items up in crates to be sent around the world. Thank you for all that you brought in, and please pray that Sara and the kids have a great, productive day on Friday.
And with that in mind, I should also remind everyone again that the kids could really use your pennies for the penny floor that we're laying down this Summer in the Youth Room. We've gotten a lot of copper in already, but they could really use one last, big push to get all of the pennies that they'll need. Please just bring them in and plop them in the big penny jar in the Narthex.
In our message this week, we continued our trip through the book of Romans, taking a walk through chapter 8 and looking at how we should be living in the Spirit.
It's one thing to think of Pentecost and tongues of fire resting on people's heads and all of that spectacle... but shouldn't having the Holy Spirit living within us on a daily basis actually change the way that we live on a daily basis? It's more than just a spectacle-generator -- it's a life-changer.
Paul talked about how wretched he felt, recognizing the struggle that he felt between his thoughts (which were seeking after God) and his brute instincts (which were habitually sinning), but he wasn't lost in that wretchedness, because he also realized that Jesus freed him from that sort of bondage at the cross, and that there's now no condemnation awaiting him -- or any newborn (born again) child of the living God.
So if you genuinely are a Christian, then the Holy Spirit has worked in the and changed you (and continues changing you every day) -- and, conversely, if you haven't been changed by the Spirit, then you aren't really a Christian. Because a Christian isn't someone who goes to church, or who reads the Bible, or who believes that there's a God -- a Christian is someone who was bought and paid for by the blood of Christ, who has been brought from death to life, and who has been changed by the Spirit to become a child of God Himself.
ho on earth could be powerful enough to pluck you from out of the hands of an Almighty God who loves you that much? What possible force -- in all of Creation -- could be authoritative enough to condemn you, when God Himself died to take all condemnation from you?
The truth is, you and I have been given a hope that will carry us with it throughout all eternity, and it's a hope that transcends this place as more than the entirety of your long life transcends the five minutes that it took you to read this Update.
Your attitudes in life should thus be based on your eternal hope, and not on the moment at hand. Stop and think about that the next time that you need to decide how to respond to a situation in your life -- the next time that you stress about what to wear, or the next time that you get frustrated about someone messing something up for you, or the next time that you decide that you're too busy to pray or to read God's Word because you're too focused on doing something that will only matter for a day or a week or a month or a year.
If you truly have the Holy Spirit living in your heart, then stop and ask Him to direct you today.
And then ask Him the same thing tomorrow.
And then ask Him the same thing the day after that...


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How to Find The Perfect Hair Conditioner & Hair Serum For Best Results
Hello. My name is Dino. And welcome to another video of the Limitless Hair Expert. Today's subject is how to get the best results out of conditioners. Now when I run these videos, I want you to know these videos are for your hair whether it's all your hair or whether it's added hair and when I say added hair, I mean it's your hair with hair extensions, it's your hair with hair weave, it's your hair with a hair system, alright.
So it's either your hair alone or your hair with some form of adding hair because these videos are to give you knowledge on both or either or, okay. So again, how to this is the best knowledge you're going to get on how to condition your hair, alright. So number one about conditioning your hair I want you to know there's two categories of conditioners I want you to think of, there's moisturizing conditioners to moisten your hair and there is protein conditioners to strengthen your hair.
So whenever your hair is weak you want to lean a little bit more towards using a protein conditioner and when your hair is dry lean a little bit more towards a moisturizer and if your hairs both they need to switch off back and forth or combine them, alright, that's the first thing.
Now number two is another thing I want you to remember. When you're testing a conditioner I want you to put it on your hand on your hand on the back your hand on your face notice what it does to your skin, alright. If it seeps into your skin and yet your skin is moist now then it's a good conditioner but conversely if for some reason you put a conditioner on your hand and it's a slimy or slippery and sort of you can grab something and it rubs off, it means it's not penetrating and that's, okay but not that good for your hair, okay.
You want conditioners whether it's a moisturizing conditioner or whether it's a protein conditioner or whether it's a condition that's a combination of both you want a conditioner to be tested by going on your hand back your hand your skin somewhere on your face and you want to feel that it goes away and now it's made your skin moist possibly even a little shiny, okay.
So please test these conditioners by rubbing it on your hand, your fingers, your cuticle the back of your hand, your face and notice what it does. What it does to your skin is exactly what it's going to do to your hair, okay. Now something else to get the best use out of conditioning your hair is the longer you leave a conditioner on the better.
So sometimes it's good to put a conditioner on after the shower, you shower, you're shampooing your hair and then you're putting a conditioner on and then you rinse it off, try to leave that conditioner on for at least a minute, if you have more time you can leave it on longer please do so, the longer you leave the conditioner on the more conditions the hair, whether it's protein or whether it's a moisturizer or combination of both.
Now a step further, when you get out of the shower you can put conditioner on your hair put a plastic bag on your head when you put a plastic bag on your head or conditioner the heat from your scalp actually helps bake in the conditioner and it makes it penetrate into the hair shaft so if you have time or please make time to do that once in a while because that's very helpful, it's good for conditioning your scalp, it's good for moisturizing your scalp breaking up any dandruff it's also good for really conditioning the hair on a deep level the longer you leave it on it leave it on 15 minutes great, half hour better, hour better put it on, put a classic cap on that's sort of sealed around the edge, watch TV, read a book and now you'll be really doing your hair some real good, okay.
So now here's the next thing I want you to know about conditioner and that is make sure that when you put conditioner on that you really spread it through in a very well way, you want to comb it through to get it through all of your shaft, alright. So make sure it's very thorough getting the conditioner through.
Now there's also serums I want to talk to you about. Serums are conditioners that you put on when you're out of the shower so think of this shampoo conditioner rinse off the conditioner and by the way when you're rinsing off the conditioner I want you not to rinse it off completely all right, leave a little residue of the conditioner on your hair because then some conditioner is left on the hair.
And the thicker your hair the more curly your hair, the more you should leave more of a residue on your hair meaning don't rinse this thorough or I just feel it that your hair is slippery, your hands going through it feel you're leaving a little residue on your hair, but remember the straighter and thinner your hair is rinse it a little bit more with a tiny, tiny bit of residue and when your hair is curly and or very thick leave more of a residue on.
Now I want to get back to something called serums. Serums are conditioners that you put on and you leave on your hair. So what do you think about this when you put a moisturizer on your hand you don't have a dry hand for a moisturizer on and then go wash your hand, that would be counterproductive you don't do that, you put a moisturizer on and you leave it on.
And if you go to the bathroom and wash your hand you put the moisturizer back on well as serum is like that what you want to do is use a serum so in my hair studio I use a serum by Paul Mitchell called Awapuhi and when you put it on, you want to put a little bit on the tip of your finger like this and then you want to feel what it's doing, even these serums feel what it's doing to your hand, it's good for your skin too.
Remember anything good for your hair is good for your skin also rub it in now if my hand feels slippery right now I feel like I lemon pledged my hand, it is completely slippery and that's what I want you to look for when you're conditioning hair. I want you to feel that when you put conditioner in your hair that it makes your hair slippery almost like you put lemon pledge in it, okay.
That means it's good because if your hair is nice and slippery without being greasy, without being greasy then you know you got a good serum because when your hair is slippery the brush, the comb goes through it much easier remember in past videos always say use a wide tooth brush and or a wide tooth comb because it goes to the hair at less pressure.
So when the hand goes to it in a slippery way the brush or comb goes through in a slipper way because the leave on condition serum is slippery now you know you have a good one. And remember also I put this Paul Mitchell Awapuhi the serum my hands moist, it's slippery and it's not greasy. So that's how you test these things okay.
So let's get to our quote for the day. The quote for today is the boomerang effect will empower you. So think of a boomerang, you throw a boomerang and we throw it, it comes back to you remember what you put out comes back to you, it's just a law of our universe. So put out good things and good things have come back, remember the boomerang effect.
Now please watch our next video, our next video is about "How to Counteract the Dangers of Powders are Concealers". And let me just tell you quickly what that is, a powder if you don't know, a powder or concealer or those powders they put on their hair when your hair is thin, alright.
So please watch that next video alright. How to Counteract the Dangers of Powders/Concealers. And I'll see you soon.
Copyright © 2017 Dino Dondiego. All rights reserved.


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To create or edit workflows:
1. From the menu, click Settings --> Sales & Marketing Settings.
2. Go to the section Lead Management and click "Workflows."
3. Click "Add Workflow."
4. Choose if you would like to make this workflow active or disabled. Disabled workflows won't be available for assignment. For example, a seasonal workflow would be disabled when not in use.
5. Enter a name and description for the workflow.
5. Choose if you would like alerts if the salesperson falls behind on steps in this workflow. Check "Yes" for Past Due Alerts, then select the Workflow Alert.
You will need to have created Alerts ahead of time. Instructions are here: Create or Edit Workflow Alerts.
Add Workflow Steps
Workflow steps are the tasks that a salesperson must complete while working a lead. Steps may trigger alerts or automatic completion of the workflow, IE, closing a lead.
To add Workflow steps:
1. From the Add Workflow menu, click on "Add Step."
2. Give this step a Name and Description.
3. Choose what "Type" this step is. Tieing your steps to types allows PestPac to automatically complete the step based on what your sales rep does. For example, the "Agreement" type automatically updates the lead to complete a step for sending an agreement to a lead.
- Qualify: Step will be automatically completed if the lead is entered from the PestPac "Add Lead" screen.
- Schedule: Step automatically completed if an appointment is scheduled.
- Appointment Complete: When a step uses this type, PestPac will know to look for a sales appointment's date before sending an overdue task alert.
- Agreement: Step is automatically completed when an agreement is sent out for signature.
- Signature: Step is automatically completed when the lead signs the agreement. This also close/wins the lead.
- Other: Nothing automatically completed and this step must be manually marked as finished by the salesperson.
4. Choose the sales role responsible for completing this step. Ex: Salesperson or Sales Manager.
5. In duration, choose how long a salesperson has to complete the step (if a deadline is needed). This can be in hours or days and will trigger a workflow alert to the salesperson and their manager if the step isn't completed in time.
6. Choose if an alert should be sent out upon step completion. You'll need to have built a Workflow Alert for a completed task prior to this.
7. The completion of a step can move your lead to a new stage in your sales funnel. If this step does that, choose where you'd like the lead moved to.
Example Workflow:
In our example, we have created an active workflow for general pest leads.
This workflow requires that:
- Qualify: A lead becomes qualified automatically when entered with the Add Lead page.
- Schedule Sales Appointment: An inspection is to be scheduled within two days of being qualified. This step will be completed if a lead is entered into PestPac and scheduled for inspection at the same time.
- Complete Sales Appointment: The sales person must complete the sales appointment within 7 days.
- Send Agreement: An agreement must be sent within two hours of the inspection being completed. This will be automatically completed if the salesperson sends the agreement.
- Follow Up On Agreement: If the agreement is not signed right away, a reminder will go to the salesperson to follow up on the agreement two days from when the agreement was sent.
- Agreement Signed: When the agreement is signed the lead will automatically close win.


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A season for giving thanks
I called my sister and brother this morning and wished them a happy thanksgiving as I know many of us were doing. After all, isn't that what we are supposed to do on thanksgiving?
But, I was reminded that being thankful and giving thanks is not just for a day but for every day, And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Colossians 3:17
As I was talking with my sister on thanksgiving morning and I heard her speak these words…."I just wish we lived closer together" my heart was reminded of the love we shared together for one another. I also think about "the love of God" and how much He loves me and you, and wonder if He longs for us in the same way waiting for us to say to him…"I wish you would draw closer I long for you."
I believe this to be true, that as we long for our loved ones, whether that be our spouses, siblings, children, parents or friends that Our Lord Jesus longs for us as well and cannot wait until that day when we will come home and live with Him forever and ever.
So, even in the difficult times let our hearts be thankful for what we have been given, for if we would just look around, we would see that we have much to be thankful for now and in the future. Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me. In my father's house are many rooms, if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going. John 14:1-4
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Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe, George Sanders
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Year: 1950
Plot: An ambitious and pretty little thing ingratiates herself into the tight circle of theater celebrities. Emotional distress invades the midsts of awesomely pretentious people.
Pros: Despite its vintage, didn't age a day. Fast and furious dialogue. Bette Davis in her best, we think, performance.
Cons: Target audience: sensitive hipster, women of certain-age, your dad.


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This was us last year at our 8th Birthday Bash. We'd love you all to come along and help us celebrate our 9th on Saturday 23rd June.
If you've joined us before then you will probably agree they are a lot of FUN. Party planning is underway and we can say that there may well be a VERY, VERY SPECIAL GIN TASTING quite unlike anything you've ever tasted below. In memory of dear little Morris. We don't want to give it all away just yet so keep your eyes peeled for further updates in due course.


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Pussycats At Play
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The long hot summer is in front of the ladies of the Pussycat Gang and their associates, and following the events of The Pussycat and The Prince they all are looking forward to a chance to recharge their batteries. For Jo Smith, a chance to model opens new doors... For Carina Huntingdown, a visit to her ancestral home uncovers more of the truth of who she is, and family secrets... For Heather Smith, her past comes back to haunt her... For Jeannie Brewster, a return home leads to the discovery after over twenty years of a model long lost... And for Kylie and Marina, the transformation into their new lives has begun... Having said that, there is still room for the ladies to visit and work, and for Shirley and the team at Xavier International to conduct their business – which is just as well. Because war is coming... This fourth collection of stories of The Pussycat Gang takes us over three months in the summer of 2015 – and lead to the next stage of their lives...
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Highland News Leader
Firefighters train for semi truck accidents
Highland-Pierron firefighters were given a unique training opportunity Sunday, June 25. Along with firefighters from Highland Fire Department and St. Rose Fire Protection District, those who attended the training were shown how to make access to patients in difficult extrications, particularly with semi trucks involved.
ADR Towing brought out a tow unit and demonstrated how their resources could benefit the responding department on an emergency.
Firefighters were also given the opportunity to train on a semi cab, learning how to make access to the sleeper unit, jacking the cab up for patient access, and cribbing heavy vehicles. Different tools were available to compare their success for each situation.
Jason Bange with HPFD organized the training after attending a class in Indianapolis, Indiana earlier this year and brought back some new ideas.