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STOCKHOLM, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Activity in Sweden's services sector fell in September, a purchasing managers' survey showed on Wednesday, underlining recent data showing a sharp slowdown in the economy.
The Swedish service sector purchasing managers index (PMI) fell to 47.3 points in the month from 50.7 points in August, compilers Silf and Swedbank said. After two months above the 50 market that separates growth from contraction, the fall took the index back to levels seen in June, which was a two-year low.
Danske Markets analyst Stefan Mellin, said the figures could help provoke another cut in interest rates by the central bank when it next meets on Oct. 24.
"This was the latest in a series of weak figures from Sweden," he said.
Sweden started the year on a strong footing, but the euro zone crisis has cast a shadow over the Nordic economy, forcing the Riksbank to cut rates to 1.25 percent in early September.
The central bank has said it expected to remain on hold until the middle of next year, but a string of weak data and a persistently strong Swedish crown have convinced the market that at least one rate cut will be necessary this year.
Another analyst, SEB's Olle Holmgren, said he did not believe the bank would cut in October.
The services index has shown activity consistent with a contraction of the sector in four of the last 6 months.
On Monday, the compilers said PMI for the manufacturing sector fell to 44.7 in September from 45.1 in the previous month.
(Reporting by Simon Johnson and Patrick Lannin, additional reporting by Veronica Ek and Johan Sennero; editing by Patrick Graham)
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Okay guys… I've been researching everything I possibly can before I post my opinion on Governor Pence and his decision to sign the RFRA (Religious Freedom Restoration Act) into law, because I can understand why people are upset about it and I feel that everyone has the choice to voice their opinions, participate in demonstrations, etc etc.
HOWEVER, I really don't see the issue with this bill. I do see the potential for an issue, especially since the case that was used to bring the RFRA to public attention in Indiana was a case of a Christian owned business who decided to RESPECTFULLY (that's important) decline service to a gay couple who sought out their services for a wedding cake citing religious beliefs. That was the case that was used to promote public awareness of the bill, but that is NOT what the bill itself is about.
Of course it's easy to become upset when you feel your lifestyle is under attack, so I don't fault those who vehemently oppose the bill and have decided to boycott the state of Indiana. I honestly don't, and in fact I can respect them for sticking to their guns. The issue I have right now is that the media has blown this SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO far out of proportion and so many people are (although rightfully so) upset for no valid reason it's become this giant Anti-Indiana All the Things campaign for no other reason than an uninformed mob mentality.
Indiana is the last in a long line of states which have signed a RFRA bill into law. 19 other states currently have similar legislation, and 13 more are considering them as well. In addition to the laws already present on state level, the FEDERAL RFRA was signed into law by President Clinton in 1993. I'm not saying don't boycott Indiana if that's how you feel the need to take a stand, I'm only saying that by focusing all of this disapproval upon the last of 19 states kind of makes the entire Equality movement look like a bunch of bullies. A bunch of bullies using their legal sway to discriminate against religious freedom, which is PRECISELY what this bill is designed to prevent.
Just some food for thought…

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It's time for the third hunk of the DARK VAULT OF PUBLIC DOMAIN month-long Christmas celebration! Join UNCLE PETE for some amazing animated antics in The Cavalcade Of Cartoon Carnage – Part II. Picking up where the now legendary inaugural Cavalcade Of Cartoon Carnage – Part I left off, UNCLE PETE has been diggin' some diggin' in the animated section of The Cinema Graveyard to bring you some of the best, the worst, and the most obscure cartoons from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Popeye and Bluto become business competitors in more ways than one and there's The 3 Bears like you may never have seen them. There's an installment from the Alice series of live/animation mixed creations that saved a certain studio for a certain mouse. And speaking of mice, Herman the mouse does a little coaching for a timid rooster. From the VanBeuren/Paul Terry world, Tom and Jerry make some surreal drawings and Farmer Alfalfa channels UNCLE PETE on the radio. Gumby and The Three Stooges have some automotive mishaps and our favorite cartoon cutie – Betty Boop – follows suit in the Musical Mountaineers. And Felix Finds Out (but finds out what?). For all you cartoon firearms fans, Molly Moo Cow tries to preserve nature in The Hunting Season and Oswald the Rabbit gets fired up in Great Guns. Then it's time for the big musical finale as Owl Jolson croons in I like To Singa and Popeye, Peepeye, Poopeye, Pipeye, and Pupeye tear up the place with a full-blown jam session in Me Musical Nephews.
Down in The Dark Vault Laboratory, UNCLE PETE cavorts with his cartoon buddies, does a self-portrait, and receives yet another suspicious candle from El Vato. Will this candle be a blast too, or will UNCLE PETE learn from history. To find out, tune in this Saturday night from 10PM to midnight on channel 1301 in the Binghamton area and the Corning/Hornell/Elmira and Montrose/Sayre, PA vicinity, channel 2 around Champlain, Saranac and Tupper Lakes, channel 2 in Cortland County, and channel 30 throughout the rest of the North Country (Watertown/Champlain/Massena/Malone/Ogdensburg/etc.). And for all you who might be shopping, baking, wrapping, or festivating late – don't forget the replay at midnight! Watch us in the Ithaca, NY area on channel 13 at 9pm and midnight. And this week, you can also see this episode on Beta Max TV on all Roku TVs and devices (www.facebook.com/BetaMaxTV/, www,betamaxtv.com). The Christmas revelry continues with UNCLE PETE and The Cavalcade Of Cartoon Carnage – Part II – a Brand New Episode – on the next DARK VAULT OF PUBLIC DOMAIN!!!


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Galerie Berinson, in Berlin, presents about 60 vintage prints from the 1960s and 70s by Arno Fischer (1927-2011) taken for the famous GDR women's magazine Sibylle. Arno Fischer was one of the most important photographer of East Germany and his photographs accompanied life in the democratic republic from the beginning to the end. Already in the 1950s, he gained recognition...
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The St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners Association will host Garden U on Saturday, March 16 at the Hudson House Grand Hotel in Hudson. On-site registration starts at 8:30 a.m. The $40 fee includes lunch and speaker handouts.
Join SCVMGA and area gardeners for the "Prairies, Berries, and Trees" gardening education seminar. Lunch is included, as well as door prizes and the "Garden Marketplace" vendor fair to browse all things garden-related.
The first speaker of the morning is Alex Bouthilet, a member of the board of directors for Standing Cedars Community Land Conservancy and chair of their land management committee.
Bouthilet's presentation will introduce attendees to prairies and savannas in the local area. He will share personal experiences in implementing prairie and savanna restoration with USFWS, The Prairie Enthusiasts, and Standing Cedars Community Land Conservancy. He will also discuss why native plants are important components of a healthy ecosystem and why we need more of them in the landscape.
Jerry Clark, the second speaker of the morning, is the Agriculture Agent and an Associate Professor in Chippewa County with the Division of Extension UW-Madison. Clark holds a Master's of Science in Agriculture Education from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. His presentation will cover the foundations of growing blueberries, grapes, raspberries and strawberries in the home garden. His discussion will cover soil fertility, summer time care and variety selection including disease resistant varieties.
After lunch, Rachel Henderson of Mary Dirty Face Farm near Menomonie will inspire attendees to try growing tree fruits in a home orchard or garden. Henderson will cover site considerations and the cultural needs of a variety of different fruits that are well-suited to a home scale. Having grown many fruit species since starting an orchard, she will share her learnings on opportunities and risks. Henderson will also discuss cultivar selection, preparation and planting, tree care and maintenance. Fungal disease and a few major insect pests are the biggest challenges to produce fruit in our climate, so participants can expect a basic overview of the most common ones and suggestions on organic practices for maximizing edible fruit. The workshop will also emphasize the importance of fruit tree pruning and training, and go over the fundamentals
Henderson and her husband manage their mixed-fruit orchard organically, and have been certified organic since 2016. Mary Dirty Face fruit can be found in the Menomonie Market Food Co-op, Twin Cities farmers markets, restaurants and bakeries, as well as a growing CSA-style Fruit Share, distributed in the Twin Cities and Chippewa Valley.
Pre-registration can be done by mailing a check payable to SCVMGA to Barrette-SCVMGA at 1358 County Road V, Houlton, WI, 54082. Questions can be directed to 715-549-6438 or cbarrette1//scvmga.weebly.com for more information.


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Briony Barr: Art Director
Briony Barr is a visual artist who regularly collaborates with science and scientists as part of her practice. A testament to this fact, she was recently appointed an honorary fellow of the School of Physics at The University of Melbourne. Since 2008, she has worked with the microbiologist Dr. Gregory Crocetti and fellow artist Jacqueline Smith as part of Scale Free Network: art-science collaborative. At the other end of the scale, she collaborates with astrophysicist Dr. Andrew Melatos (The University of Melbourne) on an ongoing project called Drawing on Complexity. This involves making rule-based, expanded drawings, involving many people and large amounts of coloured tape. The idea is to use the collaborative drawing process to explore the evolution of a complex system.
Since 2009, Briony has worked as a support staff and in-house artist at civic art studio – ArtPlay – run by the City of Melbourne - where she regularly facilitates and designs creative workshops for children and families.
Briony has exhibited her work nationally and internationally. The list includes The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Melbourne Festival, Ipswich Art Gallery, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, The National Gallery of Victoria, The Immigration Museum, Flux Factory New York , The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Korea and the Santa Fe Institute in USA. Her work has appeared in diverse publications including BIG kids magazine and VOGUE Korea. Briony is represented by TW Fine Art.


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a peaceful solid perfume inspired by fields of wild lavender
layers of clean floral freshness evokes a feeling that sweeps you into a soft innocent whirlwind of happiness and calm, barefeet and freedom...
an aroma that calls out to the wildflowers...
the barefoot on the earthy dirt path with flowers in your hair.
•Warm perfume|cologne with your fingertips
•Applying to warm pulse points will activate the aroma & its aromatherapy benefits
•Smooth behind ears, along collarbone & neck, inside wrists & the elbows, behind the knees and into freshly washed hair locks & bushy beards
•Combines with each individual's chemistry to create a beautiful, unique, and personal fragrance
•Entices and intrigues the senses
Perfect pocket/purse size for an immediate dose of your favorite (all natural!) scent
Organic Ingredients:
Beeswax. Lavender Flower. Lavandin Flower. Spike Lavender Flower. Olive Oil. Coconut Oil. Sunflower Oil.
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The Annual Wayne County Canoe Classic will take place on April 23, 2017. The Honesdale area Jaycees and the Wayne Bank are the hosts of this wonderful event!
Registration starts at 9 am at the Wayne County Fairgrounds
The race begins at 11 am.
Course: Racers will canoe from the Wayne County Fairgrounds on the Dyberry Creek. Contestants will connect with the Lackawaxen River at Industrial Point in Honesdale, and continue through the borough and down to the softball fields in White Mills, where the finish line is located.
Representatives from the Honesdale River Project will be running the concession stand at the finish line in order to raise funds and awareness for projects in summer of 2017!
We'll also have an info table on hand in order to answer any questions and Black and Brass Coffee Roasters will be slingin' java during registration and at the finish line!
Cheer on the contestants at some of these great viewing areas (and send us your pics with #honesdaleriverproject!).
- Apple Grove
- Fair Avenue Bridge (near 670)
- Park Street Beidge (near YMCA)
- YMCA Parking Lot and Park St Park
- Industrial Point (fishing landing below old EMS building)
- Irving Cliff (Birdseye View)
- Behind the Courthouse (9th St)
- 6th Street Bridge area (swing Bridge/Riverside Drive)
- CVS parking lot on 4th St
- Brown St Bridge
Good luck to the racers and remember to use caution when near the river!


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Aesthetic oriental palace style is the new tendency!
Royal Chaos English version is on the market since 5th of July after countless hours of concerted hard works. Within a week, Royal Chaos has gained a bombastic amount of downloaded on the US App Store Top trending searches! The server went overcrowded in just a short duration and its popularity had gone beyond other more well-known mobile games as shown in the picture below.
The achievement of Royal Chaos in United States is attributed to its superb game quality. By being the world's first palace-based 3D RPG, Royal Chaos revisits the common RPG signature elements with the ancient Chinese dynasty settings, exquisite traditional outfits, classic and immersive oriental aesthetics along with interesting PvP battles and persona setting to give a brand new experience to western players.
This fantastic result could not be achieved without the great support from our beloved players. To show gratitude, Wish Interactive promises to be more devoted in developing and publishing new and fun Royal Chaos's contents to all players.
Royal Chaos, the greatest royal experience of all!


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Nationale welcomes 2019 with HOOPS, a pop up from designer & artist Kate Towers. With her series of sculptural (and lightly functional) indoor basketball hoops, Towers uniquely merges sport, art, and fashion. Woven and sewn from myriad materials including ropes, textile scraps, paper, and dried reeds, these hoops have an intentionally haphazard and eclectic vibe. They are an extension of Towers' clothing designs; indeed, she has been experimenting with sport and fashion for years, often sewing athletic stripes down the sides of her garments, and gleaning inspiration from the aesthetics of sports culture.
Come by Nationale on Sunday, January 13 (3–5 p.m.) to toast to the New Year and shoot some hoops—but please, no dunking! :-)
Kate Towers is a Portland-based clothing designer. Self-taught through experimentation, an artist vision, and hands-on execution, her non-seasonal, one-of-a-kind pieces often borrow inspiration from nature, team sports, motherhood, and various themes of life. From 2000 to 2008, Towers was co-founder and co-owner of Seaplane, a renowned specialty shop in Portland featuring local designers and an innovative collection of hand-made clothing. It is there that Towers developed her own line and helped inspire the fashion scene that is now Portland.
On view January 10–January 22, 2019
Opening reception Sunday, January 13 (3–5 p.m.)


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This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on combining energy and health-related services.
This Guide is designed to help state and local policymakers to take full advantage of new policy developments by providing them with a comprehensive set of tools to support launching or accelerating residential energy efficiency programs. The Guide focuses on four categories of policies that have proven particularly effective in providing a framework within which residential energy efficiency programs can thrive: incentives and financing, making the value of energy efficiency visible in the real estate market, data access and standardization, and supporting utility system procurement of energy efficiency.
This summary from a Better Buildings Residential Network peer exchange call focused on what residential energy efficient programs and strategies worked well in rural populations.


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Divorce & Child Custody Law
K.S.C v. M.C., Very High Conflict Child Custody Matter – Family Law Attorney Ali Shahrestani Very Successfully Represented Father, an immigrant. 2 minor children involved, ages 2 and 4. Mother represented by 3 very hostile attorneys – one of them a "Super Lawyer", and Mom sought very limited supervised visitation, alleged domestic violence and sought permanent restraining orders against Dad, alleged Dad is child abduction threat and sought permanent child protective orders against Dad, sought monetary sanctions against Dad. Attorney Ali Shahrestani achieved extended, unsupervised, and regular father-child time for Dad, including weekend overnights and weekdays. Court ultimately denied Mom's requests for permanent restraining orders, denied Mom's requests for permanent child protective orders, and denied Mom's multiple requests for monetary sanctions against Dad.
G.A.v. A.F., High Conflict Child Custody Matter – Negotiated very high-conflict parties to an amicable 50-50 resolution of all issues
T.M v. R.Z., very confidential Paternity and Privacy Rights matter, negotiated amicable settlement of issues
Marriage of R., Family Dissolution Case
Z.B v. N.H., Child Custody and Divorce issue re: alleged Child Kidnapping, UCCJEA Jurisdiction issues, Domestic Violence, Child Custody and Support
K.G. v. B.G., Divorce matter re: Child Custody and Support, Community Property Division, Domestic Violence, and Negotiations.
M.W. v. B.W., Divorce matter re: Child Custody and Support, Community Property Division, Domestic Violence, Negotiations, Allegations of Child Abduction, UCCJEA Jurisdiction Issues.
J.F. v. L.F., Divorce matter re: Community Property Division, Real Estate Fraud, Bankruptcy
G.C. v. C.C., High Conflict Divorce Matter re: Division of Property and Assets; Claims of Hidden Business Interests and Assets and Wasted Assets
M.R. v. J.E., Child Custody Dispute with Allegations of Child Abuse
R.N. v. A.N., Collaborative Divorce Negotiations including Property Settlement Issues and Issues re: Marital Annulment based on Marital Fraud
D.B. v. S.A., Limited Scope Representation of Wife in Divorce matter re: husband's allegations of violence, drugs, and dispute re: marital assets and requests by husband for spousal support and attorney's fees.
K.L. v. S.L., Representation of Husband in Divorce matter re: Business assets, child custody, multiple homes, and other issues.
C.S. v. T.S., Representation of Husband in Divorce matter re: division of marital assets.
R.M. v. G.M., Representation of Wife in Divorce negotiations re: division of marital assets, restraining order pursuant to domestic violence, hidden marital assets, and potential sanctionable actions by Husband.
Education Law
Professor v. Monterey Institute of International Studies, Education Employment Breach of Contract, Academic Freedom, and Faculty Grievance Negotiations on behalf of Professor against Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Student v. DeAnza College, Student Grievance Representation re: Plagiarism allegations, Grade Appeal, Unfair Intimidation by Professor, and possible Suspension Negotiations and Grievance Hearing against Faculty and Dean at DeAnza College in Cupertino, CA. Student's complaints against Professor re: unfair intimidation were investigated and sustained by Grievance Board, Student not suspended or expelled for alleged Plagiarism.
Representation re: Special Needs Student at High School re: Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Student v. Academy of Art University (San Francisco, CA), Negotiations Representation for Graduate Student Expelled for Alleged Violation of School Rules and Policies re: Plagiarism. Result: Student Re-Admitted to Graduate Program.
Teacher v. Santa Cruz City Schools, Administrative Complaints on Behalf of Teacher re: Breach of Union Employment Contract, Violation of Government Tort Claims Act, and Unlawful Gender Discrimination.
Student v. University of California, Berkeley, Legal Advice concerning student's allegations re: Grade Appeals, Violation of Privacy of Student Records, Harassment and Assault, Unlawful Gender Discrimination, and Challenge to Dismissal.
Student v. Palo Alto High School (Palo Alto, CA), representing student's grade appeal and allegations regarding high school's violations of Americans with Disabilities Act, CA Education Code, and related statutes, including complaint before the Office of Civil Rights and the Department of Justice.
Representation of a student in dispute involving dismissal from nursing program of a community college.
Representation of an international Art School against student in alleged breach of contract dispute.
Representation of a teacher in response to California Commission on Teacher Credentialing misconduct investigation.
Representation of a student against University of Phoenix graduate program in alleged plagiarism matter.
Representation of a graduate student with learning disabilities seeking reinstatement to a doctorate program after dismissal from Alliant International University in San Francisco, CA, where student challenged the University for wrongful dismissal and for disability rights violations. The student was successfully reinstated and graduated.
Representation of an undergraduate student at Pace University in a suspension matter for alleged harassment of another student. Suspension order successfully lifted, student resumed classes.
Representation of Final-Year Law Student Facing Possible Expulsion for alleged Academic Integrity Violation. Student not expelled or suspended.
Representation of 5th Grade Student Facing Possible Expulsion for alleged obscenity and bullying of other students. Student not expelled.
Business & Contracts
Defense Counsel for K.V. in F.L Sr., F.L. Jr., A.L., A.L., W.E, and S.E vs. K.V., J.F., et al. – Ali Shahrestani, Esq. achieved a total Victory for Defendants K.V. and K.V.'s company in a corporate fraud lawsuit involving multi-million dollar potential monetary and punitive damages based on claims of fraud, conspiracy, intentional misrepresentation, intentional nondisclosure, breach of contract, California securities violations, and negligence.
Outsourced General Counsel for MAPhone, LLC., a Mobile Software Start-up Company
Outsourced General Counsel for Lac Qui Parle Design, a Graphic Design Company
Burning Man, Trademark Prosecution
J.B. v. B. Insurance Svcs., Employment Breach of Contract and Bad Faith, Punitive Damages matter.
O. v. Aquantive, Razorfish, et al., Bad Faith Breach of Contract
EDD v. M.B., Client accused of unemployment insurance fraud, Charges dismissed.
Representation for Insurance Company in Copyright Litigation involving a Warner Brothers film
Community Access Programme v. Democratic Republic of Congo, Securities Litigation
O. v. W.E., Insurance Company, et al., Unfair Business Practices Act Litigation
H. v. Insurance Co. et al., Bad Faith Breach of Insurance Contract Litigation
Commercial Real Estate Lease, Intentional Interference with a Prospective Business Advantage, Defamation of Character, and Breach of Contract Negotiations on Behalf of Nightclub Company against Commercial Real Estate Company, San Jose, CA.
E.P. against Employer Store, Campbell, CA – Negotiations on behalf of Former Employee against Business re: alleged Breach of Contract, Wage Disputes, Intellectual Property Concerns, and possible Criminal Matter.
Representation of Executive H.P. against Lounge and Restaurant in San Jose, CA in high-conflict Board of Directors Negotiations.
Representation of an international Art School in complaint brought by student re: Breach of Contract and other claims
Representation of a Construction Company re: business acquisition target, and re: legal infrastructure of the Construction Company itself
Sierra Forest Products v. United States Department of the Interior, Endangered Species, Pacific Fisher, threatened by Timber Harvesting
Local Alliance v. Pacific Steel Casting, Nuisance injunction against Steel Refinery
Oil Company Refinery NPDES Compliance Schedule, Public Comments for Communities for a Better Environment
W.E. v. County et al., Environmental Health and Safety, Administrative Law, Premises Liability, Personal Injury Matter, representing Plaintiff.
Representation for County in Ad Valoram Tax Litigation against the Oil Refinery
Representation for County Regional Fee and Financing Authority in Condemnation Actions Related to the State Route Bypass
M.S. v. Volkswagen Corp of America, Trader Joe's, et al, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Product Liability Matter, representing Plaintiff who was severely and permanently injured in a car accident.
L. v. Pacific Bell, Consumer Fraud Class Action
Unlawful Detainer Action, Superior Court, Landlord's Negotiations and Trial Counsel in Landlord-Tenant Unlawful Detainer Matter involving Eviction of Tenant who lived in Landlord's Red-Tagged Shed in Backyard; Issues involved County Notice of Violation of County Ordinances re: Illegally Occupied Dwelling; Tenant's allegations of theft of personal property, restricted access to home, and that Landlord owes Tenant $20,000 before Tenant agrees to move out; Landlord's allegations of Tenant's alleged illegal drug cultivation and sale, destruction of property, harassment of other tenants, denial that Landlord owes Tenant $20,000, and issues concerning possible rent-to-buy contract. Tenant represented by local counsel. Unlawful Detainer matter settled via stipulation of the parties prior to trial in a manner favorable to Landlord, such that Tenant agrees to remedy any damage to the real property and to move out within the agreed time-period of 10 days from receipt of a reduced rate of the County Ordinance-required relocation funds (equal to 3 months' rent) rather than Tenant's original position that Tenant will move out only within 90 days of receipt of $20,000 from Landlord.
Several Personal Estate Portfolios, Living Wills, Support Trusts, Pour-Over Wills, Charitable Trusts
Multiple Property Fraud and Residential and Commercial Breach of Contract matters, including C. v. A., B. v. Chau.
W. v. CitiBank & CitiMortgage, successful Negotiations in the face of pending Foreclosure and Notice of Default
GMAC v. F., very successful monetary settlement negotiations for homeowner in the face of eviction proceedings after Foreclosure
Representation of Real Estate and Mortgage Company at Mediation re: complex, multi-party breach of contract matter.
W.D., LLC v. W., Landlord-Tenant Eviction, Unlawful Detainer case in County Superior Court of California. Represented Tenants. Acquired judgment of about 47 extra days for tenants to remain in home before eviction enforcement, even though tenants remained in home over a year after it was sold at auction after a bank foreclosure.
Multiple Matters involving Forensic Review and Negotiations concerning Client Case History, Mortgage Documentation, and Bank Related Correspondence, Possible Wrongful Foreclosure, Potential Mortgage Modification Violations, Truth In Lending Act (TILA), Home Owner's Equity Protection Act (HOEPA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA), Breach of Contract Claims, and possible related Bankruptcy Chapter 13 and Bankruptcy Chapter 7.
Representation of Homeowner against HOA re: mutual allegations of HOA violations, resulting in mutually satisfying compromise resolution.
Criminal Defense
In the Matter of T.S., Armed Robbery, Possession of a Firearm, Probation Violation, Juvenile Criminal Defense Felony Matter – Potential 7 years of Jail Time in Dept. of Juvenile Justice (CYA) reduced to 9 months in Rehabilitative Youth Group Home.
People of the State of CA v. Z.J., Grand Larceny Criminal Defense Felony Matter – Potential Sentence: 3 years of Jail Time in County Jail and up to $10,000 fine, and 3 years probation. Actual Sentence: no post-judgment jail time, 30 days Sheriff's Work Alternative Program (Day Labor) served on weekends, $920 fine, and 2 years probation, with DA's objection waived to reducing felony charge on record to misdemeanor after 1 year of successful service of probation and completion of sentence requirements, with potential to terminate probation after 1 year and file for expungement of criminal record. Expungement and Petition for Dismissal granted after just over 1 year, rather than normal 2 year minimum before such Petitions may be granted.
State v. C.B., Prostitution Misdemeanor Matter – Charges Dismissed
State v. A.T., Failure to Appear, Bench Warrant, Misdemeanor Matter – Charges Dismissed
State v. A.C., 2 Charges of DUI (1.7 Blood Alcohol content alleged) and 1 Charge of Misdemeanor Resisting Arrest. Defendant was facing a Potential Sentence of up to 1 year or more in County Jail plus fines for all three charges. The Misdemeanor Resisting Arrest and 1 DUI charge were both Dismissed after Aggressive Negotiations by Mr. Shahrestani with Asst. District Attorney; Defendant pled guilty to 1 DUI charge and ordered to 8 days of Sheriff's Work Program, NO Jail Time, plus informal probation, fines, DUI-related class, and 20 hours of active attendance at AA meetings.
Citizen's Complaint against Police Department re: DUI Arrest of KJ.
Civil Negotiations and Pre-Charge Criminal Defense Strategy in Statutory Rape and Molestation of a Minor Matter.
State v. CL, Indecent Exposure, Corporal Injury to Cohabitant, and Vandalism Misdemeanors.
US v. E.L, Federal Charge of Gun Possession by Felon.
DC v. HH, Misdemeanor Charge of Solicitation of Prostitution, Deferred Prosecution Agreement
Successful representation of Client seeking withdrawal of guilty plea and dismissal of Misdemeanor Drug Possession conviction.
T. and L. v. Police Departments and Private Security Guard Company. Federal District Court, Civil Lawsuit seeking monetary damages, injunctions, and declaratory relief related to Police Misconduct, Negligence, Infliction of Emotional Distress, Assault and Battery, Constitutional Violations, and multiple other causes of action.
Various Plaintiff-side Sexual Assault and Harassment Tort actions against Catholic Priests
Consult with the attorney today.
Mr. Shahrestani welcomes you to set-up an Initial Consultation during which you'll discuss your case and a possible legal strategy that will seek to optimize your case's strengths and work through its weaknesses. Mr. Shahrestani focuses on giving you the most aggressive and creative legal representation available, working hard to perform all the necessary tasks to help maximize your chances of success, while seeking to keep costs and fees affordable.


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The holidays can be a stressful time of the year as you try to figure out the perfect gift for your loved ones. But it doesn't have to be stressful. Just play on your family and friends' passions and you won't go wrong.
For pet lovers on your list, one of the best things you can give is something related to their pet. And you can also bet that your pet owner probably owns most of the products and toys on the market already. What they probably do not have is a 3D printed pet plaque. At WhiteClouds, we offer 3D printed plaques of your pets. Whether it is a cat, dog, parakeet, hamster, or anything else, we can create a one-of-a-kind gift for the pet lover in your life.
Why Pet Plaques are the Perfect Gift
Most pet lovers will tell you that any gift related to their pet is a great idea. But even better are those personalized, unique items that you cannot find anywhere else. 3D printed pet portraits are a wonderful choice because like any portrait, it shows the importance of our loved ones, including our furry friends that routinely brighten our day, make us laugh, and snuggle with us when we are feeling down. 3D printed plaques are great because they are three-dimensional, almost like a sculpture, bringing together the best of both worlds. Your thoughtfulness will shine through giving this fun gift that will be cherished by your pet owner for years to come.
How We 3D Print Pet Plaques
All you need to do is to upload a photo of your pet and we will do the rest. One of our designers will take the photo and turn it into a 3D model. We then print the plaque on one of our 3D printers in full color and ship it out to you. Get your 3D printed pet plaque today!


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Meet Our Staff
Executive Producer
Adam Carter
Adam has been in filmmaking since he was young. He grew up in Oklahoma City, OK making videos for his local youth group. Years later he would graduate from Oklahoma City University with a Bachelors in Film Production. He has worked as a vocational minister for two churches as a Media Director, made numerous short films and produced an all Oklahoma made feature film, Hollis, in 2012. He was a producer for SkitGuys.com from 2015-2017 and has worked on many commercials for clients such as Foot Locker, Orange Leaf, and Oklahoma Tourism. He has been the producer for Final Descent Outdoors since Season 4.


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The problem with twins is that they look so much alike…
By day, Claire Robertson is a staff writer for a small publication in Seattle. But when the lights go down, she writes sizzling and oh-so-naughty erotica. She keeps these stories safely tucked away, hiding her secret fantasies of her hero, Dustin Murray. The man who stole her heart six years ago. And then jumped into bed with her twin sister.
Dustin never forgot Claire, or her twin sister's lies that tricked him into sleeping with her. Nor has he forgotten that her sister's threats have kept him silent for six years and cost him the woman he loved. Now that Claire's returned home, Dustin isn't about to lose her again. But it'll be another thing to convince Claire he's prepared to do whatever it takes to win her back.
When Claire accidentally sends the wrong story to her editor, things really heat up. With hot the new black in publishing, her editor thinks he's struck gold and queues the story for publication. The last thing Claire needs is for everyone to learn that she's got secrets of her own…
Claire Robertson is a journalist in Seattle writing for Ethos magazine. While she loves her job she secretly craves to write erotica and has many stories and novels actually written and saved to her laptop. I found myself relating to Claire a lot and she felt like a very real person. Claire was a very nice girl that was more of a people pleaser rather than doing what she wanted to do. Finally she gets passed that and you really witness Claire coming into her own and I enjoyed watching it happen.
All of her heroines she portrays the way she wishes she could be with all the men portrayed after the same man, Dustin Murray, the love of her life and the only man to ever truly break her heart. Claire owes that heartbreak to her twin sister Fran but she doesn't really know all the details. There was always a connection between Dustin and Claire growing up but one day Fran announced that Dustin was her boyfriend and nothing was the same after. Fran and Claire had a very strange relationship to me. Fran was super competitive with Claire and was seriously a bitch to her most of the time. They didn't seem like they ever had a close relationship and even live on opposite sides of the country, Fran lives in New York.
She hasn't seen Dustin since they both left their small North Carolina hometown for college and the wonders of adulthood. Claire finds herself needing to return to her hometown with a car accident leading to her parents' very tragic death. Dustin recently moved back to their hometown and even purchased his parents' house which is right next door to Claire's parents' house. So after all these years Claire will finally see Dustin again and she doesn't know how she will handle it. It's one thing to fantasize in the comfort of her home across the country but it is a whole other situation to be standing right in front of him in the flesh. The sparks fly between Claire and Dustin when they see each other again and Claire finally finds out why Dustin got involved with Fran instead of her in the first place.
Overall the story was on the short side and I would have liked for there to have at least been an epilogue going into Claire and Dustin's future. I also would love to read Fran's story. I think it would be interesting to get inside her head and find out why she is the way she is. Who knows maybe the author will write one for us.
Disclosure: This ebook was provided to me free of charge by Etopia Press for the sole purpose of an honest review. All thoughts, comments, and ratings are my own.


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Assembly Bill 650, Stats. 2007, Ch. 606, (Lieu and Jones) requires any employer, who is subject to, and is required to provide unemployment insurance to employees, to notify all employees that they may be eligible for the EITC. Employers shall give notification within one week before or after, or at the same time, they provide employees with an annual wage summary (IRS Form W-2, 1099).
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Roasted Harvest Bowl with a Curried Coconut Twist
I'm all about authentic traditions, as long as they don't involve pools of grease and unethical amounts of sugar.
Typically, the American classics (cheeseburgers, BBQ, pie...) don't get me going at all. It's hard for me to stir up any sort of allegiance or affection for a food that not only lacks any complexity in true herbs-and-spices flavor, but delivers heart attacks, blood sugar spikes, and the stereotypical American beer gut. When the only representatives from the redeeming parts of the food pyramid are a tomato-based sauce or a sugar-smothered canned fruit filling, how do we justify this as satisfying? (Judge me if you must.) I'll tolerate them if I have to, but I'd just rather not.
But the all-American array of fall vegetables is quite a different story. Since they can be done deliciously and healthfully, and come with a good old dose of comfort and sentimentality (two of my love languages), I do get giddy about classic American fall food.
I love eating "in season" foods, and I could consume Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, and pumpkin anything for every meal, all season long. Collard greens, cranberries, and apple cider never cease to thrill my heart, and make me proud to be an American.
If you know me very well, you know I'm pretty adamant on preserving the cultural authenticity and consistency of foods in a meal, if I have anything to do with it (i.e., making fettucine and serving it with a real Italian salad, not iceberg and Ranch... serving sushi with Japanese miso soup, not Chinese eggrolls...serving hummus with pita bread, not potato chips). I know...I know. But it's just how I'm wired. Really, I'm not trying to be difficult.
If you're a real-life friend or relative with whom I have meal-planned or cooked with in the past, I probably owe you a real-life apology. I'm trying to get better at not making mountains out of culinary mole hills - really I am.
I am making progress though. Case in point: this dish. Even though it initially grates on my "this isn't how traditional ______ food is supposed to be" nerve, once in a while I find an intentional fusion of cuisines that I fall in love with after the first skeptical bite. And this recipe in particular, is one of them that I've found worthy enough to repeat year after year.
Have you ever thought to pair the Thai trio of curry/coconut/jasmine rice with American fall vegetables, then to smash a Southwestern fruit/veggie like avocado, and sprinkle on the seeds of a Middle Eastern superfruit? Neither had I, before I started pinning recipes from the most amazingly gifted, foodie creative and blogger/photographer I have ever encountered: Tieghan Gerard from Half Baked Harvest.
I don't even have words the beauty that resides on her corner of the world wide web. Even if all you do is "window shop" through her photography, it is well worth your time. She is young, inspired, and unapologetically devoted to the profession of crafting incredible edibles and displaying them as art to the world. She has become my prime inspiration and role model in the world of food blogging. Unlike her photography, mine totally lacks the ability to capture the orchestra of textures, colors and flavors in this dish....so just check hers out instead.
Her bowls are to die for. No one else concocts such unique combinations of flavor-packed foods. No restaurant, no magazine, no Food Network show, and no other food blog I've encountered has matched her level and style (and I've been a consumer/critic of all the above for 13 years running). Either they're way too complex, not practical enough to make on a weeknight, or just not awesome-tasting enough to write home about. But her stuff is different. Stay tuned for more of my blog posts featuring her creations.
For all of our married lives, my best friend and I have had THE biggest foodie crush on her. Whenever some outstanding, effusive blend of flavors and cuisines takes its place as the star of the dinner table, our husbands always say, "WOW. This is a Half-Baked Harvest recipe, isn't it?" And they are always right.
Her photography on her Roasted Harvest Veggie, Curried Avocado + Coconut Rice Bowls post puts my iPhone imagery to utter shame (which I'll be the first to not just admit, but to proclaim). So I urge you to go check her out. For all she's contributed to my kitchen life, I feel I owe her my allegiance and my own readership, though my blog following may be small.
It may seem like a lot of ingredients, but if I can do it in all my last-minute cooking glory, you can too. Even if all you've got are the ingredients in the pictures below (that is, leaving out things like coconut water, coconut flakes, blue cheese, and pomegranate seeds), you still will have a wonderfully flavorful bowl to savor and marvel over. But if you've got the flavor-explosion cocktail of extras, add them to the mix and you will remember the moment you first tasted this dish forever... with or without documenting it on instagram.
Unless you're a vegetarian, add some rotisserie chicken to the mix and you'll have plenty of protein and seasonal indulgence to satisfy you til tomorrow afternoon. Each time I make it I'm surprised at how filling this bowl is. So take the opportunity to cut back on the rice and pile up those Brussels sprouts!
Directions: Click here to read the recipe on Half-Baked Harvest!


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Borrow from the boys and oversize your denim…
Wearing: Atmos and Here Denim Jacket, Lace Shorts (Similar here), Black Tee, Studded Boots (Sold out – Similar here), Sunglasses.
NYFW is over for another year.. would it be wrong of me to say thank goodness for that?! I mean, I love all the fashion and street style from the shows but the constant barrage of images on social media really makes me start to question my life choices.. as in, why the hell am I not there, why don't I live in New York, why do I not own that fabulous dress/bag/jacket I just saw on the runway.. you know all the important life questions.
In saying that though, one of the positives of fashion week, is the amount of inspiration and style on the streets. One of the biggest trends I noticed on and off the runway was oversized everything! Shirts, sleeves and in particular denim jackets. The only way to wear your denim jackets, it seems, is big and slouchy.. and naturally I am totally on board! Hellooo comfortable fashion!
A few tips when styling your boyfriend denim jacket…
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- – Wear your boyfriend denim jacket with shorts or a mini skirt to balance out the oversized style.
- – Opt for a plain tee underneath or show some skin and team it with high-waisted jeans and a crop top.
- – Wear it with a floaty dress or playsuit and boots for an effortless look.
What do you think? Will you be wearing your denim oversized?
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Nearly everyone who was hip to the pop music scene in 2007 can recall the will.i.am song, "I Got it From My Mama." The lyrics, objectifying as they may be, actually say a lot about how genetics determine what we look like. Tall or short, freckled or tanned, brown- or blue-eyed – these traits all come from your parents. Even your bra size is determined way before you come into the world.
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Martín Molinero (Buenos Aires, 1975). Based in Madrid. Member of VIVO Photography Collective https://www.street-photographers.com/
What was the trigger, or inspiration, that led to your taking up photography?
The trigger was a photography workshop given by my uncle when I was 17 years old. It was 1992, a year after I'd come back to Buenos Aires, having lived two years in a tiny little hamlet in Galicia, Spain. The first year in Galicia was tough for the teen urbanite I was. I missed my friends from Argentina and living in a big city. When I finally adjust myself to the country life and I made new friends in Galicia, my fate was that I had to return to Buenos Aires. Having already lost contact with my old friends there, I became sort of a loner. One changes a lot at that age. That was when I discovered the beauty of my hometown and I developed a fondness for taking long walks and wandering the streets of Buenos Aires. So, when my uncle taught me the fundamentals of photography and helped me to get a battered second-hand Minolta, the camera became a much-needed companion for my ramblings and perambulations. Since then, photography became a very important part of my life.
What do you hope to communicate or describe with your work?
Well, I would like to know it too, though I'm not sure I have that hope. I don't have an agenda. I just like to walk and observe. I don't deal with newsworthy events, I don't intend to describe nor instruct, neither do I consider my photographs art. Perhaps I just hope to "record" some things. You know, I can't make sense out of whatever I come across at all, but, pretty optimistically, I still believe that I might find a clue about it in a hypothetical future. So I "record" whatever I come across that catch my interest, in order to eventually revisit it. I guess you could consider it a sort of laborious procrastination… What do I hope to record? I mostly take photographs as a sort of informal survey of my surroundings and my inner life. It's also a way to prompt experiences and remember them. For me, time, transience and memory are a constant source of wonder and perplexity, and the camera's ability to deceivingly stop time does nothing but enhance that wonder and that perplexity by somehow disturbing the stream of time that keeps rushing past. I'm just still amazed by the strange, unparalleled discontinuity created by photography. Sometimes I like to think that photographs are messages from the past sent to a future self. They go like: "Hey! Take a look at how this was! Look! Do you remember this?!". I hope these faint vestiges from the past would enrich and somehow increase my experience of the present. You know, there's this nice, comforting idea in Chris Marker's La Jetée, the idea that memories (and certainly photographs) could be a sort of loophole in Time, a loophole through which one could transfer, from past to present times, supplies, medicines, energy sources…
Has your relationship with photography changed over time, and if so how?
No doubt it changed a lot. After the first impulse, there was a time, in my early twenties, when I enjoyed much more making prints than taking pictures. My bedroom was my darkroom (or vice versa). I spent many nights making prints, dodging and burning and listening to music. I still miss it. I only shot black and white back then, mostly my friends and some shy, 50 mm street photos. I got a Canon AE-1 and began to shot medium format with a terrible Yashicaflex. I timidly sought to earn some money taking photographs. It didn't work. I graduated; I moved to Barcelona. When I turned 35, after a decade without taking photographs, my wife gave me a digital camera as a birthday gift. Digital… Terra incognita. Awkward, intangible, ethereal in a bad way, but easier and affordable. So, eight years afterward, here we are. Still going.
Select 5 of your photos and talk about how they came to be and how they reflect your working methods.
All photos selected here were taken last year.
(1) This photo is very significant for me. I took it while moving to Madrid, after having lived for 14 years in Barcelona. Driving through the desert-like region of Los Monegros (Aragón) towards Madrid, I took the sunrise (or sunset?) and the bull as a good omen, despite of both being rather clumsy, naive representations, a circumstance which could possibly challenge, if not entirely impugn, my optimistic expectations.
(2) Besides the obvious symbolic interpretations prompted by this photo, I like the fact that the hundred-and-fifty-year-old cypress tree whose roots damaged the Azrael's sculpture is somehow "punished" by being brutishly attached at it. In order to fill the tree trunk from the right side, I held the flash with my left hand and crossed the left arm over my right side, the coiled cord crossing my neck, in a rather contortionist, tortured way somehow appropriate to the subject. A couple of days after taking this photo I went back to this cemetery and, while walking through the gravestones, I heard horrifying howls and terrible whines that made my blood run cold. They were pigs. It turned out there's a big slaughterhouse next to the cemetery. Can you believe it?
(3) This photo is one of those gifts that one can get at the least expected moment. The church is known as "Our Lady of Anguish", Patroness of Aranjuez, whose image is reflected on the glass behind the man. The Virgin's image, whose face is bathed in tears for further dramatic effect, was re-made in 1940. The original one was burned during the Spanish Civil War.
(4) I took this one while climbing the stairs of the Granada Cathedral. In a fit of second-youth enthusiasm, these nice ladies were sprawled on the steps watching the cathedral upside down. I was lucky to capture the synchronized standing up. I've said before that I like recording things. Well, there were thousands of starlings flying around and noisily calling and singing like mad when I took this photo. The flock gradually gathered in a nearby square called "Plaza de la Trinidad" (Trinity Square). I audio-recorded them, as well as the tinkling of cutlery and murmur of conversations emerging from bars and restaurants that surround the square. The noisy starlings and the chatter of the people seemed to reply and mock each other... Ok, none of this is perceptible in the photograph, but this synchronized old ladies' photograph is intimately linked in my memory with the starlings' crazy calls and the people's chatter (all of which has been recorded and stored in this photograph and in a few audio files for further examination...).
(5) I took this one last month. Well, the tree trunk behind the lady is really annoying and the photo is far from being good, but I like how things worked out with this one. I'm still discovering Madrid, which is quite bigger than Barcelona, and I don't understand yet its different light conditions over the year. Victor Llorente, a true "madrileño" (Madrilenian) and a very fine photographer from NYCSPC, gave me a tip on this street, which is called "Calle Serrano". In a sort of mundane, pedestrian "veni, vidi, vici" kind of way, I went there, walked three blocks and took this photo. A couple of days afterward, the red decoration crosses weren't there anymore.
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Earning a Master's in City Planning
October 5, 2016
By Michael A. Calvert
Professor Israel Stollman cleared his throat after he took his seat at the end of the long table and drew our attention to his small, round face with a Cheshire Cat grin beneath a bald head. As new graduate students seated at the long table in the fall of 1965, we waited silently for a statement from the Head of Ohio State's City Planning Department. After a long pause, he said, "Hello." The dozen or so students waited for him to continue. After another pause, he said, "Welcome." The inscrutable grin returned. Finally he launched into a recitation of logistics for Fall Quarter classes, the vending machines, restrooms, the student lounge, and the City Planning Library. He said he had met each of us and was going to let us introduce ourselves as he stepped into his office and closed the door.
"I'm Alex Fittinghoff from San Francisco. When I graduated from San Louis Obispo College, I took a job in the Planning Department at Walnut Creek in the Bay Area. I wanted to make planning my career and recognized I needed a master's. And here I am."
"I am Santiago. I am from Bogota, Columbia. I wanted to see America, so…" said the light-complected, blue-eyed man with a pack of Gaulois cigarettes in his shirt pocket and looked expectantly to the man in a brown tweed suit beside him, Arthur Martin from Dublin, Ireland. Next was Lenore Burdick from Chicago, then students from Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, New York, and several from Ohio. More than half mentioned they were architects.
I introduced myself and said, "I'm not an architect. My BA is in Social Studies, and I was afraid I'd have to go to Law School. I'm much more interested in urban redevelopment, housing, and cities so I'm delighted to be here."
Chuck Bogart concluded the introductions, saying "I've worked for the State of Kentucky for two years, and they offered to pay my way here if I'd commit to five more years with the state. You could say I'll be an indentured city planner."
Alex said, "Good to meet all of you guys. I'm going to check out the student lounge before our class in Planning Research." After we filed out to the hallway, Alex said to me , "Stollman's kind of a cold fish."
"Kind of? He's right out of the freezer. Stiff as a board," I replied. We chatted with other students in the small lounge like guests at a reception waiting for the guest of honor, politely inquiring about shared travel experiences and possible mutual acquaintances.
Our first class was with Dr. Raymond Mills who was as affable as Stollman was distant. Ray, as we came to address him, was from Arkansas and held a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in economics. He outlined his courses in population projections, market analysis, traffic planning, and economic impact studies based on his experience in at the Chicago Regional Planning Commission. He admitted that specialists would do these studies, but we had to interpret their findings. He also said by doing some research we would understand how assumptions, methods, and data sources influence outcomes. Finally he said it was not too early to begin to think about a topic for the required thesis. The goal was to add new research findings to benefit the planning profession. Quite a challenge.
We met Professor Gherckins after lunch. He labored to present himself as our colleague, but came off as saccharine as a car salesman. He reminded me of the sweet gherkins pickles I stacked on grocery shelves as a stock boy. In his classroom, sitting on stools behind tilted drafting tables, we focused on physical planning learning the number of houses needed for a neighborhood school, playgrounds, and ball fields as well as the basics of water, sewer, and drainage systems.
On the next day we met Professor Hank Brinkers, a new instructor with experience in Boston's urban renewal projects in downtown and ethnic neighborhoods. A tall, thin man, he took big steps and waved his arms during his lectures to dramatize his points. We nicknamed him "Swoop" and adopted Santiago's pronunciation, "Svoope."
In our first planning theory class, Professor Stollman announced that we would all attend the annual meeting of the American Institute of Planners in St. Louis in a month. He distributed brochures on the conference and assured us that the presentations and workshops would be educational.
After a day of riding through the farmland of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois in two rented vans, we found ourselves in a vintage downtown hotel teeming with planners from across the country. Mills and Gherckens were listed as speakers in the conference program. Everyone seemed to know Stollman. We were encouraged to see a room labeled "Planning Job Market' with twenty or thirty cities at tables seeking staff. The federal government had begun to require a City Plan before cities received highway funding. The conference was our initiation into the modern equivalent of a guild for city planners.
The new St. Louis Gateway Arch was part of the conference logo, and the featured event was its completion and dedication on the last day of the conference. On an unseasonably warm afternoon, a large crowd watched from an expanse of newly laid sod as the 8-foot keystone piece was poised for placement 630 feet above a stage of dignitaries.
A voice boomed over the loudspeaker about a brief delay. A buzz rose from the spectators when fire department pumper trucks arrived at each leg of the arch, but there was no smoke. We waited as tugs pushed long lines of barges up and down the Mississippi behind the arch. Someone with eagle eyes spotted streams of water bathing the keystone from each leg of the arch. The mayor apologized for the delay and explained that the arch had expanded by five inches due to the warm sun, but his fire department had cooled it with water pumped from the river. Vice-President Hubert Humphrey gave a long, forgettable speech. Finally we watched the keystone raised into positions to thunderous cheers.
Upon our return to the classroom, Gherckins divided us into teams and assigned projects that involved both architectural drawings and written reports. The architects showed the rest of us how to use T-squares and triangles for scaled drawings, and the rest of us drafted text for our reports for their review. Historically planners were architects and engineers, but economics and sociology were becoming equally important in planning. We hotly debated the merits of design versus social studies initially, but as we pursued our team assignments we learned that both are necessary.
Alex, an avid football fan, and I became friends. He and his wife Sue often invited me for dinner after Ohio State home games. I brought beer and snacks to their apartment and we watched the away games. I had eschewed football during my undergraduate years as an aspiring intellectual spending time with liberal arts classmates, but my enthusiasm for the Buckeyes returned with new fervor in graduate school.
Santiago, a newcomer without a car, also befriended me. He and a redheaded student from South Africa had difficulty finding an off campus apartment. I suggested they identify themselves as a Spainard and a Brit, and their problem was quickly solved. Then I helped them move into their two-bedroom apartment.
Santiago's exotic, sophisticated swagger drew coeds in abundance. He kept score on a page in the back of his address book with prisoners' notation, four vertical lines with a slash. The notations grew every week. After a brief show of reluctance, he would share his score card with barely suppressed pride. Alex said if his list was exaggerated by half, it would still be impressive. Santiago's thesis project was a plan for a new town on his family's extensive coffee farm in Columbia. We were jealous that he would be the first among us to make his mark in the world.
During graduate school, I was not working and had time to hang out with my high school friend, Bob Dilenschneider, who graduated from Notre Dame and returned to Columbus for a Master of Public Relations at Ohio State. On weekends, we made the rounds to local bars, spent hours playing nine-ball at various pool halls, and amused ourselves by crashing receptions at local hotels. We didn't improve much at pool, but we became good at improvising as accountants, engineers, or whatever convention was hosting a reception. We got some strange looks occasionally, but were never challenged as we ate their food and drank their booze.
I mentioned one of my term papers on the huge projected growth of restaurants in the next twenty years, and Bob said we should work together and get it published in Esquire or Playboy. I was skeptical, but we revised the article and he submitted it. A week later he met me at the Varsity Club waving an unopened envelope from Esquire. He ripped it open, extracted a letter, and his face fell. "God damn it! He says, 'Since I don't communicate regularly with the editor of Playboy, I am returning your article…' Shit!" Before we ordered a second round, we were laughing about the editor's amusement at our misdirected submissions.
Bob got an internship with NASA and spent two weeks at a Mercury space launch at Cape Kennedy. He regaled me with stories of the aggressive reporters who jostled each other at press conferences and shouted questions to the NASA briefers. "It was like a rugby scrum. I was actually scared of the mob of reporters and ready to run," he said. This experience served him well when he faced reporters as the spokesman retained by the owner of the Three-Mile Island nuclear plant that melted down. As a result, Bob became a national authority on crisis management.
I occasionally dropped by poker games in the neighborhood late in the evening on the weekends. I didn't take a seat at the table because the games had escalated from a nickel ante and ten cent raise to folding money. I also heard my grade school friends, Dick Reider and Charlie Houlihan, cite the mathematical odds on drawing to a straight and a flush. Dick later served in the penitentiary for gambling, and Charlie ran legal casinos. I didn't know some of the guys around the table, and there were a lot of empty beer bottles. I stayed only long enough to kibitz for a while, drink one beer, and eat a piece of cold pizza.
When I returned from my internship in Berkeley for fall classes, Ray asked us if we believed we could forecast population, employment, land use and other key factors in the future. We assured him that he had given us the techniques to make these projections. He beamed for a moment, and said, "I'd like each of you to look at an old City Plan in our library and compare their population projections with census data. A week later, each of us reported on a city. Most were wrong by half or more, some high, some low. We were surprised and chagrined, but he said with a broad smile, "Remember, it's always risky to make predictions—especially about the future." Then he explained the many ways projections can go awry.
Gherckins informed us that we would use everything we had learned to prepare a City Plan for the City of Lancaster, a town of 30,000, an hour south of Columbus. Teams of students would each draft a plan, present it to the faculty, and then blend the best proposals into a City Plan and present it to the mayor, city council, and citizens at a public meeting in the spring.
During Fall Quarter, I began to think in earnest about a thesis topic. Somehow I became interested in the growing number of the elderly and their housing challenges. I discussed it with Professor Mills and he told me to identify a hypothesis and a way to test it. He reminded me a thesis was research, not discussion of a topic in a term paper.
I finally focused on why the elderly live in their large, old houses instead of selling and moving to apartments. Following extensive research in the library, my hypothesis was that they didn't move because they feared exhausting their bank accounts and becoming a burden on their relatives, especially if they lived to be 90 or older. If the government made apartments available for the rest of their lives, more elderly would move out of large houses which could be made available to families, a net gain at relatively modest public cost. This policy would dovetail with President Lyndon Johnson's vow to build millions of low-rent apartments as part of his War on Poverty.
With Ray's help, I fashioned a questionnaire, obtained lists of elderly women who had and had not moved from their houses, and interviewed 85 women. I struggled to calculate the standard deviations in their responses to prove that the differences were statistically significant. I was intimidated by the challenge of adding knowledge to the planning profession. After several false starts, I struggled to compose an 86-page thesis which was accepted after a couple of rounds of revisions. It was bound and added to those on the shelves of the City Planning Library for scholars pursing related topics. I was gratified with this accomplishment and relieved that it was done.
(Three years later I visited my professors on a trip to Columbus. Discretely I stepped into the library and there was my thesis on the shelf. After a rush of pride, I was crestfallen that the library record inside indicated that no one had checked it out. I did not go by the library on future visits.)
After successfully defending my thesis and passing my oral exam, I traveled to Boston where I lugged my Remington typewriter up the steps to a fifth floor room at the YMCA, responded to job listings in a planning publication, and interviewed for several jobs in the area. As I awaited offers back in Columbus, I learned of an opening in Baltimore's Urban Renewal and Housing Agency, made the drive across Pennsylvania and Maryland, and was offered the position at the end of the interview. I was relieved to accept immediately. Money from my fellowship was declining, I had a pregnant wife, and we were living in a friend's basement apartment.
I went to campus and received warm congratulations and encouragement from my thesis advisor, Ray Mills. He encouraged me to adapt my research into an article for the professional planning journal. Still glowing from my visit with Ray, I went to Professor Stollman's office and knocked softly on his open door. He looked up and flashed his familiar smile. I stepped into the room, related my news about the job in Baltimore, and expressed my appreciation to him.
He smiled, nodded and said "Goodbye." The Cheshire Cat smile did not fade. I finally stammered, "Thanks for everything. Goodbye," and backed out of his office. By then, I knew he was not uncaring, but fervently wished his students well. He was just a cold fish. In June of 1967, I left the campus in high spirits, ready for new challenges in Baltimore.


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Walk Far, Walk With Others
I have several friends that have ran marathons. I have great respect for them cause it takes such great discipline. One thing I hear often from them is that having people with them to encourage them during training and the actual race is so critical.
I can only imagine how much joy it brings to cross the finish line with people standing there waiting to cheer them on. Without that support, it sure would be a lot harder wouldn't it?
"If you want to walk fast, walk alone; if you want to walk far, walk with others." Burkina Faso
Reminded this morning that part of the journey in life is allowing people to walk or run alongside me. If I become "me" focused then I will find myself alone and very discouraged. I won't make it too far alone.
If you are running alone these days, please know that is not how God created us. He created us to be in community. True recovery and sustainable recovery happens with relationship with Christ first, and then a group of like minded brothers and sisters. None of us have to be alone.
"In your relationships with one another, have the same attitude of mind Christ Jesus had" Philippians 2:5
Looking forward to the day we walk across that 'supremely happy' finish line together.
Have a great day
Looking forward to the day we walk across that 'supremely happy' finish line together.
Have a great day
Rodney Holms


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These vegan lentil tacos are full of plant-based protein and easy to assemble. Top them with salsa or add your favorite taco toppings.
I'm not sure why it's taken me so long to share a recipe for lentil tacos. Lentils are a natural fit for a plant-based taco filling. They're hearty and "meaty" and they take on flavors really well. I like using French lentils for this recipe because they're a little firmer than brown or green lentils, but you can use any of the above. The only lentils I wouldn't recommend are red lentils because they'll get too mushy.
If you don't eat a lot of lentils, now is the time to start. They're a very inexpensive source of protein. (You can usually find them in the bulk bins!) They're a good source of iron and they also contain a lot of fiber, which helps regulate blood sugar and keeps you full! Not to mention, they're delicious in tacos.
Tips for perfect lentil tacos
- I like using french green lentils for this recipe because they hold their shape a bit better than regular brown or green lentils. But feel free to use whatever you have; I've made it both ways and you really can't go wrong!
- Be sure not to overcook the lentils. The texture is best when they still just slightly firm.
- You can add any toppings you like but I highly recommend fresh salsa and veggies. You could also add a few slices of avocado on top!
Vegan Lentil Tacos
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 8 tacos 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Mexican
These vegan lentil tacos are full of plant-based protein and easy to assemble. Top them with salsa or add your favorite taco toppings.
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 large white onion, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp cumin
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¾ tsp chili powder (or more if you like it spicy)
- 1 cup French green lentils or brown lentils
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- 8 corn or flour tortillas
- Optional toppings: avocado, pico de gallo, cheese, etc.
- In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the onion and garlic and cook for 5 minutes, stirring to prevent burning.
- Add the garlic powder, cumin, onion powder, and chili powder and stir until the onion is coated.
- Add the lentils and vegetable broth and bring to a boil.
- Simmer for 25-30 minutes until all the water has been absorbed and the lentils are soft, but not mushy. You may need to add a bit more water if the lentils are still firm to the bite.
- You can either use the lentils as-is, or you can pulse in a food processor for 8-10 seconds to get a more chunky "meaty" texture. This technique works best with french lentils.
- Divide into taco shells and add toppings.
Keywords: vegan lentil tacos
I could eat this taco filling with a spoon, it's so tasty. You could also add this to a taco salad if that's more your style. We've had ours with avocado and cheese but we've also kept it simple with just pico de gallo. The lentil "meat" has a lot of flavor on its own, so I don't usually add a lot of other toppings.
If you're looking for something to serve it with these lentil tacos, try this Mexican Street Corn Salad! It's a perfect side dish and it's way easier to eat than traditional street corn! You could also make this 5 ingredient guacamole, which is delicious on top of any taco.


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PONTIAC — Practically every member of the Seneca Fighting Irish wrestling squad who qualified for the Pontiac Class 1A Individual Sectional acquitted himself well Friday and Saturday.
One in particular — and in winning a sectional championship, earned himself a trip to the IHSA Class 1A Individual Meet later this week in Champaign.
Jackson Beene claimed the title at 152 pounds, going a perfect 3-0 after earning an opening-round bye. Beene (40-2) left little doubt, in fact, winning his first two matches via technical falls, 17-0 and 16-0, before scoring a third-period pin of Dwight/Gardner-South Wilmington's Cade Enerson in 5 minutes, 14 seconds for the sectional championship and best possible state draw.
Five other Irish grapplers won multiple matches in the sectional and came close to state berths. Cody Carvell (120), Owen Feiner (132) and Gavin Robertson (182) all went 3-2 in Pontiac, with Luke Sangston (106) and Joey Hatz (160) posting 2-2 marks. Jacob Hampton (285) added one win in three bouts.
McAlpines area's best in Byron
At the Byron Class 1A Sectional, five of the area's 10 entries from Marquette Academy and Somonauk High School scored victories, though none advanced.
Marquette's Maverick McAlpine (145 pounds) and Hunter McAlpine (220) came closest, each posting 3-2 records before falling in the consolation semifinals, one win shy of state. Somonauk's Shea Reisel (106), Aaron Banister (120) and Jared Banister (152) all posted 1-2 marks in Amboy.
Also competing at the sectional but not scoring a victory were Somonauk's Joey Rowan (160) and Eli Ciesielczyk (138) as well as Marquette's Jake Mitchell (170), Brenton Sampson (160) and Logan Petre (126).