Rabu, 08 Februari 2012

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ABHO See-Cafe, Westpark #ganz #ganz #schlimm

May 21, 2009
A brief history of See-Cafe, Westpark #ganz #ganz #schlimm.
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Killed a solid 12 hour today, first event too. Usually get the shop to myself on those days, where I nurture a near-obsessive method of organizing to keep chef happy. 200+ wedding. Back of the groom's house! Had to bring our own lighting which kept popping breakers and it was a plated event which did set the chef's mood more or less restrained in terms of savage outbursts ambiguously thrown as the evening grew; towards the owner of course, a CIA grad who is generally calm during the fire. Owner is still quite one tired bastard though.

Spent hours bouncing between random prep and slamming dishes in hose water (which kept me sharp until the green all girl waitstaff got bored - one griped about not wanting to stand around and by then it was time to shut it down) Wound up wearing an apron like a hijab to keep the mosquitoes off my neck during the dish times. First time shucking oysters today - there is a strange element I find when prying those interesting bivalves apart. Always had an odd thing about most shellfish too. I generally don't care for lobster. They eat shit. Then again so do I in a way. Steamers aren't fun for me though - that texture again! Never had an oyster but I know how to clean them with the quickness. And I respect the edges - quick, careless movements'll sure learn ya...

Great food overall though - tonight included deep fried mini reubens, pulled pork sliders, duck spring rolls (the uncooked translucent "southeast Asian" kind). Destroyed it unloading the van too at the end - back at the shop - even though when I opened the back door *WHACK!* right in the shin comes out 5 oval plastic platters trying to save em as they slide.

Tomorrow I clean the grease trap. Day before I undid the pipe that leads into the grease trap cause the 1/2" opening (from a 3" pipe) got jammed; middle and right sink barely was draining, plunger to little avail. I maintained well enough composure when I gagged as the chef was standing over me laughing and apologizing when the aroma of rotten food and grease wafted into my eager face. Sometimes when I think about making that gagging noise I want to make it louder to make myself laugh at how the sound well, sounds!

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Sketch Crawl 23 Berlin

July 12, 2009
Hi folks!
I didn't do too much sketching on the town today, but I did manage five mini drawings in my mini PaperBlanks book. I'm really enjoying the format (9 x 6.5 cm) i.e. it fits in my pocket and I'm also taking advantage of pen and its non-smudginess...

I started at home, with the terrarium I'm building and the chaos of tools and plants piled on top of it.




I then started looking for the cat, being that he's usually contorting himself into interesting poses... But he unfortunately didn't stay put long enough to get a decent sketch in. Ah well, gesture drawing is nice to loosen up.




Misjudged scale or clever cropping? You decide. My flatmates found an interesting old rice starch box with a rusty lock and branded logo.




While waiting for a bus, I sketched this clematis. I didn't have long to wait, thus it's pretty unfinished.




On my way home I paused to draw an old gas lamp post - they're still being used here. Many people walked past me, a few back again from their various errands. It's nice to just stop and watch life flow past for awhile. As documenter of things, one adapts another pace, not unlike that of nature. Make like a tree!

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Agenda for the evening
 
6:30 - Cocktail Hour
Ted Hu – Vocal
 
7:00 – Welcome Guest
“Village In The City”
 
7:30 - Dinner
 
7:45 – Guest Speaker
 
8:00 – Sri Lankan Drums
 
8:15 – Ballroom Show Case
 
8:30 – Sri Lankan Dance
 
8:50 - Bids, raffles
 
9:00 – Ballroom Lessons
 
10:00 – Dancing
 
Village In The City
 
11:30 - END
 
 
 
Menu
 
Cocktail Hour
Red and White Wine
Cocktail Mixers
Cheese & Crackers
 
Dinner
 
Fried Rice – Vegetable
Fried Rice – Shrimp
String Hoppers
Pasta and Sauce
 
Beef Curry
Pork Stew
Chicken Dish
 
Coconut Sambal
Egg Plant Salad
Sautéed Potato
Kella Mallum
Salad
 
Fruit Salad
Tea & Coffee

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Afghanistan er verdens farligste land for kvinder skarpt forfulgt af DR Congo, konkluderer en rapport fra Thomson-Reuters Foundation.
Violence, dismal healthcare and brutal poverty make Afghanistan the world's most dangerous country for women, with DR Congo a close second due to horrific levels of rape, a Thomson Reuters Foundation expert poll said on Wednesday.
Pakistan, India and Somalia ranked third, fourth and fifth, respectively, in the global survey of perceptions of threats ranging from domestic abuse and economic discrimination to female foeticide, genital mutilation and acid attacks.
"Ongoing conflict, NATO airstrikes and cultural practices combined make Afghanistan a very dangerous place for women," said Antonella Notari, head of Women Change Makers, a group that supports women social entrepreneurs around the world.
"In addition, women who do attempt to speak out or take on public roles that challenge ingrained gender stereotypes of what's acceptable for women to do or not, such as working as policewomen or news broadcasters, are often intimidated or killed."
The poll by TrustLaw, a legal news service run by Thomson Reuters Foundation, marked the launch of its new TrustLaw Women section, a global hub of news and information on women's legal rights.
TrustLaw asked 213 gender experts from five continents to rank countries by overall perceptions of danger as well as by six risks. The risks were health threats, sexual violence, non-sexual violence, cultural or religious factors, lack of access to resources and trafficking.
Some experts said the poll showed that subtle dangers such as discrimination that don't grab headlines are sometimes just as significant risks for women as bombs, bullets, stonings and systematic rape in conflict zones.
"I think you have to look at all the dangers to women, all the risks women and girls face," said Elisabeth Roesch, who works on gender-based violence for the International Rescue Committee in Washington.
"If a woman can't access healthcare because her healthcare isn't prioritised, that can be a very dangerous situation as well."
LITANY OF PERILS
Afghanistan emerged as the most dangerous country for women overall and worst in three of the six risk categories: health, non-sexual violence and lack of access to economic resources.
Respondents cited sky-high maternal mortality rates, limited access to doctors and a near total lack of economic rights. Afghan women have a one in 11 chance of dying in childbirth, according to UNICEF.
DR Congo (former Zaire), still reeling from a 1998-2003 war and accompanying humanitarian disaster that killed 5,4 million people, came second mainly due to staggering levels of sexual violence in the lawless east.
More than 400.000 women are raped in the country each year, according to a recent study by U.S. researchers. The United Nations has called Congo the rape capital of the world.
"Statistics from DR Congo are very revealing on this: ongoing war, use of rape as a weapon, recruitment of females as soldiers who are also used as sex slaves," said Clementina Cantoni, a Pakistan-based aid worker with ECHO, the European Commission's humanitarian aid department.
"The fact that the government is corrupt and that female rights are very low on the agenda means that there is little or no recourse to justice."
Rights activists say militia groups and soldiers target all ages, including girls as young as three and elderly women. They are gang-raped, raped with bayonets and have guns shot into their vaginas.
Pakistan ranked third largely on the basis of cultural, tribal and religious practices harmful to women. These include acid attacks, child and forced marriage and punishment or retribution by stoning or other physical abuse.
"Pakistan has some of the highest rates of dowry murder, so-called honour killings and early marriage," said Divya Bajpai, reproductive health advisor at the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
Some 1.000 women and girls die in honour killings annually, according to Pakistan's Human Rights Commission.
TRAFFICKING
India ranked fourth primarily due to female foeticide, infanticide and human trafficking.
In 2009, India's then-Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta estimated that 100 million people, mostly women and girls, were involved in trafficking in India that year.
"The practice is common but lucrative so it goes untouched by government and police," said Cristi Hegranes, founder of the Global Press institute, which trains women in developing countries to be journalists.
India's Central Bureau of Investigation estimated that in 2009 about 90 percent of trafficking took place within the country and that there were some 3 million prostitutes, of which about 40 percent were children.
In addition to sex slavery, other forms of trafficking include forced labour and forced marriage, according to a U.S. State Department report on trafficking in 2010. The report also found slow progress in criminal prosecutions of traffickers.
Up to 50 million girls are thought to be "missing" over the past century due to female infanticide and foeticide, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says.
Some experts said the world's largest democracy was relatively forthcoming about describing its problems, possibly casting it in a darker light than if other countries were equally transparent about trafficking.
Somalia ranked fifth due to a catalogue of dangers including high maternal mortality, rape and female genital mutilation, along with limited access to education, healthcare and economic
resources.
"I'm completely surprised because I thought Somalia would be first on the list, not fifth," Somali women's minister Maryan Qasim told TrustLaw.
"The most dangerous thing a woman in Somalia can do is to become pregnant. When a woman becomes pregnant her life is 50-50 because there is no antenatal care at all. There are no hospitals, no healthcare, no nothing.
"Add to that the rape cases that happen on a daily basis, the female genital mutilation that is being done to every single girl in Somalia. Add to that the famine and the drought. Add to that the fighting (which means) you can die any minute, any day."
Poll respondents included aid professionals, academics, health workers, policymakers, journalists and development specialists.

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I've discovered the words "was", "would", and "could" muck up a story
I've discovered that I have run into a pattern of using the words was, would, and could when writing my novel.

He was walking to the store.
It would be better if he did it himself.
If only I could have seen it coming.

I've read so many books where sentences like those above are common place.

Since I am the kind of writer who rewrites everything one hundred times, I've discovered how much time I've lost by using these same types of verbs. They are sedentary verbs. That means they just sort of sit there but they don't do anythng exciting.

He walked to the store.: I can see that.
Have him do it himself. : Dynamic,
Why didn't I see it coming? : Makes you want to cry.

I love rewriting. It's actually my favorite part of writing.

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This February 14 marks the Valentine's Day. A day to show love or just a date? Did you celebrate or do not believe that love should have special dates?
 
Yes, it's a nice day
 
I do not think in these important dates
 
It depends on my partner

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Midnight. Almost a cult band that in the 90 the last century rode touring the U.S., board producer spun Iggy Pop and even had to go on a global tour with Gratefull Dead. Then came the closure. After years with this band got together, played to the memorial concert for its founder and composer Milan Hlavsa. The original plan to play only one gig eventually gave birth to more concerts and midnight, by the way, playing in excellent form, so this year should also see our affiliate Eurotrialog Festival Mikulov. In the following interview tells about the past and present Půlnoc one of the band members, Thomas Schill, incidentally, an excellent cellist, without which today bypasses Prague, few really undergound band.
If you after all these years put together again, was the original idea completely off at the concert dedicated to the memory of Mejla Hlavsa Půlnoc chapter and then closed. Finally, the concert but still more. So what happened and what was the main impulse, decided that the Midnight play the other events?
Concert in the Acropolis had a very positive response, began to appear to offer gaming. So we began to be sorry that the program that we rehearsed, should be played only once. We agreed that another year can hold it together.
The memorial concert was so good that somewhere in the press and even appeared mind that you play there better than years ago, when Midnight functioned as a regular band. Do you think that is such a thing possible, or was rather exaggerated enthusiasm of the writer? And as you've ever had after years of playing such enjoyed yourself?
For myself, I think we enjoyed a concert, was a great atmosphere, good people and excellent sound. The way we played, consider whether someone else for myself, I think that Midnight played a great concert.
And let's to the present. Midnight played several concerts and festivals. Occurred to you in this regard was the idea of ​​return Půlnoc status normally functioning band and simply resume, start composing new material and so on? Or do we just take it that after the events of this year's midnight over again finally closes the water?
Above the water close to midnight in March 2012 to Lábusovkách. We think that this is enough. Oprášíme Maybe a couple of songs from the last period of midnight, but new things will take. The sole author of the music is midnight Milan Hlavsa. And we also like the compactness and integrity of the repertoire. Maybe we'll play your stuff sometimes, but it would certainly be under a completely different name ...
To return Půlnoc include commemorative 2 CD "Book of Nights," which was published on Guerilla Records. As you are now apart of the whole edition touhle satisfied?
Again, to answer for themselves. Yeah, I'm glad it came out, those things are, even after years of atmosphere. Now we have discovered live recordings from the last period of midnight and ourselves are surprised at how good things still are. Perhaps you would stand for the issue, if only for completeness Mejlova work.
Speaking of guerrillas, it was the Chiefs, which makes this label, one of the above mentioned memorial event organized by the Mejla and deserved it so well that Midnight got together. Do you think that you ever met a midnight yet, but for this Lábusova impulse?
Yeah, Labus's all perfectly organized, as always. But it must be said that it gave impulse Hlavsová John, who had Midnight, I suppose, for the best possible score Mejlovo period. I just liked her and she likes it now. So thanks go to Jane.
And again, please let us wander a bit into history. As of now long years apart actually remember the classic midnight before the operation years ago? The band formed from the impulse Mejla Hlavsa, played in some members of the Plastic People of the Universe, now in early 90 years will be published two well received albums, the band rode and concerts abroad .. It was not about bad times, no ...?
Sure, it was a very good season. Two U.S. concert tour, recording a CD in the U.S., producer Iggy Pop, Warhol exhibition opening in Paris together with the Velvet Underground, joint performances with L. Reed, F.Zappou, A.Ginnsbergem, there's a lot on what you can remember ...
This time the turn of the 80th And 90 of the last century was extremely magical well that suddenly came a huge wave of euphoria and freedom. Suddenly there arose a new premises and clubs where you can play before they banned music, the band began to ride here, which we never dreamed of before, came many new impulses and ideas, freedom ... How did you actually experienced it all and you saw yourself and when it came to be sober again and realizing that every coin has two sides and just one will again have to face every day with a bunch of filth and nonsense that there were, are and will be ....
Mejla had a good sense of smell and as soon as he appeared on the scene, Klaus, it commented, ended the dictatorship of the proletariat and the dictatorship of money begins. I think it fits. But of course, early 90s, CR was the freest country in the world ... And otherwise we're old enough to surprise us something ...
Then again, too Midnight ended and it was her inaudible. Why are you in this "run over" the activities completed this band again?
I actually after all these years has not really know. The pressure to restore the PPU, was a new singer, due to our laxity fell off a world tour with the Dead Gratefull etc.etc. They were wonderful years, but I certainly like to think.
And let's turn to present. What attracted you to all those present concerts enjoyed the most?
I was very entertained. We all almost 20 years older, we are calmer, and perhaps it is, hopefully, i hear.
And now what people actually make up your audience? They are mostly old-timers, or even go "young". And people come to you often and after concerts and are interested in at midnight and things around?
Remove all possible. Old, young, boys, girls, you would be able to walk but still more that. And our kids go ... After the concert, it's like always. Each time she finds a pair of daring, come, speak, to ask, etc.
And let's go to the finals. One of the events where you will perform this year, it has almost cult Eurotrialog festival in Mikulov. Some of you have played there with the "Sculptures". How to play on this event and look forward to the gig Mikuklovské remember those who have played there?
I played there with Echt, Krch-Offe, perhaps with the 307th DG It's a great festival, has a good programming, guaranteed neshání aces, which fills the coffers. We are very excited.
A full conclusion: Can I ask you a little overview of the bands and other cultural pleasures that you have taken most recently, or you like a long time and still return to them?
For me, L.Cohen, Bittova, P.Smith, Yong Gods, Arvo Part, L.Reed, J.Cale, P.Glass, S.Reich .... It is a lot of experience ...: last Georgiev, a day spent in Bulgaria, it is really a massacre.

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