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OTTAWA - The unforeseen growth of the federal medical marijuana program has "seriously compromised" the goal of providing the drug to patients while ensuring public safety, the government says.
The number of people authorized to possess — and often grow — marijuana under the federal program has risen to 37,000 this year from fewer than 100 in 2001, resulting in "significant unintended consequences."
In a court document defending imminent changes to the program, the government says growing marijuana at home poses hazards including mould, fire, toxic chemicals and the threat of home invasion by criminals.
It says the number of licensed users could climb as high as 400,000, adding it is not possible for Health Canada to effectively inspect tens of thousands of production sites across the country.
The government also rejects legal arguments that denying people the right to produce their own pot would violate their Charter of Rights guarantee of "security of the person."
Under the existing program, people are issued licences to cultivate marijuana for personal use to help ease painful symptoms. Beginning April 1, the government plans to allow only select commercial producers to grow marijuana under "secure and sanitary conditions" for distribution to approved patients by mail.
Several British Columbia residents are asking the Federal Court of Canada for an injunction that would allow them to continue producing their own pot or have a designated person do so for them.
They argue the planned new system would deny them a safe, affordable supply of the particular strain of marijuana that meets their medical needs.
"I would no longer have quality control assurance over my organically grown cannabis herbs and fear that my safe access to medical cannabis will be essentially compromised," one man behind the legal action, Neil Allard of Abbotsford, B.C., says in a court filing.
In its submission, the government says the new system would allow people who currently grow their own pot to sell seeds to a licensed producer, making it possible for that producer to cultivate a patient's "preferred strain."
As of late January, about 70 strains of medical marijuana were available from licensed producers for as little as $5 a gram, with some offering discounts for low-income individuals, the government says.
Allard says paying even $5 a gram for pot would consume more than his monthly income.
In its filing, the government allows that the cost of marijuana may initially increase for those who now produce their own, but says "that cost is likely to decrease significantly over time" as a result of competition, economies of scale, lower fees for skilled labour and technological innovation.
Federal lawyers also dismiss the challengers' key constitutional argument.
"The rights to life and security of the person do not encompass a right to produce one's own medication in order to avoid the cost of purchasing commercially available equivalents."
The court documents say Health Canada expects more than 20 producers will be licensed to produce marijuana for medical purposes.
In addition, the department has purchased a "significant quantity" of overstock marijuana from a private company in case of a supply shortfall during the transition period.
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My heart's desire is to share my journey of motherhood with you, the ups and downs, joys and trials... that the Lord will use me to bless you in some small way today. Thank you for stopping by and please do share your thoughts with me!
Monday, October 15, 2018
Monday's Quote of the Week: On listening...
Y'all, I can practically promise that if you listen to their little things (which aren't little to them) they will come to you with their big things also because you will have proven to them that what matters to them matters to you!
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Josh McEachran today (Friday) joined Watford on loan until 2 January.
The 20-year-old midfielder embarks on a third loan spell away from Stamford Bridge having spent last season in the Championship at Middlesbrough, and the second half of the 2011/12 season in the Premier League at Swansea.
Today's move follows Nathaniel Chalobah's loan to Nottingham Forest which was agreed yesterday and means McEachran, like Chalobah last season, will be managed by Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola.
At Middlesbrough, McEachran established himself as a regular in the side and made 38 appearances.
He made his Chelsea first team debut at the age of 17, coming on as a substitute in a Champions League win away at Zilina in 2010, and his full debut came on the final day of the same season in a home draw against Newcastle United. In total he has made seven starts and 15 sub appearances.
He was part of the squad which travelled to Asia for this summer's Here to Play, Here to Stay Tour, and featured in two of our three matches, and he has played twice this season for Chelsea Under-21s, scoring three times including both goals in the recent 2-0 win over Norwich City.
McEachran has represented England since Under-16 level, winning the European Championships with the Under-17s, and was in the England squad at this summer's European Under-21 Championships. He has 13 caps at that level.


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What Does Sound Judgment Have to Do With Decision-Making?
Managers wishing to build trust and rapport with their employees need to establish sound decision making skills that consistently produce fair and ethical judgments and evaluations.
Managers who consistently make fair and sound decisions and judgments will see their effectiveness and credibility increase. Individual employees and customers will learn that they can rely on the manager to make a fair judgment and evaluation despite the fact that it may not be easy or popular.
When subordinates know they can rely on the equity of their manager's judgments, trust is strengthened. The personal and professional reputation of the manager thus enhanced, employees will rely on their judgment and be eager to work more closely with them.
Managers must exercise sound judgment in all of their decisions. Effective decision-making plays an important role in the development of good judgment skills. Initially, managers may need to deliberately go though a checklist of key points until they become second nature.
Related: The Importance of Intellectual Honesty
Developing good judgment is based upon the manager's ability to look at all sides of a problem or issue and to weigh all of the options before a final determination is made. Typically good judgments are:
Facts form the basis of all sound judgments. While perhaps self-evident, it is all too easy to base judgments upon opinions, assumptions and personal biases.
Before a judgment can be made, managers must take the time to firmly establish the truth of the matter and filter out any opinions, assumptions and biases. When at all possible, facts should be fully documented.
Sound judgment is based upon an objective evaluation of the facts. Managers must be careful to ensure their emotions, assumptions, expectations, opinions and personal biases do not affect their objectivity. Where possible, managers should step outside of the immediate situation to view the facts from the other person's perspective and gain objective insights into potential solutions.
Related: The Need to Test Opinions Against the Facts
Fair and Balanced
Sound judgment requires that all sides and viewpoints be carefully weighed and considered by managers. One pitfall in sound decision making lies in only considering one side of the issue and thereby limiting objectivity with opinions, assumptions or personal biases. When this occurs, the decision is intentionally slanted toward one side of the issue without fully considering other viewpoints and insights.
When managers are focusing on making ethical judgments, they must consider all sides of the issue and make sure the input they are considering is balanced. When balanced facts and viewpoints are objectively evaluated, the manager is able to arrive at a fair judgment.
Related: Eight Ways Others Evaluate Trust in Leaders
Made When Managers Are Emotionally Stable
Managers must refrain from making determinations and judgments in an emotionally unsettled state of mind. Decisions made when a manager is angry or hostile will be rash and subjective. Before effective and sound judgments can be made, managers must assure that their emotions are in check.
Addressing the Needs of All Parties
Sound judgments and decisions encompass the needs of all individuals involved with and affected by them. The final judgment should be in the best interests of all parties. Even when tough decisions are to be made, the best interests of all involved must be considered. For instance, if a manager must let an employee go due to poor performance, that decision – when based on facts – may be in his or her best interest. The individual may need a wake-up call or just may not have the necessary skills to be successful in their job, in which case it is best they pursue another profession.
Related: Have You Earned Permission to Lead?
Carefully Considering All Options
Sound judgments demand that managers consider all possible options. When a problem or issue is first considered, only one viable option may be apparent; however, effective managers will explore and consider all possible options before a decision is to be made.
Once managers have collected all the facts, viewpoints, insights and options, they need to take the time to thoroughly consider all aspects of the problem or issue before a final judgment is made.
Fully Assessing Risks
Effective managers fully assess all the risks associated with their decisions and judgments. They are not risk-averse, but instead weigh all facts and make their decisions based upon the judgment yielding the lowest risk and biggest payoff.
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Accidental release and risk management program: 40 CFR 68 and Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia 391-3-1-.02(10)
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See national section for basic information and federal regulations.
• Rules. Georgia has adopted and incorporated by reference the federal risk management program. Facilities required to develop a risk management program and submit a risk management plan (RMP) should follow the federal program. For more information, see the national section RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
For Title V sources required to develop an RMP, the requirements of the plan will be included in the facility's Title V operating permit as applicable requirements. Such sources are responsible for certifying compliance with the requirements of the risk management program as part of the annual Title V operating permit compliance certification. For more information, see the national section TITLE V.
• Administration and enforcement. The Air Protection Branch of DNR's Environmental Protection Division is responsible for the administration and enforcement of the risk management program in Georgia. The Air Protection Branch is also responsible for checking that Title V sources have submitted a plan as required and for drafting a Title V operating permit containing the applicable risk management program requirements.
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Avoid Common Callbacks with Imported Species
Avoid Common Callbacks with Imported Species
By Kim M. Wahlgren – Hardwood Floors Magazine June/July 2010
Installing wood flooring may not be rocket science, but there's a lot that can go wrong anyway. Different job sites, changing moisture conditions and difficult customers can all make day-to-day life as a contractor more ... well, challenging. Throw a multitude of exotic species into the mix, and the likelihood of problems seems to increase exponentially.Sourced from all corners of the Earth, today's wood flooring doesn't always behave the way we expect wood flooring to, and that can cause major headaches. Here are some of the most common reasons contractors get called back to the job site after installing exotics, and how to (try to) avoid them in the first place.


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New In: The first SS19 Collections
We have good news for the early birds: the first SS19 items are waiting for you in stores. Sessùn has a very beautiful early spring collection with both soft pastel pieces and late winter looks. Bellerose does this season what the label does best, creating casual and classy items. To complete your look there are the new Royal Republiq bags and Anna + Nina jewels and pouches.
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Life in a Japanese Prisoner of War Camp
History | War and Conflict
Tens of thousands of British servicemen endured the brutal treatment in Japan's prisoner of war camps during World War Two. Foreign Office Files for Japan, 1946-1952: Occupation of Japan makes available the signed affidavits of some of these men, who documented their ill-treatment at the request of the Supreme Commander for Allied Powers to help prosecute Japanese war criminals. The significance of these documents should not be overlooked – they provide an insight into the problems that typified the prisoner of war's experience at the hands of the Japanese.
William Marwood Flear, a gunner in the 122nd Field Regiment was captured in Singapore by the Japanese on the 15th February 1942. Flear documents his experiences as a prisoner at Ube Camp in Honshu, Japan. I wanted to highlight his testimony as it provides evidence of two issues that characterised the British Servicemen's experience, forced labour and violent treatment. It becomes apparent whilst reading the document that activities were heavily influenced by labour imperatives. As Flear writes;
Even though Flear had no previous knowledge of mining, himself and 60 others were sent to work in the coal mine in clearly dangerous conditions. The Japanese placed great emphasis on the use of prisoners of war as a labour resource. Servicemen were often forced to work under severe conditions to serve the tactical concerns of the Japanese – such as building airfields and railways.
A comparative study of these affidavits reveals a different perspective on the violence William Flear endured. Ernest Ackroyd was captured at the same time as Flear and describes the violent and harsh environment at the hands of their Japanese guard Eeno Matter.
This passage reveals the vulnerability of these men – Matter appears to bully Fear, striking him on multiple occasions seemingly without reason. This is indicative of the harsh procedures that the Japanese often used. Many had served during the Sino-Japanese War in the late 1930's and so had become accustomed to the use of violent disciplinary methods with impunity. Prisoners of war, as surrendered enemy personnel, were regarded by the Japanese as disgraced individuals, and exploited because of this.
One of the advantages of studying Ackroyd's statement is that he provides a detailed assessment of the mental effects that the conditions had on Flear, who does not mention this in his own account. Ackroyd writes;
"Flear continued to work in my section … he appeared to become mentally affected. He became a changed person, he repeated himself time after time; he became slow in his speech, the deafness appeared to become more pronounced, and generally he became a different man."
Ackroyd's emphasis on Flear as a "changed man" represents the lasting effect this environment had on the British servicemen. There is a clear indication throughout Ackroyd's testimony of the mental and physical strain that was endured.


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All of the molds and wafer paper cake decorations here are made when they're ordered, and shipped quickly. Nothing is mass-produced, and many of the molds are made from vintage jewelry and other architectural objects, so you won't find them anywhere else. The silicone used is food grade, but can also be used with soap and polymer clay or resin.
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U-17 World Cup: England top Group F, Iraq runners-up
Kolkata, Oct 14: England underlined their title credentials with a classy 4-0 victory over Iraq to top Group F in a FIFA U-17 World Cup tie here at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan on Saturday.
Manchester United's Angel Gomes — in his first start — opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Danny Loader notched up a second-half brace (59th, 71st), with Emile Smith-Rowe finding the target once in the 57th minute.
The Englishmen could have heaped more humiliation on the Iraqis, but their star forward Jadon Sancho's penalty was saved in the 23rd minute.
With an all win record in the tournament so far, England will now take Japan who finished second in Group E in the pre-quarterfinals at the same venue on Tuesday.
Iraq, meanwhile, finished second and will take on Mali on the same day in Goa.
For England, central defenders Marc Guehi and Joel Latibeaudiere along with wideman Jadon Sancho were the only three players who made the starting lineup from the last game as coach Steve Cooper ringed in as many as eight changes.
Iraq, on the other hand, rested their most influential player Mohammed Dawood, who only came on as a replacement in the second half.
England took the lead when Gomes initiated a move freeing Nya Kirby on the right. Daniel Loader failed to reach Kirbi's low cross, but Gomes followed up the action to slot home.
Emile Smith Rowe then came close to scoring but his angular shot missed the far post by a whisker.
Smith Rowe then earned a penalty after he was brought down by Mohammed Albaquer inside the box. But Iraq goalkeeper Ali Ibadi read it correctly and dived to his right to deny Sancho what could have been his fourth goal of the tournament.
Minutes later, Smith Rowe again found himself in the clear but this time also the Iraqi goalkeeper made a good save.
In the 32nd minute, Iraq got their first real chance. A wonderful move saw skipper Mohammed Ridha set up Ali Kareem who had only England goalkeeper William Crellin to beat, but Crellin effected a good save.
Ali Kareem again spurned an opportunity after Moamel Kareem did the spadework. This time he hit straight to a defender with goalkeeper Crellin woefully out of position.
England led by the solitary goal at halftime, but Iraq showed enough promise to bite back after the restart.
Coach Qahtan Chitheer unleashed Dawood three minutes into the second period and the in-form forward almost made the most of a goalkeeping lapse. After Moamel Kareem's initial effort was blocked, Dawood blasted over the rebound from close range.
Just when Iraq looked likely to peg back, England changed gears and snatched the game away from the Asian U-16 champions in the space of two minutes.
First, Smith Rowe atoned for his earlier misses with an exquisite flicked finish after playing a delightful one-two with Gomes.
Two minutes later, Loader rounded off Iraq keeper Ibadi to slot the ball home after the defenders were caught napping.
The Reading striker would have his second soon after, making the most of a Steven Sessegnon pass to ruffle the net.
Matters turned from bad to worse for Iraq as Dawood picked up a second booking which means he will miss the next gam


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Domestic evaporative air conditioners
Evaporative units used for home air conditioning are a potential source of Legionnaires' disease. Some simple steps should be followed to maintain your evaporative air conditioner.
Before summer:
- Disconnect power to the unit.
- Remove external weatherproof covers.
- Remove filter pads, clean them thoroughly with a hose and replace with new filters if necessary.
- Clean and scrub all waterways, including the bleed-off system and sump.
- Close drains if required and fill with clean water.
- Disinfect the unit with a biocide (a substance that can control the growth of harmful organisms) such as chlorine-based household bleach.
At the end of summer:
- Disconnect power to the unit.
- Loosen any sediment and slime with a brush.
- Drain all water from the unit's tank and pipes.
- Clean the tank and pump with a cloth soaked with a chlorine-based household bleach then flush with clean water.
- Remove filter pads, hose clean and allow to dry.
- Dry the internal components, leave drains open and fit covers to exposed units if required.
Air conditioning firms can provide a cleaning and maintenance service.
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Both men started the day in the northern state of Wisconsin, where public opinion polls show a tight race with just one week to go before the election.
Democratic Party presidential hopeful John Kerry blasted President Bush's handling of the war on terrorism Tuesday, while Mr. Bush, the Republican Party candidate, defended his record on domestic issues.
Reports surfaced Tuesday that the Bush administration plans to request an additional $70 billion from Congress for U.S. commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senator Kerry was quick to pounce on the news, accusing Mr. Bush of gross mismanagement and costly blunders in the war in Iraq.
"He [President Bush] failed to secure Iraq and to keep it from becoming what it is today: a haven for terrorists," he said. "And now we have learned that the president wants an additional 70-billion dollars of your money early next year for Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. President, what else are you being silent about? What else are you keeping from the American people? How much more will the American people have to pay?"
Mr. Kerry spoke at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. Wisconsin has only 10 of the 270 Electoral Votes needed to win the election November second. But it is one of about a dozen so-called "battleground states" where the race is close, and where the overall outcome of the election will be decided.
The Massachusetts senator also questioned Mr. Bush's priorities, accusing him of short-changing national security while preserving tax cuts for wealthy citizens.
"Even as he told us that we cannot afford more port security, more baggage security [airport screening], more border patrol agents, more firefighters, more cops [police officers], George Bush tells America that we can afford every single dime of the $89 billion in tax cuts that he gave to folks making more than $1.2 million each. That is wrong, and we are going to change it," said Mr. Kerry.
From Wisconsin, the senator traveled west for a campaign rally in Nevada.
Elsewhere in Wisconsin (Onalaska), President Bush defended U.S. actions in Iraq, where national elections are scheduled for next year, and in Afghanistan, where elections were recently held.
"It was not all that long ago that young girls [in Afghanistan] lived under the reign of the Taliban, a brutal, barbaric people. Because we believe in freedom, Afghanistan's people went by the millions to the polls to vote for president. The first voter was a nineteen-year-old woman," he said.
But Mr. Bush reserved most of his speech for domestic themes, particularly economic issues. Wisconsin is one of many states that has lost large numbers of manufacturing jobs in recent years, and where polls show concerns among the electorate about America's economic future.
The president repeated his recipe for prosperity: keeping tax burdens low so that private enterprise can flourish.
"I understand the engine of growth for this economy is found with the entrepreneurs and the workers of America," said Mr. Bush. "And that is why we passed the largest tax relief [tax cuts] in a generation. The economic stimulus plan we passed is working. The national unemployment is down to five-point-four percent. That is lower than the average rate of the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s."
Mr. Bush, who made another campaign stop in Wisconsin before traveling to neighboring Iowa, accused Senator Kerry of making campaign promises totaling trillions of dollars that cannot be paid for without broad tax increases. Mr. Kerry has insisted he only plans to raise federal taxes on the wealthiest Americans.


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Indonesia's second-largest mobile phone operator, PT Indosat Tbk, saw a better-than-expected 23.6 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit, thanks to strong growth in its subscriber base.
The company, around 40 percent owned by Asia Mobile Holdings, saw mobile phone users expand by 47 percent to 24.5 million last year, beating 38 percent growth for the overall industry.
The Indonesian mobile phone industry has been growing rapidly in recent years and the number of mobile phone subscribers is expected to top 120 million by the end of 2008 from around 90 million last year.
Indosat's fourth quarter net profit climbed to 596.91 billion rupiah ($64.9 million) from 482.92 billion rupiah, according to Reuters calculation based on its full-year results and published nine-month results.
Its fourth quarter revenue rose 36.9 percent to 4.61 trillion rupiah, while the implied analysts forecast was 4.24 trillion rupiah for that quarter.
Analysts polled by Reuters Estimates predicted a full year net profit of 2.02 trillion rupiah, which implied a fourth quarter net profit of 571.84 billion rupiah.
On Monday, the company reported a 44.8 percent rise in its full year net profit to 2.04 trillion rupiah while its revenue climbed 34.7 percent to 16.49 trillion rupiah.
Singapore's ST Telemedia, a unit of state investment agency Temasek Holdings, controls 75 percent of Asia Mobile Holdings, while Qatar Telecom holds the remaining 25 percent.


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"Ralph Koltai is one of the best stage designers in the world. His CV reads like a history of the developments of the past forty years of theatre in this country." Trevor Nunn's description of Koltai's career is more than apt. Generations of theatre designers have to thank Koltai for redefining the role of the designer and elevating the designer's authority to that of the director.
Prior to Koltai, theatre design was very little innovative. Traditional scenery, in the form of wood and canvas flats, was the standard use in productions. Ralph Koltai introduced new materials to the theatre, including cement, various forms of plastics and found objects such as rusty metal, old machinery, and concrete blocks. In addition to using industrial materials, Koltai has also become well known for his abstract and expressionistic sets, his bold use of colour and contrasting, reflective surfaces. Unlike many of his predecessors, who illustrated and decorated the play, Koltai aims to find a metaphor which expresses the meaning of the play: "What I wanted to do was to find a single image which would express what the author was saying, rather than just provide illustrations. I wanted to show the idea – the concept." Koltai's artistic work is highly prolific: he created designs for over one hundred fifty productions of theatre, ballet and opera.
While Koltai's career reads like a history of twentieth century theatre, his personal life, in particular his younger years, was shaped by major events of twentieth century history. Born into a Jewish family in Hungary in 1924, he emigrated to Britain in 1939 as part of a Kindertransport. Ralph was only fourteen when he had to say goodbye to his parents. "You'll be safer in England", his father told him as he put him on a train. In 1946, Koltai went to Nuremberg to help set up a German war library for the British prosecuting team.
Koltai's set and costume designs for the 1978 production of The Tempest show all the distinctive features of Koltai's style. Koltai created a shiny black moon landscape dominated by a frozen wave relieved by splashes of colour. Ariel, as one reviewer put it, "looked like a man from outer space". Journalists commented on the surreal and highly stylised set which appeared as mysterious as a painting by Dali. In contrast to the dark floor, the costumes and gauzes were of bold vibrant colours and the blackness of the set provided an ideal backing for displaying the colourful Caroline robes of the shipwrecked courtiers.


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Three days of demos down – one more to go!
Store #1 today: Whole Foods Market Wellington
LOVED this Whole Foods, it was big, bright, and beautiful inside. The store definitely had that paradise/Florida vibe to it.
Unfortunately this location was completely out of stock of the Buckwheat and Hemp I'm promoting this week. There was an ordering error that left a black hole on the shelf where the product should have been.
No big deal, I selected two other cereals to demo and got to work.
Lunch: hot foods bar.
The extra-large hot foods bar pulled in in at this store. Loved the swedish meatball.
I took a mini-nap in my car between demos (best. idea. ever.) then headed to Whole Foods Market Palm Beach Gardens for demo #2 of the day.
This Whole Foods was attached to a mall and a little on the smaller side (though the produce section was a pretty decent size).
There was a good amount of traffic at this store. I met a lot of moms who were looking for new cereal options for their kids. I also made friends with the rep demoing Joe's Oat Patties a few aisles down from me. I'd seen the packaging for Joe's in the store before, but had never tried it before. She gave me a sample of their black bean based patty and it wasn't bad. A little on the spicy side, but the flavor was good. 🙂
I closed up shop at 7:00 and consulted my Yelp app for another dinner option besides the Whole Foods Hot Bar. Christopher's Kitchen pulled up in the top three results. It was listed as a vegan/ raw restaurant and came highly recommended, bonus points that it was less than a mile away.
I started dinner with a well deserved glass of wine.
Wine never tasted so good.
I asked the server what she recommended and the Santa Barbara Salad was at the top of her list with arugula, romaine, dates re pepper, beets, tomato, avocado, almond, and orange poppy seed dressing.
The salad had large dates that threw me off at first. I love chopped dates, but whole dates are a bit much, I could have lived without them. Besides that, I thought the salad was light, fresh, and pretty tasty.
I ordered a scoop of their coconut-based vanilla ice cream for dessert.
It was very coconutty and rich. Totally hit the spot.
I'm now in my third hotel room in three days. Tomorrow's my last day of demos; this has been a fun week, but also an exhausting one. I'm wiped and ready for bed.
Good night!


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TEMPLE CITY (CBSLA.com) — A Denny's restaurant in Temple City was ravaged by a second-alarm fire early Thursday morning.
Officials said no injuries were reported.
Flames broke out at about 3 a.m. at the restaurant, 5603 Rosemead Blvd., and firefighters got a handle on it within about 40 minutes, Los Angeles County Fire Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman said.
The restaurant was open the fire erupted, with three employees and 10 customers inside at the time. They were all able to make it out safely.
The fire started in the building's façade, Pittman said. The façade and the Denny's sign mounted on the outside of the restaurant both collapsed in the fire.
Patron Tom Grabowsky said he would miss the place until it returned.
"It's just heartbreaking to see this," he said, "it put a lump in my throat." He said the people who work here are like family.
CBS 2's Amy Johnson spoke to the restaurant's owner who said he would rebuild at the location. He also told her his priority was finding employment at other Denny's for his staff of about 30.
The cause is under investigation.
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How to Make Ends Meet When Traveling Around the World
Even though I've famously started this post with a "how to", I am not actually going to focus on instructing our readers of the various ways one can seek income when traveling abroad. I'll save that for the experts who have actually traveled abroad already and know firsthand. We never seek to be a "you should do this" blog, trying to tell you where you should and shouldn't go, what you should and shouldn't do, etc. It's just not useful, and its just not… us. Who are we to tell you how to travel? All we really seek to do with making our adventures public is inspire others to travel in the first place – and should we succeed in at least causing you to consider more travel in your own life, then we are happy. What we hope to teach is that though travel is not easy, it is in fact much easier, cheaper, and rewarding than what we generally assume.
What I am referring to in the distracting title is a recent question that Emily and I have been trying hard to answer these past few months. It's no secret that traveling costs money. Back before we knew we were going to have Carter, we assumed that we had time to save up enough to be able to pay a year's worth of gear and in-country living expenses, while collecting enough frequent flyer points to travel between countries for free. Thanks to some nasty debt we acquired early 2013 we didn't save up quite enough frequent flyer points to get all three of us around the world, so we had to add expensive plane tickets to our list of things to pay for, and thus severely offset the amount we were going to use strictly for living expenses. This left us with some pretty wide assumptions, such as, "Things will work out with Scott's job." The thought that everything would politely fall into place was a tempting ideal, but ultimately naïve.
As early as July I had announced to my "boss" that I was going to be traveling around the world within the next year, and that we would be moving out of state for a few months prior to going. I assured him that I would work the same as I always had been—after all, I was already working from home and had worked remotely all the previous summer when we were living on the east coast. He seemed at least okay with the idea after the initial shock, and that was that—I would work about 30 hours a week while traveling and our income issues were resolved.
Then things with work started to really suck. My "boss" got weird. He started making really awful business decisions and had major health issues that slowed the whole company down. It went from "young, hot tech startup in growing pains" to "feeble old company with back problems and no insurance" in no time at all. I had some serious questions I needed answered, questions about whether I could really trust this as a source of continual income for the duration of our trip. It got to the point where I wasn't really sure it would last us even till we left to our first country.
We began to think of other solutions. Photo shoots around the world? Naw. Kickstarter? Doubt we could pull that off. I looked into other employment opportunities, particularly ones that would allow me to work remotely. None trusted that I would be able to work while traveling (and I can't exactly blame them). It seemed I was stuck. It was at this moment that a window opened.
Throughout the past several years I've been blessed to be introduced to and gain experience in a lot of skills that can be used remotely, namely: expertise in Photoshop, Illustrator, online marketing, writing, research, front-end coding (and minor back-end). The combination of these skills have led me to believe I might have a chance as a freelance web developer / marketer. Only thing I needed now was to prove it. Over the course of the summer, a friend and I tackled a few small website projects that we had stumbled upon, and it seemed to go well. Later on in the year we were able to score a few other larger projects that have given more income than we ever expected from a side business. We decided to make it official. We created an LLC, built our own website (goodbay.co), and set up everything that we needed to in order to run a web design/marketing studio online. It was an immediate success. It also immediately started making me lose even more of my hair than usual.
I found myself swimming in 60 to 80-hour work weeks trying to juggle the job I had already plus these new clients, stretching from 7am to up to 10pm with no breaks, 6 days a week. It was actually really awful. It was sapping my life away and making Emily's life much, much harder as she involuntarily became a single parent. Something had to give. Thankfully, it all happened in a flash.
The "boss" from the older job had decided to pull some interesting shenanigans that me and my friend (who also worked with me at this job) found was beyond what we were willing to be a part of. A messy dialogue and series of unfortunate events ensued, and in the aftermath my friend quit his job and I put in my two-weeks notice, bringing the official count of the number of employees in the company back down to 1. The good news in all this is that we were ready to put full force behind our new business and leave our worries behind, and we could do so without working 60 to 80-hour work weeks. Or at least that's how it looked on paper.
Several weeks into it, my friend was offered a chance to work with an amazing company. Being just weeks away from becoming a father himself, it was clear that it was the best decision for him to make the jump, as it was a bit more secure than the income we were counting on for our own business. We agreed that he would help me finish up the current projects and then fully focus on the new opportunity while still remaining a passive part of the company. Ultimately I think this was a really good move, as it would force me to learn some of the skills that he had in order to still function as a proper web development agency. But the realization was now that my source of income, and therefore my travel plans, was solely dependent on whether I could run a consulting business on my own. From the other side of the world. Without a phone. Looking dismal yet?
Well the verdict is still out. I'm in a scramble to increase my development skills and am not taking on new clients until I can trust my abilities more. I'm using the wearethemannings.com website as a playground for writing new code and experimenting with newfound skills. I'm doing everything I can to see what it will be like operating a business overseas when communication is tantamount (skype might be my saving grace), or whether or not web development is going to be my golden ticket at all. The amount we have saved will last us well into the 2nd leg (between 4-6 months of traveling), but what do we do after that? Do we come home?
As much as I want to say that the goal of hitting 12 countries in 12 months takes precedence over everything in our lives, we have to think about our future. We have to think about what we are going to do after our travels, and how we can best provide for our current and future family. When it comes down to it, the goal isn't what matters after all. What does matter is the value behind that goal (as we've written about here). And what is that value?
That travel. Is. Awesome.
There may come a time in our journey where going to a new country every month may not be financially plausible. We might have to stay in a country for longer than a month (gasp!) to work out some way to move on. But after several discussions about what we should do when we're out of money, we've decided we're not interested in coming back here. The world is our home from April 2014 till March 2015, and we will do whatever it takes—teaching english, spending a couple months learning how to code better, becoming a sign twirler—to be submerged in experiences we might never have again.
May we reach the goals that we've set, but at the least, stand true to the principles and values we believe in.
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2010-04-16Court Did not Satisfy Suit of the Retired People from "Fero"
Former workers of the JSC "Fero-Alloy Factory" will remain without allowance. Zestaponi district court passed verdict on March 10, 2010 and did not satisfy the suit. The suitors requested to introduce amendments to the purchase agreement signed on December 13, 2006, to compensate the damage and to cover arears of their monthly allowances.
2010-04-14Court Discusses Case of Journalist Zviad Khujadze
The case on journalist Zviad Khujadze was sent to the court from the prosecutor's office. The head of the news room of the radio "Old City" appealed to the Tskaltubo district court after the prosecutor released resolution. The journalists clarified that the resolution is groundless and the case shall be investigated by the Kutaisi district prosecutor's office again.
2010-04-13Citizen of Georgia Arrested in Ukraine Might Die
Tamaz Kardava has been imprisoned since August of 2008 in Kiev. He was charged for robbery. Kardava has C-hepatitis and cirrhosis. He has been refused to take urgently necessary medical assistance for the last two months. His health conditions are very grave at the moment.
2010-04-08Tsotne Gamsakhurdia Insulted Prosecutor
2010-04-06A Black Hole in the Rule of Law – Georgia Received Three Inmates of Guantanamo Prison
Public interest in the inmates of Guantanamo prison is still huge. People wonder whether their stay in Georgia is dangerous for the country.
2010-03-29Inmates Are Tortured in Geguti Prison
2010-03-24Three Guantanamo Detainees Sent to Georgia
Three detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba were transfered "to custody and control" of Georgia, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
2010-03-24ICC Prosecutor, Georgian Justice Minister Meet over August War
International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo met last week with Georgian Justice Minister, Zurab Adeishvili, in The Hague as part of regular consultations launched since the events of the August war has been the subject of preliminary examination by ICC Prosecutor's Office.
2010-03-19"Why Does One Prisoner Die in Jail Hospital Per Day?!" – Strange Reality of the Closed System
There are three detention settings in Kvemo Kartli region – prisons # 1, # 2 and # 6. The latter is not among recently reconstructed detention settings. The government built it. Representatives of the non-governmental organizations, public defender's office and international organizations attended the opening ceremony of the prison # 6. Everybody assessed the prison positively. They said the building complied with European standards.
2010-03-19"What have they done to make my lower limbs paralyzed?" Nadim Tsetskhladze died in Gldani prison.
After the war in August of 2008 finished he decided to visit his pregnant wife at home; however, the commander did not allow him to go. Nadim Tsetskhladze did not pay attention to his order, took off his uniform and went to the village to see his new-born child. Criminal case was launched against him for leaving the military unit in Batumi. 30-year-old Nadim Tsetskhladze surrendered to the law enforcement officers on September 6, 2009. He was born in the village of Mejvriskhevi in Gori district in 1979. Nadim Tsetskhladze served in Batumi military battalion for one year. During the August war he was fighting at the entrance to Tskhinvali.
2010-03-15Prisoners Are Still Tortured
2010-03-15Discussion Cases on Property Rights in Strasburg Will Damage Reputation of Georgia Abroad
On March 11, the meeting organized by the political union "Georgian Group" in Sheraton Metekhi Palace" was devoted to human rights. The representatives of Georgian human rights defenders, EU and Public Defender's Office attended the meeting.
2010-03-15Feudal in Cassock
According to annual reports of the Public Defender of Georgia, despite the guarantees in the current legislation, the number of violation of property rights is increasing in Georgia. Recently, Orthodox Church of Georgia has been involved in this process very actively. As a result of the oppression of law enforcement officers, citizens have to assign properties to eparchies for free.
2010-03-11Court Passed Verdict in Favor of Citizen but It Is Not Executed
Successor Company of "DzevrulHES" does not execute the court decision and refuses to compensate damages to former employee. Unpaid debts amounted to 12 000 GEL.
European Parliament Resolution on the cases against opposition politicians in Georgia Following the appeal of the Human Rights Center, a hotel in Batumi was ordered to remedy noncompliances Human Rights Center Defends Rights of Repatriated Meskhs Living in Akhaltsikhe Defendants accused of kidnapping an underage girl were convicted Human Rights Center got involved in the advocacy of Tamar Bachaliashvili's Case Archive
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Last time, I visited Abkhazia five years ago. Since then, not a day goes by without thinking about it, without missing the Abkhazian
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Tantra Movement School is getting new, beautiful, more in the nature, Dream House for our workshops in Thailand.
We would like to ask you for your financial support, that we could provide this place for us, you and for whole humanity.
After asking close Friends, Family for loans, donations, "booking right now" retreats, ( Thank you again! We Love you <3) we still need 5000 EuroMany of you, know my devotion in sharing tantra, yoga, Unconditional Love, Sacred Sexuality, Spiritual Activism, as way of healing, liberating, expanding, not only on the individual level but at the humanity level as well. Many of my work I share unconditionally, very often for free.
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Rohit Sharma spoke about his double century in post match press confrence. The stand-in Indian skipper had a lot to say about the special innings. He, however, didn't rate this double ton and said it's as important as the other two.
"The other two were as important as this one. The first one against Australia made it 2-2. For the one against Sri Lanka, I had returned from an injury. So for that reason it is right up there. Here we wanted to come back as a batting group. So it was important. Also, it was my first stint as captain. As a batsman I wanted to do well and take my team into good position."
"I don't think I can rate any of three double hundreds. All three we were very important from the team's perspective."
As per The Hindu, Sharma said he wasn't bothered with the previous result and wanted to make the most of present. He also sees this series as an opportunity to prepare for the upcoming Test series in South Africa.
The stalwart further also called this year as his best in international cricket. "This year has been the best for me as a cricketer. I am someone who doesn't look too far ahead I am only thinking about this particular series. I have been hitting the ball quite well. I had to be ready when the opportunity came. I have no regrets about what has happened in the past," said Rohit.
"The future is bright. I wanted to be ready for the opportunity in test matches.
"Because of the combination of bowlers I sometimes may not get to play. I have to be prepared always, and be at my best. I looked to bat 50 overs and score as many possible. It may not happen all the time but whenever I see the opportunity I try to make the most of it," said Rohit.
We saw how Rohit looked flawless after completing his 100. He took just 36 balls to reach 200 from 100. Talking about the ease in the second half of his innings, he said, "The first 100 took a little longer, The second hundred did not take that long because I was set. You understood what the bowlers were trying to do by then. It was all about playing according to the field. Once you get past 100, it is all about not making a mistake.
"It was all about me not making mistake and batting as long as possible. After I scored 100, I just wanted to bat to my strength.
"There is no formula to it. The pitch was nice and hard and you could hit on the up. All the double hundreds I got were similar in pattern. I started off very slow and then picked up the pace, at the end I accelerated."
Rohit added, "I like to analyse situations and conditions which were initially not easy. I wanted to play out the overs. I am not someone like AB de Villiers, Gayle or Dhoni. I don't have that much power. I have to use my brain to manipulate the field, and stick to my strength which is to hit through the lines."
Rohit Sharma's lazy elegance also puts spectators in awe of his batting. His bat swing looks so effortless, that for once, even a five-year-old would think about trying those shots. He makes the batting look easy with an extra amount of time he gets while facing the bowlers.
Talking about his shots he said, "Nothing is easy in cricket. May be when you watch it on TV it looks easy. But it is not. You have to use your brain and time the ball. Trying to scoop the ball and hit over point is my strength. You can't clear the rope always that easily. You can exploit the five fielders inside and play around with the field. Shot selection becomes very important."
Hitting a century in front of his wife was special. "You must have seen on the screen that she was more happy than me. She got a little emotional as well. It was the first double hundred she witnessed. It is not that I score double hundreds every day. It is good to have her here. But more than that, winning the game is important."
Looking ahead, Rohit said, "I have not had a good time in South Africa but I am quite determined to change that. I do not want to think too far ahead. I will have to make a few technical changes. I will think about South Africa after December 24."


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U.K. Retailer John Lewis Does Disney With Its Heartwarming Animated Christmas Ad
John Lewis -- whose Christmas commercials have become one of the most-anticipated advertising events in the U.K.-- today unveiled its 2013 effort, an animated tale inspired by Disney which tells the story of a hibernating bear waking up for Christmas.
The retailer has taken out an entire two-minute ad break during tomorrow's episode of the U.K. version of "The X Factor" to launch the ad, which was created by adam&Eve/DDB. It was teased in the days running up to the launch with the Twitter hashtag #sleepingbear.
Written by Aidan McClure & Laurent Simon, creative directors at adam&eveDDB, and helmed by Blinkink/Hornet directors Elliot Dear and Yves Geleyn, it uses hand-drawn animation combined with 3D sets -- according to the agency, the first time this technique has been used in a U.K. commercial. The spot tells the story of a bear who has never seen Christmas, because he goes into hibernation as winter falls. His friend the hare is sad about this, so he buys him an alarm clock for Christmas, and he finally gets to see the celebration. Full of whimsically drawn cute animals, it's reminiscent of Disney movies from "Snow White" to "Bambi," but given a contemporary edge by its soundtrack, a cover of Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know" sung by British pop star Lily Allen in her distinctive London accent.
This year, John Lewis is making the most of its advertising by product tie-ins such as an eBook and hardback book of the bear story, a Christmas-card maker, merchandise such as Bear & Hare toys and onesies. It also will be supported by social media, in-store and window displays, a digital outdoor projection and a single of the soundtrack.
James Murphy, founding partner and CEO of adam&eveDDB, said in a statement: "Not only have we been able to push the campaign into new territory creatively, we've also been able to deliver a truly multifaceted campaign that offers an in-depth take on thoughtful gifting that we hope will appeal to the child in all of us."
The campaign has a lot to live up to: For the past three years, John Lewis's ads have been lauded for their creativity and effectiveness. 2011's "The Long Wait" -- featuring a little boy set to a cover of The Smiths's "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" -- coincided with a 9.3% annual sales lift, while last year's The Journey, set to a cover of "The Power Of Love" By Frankie Goes To Hollywood, was similarly praised and became a YouTube hit. Early reviews from the British media suggest the spot doesn't match up to the 2011 effort in terms of tugging at the heartstrings, but the British public have yet to render their verdict.
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Workplace Environment Safety
American employers spend nearly $1 billion per week in direct workers' compensation costs for sick and injured employees, according to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. This does not include lost profits associated with reduced productivity and the time needed to train new employees to replace those sick or injured. Employers and employees must work together to prevent injuries and reduce the risk of work-related illnesses.
In 1911, a fire claimed the lives of 146 workers at the Triangle Waist Factory in New York City. The building's owners were charged with manslaughter because they violated Section 80 of the Labor Code, which stated that exit doors should not be locked during work hours. They were acquitted of manslaughter charges, but had to pay $75 per life lost due to the 23 civil suits filed against them.
In 1934, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins created the Bureau of Labor Standards, the first federal agency established to promote occupational safety and health. On April 28, 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Act took effect. It established worker safety rights and created the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. OHSA is responsible for developing workplace safety regulations and monitoring compliance.
OSH Act Provisions
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General Industry Standards
OSHA develops general-industry standards to protect workers from recognized safety hazards. At the time of publication, OSHA had general industry standards covering the following topics: walking and working surfaces; exit routes; fire prevention plans; emergency action plans; powered and mounted work platforms; ventilation; occupational noise exposure; hazardous materials; radiation; personal protective equipment; environmental controls; first aid; compressed air equipment and compressed gas; materials handling and storage; machinery and machine guarding; welding, cutting and brazing; and electrical safety. These standards also address special industries, such as textiles, laundry machinery and operations, logging operations, sawmills, telecommunications and grain handling facilities.
Industry-Specific Standards
OSHA publishes standards specifically for the construction, maritime and agriculture industries. These industry-specific standards are typically more stringent than general industry standards. The construction industry standard, for example, states that employers must provide fall protection equipment to all employees who work at heights of 6 feet or above.
Workplace Safety Programs
Employers should create workplace health and safety programs to address hazards specific to their industries. An effective program includes a formal health and safety policy as well as written procedures for handling hazard identification and accident investigations. Safety training should also be an essential component of such a program, as training helps employees recognize and avoid potential hazards. Managers and supervisors should review the safety program regularly and determine if it needs to be revised or updated to comply with new company policies or changes in OSHA requirements.
Employee Involvement
Managers should always ask employees for their input when developing new safety policies or programs. Employees must also take an active role in protecting themselves against hazards. They should wear required personal protective equipment; comply with all safety policies; report hazards or unsafe work practices to supervisors; report all injuries and work-related illnesses; use machinery and work equipment in a safe manner; and cooperate with the company's safety coordinator or members of the workplace safety committee.
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At some point, this simply had to happen. When you're writing a series about the unique micro-world that are Prague's neighborhoods, Letná is the first thing that comes across your mind. This is that part of the city everybody's got an opinion on, no matter what they call it — it might be "home", "that huge park where dogs reign supreme," or, perhaps most often, "that place that got hipster-ized to the point I'm sure it must've turned into one huge flat-white ocean by now." It's Prague's only hood that also functions a meme. You can walk from one end to the other in 10 minutes, but according to the general discourse, Letná is the shit.
We started this magazine 9 months ago. We simply cannot ignore it for longer, lest we anger the Great Bearded Ones.
The big question that looms over the premise of this article is simple: Where does Letná even start? Where does it end? This topographical dilemma might sound stupid, but sometimes, it really divides people. Even on Letenská parta, a Facebook discussion group that started as an informal virtual place to chit-chat and meet new neighbors and ended up becoming a largely incomprehensible shitstorm, as Facebook groups are wont to do.
The thing is made even less clear by the fact that officially, Letná does not even exist as a city quarter. It's simply the name of a hill rising above Vltava's riverbank, plus the large park that sits atop. Nobody can simply say they live at Letná; the area either falls under the Holešovice cadaster, or under Bubeneč. But because we need to draw the line somewhere, we've made our decision: Letná is bordered by Vltava river, Stromovka park (even larger than the eponymous one), a street called Dukelských hrdinů, and Sparta Prague's home stadium. There you go. Nice and simple.
Of course, this might (and will) lead to several issues with the Dukelských hrdinů borderline, because now we're leaving several places that have a distinct Letná flavor formally just outside of Letná. Like the triangle of cafés down at Heřmanova street: Liberál (successfully dabbling as a pub after 7 PM or so), Ouky Douky (which looks like it fell right out of the Black Books Universe), and Kumbál (a breakfast bistro where a friend of ours once saw a hipster order pickled camembert and cocoa, which must be the most surreal combo in the history of ever).
But hey, you can't always please everyone. Plus, if there are any purists who have strong issues with calling the aforementioned places 'Letná', they can still find solace in Fraktál, Vegtrál, and Lokál. What sounds like a botched local version of Huey, Dewey, and Louie is actually another list of cafés/pubs, this time sitting on the other end of Letná, with seemingly endless drinking options (Fraktál), vegan food (Vegtrál) and Stromovka located right outside the door (Lokál).
(Okay, there's also Kyklop there. It's a great little pub run by Balkans, so you'll get homemade rakija there, but we simply couldn't ruin the onomatopoeic orgasm that is Fraktál, Vegtrál, and Lokál.)
For purposes of this article, however, we've decided to abandon our tried and tested method of "going outside and drinking beer with people, and also maybe take some notes". For Letná carries a specific aura, one defined by visions of tattooed designers, fixed gear bike enthusiasts who spend half their salaries on beard-specializing barbers, and indie marathon runners who only listen to Hüsker Dü. In the general view of outsiders, Letná is basically iPhone: The City.
So, naturally, we met up with a guy who runs the most successful local hip bar. You know, to check things out from within.
"Letná is a state of mind"
The guy, who we'll simply call Boss, is an integral part of the team at Cobra, a much-hyped bar / restaurant located at Letná's main street, Milady Horákové. We went for a beer with him and Waitress at Bio Oko, Letná's much beloved cinema which also houses a café and, during the summer season, a small beer garden. Local freelancers love to work and drink there, so the choice was rather easy.
But back to Cobra — the place used to be a filthy non-stop bar, but now, with its huge windows and inappropriately subtle branding, serves as a symbol of Letná's gentrification.
"I find it kinda funny," Boss quips (we talked in Czech, so he's not really opening random conversations with Gary Jules' lyrics, although that'd be killer). "I like being a pain in the ass of this whole 'gentrification' thing. For example, nobody could say we're expensive. Quite the contrary. People from the biz are more likely to say we're stupid for not charging more for food and drinks. But fuck that, you know? We want to be accessible to everyone."
Five years ago, places like Cobra simply didn't exist at Letná. Now, there are dozens. Some of them are even hyped enough to gain that cult status you get from having people knowing your name, regardless of whether they've actually ever been there: places like Bistro 8 at Veverkova, ye's kafe studio at Letenské náměstí, or Mr. Hot Dog at Kamenická. A random delivery pizza company, creatively called Pizza Letná, was the first one in Prague to include vegan pizza on their menu. There are Indonesian restaurants (Garuda), foodie-scene-approved eateries (Milada), and countless small bars. Like Elbow Room, which lures people in with its dimly lit atmosphere, subtle latino music, and the absence of Wi-Fi, which saves the place of becoming yet another in the laundry list of cafés that look more like Apple product stores during weekdays. Or Wildt, a rather upscale bar built right at Výstaviště, in the place where one of Prague's smelliest public toilets used to be. Everything changes around here.
The question is: Does all this somehow erase the ethos of the 'old Letná'? It's a tricky one. You could definitely say that people who are living there experience the process almost day by day, never knowing when there's gonna be another gala opening of a small rum bar slash conceptual art gallery or whatever. But to paint this as a counterpoint of some simpler 'good old days' would simply mean ignoring the facts of daily life. Because to locals, life does not really change. Never has. Stuff is happening, but Letná (as a whole) remains the same.
"I've been working at Cobra almost from the very beginning, and no, there was no revolution going on," Waitress recalls. "To paint Letná's development as a distinct clash between Old and New would be too simplistic. The worlds aren't replacing one another. They merge."
"People sometimes think that first, there was some old-timey Letná, then came us 'hipsters', and now the whole hood is fucking expensive, pretentious and whatnot. It's simply not the case. Patrons from the old Cobra — the non-stop bar — still visit us. I can understand that for someone, the ugliness was the point. But aside from that, there never really were any problems." Boss agrees: "Being fancy requires money. We really don't have that much money. We just like to provide good things to people."
This point can be strengthened by the fact that lots of Letná's 'old' pubs still function – and, barring some drastic events, will continue to do so for many years. Places like U Houbaře or Na Mělníku look like a Doc Brown's trip to 1993, but they're still packed, and the atmosphere there is great. Then you have Kovadlina, a pub that's equal parts microbrew-searching-hipsters-hangout and granddads-drinking-with-other-granddads-hangout. At Café Spitfire, you can, due to its strategic location at Veletržní street, meet everyone from stoned punks to local stand-up celebrities.
But by far the biggest riot potential lies within the walls of Barré, a legendary punk pub where (almost) literally nothing is off limits. Boy, the male half of our editorial unit, lovingly recalls how he took a girl for a date there once. They got drunk and watched a soccer game between Gabon and Cameroon on Boy's old laptop. Gabon lost, which prompted Boy to google the number of Gabon's FA and call them to ask what the fuck was that about. Boy's date didn't find it funny. The end.
A Village Hangout Spot
One of the rather specific limits of life at Letná is that after 6 PM, almost everything closes. Other hoods usually have at least one mall where you can get stuff till midnight or so, but Letná still operates on the decades-old system of "specific shops for specific purposes", which gives it kinda village-y feeling. It's quite charming, really: if, for some reason, you need to buy a lightbulb, a shampoo, and cat food, you have to either go to three separate stores, or hit the nearest Vietnamese supermarket and hope they'll have everything you need (but you can never be sure about that).
There's the legendary Billa supermarket, taking over the central square (Letenské náměstí), but it's not exactly well stocked. And until the planned Palác Stromovka is built, Letná simply doesn't have a mall.
"It would be easy to build twenty of them, but nobody here wants that," Waitress explains. "Even Palác Stromovka is a highly controversial project. You see — Letná is really, really small. You can almost literally see from one end to the other. To compare Letná to the rest of Prague would be like to compare Czech Republic and Russia. Nothing here takes too much time, not even shopping. So why build giant malls?"
She then adds that the village feeling stretches even further — for example, the locals aren't exactly prone to partying all night long (or they are, but elsewhere). Just look at the most strategically put non-stop bar around here: it's called Star Arena (creativity!), and it's almost always empty, even during weekends.
The bad thing is that when you live at Letná, but work elsewhere, chances are that your working hours will mirror those of, like, 90% of local shops. Oh, and they are often closed during weekends, so good luck finding anything, ever. But the locals don't mind. They cherish the old-timey romanticism that comes with having four separate florists around, but no big standardized florist chain opened till midnight (situated in some capitalist version of Ceaucescu's palace, tucked between a giant Tesco and five cinemas). "That's the appeal. People who've moved to Letná often say they don't want to live anywhere else anymore."
"Prague's seventh district has two completely different parts," adds Boss. "Holešovice, the lower part, are… well, industrial. Huge buildings, abandoned factories, smelly streets in between. Letná really feels like a village in comparison. There's the Main Street (Milady Horákové), the focal point where people gather (Strossmayerovo náměstí), and that's basically it. Everything is close to everything." "Strossmayerovo náměstí is crucial," says Waitress. "It's the natural center of life here. It makes Letná feel compact. The quality of living is just way better this way."
What's better in Holešovice, though, are the cultural options. While the lower part of the seventh districts rapidly gains recognition thanks to its burgeoning theater and techno scenes, Letná simply does not offer much. The case is even more severe now, after the official closing of NEONE — Prague's only club that really felt like a club, with opening hours from 10 PM to the next morning, no tables and no beer on tap. NEONE was unique, because it managed to break down the stereotype that all Czech clubs are basically just pubs with a podium. But since its closing in October, Letná fell into darkness again.
During the summer season, you actually have lots of places to go around: the parties, indie gigs and performances up at Kyvadlo, former Stalin's monument and one of Letná's (or, for that matter, Prague's) most photographed sites. Letní Letná (theater and nouveau cirque). Tiskárna na vzduchu (hangout spot / parties). But now? Granted, there are several theaters – Studio Hrdinů, Alfred ve dvoře, Pidivadlo – but aside from that, there's really nothing much you can do on a Friday night (except for drinking), if you count out bizarre places like Mischmasch, a discotheque so out-of-style that we couldn't find a single person who'd admit to actually going there.
Why are there no, say, small indie clubs for local bands to perform in? "Letná didn't go through the same gentrification process like Krymská did," Boss explains. "People would tell me how cool it was that I was basically living in Prague's Beverly Hills, and I'd laugh at that, happily sitting on my porch and appreciating how everything still feels the same it always did."
"Furthermore," Girl replies, "the fact that there are no places where melancholic bearded men could freely wail over plucked guitar chords doesn't mean the culture is dead. There's still Page Five, Studio Alta, and two museums — the Technological one and the Agricultural one. Those still count as culture, you know."
"Sparta? Not Our Club"
Now, let's talk about the elephant in the room: Sparta Prague, the most famous Czech soccer team that plays its home fixtures at Letná (the stadium is even colloquially called Letná, because nobody can keep up with the fucking sponsor changes). Normally, a soccer franchise should somehow vibe with the local life, but Sparta is different.
"A few years ago, when I was working at Bio Oko, we had a real problem with Sparta's Neo-Nazi hooligans," Boss recalls. "They would come to Oko just to bully us. It was really ugly, you never knew what was going to happen. Several times, fights almost broke out. I've seen a huge Neo-Nazi doing the 'Sieg Heil' thing right in front of our bartenders. He'd say things like: I know who you are, I know where you live… Now, I employ several foreigners, and they do look different. It's not easy to look at Sparta fans passing through. But it's mostly OK now. The situation has calmed down."
"There was a cult-ish pub where those people liked to gather," he adds. "It was called Železná Sparta — the Iron Sparta. Hooligans would drink there after every game. Then the place went bankrupt, and it's now a kebab shop, called Alibaba. I find it poignantly funny."
The city of Prague hosts a lot of soccer teams, some of them amongst Czech Republic's most famous. One of them is Bohemians, located in the district of Vršovice – and you can really sense that even for people who could not tell what an offside was if you Iron-Maiden-ed them, Bohemians is still an issue. It's their club, simply because they live there. The relationship between Letná and Sparta is completely different: Sparta, being the big bully for decades now, draws its fanbase from all around the country. It's funny, because although Letná definitely has patriots, almost none of them attribute this patriotism to Sparta's existence.
"Go to any small Czech village — there'll be Sparta fans. It's the biggest, strongest club. Its legacy resonates throughout the country. But here? Whenever I pass the stadium, I see the graffiti that says 'One city, one club'. Which, to me, is basically fascism. Like Leni Riefenstahl levels of fascism, at least. But at the same time, I don't feel intimidated by the mere presence of Sparta. There are fascists who worship the club, and the stadium is their place. The rest of Letná, not the slightest. So I don't go to the stadium, and I'm fine."
"I can imagine how the most extreme fans simply gave up. Maybe they've grown up, maybe they've just realized that ordinary people of Letná don't want them around. Letná is a liberal, progressive hood. The hooligans can't change that."
While it's still entirely possible to run into a group of drunk hooligans — mostly at obscure drinking spots like Žralok ('The Shark') or a non-stop bar called 777 — the most frequent hangout spot for Sparta fans around here is the local McDonald's, located right there at the stadium. When we were shooting the photos for this article, we've run into one of them. He agreed to take a photo (^^^), but insisted we included the fact that this McDonald's is so special it gets to jack up the cheeseburger prices every time there's a game on. Apparently, no other joint in the whole fucking country gets the privilege.
An Oasis on the Riverbank
For a neighborhood so focused on its inner balance and sense of companionship, Letná keeps a surprisingly large number of "rivalries" – well, two, but that is still an upgrade over virtually every other city part. There's the territorial one (Holešovice, or 'the wetland', as the up-hill people call it), and then the "who's the most hip around here" one. People of Letná hold this imaginary, vinyl-shaped contest with Vinohrady.
Boy, who used to live in Vinohrady before moving to Letná, describes the most obvious difference as the ability of walking around in sweatpants, which is a thing he simply wouldn't do in Vinohrady, but has no problem doing here.
"Yes, the feeling of casualness is definitely there," Waitress admits. "I think it's because of the river. On the other riverbank lies the center, and we're simply not a part of it, even though the actual historical center is closer to Letná than it is to Vinohrady." One of the residents, an alternative singer/songwriter, adds his two cents: "Letná might not take much space, but for me, its greatness lies in the people. Besides, I have everything I need to live here: Huge parks, an old cinema and a beer garden with the best view over the city. I don't want to go anywhere else."
Our trip ends in Stromoffka, a quiet laid-back bar that serves as a testament to the notion that Letná is, indeed, that type of hood where everybody knows everybody. "Our clientele? Mostly friends and their friends and their friends' friends," the bartender reveals. "That's kinda our thing."
While a decidedly postmodern mix of people (some garden variety hipsters, elderly whiskey enthusiasts, and Helena, who is a loyal patron) shake heads to the tunes of old-school 70's disco music, we end the whole report with the sentence that's usually indicating the end of all things: "Two Long Island Ice Teas, please." It's a conceptually bold move, since neither Boy nor Girl have ever tasted that prior to this very moment. We don't have anything more to say, because after drinking it, we can't remember much more. Because the Long Island Ice Tea is not a drink. It's a devilish potion specifically designed to tear your reality asunder.
"I love it here," we can hear Helena jovially chat to someone in the background. "Letná is always full of friends. You spend a few days here and you already feel at home. Letná is your friend."
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