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In 1960, our client and his partner built a mid-century modern house and original landscape on a large, hilly property near the university in Eugene, Oregon. When we first saw the site 47 years later, the architecture of the stunning house was standing the test of time, but the garden, full of overgrown plantings and confined by heavy fences and walls, was due for renovation.
Mosaic designed and constructed the Summit landscape over several years, creating a series of distinct gardens that contribute to a seamless, unified whole. Ample, deer-resistant street-side plantings range from a shady, hillside Japanese Maple garden, through a steep creekside, with native and compatible plantings, to a welcoming, colorful entry garden. The driveway passes through a hedge of Phyllostachys aurea into drifts of sword fern, small trees and Fargesia rufa beneath native Oregon White Oaks. A sculptural drystack wall and ipe decks echo the clean lines of the house. In the back, a large entertaining and pool area are surrounded by boldly textured shade plantings. Embraced by the glass walls of the house, this courtyard is the primary outdoor dining and living space. An open-slat redwood fence at its boundary balances privacy with the flow of light and air.
Publications featuring the Summit garden:
Sunset, 'The Path Ahead' (Sept 2016)
Fine Gardening, 'Striking the Perfect Balance' (Sept/Oct 2012)
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Can someone love reading too much? This is the story of how one book lover gets himself into a pickle through his passion for books.
While other rabbits are doing the normal things rabbits do, Ralfy Rabbit's appetite for books leads him to a life of crime. He loves books so much that he sneaks into his neighbors' houses to read them, stealing his favorites along the way. When young, white, redheaded Arthur, another bibliophile, notices that his most beloved books have started disappearing from his shelves, Ralfy's pilfering days are numbered. Arthur wants to stop the book burglar. This rascally rabbit is caught "read-handed" when his next victim is, unfortunately for him, Officer Puddle. The police lineup to identify the culprit is hilarious. Ralfy's punishment fits the crime, and justice is served with compassion. MacKenzie combines story and illustration with brightness, action, and intrigue, keeping the pace moving while endearing this fluffy burglar to readers. Much of the illustrative humor is geared toward older bookworms, with famous titles adapted to long-eared persuasions: Warren Peas, for example, and The Rabbit with the Dandelion Tattoo, ensuring that adults will stay as engaged as little listeners will.
This will be a raving favorite for fans of books about books as well as older readers who can appreciate the library humor. (Picture book. 4-10)

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I guarantee you if my mum reads this post, the first thing she'll think is it should say 'Mum and I' not 'Mum and Me'. But hopefully (argh don't start a sentence with but), she'll read on past that grammatical nuance and reminisce about an evening very well spent in a tiny Cotswold village called Asthall at The Maytime Inn.
Just a very short drive off the main drag from Cheltenham to Oxford (or London if you're going a bit further), you'll find this gorgeous spot for a drink, a meal, or even an overnight stay! I was invited out to test out what they had to offer, so Mum and I popped on a bit of lippy, sprayed a bit of perfume and set off for a food-filled evening.
Within five minutes, we knew the team on first-name terms and we felt right at home. They are an incredibly friendly and passionate bunch, but not only that – they're all very young too (anyone younger than me counts as young by the way); even the owner is just 28 years old!
They've got everything spot on if you ask me (and Mum). They have seasonal and innovative dishes on their menu as well as the good old pub favourites like fish and chips (they looked so good, our heads turned as they came out the kitchen and went to a nearby table). They do craft beers, guest ales, bloody good cocktails, a damn fine wine list and – most importantly – 69 types of gin! Oh, and they also source locally where possible. They get their hands on the very best ingredients they can from the nearby area, and look a little further afield for other stuff. I was pleased to hear their wild boar (for their epic burgers) comes from the Forest of Dean.
So, I better tell you what took our fancy. For starters, Mum chose crispy duck egg with asparagus, chorizo and lovage. I went for the taste sensation that was Basil bavarois, tomato sorbet and parmesan crisp. Obviously we don't have anything to compare them to, but I'm pretty sure we ordered the best two starters on the menu. Mine was simply divine. Every element was perfection; put them all together and you have a party in the mouth. I wish parmesan crisps were a thing - a proper thing - stored in foil bags and sold down the corner shop for a few pennies.
For mains, Mum had baked cod loin, smoked pancetta, braised fennel and cucumber with sourdough crumble. It really was quite a piece of fish and served on a bed of deliciousness, it was just missing a sauce of some sort – perhaps a balsamic reduction? I'll let the chef experiment.
As for me, I went for the show-stopping rump of lamb with herb crust, glazed artichokes, confit tomatoes, parmentier potatoes & balsamic jus. At first glance, I thought the lamb was a little underdone for my liking, but I was wrong, it was beautifully tender and I ate every last bit. The glazed artichoke and the balsamic jus added a lovely sweetness to the dish and those slow-roasted tomatoes were summer on a plate. I'd have happily picked up the plate and licked it clean – but Mum would have slapped my wrists!
For dessert, Mum had her eyes set on the lemon tart with gin & tonic sorbet from the very beginning. It didn't disappoint, she even drizzled a bit of my cream over the top for extra naughtiness. As for me, I was torn between several of the desserts and got the waiter to choose for me in the end: Chocolate torte with strawberries and cream. I was told afterwards that mine was actually one of their gluten-free offerings – you really wouldn't have known.
Mum finished off her meal with a pot of Earl Grey tea which is from local company Ue Coffee Roasters and I went for a Hendricks Cooler cocktail. That for me was proof that The Maytime Inn do everything well. Very well.


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Sunday, April 12, 2009
The type of thing I'm all aboot
Every so often, someone comes along and kicks the sorry ass of a culture obsessed with impossible beauty standards and required sexuality of celebrities and celebrity hopefulls. Today it's Susan Boyle and I have no more eloquent way to describe what I love about out than to simply show her in form. The title is a link to the video. Just look at the audience and judges. Eat it kids, this babe rocks!
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Ambassador Jonathan Moore and rector Marjanović, for better education in BiH
International BURCH University (IBU), was visited by OSCE Ambassador Mr. Jonathan Moore, and had meeting with BURCH University's Rector, Prof. Dr. Damir Marjanović.
During the meeting Ambassador Moore and Rector Marjanović had discussion and exchanged opinions about tertiary education in general and about educational system in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Rector Marjanović presented future plans and goals of IBU development, and emphasized that IBU would like to promote Sarajevo as regional student center, with help of all other tertiary educational centers in country. HE Ambassador Moore welcomed this idea and expressed his preparedness to support it, and to support all similar ideas that are generated at IBU, since intention of all these efforts is improvement in sphere of tertiary education in BiH, as well is in region.


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The Proposition 47/57 Conference went very well this morning. The two panels were extremely informative and thought provoking. The Sacramento Bee mentioned it in their AM Alert and it is the first piece below (with a cute typo). Thank you to all who were able to attend. We hope to have the video up on the Senate website next month.
The Associated Press called me to discuss another new bill that was introduced on the topic of immigration. It was printed in a number of newspapers, including the OC Register, and is the second piece below. I used my observation from yesterday's UPDATE (see MOORLACH UPDATE — Thirteen! — December 6, 2016 december 6, 2016 john moorlach).
Union Watch provides our announcement about "There Ought NOT Be A Law" in the third piece below. It has also appeared in California Political Review. And
CalWatch does the same in the fourth piece below.
BONUS: I will be on the Studio SoCal show tomorrow evening on PBS SoCal. Please set your DVR. Here are the details:
- Fri, Dec 9 @ 7:00 PM | Employee's Rights Vs. Taxpayers
- Mon, Dec 12 @ 5:30 PM | Employee's Rights Vs. Taxpayers
- Wed, Dec 14 @ 5:30 PM | Employee's Rights Vs. Taxpayers
AM Alert: Are criminal justice changes making California safer?
It has been a momentous decade for California crime-and-punishment.
Once defined by tough sentencing laws and other strict policies that stuffed prisons to the point the feds intervened, the state has been moving steadily in the opposite direction. Many of those changes have emanated from the voters.
They eased third-strike penalties in 2012 by passing Proposition 36, and the number of inmates incarcerated for a third offense has plummeted. In 2014, they agreed to downgrade drug possession and lower-level crimes like theft from felonies to misdemeanors in authorizing Proposition 47. This year, they chose to legalize recreational marijuana via Proposition 64 and to clear the way for more offenders to win parole through Proposition 57, vindicating Gov. Jerry Brown and his quest to back off the kind of rigid sentencing he once supported.
So, has it worked? There's been mixed evidence so far about the effects of Proposition 47 on public safety and state spending, and law enforcement critics have warned of curtailed DNA collection and difficulty in changing the behavior of repeat offenders. It's too early to know about Proposition 57, which like Proposition 47 was assailed by prosecutors and some victim's advocates.
Policy experts and lawmakers will gather today to discuss what we've learned so far. Expected participants include Senators Bob Hertzberg, D-Los Angeles, and John Moorlach, D-Costa Mesa, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Secretary Scott Kernan, various Orange County law enforcement officials and representatives of the Legislative Analyst's Office and the Public Policy Institute of California. From 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the University of California, Irvine.
State bill aims to ban police from notifying feds about immigrants
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO – The leader of the California Senate wants to bar police from sharing information with federal deportation agents about immigrants being released from custody to protect them from President-elect Donald Trump's plans to boost deportations.
The bill introduced by Democratic Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon would prevent law enforcement from heeding requests by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be notified when immigrants are being released from local jails. It would also ban federal agents from interviewing inmates for deportation purposes and prohibit immigration enforcement in public schools, hospitals and courthouses.
"I cannot wait and allow federal ICE agents to use state and local dollars, data, personnel, and facilities to help deport the very families who contribute so much to our economy and community," de Leon said in a statement on Wednesday.
Since Trump's election, Democratic lawmakers have proposed a series of bills aimed at protecting California's more than 10 million foreign-born residents.
De Leon's bill goes to the heart of ICE's latest effort to get local police to help them take immigrants into custody from jails for deportation.
Immigration agents last year began asking police to notify them when immigrant inmates were slated for release so they could pick them up. The move came after many jurisdictions – including California – started refusing to honor agents' requests to detain inmates for deportation.
It also came amid an uproar following last year's shooting death of Kate Steinle in San Francisco allegedly by a man who had been repeatedly deported and was released by local law enforcement even though immigration agents wanted him for deportation.
California law bans police from detaining immigrants for ICE in some cases, but many jurisdictions refuse to detain anyone for deportation, citing community and legal concerns.
Under de Leon's bill, police could continue to share information about people's criminal convictions with ICE. Authorities could also transfer immigrants to ICE provided the agency has a judicial warrant.
State Sen. John Moorlach, a Republican from Costa Mesa, questioned whether the bill could affect revenues to local agencies that house immigrants for federal agents. He said he'd like de Leon to form a team to work with, not against, the federal government on immigration. "Collaboration would be a better approach from a leadership standpoint than just trying to poke a stick in the new president's eye," he said.
An ICE spokeswoman said the agency does not comment on pending legislation.
There Ought NOT to be a Law
As James Madison warned us, "It will be of little avail to the people if the laws are so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood." And yet the California Legislature is intent on passing more bills, barely understood or complied with by the public.
While there is plenty of room to improve public policy by clarifying statutes and codes through legislation, the Legislature still has to pass a law to remove bad or outdated laws and regulations from the books. This year, Senator John Moorlach is partnering with Senators Andy Vidak, Ted Gaines, Jeff Stone and Jim Nielsen in proposing the reduction or elimination of old, unnecessary, outdated, obtrusive policies that hinder our lives, liberty and prosperity. The "There Ought NOT Be A Law" project is different than similar projects in the past. The goal of this project is not to add any more laws to the books, but to simplify and streamline state law as much as possible. It could be as simple as deleting a problematic word or phrase in a particular code section or as complex as eliminating entire statutes and regulatory structures.
The following process hopefully will result in a bill that passes both houses of the legislature and is signed into law by the Governor.
- Any proposal submitted should be clear and consistent with Senator Moorlach and his policy platform. See past legislation introduced HERE. Any proposal should be about good public policy and refrain from personal attacks.
- While we have some staff resources to process legislation and draft the final proposal into proper legislative parlance, most of the legwork for proposing the policy change and justifying its passage will need to come from the source of the proposal, the "sponsor", as it were. If the sponsoring organization is limited in its ability to advocate for specific legislation, but is willing to provide material for general policy changes towards the desired end, we can work with other likeminded groups to advance the policy change with any support that the sponsor can offer.
- In order to provide a foundation for the reduction or elimination of a law, we will need the sponsor to provide background material as to justify the proposal. This includes, and is not limited to: research, legal briefs, audits, white papers, best practices from other states, model legislation, statistics, stakeholder input, testimonials, etc.
- Beyond having good and pertinent information as to the need for the bill, it will be necessary to build a coalition of supporters who can help shape the legislation and shepherd it through the process. The sponsors will need to assist in recruiting other supporters and collaborators and prepare written and spoken testimony in committee hearings. This could be an opportunity for crowdsourcing experts who do not usually weigh in on the legislative process. It will also be useful to have persuasive pieces and editorials published in the media in furtherance of the policy goal.Legislative deadlines are spread throughout the year, but the most important deadlines are those to have Legislative Counsel draft the bill (January 20th) and introduce the bill (February 17th). In order to pick our chosen bill proposal(s) and accommodate those deadlines, we need any submissions to be made by January 1, 2017. We will announce the chosen submissions by January 15th and work with the selected sponsors to draft the legislation and prepare it for formal introduction.
- Legislative deadlines are spread throughout the year, but the most important deadlines are those to have Legislative Counsel draft the bill (late January) and introduce the bill (late February). In order to pick our chosen bill proposal(s) and accommodate those deadlines, we need any submissions to be made by January 1, 2017. We will announce the chosen submissions by January 15th and work with the selected sponsors to draft the legislation and prepare it for formal introduction.
How To Participate:
The application to submit a proposal can be completed HERE. Submissions will be taken until January 1, 2017.
About the Author: John M. W. Moorlach is a Republican California State Senator representing 37th Senate district, which includes portions of Orange County, since March 22, 2015. Moorlach has the distinction of having predicted the largest municipal bond portfolio loss and bankruptcy in U.S. history while campaigning for the office of Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector against incumbent Democrat Robert Citron in 1994. Citron resigned later that year. In 1995 Moorlach was appointed to fill the vacancy, was elected by the voters in 1996 to complete the unexpired term, and re-elected in 1998 and 2002, serving nearly twelve years. In 2006, he opted not to run for re-election as Treasurer-Tax Collector and instead ran for Orange County Supervisor, winning 70% of the vote. He is recognized as a leading expert on municipal bankruptcies.
Lawmakers seek citizens' help for legislative ideas
Matt Fleming
Two state lawmakers are looking to include constituents in the policy-making process in similar, and yet very different, ways.
While Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, D-Bell Gardens, is holding a contest for constituents to pitch their best ideas for a "There Ought to be a Law" contest, Sen. John Moorlach, R-Costa Mesa, aims to do the exact opposite.
Moorlach, partnering with four other Republican senators, is pushing a "There Ought NOT Be A Law" program. Unlike Garcia's program, the Republican contest is not to write a new law, but to instead simplify and streamline existing state law.
"It could be as simple as deleting a problematic word or phrase in a particular code section or as complex as eliminating entire statutes and regulatory structures," according to the description.
For Garcia, this is the third iteration of the program. Last session, a group of fifth graders at Bell Gardens Elementary School came up with the idea for Assembly Bill 146, which requires the State Board of Education to consider adding to the curriculum the a mass deportation in the 1930s of citizens of Mexican descent.
The year prior, a two Bell Gardens residents pitched AB 1596, which required that completed mail-in applications be returned straight to county registrars, instead of parties or middlemen. Both of Garcia's bills became law.
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Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
The spiritual, moral, social and cultural development of our pupils is actively promoted within and beyond the curriculum. Children learn to respect others with different beliefs, faiths or cultural background and have opportunities to share and develop ideas about their own belief system and values through assemblies, and through the curriculum, particularly through Religious Education and Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education, as well as through our 'Language of the month'. "Who do you think you are?" days have shown the variety of heritage amongst the school community and the School prides itself on its inclusive ethos. Children are encouraged to approach their learning with a sense of curiosity, imagination and responsibility, reflecting on their experiences and showing interest in the world around them.
Assemblies are daily times of meeting together and an opportunity for children to reflect on spiritual, moral, social or cultural issues presented through stories, music, poetry, drama etc. This collective worship, when pupils of all faiths and none come together to reflect, is planned with careful consideration to the multi-cultural nature of the School. The majority of assemblies are held in phases (Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2), although some assemblies are held in class. Whole school assemblies are held approximately once a month with a focus on the School's values. These assemblies celebrate the contribution individuals have made to the School and wider community.
The PSHE curriculum ensures pupils develop their understanding of morality and the social skills to engage in learning; the code of conduct based on values is well understood, with children aware of consequences and able to co-operate and collaborate with one another.
Opportunities for pupils to take responsibility and contribute to the wider community are provided initially in class and later, as pupils grow older, through the School Council, buddy system and roles such as house captains and environmental officers. Children also develop awareness of society outside school through visits and visitors that broaden their experience and understanding of the curriculum and the community. Shared activities with local senior citizens, sports clubs and an adult choir also contribute to this.
The School embraces its diverse culture, and the opportunities available to a London school to participate in cultural opportunities, through visits to museums, parks and farms, workshops led by artists or theatre groups and wide ranging sporting and musical opportunities including borough competitions and concerts held locally and in venues such as the Royal Festival Hall.


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Fiction Fridays
By: Lisa
age, Rosemary and Thyme will show you a good time." That was the irresistibly clever rhyme all the ninth grade boys put their heads together to write shortly after the triplets entered high school. They were mousy-blonde and looked little alike, products of their mother's last-ditch attempt at in-vitro. The only thing they had in common were their bright green eyes, which prompted their mother, upon taking one look at her screaming baby girls, to name them after the things she grew in her herb garden. "They're so green," she'd said with a drug-induced languor.
If you asked the triplets now, they'd say that high school was by far the worst time, when boys and girls alike teased and tormented them about their hippie names and made up verses, failing spectacularly to hit upon anything even accidentally witty. Thyme had fought back, laughing throatily at her bullies and even dating two or three of them. Sage kept her nose firmly nestled in a boring book she didn't even like, while Rosemary's darting eyes surveyed it all, saying nothing but thinking everything. At home, they avoided all vegetables and herbs as well as their doting mother, braiding each other's hair and formulating escape plans.
Now, twelve years after they each secured a high school diploma and got the hell out of Jersey, the triplets have met for an early lunch, an ancient tradition all too weathered by their time apart. It's October in the East Village, the city campuses of NYU and Cooper Union crawling with scarfed students unused to the suddenly chill weather. The sisters sit at a four top in a trendy brunch place, order several plates of scones and pancakes, and don't let the coffee grow cold over awkward conversation. Instead they sip in earnest, all too aware of the 80s remixes that remind them of their childhoods. Back when it was "us versus them."
Sage is now an attorney on the Upper East Side, and she gives her name as Sajin. Her adopted name may be at odds with her birthplace and fair coloring, but her given name is at odds with everything. Colleagues and friends invariably ask her about her unusual Aboriginal name, and end by nicknaming her Sage just the same. At least they're not actually picturing a smelly leaf, she rationalizes.
Rosemary got off easy; she's now a hairstylist in Harrison, and likes to tell patrons the story of how she and her sisters got their names. It makes for excellent hair-bleaching conversation, and if she's in an especially good mood, she'll even fabricate a detail or two. "Our mother was a free spirit, and an executive chef" or "Our mother had only three seeds in her pocket when she came to this country at fifteen years old," well aware that her mother hails from Trenton. And if Rosemary is so inclined, she goes by Rose, the innocuous and lovely.
Thyme became a poet, then an archaeologist, then a painter, but throughout it all she is a bartender in Brooklyn, with closely-cropped curls and constant orange-red lips. She'll never admit that her first choice of vocation was a product of her name's convenient similarity to "rhyme." Once, an ex had tattooed a clock onto his arm for her. "Funny," she'd said, as he showed her the gleaming black bruise in earnest, squeaking, "Get it? Time."
The scones finished, Rosemary and Thyme having fought over the last half of a cinnamon scone as they had once fought over the same football player, they put on their hats and gloves. Rosemary pulls a girly knit cap over her curls, adorned on the side with a red flower—a rose. Sage carefully replaces her gray woolen cloche over her moisturized waves, and Thyme had never taken off her black beanie, which completes her ensemble of black blouse and dark-wash jeans. The girls stand to leave.
"I like your hat," a young brunette woman says, leaning toward the triplets and smiling innocently. Sage, Rosemary and Thyme each look up in one solitary movement. "Thank you." The chorus ends as six green eyes meet in embarrassment.
"I like your hat," a young brunette woman says, leaning toward the triplets and smiling innocently. Sage, Rosemary and Thyme each look up in one solitary movement. "Thank you." The chorus ends as six green eyes meet in embarrassment.


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Australian rules football in the Americas
Australian rules football has been played at an organised amateur level in the United States and Canada since around 1990. There have also been clubs formed for occasional play in Bermuda, Brazil, Chile and Argentina.
Australian rules football has been played in Buenos Aires, Argentina since 1997, the Asociación Argentina de Futbol Australiano as the de facto governing body.
Ricardo Acuña, having seen footage of the game in the 1990s, decided to start the game in Argentina and is now president of the Argentine Alternative Sports Association. The Argentine Australian Football Association (AAFAU) was founded and competition started in 1997 with a group of 3 teams consisting of about 30 or 40 mainly rugby union players.[1] The league grew to four senior sides in Buenos Aires, with Under 19s sides associated with each senior team, and a growing number of juniors and school squads reported to be in creation. Serious competition began in 1999.[2]
A 'Convicts Tour' of amateur footballer from Australia was planned in 2006 in an effort to see Argentina compete in the 2008 Australian Football International Cup, although this tour was later cancelled.
The first international match between Argentina and Chile was played in May 2008 in Buenos Aires, with the Santiago Saints winning.
Australian rules football has been played on the island of Bermuda since 2005, when the Bermuda Lions were created.[3]
The island was to host the first Bermuda Australian Football Championships in 2007, featuring teams from Europe and North America in addition to local players.[4] This tournament was later postponed indefinitely.[5]
Australian Rules in Brazil began in 2009 with the creation of a side dubbed 'The Carnaval', composed mainly of Australians resident across the country.
The Carnaval were coordinated by Australian Trade Commissioner Greg Wallis, who took up the challenge of creating a Brazilian side for a match against Chile's Santiago Saints after meeting with Saints President Robert Spurr. The first match between the Saints and Carnaval took place in Rio de Janeiro on June 20, 2009. A match in Buenos Aires against the Argentine national team is planned for later in 2009.
Australian rules football is played at an organised level in the provinces of Ontario, British Columbia, Quebec and Alberta. The Canadian national team has competed at all three Australian Football International Cups to date. AFL Ontario is the largest Australian rules football league in North America.
Cayman Islands
Australian rules is played a few times each year by expatriate Australians and Irishmen in the Cayman Islands. A number of Australians play in the local Gaelic football competition, and generally the Aussie Rules matches are held between the Australians and Irish on Anzac Day and St Patricks Day each year.[6]
Australian rules football was first played in Chile in 2002, and was part of an experiment for SPT Gestion Deportiva (a local Sports Marketing company based in Santiago) to introduce new sports into the country and develop business opportunities around it. Adrian Barraza who during that time was part from SPT Gestion Deportiva, contacted two players with previous experience in Australian rules football through the "Big Footy" Internet forum to have a "Kick in the park".[7] Those two players were: Michael "Diesel" Hrzic (from the OC Bombers)[8] and the Chilean Alejandro Dussaillant. Both players met in the USA when they were studying a PhD at the University Wisconsin-Madison and played in the local Australian rules football team. The first "Kick in the park" was held at the Padre Alberto Hurtado Park in late 2002. The same year Barraza was put in contact through the local Australian Embassy with Simon Shalders, an Australian expat owner of a backpackers Hostel called "La Casa Roja" located in downtown Santiago, to explore new ways to develop the sport in the country. Some new "Kicks in the park" were organised between 2002 and 2004, mainly between a group of locals and La Casa Roja's guests but Chilean players' involvement kept low and the sport went into a hiatus.
The first discussions to organise a club were held in late 2007 at a local cricket game by Rob Spurr, who was an Australian expat working in Chile during that time and also was a founder member of the Jakarta Bintangs Australian rules football club from Indonesia. The country's first organised club, the Santiago Saints, were founded in March 2008 by Rob Spurr and a group of Australian expats and locals, which included among others Adrian Barraza (former SPT Gestion Deportiva partner), Pablo Majias (former Port Adelaide reserves player and current player/coach of the Santiago Saints) and Mario Pavez (a Chilean interchange student who spent a couple of years living in Australia and learnt the sport there).
The Santiago Saints played their first match against Argentina on July 5, 2008 in a 9 a side format, winning 19.10 (124) to Argentina's 1.5 (11).[9] Continued recruitment of locals saw a Chile vs Anzacs match held in early 2009, the Anzacs consisting of the Saints expatriate players and the Chilean team being all-local.
On June 20, 2009, the Saints travelled to Rio de Janeiro for a match against a side of Australians resident in Brazil dubbed the 'Carnaval', the first ever match to be held on Brazilian soil. The game was again played on a 9 a side format and this time the Santiago Saints team was made by half Chileans and half Australian players. The Chilean team won 14.12.96 to 11.6.72 in hard fought game, claiming the inaugural Copa Cabana.[10]
United States of America
The United States is home to one of the larger communities of Australian rules football clubs and leagues outside Australia, with around 2,000 players and 40 clubs nationwide. The governing body is the United States Australian Football League.
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External links
- World Footy News - Footy enters Chilean Alternative Sports Scene
- Asociacion Argentina De Futbol Australiano
- ↑ Fútbol Australiano - Latin America the next growth market? by Aaron Richard for World Footy News. September 13, 2004
- ↑ Footy the Number 1 Alternate Sport when trialled in Argentina by Matthew Morris for World Footy News. August 01 2004
- ↑ "Bermuda Australian Rules Football Association". Bermudafooty.com. Retrieved 2010-10-29.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Bermuda welcomes footy with International Tournament on the Island by Aaron Richard for World Footy News September 30, 2005
- ↑ Bermuda 2007 cancelled by Brett Northey for worldfootynews.com
- ↑ Troy Thompson. "Footy in the Cayman Islands". World Footy News. Retrieved 2010-10-29.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Footy enters Chilean alternative sports scene by Aaron Richard for World Footy News. October 15, 2004
- ↑ "Orange County Bombers". Ocbombers.com. Retrieved 2010-10-29.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Chile wins historic first international fixture in South America by Aaron Richard for World Footy News. July 06 2008
- ↑ Santiago Saints lift the inaugural Copa Cabana in Rio de Janeiro by Aaron Richard for World Footy News. June 26, 2009


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CLASH PROJECT Fashion By Non-Fashion Designer
Evert since 2009 Clash project has been one of the highlights of FASHIONCLASH Festival. The project marks the core concept of FASHIONCLASH - 'connecting talent, disciplines, visions and cultures through fashion'. Each year ten non-fashion designers are invited to express their visions and ideas about 'fashion' through fashion outfit. The outcome is always refreshing, captivating and sometimes trendsetting.
Clash project is part of FASHIONCLASH Festival 2014, 12 -15 June in Maastricht
More information and overview of Clash project archive: http://clashproject.tumblr.com
CLASH PROJECT 2014 Participants
Benten Clay – artist duo (Germany) - http://www.bentenclay.com Dennis Vanderbroeck – artist (Netherlands) - http://dennisvanderbroeck.blogspot.nl Gabriel Guevara – jewellery designer (Netherlands) - http://www.gabriel-guevara.com Minou Lejeune – designer (Netherlands) - http://minoulejeune.tumblr.com/ Marie Claire Krell – artist (Germany) - http://www.marie-claire-krell.nl Ola Mirecka – designer (Poland) - http://olamirecka.pl Raoul Zoellner & Viola – artist (Germany) - http://raoulzoellner.info Sanne Vaassen – artist (Netherlands) - http://www.sannevaassen.com Shana Teugels - jewellery designer (Belgium) - http://www.shanateugels.com Titia Dane & Ionie Chamilaki – designer (Netherlands) - http://www.titiadane.com
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We went into the tourist office to arrange for a tour of the inn where Van Gogh lived. There were lots of books about him on the table there.
I spotted bottles of fruit juice for sale: apple, pear, strawberry, raspberry. I wanted to return to buy a couple of bottles, but alas! we never returned to the office.
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Hello and welcome to Sun Over Mountain, the Classical Five Element Acupuncture practice of Kyle Hartman located in Mill Valley, California. Kyle can help you return to your optimal state using ancient Chinese medical therapies to balance Qi, resolve symptoms and find your best health.
*If you do not see an available time that works for you please contact Kyle as there maybe openings not shown online.
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Kyle Hartman is a Classical Five Element Acupuncturist certified by both the National Board of Acupuncture and the California Acupuncture board.
A word From Kyle:
My work began in the realm of building and fixing things. I have a degree in architecture and a side-career in design-build., At some point I realized that I am driven by the desire to create spaces which follow the patterns of nature and use materials in ways that highlight their beauty and potential, to inspire a sense of calm and connection, at once "at home" and expansive. When I first received a Five Element Acupuncture treatment I felt exquisitely calm, connected to and in awe of the world around me. The connection became immediately clear, that what I was attempting to create with space and material could more directly be accomplished with needles! While I still love building (mostly furniture these days) I am truly passionate about helping my patients find these places where they truly feel at home, expansive and themselves … and also pain free.
When I am not in the office you can usually find me at home at Slide Ranch where I live with my wife Julie, son Lev and daughter Uma. Now that Lev is 5 I have a great excuse to play with Legos again and on the occasional day off of work and dad-hood you might catch me at Bolinas looking for waves. In addition to acupuncture I build custom furniture and acupuncture accessories. Check my work out HERE.
Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine – The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Diploma in Classical Five Element Acupuncture – Khosrow Khalighi
2 Year and counting partnership/apprenticeship with Khosrow Khalighi
Apprentice Teacher – Five Element Trainings w/ Khosrow Khalighi
Director of Five Element Trainings
Certificate in Tui Na Massage Technique (also taught these techniques at the ACTCM as a TA to John Ellis.)
200 hr Yoga Teacher Training – Rusty Wells Yoga
200 hr Yoga Teacher Training – Laughing Lotus
Approach to Wellness
I love this medicine for its ability to affect change in my patients' lives. Five Element acupuncture is a tool to help people move towards their natural state of health. Facilitating the proper functioning of body, mind and spirit, there is no limit to the realm of change that can arise. In this system nothing happens in isolation; often physical symptoms resolve first and, as this occurs, patients will also begin to notice that they feel more relaxed, focused and productive. One patient explained simply that she feels, "more herself, more true."
The basic theory of classical Five Element acupuncture derives from observations of the patterns and energetic changes that exist in the natural world as well as within us. Each of us is constitutionally aligned with one or a combination of five elements: earth, fire, metal, wood or water. Diagnosis depends upon the sensory acuity of the practitioner as well as dialog with the patient. The four main diagnostic factors are the color in specific areas of the patient's face, sound of the voice, subtle odor and the patient's underlying, dominant emotion. It's also quite amazing that when, for example, your liver needs support there may be a subtle but distinct green color in your face: totally odd but undeniably effective. Simply put, we go beyond the diagnosis of a disease, instead seeking to understand each patient from a comprehensive perspective and, using acupuncture and other therapies, help the body, mind and spirit all function in accord with nature. When this occurs, symptoms naturally resolve from their deep origin.
Pulse reading is an integral aspect of Five Element acupuncture treatment. The pulse serves as a diagnostic tool as well as the main feedback mechanism, providing an objective and immediate response to treatment. Through the 12 different pulses found on your inner wrist, a trained practitioner can assess the energetic quality of 12 body systems and their relation to one another. After each needle I refer back to the pulse to check what has changed. Only then can I decide what needs to happen next. This leads to treatments which are tailored to exactly what each patient needs in a given moment. For me this is a daily amazement. Feeling a pulse change entirely in both quality and quantity, even from a single needle, is utterly amazing.
As you may know, Chinese Medicine is largely based on Qi. Qi is what animates and coordinates life. It is what I am sensing in the pulses and affecting with needles and moxabustion. Qi is what makes you feel better too. For a more detailed description, check out this article I wrote to help my patients understand Qi.
What does Five Element Acupuncture treat?
This is a question I am asked daily and my answer is always the same: this system treats the patient. We do not diagnose disease. The goal of this system is to correct energetic imbalance so that the patient can then heal any symptoms from the inside out. From this perspective, symptoms are simply distress signals from the body letting you know that something is wrong. If we were to only treat the symptom and not the underlying cause, the body would remain in distress and find other ways of letting us know, by producing the same or a new symptom.
So can Five Element Acupuncture help you and your specific condition? Absolutely. I treat a lot of patients who "tried everything" before coming to acupuncture and have had profound results. Due to the pace of modern life, we are all accustomed to pushing against nature and living in ways that stress our body, mind and spirit. Five Element Acupuncture can help you feel what it's like to move toward balance. As you become more and more accustomed to feeling good, you will grow more aware when you start to fall out of balance, eventually even before you become symptomatic. In this way treatment helps reeducate the patient into a more highly attuned and sustainable equilibrium.
Some of my patients' most common issues:
Pain of all shapes and sizes, fatigue, low immune system, cancer, anxiety, depression, auto- immune disease, insomnia, high stress, digestive disorders, high blood pressure, male and female infertility, injury/accident recovery, women's & men's health, Lyme's disease, cardiovascular disease.
Working With Me
Prior to your first visit I will contact you by phone so that we can discuss your goals for treatment and address any questions you may have. The initial intake will take place in an appointment following our phone conversation and will take between 1 ½ and 2 hours. I will develop a treatment plan in consideration of your preferences for treatment options.
Primary Treatment
Initial Treatment
The initial intake is a highly detailed process conducted on your first visit. It includes a physical exam, health history and the initial treatment.
· Time: 1 ½ - 2 hours
Cost: $250
Treatments can include any number of the following therapies: acupuncture, Tui Na (traditional Chinese massage), and cupping. In addition, treatment plans may include an herbal prescription or dietary recommendation.
· Time 30-45 min
Cost $125
Other Services
Tui Na Massage
Tui Na is a therapeutic form of classical Chinese bodywork that is highly effective at moving qi through the body to encourage the healing process.
· Time 30 min
Cost $100
Sun Over Mountain does accept insurance, please contact Kyle to find out what your policy covers.
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Phone: (415) 910-0685
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Sun Over Mountain is located in Mill Valley California
Address: 201 Miller Ave, Mill Valley Ca, 94941
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BALTIMORE, Md. - Senior Gabby Boehmer (Lebanon, Pa./Cedar Crest) scored her second goal of the season, as UMBC (2-4-3) drew a 1-1 tie with Lehigh (5-2-2) on Monday night at Retriever Soccer Park to finish out the non-conference part of their schedule.
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Lehigh saw action from two goalkeepers, with Lidia Breen earning the tie after allowing the lone goal and making one save; she played 45 of the 110 minutes after starting the second half. Sam Miller started the first half and both overtime periods and played the remaining 65 minutes.
Roth played all 110 minutes in goal for the Retrievers, making eight saves, her second-most in a game this season, with six of them coming in the final 65 minutes.
UMBC returns to action on Sunday, September 24, as they open up their conference slate of the season with a 1:00 pm kickoff against defending conference champions Albany at Retriever Soccer Park.


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WANG: Well, she was very upset speaking to reporters who have been camped outside of her home. I spoke to one person who lives in the area, Marilyn Blaha, who says she knew him professionally years ago, says her brother was still a friend.
A huge ovation swept the park when Special Agent David Bailey, one of the Capitol Police officers injured in the attack, threw out the first pitch.
James Hodgkinson was a regular editorial contributor to the Belleville News Democrat newspaper, complaining about taxes and urging higher taxes on the rich. But Slater said authorities were still working to determine a motive and had "no indication" Hodgkinson knew about the ball practice ahead of time. Zack Barth, a congressional aide, was shot in the calf, treated and released from a hospital. He always drank Budweiser from a can and drank alone, barely speaking to anyone, including the bartenders.
However, there were also some who took the Sanders news as an opportunity to do some score-settling from the bitterly fought Democratic primary.
The FBI, ATF, U.S. Capitol Police and Alexandria Police said Thursday that said the shooter's weapons were a 9 mm handgun and a 7.62 caliber rifle, which he appears to have purchased legally. She works for a tax firm, she said, and was busy in recent months.
Hodgkinson also had arrests in his background for a series of minor offenses and at least one more serious offense.
The finger-pointing came even as lawmakers on both sides called for unity, comity and a more civil political discourse.
Hodgkinson also used his letters to praise the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Boston protest and expressed his disappointment about Massachusetts' own John Kerry losing the 2004 presidential election.
The report describes how the two teen girls ran out of the house and tried to escape in a auto - but Hodgkinson pried open a vehicle door and used a knife to slice the seat belt apart. The charges were dismissed later that year, according to the court clerk.
The sheriff's deputies didn't file charges, but they were familiar with Hodgkinson.
Schaumleffel reported hearing about 50 shots.
She locked herself in a room and hid next to a bed, but her foster dad forced open the door and began to beat her, pull hair out of her head, and try to pull her out of the room, according to the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department.
"People, at certain times, take things deeply to heart and react and do things that really are unconscionable as we saw in D.C.", he said.
"The. ways they could do that is you've ever been treated by a mental physician or in a mental hospital, or you've been convicted of a felony, or have been convicted of domestic battery", said Wagner.


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Approaching anything new can be frustrating. Sometimes I'm convinced I'm just incapable of understanding the subject (and sometimes that may well be true!).
However, often I find that my frustration means that there's an implicit assumption. An assumption that I wouldn't have made. Or that the author is just approaching it from a different direction than I expect.
So this about about one of my frustrations.
My original MODEL example had three nodes. Here's the consolidated query I used at the end of that posting, just for your reference.
SELECT node, L, R
FROM dual
DIMENSION BY (1 AS node)
( CAST(NULL AS NUMBER) AS L, 2 R ) -- node 1 points right
( -- additional row generation
L[2] = 1 , R[2] = 3 -- node 2 has two pointers
, L[3] = 2 -- node 3 points left
-- remove node 2 from list
-- restore node 2 in list
ORDER BY node
----- ---------- ----------
1 2
2 1 3
3 2
The original three nodes can be visualized like this:
That's clear. Everything in one line. It's one-dimensional.
Here's (approximately) how Knuth would depict it after "removing" the middle node:
NOTE: Knuth's actual illustration (below) is much more complex. In part his illustration is more complex because he illustrates a two-dimensional matrix as his sample problem.
I didn't like it. His illustration is "flat". "Busy". Confusing to me.
Here's how I visualize it: in two dimensions. The middle node is "pushed down" onto a second row, like so:
Here's why I think this is "better". The nodes on the "top row" only point to each other. You can cover up the second row and the second note is "removed".
However, it's clearer to me that the node on the second row points "up" to the nodes on the top row. Which makes it easier (for me) to see how keeping the pointers from Node 2 to the other nodes is good: it can be more easily "pushed up" back onto the top row.
If you've read the book "Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions" by Edwin Abbott Abbott, you may appreciate the difference in the illustrations.
If you've read the biography of R.A. Fisher by his daughter (entitled "R. A. Fisher: The Life of a Scientist"), there's a wonderful page in there where she describes his visualization of "least squares". Once I read THAT (Fisher's visualization), it made perfect sense. Till then, I was frustrated (wait, there's that word again) at the concept (I'd ask myself: why do we care about squaring? why not cubing?? why not absolute values???). No statistics book I've read shows Fisher's illustration. Now I can visualize it, and it's clear to me what "least squares" does.
Few statisticians (apparently) think Fisher's illustration is important. However, it's his insight that created the more advanced statistics still used today. Important? Absolutely. To me, at least.
If you're a "symbolic", not a "visual" thinker, maybe it's not important. However, it really helped me understand what was happening better. And I think it will help with my implementation.
CURIOUS ABOUT THE MODEL CLAUSE? All of my postings applying the MODEL clause are listed here.
To learn, I had to "perch like a parrot... on the shoulders of giants": my favorite references and recommendations about the MODEL clause are here.


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Mitchell is a big boy. I held him for about 30 minutes and my arm was dead. I had hoped he'd be awake but no. He was sound asleep. At least that helped me get a good picture of him.
He has huge cheeks, a double chin, and no neck. I just wanted to nibble on those chubby cheeks but I'm afraid that would have been frowned upon. Maybe when he's a little older.


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Another move toward quantified life, a mode of totalitarianism, this time in the form of a watch, wrist-worn data collection and feedback loops for the wealthy. In an opening that reads a lot like Vassily Grossman in Everything flows in this earlier note, Julian Baggini writes;
From the printing press to the telephone to the tablet computer, new technologies have usually passed through three stages. First, they are laughed off as stupid novelties with little use other than to entertain geeks. Then, as they begin to become popular, they are deplored as threats to civilisation which will turn into mindless, atomised narcissists. Finally, everyone uses them and we wonder what all the fuss was about.
— Julian Baggini, Apple Watch, are you feeling the terror? Guardian, 11 March 2015
Notes for later. Could the figure, fourth from the left, be turning to ask for the time? Do you suppose the time would have mattered on a forced trek to the gulags in sub-zero temperatures? How far to soup? Where the Soviets as precise as the English and the German National Socialists in documenting their crimes: name, number, date and place of incarceration, property seizure logs, etcetera. That earlier mode of data entry: handwritten and typed records.


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NEW YORK -- The Yankees dropped newly acquired designated hitter Lance Berkman from second in the lineup down to seventh.
"We're going to get him comfortable here before maybe we put him back there," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said on Monday night, before the team's series opener against the Blue Jays. "He's been a guy who's hit usually lower than two. We just thought we'd switch it up."
Seventh is the lowest that Berkman has hit in the lineup this season. He's 1-for-8 in two games with the Yankees since coming over via a trade deadline deal with the Astros. Tonight is his first game at Yankee Stadium since the trade.
"Maybe he won't try to do too much," Girardi said. "I'm not saying that he was. But we thought we'd put him there until he got going."
- It appears the switch-hitting Berkman may not see much work against left-handers. Though Berkman is hitting .292 against righties, he's hitting just .247 against left-handers. On Tuesday, the Blue Jays are scheduled to start left-hander Ricky Romero (8-7, 3.46 ERA).
"It might be a place where we give him a day off," Girardi said. "We have (more) options to go to in right-handed hitters than we did before... So it might be a day where we give him a day off."
- Alex Rodriguez returned to the starting lineup, playing third base and hitting cleanup, just one home run away from No. 600.
Girardi hopes the chase ends soon. With the milestone hanging over his head, Rodriguez went just 3-for-25 (.120) on the road trip. Since hitting homer No. 599, Rodriguez is 9-for-38 (.237) with three doubles and eight RBI.
"I think players like normalcy," Girardi said. "And it's not normal to talk about his 600th homer every day. That's one of the big reasons players like to get things out of the way, so they can get back to normal."
- Reliever Alfredo Aceves threw batting practice earlier on Monday, the first time he's faced live hitters since going on the disabled list May 12 with a lower back strain.
"He felt like, and people that watched him, felt like he needed another one, which to me isn't really that abnormal seeing that most of the guys in spring training throw two BPs before they go into a game," Girardi said.
Aceves will likely throw batting practice on Wednesday.
Blue Jays (54-51)
Fred Lewis DH
Yunel Escobar 5
Jose Bautista 9
Vernon Wells 8
Lyle Overbay 3
Aaron Hill 4
Travis Snider 7
Edwin Encarnacion 5
Jose Molina 2
Brandon Morrow 1
Yankees (66-38)
Derek Jeter 6
Nick Swisher 9
Mark Teixeira 3
Alex Rodriguez 5
Robinson Cano 4
Jorge Posada 2
Lance Berkman DH
Curtis Granderson 8
Brett Gardner 7
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Laura Cloutman is a qualified, professional London Wedding Photographer. Specialising in natural, vibrant, reportage photography.
It was such a pleasure to photograph great friends, Hannah and Jeremy's wedding at Fforest, Wales in August 2014. It was a memorable wedding as not only did I get to see two close friends get married, Hannah also asked me to design the invites and the wedding flowers alongside taking the wedding photography which was great fun to plan and create. We were really lucky with the weather on the day and achieved some great photos around the beautiful grounds at Fforest.
It really was a unique weekend as we got to stay in a luxury dome for the night, glamping in style before their wedding day. Hannah & Jeremy married in the Lodge first and then later performed a second ceremony in the Giant Tipi. After their wedding ceremony they enjoyed a relaxed tea party with a tasty selection of home-made savoury and sweet delights followed by an evening hog roast, yummy!
Congratulations guys! I'm so happy for you both xxx
I began 2013 on a positive note by winning a place on the Brand Amplifier Brand Strategy Boot Camp for female entrepreneurs. Founded in 2009 by an inspiring lady called Jeannette Pritchard (better known as JP), who created specialised skills workshops with a mission to empower women who mean business.
The four workshops I attended in January 2013 were invaluable and helped me grow in knowledge and confidence as a business woman. I put what I learnt in to practice and my photography business has benefited greatly because of it. I was able to build up a network of like minded people which helped generate more work and created more referrals which is ultimately what my business relies on.
Completing my business presentation at ITV Studios for the Brand Amplifier awards evening I think has to be my proudest moment of 2013.
Later on in February I was lucky enough to fly to Dubai to photograph a wedding and later Saudi Arabia to photograph a royal wedding for a renowned photography studio in London.
In May I had the pleasure of photographing Leah and Simon's wedding at St Paul's Cathedral, following the wedding It was great to find my pictures were selected and published in Your London Wedding Magazine.
In August close friends, Joanna and Simon got married at my favourite wedding venue, St Michael's Manor in St Albans. I was lucky enough to do the flowers (another passion of mine) for their wedding which although hard work and a little stressful at times was a delight to do and very rewarding. My good friend Daniella Baptista photographed their wedding and took some beautiful photos of the flowers below. Jo went for feminine, pastel, summery floral tones which I think worked really well.
Towards the end of the year I met talented Asian wedding photographer ShashiD, owner of ShashiD Photography who I have had the pleasure of working with at some beautiful venues across the UK.
I ended the year on a positive note by being asked to go to Saudi Arabia again to photograph a local wedding out there. Although considered a controversial place to go for a woman it was a great experience and interesting to speak to and photograph the women there. They are all so beautiful, intelligent and were incredibly welcoming when we arrived at their home. The view from my hotel room in Saudi pictured below.
Here's to an exciting and prosperous 2014 at Laura Cloutman Photography!
Exciting news, I woke up on Saturday and found this months Your London Wedding magazine had arrived on the door mat. The September/October 2013 issue features Leah & Simon's wedding at St Paul's Cathedral which I photographed earlier on in the year. Their wedding has been entered in to Wedding of the Year 2013 so please vote for their wedding by following the link here and vote for them to win a luxurious two-night stay at St Ermin's Hotel in St James's. Thanks everyone.
A memorable day at St Michael's Manor, St Albans. Close friends, Joanna & Simon's wedding last weekend was such a beautiful day and a pleasure to be a part of. It was an honour to be asked to provide their wedding flowers for them and I had such fun making them last week. Jo went for soft, feminine, summer colours in her bridal bouquet with pale pink sweet avalanche roses, white avalanche roses, lilac scented sweet peas, and pink lisianthus. Photographed by Daniella Baptista.
I recently had the pleasure of photographing Leeanne and Andrew's wedding day at Fentham Hall in the small, picturesque town of Hampton-in-Arden near Birmingham. Leeanne looked stunning in her Maggie Sottero wedding dress and Jimmy Choo shoes. They're such a lovely couple and have two beautiful children, Winnie and Stanley. Solihull decided to throw all four seasons in one at us on the day but it didn't affect everyone having a fabulous time and celebrating a wonderful day.
St Paul's Cathedral really is a breathtaking building and a beautiful venue to be married in. It was such an honor to be asked to photograph Leah & Simon's wedding day, I couldn't have been more excited for them. As a photographer it's hard not to take many photos of such an incredible place, from the outside it's okay but once inside the magnificent building you are under strict rules not to take any photographs during the service, I was only allowed to take a few photos during their first hymn. It was a lovely service and I was able to take some photographs of them leaving the church and around the building before we made our way over to The Grange St Paul's Hotel just across the street from the church. Leah & Simon's wedding reception took place in the Sky bar which had an amazing view of St Paul's, the perfect backdrop.
Alongside the photography I was also lucky enough to make the bridal flowers for Leah. After a trip to New Covent Garden flower market together Leah decided to go for a white bridal bouquet made up of beautiful white peonies, sweet peas, ranunculus, avalanche roses and lisianthus. For her sister's bridesmaid bouquet Leah went for pretty pink peonies and pink sweet peas, which complimented each other beautifully. The flower girls had small posies of avalanche roses and blue muscari, which matched the ushers buttonholes.
On Bank Holiday Monday I had the pleasure of photographing good friends Jen and Steve's pre-wedding engagement session at St Paul's Cathedral, London. I had such a great day and can't wait for their wedding later this year. They really are meant to be, love you guys!!
So the Easter break is over and you've eaten the last of your chocolate Easter eggs. Your wedding plans are finally coming together; the only trouble is you wish you had more time before the wedding to lose that holiday weight. Never fear ladies, with my handy posing guide you won't need to go near a gym! You will look beautiful on your wedding day no matter what shape or size you are and any experienced photographer will know exactly how to flatter you. Of course if you want to feel more confident in front of the camera it always helps to know a few secrets to posing before you begin.
Don't stand square on in front of the camera. Shoulders are the widest part of the body so shooting straight on is not always flattering. Angle your shoulders slightly to make your body appear slimmer for a more pleasing photo.
You don't want to look stiff in your photos so if you're feeling nervous then just imagine you're a balloon and you want to let some air out. Take a deep breath and then breath out; when you do this relax those muscles. Make sure your leg closest to the camera is slightly bent and your arm closest to the camera is pushed away from your body with your hand resting on your hip, this will create a nice triangle and will make your waist appear slimmer.
Make sure you remember to angle your shoulders so they're not square to the camera and put you're weight on the back leg. This will automatically make you feel relaxed creating a more natural pose.
To help thin out your face, tilt your head slightly up and forward.
Have fun and repeat these simple rules to looking picture perfect, point your toe, bend your knee, shift your weight back. Easy!
I love the Folio Fine Art wedding albums so I was really excited to receive my first sample album in the post recently. As soon as it arrived I ripped through the outer packaging and carefully opened the Folio box, folded back the canvas sleeve and pulled out the leather bound, hand-made wedding album. The 10×10 wedding albums all come with a little TLC guide which advises you on how to look after your wedding album and handle each page with care to keep it in tip top condition.
They are 100% UK made and manufactured from sustainable sources which is another reason why I these albums so much. I think it's important to work with UK suppliers and it means you receive a much faster turnaround time from when an album layout is approved. Folio albums use fine art, archival quality papers and inks so these album will last a lifetime and beyond.
My last wedding was an exciting one…I had the pleasure of not only photographing Laura and Michael's wedding I was also asked to design and make their floral arrangements for their wedding day – what a treat! I was up early last Thursday and down at New Covent Garden Flower Market to collect the flowers ready for Friday morning. Laura wanted a very classic white and green theme to include scented white Norma Jean roses and white garden hydrangea for the table arrangements. For her bridal bouquet she went for vintage tones with a dome of Amnesia, Sweet Avalanche and Memory Lane roses wrapped with green ivy – beautiful.
these are the most beautiful photos and truly memorable. I'd have no qualms about recommending you to friends and colleagues.
Yesterday I was lucky enough to win an amazing competition with thanks to the very talented Asakala, founder of Asakala Knitwear and perfumer Michael Boadi founder of the Illuminum Fragrance Lounge.
I spent the afternoon with Asakala and one of Illuminums' very charming sensory guides who talked me though samples from their impressive range of 32 different fragrances. At the end of the consultation I got to take home a fragrance of my choice and a handmade cashmere scarf Asakala made.
If you haven't already thought about what perfume to wear on your wedding day then Illuminum are running a Bridal Party Experience for 5-10 people for a 1 hour consultation where you can enjoy a glass of champagne and strawberries whilst you all get taken on a journey to discover your perfect fragrance. A great Idea for a Hen Do I thought.
During my consultation I sampled the delicious White Gardenia Petal scent that Kate Middleton wore on her wedding day, which was pretty exciting! After about an hour and a half I still couldn't decide which perfume to go for, they were all delightful. I finally narrowed it down to Hindi Oudh, a unique scent of Jasmine, Gardenia, Osmanthus, and Frangipani with base notes of rose wood and Oudh madras. I could still smell the scent on my skin the following morning.
A perfect fragrance for me which I will be able to enjoy and wear with my cashmere scarf on those cooler evening nights this summer. Thank you Asakala!


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So we are more than halfway through this 31 day series – yay! Thanks for sticking with me so far. I thought I was going to bail at one point. Anyhow, for the rest of the series, I think I'll focus on Halloween and getting some things off my to do list. I'm sure there will be some random stuff thrown in there because it just makes sense to get random when you're on a focus frenzy, right? That just goes back to my theory from this post. Let's face it, I have a hard time staying focused. Anywho…on to some Halloween fun.
There are so many fantastic ideas out here in the blogosphere, but I have found a great one stop shop for creative Halloween ideas. Priscilla over at Thrifty Crafty Girl is doing the 31 Day series too and her topic is Halloween. She also did this series last year, so there's a lot to choose from. Here are just a few of my favorites.
These are made out of toilet paper rolls! Can you believe that? Super easy too!
I'm a sucker for googly eyes. So cute, right? And very doable even for the novice crafter.
Love this runner! I do love me some burlap.
Here's another super easy one with a big impact.
And I'm absolutely in love with these glitter gourds. They would be so pretty for Thanksgiving too.
As you can see, she's got all kinds of Halloween goodness going on.
Check out the rest of her series here.
Tomorrow I'll be back to share a super cute Halloween bag and some creative food ideas from my sis.
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- Kim