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Effective SEO is all to do with creating a plan or strategy that will make your website much more effective or attractive to the Search Engines such as Google, Yahoo or Bing for example. Research carried out by many leading authorities have shown that if an SEO and Adword/Pay per click search campaign is run at the same time, the end result can mean an increase in website business by figures of 200/ 300 /400% sometimes more.
Of course the work has to be carefully planned and managed.
In the current business climate it could mean problems for you if your business isn`t appearing on page 1 of the search engine results. Certainly people are moving from the shopfront only situation and many who have an effective SEO strategy are seeing their online trade increase exponentially. If your website is not featured upon page 1 of the search engines it is clear that your corporate identity or brand may be seen to be less effective or less dependable than the companies featured near to the top of page 1.
The race for companies is now to get into the first two pages of the search engines but there are people who are spending large amounts of money on building great websites which showcase their fantastic products or brilliant service only to find that no thought whatsoever has been given to producing a website that is Search Engine friendly.
When building a website the first thought should be 'where is my site going to be placed on google?' and at this stage effective planning for the SEO campaign should begin. For small businesses thinking about creating a website find out what SEO is best for your business and what you need to do to get your website ranking up at the top of the search engine pages. Beware of agencies that offer SEO or pay per click campaigns very cheaply.
The idea that SEO is a dark art is now being dispelled by making the SEO service open and accessible to organisations that genuinely have aspirations to do better in their online
business and trade. SEO is a process that has to be ongoing. New content and articles must be created to keep your site relevant and these will build inbound links to your site. It can be a full time job and costly to do in house, you may be able to save time and expense by engaging the services of a good reputable SEO agency.
business and trade. SEO is a process that has to be ongoing. New content and articles must be created to keep your site relevant and these will build inbound links to your site. It can be a full time job and costly to do in house, you may be able to save time and expense by engaging the services of a good reputable SEO agency.
Good SEO may be the best marketing tool you have, outstripping traditional forms of advertising and media. In some cases the benefits can be mind-blowing. It will work for current sites and new site designs, so if you have a website and ambition, with correct planning it will work for you.
A tip is the older a domain name the better SEO potential as it is normally more respected by the search engines. Just remember if you are placed well on Google and the right organisation finds you this could mean new contracts not just in the thousands of pounds but in the millions of pounds.... I have seen this happen a number of times in the past few years.
The costs of SEO are monthly, the work is carried out month on month and the net result is that new business and search engine ranking go hand in hand.
Good tips for website owners to enhance your online presence, all of which can be managed by a reputable SEO agency.
Understand your target market and work out what you aim to achieve.
Incorporate Blogs in to your site and blog regularly.
Create content that is correctly focussed and well distributed
Investigate and ask your SEO agency about social bookmarking
Join internet forums as these provide a way of networking and connect you with like minded or forward thinking individuals.
Think about an online video, as this creates a more tangible interaction with potential customers. Web video creates a fast interaction and brings personality to your profile.
Think about online events – using the relevant networks such as linked in and the new interactive networking get togethers.
Social media – Facebook etc who is discussing your brand? Create buzz and excitement.
Online PR – Submit news and make the net work for you.
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Movie Review: Fences (2016)
It felt too much like a play.
I know: It was a play—a Pulitzer-Prize-winner by August Wilson, part of his "Pittsburgh Cycle" which documented the African-American experience every decade in the 20th century. This was the 1950s one. Even so, adapting for the screen, I wanted it a little more cinematic. We don't get out of that backyard much. Plus we get great heaps of monologue the way you do in plays rather than movies. The movies would show rather than tell but this movie keeps telling and telling and telling.
Of course, that's part of the point, isn't it? You could say that Troy Maxson (Denzel Washington), the 53-year-old garbage man/patriarch of the Maxson clan, hides his volatility with volubility. Or maybe his volubility is a symptom of his volatility. He keeps talking so he doesn't do something worse. And in that talk, in his constant myth-making and challenges to others—which only his wife, Rose (Viola Davis), seems to stand up to—he creates more tension. By having him talk less, you remove that tension.
Even so, I could've used less talk. Or maybe I wanted the tension to lead elsewhere? Explode in a different way? I wanted to care more about Troy than I did. He doesn't let you care about him, then wonders where you went. That's the point of him, too. He's a man who builds fences.
Death of a Garbageman
It's similar to "Death of a Salesman," isn't it? Both Troy Maxson and Willy Loman are denied career advancement. In Troy's case, it's obviously racism (he was a great baseball player before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier), and in Willy's it's, what, simply the underside of the American dream? Or, as some have suggested, it could be a veiled anti-Semitism.
Both men have loyal wives whom they cheat on. Both have two boys with problems of their own and a neighbor/friend with whom they drink/play cards. There's even the brother that's there but not. Willy's brother is Ben, the embodiment of the American dream, who walked into the jungle when he was 17 and walked out at 21—and by God he was rich! He's dead now, but he continues to haunt Willy. Troy's brother is the not-subtly-named Gabriel (Mykelti Williamson, Bubba of "Forrest Gump"), who is physically there but mentally not. He was shot during World War II and now has a metal plate in his head. He goes around selling fruit on the streets of Pittsburgh, with a toy trumpet strung to him, claiming to have been to St. Peter's gate. For his injury in service to his country, Gabriel got $3,000 from the feds that Troy used to buy the house they live in. Gabriel used to live there, too; now he's homeless. Troy feels guilty about all of this. He's haunted by his brother as much as Willy is.
In the end, both men die. In the end, the wives give speeches defending them. In the end, attention must be paid.
As the movie opens, Troy is making the rounds in Pittsburgh clinging to the back of a truck and jawing with his friend, Bono (an excellent Stephen Henderson). He's got complaints. Number one is that only whites drive the trucks. He's officially complained about this, and now he's worried because the deputy commissioner wants to see him. But it's Friday, he's got a pint of gin, and he and Bono drink it in his backyard and swap stories. Well, Troy does most of the swapping.
Let's ask the screenwriting 101 question: What does the guy want?
He wants his oldest son from another marriage, Lyons (Russell Hornsby), to be more responsible. Lyons plays jazz at a club, he's got sketchy friends, he keeps borrowing hard-earned money from Troy. We get 10 minutes of arguing over 10 dollars before Rose (rather than Troy) relents. The money exchanges hands but there are no good feelings about it.
He wants his youngest son, Cory (Jovan Adepo), to not make the same mistakes he made. Troy was a great baseball player, he was denied opportunity because of the color line, and he doesn't want it to happen to Cory. Except that's the last war; the color line is, if not gone, at least traversable. Besides, the boy is getting college scholarship offers to play football, and Troy wants him to learn a trade? It's college! That's how you get ahead in America. Everybody knows that. It annoyed me that no one could make this argument stick. But then, there's a sense that Troy doesn't want his son to succeed. Troy wants to remain rooster in his own henhouse, and that stops if Cory gets educated.
What else does Troy want? He wants gin on Friday, an audience for his stories. He wants his son to help him build the titular fence in the backyard. His biggest want takes place off-screen: He has an affair with a younger woman at work that leads to a child. The affair was a place where he didn't have to be responsible, but this irresponsibility simply creates more responsibility—for Rose, in particular, who has to raise the child, a girl, when the mother dies giving birth. It also leads to Troy's estrangement from both Rose and Bono. The final estrangement is with Cory, who, afraid of his father, and unable to physically beat his father, joins the U.S. Marines.
One of the few things Troy wants and gets? His meeting with the deputy commissioner goes well, and he becomes the man driving the truck rather than hauling the trash. He breaks the color barrier! He's Jackie Robinson! Except it's not what he wants. Instead of being on the back of the truck, jawing, he's up front, alone, with no one to talk to. A Troy without an audience is a Troy who can't mythologize himself, and he shrinks. By the end of the movie, his main conversation is with death.
A rose is a rose
This is the third movie that Denzel has directed and he doesn't do a poor job of it, but I'm not a fan of underlining points and Denzel is: the rose falling from Rose's hands; the portraits of MLK and JFK on the wall. I already see it; I don't need Denzel to then tap me on the shoulder and say, "You see that? Right there? That. You see? That."
As an actor, though, I could watch him all day. Someone wrote recently that Denzel is the best over-actor in the world and there's something there. The actor playing Cory is fine but too small in stature for the role; I want him to at least look like he could challenge his father. Viola Davis is a national treasure.
The coda at the end, on the day of Troy's funeral, is one of the more interesting scenes in the movie. Maybe because you have that sweet interplay between Cory, returning home in uniform, and his new half-sister, Raynell (Saniyya Sidney), who's adorable, and who, if you forward-date (she turns 18 in ... 1975 or so), has a chance in life. Or maybe because Troy's voice is finally silent.
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Pre-Texts at Boston University
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Pre-Texts, a flexible framework that adapts to any context, was the professional development methodology for two courses in Arts Administration in Boston University's Masters program during the spring semester of 2018 and the summer session of 2018. Both courses, Arts of Barcelona needed to address a double challenge: how to tackle difficult academic material and how to engage the many Chinese students who were English-language learners.
Facilitated by Polly Lauer, Jahnvi Singh, and Alexandra Gaydos, Pre-Texts offered a solution that stretched language competency and self-confidence. Through creativity and equitable spaces for working, students developed the foundational skills of high-order literacy, public speaking, civic competence, critical thinking, and innovation.
See report here: https://drive.google.com/file/...
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Associate Professor of the Practice and Director of Arts Administration


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Gone are the days of sadness, mourning and long faces during Lent. An everyday "joy" is surely appropriate. Here's one take:
Don't Hesitate
If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed. Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.
Mary Oliver
And some more pieces from our March Art Show.
We don't really have this "window." It's a combination of two in the small chapel.
Three artists: weaver, woodturner and photographer.


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Posted by Vivi Andrews/Lizzie Shane Nov 20 2012, 12:01 am in contemporary, Dani Wade, Military hero, romantic suspense, Ruby Release, sexy
Today I am thrilled to host the fabulous Dani Wade as we celebrate her debut release, Snow Bound. I was instantly sucked into this story as soon as I started to read. The writing was beautiful, the characters nuanced and engaging, and the chemistry just jumped off the page. (Excuse me while I take a moment to fan myself.) This is EXACTLY the kind of book you want to curl up with on a winter's night (and I'm Alaskan, I know winter nights). A perfect winter's escape, and I got to grill the author!
So now, without further ado, let's hear what Dani has to say about her fabulous new release!
Vivi: Damon is exactly the kind of guy you want beside you in a tough spot – or cuddled up in the middle of a snowstorm (yum). Studly ex-military who will protect you no matter what? Who can say no to that? And just because I like daydreaming about him, who would you pick to play Damon in a film of Snow Bound?
Dani: OMG, Channing Tatum ALL THE WAY! Ahem, sorry. I may have a little obsession when it comes to this actor, but he most definitely embodies most of Damon's studliness and rough-and-tumble attitude. Did I mention his body?
Vivi: Oh wow, excellent call. 😉 Trapped by a snow storm and stalked by an unwelcome blast from her past, it would be easy for Tori to fall into the damsel-in-distress category, just waiting for a big strong man to save the day, but I loved the way she broke away from the pretty princess image Damon had of her. How did you strike that subtle balance between a heroine who can accept help, but also defend herself with shotgun blazing when she needs to?
Dani: Tori spent her life being typecast by those around her — head cheerleader, abuse victim, orphaned and alone — but she refuses to let those stereotypes change who she really is. She forged ahead to build a profitable business on her own. Supported herself with no family around. She's not above accepting help, but only when she can't do it herself.
She's not a bad ass — more of a woman who does what she has to when the situation arises. A girly girl at heart, she loves skirts and sexy underwear. While she's not comfortable with a gun in her hands, as us southern women know, you gotta do what you gotta do to survive.
Vivi: Cadence feels so real! I get the sense you really know a lot about small town life. Is it based on a real place? Are any of the characters taken from real life?
Dani: The town's characters are an amalgam of the people surrounding me as I grew up in the deep South. But the town, it's definitely based on one nearest my family during my childhood. I grew up on a farm in Tennessee where the nearest gas station was 20 minutes from home and "town" was even further. Everybody knew or knew of everybody else, and southern expectations reigned, whether you attended cotillion or hung out at the local honky tonk.
I loved writing about Cadence, its inhabitants, and quirks, because it felt like coming home in many ways. I can't wait to revisit it for another book in this series!
Vivi: Tori remembers (in a rather steamy moment, ahem) a harem girl scene from one of her favorite romance novels. I love those little winks to the genre. Were you referring to a particular book? What would Tori's favorite romance be?
Dani: That particular thought referred to my own fascination with Bertrice Small's The Love Slave when I first started reading romance. As a small-town bookstore owner, Tori knows what every woman in town wants to hide behind her Sunday School study guide. But her faves are sexy romps that bring spice into her ho-hum romantic life, like Rhonda Nelson and Kira Sinclair's Blaze books, Lauren Dane, and Maya Banks.
Vivi: I hear tell there are some exciting things in the future for you. After Snow Bound, I'm hungry for more. What can I expect next from Dani Wade?
Dani: Snow Bound was a wonderful Indie project for me to work on, and I hope to bring at least 2 more to readers in the next year. My website will keep readers up-to-date on my upcoming projects. My first print release will debut with Harlequin Desire in August of 2013. The working title is Master Designs, and features a disavowed heir, uptight executive assistant, wedding gowns, prostitution, and a sexy trip to Las Vegas!
Vivi: I'm so excited to hear you have more in the works – and an upcoming release with Harlequin Desire! How thrilling! Would you care to share your call story with our readers? (I always love to hear about an author's journey to publication!)
Dani: My first call was a long time coming — 8 years to be exact. I was only just coming out of the worst period of writer's block I'd ever had — one rejection too many took their toll. An author friend, Andrea Laurence (Desire author), had read Designs and loved it. So when the Desire Senior Editor Stacy Boyd put out a request on Twitter for submissions, Andrea insisted I submit it. After all those years, I finally found editors who got my voice. Stacy passed the book on to Shana Smith, who put me through my paces with revisions, and bought the book just 4 days after receiving the latest version. Though I've been moved on to editor Charles Greimsman, I'll always be grateful to Shana for her encouragement and belief in me!
Vivi: Thank you so much for letting me grill you today and good luck with all your upcoming projects, Dani!
And now, here's a peek at Snow Bound!
The last thing Damon West wants is a trip to his bookish neighbor's house in the midst of the worst snowstorm Cadence, TN, has seen in a decade. Still, his military instincts warn him that Miss Priss could use a little help. His arrival is met with an attack by an unknown assailant and the sight of Miss Priss in a sexy wisp of nothing-much, confidently wielding a double-barreled shotgun.
Tori Anderson carefully portrays herself as a responsible bookstore owner and capable young woman to anyone willing to look twice. But two men grappling in her backyard called for speed more than decorum. That's how the guy she'd been secretly lusting after since he'd bought the house next door sees her in a silky robe and panties—with nothing in between. Damon's sudden interest thrills her, but she can't help worrying about the unknown threat scared off by her shotgun blast.
Trapped in her house, snow blocking the roads and no way to reach the outside world, Tori finally has the chance to indulge her wildest fantasies. But she isn't sure which is more daunting—the abusive boyfriend back to punish her for helping convict him of murder or her desire to have more than one night with the town's most unavailable bachelor.
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Posted by Jamie Michele Oct 22 2012, 12:01 am in espionage, laura navarre, moscow, nikki navarre, romantic suspense, Ruby Release, russia, sexy
Q&A with Ruby Sister in Disguise Nikki Navarre
Interrogated by: Jamie Michele
SUBJECT: Nikki Navarre
ASSIGNMENT: Double Agent
COVER: Diplomat. Playgirl. Author of The Russian Seduction.
Nikki Navarre is the diabolical twin of unsuspecting historical romance author and Ruby Sis Laura Navarre. Her literary credentials are suspiciously similar to those of her innocent sister. Nikki's notorious adventures in the world of diplomacy will get her in trouble one of these days.
The Russian Seduction may be the last mistake she ever makes.
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This is the first post of a new series that will explore and review products relating to science, technology, engineering, and math. With "STEM" becoming a highly sought-after buzzword, there are so many products advertising its membership in the exclusive world of STEM. But do they really belong? We will help you navigate the stores and internet to find products that live up to their STEM claims.
First up: the Augmenter App - by Trendyworks Technologies
This app, available for iphones and androids, contains 3D models of a variety of objects from a tyrannosaurus rex to a sunflower and provides the user with tools to manipulate and explore every component and angle of the object. Within the biology models, for example, the user can look at a set of teeth set in a jaw and take out each individual tooth to observe it, have it identified, and view it from any perspective in 3D space. These 3D images can then come to life by seemingly projecting them above a piece of paper with a printed "marker" (markers can be downloaded here). Check out this demo video of the Augmenter App:
So, is the Augmenter app STEMpressive ---- is it worthy of being valued by S.T.E.M. educators?...
Science - Especially for younger grades, visualizing the sciences in 3D space can be difficult. Being able to wrap you head around the human brain (pardon the pun) by spinning it in all directions and taking it apart is an invaluable tool when conducting memory work. The app also allows for you to point to each part and see a label of its name as well as take a screenshot at any moment which may be useful for printing out an exploded view for labeling parts by hand and for note taking.
Technology - This app is obviously an honorable member of the tech world. As augmented reality becomes more commonplace in the future, it is important to keep in perspective the educational value that can be gleaned from bringing pictures and models to life.
Engineering - There are many engineering related models within this app, including an electric circuit, magnetic fields, and even a graphic of the Right Hand Rule! The creators of this app are hard at work creating new models that may include many more basic and complex engineering structures in the near future.
Math - The current set of 3D models available within this app include some mathematical 3D shapes such as a cube and sphere. The free version of the app also has an animated "area of a cube" that provides a mini-lesson and visual of how the equation is derived.
There are a variety of augmented reality apps out there that can bring objects to life, but this one is hard to beat in its educational value. For that reason, the Augmenter App wins our prestigious award in being STEMpressive! Check it out!
Tune in next time for a look at products to entertain, motivate, and educate young computer programmers!
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Pulumi, which came out of stealth mode yesterday, is an interesting technology. It allows someone to describe their cloud application stack — on any cloud — using general-purpose programming languages. So it's like CloudFormation, but not just for AWS. It's like Terraform, but instead of using a Domain-Specific Language (in which you may not have primitives for iteration and abstraction) you use Javascript, Typescript, Python, Go, and potentially others.
Pulumi's offering consists of a a set of command-line tools for Linux/Mac/Windows, which take your code + metadata + configuration and give it to their SaaS (at the core of which is a language-agnostic engine, open sourced as of yesterday and freely hosted for now, though clearly part of the monetization strategy). The engine runs Pulumi applications using language-specific runtimes and comes up with a schedule of operations (e.g., create bucket, run VM, update a Lambda function, etc) for modifying cloud resources. If the schedule looks good to you, the engine executes it in your cloud account via cloud-specific resource providers. As you change your code and redeploy it, the engine calculates the smallest set of cloud operations needed to adjust the state in the cloud to the new version. From an OO perspective, objects in the language runtime are mapped to cloud entities (via names).
There are three main points of extensibility (which will blow up their QA matrix, but what are you gonna do). One can add support for:
- New languages. The team originally thought about creating a new general-purpose language, but then realized that it would be hard, unnecessary, and limiting to the appeal of the system.
- New clouds. They started with AWS, Azure, GCP, and one of the early testers added Kubernetes support.
- New abstractions. For example, their cloud-specific providers are expected to expose all features of any given cloud, but their multi-cloud provider leverages the lower-level providers to offer abstractions that should work on multiple clouds (though only on AWS for now). Such is the power of an approach based on general-purpose object-oriented languages.
Pulumi is well positioned to eliminate syntactic differences in how similar services on different clouds are used. At a first glance it's strictly about cloud deployment, but it helps with developing, building, and testing, too.
- In the pure serverless world there isn't much building, you push code into the cloud and it runs. Which Pulumi, with support for deployment versioning, can accomplish: change a Lambda function embedded in your Pulumi app, do 'pulumi update', and you've deployed a new version of your serverless app. (So this is competitive with the Serverless Framework et al.)
- For containerized applications, Pulumi will build and deploy an image from a Dockerfile, as shown in the cloud-js-thumbnailer example, potentially simplifying an error-prone build pipeline.
- An explicit set of update steps, which are consistently logged, which can be tried out on a test copy of the infrastructure or reversed in production, are supposed to help with testing and diagnostics.
- I am guessing here, but extensibility of the system — both on the development side and the deployment side — tells me that additional machinery for building, packaging, and testing, particularly of non-serverless applications, even VM-based dinosaurs, can be added or integrated in later.
- And to really go on a limb, I think down the road Pulumi can be used not only to eliminate uninteresting differences in how similar cloud services are configured, but in how similar cloud services with I/O — persistence and messaging (the hard ones!) — are invoked. There are interfaces for a generic Table and Bucket in the multi-cloud provider, and their implementations for AWS. These can be used by Pulumi code, but not by the "business logic," the stuff in your Lambdas or your containers. It would be a shame if all those abstractions couldn't be reused! And while I get the concerns about reducing rich functionality of clouds to the lowest common denominator, having layers of abstractions lets us to have the cake and eat it, too. Developers can use cloud-specific APIs when needed and higher-level cloud-agnostic APIs when that's adequate.
Philosophically, this technology obliterates the last traces of the dev/ops divide, for better and for worse. It brings cloud infrastructure into your code the way system libraries bring operating system details into your code. And on top of that, with language facilities for abstraction, some of the low-level details can be hidden, in the name of portability, in the same way that Java and its successors tried hiding details specific to operating systems. I suspect that, as with JRE and friends, high-level abstractions will see mixed success as the unique and powerful features of underlying cloud services will remain attractive to a large subset of developers. But it's an interesting approach and I look forward to seeing where it takes us.
For individual apps, serverless platforms like App Engine, AppScale, and Heroku don't need a sophisticated deployment language: they provision cloud resources automatically, with things like load balancers, API Gateways, and Auto Scaling groups magically present under the covers. As deployments get more sophisticated, though, spanning multiple apps and utilizing an array of cloud resources shared by the apps, a deployment tool like Pulumi will come in handy in the PaaS world, too.
For more information:
- A good introductory blog post from Pulumi's CEO, Joe Duffy
- Serverless tooling comparison presentation by Pulumi's Product and Community Manager, Donna Malayeri
- For technical details and a walk-through of the code repositories, see this 40-min presentation from Joe


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A judge described himself as shocked by messages sent by an internet troll to a former girlfriend.
District Judge Jeff Brailsford said the messages posted by Connor Walkden to his ex were "premeditated and guaranteed to have an impact."
In one message, Walkden said he hoped his ex's mother, who was suffering from cancer, died from the illness.
In another, Walkden threatened to pay someone to rape a family member of his former girlfriend.
Other posts stated Walkden would distribute naked pictures of his ex.
Walkden, 22, of Avenham Grove, North Shore, pleaded guilty to harassment when he appeared at Blackpool Magistrates Court.
He was sentenced to 12 months' supervision, fined £50 with £60 victims' surcharge and ordered to pay his ex £150 compensation.
Walkden was also put on a two-year restraining order which bans him from contacting his ex except through her sister concerning child contact and not to enter his former girlfriend's home street in Blackpool.
Mr Brailsford said: "It is a long time since I read Facebook messages with such awful content in them.
"I thought I was pretty unshockable, but I was shocked by these messages. They were disgusting."
In a victim's statement, Walkden' s former girlfriend said: "He is making my life a misery and those of the people around me."
Allan Godwin, defending, said his client, who had no previous convictions, had not been able to deal with the collapse of the relationship because of his immaturity and his use of cannabis.


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2016 Grand Estates Cabernet Sauvignon
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2015 Grand Estates Merlot
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The Columbia (SC) City Council has set aside a vote on the $1 million sale of Capital City Stadium, home of the summer collegiate Columbia Blowfish (Coastal Plain League), because of a watershed issue that will require a one to three month long study to resolve. The property is being sold to make room for a new Walmart-based development. Read more here.
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This one's dedicated to my dear salty sea dog of a dad who could quite happily live on the sea and never touch land.
Completely off-topic, has anyone got any good tips for must-see things in New york? We're going on our jollies on the 23rd August and spending 4 days in New York and a fortnight or so with our lovely chums Shane and Alli in New Brunswick, Canada. I AM SO EXCITED.


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Accessorize is my go to shop when I am looking to experiment with new trends and don't want to break the bank over it. The store is always stocked with on-trend goodies and here is a selection of things that caught my attention at the Accessorize Autumn/Winter 2014 press day.
The humble rucksack is all the rage right now. Accessorize has a wide selection of these bags in a range of digital prints from dotty to floral. I would give my gym holdall a rest and use one of these. Accessorize also has some yummy backpacks in a deep berry hues, check those out if prints are not your thing.
The owl has featured prominently in Accessorize collections over the years and this season is no exception. With necklaces, rings, pendants and even bags featuring this creature of the night, you know this 'hoot' of a trend is here to stay.
Statement Jewellery
Jewellery encrusted with crystals in striking colours can be found across all the different Autumn/Winter collections. From chunky to dainty, they have got it all.
Stacked Jewellery
While statement neckpieces are having a fashion-moment as of now, I continue to love the more delicate designs. Have a bit of fun and wear several of pieces stacked together. The easiest way to achieve this look, is to stack a bunch of rings together (as shown in the picture). You can also do the same with simple chains and pendants by wearing them at different lengths.
I have a weakness and tend to gravitate toward anything with a floral print and if something is decorated with butterflies, needless to say, I have to have it. :-)


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RUSH Movie Review: A Tale Of Two Awesome Assholes
I don't know a thing about Formula One racing, but I do know a good story when I see one, and Rush - despite its awful, generic title - tells a damn good story. And it's a true one, to boot. If you're like me and don't know anything about the epic racing rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, do yourself a favor and don't look any further into it. Just go see the movie and experience one of the strangest, most inspiring sports tales of all time.
These two men had a lot in common: both were unlikely drivers, with Hunt seen as slumming from his aristocratic English heritage and Lauda leaving behind his family's staid Austrian business. Both were geniuses behind the wheel. And both wanted, more than anything else, to win. But that's where the similarities ended; Hunt was a handsome party boy who found the thrill in racing's constant nearness to death (the film tells us that Formula 1 averages two driver deaths a year), while Lauda was a serious man who seeks ultimate precision on the track and in his life.
What's remarkable about Rush is that Peter Morgan's script slides your sympathy between the two just as deftly as Hunt sliding his car into a gap between rivals. Rush ends up being a step above most sports films because it allows each man's philosophy to have its moment, to be presented as totally valid. Hunt believes that racing is passion and art, something you feel. He can't explain to you why he's so good behind a wheel, he just is. Lauda, on the other hand, personally redesigns his car to make it faster, and every move he makes is a calculation. For the Austrian life is about improving yourself so you can, but for the Englishman winning is about improving your life. It's the grasshopper and the ant, but neither is wrong.
The sliding sympathies lead to a point where the audience is rooting for both racers as they go up against each other at the climax of their rivalry. From moment to moment you'll be hoping Hunt pulls it out while cheering for each of Lauda's calculated decisions. It's actually masterful and wonderful and makes for a nuanced and exciting experience that more closely reflects life, where everything isn't black and white.
Chris Hemsworth is titanic as Hunt; while the movie does give each man's philosophy equal time it doesn't shy away from showing the negative side of Hunt's hard-partying lifestyle, and Hemsworth owns that. He's constantly chasing something with the booze and the women and the racing, chasing a sense of satisfaction and happiness he can't quite catch up with. Hunt is always hiding that side of himself - something shown perfectly during a tense press conference scene where he smiles and jokes with reporters while obsessively, nervously clicking a lighter just under the table - and Hemsworth finds the right balance to show us. We get enough of that to see Hunt's depth, but also enough of his bravado and love of life to fall under his charismatic sway.
As his opposite number Daniel Bruhl is simply brilliant. Saddled with fake rat teeth that make him much less attractive than the man who literally plays a golden god in other films, Bruhl still exerts a powerful and magnetic presence. Lauda is, essentially, unlikable, but Bruhl forces you to like him. That's magnificent work, because it's so easy to like Hemsworth that Lauda could easily fall into the villain trap. Bruhl never allows it, and just as Lauda makes his pit crew respect him despite his frigid, difficult ways, Bruhl makes you understand and even love this man. Especially in the third act, where Bruhl undergoes trials that would have made me scoff if Rush wasn't a true story.
The two actors are surrounded by excellent and capable supporting players, especially Olivia Wilde and Alexandra Maria Lara as their significant others, but at heart this is a two-hander. Every other character is there in service of Hunt and Lauda - something the people in their lives may have felt as well. The movie makes a convincing argument that both of these men were, at heart, gargantuan assholes. Morgan's script doesn't shy away from that aspect, one of the things that makes Rush a truly adult movie. This is a nuanced film about nuanced men, men whose drive and ambition make them both great and terrible.
If there had been no credit on the picture I never would have guessed Ron Howard directed it. He's working with his usual editing team of Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill, but Rush doesn't have the staid, middlebrow feel of their past work. Or maybe the middlebrow has caught up to the likes of Edgar Wright and the Wachowskis; while nowhere near as frantically coherent as the works of those filmmakers, Rush takes pages from directors and editors who are working in more heightened, expressive visual styles. Freeze frames, use of different stocks and inventive camera placement in the racing sequences make Rush feel light years from The DaVinci Code. The use of David Bowie's Fame in a montage of James Hunt being famous feels a bit more Ron Howard-y, to be honest.
The first two thirds of the film are light on racing. The races happen, but they're elided and shuffled out of the way. It seemed as the film would be skimping on the action, but the truth is that it saves the true racing sizzle for the last third, bringing truly white-knuckle sequences to life - especially white-knuckle if, like me, you have no idea how this true story ends, knowing only that the prologue indicates it ends with something terrible happening.
Rush is a great studio picture, the sort of solid and smart and fun and adult storytelling we used t expect from the movies. Now it feels like a treat to see a movie where the characters are fleshed out humans and the uplift, while present, isn't spoon-fed to us. This is the Ron Howard movie I've wanted since the Apollo 13 and Backdraft days - strong, well-made and in the tradition of the great studio craftsmen.


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Cetinje monastery was built in 1701. in the period of governance of Danilo Petrovic, a spiritual and secular ruler of the former Montenegro, who has built into the monastery the architectonic elements from the ruined monastery of Crnojevic. Monastery complex became the center of the spiritual, cultural and political life of Montenegro. It was devastated several times by the Turks, but also it was renewed and added onto several times, mostly adjusted its architecture to the configuration of the terrain.
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KARACHI: The business community has suggested a cut down in sales tax from 17 to 5 percent, which according to them would result in the increase of tax revenue.
Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) president Zakaria Usman said that according to FBR officials the government gets only 3.5 percent on account of 17 percent sales tax, as the remaining amount goes in refund, adjustment and corruption.
In this backdrop, FPCCI has advised the government to slash the sales tax from 17 percent to 5 percent, which would not only enhance the purchasing power of the people by 10 percent, but would also increase the sales tax receipts to over Rs1300 billion from Rs1000 billion besides it would help meet the IMF condition also.
He said that according to FBR 1.5 million retailers are paying sales tax amounting to Rs1000 billion annually, while if on average Rs3000 fixed tax was recovered from each of the retailers every month, the tax revenue would go up significantly, he asserted.


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text: The New WhiteHouse.gov Tuesday, January 24, 2017 - 12:15pmAuthor: Tanya Johnson , Reference Librarian, University of Connecticut School of Law Since 1994, every President of the United States has had a website located at WhiteHouse.gov providing information and resources for citizens. On Friday, January 20, 2017, President Trump's new White House website was launched. Though still under development, the site contains preliminary information about the new administration's policies in a few areas. It appears that, for the moment, the new administration has retained former President Obama's We the People site, where citizens can petition the White House and receive responses, if they gather enough signatures. Read more about The New WhiteHouse.gov


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candy chromatography: what make that color?
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We did experiment "Candy chromatography", we ran M&Ms candy all colors (separate and mix of all colors) against food dyes red # 3 and 40, blue # 1 and 2, yellow #5 and 6. We don't have problem of identifying dyes in candy but what we noticed is when you ran mix of colors, does not matter candy mix or standard mix, blue #1 behaves differently in only blue #1 spot and in mix of colors. If its only Blue #1 spot goes somewhat higher than in a mix of dyes.
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...from Uni, from illness, from boredom. Something we all needed today!
My brother, his wife and their two bubbly little girls came for lunch and a chat and, as it happened, a visit to Our School. There have to be perks to having a key, so we had a private tour, punctuated with lots of playground stops.
Yesterday our diversion was in the form of going to see 'The Smurfs' at the movies. It was a delightful movie. Truly a movie for old Smurf lovers like me. The only thing left on our holiday to-do list is a visit to Costco. Sometime late next week might be the way to go. Mr Busy might survive it by then.
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Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Warning: Whine Alert. Read at Own Risk
I'm tired of illness. I'm tired of coughing. I'm tired of feeling drained.
I'm tired of Mr Busy being so unwell. Not in a selfish he's-taking-so-much-of-my-attention kind of way. Tired of it because it's no fun watching your little boy struggle to overcome an infection that does not want to give up. I was hoping we'd just spend time relaxing and I'd watch him regain his health and vigour. Rather I've watched his health dip again and require another course of antibiotics and more tests.
I can't even think straight to get my essays written. I'm writing stuff down but it's pretty ordinary. Where has the sharp edge of my brain gone?
I'm tired of Mr Busy being so unwell. Not in a selfish he's-taking-so-much-of-my-attention kind of way. Tired of it because it's no fun watching your little boy struggle to overcome an infection that does not want to give up. I was hoping we'd just spend time relaxing and I'd watch him regain his health and vigour. Rather I've watched his health dip again and require another course of antibiotics and more tests.
I can't even think straight to get my essays written. I'm writing stuff down but it's pretty ordinary. Where has the sharp edge of my brain gone?
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Labels: Family Life, Study
Monday, 26 September 2011
Monday Menu Plan: Week Beginning 26 September
Mr Busy is still coughing a lot. It sounds appalling really, but I know he's doing so much better so a little bit of unattractive noise isn't so bad. It's all about perspective. He went to school and after a physical game of Dr Dodge with his and the next door class he was cactus for the rest of the day. He lay on the couch in the Yr 5/6 room where I was and moaned...and coughed...and didn't do anything much at all.
Given that I'm in the throws of those final 5 assessments the girls are still going to get their fair share of cooking to do. Lucky them!
Monday: Jerk Chicken (Jamie's 30 minute meals)
Tuesday: Chicken wonton soup
Wednesday: Cheesy salmon patties, vegies
Thursday: Slow roasted beef, vegies
Friday: Lasagna, salad
Saturday: Ricotta gnocchi with tomato pesto sauce
Sunday: I might go back to the pasta we didn't have last Saturday
Given that it's going to b 27C on Tuesday (what's with that anyway?!) we might do some swapping around. Soup on a warm day just doesn't feel right!
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Labels: Menu Plans
Saturday, 24 September 2011
Recipe: Lazy Day Curry
This is not so much a recipe as a loose set of instructions for you to interpret as you will.
- Finely chop an onion and a clove or two of garlic and saute until softened. Add curry paste to your taste preference and cook until it smells great (a minute or so).
- Add the chicken to the pan and stir fry until cooked, then add the vegies, a tin of light coconut milk and 1/2-1 cup of chicken stock (I use water and stock powder).
- Cover the pan and simmer until the vegies are all cooked through.
- Serve over cooked basmati (or some other!) rice.
There you go. Simple. Fuss free. Delicious. Fairly inexpensive. Just the thing for a busy, hungry family.
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Labels: recipes
Thursday, 22 September 2011
It's Tough, You Know.
I needed photos so my kids joined me in my warm, sunny early morning walk down the track. I love hearing the sound of the creek swishing along as we get closer to it. I love the dappled sunlight and shade along the track. If it weren't for the leeches I think I'd be inclined to spend more time down there but alas, the leeches rule the bush! We didn't see any this morning though.
Mr Busy is going to school tomorrow. It will be some time before his lungs are fully recovered and gunk-free. But he's bored, he misses his friends and neither of us think he's sick enough to be home any longer. I think that's celebration worthy, after two long weeks of illness!
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Labels: Family Life, Study
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
He Sparkles
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Monday, 19 September 2011
Monday Menu Plan: Week Beginning 19 September
A busy day back at work today, for the first time since last Monday. I felt like I'd missed so very much in the days that I missed, and the kids in Mr Busy's class are now asking when he's going to come back to school. They miss him. Hopefully in the next day or two, thanks to antibiotics!
People who are not well need good food....
Monday: BBQ rissoles & pork ribs, salads
Tuesday: Oven fried chicken, vegies
Wednesday: Sweet & sour pork, rice
Thursday: pasta of some description
Friday: Roast chicken, vegies
Saturday & Sunday: I'll decide later.
Here's to the last week of the term, the writing of assignments and getting little boys back to school.
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Labels: Family Life, Menu Plans
Sunday, 18 September 2011
Green and Pink
My two favourite colours....especially when they're put together.
This is the border tile in our newly fitted out ensuite. We get to use it for the first time tomorrow morning. Yay!
These shoes were a bargain at $5 on yesterday's shopping tour. I have the perfect skirt for these and a perfect day to wear both tomorrow, at 27C! Where oh where did winter go?
This is the border tile in our newly fitted out ensuite. We get to use it for the first time tomorrow morning. Yay!
These shoes were a bargain at $5 on yesterday's shopping tour. I have the perfect skirt for these and a perfect day to wear both tomorrow, at 27C! Where oh where did winter go?
Meanwhile Mr Busy is still unwell with a cough, rash and a temperature that comes and goes. The ED doctor phoned this morning (apparently she was sufficiently puzzled by him) to advise another trip to the GP and a second chest x-ray due to the continuing temperature. After a full week of these symptoms the Dr was keen for us to revisit clinical investigation. I appreciated her dedication to his care. I would never have expected an ED to follow up on a patient that was 'treated and streeted' days ago.
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Labels: Family Life, Good Things
Thursday, 15 September 2011
From the Sickbed
Mr Busy and I have been having some sickbed adventures. Sad, but true. I've been coughing for a week...now I have a blocked nose :( I've succumbed to buying real cold & flu + cough medicine rather than my prefered ease-a-cold's. I don't feel that bad...I'm just tired of coughing all the time.
Mr Busy has had a second trip to the ED in a week. On Saturday Dh gave up after 4 hours and came home at 1am. Yesterday our GP decided she didn't like the way his rash was behaving and sent us back to have it investigated. Four hours, a blood test, a wee test and a chest x-ray later we came home, safe in the knowledge that yes, he just has a nasty virus. Thanks to all the germy kids at school. Yay for sharing!
Last night's hospital adventure also included the girls being at home for a few hours on their own, doing homework and cooking dinner. Apparently all went well ~ they're both still alive and smiling.
Meanwhile, my ensuite is fully tiled and being grouted today. It's a courageous man, who braves the germs of our home to work on the bathroom. The challenge is to keep Mr Busy at a distance to protect Mr Bathroom Fixing Friend's health. I will share photos at some point when my head is clearer.
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011
Menu Planning and other Household Stories
Firstly menu planning. I sent Dh and the girls off to do the shopping the other day. I was just too tired and wasn't up to the task. They did a magnificient job so we're eating well.
Monday: Honey mustard chicken pieces, vegies
Tuesday: Freezer meal for Mr Busy and I ~ everyone else is out for dinner
Wednesday: Chicken curry, rice
Thursday: Tomato & bacon pasta
Friday: Beef stroganoff
Saturday: Take away
Sunday: Good question...one can dream of all sorts of things!
Mr Busy and I are having a day off together. I'm not incredibly well....not particularly sick. I'm in that place in between where we tend to carry on, albeit slowly. Mr Busy, however, has a bevy of symptoms, amongst which is a rash across his torso. Given the amount of sickness going around at school I didn't feel this was something to share, even though it doesn't seem all that bad. Dh is unable to have Mr Busy at work for a couple of days so I've organised some time off to keep him at home. I must say, the timing is quite providential from my own point of view. We all just need to have school holidays now. We're all tired and getting sick all over the place. A couple of weeks to settle all the bugs down and keep them to ourselves will do us all the world of good.
My ensuite is coming along as pieces of the puzzle arrive. The tiles should come today, so work on that can begin. At the moment there is an empty shell. It is waterproofed. The basin and wall cabinet are constructed from Ikea flat packs and sit in the lounge room awaiting the day they are to find themselves in their final resting place. A more energetic person would take photos. Maybe I will....at some point.
I'm off to try and make my foggy head construct a 300 word reflection of the value of teaching visual arts. Hmmmm.
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Saturday, 10 September 2011
Why Boys Can't Get Out of Bed
I went to get Mr Busy out of bed the other morning, having woken him some 10 minutes earlier. He informed me he couldn't possibly get up.
Me: Get out of bed young man.
Mr Busy: But I can't Mum.
Me: Why not?
Mr Busy: Because my legs are just too comfortable to move.
I must at admit, when he got to 'legs' I began to panic and thought maybe he'd contracted the virus that is going around school, decimating classes left, right and centre. Among the many symptoms one that has been suffered by some has been heavy legs.
I'm now sure how he does it ~ his brain just thinks in 'funny' as he is waking up. My brain only thinks when the need for silence is satisfied. And then it's just serious stuff going on.
He makes me laugh.
Me: Get out of bed young man.
Mr Busy: But I can't Mum.
Me: Why not?
Mr Busy: Because my legs are just too comfortable to move.
I must at admit, when he got to 'legs' I began to panic and thought maybe he'd contracted the virus that is going around school, decimating classes left, right and centre. Among the many symptoms one that has been suffered by some has been heavy legs.
I'm now sure how he does it ~ his brain just thinks in 'funny' as he is waking up. My brain only thinks when the need for silence is satisfied. And then it's just serious stuff going on.
He makes me laugh.
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Thursday, 8 September 2011
Pursuit of a New Bathroom
Photo Credit: Google Images - a shiny looking bathroom such as I will have soon!
We spent today not with me studiously working on an assignment, as I should have been. No, we spent it in pursuit of items for the creation of a new bathroom. Rotting floor has been removed, along with everything that existed in that space before Wednesday. Today we chose tiles and the vanity stand and basin. Lots of fun. Especially when it included a trip to IKEA. We attempted to visit the new store in Springvale....but we balked at the queue waiting to get into the store and drove to Richmond instead. It was lovely and quiet in there and we were able to browse and make our purchases in relative peace.
So...we're sharing a bathroom with the kids again. The only word that can be used to describe the experience is 'interesting'. I hope my bathroom can be completed by the end of next week :)
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Tuesday, 6 September 2011
This Week's Menu.
Our menu this week looks like:
Monday: Oven friend chicken, vegies
Tuesday: Redcurrant lamb chops, vegies
Wednesday: Homemade pizza or ricotta fritters...haven't decided
Thursday: Pasta of some description
Friday: Pork spare ribs, vegies, rice
Saturday: Slow roasted beef, vegies
Sunday: someone else can cook something......??!
And Miss Sunshine will not be home before 7pm any night this week now, in preparation for her year level's production. She's already tired, so the weekend promises to be a little stormy for her, I think.
On to more exciting things. I got my first high distinction! That silly music/visual arts test that got postponed and fiddle-faddled with ended up being quite a success for me....thanks to the practice test I did in the week beforehand. What a relief. Poor Mr Busy ~ he was the only one I could tell immediately. When I asked if he knew what that meant he said "does that mean you passed?". Poor boy. When I explained he came and jumped about with me for a few moments before returning to his book. Isn't he sweet?
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Sunday, 4 September 2011
Happy Father's Day
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Here in Australia it is Father's Day. For us it kind of began last night with the first non-bbq meal of the season. I ended up baking chicken wings because Dh & Mr Busy were out til dark mowing the lawns. Bbq'ing is men's work, apparently. But the meal came with Dh's favourite three salads: potato, corn, tossed so he didn't mind that it wasn't really a bbq.
This morning the kids offered their gifts and made their Dad scrambled eggs for breakfast. He's happy. We're hoping to find somewhere to go for Yum Cha for lunch. I'm sure an afternoon nap will make his day complete.
Of course, there will be a phone call to my Dad and possibly a visit to his Dad. Perfect day.
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Friday, 2 September 2011
Jamie's Meals: Jools Pasta
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Another day, another Jamie meal. Tonight it was Pregnant Jools Pasta. I have to smile about the title. Pregnancy is no longer associated with eating (or not!) anything in particular in our house, and hasn't been for well over 11 years. However, you have to love a recipe that is simple, and this one was. The meal has instructions for a salad and a frangipane tart. I didn't do the salad, and with no-wheat and no-nut eaters in our family, the dessert was pretty much a no-go. I could've coped with the wheat but Miss Sunshine cannot have nuts.
The recipe said to use 'good' sausages. I think that's a misnomer. Good and sausages don't really belong in the same sentence in my book. However, I found something that looked a little more gourmet that a package of Safeway thin sausages. The meal ended up being pretty tasty. Definitely worth adding to the list of things we enjoy. Everyone headed back for seconds except Mr Busy. I suspect performance nerves are on the rise due to tonight's music performance night at school. He's not the up-front kinda guy, preferring all things related to working backstage. Tonight he'll be on the stage and he's instructed us not to watch. Poor boy. Sadly misguided. Of course we'll be watching!
If you want to have a go at this yummy meal (which we all highly recommend), all the recipes and instructions are here.
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When Sam and Nathan came for their engagement photoshoot and we talked through their wedding day plans, I knew it was going to be an epic and rather special affair. Choosing quality details was really important to them both - so for example, each guest was simply but generously gifted a small bottle of Lanson Champagne, which decorated the reception tables at Norwood Park in Southwell. Nathan designed Sam's stunning engagement ring with local Nottingham wedding jewellers Temprell and he also followed suit with the wedding bands... creating bespoke and meaningful rings for both him and Sam, who also chose diamond and sapphire bridal jewellery for her 'something blue'.
Another Nottingham company, designer Paul Smith, provided the groomsmen's accessories to coordinate with their blue Reiss suits, ensuring they all looked 'the business'. They certainly arrived at St Mary's Church in Arnold in style, as Nathan had chosen a rather impressive Bentley 'groom's car', which we heard approaching the church before we saw it! And last but not least deserving of a mention, are Sam's much coveted Louboutin shoes, made into an even more romantic gift as Nathan drove a very long way to make sure she got the shoes of her dreams, and then made the trip again to make sure the colour was just what she wanted!
We captured their wedding from morning through to evening and the mild weather allowed us to make full use of Norwood Park's gardens for photographs, although we also made time for two indoor photographs that have become Mirror Imaging classics: the full-length dress photograph on Norwood's staircase and the couple in dancing embrace in the main hallway. The finale of their wedding was a fantastic firework display by Galaxy Fireworks, which provided us an opportunity to create one of my now all-time favourite images, which also happened to be the last photograph of the night.Read More


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Here Are The Advantages Of Wearing Vintage Clothing
Today, there are different kinds of fashion. Today, you can just easily buy new outfits in shopping stores. Most retail stores offer sales on certain months. Vintage fashion is growing its popularity nowadays.
However, there are still a number of people that are not into vintage fashion. Most people think that it is gross to wear clothes and accessories that were already worn by other people.
This is actually not the truth. Vintage clothing and accessories are preowned. However, you will actually not notice that the clothing is preowned. Vintage clothing and accessories will be washed, cleaned, ironed and polished. Vintage clothes and accessories are designed and made by very famous designers. There are actually a number of people that would pay a lot of money just to get that vintage clothing or accessories.
Of course, since these clothes are made by famous designers, you should expect that they are a bit expensive. But, there are actually places where you can purchase vintage clothes and accessories at a much affordable price.
Try to find vintage stores that are close to your area. It is important that the store that you choose is authentic and reliable.
Wearing vintage clothes and accessories does not mean that you are not fashionable. Even if vintage clothing and accessories are from a certain period of time this is does not mean that it is not in anymore. Try to observe fashion, it actually repeats itself from a certain period of time. Vintage clothes and accessories can really help you create a statement. If you try to look for the most trendiest clothing styles today, and you will actually see vintage style clothing and accessories.
Wearing vintage clothes and accessories actually has a number of advantages.
Aside from the history that are brought by vintage clothing and accessories, you can also be assured that they are off great quality and will last for a very long time. Low quality vintage clothes and accessories will get damaged after a certain period of time, however high quality vintage clothes and accessories will maintain its quality even after a period of time. This is why so many people would like to purchase vintage clothes and accessories.
Vintage clothes and accessories are unique and this will also give you a unique fashion style. You will actually find a lot of regular fashion clothing on the market and you do not want to be identical with other people. If you want to stand out in the crowd and be unique then you need to wear vintage clothes and accessories.


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Moment to Moment
Moment to Moment
Top 15 Traditional Jazz Album in the U.S. (SoundScan Traditional Jazz chart)
Top 20 Jazz Album in the U.S. (Billboard Jazz chart)
Nine consecutive weeks on the Jazz Week national radio chart
"Nick Phillips' name is on hundreds of major recordings, but not as a player. He's produced a slew of artists, and crucial jazz reissues, for such labels as Concord, but his track record at this job should not overshadow his pristine, and moving, trumpet sound…Phillips nods to his predecessor's (Chet Baker's) fragility but also imparts a feeling of strength that comes through a sense of restraint. ★★★★ "
—DownBeat ("Best Jazz Albums of 2014" list)
"...This gem feels timeless. It's a stunner...This quartet (with Menzies and Phillips handling the arrangements and production) has crafted a sonic atmosphere that seduces the listener into a state of transfixed bliss. It's one thing to create a mood; it's quite another to sustain that mood for an entire album."
—DownBeat Magazine (Editors' Pick)
"The Ballads Album Miles Davis Never Recorded…Lush, emotional performances. Phillips' trumpet radiates warmth and sweetness as it floats over Menzies' delicate piano chords.
—East Bay Express
"A fabulous CD, the kind that find their way onto the 'Best of Year' lists…a gorgeously retro-classic sound…It has what the best albums have—a sustained mood, beautiful sound quality, well-chosen material, and great musicians who have clicked as a group and slipped into a cohesive ensemble groove."
—Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz
"This is a duo that takes its sweet time, and the vibe as Phillips floats mournfully over Menzies' generally livelier licks is that of two lovers sharing a dance at closing time…Straight down to the bass and drums, the interaction of instruments is easy yet dramatic, and the romantic nuance promises to reveal itself over time. The stories, after all, are in the empty spaces."
—M Music & Musicians
"Spare, lyrical, beautiful and elegant…Menzies and Phillips know how to capture a mood…Throughout this CD, they let the music breathe...The Menzies-Phillips simpatico is so fine that it wouldn't be surprising to hear any of these eight tracks – perhaps all of them – resurface on various movie soundtracks. Moment To Moment is that good."
—Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
"…entrancing…The music is quiet but never light; it's filled with emotion and with harmonic interest, but its overall impact is soothing and comforting at a deeply visceral level. It's hard to explain how exceptionally beautiful this album is. Strongly recommended to all jazz collections."
—CD HotList
"The songs are familiar but the fresh arrangements, relaxed pace and soft touch imparted by the leaders makes this a standout recording."
—O's Place Magazine
"…a beautiful album…covers a broad range of emotions and colors across the breadth of the repertoire, owing much to Chet Baker and, not surprisingly, the cooler side of Miles Davis."
"This is a late night jazz club, a hush over the crowd, one ballad after the other, and each song breaking somebody's heart…just the kind of music for kicking back and drifting off…"
"Every year about this time, people begin to ask me for musical suggestions for Valentine's Day. What's the best music for a romantic dinner? What's the best CD to surprise someone with as a gift?...Well, this year the answer is simple – pick up Cava Menzies and Nick Phillips' new CD Moment to Moment."
—Straight No Chaser
"Moment to Moment comes close to the supernatural nature of music...Heavy with the bronzed glow of [Nick Phillips'] horn and the dense beauty of [Cava] Menzies' sinewy harmonics informed by a palette of spectacular colours, the music gathers like a great bank of gorgeously fluffy and rippling cumulonimbus clouds sheltering in an endless sky."
—Jazz da Gama
"The musical creativity that resonates the collaborative union between these two artists can be heard with the ears, and also felt deeply within the soul."
—iRock Jazz
" …Phillips and Menzies let the music breathe, contrasting every sound they make with silence, showing that they are both masters of restraint."
—Jazz Inside Magazine
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Serial killer laughs as she is told you'll die in prison
Joanna Dennehy the 31-year-old, British serial killer who admitted she found killing "more-ish", laughed as she was told she would die behind bars for murdering three men yesterday.
She has joined the ranks of Rose West and Moors murderer Myra Hyndley when she became only the third woman in the UK to be given a 'whole life' jail term.
West, who was convicted of 10 murders in 1995, and Hyndley, who died in 2002, are the only other women given whole life terms.
However their sentences were imposed by the British home secretary of the day, making Dennehy the first woman to have one imposed by a judge.
Jailing her, Mr Justice Spencer said she was a "a cruel, calculating, selfish and manipulative serial killer".
He also revealed that she had told a prison psychiatrist she killed to "see how I would feel" and continued when it "got moreish".
Dennehy, of Peterborough, murdered her victims – Lukasz Slaboszewski (31) Kevin Lee (48) and John Chapman (56) – in March last year. She then dumped their bodies in ditches with the help of two male accomplices who were said to be enthralled by her.
Police launched a nationwide manhunt when they discovered the bodies of Dennehy's landlord and two tenants – who had all been stabbed repeatedly through the heart – in Cambridgeshire.
It is thought Dennehy, who had a predilection for "coupling sexual activity with acts of violence", had lured them to their death with the promise of sex.
She then drove 180km to Hereford where she repeatedly stabbed two dog walkers, chosen at random.
Mr Lee's wife Christina was in court along with their children Chiara (25) and Dino (15).
Afterwards they said in a statement: "We feel Joanna Dennehy brainwashed Kevin, causing him to make a bad decision, and he has paid for that with his life."
Robin Bereza, a retired firefighter who also attended the hearing, was one of the men who survived the Hereford attacks. He described Dennehy as "evil".
Addressing Dennehy, who has been diagnosed with various psychopathic disorders, the judge said she killed in "cold blood". "Although you pleaded guilty, you've made it quite clear you have no remorse," he said.
Gary Stretch (47) also of Peterborough, and thought to be Britain's tallest serving prisoner at 7ft 3ins, was found guilty of the attempted murder of Mr Bereza and John Rogers after helping Dennehy select her victims in Hereford.
Stretch yawned loudly as he was told to stand for sentencing. The judge ordered him to serve life in prison, with a minimum term of 19 years. The other accomplice, Leslie Layton, was jailed for 14 years.
Dennehy was brought up in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and dreamt of being a lawyer but ran away from home as a teenager and sunk into a life of drug addiction and petty crime.
DCI Martin Brunning from Cambridgeshire Police, said: "We saw what sort of person Dennehy is today, constantly smiling in front of bereaved families.
She showed utter disrespect for everything and everyone in that courtroom.
"The fact that she will not see daylight again is a huge comfort for the families. It is absolutely the right thing that she will not come out of prison."
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Prisoner for a day, captivated for life!
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Come along on an exciting adventure in our wonderful, beautiful surroundings. With the help of a prisoner, doing time since 1975, you will try to escape from Långholmen. During the escape you must show your knowledge, team spirit, sense of rhythm, muscles, marksmanship and much more. You'll be divided in teams and will of course be wearing striped prison uniforms. As the story goes, one prisoner is always entrusted with the "key to freedom", in case something should happen. Where is it hidden now? Your mission is trying to find it using the clues you get after successfully overcoming different obstacles along your escape route. The escape route is outdoors and it is NOW or NEVER! After several years within the prison walls, one is just as happy for rain as for sunshine. The event concludes with a three-course dinner at the Inn.
Escape Menu
Blackened raw spiced salmon with a creamy salad of herbs, mustard and apple
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Tornado rips through Angus, Ontario, several homes damaged, no major injuries reported
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 11:20 AM -
It's a day of clean-up for many southern Ontarians after severe storms ripped through the area Tuesday.
Officials have confirmed Ontario's third tornado of the season in Angus, a community about 100 km north of Toronto.
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"A cold front spawned a number of strong to severe thunderstorms Tuesday across southern Ontario," said Environment Canada in the storm summary early Wednesday. "Based upon video evidence, a tornado was observed in Angus near 5:20 pm Tuesday."
The tornado tracked east from Angus to the Mapleview Drive area in Barrie.
"A damage surveyor was on site Tuesday evening, and preliminary estimates suggest the worst damage was low end EF-2 damage in Angus, with estimated wind speeds of near 180 km/h," EC adds.
Angus tornado confirmed via video and storm survey. Preliminary rating low-end EF-2. EC crews will be on scene tomorrow. #onstorm— Dave Sills (@dave_sills) June 18, 2014
A survey team will return to the damage track on Wednesday to further assess the nature and severity of the storm.
Despite damage to about 100 homes, miraculously, no serious injuries were reported.
"I think it was the right time of day," says fire chief Cynthia Ross Tustin. "People were up, people weren't asleep, young children were out of school and people were able to be aware of what was going on. It was definitely an amazing piece of timing."
"A miracle," added Terry Dowdall, Mayor of Essa Township. "It was really a miracle that nobody was hurt at that time of day."
According to police officials, some people suffered minor injuries as roofs and walls were sheared off homes.
A state of emergency was declared and it is not yet known when residents will be able to return to their homes. Most were accompanied by police officials to pick up necessary belongings like medication.
Weather Network Storm Hunter Mark Robinson and meteorologist Jaclyn Whittal were on the scene Tuesday night to speak to home owners who began to pick up the pieces.
The storm also cut power to thousands of residents in southern and eastern Ontario as heavy downpours, gusty winds and frequent downpours were reported.
Hydro crews are asking people to stay away from downed power lines as they could be live and dangerous.
People in #Markham abandoned their cars as hydro poles came down across the road last night. @kevintwn is there now: pic.twitter.com/k2ygJpPYfF— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) June 18, 2014
"There were also reports of funnel clouds from trained spotters in the Highway 401 and 402 areas near Woodstock Tuesday afternoon," EC adds. "Another trained spotter reported a possible tornado north of Walkerton and Hanover early Tuesday afternoon, but to date, no damage reports have been received."
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Earlier in the day, four golfers were struck by lightning on a course near Stouffville, north of Toronto.
A 60-year-old man sustained critical injuries while officials say the other three victims are in stable condition.
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms in southwestern Ontario Wednesday, with the greatest risks being strong winds and heavy rains.