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Friends Restaurant
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11 High Street
Harrow, HA5 5PJ
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£26 to £40
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Friends Restaurant Details
Dining Style:
Casual Dining
0208 866 0286
Hours of Operation:
Lunch: 12pm - 2pm
Dinner: 6.30 - 9pm
Saturday Dinner: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Sunday Lunch: 12pm - 2pm
Closed Sunday evenings and Mondays
Payment Options:
MasterCard, Visa
British, Modern European
Executive Chef:
Terry Farr
Dress Code:
Smart Casual
Accepts Walk-Ins:
Additional Details:
Banquet, Fireplace, Private Room
Party catering in the nearby, Historic West House for up to 50 people, subject to availability.
Getting there
Public Transit:
3 minutes walk from Pinner Metropolitain Line station.
Public Car Park
Parking Details:
3 car parks within 3 minutes walk, plus street parking from 6.30pm.
A word from Friends Restaurant
Take the freshest possible ingredients, sourced locally whenever possible – even supplied by our own customers on occasion! Prepare with care and cook to mouth watering perfection. Accompany with wines from a varied and ever changing list of carefully selected New and Old World labels. Last but not
least, enjoy in the warm, friendly atmosphere of Pinner's landmark restaurant, Friends. Isn't that what dining out should be about? We think so.
Under the guiding hand and palette of Savoy trained, Chef Patron, Terry Farr, Friends has built an enviable reputation for delivering affordable fine dining in a uniquely friendly ambience. Though we may be nestled in a 500 year old building, our culinary heart is very much of today with, a choice of A la carte or fixed price menus that combine the best of British and French cuisines, enlivened with modern combinations.
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Diner Reviews
We were a group of 6 North-London
friends out for dinner at Friends Restaurant. The evening measured up to a very good in-London restaurant experience, while the out-of-London location was a convenient and most pleasant change for us. Food was good, service cheerful and with a smile. Would go again."
dined on 14/08/2014
Terry Farr and his staff made us
feed really welcome on the first return visit. Great food and service."
dined on 10/08/2014
14 for dinner (1 baby) for a 50th
wedding anniversary. Service was spot on and the food was perfect. A nice blend of interesting and safe options that catered for a wide range of people and tastes. Ambiance was lovely and everybody was still talking about it two days later. Thanks for a great evening."
dined on 26/07/2014
Great food, great service. A
little on the pricy side but it's worth it and perfect for a more special occasion."
dined on 19/07/2014
Very good overall especially food
and making an evening to remember"
dined on 19/07/2014
This was my second visit to
Friends and I was once again impressed and left feeling 100% satisfied with my dining experience. The staff was attentive and lovely. The ambiance was fantastic and the food was exceptional. It was fresh, very well prepared and beautifully presented. The menu was very good value for money and I will definitely be back! Thank you for a wonderful afternoon!"
dined on 17/07/2014
Friends Restaurant in Pinner is
outstanding. The food is incredible, the service is fantastic, and the overall experience is always sensational. Would thoroughly recommend it."
dined on 15/07/2014
We have eaten at Friends several
times over the past 5 years and unfortunately this time our experience went from excellent to just good. The set menu is potentially interesting but our dishes were put together with flavours that just did not go together. Service was ok but our water glasses were not topped up all evening. For the price, popping next door might have been a better option!"
dined on 15/07/2014
We enjoyed the 3 course set menu
with wonderful complimentary home made artisan bread rolls. There was a good choice of each course, excellent flavours and beautifully presented. A complimentary serving of mixed vegetables was served along with the main course. Amazing value with 25% off! Service was attentive without being overdone. Relaxed atmosphere. A real winner!"
dined on 10/07/2014
The welcome, the ambience, the
service from friendly (but not pushy) staff, the food and the wine were all absolutely what my wife and I wanted to celebrate our fiftieth Wedding Anniversary. (We had enjoyed a meal with our three grand-daughters and their parents a few days earlier so as not to interfere with the school week.)"
dined on 18/06/2014
Outstanding Friday lunch, 3
courses, 25% off £25 menu. Service exceptional. Really recommend!"
dined on 30/05/2014
This is a decent restaurant, nice
staff and the food was fine. But we couldn't help thinking it was a bit overprice when comparing to central London restaurants with food of a similar quality. We probably will return for a special occasion and it's handy to have a unique little place like this in Pinner"
dined on 23/05/2014
Four of us dined here - we were
looking for a 'posh restaurant'. Three of us had the haggis in whiskey sauce as a starter, this was delicious, but we all thought it was too heavy a dish for starters. For Mains, we had either the beef which was delicious , or the fish which was either bream or salmon. The salmon was very-over cooked - more like chicken round the edges. My bream was quite nice but nothing special to be honest. The evening did not get off to a good start, I had to send-back a bottle of Cotes du Rhone which had a definite sour taste. The wine waiter agreed with my assessment and the bottle was replaced without fuss. The service was good, but overall it was an expensive meal and not as good as we had expected. "
dined on 23/05/2014
There are many restaurants in
Pinner but if you want to be sure of excellent food and a sense of being somewhere a little special, look no further than Friends"
dined on 17/05/2014
I had been recommended this
restaurant and after reading the positive write-ups here, we decided to give it a try. The restaurant walks the walk but doesn't talk the talk. In other words, the place looks great and the service is pleasant and attentive. The food comes up with excellent presentation. So far so good, our expectations seemed to be justified. But what a bitter disappointment to find that it was quite bland and tasteless to say the least. We were truly disappointed that the quality did not match the price, and I'm sorry to say we won't be going back."
dined on 07/05/2014
my wife and I went to friends to
celebrate our wedding anniversary the food was fantastic as always recommend it to anybody likes good food and excellent service"
dined on 07/05/2014
The restaurant was recommended and
we were not disappointed. The service and food were first class and we will definately be going back."
dined on 26/04/2014
A thoroughly enjoyable experience
, yet again. Friends always seems to deliver in abundance and how nice in this day and age of restaurants trying to get the maximum out of you and to turn their tables that you can linger. You can also have a conversation with your fellow diners without hearing your neighbours. Very good choice for all 3 sections of the menu and a very pleasant Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon - not marked up ridiculously high. Overall an excellent experience and we will be back very soon. Service was very personable but service at times was a little amateurish- not bad in itself anyway."
dined on 26/04/2014
Three of us dined and had a lovely
starter and main. The wine and service was also lovely. The 25% off also made the meal good value. Will be recommending to friends. "
dined on 24/04/2014
If you're thinking about trying
this restaurant out, I can only say 'go for it'. The food is very posh and very tasty, and there are some very creative options on the menu, such as haggis cakes with poached duck-egg - I don't usually like haggis but these were amazing. Staff were friendly and knowledgeable, and the wines by the glass were excellent. (I didn't try the bottles.) Overall, it was a very pleasant evening and I will be going there again."
dined on 24/04/2014
My wife and I had not visited
Friends for several months. We had an excellent special offer Easter Mondsy lunch - the food was tasted and great value. They accommodated my wife's special diet request in a professional way and her choice of menu was not affected in anyway. Highly recommended"
dined on 21/04/2014
As my wife and her grandma over
from Germany arrived we were greeted with a lovely friendly welcome and shown to our table . Service was efficient but not rushed which I really like we were not pushed into ordering wine or water but wine list was left on table for me to choose if I wished , nice touch . Food was excellent and precise , overall a beautiful Sunday lunch in a delightful ambience . Will go again for sure . Henri "
dined on 20/04/2014
Would highly recommend Friends
restaurant. We had a table of 8 people all celebrating my b'day and wedding anniversary and everyone enjoyed their food and wine! "
dined on 20/04/2014
Excellent food, very attentive and
knowledgable staff especially appreciated when one of our party mentioned their gluten allergy."
dined on 19/04/2014
Never been disappointed with a
meal at Friends and this was no exception. Consistently high standards of cooking and service"
dined on 19/04/2014
This is my favourite high street
restaurant that easily outstrips the chain restaurants in the area. It's many awards for culinary excellence are well deserved. I trust the combinations of food for each course implicitly, as they have a knack of making all food taste great. There are dishes I would hesitate to try elsewhere, that have been incredible when I've tried them here. Friends seem to have a genuine taste for flavours that compliment each other, where one will never overpower the other; the balance is always spot on. Highly recommend. We will be going for as long as it exists."
dined on 17/04/2014
tucked away in pinner high street
amongst various chain eateries this little restaurant serves excellent food in a quiet unhurried fashion the food is of very high quality and the service polite and attentive a. very relaxed and enjoyable experience . Sunday lunch is very good value and a simple but quality menu is perfectly presented."
dined on 13/04/2014
We went back to Friend's for my
mother's 87th birthday and sat downstairs which is very cosy (but not on top of the other diners). Food was very good and service efficient and very friendly. Some good value wine. Nice touch of a 'Happy Birthday' plate at the end (but thankfully no singing!). We haven't been here for a while, but will go back soon based on this experience."
dined on 12/04/2014
The food is excellent, I can't
believe we only just found this having lived locally for years. Lovely staff, great food. We will be back."
dined on 10/04/2014
I have wanted to eat in this
restaurant for ages but because of the higher than average prices and 12.5% service charge I had been saving it for a special occasion. When I noticed there was an offer on toptable I booked immediately. The staff were very friendly but overly attentive, whisking things off our table before they were finished and interrupting our conversations to ask if everything was ok. The food was well presented but lacked the flavour of other restaurants I have been to in the same price band. I was surprised at the tackiness of the plastic battery operated tea lights on the table. We had a nice evening but the experience did not warrant the prices being charged."
dined on 27/03/2014
Made a lunch booking through
toptable and got 25% off the food. There is a wide choice on their 3-course set lunch. All the food was inventive and excellent - the orange bread and butter pudding was heavenly!"
dined on 27/03/2014
It may be that due to the rave
reviews we had slightly higher expectations but my meal particularly was mediocre at best. The starter was basically a mean little cherry tomato salad with a grand title. My main course of fish was overcooked, soggy skinned and luke warm, the chicory side was actually cold. An interesting sounding rhubarb combo dessert was just pink and tasteless. My husbands meal was also barely warm despite the plates being hot and the vegetable sides were over salted to the point of being inedible. They managed to bring the wrong wine but did change when we queried this. Service was pleasant. As it was supposed to be a treat for my birthday it was all a bit of an anticlimax."
dined on 21/03/2014
We could not have chosen a better
venue for a family meal on my wifes birthday than Friends. The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, the service friendly and discreet, the food exceptional. The set menu options fully satisfied my 'pescatarian' wife and 2 teenage children, whereas, I was totally spoilt for choice. Each dish deserves comment and praise, but I will restrict myself to 3; my daughter described the confit lamb shoulder as having more flavour than anything she had ever tasted; the black cherry and chocolate tart was an indulgence of pefectly married ingredients, and my son's introduction to snails proved to be a thoroughly inspired selection. Thanks for a perfect evening.I can't wait for my birthday, I know where I'll be going!"
dined on 20/03/2014
Having been a critic for the
London Food and Drink Guide I am not easily impressed. I was by Friends. The menu is balanced and thoughtful with delicious dishes based on the highest quality ingredients. Well done Friends. I will return!"
dined on 19/03/2014
My friends and I had not been to
Friends restaurant for a couple of years and on this occasion found it better than ever. We were all made to feel very welcome, thoroughly enjoyed our meals and the service was excellent. We will definitely not leave it so long before we go back again."
dined on 14/03/2014
First time at Friends. Highly
recommended for an oasis of peace and calm in an otherwise busy week."
dined on 13/03/2014
We dine here as often as we can
and this time brought 4 friends. Everyone cemented on the outstanding food and service."
dined on 08/03/2014
Been there a couple times now and
have never been disappointed."
dined on 07/03/2014
We were eating from the British
Pie Week menu (which was excellent value): both the whitebait and the crispy chicken wings were great (I speak from personal experience - we swapped bits, according to family tradition); the steak and kidney pie was excellent; and the limoncello pancakes were delicious. I felt a touch overfed afterwards, but that's my fault . . ."
dined on 07/03/2014
This was the third time we had
eaten here but the first Sunday lunch, and as always it was lovely - good food with lovely flavours, good atmosphere and good service. My mother got a candle in her desert as it was her 91st birthday - a lovely touch and much appreciated."
dined on 02/03/2014
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On the surface, these incidents appear to be unrelated. They are simply the desperate graspings and mouth utterances of an increasingly fringe and desperate Republican Party which is determined to defeat Barack Obama by any means necessary. However, these events are all symptoms of a bigger problem. In the Age of Obama, white manhood — and a particular type of conservative white masculinity — is frightened, unsettled and terrified of its obsolescence. White (conservative) masculinity finds itself in an existential crisis.
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System files? Custom Files?
16 July 2011 at 5:45am
I need to upgrade from 2.3.7 to the current version. The instructions at http://doc.silverstripe.org/sapphire/en/installation/upgrading state replace system files but leave custom files. It mentions only a couple of each. Can someone tell me what files are to be replaced and what to leave? I would appreciate an answer for the novice. I inherited a silverstripe website and am having problems with the documentation as it seems to have been written to someone who fully understands the program and the programming of it. So please give some help to a novice.
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Just like the docs say (but perhaps it is a little short!) you want to keep the folders your site is in - i.e your mysite folder, themes folder as well as your assets folder in tact so leave these folders alone. All the other ones will need to be upgraded to newer versions (usually). This includes folders such as 'sapphire', 'cms' and modules you may have like 'blog'.
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Once you have the latest copies of sapphire, cms and any modules you have used in a folder somewhere else, delete those folders from your site folder and copy the new copies into your site folder. Running a dev/build will upgrade all the database tables.
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Lewis Wolpert: Over the course of evolution, breasts became permanently enlarged to signal sexual receptivity
Wednesday 08 December 2004
Even Darwin found it a very difficult problem: how could the evolution of breasts that give milk to the new-born have come about?
Even Darwin found it a very difficult problem: how could the evolution of breasts that give milk to the new-born have come about? He wrote: "If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not have been formed by numerous, successive, slight, modifications, my theory would absolutely break down." But whatever the small modifications in the lineage of mammalian ancestors that gave rise to lactation and the breasts were, they are far from easy to understand.
One important piece of evidence is the platypus, a monotreme mammal that has a patch on its breast that secretes milk for its infants to suck. This was first described in Australia by Richard Owen in 1832, and while Darwin had seen a platypus he did not know that it laid shelled eggs. Clearly, the platypus was an early stage in breast evolution.
Numerous theories have been proposed for how lactation evolved in the platypus. One theory, more than a hundred years old, suggests that the glands secreting nourishment in the platypus are modified sweat glands, but that the lactating glands in other mammals are modified sebaceous glands, which normally secrete an oily fluid to protect the skin. In the 1960s, JBS Haldane took up the problem and proposed that the ancestors of monotreme mammals might have needed to keep their eggs cool, and so evolved a mechanism for moistening them in their fur, in a manner similar to that used by some Asian birds who moisten their feathers. More recently a theory has emerged in which multiple glands of the skin are involved.
The ancestral line of animals that gave rise to the mammals were lizard-like, go back some 130 million years, and are called synapsids. The evolution of mammals involved many changes in the body, such as the development of a single bone in the lower jaw, diversified teeth, a more upright stance, and a secondary palate. But where in the fossil record is there evidence for lactation? One piece of evidence comes from bones that project forward from the lower waist and are assumed to have evolved to provide support for young in the pouch of marsupials like the kangaroo, as well as in the platypus, which do not have a pouch but whose young need support. The early pouch and breast may have initially provided moisture to the eggs of egg-laying ancestors.
The skin of the ancestral synapsids needed to keep water in at the same time as keeping the skin moist, and so probably contained glands for both watery and oily secretion.
Mammary glands are thought to have evolved from some mosaic of the different glands in our ancestors. The development of the mammary gland in the embryo of monotremes and marsupials has some similarities to that of other mammals, but there are significant differences and the reasons are not understood.
Another aspect of lactation relates to its role in the immune system. Breast milk contains a variety of proteins that are important for the functioning of the immune system, and it is suggested that these factors compensate for the slow development in the developing foetus, and in early postnatal life, of the production of protection against microbial infections. This has important implications for the health of infants.
Finally, why are breasts so important in the sexual life of humans? Why is their size so crucial for sexual self-esteem? It must be related to sexual intercourse changing from the male mating from the rear to front-to-front contact. Some anthropologists have thus proposed that the swell of female breasts is equivalent to the swollen fertile buttocks of our primate ancestors.
Human female breasts may have become permanently enlarged secondary to sexual selection, as they potentially resembled the double ovoid region of the distended buttocks, which in turn are employed to signal appeasement as well as sexuality in primates.
Over the course of evolution, the breasts became permanently enlarged, and thus a permanent sex symbol to signal that the human female was continuously sexually receptive. Evolution seems to have a curious sense of humour.
Professor Wolpert is professor of biology as applied to medicine at University College London
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — 42,000 students will be sitting the examination Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) in two weeks and according to the Ministry of Education preparations are at an advanced stage of readiness for this year's sitting.
The examination will be held on Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21 in all primary schools and most preparatory schools across the island.
The Grade Six Achievement Test is the country's national high school entrance examination. Students undertake five subjects including English, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics and Communication Task for entry into High Schools of their choice at Grade 7.
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University Park
Children's Clothing Co-Op
Semi-Annual Sale
The University Park Children's Clothing Co-Op has a new home!
Date: Saturday, September 27, 10A
Location: University United Methodist Church (UUMC)
3621 Campus Drive, College Park, MD. (get directions)
Quality "pre-washed and gently worn" clothing for children from tots to teens will be available. Featured will be seasonal clothing and accessories, costumes, rain wear and swim wear, books, toys, sports equipment, baby/layette equipment and maternity items. Cash only.


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Photography Archive
American photographer James Friedman has been bouncing round the blogosphere the last couple of weeks with attention lavished on his Interior Design series, showcasing the colourful cross-sections of cut-open golf balls.
Personally I can think of nothing worse than spending months at sea in a giant frozen boat, risking my life night and day so that people lazier than I am can enjoy a fish supper once a week. Sounds hellish. And yet Corey Arnold spent seven years aboard various commercial fishing vessels on Alaska's Bering Sea, battling gargantuan waves, sleepless nights and sub-zero temperatures rustling crab and fish from the arctic waters. Thankfully he took his camera along with him, meaning we get to experience this hazardous profession without having to set even one foot onto a boat. Easy!
We love these gorgeous snaps from Chantal Anderson, whose beautiful locations and tropical colour-schemes make us want to drop everything we're doing and book a flight straight to California. Splitting her time between Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest, Anderson's photographs have been featured in Time Out, and she's also done work for Google. After gazing at these photographs, you're bound to want to pull off your heavy-knit winter jumpers and plunge straight into a summery pool.
What can you say about a guy whose bio on his website is just one big question mark other than "Dear Josh, you have the best look book I have ever seen. Explain." From what I can gather, Josh Reim is a young fashion designer whose clothes look like altered versions of your best thrift-store finds. Kitsch embroidery, cuddly toys and enormous batwing sleeves are met with menacing ropes woven around hems, and cute characters on the fronts of dungarees that look a tad more frightening than they probably should. Add to that mix a bunch of models that look like they haven't seen sunlight or vegetables for a few years messing around in a dusty recording studio and you've got one of the most palpable and inspirational look books you'll see this year. Just to add to the mystery, it's almost impossible to find anywhere that sells his clothes. Best guy ever.
Don't be shocked at the photos you see here. Clicking on a Henrik Purienne article and complaining about the nudity is like going to the Louvre and complaining that there are too many paintings. The bounty-hunting jet-setter has recently published a new book, morena, which has been lovingly designed by Barcelona design studio Córdova – Canillas. The concept of the book is simple: morena is a Spanish word for "a tanned or a non-blonde girl, or both at the same time" and the book is "a collection of monographs venturing in a timeless sensuality, in nudity as a state of true elegance, in sex…"
The taste of peaches and cream, the smell of fresh washing, and the feeling of a cool breeze on a warm summers day are all sensations evoked when flicking through Margaux Roy's minimalist photography series, Wahed. Taken while on holiday in Tunisia, Roy focuses on fabrics, patterns and textures, and the things unseen or overlooked amongst everyday life.
Alongside Harry Griffin, Eva O'Leary is one half of photographic duo Two States, whose war enactment project Devils Den had us stunned and delighted back in December. As we've just discovered though, Eva has some brilliant work of her own, too. Her portfolio is full of images which, through her lens, seem ever so slightly more extraordinary. From a man in a dressing gown and wellies sipping nonchalantly from a red mug as though the deep, mysterious blue forest he's standing in is perfectly normal, to a pair of outstretched arms hugging the wall space between two windows; everything looks just a little bit surreal. Her photographs have an intense depth to them that's not often found in portraiture, and frankly, we can't stop staring.
When a photographer goes to assist a more established practitioner, they have an amazing up-close opportunity to learn from the best. And they don't come much better than Nadav Kander, whom Kate Peters spent four years working with before developing her own projects and commissions.
Adam got in touch last week and said that he had picked up a copy of Printed Pages in his local Greenpoint coffee shop and wanted to show us his work. We're glad that particular coffee shop has such good taste (ahem) in the magazines they put around for the enjoyment of their customers, because otherwise we would never have seen Adam's brilliant photographs.
Looking at the tranquil photographs taken by Vancouver based philosophy graduate Nich Hance McElroy makes one ask oneself the age-old and head-scratching question: "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Like the famous philosophical dilemma, McElroy's photo series seeks knowledge of the unobserved, and does this through documenting undisturbed moments and spaces; places where sounds seem to cease to exist, where not even the clicking of McElroy's shutter is able to penetrate into the hushed serenity of his compositions.
For centuries we have been fascinated by the architecture of power; indeed many of the world's most visited tourist sites are structures from where religious, political and social power was once exercised. But what about the places which provide the backdrops to the decision-makers of today? Swiss photographer Luca Zanier's ongoing project Corridors of Power takes us inside the very rooms where the contemporary power-brokers play, many of which seem straight out of central casting.
When your photography skills are as good as Nico's and you've just married what appears to be a very wonderful and beautiful woman, why not document your honeymoon appropriately? This series that he posted on Facebook documents him and his new wife's travels around what I can only assume is South Africa as that's where Nico's from. It made me think about honeymoon photos in general, are they a thing? Are couples usually so done with photographs after the wedding that they don't bother? It's a very special time for couples, and I'd like to see more honeymoon albums. Not the naked kind.
Step aside all ye pretenders of yore; it's time to show you my new favourite website. English Heritage – the body charged with protecting, maintaining and promoting the UK's historic buildings – has launched a new Tumblr on which they treat us to images from their incredible photographic archives. With more than seven million to choose from, the Tumblr takes a thematic approach to curation, showcasing several examples of the same thing each day (today is gravestones, yesterday was railway signal boxes).
Swiss photographer Marie Rime is just about to graduate from her BA in photography at ECAL. In spite of her young age she's managed to accrue an impressive body of fine art photography that experiments with unorthodox costumes crafted from everyday materials (in this case board game pieces). They concern themselves predominantly with the theme of power, exploring the role that armour and costumes play in the amplification of status in the perception of the viewer. As a result of this coherent and highly stylised portfolio, Marie has found herself shortlisted for this year's Hyéres photography festival – which seems like an entirely deserved honour to us.
I can't stop looking at these photos by Daniel Naudé, who has spent the past two years travelling through India, Uganda and Madagascar taking beautiful portraits of cattle in communities where they are still considered sacred. I rarely think of these animals beyond their association with farming, leather and children's books, yet here they are transformed before my eyes into majestic, heroic creatures adorning the natural landscape.
There is precious little information about Vitaliy Kliushkin on his website. We know he's an artist and a designer and that he's based in Kiev in Ukraine. The only other fact in his "About" section is that he was "Born in the future." But never mind the misdirection really because we're more than happy to let Vitaliy's work speak for itself. His graphic experiments are interesting but it's his photos that got under my skin; weird narrative suggestions and captured happenstance that confuse, beguile and challenge the viewer in equal measure. And if that plait coming out of the woman's mouth doesn't haunt your dreams then you're made of stronger stuff than me.
People look better under coloured lights – think nightclubs or Icelandic people smiling beneath auroras – and that's especially true when they're prancing around with their naughty bits flailing around all over the place. Beautiful humans lit with rainbow colours and smoke is my idea of a perfect project, which is why Maciek Jasik is a surefire new favourite. His hazy portraits of men and women of all shapes and sizes careering around in a studio evoke a strange feeling in my gut that I haven't had since I first discovered Ryan McGinley – as if Maciek's discovered something about humans that we weren't previously aware of but now we have to live with.
I've had Benjamin Swanson's portfolio bookmarked for about nine months now and I like to check back in on him every once in a while to see how he's getting on. The BA Photography student from Nottingham Trent University has consistently showed such promise that it feels like he's constantly on the verge of producing something really extraordinary. Looking at the list of people he's assisted (Sam Hofman, Michael Bodiam, Thomas Brown, Sarah Parker) it seemed obvious that when the time came, that stand-out project would be a still life shoot – and indeed it is.
Life ain't bad if you're a freelance photographer as good as Thomas Prior, he just spent a few weeks roaming around Turkey and Greece taking shots of sun-drenched stairways, charcoal skies and craggy rock faces dotted with humans for travel magazine Afar. These are in no way your clichéd travel shots of old men clutching baguettes or stray cats asleep in rhododendron bushes – Thomas has managed to document fairly touristy places without making them look cheap or tacky at all. If anything he's actually embraced the tourism and dwelt on it, mixing in images of souvenirs, tourist police and water-slides with honest shots revealing the true characteristics of the country's landscapes and inhabitants.
We're not sure why there is such an obsession with seeing everyday objects made alien and otherworldly in super close-up photography. It's a recurring fascination for creatives too, and over the years we've come across various projects centred on weird and wonderful microscopic explorations.
There are various figures whose names I recognise – who have seeped into the contemporary cultural consciousness for some reason or other – but who I know nothing about. Think Zsa Zsa Gabor, Imelda Marcos and Evel Knievel. The latter it turns out (thanks Wikipedia) was an American "daredevil, entertainer, and international icon" who shot to fame in the 1970s and 1980s.
Remember shooting your first roll of film as an enthusiastic and slightly precocious six year-old on a sticky disposable camera? I do – and the film was dominated by the backs of people's heads. I was devastated that I hadn't created a collection of immaculate and traditional family portraits, of course, but little did I realise back then that the backs can be just as beautiful.
The people at It's Nice That – including me – who aren't really into football get reprimanded for referring to it as "the beautiful game" or "the game of two halves" or "the game of the reds and the blues." But you know, it's hard for someone who isn't into football to get emotional about it. Sometimes you see footage of a screaming crowd or a kid in a stripy scarf crying in the stalls an it makes you weepy, sure. But when you see photos like this, of kids running around in the evening sun playing "the beautiful game" with a makeshift ball with some twigs as goalposts then yeah, it does seem pretty unbelievable. Well done Austen for taking this series of shots, and for making the most of his trip round the world rather than just sitting in cafes reading The Celestine Prophecy with a bunch of vest-wearing Etonians.
Documentary photographer Brian Finke has travelled extensively across America capturing an incredible variety of people, professions and social rituals. From construction workers and flight attendants, to hip hop honeys and cheerleaders, his fascination with the dramas played out in small towns and urban cities finds its outlet in these wonderful images. Mixing natural light with flash photography, and staged scenes with candid shots, Brian masterfully highlight the undeniable uniformity of life, whilst celebrating individual moments with honesty and humour.
It was in 2007 that Yusuke Miyagawa's Funky Jamaica first came out, but we were only just starting up then, so excuse us for missing it. In the intervening seven years the Brooklyn-based, Japanese photographer has become a regular at Dazed and Confused and INDIE, repeatedly commissioned for his beautifully up-close-and-personal style of documentary photography in which he consistently confronts his subjects head on. That said, we've yet to see him produce a body of work as cohesive as his Jamaican masterpiece.
Bird-spotting, Santa-papping photographer Luke Stephenson has recently turned his attentions to the documentation of a Great British culinary staple; the humble 99. For international readers allow me to explain: the 99 is Great Britain's answer to France's crêpe, or New York's one dollar pizza – an article of questionable nutritional value that's available in any number of strange locations throughout the summer. It's a glorious swirl of vanilla ice cream spat unceremoniously into a flimsy synthetic cone and we eat them in their thousands.
Some photographers like to take beautiful photos of their mates hanging out in parks, or portraits of famous people standing by nice windows. Other photographers, and I have to say my personal favourite photographers, prefer to take wild, rainbow-infused images that capture your imagination and fling it into the corner of a psychedelic brain festival. Brooklyn photographer Brian Vu does that to me, his compositions of precious stones, human flesh and scenes are like slices of a history that doesn't exist, or just a mash-up of The Holy Mountain and Topshop in 2008. Amazing.
It's always a pleasure when the new Port magazine drops through our letterbox and the latest issue was no exception. But even by its own sky-high standards, one piece in particular jumped out as something very impressive. The Chateau de Bosc in the south of France was the aristocratic seat of the Toulouse-Lautrec family, and was home to Henri, the painter and printmaker who captured the wild world of 19th Century Paris with such flair.
Will looking into artist's studios ever get boring? I think not, and neither do Freunde von Freunden who make this activity their profession. The Berlin collective travel to the homes and workplaces of some of the world's most quietly spectacular people who choose to adorn their little nests with beautiful objects, and take pride in things such as ancient rugs, houseplants and hanging crystals.
I like to imagine that if I were to hop on a spaceship and zoom a distance away from the earth I'd be able to watch all of the inhabitants of our busy planet scuttling hurriedly around its surface like tiny ants. This is extreme, of course, and completely ridiculous, but as it turns out, if you hover at a considerably lower altitude in a plane, and dangle out of the window, you really can make out the traces of activity that we leave behind us.
Magdalena Wosinska has something of a reputation for creating exciting images that all the big brands want to buy into. Her photographs convey a sense of unreserved excitement and fun, strewn with gangs of achingly trendy twenty somethings with effortlessly beautiful physiques. But her style isn't some affectation born out of a desire to be cool, Magdalena grew up photographing her friends in the skate and metal scene just doing their thing, inadvertently creating a vernacular that people want to buy into.
Both tattoos and secret codes may be considered cool in isolation; bring them together and it's fair to say our heads have been well and truly turned. The latest book from Damon Murray and Stephen Sorrell – aka design studio and publishing imprint FUEL – builds on the huge success of their previous books focusing on Russian tattoos.
It might be argued that if you were to take a selection of women whose job it is to be startlingly beautiful, and then have extremely capable photographer Alessandro Furchino photograph them, you'd have a hard time making a book of the images that was anything less than lovely. That simply isn't true, though, and Andy Massaccesi's excellent work in designing Sublime for the model agency Monster Management is absolutely not to be sniffed at.
We first fell in love with Ramon Haindl's work about a year-and-a-half ago when he was still finding his feet as a freelance photographer. We were immediately drawn to his sensitive treatment of subjects, his extraordinary use of light and his collaborations with the likes of Haw-Lin Services and Deutsche and Japaner. Arguably one of our stand-out photographs of 2012 was his shot of a model's beautiful auburn hair resting on the neck of her knitted jumper – it's a truly exceptional image.
Historians have long appreciated the cultural necessity of gathering oral testimonies about the past from those who experienced it while we still have the chance. Brooklyn-based artist Rachel Sussman has spent 10 years applying this same principle to the natural world, and the fruits of her extraordinary labours have now been published in a stunning new book. The Oldest Living Things In The World is exactly what it sounds like; a photographic documentation of 30 of our planet's most enduring natural phenomena; featuring lichens and shrubs, fungi, coral and Apsen trees all of which have been around for more than 2,000 years (and in the case of the Apsen trees, a mind boggling 80,000 years).
It's no huge revelation that The Gentlewoman has an eye for stylish and interesting visuals, but even by the magazine's own sky-high standards this shoot from Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes – styled by Sam Logan – is pretty ruddy special. The idea is simple enough – to celebrate the humble pocket and the beautiful detailing which separate the best garments from the rest, but in these super-talented hands it becomes something more than the sum of its parts, thanks to the use of shadow and confidently single-minded focus, which stimulate almost lurid fixation.
How cool is this? Fantastic photographer Dan Martenson got asked to photograph The Yeah Yeah Yeahs for Holiday magazine and decided to make it look like a set of passport photos taken in some old photobooth. Why does this work? Because The Yeah Yeah Yeahs remind us of being teenagers and our brains being constantly infused with love, excitement, getting drunk and the possibilities of life. What does a photo booth remind you of? Travel, friendship, memories and wild times. The combination of both great band and ubiquitous image-making tool is a match made in heaven, and testament to what a great photographer Dan is.
You know that feeling you get when you're sat at your desk, the sun is shining, and for a second it comes through the window, warming your arm just long enough for you to know exactly what you're missing? If that feeling makes you fidget in your seat then Adrian Morris' photographs will probably have you leaping over buildings.
Mark Gerald is something of a rare creature in that he's both a psychoanalyst and a photographer, and has succeeded in stitching these two very different passions together. He first started the project In the Shadow of Freud's Couch back in 2003, when he started to photograph his fellow psychoanalysts in their offices, in reaction to the archetype of Sigmund Freud's Victorian consulting room, with its "oriental rug-draped couch."
Connie Zhou's camera lens is like a magnet drawn inexplicably towards all things enormous and awe-inspiring. Since shooting these jaw-dropping photographs of Google HQ she has turned her gaze towards incredibly futuristic architecture that's beginning to dominate the contemporary skyline, complete with reflective surfaces, skyscraper heights and spaceship-like structures. It's not all bad though, as some of them are really very beautiful. See for yourself below!


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Splash Into Summer at Myrtle Waves
During your oceanfront stay at Coral Beach Resort & Suites in Myrtle Beach, you'll be able to enjoy the relaxation of the sandy beaches and soothing sounds of the crashing waves. But, if you're looking to have some fun on the world's tallest tubular water slide, or a 20-foot long slide leading to a 4-foot vertical drop, you'll have to head out to Myrtle Waves Water Park. For heart-pumping, slip-sliding fun during your vacation, make sure you check out South Carolina's largest waterpark!
Located just minutes from the coast at Broadway at the Beach, this waterpark has all-day entertainment for every member of the family. Relax along the more than 1,200-foot long Layzee River, bob over the waves on a tube in the Ocean in Motion wave pool, or lounge the day away under the canopy of a private cabana. But, lets be honest, you didn't come to Myrtle Waves just to relax, you came for the thrill of the slides, chutes, and funnels.
With 20 acres and more than one million gallons of water, Myrtle Waves is just the place to satisfy your thirst for fun. Climb ten stories up to the top of the world's tallest tubular waterslide, the Turbo Twisters, and slide at 50 feet per second down its enclosed slides. Hop on a single or double tube at Arooba Tooba and drop down and whirl around the giant funnel before getting sucked through the center and shot out into the pool below. Or, Whip through sharp curves and drops in complete darkness on the Night Flight slide.
If you have toddlers in your group, don't worry, Myrtle Waves isn't all thrilling adrenaline rides. For some fun for the little ones check out Bubble Bay. This 7,000 square foot leisure pool with water depths ranging from 6" to 18" is a great place to sit and play. Watch as they run under the three cascading water umbrellas, climb on secured, faux logs and alligators. You can also head on over the Saturation Station for more splashes, slides and waterfalls for the squirts. This Caribbean-themed island is an interactive water playground with a number of mini-scale slides and chutes for kids.
With over a dozen water-filled activities, food, drinks, shopping, and more, Myrtle Waves is a great place to spend the whole day with the family during your vacation. Admission to Myrtle Waves is $24 for guest 42" and taller and $19 for guest uner 42". For more information about pricing, location, and hours, visit Myrtle Waves online or call (843) 919-9250.


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Rihanna Readies "Where Have You Been" Music Video, Lands SNL Gig
The artwork to Rihanna's upcoming music video just became available. Posted on her website with the description, "The countdown to 'Where Have You Been' is on . . . " the caption lets fans know that "Rihanna has started the road to the release of her 'Where Have You Been' video."
What's sure to be a summer hit, the four-minute track includes electronic beats and Rihanna's seductive vocals. While the song hits radio May 8, a release date for the music video hasn't been announced.
The first photo from the music video shows a long-haired Rihanna in a sequin two-piece in the middle of a forest. Surrounded by trees and brush, the colorless image brings to mind the black and white footage from her "Take Care" video with Drake.
Following the opening weekend success of sci-fi Battleship overseas, (the film grossed $58 million from 26 foreign countries), Rihanna will add a performance to Saturday Night Live to her to-do list next month. Rihanna has been tapped as a musical guest on May 5 while Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning will host. Though it's certain RiRi will be performing, here's hoping she'll continue her acting streak in a few skits.
- Annie Reuter CBS Local
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EULESS (CBSDFW.COM) A North Texas robotics team is one step away from world domination. Last week students from Trinity High School in Euless qualified for the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship to be held in St. Louis next month.
Now if they can only raise the cash to get there.
The Trinity students designed and built the robot they call "wormtail," and so far it's invincible.
Sixteen-year-old student Danish Tharvani explained, "We took good parts of one robot and put it on another and we made it a super robot."


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Jeff Katz Launches American Original
The name Jeff Katz might not jump out at you from the get-go but I can assure you guys, you're more than acquainted with his work. Over the past few years Katz has been instrumental in shepherding along installments of several high profile franchises such as Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street and most recently X-Men Origins: Wolverine for other studios. Now he's setting out to create his very own genre label.
Variety reports today that Katz' new company, American Original, will launch in two divisions -- American Original Press will be publishing around ten comics per year with the endgame goal of adapting them as films, TV shows, Web series or games, and American Original Entertainment will serve as the production arm.
This budding new company is also sporting one hell of an industry pedigree in terms of staff right out of the gate:
Ben Austin, a former New Line, Fine Line and Fox staffer, will be director of development. Katz will own and produce all titles under the American Original label, with Top Cow's Matt Hawkins and Marc Silvestri exec producing select books. The company's advisory board includes director Richard Donner, producer Ralph Winter and former New Line distribution chief David Tuckerman.
"The genre audience has been derisively labeled with a variety of names -- 'fanboys,' 'geeks' and the like," Katz tells Variety. "While the bad news is that we are only a niche, the good news is that the future of entertainment is a future built on niches. This audience is expanding and is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the new entertainment model."
Amen, Jeff. A-fuckin-men! Between this and Peter Block's A Bigger Boat, genre fans could be in for one hell of a treat in the near future. We'll keep our ears to the ground for more.
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Phillip Wolanski is the managing director of Denwol (previously DW & Company), a property development and investment company. Wolanski inherited the business upon the death of his father Dennis in 1992. In the past five years, Wolanski has sold a few of his Sydney property holdings. He is building a $68 million hotel, to be operated by the Rydges chain, at Sydney airport, where he already owns the budget Hotel Formule 1. Last year, Wolanski was part of a consortium that bought two hotels at Darwin airport. He also has interests in the MGB Equity Growth fund. Wolanski is a passionate supporter of soccer and is on the board of Football Federation Australia.
He was made a member of the Order of Australia in 2008 for his philanthropic contributions to arts, sporting and cultural organisations. In 1998, he established the Wolanski Foundation, in memory of his father, to support the performing arts.


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"As cloud computing demand has continued explosive growth," said Cloud Expo Silicon Valley speaker Michael Jackson (pictured), President & COO of Adaptive Computing, "Adaptive and its partners have applied Moab's unique competitive advantage of upgrading static self-service cloud projects to rich self-optimizing or intelligent workload-driven clouds,"
He was speaking yesterday as Adaptive, the company behind the Moab unified automation intelligence technology, announced the completion of its Series A round of financing, securing $14 million from Intel Capital.
"With an established global customer base and a cloud pipeline filled with opportunity," Jackson continued, "the new funding will enable the company to increase headcount and expand operations to meet the growing global demand."
Intel Capital served as the lead investor, along with EPIC Ventures. Adaptive Computing's initial round of funding, after nine years of consistent profitable growth as a company, will be used to further accelerate the company's ability to meet the rapid increase in customer demand for cloud automation intelligence.
"Adaptive Computing's solutions are well-positioned to play an important role upgrading enterprise data centers to intelligent, self-optimizing cloud environments," said Steve Eichenlaub, managing director of Intel Capital. "Our investment in Adaptive Computing is consistent with Intel Capital's belief that intelligent policy management will play a critical role in the next phase of cloud automation."
"While the first wave of cloud computing has been centered on virtualization, the next wave of managing the complexity of cloud-based workloads and resources is a much bigger problem to solve," said Chris Stone, managing director of EPIC Ventures. "Adaptive Computing is the solution to taming this complexity, and we at EPIC Ventures are pleased to have the opportunity to make it a standard in the cloud computing market."
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Source: The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Volume 14, Number 5, May 2010, pp. 604-610(7)
Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Keywords: HIV/AIDS; economic impact; patient costs; tuberculosis
Document Type: Regular Paper
Affiliations: 1: Department of Development Policy and Practice, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2: Department of Community Medicine, University of Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3: Department of Development Policy and Practice, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Epidemiology and Disease Control Unit, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
Publication date: May 1, 2010
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease publishes articles on all aspects of lung health, including public health-related issues such as training programmes, cost-benefit analysis, legislation, epidemiology, intervention studies and health systems research. The IJTLD is dedicated to the continuing education of physicians and health personnel and the dissemination of information on tuberculosis and lung health world-wide.
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Fairfax, Virginia - Remington Arms Company has generously loaned eighty-five firearms along with works of art from their private collection to the new NRA National Sporting Arms Museum at the Bass Pro Shops flagship superstore in Springfield, Mo.
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Springfield, Missouri - It's been ten years in the making. Ten years since Bass Pro Shops Founder Johnny Morris set foot in National Firearms Museum at NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. Ten years since he decided to open a similar showcase at the "granddaddy of all outdoor stores" in Springfield.
"The collection here at Bass Pro Shops is one of the finest ever assembled," said Director of NRA Museum Jim Supica. "What we've put together here is a sporting arms collection that the world has never seen."
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Springfield, Missouri - Final touches are being applied to the guns and displays of the NRA's new National Sporting Arms Museum in Springfield. The results of ten years worth of work with Bass Pro Shops, the museum and it's nearly 1,000 guns will soon call the "granddaddy of all outdoor stores" home.
"The men and women of Bass Pro have been tremendous throughout this entire process," said NRA National Firearms Museum Director Jim Supica. "It's been a pleasure working with them as bring a wonderful example of America's love of the hunting, conservation and the sporting arms to the Missouri."
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Fairfax, Virginia - Two hundred thirty seven years ago this Thursday, Great Britain's thirteen American colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence. No longer regarding themselves a part of the British Empire, the newly independent states formed a new nation — the United States of America. From that moment forward, Americans have observed July 4 as Independence Day.
Independence did not come easy to the United States, who won its sovereignty after eight years of war with the Kingdom of Great Britain. Firearms played an integral role in winning the United States' freedom and their use would go on to help weave the story of our great country as it expanded and became a world superpower.
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Fairfax, Virginia - The subject of tonight's episode of Curator's Corner on NRAnews comes with more than just a gun. There are two historically significant events tied into this Colt revolver. First is the double-action design and second is the man who owned — the notorious John Wesley Hardin.
The difference between double and single action is a simple one. When pulling the trigger of a double action revolver, the hammer goes back, the cylinder rotates and the hammer falls to fire the gun. With the single action, one has cock the trigger before firing the gun. The Lightning, a .38 caliber Long Colt, wasn't all that successful.
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Fairfax, Virginia - In preparation for their nine-hour Memorial Day Marathon, Sportsman Channel packed up crew and gear for a special trip to the National Firearms Museum. As the marathon centers around NRA's Guns & Gold, who better to tap for the intros and outros than host Jim Supica and Philip Schreier?
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Manned by experts throughout the firearm industry, including Guns & Ammo writers and Blue Book of Gun Values publishers (along with a few cats from the National Firearms Museum), the Antique Guns and Gold Showcase was an opportunity for people to bring in that rifle, pistol or shotgun that's be sitting in the closet for ages and find out what it's worth. Better yet, some even had a story to go along with the guns.
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Concert boosts awareness of mental health initiatives
Queen's is hosting a concert to raise awareness of mental health initiatives at the university. The concert features Brooklyn-based jazz singer Melissa Stylianou, a rising star on the New York jazz scene who recently released her fifth album, Silent Movie. She will perform in Kingston with her band as part of a four-city tour through Ontario and Quebec.
"I hope we can have a great concert, sharing some wonderful music together, but I also hope this contributes to efforts in reducing the stigma around mental health," says Ms Stylianou, who grew up in Toronto and whose younger sister studies at Queen's. "This is an issue that touches many people and most families. I hope this concert helps people feel okay to talk about it more openly."
Principal Daniel Woolf – who has spearheaded mental health initiatives at the university – will speak before the Queen's concert. "I am a long-time fan of Melissa's music," says Principal Woolf. "I am looking forward to a great evening supporting a very important cause."
Megan Hamilton, a singer-songwriter and Queen's staff member, will open the concert. She is an accomplished musician and an old friend of Ms Stylianou's from theatre school in Toronto.
"Melissa and I have talked about playing together for a long time so this is a wonderful opportunity to do that and support a great cause," says Ms Hamilton, who describes her musical style as indie folk rock. "Mental health is a really important issue and this public event is an excellent way to keep the conversation going."
The concert takes place Friday, November 16, 7:30 pm at Chalmers United Church, 212 Barrie St. Tickets are $10 for students and seniors, $20 for adults. Proceeds from ticket sales will go towards Queen's mental health initiatives.
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Long before he was a person of interest in connection with the homicide of Annie Le, Ray Clark III was simply another face in the halls at Branford High School. Clark's friends never expected to see him on the front page of area newspapers. They never expected to see his face on national news, on national websites. They never expected him to be connected to the case that has captivated the world's attention.
Police say Clark was a lab technician at the Yale lab at 10 Amistad and worked with Annie Le, the beautiful, promising young scientist.
Kristin Murphy went to high school with Clark. She remembers him well.
"I was surprised. I was shocked. He was the sweetest kid in high school. I could never imagine him doing something like this. I can't. I just can't."
Murphy got a phone call from her sister last night when the news broke: Clark was officially a person of interest.
"I said, oh my god. Wait a minute. Let me see a picture... then, I was like shellshocked!!"
She cannot believe the high schooler she knew could do anything like this.
"I don't believe he did it," she says. "I really don't."
"He was a sweetheart."
Kristin can't help but think how much life has changed since both wandered the halls of Branford High School.
"I don't know how to put it in words...i want to cry right now."


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December of 2012 was great fun on the celebrity real estate front. The biggest real estate news in the tabloids this month was Rihanna's purchase of a mini-mansion in Pacific Palisades. Perhaps the most interesting home of the bunch is famed photographer Annie Liebovitz's Greenwich Village digs.
Celebrity Real Estate News: December 2012
1. Rihanna bought a villa in Pacific Palisades for $12 Million. According to Trulia, Rihanna just bought a $12M estate in Los Angeles's celeb-heavy Pacific Palisades. Rihanna's new house boasts 20 parking spaces, 9 bathrooms, a swimming pool with a huge patio (perfect for parties, one presumes), stone tile floors, and 7 bedrooms. The previous owner of the house must have had a thing for beige, as he or she apparently instructed his or her Los Angeles painting contractor to paint every single surface in the house beige. One would think that given Rihanna's colorful public persona, that she'd buy a house with more interior detailing, but perhaps the constantly busy starlet needs the serenity of a sleek, modern house up in the hills.
2. Jennifer Love Hewitt sold her Toluca Lake house for $2.15M. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt was reported to have pocketed a $450,000 profit in the sale of ther Toluca Lake house. The sprawling house, though not architecturally interesting, did have quite a few nice built in features that were built by an obviously skilled trim carpenter. The six bedroom, six bathroom house includes high ceilings with attractive moldings, built in book shelves, a swimming pool and large patio, and a working fireplace. She reportedly has not lived in the house for quite some time, rather occupying another home in Toluca Lake.
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Learning to Do, Doing to Learn, Earning to Live, Living to Serve.
That's the motto for FFA programs across the country.
Closer to home, Jennifer Kleen tells us how Stanley FFA members are putting the motto into motion.
60,000 people with ideas from all over the country gathered in Louisville, Kentucky.
That was the stage for the Stanley FFA chapter when the group brought home 11th place in the national livestock judging contest --- and 3rd in the marketing division.
(Dylan Enger, Stanley FFA Chapter President, Junior) "A lot of people congratulated us for being such a small town and competing on a national level like that."
That was last fall.
Today the team is wearing their pride at home for National FFA Week.
(Haley Goodall, Stanley FFA Chapter Vice President, Junior) "When we go out places and wear our blue corduroy jackets, we definitely have older people walk up to us and say that they remember when they wore theirs when they were younger."
Whether your style is 'downtown' or 'down on the farm,'
(Haley Goodall, Stanley FFA Chapter Vice President, Junior) "It's not just for the farm kids anymore."
the Stanley FFA members have each found a niche.
(Tyrel Johnson, Stanley FFA Chapter Treasurer, Junior) "It will really help me out when I'm going around I can see what type of seeds are which."
(Paige Aadnes, Stanley FFA Chapter Secretary, Junior) "There's other things like horticulture, we design flowers. I got into that."
(Payton Erie, Stanley FFA Chapter, Junior) "There's crops, ag sales, and livestock judging."
(Shawn Johnson, Stanley FFA Chapter, Junior) "I learned how to change spark plugs and take off oil filters and I know how to take off a transmission too."
(Ashton Smith, Stanley FFA Chapter, Sophomore) "I like carrying things over to real life. I know a lady who plans on getting sheep soon and I can help her with sheep now."
And the real life skills are deeper than hands on.
(Haley Goodall, Stanley FFA Chapter Vice President, Junior) "A lot of communication skills. You learn a lot about agriculture skills, it's not just farming, agriculture is a lot of technology, people wouldn't really think it's technology but it's a lot of technology."
(Paige Aadnes, Stanley FFA Chapter Secretary, Junior) "Definitely communication skills and leadership skills."
(Dylan Enger, Stanley FFA Chapter President, Junior) "It helps me be a leader. Get involved with different agricultural experiences. It opens your eyes to different things that you didn't know existed."
Awards line the Stanley FFA chapter classroom, but they're preparing to compete on the stage of a lifetime.
In Stanley, Jennifer Kleen, KX News.
The Stanley Chapter has been touring the elementary school with hands on projects for kids.
Minot Police say Zofia Kristal Pepple of New Town was struck by a pickup and killed about 6:25pm Sunday
A two-year-old child was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Minot Sunday evening.
They ask if you have any information about the incident that you contact them at 852-0111.
In addition, both had recently been released from state prison.


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Will C. Wood's junior varsity baseball team rallied for four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and beat visiting Rancho Cotati 5-4.
John Betz had two hits for the Wildcats. Kyle Watso tripled and drove in a run. C.J. Carroll and Eric Williams each had a single and an RBI. Jared Kay also had a sacrifice fly.
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