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Darren Rouse yesterday had a very useful reader tip on insular blogging.
In his comments I outlined the planning I have for this blog, and I thought it best to include it here.
With my current primary blog, this was actually my core focus
Rather than try to remain a remote island, I am focusing on community
Stage 1 Get rid of "nofollow†– I want people to comment and trackback. Smart blog design can offset total pagerank leakage and spam filters and a clear comments policy are proving to be very effective.
Stage 2 I put my highest priority on subscribers, not monetisation
Stage 3 was reciprocity. I encourage my readers to add me to their Technorati favorites, and I always reciprocate and read their blogs. My favorites feed can get a little owerwhelming, so I also subscribe to my readers blogs individually if they prove interesting.
Stage 4 I get involved in the communities of my readers
Stage 5 Clear branding for my site, and for when I post comments elsewhere, or in various social networks.
Stage 6 Increasing my involvement in various social networking services, such as Mybloglog. I visit and subscribe to lots of blogs that way.
So far the results are very promising. I have gained traffic, and I have also experienced an increase in page views per visitor and subscribers.
It will be interesting monitoring the long-term effects and whether things will snowball.
It is however important to note that this isn't the complete process.
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If you hadn't noticed, many blogs are very successful businesses, and screeen real estate is at a premium.
Social networks thrive on critical mass. Once you reach a certain critical mass, your efforts become self-propelled as you are already out in the lead.
Once a story gets to the front page of Digg, it is going to gain an infinate more traffic than before it reached a certain critical mass.
The same happens with blogging social networks such as MyBlogLog.
When it was first picked up by the highest traffic blogs, it was prominently displayed on all their sidebars. Once these blogs achieved what they judged to be critical mass, the "community" was promptly removed. The service had been tested for long enough, might well be very useful, but took up valuable space on the sidebar.
In addition I am sure these professional media blogs track their results. If they are not gaining more traffic from promoting the community service, than the community service is leaking to other sites, the service isn't going to remain on their sidebar for long. In fact just enough time to achieve critical mass.
Currently it only takes around 120 members of your MyBlogLog community to reach their top 100. In actual fact the numbers are very similar to how many are needed for various positions on the Technorati Top 100 List based on number of favorites.
In some ways this is very similar to email marketing. When you start growing your mailing list, you have very little leverage, and join lots of cross promotions such as 12 Days of Christmas to boost the size of your mailing list. It is also a good way to earn a little change to pay for Christmas presents and gives great value to your readers.
However, once you have a large established email list, it is most likely you won't join in such cross-promotions, because the idea of sharing your 200,000 readers with someone without a decent return on your bank balance is not very attractive. Now many would look on this as being selfish, there are limits to how many times you can email someone.
Large email lists just like popular blogs attract more partnership offers, and whilst you can support good products for a limited period of time, limits on both resources and virtual real estate or email space place real limits.
Large popular blogs and email lists naturally become more insular, but their effect on traffic when they do "share the love" can be quite dramatic.
In my overall plan for this blog, there are many more than the 6 stages already listed. Screen real estate isn't such a premium because the only monetisation I plan is in the content so I have more room for social activities.
I honestly have no idea how I am going to handle critical mass for some of the social services, but today I did sign up for a paid subscription to Mybloglog. Some of the tracking features are very useful.
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Want your website to sound open, uncontrived, and authentic? Keep reading! In our previous compendiums on copywriting advice, most of the links to Roy Williams' Monday Morning Memos never made it into the post due to some kind of technical glitch. So to fix that, I started compiling most of my all-time favorite MMM's that dealt specifically with writing.
Yet as I was compiling these links and re-reading the Memos, a central theme seemed to emerged: many of the Roy's memos dealt with "The Feel of Real" and how to capture that in your copy – what many of us might call Web 2.0-style copy. With this in mind, I began sorting and grouping those Monday Morning Memos to further highlight this theme.
Read through this collection of Memos and you'll come away with a sounder idea of the voice of "new marketing" than 95% of the folks hyping that term. And if you want the executive summary, just read the first 2 links in each category – and then let yourself get drawn into the other titles as they spark your interest. Either way, enjoy…
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Thanks for putting this list together. It gives me a lot of insight, and answers a lot of questions I had while reading "Waiting for Your Cat to Bark." Did Roy Williams ever do any movie trailer narration?
I didn't think that Roy had done any video narration but it was an interesting thought, so I e-mailed him your question. As expected, Roy assured me that, aside from a few video spoofs, he has never narrated a movie trailer. I bet he'd be great at it, though
I've only just begun to read these, but I can tell already it's very good material. Thank you for providing and consolidating it!
Thank a lot for sharing.
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Defense wins bid to let snitch testify to alternate theory in Davis sweetheart killings
A Sacramento judge strongly suggested Monday he will allow an old police snitch to testify in the Davis "sweethearts" murder trial that a since-deceased ex-convict admitted he and his ex-cellmate did the killings.
If Superior Court Judge Michael W. Sweet ultimately allows the informant's testimony, it will represent a major victory for defense attorneys. They claim a crew linked to late serial sex killer Gerald Gallego is responsible for the Dec. 20, 1980, slashing deaths of UC Davis students Sabrina Gonsalves and John Riggins.
Sweet said from the bench in a pretrial hearing that he "probably" will admit the testimony of informant Raymond Phillip Gonzales in the trial of the accused defendant, Richard Joseph Hirschfield, 62.
But the judge said he doesn't expect he'll let the defense present much more evidence of "third-party culpability" in the killings.
As for Gonzales, Sweet said "I don't think that witness is very credible." He also told the defense lawyers he is a long way from allowing them to lay out their theory of the case to the yet-to-be-selected jury. It holds that Gonsalves and Riggins, both 18, were slain as part of a "copycat" effort to exonerate Gallego.
Killed by cancer in 2002 while living on Nevada's death row, Gallego was in jail on suspicion of carrying out similar sex murders at the time the UC Davis students had their throats slit near Lake Natoma.
Gonzales, now 63, figured prominently in the failed prosecution of four defendants that Yolo County prosecutors were forced to dismiss the day a jury was about to be sworn in 1993.
A long-time informant for the Sacramento police burglary detail, Gonzales approached sheriff's homicide detectives a year or so after the Riggins-Gonsalves killings to tell them he thought he knew who did it, according to court transcripts.
Gonzales used to run with Gallego and the convicted sex slayer's half-brother, David Hunt. Gonzales testified he had a "gut feeling" Hunt was behind the killing, to help throw investigators off Gallego's trail. The Sacramento detectives were suspicious of his story, but in 1987, Davis police, who had since taken over the case, put a wire on Gonzales. Then they sent him down to a Los Angeles Skid Row hotel to talk to Hunt's former San Quentin cellmate, Richard Thompson.
According to Gonzales, Thompson admitted killing Gonsalves and identified Hunt as Riggins' murderer. None of the incriminating statements allegedly made by Thompson, who has since died, were captured on the tape.
Former Yolo County District Attorney David C. Henderson still filed murder charges against Hunt, Thompson and and two others. The case was later dropped when none of the four defendants' DNA matched a semen stain found on a blanket in a van that Riggins and Gonsalves had been driving.
It wasn't until 2002 that a DNA hit came back on Hirschfield, then doing time on a sex crime in a Washington state prison, according to Sacramento authorities. They charged him in 2004. His trial is now scheduled for Jan. 30.
Defense attorneys Linda Parisi and Assistant Public Defender Ken Schaller filed a motion to pursue "third-party culpability" in the upcoming Hirschfield trial. Deputy District Attorney Dawn Bladet opposed it, saying such a "salacious display" would confuse the jury.
At Monday's hearing, Parisi told Judge Sweet the defense team has recontacted Ray Gonzales and that he "is ready and willing to testify." Sweet said if the defense produces a declaration to that effect, "it probably comes in." He said it would be up to the jury to assess Gonzales' credibility.
Outside court, Parisi said Gonzales' testimony is significantly similar to what he had testified to before."
"We believe he's credible," she said.
Sweet said the defense team would have to produce similar styles of evidence for each piece of the Gallego copycat theory it wants to introduce at trial. He said he might allow the testimony of a couple of witnesses who said they saw somebody who looked like Hunt near the crime scene, but that's about it, besides Gonzales.
"I can see some third-party culpability evidence, but not as much as you do," Sweet told the defense lawyers.
The judge scheduled a Jan,. 5 hearing on how much "Hunt Group" evidence he'll permit the defense to put on at trial.
One item the defense wants to pursue is evidence that Hunt and Thompson engaged in a "blood ritual" shortly before the murders. The defense wants to call Thompson's wife to testify she saw the two cut their wrists and mingle their blood in Carson City two days before Riggins and Gonsalves were slain on the other side of the mountains, near Lake Natoma.
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And that's a wrap for the morning blog.
Stay with us today as we bring you the latest on the death of a man overnight at Perisher.
We'll be back from 7am tomorrow with the latest in local, national and international news.
A Canberra drug user who trafficked ice and heroin to fund his habit has been sentenced to more than four years in jail.
Trong Ruyen Bui, 46, pleaded guilty mid-trial to two counts of trafficking drugs in 2012. He was sentenced in the ACT Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Police had tapped his phone calls and he was under physical surveillance. They found heroin, ice, drug paraphernalia and mobile phones when officers searched his car and house in July 2012.
Bui's DNA was linked to drugs found at his two-storey home and in another man's car. He had fought the charges, but pleaded guilty to both counts on the second day of a trial in April this year.
The court heard Bui, who migrated from Vietnam in 1991, started to use drugs after his wife died in 2005 and he became the sole carer of their two daughters. He trafficked ice and heroin to fund his drug and gambling habits.
The killing of a Palestinian teenager raised fears of a cycle of revenge attacks for the death of three Israeli youths, and the US urged both sides to avoid escalating tensions.
Police said they were checking several possible leads for the Palestinian's death, including criminal motives, and investigating the possibility that the victim was forced into a vehicle earlier today. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed police and security officers "to act as quickly as possible" to find who was behind the murder, and called on "both sides not to take the law into their own hands."
The Israeli leader, without providing evidence, has accused the Hamas militant group that controls the Gaza Strip of killing the Israeli teens who went missing last month, and warned that his government is ready to retaliate. Hamas today blamed Israel for the death of the Palestinian youth.
Killing of teens sparks violence
Israeli police and Palestinians clash in Jerusalem after the funeral of three Israeli teens and the death of a Palestinian teen.PT1M29S http://www.canberratimes.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-3b99s 620 349 July 3, 2014
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A man has died overnight at Perisher.
Police were contacted by the man's employer about 10.50pmon Wednesday night after he did not arrive for his rostered shift.
A search began when it was discovered he had not returned from snowboarding earlier in the day. Searchers found his body about 11.30pm.
The man is yet to be formally identified. A post mortem examination will be held to officially determine how he died.
Initial inquiries are focussing on whether the man fell while snowboarding.
More to come
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has thrown his support behind a more assertive Japanese military, as a leading Chinese analyst warned that the growing tensions on China's periphery were going to get worse.
Mr Abbott said Japan's decision to loosen the constraints of its post-war pacifist constitution would make it ''a stronger strategic partner for Australia''.
His endorsement came after two of his senior ministers gave strong warnings about growing conflicts on China's periphery and Fairfax Media reported growing military links with India.
Australia, India and Japan have all moved to fortify their military postures and forge links with each other and the US in response to growing anxieties about China.
"Japan has been an exemplary international citizen for decades and has made an important contribution to maintaining stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region": Tony Abbott. Photo: Ken Irwin
Leeza Ormsby has written the playbook for Australians on how to get off a drug charge lightly in the Balinese court system.
The New Zealand-born Sydneysider will, as a result of her 10-month sentence, be home by the end of the year, avoiding the decades-long nightmares faced by Schapelle Corby and the Bali Nine.
The first thing Ormsby did right when she was arrested on February 12 was shut her mouth. She was caught about to enter a villa containing large portions of MDMA and hashish, bagged up and apparently ready to sell, as well as death penalty-worthy drug paraphernalia (digital scales). In her bag was a half-smoked hashish joint which seemed to link her to the drugs.
In her favour, there was no direct link between the two sets of drugs (at least none that the Balinese police investigation uncovered) and Ormsby had not even rented the Askara Villa, though she did have the key in her possession.
Her second wise move was to hire local lawyer Ary Soenardi. He has a good reputation from a drug defendant's points of view.
Leeza Ormsby in court to hear her sentence. Photo: Michael Bachelard
Two Mr Fluffy homes sold recently for well below their previous worth show the extent to which the asbestos crisis is affecting house values.
The homes are among 1049 properties cleared of Mr Fluffy loose-fill asbestos insulation 20 years ago, many of which have since been found to still contain the dangerous fibres.
One was the Deakin home at the centre of allegations about whether its history had been properly disclosed. It is understood to have sold for around the land value of about $640,000, well below the original asking price of $870,000.
The other belonged to a member of the Fluffy Owners and Residents' Action Group, which promotes full disclosure of the asbestos issue to potential buyers as well as tradespeople and others. Action group spokeswoman Brianna Heseltine said the fact the house sold would be welcome news for other owners.
North Korea fired short-range rockets into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday morning, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency said, one day ahead of a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Seoul.
North Korea, which tested two short-range missiles on Sunday in violation of a UN ban, is expected to be high on the agenda when Mr Xi meets his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye.
Mr Xi, who is due to arrive in Seoul on Thursday in his first visit to South Korea since taking office last year, is reciprocating Ms Park's visit to China a year ago.
An undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observing a tactical rocket launch. Photo: AFP
Minister for Housing Shane Rattenbury has announced a $30,000 funding boost for Canberra's apprentices as part of the Apprentice House scheme.
The one off grant of $30,000 will be help the ACT Building and Construction Industry Association employ a youth engagement officer who will provide support and mentoring for residents living at Apprentice House.
"It can be difficult for apprentices working on the minimum wage to find safe and sustainable accommodation for the duration of their apprenticeships," said Mr Rattenbury.
"Initiatives like Apprentice House are invaluable in providing secure, short-medium term accommodation for young apprentices starting their training."
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has copped an absolute barrage from a shirtless Canadian jogger who's had enough of the Mayor's antics. He quickly became the attention of the media rather than the larger-than-life Mr Ford, which is quite a feat.
Territory and Municipal Services are warning of temporary road closures on Uriarra Road between the entrance to Stromlo Forest Park and Bindabella Road. The closures are due to the Cycling Australian under-19 National Road Cycling Championships.
The closures will run from 10am to 3pm on Friday July 4 and from 9am to 5pm on Saturday July 5 2014. Traffic delays can be expected at the following intersections with Uriarra Road.
- Swallowtail Road
- Brindabella Road
- Cotter Road
- Mountain Creek Road
- Fairlight Road.
Barriers as well as warning and diversion signs will be erected to alert people of the closures.
Essendon's off-field team are preparing for their clash with ASADA with the club pressed for a decision by the end of the week about whether players will have to join the case.
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The road to Corin Forest is open this morning for those who feel like escaping Canberra.
Corin Forest spokesman Andrew Snell said there's good cover up on the fields and they're hoping for some more fresh snow on Saturday.
Snow play is open after our biggest night of snowmaking this year. The road is open to all vehicles. #CBR #Visitcanberra— Corin Forest (@corinforest) July 2, 2014
TAMS are out on the roads this morning making sure the roads are in working order for the weekend.
Our rangers are working in northern Namadgi to remove large number of dangerous trees down across management tracks pic.twitter.com/RfuxWd46l6— TAMS (@tamsmediaroom) July 2, 2014
A Qantas flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne was turned back about an hour into the 14-hour flight after water started gushing down the aisle into economy from a leaking pipe in business class.
A spokeswoman for the airline said the captain decided to return the A380 to Los Angeles due to passenger discomfort, rather than any fears about safety.
The water came from the plane's drinking water supply, she said. It leaked into the economy cabin through the roof, from the business class cabin on the upper deck.
"It wasn't a safety issue, it was just passenger discomfort," the spokeswoman said.
#Breaking - #Qantas flight forced back to LA | Passenger tells #7News water 'soaked through roof into economy' pic.twitter.com/SzfNZhyl7k
— 7News Yahoo!7 (@Y7News) July 2, 2014
Clyde Rathbone is set to join comedian brother Dayne on the Canberra Theatre Centre stage this Saturday for one night only in It's Me Mandela. We have two double passes to the show to give away.
To win a ticket you just need to email firstname.lastname@example.com and tell her in 25 words or less why you want to see the show. Winners will need to collect tickets from the Canberra Times in Fyshwick by 4.30pm Friday.
It may be warmer than it has been the last couple of days although it's still looking pretty cold out there. This picture was uploaded by Katy a couple of minutes after 9am
Canberra Times July 3
Here's a quick look at what's on the front page of the Canberra Times this morning. From the slopes of Thredbo to centre court at Wimbledon.
DFAT Jakarta stampede threatensAusAID work
Mr Fluffy homes fetch reduced prices
Today's paper also includes the Inside Story lift-out bringing you in-depth reporting on international news and Australian politics. The section is published in partnership with the Swinburne Institute for Social Research in Victoria.
The lift-out features Peter Browne's look at The Australian's history and Rupert Murdoch's business strategy, along with features on Labor's persuasion problem and the challenges facing the Northern Territory.
An obese bureaucrat has failed in his attempt to get taxpayers to pay for his suburban lawn to be mowed after he refused to allow his two adult children and wife to be cross-examined about their ability to do the work instead.
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal found evidence about his family's inability to mow the lawn "exaggerated, selective, superficial, incomplete and unconvincing".
"The tribunal believed that three able-bodied adults could easily find time to mow and trim the lawns of their family home for the 1-2 hours a fortnight or less required," the tribunal's published decision said.
"At a more fundamental level, we found that the (man's) breathlessness, fatigue, dizziness and sweating complained of derived from the applicant's obesity, deteriorating cardiac condition and sleep apnoea."
The Australian dollar is lower, weighed down by disappointing trade figures and a stronger greenback.
At 7am on Thursday, the local currency was trading at 94.44 US cents, down from 94.63 cents on Wednesday.
The Australian dollar reached 95.06 US cents early on Wednesday, its highest level since November, but took a hit after official figures later in the day showed Australia's trade deficit reached $1.9 billion in May.
Henry Belot: The Notebook will never be the same...
US director Nick Cassavetes has revealed he was pressured to remove Rachel McAdams from the set of the romantic drama The Notebook by her leading man Ryan Gosling.
The director has opened up about tensions behind the scenes of the hit 2004 film, admitting the high drama helped to make the movie the instant classic it became.
Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the film, Cassavetes says Gosling butt heads with McAdams so much that he asked for her to be removed from the set.
"Maybe I'm not supposed to tell this story, but they were really not getting along one day on set. Really not. And Ryan came to me, and there's 150 people standing in this big scene, and he says, 'Nick, come here'.
Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in 2007.
Here's an extract of former Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes' address to the National Press Club earlier this week. It's a quite a read.
"I have never accepted the concept of "lifters" and "leaners", a Ming dynasty phrase which has lately gained currency. It's such a facile concept. We all move from one role to the other dozens of times a day.
When I walk down the street with my wife Maureen, I'm a leaner. But at the end of a long hard day for her, I put my arm around her in a supportive cuddle and become a lifter.
I prefer a more positive, and less judgmental society, where everyone's contribution is accepted and valued. I want entrances where everyone - not just people who use steps - can come in. I communicate with Australian Sign Language (Auslan) so everyone - not just hearing people - can understand. This makes a more inclusive and more sustainable society."
Forty-five per cent of disabled Australians live in poverty, putting us last among OECD countries. Photo: AFR
Looks like the US Embassy in Canberra knows how to throw a good party...
Australia and the US are co-operating in ways the public might not be aware of, Defence Minister David Johnston has told a US Independence Day celebration in Canberra.
Mr Johnston said the two nations were "seeking security from country to country across maritime environments in a whole host of ways many of us don't even hear about".
He also said many Australians may not be aware of the 1100 US troops stationed in Darwin since the arrangement was going "so seamlessly, so beautifully and we are working so well together".
The minister spoke of his role in the new defence agreement signed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott and President Barack Obama in Washington last month.
"For about a week John [US ambassador John Berry] and I had a five o'clock phone call to make sure the President and the Prime Minister had something to sign when first they met in Washington most recently," Mr Johnston said.
The US Embassy goes all out for early Independence Day celebrations.
The American Embassy dressed up for the US Independence Day Celebration. Photo: Jamila Toderas.
The Australian commando who died of gunshot wounds in Afghanistan on Tuesday night was a veteran of several tours to the war-torn country, it is understood.
The Defence Force announced the soldier, a member of the elite, Sydney-based 2nd Commando Regiment, died after what was believed to be a non-combat incident at the Australian Defence Force headquarters in Kabul.
But it has declined to give details of the circumstances of the soldier's death while military police are investigating and said that the man's family had asked that no personal details be released.
Defence Force head Air Chief Marshal Mark Binskin said the soldier's comrades found him with a gunshot wound about 2pm local time in an administration building. He was rushed to a hospital in the Afghan capital where he underwent emergency surgery.
''Sadly, the soldier's injuries were too severe and he later died surrounded by his mates,'' Air Marshal Binskin said. ''His death will impact the nation and we will do all we can to support his family, his friends and his colleagues through the difficult days ahead.''
- Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Looks like some Canberran politicians will be a little sleepy today after yet another late night watching the Wimbledon action.
Incredible effort from @NickKyrgios at #Wimbledon2014 congrats for all you have achieved. #CBR #cbrpride ....now some sleep!— Katy Gallagher MLA (@KatyGMLA) July 2, 2014
Sleepless night for #Canberra as we cheer on @NickKyrgios— Gai Brodtmann (@GaiBrodtmannMP) July 2, 2014
Did you pick up a copy of our Nick Kyrgios poster in today's Canberra Times? You'll find it inside the back page of the paper.
His run is over, but there's pride aplenty in #Canberra for @nickkyrgios. Here's how we marked it in @canberratimes pic.twitter.com/iXqg7XhGnJ— John-Paul Moloney (@jpmoloney) July 2, 2014
The mother of all earthmoving equipment clearance sales – the dispersal of Hewatt Earthworks' fleet – could raise as much as $10 million next week.
Organised by Slattery Auctions, the event is to be held at Murrumbateman, near Yass, on July 10. Almost 100 items, including graders with a replacement value of more than $600,000, $400,000 bulldozers, and tip trucks that would have cost close to $300,000 new are all going under the hammer.
When the Hewatt group unexpectedly went into voluntary liquidation in May, there were fears the collapse would lead to delays and cost blow-outs on the $288 million Majura Parkway project. But Territory and Municipal Services Minister Shane Rattenbury said on Tuesday work remains on schedule and on budget.
''Good progress continues to be made on site,'' he said. ''The bridge over the Molonglo River is now underway and the community can expect to see the main northbound section being progressively launched over the Molonglo River in coming months.''
Mr Rattenbury said the Majura Parkway should be finished by June 2016.
Hewatts equipment at Murrumbateman for auction Photo: David Ellery
Nick Kyrgios intends to watch the replays of his exceptional Wimbledon debut over and over, for what he has just done shows the Australian 19-year-old he has what is needed to carry him further at future grand slams.
Asked if he could return in a few years and win the Wimbledon title, Kyrgios said: "Yeah, I think I'm capable of doing something like that. I'm not going to put so much pressure on myself. I'm just going to do the work, do everything right. If my game continues to develop, I think, yeah, I do have a shot.''
The day after his monumental effort to beat world No.1 Rafael Nadal on centre court, Kyrgios was eliminated in four sets by a rival who plays a little like he does. On Wednesday, eighth-seeded Milos Raonic, 23, was fresher, stronger and more damaging on serve. The Canadian hit 39 aces among 74 winners to achieve major semi-final status for the first time; Kyrgios must be content with his wildly unexpected place among the last eight.
Nick Kyrgios will move inside the top 70 after his run at Wimbledon. Photo: AP
Henry Belot: These facts we know: There are confirmed reports of Tamil refugees headed for Australia. They are Sri Lankan Tamils who had gone to India and set out from Puducherry.
Their English has a Sri Lankan accent, and their Tamil does not have a strong Indian-Tamil accent, so it is quite likely that they had been in India for only a short time. India has not signed the UN's Refugees Convention.
One boat was certainly carrying 153 people: 84 men, 32 women and 37 children. We have the names of four of the people on that boat. A person on that boat has been in contact with people in Australia. They expressed concern about the boat's engine failing. They asked for help. They told the media they were Sri Lankan refugees seeking asylum in Australia.
The boat last made contact with Australia by phone on June 28 at about 10am. At that time, the boat was 175 nautical miles from Christmas Island.
"And whatever the facts turn out to be, Morrison has treated the Australian public with contempt." Photo: Andrew Meares
Scores of women in Australia, the UK and New Zealand alleged the day after Rolf Harris was convicted in a London court of sexually assaulting four girls in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s that they also had been attacked by the entertainer.
Harris, 84, who will be sentenced on Friday, faces the possibility of losing the bulk of his rumoured $20 million fortune to fend off compensation claims or if police consider laying further criminal charges.
Three Perth women, including high-profile radio host Jane Marwick, TV newsreader Verity James and local singer Louise Anton, were named in local media as having been assaulted by Harris.
However, police in Harris's home state of Western Australia said the entertainer was not the subject of any current investigations.
Detective Superintendent Glen Feeney said if anyone came forward officers would investigate.
Convicted: Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris leaves court with wife Alwen and daughter Bindi. Photo: Reuters
Let's take a quick look at the opinion pages. What's the talk of Canberra?
You say:
"There's no doubt that, given Canberra's population, this tramway is well before its time, and about the silliest project the Government has ever taken on."
Read all today's letters to the editor.
We say:
"China's economic ascendancy, and its leader's determination to parlay this into a globally dominant leadership role, is exercising the minds of politicians around Asia as never before."
The quality of Australia's $500 million aid effort to Indonesia is at risk from a "stampede" of local workers fleeing a "crippling work environment" imposed by Foreign Affairs bosses in Canberra, according to a local official.
DFAT has been warned of a "haemorrhaging of resources" in Jakarta as the Indonesians hired by Australia to administer aid projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars walk away from their jobs.
The manager, who left his Jakarta post last week, says about 50 "locally engaged staff" who worked for AusAID in the Indonesian capital have walked out the door since Foreign Affairs took over the aid agency nine months ago.
Foreign Affairs in Canberra played down the issue on Friday saying the loss of experienced staff was inevitable in a time of downsizing.
The staff "exodus" will come as a blow to the Abbott government's policy of prioritising Indonesia and the Asia-Pacific region in Australia's aid effort, with a pledge to be "more Jakarta and less Geneva".
Despite widespread and consistent accounts of abuses in Egyptian prisons, a senior Interior Ministry official insisted there was no such maltreatment occurring, and likened jailhouse conditions to a hotel stay.Egypt's penal institutions, together with its judiciary system and police force, have emerged as particularly blunt instruments in the government's crackdown on political dissent. Authorities have mainly targeted supporters of former President Mohammed Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood, but secular activists and foreign journalists like Australian Peter Greste have been snagged in the crackdown as well.
The past year has seen an enormous surge in Egypt's prison population, with thousands jailed under the military-backed interim government that took over after Dr Mursi was removed from office by the army amid mass protests against his rule. The then-defence chief, Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, was inaugurated last month as president.
Australian journalist Peter Greste and two Al-Jazeera colleagues were sentenced to years in prison in Egypt last month.
Good to see the briefing room at the White House was being used to good effect when the US took on Belgium for a chance to progress in the World Cup. The Americans ultimately suffered a loss to the Belgians who have been described as "a once in a generation" team.
The White House briefing room during #USAvBEL game of the #WorldCup by @AFPphoto Mandel Ngan pic.twitter.com/ctcJem4LXO
— AFP Photo Department (@AFPphoto) July 1, 2014
Things are looking good up at Perisher for the weekend.
Perisher spokesman Richard Phillips said the resort was "100 per cent open" and "all systems go" with hopes of more fresh snowfall on Saturday.
"We've had a little more than 1.8 metres of snowfall over the past few fronts which is just fantastic for school holiday families," he said. "That's more snow than we've had at this time of year for many, many years."
Perisher opened the new Freedom chairlift in Guthega on Monday which allowed snow-goers to see the peaks of Mount Kosciuszko and enjoy new terrain on the mountain.
"We built the chairlift over summer which has been a $4 million process that consumed a lot of our time," Mr Phillips said.
"The chairlift really unlocks the Guthega area and a lot of new terrain for all levels of skiers and boarders."
US President Barack Obama has used a speech at the University of California, Irvine, to make a rather impassioned defence of climate science.
"Today's congress though is full of folks who stubbornly and automatically reject the scientific evidence about climate change. They will tell you its a hoax, or a fad," he said.
Henry Belot: While Prime Minister Tony Abbott says renewable energy significantly increase electricity bills, a new study finds wind energy actually forced down wholesale power prices by more than $3.2 billion over six years - but that little of the savings flowed through to consumers.
Mr Abbott on Tuesday said the renewable energy target, which has largely driven investment in wind farms, was ''very significantly driving up power prices''.
''It's precisely the opposite,'' John Foster, one of the authors of the study that has been submitted to a review of the target, said. "The [target] – and the stimulation of wind – has increased supply and flattened out the expensive peaks."
For instance, modelling of 30 minutes of heavy demand for electricity in Victoria on January 31, 2011 showed the wholesale price of $1.4 million would have ballooned to $45.6 million had only coal and gas-fired power plants had been able to respond.
Low price energy future?
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The ACT government will accelerate renewal of ageing public housing and add more properties as it attempts to relocate tenants affected by the redevelopment of Northbourne Avenue to within 800 metres of the corridor.
Housing Minister Shane Rattenbury and Treasurer Andrew Barr said Tuesday's cabinet meeting resolved to give existing tenants the option to relocate within the city or move to Canberra's inner north.
An internal light rail project plan leaked to The Canberra Times in May suggested the Gungahlin fringe area could include more townhouses and new apartments, and ''pockets of public housing within master-planned projects''.
Mr Rattenbury said new developments around Canberra would include public housing to maintain the existing "salt and pepper" approach, and the government would provide modest increases in social housing through new public-private partnerships and intelligent design.
Henry Belot: The new kids in town are ready to go and playing nice at Senate school.
They have been waiting for months, but Australia's newest senators face one more hurdle before they officially take their places in the upper house: Senate boot camp.
For the next two days, the group of 12, including the powerful new crossbench, will undergo briefings on everything from how legislation works to voting and the nuances of Senate etiquette. They will also have a practice swearing-in.
Gusto levels were high as the new kids descended on Canberra on Wednesday ahead of the swot session.
''It's good to finally be here,'' Palmer United Party senator Jacqui Lambie said while enjoying a coffee at an Independence Day celebration at the United States embassy.
Senator David Leyonhjelm in his first week as senator at Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
The house fire in Gungahlin at Farmer Place has been extinguished by ACT Fire and Rescue.
Authorities are still reporting no injuries at the scene of the fire.
Henry Belot: Snow cover on the peaks behind Parliament House is likely to thin on Thursday and Friday although resort managers at Thredbo and Perisher are shouting from the mountain-top about the best start to the ski season in more than a decade.
Weatherzone meteorologist Ben McBurney said snow on the Brindabellas was likely to become patchier in coming days although the peaks may receive another sprinkling of snow on Saturday.
"Given temperatures have already risen into the positives [in Canberra] there will be a degree of melt with a lot of snow disappearing on the Brindabellas, although there should be some remaining patches of snow for the weekend," he said.
But that's in contrast to the conditions at Perisher and Thredbo resorts.
"There's some great snow cover up there and it's safe to say Perisher and Thredbo would have about two metres of snow cover at the moment," Mr McBurney said.
Eleanor Passlow and Alexandra Wright enjoying the snow at Corin Forest recreation park. Photo: Jay Cronan
Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius, on trial over the killing of his girlfriend, is suffering from post-traumatic stress and is a suicide risk, a South African court heard on Wednesday.
The diagnosis was contained in a psychological report read to the court by lawyer Barry Roux, who is defending Pistorius on charges that he deliberately shot and killed model Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.
"Mr Pistorius has been severely traumatised by the events that took place," Roux quoted the report as saying.
Lawyer: Pistorius is 'severely traumatised'
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Looks like Andy Murray has quickly becoming Scottish again, rather than British. Murray's title defence came to an end against Grigor Dimitrov overnight.
Sad truth. RT @sticksports: UPDATE: Andy Murray 2 sets down. #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/mmytmpP7kG— Anne (@quadruplebagel) July 2, 2014
There's been a crash on Jerrabomberra Avenue and Hindmarsh Drive in Narrabundah.
ACT Fire and Rescue are currently on the way to the scene.
We'll bring you more detail soon. Take care on the road.
He's a photo of US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel calling goalkeeper Tim Howard to let him know just how great he apparently is. Of course, the Defence Sec just happened to have a soccer ball in his office. But was this the same ball John Kerry kicked earlier this year?
From 1 SecDef to another: Hagel calls @timhowardgk to say thanks for defending USA. We (USA) are proud of @ussoccer! pic.twitter.com/M8nsYdlXFn— U.S. Dept of Defense (@DeptofDefense) July 2, 2014
Stopped to refuel in #CapeVerde - nice to stretch legs/kick around soccer ball. Ready for #2014WorldCup to start! pic.twitter.com/boH6ZdZRu0
— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) May 5, 2014
That's a whole lot of cannabis...
Two illegal immigrants have pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis after more than 400 plants were uncovered in a sophisticated northside grow house.
Four Chinese nationals were arrested over two grow houses which held $2.5 million worth of drugs following a series of police raids in April this year.
The group, who were each charged with cultivating a commercial quantity of a controlled plant, appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Wednesday morning.
Police said they seized 800 cannabis plants and 17 kilograms of packaged cannabis from the houses as part of an investigation into cannabis supply in the Canberra region.
Facts tendered in court show they found 400 cannabis plants and uncovered a highly sophisticated hydroponic set up in one of the houses at Flynn.
Police seized more than $2.5 million worth of cannabis plants when they raided Canberra houses in April. Photo: ACT Policing
American goalkeeper Tim Howard seems to be quite popular in the United States at the moment. He's received glowing praised from Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel who thanked him for defending the US.
Pentagon: Defense Sec. Hagel called Tim Howard "to thank him for defending the [US] at the World Cup" - pic.twitter.com/bS7xIh3AQS #Howard2016— Good Morning America (@GMA) July 2, 2014
The stunning performance by Canberra's Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon has sparked enormous pride in his home city, especially in the ACT tennis community.
Kyrgios' three-sets-to-one victory over world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the early hours of Wednesday morning has propelled the previously unknown unseeded 19-year-old into tennis conversations all around the world.
And while most Canberra children would have been asleep as Kyrgios secured his win on centre court in London, the buzz about the victory and the prospect of his bright future is likely to encourage many to pick up a racquet.
Friend of Kyrgios and tennis coach Robbie Manzano, who was coaching junior players at Reid Tennis Club on Wednesday, said members of Canberra's "Hot Shots" junior programs would be among the most inspired.
@NickKyrgios making #Canberra cool again- who wouldn't like a #cbr Bush Capital with its kangaroos on snow capped hills- cop it #mel & #syd
— Louis Larcan (@larcal) July 2, 2014
Lots of sleepy heads in #canberra after match last night. Well done @NickKyrgios You did us proud. Wimbledon Quarter Finalist at 19.
— Anna Riddel (@annariddel) July 2, 2014
Junior tennis players Owen Bamford, 5, front, with his brothers Griffin, 11, left, and Lachlan, 13, all of Barton at the Reid Tennis Club, Canberra. Photo: Melissa Adams
Henry Belot: Continuing anger within the Greens over the party's ''perverse'' decision to block inflation-based adjustments to the federal petrol tax rate could spell fresh trouble for its leader, Christine Milne.
The Abbott government wants to restore indexation to the excise, which has been frozen at 38¢ a litre for 12 years. The move would add between 40¢ and 60¢ a week to the average household fuel bill.
Senator Milne, who first flagged supporting the change and then announced her party's opposition after losing the debate in her party room, could now face pressure for a second U-turn, this time led by a grassroots members' revolt.
NSW senator Lee Rhiannon is pushing to overturn the stance amid what one Greens member called ''despair'' across the green base.
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Henry Belot: The world is Nick Kyrgios' oyster after his sensational Wimbledon victory over world No.1 Rafael Nadal looks set to open the door to million-dollar contracts, says celebrity agent Max Markson.
Markson said Canberra's Kyrgios had received phenomenal exposure through his four-set victory over the 14-time grand slam winner on Wednesday morning, which set up the quarter-final against Canada's Milos Raonic scheduled for overnight.
He has now taken over from the controversial Bernard Tomic as the face of Australian tennis.
The high-profile manager, who lists Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela and Kim Kardashian as clients, thinks Kyrgios rocketing into the men's top 100 has started him on a path to potential career earnings in excess of $20 million – and that does not include endorsements.
Canberra teen tennis sensation Nick Kyrgios.
Nick Kyrgios as a ballboy in Canberra at age 4. Photo: Nill Kyrgios
Henry Belot: Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has summoned the team psychologist for an extra session with players after crushing World Cup pressure left some of them in tears, a report said.
Sports psychologist Regina Brandao made an "urgent" and unscheduled visit to their training camp on Tuesday, ahead of Friday's (Saturday AEST) quarter-final with Colombia, Folha de Sao Paulo said.
The visit came after panicky Brazil nearly crashed out against Chile before squeezing through on penalties, with Neymar, goalkeeper Julio Cesar, David Luiz and captain Thiago Silva all seen crying.
Scolari called Brandao on Monday and on Tuesday, she held a meeting with all the players and the technical team, according to Folha. She did not speak individually with players.
Emotional: Neymar was in tears after penalty shootout win over Chile. Photo: AFP
Henry Belot: At least 180 ANU academics and post-graduate students are rebelling against their vice-chancellor over the deregulation of student fees, signing a petition to be presented to him on Thursday morning.
The group of academics and post-graduate students have formed a new opposition group to university fee deregulation proposals set out in Treasurer Joe Hockey's recent federal budget.
Academics in the group include Professor Desmond Ball, Professor Geremie Barme, Professor Mark Elvin, Dr Susan Harris-Rimmer, Professor Andrew Hassell and Emeritus Professor Nicholas Tapp.
Professor Margaret Thornton will be one of the representatives of the group to meet the vice-chancellor, Professor Ian Young, on Thursday morning to present the petition.
In a statement, Professor Thornton said she was concerned the proposed "equity" scholarships ignored current barriers to accessing higher education.
She said "research indicates that fee deregulation is likely to entrench inequality in Australian society rather than ameliorate it".
There are a few new names walking around Parliament House today. Sam Warry has asked if anyone could have imagined Glen Lazarus as a Senator back in 1989?
Who 1989 would have thought this was possible? @RaidersCanberra #canberra #auspol #ParliamentHouse pic.twitter.com/vZVBC6UmGA
— sam warry (@rollitflat) July 2, 2014
ACT Fire and Rescue have been called to a house fire on Farmer Place in Gungahlin.
The incident was reported at 7.07am and firefighters arrived at the scene a few minutes later.
No injuries have been reported at this stage
Australian officials are secretly screening out asylum seekers who are still at sea via video link as two boatloads of would-be refugees are being transferred at sea into Sri Lankan custody.
A senior Sri Lankan naval official said the asylum seekers would be transferred to their navy. However another Sri Lankan official denied any transfer was taking place.
Fairfax Media understands asylum seekers are being asked just four basic questions before their claim for asylum is considered. Refugee lawyers and advocates say the screening process could result in Australia being in breach of international law.
''The screening process has real dangers,'' said lawyer Julian Burnside. ''If a person is screened out by those four cursory questions and if the person is a refugee then we will be guilty of refoulement. It is very clear the department is screening people to get them out as fast as possible and not with a view to assess whether they are refugees.''
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison. Photo: Andrew Meares
A big day for one of Canberra's new Senators.
Ricky Muir has taken the biggest step on his journey from obscurity to political power player. The novice senator drove eight hours from his home town of Denison, southern Victoria, to Canberra on Wednesday for his first day at work.
Joining the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party's first elected official on the road was wife Kerri-Anne and their five children in two cars between them.
They arrived in Canberra just before 3pm in time for his first official appointment: a 3.30pm meeting with Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
A nervous-looking Senator Muir was shepherded straight from a Commonwealth car by adviser Peter Breen, the former NSW independent, into Parliament's Senate entrance.
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No motor vehicle crashes to report on Canberra roads so far this morning. Let's keep it that way too.
Henry Belot: Our Canberra boy has been knocked out of Wimbledon but there's no shame in his defeat.
Nick Kyrgios will enter the world's top 70, but not the Wimbledon semi-finals, having been unable to replicate his monstrous upset of Rafael Nadal against monster-serving Canadian Milos Raonic. He was tired, but he competed, admirably. There was disappointment, but certainly no shame.
Kyrgios was eliminated by eighth-seeded Raonic for the second consecutive grand slam, both times as a wildcard, this time 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4). The 19-year-old's tournament may be over, but so are those days of relying on grand slam handouts, or qualifying. He has a seat at the adults' table now.
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"I think Magento Customer Style Profile extension proves to be an ideal extension for customers to enjoy a whole new experience of shopping and share their very own showrooms with the rest of the people."
Waqar, the owner of Transfashions.com
Nice to meet you in Magento blog, Interview section. I bet you are curious about our guest this week. Yeah, the topic today is on Magento Customer Style Profile extension and Waqar will go along with us in this talk. Waqar is running an online store of fashion and beauty products www.transfashions.com from the last 1 and half year. His website is mainly dealing in Bags, Clothes, Shoes, Perfumes, Makeup, Jewelry and other fashion accessories with worldwide shipping.
Home page of Transfashions.com
Q: What causes you to come to Magestore, Waqar?
A: Well, I was searching for an affiliate program and found Magestore and there I also found lot many other useful extensions for my web store. I have visited lot many other sites who are offering different magento extensions but in Magestore I find it more user-friendly as well as much better extension options.
Q: How many our Magento extensions have you used so far? Can you name some?
A: At this moment I am using two extensions of Magestore;
And both of them I found them really useful in order to make our store more user friendly and interactive especially Magento Customer Style Profile extension is really something which gives users a much better way to browse through different products and make their very own showrooms.
Q: As I see, using Magento Customer Style Profile seems to be a good decision. So, why did you decide to run Customer Style Profile (Showroom) extension?
A: I strongly believe that you should give customers more control to make their own choices so that they can have a feeling that this store cares about their personal style. For these two major reasons I think Magento Customer Style Profile proves to be an ideal extension for customers to enjoy whole new experience of shopping and share their very own showrooms with the rest of the people.
Q: How does Magento Customer Style Profile module inspire your customers? How many showrooms are there in your site?
A: I would say it's a whole new experience for our website customers and we have received a very positive feedback from our clients and customers after creating their showrooms recommend to their friends and family and perhaps its not only gives them an opportunity to show their hidden talent to others but also helps in great many ways to increase our sales and promotion which we probably not able to achieve otherwise. At this moment we have 9 showrooms at our website along with 6 stylist showrooms.
Q: I guess the Magento extension has added more values to your business. Could you share something about it?
A: Well, customers create their showrooms as per their own selection of products. After creating the showroom it's their first desire to share with their family and friends through social media sites such as Facebook. That certainly increases daily traffic and sales in our site up to great extent.
Showroom listing of Transfashions.com
Q: What features of this extension do you like? Do you like its design?
A: Above all I like its design but apart from design I personally like its easy-to-go approach, which attracts the customer to proceed in order to use its functionality. Moreover, customers have full rights to add or delete its product selection at any time.
Q: Do you find our extension easy to install and configure? Have you ever worked with Magestore's supporters?
A: I would certainly like to mention the customer support of Magestore who helped a lot in order to successfully install this extension and even after installation I have asked for some assistance and their team was always there to help me and that I consider an added advantage with this extension.
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Well, I have run out of puff – and nearly painkillers. My teeth are killing me but I have completed a game in 48 hours – didn't think that'd happen! I'm pretty pleased with the result – can't imagine it'll win any prizes but it's a nice little concept I think I could expand later.
So, what have I learnt?
- Your first idea, isn't always your best. I went with my first idea this time but I had 4 or 5 along the way that would have been better (at least I think so). Stuck to my guns to get something done
- Creating sounds is easy – creating good sounds is hard and takes up a long time. I'll definitely factor that in next time I do Ludum Dare (yes, I want to do it again!)
- Creating music is hard (even bad music). It's difficult to find good tools. It's difficult to have any idea where to start. Sourcing freeware music is much much easier. Still, there are procedural generators out there – even if the output is a bit naff.
- Having a schedule for 48 hours is pointless, just go.
- Coding fast is fun! (I think already knew this)
- What you think of your game isn't always what other people thing of it.
Getting Tired – I'm bad at music
I didn't realise I needed to create my own music, instead I'd sourced some freeware stuff. So, I've now discovered I'm really bad at music – hopefully this will be good enough.
Also starting to get really tired now, screen is starting to fade – but it's my eyes, my eyes I tell you! Garble Garble!
One more level to design, some graphical finished and I'm ready to submit…
I think.
Complete Timelapse for Day 1
Here's the complete Timelapse for Day from my game. I think it's about 8 hours of actual work, hoping day 2 goes well to finish off the game:
We're Back! – First Playable Version
Welcome back, awesome work guys – got the site back! Guess is just shows how popular things are this year. I've been hard at work, up to 6 levels and resolved some of the bugs now:
Teeth Update: I'm in severe pain and my face is about twice the size it should be. Can't eat anything but mush! The drugs don't seem to be helping with the game design either!
In other more game related news, I've put up a build to play (there's a download and an applet)
Does your game have toilets?
Snack time
Level Select Screen and Instructions
First few hours Timelapse
Can anyone tell me how to embed the YouTube player in here, for now… here's a link:
Snack Time
A puzzle, finally!
So, here's how you start, how to get to that box?
Well certainly not past that guard!!
Progress? Yes, some! Got back on the horse after that horrible little wobble in confidence. Now got some cheezy music going on, sound effects, 3 levels and a mechanic! Wow. Look at me go!
In other news, I was really really happy with how that guard sprite came out
A bit of a wobble
Had a bit of wobble there, thought I was going to give up altogether. Took a break, ate some food – back in the saddle again!
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Quick video of the simple puzzle play in the cell at the moment.


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Cristie Kerr has shot a 6-under 66 to win the LPGA Championship by 12 strokes and is set to become the first American to top the world rankings.
Beginning the final round Sunday with an eight-stroke lead, Kerr opened with six pars before getting birdies on three of her next four at Locust Hill Country Club. Kerr won the $337,500 first prize and the LPGA projected she will take over top spot in the world ahead of Japan's Ai Miyazato when the rankings are released Monday.
Miyazato shot 66 to finish 5 under in a tie for third with Jiyai Shin (71). Song-Hee Kim (69) was second.
Kerr finished with a 19-under 269 to win her 14th career tournament and second major after the 2007 U.S. Women's Open.
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Snowbird Lyrics - Wanda Jackson
Review The Song (2)
Writer Gene MacLellan
Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in spring
When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me that's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life is the thing that I can't win
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you
The breeze along the river seems to say
That he'll only break my heart again should I decide to stay
So little snowbird take it with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow
Spread your tiny wings...
And if I could you know that I would fly away with you
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Snowbird by Gene McLellan | Reviewer: Gail | 6/3/13
I agree that the 4th verse should be:
The mind says that I only want be
a wanderer and just like you I'm longing to be free;
But in my heart, i know it's just a lie,
For without your love the vision of my happiness would die.
Gene Maclellan version | Reviewer: Gulti | 5/3/13
The Gene Maclellan version has one more part before "The Breeze" verse.
Goes like this:
My mind says that I only want to be
A wanderer and just like you I'm longing to be free
But in my heart I know it's just a lie,
For without her love the vision of my happiness would die.
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Reverend Frederick Graham Hullett, leader of the 59 Club during its heydays in the 60s, died on 5th December 2012 aged 80. A full requiem will be held in his memory on 17th December in Lincoln Cathedral at 10 am.
Father Graham's love of motorcycling was first enflamed during his National Service which he spent riding a G3 Matchless with the British Army in Germany. Returning to London in the early 60s, he approached the church in order to help out with the hugely popular youth club out of a genuine love for young people and motorcycles. His interest was welcomed as the previous leader Bill Shergold wished to move on and, at the start of the infamous mods and rocker period, the club was split and a dedicated motorcyclist section created.
Father Graham's involvement was always hands on riding with club members to runs to the notorious Elephant Rally in Germany six times, the Dragon Rally in Wales, and taking the club on summertime pilgrimages to the Isle of Man TT. He oversaw its move from Hackney Wick to Paddington, and then later back to Hackney, taking it to its peak of international renown and developing it into the then largest motorcycle club to which riders flocked from all over the world.
Always approachable and down to earth, he had a special place in his heart for the more troublesome rocker elements and even earned the respect of clubs like London's Road Rats MC, in one case by breaking a member's finger at the start of the stormy backpatch era. The 59 Club had held the first UK showings of Brando's banned The Wild Ones movie which inspired it. The secret to the club's success, Hullett always said, was that it had no rules.
Never one to preach religion, Father Graham is remember for his unintrusive guidance. A credible voice who spoke up for the young rockers, at times of personal trouble in law courts and to parents, giving moral and sometimes financial support, visiting prisons, marrying and even burying members. He turned many a life around by his example, riding what where then the superbikes of the day such as BSA 650s and Norton 750s, wearing his trademark sideburns and a dog collar under his Lewis Leathers jacket.
Defending the ton up tearaways by reminding their critics that these were exactly the same kind of boys who a few years before would have been defending the country by flying Spitfires, Graham let them run the club the way they wanted it to be.
In 2005, his contribution to the motorcycling community was recognised by the presentation of a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 from Watsonian Squire which he rode into his late 70s until ill health over took him and he was recently featured in Cafe Racer TV show. Father Graham died in hospital following surgical complications caused by intestinal problems.
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I met Father Graham many times and found him a great guy who unlike many church people lived in the real world. I even read the lesson at a service that he held for the Ashford Aces MCC
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RIP Father Graham, my dad always looked up to you and Father Bill, No sooner had I cocked my leg over a bike and my Uncle had handed me down his little 59 club pin badge and Dad had renewed his membership and paid for mine.
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- When: Thursday, July 22, 2010, 7 p.m.
- Where: Tonganoxie VFW Hall, Tonganoxie
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Statewide candidates running in the Aug. 3 primary have been invited to a meet the candidates forum, which is to start at 7 p.m. Thursday July 22 at Tonganoxie VFW Post No. 9271, 910 E. First St.
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1. Combine first 3 ingredients in a 3-quart heavy-bottom saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat.
2. Pour water to a depth of 1 inch into bottom of a double boiler over medium heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer; place egg yolks in top half of double boiler. Slowly whisk in hot half-and-half mixture. Cook, whisking constantly, 6 minutes or until mixture reaches 160° and thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon.
3. Remove from heat; strain through a fine wire-mesh sieve to remove any lumps, if necessary. Stir in heavy cream. Whisk in olive oil. Refrigerate until completely cold.
4. Freeze in an ice-cream maker according to manufacturer's directions.
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