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The Waverider lands in Washington D.C. 1986, the height of the Cold War, and the most recent place Gideon has been able to track Vandal Savage. There is a classified document Gideon has intercepted, heavily redacted about Savage. Their new mission to infiltrate the Pentagon and steal the file they have on Savage. 1986 security, piece of cake! Right?
In the Pentagon, Ray and Leonard are posing as cleaners, with the aim of stealing a security card from someone on their way past. Leonard tells Ray he has this covered, drops his mop and trips up a passing female Army officer. He catches her as she falls, and gives her the old, are you okay maam, all the whilst batting those pretty eyes. She thanks him and walks away, and Leonard reveals to Ray the security card, and the added bonus of her wallet. It's called multitasking, says Leonard.
Kendra and Sara round the corner in Navy and Air Force dress, and past Leonard who slips Sara the key card. They head to the Counter Intelligence Department and swipe their way in, Rip tells them that the records room has closed circuit cameras, we need a diversion. "Someone call my name" says Mick Rory. In the surveillance room, the security officers hear a kerfuffle outside their room, and abandon their screens to see what's going on. It's Mick and a huge Army dude, arm wrestling, the security offices stay to watch and make a bet, as Kendra and Sara enter the records room.
They get the file, now have to get past the search that everybody is required to have before leaving. Jax and Martin, as Firestorm, are working on diverting the power long enough for them to exit. Jax opens the power box and begins to absorb the energy causing the power to flicker. Jax then touches a neutral wire, causing the electricity to pass through him. Stein begins to lecture him, but Jax responds with "Grey shut up!" The electricity overpowers him and sends him flying across the room. An alarm starts to sound and Kendra and Sara are intercepted before they can leave. They find themselves surrounded after being unable to produce ID cards. They attack the guards, and Kendra's wings suddenly unfurl. She starts to lose control and her eyes glow red. She runs through the exit, taking out guards as she goes. She attacks one guard and starts clawing at his face. "Oh wonderful" says Rip "we have a demi-goddess who has decided to go completely berserk. Abort, abort, back to the ship right now."
Mick's using his heat gun to fight his way out, starting a fire, and Jax blasts his way out through the roof. "I meant use the door" says Rip "but while you're at it see if you can bring our winged avenger back to her cage." He swoops down and picks Kendra up, flying her back to the ship. Back on board, the team try to tell Rip that it's not so bad. "Instead of dwelling on what went wrong" says Ray "let's focus on the positives." "What are you talking about" says Mick "that was awesome." "In the way that natural disasters are awesome" replies Martin. They all start to lay the blame on each other, Sara chiming in with "everything would have been fine if Big Bird over here hadn't freaked out." "Enough" says Rip "there is plenty of blame to go around." Plus Gideon had to launch an EMP to erase all the Pentagon's magnetic media, including security footage. The one good thing, they got the file which tells them that Savage has defected to the Soviet Union. So the most powerful evil the world has ever known has gone red at the height of the Cold War, says Martin. Gideon, set a course. says Rip.
Whilst on the way, Gideon reports that even though they are cloaked, they are being tracked. It's Chronos, who has followed them through time from the seventies. Chronos gets a lock on the ship, and Rip tells Gideon to slow down, drop the cloak and make as much noise as possible. Jax asks him what the hell he is doing, and Rip replies "just trust me." The Soviet Air Force has picked them up and comes between them and Chronos. "Wow, it's a MIG21" says Ray "no one's ever been this close to one before." "Are you quoting Top Gun?" snarks Leonard.
The Soviets fire and the missiles are heading straight for the Wave Rider, Rip tells Gideon to cut the engines. "Don't we need those to land?" asks Jax. The ship drops and the missiles change target to Chronos's ship. It's a direct hit and he drops from the sky. Rip suggests that they strap themselves in, this could be a bit of a bumpy landing. "And when I said bumpy I meant, be prepared to crash land." They crash onto some frozen tundra and cloak the ship, and some good news, the ship is still operational. "If it were up to me they would revoke your pilots licence" says Martin. "They are more than welcome to" replies Rip "seeing as I don't have one."
Martin tells them that he has been studying the file and it seems that Savage has been working on a project called Operation Svarog. "Svarog, God of fire" says Martin, and considering Savage's involvement, it must be some kind of weapon. One of his physicists is mentioned in the file, Valentina Vostok (played by Stephanie Corneliussen, our favourite mental baby mama from Mr Robot). Leonard suggests putting two in the back of her head and calling it a day, but Ray says that they have no idea of her place in history, she could be the next Madame Curie for all the know. Ray suggests they let him approach her as a scientist, and see what she knows about Savage. "It's 1986, you're American and you don't speak Russian" says Leonard. She'll have you pegged as a spy in a second.
Rip brings over a case of pills that when swallowed attach to the larynx by neural interface (uh huh), and then you can speak and understand any language spoken to you. Gideon switches them into Russian and Ray and Leonard begin to speak flawless Russian. "Now you're annoying in multiple languages" says Leonard. Rip tells them that Vostok is a fan of the ballet, Ray will intercept her at a performance, and Leonard will be his wingman. "Better go bone up on Vostok's CV" says Ray. "I guess I'll bone up on the ballet" says Leonard. "Gideon, bone me."
Sara speaks to Rip about Kendra and how feral she went. Sara tells him she needs to learn how to control it. Rip tells her that she is just the person, having her own experience with an inner demon. "This is a bad idea" says Sara. She approaches Kendra with some steel poles and goads her into learning to fight. Sara kicks her ass, until Kendra finally cracks and the wings unfurl. She attacks Sara and sends her flying down the corridor. She realises what she has done and is immediately apologetic, but Sara has let her monster out now and grabs Kendra by the neck. She starts to squeeze, having totally lost control. She eventually realises what she's doing, and stops and runs off.
At the Bolshoi Theatre, Ray spots Valentina and unsuccessfully tries to speak to her, scientist to scientist. She rolls her eyes and walks away. "Damn that was cold" says Leonard, even by Russian standards. Ray sidles up to her once more, and tries the old investment line, telling her he thinks it's important that she know who's funding her research, for instance Operation Svarog. Valentina is shocked he knows that name, and Leonard steps in to rescue her from Ray. "Is this man bothering you?" "Don't worry" she says "I'm not a damsel in distress." "Good," replies Leonard, "because I'm not a white knight." The intermission bell rings, and Leonard tells her he's looking forward to the next act having studied the ballet. Valentina tells him that it is her favourite part, but she has seen it many times, so perhaps Leonard could just walk her home?
On the Waverider, Gideon has picked up a temporal anomaly just out of the city, and Rip assumes it is Chronos, having survived being shot down. "Mr. Rory" Rip says to Mick "how would you like to accompany me on a little mission?" "Will I get to use my gun?" asks Mick. "A near certain likelihood" replies Rip. "Lead the way, Captain" Rip and Mick head out into the forest, tracking the signal. As they get close, a Time Master steps out. "Time Master Druce" says Rip "how did you find me?" "You left quite a trail" he replies. Druce makes him an offer to turn himself in, the Council will be lenient and fix their mistakes, and the others can go back to 2016. He gives Rip an hour to decide, and as they leave Mick advises him not to trust him. If he returns with the rest of them, Druce will surely kill them all.
Leonard and Valentina are walking through the freezing rain, she wearing his fluffy coat. They get to her apartment, and she says "you know at this time of night it gets colder than a Siberian winter." "Sounds perfect" says Leonard. "I'm sure we could heat it up" says Valentina. "Sadly, I have business elsewhere this evening" Leonard replies. "Well if this is goodbye" she says, and plants a big smacker on him. "You enjoy the show Raymond" Leonard asks, as she leaves. "I think I've got frostbite in some not so fun places" he replies "did you find out anything?" "No, I didn't want to spoil the mood." "So we've got nothing" says Ray. "I wouldn't say that" replies Leonard, producing a security card for a lab. "I guess I should just be happy that you didn't swipe her wallet" says Ray. He totally swiped her wallet.
On the ship, Rip explains to Martin and Jax about Druce's offer and what it means for them all. They will all be returned to 2016. "With no idea whether the US is now under the control of the USSR" says Martin. "The Time Master will return everything to as it was" replies Rip. "What about Vandal Savage?" asks Jax. Rip tells them that they have not changed their minds on that front and will let history take it's course. They all have to decide whether the future is worth fighting for, things have become much more dangerous for them now.
Back in the forest, Rip goes to his meeting with Druce alone. He tells him he has decided to give himself up and agree to the offer. Suddenly, Chronos appears behind him and puts a gun to his head. Druce tells him that this is the only way that things will work out, that Rip and his crew need to be erased from time. Druce tells him he'll stay while Chronos does the deed, he wouldn't want him to die alone. "Who said I'm alone?" says Rip?
Mick and Jax (as Firestorm) attack and take down Chronos. Druce cloaks himself as Mick aims for him. "What a wuss" says Mick. Martin tries to tell Jax how to fight, but having heard enough lecturing from him over the past few days, Jax tells him he knows what he's doing. He shoots at Chronos, at the same time he throws a grenade. The explosion sends them both flying, the force of the blast causing Martin and Jax to separate. Jax staggers out from the trees, injured, and collapses. They rush him back to the ship, Druce and Chronos having escaped.
They stagger back on to the Waverider, and find Leonard and Ray waiting. Leonard escorts Mick off to the med bay, where he is looking forward to the morphine drip awaiting him. Martin chooses this moment to lecture Jax about needing to listen to him and stop acting like an arrogant adolescent. Jax tells him he never agreed to come here, he has a mom in 2016, widowed. What will she think if he is killed and never comes home, never says goodbye. Martin tells him he is sorry for that, but thinks that saving a billion lives is more important than just one life. He has a wealth of knowledge and experience that Jax needs to listen to. Rip takes a very angry Jax off to the medical bay, and Martin tells Ray that he doesn't mean any of the things he says to Jax. He already lost one young partner in Ronnie (on The Flash) and can't bear the thought of losing another. This is the only way he has left of getting through to him.
Rip runs into Kendra who is very sore and sorry for herself. She tells him Sara is a lunatic and can't believe he knew about her blood lust and didn't say anything. He tells her that he thinks she and Sara can help each other to learn how to control their inner monsters, and use their powers for good. Kendra goes to see Sara with the offer to train together again, but Sara wants no part of it. She doesn't want to hurt anyone, but is scared that she is losing touch with her human side. Kendra tells her that they can help each other, and finally baits her into it with a bit of the old, "what are you, chicken?"
The crew travel to Valentina's lab, with plans to go in and find out what her and Savage are building. Martin convinces Rip he should go alone, as he knows his physics and he doesn't need Jax for this mission. He gets past security and lets himself in to the lab. He finds a number of bodies laid out under sheets, and looks through a file. "Of course" he says "Svarog, the God of Fire. They're trying build a Soviet Firestorm, having seen Jax and I the last time we fought." Martin finds a containment unit that is protecting the thermocore they have already managed to build. It's only a matter of time before they find out how to stabilise their very own Firestorm. Martin tells Rip he's not leaving without it, he's the only one who can withstand the cosmic rays and resulting nuclear energy. He just needs someone to take the core offline so he can remove it safely and shield it. Ray comes over the comms, having taken out a few guards with Leonard, and is ready in the control room. Martin enters the unit and tells Ray to take it offline now, just as Leonard spots Valentina entering the lab and heading their way. He tells Ray to do as Martin says, and he'll intercept Valentina.
"What are you doing here?" she says. Believe me I've been asking myself the same question. "It was you who stole my card" she says. "And your wallet" he replies "but it was nothing personal." She spots Martin in the unit and starts to panic. "Relax" says Leonard "he's the one who invented it." "You used me" she says "you're a spy for the American government." "I'm wanted by the American government, does that count?" he replies. He tells her what kind of weapon Savage is actually creating "I know" she says, producing a gun. She tells Ray in the control room to put the core back online, or the Leonard gets it. "Don't you dare" says Leonard "she'll shoot me either way." Ray crumbles and puts in back online just as Martin is about to take it, and then promptly gets knocked out and captured.
Martin decides to try anyway, in the hope that he can still absorb all the energy. Jax comes over the comms and says, what the hell are you doing Grey? You are not Firestorm, you're just a stubborn old man about to make a really stupid decision. "Is this what it's like when I'm in your head" asks Martin "I apologise, dear boy, it is rather distracting." Martin takes hold of the core, telling Jax that it's time he risked his own life for a change, and painfully manages to absorb all the the energy. Weakened, he puts the core in a case and makes a doddery escape. He is quickly surrounded by guards and Valentina orders him taken captive, as Savage will be pleased to have the original Firestorm working for him. They take him away, and he drops the core in its case to the floor.
Valentina decides not to shoot Leonard, telling him that Savage would very much like to meet him, and the rest of his friends. "Careful what you wish for" says Leonard. "This where the party's at!" yells Mick, arriving at just the right moment. He fires his heat gun and Leonard gets away from Valentina. Mick throws him his cold gun and they get to work. Mick takes a bullet to the shoulder and is overpowered and captured. He tells Leonard to get the hell out, and Rip reminds him to not leave without the thermocore. Leonard is up on the balcony and rides a chain flying fox style down to the containment unit. He grabs the case, and reluctantly makes his escape, leaving the others behind. In glorious slow motion I might add.
The Soviets take Mick, Ray and Martin and load them into the back of a truck. Head Ruski tells Valentina that there is still one intruder, and he has the thermocore. "We don't need it now" she says looking at Martin "we have something far better." They are transported to an impenetrable Soviet gulag, and Martin is told he and Valentina will start working together soon. Mick and Ray's lives will depend on how well Martin decides to work.
"Thank God you managed to grab it" says Rip to Leonard, back on the ship. "Where was my backup?" Leonard replies, taking aim at Rip with his cold gun. "Half the team is gone, because of you." "If I had sent the other half into save you, they would have been captured too, and then where would we be" replies Rip. "Savage would have everything he wants, both sides of Firestorm and a dead Kendra". "What would you have done?" he asks Leonard. "That is a pretty cold calculation, Rip. Almost criminal. Except we criminals have a code, you never leave one of your own behind" replies Leonard. "We will get them back" says Rip.
He briefs Kendra and Sara, who are pissed he had them training for a future mission, when they should have been helping on this one. "Who says they're not already dead?" says Kendra. "They will keep the Professor alive in order to rebuild the core, and the other two will probably be kept alive as leverage, to torture to get Martin's help. We have to pray that Martin can hold out, he is the key to Savage working out how to create Firestorm. If they find a way to use Martin's powers against us, I'm afraid the world is beyond saving."


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Jack Mandelbaum never thought of himself as a Jew. He thought of himself as Polish – after all, only his grandfather was Jewish. But the fact that Jack was only partly Jewish made no difference to the Nazis. To them, he was all Jew.
He was only twelve years old when the war started so, although he was ostracized with the rest of the Jews and thrown into a ghetto, he was not required to do forced labor. Instead, he agreed to work shifts for the Nazis in place of the rich Jewish men who could pay him to take their place. He slaved for Hitler, but he also supported his family.
And then came June 14, 1942. All of the Jews in Jack's ghetto were herded out and divided into factions. Some were to remain in the ghettos – others were sent to concentration camps.
Jack was sent to the camps.
For the next three years, Jack learned how to control his hatred, how to give his all so as to stay alive, yet how to reserve his soul from the Nazis. He dealt with disease, starvation, and brutality. He nearly died a dozen times. But instead of dying, he lived to tell his story.
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Edmund M. Lutes was a sergeant working with me in O.C.I.D. [Organized Crime Intelligence Division] when this occurred. Ed was fluent in German and Russian and was occasionally called upon to translate. On this occasion he was contacted by divisional detectives and asked if he could speak to a Ukrainian, who professed not to speak English. Ed told the detectives that the Ukrainian probably spoke Russian, so yes he could. He was briefed that the Ukrainian was in the hospital jail ward recovering from wounds he received in a gunfight with an L.A.P.D sergeant who was also wounded. The foreign man was also believed to be a deserter from the Soviet Army and was wanted for questioning regarding a murder in Canada. Ed was asked to obtain some basic information but under no circumstances mention the Canadian homicide.
Ed entered the jail ward while several other detectives were present but did not
acknowledge them nor even look in their direction. Ed wore a three button suit all done up with a small red star in his lapel looking for all the world like Hollywood's version of a KGB agent. He did not introduce himself to the Ukrainian but produced a fingerprint kit and rolled the prisoners prints [the prisoner had, of course, been printed days before]. Ed then filled out the written portion of the card in Russian, allowing the prisoner to see it. Ed obtained he information the detectives needed and then told the Ukrainian, "Do not concern yourself with these petty charges brought by the Americans. Remember you are still a Soviet solder and you belong to Mother Russia."
With not a word to the detectives nor the Ukrainian, Ed left.
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I think I have yet to see in writing an example of a foreigner mentioning the French.
Read or listen to expat rants, however, and you will soon lose track of how often the judgement "that's so French"is made in relation to bad manners, bad customer service, bad administration and pretty much any other bad thing you can think of. Given that many of the ranters are people who have expressly chosen to live here, it makes you wonder why we don't all just head back home.
It's as if we all believe that oft-quoted saying about how France would be a lovely country if it wasn't for the French.
(I don't have an awful lot of experience to go on, but I suspect this is less true for foreigners in other countries. Italians are friendly and hospitable, Americans are endlessly positive and even the British get praised in a wry kind of way for their sense of humour.)
I've been pondering the reasons for this for quite a while now and the only explanation I can come to is that it's precisely because so many of us choose to live here, as opposed to being forced by circumstances, that we are so critical: we're continually asking ourselves if we've made the right choice.
Anyway, it seems to me that this situation is very sad, that we whiners are being very rude to our hosts in our endless criticisms, and that it's time to start giving the French credit where credit is due. So here's a challenge: what are the best things you can think of about living among the French, with no buts, althoughs or if only-s allowed? (I know that this will be highly over-generalised and potentially patronising, but at least it's in a positive way!)
Here are some of mine:
The French value intellect: in this country, reading, going to museums, speaking foreign languages and watching Arte instead of reality TV are activities to be admired and will not have you exiled from the society around you for being a snob.
The French know how to drink enough to lubricate the machinery of social interaction without binge-drinking. (And yes, the wine is pretty good too!)
The French love their language. Ask them to explain a grammatical point to you and this is one moment when you are very unlikely to witness a Gallic shrug. When you can understand their wordplay, it gets even better.
The French value peace and quiet. And if people are disturbing that, they won't hesitate to tell them so.
Those are a few to start with. What are yours?


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Mumbai: Controversial singer Abhijeet on Monday took to twitter and hit out at social activist Anna Hazare and his biopic which was recently released. He tweeted: "Dhongi baba Anna रिलीज हुई है, इस हफ़्ते की इकलौती फिल्म है जिसे देखने @ArvindKejriwal भी नहीं गए"
Dhongi baba Anna रिलीज हुई है, इस हफ़्ते की इकलौती फिल्म है जिसे देखने @ArvindKejriwal भी नहीं गए
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"Anna: Kisan Baburao Hazare" is a 130-minute Hindi feature film which has been shot for over a year in his village Ralegan-Siddhi in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra, Mumbai, New Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan, said producer Manindra Jain.
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"These are the thumbprint cookies we grew up on. The icing is festive and delicious complimenting the savory cookie."
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- 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup Crisco
- 3 large eggs, separated
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups nuts, finely chopped (used walnuts)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream sugar, butter and crisco.
- Add egg yolks one at a time until well blended.
- Add vanilla, mixing well.
- In separate bowl, combine flour and salt. Add flour to wet ingredients to form a dough that will hold its shape when rolled into a ball.
- Roll dough into balls about 1 teaspoons size. I know this seems small, but once they are rolled in the nuts, they are much larger.
- Beat egg whites with water until frothy.
- Dip each ball into the egg whites and immediately roll into nuts.
- Place 1 inch apart on ungreased baking sheet.
- Press thumb into center to make a well.
- Bake 5 -7 minutes, remove and press thumb into cookie again to hold the well.
- Bake an additional 3-5 minutes to brown the bottoms.
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John Edmar made these mesmerizing 3d printed sculptures, Via Core77
John Edmark is one of those guys whose fields of interest would be impossible to fit on a single business card. While he's officially a design lecturer at Stanford, the inventor/designer/artist pursues everything from photography to motion graphics to geometry, and his courses cover "design fundamentals, product design, chair design, paper as a sculptural medium, color, and animation."
During his time as an artist-in-residence at Autodesk's Pier 9 program, Edmark combined several of his interests to create these 3D-printed Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures. By designing the Fibonacci sequence into the forms, then placing them on a turntable and synching his camera's shutter speed with the rotation rate, he's managed to create some stunning, slightly vertigo-inducing animations:
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THE SIMPSON CASE: THE VICTIM; Nicole Brown Simpson: Slain At the Dawn of a Better Life
Published: June 23, 1994
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Ms. Vallely said she saw Mrs. Simpson and her children at a game the week before she was killed. "You couldn't stop looking at her because she was so striking," Ms. Vallely said. "She was not this frail, skinny little blonde. She had this great body. She was strong, and she worked out."
Back at Dana Hills High School in Orange County, Denise and Nicole Brown had been homecoming princesses. Nicole's home economics teacher, Jo Hanson, said: "Everybody was in awe of her. We get a lot of beautiful students. But she was the ultimate beauty. The girls liked and admired her. The guys were in love with her."
But it was Nicole's father, Lou Brown, who escorted his daughter to the homecoming dance, Mrs. Hanson said.
"I thought she was going to be a model, or a movie star," Mrs. Hanson said. "I used to tease her, 'I should get your autograph now.' "
Nicole was one of five children, four sisters and one brother, who grew up steps from the beach in Monarch Bay, an upper-middle-class beach community in Orange County west of Dana Point. Her father was a small-business investor, who now runs a Hertz rental-car franchise. Her mother, Judy, had dabbled briefly in modeling.
Nicole Brown seemed destined for big things, said Valerie Rigg, who attended high school with her. "People said somebody wealthy and famous would nab her," Ms. Rigg said. "She just seemed bound for that." She added, "Nicole was famous to us."
Though Nicole was not the oldest of the Brown sisters, she was viewed as the most mature. "I remember her presence, her bearing," said Bill Prestridge, recalling her from his journalism class. "She didn't have that girlish laughter."
After high school, she went to work as a waitress in a Beverly Hills nightclub, the Daisy. She tried modeling but apparently didn't like it. A Restless Beauty, A Vulnerable Athlete
Then she met O. J. at the Daisy. She was barely 18. He was 30, and at a turning point. His first marriage was breaking up; his fabled knees were failing. The attraction was immediate and intense.
"I was living in New York and modeling when she told me about him," Denise Brown said. "I said, 'Oh, who's that?' She said, 'Oh, he's a football player.' She just loved O. J. She didn't care if he was a football player or a dirt digger. They were really great for each other."
They lived together for six years and married on Feb. 2, 1985. That summer he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. In an emotional acceptance speech, he thanked "my wife, Nicole, who came into my life at what is probably the most difficult time for an athlete, at the end of my career."
And, he added, "she turned those years into some of the best years I have had in my life, babes." She smiled proudly back at him.
Mr. Simpson began a new career. He became a spokesman for Hertz, a football commentator for ABC, then NBC, and an actor. He was earning an estimated $1 million a year. He was on the road several months a year. The daily care of their two young children fell to her.
Wherever Mr. Simpson went, he talked about his wife. "He was very possessive," said Corey La Russo, a professional golfer who caddied for Mr. Simpson at the Riviera Country Club in Brentwood from 1991 to 1993. "He'd say, 'If I ever caught her with another man, I'd kick his ass.' He didn't want to catch anyone with his wife, and he was adamant about it. He put her on a pedestal. He'd say: 'Hey, she's all I need. She's the most beautiful thing in the world.' "
Cory Waldman, a tennis pro in Miami and a friend of Mr. Simpson, said of Mr. Simpson: "He always used to talk about Nicole. He was always in love with her. Nicole was always there -- in the picture." Dream Dissolves But Intensity Lingers
Mrs. Simpson filed for divorce on Feb. 25, 1992; the divorce became final Oct. 15 that year. The court documents offer a window into their relationship. "By the time I was 19 years of age, we were living together most of the time," Mrs. Simpson said in her filing. "I traveled back and forth between Los Angeles and San Francisco to be with him. I only attended junior college a very short time because respondent required me to be available to travel with him whenever his career required him to go to a new location, even if it was for a short period of time."
She continued: "I have had no other college education, and I hold no college degrees. I worked as a waitress for two months. Prior to that, I was a sales clerk in a boutique. These two jobs are the sum total of my employment experience. I worked on my own as an interior decorator, mostly for respondent and his friends. I no longer have that opportunity."
She described their lavish life style. "We had a full staff to assist us," she said in her filing. "The house was extensively remodeled a few years ago, and no expense was spared to update and modernize the kitchen, pool and other amenities." Every year they traveled to Hawaii, she said. They had an apartment in New York. Back in Brentwood, she had a nutritionist and a personal trainer.


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- 24 x 36" sheet of textured paper
- 1/2" wide flat trim
- 1" wide holiday ribbon
- Gingerbread buttons; Jesse James
- Small red, flat buttons
- Green embroidery floss
- Decorator chalks
- Holiday confetti
- Cotton balls
- Wire nippers or old nail clippers
- Solid green cardstock
- Use the backing cardboard from the photo mat to trace 5 rectangles next to each other across the bottom of your paper.
- Cut the paper into one long strip. (to make an accordion fold, fold the strip on the lines in opposite directions.)
- Place Glue Lines on three sides of the photo mat and attach one end of the folded strip to the photo mat. Fold back the last section and secure it with Glue Lines to create a stiff back for the book.
- Use Glue Lines to add trim to the mat frame. Cut the shanks (loops) off the back of the buttons and use Mini Glue Dots to adhere them to the top of the trim.
- Use the cotton ball to add red chalk to the pages.
- Cut green cardstock 1" larger than the item you want to put in the book. Place Glue Lines on three sides and add to the book to make a pocket.
- Use Mini Glue Dots to add confetti to one or two of the pockets.
- Tie a piece of embroidery floss to the red buttons and glue them to the pocket using Mini Glue Dots.
- Add the CD to one of the pages and mark where the slits for the ribbon should be. Use scissors to snip a hole for the ribbon. Cut a 12" piece of ribbon for the CD. Thread the ribbon through the holes and tie on the CD.
- Secure the ribbon to the back of the book with a Mini Glue Dots, so it doesn't slip out.
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Dear friend, I see you standing there at the sudsy sink for the seventeenth time today.
I see you because I'm leaning over mine, too.
I see you putting your toddler into yet another time-out, frustrated and wondering if there might be some better way to change their behaviour.
I see you, because we're in this together.
I see you exhausted at the end of the day, bursting into tears yet not being able to give an answer to your husband when he asks, "What's wrong?"
I see you lean over your baby's crib when they are fast asleep, your heart bursting with love at the mere sight of their tiny toes and perfection.
And friend, I see the tears well up in your eyes as you glance at yet another negative pregnancy test, hopes shattered to the ground once again. I feel your brokenness at the loss of a new life, a baby that you didn't even get the chance to meet.
I see you, because we're in this together.
In an age where it's so easy to compare ourselves and our children to others, feeling "less than" because some other mom somewhere has a neater house, more well-behaved kids or more time for her own hobbies, I say we cut the comparison and turn to compassion.
We're in this motherhood thing together.
We who have the privilege of being called "mom" by someone have so much in common with each other. Each of us knows the pain of labor, but the reward of a new life. We know the discontent of long days of seemingly meaningless tasks, but the warmth of a little one saying, "I love you, Mom." We know the heartache of a son or daughter making unwise decisions, but we also know the tender grace of being invited to journey along with them.
Motherhood seems to be filled with extremes – patience and frustration, love and anger, wishing for our "old life" yet not willing to trade our kids for the world.
I know how lonely those lows can feel and also the eagerness to share our joy in the highs.
I know God never intended motherhood to be something isolating…instead, we're in this together.
Friend, you are not alone in your tiredness.
You are not alone in your frustration.
You are not even alone in your loneliness.
Moms, we're in this together.
Whether you're pregnant with your first or your first is expecting her first, let's be intentional about encouraging each other in our motherhood. Let's be open about our lows, since we know others have been through it before. And let's not hold back our highs – our enthusiasm might just be the encouragement another Mama needs in that moment.
Motherhood is a precious gift, as are other women walking the same journey.
Moms, let's do this thing together!
This Mother's Day I have put together a little something for you to use to encourage another Mom in her journey. Click the following link to download a PDF card that you can simply print off at home and pass on to a mom friend in your life: Mother's Day Card
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He's also not romantically available. Levine got engaged to Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo earlier this year.
In a 2012 interview with The Associated Press, the musician described himself as "nerdy" in high school but admitted he "did OK" with girls.
Levine takes the "sexiest" crown from actor Channing Tatum. He joins the ranks of Bradley Cooper, Ryan Reynolds, Brad Pitt and George Clooney, who all have received the honor.
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PIJAC is pleased to republish the below op-ed from supporters of Hawaii's fishing industry. The piece was originally published by the Hawaii Star-Advertiser.
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In a statement issued today, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) expressed disappointment in the California Assembly's passage of Assembly Bill 485, a bill that bans...
In a statement issued minutes ago, Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) President Mike Bober said that New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak's withdrawal of a veto override...
Four New Jersey pet care professionals and a national leader in animal advocacy today called on state Senators to support Governor Chris Christie's conditional veto of Senate Bill 3041. The bill, which would undermine New Jersey's Pet Purchase Protection Act, is before the Senate tomorrow for a veto override vote.
Throughout 2017, PIJAC has made a concerted effort to providing the responsible pet industry's values and perspectives with relevant media. A huge part of that is creating relationships with the dedicated cat, dog, and other writers who care for and about pets through blogs, social media, and other online sources.
In a statement issued today, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) criticized the California Assembly Committee on Appropriations' passage of Assembly Bill 485.
"The Assembly Appropriations Committee's vote...
National Pet Month is a time to raise awareness about responsible pet ownership – the core of what PIJAC and the pet industry do.
Pet Age's "Women of Influence" list honoring the top 25 most influential women in the responsible pet industry has been officially released – including Laura "Peach" Ried, the first female Chair of PIJAC's (the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council) Board of Directors.
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On Wednesday, Google introduced its long-anticipated Spotify competitor called All Access.
Described as a unique Google approach to subscription music, Google made the announcement during the keynote for the Internet search giants annual Google I/O developer conference.
Similar to popular music services Spotify and Pandora, Google's All Access has one major advantage in today's burgeoning streaming music market: it beat Apple to the punch.
For months we've been hearing chatter about Apple's forthcoming iRadio music service, which - when it finally does debut - will now have to compete with Spotify, Pandora, and All Access, not to mention a full slate of young, up and coming competitors in the space.
Making matters worse for Apple is the fact that the Cupertino, California-based tech giant is still nowhere close to being ready to launch iRadio. For now, The Verge reported Friday, Apple's efforts to secure adequate licensing rights are ongoing. In particular, Apple's negotiations with Sony are still underway and further delays for iRadio's launch are practically unavoidable.
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This page brings you the latest information from the Hayes & Harlington constituency
Your Constituency representative is Cliff Dixon
Petition for Road resurfacing in Goshawk Gardens and Adelphi Crescent
I have now had a response from the Council which is reproduced below –
16 December 2016
Dear Mr Dixon
Re: Carriageway Surface Condition – Goshawk Gardens and Adelphi Crescent
I refer to your petition dated 6 August 2016 regarding the carriageway condition in Goshawk Gardens and Adelphi Crescent, Hayes, and wish to thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention.
In Hillingdon, and in common with other highway authorities in the UK, there is a substantial waiting list of roads, particularly residential and local roads, in need of major resurfacing. Unfortunately, this list greatly exceeds the amount of funding usually available, which means that we have to prioritise accordingly.
Roads for inclusion on the Council's carriageway resurfacing programmes are usually identified from two sources. Firstly, each year the Council carries out visual surveys on all roads to establish their structural condition, in accordance with the national standard, the UKPMS [United Kingdom Pavement Management System]. The results are used to calculate Best Value Performance Indicators and also produce priority lists from which roads for treatment are selected.
Secondly, officers maintain a separate list that is based on the condition of the surface of the road. These normally do not appear on the list for structural condition that measures such defects as fine cracks, unevenness etc., but on defects such as potholes and the wear and loss of surface material. These defects are more visually apparent and are usually identified from the results of highways inspectors routine safety inspections or from service requests or defect reports from ward councillors or members of the public. From the two lists, officers prepare their recommendations for inclusion in highways maintenance capital programmes based on the amount of funding available. Surfacing these roads will achieve two objectives, firstly to improve performance indicators and secondly to reduce on-going maintenance costs such as patching. Roads that do not make the recommended list are placed on a reserve list for consideration in future programmes, as and when funding is made available.
I confirm that both Goshawk Gardens and Adelphi Crescent are on the list for consideration of roads requiring treatment for inclusion in a future programme of works, the timing of which will be subject to available funding and other priorities.
In the meantime, officers will identify the concrete slabs that are broken and issue works orders for the repairs and will continue to monitor the carriageway condition and carry out isolated repairs as and when major defects are identified as a result of routine safety inspections, or reported to us by the Council's Contact Centre.
I hope this information is helpful.
Yours sincerely
Gurmeet Matharu MIHT
Principal Engineer
Charville ward update – 13th December 2016
On the ward rounds, flytipping has again unfortunately been all too evident
Once again, the tippers have been dropping in front of the 'no dumping' sign in Chesil Way.
Chesil Way is a part of the Kingshill Avenue Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) and as such the local Police are aware of anti social issues in the vicinity.
Hopefully, with the recent announcement of additional officers for the borough we will see extra patrols that will deter this.
In the meantime, we reported the tipping and were advised that it will be dealt with on reference 5542402
The Charville Lane estate has also seen instances of dumping, this time in the garage and green area on alleyway H3 between Romney Road and Raeburn Road.
This was brought to our attention by a Romney Road resident and has been reported for clearance, ref no 5555656
Thankfully, the other alleyway (H2) seems to be fairly clear after the last clean up that we arranged.
Our thanks as always to the Council Maintenance team for their prompt response.
The cascade flower box on Kingshill Avenue that was vandalised on our last rounds has now been repaired with the top two tiers replaced and re-planted. Hopefully, it will stay that way and not cost more time and taxpayers money to maintain.
Cliff Dixon
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Charville Ward Update – 18th November 2016
We have had a reply regarding the traffic calming petition for Langdale Drive which is reproduced below. It would appear that traffic approaching from Charville Lane is running at an excessive speed and whilst the Council claim that speeds are appropriate on Langdale Drive itself it does not take in to account the two bends which will obviously affect the average speed. We will be following up…..
Dear Mr Dixon,
London Borough of Hillingdon – Road Safety Programme
Thank you very much for your petition to the Council concerning vehicle speeds in Langdale Drive, Hayes.
The independent 24 hour / 7 day speed survey has been completed at five locations. Three on Langdale Drive, one on Lanbsury Drive and one on Charville Lane. Please find attached the location plan. The data has been analysed and the results have been discussed with the Cabinet Member for Planning, Transportation and Recycling.
The results show the majority of vehicles were travelling between 20 and 30 mph. The 85%ile speeds in Langdale Drive are below 30mph. The following charts show the 85%ile speeds for the five locations. The 85th percentile speed is the speed at or below 85% of all vehicles are observed to travel. This is a nationally recognised method of assessing traffic speeds as it effectively refers to the majority of traffic movements.
|Charville LaneWest of Langdale Drive
|85% speed
|East bound
|West Bound
|Lansbury DriveSouth of Grosvenor Ave
|85% speed
|North bound
|South Bound
|Langdale DriveSouth of Charville Lane
|85% speed
|North bound
|South Bound
|Langdale DriveSouth of Kendal Close
|85% speed
|North bound
|South Bound
|Langdale DriveWest of Grosvenor Ave
|85% speed
|East bound
|West Bound
At present, the speed results show drivers are driving at an appropriate speed for the road. These results unfortunately do not give the Council sufficient evidence to justify further investigations into physical traffic calming measures in Langdale Drive at this time.
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely,
Caroline Haywood
Technical Assistant, Transport & Projects
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Parking Issues at Hayes & Harlington train station – Tuesday 15th November 2016
We have been contacted by a number of residents who have received parking tickets whilst dropping off at our local train station.
The branch raised this with UKIP London Assembly member David Kurten (Pictured above – left )who sits on the Transport Committee – he subsequently contacted the Mayor's Office.
This was the reply he received –
Parking Charge Notices
Question No: 2016/2911
David Kurten
There have been reports of many motorists being charged PCNs in Station Approach at Hayes and Harlington station for simply dropping people off or picking people up outside the station. Apparently the road is private, but motorists have no reason to believe this or consider this as it looks like a normal road, but are told after they receive a PCN that they should know as there is a sign by the station stating as such. What will the Mayor do to ensure that motorists do not continue to be stung by what they may justifiably consider to be a 'shakedown'?
Written response from the Mayor
As you know, Station Approach in Hayes does not form part of Transport for London's Road Network. Therefore, I can confirm no Penalty Charge Notices have been issued to members of the public by either TfL or the MPS on that road.
However, I have asked TfL to raise your concerns directly with Great Western who manage the station and the surrounding area.
Botwell & Townfield Ward message – Sunday 23rd October 2016
Posted by Cliff Dixon
Sir / Madam ,
My name is Guru G Singh , I am 71 .
I run a small charity in Hayes
In 2018. we will be celebrating our 25th anniversary – for that, we will be launching some wonderful work in the community
It is imperative that we respond to the plight of families and the over 60's
that are going through a rough time in FOOD POVERTY .
6 years ago I was stopped from serving the community by 2 Labour councillors and the RT. Hon John McDonnell MP did nothing to help us in continuing our help to the poor members of the community .
This situation is getting worse where children are suffering due to food poverty .
I have NO CHOICE but to help the community . ( Please note- this time
I will NOT stop helping people even if it means going to prison )
I invite you to join us on 26 October at Orchard Practice , Station Road , Hayes for the launch of our 60 PLUS Winter project and distribution of packs of Hats , gloves, socks and other items to Old Age Pensioners , the blind and disabled .
After the Diwali Celebration on Monday 31st October we will be giving out FREE cooked food and other help to families with children , over 60's , the homeless and other
poor members of the community .
If you require further information or clarification please contact me by
e mail or ring the help line
Guru , G, Singh
Jai Kali Sevadars
07990 770619
nb – This message is from an independent community activist in Hayes and no link is implied or actual with UKIP Hillingdon
Hillingdon Council – style over substance – 11th October 2016
Posted by Cliff Dixon
I was pleasantly surprised on my most recent walk around Charville Ward in Hayes End to see communication from one of our local ward councillors on the doormats of the residents. This is the first time I have seen this outside of election times – obviously the Conservative polls are telling them that they might have a problem from UKIP at the next local elections as we are visible and helping people!
But let us have a look at what they are actually communicating –
Road safety improvements for schools
The leaflet trumpets that the Council are spending £1.7 million installing cameras outside schools to keep yellow lines clear. We are all for anything that improves safety for schoolchildren but if they are so worried then why have they rejected out of hand residents petitions for traffic calming near the school in Swan Road in West Drayton? Indeed, in Charville ward where these leaflets were put out we are still waiting to hear about the traffic calming petition heard in January for Langdale Drive, although we recently thanked them for putting up a camera there under the scheme – it would appear it is for yellow lines and not speeding cars though, hence their reticence in engagement.
The more sceptical might conclude that they are more interested in traffic fines than slowing the traffic down.
Green Flag for Park Road Green Space
Excellent – we all enjoy open spaces. Having said that, some of the green flag parks have serious issues – it took a UKIP led petition to get the council to treat and clear the rodents out from Yiewsley Recreation Ground whilst the litter issues in Harlington Fields are well documented and have been brought up by our Greater London Assembly Members with London Mayor Sadiq Khan
Beautiful Community Garden
I have seen this in the flats at Weald Way – well done to Councillor Fyfe for liaising with local residents to spend the ward budget in this way
Home Farm Update
Council leader Ray Puddifoot, commenting on the sale of green belt land at Home Farm, stated " One of the reasons I became a councillor was to fight the then Labour Administrations policy of building on green land – those days will not return".
Really? Under his stewardship, we have lost green belt land at Lake Farm where his administration decided to build a school on the country park when many brownfield sites were available.
A report from the Department for Communities and Local Government stated that between 2013 and 2015 up to 40% of all new homes in Hillingdon were built on green belt land, the third worst council in the country for doing so.
Forgive me if I don't trust you to stop development on our local open space
Road Resurfacing
The leaflet trumpeted the resurfacing of 'Bury Avenue Road' – sorry Cllr Puddifoot, it is Bury Avenue which we had flagged up two years ago. Thanks for doing the job but at least be informed enough to get the name right!
We were also informed that Portland Road and Meadow View Road would be next. Whilst we welcome these works (UKIP Hillingdon flagged Meadow View Road last year and were promised action on works reference 4531347) there are through roads with much worse surfaces that need to be done first.
The image above shows damage on the junction of Adelphi Way and Adelphi Crescent – we initiated contact with the council over the poor state of the road there last year and followed up with a petition from residents two months ago which we have still not heard about. Buses use Goshawk Gardens and Adelphi Crescent which are a major through route with the roads being in such a bad state the vibration is causing major damage to homes in the area.
Flowers on Kingshill Avenue
The leaflet made a big point about the new flower arrangements on Kingshill Avenue. We had already voiced our concerns in previous articles about how well these could be maintained in light of the cuts to maintenance service teams but even we were not prepared for what has happened since.
This is a photo taken yesterday of the pot in the picture on the Conservative leaflet. The top section has been stolen and the remainder of the arrangement is in a sorry state – the second tower is intact but the flowers are not properly maintained.
A freedom of information request has revealed that the council spent £1150 relocating these cascade planters from Hayes Town (which is currently under redevelopment) and a grand total of £80,869.39 for displays around the borough – some of which are mounted in central reservations on major roads and are a visual impediment to drivers.
Meanwhile, many verges remain overgrown as do open green spaces.
Surely it would make more sense to keep our green spaces maintained properly rather than spending vast amounts of your cash on show projects whilst the basics go to rack and ruin?
A final thought
The branch were contacted after one of our recent leaflet runs by a retired gentleman who had his carbon monoxide alarm removed by council workers for maintenance. When he chased it up, he was informed that due to cuts it would not be returned.
UKIP Hillingdon sent emails to Cllr Ray Puddifoot (Listed as the older persons champion) and Cllr Peter Davis (West Drayton & Yiewsley Senior Citizens Association) to chase this up without response. We then contacted Age UK for advice to be told that this is now commonplace and to get in touch with our local Fire Service for advice.
They told us that they deal with smoke alarms but not carbon monoxide devices and suggested that the gentleman buy another.
We have now ordered a new device from our branch funds and will be presenting this to Mr Ashford at the end of the week.
When the council spend £80k on flowers and over £100k on their propaganda magazines but can't spend £20 on a device that could save an older persons life then you know that they have their priorities all wrong – a real case of style over substance.
Remember that at the ballot box during the next local elections
West Drayton update – 22nd September 2016
Posted by Cliff Dixon
Our team visited The Wise Lane Estate last weekend, delivering our new newspapers and talking with residents.
The flytipping that we reported on our last run round seems to have been cleared but more has appeared at the top of The Brambles and on Harlington Road, including the fridge in the picture above.
This has been reported to the Council maintenance team who have promised a further clear up on ref 5389042.
The flytippers also appear to have a warped sense of humour as can be seen from the picture below
This is not the first time we have seen rubbish dumped next to 'no dumping' signs in the area – perhaps the cuts to Police Community Support Officers who monitor such blackspots have emboldened the tippers?
Our thanks to the maintenance team for their swift response.
Charville Ward update – 12th September 2016
Posted by Cliff Dixon
In the previous update, I mentioned that we had not received a reply from Hillingdon Council regarding the traffic calming petition that was submitted to the Council and heard back on 20th January.
Whilst out doing my ward rounds yesterday, a new camera appears to have been fitted on one of the speeding hotspots in Langdale Drive that was mentioned at the hearing.
Thank you to the Council for listening – next time, please let us know what action you have taken so we can spread the good news!
Charville Ward Update – September 2016
Posted on Wednesday 7th September by Cliff Dixon
Over the last few weeks I have been out delivering our new newspapers and checking up on issues our team reported to the council on the ground.
Charville Lane estate flytipping
The branch assisted local residents with a petition that got the rubbish around the garages between Hoppner and Romney Roads cleared up. Since then, I have revisited and had a second clear up done but yet again the flytippers were back when I visited at the weekend.
More worryingly, a large pane of glass had been dumped which fortunately one of the residents had propped up against a wall after seeing some children nearly run over it on their bikes (Below)
I have reported this for a further clear up and also alerted the local Police Safer Neighbourhood Team to the issue.
On the positive side, a dangerous pothole on the pathway in Romney Road that was reported in my last update has now been filled in – well done to the Council Maintenance team for reacting promptly to this (picture left)
Langdale Drive road repair and traffic calming
A petition was submitted earlier this year for traffic calming in Langdale Drive and a road survey was promised by Cabinet Member for highways Cllr Keith Burrows.
I have had confirmation that the survey was carried out but worryingly it was done during the school holidays when traffic would have been light. I have emailed Cllr Burrows for an update but have yet to hear back.
Disturbingly, the road repairs that were promised over a year ago have not yet been carried out and a reliable source has informed me that only two roads in Charville are scheduled for attention at the present time with no timescale for those repairs – Portland Road and Meadow View Road. Whilst we applaud any repairs that are done, neither is a major thoroughfare or in as poor a condition as Langdale Drive. We will be chasing this up with both the Council and the local Councillors as it is clearly unacceptable.
Goshawk Gardens and Adelphi Crescent
In our last report we advised of the petition being raised for resurfacing of these roads. There was also an extremely dangerous manhole cover in Goshawk Gardens that was in danger of falling apart. The maintenance team have carried out repair to the manhole to make it more secure (Pictured above) and we are awaiting response to the resurfacing petition from the Council.
Kingshill Avenue
In our last report we pointed out the new flower boxes that have been installed in place of the bench and posed the question as to whether these would be properly maintained bearing in mind the cut backs to maintenance teams.
Unfortunately, it would appear that our fears were confirmed upon visiting on Sunday with part of the display ripped out and some of it wilting in the sun (picture left)
There was also evidence of continued drug taking despite the imposition of a PSPO (Public Spaces Dispersal Order) by the local Police.
I have emailed Inspector Andy Lewis about this to alert the Safer Neighbourhoods Team to the ongoing problem.
Above – Discarded 'hippy crack' canisters outside the shops on Kingshill Avenue
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Botwell & Townfield update – August 2016
With the works underway in Hayes Town to re-open the pedestrian area, the branch was contacted by a local interfaith worker regarding some of the serious issues with pavements that appear to be outside the boundary of the work.
With our Ward Rep currently away, branch chairman Cliff Dixon met with the Guru (pictured together at a previous meeting) to asses the situation and feed back these concerns to the maintenance team
After a few hours walking around the area with a clipboard, the following email was sent over with images to the maintenance department –
Charville update – August 2016
With the media whipping up a frenzy about alleged rifts in UKIP (they have advertising space/newspapers to sell after all), it is business as usual here in Hillingdon.
Residents have again been getting in touch with issues in the area and to this end our teams have been out following up on the streets and trying to improve the local environment.
Road Damage
Last September, our ward rep contacted Hillingdon council about the poor state of the road surface in Goshawk Gardens and Adelphi Crescent, Hayes. The slabs are breaking apart and moving, with the problem exacerbated by the buses that now use the roads – indeed, when buses travel across the slabs the movement can be felt quite violently by anybody standing nearby. This has led to structural damage on a number of houses with plaster cracking and falling off and residents complaining of vibration throughout their houses.
As the road deteriorates, surface noise also increases and many tales of late night disturbance have been relayed.
The Council maintenance team replied in February that a repair had been booked (Ref 4601969/4601978) but no timescale was given. When followed up and the point pressed that a resurface rather than a repair was needed, the maintenance team confirmed that it would only be a repair and no timescale was given.
With the Referendum and GLA elections out of the way, a petition was organised and the team canvassed the area last Sunday (7th August) garnering treble the amount of signatures needed to force the council to address the issue. (Ward rep Cliff Dixon is pictured above with the petition board)
A deteriorating situation
It became clear on the walk around the two roads that the surface had got much worse in the 6 weeks since the area was last visited
One resident drew our attention to a manhole cover in Goshawk Gardens that is now structurally unsound with loud noise generated whenever a vehicle passes over it. Further inspection showed the road surface cracked and moving when slight foot pressure was exerted on it (picture above). This has been reported to the Council this morning via email as a matter of urgency with the Charville ward Councillors copied in.
The slabs where Adelphi Crescent meets with Adelphi Way are in particularly poor condition with visible movement of the surface as vehicles pass over them – some residents told us of plaster dust falling from their window frames due to the excessive vibration!
The petition is being submitted this week and we will keep residents updated with developments.
Hillingdon in Bloom
Many flower baskets are turning up around the borough and adding a touch of colour to our streets. In Kingshill Avenue, the bench that was recently installed on the parade and was a magnet for antisocial behaviour has now been removed and replaced with a multi level flower box.
Whilst this greening of Hayes is welcome, I am concerned that with the cuts to the maintenance teams these boxes may struggle to be maintained. The Kingshill Avenue box already had signs of damage when our team was out at the weekend and some of the flowers seemed to be wilting in the heat.
Hillingdon council seem to be popping these boxes in willy nilly around the borough whilst cuts are being made to essential services – many grass verges seem to be badly overgrown and unkempt whilst they make these grand marquee gestures with your money.
However, one initiative that I believe they do need a pat on the back for are the areas in our parks where wild flowers have been sown amongst sections where the grass has been allowed to grow longer to provide an environment for bees and other wildlife (Knights Gardens pictured above). This is a very low cost way to create a splash of colour with little maintenance and is very environmentally friendly at the same time. Well done to the Parks Team who have pioneered this initiative.
Labour – Putting party politics ahead of local people
In a recent post, I highlighted issues in the Charville ward in Hayes that had been brought to my attention by local residents. These had been relayed to the local councillors to look in to, which elicited the following response from Labour's John Oswell
This is the first response I have had from Cllr Oswell (above) to several issues that had been forwarded on to him (Although he may wish to check any future replies for punctuation and spelling) – I have had confirmed receipts of previous emails from both Cllr East (Lab) and Cllr Fyfe (Con). It is interesting too that the Deputy Leader of the Labour Group, supposedly the opposition to the ruling Conservative Council, has replied in a similar way to Council Leader Ray Puddifoot when responding to reports of issues in the ward. Maybe they don't like the cosy Lab-Con duopoly being challenged by a party that is active and actually cares for the residents away from the political scene?
Update – 28th July – The Council maintenance team have logged the report and have advised that they will be taking action.
Reference for Meadow View Road is S/R 4531347, for Blacklands Drive S/R 4531337.
No need for thanks, Cllr Oswell.


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If I were a boy….
I wonder what it's like to be a man at Thanksgiving. For the man in this house, basically Thanksgiving starts when you get sent to the store on Thursday morning to buy another dozen eggs and a can of sweetened condensed milk. It's takes you 2 hours because who wants to hurry home to that mad house? When you finally do arrive with the eggs, a bunch of snack foods, and a can of evaporated milk ("I said SWEETENED CONDENSED! No, it NOT the same thing!"), and an empty bag from Five Guys–because who eats lunch at 2pm?–all you have to do is keep an eye on the kids until dinner is ready. Of course, you don't actually keep an eye on them because Todd and Steven are over and there's an Xbox in the room. But when you do get called over to stop one of them from eating the pumpkin cheesecake with his bare hands, you'll express your extreme displeasure at his behavior. Kids these days.
For the women it's much different. Thanksgiving starts in early November when you decorate the house, decide who's hosting this year, and start nailing down the guest list. I looked through my Thanksgiving files from the past 11 years tonight. They are legion, and they are insane. They include:
- Three page shopping lists for Thanksgiving Week divided into the 5 stores that needed to be visited and further subdivided into the SECTIONS of the stores from which these items come because I shop in one pass through the store. None of this going back and forth between aisles.
- Email strings among the women coordinating times, places, menus, recipes, and decor. For example, the email string for 2011 among the three of us was 16 emails long with another 11 email string for my coop preschool group's feast.
- Food prep schedules that start with one or two items on Monday (today) and culminate in a itinerary for Thursday that begins at 6am and has notes for times like "12:25 deglaze pan, 12:32 rice potatoes". This isn't just me is it? The first Thanksgiving I cooked for 16 people in 2003, the potatoes were cold. I never made that mistake again. If you can't plan, you shouldn't cook.
- Pinterest boards of thanksgiving tables and "to buy" lists to implement them.
- 8 sets of "Thanksgiving placecards 2008" "Thanksgiving placecards 2013" files of increasing complexity in Microsoft Word
- An elaborate set of riddle-clues for a scavenger hunt all over Palo Alto for the non-essential personel to enjoy while I rice the potatoes at 12:32.
- My Clean Up Checklist! Put away, throw away, load, wash. Truer words were never spoken.
Two of those years there are no lists and minimal email strings because we all went to Founding Farmers in DC and Gadsby's Tavern in Old Town Alexandria. I'd like to say those were the best years, but they really weren't. I usually love Founding Farmers, but they definitely had second string staff on for the holiday making horribly over-saged stuffing. And while the hammered dulcimer was nice at Gadsby's Tavern, the food was middling at best, and the kids hated being on restaurant behavior for that long.
Which is why my motto is "If you want something done right, make a buttload of lists, do it yourself, and complain about it on your blog."
Happy Thanksgiving!
Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, roasted root vegetables, acorn squash wedges with cilantro-chile vinaigrette, roasted sweet potatoes with lime and chives, pumpkin ravioli with herbed cream sauce, fettucini with butternut squash


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Would this be the same family as the Trenham/Trenhams from Yorkshire England? I have seen somewhere that there were several spellings of the name. I descend from John Trenham b 1782 in Yorkshire England. He married Sarah Thompson in Yorkshire in 1803. If you know if this is the same family, please let me know....thanks...
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Since 1997, when Habitat Westside was still a chapter to the multifaceted organization it is today – Ned, with the unwavering support of Patti – has given both his time and effort to help others. Ned has seen this program grow, improved the lives of countless families who were able to become homeowners, helped create a rehab and repair program in order to serve more families, and offered hope to a community in need.
This has been a fulltime job for Ned, even before he retired from his day job. His efforts extend well beyond building houses. Ned has been an instrumental fundraiser, written grants, gone out into the community to present on behalf of the cause or whatever else needs to be done. He has demonstrated exceptional commitment, service and creativity, and because of this, he pulled the community together to compete 11 houses in 2011 alone.
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For the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017, the Washington University team from St. Louis is designing a long-term residence for two research scientists at Tyson Research Center, an internationally renowned biological field station sited on 2000 acres of native landscape in Eureka, Missouri. The center is currently developing a master plan to construct an eco-village of net zero-energy-ready buildings, and the Wash U – St. Louis team house will be the first building constructed in the village. In addition to environmental research and university-level academics, Tyson Research Center offers educational programs for K-12 students. The center's goal is to promote interdisciplinary research to confront the challenges that face us in energy and sustainability on a global scale.
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