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Baroness Warsi: 'do churches need legal support' in case of equal marriage 'challenges'? 43
11:58 AM — In a letter voicing her concerns with recently announced plans to bring forward legislation to allow marriage equality, Sayeeda Warsi has warned of potential "unintended consequences" if the law were to change.
Ricky Martin: I wish I could come out as gay again, 'it's just beautiful' 18
12:06 AM — Speaking at the UN on Tuesday, singer, Ricky Martin, spoke about coming out, saying he wished he could do it again, just to inspire people who might be struggling with their own sexuality.
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US: The Mayor of Atlanta announces support for marriage equality 5
11:39 PM — The Mayor of Atlanta has come out in support of equal marriage, after a period of "reflection", saying that he thinks all couples "should have the right to marry".
Eastenders character, Nick Cotton, was supposed to have gay relationship in the 1980s 5
5:11 PM — Nick Cotton, a long-time character from the popular soap, Eastenders, was meant to have a gay relationship in the 1980s, until the actor playing him protested, and the character was written out.
Uruguay: Marriage equality bill approved in lower house of Congress 12
3:32 PM — Uruguay came one step closer to legalising marriage equality on Tuesday evening, after a majority of members of its lower house of Congress voted in favour of a measure to legalise equal marriage.
Scotland: Charity regulator called in to settle gay clergy row 6
2:34 AM — The charity regulator has been called in to settle a divide between a Kirk, and the Church of Scotland, arising from the issue of allowing gay clergy to serve.
UK Independence Party aims to exploit Tory equal marriage divide 39
1:58 AM — The UK Independence Party has pledged to exploit divisions within the Conservative Party, coming from the equal marriage debate, and have vowed to attempt to pick up votes lost by the Tories.
11th December 2012
Peter Tatchell: Gay couples have legal advantage if civil partnerships are not offered to straight couples 27
4:38 PM — Following the UK government's announcement today to bring forward equal marriage legislation in early 2013, Peter Tatchell has said that it is wrong to make it illegal for the Church of England to marry same-sex couples, and that gay couples will have a legal advantage, if straight couples are not offered the right to civil partnerships.
NUS to lobby MPs on equal marriage, will deliver 4,000 Christmas cards to David Cameron 3
4:19 PM — The National Union of Students LGBT is taking the next steps to push for marriage equality, as the government announces plans to bring forward marriage equality in early 2013.
Backbench Tory MPs speak out against 'outrageous' marriage equality plans 37
3:59 PM — Tory backbenchers have spoken out against the government's plans to allow marriage equality in 2013, suggesting a link between the plans, and declining numbers of people getting married before having children, and calling it an "outrage", and a "disgrace".
UK: Equal marriage advocates celebrate government's plans to bring forward marriage equality 1
3:35 PM — The advocates of marriage equality for the UK are celebrating today's announcement that the government plans to bring forward legislation legalising equal marriage next year.
Portsmouth Bishop: Equal marriage will 'pervert authentic family values' 20
3:03 PM — Portsmouth's Catholic Bishop has spoken out against the government's recently announced plans to bring forward marriage equality next year, saying that it would "pervert authentic family values".
Religious groups to 'grasp' opportunity to 'opt-in' to UK marriage equality 19
2:40 PM — Religious groups in the UK have expressed their support for marriage equality, and have said they will perform same-sex weddings, once the law comes into place, as announced today.
10th December 2012
US: Merck Foundation ceases funding for Boy Scouts of America 14
10:30 PM — The charitable arm of a pharmaceutical and health company has ceased donations to the Boy Scouts of America due to its anti-gay policy for volunteers, members, and staff.
Boris Johnson: 'Whack through marriage equality now' 34
9:43 PM — Boris Johnson has again affirmed his support for marriage equality, as the debate over legalising equal marriage in the UK heats up, saying that the government should "whack through" the legislation.
9th December 2012
Conservative MP: 'Most parents would prefer their children not to be gay' 75
10:01 PM — A Conservative MP has spoken out against the coalition government's plans to allow marriage equality, saying their intentions are "barking mad".
Governor Chris Gregoire: 'I am proud of the momentous shift to marriage equality'
9:22 PM — The US Governor of Washington, Chris Gregoire, has written about her state's journey towards marriage equality, and on signing a bill legalising marriage equality for the second time, on Wednesday.
Nick Herbert: Legalising same-sex marriage is 'the right thing to do' 13
10:35 AM — The former Police Minister, and current Conservative MP for Arundel and South Downs, Nick Herbert, has written on his support for equal marriage, including religious freedoms, the European Court of Human Rights, and that he thinks it still plays an important role in society.
Boris Johnson and 18 senior Tories to push for marriage equality 56
10:05 AM — A number of senior Conservative politicians announced today that they had formed a new campaign group which supports the right of same-sex couples to marry, in an act of defiance against traditionalists within the party.
Swedish football team sacks its entire first squad for homophobic abuse 15
3:26 AM — A Swedish football team has sacked its entire first squad for chanting homophobic slurs at a rival team, made up mainly of LGBT people, and encouraging fans to do the same.


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The unveiling of the only intact set of rifles gifted to a New Zealand town after the South African Boer War brought some very special guests to Thames on Thursday – and the visitors made a lasting impression on those they met.
Springbok players – brothers Jannie and Bismarck Du Plessis - and Ruan Pienaar spent most of Thursday in Thames on an unofficial visit that included Thames High School, The Treasury, Thames-Coromandel District Council and the Thames Rugby Club.
The visit was facilitated via Johan Volsteedt, the former Head Master of all three men and a man who devoted his life to their own high school, Grey College in South Africa. The players visited not as Springboks but as Old Grey College Boys whose ancestors were affected by the Boer War. The visit gave them a rare opportunity to see with their own eyes Boer rifles that bear their surnames and are now housed at The Treasury in Thames.
These 15 rifles were among 200 captured Boer rifles that were gifted to New Zealand from South Africa and were individually numbered. They came with the inscription SAT - South African Trophy - and Thames received the first 15 rifles.
Thames is now the only place in New Zealand to have an intact and complete collection, unveiled for the Springbok visitors at The Treasury in Queen Street, Thames.
All three players left a lasting impression on all of the locals they met, including Thames High School students who spent an hour asking probing questions from how much the men bench press - "you can't bench press your heart" replied Ruan - to thoughts on brotherhood rivalry.
The players were led onto Thames High with a powhiri, a traditional Maori welcome, and this was followed by a thunderous haka by the Thames High School First XV. The Springbok players acknowledged the link between their former high school Grey College and Thames High School, which were both established by Former Governor Sir George Grey.
Among the high school audience was the music teacher who taught Jannie at Grey College. The pair caught up one-to-one later in the staffroom, where all three players relaxed and mingled with head students, teachers and TCDC staff who helped facilitate the visit.
When speaking to the gathered high school students, Jannie said he enjoyed spending his free day in Thames: "In the real part of New Zealand". He talked about the legacy left by Sir George Grey, who ensured that schools were built in poorer townships because he wanted a better future for youngsters.
"Sometimes we as humans think what we are so important but it's actually what you leave behind. It's the difference you make in other peoples' lives...and if that can stay around for generations then you accomplish something a lot bigger than yourself.
"I just want to say kia ora," Jannie continued, before revealing his slight uncertainty over the Maori welcome and haka. "The Maori greeting sometimes defies logic, but if it's a greeting we accept it, and if it's a challenge, we accept it," he said.
Grey College is the third oldest school in South Africa. Jannie explained that Sir George Grey started it because many of the local children couldn't read or write and their parents taught them out of the old Dutch bible. He donated a sum of money to start a school and did the same for Port Elizabeth in South Africa, as well as other schools in New Zealand.
"At the end of the day we're here because of a guy who had a vision to invest in people and their futures and I think that's massive. If you invest in something that's bigger than yourself - that really is a challenge worth accomplishing in life."
Students relished the chance to ask questions of the players, including about Jannie and Bismarck's brotherhood rivalry.
"When we were younger the rivalry almost bordered on something sinister because you measure yourself against your brother and always want to be better. And then dad got sick, he got Parkinson's Disease and we realised we have only got each other and if there was rivalry between us, one would pull the other down. Instead of having rivalry we tried to support each other. I think there's still rivalry but if you can put everything into perspective, that's really important."
New Zealand South African Chris Williams, a staff member at TCDC, had spent the morning with the players and agreed it was 'a dream come true' to meet them face to face. He acknowledged Jannie's qualification as a doctor, his brother Bismarck's job as an investment broker and their collective roles as farmers on large blocks, before asking them how they managed these commitments alongside elite international sport?
"Sometimes you have to sacrifice your own time, your family time, your friends, and going on holiday or staying at home. But with anything you do in life when you really want to achieve something, you make a sacrifice of yourself to achieve that," said Bismarck. "How we manage it is also with very expensive phone calls to home."
Later on at The Treasury building in Thames, the three players were absorbed by reading the story of the historic rifles, and handled them with awe. "It's nice to see them preserved, it's a little bit surreal," said Ruan. "I can't say that they are part of my family but I think the fact that there's a name on it, that this man slept alone and he didn't know whether he would make it...if you think about it, it makes it pretty special."
Jannie told those gathered at The Treasury that it was wonderful to spend time in the real part of New Zealand: "To experience it in its pure form is refreshing and really nice."
Regarding the rifles, he added: "It's wonderful that somebody took time to preserve what's rightfully been called a treasure. Unfortunately in our country...we just go forward and try to forget the past. Sometimes it's nice to sit and reflect and see where you are from. We are as Afrikaanz as you can get, we couldn't speak English until we got to High School and there's definitely a connection. The fact that my grandfather, whether he was right or wrong, he fought…it puts it in a special place in your heart. Thank you very much for having us, it's been a wonderful day."
The players jokingly ended the visit with the words: "Let the war begin on Saturday. Hopefully the marksmen in green and gold will be better than the marksmen in black and white."


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URGENT Galaxy S3 Emergency
So, I rooted my AT&T GS3 about 4 months ago, with the intentions to start getting into custom ROMs. But I never actually installed one, so I just have stock Android 4.1.1 on my rooted phone.
Now, 4 months later, I get the notification to update to Android 4.2.1. I wasn't sure how that would go on a rooted phone though, so I postponed it, and then postponed it again. However, after the 3rd time, it wouldn't let me postpone, and sent me straight into the update.
Sure enough, the update didn't go well, and now my phone is in a weird state and I don't know what to do. It seems that I am in "CWM-based Recovery." In the middle of the screen is a picture of the Android guy with his chest open and a red exclamation point/triangle on top of his chest.
On the bottom of the screen, it says this:
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E : Invalid command argument
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A quick listen to the radio suggests that disco is back, not that it ever went away here at Retrospective and over the past few months we've been proud to work with some of the biggest names on the scene including Heion, Hardway Bros and Ajello. Still there's certainly something in the air and so what better time to welcome back to the label Spain's King of the Re-Edits, Rayko, with a stunning new 4 track EP.
Since he last graced us with an EP he's gone from strength to strength, clocking up an impressive run of releases on labels such as Lumberjacks in Hell, Rare Wiwi and an album soon to be released on NANG. Throw in a relentless touring schedule and it's easy to see why Rayko is fast becoming one of the most loved names in modern day disco.
So here we have the 'Can't Get Enough' EP, an apt title we think as the second the needle hits and the title track, a trademark boogie dancefloor smash, kicks in you'll be up on your feet. The hypnotic bassline, the 80's synth breaks and soulful vocals all combine to stunning effect guaranteeing this a place in the record boxes of the scene's leading players.
Next up is Rock My World, a cheeky MJ sample and deliciously slow funky groove makes this dance floor dynamite. Flip over to the B side and Rayko increases the pressure with the fiery Step Out Of My Dreams before finally closing off the EP with Touch Me, reworking the classic Fonda Rae cut and delivering one of this summer's sureshot poolside anthems.
With an unmistakable love and appreciation for disco and boogie and a true talent for taking the dusty classics of the past and given them a new lease of life, Rayko stand outs from the crowd. Internationally in demand as a DJ and with a huge following online, we're delighted to welcome Rayko back to the Retrospective family.
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Ooft - As always Rayko delivers some DJ-friendly goods. Can't Get Enough is my fave.
Lipstick Disco - lovely EP from Rayko
Cosmic Disco - Awesome stuff from Rayko as always. Touch Me tastefully re-edited. Top stuff.
Iain O'Hare (Outcross Records) - Like the subtle build in both Can't Get Enough & Step Out Of My Dreams.
Richie J – Point Blank FM - Nice EP very current in the scene…upfront disco grooves…
Ben Davis – Paper Recordings - Feeling Rock My World
Pete Herbert - Quality tackle!!!
Lewis Dene – Hed Kandi - love the Strangers remix – dope!!!
Yam Who? - Pure dynamic as always from the man in Madrid
Benoit – Editor Tsugi Mag. (France) Benoit C - coool ep
simbad – Rinse FM - Good edits!
Simon Harrison – Basic Soul Radio Show - Tip top quality
Luke Sutton – Kiss FM - V I B E S!!!
Hot Toddy - enjoying Step Out…nice!
DJ Friction - nice pack of boogie edits
Jon Cutler - Nice Package of Edits.
Fingerman - More Rayko Bangers.
Phil Darimont - Cool versions already classic tracks. Nice ones!
Simon Harrison (Basic Soul Radio Show) – Quality ep as always but ""Big fever"" is the one for me… ACE
Slow It Down - Decent effort from the king of the edits, Can't Get Enough for us.
Jason Eldredge (East Village Radio, New York) – Nice!!!
Ajello – Love It!!!
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LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Construction has begun on the crumbling Desmond Bridge in Long Beach.
After carrying traffic to and from Long Beach's Terminal Island for 45 years, the Gerald Desmond Bridge is nearing the end of its lifespan.
Caltrans and the Port of Long Beach celebrated the kickoff of the bridge's $1 billion replacement in a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday.
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Christopher Lytle said the bridge will have as much architectural value as the Queen Mary upon completion.
"This will be an iconic structure which will give Long Beach a new iconic structure to go along with the Queen Mary," Lytle said during the ceremony.
The new structure will replace the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge and become the tallest cable-stayed bridge in the country and the first of its kind in California for vehicles.
The existing bridge is in pretty rough shape and has begun to deteriorate structurally.The port was forced to install netting underneath the bridge in 2010 to catch falling chunks of concrete yet around 68,000 cars travel over the bridge daily. Officials say that is well over capacity.
The project is expected to cost $1 billion and will see completion in about four years. In the long run, the renovation is part of an overall $4.5 billion project that's set to take place over the next ten years to modernize the bridge and accommodate bigger ships.
"We're looking at about four years of construction; three concentrated so about a year of design," port spokesman John Spoke said. "Next summer, we're going to see it really start to rise out of the ground."
Chief Harbor Engineer Al Moro detailed the bridge's construction plan.
"Two major towers, 500 feet in air, will support a bridge deck, 200 feet in the air, by cables," Moro said.
The new local landmark will be built right along the side of the existing bridge and will have towers reaching 500 feet above the ground. The traffic effects should be minimal since the Gerald Desmond Bridge will not be demolished until the new bridge is complete.
The base of the bridge will also be raised about 50 feet to accommodate the passing of larger ships and will widen to accommodate three lanes of traffic in each direction, adding pedestrian walkways and scenic overlooks.
The renovation at the port of Long Beach is expected to bring thousands of jobs into the area.
"We're looking at about 3,000 jobs on average during the construction period so this is really going to bring a lot of jobs to this area at a time when we need it," Pope said.
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handsome68 | May 01, 2013, 11:12 AM EDT
IC, you don't like my comments about child pornography, do you? Too thought-provoking, I take it.
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handsome68 | May 01, 2013, 10:35 AM EDT
Another uplifting article from IC. In my opinion, possession of child pornography, a.k.a. 'kiddy porn', is dangerous also in that the user might be a carrier or conduit for other users. If adult porn is a multi-billion dollar business then part of the proceeds must be going to the kiddy porn distributors and users. (You're right; I don't have a very sunny attitude towards some of the world's citizens.)
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It's not often that three-month-old Malaya gets the nap she deserves.
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"I just don't want her to get sick," Ashley said.
Ashley tells News 8 the Meriden Housing Authority wasn't helping her out, so she turned to us for help. We followed up to see if she was now getting helped.
News 8 was directed to Harold Ince Jr., Director of Asset Management, but the number they gave was just the main number.
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"Make sure he gets the message. It's regarding the mice story we did last night," said News 8's Erin Logan.
Minutes later, Mayor Mike Rohde saw News 8 and asked if he could help.
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They certainly did. The Mayor got Ince on the phone for us.
He wouldn't go on camera, but tells us Ashley's family called yesterday and they showed up with traps. She says they didn't.
"Those traps were there for three months," said Ashley.
"There were no new traps yesterday," Logan asked.
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Malaya's mom says News 8 did have their back. At 11:30 this morning, three workers from the housing authority came knocking on their door.
"They looked in my kitchen, my living room," Ashley said, "they told me there's actually been mice feces older than I am. Yeah they told us they were old."
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Cairo will also try to determine if there was any Gazan involvement in the attack, which also aimed to kill Israelis.
Given its current relations with the Muslim Brotherhood government in Cairo, it is doubtful Hamas would risk an action that required the mass killing of Egyptian policemen.
Hamas turns a blind eye every time a group of militants crosses into Sinai and back. Perhaps this is what happened this time as well. Hamas' leaders blamed Israel, as usual, claiming it was involved in carrying out the attack.
This was another assault with no address Israel can easily identify, unless proof emerges that Gazans were behind it.
There is no place against which Israel could retaliate - armed groups in Sinai apparently don't operate from known bases. In any case, given the current shaky relations with Egypt, Israel would be reluctant to mount an operation against its territory.
Sinai now, Syria later?
But in the longer term we face a much graver problem. The terrorists have demonstrated sophistication and daring. On the surface it seems like an operation that had been planned over a long time, and in its complexity it resembled global jihad attacks in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Until the air strike, it seemed the forces on the ground did not have a sufficiently strong and accurate firing device to stop the armored personnel carrier earlier without risking civilian casualties.
But not only is there no clear source for this attack (the Shin Bet's ability to obtain intelligence on such an amorphous terror group is very impressive ), there is no one to send a message to, even indirectly.
The Sinai terror groups are not the Hamas leadership in Gaza, against whom Israel can use force, or with whom it can negotiate indirectly with the Egyptians or Germans' brokerage.
Sinai has become, in essence, a no-man's land, a "failed state" that serves as fertile ground for ultra-extremist groups and the threat they pose is only now starting to crystallize.
This occurrence can be expected to repeat itself in a few months along the Syrian border with the Golan Heights. All the ingredients are already there: A dysfunctional central government, a violent civil war and a steady flow of extremists into the country from throughout the region, all wanting to take part in the new jihad.
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I am interested in evolution in heterogeneous environments. The environment affects two key drivers of adaptive evolution, selection and heritability (the fidelity with which parents pass on traits to their offspring), and as a result, it plays a central role in shaping trait evolution. Moreover, because the environment affects both selection and heritability, it has the potential to generate systematic association between the two, and may substantially impact the dynamics of trait evolution in the wild. Coupling of selection and heritability may accelerate evolution, for example, if selection is strong under the same conditions that produce high heritability. My dissertation explores the role of these processes in the evolution of a sexually selected traiti—male horns—in a wild population of forked fungus beetles (Bolitotherus cornutus), a species that lives in a heterogeneous environment composed of three host fungi.
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If I had a dollar for every time someone referred to Google Plus as the other Facebook, I'd be writing this column on a beach.
While that is something I would greatly enjoy, I'm here to tell you that you'd
be wrong to describe it that way. Google Plus is its own unique platform that's
not only growing in terms of users, it's growing in terms of features.
But before we get to that, let's talk about what makes Google Plus different
than Facebook. If Facebook is where you go to talk to friends and reconnect with
people you haven't connected with in a while, Google Plus is where you go to
meet new people with similar interests.
Here are some things you should know about Google Plus.
-- The stream is redesigned: If this isn't your first visit to Google Plus,
you'll notice it looks different now. Depending on your settings and the
resolution of your monitor, you could have as many as three columns to showcase
content. And now, photos and graphics take up the whole column, making for a
much more visual experience.
-- Smart hashtags: I know, I know. You hate hashtags because they are overused
and everywhere. Maybe, but Google is doing it differently, automatically adding
hashtags based on the content you post. And they're actually pretty accurate. Of
course, you can override a suggested hashtag and enter your own. And like
hashtags on any other social media platform, you can use them to find related
-- Just hanging out. Google Hangouts used to just refer to a video chat
featuring up to nine participants. Now, Hangouts is Google's all-encompassing
term for messaging, whether it's video or otherwise.
-- Photo filters are so early 2013: Google's trying to add the word "auto" to
everything photo related to show how hands off you can really be when you go to
share your creations. Two you'll want to look at are Auto Highlight and Auto
Awesome. Auto Highlight looks at everything you upload, gets rid of duplicates
and focuses on the shots that are least blurry. Auto Awesome will attempt to
create a stitch together similar photos in a set as a panorama or animate them
like a GIF file.
The best way to see the power of Google Plus is to explore the section called
Communities, which you'll find in the navigation rail. Search for a topic that
interests you and notice how passionate the people talking about it are.
Depending on the community, you can test drive hashtags and photos. Just be sure
to abide by that community's rules before posting.
For a quick example, have a look at the community about social media I founded.
We can continue this conversation there.
What questions do you have about social media? Tweet them to @scottkleinberg or
@amyguth. We might select yours for use in a future column.
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The Grand Hotel (Brighton)
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The Grand Hotel (Brighton)
Date: 31/05/12
Advantages: Amazing location, great staff, amazing building
Disadvantages: Quite tired and worn, expensive, parking expensive
We have just got back from a weekend wedding at this hotel, so time for a review!
*Exterior and Location*
The Grand is situated on Brighton seafront, across the road from the beach and five minutes walk from the Brighton Wheel and Brighton Pier. A large and striking building it is probably most well known for the terrorist attack in the 1980's which destroyed parts of the facade. It sells itself as a premier Victorian hotel with superb service and they say about themselves:
'More than a hotel; this is an institution, an iconic piece of British history, perched contentedly at the centre of one of the most famous seafronts in the world. Grand by nature, welcome to old world luxury. There is nothing boutique here; this is opulent splendour, style and service from another age. From the smiling (and hatted) MIA award winning concierge Colin, who opens the door on arrival to every one of the intricate 123 steps on the sweeping spiral staircase, the Grand is a lesson in extravagance.'
The Grand is 12 minutes walk from the train station (according to their website) but we drove. There is a loading bay at the front of the hotel where you can drop off your bags and then you can ask the very nice and polite doorman what to do with the car. The Grand has forty car parking spaces which are unable to be booked or reserved and are pricey at £26-£30 per night. The other option is an NCP car park which is £25 for 24 hours. This was quite inconvenient as it meant we had to leave the hotel earlier than we wanted to (at 9.30am) in order to not get charged another £25. Once the car was out we struggled to find any other parking so had to put it back into the carpark (£5 for two hours) so the kids could play on the beach for a bit.
*Check-in and first impressions*
The lobby of the Grand is impressive, fitted out with marble and wood and with an amazingly impressive staircase which is lit from above with light from a massive dome on the roof. On the left is the bar area and on the right is the restaurant/breakfast room. There are bell boys everywhere waiting to assist with the old fashioned tall gold trolleys and never less than three smartly dressed reception staff waiting to check guests in, no matter what time we were passing. Check in is at 3pm, but we asked nicely if we could have our room sooner (wedding was at 2pm) and they managed to get the room turned over in two hours for us. The staff were friendly and chatty and very professional and were very attentive to my small toddler son. The doorman automatically got us a trolley and showed us where the lift was. The lifts are slow to arrive and quick to close; we struggled to get four of us and a trolley in as the lift tried to close on us twice even though we were rushing. Once we had dumped luggage we used the stairs from then on as they are shallow and luxuriously carpeted. Hampers of dirty laundry were also regularly taken down in the guest lifts so I was also pleased I didn't have to share with one of those!
Overall the lobby area is very Victorian and plush and on first impressions is amazing, but after a few trips up and down the stairs we noticed signs of heavy wear and lots of small niggles that surprised us- dents, flaking paint, poorly patched up areas (with duct tape in some places). The hotel has toilets in the lobby and with a potty training toddler we used them a lot. They were even more worn and were not checked and cleaned regularly. Four 'tissue boxes' of hand towels were used up and not replenished, neither were the toilet rolls. One of the taps was so wobbly it almost twisted off in my hand and all the wood was marked and twisted by water. The powder room area was nice, but I didn't get a chance to examine it in detail, it was somewhere I was dragged through on the way to the toilet!
We had a Traditional room, which was offered as a family room. On the third floor and down a dark corridor it was easy to find and just a short walk from the lifts. Inside was a large room with heavy wood furniture-wardrobe, desk, armchair, side table, TV cabinet, mirror and unit for luggage to go on. Two twin beds had been put together to make a king sized bed (with a very firm mattress and a lump in the middle) and there were two camping beds for the children. Everything was clean but very dated. Tea and coffee making facilities were hidden away under the TV cabinet next to the broken mini-fridge. The windows were large and tilted out from the top which was great for making sure the kids couldn't fall out but did mean I kept them both away from the windows anyway in case they leaned against them and got their fingers trapped. The view was not great, white wall and windows about six feet away. The kids slept OK in their camp beds but I found the lump in the mattress hard to get used to and did not sleep well on the bed at all.
The bathroom was not great however. It wasn't cramped like other hotel bathrooms but two hot lights above the unit made the whole room incredibly hot and the only window was screwed down and covered with a panel. The bath was not nice, grubby grouting and a ring of rust around the plug hole. The bath didn't hold water very well-it needed topping up regularly as the plug was such a bad fit. The shower came with COLD, TEPID and HOT options and I was almost scalded by the TEPID so I am very glad I didn't go for the hot and just leap in. The worst bit was the floor which was lino tiles. It had a square pattern with little black diamonds in the corner of each square but had been badly laid and was coming up slightly at the edges and corners. The grooves between the tiles were brown and the black diamonds had lifted in several places and were missing in several others; which left an unhygienic surface which I wasn't happy walking on.
For one night this was £180 (bed and breakfast).
My Mum was staying in a Feature Deluxe Sea View room at around £450 a night. Unlike our room hers had a doorbell, trouserpress and a built in wardrobe, although it was also smaller. Her bathroom was clean and neat and was well adapted for wheelchair users with alarms, space in the bathroom for wheelchairs and handles. Her room also had big double doors which opened out onto an amazing view from its balcony taking in a huge proportion of the sea front and the sea itself. I was suitably awestruck when I spotted it. However when I turned to go back into the room I noticed a huge threadbare patch in the carpet which was obviously where hundreds of people had stepped out of bed and also used the mirror which was squished awkwardly into a corner. There were also marks on the wall, dents and chips on the door and the bathroom door handle was an ancient push and twist to lock type (same on our bathroom door) which was very hard to work. I told my two children to leave the door unlocked as I was worried they wouldn't be able to get out again without staff help. I assumed as it was an old hotel that there would be no air conditioning but a fellow wedding guest told me her room did have it, but she was told that it was broken that weekend. There was no sign of it in our room at all.
*Wedding Rooms*
The wedding took place in a small room off the main lobby which seated about forty people. It had no windows which made for quite a romantic atmosphere (which was somewhat at odds with the warship pictures on the walls) but it was sweltering in the heat. After the ceremony we went off to a small room at the front of the hotel for champagne and canapés before moving through to the conservatory where a pay bar had been set up. There were amazing views of the sea and beach but it was quite tight even with the small number of people there. Part of the room had been partitioned off and there was another reception room there with six large tables laid out with a small dance floor. The staff were friendly and welcoming, the food came in small portions but was well cooked and everything happened as it should.
Half way through the wedding we made an escape to the bar area to have a sit down and have some more drinks. Its nicely laid out with plenty of sofas and comfortable chairs, a pianist (a good one), views of the beach and exterior seating and table service. We opted for Pimms which came in glasses stuffed with fresh fruit and was delicious. They had a nice range of drinks, including some delicious cocktails (which started at £6) and mocktails (which were all around £4). Our bar bill came to £26 for 2x Pimms, one Peroni beer, two bowls of chips (£2.75 a bowl), a mocktail (£4) and some water plus a 10% addition to the bill. The portion of chunky chips wasn't huge but it came with little jam jars of mayonnaise and tomato ketchup; plus it was obviously freshly cooked and was very tasty. They were a little short on staff and it did take a while to get things brought out to us. Also even though it looked plush on first sight there were lots of nicks and dings out of things, badly painted repairs, some of the wood at the bottom of the amazing columns was warped and even the picture frames had dents and knocks.
The Grand does have a restaurant which I could see was very busy and looked popular but we unfortunately did not get a chance to try.
Breakfast was awesome however and I was delighted when we walked in. It was very popular and there was a queue so it is definitely worth getting there early to avoid a wait. There was a carousel of eight or so different fruit juices, jugs of water and smoothies, four different types of toast, a range of cured meat/cheeses with eight different types of crusty bread and comb honey, cereal, yoghurt, a range of different fresh and tasty pastries, domes of freshly cooked black pudding, bacon, eggs, sausages, tomatoes, mushrooms and baked beans. There was even a chef in the corner who was whipping up fresh waffles, kippers and eggs benedict for those who fancied it. All of it was lovely.
My mother is a coeliac and they managed to cater for her very well both at the wedding and at breakfast the next day, making sure she had gluten free bread and a gluten free pudding at the wedding (poached pear).
The Grand is very smart and plush, but it is also quite tired and worn which took a lot of the gloss off the experience. The staff were lovely and the service was everything you would expect from a luxury place like this. The rooms however were a slight disappointment and the bathroom in ours verged on a health hazard. Facilities are excellent and the breakfast is to die for, however if I had paid for a deluxe sea view room at that price I would be left a little disappointed at the size and condition of the room. The rooms and the hotel in general were very hot and the beds were not particularly comfortable. Overall I would be happy to give the Grand a firm three stars, but there were some areas I was not impressed with. I can see on the website that the rooms pictured were very different to those we actually experienced so hopefully there is a major refurbishment under way.
Summary: Nice but not quite Grand
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Game Change: TV Review
The Bottom Line
Great performances probably won't help this film bridge the partisan divide.
9 p.m. March 10 (HBO)
Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Ed Harris
Jay Roach
This review originally appeared in the March 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
It's nearly impossible to make a political film based on real-life events without immediately polarizing one side. We are a fiercely partisan country that has never let facts get in the way of perception. We see what we want to see, and if someone, some book, some film or some cable news channel tries to distort the image we want to see, there will be blowback and outrage.
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Which brings us to HBO's Game Change, a film focusing on 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate and the fallout that ensues.
Despite virtuoso (and likely Emmy-winning) performances from Julianne Moore as Palin, Woody Harrelson as McCain's strategist Steve Schmidt and Ed Harris as McCain, there will be charges of left-leaning Hollywood bias in the portrayals.
"I haven't seen HBO's latest effort at manipulating history," Tim Crawford, a top aide to Palin, told The Washington Post on Feb. 17. "However, based upon the description and reports from people who have viewed the film Game Change, HBO has distorted, twisted and invented facts to create a false narrative and attract viewers. They call it a docu-drama; there is little 'docu' in it. HBO must add a disclaimer that this movie is fiction."
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And so it begins.
Based on the best-seller of the same name by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Game Change was directed by Jay Roach and written by Danny Strong, the duo behind another HBO political film, 2008's Recount.
The film isn't trying to break ground with revelations, so what it comes down to is whether Game Change is a good movie, as opposed to a balanced documentary. For the most part, it is.
While Moore manages to nail the Palin character without being a mere caricature (a la Tina Fey, whose Saturday Night Live bits appear in the film), it's Harrelson as Schmidt and Sarah Paulson as senior adviser Nicolle Wallace who provide the film's behind-the-scenes drive. If the conceit is that McCain needed a game-changer to battle the charismatic Barack Obama, then picking Palin had a "high-risk, high-reward" element, made more so by the fact that she had to be vetted in five days, instead of the normal weeks-long process. Mistakes were made in the vetting, and as Schmidt, who lobbied McCain to pick Palin, and Wallace, who was in charge of prepping her for the press assault to come, both realize how out of her depth Palin is, the drama ratchets skyward.
In the process, interesting strands to the storytelling evolve. First, Palin becomes a sympathetic figure as she's pulled away from her family and tossed into a situation she isn't equipped to handle. National ridicule and the explosion of stories about her family begin to take their toll, and Moore effectively mines that vulnerable territory. While she's doing that, Game Change boldly raises the question about whether Palin is mentally unbalanced. The right will no doubt see that as twisting the knife. It's not until later, when Palin "goes rogue" and is more engulfed by fame (and increasing power), that you begin to hold her lack of intellectual gravitas against her. And again, Moore's transformation into the more confident -- and dangerous -- Palin is spot-on.
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It would be hard to call the portrayal sympathetic, however. The movie is told mostly through the eyes of Schmidt, whose gamble backfired, and his disdain for Palin grows exponentially as the story progresses.
McCain comes off best here, a maverick whose greatest flaw is how ambition blinds his natural political acumen. Even when he realizes Palin is a liability, the depiction is more sage and fatherly than embittered. The worst that could be said of McCain in the movie is that he, too, is complicit in the rash decision, and he allows himself to be steered too easily in pursuit of the White House.
Schmidt's role is the most interesting -- and ultimately damning for Palin, given that his interview on 60 Minutes at the end of the film lays the blame at her feet. Paulson's Wallace portrayal also is a blunt hammer to the Palin camp, as her nuanced patience with Palin runs out when she sees her transform from neophyte to loose cannon. That undoubtedly will be perceived as lefty spin, no matter how exceptional Paulson's performance, particularly because of the blatant comparison to Hillary Clinton's accomplishments.
And that's the ultimate problem with Game Change. It's a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at politics -- as long as you're a Democrat (or a Republican willing to admit that Palin was a blunder -- but even then, the other elements will likely put you off). And yet, credit Game Change for at least trying to dramatize that moment in time. It is, for the left especially, an indictment of anti-intellectualism and our inherently flawed system for choosing our leaders.
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Your question is about housing for an independent person. The one thing you did not mention is if your mother can walk. It sounds like a 6 and under board and care would be the best place for her if she can walk or get around by herself. There are hud housing board and cares. Call the Ombudsmen to get a list of the places in your area... -
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It sounds like your mother has a mild dementia. If so, she will feel safer in her familiar environment, no matter its condition. It is then up to you to determine whether she lives in a safe place or not. If she has any dementia, it is progressive, and she will need more care as time goes on. -
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