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St Regis Hotels Bottle Their Bloody Marvelous Bloody Mary Cocktail
Bloody Mary is looking pretty spry at 80 years old. The cocktail was born when a St. Regis New York Hotel bartender named Fernand "Pete" Petiot spiced up a tomato juice and vodka libation with celery salt, pepper, cayenne, lemon and Worcestershire sauce – reinventing his simple cocktail formerly enjoyed at Harry's Bar in Paris. The name "Bloody Mary," though, was deemed too vulgar for the hotel's elegant King Cole Bar patrons in 1934 and it was re-named the "Red Snapper."
To celebrate the 80th birthday of this most-ordered cocktail at The St Regis New York (it's so popular, in fact, that as Starwood opens new St Regis properties around the world, they introduce a local version of the cocktail in each destination), they've bottled the bevvie so that you can take it home with you and wake up to it the next morning (there are worse things you could do).
The Red Snapper Bloody Mary mix is bottled in a limited-edition bottle designed by renowned fashion illustrator, Bil Donovan, and produced by Arrowhead Farms, celeb event designer Bronson van Wyck's cocktail line. You can get it at the Arrowhead Farms online boutique for $28 starting Nov 26.
Now if you prefer to stay over at The St Regis New York and just enjoy a morning-after Bloody Mary cocktail on the premises (no judgment) a room will set you back $665 per night in January.
[Photos: St Regis Hotels & Resorts]
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The Best Western President in Times Square Will Turn into a Tryp by Wyndham Hotel
The Best Western President Hotel in Times Square used to be one of our favorite Best Western hotels ever with its purple hued decor, high design and free WiFi. We say "used to be" because the Wall Street Journal has reported that the hotel will soon change into a Tryp by Wyndham Hotel.
The owners of the hotel, Hampshire Hotels & Resort (who also own the Dream and Night brands, which are licensed by Wyndham), have modified their mortgage due to the increased competition in NYC which has seen the hotel occupancy rates rise but not the actually price of the rooms. (Sidenote: how is this possible? It seems like all NYC hotels are charging insanely higher prices these days.)
Anyways, Tryp is planning a renovation of the property that will make it more millennial-friendly.
It's planning a "multimillion-dollar" upgrade at the Times Square property which will include adding "lobbyfriend," a social networking system for hotel guests, and making the hotel's public spaces more inviting places to hang out, says Bill Hall, a senior vice president (of Wyndham.)
The rebranding should happen early next year. In the meantime, you can check out the Tryp Times Square South at 345 W. 35th St. where rates start around $400 a night on the weekends in December. Rates at the Best Western are about $430.
[Photo: Best Western President/Facebook]
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The First of Two Cambria Suites for NYC Will Open Next Month
Way back in early 2013 we learned that prolific hotel architect, Gene Kaufman, would be building two Cambria Suitesfor New York City. Today, we learn that one of those hotels is getting ready to open soon.
Cambria Hotel & Suites New York - Chelsea on W. 28th Street, will open next month, according to a hotel rep. But there's a chance it could be delayed further. The website says reservations will begin for stays on February 27 and beyond but we couldn't make reservations for those dates either. So we'll just say the Cambria Suites is opening sometime in the very near future.
All 135 highly stylized rooms at the hotel promise to have "free wireless high-speed Internet access, a coffee maker, desk, hair dryer, microwave, refrigerator, private bath, sitting area, flat-screen television and sofa sleeper." The hotel will also have a rooftop terrace, a lounge and dining area, a ground-floor meeting room and a fitness center.
This Cambria Suites will actually set the model for the other Cambria Suites in the city. So far, there's only one other one coming to midtown at West 46th Street but who there is always room, somehow, for more.
[Rendering: Gene Kaufman Architect]
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Work on The Virgin Hotel New York Should Begin Soon
We are counting down the days until we can stay at the Virgin Hotel Chicago, (64 days to go!) but in the meantime, work is starting on the next big Virgin Hotel--Virgin New York.
The Real Deal Blog reports that developer, The LAM Group, filed permits yesterday for the Virgin Hotel in the hot-to-trot NoMad neighborhood at 1225 Broadway between 29th and 30th streets. That lot will be demolished and a 38-story hotel with 447 hotel rooms will be built with duplexes on the 34th and 35th floors.
Downstairs will have 100,000-sq.ft. of retail space. Upstairs it looks like there will be a rooftop lounge and possibly a pool. The architect for the project is listed as Brian McFarland of VOA Architecture, the company behind plenty of hospitality projects, including the remodel of The Tides in Miami Beach.
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First Kanye, Now Karl Takes Over The Mercer Hotel
Way, way, way back before Kanye West turned into one-half of Kimye, he once semi-permanently lived at Soho's ultra cool Mercer Hotel. He then later hooked up The Mercer star with tickets to his concert. An employee even wrote in to tell HotelChatter just how nice Kanye was to them.
We wonder if Uncle Karl will be just as nice.
Page Six reports that fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has taken over three floors of the hotel while he's in town to celebrate his item for Louis Vuitton--a $175,00 punching bag emblazoned with LVs. Hmmm...we also can't help but wonder if he's looking to The Mercer for ideas for his next hotel project?
While regular guests were apparently turned away because of Lagerfeld's presence, the good news is he won't be in town forever. Rooms are still sold-out at the hotel but they will open back up on Thursday...for $750 a night, before tax.
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The other day we received an email from an upset travel agent wondering what had happen to our beloved booking site, Quikbook, a site we told you to know and use last year.
She wrote:
What has happened to Quikbook? I have had an account with them for more than 20 yrs.
Went to book a hotel today and could not find the usual log in button where I put in my user name & password. Normally, I log into my account and can book my travelers by their stored information in my account on Quikbook. I have about 50 travelers with all their stored personal info & credit card numbers. The Quikbook page looked the same except no way to log in to my account.
I thought maybe it was a page glitch for the day & proceeded to book and just manually enter all the info. Then, when I hit purchase I received an error message that said I would need to have an agent confirm.
The girl says she's with Expedia! When I tell her that's the number on the Quikbook site, she disconnects me. I pulled up an old Quikbook confirmation copy. The NYC number is disconnected. I have spent hours on the phone today and even called Expedia corporate office in Washington state & they too gave me the complete run-around. I talked with one of the major NYC hotel's that I frequently book through Quikbook. They said 2 wks ago, the hotel also could not get into their Quikbook account information & that they'd heard through the grapevine that Expedia has taken over Quikbook.
My question is, what happened to all my traveler's confidential credit card numbers & profile information that was stored in my Quikbook account that I can no longer access. If Expedia is now booking Quikbook's site, why isn't that disclosed? I have a corporate account with Expedia too. If I wanted to book with Expedia, I wouldn't have gone to Quikbook's website!
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Meet Paul, The New Hotel Opening in NYC's NoMad Nabe
Another day, another mysterious hotel with a masculine name planning to open in New York City.
Meet The Paul NYC, a 117-room hotel planned for 32 W 29th Street between 5th and 6th Avenue in the heart of the happening NoMad nabe, where millennial hotel brands go to drink craft beer and have serious discussions about the ethics of Instagram filters.
There's not much to learn about Paul from his website. However, on his Facebook page, he's given a little peek into what he's all about.
Obviously, Paul is a millennial. But from his photos, we also learn that Paul's favorite colors are blue and red, he likes cake, magazines and Paul McCartney and he believes in "the more the merrier." Hence, the bunk beds.
There are other room options aside from the bunk beds, including king beds and double beds. But the bunk beds make us think Paul might be an affordable type of spot. And affordable in NYC these days is somewhere between $250 and $300. Ugh.
A lodging report has the 21-story hotel listed for a February opening (even though the website says "Fall 2014") but as this Google Street View from last month shows, there's still a hell of a lot of work to be done. Tsk, millennials.
Roger, Archer, William and even Tommie. So many hotels with man names, so little time.
[Screengrabs: HotelChatter; Room and exterior renderings: The Paul NYC/Facebook]
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We're Trying to Keep Cool But The SLS New York May Open in February
For us, hotel opening dates are very much like blind dates--we have very low expectations of them turning out to be good and most times, we don't even expect them to show up. So we're taking the new opening date of the SLS New York very casually.
But there's a little part of us that is hopeful the hotel will be the man of our dreams, er, open in February as planned.
The website for the Park Avenue hotel in the NoMad nabe is still listing "2015" as the their opening date but a recent lodging report has it pegged for February. The hotel will have 190 rooms, designed by Philippe Starck, along with different restaurant and lounge concepts from other SLS hotels and a rooftop "experience." The timing could be great too, since the New York Edition will open in April.
We peeped at the hotel's exterior and signage last Fall and there wasn't much to report, but we're keeping the faith that the hotel is further along in the process a year later. After all, we've been waiting for this hotel since 2012 when they promised a 2013 opening date. So, you know, it's kinda like they owe us to open in February now.
[Rendering via SLS New York]
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After Miami Beach, The New York Edition Will Open in April
We've hardly gotten over the exciting news that the Ian Schrager's latest hotel, Miami Beach Edition, is opening on November 10 but now we're absolutely freaking out that the New York Edition will open on April 1, 2015. And no, that's not a cruel April Fools Joke.
In a newsletter update sent out to subscribers, Edition Hotels, a Marriott International brand, touted the rave review that the NY Times bestowed on the London Edition. Of course, we already knew how special this hotel was when it first opened and when we spent the night back in March.
But at the bottom of the email, Edition made note of the Miami Beach opening date along with New York which is listed as "premiering on 4.1.15." Oh Em Gee.
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Now You Can Paint The Yotel New York On Your Nails
Can't make it to the Park Hyatt Place Vendome in Paris for a mani and pedi at their new eco-nail suite? Or perhaps, you can't afford the $90 mani prices? Don't freak. You can simply pop into the Yotel New York for its own line of eco-friendly nail polishes.
The funky Times Square hotel has partnered up with Habit Cosmetics to offer two custom-created nail polishes. One will be done in a "bold plum" shade while the other will be "cool blue-grey." Both colors reflect the YOTEL's signature color palette.
Aside from the daring colors, the lacquers are also vegan, cruelty-free and free of toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and camphor. They are even said to be infused with myrrh extract, which can strengthen your nails. Even further, the bottles are eco-friendly and topped off with custom bamboo caps. #themoreyouknow.
The nail polish will be sold at YOTEL New York's Mission Control shop for $15 or you can order online at www.HabitCosmetics.
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Mandarin Oriental Has Yet Another New Fan...
Move over, Morgan Freeman. Lucy Liu is the latest celebrity to come out as a "fan" of Mandarin Oriental Hotels for their ongoing advertising campaign.
Photographer Mary McCartney (yes, as in that McCartney) has photographed Liu arriving at her favorite MO hotel Mandarin Oriental New York. Liu was actually born in NYC and says she loves the hotel's proximity to Central Park, along with their "delicious and comforting" Chinese breakfast. We assume that's the Mandarin Oriental breakfast served at the Asiate restaurant (for $36) and through room service and which includes "Soy Chicken Rice Congee, Poached Egg, Chicken Shu Mai Roasted Pork Steamed BunGinger, Cilantro, Pickled Mustard Greens with a Choice of La Colombe Coffee or Tealeaves Green Teas."
Hopefully, being a fan of the MONY means Liu will now have the $1,000 room rate waived.
Liu joins 27 other existing fans of Mandarin Oriental including Freeman, Cecilia Bartoli, Caterina Murino, Sir Peter Blake, Lin Chiling, Karen Mok, Kevin Spacey, Christian Louboutin, Sophie Marceau, IM Pei, Michelle Yeoh, Jane Seymour, Kenzo Takada, Jerry Hall, Vanessa Mae, Vivienne Tam, Barry Humphries, Frederick Forsyth, Darcey Bussell, Bryan Ferry, Liam Neeson, Dame Helen Mirren, Maggie Cheung, Sigourney Weaver, Sir David Tang, Hélčne Grimaud and Sa Ding Ding.
[Photo: Mandarin Oriental Hotels]
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Woot, Woot? The World's Tallest Holiday Inn to Open in NYC on Friday
While we are on the subject of prolific hotel
cookie cutter maker architect Gene Kaufman, another one of his projects is set to open on Friday near Manhattan's World Trade Center---the world's tallest Holiday Inn. Um, yay?
We wrote about this hotel back in April 2012 and much of the announcement specifics are the same. The 50-story hotel at 99 Washington Street will have a whopping 490 rooms, many with killer views of the city and the Hudson River. It also promises to be full-service but we're not seeing much that's full-service about it, aside from the St. George's restaurant on site ("where kids eat free and the cuisine is sure to delight even the most discerning palate") and the complimentary "dinner snacks" that are served.
Judging by the photos on the website, the rooms look horrifyingly bland and boring but the lobby is a looker. Hello chevron floor design! And we're in love with the orange bar stool and high back armchairs. Here are the pictures on the hotel's website so far.


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The casual-gaming boom has benefited a number of companies, but few have capitalized on the trend like PopCap Games. PopCap efforts such as Bejeweled and Zuma have spread from the PC to the PlayStation 2 and the iPhone, and the list of platforms that haven't played host to the publisher's wares seems to get shorter every day.
For example, today PopCap is scratching Sony's PlayStation 3 off of the list. The casual-games publisher has entered into an agreement with Sony Online Entertainment to see five of its games appear on the PlayStation Network downloadable-game service.
The first of those games, Bejeweled 2, will arrive later today as part of the weekly PlayStation Store update, and will cost $9.99. The other PopCap Games set to appear on the PS3 are Zuma, Heavy Weapon, Feeding Frenzy, and Peggle.
All five games have already been released on multiple platforms. Bejeweled 2 Deluxe was actually an Xbox 360 launch game in 2005, helping to establish the Xbox Live Arcade downloadable-game service out of the gate. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's review of Bejeweled 2 Deluxe for the Xbox 360.


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I have a functioning iPad program that that needs to pop up a non-full-screen modal view. This modal needs to have a navigation controller and a simple drill-down table that displays a detailed view that I can have edit some values related to the selected item in the table.
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A recent Twitter hack sent markets plummeting when the AP appeared to report explosions at the White House. (Stock image)
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is planning to accelerate the publication of possible plans to protect high-frequency trading systems from incidents like the recent hack of the Associated Press Twitter feed.
In that attack, hackers posted a false tweet that appeared to be from the AP, reporting explosions at the White House that had injured the president. The untrue information led to a sudden, steep drop in stock prices.
"My hope is that we could put out a concept release that I've referred to as testing and supervision, which is about risk controls and system safeguards for automatic trading environments," said Gary Gensler, chairman of the CFTC. The concept release works like a notice of proposed rulemaking at other agencies – it is a solicitation to the public and industry to comment on possible regulatory approaches to an issue.
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The CTFC, an independent agency, hastily added a panel on social media to a scheduled April 30 conference on technology in the wake of the AP hack. Scott O'Malia, who heads the agency's technology committee, said, "The social media genie is out of the bottle and rather than attempt the impossible in trying to put the genie back in the bottle, we need to begin figuring out how markets and regulators will respond to this new market force."
The agency is also conducting an investigation into trading that occurred just before and just after the hacked AP feed flashed the hoax news. "As many times as these glitches recur, we need not blindly accept that the whiz bang machinery will always work as well as it should," CFTC commissioner Bart Chilton said. "On the contrary, we should open our eyes to the fact that technology has placed us, at times, in a perilous position with regard to financial markets."
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What I smoke all day. Usually large in girth and about the full length of a dutch.
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the ORIGINAL blunt was a mix of tobacco and weed, while 100% rolled weed was just a big joint.
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Limiting specs to 2 is essentially a barrier to seeing all the content WoW has to offer, both PvE and PvP. I find that the only classes that can get by and see everything are the pures like rogues...
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Since DK's are a "hero" class, they are possible with every race, regardless of lore.
Your gems don't make a lot of sense. Some possible upgrades are the craftable 245 bracers, the pvp shield, which only costs 70 honor, the 232 neck that drops out of H HoR, and then I just think the...
TG will outshine SMF until Cata. Currently there is only a single high end 1h weapon in the game that doesn't have agility on it, but it is main hand only.
Slam hits for peanuts right now. Don't...
Goblin! As it stands, Worgen and Goblins have the best racials, that is if they aren't changed before Cata is released.
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This is a dps forum, so I don't know why there'd be a problem.
I do know that Frost does insane damage on AoE trash packs. Tough as nails to maintain threat on everything when there is a Frost...
And 3 hours later make that big of a difference for you? And newsflash, you really just want to level as fast as everyone else, otherwise you'll be sitting at 85 with nobody to dungeon with.
You do realize that Blizzard, last I checked, was headquartered in Irvine, CA, aka pacific standard time, right?
Vigilance sounds like a talent designed to allow warriors to OT honestly. And that is pretty much it. I can imagine two warriors being the two tanks and just Vigilancing one another so that their...
This. Vengeance just has too many problems that will take awhile to deal with. I can see it being a problem in PvP, as well as 5mans. We don't get hit hard enough in 5mans for it to make a big...
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Much the same way Gnomes can be tanks. Size isn't everything afterall.
We will probably have help with Deathwing from the other Dragon Aspects. Considering we had help with Malygos too.
All we know at this point is that heroics are tuned for ilevel 333 gear.
Blood and Thunder appears to be more of a leveling gimmick and something for Arms warriors to take. Nothing more.
All I get from that link, is that Warriors seem to be pretty spiky.
So Sargeras > all essentially then right?
Don't forget, we will be level 85 now! Which means Arthas will be ezmode. /s
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There is supposed to be some shoulder effect that hasn't been rendered yet....
Nope. There are female for some of the classes, like priest, I just didn't feel like posting them all.
Death Knight was released, and as I hoped, and believe they would be, they look, to put bluntly, fucking awesome.
Aren't the paladin ones always the last to be released? I'm looking forward to the DK, since those have all been pretty awesome looking.
Looks like this is boiling down to the false notion that another player raiding completely separate from you somehow impacts your ability to raid. Or something like that.
If Blizzard delays a...
The warlock, rogue, and druid sets are also up. The rogue one reminds me of that genie mob.
Something like http://cata.wowhead.com/talent#LMZhbZIfGzRRodbu:0oVsV0MVk for single target. Got 1 free point for whatever.
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TODAY will be taping five shows from Santa Monica Place's Center Plaza with a live audience on Saturday, Feb. 9, and Sunday, Feb. 10, beginning at 10 a.m. Shows will air the week of February 11-15.
"We can't think of a better setting than Santa Monica Place for TODAY to showcase Southern California to its national audience," said Ken Volk, Chief Marketing Officer for Macerich, the Santa Monica-based company that owns and operates the property. "With its gorgeous views of the ocean, the city and the Santa Monica Mountains - plus some of the best stores and restaurants in Los Angeles - Santa Monica Place is a wonderful way for people around the country to experience what makes the California lifestyle so special."
The TODAY show segments at Santa Monica Place will include Valentine's Day gift ideas from national and local retailers including Bloomingdale's, Kitson and Venokado; a look at lingerie, loungewear and intimate apparel fashions from Nordstrom, Juicy Couture, and Free People; and a cooking demonstration with noted chef Richard Sandoval, whose restaurants La Sandia and Zengo are part of the property's iconic Dining Deck; among other exciting planned guests and appearances.
In addition to the broadcasts, Santa Monica Place will host a "Meet & Greet" with Kathie Lee and Hoda on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 3:00-3:30 p.m.; and on Sunday, Feb. 10, from 1:30-2:30 p.m., Hoda Kotb will sign copies of her new bestselling book, "Ten Years Later - Six People Who Faced Adversity & Transformed Their Lives."
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Isobar UK promotes creative supremo Nick Bailey to CEO
Isobar UK has made the "left-field" move of promoting its executive creative director, Nick Bailey, to chief executive. He will replace Penny Herriman, who is leaving to become the global brand director for the fashion company Boden.
Cranmer (l): adding UK responsibilities to support Bailey (r)
Bailey, who has been at Isobar for five months, will begin in his new position in September after Herriman departs. He will retain his existing role and continue to lead the creative output of the agency.
Bailey will be supported by Mark Cranmer, the global chief executive at Isobar, who also becomes the chairman of the UK agency, and Mike Mulligan, the EMEA operations director, who is adding the role of UK commercial director to his current responsibilities.
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In March, Bailey joined Isobar after five years at AKQA Amsterdam, where he was the executive creative director during a period of rapid growth.
Cranmer said: "Nick is one of those guys who naturally rise to leadership. He has a broad vision of what a digitally centric agency will be in the future."
Although a number of creatives ran agencies in the 70s, the practice is less common today. However, Bailey's promotion follows the return to the industry of Peter Souter, the former executive creative director at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, as the chairman and acting president of TBWA UK.
Souter said: "It was a trend in the 70s, but then it became more that we were allowed to have ideas but not opinions. Yet people like John Hegarty, Tim Delaney and David Abbott have shown it can work when you just put the most creative person in charge.
"If companies are trying new things, then surely that's our business. We need creative solutions to how we come up with ideas and make money from them. That said, I feel terrible pressure not to mess up a very public experiment."
Boden approached Herriman after working with her in her previous role as the chief executive at WCRS.
She said: "Appointing Nick was a fairly left-field decision, but an obvious one. You need to look past the badges of what you expect a typical chief executive to be like. He has a great team around him and he'll be on a learning curve."
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Peaches Geldof, the UK socialite, media personality and daughter of famed singer-songwriter Bob Geldof has passed away at the age of 25.
According to news reports, Peaches' body was found in her home outside London earlier today. The cause of death is currently unknown.
"We are beyond pain," said her father in a statement. "She was the wildest, funniest, wittiest and most bonkers of all of us. We loved her and will cherish her forever."
Peaches married Max Drumney in 2008. They divorced soon after and she married musician Thomas Cohen, with whom she immediately started a family.
She leaves behind her husband and two boys, 1-year-old Astala and, 11-month-old Phaedra.
Peaches gained fame as a journalist, TV host and model while still in her teens.
She developed a reputation for her wild behavior, but she seemed to have settled down in recent years, quickly adapting to the role of wife and mother.
Police in Kent, the town in which Peaches lived with her family, offered no possible causes, saying only, "At this stage, the death is being treated as unexplained and sudden."
Peaches' mother, Paula Yates, died of a heroin overdose in 2000. Bizarrely, Peaches' final Twitter post was a link to her photo of herself with a late mother.
A full autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of this tragic and unexpected death.
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The young sometimes die, and the loss seems more acute. I hope that regardless of the findings, her life is celebrated.
Awww, sorry to hear this, regardless the reason. So tragic that now her wee ones will grow up not knowing their mother. Prayers for all who loved her.
My heart goes out to Bob held of and his family on the news of peaches death it I such a shame to hear that a lovely young woman like peaches leaves a family at such a young age she was a intelligence and inspiring young lady to many young girls of her age and mine.
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'He was a man. Take him for all in all, I will not look upon his like again' – Shakespeare (Hamlet)'Dying will happen sometime. As you know, I plan for the ages, not just for this life'
– Gough Whitlam, 11 July 1916 to 21 October 2014
The passing of Edward Gough Whitlam, on 21 October 2014 at the age of ninety-eight, has divided the nation into Gough enthusiasts and detractors while generating a tumult of emotions from both camps - an almost spooky re-enactment of the 1975 Dismissal. Whatever the triumphs or shortfalls of his government were, it's difficult to dispute Whitlam's role in our country's development. Labor politician, Tanya Plibersek, stated that it was fitting that Whitlam was Australia's twenty-first prime minister because it marked our nation's coming of age. Under Whitlam, Australia changed the way it saw itself, helping to create an open, inclusive, and compassionate society.
In its three short years (1972 to 1975), the Labor government under Whitlam activated, with lightning speed, the policies that engineered social change, dragging Australia into the modern era. For those who remember a pre-Whitlam Australia will recall a dreary and insular period of the White Australia policy, protectionism, and social conservatism; a sleepy, cultural backwater wangled by the Menzies government in the 1950s. Australia bypassed the 1960s altogether. While hippies experienced free love and wore flowers in their hair in San Francisco and other parts of the world, Australia was comfortably slumbering in a social and cultural coma. To give a clearer picture, 1960s Australia went something like this:
- left wing political movements were under routine surveillance
- James Joyce's novel, Ulysses, was banned, as was Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
- there was no film industry to speak of
- the music scene was a joke
- talented Australians such as Germaine Greer, Clive James, Barry Humphries, Brett Whitley, and The Easybeats left the country to gain recognition elsewhere
- the contraceptive pill was only available to married women
- abortion was illegal
- single mothers, homosexuals, and lesbians were ostracised from mainstream society
- women and children abused in toxic nuclear families were invisible and lived lives of quiet desperation
- women in general were treated as second class citizens and were denied the social and financial opportunities gifted to men
- indigenous and new Australians (Italians, Greeks, and Lebanese) were low on the social and political rung (Aboriginal land rights were not recognised and indigenous people did not have the vote)
By the early 1970s, social change was germinating. The Labor party's 1972 campaign's catchphrase, It's Time, adds up to 32/5, which signals a shift in consciousness. Whitlam was extolled as an Agent of Change (Uranus bi-quintile the Ascendant/Uranus quintile Jupiter on the Midheaven/Moon semi-square Pluto). A psychically loaded birthdate – 11 July – expresses Messiah-like qualities. Such was his persona that he was applauded for introducing reforms that were already in place (such as no-fault divorce and the removal of troops from Vietnam). A mythological figure with a penchant for cherishing ideals that weren't always practical, Whitlam reached for a higher ground (first house Neptune square Jupiter on the Midheaven). An influential 26/8 life path denotes a visionary leader of Roman God proportions with the ability to direct the Australian Labor Party out of the wilderness of twenty-three years of conservative rule.
A Stellium of planets in Cancer (Sun, Mercury, Venus, Saturn, and Pluto) indicates a strong humanitarian streak. Whitlam was genuinely interested in and concerned about people. He cared deeply and intensely about his country, and had the ability to regenerate it (Scorpio Moon as chart ruler in the fourth house). A fourth house Scorpio Moon can dramatically end certain life phases, as illustrated by the dismissal of Whitlam's government on 11 November 1975 (transiting Sun eclipsed his natal Moon). Altruism is expressed via the Jupiter conjunct Midheaven quintile Uranus aspect:
'In spite of repeated disappointments, he never lost that faith in humanity. This, above all, made him such an attractive human being' – Mungo MacCallum, political journalist
The Whitlam family's own experience of living in the post war electorate of Werriwa highlighted the disadvantages in education, health, housing and infrastructure that were prevalent in Sydney's western suburbs. Whitlam tried to correct the deficiencies that Australians in the new suburbs such as his were facing (even up to the 1970s, Sydney's outer areas such as Blacktown and Penrith lacked sewerage systems, for example). For Whitlam, government was an instrument to improve life for all Australians. He took public service seriously (Sun conjunct Saturn sextile Jupiter on Midheaven).
As a politician, Whitlam was incorruptible (Jupiter conjunct Midheaven). He shaped public opinion and didn't pander to focus groups or big business (Jupiter conjunct Midheaven quintile Uranus square Moon semi-square Pluto/Moon quintile North Node). Whitlam possessed an independent mind and a unique way of looking at the world. Quick witted and good with words, he had a wide variety of interests and an impressive body of general knowledge (Mercury sextile Jupiter/Mercury conjunct Pluto), qualities severely lacking in our current batch of political leaders. He also believed that education was the key to equal opportunity.
As a politician, Whitlam was incorruptible (Jupiter conjunct Midheaven). He shaped public opinion and didn't pander to focus groups or big business (Jupiter conjunct Midheaven quintile Uranus square Moon semi-square Pluto/Moon quintile North Node). Whitlam possessed an independent mind and a unique way of looking at the world. Quick witted and good with words, he had a wide variety of interests and an impressive body of general knowledge (Mercury sextile Jupiter/Mercury conjunct Pluto), qualities severely lacking in our current batch of political leaders. He also believed that education was the key to equal opportunity.
A highly physical Taurus in Jupiter sits on the Midheaven. Liberal frontbencher, Malcolm Turnbull, states that what people remember most about Whitlam is 'a bigness, a generosity, an enormous optimism'. Indeed, at 194 centremetres tall, he was an inescapable human tower of power and fortitude. Smugness is often associated with this aspect. Modesty was never Gough Whitlam's strong point:'He was someone who, whether in a small room … or at a public event, everyone else seemed to fade to black and white, while this giant of a man – physically, intellectually – appeared in full colour and dominated wherever he was' – Anthony Albanese, Labor politician.
To list and elaborate on the changes brought about by the Whitlam government would require a sizeable amount of blog space. I don't need to regurgitate what is already (better) articulated across the internet and in modern history books. But I do want to mention Whitlam's commitment to culture (Stellium in Cancer/Venus conjunct Pluto/Venus sextile Jupiter-Midheaven), because it's one of those formative things that shaped me as a young person, especially the birth of one of his more exciting ventures, that of a youth radio station in 1975 - Double J (now Triple J).
Idealistic young Australians in the late 1970s and 1980s enjoyed the opportunity to form bands and develop their craft free from exorbitant financial constraints. Punk rock, with its anti-establishment philosophy, gained momentum in the mid-1970s as both a musical genre and a lifestyle choice. This newly found DIY culture influenced kids from the suburbs to create some of Australia's most innovative and experimental music. Double J was instrumental in giving this underground scene a voice. In retrospect, it's difficult to believe that the following bands – some of them considered unlistenable – were given air time:
~ Severed Heads ~ Tactics ~ Boys Next Door ~ The Birthday Party ~ Radio Birdman ~ The Scientists ~ The Saints ~ SPK ~ The Riptides ~ Machinations ~ Laughing Clowns ~ The Triffids ~ The Go Betweens ~ David Virgin ~ Primitive Calculators ~ The Stems ~ Died Pretty ~ Sekret Sekret ~ Sardine ~ Do Re Mi ~ X ~ The Eastern Dark ~ Wet Taxis ~ The Celibate Rifles ~ The Sunnyboys ~ Cosmic Pyschos ~ The Hard-Ons ~ The Plunderers ~ Pel Mel ~ Mark of Cain ~ La Femme ~ The Riptides ~ Makers of the Dead Travel Fast ~ The Numbers ~ Toys Went Berserk ~ The Moodists ~ Box of Fish ~ Scared Cowboys ~ XL Capris ~ TISM ~ The Whitlams (of course) …
Love or hate him, it's almost impossible to feel indifferent about Gough Whitlam. I'm not alone in my yearning for that era when politics was open, positive, and about governing citizens instead of managing the economy at the cost of civil liberties. The Whitlam government certainly had its flaws, but it always pushed the boundaries of stifling conservatism. Before fear and greed kicked in, vision was still considered an honourable quality in a leader. Gough envisioned that Australia could be a progressive, exciting, and benevolent society where equality of opportunity belonged to everyone. Oh, how far we have fallen. In the name of Edward Gough Whitlam, we need to maintain the rage.
Vale, Gough.