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Some of us folks here at the Booth have decided to play a little friendly game of film recommendation with our intent being that we post our impressions after watching the films. For this kick-off post I was recommended the 1964 Hitchcock film Marnie by the master of the ten-film review, Patrick. Now I must admit beforehand, that I am not a big fan of Hitchcock's work in general and that I always enter into one of his films with a skeptical eye. I have found his work for the most part to be alternately hackneyed or bombastically overbearing, and generally consider his films to be lesser works in comparison to his English compatriots Carol Reed, Michael Powell, David Lean (in his early years) and Anthony Asquith. With Marnie though, Hitch really outdid himself in that he finally let his hackneyed and bombastically overbearing sides merge into a completely stupefying whole.
Marnie stars Tippi Hedren as the titular character, a compulsive thief who goes through life trying to gain her mother's love and affection with ill-gotten gains. Her trick is to fall into the confidence of her leering male bosses and then, while working a little overtime, rob the office safe of its contents and split town. It's a good gig until she applies at a publishing house that does business with her last place of employment/heist. The publishing house owner, Mark Rutland (played by Sean "007" Connery), recognizes her from her last job. He hires her knowing full well that she stole ten-thousand in cash from her previous employer, and it is with this knowledge that he plans on trapping Marnie and forcing her into the most compromising position of all.
What starts out as a controlled thriller à la Vertigo, soon gives way to some of the most ripe melodrama Hitchcock has ever produced. In the mix we get: A grown woman speaking in a little girl's voice, a disapproving mother straight out of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie that speaks (of course) in a full-on magnolia drenched drawl (... after living most of her adult life in Baltimore? Really?), one of the most ridiculous old-moneyed New England families ever put to screen and, last but not least, the most disturbingly ambiguous rape scene since Rhett took Scarlett upstairs in Gone With the Wind. All the while, Freudian nonsense (repression as a self defense mechanism, transference, sexual sublimation) is flying off the screen fast and hard. In one scene Marnie and Mark even go tête-à-tête with a little free association that could be considered comically heated if only this was a screwball comedy. As for the ending- I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the film but- Oh my! What an ending it is! Marnie ends with so much overwrought emotional bloodletting (literally) and pop-psychology mumbo-jumbo that it had to be Hitchcock's intent to push the film over the cliff into pure camp. There is no way that he believed that this stuff could have been taken seriously by even the most unsophisticated audience of its day.
I shouldn't give the impression that Marnie is a complete misfire though, as it has a lot going for it. Some scenes are well handled and in their own way prove to be iconic examples of filmmaking, such as the opening scene with Marnie walking down the train platform or the scene where she shoots her horse after a riding accident- all we see is her gloved hand in the foreground carrying the pistol forward and firing, while in the background her horse's legs kick one last time. The most controlled and impressive scene has to be the the first Rutland heist scene where Marnie is emptying the safe while a cleaning lady is mopping the floor close by. The way that the tension of the scene is resolved is pretty fantastic and funny to boot.
These moments though are not enough to overcome what the film asks of my suspended disbelief. In addition to the aforementioned "heightened emotionalism" and Freudian bunk in Marnie, there are also some moments of shear laziness in the filmmaking. One example is with the character of Mark's sister-in-law who is introduced as a lesbian (maybe bi-sexual) tigress on the prowl but then is later shuffled off in a abruptly dismissive manner as just a caring sister with a proclivity for Nancy Drew-like antics. There are also moments of over-explanation in the visual storytelling that become almost ham-fisted motifs in their use and repetition. In Marnie, Hitchcock shows either a lack of confidence in his material or a lack of confidence in his intended audience. It amazes me that he, being the master craftsman that he was, was not able to eschew the blatantly clunky elements in the film. I mean how many times do you have to fast zoom in and out on the money to show that Marnie is having a moment of troubled conscience or how many times does a character have to repeat an action to show that he hasn't memorized the combination to his own safe and that the said combo is in his drawer. After a while, all of these little things pushed the film past the point at which I could continue to enjoy it. Watching it just became a chore to trudge through. It also didn't help that Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery felt like a couple of also-rans in the casting of their respective rolls. Neither one ever came close to producing the on screen magic of either the James Stewart and Kim Novak pairing (Vertigo) or that of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly (To Catch a Thief). Both performers run the gamut from bland to comically bad in this film.
Having said all of that, I think it's time for Patrick to give his take on the film.
Patrick's Take:
Well, sure it's over the top. That's one of the things I liked about it. I'll grant you that it belabors some points heavily - didn't bother me, but I'll grant it - but saying it starts out as a controlled thriller which then turns into a ripe melodrama sounds like it's as a bad thing, which I certainly don't believe.
This was recommended to Mr. Bishop with the proclamation that it took many of the themes running through Vertigo to extremes. For me, if it pushes it into melodrama, if it uses unrealistic effects - a tree ten stories up, a rear-screened process shot of a horse ride - to highlight the emotional state of the characters, so be it. It adds to the overall feel of the film, even if elsewhere Hitch has been subtler and slyer. I've never been one to be upset by a filmmaker who takes a sledgehammer to things to drive an interesting point home.
It takes a lot of ideas out of Vertigo and gives them a different spin here - in particular, I focus in on the obsessive drive of the male character to take control of an errant woman and in some ways, break her. In the case of Marnie, he's breaking her to reset the bone and have her heal properly but like Jimmy Stewart's Scottie in Vertigo, it seems he's got to go to some real ugly lengths to do what is supposedly right and along the way we begin to question not just how pure the man's motives are but if what's he's doing to the lady in question is really in any way a good thing. In fact, I'd say that this one's even more brutal in how it portrays Mark's behavior as compared with Scottie's, given that Madeline/Judy could've actually walked away from Scottie if she chose to - though then she'd probably be in deep trouble with the even more sinister Elster - while Marnie is left little choice by Mark and he manipulates her knowing that at any time he could turn her over to the law.
Again taking a trick from the Vertigo bag (maybe even the Spellbound bag), the horse rides, the red screens, the Poltergeist-y evil tree branch - all are effects the aren't necessarily meant as realistic, they're more expressive in the way that the green light of the Judy's hotel room reflects back to her green dress the first time Scottie met her (as Madeline) or the famous telescoping "vertigo" shot puts us inside Scottie's head when his acrophobia kicks in or the hazy, dreamlike quality of the cemetery and redwood scenes. For me these are merely visual referents intended to express the mindsets of the characters (though it may just be Freudian hoo-hah to you). You may be right, Mr. Bishop, that these in conjunction with repeated dialogue that also offers these same ideas is too much - it's been years since I saw the film and I don't remember if they too frequently double up ideas that could have been expressed visually - but I also don't remember it bothering me in the slightest.
Long story short - Vertigo's a better film, nobody's arguing that. It's subtler, better shot, requires less suspension of disbelief and Stewart's performance is terrific (though I think that I might actually prefer Hedren's Marnie to Novak's Judy (but not her Madeline)). It's a masterful and beautiful film. Marnie takes some of its ideas and motifs and takes them in a different direction. Certainly it veers to melodrama but it's nothing that turned me off, and I was quite taken with parts of the film - the central relationship is a fascinating extension of the Scottie/Judy relationship and even if the overall technique of the film is blunter, rawer, less refined, it doesn't make it less fun for me to watch.


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The bizarre, nationally televised plea remains unexplained as of press time.
"Why this individual should be so obsessed with oral hygiene as to demand that several million bottles of Listerine be simultaneously purchased is baffling, to say the least," FCC spokesperson Grant Yarborough said. "This gentleman seemed single-mindedly, almost obsessively determined to convince as many people as possible that using Listerine is somehow absolutely essential."
The man, described as a handsome, trustworthy-looking individual in his early 30s, emphatically stressed that Listerine should be purchased over other, inferior mouthwash brands.
His televised appeal, which interrupted regularly scheduled programming on over 350 CBS affiliates, occurred at 9:08 p.m. EST, just a few short minutes into a broadcast of the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond.
The FCC attempted to pinpoint the source of the transmission in the hopes of tracking down the mystery man, but were unable to trace the signal, which appeared to be coming in on the same signal-feed as the CBS affiliates' normal broadcasts. How he was capable of breaking into the broadcast remains unexplained.
"I couldn't believe it," said Deborah Dunning, a Des Moines, IA, homemaker and one of approximately 20 million people who witnessed the mass-purchase call. "Right in the middle of my favorite show, this man appears and starts talking about the germ-killing power of Listerine. It was the strangest thing I'd ever seen."
"Whoever the Mouthwash Man is, he is clearly a force to be reckoned with," said U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen, who has appointed a special blue-ribbon task force to investigate the incident. "This unidentified figure possesses access to some of the most advanced satellite-communications technology and seemingly unlimited resources with which to pursue his nefarious ends. What his ultimate objective is, we still cannot say. But we are determined to find out."
What baffles experts most is why a person with the power to reach millions would choose to present an oral-hygiene-related message.
"It's certainly no secret that an antiseptic mouthwash like Listerine is a tremendously useful tool in killing the germs that cause bad breath, germs that lurk in those hard-to-reach spots between teeth that toothbrushes can't get to," Harvard University communications professor Milton Schaub said. "I am at a loss, however, as to why anyone would consider such information so significant as to necessitate the disrupting of a national television broadcast. Frankly, the implications of this event are nothing short of terrifying."
Many observers have suggested that the Listerine-advocating man, who delivered his address wearing a towel while standing in what appeared to be an ordinary bathroom, may have had an ulterior motive for urging the mass purchase.
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By Atul Prakash
LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - British blue chip shares dipped on Monday with growth-linked banks and miners hit by concerns about earnings and the global outlook, although analysts said the market's uptrend would resume soon.
UK banks
fell 1.2 percent, while mining stocks
were down 0.4 percent after the World Bank cut its growth forecasts for China and as investors prepared for third-quarter earnings, which kick off on Tuesday in the United States with results from aluminium company Alcoa
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"The market will trend upwards, but very slowly. A lot of money is sitting on the sidelines, but you are not going to break out of the recent range until people see a solution to the European problem and are confident with that solution," Bob Butler, head of trading at Westhouse Securities, said.
"At the moment, you would probably go for dividend plays. Investors are not keen to take too much risk, but are looking for the safety of their money. I would tend to be more defensive."
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The index, which has traded in a broad range of 5,630-5,930 in the past two months, is up nearly 5 percent this year and has gained 11 percent since a low in June. But it has struggled to make strong gains in recent sessions, mainly due to growth worries.
Fund managers said a good trading strategy in the current environment was to look for individual companies with potential to provide good returns, rather than taking a sectoral investment approach.
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and Novartis
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Charts showed that the FTSE 100 index's medium-term outlook remained positive.
"I still like the index. The trend is up and the market is not overbought either. Any moves to the downside are corrections within that trend," independent technical analyst Cliff Green said.
"Nearby support is going to be around the 5,740-5,750 area. If that gives way, it could trigger something deeper. But for the moment, I expect that support to hold."
The support area represented a point on the uptrend line that started in June and has been challenged several times on each major correction, he said, adding the index would target the 6,100 level in the medium term.
Analysts said UK shares had become expensive following recent price moves, but were still relatively attractive.
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The market was vulnerable to profit taking and could give up another 100-150 points before recovering, he added.
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By Melina Harris
A year on after the political tumult in 2009 caused by the refusal to admit Israeli Shahar Peer, even with the correct visa to enter the United Arab Emirates to compete in the Barclay's Dubai Tennis Championships and the subsequent debate over whether to also exclude the men's doubles player Andy Ram, both tournament and player overcame the political 'Peer' pressure to succeed in a continuing hostile political climate.
This year's tournament played just a couple of hundred yards from the hotel where the senior Hamas figure Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed last month was still able to amass crowds of tennis fans to watch the WTA event and World number 22 Peer, showed extreme strength of character to reach the semi finals under the constant threat of violence on and off court, for she played her four singles and two doubles matches on an outside court at the insistence of the Dubai State Police for security reasons while all spectators were forced to pass through airport-like metal detectors before entering.
Peer insisted that 'I'm not here to play politics', but surely the mental effects from last year's events must have fuelled her desire to perform well at this year's tournament. She has won a huge amount of respect from her fellow competitors for her grit and determination earning $88,000 in beating the in-form Wozniaki convincingly en route to her semi final loss against Venus Williams, ironically the player who during her acceptance speech at last year's final spoke passionately in defense of the Israeli, earning her an award from the Jewish community in New York.
Last year, tournament organizers defended their decision to exclude Peer from the tournament as they maintained Peer's presence 'would have antagonized our fans who have watched live television coverage of recent attacks in Gaza' believing that 'the entire tournament could have been boycotted by protesters'. This argument provoked a strong reaction, not only from Williams, Andy Roddick also famously refused to play the men's event on moral grounds.
The lucrative tournament was nearly cancelled by the former chief executive of the WTA Tour, Larry Scott, who forcibly refused to concede that the effects of a three-week Israeli offensive in Gaza, which caused the death of 1,300 Palestinians allowed the organizers enough evidence to ban an Israeli from competing, which led to the tournament being fined a record $300,000, raising the issue of sport and politics to the foreground of much media debate.
Despite the media frenzy surrounding Peer's reintroduction, Stacy Allaster, Scott's successor insisted that 'what happened last year is over and the chapter is most definitely closed' and went on to say:
'We will always stand by our insistence no host country can deny a player the right to compete at any event on the tour for which she has qualified by ranking. We took our stance by imposing the largest fine imposed in our history and requiring the tournament to put up a letter of credit for the prize money. We also insisted that any Israeli player would receive a visa well in advance of this year's event. The tournament met all of those obligations and we are 100% happy with the way things have been.'
For Peer, who also suffered cruel jibes at the Australian Open, where anti-Israeli protestors held up placards of her in uniform with a Palestinian baby on her racket, the mental scars have clearly not healed. She revealed in an interview, 'it hurt mentally and professionally, because I was playing very well. I was on a good run and I was ready for the tournament. It was a big tournament and I couldn't go, so it really stopped my momentum. To be barred from a country is not a nice feeling. I think there's no place for that in sport. I actually think that sport can make it better and help political situations, not make it worse.'
She also recently reflected before competing in this year's event 'it was a difficult time but sport should be outside of politics, so obviously I want to come and play here. We all need to be equal. I really wanted to win here, not only because of tennis, but because I want to make a statement that politics and sport should not be mixed.'
Can sport ever be truly separate from the political world climate? Can it, like Peer suggested, be a harmonizing force, making political situations better, rather than worse?
There have been numerous incidents across the sporting world where politics and sport have collided causing catastrophic effects, the most notorious being when terrorists attacked a bus carrying Sri Lanka's cricket team in the Pakistani city of Lahore in 2009. It is a terrible shame that sport's stars should sometimes live in fear of their lives while playing the sport they love, but unfortunately it is a reality that sport and politics will always be inextricably linked.
Melina Harris is a freelance sports writer, book editor, English tutor and PTR qualified tennis coach. For more information and contact details please visit and subscribe to her website and blog at http://www.thetenniswriter.wordpress.com and follow her twitter updates via http://www.twitter.com/thetenniswriter. She is available for freelance writing, editing and one to one private teaching and coaching.


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To say thanks for your support we wanted to send you some NEW music for the holidays.
We've included some details about the artist, Mickey Harte, and are excited about working with him in the new year.
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Christmas Day by Mickey Harte
At the age of 15 Mickey Harte began his musical career entertaining audiences, singing and playing guitar in venues around the N.W. of Ireland. This quickly developed into a full time job when he and some musician friends formed the band "Kryptix" writing and recording his first original album at 17 with the band, while at the same time finishing 2nd level education at St. Columba's College, in his native Co.Donegal. he completed 5 years and successfully passed the leaving cert exams.
From there Mickey moved straight into 3rd level education studying the "Rock school-Performance" course at Senior college, Ballyfermot, Dublin, and was awarded a Merit grade from city of Dublin V.E.C. continuing to perform with his band for some years and gaining valuable experience on the road. Eventually, Mickey felt the need to go his own way and embarked on a solo career as a full time singer/songwriter, playing acoustic clubs and theatres and supporting many well known irish and international artist during that period.
Mickey returned to collage to further study his music and completed a 2 year btec natoinal diploma course in popular Music at N.W.I.F.H.E. Derry City. recieving a distintion. In 2002 Mickey reluctantly auditioned for a brand new T.V. talent show called "you're a star " on R.T.E. the programme took Ireland by storm and Mickey became a house-hold name after winning the competition out right. as part of the winning prize he represented Ireland in the 2003 Eurovision song competition in Riga, Latvia. Signing a record deal with sony records U.K. and recording the #1 album "sometimes right, sometimes wrong" with U.K. producer John Kelly (paul mc cartney, chris rea, kate bush), and We've got the world" became the biggest and fastest selling single in Irleland that year.
In 2004 mickey moved on from sony to set up his own label "swerve music" and to date has released 1 full length "Live and Learn", 2 ep's and 6 singles on swerve and is currently working on 2nd full length for release spring 2010.
Recently Mickey signed a publishing deal with elevate music for the album "live and learn" and some of his past catalogue, www.elevatemusic.net and is currently working as a contributor and mentor on RTE's "star search" for young peoples programing. www.rte.ie/ice click on(star search). This has in turn led to a project called "Musicool Europe" established with friend and TV presenter Brian Ormond. and veteran songwriter and performer Francie conway(song writing coach-the rock school,Dublin). The project is an educational and Music based programme for young performers, musicians and bands. www.bebo.com/musicooleurope
The last 12 months have been busy for mickey with gigs both in Ireland and Europe(Germany, Switzerland,Spain, france) and other side projects including writing the theme music for TV's celeb boxing programme "lords of the ring" summer 09 and various contributions and performances on the ryan show (2fm), RTE's late late show, and TV3's Ireland AM, Expose, Irelands top 10's.
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Asset Financing and Financial Law Services
Asset Financing is that instrument of borrowing in which the borrower pledges one/portion of its balance sheet assets like inventory, short term investments, accounts receivables, etc. to obtain a loan from the lender.
This practical is different from regular debt or raising securities in a sense that the company or the business simply pledges its assets in exchange of a quick cash loan.
Financial law services have always had a role in asset financing, from providing regular soliciting services to monitoring and regulations.
The most common area regulated, by most of the financial law services agency is the 'qualification of secured assets as asset financing instruments' and 'point of maturity'. A new dimension is added to such regulations when multi-nationals start to asset finance at a global level.
In this respect, progress towards convergence and merger of the global accounting standards towards International Accounting Standards (IAS) are a positive step because it will give the financial law services a platform from regulating the global asset financing marketplace.
Another growing practice is using inventory assets as asset financing instrument. This, when done on a global level, creates new challenges for the financial law services regulating this practice. The differences in treatment of inventory in the different accounting jurisdictions might pose some serious challenges. For instance, an inventory- valued at LIFO – by a US borrower from an IFRS following firm in UK can be a difficult issue for the dealing financial law services agency/organisation. Another example can be in case of an IFRS borrower and a US GAAP lender in which the borrower measures the inventory's net realisable value equivalent to fair value, a measure not recognised by US GAAP.
The main issue is that the transitional law practice of the asset law financing has grown dramatically but the scholarship has not kept pace. There is an urgent need in UK to have a body of knowledge constituted, accessible to the financial law services agencies.
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Wall Street maintained gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged, as expected, but signalled it still plans two rate increases this year.
The U.S. central bank also lowered its economic growth forecasts for 2016 and 2017 and indicated it would be less aggressive in tightening monetary policy after the end of this year.
While traders had discounted a rate increase this month by the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, they have been eager for clues about the health of the economy and the trajectory of future hikes.
Investors have become more nervous ahead of a vote in Britain next week on whether to leave the European Union, with recent opinion polls indicating growing support for such a move.
The S&P 500 was poised to close higher following four straight sessions of losses caused in part by worries that a fractured European Union could critically damage an already shaky global economy.
"This is an FOMC announcement that really speaks to a global weakness and the bottom line is it underscores the fact the U.S. is not an island and the global markets and economy are more interconnected than they have ever been," said Peter Kenny, Senior Market Strategist at Global Markets Advisory Group in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey.
The CBOE market volatility index .VIX, Wall Street's "fear gauge", was down 5 percent for the day but was still at elevated levels not seen in over three months.
At 2:26 p.m. (1826 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 0.29 percent to 17,726.87 and the S&P 500 .SPX had gained 0.28 percent to 2,081.05.
The Nasdaq Composite .IXIC added 0.25 percent to 4,855.62.
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General Electric (GE.N) rose 1.11 percent and provided the biggest boost to the S&P 500.
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners on the NYSE by 2,203 to 776. On the Nasdaq, 1,802 issues rose and 977 fell.
The S&P 500 index showed 12 new 52-week highs and one new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 32 new highs and 33 new lows.
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North London Organic Gardeners
North London Organic Gardeners are a group of like minded people who believe in gardening without the use of chemical fertilisers and poisonous sprays.
We make compost and believe that by looking after the soil and feeding it we can grow strong, healthy plats which are more resistant to pests and diseases. We also use other organic techniques, such as companion planting, to reduce the attention of insect pests and elp each other with the various problems we face in our gardens and allotments.
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During the colder months we normally meet at 8pm on the first Thursday of the month in the small hall, Winchmore Hill Baptist Church, Compton Road. At these meetings we discuss our gardening plans, problems,successes and sometimes have visiting speakers. During the summer we often visit members' gardens and make trips to local plces of gardening and horticultural interest.
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Grammarly Review – Is It The Best Grammar And Spell Checker?
If you have arrived at this page, you are considering an online grammar checker.
There are many to choose from, so you need to know which one will work best for you.
Time is tight, and you probably want a quick answer to one of the following questions.
I'll try to save you time before you read my full review. Here are the four most common questions, with my very quick answers.
A quick Q and A about Grammarly
1. What is Grammarly?
It is an online grammar, spelling, punctuation and writing checker. A lot of writers use it to help them correct and improve many different forms of writing.
It is a very popular writing tool for bloggers. Also for article writers and authors writing a book as well as students and occasional writers.
2. Is it any good?
Yes, it is very, very good indeed.
In fact, it is now one of my most essential writing tools. I use it all day, every day.
That's why I am writing this review.
3. Is it free?
Yes, there is a totally free version.
It works using the Grammarly extension that is available for many browsers. It is perfect for finding critical grammar and spelling mistakes in your online writing.
You can download your free version of Grammarly here.
4. Is it worth paying for the premium version?
If you write a lot or write for an income, yes, it is well worth the price.
The editor is not a human proofreader, but it comes quite close. It is a superb spelling and grammar checker.
However, if you are a student or occasional writer the free version will most likely be all you will ever need.
Now for my full Grammarly review
I will start with the basics.
For a writer, you need to check your writing, because typos and grammar errors are a killer for your reputation.
That is why I always rely on a little writing help.
You might find it surprising that I admit to using an online grammar checker. But it is like my right hand in helping me correct my writing typos and grammar mistakes.
If you are like me, you write a lot of short texts on the Internet. So you'll know that it is hard to avoid making errors when you are writing in a hurry.
It could be on Facebook, Twitter or writing blog comments. I always make sure that my short social media posts or replies to comments are free of spelling and grammar errors.
It is one of the first ways that this grammar app shines.
It is so easy to write a quick comment or reply and make a silly mistake. It is amazing how fast the Grammar Police can attack even the smallest error.
Correcting silly typos is easy. All it takes is one click to correct an underlined error in real-time.
It works exactly the same for long-form writing. But at least there is more time available to check, find and correct grammar errors.
How I found Grammarly
The grammar and spell check in Microsoft Word is extremely limited.
Because of that, I started trying a few online spelling and grammar checkers years ago. But none of them worked completely to my satisfaction.
They all helped in some ways. But I often found myself changing the suggested corrections because the recommended sentence structures didn't feel natural.
Perhaps because they were based too strictly on grammar rules.
But only a very few of the free apps I tried could detect complex issues such as sentence fragments or run-on sentences.
Perhaps I had a hang-up with free apps. Or maybe I was too critical of grammar checking apps.
But after trying a lot of free apps, it was clear that one was by far the best. I found myself using the free version of Grammarly every day.
But I knew it could offer more for me. So I finally decided to grab my credit card and pay for the premium version for a few months.
That was well over three years ago now. It was one of the best decisions I have made to help improve my writing accuracy.
Using Grammarly – What I discovered
I had used the free version for quite a while.
But I didn't fully realise how many advanced grammar tools the premium version offered to improve my writing.
The free version does an excellent job of finding critical grammar and spelling mistakes.
But the premium version allows you to access a much more. There is so much in-depth analysis you can use. It includes an extended list of checks and tools.
So I started with the premium version. I found that the browser extension worked with everything I use to write online.
Like the free version, it works with Safari, Chrome or Firefox browsers.
But with the paid version, I now had access to instant synonyms.
It really helps you write better and more accurately when you are in a hurry. It works by highlighting spelling and grammatical mistakes in an instant.
For a synonym, just click on a word to access a long list of choices.
One of the differences over other similar apps is speed. It works super fast and never lags or locks up.
I have a habitual typo tic when typing 'the', which so often comes out as 'teh'. It's annoying, but it fixes it for me every time.
It means that my Facebook and Twitter posts and replies are always scanned for errors.
Not only that, but it also works seamlessly with my WordPress editor when I write my blog articles. It works almost like a native WordPress plugin.
Then I downloaded the editor desktop app. It immediately became a vital tool for me for checking sentence structure in my long-form writing.
I ran through a few chapters of one of my already published books. I was quite horrified to discover quite a few errors that had escaped a lot of human eyes. Not many, but enough to realise that a little extra help can go a long way.
After my first three-month subscription expired, I was convinced. I bought a twelve-month subscription because it was much cheaper at around $11.00 a month.
I think I know that I know how to write. But my stumbles or laziness, especially online, are less likely to result in silly, embarrassing errors now.
My review for short-form online writing
The browser extension works in real-time in most browsers.
But I use it mostly with Safari and Chrome for my WordPress sites. It works seamlessly with the WordPress editor and feels like it is a native plugin.
When I am writing blog posts, I usually turn it off. When I am writing, I prefer not to be distracted.
But when I finish the first draft, I turn it back on. Then I conduct a full and comprehensive check. There are two modes you can use with the premium version.
The first is that it marks the most critical errors by underlining them in red in my editor.
But for deeper analysis and correction, I can open the full editor from within my WordPress editor. You can see the yellow button in the image below.
Clicking on the yellow advanced button opens the full editor in an overlay pane. Then I can scroll through the suggestions and accept, correct or ignore each issue.
Day to day uses
Where it also comes in very useful for me is when I post comments on newspapers or blogs. These are posts that I always want to ensure are error-free.
Making even a small spelling, verb agreement or grammatical error would not reflect well on me as a writer.
One small grammar error and I'm history!
With it activated, any small error is picked up by the spell checker, and I can correct it with one click.
It has saved me many times. Often for little typos and misspelt, or misspelled words such as "teh".
Also, the spelling check can find contextual spelling errors such as "its and it's" and "then & than". It also highlights the overuse of the passive.
It works perfectly for all of my online work. It helps me keep my short-form English writing as error-free as possible.
My review for long-form writing
I don't like distractions when I am writing a novel in word processors like Microsoft Word. So I always turn off the auto spelling and grammar check. All those red and green underlines are annoying.
However, I then run a check once I have finished a chapter. Now though, I always run my writing through Grammarly.
There are two ways to access the editor. One is the online editor, and as I am a Mac user, I also have the desktop editor.
The choice of settings in the editor is far more extensive than in Microsoft Word.
You can choose from a range of different types of texts, depending on the writing style. It is one of its biggest advantages for me.
When I first started using the editor, I made the mistake of doing a copy and paste. But I discovered that all my formatting was lost.
It can integrate with directly in Word, but only for PC users. I use Apple, so, sadly, this facility is not available for me. But hopefully, it will be in the near future.
However, I learned that I could quickly upload my completed chapters in Word docx.
When I finished the check and corrections, I could export it back in Word format. Now I didn't lose any of my text, font and paragraph formattings.
The editor picks up almost all grammar and spelling errors, of course. But what I like the most about it for long-form writing is that it finds repeated words.
It is difficult to find repeated words in long passages of text. But it finds them all, which is a huge time saver for me.
Another correction tool I find very useful is one that highlights unusual collocations. It calls it fluency.
Information such as in the image above at my fingertips when doing an initial edit is a huge advantage.
The more errors I can find the better. Any improvements I can make during my first draft saves me hours of work later on.
Grammarly Cards
When you use the editor, every suggestion comes with a card or a series of cards. These help you make informed choices for your corrections or re-writing.
Every card gives you an explanation. You can then choose an option for improvement.
Click on the error count in the right-hand assistant sidebar. The errors are then listed in a series of suggestion cards.
You only have to work your way through the marked corrections and make the necessary changes. It is then a quick and very easy process.
Thirty-six individual checks
With the premium editor, every facet of your writing is checked. It is then up to you to make the best decisions about how to improve your writing from the listed suggestions.
Another great feature is that you can select from four versions of English. Not only US and British English but also Canadian and Australian.
You can also get a full and detailed report about your text from the editor.
You can check your reading time, speaking time and your Flesch-Kincaid readability score, which are all useful data segments.
The editor
You can type and work directly in the editor just the same as you would use a word processor.
All your work is auto-saved, which is a huge bonus. If you want to write free of distractions, you can hide the writing assistant.
However, you would probably use the editor mostly for uploading and checking documents. Supported files are Microsoft Word .doc, .docx, and OpenOffice .odt, as well as .txt and .rtf.
If you are using the extension for Word and Outlook, there is no document size or page limit.
But when you are using the editor, there is a file upload limit of 100,000 characters. It equates to about 20-25,000 words.
This is only an issue if you are checking a long manuscript such as a novel.
But it is always easier to work on short sections such as individual chapters. So this limit is not really an issue for most writers and authors.
When you have finished editing a document, you then download it and it will retain all your original formatting.
When you work with Word files, it will add a notation in track changes for all the edits you make. Every change you make in the editor is marked as "Grammarly" in track changes.
If you want to change the track changes editor name, you can. Read this article on how to modify track changes names in Word for Windows and Mac.
Weekly email updates
With a premium account, you also get a weekly update of your writing progress.
You also get a resume of your most frequent mistakes.
Grammarly works and is my go-to writing tool
It is now an essential tool for me for all forms of writing. I use it every day and all day. Does it replace a human editor? No, of course not.
But because I write a lot, I get full value from my subscription of $11.00 a month. It saves me a huge amount of time between writing a rough first draft and the final version.
Nothing will ever replace a human proofreader when it comes to the final proofreading of your texts.
But by using intelligent online help, it does a fantastic job in locating most errors quickly and efficiently. It also helps me make improvements with excellent suggestions.
The free version of the English language grammar checker offers a lot of assistance. There are browser extensions available, as well as mobile apps for the Grammarly keyboard.
It is an excellent way to try out some of the features of Grammarly and check your critical writing errors instantly.
However, the paid version comes with a host of extra features.
These include the editor, vocabulary enhancement, a personal dictionary, and choice of writing styles. It makes it an essential everyday writing tool for me.
Another feature that I use from time to time is the plagiarism checker. Before I publish any guest content on my blog, this tool lets me quickly check that all the text is original.
With the premium version, you can log in and use it on up to five different devices. That's a great bonus. You can share your login with your family.
For users of Google Docs, there is good news. It is in beta testing right now. If you are a premium user, you can turn it on in your preferences.
You can subscribe per month or quarterly. But obviously, Grammarly costs less if take an annual subscription and save yourself a lot of money.
I highly recommended the premium version for all writers. Especially for those who are relatively new to writing, blogging or self-publishing.
It can help you so much to improve your writing accuracy and variety.
It is a very efficient tool to check and hone your writing skills. It will definitely help you to develop your writing.
Nice review, but it can't be perfect
True. It is not perfect.
One bug that annoys me is that when I use the editor with WordPress.
It overrides all 'open in new tab' settings on links. The workaround is not to add links until after you have fully checked and edited your text.
Another little gripe is when you open the full editor from inside WordPress.
If you are on a laptop, the left sidebar sometimes overlays the editor. This makes it difficult to navigate the listed errors.
Another small issue is one-click corrections. Sometimes when you click a correction, it will not add a space between words. Then you have to make the correction manually.
It is rare but can be a little annoying.
I am a Mac user, so it is still disappointing that it does not work with Word for Mac or Pages. But I live in hope. Until then, the editor does everything I really need to do.
But these are relatively minor issues. For all the benefits I get, I can live with them.
Watch Grammarly in action.
Are there any alternatives to Grammarly?
There are many free and premium grammar checkers available now.
The most comparable app that I would suggest is ProWritinAid.
I use it too because it has so many reports that dig deeper into your writing style and consistency.
It is also available in a free browser app version. But the premium version editor and analyser is where it truly excels.
One very big plus for ProWritingAid is that it is much cheaper.
The price for Prowritingaid does not offer a per month option. But the basic annual price is less than half that of Grammarly.
Prowritingaid has another advantage. It is compatible with Scrivener, which is a huge bonus for authors.
You might want to read my review of ProWritingAid for more detailed information.
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I started my working life as a lithographer and then spent over 30 years in the printing and publishing business.
Originally from Australia, I moved to Switzerland 20 years ago. My days are spent teaching English, writing and wrestling with technology while enjoying my glorious view of the Alps.
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Set similar to a Napa tasting room, we offer 20+ great wines from around the world by the glass and as part of wine flights. Along with a great variety of small plate choices. Open Tuesday through Saturday.
Reservations secured by a credit card are taken for parties of 7 or more. Call 985-272-8485
Karla Kilgore
Certified Sommelier & Manager
Raised in Metairie, Karla Kilgore was drawn to the wine industry upon moving to San Francisco in the 1990s where she worked in nationally renowned restaurants, Stars and Aqua. Her next stop was Honolulu, HI, where she was the front house manager and maintained the wine programs of two new restaurants. Here, Karla met and became lifelong friends with, Rebecca Foulk (a veteran of the wine and food industry who moved to Covington to join the adventure of Barrel Wine Bar).
Prior to obtaining her certificate as a Sommelier, Karla returned to San Francisco where she rejoined Aqua as a manager, opened two more restaurants, and began consultation on private wine cellars. Before returning full circle to SE Louisiana, a stopover in Seattle allowed Karla to further her win career by representing multi-generational European families with an average of 300 plus years of winemaking experience and history across the U.S.
Tell us about Barrel Wine Bar
Wines like dark spaces; our curtains both insulate the interior from the outside heat and block the car headlights at night. We upcycled fence boards and wooden pallets to create a space that is warm and inviting, natural yet complex – like our favorite wines. Designed similarly to a winery tasting room, one sees and smells wine barrels, oak, corks, wine bottles, glassware, decanters, and books upon entry. Contemporary music – jazz, classical, vocals, mix plays in the background. The soft lighting encourages relaxation and conversations in the evening, ambient glows from our tabletop candles are conducive to a romantic evening and or a fun night out with friends. Our 30ft gallery wall showcases local artists' work on a monthly rotation.
Barrel Wine Bar offers choices for people to have fun and expand their appreciation of wines by offering wines by tastes, the glass, or bottle. Our preservation system does an excellent job allowing us to offer sparkling wines as well as still and fortified. Our Small Plate Menu supports wine exploration by offering traditional foods that have complimented wines for centuries. The menu includes savory dishes such as cheese/meat boards, baked brie, escargot and bacon-wrapped dates. Additionally, our desserts can be paired with wines which range from slightly off-dry and sweet, heavy to crisp, or bubbly.
What makes Barrel Wine Bar unique?
Our goal is to demystify the vast wines which proudly express the varietal, the terroir, and different microclimates. As a bonus, the tasting of wines and (mental) assessment of flavors etc. is considered one of the best ways to keep all the parts of the brain active and young, we are doing something good for ourselves!
We offer weekly tastings of four pours, aka "wine flights," to introduce as many wines as possible. We have Live Music on Tuesdays and Thursdays, Wednesday Socials, Small Group Wine Tastings on Fridays and Saturdays, Monthly 5-Course Wine Dinners with Guest Chefs from the North and South Shores, "First Sunday" Brunch and other Special Events. Besides these options, Barrel Wine also offers off-site services including wine and cheese events for businesses or private parties as well as sommelier services for cellar inventory and management.
Given your wine expertise, what advice can you offer to your guests?
Be adventurous! I remember that the first time I had a truffle I didn't like the taste. Now? Forget it...I won't share my truffle fries with anyone! Let's talk about what you do and don't like in a wine, recommendations can be made for new and interesting wines and pairings that allow you to appreciate what is in the glass along with how it works with food.
How long have you lived on the Northshore and what is your favorite thing about the area?
Besides being surrounded by amazing and generous neighbors who enjoy wonderful food and the riches of the region, I love driving home at night to Covington. Without the typical light pollution, the stars and moon are incredibly bright. After two-plus years of being here, I still am in awe, the way nature integrates with the homes. It's incredible.


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The Law of Attraction: You Really Are the Pearl
How many of you remember the book, The Secret? It came out many years ago and it was a bit controversial. But it had, in my opinion, some valid points. What I found helpful from reading the book was the notion that we can attract that which we hope to see in our lives. We can dream and someday see that dream become a reality.
Honor Your Calling
One of the most influential people to me is Oprah. Oprah spends her life encouraging us to be the best self that we can be. She is a staunch advocate for following our dreams and passions. She overcame the adversities of her childhood and followed her dream. She helped launch successful careers and most importantly, to me, she became a philanthropist and gave back to the universe. While I will NEVER be anywhere near to becoming Oprah, I have learned valuable lessons from her.
Who do you admire? Ask yourself why? Study this person or group and try to discover what speaks to you.
One of my visions for LTD7, even when I did not know that was going to be the name of the store, waaaaaay back in the dreaming stage, was a dream that years and years in the retail business began forming in my head. I spent years dreaming of having my own store. I experimented with small niche stores. I got my feet wet and I got soaked many times. But still I dreamed. I was not afraid to try and some of my best lessons came from these attempts.
My dream was not only to bring you a store that fulfilled my passions and goals, but also, and perhaps more importantly, it was to encourage and be available to budding entrepreneurs.
Living the Dream is my personal mantra, but it is also the store name and vision. As it turned out, my dream shaped up over the planning stages into a venture that saw me working alongside and with others who have a dream and who have taken the plunge into the waters of this business endeavor with me. Working with other vendors who share a like passion is so rewarding and I still learn something new every day. Oh, sure there are failures, and bumps in the road and many changes as we grow at LTD 7 but every step along the way keeps me challenged and wanting to do more to bring you our dream and vision in the shape of LTD 7.
What is it you would do in this lifetime if you knew you could not fail? Write it down.
What is it you would put on a vision board or write as a one sentence goal if you took the time to do it? Begin with one sentence. Branch out and make a vision board.
What is your dream? What is on your bucket list and what can you do about it, even if it is only one small step in the right direction? Every single step takes us closer to our goals, even the small seemingly unimportant steps. What better day to start than today.
Would you retire early and sail the open seas?
Would you write a book?
Would you change jobs?
Would you open a store?
Would you go back to school?
Open a gym?
Learn to fly?
Buy a vacation home?
Travel to Italy?
Open a restaurant?
Get into politics?
Run a marathon?
Move closer to your grandbabies and extended family?
Travel to Italy and maybe never come back?
Visualize It
The list could go on and on. What I found helpful as I asked myself these questions and created my visions for LTD 7 and the future was to make a vision board and always have a rough plan, in a notebook that I kept in my purse. On my vision board I had fabric swatches, ideas for the store, what I hoped to earn, and quotes to motivate me.
Buy a piece of poster board or foam core board or some thumb tacks and a bulletin board and begin to create your dream…where you can SEE it. Buy number stickers and count down the days until you set "sail." Change your password to your dream…you will see it every day and be reminded. Carve out a special place in your home…even if it is in a closet to make small steps in the direction of your dream.
One Small Step for Mankind
It helped me to take one small step towards my goal, every single day. How you ask? Well, it can be a teeny weenie step. It can be something as small as a trip to the library to read a book on the subject. It can be a Google map that you look at and dream. Other small steps could be something like signing up for realty websites to see what comes available as a workable space or new place to live. I signed up for online classes and webinars. I read all I could read. I went to see stores that were similar in concept to LTD 7. All of these things taught me (and still do) and brought me steps closer to my dream of owning LTD 7.
I still have notebooks chock full of visions and ideas that were generated by attending these hour long web casts and spending free time on Pinterest, and in stores looking for ideas, which I then filed away in more notebooks. I treasure them and look back at them frequently for ideas as I realize more and more parts of my dream for LTD 7.
How to Eat an Elephant
Sometimes I just knew my dream was way too big. At other times I knew there were a million ways I could fail. But I also knew that the only way I could dream was to take things in small chunks. After all, that's the only way to eat an elephant, right?
Name It!
One fun exercise for me was giving my passion and my dream a name. It can be a book title you want to come up with or a store name or the name of your new business or the name of your future beach home. Pick something that speaks to you and really moves you. Only you know what that is. And don't forget to write it down as we all think we can remember those thoughts as we fall off to sleep, yet most things are forgotten by the light of day.
All these seemingly small steps really do move you closer to your dream. And don't forget those vision boards. There is something to be said for visualizing what you want. It plants seeds in our minds and in the universe. It gives you a dream to think about on walks, at night before you sleep, or during a long car ride.
From time to time over the next year, I will share with you more of the steps I took to realize my dream of owning LTD 7 after thirty years in the retail business.
Dream until your dreams come true.
Living the Dream,


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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Graz Mulcahy Sunglasses, Sydney, Australia
Above: A portrait I took in the wee hours of the morning in Rome. This man was a homeless chap and was more than happy to have his picture taken. Incidentally, 2 years later I bumped into the same man randomly in the streets near the Piazza del Poppolo.
When Graz presented his sunglasses to me I assumed I would not want to wear them. But when they were put in front of me I was amazed at how classically styled they were. They were not a fad, they were here to stay. I have always had an eye for the classics; from Borsalino hats to Berlutti shoes, there is something to be said for garments or accessories which transcend the seasons and I felt this with his sunglasses.
I decided to pick up my camera whilst I was in Rome and take some photos with the locals. I was writing a cook book for Stephanie (seen in previous threads) and when I had free time I put the sunglasses on whoever I felt had a somewhat interesting face. Pictured above is Eva Paunova.
This guy Nicola was an Albanian working in Rome. He had a full set of gold teeth. It probably represents his entire wealth. He was a lovely guy. The photo was taken on the balcony of Steph's apartment.
This guy here was actually an Australian near the Piazza Del Poppolo and he was doing a crayon drawing of the birth of Venus by Boticelli which is one of my favourite paintings of all time. It depicts Venus who is rising out of a shell which is a metaphor for the vulva. She was born after Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus in which his severed genitals fell into the sea, fertilising the waters. To me it rivals that of the legend of Europa in terms of imagery.
My Borsalino hat, brown suede and cotton mix.
And the famous Stephanie.
So what I love about the sunglasses is that they suited each person's face well across a broad range of people. A homeless Italian, an aspiration Bulgarian, a hard-working gold toothed Albanian, a struggling artist from Melbourne, a blogger and a fashion designer.
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The love that never was
When the sun faded and darkness fell,
The only light I found was within my heart,
Illuminating the gloomy paths at night,
As I searched for you like a hopeless manic,
Like an aimless traveler on a forgotten road,
Like a lost sailor on a familiar shore,
I searched for you like a rose in a desert,
I searched for you like air under water,
I found you hidden behind your veil,
And there was enough light to last a life time,
Emptiness of the deserts turned to fields of green,
Unforgiving winds surrendered to a gentle breeze,
Months of solitude turned into days of joy,
Years of desolation into a promise of love,
I found myself again
But who would have thought the years of search,
would leave me so blinded,
How could I forget my passion is but my own,
And love is but a struggle of one heart,
It's sweet pitch is music to the ears,
It's call the divine truth from above,
You were in my heart all along,
Naïve was I to think I will be in yours.
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Vegan Chocolate Mousse Cake
This Vegan Chocolate Mousse Cake is such a dark, chocolaty decadent dessert that it's hard to believe it's butter, egg, and cream-free. It starts with a moist, tender dark chocolate cake, and it's topped with a luscious, rich chocolate mousse. It's the perfect lighter treat for Valentine's Day.