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When Alyson Adventures' Zach Moses suggested I join their "all gay male 8 day whitewater rafting/hiking tour of the Grand Canyon" I gamely agreed, thinking that an invitation made by a naked guy poolside at the Island House in Key West would be soon forgotten. Three days later, he called to confirm my place in the last tour of the season. When I shared the news with my husband (whose work schedule would keep him from joining me) he said, "You? You're going camping? In a place with snakes and scorpions, and no bathroom?" I replied archly that Zach must have sensed my essential ruggedness, but my husband's humming the theme song to Green Acres stayed with me throughout the trip.
Happy to report my return alive, I saw no snakes or scorpions. I did see what might be the most uniquely beautiful place on/in earth. The Grand Canyon--I had always assumed it to be just a distended ditch--is the only place that literally deserves the words "gorgeous" and "awesome". For eight days, we drifted past soaring stratified rock exposing the geology of hundreds of millions of years. At night I slept naked beneath only the brilliant and forgotten blanket of stars and streaking comets. I met and bonded with a group of remarkable men who kept me alive in the high places while gently coaxing me out of my comfort zone and into adventure. This is the first installment of my account of a life-changing trip that I hope you will experience for yourself. (They also offer lesbian and mixed trips.)


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Five ways to make the most of a sabbatical
Sabbaticals are getting common across industries, typically lasting for three months to a year. Employees must ensure sabbaticals do not harm their career.
India slips to second place on hiring outlook
Sector-wise, the most optimistic hiring plans are reported by employers in the transportation and utilities sector and mining and construction.
Hiring up by 14 per cent for top level, manufacturing and IT driving demand
Demand for professionals with over 20 years experience reported an average increase of 3 % in the past year, showed TimesJobs RecruiteX.
Tata Group plans mentoring programme for women leaders across group companies
Mentors will include members of the group executive council like Mukund Rajan, NS Rajan, member of the council and chief human resources officer.
Pay, career progress, security are job hooks
The top drivers of attraction and retention remain the same, indicating that Indian employees have similar preferences as their global counterparts when choosing employers.
Five ways to chalk out a career path
Thoroughly evaluating one's present role, strengths and weaknesses, seeking mentors and having a timebound plan can help in chalking out a clear career path.
How to make your employees feel valued
Offering stretch assignments to high potential talent, building a culture of transparency and clarity, and prompt rewards could build a sense of belonging.
How to handle tricky office relationships
Here is how you can negotiate difficult office relationships that could otherwise prevent you from getting a good day's work done.
Why recruiters should focus on understanding organizational structure?
When recruiters receive a job description from clients, they often commit the mistake of not spending enough time on understanding what the job role entail.
Argumentative & too emotional - are Indians tough to work with?
"In India, being late by 15 minutes for a meeting is not considered to be late," Makoto Kitai sighs. "Schedules go haywire in India."
How I Manage Across Cultures and Companies: Carlos Ghosn
Carlos Ghosn, Chairman & CEO Renualt- Nissan alliance recently spoke to the Executive Editor of LinkedIn Daniel Roth on how he manage two global automakers, Renault and Nissan, while overseeing a global alliance organization, multiple partnerships and collaborations with other automakers. Watch the video recording of the discussion below.
Ceat appoints Debi Prasad Das as Senior Vice President: Human Resources
Das comes with 25 years of experience. His last appointment was as SVP – HR Quality, Risk, Compliance, and Control at Atos Global.
Five ways to jumpstart a stagnant career
Invest in a short-term educational programme to hone your strategic skills or a special project with niche skills to make a fresh start.
Apollo Tyres appoints Mathias Heimann to head European Operations
Apollo Tyres today appointed of Mathias Heimann as President of Europe & Americas and CEO of Apollo Vredestein.
Festive hiring to help create 4.5L new jobs in Oct-Dec quarter
The hiring landscape has seen an improvement in the past few months thanks to the revival in business sentiments and scenario.
Unlimited holidays? Indian human resource experts not enthused
As cos across the world experiment with concepts like "unlimited holidays", human resource experts in India believe the country is not ready for policy.
Internships useful way of getting first job: Survey
Many students and those in early stages of their career in India feel that internships is a useful step towards getting their first job.

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Bishop of Limerick's message to victims of abuse
THE BISHOP of Limerick has re-iterated his message to survivors of "horrific" clerical abuse that he wants to make their pain 'his own' and seek forgiveness, writes Anne Sheridan.
Speaking at a mass for survivors of abuse, called A Mass of Healing and Hope in St Saviour's Church, Dr Brendan Leahy said: "We are all of us here because we want to support one another and, in some way, bring comfort and healing to what has been a most painful experience for many here today. It is moving that so many are here, still caring enough to want to be here, despite the abuse you have suffered in the past."
"You have made this journey because this is a time of healing and hope. On the one hand, we receive this gift from God but also we give this gift to one another by coming here to support and be with one another.
"Thanks for hanging on in your faith despite everything. Thanks for making the effort to be here. Thanks for this coming together as part of our ongoing process of reconciliation.
"But we can take some consolation today from the concerted efforts of many to ensure that the horror of institutional and clerical abuse will never be allowed to happen again. Across the world, across our country, these lessons are being learned. Measures to protect the most precious are being implemented."


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Syrian President Bashar Assad put the Syrian army on high alert in anticipation of any developments. In a statement issued to mark the army's 61st anniversary Assad said Syria will not be deterred from helping Lebanon.
"The occupying enemy hasn't forgotten the humiliating defeat and its submissive exit from south Lebanon under the strikes bold resistance," the statement read.
"Syria, which stood by its brother (Lebanon) and sacrificed martyrs to defend Lebanon's freedom as we did for Syria's sovereignty, remains as always adamant in standing by our Arab people who's fighting in Lebanon and Palestine, and by the bold national resistance who struck the enemy. All threats voiced by powers in the world who support t he enemy won't deter us from continuing to support our brothers," he said.
'Israel lies about facts on the ground'
Assad called on the army to be prepared for all scenarios "because we believe that falling for the sake of heaven (martyrdom) is the only way to freedom and victory. We have to make all effort in training to save every drop of blood when the hour comes. The fighting continues so long our land is occupied and our rights are denied. Victory will be achieved God willing."
Assad said that this year's anniversary comes at time when "the Israeli enemy continues its extermination war against our proud peoples in Lebanon and Palestine. Our brothers in Lebanon are being subjected to aggression by the Israeli war machine from the air, the sea and the ground," Assad said.
"The aggression, killing and destruction committed by the Israelis in Lebanon are part of an operation that was planned and organized by the large forces dominating the international community," he said.
Assad said Israel lies about facts on the ground in order to cover its losses against Hizbullah, as it does against Palestinian groups in the West Bank and Gaza.


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As I'm sitting here, I am awaiting a response from a client on renewal of their SEO efforts.
This particular client is a bit of a "dream client." Not because they are a big name or spending a ton of dough…it's because their project has been incredibly unique, ripe with all kinds of interesting challenges.
This client came to us after having "tested the waters" with various SEO firms. They were pretty convinced that "nothing could be done" to change their course. Sales were dropping, and they were so convinced of "penalties" (though they've really done nothing overtly aggressive with their past SEO efforts) that they also thought AdWords had penalized them.
This client is mid-sized with revenues around $20 million per year, selling mostly online, but also has a sales staff working both inbound and outbound leads. They add a lot of content to their site on a monthly basis (10,000-20,000 pages per month). Needless to say, it's a very dynamic environment to work within.
Though this client had worked with many SEO firms in the past, there was a lot of standard "blocking and tackling" that hadn't been performed.
Increased sales. Increase in "good" organic search traffic. No focus on "head" keywords. The site is so incredibly big that it's absolutely the "very long tail" that drives the business.
About 80 percent of the time, we follow a similar SEO process that includes keyword research, competitive analysis, site structure analysis, link analysis, recommendations, etc.
This was far from a "typical" engagement.
First things first, we needed a baseline. Believe it or not, this company had never set up ecommerce tracking for the website. And, the "goals" that had been set up in Google Analytics did little to provide actionable information to really know what's going on, or whether things were "good".
All we knew was that "sales were down". There were certainly feelings that "SEO didn't work" or "we're penalized in AdWords", but it was all "feelings". We needed to get to a point where we were making intelligent business decisions based upon "factual" information, rather than feelings.
Rather than stepping into the usual SEO process, this one began by ensuring analytics was set-up correctly, ecommerce tracking was enabled to develop a baseline.
Website Analysis
With a site of this size, it's important to find any possible structural issues that might have a larger impact than any recommendations for any "one page", or even a handful of pages. An analysis uncovered issues of duplicate content (same page on two different URLs) for many (thousands of) pages.
Numerous "search results" pages were indexed and driving loads of traffic but no sales. Sometimes there is cause to remove "bad content" from the search engines' indexes.
There was little standardization to naming conventions of URLs and incorporated a URL rewrite to ensure consistency (which went along with our correcting the duplicate content concerns). But I still had a "feeling" that something wasn't quite right.
With a website of this size, it's sometimes difficult to dig deeply into Analytics, but it can be done. Doing so revealed an interesting pattern of visits for obscure keywords with 0 percent "unique" and very little to "no" time on site. Performing a log file analysis identified 20 "rogue" bots hitting the site, and had some concerns about the possibility of people scraping the client's content, so these "bad" bots had their access removed.
Shopping Path Analysis
With analytics now "in place" (correctly), we realized that conversion rates, well….sucked.
We spent considerable time analyzing the shopping path of a visitor to determine that they had created roadblocks to making the purchase process as simple as possible. Guest check-out was not an option (and, at the time of this writing, is still something that the client is debating, internally). Every other competitor offers this. Every major ecommerce site that we believe "does well" seems to offer this.
This client requires a registration prior to check-out. Even though the registration process isn't arduous, you are presented with a giant button, prior to check out, that states "create an account". While analytics shows us a large number of folks dropping off at this point, to date the client has not made the modification.
Note: What's noted here is not "all inclusive" of what we did for this project. We did perform keyword research/competitive analysis, etc. But, what is very interesting about this engagement is we've done little "page-based" recommendations, including titles, etc., because we needed to focus on more enterprise/scalable initiatives. Rules-based recommendations that would impact literally thousands of pages were implemented.
How to Prove SEO Success
With all of the "large scale" changes that we had made, structurally, with the website, I anticipated strong gains in organic presence/traffic.
But how to prove this?
A lot of bad traffic coming to the site (bots/"search" pages de-indexed) had been removed, so year-over-year organic traffic was going to show a decline.
'Good' Traffic vs. 'Bad' Traffic
What were this clients original goals?
Sales. Increase in "good" organic search traffic.
Getting back into this mind-set, we filtered out all "bad" organic search traffic (0 percent uniques, to account for the bots and anything with "0" (zero) TOS (Time on Site), and then reviewed sales, during the course of our (short) engagement.
But there was another challenge. The client had inadvertently "messed up" and – for a period of time – sales were being registered as "$1.00" when they should have been "$1,000" (client used a faulty conversion code; wasn't discovered for 6 weeks), so reporting on sales figures wasn't going to provide an accurate depiction of what was going on. We also don't have any sales via phone calls that we can report against (yet this we site prominently displays its 800 number on the top/right of every page).
But reporting on traffic – that's another story.
By filtering out this "bad traffic", things didn't look too bad.
Interestingly enough, "good" organic traffic had increased 10.5 percent in the past month, and 30 percent the month before (year-over-year), even though organic traffic overall was in decline.
There are so many things that we need to account for when we're trying to report on "success" in an SEO effort. If not for some filtering, things might not have looked so good.
We've asked this client to invest in call-tracking (yet another measurement that is all too often overlooked), and – had it not been for the issue with revenue tracking, I'm pretty certain that there would be a pretty compelling story there, too. In fact, with the filtering, we can see significant revenue increases from organic (30.5 percent lift in revenues for the past 2 months).
As we know, SEO reporting nowadays has little to do with ranking reports. Ensuring strong analytical measurements is key to gaining trust with your clients/company executives, because that transparency is what shows what is truly working, rather than managing your marketing based on "feelings".
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Movema are thrilled to partner with LIPA (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts) to run an exciting programme of world dance classes in the state-of-the-art studios in Liverpool city centre.
6-7pm African Dance
6-7pm World Fusion
Cost £6/ £5.50.
Class in progress at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts tonight! #african #fun #drums #lushstudio!
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Sigalet & Co.
2801 – 28th Street
Vernon, BC V1T 4Z5
Ph: (250) 549-5006
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Website: http://www.sigaletco.com/
Dirk Sigalet
Areas of Practice
Dirk Sigalet, QC, now retired, began practicing law in 1973 with a Vancouver law firm. Soon after he returned to his home in Vernon to raise a family of three and start a general practice law firm with John Maguire. The local Silver Star Ski Resort and City of Vernon were major clients of the firm. Dirk volunteered as a Director with local not-for-profit boards—Vernon Social Planning Council, Canadian Disabled Ski Championships, Vernon High School Rowing, Vernon Jubilee Hospital, North Okanagan Community Futures Corp—as well provincial boards for Continuing Legal Education, the Law Foundation and the Law Society. Dirk practiced in association with one colleague, Jamie MacArthur. He enjoys a practice restricted to Business and Commercial Law, Administrative law, Wills and Estates and not-for-profit organizations.
Working with the MacIsaac Group, Dirk Sigalet added to that tradition by assisting clients in the Vernon and surrounding areas with their motor vehicle accident, ICBC and personal injury claims.
The MacIsaac Group of Law Firms' specialized personal injury lawyers provide you with expertise and the best possible legal services for ICBC and personal injury claims. If you have been injured in an accident through no fault of your own, give us a call. We can give you the advice you need.


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The mattress industry is swarmed with a number of mattresses. Today, you are not only faced with merely a choice between a soft mattress and a difficult mattress but also a semi-soft, a semi-hard or something between these categories. If that does not leave you confused, I do not know what will. But really, if it is for overall relaxation and body support, what is the best mattress to pick. The majority of us will likely find ourselves attracted to the relaxation presented by softer mattresses like water beds and innerspring beds. That bouncy feeling like when you are sleeping on a cloud actually sells us. But let us get past that thought and find out what offer comfort.
Many experts say it is the firmer or the 2018 top mattresses which may actually enhance the quality of your sleep and can decrease back pains considerably. This is because a softer mattress simply could not provide good back support. It is too plushy and too cushiony. You are more likely to suffer from upper back pain. However, a mattress that is too firm can cause lower back pains also. This is the reason those folks who bought memory foams integrated with 5 pounds or more of density inquire why they suffer with lower back pains today when they have had no issue with that in their previous mattress. This is because our lower body requires more relaxation.
The bottom line is you require a mattress with support and comfort. Firm soft or alone does not cut it. It ought to have the perfect amount of stability and the perfect amount of softness. If you wish to go for memory foam mattresses since these mattresses have been coined as the ideal mattress technologies when it comes to relieving back pains, do not immediately go to people with higher density. Consider purchasing those with 4 lbs of density. In many reviews and mattress reports, individuals find better sleep with these beds integrated with lesser foam density. Along with this, they cost less. If you pick the spring beds, make sure it has lesser coil springs as these are those which are too soft. The beds with fewer springs are also more durable as the springs are significantly thicker. Take these into consideration when you are thinking of buying a new mattress that could remove back discomforts.


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Blow plastic products factory to produce all kinds of plastic bottles, have to say, plastic bottles do give our lives a lot of convenience. Ordinary bottle treatment is good to deal with, but if it is pesticide bottle how to deal with it? Pesticides with toxic, if not handled carefully, it is prone to accidents.
If you need to deal with a larger number of pesticide bottles, after a formal approach, it is generally to burn. As a result of pesticide bottles have a variety of materials, most of the material even deep can not be microbial degradation treatment, so deep is not a regular operation. If you need to deal with a smaller number of pesticide bottles: according to reason is not free to discard, but if you want to deal with the bottle to the professional company is not realistic things. Then it is best to use the bottle when the pesticide as far as possible to clean, such as you can rinse several times. The remaining bottle burned the best.


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September 27, 2017
Purdie with Allman Bros. Tribute. "The Road Goes On Forever." Brooklyn Comes Alive.
August 14-18, 2017
Join us for a great experience! More info at www.fullmoonresort.com.
May 10, 2017
The new RichSticks ad.
May 10, 2017
Purdie on the cover of Drumhead.
November 10, 2016
Bernard has signed an endorsement deal with
RichSticks are the sticks of choice for Mr. Purdie. Check out his signature sticks at the Web Store and pick up a few pair.
August 28, 2016
Bernard chosen as "New Jersey's Greatest Drummer. Read about it in the Asbury Park Press.
1. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie (Springfield) — Perhaps there's no greater praise for a drummer than to have a beat named after you. For Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, it's the Purdie Shuffle, a syncopated drumming accent that gives a song a special flair. You can hear it on Steely Dan's "Home at Last," courtesy of Purdie, and the beat has been used numerous times, including on Led Zeppelin's "Fool in the Rain" and Toto's "Rosanna." If you don't know Purdie by name, you've heard him play — and that's a guarantee. He's kept the beat for everyone from Mickey & Sylvia to Aretha Franklin. Some of his favorite records he's played on include Franklin's "Until You Come Back to Me," the Five Stairsteps "O-o-h Child," Hall and Oates' "She's Gone" and "But It's Alright" by J.J. Jackson. "I loved it," said Purdie previously to the Asbury Park Press of recording "But It's Alright." "J.J. Jackson, the guy who wrote it, he was the one singing and he was also the one playing the piano. It was my band who made the record." Purdie is a native of Maryland who moved to New York City in 1960, where he found drumming stardom. Since then, he's lived in Teaneck and Edison before settling in at his current home in Springfield. This musical giant is very comfortable in Jersey and often plays gigs at spots like McLoone's Supper Club in Asbury Park or Giamano's Restaurant in Bradley Beach. If you see that he's playing, go. Purdie is an icon of American popular music — and Jersey's greatest drummer.
July 1, 2016
Bernard will be performing with Orpheus at the
June 7, 2016. Bernard Purdie at Sam Ash in Springfield, NJ
From George W. Rigney General Manager – Springfield, New Jersey
Hey Folks, We've done some killer clinics in our time here in Springfield, this one was one for the history books. We have about 150 people in attendance, one of the best attended clinics we've ever had. Bernard is like family here in this store so it was a real honor and privilege to have him perform. Our course he decided to bring along a killer 5 piece band to keep it real. ..and it was real, real funky, real pocket. Rob Paparozzi on vocals & harmonica, Miho Nobuzane piano, Frankie Cicala on guitar and Tetsuya Sato on Bass. The band played lots of tunes and only scratched the surface of the vast Bernard Purdie catalog. Some of the tunes featured were The Chicken, Mr. Magic (Grover Washington) and of course to demonstrate the Bernard "Pretty" Purdie shuffle we had Home at Last (Steely Dan). Bernard took the time to stand up and answer questions and tell amazing stories and give great advice. We had at least 75 people waiting in line to get autographs after the show and Bernard stayed well after the clinic to meet with every one of them. Bernard is not just a great drummer but he's a musical historian, Guru and true gentleman. When Bernard speaks he preaches the truth about how drummers should play and how drummers should act and be professionals in every sense of the word. People who come to a Bernard Purdie clinic not only get to see a great clinic but they leave with an education in music history and musical enlightenment. It was a real special night here at Sam Ash Springfield one that will be remembered for a long time.
January 6-11, 2016. Bernard Purdie on Jam Cruise 14! Info here. This will be a fun one!
June 26, 2015
Check out this nice review of "Let The Drums Speak," Bernard "Pretty" Purdie's recent biography by Lisa Torem on the Penny Black Music Blog in the UK!
March 13, 2015
Check out the April 2015 issue of Modern Drummer with Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on the cover!
February 21, 2015
Karen Frisk brings back Legendary Drummer: Bernard "Pretty" Purdie for a book signing, "Let The Drums Speak" - Autobiography... meet & greet and concert.
Sat. Feb. 21, 2015
7:00 - 8:00 pm Meet & Greet Bernard, Book signing session
8:00 - 10:00 pm Concert with
Southern New England premier vocalist: Karen Frisk, vocals...
New England favorite: Kent Hewitt, piano...
from Rhode Island... International artist: Dave Zinno, bass
$35.00 for Book & Concert
Concert: $15.00 with reservation. $18.00 at door.
The Buttonwood Tree - Performing Arts & Culture Center
605 Main Street
Middletown, CT 06457
December 26, 2014
We did an television interview about my biography "Let The Drums Speak," and followed it up with a short jam on the drums. See the videos here:
Interview: http://www.myfoxny.com/Clip/10972672/bernard-pretty-purdie
Drum solo: http://www.myfoxny.com/clip/10973117/drum-demo
December 25, 2014
Merry Christmas to all of my wonderful friends and fans. May your Holidays and New Year be with love, happiness, peace - and music!
Thank you!
October 16, 2014
It's Here! I want to thanks all of my friends, fans and supporters who made this book possible. If you helped as a patron, you will be receiving a special package of gifts and thanks soon. For those of you who want a copy of the book right now. Well, what are waiting for? It's here!
Peace Always! And Thank you!
October 12, 2014
April 29, 2014 - Updated August 1, 2014
Hello Friends and Fans:
We are raising money to publish my biography, "Let The Drums Speak!, straight from our website using PayPal (who also accepts credit cards).
Please see more info at www.bernardpurdie.com/book. Thank you.
Peace always!
P.S. We made it!!! Thanks all. The book is scheduled to be out in the Fall of 2014.
December 19, 2013
A Great feature of Bernard and Rob in the December issue of Allegro! http://www.local802afm.org/2013/12/groove-masters/.
October 1, 2013
Oregon Music News article and videos.
"Drummer Bernard (Prettty) Purdie on his band, his shuffle and…'on the one'."
July 29, 2013
Don't let the lazy days of summer stop you from coming out for some super music...... As you can see in the picture I am fueling up for a busy weekend.
Check out my calendar for more info! I will be looking for you.
Peace always Bernard Purdie!
June 11, 2012
Peace always....
Bernard Purdie
Get tickets from www.ticketmaster.com 503 - 224 -8499
General admission $25.
Reserved tickets $30.
(With reserved tickets be sure to call Jimmy Mak's right away for dinner reservation and seating arrangement.)
503 - 295 - 6542
Purdie is featured in Batteria Magazine, April 2010. Article here.
Check out some YouTube videos of Purdie playing at NAMM 2010. Here!
December 10, 2009
Gene McCormick and Jack Hoban (Rogues on the Run) were local Jersey Shore musicians from the same zip codes as Bon Jovi and Springsteen, except that they represented the jazz and R&B offering from that magical and musically fertile part of the country. Playing at the Jazz & Blues festival in Red Bank with their band "Jersey Blue," they were heard by Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, the world's most recorded drummer with credits that include Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, Alan Jackson, B. B. King, etc. After the show Purdie told them "you have a new drummer," and off they went to Home Base studios in NYC, where Purdie had recorded the seminal "Abandoned Luncheonette," with Hall & Oates. Joined by some of the best studio musicians in NYC, they recorded "Jersey Blue." Jersey Blue is a diverse and magical set of songs, with some of the finest drumming of Purdie's long and illustrious career. Jersey Blue covers R&B to Jazz to Rock to Country. And, of course, the Purdie Shuffle!
Wanna hear some?
Click here:
November 13, 2009
Hello Friends & Fans
It is almost Thanksgiving....
A time to reflect on the hectic year of 2009, to stop, to thank one and all for the enrichment you brought to my life. In teaching I received the benefit of the wonderful energy the students put forth and it bolsters my resolve to keep on teaching and sharing the gift I have been blessed with. Being on Broadway again brought back many memories and has re-connected me with many old friends. In travels to Europe and South America new friends were made, a special "hello" to Marco, Danillo, Laura, Daniele, Ale, Sergio and many, many more who made touring such a wonderful experience.
Hope this challenging year brought you enrichment and new resolve to go forth and enjoy the upcoming year.
Peace always...... Bernard Purdie
November 11, 2009
The Jersey Blue CD, with Bernard Purdie, Gene McCormick and Jack Hoban is due for release on December 1, 2009. The album was produced by Bernard Purdie and contains all new original music - R&B to Jazz to Rock to Country (and don't forget the Purdie Shuffle!). The album was mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk and sounds great. Hear a sample and pre-order here. Autographed copies will soon be available at live Purdie dates.
October 19, 2009
Press release:
Legendary Soul & Funk Drummer, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Reissues First Solo Album Plus Lost Sophomore LP
Out of print for over 40 years, Remastered Bonus Tracks, Unpublished Photos, Linear Notes with Purdie.
Full Press release here.
For more info contact: firstname.lastname@example.com or
Call 718.360.4866, E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
October 12, 2009
Hello Friends & Fans
Well, I am finally coming to Florida, hope you will show up and say Hello.
Miami Jazz Workshop presents.......
Master Class with Bernard Purdie
11 a.m. Sunday Oct. 25th
The Miracle Theatre
280 Miracle Mile
Coral Gables Florida
Cover: $20.
to be followed by
Concert at 6 p.m.
Cover: $25.
Further info: 786 470 9042
Tickets: www.instantseats.com
August 2, 2009
See new pix from the Ringo Music Clinic in Torino IT here.
June 6, 2009
A heartfelt thank you to all who support live music and keep me and my fellow musicians working.
Bernard Purdie
May 21, 2009.
Hello Friends & Fans....
Yes, "Hair" is fantastic, I am loving it. 8 Tony nominations. Do plan on coming and seeing the show. BUT, listen up I will be taking a leave from June 20th to July 26th, so do plan on coming to the show when I am there, or you can catch up with me at the following festivals and concerts:
Sunday June 28th Drum Clinic Teatro Arti E Mestieri, Torino, Italy together with Sergio Bellotti (drummer/artist/instructor from Berklee College of Music) www.ringomusic.net
Then a quick tour with w/Kevin Mahogany's Kansas City Revue and The Godfathers of Groove, July 1st thru July 4th Jazz Festival, Ascona, Switzerland, July 7th Jazz a Vienne, Lyon, France, July 8th Jazz San Javier, San Javier, Spain, July 10th North Sea Jazz Festival, Holland, July 17th - 18th Concert at Backstage Experience, Santiago, Chile www.bksexperience.com
Please see my calendar for more details.
Wishing you a good summer and peace always.
Hello Friends & Fans
Okay, here is the reason I have not been around much so far in 2009. "Hair" has taken up my time.... We open on Broadway this week. Hope some of you can come and see the play.
www.nytimes.com/ then click on Theater
2 page interview and video recorded March 30, 2009 by Dave Segal of the NY Times
Peace always......... Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie
Note from the producer:
"Priceless" screening is on Wed. March 25. 7:50pm beginning with 2 short films in the screening block for the NY International Independent Film and Video Festival.
Village East Cinemas, located at 181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, New York, NY 10003
The movie will be shown on Screen 7.
You can purchase Tickets by clicking the green tickets icon (ON SALE) next to your film's title/block on the film schedule at www.nyfilmvideo.com. This will take you to the appropriate Ticketweb page.
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. A single ticket gets you into
the screening block and the after-party for that night.
Andre' Joseph
AJ Epyx Productions, LLC
Dear Friends & Fans
May the new year find you filled with peace and serenity. May it flow from you and connect with all people around our beautiful Mother Earth. May it enter into the hearts that need it most and move them to find peaceful solutions to the problems that affect us all. May each of us enter the new year filled with optimism, inspiration and hope.
Thanking you all for a great 2008 and looking forward with hope to the new beginnings in 2009.
Peace always.....
Bernard Purdie
September 16, 2008
Calling all Drummers...........
On September 20th come to Cecil County MD to
the Elkton Fall Fest '08. One of the main draws is the Elkton Idol Contest. This year I am one of the judges.
The highlight of the day, from 3-5 PM, is "Let me See Your Footwork,"
hosted by Bobby D as part of the Valley of the Drums, To enter this non-competitive event, drummers pay a $5 registration fee to showcase their skills for 3 minutes.
All of the funds and donations from this event will go to the Bobby D Big Pencil Box fund for the Thompson Estates Elementary School located in Elkton MD.
Yes...... I am bringing my five bucks..... I will have my three minutes in the spotlight, so be sure to bring your money and let me hear you and see you strut your stuff. See you there........ Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
August 23, 2008
Hello Friends & Fans ..........
I was interviewed by Brent Bradley of Podshow Radio on 8/21/08.... He did a great job intermingling the spoken words with some of the great music I have been fortunate to play on, such as ......... Steely Dan - "Babylon Sisters", Galt MacDermot - "Hair", Aretha Franklin - "Think", Bernard Purdie - "Memphis Soul Stew", Hall & Oates - "She's Gone"
So when you sit down by your computer to pay your bills (<:}* Log on to www.podshowradio.com; it might brighten your day.
Peace always.... Bernard Purdie
July 22nd - August 31st
Hello Friends & Fans:
In case you are coming to New York City this summer....
Do come to Central Park and enjoy a FREE performance of "Hair." Forty One years ago Galt McDermot composed and played "Hair" on Broadway. I happened to be his drummer then....still am.
July 22nd - August 31st
8 pm Tues thru Sunday
"Hair" in Central Park
New York City
Plan on coming earlier in the day in order to get your FREE ticket.
Have a nice summer......
Peace always....... Bernard Purdie
July 11 - 12, 2008
Hello Friends & Fans.......
Hope you will stop by and see me this coming weekend.
Will then tell you about my next gig....
If you remember "Hair", you will want to find out about this!
Best regards and peace always.
Bernard Purdie
Smoke Jazz & Supper Club
2751 Broadway NYC
212 864 6662
Fri July 11th & Sat 12th
Shows at 8 pm, 10 pm & 11:30 pm
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie & Friends
May 31, 2008
Native Local Drumming legend
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie to perform in Elkton
Rhythmland Drums Center, Edge Entertainment, Sonor Drums and Sabian Cymbals presents Up Close and Personal
At The Welcome Home Tour
Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 3pm to 6pm
Performance by Bernard Purdie
Musical Tribute Featuring the Area's Finest Musicians Such as: Hallow Cain's Brian Lowe, Pat Magee Band's, Matt Caverese, Independent Solo Artist Jillian "Jill Pill" Jones and the Bass Day Brigade featuring Johnny Lee (Pure Pleasure, One Love, Larry Tucker Band) Dan Chernowski (Rising High and Dimensions), John Grimsly (Grimsly Music), Elkton High's Eric "Baby Monster" Green Maryland #1 Unsigned Drummer Ulysis "Gruv" Mentor, Wes Crawford (Maryland Drums/Dream Cymbals), Other endorsed drummers scheduled to appear at:
All American Sports Academy
Corner of Bridge Street & 801 Elkton Blvd.
(Across from 4 corners Tavern)
Call Rhythmland Drum Center for Tickets
410-398-9112 - $25.00 pp
Tickets also available at the door
Sponsored by : Rythmland Drum Center, Edge Entertainment, Kevin . Productions, R-Test Entertainment Group, Evans EC2 Drums Heads, Grimsly Music, Sabian Cymbals, 3 B's Entertainment, Sonor Drums, Cecil Whig, Picture It Frames, MD Drums Co., Dream Cymbals Trueline Drumsticks ProLogix Percussion, A & M Tent Events.
Benefits the Bernard "Pretty" Purdie Music Scholarship and the Cecil Counts Arts Council.
April 2008
Purdie is featured in Modern Drummer's magazine Drum Gods II.
Read the article here.
March 2008
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie on the cover of the March 2008 cover of the Japanese magazine "Rhythm & Drums."
Check it out here!
February 26, 2008
The Rock Club.
Hey there
- All you former "garage band," college & high school band
members dust off your instruments
and revitalize your musical skills.
Here is an opportunity for hobby musicians to get out and play, sharpen their chops, practice, and finally
play a gig in front of family and friends at a premiere Hollywood venue at the end of the program.
So maybe you won't be the new Johnny Cash, Branford Marsalis or Edgar Winter. But this is an opportunity
to build upon what you already know, with guidance and leadership by my professional musician friends at
Frank McIlquham's The Rock Club Performance Program.
This is a new concept in the U.S. and based in Long Beach, CA. (soon to be started in other cities).
I am impressed with the possibilities. Check it out for yourself www.therockclub.net.
Music is universal, music heals, music for peace......Be part of it.
Bernard "Pretty" Purdie
February 2008
New Pictures from Namm 2008.
Check them out here!
November 14, 2007
The Podcast!
Hello Friends and Fans:
I recently had the pleasure of doing an interview with Inside MusicCast.
What a great experience. We chatted about the music business, current artists, and much loved departed artists, such as Jeff Pocaro and King Curtis to mention a couple.
When you have a moment, kick back and check out Inside Musicast's website.
Log on to the Inside MusiCast web site at http://www.insidemusicast.com.
Once you access the site, you will see my photo along with a brief bio. Below that you will see the "Listening Options" area. You can either download the MP3, or if you click on the Podtrac Player link, the interview should begin playing within a few seconds.
Peace always,
Bernard Purdie
© 2019 All Rights Reserved


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The Economic and Social Council, pursuant to its resolution 2014/14 will convene, under the guidance of Her Excellency Ms. María Emma Mejía Vélez, Vice-President of the Council and Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations, a civil society hearing on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system on Tuesday, 28 April 2015, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., in Conference Room 3, at the United Nations Headquarters.
The Civil Society Hearing will be webcast live. Please click here to view the Hearing on the day of the event.
Please note that the Civil Society Hearing is an informal meeting and therefore no interpretation will be available.
For further information, please contact Mr. Joshua Seidman-Zager, Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (e-mail: email@example.com).
Panelist Biographies
Panelist Presentations
- Ms. Debra Jones, Director and UN Representative, Save the Children
- Ms. Marina Ponti, Global Policy Forum
- Mr. Roberto Bissio, Executive Director, Instituto del Tercer Mundo
- Ms. Sofia García García, Co-Chair of the Beyond 2015 UN Working Group and Advocacy Advisor on Post-2015 at SOS Children's Villages
- Ms. Margo LaZaro, Co-chair of the NGO Committee on Sustainable Developmentand UN Representative of the International Council of Women and Global Family
- Mr. Afolabi Sam-Adeboye, Chief Operating Officer, Gabasawa Women & Children Empowerment Initiative
ECOSOC Dialogue Roadmap
Steering Committee members
|Non-Governmental Organization in consultative status with ECOSOC
Bimla Chandrasekar
|Biswajit Ganguly
|Noble Institution for Environmental Peace
|Nicolas Shuku onemba
|Association nationale pour l'évaluation environnementale
|Raissa Muhutdinova
|Global Civil Initiatives
Sam-Adeboye Afolabi kola
|Gabasawa Women and Children Empowerment Initiative
Statements from non-governmental organizations
As part of the ECOSOC civil society hearing on the longer-term positioning of the United Nations development system, a call for the submission of written statements by non-governmental organizations, in consultative status with the Council, was held from 2 to 23 April 2015. The approved statements are provided below.
- Foundation for Responsible Media
- Fundación Global Democracia y Desarrollo and Global Foundation for Democracy and Development, Inc.
- The Institute for Conscious Global Change, Inc.
- NABU - Knowledge Transfer Beyond Boundaries
- Organisation pour la Communication en Afrique et de Promotion de la Cooperation Economique Internationale - OCAPROCE Internationale
- Peacebuilding Solutions


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Though Steven Soderbergh has been busy producing cable TV series like The Knick and The Girlfriend Experience, and last year executive produced the movie Magic Mike XXL, he hasn't sat in a film director's chair since his "retirement" in 2013. The Oscar winner (for 2000's Traffic) may be getting back in the driver's seat for Logan Lucky, an upcoming heist film starring Magic Mike lead Channing Tatum.
Initial reports on the film were sketchy, and though sources reported that Soderbergh was "enthralled with the script," the famed filmmaker wouldn't confirm his involvement in the project. Matt Damon and Michael Shannon had each been rumored to be in the film with Tatum, but now new details on the story and cast have been released from an unlikely source.
A press release from NASCAR reveals that Soderbergh is collaborating with the stock car racing association on Logan Lucky. The film will feature the Charlotte Motor Speedway, and pre-production filming begins at this Memorial Day weekend's Coca-Cola 600 race. Zane Stoddard, NASCAR vice president of entertainment marketing and content development, describes the movie as a "big-hearted, fun story" that features the racing venue in much the same way the Bellagio took center stage in Soderbergh's Ocean's 11.
NASCAR also confirms Tatum's involvement, along with the news that James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, will be joining the cast. The interesting list of costars includes Katherine Heigl (Knocked Up, Grey's Anatomy), Riley Keough (Mad Max: Fury Road, The Girlfriend Experience), Adam Driver (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Girls) and Seth MacFarlane (Ted 2, Family Guy). Stoddard joins frequent Soderbergh collaborators Mark Johnson, Gregory Jacobs, and Reid Carolin on producing duties.
While there are no further details on exactly what this heist will involve, the setting can provide an interesting spin on the usual big screen capers. The 600 mile race at Charlotte begins in sunny conditions and ends under the lights, providing a generous but finite amount of time to complete a theft. While the cars themselves have value, there are also millions of dollars in prize money at stake.
The reported cast features actors with a mix of talents in action, drama, and comedy, which reinforces the idea that this will be a NASCAR version of Ocean's 11. Considering Soderbergh's talents at creating interesting, atmospheric worlds for his characters to inhabit, though, this likely won't be a mere retread of any previous projects. A "fun" caper at an exciting venue, with this cast, so far sounds like a good bet for an entertaining film. They may need to work on a new title, however. Once labeled as Hillbilly Heist, the Logan Lucky name change will require a lot of careful promotion to make it meaningful or memorable to a potential audience.
NEXT: Daniel Craig Still Considering James Bond Return?
Logan Lucky is tentatively slated for release in Fall 2017.


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I think it also depends on the environment.
Here in Singapore there are quite a few go-getters (Singapore's grade-oriented school environment?), though we have our fair share of slackers.
Still, if they really are only in for the money, regardless of what job they take, they will eventually hate it (or force themselves to love it, I suppose).


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Ten guards, three women and a child were killed during the raid orchestrated by the Yemeni-Saudi branch of al Qaeda that lasted throughout the morning.
"We are expecting the death toll to rise," a security official in Aden said.
"The attackers used grenades, machine guns and rocket propelled grenades in an attempt to free al Qaeda suspects," he added.
Muhammed al Kibsi, deputy editor in chief at the Yemen Observer, told The Sunday Telegraph that five men attacked the prison.
Mr Kibsi said that a man disguised in niqab, a full-body black veil worn by the vast majority of women in Yemen, entered the prison and begun the attack.
Then four men disguised in security uniform jumped out of two cars nearby and fired into the prison.
"The attackers were only able to breach the first wall but were not able to get pass the central courtyard. However, some prisoners who were in the visiting rooms were able to escape with the attackers," said Mr Kibsi. Security officials are unsure how many prisoners escaped.
Eyewitnesses said huge plumes of smoke rose from the prison and prolonged periods of heavy fighting ensued in what appeared to be a coordinated operation by the attackers to free prisoners.
"The fighting lasted from before sunrise until mid morning. The attackers ran into a nearby hotel which was then surrounded by security forces," Ainan al Sharabi, an eyewitness resident of Aden, told The Sunday Telegraph.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
The day before the attack AQAP urged tribes in the east of Yemen to rise up against the government and threatened to retaliate for air attack in the area, according to SITE, a US monitoring group that tracks terrorist activity on the internet.
"Allah willing, we will light up the ground with fire under the tyrants of infidelity in the regime of [Yemeni President] Ali Saleh and his helpers, the agents of America," AQAP wrote.
The latest attack in Aden shows an increase in organisational capabilities and ambition from AQAP.


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The U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer's Autumn Statement, announced on December 3, 2014, contains several proposals among which: adjustments to the income tax, National Insurance Contribution, and capital gains taxation thresholds; modifications to related allowances; some increases to the Remittance Basis Charge; new anti-abuse/fairness measures; and removal of the threshold amount below which employees do not pay income tax on certain benefits-in-kind.
On 3 December 2014, the Chancellor of the Exchequer delivered the U.K.'s Autumn Statement1 which contains changes to the Remittance Basis Charge and a notable anti-avoidance measure targeted at "salary sacrifice" arrangements involving reimbursed business expenses. This is intended to prevent tax relief from being claimed on reimbursed business expenses where they are paid in conjunction with a salary sacrifice scheme. Also announced were various tax simplification proposals in relation to employee expenses and benefits, the Construction Industry Scheme, and reducing employer National Insurance Contributions on apprentices under 25 and care and support workers.
In addition, the Chancellor announced the government also intends to review the use of overarching employment contracts by so-called "umbrella companies" which allow some temporary workers to claim relief for what would otherwise be home-to-work travel.
The statement is an annual update by the Chancellor to Parliament on the taxation and spending plans of the government.
The Autumn Statement offers some modest savings for taxpayers on their earned income and savings. However, for those taxpayers who use the remittance basis and have been U.K. resident for 12 out of the last 14 years, or who have been U.K. resident for 17 of the last 20 years, they will see their Remittance Basis Charges go up.
International assignment cost projections and budgeting for assignments to the United Kingdom and for assignees outside the United Kingdom still subject to U.K. taxation should be prepared to reflect the changes announced in the Autumn Statement. Where appropriate, adjustments by payroll administrators to PAYE withholdings will need to be made when the changes are introduced.
The highlights with respect to employment taxes for employers of internationally mobile employees are summarized below.
It had already been announced in the 2014 Budget (announced in March 2014) that the personal allowance (the point at which people start paying income tax) will be raised from GBP 10,000 to GBP 10,500 from 6 April 2015.2 This has now changed to GBP 10,600. It was also announced that the 40-percent higher rate threshold would increase by 1 percent from GBP 31,865; the Autumn Statement, however, revealed a modest reduction to GBP 31,785.
There are also changes to the starting rate for savers. This applies only to savings income; if an individual's non-savings taxable income exceeds the starting-rate limit, then the 10-percent starting rate for savings is not available for savings income.
From 6 April 2015, the starting rate of tax for savings income will be reduced from 10 percent to 0 percent. The upper limit on which the 0-percent rate can be applied is significantly increased, from £2,880 to £5,000.
|Starting rate for savings
|10% / 0%
|£0 - £2,880
|£0 - £5,000
|Basic rate
|£0 - £31,865
|£0 - £31,785
|Higher rate
|£31,866 -£150,000
|£31,786 - £150,000
|Additional rate
|Over £150,000
|Over £150,000
Source: KPMG LLP (U.K.)
The rates and bands for 2015/16 are as follows.
|Employee (primary)
|Employer (secondary)
|Earnings (*1)
|NIC rate (*2)
|Earnings (*1)
|NIC rate (*3 )
|£ a week
|£ a week
|Below £112
|Below £156 (ST)
|£112 – £155
|Above £156 (ST)
|£155 - £815
|Above £815
Source: KPMG LLP (U.K.)
*1 The limits are defined as LEL - lower earnings limit; PT - primary threshold; ST - secondary threshold; and UEL - upper earnings limit.
*2 The contracted-out rebate for primary contributions is 1.4 percent of earnings between the LEL and upper accrual point (UAP) of GBP 770 for contracted-out salary-related schemes (COSRS).
*3 The contracted-out rebate for secondary contributions is 3.4 percent of earnings between the LEL and UAP for COSRS.
*4 No National Insurance contributions (NICs) are actually payable but a notional Class 1 NIC is deemed to have been paid in respect of earnings between LEL and PT to protect contributory benefit entitlement.
|Individuals, personal representatives, and trustees for disabled people
|Other trustees
Source: KPMG LLP (U.K.)
* These are based on announcements made earlier this year and subject to confirmation.
The annual charge paid by non‐domiciled individuals resident in the U.K. who wish to retain access to the remittance basis of taxation will be increased. The charge paid by people who have been U.K. resident for 7 out of the last 9 years will remain at GBP 30,000. The charge paid by people who have been U.K. resident for 12 out of the last 14 years will increase from GBP 50,000 to GBP 60,000. A new charge of £90,000 will be introduced for people who have been U.K. resident for 17 of the last 20 years. The government will also consult on requiring the election to apply for a minimum of 3 years.
From April 2016, employer NICs up to the upper earnings limit for apprentices aged under 25 will be abolished.
From April 2015, the annual £2,000 Employment Allowance for employer NICs will be extended to care and support workers.
As part of its reform of the rules for employee benefits and expenses (and in response to recommendations by the Office of Tax Simplification), the government has announced that it will stop tax relief from being claimed on reimbursed business expenses when they are paid in conjunction with a salary sacrifice scheme.
The government will also review the increasing use of overarching contracts of employment by employment intermediaries such as umbrella companies. These arrangements enable workers to obtain tax relief for home-to-work travel that would not ordinarily be available. The government will publish a discussion paper shortly to inform possible action at Budget 2015.
The policy costing published by HM Treasury indicates an expectation of additional revenues in relation to these measures from 2016/17 of £120 million per year, and then ranging between £90 million and £75 million per year up to 2019-20.
From April 2016, the government will remove the £8,500 threshold below which employees do not pay income tax on certain benefits-in-kind. New exemptions will be introduced for carers and for ministers of religion.
From April 2015, the government will provide a statutory exemption for trivial benefits-in-kind costing less than £50. It will also exempt certain reimbursed expenses and introduce a statutory framework for voluntary payrolling benefits-in-kind.
At Budget 2014, the government launched a consultation on whether or not to restrict the income tax personal allowance for non-U.K. residents. While the government believes there is a strong rationale for doing this, it recognizes that this would be a complex change for both employers and those individuals who may be affected. The government will continue to discuss implementation of this change with stakeholders. Should the government decide to proceed, a more detailed consultation will be undertaken. No change will come into effect before April 2017.
The government will exempt from income tax and employee NICs any travel expenses paid to councillors by their local authority.
Following consultation, the government plans to implement a package of improvements to the CIS to reduce administrative burdens on construction businesses.
At Budget 2014, the government announced a review of the rules for tax relief on travel and subsistence payments, in response to the review by the office of tax simplification of employee benefits and expenses. The government has undertaken the initial stages of this review and says it will continue to take this work forward towards a full public consultation on the framework for new rules.
At Budget 2014, the government increased the annual individual savings accounts (ISA) allowance to £15,000, nearly trebling the limit for cash ISAs. From April 2015, the ISA allowance will rise to £15,240. Income and capital gains on investments held within an ISA wrapper are tax free.
For coverage of last year's Autumn Statement, see Flash International Executive Alert 2013-161, 6 December 2013
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text: Criss Cross Applesauce Uncategorized|January 16, 2017 Dress– c/o Gray Monroe, similar styles here and here Booties– Free People Jewelry– Miranda Frye Mac Ruby Woo Lipstick Have you seen the criss cross neckline trend lately? I have been seeing it everywhere!!! I think it is so flattering and I think any fashion girl can pull it off!! I love the criss cross neckline on this Gray Monroe black boho dress. This style neckline dresses up an otherwise simple look. I paired this dress with some fun Miranda Frye Jewelry (obsessed), and these adorable python Free People booties. These booties literally can go with everything– dresses, jeans and a shirt, and even shorts when the weather is warmer. Don't you just love a printed bootie sometimes for some extra pizazz!! I hope you find some shirts or dresses with a criss cross neckline. I would love to hear what you think of this trend and how you style your pieces. Thanks to Taylor Cole for photos. You can shop his look by clicking on the links above and happy reading!!! No Comments Share


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Hello lovelies! Sorry for the radio silence over the past week. Truth is that it has been ca-razy over here, seems like one thing after another, and unfortunately it has left me with little time to post all the happenings here on the blog.
This past weekend we celebrated my parents 30th (!) anniversary with a quiet dinner at one of their favorite restaurants with the grandparents, which each have an impressive 55+ years of marriage themselves.Tony and I are about to hit the 5 year mark this January, it was pretty amazing to be in the company of couples talking about their marriages of so many years.
My sister bought these little wooden figures and I painted them the best I could to match what they looked like on their wedding day, I can't help but giggle when I look at them.
Jack is getting huge. Last weekend he weighed in at just under 17 pounds, when he entered our lives he was just a wee 7 pounds. Little guys has already gained 10 pounds in a little over a month!
He's starting training classes in two weeks, Tony is already trying to put him ahead of the class by teaching him to sit, "lay down" isn't working as well, he prefers to do some sort of "jazz hands" thing. Oh well.
Right now I'm obsessed with reading these two books...
I read about Mom Inc. on Oh Joy and placed my order right away. We're not planning on having kids right now, but the idea of reading a book filled with real-life experiences of women who balance running their own businesses and being a mom sounded like a good idea. Rubber Boots Photography is my dream and the good thing is that I'm getting busier and busier with it, so I figured I'd be proactive and start doing my homework now. Which brings me to my other read, the brilliant Elizabeth Messina's new book "The Luminous Portrait". I've always loved her work, it's so ethereal, and in her book she writes about how she approaches her art, so naturally I haven't put this baby down.
This weekend we're heading to the Keys to photograph these two lovely people saying "I Do"...
Life is good :-) Have a wonderful long weekend! See you Tuesday!
*Photos from anniversary party and of Jack taken by my sister and I. Last photo by Rubber Boots Photography.*


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Hi, I'm new to knitting and was wondering what the difference was between knit and knit through the back loop. Are they the same? Please someone help.
Knit through the back loop
Just go to the abbreviations page:
and scroll down to "k tbl" … there is a great video there!
No, they're not the same.
A stitch on the needle has a front and back side to the loop. It goes up the front, over the top of the needle, and down the back.
A regular knit stitch is knit through the front side of the loop. When you knit through the back side of the loop instead, the finished stitch is twisted once. It's used for both decorative or funtional reasons.
Hope this helps!


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No reactor is safe.
©Greenpeace/Lieve Blanckaert
At the end of 2005 there were 443 nuclear power reactors, operating in 31 countries. The age, size and design type of all of these reactors varies considerably, but it is safe to say that all of them have very serious inherent safety flaws which cannot be eliminated by safety upgrading.
There is general consensus that the extension of the life of reactors is of the foremost importance today for the nuclear industry. Over the last two decades there has been a general trend against ordering new reactors. As a consequence, the average age of nuclear reactors around the world is increasing every year and is now 21.
At the time of their construction it was assumed that these reactors would not operate beyond 30 or 40 years. However, in order to maximise profits, lifetime extension offers an attractive proposition for the nuclear operators despite the danger. As the world's nuclear power plants get older, there are efforts to play down the role of ageing. Those efforts include conveniently narrowing the definition of ageing.
The most prevalent reactor design in operation is the Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR), with 214 in operation around the world. It was originally conceived to propel military submarines, so the reactors are relatively small, but with a high-energy output. Consequently, the cooling water in the reactor's primary circuit is at a higher temperature and pressure than other comparable reactor designs. These factors can accelerate the corrosion and cracking of components; in particular, the steam generators now frequently have to be replaced. The most serious example discovered to date occurred at the Davis Besse reactor in Ohio, US. In this case the cracking had been allowed to continue expand for around a decade, despite routine checks. When discovered the crack had penetrated through the 160 mm thick pressure vessel with only the 5 mm steel lining of the vessel-which was bulging from the pressure - stopping a breach of the primary cooling system, the most important safety barrier.Of similar design and history to the PWR is the Russian VVER reactor. There are currently 53 of these reactors deployed in seven countries in Eastern Europe in three main reactor designs. The oldest, VVER 440-230, has significant and serious design flaws, consequently the G8 and EU believe that they cannot economically be brought up to an acceptable safety standard. The lack of a secondary containment system and adequate emergency core cooling system are of particular concern.The second most prevalent reactor design is the Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) (there are 90 in operation around the world), developed from the PWR. Modifications were undertaken to increase the simplicity of the design and create higher thermal efficiency byusing a single circuit and generating steam within the reactor core. However, this modification has failed to improve safety. The result is a reactor that still exhibits most of the hazardous features of the PWR, while introducing a number of new problems.The next most prevalent reactor currently deployed is the Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor, of which there are 39 currently in operation in seven countries. The main design is the Canadian CANDU reactor, which is fuelled by natural uranium and is heavy water cooled and moderated. The use of natural uranium significantly increases the volume of uranium in the core, which can lead to instabilities. The pressure tubes that contain the uranium tubes are subject to significant neutron bombardment. Experience in Canada has shown that they subsequently degrade and that expensive repair programmes have had to be undertaken, in some cases after only 20 years of operation.The other design serialised in Russia was the RBMK reactor, which is a graphite moderated boiling water reactor and used at the Chernobyl station in Ukraine, which was the site of the world's worst civilian nuclear power accident in 1986. The fundamental design flaws of these reactors have lead to the international community classifying these reactors as 'non-upgradable' and seeking their closure. Closure has occurred or will occur in Lithuania and Ukraine, but despite this, in Russia, efforts are underway to extend the lives of these reactors rather than retire them early.The UK has developed from the plutonium production reactors two designs - the
Magnox - air-cooled, graphite-moderated naturaluranium reactor – and subsequently - the
Advanced GasReactor (AGR). The Magnox reactors with older steel pressure vessels have suffered from corrosion. These problems are aggravated by thermal ageing and material degradation caused by neutron-induced embrittlement. Brittle failure of the pressure vessel could lead to total loss of the primary coolant, and possibly large radioactive releases. For this and other reasons, a number of Magnox stations have already been shut down. Both reactor types have a high potential for large radioactive releases.


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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Justice for Derek Copp!
Derek Copp, a student at Grand Valley State University in Michigan, was shot in the chest during a drug raid where police admit, only a small amount of marijuana was found. Copp, who was unarmed and alone in his apartment, was shot in the chest when he reportedly lifted his hand to sheild his eyes from an officer's flashlight.
SSDP chapters at Grand Valley State University, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, and Michigan State University protested the shootings and spread the word about the need for more sensible policies. Watch the video above to see SSDP members like Jonathan Beagly and Chris Chiles in action!
Thankfully, Derek is alive and recovering and is at home trying to get back to his studies. During a press conference after the shooting, Derek said "This isn't going to change who I am. I'm still the same person." "That's me. I'm Derek. That's all I can be."
To help Derek during this difficult time, SSDP is accepting donations to help cover some of Derek's medical or legal costs. You can make a donation at http://www.ssdp.org/derek
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Labels: ann arbor, derek copp, drug cartel, grand valley, marijuana, michigan, police, raid, shooting, SSDP, student aid, students, youth
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The HCLU does it again! Here is an update on Dr. Polak's efforts to get a straight answer from Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime regarding rates of cannabis use in the Netherlands compared with countries that have prohibited the drug.
Costa claims to have answered the question here. What do you think?
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32. Chapter 2 of the Review identifies and proposes solutions to eight key problems which it argues inhibit the achievement in Scotland of an affordable, efficient and fair civil justice system. These are as follows.
33. It is important to acknowledge that the Scottish system of civil justice has largely served Scotland well since the last major overhaul, the passage of the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907, and many of the problems now encountered in Scotland have also developed in other, comparable legal systems.
International comparisons
34. Lord Gill draws widely on this international experience in the annexes to his final report, with frequent references to solutions developed in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and England and Wales.
35. The Review paid particular attention to reforms in England and Wales proposing the incorporation of some of their recent innovations and rejecting or modifying others.
36. The civil justice reforms in England and Wales arose primarily from Lord Woolf's review of the civil justice system in England and Wales, published in June 1996 4. In many respects his findings - that the civil justice system was too slow, too costly and too complex and that there was a need for new, simple and simply expressed procedural rules with a view to securing an accessible, fair and efficient system - are strikingly similar to Lord Gill's.
37. As a result of Lord Woolf's review, the new Civil Procedure Rules came into force in 1999, designed to encourage the early settlement of disputes through a combination of pre-action protocols, active case management by the courts, and cost penalties for parties who unreasonably refused to attempt negotiation or consider alternative dispute resolution. There is some debate about whether the Woolf reforms have had the desired effect. In a paper for a conference to mark the 10-year anniversary of the Civil Procedure Rules, Professor John Peysner commented: "Virtually all commentators agree that Lord Woolf's vision of the new litigation landscape has been largely successful except in relation to costs." But some commentators, such as Professor Michael Zander, opposed the proposed reforms from the outset, fearing that they would have the opposite effect to what was intended, and now believe that the evidence broadly shows that, on the main issues, their fears were justified.
38. Even those who believe that the Woolf reforms are working concede, however, that the reforms have resulted in costs arising earlier in actions - so called 'front-loading'. In cases which might have settled anyway, this increases costs to parties and pressure on judicial time. Similarly, where parties are required to attempt mediation which then does not succeed, the net outcome is likely to be higher costs for the parties.
39. Lord Gill's recommendations draw on the approach in the Woolf reforms of promoting active management of cases, but are more flexible in their expectations in respect of mediation and pre-court procedure. It may be that this approach will be more suited to a smaller, less busy jurisdiction. Nevertheless, consideration and adoption of Lord Gill's recommendations on case management will require careful development of the detail.
Associated developments
40. Another important UK development was Sir Andrew Leggatt's report on tribunals 5, which led directly to the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This legislation formalised the operation of tribunals under senior judicial supervision and a superior court of record, the Upper Tribunal.
41. Further changes to the tribunal landscape are likely to emerge as a consequence of the UK Government's plans to merge HM Court Service and the UK Tribunal Service. The implications of this for tribunals operating in Scotland will be considerable, and require to be taken into account alongside Lord Gill's recommendations.
42. Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs 6 examined the merits of different methods of funding litigation, as well as identifying causes of disproportionate costs and methods of controlling them. This work will inform the Scottish Government's review of the cost and funding of litigation.
43. These developments are complementary to the significant constitutional reforms of the last 10-15 years, including the Human Rights Act, the establishment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and the re-establishment of the Scottish Parliament itself. These reforms have had a major impact on the nature of civil cases before the Scottish courts.
44. Substantial procedural reform in the criminal courts has also been seen with the implementation of Lord Bonomy's recommendations for High Court reform, Sheriff Principal McInnes' summary justice reform, and Sheriff Principal Bowen's recent report on sheriff and jury trials.
45. From April 2010, the constitutional reforms contained in the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 have fully come into effect, including the establishment of the Scottish Court Service as an independently managed body corporate, the formalisation of Scotland's judicial hierarchy under the headship of the Lord President, and a statutory requirement for the independent assessment of candidates recommended for judicial office.
46. The Court of Session and sheriff courts are ancient and historic institutions which have adapted over many centuries to the changing nature of Scotland. There is now an opportunity to place these courts within a comprehensive modern framework of civil justice, tailored to the specific needs of Scotland's people.
Expenditure and volumes
47. Lord Gill's recommendations for the reform of Scotland's civil courts need to be considered against the scale of the tasks performed by those courts, and implemented at a time of almost unprecedented pressure on public expenditure.
48. The caseload of the Court of Session in 2009/10 was around 6,700 cases, of which around half were personal injury actions. Fewer than 300 appeals and reclaiming motions were lodged with the Inner House, of which one fifth came from the sheriff courts. This civil caseload represents approximately one half of all the cases and only one third of the time taken by the court to manage the overall caseload of Scotland's supreme courts, much of which is criminal business heard in the High Court of Justiciary.
49. The sheriff courts handled around 110,000 civil cases during 2009/10, excluding summary applications, approximately seventeen times as many as the Court of Session. In that year, 38% of the cases were ordinary causes, including personal injury cases. A further one quarter of the cases were summary causes (of which 9% were personal injury cases in 2009/10) and 37% were small claims. Over 90% of the small claims were debt actions.
50. A reasonable estimate of total public expenditure on civil justice in Scotland is £150m, of which £25m is recovered in fees charged 7.
51. The pressures on public spending are such that substantial savings will require to be found over the next few years in all of the budgets which make up this total. The Scottish Government's Spending Review is underway, and will report in November 2010.
52. Initial modelling suggests that, on their own, the structural recommendations of the Review will not substantially reduce the overall costs of running the courts and some recommendations, for example for judicial case management, would require up-front investment. The experience of England and Wales is that a move to greater judicial case management, whatever its benefits in terms of the efficient handling of individual cases, does not inevitably reduce the on-going costs to the courts or to parties.
53. Many of the Review's recommendations are worth pursuing for the improvements they will bring to the quality of the service provided in the civil courts, even if they do not result in substantial savings. Overall, though, the kind of fundamental system reform envisaged by the Review will only be possible if implementation costs are kept to a minimum, and the end-state is a system which is financially sustainable at a significantly lower level of public expenditure than now.
54. The Scottish Government believes there is scope for savings to be made across the justice system as a whole, through more efficient deployment of resources, incentivising early resolution of cases, and through ensuring cases are dealt with at the lowest level which is appropriate for the nature of the litigation. As the details of reform are worked through, it could become apparent that some adjustment to boundaries and local models of delivery is necessary to generate efficiencies and maximise access to a more effective, better system of civil justice.
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Finally, Navneet Kaur Dhillon won the Miss India 2013 Crown Yash Raj Studios was created as 20-year-old student from Mumbai, Sobhita Dhulipala, won the first runner up and the actor African Zoe (18) in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Luck now was the second finalist.
This year 50 of the competition Anniversary, weight is added to the loan Dillon, daughter of an officer and a 20-year-old student media Punjab University Patiala state. Dillon also received the award for Femina Miss radiant skin. The next Miss Universe will represent India – India won 34 international titles, the second of Venezuela.
Mumbai road was not easy. Listening in Pune, Kolkata, Bangalore, Indore, Chandigarh and Delhi, Goa, was held after a widely televised show will compete against 23 women were elected.
TV actor Manish Paul an event opens the event with a visual history thoughtfully. In the case of the Karan Johar, John Abraham, Osin, Chitrangada Sing, Shiamak Davar, Ritu Kumar and Yuvraj Singh tried. Priyanka Chopra, Aishwarya Rai and Sonu Nigam sang to the crowd All 23 finalists Putting Bharatanatyam (classical Indian dance) clothing and Ghagra-Choli dancing around the stage.
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The magazine is available each in print and electronic format and is free for electronic design engineers. When you should purchase it: Neither the interior or the outside options of the automotive are prepared for production, however the company says the self-driving technology and the gesture-managed system shall be a part of BMW's common production in the coming years. Older electronics categories like laptops are reinventing themselves in the premium class with convertibles laptops making up multiple third of complete retail volume gross sales in 2022. This stands out as the core of electronics experimentation in the present day as there may be just about nothing you'll be able to't make with an embedded controller.
Bixi is accessible in France and can come to the US in March 2017; Bixi 2 will arrive by the top of the year. Technology has moved on. A few electronics hobbyists like I simply described are still round but are fading fast. Modern electronics experimenters construct projects from scratch using embedded controllers. The identical technology can be used to monitor anchor position and personal digital transponders for crew that can notify the captain of an overboard state of affairs. The IATA's 2017 guidance, nonetheless, says that any battery as much as 160Wh ranking needs to be wonderful – as long as it's packed in equipment.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency put extra skin in the recreation with a batch of program announcements value $75 million over the following year as part of its Electronics Resurgence Initiative (ERI) launched in June. Emerging markets are the new frontier for client electronics as the variety of center class households is about to extend exponentially over the forecast period. The three new concept robots from LG Electronics are aimed at the companies trade, in areas like inns, airports and supermarkets. Smartphones will stay the preferred connected gadget, accounting for fifty seven{3bf77464caa93b83fd8f93b0d071693e431d9153a4e04d8bb4686cdc3632bc62} of complete consumer electronics volume sales in 2022.
Electronics and IT minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad had first said in July that the federal government will come out with a brand new electronics manufacturing policy which will likely be better aligned to the present instances. Startup Keil, create a brand new venture and choose the target as STC89C52RC(or the MCU you're using). Radio Electronics lastly went away and Electronics Now came along and it too was phased out.
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Through middle school and junior high, kids can struggle to fit in as they try to define their identity and gain social status. All Stars is a classroom program that builds on these desires by helping youth create social norms and standards that reject risky behaviors in favor of a brighter future. Offered over 10 to 14 sessions in sixth, seventh, and eighth grade classrooms, students learn decision-making skills, how to create healthy habits, and how to resist peer pressure.
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Improving lives of students throughout Salt Lake County by helping students and families build positive social skills to improve decision making and family interactions.
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LifeSkills Training (LST)
One of the most proven and celebrated evidence-based prevention programs, LST provides kids with the confidence and skills necessary to handle challenging situations. Offered in sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grade classrooms, students will learn peer-resistance skills, self-management skills, and general social skills that promote individual confidence and competence.
For students, between ages 12 and 17, these years are a time of change and growth. The Voices program helps these adolescents build essential life skills and positive peer connections during this pivotal time. Topics covered include: self concept, effective communication, voicing feelings, decoding media messages, and building healthy relationships. The program is offered over 10 to 15 sessions in small, gender-specific groups in after-school programs or as a pull-out program during the school day.
Living Skills
Living Skills is cited as one of the 20 "most effective programs" by the U.S. Department of Education. Selected students in second through fifth grades are invited to attend a small, weekly skills group that teaches youth how to express feelings appropriately and get along better with others. The program covers topics like: self concept, differences, cooperation, expressing feelings, and managing difficult feelings. Living Skills is provided in after-school programs, at community sites, or as a pull-out program during the school day.
Families Plus
Families Plus is a two-component program that serves both kids and families through after school programs. Families Plus is a social and cognitive skills curriculum provided in a small group setting to selected students in first through fifth grades. It focuses on building decision-making skills and positive social relationships. Selected families are also provided with 10 sessions of in-home family support and parent training through the Strong Families component.
Insight is an eight-hour program offered through the Salt Lake City School District at Volunteers of America, Utah for students and their families. Referrals come from the Peer Court and school administration and students are divided into one of three classes. Students with a previous alcohol/drug offense participate in a Prime for Life course, while students involved in negative peer activities participate in an anger management class based on VOA's Voices program. Younger students participate in an adaptation of the LST program. Classes are offered during the school year in four-week sessions on Tuesday nights.
Collaborative Multi-Family Prevention Program (CMFPP)
CMFPP is a community-based family prevention program provided in partnership with Project Reality and Midvale Community Building Communities (CBC). Taught in Spanish, this three-component program is aimed at improving communication between family members. The youth component is based on VOA's Voices program and the parent component comes from Project Reality's Communities Empowering Parents program. The third component, delivered by Midvale CBC, engages both children and their parents. CMFPP is designed to strengthen family management skills and family bonding while providing a network of support in the community.
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This policy sets out the principles of records management for the CCG. It provides a framework for the consistent and effective management of records that is standards based and fully integrated with other information governance initiatives within the CCG. Records management is necessary to support the business of the CCG and to meet its obligations in terms of legislation and national guidelines.


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Preventing Discrimination
Preventing Discrimination
The Immigration and Nationality Act prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals based on their citizenship or immigration status, or based on their national origin, in the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, process. It is important for employers to develop, implement and enforce anti-discrimination policies, practices and procedures, and to ensure that all employees and their authorized representatives conducting Form I-9 verification on their behalf understand the rules. Employers should also provide them with appropriate and adequate education on employer responsibilities and worker rights.
To prevent discrimination, the employer should treat all people equally when:
- Announcing a job
- Taking applications
- Performing interviews
- Making job offers
- Verifying the individual's authorization to work
- Hiring the individual
- Terminating the individual's employment
Employers also must not retaliate against a person who:
- Files a charge of discrimination with the Immigrant and Employee Rights Section (IER) or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Participates in an investigation or prosecution of a discrimination complaint
- Asserts his or her rights or the rights of another person under anti-discrimination laws
IER investigates charges of employment discrimination related to an individual's citizenship or immigration status or national origin. EEOC also investigates employment discrimination based on national origin, in addition to other protected bases. IER investigates national origin claims against employers with 4 to 14 employees and EEOC investigates national origin claims against employers with 15 or more employees.
Preventing Discrimination in the Form I-9 Process
Employers must accept any document an employee presents from the Lists of Acceptable Documents, as long as the document reasonably appears to be genuine and to relate to the employee. Employers must not:
- Demand that an employee show specific documents
- Ask to see employment authorization documents before an individual accepts a job offer
- Refuse to accept a document, or refuse to hire an individual, because a document will expire in the future
- Refuse to accept a receipt that is acceptable for Form I-9 purposes
- Demand a specific document when reverifying that an employee is authorized to work
Remember: employers must reject documents that do not reasonably appear to be genuine or to relate to the individual presenting them.
Types of Employment Discrimination Covered by IER
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Citizenship or immigration status
Employers must not discriminate with respect to hiring, firing, recruitment or referral for a fee against individuals because they are or are not U.S. citizens or because of their immigration status or type of employment authorization
U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, permanent residents, asylees, and refugees
All employers with more than 3 employees are covered.
National origin
Employers must not discriminate with respect to hiring, firing, recruitment or referral for a fee against individuals based on their place of birth, country of origin, ancestry, native language, or accent or because they are perceived as looking or sounding "foreign"
All employment-authorized individuals
IER covers small employers with more than 3 but less than 15 employees. EEOC covers larger employers. EEOC also covers all aspects of employment, including terms and conditions of employment.
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Autumn in London is full of lovely little treats. Pumpkin spice lattes, red leaves, cosy mittens and, luckily for me, it's my birthday! To celebrate my special day, I booked some time off work and spent the day in Connaught Village with my friend and fellow blogger Albertine.
Connaught Village is a leafy haven in the heart of the West End. Though its central location is just minutes from Oxford Street, it's a tranquil escape from the usual shopping bustle. We spent the day strolling through the quaintly English village of pastel-coloured houses, shopping in the boutiques and relaxing in the gardens.
If you're looking for a day of luxurious living then here are my recommendations for what to do in Connaught Village…
In the morning we popped in to PM Flowers which was the most Instagram-worthy florist I've ever had the pleasure of visiting. The bouquets were a tad on the pricey side but the arrangements were very unique and full of exotic flowers (and the pink painted walls were just the coolest). Just a short walk from the florist is the Lucy Choi boutique where I found my dream shoes. Can we just take a minute to appreciate how beautiful these pink and gold stilettos are…
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After lusting over stilettos at Lucy Choi we visited Me and Em which is my new favourite concept boutique full of contemporary and classic pieces. I couldn't resist this cable knit jumper, it's made of merino wool so it's super soft and perfect for feeling cosy on an autumn day. The antique blush and soft white shades are beautiful and seeing the rails filled with neutral tones made me want to turn my wardrobe at home into a capsule collection. Clothing goals here I come!
Taking Photos
Connaught Village is full of lovely places to take photographs. The pristine white rows of buildings are perfect for those street style shots and the quiet mews tucked away from the main road are full of pastel-coloured houses and pretty cobbled streets. If you're looking for Instagram-fodder then you have to stop by Cocomaya for cakes, pick up a bouquet at PM Flowers and stroll down the mews.
I spent all day walking and thanks to my new Roccamore heeled boots I didn't get tired being on my feet! I didn't believe a comfortable and gorgeous pair of shoes could exist but here they are. If you're a Londoner with a busy lifestyle like me then these are a must have.
From lunch to afternoon tea then dinner and cocktails, we were spoilt for choice when it came to deciding where to eat in Connaught Village. I had lunch at Stuzzico – a small Italian restaurant on Kendal Street. I must admit the interior is a little odd. It's decked out with retro record wall art so when you arrive you'll probably be thinking "am I in the right place?" as it doesn't seem like a usual photo-ready blogger recommendation. But the food here is amazingly authentic Italian so stop by for a bowl of pasta to refuel before continuing your shopping.
We also went to Coco Maya for a coffee and some cakes. The bakery is renowned for their pink pistachio and rose cakes which are deliciously fragrant. The pecan cakes were my favourite as they reminded me of autumn holidays in the Lake District where we used to eat sticky toffee puddings after long walks. If you just fancy a pint then The Duke of Kendal is a charming pub in the centre of the street.
For dinner we had heard everyone raving about the sushi pizza at Kurobuta so despite being very full already we headed there for dinner (it's a hard life isn't it). We enjoyed cocktails and sushi until it got quite late and we realised our day had just flown by.
Connaught Village wouldn't be complete without hair and beauty salons for their chic clientele. We went to a boutique Kendal Street salon called Fé Hair & Beauty for a morning manicure. My new red nails matched my lipstick and Radley bag perfectly. Et Voila, my autumn look was complete!
Have you been to Connaught Village? Comment below to let me know where I should go on my next visit!


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