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Player Arrested After Incident At Rugby Classic
[Updated] A South African rugby player has been arrested following an alleged assault that took place during the World Rugby Classic on Saturday night [Nov 10].
A police statement said: "Police are investigating a report of assault that took place Saturday night at the World Ruby Classic (second game). As a result a man has been arrested in connection with an off ball assault that took place during the USA/South Africa match.
"Police are appealing for witnesses, specifically anyone who may have video images of the assault, to contact Sergeant Derek Berry on 295-0011."
Update 8.19pm: The man arrested was a South African player. During the South Africa/United States match, he was sent off for an alleged "off the ball" incident that left an American player laying motionless on the ground.
The American player was attended to by medical staff, and placed on a backboard before being transported to the hospital. Following what we understand to be an official complaint, the South African player was arrested.
South Africa defeated the United States 43-10 in the match.
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Now there's hardly any safe place left to go
Someone's bound to come
And try to spoil the show, oh oh
Beres! Hammond!
If the violence continues, no one will remember the songs that used to make us rock away, when love used to reign.
Know the facts…this had nothing to do with spectators.
Book em Danno.
I went to fight and a rugby game broke out , wohooooo!
Lol I needed that.
Book em Danno part deux…..
I heard he was air ambulanced off the island. Sounds like a very serious incident.
You heard incorrectly.
It appears that all of you know nothing about the game…
This is an unfortunate incident for both players involved, however it is part and parcel of the game. This thuggish behaviour is less prevalent than it was a couple of decades ago. Generally the police would not get involved in an on-field altercation, what normally happens is that his teammates would get together and surreptiously give some feedback to the opposition offending player in the bottom of the next ruck or maul. On the whole though, none of this is in the spirit of what the classic event has become and the offending player should be sent home if this was intentional.
The incident was unintentional and occured on the field during the game. This should have been dealt with at the time, on the field, by the players and officials. Americans are just a tad too litigious. SMH
I saw the slap from the other end of the field dude slapped the Sh*t out of other dude. It was clearly intentional. I don't believe he was air ambulanced out though.
Did you report what you saw to the police and if so what was their comment/reaction?
Ive never met a nice South African, and thats not very suprising mun!
Most excellent, haven't seen that in years!
Probably because your an AHOLE
maybe they don't need to come back either, bring on Samoa,Tonga,Hong Kong or someone else. off the ball is "OFF the Ball and that wasn't even close, look at the video, plus check his prior he is Mr Clean.
There is video of the incident and it is an absolute disgrace what the South African player has gone through. There is no way he should have been arrested and endured the adverse publicity. Rugby is a contact sport, and there are far worse incidents that go unpunished. Disgusting to have been blown up out of all proportions to arrest someone.
Exactly where is the video as I would like to see it
A friend was speaking to the USA player earlier today and he was informed that the specalists have told him that he will definitely never be able to play rugby again nor will he be likely to be able to be involved in any for of physical sport/activity (eg sking, surfing, golf, tennis, etc0 and he will have to be extermely carefull that he does not suffer any sudden jolt or bump (eg falling on an icy path,falling up/down stairs, being involved in a car crash, a heavy plane landing, etc). In other words his life is basically over, and the THUG again gets off free.
Also, what will be the final cost of all his treatment for the rest of his life.
My friend also asked him about the actual event and he said that he was walking back to his play position by himself, with his back to the area of play, when he felt the bang and snap in his back and as he was falling say the Sth African player going past him. He was not sure but he thought in that split second that he was falling to the ground he looked up and saw that the Sth African player had a great smile on his face. If this is the case, then it was definitely deliberate and a definite criminal assault.
Although we will probably never know, one has to ask, what pressure the Sth African team's management put on the Bermuda police/proscetutors to have the matter dropped!!!!!!!!!
Also, I find it hard to believe that there were not hundreds of videos being taken of the game and that virtually none of those captured in detail the event taking place. There must be incriminating video out there somewhere.


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Movie Review of Punjabi Movie Laung Laachi starring Neeru Bajwa, Amberdeep Singh and Ammy Virk. Directed by Amberdeep Singh.
Star cast: Amberdeep Singh, Neeru Bajwa, Ammy Virk, Amrit Maan, Veet Baljit, Nirmal Rishi, Gurpreet Bhangu, Vijay Tandon, Baninderjit Singh, Hobby Dhaliwal
Director: Amberdeep Singh
Producer: Villager Studios (Bhagwant Virk, Nav Virk)
Music: Gurmeet Singh, DJ Flow
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Running Time: 134 minutes (U/A certified)
The movie starts with the wedding night of Mehanga and Laachi (Neeru Bajwa). "Bada chaah si, pehlan pyaar hunda, fer vyaah", a dialogue which was expected to play a notable role in the movie for it was seen in both the poster and the trailer of the movie. It is this desire of Laachi which moves the movie forward. The couple decides to live as strangers post their marriage for Laachi wanted to fall in love with her husband.
The story develops much to the likes of the public at this point in time. The husband-wife in Mehanga and Laachi living together as strangers in one home is adorable. But what lets the film down in the first half is the presence of other characters, which are more for the sake of it and not serving much of a purpose.
Mehanga and his mother (Gurpreet Kaur Bhangu) are under the debt of the lala (Vijay Tandon) of their village. They cash in on the ability of Laachi to sing and earn money in a bid to repay the loan. This brings into picture Jagtar Maan (Amrit Maan), who is a budding singer in the Punjabi industry. He introduces Laachi to a superstar in Ajaypal Singh (Ammy Virk) and interval strikes.
There are weak points with respect to writing in the first half, but, the movie is still watchable due to some effective comedy punches and the chemistry of the lead pair. However, the movie falls flat post interval to the extent that even many desperate efforts to pick it up can't do the needful.
Acting – As mentioned above, Amberdeep Singh is impressive in his stint as a lead actor. It won't be surprising to see him doing more roles in the future. Neeru Bajwa, seen after a long time in a lead role, has also done pretty well. She still has that charm and the essence to carry any role on her shoulder. Ammy Virk more or less was not used to his full potential in Laung Laachi. Considering his current stature in the Punjabi film industry, a role such as this is bound to let down his fans.
Gurpreet Bhangu, who is chiefly praised for her roles in other film, is irritating, at times, in Laung Laachi, especially in her scenes with Vijay Tandon. Baninder Bunny is average with his comic timings. In Amrit Maan, Veet Baljit and Prince KJ Singh, misfired efforts have been put to change the fortune of the movie.
Direction – Post 'Lahoriye', people had expected much more than what Amberdeep Singh has given them in Laung Laachi. There are scenes in the movie which remind you of the same backdrops being repeated again and again, which makes it monotonous. Additionally, continuity is a major missing in the movie.
Writing – Given his track record, Laung Laachi has to be Amberdeep Singh's one of the weakest movie so far in terms of writing. The below average script of the movie is wholly responsible for its actors' indifferent performance. One could easily find loopholes in the movie, which I wonder why did not come across the mind of Amberdeep Singh while writing and directing the movie.
Music – The music of the movie is worth the praise. The songs have been penned down by Harmanjit, Kaptan, Ravi Raj, Manwinder Maan and Husanpreet Galwatti. Gurmeet Singh and DJ Flow have composed the music in the movie. Talking about the singers, Ammy Virk, Amrit Maan, Prabh Gill, Gurshabad and Mannat Noor have lent their voices in the movie. Mannat Noor has stood out in the movie for each of her song is a delight for the listeners. Moreover, no song was out of context with respect to the story.
Victories do not come to you at rock-bottom prices. The same has been the case with Amberdeep Singh in his latest movie, 'Laung Laachi'. Playing the role of a lead actor (Mehanga) for the first time, the actor in Amberdeep Singh wins unequivocally, but this win has come at a sky-high price of direction and writing.


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(an update of sorts.)
Tonight, I'm feeling proud of myself, hopeful, and super excited about the future.
I'm buzzing with ambition, and sky high hopes for the multiple projects I have signed up for- there's the Dead North Film Festival from now until January 31st, then I am going to do another mini doc for CBC's Exhibitionists, then in March or April I want to shoot my short script "Hands Don't Lie." and all the while there is an exiting creative project that I am undertaking at my day job that I will be able to speak publicly to soon.
I talk faster, I stay up later, all I can think about is my projects. But I know that this feeling won't last. So I'm trying to stop for just a minute and breathe, and just really enjoy it. I've come to know this as my natural cycle of intense highs and lows. The only problem is, I never know how long its going to last…
A couple months ago I was in a state of depression and I didn't want to do anything, no projects, no goals, nothing. I didn't even really want to talk to people. I just wanted to make it through the day without crying. This down period was the longest (or at least it felt like the longest) I've ever experienced in my life so far. During this period I started going to counselling and talked a lot to my counsellor about my deep seeded self doubt and anger and pain. Then something happened- well, actually nothing in particular happened but I got Happy Heidi back, and poof. I love life, I love myself, I love my projects, I want to sign up for everything and anything. I am on top of the world – and I truly believe I can do anything.
My counsellor said she believes (although she did not have the qualifications to officially diagnose me) that I am bipolar.
I have often wondered about my mental health, but I also have very strong objections to taking prescription medications (a trait I definitely learned and/or inherited from my mother). I am sure they are beneficial and absolutely necessary for some people, but I just don't want to be dependent or addicted to another substance. And the truth is, I never want to get rid of the highs. I actually accomplish so much when I'm in this manic, obsessive, creative, state.
I'm sure, down the road if my down periods get longer, or circumstances change and my mental health is really negatively affecting my work and relationships I may consider seeking medical intervention. But for now, I'm just going to ride the high. And I've always believed there is a very thin line between creativity and insanity.
So let me tell you about the good things…
Yesterday, I submitted my first short film to an actual film festival (the Dawson International Short Film Festival). And I'm so proud of the little story we created. Of course, being the perfectionist I am, I was disappointed I couldn't figure out all of the special effects I had wanted to do in post but I did learn a lot along the way which was the ultimate goal. I learned so much more about colour grading and blending modes which I will definitely use in my next narrative project. Now I'm just happy we completed it in a short time frame, and I know that every project from here on out will be a little bit stronger because of it. And look how cute and witchy my actors look here –>
Then tonight I handed in the first draft of my script for the Dead North Film Festival. I'm finally going to make a short film about the two teenage mediums Jade & Tash who met in the spirit realm as children. I've been dying to tell this story or a version of this story since my undergrad at UBC. Although this version is definitely going to be much more psychological thriller/suspenseful than the first script I wrote on the concept. I am super excited to receive my first round of feedback on it…
I'm also thrilled that I get to go down to Vancouver for KNEE SURGERY tomorrow! YES, you heard right! I get to get MY KNEE FIXED FOR CHRISTMAS!
Which means one day in my future, I'll be playing roller derby again! yaaaaay.
But this also means in a couple of days I'll be on crutches again, in a lot pain and very likely hitting rock bottom in the emotional department- but for now I'm going to go to bed smiling (or stay up and write more, and then make a five year plan even though I already pretty much have one, but more goals, more goals!) 😉
It's just like my tarot cards said today:
9 of Cups
"Very, very good times are here- there is a real feeling of making it when this card makes an appearance in a spread. It's a card signifying a kind of overflowing feeling – delight and plenty in equal doses is flushing the doubt right out of your life, and you're now feeling a lot closer to your true self than you were all those times when you wondered whether it was really worth the effort. Remember everything is a process (think of the Wheel of Fortune card) and that this blissful time will change, too- but don't let go of how happy it makes you feel – and keep that close to you to keep you going through the inevitable tougher times that come up in life. Remember to share some of this good stuff around too- and don't forget to spread a little love- everything you send out will increase what comes back to you, ultimately. Stay generous to your heart." – Lucy Cavendish.
From the Oracle Tarot- a deck that's seen my ups and downs one thousand times over since I first bought them at age sixteen. They know me so well.
Life is full of magic-
even on the days you can't see it.
Thanks for reading!
Love & Gratitude,
Heidi J. Loos


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1305 William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
1497 Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London.
1534 The Irish rebel Silken Thomas is executed by the order of Henry VIII in London, England.
1536 Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, stands trial in London on charges of treason, adultery and incest. She is condemned to death by a specially-selected jury.
1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London.
1571 The Royal Exchange opens in London.
1578 Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.
1604 William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Othello'' is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
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1611 William Shakespeare's romantic comedy ''The Tempest'' is presented for the first time, at Whitehall Palace in London.
1613 The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
1650 Henry Robinson opens his ''Office of Addresses and Encounters'' in Threadneedle Street, London.
1661 English Restoration: The Fifth Monarchists unsuccessfully attempt to seize control of London.
1666 In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1675 The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London is laid.
1698 Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London, the main residence of the English monarchs, is destroyed by fire.
1701 After being convicted of piracy and of murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.
1711 The London première of ''Rinaldo'' by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.
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1715 "Edmund Halley's" total solar eclipse (the last one visible in London, United Kingdom for almost 900 years).
1717 The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London, England.
1718 James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents the world's first machine gun.
1724 Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London.
1726 Five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly house in London are executed at Tyburn.
1732 The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London.
1738 Premiere in London of ''Serse'', an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.
1743 The premiere of George Frideric Handel's oratorio, "Samson" takes place in London.
1757 English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.
1766 In London, James Christie holds his first sale.
1768 In London, Philip Astley stages the first modern circus.
1768 John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for ''The North Briton'' severely criticizing King George III. This action provokes rioting in London.
1772 The first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London.
1776 American Revolutionary War: word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London.
1783 John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
1788 First edition of ''The Times'' of London, previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published.
1791 A Constitutional Act is introduced by the British House of Commons in London which envisages the separation of Canada into Lower Canada (Quebec) and Upper Canada (Ontario).
1803 The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London.
1809 The Royal Opera House in London opens.
1812 Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons, London.
1812 Work on London's Regent's Canal starts.
1814 The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London.
1814 London Beer Flood occurs in London, killing nine.
1814 ''The Times'' in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.
1820 London's Regent's Canal opens.
1828 The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
1834 Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London is burnt to the ground.
1837 The first commercial use of an electric telegraph is successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London.
1840 Foundation stone for new Palace of Westminster, London, is laid by wife of Sir Charles Barry.
1843 The ''News of the World'' tabloid begins publication in London.
1844 The Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) is founded in London.
1848 Waterloo railway station in London opens.
1849 The Great Hall of Euston station in London is opened.
1851 Queen Victoria opens the Great Exhibition in London.
1851 Herman Melville's ''Moby-Dick'' is first published as ''The Whale'' by Richard Bentley of London.
1852 Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits its first patient.
1853 A dinner party is held inside a life-size model of an Iguanodon created by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins and Sir Richard Owen in south London.
1857 The first investiture of the Victoria Cross in Hyde Park, London.
1858 Opening of the present Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London.
1859 Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London.
1865 The Salvation Army is founded in the East End of London, England.
1866 The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
1867 Fenian bomb explodes in Clerkenwell, London, killing six.
1868 The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps.
1870 Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London.
1872 The Wanderers F.C. wins the first FA Cup, the oldest football competition in the world, beating Royal Engineers A.F.C. 1-0 at The Oval in Kennington, London.
1873 Alexandra Palace in London burns down after being open for only 16 days.
1878 Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' opens at the Opera Comique in London.
1884 Greenwich, in London, England, is established as Universal Time meridian of longitude.
1887 Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
1888 The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
1888 A recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's The Lost Chord, one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London.
1888 In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
1889 The free Woolwich Ferry officially opens in east London.
1890 City & South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
1895 Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London after losing a libel case against the John Sholto Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry.
1895 The first individual time trial for racing cyclists is held on a 50-mile course north of London.
1897 Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
1897 London becomes the world's first city to host licenced taxicabs.
1906 Vauxhall Bridge is opened in London.
1909 The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
1910 Dr. Crippen is convicted at the Old Bailey of poisoning his wife and is subsequently hanged at Pentonville Prison in London.
1917 Silvertown explosion: 73 are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.
1917 World War I: the deadliest German air raid on London during World War I is carried out by Gotha G bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.
1919 Lincoln's Inn in London admits its first female bar student.
1924 The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
1925 Canada House opens in London, England.
1927 The first transatlantic telephone call is made – from New York City to London.
1933 In London, 500,000 march against anti-Semitism.
1936 The International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England.
1936 The Jarrow March sets off for London.
1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
1940 World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London
1940 King Haakon VII of Norway, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London.
1940 Balham subway station disaster, in London, England, occurs during the Nazi Luftwaffe air raids on Great Britain.
1940 World War II: In The Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, killing almost 200 civilians.
1943 World War II: In London, England, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
1943 World War II: The discovery of a mass grave of Polish prisoners of war executed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, alienating the Western Allies, the Polish government in exile in London, from the Soviet Union.
1944 World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
1945 Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) is sentenced to death in London.
1947 The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London.
1951 London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain
1951 The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
1952 The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg.
1952 Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play ''The Mousetrap'' opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London later becoming the longest continuously-running play in history.
1953 Edward Mutesa II, the ''kabaka'' (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
1955 The Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released by Bertrand Russell in London.
1958 The CND Peace Symbol displayed in public for the first time in London.
1962 The Rolling Stones perform their first ever concert, at the Marquee Club in London.
1963 Marriage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
1965 Train robber Ronald Biggs escapes from Wandsworth Prison, London.
1967 The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.
1968 The Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries.
1968 The stage musical ''Hair'' opens at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London, where it played 1,998 performances until its closure was forced by the roof collapsing in July 1973.
1969 The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
1972 A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
1974 Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
1974 The ''SR-71 Blackbird'' sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds.
1975 A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.
1976 The Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention is formally dissolved in Northern Ireland resulting in direct rule of Northern Ireland from London via the British parliament.
1976 The London to Washington, D.C. Concorde service begins.
1977 British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.
1978 While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Giullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
1979 Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
1980 Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
1981 At the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, a teenager, Marcus Sarjeant, fires six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II.
1981 A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
1982 The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
1982 The body of ''God's Banker'', Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
1982 Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
1983 Brink's-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.
1983 The IRA bombs Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people.
1984 Police Constable Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others are wounded. The events lead to an 11-day siege of the building.
1985 The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
1986 In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey.
1986 The musical ''The Phantom of the Opera'' has its first performance at Her Majesty's Theatre in London.
1987 King's Cross fire: In London, 31 people die in a fire at the city's busiest underground station at King's Cross St Pancras.
1990 200,000 protestors take to the streets of London to protest against the newly introduced Poll Tax.
1991 The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
1996 The Irish Republican Army declares the end of its 18 month ceasefire shortly followed by the explosion of a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf.
1997 In London scientists report the findings of the DNA analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton which support the "out of Africa theory" of human evolution placing an "African Eve" at 100,000 to 200,000 years ago.
1999 The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh.
1999 The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
2001 4 March 2001 BBC bombing: a massive car bomb explodes in front of the BBC Television Centre in London, seriously injuring 1 person. The attack was attributed to the Real IRA.
2001 The Real IRA detonates a car bomb in Ealing, London, UK injuring seven people.
2006 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II unveils the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army.


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In the summer of 2011, after I completed six years of graduate school and internship training and was about to start my psychotherapy practice, I sat down with my clinical supervisor in the
Except that they didn't. What nobody taught me in grad school was that psychotherapy, a practice that had sustained itself for more than a century, is losing its customers. If this came as a shock to me, the American Psychological Association tried to send out warnings in a 2010 paper titled, "Where Has all the Psychotherapy Gone?" According to the author, 30 percent fewer patients received psychological interventions in 2008 than they did 11 years earlier; since the 1990s, managed care has increasingly limited visits and reimbursements for talk therapy but not for drug treatment; and in 2005 alone, pharmaceutical companies spent $4.2 billion on direct-to-consumer advertising and $7.2 billion on promotion to physicians, nearly twice what they spent on research and development.
According to the A.P.A., therapists had to start paying attention to what the marketplace demanded or we risked our livelihoods. It wasn't long before I learned that an entirely new specialized industry had cropped up: branding consultants for therapists.
I couldn't imagine hiring a branding consultant to lure people to the couch. Psychotherapy is perhaps one of the few commercial businesses that doesn't see itself as one, that views financial gain as unseemly when connected to the delicate work of emotional insight. Moreover, the field is predicated on strict concepts of authenticity, privacy and therapist-patient boundaries. Branding was the antithesis of what we did.
But a couple of months after setting up my office and waiting for people to call, I found myself wondering — first idly, then deliberately, and always guiltily — about those branding consultants and how exactly they helped therapists like me. Sitting at my desk one morning when my appointment book looked particularly dismal, a combination of curiosity and desperation got the best of me. On
The first thing Truffo told me when I reached her in her Orange County office was that I shouldn't feel bad about my empty hours; nowadays, she said, even established veterans were struggling. Yes, the economy was bad, but the real issue was that psychotherapy had an image problem.
She told me about a therapist named Sandra Bryson. In 2009, Bryson called for help after her successful
"Nobody wants to buy therapy anymore," Truffo told me. "They want to buy a solution to a problem." This is something Truffo discovered in her own former private practice of 18 years, during which she saw a shift from people who were unhappy and wanted to understand themselves better to people who would come in "because they wanted someone else or something else to change," she said. "I'd see fewer and fewer people coming in and saying, 'I want to change.' "
From a branding perspective, the fix was simple. At professional-networking events or in newsletters, her pitch went from "I treat people with depression and anxiety" to "Are you having trouble with the difficult people in your life?" Of course, therapy isn't about changing someone else, but that wasn't the point. If she could get people in treatment and help them feel better, she explained, why did it matter how she spun her pitch? Her goals seemed valid, but the idea of pitches and branding still made me uncomfortable.
It's not that I didn't understand the value of a sales pitch. In all my years as a writer, I was constantly having to package myself to sell books. But I was attracted to my new field because psychotherapy was about as far away from marketing as you could get. It was intense, personal work; it was as simultaneously simple and profound as sitting in a quiet room with another human being, technology turned off, helping them transform their lives in meaningful ways. Hocking my clinical wares like a
Three months into private practice, I had exactly four regular weekly clients. If I were a Toyota dealer, I'd be out of business. To make things seem less grim, I booked my clients back to back, so when the green light indicating that my next session had arrived went on, I felt as if I'd reached the place I labored so hard for. The work was immensely gratifying. My clients delved into their sessions. Couples found ways to connect. Others began to see how they were holding themselves back. But when the light stayed dim at the end of that last hour, I was faced with the gap between my notions of what I assumed for so long would be a thriving practice and the reality of a near-empty one.
One evening at a networking event (most were attended by equally underemployed clinicians), I was invited to a group in which therapists could talk about their struggles. A support group for failed therapists? I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry, but I took this as a sign that my ideals weren't going to be enough to make this work. A colleague who told me she had some success turning around her practice by marketing herself with
Picking a therapist is "not the same as choosing a good cardiologist, who you might see twice a year and will never know about your massive insecurity," she explained. "Therapy is a very intimate experience. People need to like you when they Google you. They want to feel an immediate personal connection."
I knew she was right. Many people admit that a sense of connection is more important in choosing a therapist than the clinician's reputation or training. One woman told me that she chose her therapist because "she looked relaxed" in the photos on her Web site, "and I didn't want anybody too intense, because I'm really high-strung." A man explained that he found his therapist via referral, but "the Web site sealed the deal, because I discovered that her father was a Holocaust survivor, and I knew that was territory I needed to visit." Another woman chose her therapist because her blog revealed that she had successfully overcome "food issues" in college, something this client was struggling with.
But disclosing this sort of personal information has always been tricky for therapists — in graduate school,
I mentioned this to my colleague Dina Zeckhausen, who has been practicing in
Essentially, "transference" is a jargony way to describe what happens when a patient redirects unconscious feelings toward the therapist, who is often serving as a stand-in for someone else in his life. A patient might idealize or devalue his therapist; he might conflate him with a parent or spouse or the boss who fired him five years ago. When the therapist remains somewhat of a blank slate, an unknown beyond the four corners of the office, these redirected feelings can then be effectively acknowledged and examined. But the concern is that the more details a patient knows about his therapist, the less likely he is to transfer unconscious feelings, the less chance the therapist will have to identify what really trips the patient up and the less opportunity the patient will have to truly understand himself and, ultimately, change.
Even so, most therapists I know are becoming aware that they need to project more than a tabula rasa. Roth suggested to me that in addition to creating a Web site, therapists should set up
I felt my stomach lurch. I had just learned in graduate school why the formal structure of the 50-minute session works so well: It gives people a designated space and context in which to delve into difficult issues and then leave safely, without wounds exposed. I'd also seen firsthand, by making rookie mistakes during my internship, how breaking "the frame" can interfere with treatment. Constant communication can create a false sense of friendship and also undermine the development of coping skills: the ability to tell the difference between normal states of sadness or anxiety that pass and a true state of emergency. If clients need more, my supervisors always said, they should increase their weekly sessions, not be in touch in between.
I told Roth I had no desire to tweet daily aphorisms or to blog for my patients. "Let's just focus on the Web site," I said, "no bells and whistles." She had two recommendations: addressing viewers in a video on the home page ("to move forward that first meeting in the office") and coming up with "connecting questions" to bring in my to-be-determined target demographic. She gave me some examples: Is your daughter making choices you're worried about? Would you like your partner to do more of some things and less of others? Are there people in your life you'd like to say no to? I'd also need a specific tag line, like "Make your home a happier place" (for parents with unruly teenagers) or "Find your way back to love" (for disgruntled couples).
"People want to see the therapist who fits their exact situation," Susan Giurleo, a branding consultant outside
The one thing I enjoyed most was the wide array of cases I saw, I explained to Roth, and if I specialized, I'd be doing too much of the same thing all day. She suggested that if I wasn't ready to commit to a niche, I could add life-coaching services to appeal to "today's consumer looking for quick solutions rather than long-term insight." When I balked — I couldn't picture "Lori Gottlieb, life coach" — she assured me that many therapists who prefer deeper, broader work also offer coaching as an adjunct to their practices.
"If you think 'coaching' is cheesy," she persisted, "you can call it 'consulting.' " I thought about the word "consulting." This way, she explained, I could get clients from all over the country, not just
That weekend, I sent an e-mail to my mailing list announcing my consulting services. Within days, astonishingly, I had seven consultations set up. A typical one went like this: A stranger would request an appointment, sign a release, set up a call and, at the agreed-upon time, the voice on the other end would present an issue — power struggles with kids, uncertainty about a career path, ambivalence about staying in a relationship, confusion over fertility options. I would listen and ask questions until I got the gist. Then I'd spend the remaining time helping this complete stranger identify the stumbling blocks to reaching his goal and point him in a more productive direction. Next!
I felt a little bit like Lucy with her psychiatrist stand in
When I told my supervisor about these consultations, she had a bunch of questions, the primary one being: What, exactly, was the treatment provided? As I tried to explain it, she maintained a look of studied neutrality and nodded in the careful way I do when I'm trying to replace judgment with empathy for a patient who reveals that he slept with his wife's best friend. Justifying life-coaching to a well-respected psychodynamic therapist felt a little like being a teenager trying to persuade my mom that Madonna was as musically significant as Mozart. Yes, I was helping people, but no, it wasn't psychotherapy. (Even my contract said so.)
There was another issue: I was embarrassed to admit to my mentor that despite all the ways in which coaching fell short of therapy, there was something secretly satisfying about talking to a person for a single session and having her feel better. No tears, no frustration, no need for all those tissue boxes.
I'd recently seen a satirical YouTube video sent around by my colleagues, in which a psychologist urges her mentee to become a life coach instead of going to graduate school. I used to find it funny, but now I saw its truth. Coaching was indeed more profitable (the coaches I knew charged more than most therapists) and less arduous than therapy. The more coaching calls I got, the more I started to worry that I was falling prey to the same consumer-friendly forces — there are even
One day right before Christmas, I got a call from a man in his early 30s about coming in for therapy. He explained that he wanted to figure out whether to marry his girlfriend, and he hoped we could "resolve this" quickly because
There's not a lot I can do when this happens, primarily because therapists, governed by a board, can't make outcome claims the way coaches can. One popular parenting coach, for instance, posted this on her site: "You will feel empowered and at peace. Handling the day-to-day struggles will be a breeze. You will be able to rest assured, knowing that you have provided your kids with the foundation they so desperately need in order to be successful in all areas of their future."
I compared this with the Web site of a therapist colleague, who answered a question about treatment expectations like this: "For most people who seek therapy, they find a feeling of catharsis in sharing their story of suffering with an objective, caring therapist. On the other hand, for some, it may have to get worse before it gets better. I think of it as opening a
Blood and pain? Who wouldn't choose the coach? I remembered something that Casey Truffo told me. A few years ago, she was at a business-networking event and wrote "psychotherapist" on her name tag; nobody wanted to talk to her. At the next event, she wrote the words "happiness locator" and got several referrals. In the past, going to a life coach might have seemed tantamount to a snake-oil cure, but now psychotherapists were branding themselves to play down what they do and what credentials they hold. I added up the money spent on grad school, the years it would take to pay off the
My Web site finally went live early this year. I had it professionally designed, but I didn't use a therapist-branding firm. In writing my own copy, I used Roth's idea of "connecting questions" and went shamelessly casual, even though originally I envisioned a more formal tone and less personal information. I had no idea how well received it would be by potential clients. After all, I studied mental illness, not marketing.
This may not be true for the next crop of therapists. Marie Miville, chairwoman of the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College,
Part of me felt hopeful that I wouldn't have to resort to all this. People were slowly finding me through my Web site, and that, I thought, would be enough to sustain me. But the thing about branding is that it feels never-ending. For every concession I made, I hadn't gone far enough. Web site? Check. Personal disclosure? Check. Consulting services? Check. But when I called Stephanie Smith, a psychologist and the public education coordinator for the A.P.A. in
But there was more: Casey Truffo told me that in order to diversify, I should also offer instant-messaging therapy and even cited its clinical merit. "A therapist might say some brilliant things in the therapy room that the client will forget in half an hour," she explained, "but now the client can read it over and over." She also said text work, as she called it, "can make therapy deeper in the way that people who meet on Facebook reveal more because of the anonymity."
I've never seen research on the efficacy of text therapy, but one study on phone-versus-in-person cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression showed that while people stuck it out longer with teletherapy, largely because of accessibility and convenience, they showed less improvement six months later than those in face-to-face therapy. It's not surprising that many clinicians practicing psychotherapy, which involves the interplay of numerous relational elements — the subtle movement of an eyebrow, the unconscious shaking of a foot, the smile while recounting a painful story — question how well it works remotely.
It's precisely this double bind in which many of my colleagues and I feel caught. If we give modern consumers the efficiency and convenience they want, we also have to silence our nagging sense that we may be pandering to our patients rather than helping them. Will we do therapy in 140 characters or less, or will we stick to our beliefs but get a second job to put food on the table? It's one thing to be more than a blank slate and even to focus on finding solutions, but will we throw away so many doctrines of our training that we cease being therapists entirely? The more we continue in this direction of fast-food therapy — something that feels good but isn't as good for you; something palatable without a lot of substance — the more tempted many of us will be to indulge.
The field has evolved since Freud said that the goal of psychoanalysis was to convert neurotic misery into ordinary unhappiness, but it's not that far from what most therapists still do. I hate to think that therapy is an outdated idea, too slow and too private to satisfy a population that has come to expect immediate responses and constant gratification. The truth is, I'm just a person trained to sit in a room and — if I'm really doing my job well and am attuned to all the subtle suggestions and gestures at play in an ongoing, face-to-face therapeutic relationship — help people understand themselves better so they can live more fulfilling lives. When I shared this description with ShrinkWr@p's Alison Roth, she laughed out loud: "Not sexy!" she said. She wasn't surprised to hear that I still have spots open for referrals.Continue reading the main story


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Alabama is one of only a handful of states that restrict home funerals by requiring the involvemnt of a licensed funeral director in many aspects of final arrangements. Here is an overview of the rules that govern home funerals in Alabama.
By law, a licensed funeral director must oversee the final disposition of a body in Alabama. State law says that "every funeral service, memorial service, or interment, or part thereof" must be under the direct supervision of a funeral director licensed by the Alabama Board of Funeral Service. (Alabama Code § 34-13-111.)
Although a funeral director must carry out disposition arrangements, the right to make final decisions about a person's body and funeral services usually goes to a relative of the deceased person. Under Alabama law, this right goes first to a person named by the deceased person in a written affidavit made before death, and after that to family members in an established order.
To learn the rules and the exact order of priority, see Making Funeral Arrangements in Alabama.
Embalming is almost never required. Alabama's only law on the subject states that a body must be embalmed if it is to be transported across state lines. (Alabama Code § 22-19-2.)
The person in charge of filing the death certificate must do so within five days of the death and before disposition of the remains. (Alabama Code § 22-9A-14(a).)
You will need certified copies of the death certificate to carry out certain tasks after the death, such as arranging for the disposition of the body and transferring the deceased person's property to inheritors. The funeral director who files the death certificate should be able to order copies for you.
After filing the death certificate, the funeral director will obtain the necessary permits for transporting the body, and for burial or cremation. (Alabama Code § 22-9A-16(b).)
There are no laws in Alabama that prohibit home burial, but you should check local zoning rules before establishing a family cemetery. You can most likely hold a home burial if you live in a rural area.
You must arrange cremation through a funeral director, who will obtain the required permit from the medical examiner or coroner. (Alabama Code § 22-9A-16(a).)
For more information about cremation, including information on scattering ashes, see Burial & Cremation Laws in Alabama.
To learn more about home funerals, visit the National Home Funeral Alliance website. The book Final Rights, by Joshua Slocum and Lisa Carlson, also offers extensive information on the subject.
For more information about final arrangements and documenting your final wishes in advance, see Nolo's section on Getting Your Affairs in Order.


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Hello world.
Sorry about that, I was testing the Windows Live Writer service which lets you publish to any blog using a lightweight windows client, exactly why you'd bother when you can just use the WordPress admin interface is beyond me because it doesn't see to offer anything more than the wordpress admin does and it's only a one way push (i.e. you can't edit existing posts or drafts).
It was worth a look anyway.
EDIT: Thanks for the comment Brandon, it seems I was a little hasty in dismissing Live Writer but you know, I'm old(ish) and adverse to change…not really, I'll give it another bash, in fact, I'm giving it another bash right now!


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Archive for November, 2012
Posted by Kalicharan Tuvij in Immortal Language on November 19, 2012
We all come from the mountaintop,
and there we shall remain
until we return.
Flung to the valley floor,
we pull ourselves back to the origin,
as if on strings.
Our climb is the journey
to a home we never left.
Zero in Rig-Veda
Posted by Kalicharan Tuvij in Immortal Language on November 16, 2012
Rig-Veda is a unified, universal language which can be understood through innumerable perspectives, and which itself creates – and has created- a myriad of perspectives. So, as seen from the standpoint of Logic, or Mathematics, and as also explained in Kalicharan's Veda, the concept of identity, or Zero, comes from Asvini Kumar, the god of sacrifice and effort.
Asvini Kumar has a presence both in Heaven and in Earth, and more than that, acts as the connecting point, the "node" between the two realms. And in a way he separates, and creates, these two realms, resulting in Heaven-Earth, or Dyava-Prithivi.
The full significance of Dyava-Prithivi will not be discussed here. In the realm of Logic, or equally, in Rig-Veda as seen from a mathematical point of view, in a sufficiently evolved theory, there arise two spaces separated, or connected, by a "node". One example, very known, is the number system which contains the spaces of positive and negative numbers, separated by Zero.
So Zero is both negative and positive, and thus has a "presence" in both the realms.
Asvini Kumar is such an important God in Rig-Veda that various other images of him are also perceived and explored by the Rsis. Thus Usha-Ratri becomes an alternative. Or, the imagery of Mountain (in sanskrit Parvat, which also means "joint", "node") is used. And (finally) the pair Shuna-Sira (शुना/सून — सिरा/सीरा) is invoked. Shuna is a Heaven God and Sira (also called Sita) is an Earth Goddess in this pair. In the history of Mathematics Shuna became "Shunna" or "Shunya" (Zero, as called in India), while Sira continued as "Sita" in India but was exported outside as the Zero. Zero, as is well known, adapted from Arabic "Sifr" which in turn got it from Sira.
ShunA शुना in Sanskrit also means "ploughshare" and sIrA सिरा/ सीरा (sItA सीता) means "the mark left on the field by the ploughshare" — both geometrically depicting of the concept of Zero. Sita, in rAmAyaNa, is known to have the birth connection with this mark and the ploughshare.
A lot has been said and written about Indo-Europians, their languages, PIE, and like, but when one realizes that the Spiritual, intuitive, thought assumes a far greater importance in the making and scheme of a civilization than the language, then one easily sees that it was Egypt, and Egypt alone, not Europe, which could be truly called a "Vedic" civilization outside the Vedic of India. Pyramid, is indeed Parvat, and represents the idea of Asvini Kumar geometrically: there is a realm outside and there is one inside, with the Parvat top (a point) being the connection. The Paravat story culminates in India as the "Meru Parvat" – which is said to be the connection, the passage, between Heaven and Earth.
Kailash Parvat was earmarked as the geometric, real, representative of Meru on Earth. This peak, found in the Himalayas, does indeed look like a pyramid, and further, has two big lakes not far from it: One is called Man Sarover and the other Rakshas Taal , representing the two realms of Heaven and Earth.


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The recent release of the Avengers got me wondering what fueled these super-heroes. Fighting crime and disorder on this level of magnitude needs a jolt of energy and inspiration that according to Italian coffee maker, Lavazza is a cup of their coffee.
The 2007 Lavazza Calendar with photos by Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco portrays an imaginative city filled with super-heroes fueled by coffee. Every year Lavazza designs a calendar that showcases their product and brand (espresso) that is a stunning piece of photographic art. Their 2007 calendar (The Most Incredible) features a group of sensual and seductive super-heroes that the Avengers may want to meet for un caffe' before their next crime fighting spree.


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I walked from Trafalgar Square to Piccadilly Circus after I finished my shift at Benjamin Franklin House this afternoon. My destination was the flagship branch of Waterstones bookstores, then Fortnum & Mason. Waterstones is located in the former Simpsons of Piccadilly, a smallish department store that served as the model for Grace Brothers in the long-running Britcom "Are You Being Served?" The Piccadilly branch of Waterstones has more than eight miles of bookshelves spread out over six floors. It's the largest bookstore in Europe.
I spent a couple of happy hours browsing through the travel, cooking, and children's sections. I managed to restrain myself and only bought two books. I've only been in London for four weeks, and I've already managed to acquire a dozen books. At this rate, I'll have to start jettisoning clothes and other non-essentials from my suitcases in order to get them all home.
After my visit to Waterstones, I continued down Piccadilly, past the Ritz Hotel to Fortnum & Mason. Fortnum & Mason was founded in 1707. It bills itself as the most luxurious department store in the world, and has two Royal Warrants for supplying members of the British Royal Family. Fortnum's is famous for its food halls full of teas, chocolates, smoked salmon, and other expensive fare. It even has four beehives filled with Welsh black bees on its roof, and there's a waiting list for the annual harvest of honey from the six-foot tall hives.
If you're in the mood to indulge, you can buy a Fortnum's gift hamper for your picnic in Hyde Park. You can also have one shipped anywhere in the world if you want to send someone a care package. Prices for the famous wicker hampers marked with the F & M monogram start at around £50. The more elaborate ones cost thousands of pounds. Fortnum & Mason's hampers travelled all over the British Empire during Queen Victoria's reign. They even accompanied the first British expedition to Mount Everest.
My feet were starting to give out after running up and down four flights of stairs at Franklin House all day, walking to Piccadilly Circus, and browsing in Waterstones and Fortnum's for several hours. I knew it was time to hobble to the Green Park Tube station and head for home.
Now that it's getting dark so much earlier, I often see foxes darting across the road when I'm walking home from the bus stop in the evening. Once I even saw one trotting down the sidewalk in the middle of the afternoon. These are urban foxes, and they're all over London. Children's stories and cartoons are full of wily foxes trying to raid hen houses, but apparently foxes don't eat cats. There are plenty of plump, well-fed pet cats wandering around our neighborhood, but they haven't turned into anyone's dinner yet.
There was a fox ahead of me as I was walking up Russia Dock Road tonight. It skittered right past a big fluffy cat sitting on the sidewalk. Neither the fox nor the cat batted an eye. I was surprised when it didn't stop to check out the prospective entrée, but I was glad I didn't have to rescue the cat. I assume London cats are tough cookies if the urban foxes don't want to mess with them!
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10 White Summer Sneakers Under $100
I'm obsessed w/ white sneakers – the minimal, low profile silhouettes, and clean structured lines that fit seamlessly w/ summer dresses on the weekends and more business casual clothing for the office. Because I don't have $380 to drop on a pair of Common Projects and don't want to look like every single other person with Stan Smith's, I've rounded up 10 pairs of classic white sneakers under $100 that you can wear to work, brunch and wherever else you're going this summer.
Converse Jack Purcell Canvas Low Top, $64.99, available at Zappos.com
Just look at how clean these are. I love them because they still look like the classic, canvas Converse you know and love, but they're a little more sophisticated. Wear these with casual work pants, khakis, jeans, shorts dresses…you name it.
Tretorn Marley 2, $72.00, available at Tretorn.com
These are a perfect summer shoe: Perforated leather for style and breathe-ability, they're lightweight, and look way more expensive than they actually are.
PUMA Basket Classic LFS, $62.99, available at Zappos.com
The tiny gold logo on the side is just the right amount of logo I'm comfortable with. They're leather, low profile, and I love that the laces are a bit thicker than other sneakers.
Reebok Workout Plus Vintage Sneaker, $85.00, available at Urban Outfitters
You probably remember your mom wearing these to do her Jane Fonda videotape workouts in your living room in the 80's. They're kind of clunky and not exactly white, but they're so comfortable and classic, it doesn't matter that they're more like an ivory.
Nike Classic Cortez Premium, $90.00, available at Nike
One of my all-time favorite Nikes, the iconic white/red/blue colorway was made famous by Forrest Gump, and now, I suppose, Bella Hadid. Regardless, these are a super comfy summer shoe perfect for your brighter outfits and July 4th parties.
Converse Chuck Taylor All Star Leather Hi, $69.99, available at Zappos.com
For when you want the hi-top option, but are trying to keep it super minimal. These should be your go-to.
Nike Air Jordan Retro 1 Mid, $99.98, available at Finish Line
And for when you want the sporty, hi-top option, the Retro 1's keep it low key, but swaggy. $110 normally, but on sale for $99.98 when you add it to your cart.
adidas Tubular Shadow Shoes, $100, available at adidas.com
I keep seeing people in these and they're really starting to grow on me. Do I like the adidas Boost & NMD's more? Yes. But these are cheaper and look pretty damn comfy.
Vans Snake Classic Slip-On, $60.00, available at Vans.com
I love these because of their texture and subtlety. And who has time to tie their shoes? These update the casual slip-on look with the snake chambray and embossed suede. Even people that don't like Vans like these.
Nike Women's Roshe One Casual, $56.24, available at Finish Line
Easily the most comfortable option on this list, the Roshe is a no-brainer and feels like you're walking on a cloud. They're minimal, breathe-able, and the waffle pattern provides a stylish feel that blends in yet stands out.


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|Stephanie Receiving Certificate
That day marked the completion of Stephanie's kindergarten education from La Carlota South Elementary School 1, Preschool in a simple, austerity moving-up exercises program inside the covered court of the school.
Stephanie Gyn Jaud is the youngest daughter of our 3rd daughter, Gynrey Camporazo-Jaud. Panie as we fondly call her, is a very smart 5-year-old kid.
Nearly 200 kids finished their one-year preschool classes. Those who had excelled academically were recognized and given ribbons. And there were also some pupils who were recognized on their exemplary behavior and attitude during the school year.
|Mama Pinning Panie Ribbon of Recognition
Her grandmother, Rebing, had prepared something special for her graduation presence, and gave it to her after she received her ribbons of recognition.
When the 2-hour program was about to finish I left them for a school related job to do. I was surprised upon going home, when Panie accosted me, hugged and gave me a kiss.
"Tatay" (father) as she used to call me rather than "lolo" (grandfather), "Nanay" (as she was used to call her grandmother) has given me a wonderful gift, a beautiful coin purse with a money inside, some chocolates inside a handy bag. Thank you, Tatay!"
|Proud Lola Rebing Posed with Panie
Panie, a very practical and smart kid. I remember when her mother told her that she should practice reading or else she won't pass their class. She should master reading or identifying the alphabets and numbers. She agreed to be tutored by her mother, but not the alphabets reading. She insisted to be taught to read in words and in sentences or paragraphs instead. For ABCs are boring, she reasoned out.
One occasion, I asked her why she wanted her mother to go back to Kuwait to work again. She replied, "Gusto ko mabalik si mama sa kuwait para may mansion kami. Kag madamo amon kuarta para si papa makabakal motorcycle!" (I want mom to work again in Kuwait so that we could have our own mansion. And we have much money for papa to buy his own motorcycle!)
"Panyang!" - the name called by her grandmother when Panie becomes naughty, recalcitrant, and annoying.
Anyway, congratulations! Stephanie Gyn Jaud C. (This is how she answers when ask what is her name.)


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As it happens I incorrectly copied/checked the MD5 code. The MD5 sum IS correct. Thank you for your work on this. EDIT: Just wanted to add... love the way the screen closes down.
Just for info, the MD5 'seems' to be incorrect for this: Swedish-Snow-RLS7-TPT.zip http://www.mediafire...dnpji1bfgjklee1 MD5:19DC81EDC75BA9E3A0E29EBCC5D09C64 The MD5 I got was: 4444062b83a9273a65d9d2ab6fe51ebf I flashed it anyway. So far (first 5 minutes), it's working fine.
I've carried out steps highlighted above but after double clicking on 'install-superrecovery-windows.bat' the phone is just sitting at the Huawei Logo. How long should it stay like that before I get the last part (Prompt for recovery mode)? EDIT: I just pulled the battery and tried the next step (turn on with volume up), and it went into recovery. Rebooted and then check root with Root Checker (downloaded from Market), and I now have root access. :D Now, is there a list of what is and isn't 'Vodafone' crap? I'm in Manage Applications but there's nothing there that says it's 'Vodafone'. There are a few Apps in red that I'm not sure about but I don't want to just start deleting stuff in case it's 'needed' on the phone. Thanks in advance guys.
Arranged for a new phone to replace this one this afternoon. Just done a hard reset to clear all data etc. Tried to connect to Kies.... it connected and I was able to upgrade firmware to latest! Go figure! Need to call them back again tomorrow to stop the new one being processed. Ah well, got me phone to where I want it to be so I'm happy. Thank you to all who tried to help. Blas.
I'm using vista but have also tried on my son's Win7 Laptop. Unfortunately it works on neither. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling Kies but that made no difference! Sick of this now! :(
There is no 'Install Driver' in Kies! I've had a look on the net since your suggestion and that's what has been suggested elsewhere but as I say, when I click on Tools there is no option to 'Install driver'. I am in the process of uninstalling Kies and will re-download it from Samsung (for the third time!), and try reinstalling. I'll let you know how that goes.
Thank you for replying mate. I've had a look but I can't see anywhere in Kies to do that. Could you explain a little further please?
No one? :(
Kies AHHHHH!!!!!!
Blasphemous posted a topic in Samsung Galaxy S II (Galaxy S 2)I'm on the original rom (have not rooted or anything yet). Is anyone else having problems connecting to Kies? And yes, I know it's the worst software in the world etc etc but I want to use it to check for firmware updates. I plug the phone in and it says connecting on Kies (on PC), and phone says connected on screen. Then on the PC in Kies it says it cannot connect to device. I've tried enabling USB Debugging to get the drivers to install, drivers install but still no joy with Kies! I've phoned Samsung this morning and they reckon it's a driver issue (which I suspected), but they want me to 'pack the phone into a jiffy bag and send it in to them'! I then phoned mobiles.co.uk (who I got the phone from), and they're happy to replace the handset as I'm still in the 28 days but surely if this IS a driver issue, I should be able to sort it myself? Also, can anyone confirm, when you go into: Setting - Wireless and network - USB utilities There is only one option in there? All I have is: USB mass storage. Tap the button below to copy files between the computer and SD card. On my Galaxy Tab (original 7" running official Gingerbread), under Wireless and network I have USB settings and the option to choose Samsung Kies, Media Player and/or Mass Storage. Has that been taken off the Galaxy S2? Thank you in advance for any help guys.
Official Gingerbread 2.3.3 now available via Kies
Blasphemous posted a topic in Samsung Galaxy TabJust for info guys, as the title states, Samsungs 'official' Gingerbread 2.3.3 update is now available via Kies.
Norwich MoDaCo Meet? Who's in?
Blasphemous replied to PaulOBrien's topic in General DiscussionI'd be there but I'm in Newcastle upon Tyne, bit too far. Sorry Paul. Have a good one guys.
NEED URGENT HELP with GT-P1000
Blasphemous replied to Sandmanlatino's topic in Samsung Galaxy TabIt infuriates me when people ask for help, in this case 'URGENT HELP', but never reply to say thank you and/or update on how things went. Pigged Ignorance.
AHHHH!!!! Thank you for that prompt k0zmic. I'm an idiot! I must have frozen the picker in Titanium! Sorted now. Thank you very much once again.
Thank you for replying k0zmic. I just downloaded 'Blu Skies Live Wallpaper' from the Market. Long press but still have no Live Wallpaper option! Tried launching it from the Menu key but there's still no Live Wallpaper option! I'm totally confused as to how/why there is no Live Wallpaper option.
Just realised I don't have Live Wallpapers! When I long press on the screen the only options I get for Wallpaper are: Gallery, Wallpaper Gallery and Wallpapers. There is no 'Live Wallpaper' option. Has this been turned off with this Rom? Thank you in advance of any help.


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I recently decided that I would retire gracefully from motorcycling, I bought a new bike in March and have only done 500km due in part to the weather, and probably more importantly due to the horrendous standard of driving in Colombia, there isn't a day when I am out in the car that I don't pass at least two accidents involving motorcycles.
So the bike is being sold, and I have purchased a 1982 Suzuki SJ, which I am more than happy with, but it came with it's own problems, the main one being how to keep it from becoming a mobile swimming pool, with all the storms we are having.
I made the decision that it was time for a carport on the parking area, big enough to take our two cars, however again I was restricted by finance, and that lead to an interesting design.
To limit the number of roofing panels needed, using corregated UPVC I needed to slope the roof in two directions simultaneously, firstly it had to slope front to back, to protect the vehicles from both rain and the sun, and then it had to slope from left to right, so I could put the corregated sheeting length-ways to allow the water to run off, and use less sheets than if fitted the conventional way.
The answer to this, was firstly to cut, the back or lower posts to 1.9m, and the front or higher posts to 2.3m, I then shortened one of each pair by 10cm. I then attached the roof beams (4cm x 12cm) to the posts (9.5cm x 9.5cm) with 3/8" threaded rod, at 4.5m, allowing a slight overhang on either side, which as you will see shortly had to be disguarded.
The overall depth of the carport is 4m, but to allow for an overhang front and back the posts are set at 3.4m, the width to allow for the two cars was calculated at 4.75m, with the posts being set at the previously stated 4.5m. I attached the posts to the parking area using metal post bases with 3/8" expanding bolts, which like in previous projects I had to have the bases fabricated, because they are not sold over here.
I then slotted the 4m rafters (4cm x 9.5cm) and placed them between the roof beams, fortunately I did not nail these on immediately, I usede my japanese saw and a chisel to cut the slots, the saw was like a knife going through butter in the mahogany, definitely one of my better purchases. I also fitted corner braces to the posts to make it more rigid, with it being freestanding.
I then headed off with the trailer to buy the roofing sheets, I was told that they were 70cm x 255cm so I bought twelve and headed home, where I decided to dry fit a few before fixing them in place, and this was when I found that the sheets were not as advertised, but were 70cm x 245cm, and this made a big difference, I needed to remedy this without having to buy another six sheets, and the only way was to get rid of the overhang on each side, which left the sheets with only a 10cm overlap in the middle, which is not ideal considering there is only a fall of 10cm over a 4.75m distance, but…
The roof fitted, all the timber which I had painted with waterproofer before construction, then had to be stained, which fortunately I completed before a tropical storm came along to test it, and the overlap seems to be OK, the water ran off as it should, and now the SJ is protected from the elements, and the only time I will need an umbrella is if I am out on the roads when the rain comes :)
-- If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain - Steven Wright


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Android users in general like widgets. Android "advocates" (which I suppose includes all of us here at Android Police) remember when it was one of the biggest differentiators between Google's mobile operating system and iOS, back when people were trying to convince us that we didn't really need copy and paste support. So when Nokia's Z Launcher homescreen replacement app launched without widgets, a considerable number of users couldn't switch over because of this lack.
Now the developers have alleviated this problem, so it's a good time to give Z Launcher another chance. Version 1.2 adds basic widget support: swipe to the blank screen on the left side of the main launcher and long-press to add them. (The gesture-based typing of Z Launcher might get in the way of this - swipe at the very bottom of the screen if you're having trouble.) Any widget can be placed and even resized, but at the moment it looks like the app only supports a single screen of widgets, which is still going to leave some heavy users out in the cold.
You can now swipe to the right to bring up the A-to-Z app list instead of using the standard button at the bottom, and the usual performance improvements and bug fixes are thrown in for good measure. Z Launcher is still very much in beta, though - for example, I can't find a way to manually change the wallpaper without opening another launcher or photo app.


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Surf Master 103
Garden City Beach - Ocean Front
- Complex: Surf Master by the Sea
- Type: Condominium
- Location: Ocean Front
- Property Type: Condominium
- Bedrooms: 3
- Bathrooms: 3 full
- Sleeps: 10
Bedding Types: 1 King, 1 Queen, 1 Sofa Bed, 2 Full
Surf Master by the Sea 103 is a three-bedroom, three-bath first-floor oceanfront condo located 1.2 miles north of Garden City Pier. This condo features a fully-equipped electric kitchen complete with dishwasher and microwave, and also an oceanfront balcony, washer, dryer, wall-to-wall carpeting, central heat and air conditioning, and ceiling fans. Other amenities include four flat-screen TVs (cable), three DVD players, telephone, and Wi-Fi. Sleeping accommodations include one king, one queen, and two double-sized beds, plus a sofa bed. Common area features two elevators in both towers, two oceanfront swimming pools and hot tubs, ample parking, (some covered) 7-foot clearance. Parking spaces are limited and availability is based on the size of each unit. One bedroom units are assigned one space; two and three bedroom units are assigned two spaces. Vehicles not displaying a parking pass on the rear view mirror or in a prominent area on the dash board are subject to immediate towing per the Surf Master HOA. Additional parking passes are not available for other guests or visitors of guests. This unit is located in the north building. No smoking. No pets. No golf carts allowed. Check-out maid service included. Linens included. Maximum occupancy: 10
Conveniently located close to some of the best area attractions, Garden City Beach is directly south of Surfside Beach and ends on a peninsula at the mouth of Murrells Inlet. One of the most renowned attractions in Garden City Beach is the Pier at Garden City. Other attractions include Marlin Quay Marina, Gulf Stream Cafe, Original Sam's Corner, and Sara J's Seafood Restaurant.
Just south of Garden City Beach is Murrells Inlet, a seaside community that is considered to be the "Seafood Capital of South Carolina", but is also home to some of the nation's best golf courses. Once primarily a fishing village, the town is best known for the Murrells Inlet MarshWalk, a half-mile long boardwalk overlooking a pristine salt marsh, and the many award-winning seafood and barbecue restaurants along Highway 17 Business in the central business district.
Brookgreen Gardens, a sculpture garden and wildlife preserve built on four former rice plantations, is located slightly south of Murrells Inlet. It features several themed gardens with American figurative sculptures placed in them, trails through several nature reserve ecosystems and the Lowcountry Zoo.
If you're looking for places to shop, Inlet Square Mall, The Market Common, Coastal Grand, Myrtle Beach Mall, Broadway at the Beach, Barefoot Landing, two Tanger shopping outlets, countless strip-malls, and many more shopping facilities are all within an easy drive from Garden City Beach. Looking for some entertainment, take in a show at Alabama Theater, Medieval Times, The Carolina Opry, Pirates Voyage, and Legends in Concert. And don't forget about Ripley's Aquarium, Alligator Adventure, Hard Rock Cafe, Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville, and The Pavilion Nostalgia Park.
Other points of interest close by include the waterfront community of Georgetown, the third oldest city in South Carolina and second largest seaport in South Carolina, and historic Conway with its downtown Riverwalk area nestled on the banks of the Waccamaw River. Both towns include fine dining, shopping, and historic sites.
Surfside Beach, Garden City Beach and Murrells Inlet are all close to Waccamaw Hospital and several urgent care facilities.
Whatever your desire, whatever your need, the south strand offers a little something on everyone's to-do list. We have a variety of restaurants, retail stores, miniature golf, entertainment venues, charter fishing, water sports... and of course, nothing but relaxation.
- 4 Color Cable TVs
- 3 DVD Players
- Wi-Fi
- Stereo w/CD Player
- Ceiling Fans
- Well-Stocked Kitchen
- Central Heat/Air
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Washer/Dryer
- Sleeper Sofa
- Telephone
- View the Surf Master by the Sea video
- Check-Out Maid Service Included
- Allows Off Season Monthly Rentals
- Maximum Occupancy: 10
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The place was great.....had plenty of family space in the living area!! First time staying in that unit but will stay again next year!!
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Garden City never disappoints. We love the Surfmaster property. Family of 9 and we were for the most part very comfortable. The condo really needs updating. Overall it was fine, but way too much furniture and and decor is very outdated. I wasn't there for decor but with all the furniture in there and the old patio chairs....We had a great location though..I would love to rent again, but...there are much nicer ones with a better feeling inside and on the patio. I did love everything about Garden city
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We had 4 adults (2 couples) and 5 children staying in the condo, so the 2 full beds in the back bedroom and the extra table in the living area were a big plus compared to other 3-bedroom condos in the area. There was also room in the kitchen for more than 1 person to work at a time.
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ISIS brute says he finds beheading prisoners a 'pleasure' but moans he misses his 'wonderful' pet CAT
Rachid Kassim is one of the world's most wanted men linked to a string of terror attacks in Europe
AN ISIS executioner has told how he finds beheading helpless prisoners a real 'pleasure ' but moans he really misses his 'wonderful' pet CAT.
In a chilling interview, Rachid Kassim said the saddest thing about fleeing his homeland of France to fight in Syria was leaving his moggy behind.
Brutish Kassim is one of the world's most wanted men linked to a string of terror attacks in Europe, including the murder of a Catholic priest near Normandy in France.
He is beleived to be involved in the slaughter of a policeman and his partner near Paris.
Kassim also appeared in a propaganda video for ISIS just six days after Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhel murdered 86 people in the July Nice terror attack, which took place in on Bastille Day.
He infamously praised the attack pledging more atrocities in France.
Kassim gave the on-the-record interview to Washington-based academic Amarnath Amarasingam, who researches jihadism, the Mirror reports.
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When asked how it had felt to behead a prisoner, he said: "To behead an animal, it would be difficult, with enemies of Allah, it is a pleasure."
Kassim revealed he skipped France after being placed under surveillance because of his radical views.
He said he took his wife and young daughter with him with just 1,500 Euros in his pocket.
"I thought of attacking France when I was there, and my family was afraid because of it," he said.
"The cops knew about me. Every time I went jogging, there were always two cops following me. Then they hide. It was ridiculous.
"We left everything behind. Especially my cat. I had a wonderful cat that I left in Gaziantep. It was one of the saddest things about my hijrah (migration to Syria)."
He also claimed any attempts made by western authorities to stop jihadists travelling to Syria would only result in more bloodshed.
"We believe that even a small attack in dar ul-kufr (non-Muslim lands) is better than a big attack in Syria," he said.
"As the door of hijrah closes, the door of jihad opens. If I stayed in dar ul-kufr, I would do an attack there."