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The first time I saw a priesting, I was ten, and it was my older sister to be chosen.
The priests bustled into our home, and when my mother did not reprimand their rudeness, I knew she must have known to expect them. Her lips were sewn tight and thin to her dark face as she watched the young men usher my sister up from her seat, press a roll of fabric into her confused hands, and drape a flowing robe about her shoulders.
The robe was white, a blank canvas, a piece of purity from the gods. My sister froze for just a moment, stunned, but when the men soundlessly tugged on her to follow them, she moved her bare feet over the sand-dusted floor, and she left us in the night.
Two days later, her priesting was held; a rush, such a rush, when most candidates were given weeks to prepare. Some gods are demanding and impatient, the children of the priests say– the priests themselves would never utter such a remark. But it's true; some who are chosen have no time to say goodbye to their lives. We, the people who remain unchosen, can guess and bet which god will step up to claim a person by how that person is taken and prepared.
I watched, clutching my mother's hand, my head and face wrapped in fine linen to shield me from the midday sun. That, too, was a clue – the time of day of the priesting. Some gods would not come at night; others would only come then. For my sister, it was noon in the peak of the dry season, and everyone sweated, and the sand burned us from beneath our thin sandals.
My sister stood alone before an empty granite throne, half again the size that any human being would require, clothed in her whites, only the tips of her fingers and her long-lashed eyes visible beyond the folds. We had her back, her little family, her mother and her little brother, holding tight to each other; I pretended my mother needed me as much as I needed her in that moment, but I knew her legs were as strong as the sycamore and her eyes as bright as stars, and she would stand alone behind her daughter in the face of God if she had to.
A pair of priests stood, several arms away, on my sister's left; another pair stood to her right. With them, we formed a neat semi-circle, all facing the empty throne. I remember staring hard at the priests' robes, trying to muddle through the color patterns and symbols emblazoned on the cloth, my youthful mind straining to remember which gods went to which colors. I wanted a clue to the god who would claim my sister. I wanted to know.
I didn't have time to figure it out, if I could have at all. The very air around us seemed to straighten, like a spine extending, and then there came a bolt of sunlight from above, glowing so fiercely golden that I thought my sister would catch fire. She arched her back, head thrown backward, her headwrap partially unraveling; it waved eagerly in the sudden wind that spun sand around her.
The light was too much for me, and to this day, I regret raising my arm to shield my face. When I next saw my sister, her flawless ebony skin had turned molten gold like the sun, and her eyes were the staring eyes of a falcon.
"Daughter of Heru-hekenu!" the priests shouted in ragged unison, blinking away sunspots from their eyes.
"I accept," my sister said in the loudest whisper I have ever heard. And there, in the space between my terrified breaths, her white robes left her body along with her humanity, and she lifted herself aloft on shining wings.
Seven years later, I was informed that I, too, was chosen. I could not help but look to my mother, who would lose both of her children to the priesthood and be left alone; her eyes were strained, but she nodded. The priests did not lead me from our home; in fact, it would be nearly six more weeks before my priesting would occur. I spent the intervening time learning priestly duties, studying the religious arts, and taking long meditation baths. I had no idea which god wanted me, but I narrowly avoided cursing them aloud in front of the priests.
I did not want to leave my mother. I did not want to join my sister in the ranks of the robed, those transformed by their gods into something other than– more than– human. I did not want to give up my budding craftsmanship, my work in wood and clay, my growing love for a young woman who was the daughter of the man teaching me my craft. I wanted nothing to do with the white robes that shrouded me like glowing shadows.
I thought of running away, but that would solve nothing; I couldn't run back to my life any more than I could escape a god. I stayed, and I meditated in the cool waters, and I learned stories of our gods that I had never before imagined. As a student of their lore, I began to feel a strange kinship for the gods, almost a familial fondness, as though all of their living were somehow understandable by a young man like me. I never trusted that feeling.
My priesting was held just after sunset, in front of the same vacant throne that every priesting faces. The breeze was cool, the sand still warm, and I lifted my face to the emerging stars as two pairs of priests took their places on either side of me.
This time, I knew what their robes meant. One of them was my sister, in her warm yellow robes and black letters that spelled out one of her god's many epithets. Across from her was another of Heru-hekenu's priests, but I knew I was not to be claimed by the falcon-god myself; he only took priests in strong daylight.
The other two priests belonged to the lady Nut, goddess of the stars and the dead, whose great body stretched over us as the night sky. I wondered if I would be hers and suppressed a shudder at the thought of tending to so many funerary rites and fresh corpses.
My mother stood behind me, alone in the face of God, and I could feel her strength radiating across the space between us and soaking into my spine. Whether I willed my path or not, I would make her proud with my carriage, and I held my head high as I waited. The wind sang softly to me, cooling my skin, ruffling my headwrap.
I cannot describe what happened next with any eloquence or accuracy: The space before me opened up like a rift between wind and sky and sand, and I stared into a blackness the likes of which I have never known. The darkness yawned before me, a gulf reaching for my toes, consuming sand grain by grain until it could pull me in.
I saw a single point of light in the eclipse, and then a twin, and they became eyes as a great cat made of shadow stepped out of the abyss and, no sooner than it had a recognizable shape, it dissolved to wrap me in wind and dusk.
The arms of my god were warm and dark, and my heart felt like it would bleed like ripe fruit under the pressure of her embrace. I felt more than heard the priests around me cry out, identifying me as the son of this god that had come from primordial darkness to encircle me, but I did not hear her name.
All of me was dissolving, dross draining from the pith of my very being; I was liquid metal to be reforged, steaming and weak-kneed. "I accept," I breathed, unable to hear my voice for the wind in my ears and the pounding of my terrified, ecstatic heart.
I saw her eyes again, glowing green and slit-pupiled, as she bent to sweep my headwrap aside and kiss my forehead.
Very good, she whispered to me with a smile, and under her lantern-bright gaze, all my human trappings fell away and left me with only my marrow and the lightlessness under my skin.
When I next felt the sand, it was crunching beneath my padded paws, and I could feel my god's presence all around me, saturating my glossy fur. I tasted life on the desert wind and saw through the twilight as though it were midday, and when I heard my mother crying, I knew in my heart that she shed joyful tears.
Golden light erupted from my left, and my sister left her sunlight-robes behind as she became her god's theophany, the falcon. Our eyes met, sun-bound raptor to night-born cat, and we knew each other then.
Together, her winds as strong in the wind as my paws were on the dunes, we raced each other toward the temple.
[Full credit to my sister for sharing her dream, which became the seed of inspiration for this story!]


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First, a million thanks to all of you who let me know exactly how you feel about the columns. Your missives have made me think, laugh, cry, scream and sometimes shiver fearfully through sleepless nights. Hundreds of e-mails arrive each week from around the world. It may just be because I am, at present, the only non-white regular newspaper columnist in Europe. I used to count the positives and negatives and drown in pathological anxiety. No more. Although it is enraging to hear from racists, Muslim Stalinists and unwavering ideologues, it is important they do write in and I am getting tougher so it hurts less. These conversations are an essential part of the job, which I love.
First, a million thanks to all of you who let me know exactly how you feel about the columns. Your missives have made me think, laugh, cry, scream and sometimes shiver fearfully through sleepless nights. Hundreds of e-mails arrive each week from around the world. It may just be because I am, at present, the only non-white regular newspaper columnist in Europe. I used to count the positives and negatives and drown in pathological anxiety. No more. Although it is enraging to hear from racists, Muslim Stalinists and unwavering ideologues, it is important they do write in and I am getting tougher so it hurts less. These conversations are an essential part of the job, which I love.
As I cannot be depended on to follow a certain line – for example, always pro-Labour, anti-racist, pro-feminist, pro-Islam – I get many accusations of gross betrayal of this group or that. I am still getting such letters from over-excited sisters who objected violently when I wrote about how I was trying to become a less choleric wife to my husband after reading The Surrendered Wife by Laura Doyle. I have got back into bad old habits again, by the way.
If I discount the demonic haters and killers – of whom more later – my least favourite e-mailer this year was Ted, who writes in with alarming frequency to tell me to shove off to where I came from. Ted, you are American from Austin, Texas. It is one thing to be invited to leave this island by the fans of Norman Tebbit, but what gives you the authority? Have you really come to believe that we are now just another one of your many states?
Then there's Edward, who longs to rip my clothes off and do me over: "You Pakis with your shaved-off clits, need to be fucked senseless by English patriots and thrown to the sharks, like in those James Bond Films." There's no stopping Sharon or Michael either, oh no. Since I wrote I was going to boycott Israeli goods (latest: check the labels of all the herbs in supermarkets), these two have been bombarding me with "evidence" of Palestinian barbarisms, never those perpetrated by Sharon and his army.
One hundred and eighty-seven apoplectic Australians wrote in after I criticised Australian political attitudes following the bomb in Bali. They were the most easy-going people in the world; how dare a bloody Muslim say otherwise? Egocentric Americans continue furiously to demand a blind and unconditional approval of their nation. I must mention the O'Dwyers and Maureen and Milo (who likes to call me a "trashy girlie"), who are hysterically opposed to black immigration and repelled by my uppitiness. But Ted from Texas was the outright winner.
Among my most favourite were the readers who surprised me. Ali Santos, a Muslim convert in Argentina, shared his love for his adopted beliefs. A Middle Eastern prince expressed dangerous approval for the need for human rights values, especially in Islamic countries. A confused ex-BNP supporter said he was madly in love with Lisa, jet black and a Zimbabwean asylum seeker, whom he met on a packed coach to Manchester. He had had his wallet nicked; she had given him a fiver and they have been seeing each other ever since. She has no idea what the BNP is and he doesn't want her to find out. What do I think?
More than 200 black Britons agreed with the column that argued peer group pressure was as damaging as racism to black men and boys. When I wrote similarly on Damilola Taylor, many black Britons were horrified. It was "rubbish", in the words of one reader. Lucy, a white City broker, wrote in to say she was mentoring a young black boy for the very reasons I brought up in the column. By far the highest number of approving letters arrive when I criticise the rampantly sexualised culture surrounding our children. I only wish those in charge of our public culture would take some notice.
Most useful for my own enlightenment were readers who put me right on facts, new developments and media assumptions. I was unfair and plain wrong when I said that Zadie Smith had moved to the US because she was a prima donna who couldn't stand any criticism.
I made a foolish error by not checking when I claimed the surgeon Magdi Yacoub was a Muslim. Omar, a barrister informed me that it is normal for barristers to refuse to look at papers, after I'd disbelieved Cherie Blair's description of what happened to the faxes on the immigration case of Peter Foster that came to her study. Jonathan, a civil servant, provided useful information to show that the Government is not slavishly following the agenda of the right-wing papers on immigration policies. Asad asked quite rightly why he should, as a Muslim, always be expected to denounce what other Muslims do. Are Catholics being asked to distance themselves from paedophilia? And I was reminded of Ross Parker, the poor white teenager who was murdered in a racist attack in Peterborough by three young men of Muslim origin. He was attacked with CS spray, a hammer and a knife. His story was not on the front page of too many newspapers. There was no demonstration. I did not write about him. I failed.
It is always hard, this. When news broke of the horrible murder of two-year-old Ainlee, I prayed her parents, the killers, weren't black. They were. A gang jailed for carjackings and violence this week was black, and three other Muslim men were convicted of the murder of a father of two young children after he tried to stop them stealing a car. These dastardly acts are not worse because they are committed by black people but nor are they automatically more understandable because of racism. I will and do fight against injustice and inequality and the power merchants who apply no ethical standards when victims are Muslim. But the rot within also destroys too many communities.
To the readers – black, white, Asian, Muslim, American – who have expressed enthusiasm for my writing, I am immensely obliged. I am particularly encouraged that the vast majority of Muslim correspondents agree that we need to reform ourselves. These people help to stop me from going mad, and not to capitulate to the dozens of fanatics who write e-mails like this (from Shahin, who distributes lofty thoughts from email@example.com): "Moderates like Yasmin Alibhai-Brown are our eternal enemies ... her face is like a dog's backside, she denounces true Muslims who have taken the trouble to fight for true Islam. Wake up Ms Apostate Brown. Allah shows us how to recognise these traitors. Alibhai-Brown has even supported the adulteress in Nigeria when all true Muslims know fornicators must be punished. She supports sodomites, she has Jewish and Christian friends. The only reward for these people will be death, crucifixion. We must undermine and silence these 'Moderate' reformers."
Other true warriors have asked for me to be "burned without mercy". Add to these the Friends of the USA, who also want people like me or Robert Fisk or Mark Steel first tortured then dead; the Russians who warned me off after my piece on their treatment of Chechens; the Hindu fundamentalists who want me never to set foot in India and you begin to understand the chaos of the 21st century.
Still someone obviously likes me enough to put up more than £1,000 to cook them an Indian meal, part of the Indy auction for charities in Africa. Have a peaceful New Year and join the anti-war movement, so the poor Iraqis do, too.
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The CBI has charged Safdarjung hospital's two senior doctors, along with unidentified officials of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (co-accused in the case) for allegedly faking records and entering into a criminal conspiracy to get government approvals for a private medical college in Indore.
The two doctors, Dr DK Gupta and Dr JS Dhupia, according to CBI's first information report, forged records to seek the ministry's approvals for the Indore-based Index Medical College in September 2008 after the Medical Council of India (MCI) had already denied it.
The college was seeking the MCI's permission to begin admissions for its second batch.
Challenging MCI's rejection, the college had appealed to the Supreme Court, which instructed the ministry as well as the MCI to conduct inspection of the college's facilities afresh and inform the court on September 26, 2008.
Though the MCI inspection team gave a negative report regarding the same, the two suspects, Dr Gupta and Dr Dhupia okayed its eligibility for the approvals it was seeking.
"On the day of inspection, false records were created, regarding the availability at the time of inspection and employment of doctors as college faculties, which became the basis for the grant of permission by the Ministry," said CBI's press information officer RK Gaur.
The agency suspects that the two doctors, unknown ministry officials and MCI officials were allegedly acting according to a plan: first deny a private college its approval, then demand bribes to grant the same.


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I had a dream I was eating at table with some people I only met once. My boyfriend came in and had his back at me the entire time. I grabbed a wire and started choking him and enjoying the fact that I was killing him. Woke up and felt disgusted with myself . I love this guy so much. Strangest thing is that my boyfriend told me he had a dream where I murdered him and he was freaked out because he said it look like I enjoyed it.Posted 2 months ago
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Luke 19:1-10New International Version (NIV)
Zacchaeus the Tax Collector
19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.
5 When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today." 6 So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly.
7 All the people saw this and began to mutter, "He has gone to be the guest of a sinner."
8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount."
9 Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
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I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us! I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
CAS To My Friend
7 comments:
- sandie said...
I love this Julie, the Sring feel just jumps off the page! Wonderful embossing and superb blending. Great to see you at HLS
- April 5, 2017 at 2:45 AM
- Esther said...
A lovely spring-like card with those pretty, fresh colours and clean background setting them off to perfection! The floral stamp is so elegant and draws the eye without being too obtrusive or concealing the gorgeous inking... love it! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Less is More :)
- April 5, 2017 at 4:02 AM
- Kathyk said...
Just popped across from the LIM challenge blog to admire your fab card
- April 5, 2017 at 4:16 AM
- Sid said...
Loving this card, it's so effective !
- April 5, 2017 at 8:38 AM
- Sharon said...
That's a superb card Julie! The dandelion clock image is so striking and dramatic against the super soft and delicate blending of pastel colours on the background. Such a lovely CAS design. Thanks so much for sharing this with us at Less is More xx
- April 6, 2017 at 11:39 AM
- Sarah Gray said...
This is so pretty, Julie! I love the soft ink blending and crisp stamping. Those delicate touches of white really pop too. Thank you for playing along with us at Less is More :)
- April 6, 2017 at 4:51 PM
- donna mikasa said...
Wonderful take on the sketch--the dandelion appears to pop off your card!
- April 8, 2017 at 1:30 AM


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Wow - what a clearance!
Christ - that was great but Dortmund are far too open at the back.
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caligari 17,490 posts
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What a brilliant final so far. That was incredible by Subotic
fletch7100 8,367 posts
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Moment of the season
President_Weasel 12,326 posts
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Clive Tyldesly is an arse.
Gunzberg 2,245 posts
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Incredible focus by Subotic
Bayern are gonna win it, aren't they. They just got that edge.
But then again, they should have beaten Chelsea. And Dortmund are much better and nicer.
And Leandowski shoulda had that. Cos I said so.
Edited by RedSparrows at 21:15:44 25-05-2013
god ribery is a prick.
RedSparrows wrote:Yeah, think so.
Bayern are gonna win it, aren't they. They just got that edge.
But then again, they should have beaten Chelsea.
Ribery is also lucky to be on the pitch. Could have been sent off for an elbow in the first half.
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Coming to life at last.
Does Ribery have little man syndrome!
not wanting to sound like one of the bandwagons but the more of BD I see the more I really like this team
that stop was amazing, really hope they can keep this team together
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Franck Ribery is an angry little man!
GO DORTMUND!(They were always my German FM team c. 1995-2005 ish. It then became Bochum. No idea why - I must have a penchant for Ruhr clubs.)
Edited by RedSparrows at 21:18:14 25-05-2013
Sky showing their colours there, going mental at a Bayern chance.
Bayern are so going to win.
Unbelievable! In an all German final Tyldesley still shoe-horns in '99 and '05 references.
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Dortmund are currently managing to make every Bayern kick of the ball a defence splitting pass.
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Tyldsesly is Man Utd's biggest fanboy. No wonder he's desperate for the team in red to win tonight.
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I can't help thinking that if Robben had a little bit more bottle, and had thrown himself at that chance, he may have got himself a goal.
Great stuff from Subotic though.
Christ BM is full of pussies, get up you little bitch
Bayern seem to have a much higher cunt count in their team.
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Risky from lewandowski there
Tyldsley is a lifelong Man Utd fan. Bayerns kit is closer to Liverpool than United though..
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Dortmund look a bit tired =/
danathjo wrote:Yeah who was saying there were no antics tonight? Ribery has enough for a Madrid/Barca match on his own
Christ BM is full of pussies, get up you little bitch
It's worth 100 quid a month to have the option of not watching the sycophantic fucker
THFourteen wrote:Yep. He's taking the Busquets.
danathjo wrote:Yeah who was saying there were no antics tonight? Ribery has enough for a Madrid/Barca match on his own
Christ BM is full of pussies, get up you little bitch
Fucking save!
Dortmund look finished.
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Great goal
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When it comes to the play on which 'My Fair Lady' was based, it's all too easy to find yourself thinking, 'All I want is a tune somewhere.' Director Philip Prowse does oblige, startlingly, with 'Ride of the Valkyries': Wagner's swooping music announces the opening Covent Garden scene with pomp and inky flair; it sets the key for this polished-up, expensively cast, sumptuously Edwardian production.
Prowse's 'Pygmalion' transfers from Chichester, and, in the year since it opened there, Rupert Everett's devilish Professor Higgins has acquired a new mother (Diana Rigg, a splendidly complete explanation for his flamboyant Oedipus complex).
He's also found a new flower girl who has more than a touch of the Valkyries about her. 'EastEnders' and 'Strictly' champ Kara Tointon is a bloomin' luvverly Eliza Doolittle. From the moment she appears, touting violets and torturing innocent vowels on the doorstep of the Covent Garden Opera House, she shows a feisty independence and physical poise that's more than a match for the eloquent sarcasm with which Higgins terrifies fashionable society. She gives a textbook Eliza (Everett's dark, charming, uncosy Higgins is less well rounded, but is a bolder and more interesting departure from cliché).
Their final debate, in which his elegant creation dumps her Dr Frankenstein for the trivial embrace of Freddy Eynsford-Hill, is morally and intellectually gripping. But there would be more at stake if their chemistry were stronger.
Everett's unconventional Higgins and Peter Eyre's gentle, humanising Colonel Pickering are a better-matched pair: jawing in Higgins's book-lined study like the Holmes and Watson of phonetics.
But the production closes with an ill-advised bang, as Everett's Higgins, hunched like a grinning Mephistopheles, makes a fully staged fantasy of Eliza's wedding disappear with a flick of his wrist.
It's a handsome evening whose hidden shallows wouldn't matter if Prowse had only staged 'My Fair Lady' instead...
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The trouble with George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion is that, these days, people would prefer it if she married Higgins, rather than soppy Freddy. My Fair Lady corrected the obvious flaw in the play by letting Audrey Hepburn return to Wimpole Street to live happily ever after with Rex Harrison. Common flower girl, Elisa Doolittle is transformed into a passable Duchess within six months as part of a bet between fellow linguists, Pickering and Higgins. Rupert Everett played the part of Higgins with a psychopath's ability to shift from playful to shouty in the blink of an eye. He was a little over-bearing and came across as too heartless. No wonder she didn't marry him. Pickering should pickle his plumptious plosives; he had a wonderful radio voice and he did very well to show Elisa that not all eligible bachelors are blackguards, whatever they may be. Alfred Doolittle entertains us with his views of middle class morality; in the first half he rails against it, revelling in his status as one of the undeserving poor; in the second half he laments his entry to the middle classes with the prospect of everyone tapping him for money. I loved his eloquent explanation that if Higgins would give him five pounds he would drink it by Monday and the professor could be sure that his money would be spent wisely. But he could not accept ten pounds; that was too much, he would be faced with the dilemma of having to save some of it, and that would never do. The star turn was EastEnders star Kara Tointon as Eliza. She played the role in the fashion of Cher Lloyd, who used the professor of fanatics, Simon Cowell, to transform herself in twelve weeks from downtrodden, flower-power, X-factor wannabe to pass off as a Lady Gaga for three minutes. Eliza's vowel sounds were strangled to the extent that it's scarcely credible that anyone has ever talked like that; neither flower-seller nor Duchess. But her jauntiness (and Pippa Middleton's royal wedding clobber) sees her through and the scene where she makes her first appearance as a prototype Lady brought the house down. She was sceptical that her aunt had died from influenza, as had been suggested, on account of the fact that she did not inherit her straw hat. "Them's that got 'er 'at done her in!" The EastEnders writers would have changed the ending and would have had more credible accents, but plays are cool. Go see.


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The foundations shook at Wolseley, the plumbing and building materials group, as £600m of value was wiped off within micro-seconds of the first shares changing hands. The group warned that profits for the five months to the end of December are likely to be down by almost a third. The slump in US housing demand is to blame. The crisis is also spreading to Europe.
Wolseley is carrying out urgent repair work on its overheads but it may not be enough to stop the roof falling in again. The group admits present market conditions are likely to worsen. Dearer mortgages and tougher lending policies are bringing home sales to a near standstill, while the commercial building market remains fragile.
The conditions may throw up opportunities, however. Wolseley made ten bolt-on acquisitions worth £170m during the spell and tougher trading means smaller riv-als might fall into its lap.
But this is scant consolation for retrenchment on an epic scale. Around 3,000 jobs have been cut, saving £60m a year and further action is not being ruled out. Trading profits in the US are down 40 per cent. Eur-ope has not suffered so badly – yet – with profits up 1 per cent on revenue 17 per cent higher but some markets, such as Italy, France and Austria, are weak.
The shares have lost 45 per cent of their value in the past year. By the close, they had clawed back a third of yesterday's initial falls. Brokers are expecting profits to fall 20 per cent this year but at this stage accurate forecasting is impossible. Wolseley has not suddenly become a bad company and it has the financial muscle to withstand lengthy weaknesses in its markets. By its own admission, those conditions could persist for some time, which is why there is no strong case for buying now. Avoid.
Our view: Buy
Share price: 490p ( -15p)
When the orthopaedic parts group Corin won approval last July to sell hip implants in the US, it called it the most important event in its history.
Unfortunately, it chose yesterday to justify its euphoric comments when shares were falling thick and fast. Its own suffered but it should be a temporary mishap.
Sales at the halfway stage last September were only slightly higher. Since then, Corin has been selling its Cormet range of metal hip devices in a tie-up with heavyweight distributor Stryker. They have been outstandingly successful. Full-year sales are 28 per cent up at £36.5m, almost entirely due to Cormet.
The US is the largest market for orthopaedic products and now accounts for more than 70 per cent of Corin's business. Dem-and is fuelled by people living longer but needing joint replacements at a younger age.
The only likely restraint on growth at the moment is manufacturing capacity. The devices are made in the UK and shipped to the US but output may soon have to be cranked up, especially as Corin starts to offer a wider variety of hip implants.
Sales are likely to increase to £60m in the current year, delivering profits close to £18m. The shares are selling on around 17 times expected earnings which is toppy but sustainable based on demand for its products. The prospect of a bid from a healthcare group also gives support to the price. Buy.
Hat Pin
Our view: Avoid
Share price: 46p (-33p)
These are unforgiving markets to get it wrong. So a botched relaunch of one of its key brands wiped 41 per cent off executive search group Hat Pin.
Full-year profits to the end of December will come in around £2.8m, more than £1m less than expected, after its main UK trading company, the Talent Business, hit the buffers.
Gary Stolkin, who was running the outfit, has gone. Talent Business placed executives in key marketing jobs.
A lot of resources were put behind the business as the office network was expanded and new consultants hired. But it started to go wrong, particularly in December during which time Mr Stol-kin's relationship with the board was deteriorating. So instead of making £1.7m, the operation will break even. The other parts of the group have been trading well.
The current year looks unclear. Nearly three-quarters of profits should come from Asia and the Fast East where growth remains buoyant, but there are signs of price weakening in the UK.
House broker Arden has cut its 2008 forecast from £6.1m to £3.7m. Avoid.
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What more can you say? Vintage reports of great vintages are almost always boring — fine weather during flowering and fruit set, followed by fine summer weather, not too cool nor too dry, hot or wet, followed by fine conditions for harvest. Done — the wines virtually make themselves and winemakers head off to the bank. It's the post-mortem as the wines age, especially in a benchmark region like Bordeaux, where the going gets interesting and the comparison to other great years begins to take place. A great year to buy as much as is reasonable and sock it away for a decade or two.
How good is great? Often it becomes a matter of style, balance, and longevity, and invariably one region slightly outperforming another for top honors. Maybe a few over-extracted Saint Émilions? Perhaps the only error to be made was trying to go one better than nature in the cellar. But 2005 is solid across the board, with warm, sunny growing conditions and cool nights in August and September to keep sugars in check, preserve acidity, and allow enough hang time for perfect maturity. Rich wines with plenty of ripe fruit, richness and alcohol, but with a freshness and equilibrium that keeps everything in balance. The heavens aligned in 2005, and these are superb wines that deserve a spot in any serious Bordeaux cellar.
It was one of the driest years on record, with many châteaux reporting 40-60% less rainfall than normal. Not since 1949 had it been this dry between bud break and harvest. The dry conditions virtually eliminated any worry of rot or mildew and resulted in small, concentrated grapes with thick skins. It was warm but not hot like 2003, with the even heat creating fresher fruit notes in the wines, and the cool nights in the later part of the season contributing to the fresh acidities.
The warm conditions made harvest timing one of the main concerns of the vintage, especially with early ripening Merlot where balancing acids and sugars was a bit tricky as harvest arrived. Timing was key, and many went earlier rather than late, a decision that preserved crucial acid and gives 2005 part of its unique and excellent style. In the end, a good-sized crop of phenomenally ripe, balanced grapes was the result, and the wines show it in their purity, richness, and world-class quality.
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Semillon is a paradoxical grape, as much of its appeal stems from its susceptibility to rot. Sure, the idea of rot may conjure up nasty images, but in winemaking, rot isn't necessarily a negative. Grapes can be affected by two types of rot: grey rot and noble rot, also known as Botrytis. While the former is a destructive force, diminishing yields and making wines taste moldy, noble rot causes grapes to shed water while still on the vine, thereby concentrating sugars and acids. The thick skins of the Semillon make the grape prone to noble rot, but certain vintages, where improper climatic conditions occur, can be affected by the latter.
Concentration of sugars and flavors are critical because Semillon is the key component of one of the world's famous sweet wines, Sauternes. Some Sauvignon Blanc is usually blended in to provide a little acidity and freshness. Made in the Sauternes region of Bordeaux, producers rely on Botrytis in the Semillon to deliver the characteristic honeyed nectars of the wine. In years when neither type of rot develops, producers are stuck with a sweet wine lacking real complexity and texture. Even worse are the years when grey rot strikes. Furthermore, harvest of the grape requires great care, with multiple passes through the vineyards necessary to pick Botrytis-affected clusters and even individual berries. Consequently, Sauternes is not an inexpensive wine, but we're convinced that with foie gras, there's nothing better. Here, the acidity and sweetness of the wine provide the perfect counterpoint to the rich density of foie gras. We like the producers Chateau d'Yquem and Climens.
Semillon is also also used to make dry wines in Bordeaux, again blended with Sauvignon Blanc. Here, the Sauvignon is usually the dominant partner, with Semillon used to add softness and richness to counter the brisk characteristics of Sauvignon. Introduction of Semillon generally makes these wines more age-worthy. For top examples of Bordeaux blends featuring Semillon prominently, look to the legendary Chateaus Haut-Brion and Laville Haut-Brion.
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Full of interest and nostalgia, and friendly, helpful staff. Also, it's free, and so is parking. It is a little difficult to find, and there are no refreshments.
We spent a lot longer here than we thought we would. This is a gem of a museum with something for all ages. There was biscuit baking for kids when we went, and a great amount to look at. So much oooo and ahhhhing at the things we remembered owning. Fun for all and we have been back again!
I thought id have a visit to Leicester's Gas museum today. It's about 45 minutes away from Derby.. When I arrived I found the museum had a little car park area reserved just for Museum visits.I thought the building, built in 1870 very interesting to me who spent almost 50 years in the building trade, and the clock tower is...
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10 Top Tips for a Hot Day
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The sun has arrived at last, but hurry, it may not last long! On a hot day, with beating sunshine, it's so important to keep the children covered up and protected from the sun. Here are 10 important things to remember on a scorching day:-
- Cover up with sun cream before going into the sun
- Remember waterproof nappies for little ones looking forward to a dip in the sea or a paddling pool
- Reapply suncream throughout the day, especially after emerging from water
- Wear a sun hat; sun glasses are more cosmetic but they're cute too
- Wear UV SPF protective clothing, wear clothes in water if you're really exposed to the sun
- Drink lots and keep hydrated - water is best
- Keep in the shade whenever possible
- Beware of biting or stinging insects, if insects are a pest where you are, use a natural repellant
- To help with hydration, eat lots of fruit, especially high water content tropical fruits such as watermelon, pineapple, melon and mango
- Eat lots of ice-cream!
Bath Time!
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In the old days, babies were bathed once a week in an old tin bath in front of the fire - if there were older brothers and sisters they may get the bath after everyone else had washed and so it was not a fun (or safe!) activity. Nowadays there are all sorts of gadgets and gizmos to entertain baby and keep them safe and bath time is often used as part of the bed time routine to lull baby into a restful sleep.
So, what do you need? Surely just a bath and a wash cloth! Not at all! There are some fabulous, new accessories that are worth a look at.
- Agua Pod: a slip mat with a back support and handle so baby can sit unaided on a non slip surface and slash around. Suitable for 6 moths plus, it costs around £25.
- Foam bath support: a huge spongy support for babies to lie back and enjoy a splashy time without needing full parental support. Suitable from birth to six months, priced around £10.
- Thermometer: To test the heat of the water, ideally the water should be 36-38 degrees centigrade; costs £3 - £15 for a digital version.
- Baby bather: a deckchair for baby to lie back in and feel supported while in the bath, suitable from birth. Costs around £10 for a toweling version, £20 for a more substantial fabric version.
- Ergonomic baby bather: all plastic, ergonomically shaped bather. Suitable from birth, costing around £16.
- Tummy Tub Baby Bath: looking like a large bucket for baby to bath in! Suitable from birth and costs in the region of £20.
- Dry Eyes Shampoo Shield: an ideal way to keep shampoo from children's eyes. Hold the shield during washing and it helps keep it from going in their eyes. Suitable from age 2, this will cost about £5.
Water: How to Encourage Children to Drink
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When the weather is hot, it is relatively easy to encourage little ones to take in plenty of fluids with cold drinks, ice cream and lollies to keep them hydrated; but in the cooler weather, it's less obvious that your child may be getting dehydrated. Consuming water is so important, more so than eating food.
Water is vital for life.
- It regulates the body temperature
- It helps flush body waste in the form of urine
- It is required for transporting nutrients throughout the body
- It helps maintain a good weight
- It helps avoid constipation and urinary infections
- It helps digest food and absorb the nutrients from your food
- It increases your energy levels
How much to drink:
- Children aged 1-3 need just under 1 1/2 litres each day, although not exclusively in drink form as this includes the liquid consumed in food
How to encourage them to drink:
- Encourage little and often. Offer them cups of water each time you have a drink.
- Drink in front of them to show you do it too!
- Give older children a little plastic jug to pour their own drinks.
- Try new drinks: peach or grape juice (watered down by 1/2) is unusual and tasty.
- Make sure there is water and milk available at pre-school or nursery. Encourage your child to have a drink while away from home too.
- Find some fun 'sippy' cups or drinking straws to make it more fun for toddlers.
- Offer warm milk, chilled water, cool juice so vary the temperature.
- Feed liquid based foods: yoghurt, soups, etc.
- Eat juicy fruits like watermelon and pears.
Start Mark Making with Messy Play
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Messy Play is a fun and important part of play - babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers are always delighted to get their hands stuck in to some messy play. They get to feel and touch items and substances they wouldn't normally handle. But, it is also useful for the beginnings of mark-making and ideal for observing their world and how different ingredients change when mixed up. Most importantly - it is fun!
Get a large tray such as a baking tray with fairly deep sides to use when doing messy play. Add some ingredients to the tray and encourage the little ones to mix and feel and play with the substances.
- Flour: Place some flour on the tray. Get some small toys to drive through the flour to make tracks. Mix with spoons and sprinkle with glitter to make it sparkly.
- Flour and water: Add some water to make it slushy and really messy! Great fun!
- Oats: Add three spoon and bowls and some washable teddies and act out the tree bears story!
- Shaving foam: A cheap can of shaving foam can be sprayed on the tray and used to make patterns and marks with spoons and tools etc.
- Jelly: Make up some different colours and cut them up with blunt knives, mix them and squelch them together.
- Pasta: Different shaped pasta and rice can be mixed, sorted and sprinkled. Let the children use their imagination. Make necklace by threading onto string if you have time.
- Cornflour: Mix cornflour and water to make a heavenly gloopy, sticky messy substance to play with.
- Sand: Make a beach, add water in a bowl for sea and mix it all together. Make letter shapes and patterns in the sand or drive through some favourite toys or cars.
- Water play: Put some water in a sink or old baby bath and use it to play! Fill containers, make showers, sprinkle with glitter, use spoons and ladles and have fun! Add ducks or some dolls to wash.
Remember to protect clothing, floor, tables and keep any valuables away from the mess. Have fun!
Fear of the Bath
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It seems that just as many children begin to find themselves really mucky by the end of the day: food, paint, sand, mud all over them, that they develop a fear of the bath! Between the age of 1 and 2 it is common to hear of toddlers who cry, scream and refuse to get into their lovely, warm, foaming water despite lots of encouragement. There are various things that might scare children about bathing - even if they cannot necessarily articulate the problem, bear the following in mind.
- They may be fearful of the soap in their eyes when they wash with soap or wash their hair.
- They may not like the sound of the water filling the bath - it may be loud for them.
- They may not like the gurgling water going down the drain at the end of the bath.
- They may be scared of going under water or slipping.
- They may not like the coldness as they undress and when they get out all wet.
Try to reduce the fears by:-
- Not using slippy soap and ensuring you wash faces without soap on the cloth, just water.
- Filling the bath before they come in and emptying it after they have gone.
- Using baby shampoo and concentrate on the back of the head rather than the scalp so to avoid dripping.
- Wrapping them up nice and warmly in a dry towel as soon as they come out.
If they really refuse, don't force them. Try a stand up wash, then progress to a stand-up wash in the bath. Then with a little water and gradually build up the water over a couple of weeks, if that's what it takes.
Make bath time fun with a few toys to play with and calm lighting. Even try getting in yourself! That might be fun!
Keep Kids Safe Outside!
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It's great to get outside whatever the weather, and winter outdoor activities take on a whole new meaning as we are wrapped up warm and have different things to focus on and play with. However, there are still dangers at large and here are a few pointers when it comes to making outside play safe and fun for children.
- Even if it's chilly and you don't fancy going outside into the garden with the children, do go out and check first that the garden is safe and free from any animal debris or faeces. Foxes can bring in all sorts of things (other people's shoes, rags, soft toys) that they have found in neighbouring gardens. So clean up any mess first using disposable gloves.
- When going out in the country, make sure children avoid any fresh manure. It may be interesting (!) but it should not be touched or dug up.
- Similarly, don't let the children wander too far into ditches or boggy land that may lead to problems.
- Be aware of what may have been put on the park flowers or indeed your own garden (manure, fertilizer, animal repellent etc.) Even though you may not be able to see the chemicals/treatment, they may still be present and can be dangerous if consumed.
- Make sure that kids know they can play in mud, but they must NOT touch their faces and MUST wash their hands thoroughly afterwards. If they are too young to understand these rules, they cannot be allowed to play in mud.
- Keep children away from water such as streams, ponds and lakes, especially when it becomes colder and they freeze over.
- Keep an eye on them, even if it's your familiar garden they are playing in.
Have, good, clean and safe fun!
Big Breath Bath Science
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We're all used to keeping height measurements for our little ones, but how about something a bit more unusual - here's a great science experiment you can do at bathtime and log growth over time! How large are your toddlers lungs?!
Get hold of a plastic measuring jug (don't be tempted to use a glass jug) and a straw for bathtime. Bendy straws that bend towards one end are perfect for this experiment.
Fill the jug completely with water by submersing it in the bath. Now turn it upside down and slowly lift it out of the water until it is almost completely proud of the water level. You'll notice that pressure keeps the jug full of water even though the column of water rises higher than the water level in the bath. The only way that the water will fall is if you lift the rim of the jug above the water level, at which point the water will cascade out very quickly!
Get the jug to a position where it is filled with water and standing above the water level with the rim still just submerged. Take the straw and place it so that the one end of the straw is under the mouth of the jug with the other out of the water. If you have a 'bendy' straw, bend the end and point the short end up into the jug, and hold the long end clear of the water.
Have your children take a deep breath in and then blow as much air as they can from their lungs into the straw. Younger children may need to practice a bit to master the technique of blowing out fully.
The air blown out will displace the water in the jug and when they are done, you can read off the measurement on the side of the jug to tell the volume of air displaced. Teach older children how to read the quantity by looking at the scale on the side of the jug. You'll be quite surprised at just how much air they can hold! Take a note of measurements and repeat it every couple of months to see how your little ones are growing!
The Danger Of Ponds!
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Ponds can look lovely, with neat little reeds growing tall, a few fish swimming around and perhaps a water lily decorating the middle, but, as the parents of the toddler who recently drowned in a garden pond in Cumbria tragically found out, they are also very dangerous for toddlers and young children.
The 23 month old child was discovered by his mother early evening just a few weeks ago. Despite calling for help and being rushed to the local hospital, the little one didn't pull through. He drowned in the pond in the family garden.
Earlier this year, another 2 year old was found drowned in his garden pond in Bristol. In this case, the mother was arrested on suspicion of child neglect, although she was released on police bail.
Every year on average, about ten toddlers and children die in garden ponds. It is tragic and it is an avoidable disaster.
Needless to say, no matter how pretty your pond, none is worth the loss of life, the anguish of the parents, friends and family who will never be able to change the course of events and bring their little children back.
Children and toddlers whether crawling or walking or running move fast. One moment they are there, the next they have scuttled off. That is the nature of children.
Don't bother with fencing, or raising a little wall around the water, or carefully explaining to the kids not to go near the water. Just fill it in, turn it into a sandpit even! It simply isn't worth it!
How Safe are Water Fountains?
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When you are out and about or running round a school playground, a public drinking fountain can be a welcome sight, a place to rehydrate and for free! But how safe is it to drink from the same fountain that hundreds of others have drunk from? Would you share a water bottle with strangers in the park? I doubt it!
Are you likely to pick-up germs, bacteria and disease from all the other people who have used the fountain before? The answer seems to be unproven! There is plenty of evidence to suggest that germs and bacteria are all over drinking fountains. Some research suggested there were less germs on toilets and door handles than drinking fountains, because they are cleaned and disinfected more often. So there are more micro organisms on water fountains! Shocking.
However, this does not mean that the water is infected. The nature of the water fountain shooting an arc of water means that the water itself should not be contaminated even if the pump is itself covered in germs. So if the water is clean, it remains clean even if it comes through a mucky water fountain. Evidence to prove this fact seems sparse either to confirm the water is safe or to say it is not safe.
I suppose we should take comfort from the fact that there is not an abundance of studies proving they are contaminated. And, indeed, that we never hear of swathes of disease or outbreaks because of water fountains being unclean.
So, should we drink from water fountains and let our little ones drink from them? Yes, probably, but only if they are able to drink from the arc of water and not need to suck, lick or get too close to the spout itself! If they are too little to manage this, use the fountain to top up a water bottle or cup.
How to Keep Kids Cool in the Summer!
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Now summer is here, the children can't wait to get outside in the warm sunshine, but what can you do to keep them as cool as possible on the hottest days? Here are a few ideas!
- Squirt - find some water guns and have a water fight! Or, use an old washing-up liquid bottle which are possibly easier for little ones to use... just squeeze rather than pulling a trigger. Or, if you have any water sprays for plants, fill these with water and have fun!
- Set some ice to freeze in the freezer the night before. Colour the ice cubes with food colouring and watch them melt in the paddling pool. Or, use larger containers: ice-cream tubs make huge blocks, or fill sandwich bags with water to make funny shapes. You could float plastic mini beasts in the tubs before freezing so the children can watch the creatures appear as the ice melts! To make clear ice, boil the water in a kettle first to remove the air.
- Fill the paddling pool and have story time with your feet in the cool water! A great idea for calming the children down before nap time and nice and cool for you too!
- Put cartons of juice in the freezer and use them for drinks. If you defrost for a while, before you need them they will be icy cold. Or freeze tubes of yoghurt so they make a creamy icy snack.
- Eating ice lollies can be expensive, so make your own! Make lolly pops by freezing juice in paper cups and pop a lolly pop stick inside.
- Making a crushed ice drink is a fun way of keeping the children hydrated. Make up a juice in a plastic cup and pop in the freezer. Keep stirring to break up the ice crystals as they form and when half way between drink and ice, serve with a straw.
- Cool snacks such as strawberries, watermelon, grapes and cucumber taste refreshing straight from the fridge, so keep some prepared ready for a quick fruit feast.
- Make a den using old sheets and frames such as an ironing board, clothes airer, chairs etc. It will be cooler inside and keep the kids occupied for ages.
Have fun, and keep yourselves as cool as cucumbers!
Simple Toddler Toys
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Once your child becomes a toddler a whole new world of toys are suddenly available to them. They can shake and hold, throw and grasp, walk and run... it's a very exciting (and challenging!) time for parents and carers. But, how should a toddler's home or setting be equipped?
Toddlers basically play with whatever is available to them. They need stimulus and an actual 'thing' to play with but at this age it doesn't really matter if it's from an expensive toy shop or your kitchen drawers! They don't know if something has been passed down from an older cousin or if it's brand new.
It is, of course, difficult to put down exactly which toys your toddler needs, because it depends largely on what they like to do and what they already have, but as a rough guide, the types of toys for toddlers should probably fall into the following areas in order to give them a wide ranging and exciting choice.
The Natural World
In order to teach your toddler about nature and the world they need to learn about the natural materials available to us. Whether you live in a house with a garden or a flat without any outside space, there are so many ways to introduce the natural world.
- Go explore the park or woods and find lots of different things made from different materials. Find sticks, stones, leaves, grass.
- Go to the green grocer or market and look at all the different vegetables and fruits on offer. Look at the colours, textures and shapes. Even try one you've not have before and eat it together.
- Talk about your food and where all the things come from.
Water Play
Fill a basin or an old baby bath and splash around with plain water, water will bubbles, warm water and cold water. Find spoons and sieves and all sorts of things to play with in the water.
- Add a few drops of food colouring to water and play with coloured water. Mix the colours to see what happens.
- Wash a doll or teddy. Splash around with bubbles and soap and have lots of fun. Dry them and at the end wrap them in a towel.
- Get various objects from round the house and see if they sink or float; whether they get wet (like fabric) or go slippery (like plastic). Fill and empty things and see that large beakers have more water in them than small beakers.
Messy Play
Buy some modelling clay or play dough, or make your own (log into ToucanLearn to find recipes) and just have a squidgey time! Make mud pies and mountains and get really messy. (Just make sure you protect your clothes, surfaces and floor!)
- Make shapes and roll the clay into balls. Squash it; pound it; prod it and see what happens.
- Add rice or lentils too and knead it into the clay to make it textured.
- Make pretend clay people, or food or animals. Snip straws and stick them in to make antennae for clay insects or arms for people.
Sand Play
Get a sand pit or go to the beach and build castles, make tunnels or simply add water and change dry sand into sopping wet sand.
- Make some sand mounds and stamp them flat. Count them as you go.
- Build some roads for toy cars or animals and put them in the sand. Drive them around.
- Wrap some stones with silver foil and bury them in the sand. Then try and find the buried treasure!
Building blocks
Try and include some building blocks in your toddler's toy box. They are great for building a make believe train, or a castle.
- Count them; sort them, build with them.
- Make a long line with them, match them and roll them.
Here we've offered just a few basic ideas. Toddlers with even some of the above stimulating equipment will have lots of brilliant experiences. Have fun!
Keep Children Hydrated - Make Sure They Drink Water
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Just because children are smaller, don't think that this means they need only small amounts of water. Water is, without doubt, one of the most important nutrients for children even though when we read about children and nutrition, it's often left out. Water keeps them healthy, keeps them hydrated in order for their body to function and keeps them on form at school and nursery. Dehydration leads to a reduction in mental and physical performance. And, long term chronic dehydration may cause health problems and illnesses later in life.
Many pre-schools and nurseries have inadequate resources for children to have access to water so parents should encourage their children to drink regularly at home and try to encourage lots of good drinking at their nursery too. In hot weather, when exercising or running around in the playground, children should especially drink more. Even a small degree of dehydration can reduce their performance and well-being.
Although children are physically smaller than adults, they need to consume plenty of water. Research states that older children age 11-14 should drink about 3 litres a day. For toddlers it depends on their weight. It is said that they should drink about 1½ ounces of water per pound of body weight.
Children should drink more often and even when they don't feel thirsty. Because their body is less developed than ours, by the time they feel thirsty, dehydration may have already set in. Headaches, irritability and drowsiness are all symptoms.
Why Is Water So Important?
Adults are made up of 50% water and for infants the figure is closer to 75%, so water for toddlers is vital in order to keep healthy. Water also cools down a hot body, lubricates joints and make muscles work more smoothly.
What counts?
If your child won't drink liquids, make sure they eat lots of water rich foods: soups, vegetables, milky drinks, smoothies etc. Or, add a splash of juice to make it a bit more tasty!
Tips to get your toddler drinking:
- Get a snazzy cup or bottle for them to drink from
- Keep the bottle of water in the fridge so its nice and cold
- Add some ice or slices of orange or lemon and serve from a pretty jug. You can even get fun shapes. (just make sure they don't choke, though!)
- Use special straws
Do anything to get them drinking. It's vital!
Take a Dip!
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Getting your baby used to water is very important - taking them for a swim as soon as you are able can make them more confident in the water, more relaxed and open to learning to swim a few years down the road. It's good exercise for Mums and a great reason to get out of the house when you have a new baby. However, beyond all these benefits (and certainly not belittling them) is the wonderful twenty minutes you can spend with your baby or toddler being really close, playing games and having fun!
Tips for having fun in the pool with a baby
- Have a practice run... play some games and sing songs together in the bath!
- Try to go to the pool off-peak. Avoid loud water aerobics lessons or school swimming lessons.
- When you get in the pool for the first time, start gently by sitting yourself on the side of the pool and do some gentle splashing.
- Once you get in, keep baby close and sprinkle water on his back and arms.
- Keep plenty of eye contact, hold baby close to your body at all times and keep your face near her.
- When you are more confident, move baby through the water, cradling and supporting at all times and keep them close to you. Lots of body contact feels great in the water for you and for baby too!
- The weightlessness of swimming feels lovely for baby too - so enjoy moving through the pool together focusing on the unusual properties of water and how it changes how you both feel!
When to get out
- As soon as your baby begins to shiver, get them out and wrap in a towel.
- Only start with short sessions to begin with - about 10 minutes may be enough. Remember, you're not looking for value for money - you're introducing your little one to swimming! Certainly if your baby is under one don't stay longer than thirty minutes.
- Don't go if your baby is unwell or has a cold.
- Check with your GP if your baby has dry skin or nappy rash. Swimming may help or may irritate some conditions.
Dry your baby well and keep them warm after a swim. Enjoy the time together and be as close and as cuddly you can.
Wasting water
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Lucky for us, when we want water, we simply turn on the tap and with a gurgle and a whoosh out shoots fresh, clean drinking water. It's simple, its easy and it's free flowing. However, that doesn't mean we should waste water and its the same for our children. Their instinct is to turn the tap on, and leave it running throughout the duration of washing teeth. But, we should guide them while they are young to respect this valuable commodity.
Bathroom: Turn off the tap when washing teeth! Have a shower instead of a full bath! Don't flush the toilet more than you have to - put paper tissues, cotton buds and cotton wool in the bin!
Kitchen: Don't run the dishwasher or washing machine unless its full. Don't rinse fruit and vegetables in running water, use a bowl. Don't wash dishes under running water, use a bowl. Keep a jug (or reuse a bottle!) of cold water in the fridge instead of running the water until it gets cold each time you want a drink.
Garden: Get a water butt for watering flowers in the garden rather than using a hose.
It can be easy and fun to save water if you do it together! And, did you know:
- only 2.5% of the world's water is freshwater: all the rest is salt water
- only 8% of the world's water is for domestic use: 70% is for agricultural use
- in the developing world, water-borne disease is responsible for 80% of illnesses and death
- we can go without food for about a month, but you won't survive longer than 7 days without water
Toddlers and Water Don't Mix!
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Water presents a natural hazard for babies and toddlers - if you have a pond in the garden, ask yourself if it is really necessary, and how you can make it safe should you decide to keep it. A toddler can drown in as little as 2 inches of water; their face might fall into shallow water which they ingest, blocking the natural airflow to their lungs. Toddlers falling into water become disorientated and may not be able to pull away. Drowning has become the number one cause of accidental death in children. For every child killed by drowning, 4 more are treated in the emergency room for submersion-related accidents, many suffering permanent brain damage.
A young child can drown in just a few seconds - far quicker than the five minutes you might take your eyes off them in order to make a coffee. Drowning can be quick and quiet - you will not be aware what is going on until it could be too late. Should you discover a child who has fallen into water and has stopped breathing, start CPR immediately - there is a good chance of recovery for some time after breathing has stopped.
Ponds, pools and spa's make for the most dangerous water hazards in the garden. You might consider draining a pond until your children are older, why not turn it into a sand pit for them? If you keep a pond, or have a pool or spa, make sure that they are adequately protected - put up a small fence to keep children away, or consider installing an alarm such as a premiter or gate alarm, to warn you when your child is approaching the hazard.
Even baths pose a danger for babies and toddlers. Water ingested accidentally can lead to 'dry drowning' at a later stage. Before water enters the lungs, it passes through the larynx - this causes involuntary muscle spasms to relieve the water, this interferes with regular breathing and can cause death through a lack of oxygen. This can occur several hours after water is ingested, so be very aware throughout the bathing process and never take your eyes off your baby.
Always take care when your children are near water, and be alert for signs that they may have ingested water - coughing, choking or breathing difficulties. Drowning is a needless waste of life, and the most tragic accident any family can face.
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Even if you roughly trace over the photo to apply the blur effect, the border of the effect will be automatically corrected, and the app will easily give a natural photo effect.
You can seamlessly zoom in or out from a photo in pixel units with pinching gesture (using two fingers), which can make even a complex object in perfect focus.
The result can be checked by tracing over the screen.
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- Adjust the size of the blur spot (BLUR)
- Adjust the border on the blur effect (BORDER)
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Because you spend most of your time in Firefox, it only makes sense to use it for keeping tabs on your to-dos and reminders, which is exactly what the ReminderFox extension [10] allows you to do. Although it's not a full-fledged calendaring tool, it provides all the features you need to manage your tasks with minimum effort. Besides reminders and to-dos, you can use ReminderFox to create so-called quick alarms, which you can use to help you remember small things (Figure 6).
In addition to the default sections Reminders and To-dos, you can create custom task lists and group your tasks by type. For example, to keep tabs on your article deadlines, create a separate list. When creating a custom list, you can specify a link to an iCalendar file, and the calendar will appear as a separate list. The features don't stop here, though, because you can sync your ReminderFox data with either an FTP or WebDAV server. To enable this feature, specify the synchronization options in the Options dialog window under the Network tab.
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In this article, I've covered just a fraction of the simple yet useful Firefox extensions. If you are willing to spend some time digging through the official Firefox Add-on repository [11], chances are you will find dozens of other one-trick ponies that can make your daily computing more efficient and even pleasant.
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Hotel for saleThe Dornie Hotel, Francis Street, IV40
Offers in Region of £499,995
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Key features
- 11 Letting Bedrooms
- 2 Bed Owners Accommodation
- Pool Room/Dining Room/Public Bar Sea Views
- Beer Garden Further Potential For Growth
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The Dornie Hotel is set on the shores of Loch Long in Dornie on the west coast of Scotland. The property is in an outstanding location with stunning views to Loch Duich, Loch Alsh, Eilean Donan Castle and to the shores of Loch Long, a recently designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The west coast is famous for its unique coastline of sheltered bays, wide sandy beaches and beautiful island views with a backdrop of dramatic mountain peaks. This area has long been a popular tourist destination with its easy access to Skye and Plockton and its famous landmarks of Eilean Donan Castle and the Five Sisters of Kintail and yet, just a short distance away from the busy tourist centres, the countryside offers a haven of peace where native wildlife and flora are plentiful and breathtaking views are the norm.
The business premises occupy an impressive 2 storey semi detached property located at the main car parking area in Dornie. Entrance to the business is at the front of the property with the main bar area located at the left hand side with pool room and the restaurant area to the right hand side. The bar area is traditionally furnished with covers for 30 with wooden tables and chairs and the restaurant is designed with more of a modern contemporary finish and benefits from covers for 30. The Dornie Hotel also benefits hugely from a beer garden located to the front which overlooks the Loch and Cuillin hills. The beer garden and outside areas are well presented offering a pleasant outdoor dining environment. A fully equipped kitchen is located to the rear of the property and the business has plenty of preparation and storage areas.
The Dornie Hotel features 11 letting bedrooms, 8 of which are en-suite. The rooms are located on the upper level and are accessed via the reception hallway. The rooms are configured with a mixture of single, twin, double and family rooms which allow our clients to offer flexibility for various party sizes.
The owner's accommodation is located on the second floor of the business premises. It consists of a large living area with stunning views, 2 double bedrooms and a spacious bathroom with shower over bath and has its own kitchen. The accommodation is well presented and accommodation of this size is exceptionally rare in a business such as this.
Guests at The Dornie Hotel also have the benefit of a guests lounge located to the right hand side and towards the front of the property offering beautiful views. The hotel also benefits from a private bar. Currently this area is not being fully utilised but with a little thought and marketing this could be another way to increase turnover. Also at the hotel are 3 additional well sized rooms which were previously used as letting bedrooms. Currently one is used as an office, and the other two are not in use. This is another area, which with minimal renovation/upgrading.
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