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In Kern County, it is a misdemeanor to drive a vehicle under the following circumstances:
• While under the influence of any alcoholic beverage or drug, or under their combined influence. This is a violation of Vehicle Code section 23152(a).
— DUI involving alcohol. It is not necessary to prove any specific degree of intoxication, but only that the defendant was under the influence.
— DUI involving drugs. When a defendant is charged with driving under the influence of a drug, a showing of a specific measurable amount of the drug in the defendant's blood is not required. The showing that must be made is that the defendant was under the influence.
It is important to understand that the 23152a provision, sometimes referred to as the "A" count, allows a prosecutor to convict you of DUI even if your BAC is below .08 or you have no alcohol in your system whatsoever. For example, if you are tested and have a .06 blood alcohol level and the arresting officer can articulate a reason to believe you were operating the vehicle in an impaired manner you could theoretically be charged and convicted of a DUI. With that being said, there are a number of ways to defend such a low BAC and having a local Kern County DUI Attorney can often mean the difference between being found guilty and having the case dismissed.
• The second and most common DUI charge is the "B" count VC 23152b which is defined as having 0.08 percent or more, by weight, of alcohol in one's blood. For this offense it is not necessary to prove the defendant was, in fact, under the influence; it is sufficient to prove the blood-alcohol level was 0.08 percent or more. For this reason, this statute is sometimes referred to as the "per se" DUI statute. The evidence to prove this type of DUI can come from a breath test, a blood sample or a urine test in some circumstances.
Charging Violation of Vehicle Code §23152 as Felony
The Kern County District Attorney has the discretion to charge a violation of Vehicle Code §23152 as a felony when the defendant has:
• Three or more separate DUI convictions within ten years of the current offense. Veh C §23550.
• A prior felony DUI conviction or prior felony gross vehicular manslaughter violation within the past ten years of the current offense. Veh C §23550.5(a).
• A prior conviction for gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated (Pen C §191.5(a)), felonious vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated but without gross negligence (Pen C §191.5(b)), or gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and when committed during the operation of a vessel.
A felony DUI in Kern County can be punishable by up to 3 years in the state prison or more if the defendant has been charged with enhancements such as prison priors, GBI, having minors in the car at the time of the arrest, or has prior "strike" felony convictions which could double the sentence range or even cause the defendant to be facing 25 years to life.


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The Roger Smith Hotel is thrilled to announce the Roger Smith Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center.
This award is open to visual artists in the New York Metro area and includes a month-long residency at the
Vermont Studio Center plus an exhibition in the Lobby at the Roger Smith Hotel in Fall 2017.
Application Process and Deadlines:
Application opens: January 1st, 2017
Deadline for application: February 15th, 2017
Exhibition: Fall 2017 (September-December) in the Lobby at The Roger Smith Hotel.
Length of residency: 4 weeks, taken between April and September 2017
All VSC fellowships include: private room in shared housing, private studio space, all meals, and full participation in Vermont Studio Center residency program.
This award is open to visual artists (painting & 2D wall-based work).
Applications are accepted online at:
Choose program: Visual Artist – 2/15/17 Fellowship Applicant
VSC application guidelines require:
– 5-15 images of current work (upload your files in the sequence you would like them to be viewed, with the 5 strongest images first)
– names and contact information for 2 references
In addition, applicants must also submit a PDF document that contains the following:
– 200 words artist's statement
-Project proposal (no more than 500 words; please describe your interest in combination residency/exhibition fellowship opportunity and describe the exhibition project you wish to display)
-Describe how your project will be designed for the Lobby at the Roger Smith Hotel exhibition space, taking in to account the space's floor plan (no more than 300 words; you may embed images if useful)
We highly encourage you to come by the lobby and see the space before you send your application.
The Roger Smith is a family run hotel in Midtown Manhattan. For over 30 years the owners and employees have been committed to shaping and growing a diverse and organic cultural footprint both within the hotel and beyond. With a continued desire to converse and engage with guests, with New York and places further afield, The Roger Smith Hotel's creative program seeks to create big opportunities, pleasurable experiences, inspiring happenings and intelligent dialogues.
The Vermont Studio Center was founded by artists in 1984. Our location–situated along the banks of the Gihon River in the historic village of Johnson, Vermont–was chosen with the intention of fostering creativity through community, collaboration, and quiet reflection supported by the unspoiled beauty of the northern Green Mountains.
Over the last 30 years, VSC has grown to become the largest international artists' and writers' residency program in the United States. Our mission is to provide studio residencies in an inclusive, international community, honoring creative work as the communication of spirit through form.

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As soon as I realized yesterday was Bettie Sharpe's release day, I headed over to Samhain and picked up my copy of this novella. And though I had other things I really needed to be doing, I sat down and read it right then.
Why? Well, if you'd read any of her work, you wouldn't need to ask. See, Bettie has a visceral quality to her writing. She sinks a fist into your gut and won't let go until the roller coaster stops. Yet she also possesses a certain literate elegance in her use of language. World-building? Check. She gives just enough detail in a novella that we have a sense of place, but without anything like an infodump.
But enough esoteric stuff.
In Like a Thief in the Night, neither protagonist is terribly likable. In fact, I suspect some readers might be put off by the level of violence and the way the hero and heroine relate to each other. I'm not going to give away any details that will spoil, but if you read it, you know exactly what I mean.
But it worked for me. This is a kickass futuristic story, no doubt about it. The action left me breathless, and the dialog is top-notch: quick, witty, and oh-so-smart.
I loved Arden. I also loved that Ms. Sharpe didn't turn her hardcore heroine into a spun sugar princess, transformed by the power of love. The hero was a match for the heroine, but honestly, this was Arden's book. Usually it's the hero I'll remember, but not in this case. Arden is fierce, people, downright feral in some instances, and Ms. Sharpe conveys the difference in her psyche with a deft, masterful hand.
She also imbues this hard-edged story with a surreal, almost mythic atmosphere. I can't quantify anymore, except if I were giving it a series title, I might call it something like Grimm's Cyberpunk. I find myself hoping she'll write Jack's story — Arden's protégé is definitely intriguing.
In conclusion, Ms. Sharpe is an author to watch. If you like gritty, dark, dangerous stories where the threat is real, and things really do go thump in the night, then you want this novella.
Well, what are you waiting for? Go buy it!


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Most houses are just houses. Some, however, deserve honor.
My parents lived in three different apartments in the first phase of their life together. Three times they shared living quarters with in-laws. In the second half of life, they bought or built four different houses.
The places they built had unique features. The one tract house was so unspecial that they called their subdivision "North Manure" instead of the developer's more elegant designation, "North Manor."
Only their final house became so memory filled and was so beautifully situated that it took on a life of its own. Surrounded by mountainous national forest land, it featured beautiful vistas, an amazing variety of wildlife (12 species of hummingbird alone), and a babbling brook. As a teenager, I helped develop the property. My children visited their grandparents there every summer, and later they brought their own spouses and children to visit. It was a magnet for generations of cousins, uncles, and aunts. Visitors made its capacious veranda their own. For our family, the place almost became what Hyannisport was to the Kennedys or Kennebunkport to the Bushes.
When my parents moved, no one felt the need to preserve any of their other houses. But when they died, we scrambled to keep their mountain home in the family.
Houses like that have names. My parents' house was Hummingbird Hill. Masterpiece fans have fallen in love with Downton Abbey, the setting for the most popular costume drama since the 1981 television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited.
The fictional abbey and my parents' mountain home are more than the sum of their walls and windows. On my summer vacation, I read Lady Fiona Carnarvon's Lady Almina ...1


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Cultural Change: Dairy Crest
How to guarantee your Vision and Values are ambitious and engaging?
Using the principles and behaviours of top-performing companies will help to set ambitious standards for your own Vision and Values. But to engage people deeply companies must explore what would change if they truly lived by them.
Dairy Crest is Britain's leading dairy company. The company's success is driven by a large portfolio of brands and products across all dairy categories. The rich and varied nature of the business means the company has a large number of internal and external stakeholders it has to satisfy, from farmers and milkmen to investors.
In the past, the absence of Vision and Values meant that the company could, for example, shape itself at pace to meet the needs of its retail customers (it is still true that most of Dairy Crest's volume across dairy categories is own label). But stakeholders were beginning to ask: What does Dairy Crest believe in?
The time was right to define the principles that would make Dairy Crest a stronger and more successful company in future.
Creative Facilitation
We interviewed a large cross-section of stakeholders and devised a series of workshops for the leadership team.
The output of the first workshop set the agenda for our work over the next twelve months. We focussed the team on our analysis of the key behaviours of top-performing companies, which:
- Align their business with big picture market trends
- Surprise investors with the bigness of their vision
- Make bold plays in pursuit of well-thought-through strategies
- Find unique solutions to universal business challenges
- Over-deliver against expectations
We explored the structure and principles of developing exemplary Vision and Values, thought through how Dairy Crest measured up against the above five criteria, then asked them to set goals and strategies to close the gaps, not as Dairy Crest, but as if Dairy Crest was thinking and behaving according to the Vision and Values of a different leading brand.
The question was: What would Dairy Crest have to change to live this other company's Vision and Values?
The output was the spark that ignited the subsequent developmental process. We tailored the thinking to Dairy Crest, agreed the final Vision and Values, set goals and strategies, and developed the programme to cascade them throughout the company and to external stakeholders, so everybody could understand clearly how the Vision and Values applied to them and the implications for changes in their own behaviour and improved performance.
Now the Dairy Crest Vision and Values underpins everything the company thinks, says and does:
Our Vision
We are proud of our links to the countryside, our dairy heritage and the part they play in everyday life.
We believe we should earn the right to consumer's loyalty by providing healthy, enjoyable and convenient products.
We aim to meet consumers' needs and go where this takes us.
As we grow, we will look after our people and the communities where we work.
Our Values
Consumers are the heart of our business
We value our people and are stronger together
We act responsibly with a passion to do the right thing
We constantly look for new and better ways of doing things
We value success and strive to be the best


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These Crispy Cheesy Cauliflower hash browns will satisfy your potato craving and perfect as part of a low carb breakfast or brunch with scrambled eggs, sausages, bacon and avocado slices.
If you're looking for a low carb cauliflower hash brown recipe that is grain-free and gluten-free this is a wonderful healthy recipe that will satisfy your tummy. I don't exclusively eat a low carb diet but when I create some of these low carb recipes I have to admit they are darn good. Just lately I find that I'm going in for seconds and thirds and my wife who seems to catch me tells me that I must be changing my ways.
These days we hardly eat bread, pasta, potatoes or anything too high carb in our house which is a good thing because too many carbs can lead to excess weight gain. In keeping with our new way of eating in the CBB house (at least for my wife) I work hard to create alternative healthy low carb recipes that she can enjoy.
Mrs. CBB told me that these cheesy cauliflower hash browns hit the spot because they were crispy and the texture is comparable to what a potato hash brown would be. I love when I get positive feedback from her but trust me there have been times when I have had a low carb recipe fail but luckily, this isn't one of them. Any time you experiment with creating recipes you will take risk which is why if you're not a risk taker stick to tried and true recipes.
When you first begin to work with almond flour, coconut flours, flax-seed and other types of alternatives to using white unbleached and wheat flours you have to get used to how they work. I've had my ups and downs but I've managed to understand just what I need to do while working with these types of ingredients.
Related: Grain-Free Baking 101- All About Grain-Free Flours
Where can I buy low carb ingredients?
This is always a popular question when starting a low carb or gluten-free diet. You may find prices to be expensive when you start this way of eating but they go a long way. A quick search at health food stores, grocery stores or bulk stores in your area likely will come up with plenty of low carb ingredients you can use in your recipes.
Just recently we were introduced to a website called Low Carb Canada where you can order all sorts of low carb and diabetic ingredients. We have yet to order but the prices seem to be better than what we can find at the bulk barn especially for low carb flours.
Cauliflower breakfast recipes
Cauliflower appears in plenty of low carb recipes because it's low carb, healthy and delicious when prepared in many ways. We try to buy cauliflower each time it's on sale and prep it as soon as we get home. These days we can find a head of cauliflower in Ontario grocery stores for about $2.50 each.
Once home we wash and chop the cauliflower into florets, let them drain and dry then place them in an opened Ziploc bag in the vegetable crisper of our refrigerator. This way when my wife has a hankering for something crunchy she just reaches in the bag and grabs some cauliflower and goes on a crunch-fest.
If you find that you struggle with low carb eating it's important to always have snacks around that you are able to eat and that are prepared in advance. These cauliflower hash browns are perfect for that snack attack.
Cheesy Cauliflower Hash Browns to the rescue
We love breakfast in the CBB house so I wanted to create some low carb breakfast ideas for my wife that she could enjoy. Using cauliflower seemed natural so I decided on making cheesy cauliflower hash browns since she no longer eats potatoes and loves potato hash browns. It was important for me to make sure they were crispy as this is something she really misses.
These cauliflower hash browns are perfect when the carb craving hits or part of a low carb breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner or snack. My wife likes to eat the cauliflower hash browns cold when she is on the run especially having a toddler with tonnes of energy and limited opportunity to cook.
How to make cheesy cauliflower hash browns
These cauliflower hash browns take no time at all to make and you can fry them up in a skillet or on a griddle. If you fancy adding other ingredients like bacon, ham or any other meats you can however make sure they are cut small, cooked in advance before you add it to the cauliflower mixture. I'm not sure how well it will hold up when frying but you can give it a try and find out. Worst case you end up with a frying pan of cauliflower hash which would be just as delicious.
Without any extras apart from onions, cheddar and mozzarella cheese these cauliflower hash browns fry up crispy in coconut oil and butter. The key is not to flip them more than once and not to cook them on too high a temperature that they will burn. I like to keep the dial around a med-high on the stove-top.
- ½ cauliflower about 4 cups steamed and pressed so you get out as much water as you can
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- 2 green onions chopped
- ½ cup grated parmigiano regianno
- ½ cup grated cheddar cheese
- ½ cup grated mozzarella cheese
- coconut oil and butter for frying
- In a large bowl add all of the ingredients together and mix. Note: Make sure you squeeze as much water as you can from the cauliflower. I use paper towels or a cheese cloth otherwise the y will be too wet.
- Place in the refrigerator for 10-15 minutes.
- Use a large ice-cream scoop to measure out a portion and place it in your hands to form a round hash brown. You should be able to make around 8-10 depending on your scoop size.
- Place them on platter and put them back in the refrigerator for 10 minutes to chill.
- In a frying pan add ½ cup of coconut oil and ¼ cup of butter to medium-high temp.
- Once the oil is heated place your chilled patties in the frying pan. I like to fry 4 at a time and leave the rest in the refrigerator to chill. If you need to add more coconut oil or butter to the pan do so that way they won't burn. You need to make sure they are frying in proper amounts of oil.
- Flip once after about 3-5 minutes. You can check underneath to see if it is crispy and brown by lifting it up and looking.
- Once fried and crispy on both sides place them on dish but do not stack them
- Enjoy
Eat them as soon as possible while they are hot and crispy for the best cauliflower hash browns you'll ever taste.
Leftovers may soften but are still delicious topped with sauce and pepperoni and put under the grill in the oven.We store them in a Tupperware container in the refrigerator or you can freeze them for later use.
Total Net Carbs for recipe: 21.30g or 2.6g net carbs per hash brown. If you make the hash browns smaller than this number will decrease.
Discussion Question:
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MONTPELIER — Sen. Bernie Sanders is preparing to introduce legislation that would create a Medicare for all health system in the U.S. as Republicans in Congress continue efforts to dismantle the federal Affordable Care Act.
Sanders, an independent and a former candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, has been a longtime advocate for a single-payer health care system.
He has been a staunch opponent of the health care legislation being crafted by Republican senators that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says could cause 22 million Americans to lose health coverage over the next decade.
The GOP health plan seeks to eliminate taxes on the wealthy and medical companies that help pay for the health insurance of lowincome Americans. It would also drastically reduce spending on Medicaid, a state-federal program that provides health coverage to low-income and disabled Americans.
Republicans have repeatedly sought to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, since it was signed into law by former Democratic President Barack Obama in 2010.
Sanders tweeted this week that he plans to introduce his legislation after the GOP health plan debate concludes.
"We do not need to throw 22 million off health insurance. We need Medicare for all, and I will introduce that as soon as this debate is over," Sanders tweeted.
Medicare is a single-payer health care system that has been offered to Americans 65 and older and some people with disabilities since 1966. The system is funded by a payroll tax and premiums and covers nearly 60 million people.
Sanders, in another tweet, said the country should make interim health care reforms until a Medicare-for-all system is enacted.
"In the short term, to improve the Affordable Care Act, we should have a public option in 50 states and lower the Medicare age to 55," he wrote.
Josh Miller-Lewis, a spokesman for Sanders, said the bill Sanders will introduce is "almost ready to go" and has been worked on for the past few months. A "number of senators" have expressed interest in cosponsoring the legislation, he said.
Exactly when Sanders will introduce his bill remains unclear, however.
"I wish I had a better timeline than that, but we don't know yet when Republicans will drop their effort to repeal the ACA," Miller-Lewis said.
Fellow Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy has seen draft versions of the legislation and could be a co-sponsor after the legislation is finalized, spokesman David Carle said. Leahy has "long been a supporter of single payer," Carle said.
Sanders has introduced legislation to create a national single-payer health system 12 times since 1993, according to Miller-Lewis. His previous bills were all referred to legislative committees but were not taken up by either chamber of Congress.


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"In all of us there is a hunger, marrow deep, to know our heritage. To know who we are and where we came from … " Alex Haley, Roots (1976)
As a young farm lad growing up on the Canadian prairies, I looked forward to visits from my grandfather. He was a good storyteller, with a sense of humour and a caring way.
The known ancestors of Alfred Nathaniel Elmgren were farmers in the Elmsboda parish of Sweden and they were of the Lutheran faith. His parents emigrated to…Continue
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A Canadian Writer's Journey
Since 1981 the Saskatoon Public Library has had a writer in residence program. The 32nd incumbent is David Poulsen. Among the many accomplished writers in residence from the past are Yann Martel, the author of the Life of Pi, and his wife Alice Kuipers. They have lived in Saskatoon for the past ten years.
Throughout his diverse career David Poulsen has been a teacher, an actor, a rodeo clown, a rodeo broadcaster(this will be his 27th year at the…Continue
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Quotes have always held a fascination for me. As a young lad growing up on a farm in a sparsely populated region of Saskatchewan, I could hardly wait for the monthly Reader's Digest to arrive. The magazine contained many concise and pithy aphorisms and sayings which I savoured.
In 1980, I read the 22,500 quotes in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. This book was first published in 1855 by John Bartlett. The collection is culled and updated about ever ten years. The 2012 version…Continue
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I have a lust for writing. It's almost orgasmic. But wait, there's something running down my leg. Perhaps its ink?
Since posting my first article on a writing site in 2012, I have become real keen on learning how to write better. One of the many things I have done to improve my writing has been to read insightful quotes about the craft of writing. This has been an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. A few of my favourite quotes on writers and writing…Continue
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Thanks for your comment on my poem. I will start reading your posts.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
This summer sudiences across Europe have been watching the Wim Wenders tribute film to German choreographer Pina Bausch, who died two years ago. I have not discovered any clues about when or if the movie will be distributed in the U.S.
On my own miniature scale (here and here, in accordance with my own miniature powers) I also made attempts to mark the loss of this irreplaceable artist – even though my little tributes, when I look back at them, seem more than anything to resemble those goggle-eyed stuffed animals lashed to traffic barriers at the sites of car crashes.
But then just today I also came across some entirely unfamiliar & entirely ravishing photos of Pina Bausch from the late 1960s, a time when she was still actively dancing and only dreaming about becoming a dance-maker.
The source for these is an archive at deSingel, a cultural center in Antwerp where Pina Bausch frequently toured with her company, Tantztheater Wuppertal. The final photo, below, was also taken at deSingel – just a short time before she died in June 2009.
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Labels: 1960s, ballet, black and white, choreographers, dance, death, lettering, photos, portraits, water
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Italian Decorative Patterns
I just came across a small chunky squarish hardcover by Pepin van Roojen published in 2008 by Pepin Press in Amsterdam: Decorative Patterns from Italy. The book is beautifully printed on heavy shiny coated paper. The patterns themselves are in nice jarring colors with lots of sharp-edged intensity. "Most are taken from floor mosaics and wall friezes in Gothic and Renaissance churches, restored and digitized for contemporary use."
Source for these samples is the CD-ROM of images included with the book.
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Labels: black and white, books, geometry, Italy, paper, patterns, Renaissance, tradition
Friday, July 29, 2011
Leanne Shapton
I used some of Leanne Shaptone's painted lettering as my share of Silas & Eppie this morning.
We never know ahead of time how the individual images we post side by side will appear once we see them combined, but today I liked how strong the black and red writing looked alongside my daughter's photo of a cube-shaped light-filled entrance hall with wallpaper on the ceiling. Then I tracked Gee, Thanks back to its creator's web site in order to make a link. Then I got distracted from the Silas & Eppie task. Instead began poking around among various samples of Shapton's work, including illustrations from three of her highly wonderful books: Native Trees of Canada, Was She Pretty? and Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry. My best discovery was a folder called Pattern Paintings. I certainly do wish that I could see these paintings (watercolor or finger-paint or whatever) reproduced as textiles. Below, a few to admire.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Connoisseurs of Certainty
Yale University Press has published Janet Malcolm's new book. Iphigenia in Forest Hills : Anatomy of a Murder Trial. It concerns a sensational real-life drama set against the ordinary background of the Forest Hills neighborhood in the ordinary American town of Queens, New York.
A young mother and father going through a divorce were negotiating custody of their four-year-old. Unexpectedly and abruptly a family law judge ordered the child to be taken from the mother and given to the father. Shortly after the transfer took place – by force, with the help of police – the father was murdered by a "contract killer" with ties to the mother.
Malcolm (below) spent seven weeks attending the murder trial at Queens Supreme Courthouse. In the book she offers profiles of all the participants, interviews with many of them, and her usual cautious & nuanced speculations about what actually might be going on in front of her eyes. But she never claims that she KNOWS what is going on – even though all the other players on this stage are all-too ready to express extreme (and conflicting) certainties.
Below (in italics) I've set out a few brief examples of the way Malcolm insists on making her version of the story more complicated rather than less complicated – a sort of anti-journalism, and the trademark of her style since she began to publish widely back in the Eighties.
In her first tentative step into the court system that would swallow her, Borukhova [the mother, above and below] did call the police, but stepped back after Malakov [the father] was arrested; like many battered women, she did not press charges. However, on June 24, 2005, citing further abuse, she requested and received a temporary order of protection from the Queens Family Court, whereby Daniel was ordered to stay away from her and Michelle or be liable to criminal prosecution. Now she had crossed the line between the private and the public. She had asked the state for help, and the state had given it, but, in exchange for its protection, had exacted control over a part of her life – her motherhood – that was as firm in its way as the "stay away" directive to Malakov.
"The prosecution does have an overwhelming advantage," he said. "The jury walks in and figures the defendant wouldn't be there if he wasn't guilty. They don't trust the defense lawyer. And if there is any bias by the judge, if there is any body language by the judge that supports that bias, it becomes almost impossible to overcome." Scaring [defense attorney] spoke of Hanophy's bias by body language: "During the prosecution's summation, Hanophy sat behind his desk intently listening. During the defense summations he walked around looking bored."
But Leventhal [the prosecutor] was letting no opportunity to buttress his case go by. He knew that juries want more than evidence to convict; they want to be certain that the person [in this case the mother, as shown again, above] they are sending to prison or to another world is an evil creature as well as an evil-doer.
It was as inevitable that Borukhova would revenge herself on Daniel for the loss of Michelle as that Clytemnestra would revenge herself on Agamemnon for the loss of Iphigenia.
Joseph and Nalia [relatives of the murdered man] evidently felt no impropriety in speaking unguardedly to a journalist [Malcolm herself, seen again above]. Murder violates the social contract, and makes a mockery of privacy. As they had eagerly cooperated with the prosecution, so they eagerly told me their stories – as they had been telling them to other journalists –- in the perhaps not so far-fetched belief that journalists are part of the criminal justice system: small but necessary cogs in its machinery of retribution. As losing defense lawyers are wont to do, Scaring had spoken bitterly of the role of the press in his defeat. He said that the defendants had been tried and convicted in the press, and it is true that the press had made the prosecution's narrative its own. Journalism is an enterprise of reassurance. We do not wring our hands and rend our clothes over the senseless crimes and disasters that give us our subject. We explain and blame. We are connoisseurs of certainty.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Sand Friend
After a 90-minute afternoon nap and a meal of peas and applesauce and Puffs, Mabel Watson Payne felt energetic enough to induce me to climb up Nob Hill and take her to Huntington Park. We carried along sand toys. A little girl came up to play with us. She was probably about four. I got the impression that she spoke no English at all. She spoke to us in Chinese. Her grandfather sat far away on a bench and occasionally shouted instructions or warnings in Chinese. Mabel Watson Payne likes company. She did not notice when her plastic teacup (white inside, green outside) got slipped inside the little girl's sweatshirt and never came out again. I could not bring myself to intervene. I just wasn't sure how to do it, and didn't care at all about the teacup itself. Probably my daughter and son-in-law will now issue me with more elaborate protocols about playground etiquette and theft prevention. But I cannot promise that in future I will pursue Mabel Watson Payne's property with any more zeal. I would prefer to buy her a new set of plastic teacups.
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Labels: babies, daughter, friends, granddaughter, parks, pink, playgrounds, San Francisco, summer, toys
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Pre-Raphaelite Child
Mabel Watson Payne stayed home with me this evening while her parents and her grandmother went out for dinner and then to see the latest (and purportedly the last) Harry Potter movie. The three of them had seen all the earlier ones together over the years. And I had seen none. Nobody therefore had to worry that I wouldn't rather split a burrito with my granddaughter and read her stories and generally smooth her path toward bedtime. It is, in fact, a truth universally acknowledged that I personally would much rather share a series of routine activities with Mabel Watson Payne than drive to the Palace in a coach-and-six and be knighted by the Queen.
The amazing Thomas Struth of the amazing Düsseldorf school of photography made this new official portrait (the first in ten years, in ever-vernal shades of green) to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60th anniversary on the throne and Prince Philip's 90th birthday. I didn't think of Struth in association with portraits, since he is mainly famous for panoramic views of interior spaces like museums and churches, but now am discovering that earlier examples of his portraits do exist, such as the Consolandi family of Milan below (showing that even back in 1996 the artist liked putting people against green).
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Labels: 1990s, anniversaries, birthdays, England, families, fashion, furniture, Germany, granddaughter, grandmothers, green, Italy, movies, portraits, San Francisco
Thomas Eggerer
As if reflecting upon his own constant simultaneous engagement with the dialectic of abstraction and figuralism, Eggerer here occupies the point where both might begin or end. From the point of view of the focus of the new paintings, the four strokes of the letter M, all answers are defiantly arbitrary. Eggerer, focusing on the material of language as form, penetrates into the uneasy core of a traditional dialectic.
M (ɛm), the thirteenth letter of the modern German and English alphabets, as Ben Jonson put it in 1635 , "is pronounc'd with a kind of humming inward, the lips clos'd. Open, and full in the beginning: obscure in the end: and meanly in the midd'st."
The work above is from this year's Thomas Eggerer solo show at Daniel Buchholz, Cologne.
The work below is from last year's Thomas Eggerer solo show at Daniel Buchholz, Berlin.
Italicized passages are taken from the gallery's press releases (translated into English by an elderly German computer).
One painting shows an unreasonably big yacht with crew members and hanger-outs on board holding in full summer action against the ocean waves, which are, compared to the graphically represented people, not at all defined, making the yacht somehow an image of a vessel, or a container of a group more absorbed with what happens inside of themselves, than with the space itself, the immense and deep world of the ocean.
Almost the same, or maybe even the same couple of young men as in the uncanny warp space walks down this time a declining ramp-like path, and behind we find a very textured space of dark floating colors. Maybe not one hundred percent correctly, but this work, the two downward moving figures in the space of a darkish universe, might include probably references to William Blake.
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We just love it when people find ever new and creative ways to celebrate the greatest decade ever! The folks down in Pitman, New Jersey, have come up with a great way to bring back the 80s: An 80s Themed Road Race! The event included a 5K run followed by an 80s-themed dance party with a live 80s cover band. Awards were handed out for the top male and female finishers, best costumes and best Running Man interpretation at the finish line. For more details check out this recap from Philadelphia Magazine: I Tried It: Totally Awesome 80s Run (with Photos!)
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To be printed in the Southern League Premier Division game v Redditch Saturday 29th April 2017. Last game of the season. Or is it
It was one of those moments in football that change everything. Shoreham, top of the Southern Combination Premier League for the whole season, were drawing 1-1 in a dire game against Horsham YMCA. A rock hard bobbley pitch in a game littered with bookings and two sendings off – with one of those dismissed quickly getting himself a pint and a fag! A poor kick from the Shoreham keeper in injury time and Horsham's Schaaf pounces making it 2-1. The final whistle goes and the result means that Haywards Heath leapfrog the Musselmen to go top of the league with two games to go. Shoreham players slump to the ground and I spot the chairman looking despairingly out of the clubhouse window.
Shoreham Middle Road ground has been given a real blue and white spruce up over the past few seasons especially in the past few months with the Ground Grading Gestapo on their way. The chairman Stuart Slaney and the Shoreham committee have worked hard to turn the club around; not just with youth football teams meaning at least there are youngsters at games who have to fetch lost balls and get into the habit of live Saturday football but also hosting business networking events and its starting to pay off. A team that had grown more accustomed to the bottom half of the league had also been given a spring clean and this season have been flying. Crowds now average just over 100 – an impressive 30% increase on last season and today's bank holiday crowd was healthy enough for queues at the chip-bar and a real buzz about the place.
For ambitious clubs at Step Five of the football pyramid it's not just ground grading you're up against, its the fact that only one team gets promoted. So how about play-offs for a second promotion spot? This might be difficult because many teams don't want too or cant get promoted (unpainted fence panel, see below) but it would mean unless the pyramid was re-organised 4 teams rather than 3 being shown the trap door from the divisions above.
I'm always astonished that the ground graders complain about an unpainted fence post or some loose gravel but turn a blind eye to pitches. Yes the Football Foundation is fantastic at giving grants for clubs to do up their grounds, but shouldn't their be a similar pot for clubs to spend on their pitches?
Shoreham passed the ground grading but now might fail the promotion test in the last week of the season. Football can be an unforgiving bastard.
Last season Brighton didn't get automatic promotion by one goal and lost in the play-offs. This season they are heading to the Premier Promised Land. It didn't feel it at the time for Seagulls fans, but I reckon that extra season in the Championship has done them a massive favour. Is also worth remembering that just 20 years ago they lost their ground and nearly fell out of the football league altogether. 1-0 down to Hereford at half time, they equalised and stayed up on goal difference, consigning Hereford to the Conference.
Slough have been a bit hot and cold lately and could tumble out of the play-off places. I'll probably be hung, drawn and quartered for saying this but although I would love promotion to the Conference South (if nothing else there's a lot more teams near me including one a 10 minute bus ride away) it wouldn't be the end of the world to do another season in the Southern Premier. You would expect us to be challenging for promotion and winning lots of home games with our crowds continuing to rise as a result while the new stand is opened.
So the traditional Slough Town squeaky bum time of year, when I've got my eye on so many permutations my brain hurts. This might be the end of the season. Or it might not, but whatever happens today let's get behind the team, cos it's been a fantastic season.


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Critic - No.120
Director: Pushkar-Gayathri
Casts: R.Madhavan, Vijay Sethupathi, Kathir, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Shraddha Srinath, Prem
Music: Sam C.S
Language: Tamil
Genre: Crime / Mystery / Thriller
'Vikram Vedha' is a cat and mouse chase of conscience between a loyal police officer and dreaded gangster.
Pushkar-Gayathri is a director duo that sparked off the new age film making through their whacky treatment in 'Oram Po' back in 2007. I believe that they gave two films that had all the potential to become a game changer in Kollywood. However, the reception for new age films was relatively lower during 2007-2010, a time where masala biggies were dominating. Cut to 2017, the duo strikes back with an exciting combination and concept that has made the right noise this time from the very first announcement.
The film opens up with an animated depiction of Vikramathithiyan and Vedalam tales that blends into the opening title. From then, the mood is set right that we are going to witness a modern adaptation of the folk tale. From the first frame, the director duo captures our attention with the first shoot out sequence. The aim of the protagonist is fixed and never changes till the end – "catch Vedha". The layers that piles up on are what takes our breath away with some detailed twists and turns that comes every 10 minutes.
The film has a neat analogy of conscience that gets played with both characters intelligently. Despite killing 18 people in encounters, Vikram embraces his peace to have killed only the evil ones. When Vedha comes in and plays with that conscience, Vikram questions himself that leads to more revelations. Pushkar-Gayathri intelligently piles up on this mind play that not only the characters go through but also the audiences. Kudos to the small symbolic details they have taken to show the transitions of good and evil. One example is the way Vikram's shirt change colour from white to shades of black as the film progresses.
Madhavan looks perfect for the role and essays his complex character with tons of experience. He underplays most of the part. Vijay Sethupathi cake walks his role with such finesse and undoubtedly becomes the most likable character of the film. He has three look portraying three stages of life. He shows the transition not only in looks but also in postures and dialogue delivery. That is the amount of detailing the film has.
Among the other characters Kathir (Kirumi fame) looks confident and natural. Shraddha as Madhavan's wife, essays an interesting role that clashes with Vikram due to her profession. Other supporting actors who have given top class performances are Prem (as Simon), Amarendran (as Sankar) and Vivek Prasanna (as Ravi). Without these excellent supporting actors, the film would have been diluted.
Besides all these positives, the main positive factor that makes this film an worthy experience is Sam C.S.'s BGM and main theme that trigger Goosebumps at many significant parts of the film. While 'Yaanji' becomes the crowd favourite, 'Karuppu Vellai' theme music rings in our ears even after we leave the cinema hall. This composer is someone to look out for. P.S.Vinod's raw cinematography is commendable with interesting shade progression in line with the narrative needs. The meticulous sound editing makes the film more intimate, especially during the painstaking action sequences choreographed by Dhilip Subbrayan.
On the flipside, the film takes its time to set off especially in the first half that floats around to set up Vikram's character. In addition, the tiff between him and his lawyer wife is an excellent angle that looks a little under explored as the film proceeds. Even though the chapter type of tale presentation by Vijay Sethupathi stays true to the inter-textual source of Vikramadhithiyan and Vedalam tales, it looks a little disjointed.
However, with such an intense and thought provoking story that keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish, these are factors that never distracts you from appreciating this quality cinema. Certainly the best of Kollywood in 2017 so far. Awaiting more from this bold, dazzling director duo!
Threaded on a thin line of good and evil, 'Vikram Vedha' is an engrossing, intelligent thriller packed with solid performances, arresting music and nail biting suspense.


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Where are all the mums? I see photo after photo of family outtings, kid's achievements, school excursions/discos/sports days/fun runs/dress ups, family adventures, husband and partners, sunsets and bush scenes, food omg sooo many food snaps, and yet there are very few mums turning up in photos, still. I know someone wrote an article on this topic a few years ago and yet mum's you are still not putting yourselves in the picture.
This photo above had us in stitches. Led to sooo many family jokes and hysterical laughter outbursts as we named our chins, worked out who had the most, worked out who had the best arms for selfies, discussed if nose hair or chins were more embarrassing and all agreed, both together would! Yep, we are crazy at times but geez it's fun. The point is, kids don't care what YOU look like, it's fun for them for you to be in them, and should be important to you to be in them for your kids future selves.
Memories of course. And social media. But whose memories? Not just ours but our kids as well. There will come a day, hopefully in another 60 years or so when we parents will no longer walk this earth and all our kids, grandkids and great grandkids will have are their memories, and these are embelished by ………. yep you guessed it, photos. (I'm sure technology will create something else in the future but for the past 100 years and even now, photos are still the main thing). So put yourself back in the picture, as often as you can. How about for every three photos of the kids you put yourself in the fourth? And if you are putting yourselves in heaps of family pics, yayyyyyy #soproud #gogirl #awesome
Can I let you in on a little secret? Your kids don't care that you are X amount of Kilograms under or overweight. They don't care that your hair is 'too curly, too straight, too dry, too oily, too … ', they don't care if you're short, tall, in a wheelchair, on crutches, fat, skinny, old, young, got a pimple, having a bad hair day, etc etc. Or that you take a family selfie showing your three chins.. okay maybe they care about that because they can do it sooooo much better, apparently 😉 They love you unconditionally! #mindblown and when you hand them their childhood photos and they're looking at them when you've moved on in life or they've moved away from home and are missing you and their childhood, or any number of reasons we find ourselves looking at old photo albums, or online albums or whatever, they will ask "Where's Mum?" "Why is she not in any or many of these photos? Teach them about self love by loving yourself enough to put yourself in the picture. Do it for your kids, put yourself in the picture.
You might THINK it's all about them, but really it's about your journey too, and for them, their journey WITH you.
Put yourself in the picture, for THEM.
My kids laugh at my inability to take a decent selfie. It's become a family joke, so often we'll take a really crappy mum family selfie then the kids with longer arms will do the 'decent' family selfie but guess which one we bond more over, laugh more over and usually choose as our social media or canvas (for the wall) photos? Yep, mum's crazy family selfie that has us ALL in it.
Get creating memories you can all look back on and enjoy together, laugh at together.
Now, I have to work out how on earth I'm going to manage my 283gb of photos I have stored on Dropbox and about another 70gb on my hard drive. Any suggestions?
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Have a great week and start putting yourself in the picture more, for you and for your kids.
Disneyland 101 for those who dream of going… tips for the family, the planner and the wallet. This is the first article in a series .. the next one will be called…. Disneyland 102 (genius hey 😉 )!
Disneyland is the original Disney site. The home of Walt Disney's dreams and because of this it has a special place in Disney fan's hearts (make sure you visit the Abraham Lincoln exhibit at the start. .there's a 10 minute documentary hosted by Steve Martin on how Disneyland came to be.. it was brilliant and will give you an insight into the magic that is Disneyland) Now, Disneyland is not as glamorous or as big as other Disney Worlds. But there is something magical about this place. First thing to note is Disneyland is split into two. One park is called Disneyland, and 100 metres opposite it is Disney California Adventure Park. Your hopper ticket allows you to go freely between the two but seriously it's exhausting so I'd recommend a one park per day pass and plan well. To complete the triangle is Downtown Disney which is a compilation of Disney inspired shops where you'll pay top dollar but have a great time looking at everything and enjoying the upbeat music that makes you want to spend your money there lol.
We loved Disneyland…after the first day!
We chose to go in May as it is one of the quietest months of the year, EXCEPT for the year we went! oops. This year school graduations arrived earlier and whilst we booked our days around grad nights, I failed to consider the extra families that would be tagging along. Our first day at Disney wasn't the magical fairytale that dreams are made of. It was ludicrously crowded, noisey and omg if I ever see another stroller again I'll have issues. The day before our first visit the park had closed as it had reached capacity! The day we went it was close..because for all my research I did NOT think to check when local's season passes finished. Turns out, the day we went was that day!!! We called it quits mid arvo and headed to the hotel for spas and a swim to return the next day with far less people.
When planning your trip don't just check the local weather, look at historically cheaper and quieter times for air tickets and the local area for the year you're going (that was my big mistake oops).
Disneyland is open from 8am til midnight but you can get in as early as 7:30am and be at the rides ready to go as part of the 'rope drop'. So plan to get there early because if done right you can get a LOT of rides done in the first two hours before the park fills up. Have a plan of the park, your plan of attack and ensure you have a 'if we get separated let's meet here' spot.
Check Disneyland's website for graduation nights, and what's happening on the month you're going so you can plan your actual days and know days to avoid. If you buy a 3 or more day ticket it will include the early entry pass .. make good use of that too.
After walking 15km a day inside Disneyland you won't want to walk another metre so plan to be at a hotel that has a shuttle to the park or is on the ART (Anaheim Resort Transit) system which costs $5 for adults and $2 for kids per day and is worth every cent (the routes are on their page). We stayed at Super 8 Anaheim near Disneyland because it included breakfast, had a pool and a laundry (important to travelling families) and was on the ART bus line.
By setting your budget. Putting savings goals in place. Getting the entire family on board. For more tips on budgeting for big holidays or items check out our article B for Budgeting
And Don't forget our article on Chores for kids to get them involved in the budget HERE
THEN, you start researching your optimal dates. What suits your family, your destination and fits with your budget. Start stalking airlines for best ticket prices and then lock in flights. Once you have your flights booked you can then start to fill in the rest of your itinerary by then booking accommodation, then tickets, in that order. Before booking anything though I would highly recommend joining the reward program of the airline you're about to fly with. Get their travel card, load it up and start paying for things with that card as you'll then be accumulating points (with money you were going to be spending anyway) and when combined with your flights you'll find you have a free domestic flight for the whole family when you get back. Score! Use your reward card to book flights, accommodation and park tickets. They also have pretty good conversion rates too.
That'll do for the part 1 … stay tuned for part 2 in a couple of weeks. We're moving house (AGAIN) this week.. one of the upsides of renting is a change is as good as a holiday so we're off to a townhouse complex with a pool, at the kids request (and saves me money so win win).
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The B word.. Budgeting, none of us particularly like it. Most of us cringe at the thought of it. It is however a necessity in getting ahead and not spending your life looking back. I think it was John Maxwell who said Budgeting is telling your money what to do rather than wondering where it went!
Google, and a host of well meaning Facebook memes tell me it's just 26 weeks until Christmas 2017. That's half a year! And the good news is with some small changes in your household, you can change financial direction and have a great Christmas, a great holiday and pay off any debts you have (some will take a lot longer). Great doesn't have to mean big and expensive. Some of our most memorable family moments have been camping in a National Park that cost us less than $25 a night.
Only a few years ago I was counting every cent and had to beg friends for help by laying my heart, and our situation, on the line. Fast forward a few years, a few changes (physical and mentally) and a few improvements and here I am having just taken the kids on an amazing overseas holiday, I'm debt free (apart from that pesky HECS debt) and planning on buying myself and the kids a home (yep I regret selling our family home a decade ago). So here's some of the top tips I've learnt and hope they help you too.
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You will be amazed when you start keeping a record of where waste appears and areas you're spending in that you never realised. By keeping a record of every cent spent you get an idea of where the 'holes in your bucket are' and where you can make changes. A 25c exercise book from Woolworths will do.
From this day forward any $2 coins you get, go straight into this bottle. Cut a hole in the top and super glue the lid shut so you can't get anything out (nor can the kids!). Just keep filling it until it gets to the top, and when you do you should have close to $1000. Some people put any new $5 notes they get in theirs too. Depends on where your budget's at. This is your 'adventure' money. Money set aside for a family memory making event.
Every year get new prices on your insurances.
Set up a direct debit or credit situation where you automatically make payments to your main bills ahead of time, each fortnight (or pay period) for electricity, phone, internet, etc so that you never have a bill again, you're always ahead.
Shop wisely by creating meal plans, using what's in the pantry and avoiding as much wastage as possible.
Simple Savings taught me the $21 challenge which I adapted to the $30 challenge. One week take an inventory of what's in your fridge, freezer and pantry. Then work out what meals you can make with that. The $30 for the little extras you need to complete a week's worth of meals using what's already in the fridge/freezer and pantry. This will save a small fortune when done every six to eight weeks.
Plan, plan, plan.
Unless you own your own home and have a redraw facility that benefits your mortgage, and you are also extremely disciplined to pay the card off every month without fail, then do not ever have a credit card. They give you a false sense of security. They teach you bad habits – living off what you don't have yet. And they 99.9% of the time lead people into financial hardship and a never ending cycle of debt. Instead, only live on what you have and that may at times mean going without, sacrificing and having a few baked beans on toast meals. It's worth it in the end. You'd also be surprised how many meals you can make with baked beans, just saying.
I saw a billboard recently that said most humans spend more time planning their annual holiday than they do their future and retirement. It's true. Start to set yourself financial goals. Get your superannuation in order. Dare to dream.
As a single mum I run my family like a team. Everyone plays their part. That means when we have holidays, everyone saves their own spending money, everyone contributes to the family in some way be that saving their own money or turning off the lights, turning power points off at the wall when not in use (this saves a small fortune too), having cold showers in summer, using a timer for hot showers in winter (cause let's face it we all want to stay in there for an hour!), etc.
I'm reading a great book at the moment by Scott Pape called the Barefoot Investor. For it to be any good to you, you have to be above the poverty line and earning a decent income. HOWEVER, some of his basic principles can be applied:
Christmas is what you make it. If you choose to make it about gifts and overspending and getting in to debt, then that's what you are teaching your children. THIS is the year you get to decide what legacy you want for your children's future. DO NOT go into debt for Christmas, or anything else for that matter other than a roof over your head. Rediscover family, rediscover connectedness, put balance into your lives, and start the new year without a Christmas debt hangover. Start your Christmas bottle now – start putting $2 coins into it and what's in there at Christmas time is what you spend. Nothing easier than that.
Don't be afraid to dream. Work on your mindset. If things are working for you, change yourself first. I have a great ebook to help you do this if you're struggling. Hat Trick Therapy: Three ways to change your life – Just $4.95 HERE
There are so many more tips to get ahead financially, but prioritising your expenditure is a key one. I would love to hear your budgeting tips and tricks, success stories, and even failures too because everyone wise knows, failure is a major step in the success process.
Wherever you're at financially, this is not where you have to live. This is not where your story ends. This is just the beginning.. you get to write the rest of your chapters. YOU get to make changes that change your life, and that of your kids lives. You've got this. If I can do it, then seriously, anyone can.
Have an amazing week,
I'm overwhelmed. THANK YOU. Firstly at the amazing response to our recent trip to Disneyland. Seems we appeared in a lot of online media outlet articles and on their pages. Kids were even recognised a few times which has made them feel super special. Then reality hit and we got back, jet lagged, exhausted and my website went missing in action (seems although my domain registrar thought I was paid up I wasn't and now that's been rectified we're back :)).
I have so many articles to write for you I'm a bit overwhelmed with where to start, so thought, I'm just going to start. So here I am, starting.
So here's a very brief run down of our trip, with much more to come in the next few weeks.
Dreams DO come true. There were happy tears shed for making this trip happen – at the airport, walking through Universal Studios gates, Walking into Disneyland for the first time, Watching the Disneyland Adventure Park World of Colour Display (I bawled), watching Tinkerbell in the Electric light parade, meeting Fantasia Mickey Mouse!, watching Steve Martin host the 50th anniversary of Disneyland video half an hour before we left the park for good and all of us did NOT want to leave Disneyland on the last day, choking back tears. Dreams came true. New ones we didn't know were experienced.
Another good thing that I did was before we left, a year in advance I told the kids I would pay for most things but they had to pay for their own lunches, souvenirs and extras. This saved me a small fortune and taught them a host of valuable lessons.
We had an absolute ball and would do it all again in a heart beat. I inherited the travel bug from my parents, and my kids are slowly catching it from me – this makes me happy. We travel well together – even after a fortnight sharing beds and being constantly in each other's space. We've even applied for the Travel Guides show on channel 9 – cross fingers, toes and hair follicles for us.
Doesn't matter where you are, you are there, and kids will be kids! So we had meltdowns (mine and theirs!) and what I refer to as teenage 'resting bitch face' moments. When you arrive at YOUR Disneyland and then realise you're sharing it with 10,000 other people in 30 degree heat, it's a bit of a shock to the system. That and the strollers. OMG strollers. We HATE strollers now. After 16 hour days, hot days, little sleep, and waiting in queues there were a couple of times where it was all too much for one or three of us, and other times where we went Hurricane Harlow hilarious crazy mode to cope hehe. Hollywood was not what we expected and was a real let down – the homelessness (and homeless men blowing kisses to my 8 year old son and waving him over – thankfully he was head down, walk straight ahead due to our prior warning) and state of the place is a shock (apparently no one but tourists, sales people and the homeless go to Hollywood!). That was really the only bad we encountered so not too bad at all. The bad was outnumbered 1000000 to 1 with the good.
In coming weeks I"ll do some articles with much more specifics on Disneyland, Universal Studios, Travelling with kids, budgeting, budgeting WHILE on holidays (no credit cards allowed), and a host of other things that are on my mind or that you've asked for. And I have LOVED getting your messages, thank you so much. If there's something you'd like me to focus on please send me a message on our Facebook group (and if you haven't joined, come on over) HERE.
Have an amazing week,
PS: If the kids look tired in this photo it's because this was our one day at Adventureland, we'd already been there 10 hours and they had milked every second on the rollercoasters and rides having a blast. this was very much a DO day. This is about 8pm at night.. after they let me take this pic they raced off for another hour on the California Screaming rollercoaster (the one you see in the background). I waited on a comfy seat and people watched lol.
So how did this Aussie single mum take her kids to Disneyland! Here's How….
Just 14 months ago I realised that my eldest daughter's childhood was almost over! So I decided to make one of her (and her siblings) childhood dreams come true -Disneyland Anaheim (that's the only one that counts in her books). So I surprised the kids (their beautiful reactions are in the vid link attached below, worth watching..still brings tears to my eyes) with a family trip to USA to visit Disneyland, Universal studios, Hollywood, Vegas and Grand Canyon. We leave tomorrow!!!! A concert to Miss 15's favourite Youtuber has been thrown in, along with Dodgers games, Santa Monica etc etc. So, how did I, a single mum who just a few years ago was on the poverty line, make this happen for us?
Watch the moment I told the kids 'via a storybook' they were going to Disneyland HERE
We've approached this trip like we do life, worked as a team and set our intentions. I saw Oprah Winfrey a few years back and as a 'comper' (someone who enters multiple competitions) in the past I've always been a part of the set your intentions, affirmation and positive vibe 'thing'. But seeing Oprah she reiterated to me the importance of setting your intentions, every day. It's like adjusting your sails and setting course. I love it. I love her. So we set our intention to visit Disneyland as a family without financial issues in 2017. And as we did that the universe conspired to make it happen. I started getting more work than I've ever had ( I'm a sub contractor (Disability and Aged Care Assessor, and Relocation consultant) so a mega thank you to APM and Nuss Relocations for the extra clients and work – great companies to work with), miss 14 got a job, the kids started earning money from outside sources and we researched intensely for good deals. So step one, was set our intentions and continue to do so each day.
It meant we all got on board. As a single mum there is no back up apart from the support network I've put in place, and I'd be lost without them. So my little family, works and operates like a team. This meant we had two no spend months. Other than rent, set bill money, food and petrol for the car, we spent nothing else (I always prepay my bills – put money in weekly ahead of time so I never actually get a bill). You'd be amazed how much you actually fritter away when you're not looking. Having NO money to spend once the weekly shop and petrol is in the car saves a heap over the course of a month. We also had a few $30 shop weeks where we did an inventory of the pantry, and then worked out our meals with what was already there and what we needed to get to make a meal out of what we already had. This was an idea I got years ago from Simple Savings – thanks guys. You'll be surprised what you find in that pantry and freezer! It's about working smarter, not harder. This again saves around $120-$170 a week (our normally shop for 4 is between $150 to $200 a week). We tried to do one every six weeks (some weeks I got so busy we inadvertently did it lol). If you can avoid late fees on bills, reduce your shopping and incidental spends you'll be amazed that you can save $100 a week, which is $5200 a year!!!. Take care of the cents, the dollars take care of themselves 🙂 Go Team Harlow.
Intention setting is all well and good, so is having dreams but at some point the practical has to step in and that's where the planning happens. Working out the budget and working to get as much value as we could from each dollar. The conversion rate is a real party pooper however we managed to pay for all our accommodation while the dollar was at 79c, Disney and Universal tickets bought at 77c and cashed converted around 75c (which is really 72c when you buy it .. OUCH!). I also put a shout out to anyone else that wanted to join with us and while a few families put their hands up lifelong friend Feliesha said yep and she, also a single mum, who I used to babysit when she was 3, is coming along with her now 4 year old son Zavia, which has been fantastic as she is brilliant at finding bargains and getting good deals too, so between us we really did get value for money. And that's important to me. I'm a strong proponent of the, WHEN you take care of the cents the dollars will take care of themselves" philosophy. We worked from our budget, worked out where we wanted to go and then worked out what we could do within those boundaries – a LOT it seems lol. Dreams need plans and goals.
The kids had to work and save their own spending and lunch money. I find that when you feed them a buffet breakfast (which I chose accommodation where this was provided) and a large dinner, lunch is fairly give and take. If I'm paying they'll want lunch and a lot of it. If they're paying, they'll be happy with $5 sangas. So that was the deal, I pay for flights, accommodation, Disney, Universal, breakfasts and dinners. Everything else they have to pay. Miss 14 found a job and started working and saving. Miss 13 and Master 8 started finding ways to earn pocket money at home and elsewhere (which also helped me as I was working a lot – thank you Universe). We were also blessed by awesome grandparents who put in $70 spending money for each of them and their gorgeous Aunty Jarxxi gave them U.S. spending money – that made it a bit more real too, so now they're set. I set them a goal of saving $500 each, they all surpassed that in 14 months. Way to go kidlets. Already they've paid for their hop on hop off bus tour at $80 for the girls and $55 for Dan. It's been a pain having to pay adult fairs for teens but that's life it seems. Set the budget then get to doing what it takes. Don't say I can't afford it, ask HOW can I afford it <3
This trip has been in the forefront of our minds for just over a year. Their savings goal was put on a Disney inspired sheet and plastered around the house (toilet door, bathroom mirror, fridge – all their home hang out spots 😉 ) as a reminder of what we were doing as a family but also what THEY needed to do to help make it happen. For me I have done a daily intention setting "It is my intention to take Kit, Charz, Dan and I to Disneyland and surrounds in healthy and whole condition, without financial issues in May 2017″ (I set the May date about a year ago – one of the cheapest times to go, one of the less crowded and fitted in with our lives). Also, my favourite celeb on the planet, Dwayne 'The Rock" Johnson has a saying: "Success at anything will always come down to this: Focus and Effort. And we control both". His Baywatch premier is in LA the same time we are so, yes, I'm setting my intention to meet him!!! Focus and Effort style.
Besides working, working and working. Finding ways to save money and tighten the belt by resetting priorities. Finding ways to save on the actual holiday by getting bargains. My highschoolers went to their teachers, found out when assessments were due and worked with the staff to get ahead on their school work and make sure things were handed in on time or ahead of time, or extensions granted where needed. (Kudos kidlets #soproud). I also had to improve my fitness. I'm 46, and fat – that's life. I'm happy with me but the reality is I'm not currently built to walk 15kms a day, so that had to improve so we started getting up earlier and going for family walks. This did two things. Improved my fitness, and got us closer to LA time, and also gave the kids a few laughs at mum TRYING to jog and keep up. It also identified a foot injury I didn't know I had and was able to rectify before we left. I also decided we would only take hand luggage therefore we had to get the kids the right sized bags (I chose that as less stress and hassle with checking in, arriving, possible missed bags which I've experienced in the past, etc etc etc). And the hours spent the past two days printing out all our bookings, setting the itinerary and earlier in the year checking passports (getting passports that was a drama but that's another story!), getting visas etc etc. We're even catching up with an old friend of mine June over there #awesome timing. Today I'm crossing the I's and dotting the T's 😉 It's great having dreams but at some point the goals and planning needs to have action to make it happen.
A Dream + Focus + Effort + Intention Setting + Goal setting/planning + Action has resulted in this becoming a reality for us. Me and my three. And the good news is, anyone can make it happen!!!
We teach kids to say thank you but so few adults do these days. I have tried really hard to impart not just the generic thank you into the kids lives but also true gratitude for the experiences they have, the things they have and do and for all parts of their lives – because everything can teach us something. They dont' always see it that way but they're learning to, slowly 😉 I think gratitude has a lot to do with achieving goals and dreams. I am soo very grateful for everything coming together (including the mindsets, the actions, the extra work , and the actual initial thought to do this trip) so we could make this trip happen for ourselves. We did it. So proud. So grateful.
Join us in our FACEBOOK GROUP to share in our journey, and others parenting teens and preteens.
Now, please Watch the moment I told the kids'via a storybook' they were going to Disneyland HERE
Jo and Co
(Jo has been a single mum for almost a decade now, and has had a rollercoaster of a ride. With a passion for helping others achieve their dreams, she created Mentor Mumma – for those who want to enjoy the ride together, learn from each other, and use the village to raise our kidlets <3 )


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This post is perhaps up a few days late… I was aiming to have this up in time for you to use your leftover Turkey! But ah, life just happened this week! If you make another Turkey, then use that… or if not then a Rotisserie Chicken will work beautifully too.
You know, we lived in South Africa for several years. Before living there I traveled back and forth for 10 years… my heart loves that land. And it's beautifully diverse people. AND it's food especially. I love this photo, taken near where we lived.
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South Africa's signature salad seems to be this one. The flavor combo of the Roasted Butternut Squash with the Feta and Chicken is just killer. It gets me every single time and I never get tired of eating it. There are endless variations to this… fried Butternut Chips, grilled Chicken, toasted Seeds etc.
Tip: Roast up a large Butternut or two and save it in the fridge for up to a week. Add it to Eggs, Salads, anything!


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The first floor framing has been done!
While the changes are more or less limited to the newer portions of the house, the whole house feels transformed.
Here are a few pictures and dimensions.
Kitchen: 15'6″ x 12'8″
Through that cased opening/door is the kitchen. (From this vantage point you're looking across what will be the dining room.) The kitchen will have a center island, and several large windows to keep it nice and bright!
Master Bath: 11'8″ x 9'7″
Master Closet: 5'10" x 8'5″
The two pictures above are the hallway leading to the master bath, with the closet on the right and then the bath itself. The closet is larger than what we had in our last house. Considering that this is a historic home, as well as only 2200 ft.², it is also really cool to have a walk-in closet.
The bathroom also feels large too. The door you see in the picture will be replaced by a window over the bath tub.
Mudroom/casual dining: 11'5″ x 12'8″
This is the trickiest room in the house, besides the master bedroom. It's the room behind the kitchen that will lead to the backyard, and will hold a powder room, laundry, and a small casual seating area. While I didn't take any pics, I did confirm we can fit all of that in the space!
That's it for now! Off to the space planning websites, I go!
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Jeb Bush's top SNAFU of the week.
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Ingraham mentioned Jeb's reaching back to his brothers chief advisors (and those who took us to the nations worst foreign policy nightmare).
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Jeb Bush is hardly his "own man." He is factually a reincarnation of this brother George W. who has learned via his marriage to speak fluent Spanish. If you are unfamiliar recognize the names above represent people who helped to push our nation to the brink of an economic abyss and international scorn.
His remarks were in an effort to avoid criticism of his brother's charge into Iraq, and he now has to spend hours in public appearances cleansing himself of yet another indication he is not ready for any position in Washington DC.