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Intermediation fees report for the financial year 2018
This report has been published in compliance with article 314-82 of the General Regulations of l'Autorité des Marchés Financiers.
In the context of investment management mandates or managed UCIs, Lazard Frères Gestion outsources order execution to services providers. As the intermediation fees incurred by these services represented over €500,000, Lazard Frères Gestion is obliged to report on the conditions under which investment decision support and order execution services were used. Lazard Frères Gestion must also specify the breakdown between 1° intermediation fees relating to order reception and transmission services and order reception services, and 2° intermediation fees relating to investment decision support and order execution services.
Investment decision support and order execution services (IDSS)
For 2018, Lazard Frères Gestion used investment services providers with which a commission sharing agreement had been signed.
The objective of our policy targeting the best possible selection and control of IDSS providers is, when possible, to collaborate with the best services providers for each speciality (regional analysis, sector analysis, analysis by market cap, arbitrage, etc.).
With this in mind, we may use analysis provided by sell-side executing broker research departments, as well as analysis available from independent research bureaus.
The quality of services from IDSS providers shall be controlled and assessed by the committee which also analyses and controls broker execution services.
IDSS provider monitoring and any potential reallocation of resources between services providers is undertaken using the methodology described below.
Intermediation fees breakdown
Intermediation fees relate to transactions in equities, assimilated instruments and forward market instruments traded in the context of investment management mandates and managed UCIs. Lazard Frères Gestion is not authorised to receive and transmit orders. Intermediation fees are therefore paid to remunerate services providers for investment decision support and order execution services. Global remuneration is split 62.5% for investment decision support and 37.5% for order execution.
Investment decision support and order execution service fees repaid to third-party services providers in the context of commission sharing agreements represented 3.81% of total intermediation fees paid in 2018.
Prevention of conflicts of interest
This report also covers measures implemented to prevent and resolve potential conflicts of interest in our choice of services providers.
Lazard Frères Gestion reviews its services provider selection bi-annually at Broker Committee meetings which are attended by the CIO, fund managers, dealers, compliance and the head of the middle-office. Selection draws on a transparent review process based chiefly on :
- quality and availability of research,
- quality of order execution and prices,
- administrative processing,
- commercial relationship (enabling meeting issuers).
Furthermore, Lazard Frères Gestion does not receive any soft commissions or intermediation fee retrocessions from its services providers.
For the financial year 2017, no conflicts of interests were detected within Lazard Frères Gestion.
Lazard Frères Gestion, in coordination with Lazard Frères Banque, implements a selection process to establish the intermediaries through which its orders are placed for execution in accordance with a best selection policy as defined by the European Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.
Policy scope
The present policy applies solely to clients classified as professional and non-professional.
The policy covers financial instruments as defined by article L. 211-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.
The policy does not apply to over-the-counter transactions by Lazard Frères Gestion.
When a client gives a specific instruction, Lazard Frères Gestion is deemed to be discharged from its best selection obligations. It should be noted that in this case, the client cannot be guaranteed the best possible execution.
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- Execution costs
- Speed of execution
- Probability of order execution and payment
- Order size
- Order type
- All other considerations relating to the nature of the order
For non-professional clients, best possible execution is determined chiefly by the total cost represented by the price of the financial instrument plus execution costs, in accordance with the AMF's General Regulations.
Intermediary selection policy bi-annual review
Lazard Frères Gestion places orders with intermediaries for execution resulting from its own decisions under the provision of portfolio management or UCI management services.
Lazard Frères Gestion selects the intermediaries with which orders are placed for each class of financial instrument. Intermediary selection is subject to constant monitoring in coordination with Lazard Frères Banque and regularly formalised by the "Broker Committee".
In order to optimise market order execution, Lazard Frères Gestion and Lazard Frères Banque have given prior authorisation for their instructions to be executed outside of regulated markets or multilateral trading facilities (MTF) when orders concern financial instruments listed on regulated markets or MTFs. If no such authorisation is given, Lazard Frères Gestion's intermediaries shall not be able to access all available execution venues offering the best execution.
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Lazard Frères Gestion SAS does not provide investment services, directly or indirectly, to any clients or investors qualified as "US persons" (as defined by Rule 902 of Regulation S under the 1933 United States Securities Act). Furthermore, Lazard Frères Gestion SAS shall not accept potential clients or investors who :
(i) acquire financial instruments on behalf of, or in the name of, a US person or
(ii) through an intermediary providing investment services on behalf of, or in the name of, a US person
LFG informs its clients that it is implementing a claims procedure. To ensure that claims are processed efficiently, they must be addressed in written to the Secrétariat Général at Lazard Frères Gestion, 25 rue de Courcelles, 75008 Paris.
Upon reception of a claim, Lazard Frères Gestion commits to process the claim within ten working days after reception of the claim. Barring a response within the aforementioned ten working days, Lazard Frères Gestion will commit to respond within a delay of two months as of reception of the claim, unless unexpected, justified circumstances arise. If the client deems that the claim is unsatisfactorily processed by Lazard Frères Gestion, then the former can request mediation with the Autorité de Marché Financier Ombudsman at the following address: Autorité des Marchés Financiers, Service Médiation – 17 Place de la Bourse, 75082 PARIS-CEDEX 02, or simply fill in an electronic form on the AMF's internet site on http://www.amf-france.org (AMF Mediator section). This site also contains a mediation charter drafted by the AMF's Ombudsman.
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US tax legislation obliges US taxpayers, wherever their country of residence, to make their own declaration.
The regulations concern "US Persons", i.e. US nationals or US residents. Under the regulations, financial institutions are required to report on the identity of US nationals or US residents and their account balances, financial revenues and, in the future, products from the sale of securities.
The first annual IRS declaration was drafted for the year 2015 regarding 2014. This declaration shall also concern the accounts of corporations and trusts held by US taxpayers.
In France, the FATCA law has been transposed through the Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) signed on 14 November 2013 and submitted to parliament for ratification. The agreement aims to render the reporting of banking and tax information obligatory between France and the US.
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From 1 July 2014, Lazard Frères Banque and Lazard Frères Gestion must comply with the FATCA law under their status as Participating Financial Institutions granted by the IRS.
In this context, Lazard Frères Banque and Lazard Frères Gestion apply identification obligations under the FATCA law.
Upon opening an account, Lazard collects information from individual and corporate clients to enable the identification of US Persons and request clients to confirm their status.
Information regarding existing Lazard clients is also analysed in order to identify elements which may determine a US Person status. Clients concerned shall be contacted in order to verify their status as defined by the FATCA law.
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The global variable remuneration envelope is set by the Lazard Group based on various criteria including Lazard Groupe financial performances for the previous year, taking results into account.
The Management Board decides on the total split between fixed and variable remunerations, respecting total segregation between the fixed component and the variable component of the remuneration.
Total variable remuneration is determined considering all risks.
The amount of variable remuneration is then individualised and determined partly as a function of individual performance.
The Management Board supervises the determination of individual remunerations established chiefly on the basis of an individual performance appraisal, which is referred to at the annual review.
The individual annual appraisal ensures that the individual's level of expertise is suited to the position occupied and also serves as a gauge of reliability and autonomy.
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The Highwayman by Katherine Pym
Shortlisted for Book of the Month
Family Drama
The plague that has been ravaging London in 1666 is at last abating, the English war against the Dutch is still being fought at sea, and old feelings left over from the English Civil Wars are still affecting families who were divided by personal belief and loyalties. In one such family, Cromwell supporter Lord Pilcher despises his grandson, Geoffrey, who went with Charles II into exile. Such feuds ran deep, and Lord Pilcher refuses to have anything to do with with Geoffrey when he returns to England, which includes denying him his rightful inheritance. This causes a problem for our hero, so he becoming a highwayman, calling himself Gentleman Jack.
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With reference to the ENDOW plan's idea for a de facto state-run airline, an anonymous reader commented:
what is a meaningful macroeconomic result that would warrant the investment? Is there ever one to your mind? You provide no result or threshold where your opinion might change. Are you willing to make a case against air service as a component to a healthy economy? How about providing some insight into what an economy really needs? Again, I am with you that the state is not the best agent for this most of the time, but how do it in an economic desert otherwise?
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what is a meaningful macroeconomic result that would warrant the investment?
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c) the only economic regulations that exist are there to protect property rights and the enforcement of voluntarily signed contracts; and
d) is banned from engaging in economic redistribution between private citizens.
For example, a commercial airline run by government - even if the actual flying of the airplanes is outsourced to a private entity - is economic redistribution. The state's airline exists only because it wants to be able to sell airline tickets below market price. In doing so, government taxes all citizens and provides entitlements to a few, namely airline passengers (and, to be precise, the airline that flies them on a monopoly contract with government). This is economic redistribution and has no place in the government that an economy "really needs".
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the answer was my truck oreginal size was 225/70/15. now walmart say they will not put a tire of lesser load weight.
these tires have a higher load weight, why was I sold these tires? also why wasn't I told this before I waited over 2 hours beforeI was told they couldn't sell me the tires?
They did the same thing for me also.I had a big arguement but I was business like arguement, but the asst magma was very rude and the tire people,put one, side wrong size, the other an old cracked tire, and the manager of the store told me to apologize. To everyone,aint that something.
Walmart id only allowed to mount tires called for by the manufacturers recommendations. My guess is that they paged for you multiple times overhead or maybe even tried to call you if you provided the correct phone # so that they could have explained that to you. Most Walmarts provide quality work with the same tires everyone else installs(just different names).
Because you were dumb enough to go to Walmart to get tires genius. Walmart aint the place to get tires.
Sure the price is right, but you are dealing with retards. I suggest you get a better job, or get your mommy and daddy to help buy your tires.


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Welcome to the Daily Ligger: your daily stop-off to find out who in the world of music has been up to what.
Today's top gossip:
While dining at Mayfair's Le Caprice restaurant in central London, Bryan Ferry said of Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose: "Did you know the man [Rose is as bald as a coot and wears hair extensions? He also wears a bandana to cover his bald crown." Remarkably Rose was actually in the eaterie, but he and his fellow diners didn't hear (The Independent).
From the papers:
Adele smoked a fag outside Camden's Hawley Arms in north London (Daily Mirror).
Sir Paul McCartney phoned Guillemots' Fyfe Dangerfield on his mobile and left a message saying he liked the band's music (Daily Star).
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Liam Gallagher and Richard Hammond sat together in the Roebuck pub in Hampstead, north London (from Darrien).
Suggs walked down central London's Wimpole Street early this morning (February 7) (from Alan).
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Partnerships with patient families are integral to positive patient outcomes in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Texas Children's. Since launching a quality improvement project a year ago, the PICU team developed a point of care survey to help them identify opportunities to enhance the PICU stay for patient families.
"Press Ganey surveys are typically sent to patient families after they have been discharged," said Karla Abela, a critical care clinical specialist at Texas Children's. "Since discharges to home are very rare in the intensive care setting, meaningful and actionable data from these surveys were challenging to obtain."
Collaborating with a patient experience consultant and a family-centered care specialist, the PICU team developed an electronic point of care survey. Questions were reviewed to ensure no redundancies existed between this PICU survey and the survey that families receive after discharge from the hospital.
The 10-item questionnaire measured how well nurses and physicians partnered with the families through participation in multidisciplinary daily rounding and routine communication. Tablets were used to make the survey accessible at the point of care for ease of data collection and analysis.
Soon after initiating the survey – and as a result of identifying the need to better communicate with families – the team implemented the Family Care Journal, a notebook that includes information about the hospital's services, a section for families to keep track of their child's medications and procedures, and blank pages to record questions, concerns and feelings the families want to share with their care team.
"It was clear that beyond daily multidisciplinary rounds, families had limited ways of communicating with their child's care team," said Jenny Tcharmtchi, a critical care staff nurse at Texas Children's. "The PICU survey along with the journal has helped to further facilitate communication between the family and their care team."
Since the project began a year ago, more than 500 journals have been distributed to patient families, and 78 percent of those who responded to the family experience survey say the journal was a useful tool during their child's PICU stay at Texas Children's.
"The family experience project has been a successful initiative that depended on the efforts of a multidisciplinary team," Abela said. "Continued education of staff and oversight of outcomes are necessary to sustain engagement and awareness."
Click here to read an article written by Abela and Tcharmtchi, which was recently published in the Society of Critical Care, Critical Connections news magazine.


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By blurring the lines between terrorism and combat - and by linking the
9/11 rationale to groups only tangentially connected to al-Qaeda - the
Bush administration spread the policy of harsh interrogations far
beyond terror suspects who worked directly for Osama bin Laden, newly
released Justice Department memos reveal.
Most significantly, the Bush administration let the interrogation policy spill over into U.S.-occupied Iraq, where ambushes of American and allied troops were regarded as the legal and moral equivalent of terrorist attacks against civilians on U.S. soil, one of the memos, dated May 30, 2005, makes clear. That belief, in turn, appears to have set the stage for the Abu Ghaib prison abuse scandal.
The memo - written by Steven Bradbury, then acting head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel - describes the criteria for identifying a "high value" detainee who would be a candidate for "enhanced interrogation techniques." While describing the supposedly restrictive nature of the criteria, Bradbury actually reveals how broad the category was.
Such a detainee is someone "who, until time of capture, we have reason to believe: (1) is a senior member of al-Qai'da or an al-Qai'da associated terrorist group (Jemaah Islamiyyah, Egyptian Islamic Jihad, al-Zarqawi Group, etc.), (2) has knowledge of imminent terrorist threats against the USA, its military forces, its citizens and organizations, or its allies; or that has/had direct involvement in planning and preparing terrorist actions against the USA or its allies, or assisting the al-Qai'da leadership in planning and preparing such terrorist actions; and (3) if released, constitutes a clear and continuing threat to the USA or it allies," the memo states.
In other words, an Iraqi insurgent allegedly linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian militant who led a particularly violent faction of the Iraqi war against U.S. occupation, could qualify for harsh interrogation if he might know about future attacks on American or allied troops inside Iraq.
Though terrorism is classically defined as acts of violence directed against civilians to achieve a political goal, the Bush administration broadened the concept to include attacks by Iraqis against U.S. or allied soldiers occupying Iraq. So, for instance, a suspected Iraqi insurgent who might know about the location of roadside bombs would fall under these criteria.
Since the Bush administration blamed Zarqawi for much of the violence against U.S. forces in Iraq, that would have opened the door for rough treatment of any number of captured Iraqis. Indeed, that is what some of the prison guards at Abu Ghraib claimed to have thought they were doing, softening up Iraqi detainees for questioning by U.S. intelligence interrogators.
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The Justice Department memos also buttress the testimony of former Army Sgt. Sam Provance, who served as a military intelligence officer at Abu Ghraib for four months starting in September 2003 and was the only one in such a position to blow the whistle on the cover-up that sought to focus blame for the scandal on low-level military police.
"While serving with my unit in Iraq," Provance said in a statement submitted to Congress, "I became aware of changes in the procedures in which I and my fellow soldiers were trained. These changes involved using procedures which we previously did not use, and had been trained not to use, and in involving military police (MP) personnel in 'preparation' of detainees who were to be interrogated.
"Some detainees were treated in an incorrect and immoral fashion as a result of these changes. After what had happened at Abu Ghraib became a matter of public knowledge, and there was a demand for action, young soldiers were scapegoated while superiors misrepresented what had happened and tried to misdirect attention away from what was really going on."
As a computer expert working the night shift, Provance came to know many of the interrogators, including a female who "told me detainees were routinely stripped naked in the cells and sometimes during interrogations (she said one man so shamed had actually made a loin cloth out of an MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) bag, so they no longer allowed him to have the MRE bag with his food).
"She said they also starved them or allowed them to only have certain items of food at a time. She said they played loud music - 'Barney I Love You' being the interrogators' favorite. ... She said they used dogs to terrify and torment the prisoners. She also said they deprived them of sleep for long periods of time."
Provance said these strategies were "all part of a carefully planned regimen that had been introduced after the arrival of the teams from" the Guantanamo Bay prison facility where detainees from the "war on terror" had been concentrated.
Provance also recounted a conversation at the Camp Victory dining facility where one military intelligence guard "told an entire table full of laughing soldiers about how the MP's had shown him and other soldiers how to knock someone out and to strike a detainee without leaving marks. They had practiced these techniques on unsuspecting detainees, after watching, he had participated himself."
What is striking about Provance's account in retrospect are the similarities between the CIA techniques approved by the Bush administration and the treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib, including the notorious photographs of naked Iraqis paraded in front of female soldiers.
In both cases, nudity -- especially in front of women -- was used to degrade the prisoners; their diets were manipulated to weaken their resolve (the CIA fed its detainees Ensure); they were deprived of sleep (the CIA hung prisoners by their wrists and used icy water to keep them awake for a week or more); their personal fears were exploited; and they were roughed up in ways designed not to leave marks (the CIA used a technique called "walling," slamming prisoners repeatedly into a false wall that made a loud noise).
There were some differences, too. While the Abu Ghraib photos revealed prisoners being piled up in fake sexual positions, the CIA program included the near-drowning experience of "waterboarding" against three "high-value detainees," including its use 266 times against two detainees, Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
Hiding the Evidence
Perhaps the most significant difference, however, was that photographs of the Abu Ghraib abuses reached the public, while the CIA destroyed 92 videotapes of its interrogations of detainees. Because the Abu Ghraib photos got out, President George W. Bush and other senior officials decided to denounce the humiliating treatment as disgraceful.
"I shared a deep disgust that those prisoners were treated the way they were treated," Bush said. "Their treatment does not reflect the nature of the American people."
Eventually, 11 enlisted soldiers, who were guards at Abu Ghraib, were convicted in courts martial. Cpl. Charles Graner Jr. received the harshest sentence - 10 years in prison - while Lynndie England, a 22-year-old single mother who was photographed holding an Iraqi on a leash and pointing at a detainee's penis, was sentenced to three years in prison.
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Superior officers were cleared of wrongdoing or received mild reprimands. For his whistleblowing about the systemic problem at Abu Ghraib, Sgt. Provance was threatened with prosecution and saw his military career destroyed.
The consequences for American troops in Iraq were also unpleasant. The Abu Ghraib scandal fueled the Iraqi insurgency in a war that has claimed the lives of more than 4,200 U.S. soldiers.
The link between the Abu Ghraib abuses and the U.S. death toll was described by a lead U.S. interrogator in Iraq, who used the pseudonym "Matthew Alexander" for a Washington Pos Outlook article on Nov. 30, 2008.
"Alexander," a U.S. Air Force special operations officer, said it was his team's abandonment of those harsh tactics that contributed to the tracking down and killing of the murderous al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Zarqawi in June 2006.
"Alexander" said he arrived in Iraq in March 2006, amid the bloody civil war that Sunni extremist Zarqawi had helped provoke a month earlier with the bombing of the golden-domed Askariya mosque in Samarra, a shrine revered by Iraq's majority Shiites.
"Amid the chaos, four other Air Force criminal investigators and I joined an elite team of interrogators attempting to locate Zarqawi," he wrote. "What I soon discovered about our methods astonished me. The Army was still conducting interrogations according to the Guantanamo Bay model. ... These interrogations were based on fear and control; they often resulted in torture and abuse.
"I refused to participate in such practices, and a month later, I extended that prohibition to the team of interrogators I was assigned to lead. I taught the members of my unit a new methodology -- one based on building rapport with suspects, showing cultural understanding and using good old-fashioned brainpower to tease out information."
By getting to know the captives and negotiating with them, his team achieved breakthroughs that enabled the U.S. military to close in on Zarqawi while also gaining a deeper understanding of what drove the Iraqi insurgency, "Alexander" wrote.
"Over the course of this renaissance in interrogation tactics, our attitudes changed. We no longer saw our prisoners as the stereotypical al-Qaeda evildoers we had been repeatedly briefed to expect; we saw them as Sunni Iraqis, often family men protecting themselves from Shiite militias and trying to ensure that their fellow Sunnis would still have some access to wealth and power in the new Iraq.
"Most surprisingly, they turned out to despise al-Qaeda in Iraq as much as they despised us, but Zarqawi and his thugs were willing to provide them with arms and money," the interrogator wrote, noting that this understanding played a key role in the U.S. military turning many Sunnis against the hyper-violent extremism of Zarqawi's organization.
"Alexander" added that the new interrogation methods "convinced one of Zarqawi's associates to give up the al-Qaeda in Iraq leader's location. On June 8, 2006, U.S. warplanes dropped two 500-pound bombs on a house where Zarqawi was meeting with other insurgent leaders."
From hundreds of interrogations, "Alexander" said he learned that the images from Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib were actually getting American soldiers killed by drawing angry young Arabs into the Iraq War.
"Torture and abuse cost American lives," the interrogator wrote. "I learned in Iraq that the No. 1 reason foreign fighters flocked there to fight were the abuses carried out at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Our policy of torture was directly and swiftly recruiting fighters for al-Qaeda in Iraq. The large majority of suicide bombings in Iraq are still carried out by these foreigners. They are also involved in most of the attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq.
"It's no exaggeration to say that at least half of our losses and casualties in that country have come at the hands of foreigners who joined the fray because of our program of detainee abuse. The number of U.S. soldiers who have died because of our torture policy will never be definitively known, but it is fair to say that it is close to the number of lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
"How anyone can say that torture keeps Americans safe is beyond me -- unless you don't count American soldiers as Americans."
Nevertheless, in a series of "exit interviews," Vice President Dick Cheney - and to a lesser degree President Bush - defended their actions that included sanctioning brutal methods of interrogation." [See Consortiumnews.com's "Cheney Defends Waterboarding Order."]
That argument continues to this day with Bush's defenders continuing to insist that the harsh methods were successful.
In an interview with Fox News on Monday, Cheney complained that the Obama administration had released the Justice Department memos on interrogations, "but they didn't put out the memos that showed the success of the effort."
Cheney then said, "I've now formally asked the CIA to take steps to declassify those memos so we can lay them out there and the American people have a chance to see what we obtained and what we learned and how good the intelligence was."
Full disclosure also might include how the CIA practices influenced interrogators in Iraq to apply similar methods on suspected Iraqi insurgents, a reality that not only damaged America's image around the world but may have contributed to the deaths of many U.S. soldiers.


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It's time to kick off summer with this DIY charred wood s'mores tray — perfect for outdoor entertaining! In this tutorial, I also talk about one of the latest woodworking trends taking over Instagram: shou sugi ban.
If you're looking for more fun woodworking ideas after this tutorial, be sure to check out this backyard drink station or this roundup of easy woodworking ideas.
I hope those of you in the U.S. had a nice extended weekend! As for myself, I got a little more done on the new wood deck and put the first pieces down. There's still a little more work to do before I can reveal that to you, so today, I'm celebrating the official start of summer with a new DIY. This new s'mores serving tray will be perfect when we have friends over for our bonfire hangouts!
What's unique about this tray is the interior… it's all charred wood! My inspiration for the idea first came from learning about shou sugi ban on Instagram. For those that don't know, shou sugi ban, or yakisugi, is a traditional Japanese method for wood preservation. It's most commonly done on cedar, and meant as a weatherproofing technique. I highly recommend giving it a cursory search, but be warned: it's a rabbit hole that you will get sucked into! Some of these projects, like my pal Jonny Builds on Youtube, are so cool to watch.
Sponsored project in collab with Bernzomatic.
I just love the way the burning process brought out the grain in such a pretty way. The interior instantaneously gives the tray that whole "use me for s'mores" vibe. I know my friends are going to love it, and it was incredibly easy to get the look with the Bernzomatic high heat torch. They've been a really awesome sponsor to work with this year, and not just because wood burning has re-awakened my inner Girl Scout. 😉
Here's How to Make It:
Confession: I hate measuring. So whenever I can, I avoid it and prefer to cut things to size using the elements of my project as reference to make marks instead. While I will provide a few measurements for the sake of accuracy for my tray, feel free to make this tray with custom dimensions!
Finished tray size: 32" x 15 7/8"
- Bernzomatic TS4000 and Map Pro gas cylinder
- Miter saw
- Angle grinder with 80-grit flap disk
- Brad nailer
- Clamps
- Tape measure
- 1 – 1" x 8" x 8ft (poplar, bottom of tray)
- 3 – ½" x 4" x 4ft (poplar, tray sides)
- 1 – ¼" x 2ft x 4ft oak plywood (tray liner)
- 2 – ¼" x 3" x 4ft (oak, tray dividers)
- Sandpaper
- Stain
- Food-safe finish
- Wood glue
- All-purpose glue (gel formula type)
- Stainable wood filler
- ⅝" Brad nails
- 2 – kitchen cabinet pulls
Start with a 1" x 8" x 8ft (actual dimensions ¾" x 7 ½" x 8ft) board in a species of your choosing (if you want a narrower tray, use a narrower board of the same length or cut a custom size of plywood). I went with poplar because it's an easily-accessible hardwood in my area, and I thought it would be great contrast with the black interior. Cut it to two pieces, roughly 36 inches in length each. Don't worry if they don't match up perfectly; you will cut them to square as you're assembling the tray.
With your two cut pieces ready, glue them together, side by side. These will serve as the bottom of your tray. I've found that even with two really straight pieces, it's good to use clamps to keep the boards together until the glue dries (about 24 hours). Once cured, cut off both ends so your board is a perfect rectangle. I drew up a quick diagram to help visualize everything that's going on in this step!
Next, cut all four sides of the tray using the 3 pieces of ½" x 4" x 4ft poplar (one each for the front and back; one more to cut the two narrow sides). Use a miter saw at a 45-degree bevel (tilt the back of the miter saw to "bevel" it to 45 degrees). To get the measurements right, I used the already-cut bottom of the tray and marked the ½" poplar where the tray ended. You can also use a tape measure to get the exact measurement and cut, but I find that I get less mistakes this way with my miters.
Glue each side onto the bottom piece and add glue at each corner to form a tray. A brad nailer helps keep each side in place as the glue dries. When cured, I used an angle grinder to add a small chamfer to all 4 corners. (chamfer just means that slight angle shaved off on the corner)
Add wood putty to fill holes, then sand smooth. Stain a color of your choosing.
With the main part of the tray complete, the burning can begin! I tried out my Bernzomatic TS4000 on a piece of scrap poplar to get the hang of the burning process. I quickly learned that it needs to burn evenly on both sides in order to prevent the wood from curling. I torched everything outside, right on top of the gravel area that surrounds my fire pit. If you don't have a gravel area, try bricks or cinder block in a well-ventilated area.
Cut a piece of ¼" oak plywood to fit the inside of your tray. I liked the look of oak grain for this. I don't recommend using glued-together boards… I tried it, and it fell apart at the glue seams!
Let's try this again… much better!
The key is to be steady and apply the same amount of heat in a section, and flip to keep the board from curling too much.
After allowing some time for the plywood to cool, glue and nail the liner in place in the bottom of the tray. Wipe down the charred wood to remove as much residue as possible.
Next, cut pieces of ¼" x 3" oak board to serve as your dividers (I chose to cut 4 to create 5 compartments total). Again, I find that marking the board against the tray itself makes for a more accurate measurement, but you can also measure and cut to length (in this case, 14 ½" long). Stacking them together helps to keep the saw from splintering the thin pieces of wood.
Do the same charring process with the dividers as you did with the bottom liner. Once cooled, glue in place where you want to divide each tray compartment.
To make the tray food safe, a food-safe finish (such as salad bowl finish) should be applied to the entire interior of the tray where food might touch. While this would be considered "light" food use (compared to a plate, cup, or cutting board, etc.) it is still recommended to wait until the finish is fully cured and hardened before coming into contact with food (in my case, that would be 30 days).
Add handles to make it easier to carry around, and enjoy!
When outside, the 3 middle compartments of the tray will mostly be used for s'mores. The two narrower ends are filled with decorative rocks to hold my extendable roasting sticks. When inside, I can use one of the compartments on the end to hold small canned heat containers and still enjoy the delicious s'mores-y goodness.
I couldn't help myself and checked out the tray next to my fire pit as I was burning up some scrap wood (staging only, of course; this tray wouldn't be fireproof enough to sit on the lip of a firepit for actual serving purposes). Since I'm looking forward to using this tray after Memorial Day when a few more outdoor entertaining spaces are complete, I think this will make a wonderful new addition at my next summer party!
I've got a complementary post coming up about these roasting sticks, too: a great little word-burn design project that is bright and colorful. Stay tuned for that one in just a little while; should be up later today!
I think this will make a great addition to the party vibe in the back yard once the new deck is in, don't you?
Are you excited for summer? Got any big entertaining plans in the works? (P.S., Bernzomatic wound up using my project in a summer project guide along with several other ideas, including recipes and furniture builds. Check that out here!)


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readers. Crisis here reporting on the upcoming system war. Now,
don't be surprised when you see Playstation 2 Xbox, and Dreamcast here. The
only point of this article is to compare these three systems to the Gamecube.
is PS2 doing? Well first of all, PS2 has been out on the market for
roughly a year. Many people own a PS2, including myself, and are either
happy or frustrated. How can this be? Let me show you:
Let's face it. Bill Gates is innocent. And his only crime is...
well... that's not important. It's the Xbox, and as far as I'm concerned, I have
to say stuff bout it. Well, Xbox looks stunning, but where's its weakness?
Let me explain. There are so many mandatory add-ons that I'm buried
up to my neck in them. To unlock DVDs, you need a $40 remote. The
Xbox is the most expensive out of the competition. Also, there are
complaints about the controller for being too large and bulky. But the
Xbox is supposed to be a fast machine. Devolepers love that. No PC
ports though (in terms of video games). Speaking of which, there aren't as
many M-rated games expected for now as the PS2 is. Not exactly sure how
many M-rated games though (Xbox is not my major). Well here's the
important facts:
Nintendo Gamecube
you are reading this then this is the system that you (hopefully) want to buy.
The Gamecube is definitely the cheapest buy at $199. Also, parents
know Nintendo, making more kids under 16 get the Gamecube. The games also
look interesting. For launch, we have Luigi's Mansion (see Mastr's
preview), Wave Race: Blue Storm, Star Wars: Rouge Leader, Super Monkey Ball (see
my preview), SSX Tricky, some other third party games that you can find under
the poll, and some sports games (my least favorite genre, because it shouldn't
cost $20-$50 to play basketball). By the end of the Holiday Season, we
will also have Super Smash Brothers: Melee (see Mastr's preview), Pikmin (see
Mastr's preview), and Eternal Darkness. Out off all of these, we have only
1 M-rated game (Eternal Darkness), 2 T-rated games (or 1, there is a debate on
Super Smash Brothers: Melee, but Rogue Leader is the other one), and the rest
are E. This could be bad because it adds onto the reputation of Nintendo
making too many "kiddy games", and it drains the attention from the
older gamers and makes them want to get a PS2 or Xbox. Also, Nintendo
won't have a built-in DVD player, which isn't the biggest of problems if you
have a DVD player in your computer, but even if that's not the case, video game
systems were made to play video games, not play music and DVDs. Here's the
so Sega's going out of business and has to become a third-party company. There
is still some light in this dark hole. Shenmue 2 (highly recommended by
me) comes out this holiday season, but after that, you have some Sega sports
games and that's where the light burns out. Here's a quick rundown:
Well that's it readers. Until next time.
Identity Crisis
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How often should you charge your iPhone?
February 1, 2018 Last month, Apple admitted to secretly slowing down batteries on older iPhones in the name of "overall performance and prolonging the life. more »»
Ready to delete some old apps?
January 18, 2018 On the Mac computer, you have all kinds of programs and apps that you can open up by clicking on the Launch Pad icon on the lower dock. Once you click on Launch Pad, all the icons show up. more »»
Lahaina Bypass presentation, hearing set for Monday
January 18, 2018 2018 will be a busy year, and I wanted to highlight two of the many important issues we are tackling in my office. more »»
More iPhone tips and tricks
December 28, 2017 You might not have realized that iOS has an extra built-in app hidden behind the Compass. If you load up the Compass, then swipe left, you'll find a level tool. more »»
Seizure disorders and the upper cervical spine
December 28, 2017 A seizure occurs as a result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. more »»
End of the ride for 2017 and the first year of this new column
December 21, 2017 What just happened? 2017 is ending? The Earth has revolved around the sun one more time? Four seasons have come and gone? Donald Trump has served as President for one year? My daughter is... more »»
Want to block unwanted calls, and find out who's calling?
December 14, 2017 Okay, you keep getting calls from Ed McMahon offering you one million dollars every four o'clock in the morning. Besides wanting to strangle him, just block the cal. more »»
Helpful tricks for your new iPhone X
November 30, 2017 In the new issue, I've created "The Idiot's Guide to Set-up the iPhone X" and other helpful tricks. more »»
Maui is Magic: Winter has come...
November 23, 2017 Winter is here. Surfers rejoice! It's been a stellar start to Winter 2017-18 for Maui surfers. more »»
Send your boss a photo, so you can skip work when the surf is firing
November 23, 2017 On your Mac, using the new operating system High Sierra, there is a new Photo App 3.0 that allows you to view your recent imported photo. more »»
Tricks on the new iPhone X
November 16, 2017 I once used two to three scanning apps, but now I can scan anything using the Notes app. Open it up, press on the + sign and choose Scan Documents. more »»
Keeping the literary lights on in West Maui!
November 2, 2017 It's been a tough week for the printed page on Maui. On Oct. 20, The Maui News, Maui's daily newspaper, announced that it was ending 5 a.m. doorstep delivery. more »»
More iPhone tips and hidden features
November 2, 2017 In the new iOS 11.0.3, Siri has become much smarter and will perform many more functions. I held my iPhone up to my ear and said, "Hey Siri, open up my Citi Mobile App. more »»
Meniere's disease and neck injury: Is there a connection?
November 2, 2017 If you are currently living with Meniere's disease, you are familiar with the classic symptoms of vertigo attacks, hearing loss, ear pressure and tinnitus. more »»
Tips to speed up your iPhone's performance
October 26, 2017 First things first: after you update your iPhone to iOS 11, don't panic. Your phone is going to slow down and your battery life will take a hit for at least a day or two as your iPhone re-indexes. more »»
Apple launches new iOS 11 for the iPad
October 19, 2017 In this issue, I'm going to talk a little about the new iOS 11 for the iPad. I have an iPad Mini and use it more than my laptop. more »»
Want to connect to the Internet without using an expensive wireless router?
October 12, 2017 Are you sitting down? I have a fantastic solution for all you people who don't have a wireless router and want to connect your iPhone or iPad up to the networ. more »»
Kai Lenny shifts the paradigm in the water and on land
October 12, 2017 Sept. 22 was a historical night at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center. more »»
The best new features in iOS 11
September 28, 2017 It's a big day, as iOS 11 comes out for the iPhone and iPad. Wow — so many new things. People probably won't use most of them because they'll have to read a book on how to use them... more »»
iPhone X offers cool features
September 21, 2017 The iPhone X just came out, and the front and back is all glass now, using facial recognition to open it up. more »»


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Good morning sunshine! Here is a nice treat for you on this Sunday morning. Fresh from scratch Strawberry Pancakes! Fluffy, loaded with fresh strawberries, and so easy to whip up. Grab a few staples from your kitchen and make these bad boys…NOW. 😋
Mike doesn't care for pancakes so I decided to make some for me and Sofie. She loved them and I am so glad to have someone to enjoy them with. Maybe you want to make these pancakes for your sweetie next week or for Easter Sunday brunch…whichever I promise you will enjoy. This recipe is perfect for 2 people which is kind of nice instead of having a bunch left over! If you need more than 10 just double the recipe.
Add the dry ingredients together. Then in a separate bowl add your wet ingredients together. Then make a little well in the dry ingredients and slowly pour wet ingredients to that. Whisk until batter forms and no longer lumpy.
Strawberry Pancakes
- 1 cup flour
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 2 tbsp butter (melted)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 egg
- 1 cup strawberries (diced)
- In a medium bowl, combine all dry ingredients.
- In a separate bowl combine all wet ingredients.
- Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and whisk until batter forms, breaking up any lumps.
- Heat skillet over medium heat and spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Once skillet in hot, pour about 1/3 cup batter to form pancakes and add strawberries.
- Flip once bubbles start to form on batter and bottom is golden brown.
- Let the other side cook until light brown.
- Remove from heat and serve hot with extra strawberries, butter, syrup, whipped cream, or toppings of choice!
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5 Ways To Take Your Blog To The Next Level
So you've started your blog and are working on growing your audience, but you're not sure how to take your blog from hobby to potential career? You've come to the right place! We're sharing our top 5 tips on how you can elevate your blog and help turn blogging into your dream career.
Be The Queen of Your Domain
One of the things that makes the biggest difference in your blog is having your custom domain name (aka simply-inc.com instead of simply-inc.wordpress.com). Bluehost.com and GoDaddy.com are great hosting sites to use and are extremely budget friendly. Once you create your custom domain, you instantly make your blog 10x more professional.
Customize Your Email
Now that you have your custom domain name, you should definitely consider changing your email address to match your website name. Typically, your email should be formatted like email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com (or firstname.lastname@example.com if you want it to feel personal).
Get On That Networking Grind With Business Cards
Creating your business cards is extremely helpful in promoting your blog. Whenever you go to a networking event, you definitely want to have your business cards on hand. There are tons of networking events for bloggers all year round. If you're in the Los Angeles area, Simply LA is the perfect place for you to bring your business cards and network with other bloggers and influencers! If you're serious about growing your audience and making valuable connections, Simply LA on July 15th is where you want to be. Vistaprint.com is a great website to use to create your business cards. Make sure you include your name, contact information, website name, and social media handles.
Prep A Killer Media Kit
Creating a media kit is essential for any blogger looking to collaborate with brands or sponsorships. A media kit holds all the important information about your blog that companies want to see before they make a deal with you. Here are few key things you should be including in your media kit:
- Short bio - what is your blog about? What's your niche?
- High quality photos of yourself
- Your blog and social media stats (unique blog visitors, page views)
- Your blog demographics and targeted audience
- Links to all of your social media platforms
- Where you're located
Share Noteworthy Updates With A Newsletter
Creating a newsletter is a great way to engage with and build your audience. Typically, your newsletter will be a preview of what people can expect to see on your blog or a recap of some of the recent posts you've published. Make sure your newsletter template is clean, easy to read, and aesthetically pleasing. Mailchimp.com is a great resource to use for newsletters. They have tons of beautiful templates to choose from and you can definitely customize it to match with your blog theme.
Don't feel discouraged if your blog doesn't have hundreds of thousands of visits each week, or if you don't have millions of followers on your social media platforms. If you're consistent, confident, and authentic, you'll absolutely reach your goals!


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26. March 2018 | Nyborg Castle
A fine, new view has opened up of the Royal Palace at Nyborg Castle, while materials from the yellow building are on their way to finding new uses.
It's just about time to cut the first turf for the big castle project in Nyborg. The archaeological excavations are basically finished, engineers have tested the subsurface, and the preserved remains and artefacts have been secured and registered. One of the last projects on the list is the current demolition of the remaining workshop building from the garrison days.
The yellow building is from the mid-1800's when Nyborg Castle was a military garrison. After the garrison was closed, the building has been used as a caretaker's cottage, a private residence and its last function was as an office building for the Museums of Eastern Funen. It will soon be taken off the list of protected buildings.
The materials from the building will be reused as much as possible, and be given new life in other buildings. The roof tiles will create a new roof for the miller's house at the Johannes Larsen Museum, the many yellow bricks will be cleaned and sold as recycled bricks in Svendborg, and all the old windows will be carefully removed so they can be reused. The yellow bricks from the other yellow workshop building were, for example, used to build the wall higher at the Mayor's Yard Museum in Nyborg.
The area where the garrison building is now will become a green, park-like spot for the people of Nyborg and the museum's guests to enjoy. At the same time, the view from Slotsgade St. to the Royal Palace will be opened up, looking over traces of the castle's outer walls. There will be no archaeological excavation on the site; any foundation remains underground will be left to future archaeologists to explore.
Janus Møller Jensen, department head at Nyborg Castle:It is a bit sad to see one's old office disappear. That's where the stage was set for the big castle project originally. We have had many years of everyday life in those rooms. It is reassuring that parts of the house can be used in other places. It will also be fantastic to see our visions for Nyborg Castle becoming reality. The new outer walls will accentuate the Royal Palace (the part of the castle which has always been there) and clarify how it connected to its original surroundings.
The Patron of Nyborg Castle – The Christiansborg of the Middle Ages, Her Majesty the Queen will visit Nyborg on Friday 31 May
A new method will reveal where bullets landed after hitting their targets. New knowledge about the Battle of Nyborg in the pipeline.
The majestic beams in the Great Hall need to be preserved
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LA winter times, still not the worst place to hang out, right? But lets start chronologically. While flying over, I had a hard time to sleep, so I got some stuff rolling in the plane. As we decided to create some imaging updates for the Melissa Etheridge Radio Show. I was too packed to do […]
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You and your friends are invited to a special day at Turning Point Church called, 'Friend Day.' On Sunday, August 28th during out TPC Kids service, kids have will have some extra fun with games, music, creative teaching and prizes.
Yeah, everyone will get a cool prize but if you bring a friend or two or 1,000 you and your friend will get an additional prize. It will be a good time!!!
Who will you and your kids bring?


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The Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute Functional Applications in Pelvic Rehabilitation Course begins with a thorough explanation of the anatomy of the pelvis and the layers of the pelvic floor muscles. Key points of medical history and chief complaints that would identify risk factors for pelvic floor impairment syndromes will be reviewed and evidence-based references will support the evaluation and treatment methods. The seminar will be didactic for teaching the anatomy, physiology and kinesiology of daily functions we take for granted but do not quite understand. It also provides laboratory practicums for learning external evaluation and treatment techniques for the pelvic region. Participants will find it informative and clinically helpful to learn patient symptoms have an anatomic/physiologic connection to the pelvic floor and that there are simple techniques to help patients.
Kathe Wallace owns a clinic specializing in the evaluation and treatment of the pelvis, pelvic floor and ob/gyn musculoskeletal conditions. She is also a founder of Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute. Kathe Wallace, co-founder of Herman & Wallace Pelvic Rehabilitation Institute, is an internationally recognized author, lecturer and consultant in women's health and pelvic floor dysfunction evaluation and treatment. Since 1988, her clinical practice has specialized in the evaluation and treatment of the pelvis, pelvic floor and ob/gyn musculoskeletal conditions. Kathe graduated from UCLA with a BS in Kinesiology and received her PT certificate from Children's Hospital School of Physical Therapy. She has an eclectic background of acute care, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, outpatient pain management and movement based orthopedic treatment. Kathe's credentials include Level II Certification from the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT), Exercise Specialist Certification from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and Biofeedback Certification in Pelvic Muscle Dysfunction Biofeedback (BCB-PMD).
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Life's about love and warmth. And about listening to YOUR HEART, right?
Most of you will agree with me I think. And it's also my opinion. I think life IS about love, warmth and listening to our heart. Strange that it's exactly THAT what we forget so often…
When did you listen to your heart for the last time?
Now my answer to this question is: "Today. Just a moment ago."
If you had questioned me the same some days or weeks ago my answer would have been something like "Umm…let me think of that… I don't know when the last time was."
And that's shocking! Because if we unlearn to listen to our hearts and our intuition we're about to act like robots. Everything's factually and superficially.
If our brain takes over, the warmth gets lost
The last few days I did so much. I really worked my ass off. I thought that I always have to be present. That I need to upload a new blogpost, a video or just an Instapost every day.
While others sat outside and enjoyed the sun I was inside in front of my MacBook. There were days when I got up at 5 o'clock in the morning and started working. And at 10 o'clock in the evening I stopped the work. Then I fell into my bed totally destroyed. Everything went as planned and my brain ran high-ways.
But one day was the day when I just had no energy anymore. I had to take a break. Nothing was fun anymore and I was just done.
I never told anyone. I always thought "It has to look like everything's ok and everything's fine.".
You can't believe how grateful I am that I don't think like that anymore right now.
One day your heart starts yelling so that you finally listen!
The day came when I had some issues in my private life… That's why I took a break from everything.
I realized that this was urgently needed! I've thought of so many things. I became aware again of who I really am, what I really want, what I don't want and in which direction I wanted my life to go.
Finally I listened to my heart.
Take the time and get lost in your thoughts every once in a while.
Follow your intuition – not your brain
There are many other people that exactly know what I mean. People who are in this situation as well. And I hope I can help some of you with this blogpost here. Because it's really important! Most of the people never start listening to their hearts again 'cause it's too late… Don't be one of them!
In life we follow our logic and our brain way too often. And I don't mean you shouldn't think of things anymore. Still make wise decisions and don't follow your heart blindly. But also don't shut down your heart and only follow your brain. That doesn't make happy.
Think deeper and feel deeper. Listen to your heart and communicate with it. Ask yourself where you want to go and what you need in life. What are you missing and where do you want to go.
Less work, more success
Now I'm still in this thoughtful mode. And I love it. I have so many inspirational thoughts and ideas and I care so much more for myself now.
While I write this here, I'm sitting outside on my balcony. I listen to music and feel the wind in my hair. It's a grey day. But I feel good! This here comes from my heart.
And that's the point.
Since I had this break I take much more time for myself. I care for myself and I do things with my whole heart again. I don't do things the whole day long that don't fulfill me anymore.
Sometimes I sit down outside with a cup of tea and just let my thoughts and feelings flow. Sometimes this takes one hour or more.
If I had done this some days ago I would have thought something like "Omg, how unproductive! Get your ass up and work!".
But today I'm wiser. Today I know that it's all about those hours or minutes when we let it flow. It's where my creativity comes from and also my joy. It's inner peace that fills up my soul.
And that's what we all need more.
And you know what? Since I do less work and chill more. I earn more money! And I'm much happier. Means I'm much more successful than before. <3
I receive cute messages every day where people tell me how much my words helped them. Just because I started to let my thoughts flow on my posts again. Thoughts that come directly out of my heart. People see that and they give warmth back. It's just amazing! It's a circle of beauty and love.
I'm so grateful for this wake-up call
For me this break felt like a wake-up call that was urgently needed. And I'm really grateful for it!
The world outside and the people mostly can't see what goes on inside us. It just looks okay. But inside it's a mess. Don't let this mess win. Clean it up every once in a while. And then shine bright in a honest way!
Life is amazing! Enjoy it <3. And don't stress 🙂


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Theresa May and THAT technicolour dreamcoat: Adventurous Home Secretary makes statement in favourite ruffled tweed jacket
13:21 GMT, 25 May 2012
Her fondness for designer shoes and animal print has already made quite an impression in the masculine world of Westminster.
So one can hardly imagine what fellow MPs made of Theresa May's latest outfit, which managed to combine tweed, ruffles and multicoloured patchwork.
Despite the heat, the 55-year-old Home Secretary plumped for a heavy tweed 549 Vivienne Westwood jacket in a rainbow of colours for a Number 10 reception.
Despite the heat, Mrs May opted for a heavy 549 Vivienne Westwood jacket
Mrs May, who was hosting the event, paired the flamboyant jacket with a ruffled purple dress and matching stilettos with a bow detail.
It's not the first time the mother of two has been spotted in her technicolour coat.
She was photographed wearing it as she left Downing Street after a meeting last November.
Past sartorial statements include a pair of leopard print wellington boots, which she wore to the Tory party conference in 2007.
Wardrobe staple: Mrs May photographed wearing the same colourful jacket as she left Downing Street after a meeting last November